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Shinn Wm. farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Shinn David, farmer ; sec. 30; P. O. Payson.
Simpson Wm. farmer; res. Plainville; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
Sinnock George, boots and shoes; P. O. Payson. Sinnock Samuel retired shoemaker ; P. O, Payson.
SMART KIMBALL E., dealer in stoves, tin and hardware; residence Pay- son : was born in Meigs county, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1835; is the youngest of a family of three brothers. His father, Caleb Smart, was born in New Hampshire; his mother, Peggy (Townsend) Smart, in New York State. His father lived on a farm in his native county till he was eleven years of age, his mother having died when he was eight months old. He began to learn the carpenters' trade in 1851, and came to Payson, Adams county, in
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the spring of 1852. At the end of a year he went to California and spent twelve years there-part of the time mining, and part at his trade. He returned to the vicinity of Payson in 1865. In April, 1868, he married Mary E. Kay, who was born in Payson town- ship, Oct. 17, 1840. She was the daughter of Robert and Cynthia Kay. They removed - to Chillicothe, Mo., in 1868, but returned to Payson three years after. Mr. Smart em- barked in the tin and hardware trade in 1873. They have had three children; two living: Gertie M., born Dec. 23, 1875, and Walter K., born June 18, 1878. He and wife are members of the Baptist church. He owns a residence and lot in the village. Is a Re- publican.
Smiley J. W. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Smith Henry, farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Seehorn.
SMITH ROBERT, farmer; Sec. 29; P.O. Payson ; was born in Scott county, Ky., April 26, 1811. His father, James C. Smith, was born in Ireland; his mother, Abigail (Cunningham) Smith, was a native of Pennsylvania, but went to Kentucky in early life, and was married there. Robert was brought up in his native county on a farm; from there he went to Missouri, in 1852, and the next year he came to Adams county, and, in 1854, settled on his present farm He is the youngest of a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom two are dead. Mr. Smith never married. His sister shares his home with him. He is a great lover of books, and has a fine library of choice works, in the companionship of which he finds his chief enjoyment. His religious connection is with the Presbyter- ian church. Parents both died in Kentucky. He owns a farm of 250 acres, worth $15,000.
SPENCER FLAVEL, farmer and fruit-grower; Sec. 8; P. O. Payson; the second of nine children of Moses and Alma (Flagg) Spencer; was born the 27th of November, 1814, in West Hartford, Conn., of which place his parents were also na- tives. He was reared on a farm there, and enjoyed the educational advantages of the public schools. In the fall of 1839, he drove a team through to Adams county, Ill. As he loaded their household goods on board a vessel in the Connecticut river, he watered his team from that stream with a bucket; and watered them from the same bucket, after a 1,200-mile drive, with water dipped
from the Mississippi river. He was mar- ried, Sept. 8, 1839, just before starting west, to Elizabeth Ackert, born in Connec- ticut, May 1, 1809. Their union resulted in three children; two living: David, and John F. David twice enlisted in the United States army during the late civil war; was first dis- charged from disability. The sons are now both with their parents. Mr. Spencer owns forty-five acres in the homestead, finely improved, worth $75 per acre. He and wife are members of the Congregational church. He sold 1,600 boxes of peaches in the fall of 1878.
Spencer S. M. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Payson. Starrett James, retired farmer; P. O. Payson.
STEWART CYRUS, farmer ; P. O. Payson; the thirteenth child of William and Nancy (Marston) Stewart; was born in Payson in July, 1849; was educated in the village and at Camp Point. In December, 1869, he married Margret H. Smith, born in Frederick county, Va., in October, 1849. Have five children: Guy, Leon, John, Burg, and Clide. Mr. Stewart makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred Cotswold sheep; takes great interest in the Adams County Agricultural Society, and is one of its directors. His father, William Stewart, was born near Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 29, 1802. He enjoyed superior educational advantages up to his fifteenth year, though he had to walk four miles to school. He evinced a love for mathematics and navigation; was apprenticed on board a merchantman which sailed between Europe and the United States. He became second mate, soon after which, the vessel was captured by pirates. He narrowly escaped with his life and abandoned the sea. He married Nancy Marston, in Maine, in May, 1823. In 1836 they came to Payson township. When back on a business trip, he brought a pint of apple seed from New York, which he planted, and started the first nursery in that part of the county. He took great pains to cultivate choice varieties of fruit- trees and ornamental shrubbery, and many of the beautiful door-yards of Adams county are living monuments of his enterprise and good taste. They had fourteen children; thirteen still living. He died Dec. 13, 1857. He and wife were zealous members of the Baptist church. She owns the homestead of 295 acres, worth $70 per acre.
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Stewart C. C. blacksmith; P. O. Payson.
STEWART GILBERT, farmer; Sec. 27; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Ireland on the 20th of April, 1815; is the fifth child of five sons and one daughter of John and Isabel (Vance) Stewart. His father having died, his brother crossed the Atlantic to America when Gilbert was ten years old. They first settled in Maine, and lived there about twelve years; then came west and settled in Adams county, on the section where Mr. Stewart now lives. His education was limited to a brief attendance at the common schools. May 6, 1851, he married Catherine Merrill, the daughter of Nathaniel and Lucinda (Bassett) Merrill, and born Jan. 31, 1830, in New York State. Soon after her birth her parents removed to Pennsylvania, and remained there some seven years; then came to Adams county. One daughter and six sons are the fruit of their union : Emily F., Gilbert V., Charles W., Russel B., Roscoe E., George Mc., and Arthur M. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are both members of church, he of the Free Baptist, she of the M. E. church. They own 160 acres in home farm, finely improved, with house costing near $4,000, worth $65 per acre.
Stewart Mrs. Nancy, P. O. Payson.
Stone George, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Stratton Jonas, farmer; sec. 25; P. O.Stone's Prairie.
STURGISS KENNEDY, farmer ; Sec. 13; P. O. Payson ; is the son of Thomas and Margret Sturgiss, natives of Ireland, where they remained till after they were married; came to America and settled in Chester county, Pa. Mr. Sturgiss was born there June 6, 1808, and reared on a farm till seventeen years of age. He then went to learn the tailors' trade, apprenticing himself for four years. He continued in that busi- ness until he came west, in 1850. He mar- ried Ellen Rankin, July 16, 1847. She was born in Chester county, also, Feb. 22, 1824; is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thompson) Rankin. On arriving in Adams county, Mr. Sturgiss worked one season for Joseph Elliott, of Payson; then bought land near Payson Mill; lived on it less than a year, sold it, and bought and removed to their present farm in November, 1851. They are raising an adopted child, Eugene Stur- giss, born March 4, 1871. Mr. and Mrs.
Sturgiss are members of the Free Baptist church. They own 120 acres in the home farm, worth $50 per acre.
STURTEVANT MARSHAL B., farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Berkshire county, Mass., Oct. 21, 1818; is the sixth of eighteen children of his father, Daniel Sturtevant, and the oldest of thirteen children of his mother, Hepzi- bah (Barney) Sturtevant-his father having five children by a former wife. His parents were natives of that State. Only five of his brothers and sisters are now living. Though reared on a farm, he obtained employment in a cotton factory when old enough, and continued there till he came west, July 3, 1848, landing in Chicago. For eight years they lived in Winnebago county; then re- moved to Pike county for one year, and to Adams county, on the farm where they now live, in 1857. Oet. 6, 1838, he married Phi- delia Ketchum, daughter of Solomon and Polly (Hemenway) Ketchum. She was born in Dover, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1818; was brought up in Massachusetts, and married there. They have raised one adopted child, Charles W. Sturtevant, who served in the Union army as a member of the 118th Regt. Ill. Inf. Mr. Sturtevant is a mem- ber of the Masonic Fraternity. He owns sixty acres in the home place, worth $75 per acre, and twenty-five acres in Pike county.
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Taylor C. F. carpenter; residence, Plainvill . : P. O. Stone's Prairie.
TAYLOR WASHINGTON C., farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Payson; was born in York county, Pa., Sept. 9, 1819. His father, James Taylor, was born in Long Green, Md., and his mother, Ann (Sample) Taylor, in his native county. They lived in York county until he was nineteen years of age; then removed to Belmont county, Ohio, in the year 1840. His father died there. In 1844 Mr. Taylor came to Illinois, and settled in Payson township. During the gold fever of 1849 he united with what was known as the Seehorn train, and crossed the plains to California. He spent two years in the mines, and returned to Adams county in 1851. In April, 1852, he married Harriet L. Edmonds, daughter of John Edmonds, and
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Elizabethı (Fitzgerald) Edmonds, who was born in Tennessee, Aug. 1, 1830. They re- moved to the farm where they now live, in the spring of 1854. They have four chil- dren : Mrs. Elizabeth Cupp, Mrs. Amanda A. Wagy, Mary J., and Laura E. Taylor. He and wife are members of the M. E. church, of which he has been class-leader for many years. They own 113 acres in the home- stead, worth $60 per acre.
Thompson Mrs. A., Sec. 16: P. O. Payson.
THOMPSON PHILO E .. farmer; residence, Payson ; is the son of Samuel and Mary (Ellsworth) Thompson, of Connecti- cut, where his father died a few years ago, at the advanced age of ninety-three. Philo was born in Ellington, that State, Jan. 26, 1811; is the oldest of eight children; was reared on a farm; had the advantage of a good common school education, and taught several terms in his native State. He was twenty-five years of age when he came west, and settled in Payson, Adams county, in the spring of 1836. He worked by the month the first year, after which he began farming on his own account. He married Miss Ellen C. Wallace, Sept. 13, 1838, daughter of Moses and Anna (Campbell) Wallace. She was born, Aug. 29, 1815, in Pennsylvania, and brought up in New York. They have eight children: David Wallace, Mary C. Elliott, Ellen, Anna C., Robbins, Samuel, Henry W., George L., and Jennie. He has lived in Payson since 1837. They own a fine residence in the village, and 250 acres of land, worth $75 per acre. He and wife and seven of the children are members of the Congregational church.
Thompson Wm. farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
THOMPSON WILLIAM A., mechanic; residence, Payson ; is of Scotch descent on his father's side, and English on the mother's. His ancestors came over with the third embarkation that landed at Plymouth. His parents, William and Susanah (Wood) Thompson were born in Middlebury, Mass. After marriage, they re- moved to Maine, and lived there for thirty years, during which time the subject of this sketch was born, July 29, 1814, in Ox- ford county. They canie to Adams county in 1837, and settled in Payson in 1838. He learned the wagon-maker's trade, and has
carried on that business for over twenty-five years. Prior to that, he followed teaching, for eight years; was a pioneer pedagogue, in Payson and Burton, and vicinity. In June, 1847, he married Miss Maria Stewart, who was born in Maine, March 24, 1824; the daughter of William and Nancy (Marston) Stewart. Mrs Stewart is still living near . Payson ; is the oldest of fourteen children, thirteen of whom are living. Mr. T. is a deacon of the Baptist church; they are both long-time members. He served as Town Trustee and School Director for many years. They own a house, lot, and shop in Payson. When his parents removed from Maine, they came with a horse-team, con- suming two months in the journey.
Tillman R. P. farmer; sec. 21 ; P. O. Payson. Tomlinson Mrs. James ; sec. 30; P. O. Seehorn. Townsend Wm. sewing machine agt .; P. O. Payson.
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Vincent J. P. blacksmith ; P. O. Payson. Vining A. B. retired; residence, Plainville; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
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Wagy Henry, Sr., retired; sec. 20; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
Wagy James, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
WAGY JOHN. farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born Oct. 23, 1829, in Ross county, Ohio, to which place his parents came from their native county in Virginia, before they were married. He is the son of Philip and Saralı (Riley) Wagy. He left Ross county when he was eighteen years of age, and came to Adams county, Ill., in 1847. March 5, 1857, he married Miss Mary A. Baker, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Rinehart) Baker, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, July 1, 1839. They have nine children : Sarah A., Emma Hibbard, William G., Sanford, Samuel C., James R., Charles A., Laura May, and Harry E. They first settled in Richfield township. from which place they removed to their present farm, in the spring of 1865. They own eighty acres of land, worth $65 per acre. Their farm was the first farm im- proved in this part of the county, by Samuel Stone, for whom Stone's Prairie was named. His cabin stood within a few rods of Mr. W.'s present residence.
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WAGY OSKER, farmer; residence, Plainville ; P. O. Stone's Prairie; was born in Licki. g county, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1826; is the oldest of a family of four sons and four daughters, five of whom are now living. His father, Henry Wagy, was a native of Virginia, but came to Lieking county, Ohio, and married Miss Elenor Stone, who was born there. They removed from there when Osker was seven years of age, and settled in Quincy. His father afterward bought property in Richfield and Melrose townships. He finally traded his farm in Melrose for the land on which his son Osker now lives, and settled on it thirty-three years ago. Mr. W. married Miss Rebecca J. Decker, Feb. 26, 1846. She was born in Adams county, Feb. 16, 1829; is the daugh- ter of-John and Elenor (Johnson) Decker. They first settled on his father's farm, in Richfield township. He afterward bought a farm on See. 14, in Payson township, and removed there in 1852. In 1869, he bought the land from his father, and removed to his present home, since which time he has erected a house costing $3,500, and a barn costing $3,000. They have nine living children : Adaline, Sarah A., Orin, Henry, Eliza, Robert, McClelan, Caroline, and Lew- ley. Mr. W. now holds the office of Justice of the Peace. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity. His real estate con- sists of 164 acres in the home farm, worth $60 per acre; 240 acres on Sees. 14 and 23, worth $45 per acre, and eighty-four acres in Pike county, worth $35 per acre. His parents are both living in the village.
Wagy Stephen, farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
Wagy Wm. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Walker Mrs. Martha, P. O. Payson
Warn.r Peter, Jaborer; P. O. Payson.
Waters Isaac, farmer; sec. 13; P.O. Stone's Prairie. Wharton Mrs. Amy, prop. Payson House, Payson.
WHARTON HENRY E., nurs- eryman ; residence, Payson. He was born in Chester county, Pa., Sept. 17, 1845; is the son of Benjamin and Anna (Smedley) Whar- ton, of Pennsylvania. His mother is pro- prietor of the hotel at Payson. He moved with his parents to Wayne county, Ind., when he was eight years old; remained five years ; then moved to Payson in the fall of 1858. He attended the common school dur- ing the winter and worked on the farm in the summer. In 1864 he went to Colorado
and spent a season at Pike's Peak, returning that winter. Two years later he embarked in the nursery business, which he has since followed. He married Mrs. Mary A. Nich- olson, Feb. 6, 1873, who was born in Payson, Feb. 7, 1840 (widow of John W. Nicholson). They have. three children: Reba G., born Dec. 30, 1873; Harry G., born Dec. 24, 1875, and Arthur H., born Feb. 27, 1878. His wife owns a house and lot. She is a member of the M. E. church. He has held several lo- cal offices; is now Town Clerk. He ships nursery stock extensively to Missouri.
WHITCOMB DAVID, farmer ; See. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie. He was born in Payson township, Adams county, April 18, 1838. He is the sixth of nine children, seven of whom are living, of Wyman and Lury (Brockway) Whitcomb. Wyman Whitcomb was born in Hartford, Windsor county, Vt., Oct. 8, 1798. Lury Brockway was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1803. They were married in Trumbull county, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1823. They came west and settled in Payson township on the farm where David was born, in 1833, and where they still live. He enlisted in the Union army, in Co. D, 50th Regt. Ill. Inf., in August, 1861, as a Sergeant, in which ca. pacity he served one year; was then trans- ferred to Co. K. He was wounded in the shoulder, receiving a fracture of the seapula, at the battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862; was discharged in September, 1864. He mar- ried Mary E. Hibbard, Dec. 20, 1866. She was born in Adams county, April 23, 1846, and died March 10, 1867, leaving one child, Julius M. Mr. Whiteomb married Char- lotte Hoffman, Nov. 10, 1867. She is the daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Murphy) Hoffman, and was born in Adams county, Dec. 27, 1851. They have had six children four living: Clara, Willis, Emma, and Lura. Mr. Whitcomb owns forty acres in the home farm, worth $65 per aere.
Whitcomb Jasper, notary and justice; P.O. Payson. Whitcomb Jasper, Jr .. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie.
Whitcomb M. P. farmer; P. O. Payson.
Whitcomb W. farmer ; sec. 22; P. O. Stone's Prairie. Wicken samp Henry, farmer ; sec. 17; P. O. Payson. Wingfield J. P. farmer; sec 9; P. O. Payson.
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Young C. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Richfield.
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BALZER DANIEL, farmer; Sec. 29; P. O. Liberty; was born in Germany in 1846; came to Adams county in 1854, and located on Sec. 29; father and mother living ; owns 317 acres of land in McKee and Lib- erty townships, worth $6,000; was married in 1863 to Elizabeth Diehl. She was born in McKee township in 1848; have one child: Mary, born in.1869. He is School Director in district No. 3; are members of the Lu- theran church. Republican.
BALZER JACOB, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Fairweather; was born in Germany in 1828; came to America in 1851, and lived in Philadelphia four years, and came to Adams county in 1856; was married in 1857 to Mary Weisenberger. She was born in Germany ; have seven children : Jacob, Elizabeth, John, Micheal, Frederick, Frank and Daniel ; owns 200 acres of land under a fair state of culti- vation, worth $2,000; are members of the Lutheran church. Democrat.
Balzer Valentine, farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Liberty. Bartoldus Joseph, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville. Bartoldus Theresa, teacher; sec. 2; P. O. Kellerville. Bellmeyer Solomon, farmer; sec. 34; P. O. Fair- weather.
Bimson Chas. carpenter ; sec. 34; P. O. Fairweather.
BOLINGER DAMIAN, farmer and blacksmith; Sec. 6; P. O. Liberty; was born in Indiana, in 1844; came to Adams county in 1855, and located in Quincy, III. ; followed blacksmithing for seven years, and moved to McKee township in 1869, and lo- cated on Sec. 6; follows farming and black- smithing; was married in 1870, to Catherine Eisenhower. She was born in Germany in 1848; have three children: Eda, Christina and John; owns forty acres of land, worth $1,000; are members of the Catholic church. Democrat.
BOSS HENRY, farmer and Road Commissioner ; Sec. 14; P. O. Kellerville; was born in North Carolina, in 1827; came to Brown county in 1844, and to Adams county in 1864; was married in 1853 to Julia Jones. She was born in North Carolina ; have never had any children; owns eighty- five acres of land in McKee township, worth
$2,000; is School Director, and has held the office of Commissioner of Highways for four years. Democrat.
BOTTORFF JOSEPH, farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Kellerville ; was born in Clark county, Ind., 1833; came to Adams county in 1865, and located in Camp Point town- ship, and thence to McKee township in 1875; was married to Sarah Walton, in Dec. 1859. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1840. They have four children: Annie M., Flora May, Grace A., and Charles E. He owns ninety acres of land, worth $1,600. Demo- crat.
Bowen J. M. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Kellerville. Bradley Jacob, farmer ; see. 23; P. O. Kellerville. Britt James, farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Kellerville. Britt John L. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Kellerville. Britt J. S. farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Liberty. Buffington P. B. farmer ; sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. Bullard John, firmer ; sec. 13; P. O. Kellerville.
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Campbell Jobn, carpenter ; sec. 36: P. O. Beverly.
CARTER W. P., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. Kellerville; was born in Geauga county, Ohio, 1825; moved to Missouri in 1856, and lived in Putman county all throughi the war; came to Adams county in 1865, and located on Sec. 4, McKee township. He owns 106 acres of land under a fair state of cultivation, worth $2,000. He was married in 1845 to Mary J. Shoemaker. She was born in Ohio, in 1824. They have ten chil- dren : Mahala J., Nancy E., Saralı, Eliza, Elizabeth, Mary M., William, Thomas J., Robert L. and Henry H. Mr. Carter is School Director in district No. 6. He is a Democrat.
Charl Nafty, wagon maker; sec. 1; P. O. Kellerville. Childers Reuben, farmer; sec. 1 ; P. O. Kellerville. Click Samuel, farmer ; sec. 4 : P. O. Kellerville. Craft Francis, farme :; see. 1; P. O. Kellerville. Coburn Amasa, blacksmith; see. 33; P. O. Fair- weather.
Corner Daniel, farmer ; sec. 22. P. O. Kellerville Cutforth Charles, farmer ; sec. 20; P. O. Liberty.
CUTFORTH GEORGE., farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Liberty ; was born in England, 1808; came to New York, January, 1836, and to Quincy, Sept mber, 1838; lived near Quincy for one year, then in Fall Creek town-
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ship fifteen years, then located in McKee township in 1858, when it was but a vast wilderness, not even organized ; was married in 1839 to Mrs. Rachel- -. She was born in Kentucky; died in 1840. They had one child ; James B. Married again in 1841 to Jane Martin. She was born in Maine and died, 1871. He had eleven children by the second marriage : Charles, George (deceased), Thomas (deceased), Walter, John W., Wil- loughby (deceased), Clara J.(deceased), Mary E. (decased), Ivory R. (deceased), Judson, and Rhoda A. Then he married Mrs. Carter in 1871. She was born in Missouri. They had one child : William F. He owns 230 acres of land in McKee township, worth $5,000. They are both members of the Baptist church. He has held various offices in the township. Republican.
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Davis Catherine, sec. 4; P. O. Kellerville. Davis Isaac, teacher ; sec. 36; P. O. Beverly. Deal John, farmer; sec. 30: P. O. Liberty. Deal Wm. farmer ; sec. 31; P. O. Liberty. Dennis Mary, sec. 35 ; P. O. Beverly. DeWitt Sarah, sec. 15; P. O Ke lerville.
DIERDORFF JOSEPH, farmer and minister ; Sec. 16; P. O. Kellerville ; was born in Pennsylvania, 1826; came to Adams county in 1867; was married in 1847 to Re- becca McDonald. She was born in Ohio in 1828. They have six children : Francis M., Bertha A., John W., Mary J., Lucy S., and Martha E., five of whom are married. Owns fifty-five acres of land in section 16, worth $800. Mr. and Mrs. Dierdorff are members of the United Brethren church, of which he is the minister. He was in the 84th Regt. Ill. Inf .; enlisted at Quincy, Illinois, 1862; was disabled in the battle of Stone's river, and mustered out in April, 1863, on account of disability and ill health. Republican.
DIETRICH JACOB, farmer ; Sec. 19; P. O. Liberty; was born in Germany in 1844; came to Adams county in 1851 with his father, and located on section 11, Melrose township. His father died in February 1877; mother still living. Was married in 1869 to Sophia Rupp. She was born in Germany in 1845. Have six children : Lizzie, Nicholas P., Annie, George Hannah, and Mary. Mr. D. located in McKee township in April, 1873, on sec. 19. Owns 160 acres of land, under a good state of cultivation, worth $3,000.
Has held the office of Collector, and are members of the Catholic church. He is a Democrat.
Dole George, farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Kellerville.
DOOLE JOHN H., farmer ; Sec. 12: P. O. Kellerville; was born in Derry county, Ireland, in 1839; came to Adams county in 1856, May 10, and worked as a farm hand for eighteen years; was married in 1871 to Mary Ann McConnel. She was born in Ire- land. Had three children : the living one is James R .; deceased are, Hugh H., and an in- fant. Moved to McKee township in 1875, and located on sec. 12, of which there is 170 acres of land, undivided, owned by him and his brother George. He is a Republican.
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