The history of Adams County Illinois : containing a history of the county - its cities, towns, etc. a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion; general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 123

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and the youngest but a few hours old. He remained single till his youngest child lacked but two months of twenty-one years of age, and all the children were married but two. He then married Rachel J. W. Lawrence, Aug. 4, 1859. His children are Mrs. Maria L. Holman, Mrs. Susan Elling- ton, Mrs. Alpha J. Mack, Bluford, Alfred, Rodham, Chester S., and Woodford M. He now has forty-three living grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren. He was a captain of a Militia Company a number of years. Both members of the Christian church. Owns 202 acres of land, worth $10,100.

LEASE HENRY, farmer; Sec. 36; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the third child of th ee sons and two daughters of Jacob Lease and Phœbe (Cadwalader) Lease, who were natives of Virginia. Henry was born in Hampshire county, of that State, July 9, 1822. He was brought up there on a farm till twenty-two years of age; came to Adams county in the fall of 1847. March 1, 1849, he married Eliza Burnham, born in Schuyler county, Ill., Sept. 16, 1830. They settled in Clayton township for two years; then re- moved to Pike county, where they lived for six years, at the end of which time they bought the land and settled where they now live, in November, 1861. Nine children have been the fruits of their marriage: William E., Richard, Charles, John T., Milton B., Henry W., Catherine II., Almeda J., and Harriet May. They are both members of the M. E. church of Plainville. They own 122 acres in the home farm, worth $50 per acre.

LEASE JOHN W., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born in Hampshire county, Va., June 7, 1829. He is the fifth of a family of four brothers and two sisters, five of whom are now living. His parents, Jacob and Phœbe (Cadwalader) Lease, were born in Virginia. They removed to Adams county when John was eighteen years of age, where he has since lived, and has always been engaged in farming. June 1, 1854, he married Ellen Lewton, who was born in Carrol county, Ohio, in December, 1838. Her father, John Lewton, removed with his family to Pike county, where her mother still lives. The next year after their marriage Mr. Lewton settled on their pres- ent farm. Eleven children are the fruits of

their union ; ten living: William H., Mrs. Marietta Wagy, Susan M., Charles E., George A., Margret E., Elmer, John, Frances, and Daisy. They own sixty-five acres in the home farm, worth $50 per acre, sixty-six acres on Sec. 35, worth $50, and forty acres on Sec. 36, worth $40 per acre.

Lehman Abraham, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Payson.

LESTER WILSON, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He is the third child and oldest son of seven children of Williams D. and Evaline (Gooding) Lester; was born in Adams county Oct. 4, 1854. He was reared on the farm, and his educational opportunities limited to the common schools. He married Clara . A. Benson, April 9, 1876, daughter of Pleasant C. and Catherine (Parks) Benson. Her father is a native of North Carolina, and her mother of Pike county, III. She was born in Adams county, May 7, 1857. Their union is blessed with one child, Frances Daisy, born July 24, 1877. Mrs. Lester is the only daughter, and has but one brother, Stephen Benson. They went to Kansas in the summer of 1876, in- tending to settle there, but returned to Adams county that fall.

Lester W. D. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Lewis S. D. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Payson.

LONG HENRY, farmer; P. O. Pay- son; was born in Hampshire (now Mineral) county, W. Va., Oct. 25, 1823, and is the fourth of six children of Clawson and Rachel (Wagner) Long, natives of that State. He was brought up on a farm, and remained there until the spring of 1849, when he came to Payson township, Adams county, Ill. The fall before, Sept. 12, 1848, he married Elvina C. Baker, daughter of George and Anna (Lyon) Baker. She was also born in the same county in Virginia, Feb. 2, 1829 Have had eleven children, five of whom are living: George W., Curtis B., Eugene, Anna M., and Ada V. They own a residence and ten acres in the village, and two farms, one eighty acres, worth $80 per acre, and one ninety-eight acres, worth $50 per acre, lying in Payson township. He and wife are members of the M. E. church.

Longon Thomas, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Payson. Lowell Mrs. H. P. O. Payson.

Lyle Jane; sec. 16: P. O. Payson.

Lyon E. G. farmer: sec. 36; P. O. Stone's Prairie.

Lyon P. B. farmer: sec. 35: P. O. Stone's Prairie.

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Lyonberger John, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Stone's Prairie.

Lytle B. F. farmer : sec. 35; P. O. Stone's Prairie.

MCCRORY BRICE M .. farmer; Sec. 32; P. O. Payson; is the fifth of four brothers and six sisters, and was born in Washington county, Penn., Dec. 24, 1834. His parents were Samuel and Hannah (Potts) MeCrory, the former born near Phil- adelphia, the latter in Monroe county, Ohio. Mr. McCrory was brought up on a farm in his native county, and remained there till he came to Adams county, in 1857. He learned tbe plastering trade, and followed it from 1853 to 1863. He has since been engaged in farming, and dealing some in real estate; has made a feature of raising thoroughbred hogs. He settled where he now lives in 1857. He married, Oct. 9, 1857, Mary J. Franks, daughter of Jacob and Hannah Franks. She died in February, 1863, leaving one child John J. Mr. Mc- Crory married Mrs. Anna (Short) Shepherd, Sept. 5, 1855. She was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1840. They have four children: Willis, Thomas A., Mary Dottie, and Charlie B. They are both con- nected with the church, he with the Bap- tists, she with the M. E. church. He is a member of the Masonic Order. They own 180 acres in the home farm, worth $75 per acre, and eighty in Pike, worth $20 per acre.

McDonald Joseph, fa mer; P. O. Payson. McDonald Samuel, farmer: P. O. Payson.

MCKENZIE HUGH H., farmer and fruit-grower; Sec. 3; P. O. Payson; was born in Scotland, May 15, 1824. His father, Daniel Mckenzie, was a highland Scotch- man, and married Margret Orr. They had ten children, of whom Hugh is the eighth. He came over to Canada when eighteen years of age, and engaged in tailor- ing and clothing business from 1842 to 1847. He then came to Payson township, Adams county, and has since been farming; moved on his present farm in 1850. Just prior to crossing the Atlantic, he married Isabel Aiten, who bure him six children; two living: Daniel, and Mrs. Jane Richardson. She died Aug. 20, 1856. He married Mary (Wright) Dunlap in September, 1858, who was born in Prince William county, Va.,

Dec. 15, 1832. She had three children by her first husband, Ephraim Dunlap: William A., John W., and James L .; and two by Mr. Mckenzie: Joseph A., and Marshal E. In 1854, Mr. Mckenzie met with a serious accident with a runaway team, by which he lost a leg and came near losing his life. He and wife are members of the Christian church, of which he is elder. He owns 140 acres in home farm, worth 0 per acre. Mrs. Mckenzie and sons own 205 acres, worth $40 per acre. Mr. Dunlap was born in Kentucky in May, 1815; died in Adams county in February, 1856.

Mclaughlin Samuel, farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Stone's Prairie.

McPETERIE ANDREW. farm- er; P. O. Seehorn ; residence Sec. 32; is the son of Alexander and Nancy (Grasey) McPe- terie, of Virginia, where they were married, and removed to Warren county, Ky. Andrew was born in that county, March 7, 1816. Ile went with his parents to Pike county, Mo., in the fall of 1829. They removed the next Spring to Adams county, arriving on the quarter section on which he now lives, March 17, 1830. On the 21st of August, 1831, bis father died. His mother lived several years later. They had a family of ten children, the subject of this sketch is the fifth ; only five of them are living. He pursued the carpenters' trade for a number of years early in life, but for thirty years has paid exclusive attention to agriculture. There were but four families in Payson township when Mr. McPeterie settled there: Jacob , Weigle, James Rawlins, Ezekiel Downs and Daniel Liles. The country about them was an untamed wilderness, a befitting home of the wild beast and the red man. Jan 17, 1875, he married Henrietta U. Wilcoxon, born in Bullett county, Ky., March 12, 1842. They have one child, Andrew Pike McPete- rie, born July 9, 1878. They have 205 acres in the home farm, worth $65 per acre and twenty-one acres in Pike county, worth $30 per acre. Mr. McP. is now the oldest liv- ing settler in the township.

Mack John, retired farmer; P. O. Payson.

Mann Jacob, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Seehorn. Mann James, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Payson.

Mann J E. blacksmith : P. O. Payson.

Martin Eli, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Seehoru. Martin Raymond, jeweler; P. O. Payson.

Mewmaw J. E. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Payson. Miller Lydia; P. O. Payson.

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MITCHEL WILLIAM A., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 7; P. O. Pay. son; is a native of Rockingham county, N. C .; was born Nov. 15, 1833. His parents were John and Susan (Burton) Mitchel, also of that State. They had a family of two sons. They moved to East Tennessee a year after his birth, and lived there until he was twelve years old, then removed to West Vir- ginia. From there he came, in 1851, to Adams county, Ill. He has been a resident of Pay- son township twenty-five years. He was reared on a farm. On the 7th of August, 1859, he married Elizabeth Gunn, who was born in Illinois, June .20, 1840; was the daughter of William S. and Lovina Gunn. She died April 12, 1873, leaving five children : Mary E., Julia E. Laura A., Ama E. (since died) and Jennie. Mr. M. was married again Sept. 14, 1874, to Melissa Gabriel, born in Missouri, June 8, 1813, but brought up in Payson from two years of age. They are members of the M. E. church. They own forty acres of highly improved land in Pay- son township, worth $125 per acre. Mr. M. has been engaged in the nursery business until recently.

Moore Mrs. O. J .; P. O. Payson. Morris W. H .; farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Payson.

Newton L. C. gen. merchandise; P. O. Payson. Nichols J. W. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Payson. Nichols G. H. undertaker ; P. O. Payson. Nicholson D. A. live stock dealer; P. O. Payson.

Orr D. W. farmer : sec. 31; P. O. Seehorn. Orr Mrs. J. P. O. Payson.

Pedrick J. W. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Payson.

PERRY WILLIAM D., editor and publisher of the County News; resi- dence, Sec. 6; was born in Payson, Adams county, Ill., Sept. 30, 1835. His parents were Deacon Abner and Adeline Perry; the former was born in Holden, Mass., the latter in Rutland, Mass. They came to Fall Creek in 1843, and soon removed to Payson, where his father died in August, 1852, and his mother died Jan. 24, 1873. Mr. P. was married in January, 1855, to Miss Clara F. Whitman. They have a family of three sons: Arthur H., Edward P., and George A., aged respectively, 21, 18, and 10.

PIERCE JAMES, carpenter and builder; residence, Payson; is the son of James and Nancy (Frakes) Pierce, of Ken- tucky. He was born in Grant county, in that State, Sept. 24, 1834. He learned the carpenters' trade there, and worked some years at it; then removed to Shelby county, Mo., for five years. He returned to Payson in 1862. He married Mary J. Gibney, Nov. 16, 1853. She was born in Lexington, Ky., May 11, 1831. They have had two children, one living: Naomi A., born Aug. 26, 1857, attending Chaddock College. In the eigh- teen years Mr. Pierce has been in Payson, he has erected a large number of the finest public and private buildings in and about the village; among them the school build- ing and the new M. E. church, one of the neatest, and best arranged structures of its class in the county. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He and his wife are connected with the M. E. church. Owns a dwelling and lot in the village.

POTTLE ALBERT B., farmer; P. O. Stone's Prairie; residence, Plainville. was born in Adams county, Feb. 5, 1846; is the youngest of two sons and two daughters, of Brackett and Mary (Woodruff) Pottle. Brackett Pottle was born in New Hamp- shire. Mary Woodruff was born in Con- necticut. The latter died some years ago, the former still lives in Payson. Albert was reared on a farm, and has devoted him- self to that calling. He married Mary E. Miller on the 27th of September, 1870. She is the daughter of Israel and Lydia (Worth) Miller, and was born March 8, 1847, in Lancaster county; Penn. Mr. P. and wife first settled on the farm where he was born, and which he now owns, north of Plain_ ville, where they lived until June, 1878, when they removed to the village, into a fine residence he had erected. Their union has resulted in four children: Laura Emma, born Feb. 7, 1872; Louis Albert, born Nov. 14, 1873;1 Curtis Brackett, born Nov. 6, 1875; Ada May, boin Nov. 7, 1877: Mr. P. owns 220 acres of land in the Payson town- ship farm, worth $60 per acre.

POTTLE BRACKETT, retired farmer; residence, Payson; was born in Stafford county, N. H., May 18, 1804. His parents were Dudley and Betsey (Hoit) Pot- tle, of that State, where they lived and died

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a number of years since; his father having served in the War of 1812. Mr. P. remained in his native State until he was twenty-one years of age. In 1825 he went to the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and spent a year at Lexing- ton, during which he saw General Lafayette at Bunker Hill, and heard Daniel Webster's famous speech delivered there on June 17, to an audience of 60,000 people. In July, 1826, he saw the funeral procession of ex- President John Adams at Quincy, Mass. He spent ten years in and near Boston, the last eight he worked in the city at whatever honorable employment he could secure. In the spring of 1833, he came west, and landed in Quincy, Adams county, and worked a farm for Deacon E. Kimble, where the Institute now stands. That year he and ex-Governor Wood, and Mr. Kim- ble came down to Payson township, and en- tered 900 acres of land in partnership, in- cluding the part of the present site of the village of Payson, where the public square is, and all east of it. The next year they divided the tract, and the portion now in the corporate limits fell to Mr. Kimball, who sold it to Deacon Albigence Scar- borough, and he laid out the town in 1835. Mr. Pottle married Lydia E. Thompson in the fall of 1834. She was the daughter of the Rev. Enos Thompson, a minister in the M E. church, from Athens county, Ohio. They settled on a farm three miles east of the village, on section 14. Mrs. Pottle died in May, 1835. He married again in the fall of that year to Mary Woodruff, daughter of Darius and Ruby Woodruff, of West Hartford, Conn. They have had four chil- dren three of whom are still living. Mrs. Pottle died in November, 1869. Their children are: Julia (Pottle) Larimore, Elijah Lovejoy, and Albert; the latter now living in Plainville, this county. He mar- ried his present wife, Sarah M. (Ramsey) Griffinb, Sept. 2, 1873. She was born in Huntington county, Penn., and reared in Mor antown, Va. She has one child by her first marriage, Lydia E. Griffith. Mr. Pot- tle removed to Payson in 1870. Owns several pieces of property in the village. He early in life imbibed the Congregational faith of the New England fathers, and was among the first to transplant it in the fertile prairie soil of Adams county. He lent his efforts to establish a church in Payson, and

is now the only living male constituent member. His wife is also a member.

Prince Miss P. A. P. O. Payson.

RAMER HENRY, farmer ; Sec. 29; P. O. Seehorn; was born March 18, 1825, in Harrison county, Ohio, to which place his parents came before marriage. His father, John Ramer, was a native of Penn- sylvania, and his mother, Lena (Jones) Ramer, was born in Maryland. He was brought up in his native county, with a lim. ited common school education. The Fall be- fore he was twenty-one years old he came to Miami county, Ind., and remained there till 1850, when he went to California, but re- turned to Adams county, Ill., the close of the same year. He hired by the month to Eli Stehorn, of Fall Creek township, and continued in his employ six years. He then went to Iowa, and with the savings of those years' labor, bought 210 acres of land. He married Roseana J. Wells, June 12, 1856, of Knox county, Ky .- born Oct. 28, 1838 ; then removed to Illinois, rented a farm on the Mississippi bottom for ten years, and bought and settled on their present farm in the Spring of 1870. Have had seven chil- dren - six living - Eli, Mrs. Martha E. Thompson, Margaret L., Lola, Sarah E., and Henrietta. Their farin consists of 108 acres, worth $75 per acre.

Rice Frank, carpet weaver; P. O. Payson. Rice L. J. farmer ; sec 1 ; P. O. Payson.

ROBBINS DANIEL. farmer and fruit grower; See. 18; P. O. Payson ; was burn Oct. 15, 1813, in the town of Plymouth, N. H., which was also the birth place of his parents, Asa Robbins and Jemima (Brainard) Robbins. He was reared on a farm, and his educational advantages were confined to the common schools until after he attained bis majority, after which he earned money and attended at the seminary in Plymouth. He left school and came west to seek a home, in the Fall of 1839, and settled in Adams county. He married Mary A. Prince, daughter of Deacon David Prince, April 26, 1842. and settled where he now lives. Mrs. R. was born in Bloomfield,, N. Y., April 19, 1820, and came to Payson with her parents in 1835. David Prince was one of the pioneers of the neighborhood,

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and one of the founders of the Congrega- tional church in Payson, and its first Dea- con. He died in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. R. have had seven children, five living. Their two oldest sons, Daniel E. and David Prince were in the Union army. The former as a member of Co. D, 7th Illinois Cavalry, lost a finger in a skirmish at Collierville; was promoted to Lieutenant and Commissary of the regiment. David was killed by a gun- shot through the head at the battle of Altoo- na, Oct. 5, 1864 He was a member of Co. C, 50th Regt. Ill. Inf. Their other living chil- dren are : George B., Mary, Annie L., and Cephas P. Mr. and Mrs. R and family are members of the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. They own 185 acres of improved land and twenty of timber, worth $75 per acre, in the home farm. He has engaged extensively in horticulture ; shipped 7,000 boxes of peaches from his orchard in 1878.

Robbins D. E., farmer ; scc. 18; P. O. Payson.

ROBERTSON GEORGE L., mechanic ; residence, Payson; was born in Payson township, Dec. 30, 1842. His pa- rents were Andrew and Malinda (Collins) Robertson; his father was born in North Carolina, his mother, now living near Kingston, Adams county, is the daughter of David Collins. They removed to. Knox county, Mo., where George's father died, when he was a child. The year 1860, Mrs. R. moved back with her family to Payson. George is the third of a family of two broth- ers and three sisters. His father was a carpenter, and being left to himself, he chose to walk in the footsteps of his sire, and also selected that calling. He never served a regular apprenticeship, however, but began working at it in 1863, and has de- voted his attention chiefly to it since. He enlisted in Co. D., T. W. Gains Captain, 50th Regt. Ill. Inf., in August, 1861. He was discharged, from disability, in 1862; in.1864 he again went south as a Government car- penter ; remained six months, and was again compelled by failing health to return home. He was offered the position of Drill Master of the 78th Regt. in 1863, but did not accept. June 24, 1864, he married Caroline Short, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Short. She was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1843. During the winter

months, for ten years, Mr. R. has taught vocal music in various parts of the county. While working on the school building in Payson, in 1869, the scaffolding gave way, precipitating him twenty-eight feet, break- ing both his arms, which only laid him up for seven weeks. He is very skillful in wood, as evidenced by several specimens of beautiful inlaid work, on tables and stands in Payson. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and wife are connected with the M. E. church.

Rowley Jobn, blacksmith; sec. 12; P. O. Payson. Rowney William, laborer; P. O. Payson.

Rouse N. S., retired farmer ; P. O. Payson. Riby Mrs. Nancy, P. O. Payson.

Scarborough Electa. P. O. Payson. Scarborough Miss E. P. O. Payson.

SCARBOROUGH JOEL H., far- mer: Sec. 7; P. O. Payson ; was born Nov. 12, 1824, in Brooklyn, Windham county, Ct. His parents, Joel and Lucretia (Smith) Scarborough, were born, lived, and died in that county. He early evinced a love of books, and at the age of ten he was reading Latin and studying algebra and geometry. When fourteen years of age he came west to Adams county, prior to which he had procured a good academic education. He arrived in the village of Payson in the fall of 1838, and for three years worked in the employ of his uncle, Deacon A. Scarbor- ough, then went to Hudson, Ohio, the seat of Western Reserve College, remained two years, a part of the time attending college, and the rest studying at home. Returning to Payson in 1843, he again worked for his uncle until he was 21 years old. Having purchased the wild land on which he now resides, when he was fifteen, he then went to improving it; boarded with Mr. Edward Seymour for several years. In November, 1849, married Miss Julia A. Seymour, born in West Hartford, Ct., who died in January, 1856, leaving one child, which survived her a few months. The following fall he mar- ried his present wife, Harriet Spencer, daughter of Moses Spencer, of West Hart- ford Ct .; her mother was Julia Flagg. Mrs. S. was born Jan. 1, 1820. Two children blessed their union, one living, Henry F. Scarborough, born Nov. 7, 1869. Mr. S.

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united with the Congregational church at the age of seventeen. He was elected clerk of the church in Payson, when nineteen years of age, and has been re-elected each succeeding year since. He has served as Superintendent of their Sabbath school since Jan. 1, 1868; has for many years been one of the Board of Trustees of the church. For four consecutive years he was chairman of the County Sabbath-school Convention, and was chosen by the Congregational As- sociation, composed of some twenty churches, to represent them in the National Council of Churches, held in Boston, in June, 1865. He has been very active in educational in- terests, and it is due to his persistent zealous efforts and those of a few others of like en- terprise that Payson has her present fine school building and prosperous school. He owns 245 acres of farming lands in Payson township, worth $60 per acre, 160 in Burton, worth $40, eighty acres in Fall Creek, worth $45, and 950 in Pike county, on the Mississippi bottom, worth $10 per acre.

Scarborough S. R. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Payson. Schroth H. farmer: sec. 3; P. O. Payson. Schwartz Mrs. H. sec. 2: P. O. Adams. Scott E. C. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Payson. Smith John, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Payson. Seehorn R. M. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Payson.

SHEPHERD HENRY M., farmer; Sec. 10; P.O. Payson; is the third of a family of three sons and one daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Winfield) Shep- herd, who were natives of Virginia, but brought up and married in Iredell county, N. C., where he was born July 3, 1809. His father having died, he came with his mother to Payson township, Adams county, in 1835, and has lived there since. He married Eliz- abeth Waugh, May 16, 1827. She is the daughter of John and Isabella (Irvin) Waugh, also born in North Carolina. They have had eleven children, nine living: Mrs. E. A Hoffman, Mrs. M. J. Kitchen, Mrs. Isabella Hoffman, Warren, Henry M., Mrs. Emily Burdsell, Mrs. Harriet McKee, Mrs. Charlotte Anderson, and Maximillian. The fourth child, George, and the next younger, John A., died in the service of their country. George was killed by the Indians, while in the volunteer service. on the frontier, in 1852. John, a member of Co. E, 84th Regt. Ill. Inf., died at Nashville, Tenn., in 1862. Mr. Shepherd had three sons, three sons-in-

law, and a grandson in the late war. He owns eighty acres in the home farm, worth $55 per acre. He and wife are members of the Congregational church.

SHEPHERD MAXIMIL- LIAN, Physician; residence Payson ; is the youngest child of Richard and Elizabeth (Wengfield) Shepherd. They were born in Virginia, but were living in Iredell county when the doctor was born, Dec. 28, 1814. His father died when he was quite young. His mother having married again, they re- moved to Putnam county, Ind., where he was chiefly educated, and studied medicine with Talbert & Cowgle, of Greencastle. He attended lectures at the Louisville Medical Institute, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1845. He began to practice his profession in Putnam county, but left there and came to Payson; is now the oldest active physi- cian in the place. When he first settled in that village his ride extended over an area of ten miles, in all directions. In January, 1843, he married Mary E. Humphrey, daugh- ter of Col. John G. Humphrey, of Virginia, where she was born, Dec. 20, 1819. They had two children, one living: Anna Wood, wife of Dr. Reubin Wood, now living in Oakland, Col. She graduated at Brooklyn Heights Seminary in 1867. Dr. Wood grad- uated from Bellevue Medical College, New York. Mrs. Shepherd died in September, 1849. Dr. Shepherd owns a nice residence and four lots in Payson, and fifty acres near the village, worth $75 per acre. Is a prom- inent member in the Congregational church.

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The history of Adams County Illinois : containing a history of the county - its cities, towns, etc. a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion; general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 123

Author: Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Murray, Williamson & Phelps Number of Pages: 1254

Author:
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Murray, Williamson & Phelps
Number of Pages: 1254