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SEALS CHRISTOPHER, mer- chant ; residence Loraine ; was born in Cler- mont county, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1831 ; came to Adams county in 1851 ; married Miss Marg- aret M. Lookmire in August, 1833. She was born in same county, Oct. 27, 1835. They have two children: Rebecca Ann and Charles H. Mr. Seals is an active man ; is mer- chandising and trading in railroad ties, farming, and raising stock; makes a spec- ialty in raising horses ; owns 263 acres of land, 200 under good cultivation, besides, owns five lots and three houses in Loraine. Politics, Democratic.
SEALS JAMES M., farmer ; Sec. 22; P. O. Loraine; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, March 27, 1833. He is the tenth child and sixth son of James B. Seals (deceased) ; came to Adams county in 1857; married Miss Mary Jane Ketchum, March 16, 1859. She was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in Dec. 25, 1838. Three children, two daughters and one son. Mr. S. came to this county a poor man, and now owns fifty-five acres of land, thirty acres under cultivation. Has held local offices of trust, and always taken a lively interest in township and county affairs. Politics, Democratic.
SEALS JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Loraine. He is the fourth child and second son of James Seals (deceased) ; was born in Clermont county, Ohio, March 27, 1819; came to Adams county in 1839; walked from Shawneetown to St. Louis; thence to Keene township. There was but a few settlers on the route from Shawnee- town to Keene township ; there was plenty of dcer, wolves, and wild cats. Married Miss Catherine Cecil, Feb. 3, 1853. She was born in Kentucky in Oct. 14, 1830. Came withThis parents in an early day to Knox county, Ill. Have had four children, three living. When Mr. S. first came, worked at his trade, bricklaying and plastering. Owns 155 acres of land, 105 under cultivation, worth $6,200. His first residence was a log cabin, 14x14, kitchen, sitting-room, and parlor. Used what is termed Jackson or Prairie bedsteads; hoop poles for bed cords, and puncheons for floors. His first crop of wheat was sold at twenty-five cents per bushel ; hauled it to Quincy, and traded it out in goods. Pork was worth $1.50 per hundred, and that in trade. For the first
two years money was so scarce that they could not get enough to pay postage. Rat- tle snakes were more plenty in those days than greenbacks are at present. "Haw Buck," "Gee Bright," were the organs that we played in those days, and hog and homr iny was the fare. Had to go twenty-eight miles to mill, eight miles southeast of Quincy, on Mill Creek; made the trip in two days. The first winter salt was $4 pe- bushel, coffee twenty-five cents per pound. Mr. S. was sixty years old March 27, 1879, and dont owe a dollar in the world.
Seals Wm. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Loraine. Seals W. H. farmer; sec. 27; P. O. Loraine. Sheador J. W. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Loraine. Shepherd Monroe, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Loraine. Simmermacher Geo. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Tioga. Smith Geo. farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Loraine. Smith Wm. farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Loraine.
SPICER ARCHIMADES N., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Loraine; was born in Keene township, Adams county, Dec. 6, 1845. His father came to the township in 1835, when the township was a vast wilder- ness. He was identified with its interest until his death, Oct. 27, 1878. His mother died Feb. 18, 1870. The subject of this sketch was married in 1875 to Isabella Wor- man, born in Ohio, July 17, 1845. Have two children : Grace, born Sept. 5, 1875; Lou, born July 8, 1878. He owns 270 acres of land, worth $40 per acre; was in the 155th Regt. Ill. Inf .; enlisted in February, 1865, and discharged at the close of the war, Oct. 18, 1865. His wife is a member of the M. E. church. Mr. Spicer is a Republican.
Spicer Mrs. sec. 18; P. O. Loraine. Spicer Sarah, sec. 9; P. O. Tioga, Hancock county.
STEINER GEORG E, farmer ; Sec. 8; P. O. Loraine ; was born in Adams county, June 6, 1848; married Miss Elizabeth Ann Humphrey in 1872. She was born in Mis- souri, Nov. 22, 1854. Have four children ; John H., Edwin E., Michael E., and an in- fant. Mr. Steiner's father came to the county in 1837; owns 150 acres of land, 120 under good cultivation, worth $4,500; held the office of Collector one year. His father was among the early settlers of Adams county. Steiner Hiram, farmer; sec. 5; P. O. Loraine.
STEINER MICHAEL, farmer; Sec. 5; P. O. Loraine; was born in Ger- many, Jan. 30, 1810; came to New York in
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1836 (where he saw President Van Buren) ; thence to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he got em- ployment on a coal boat; went to New Orleans; came up the river to Vicksburg; stopped one month, and to Quincy in 1837; got a situation on the steamboat Olive Branch, plying between St. Louis and Galena, among the first boats that run on the Upper Mississippi; afterward engaged to Mr. Whipple in a saw mill; sawed the blue ash flooring that went into the first house that Mr. Browning built; married Ann Catherine Gable in 1839. She was born in Germany, Feb. 20, 1820. Hlad nine chil- dren, seven living-four boys and three girls ; has raised wheat and sold it for twenty-five cents per bushel. Mr. Steiner remembers the winters of 1839-40, the river froze so early that the merchants could not get their supplies, so they had to cart them from St. Louis; he saw salt sold that winter for $4 per bushel. Mr. Steiner moved on to the place where he now resides in 1842; has ac- cumulated a fine property ; has at this time 300 acres of land; gave his two married sons 160 acres; has 150 acres under good cultivation. Mr. Steiner was subpenaed as a witness at Macomb in 1845; made his way the best he could, keeping the direction, there being no roads in that part of the county. Prince Albert's father was Mr. Steiner's captain in the regular army in Germany.
Stephens Solon, farmer; scc. 12; P. O. Loraine. Stephens Thos. farmer; sec. 12; P. O. Loraine.
Stillwell A. J. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Stillwell, Han- cock county.
Strickler H. W. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Loraine. Swain J. M. farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Loraine. Swain John, farmer ; sec. 23; P. O. Loraine. Swain Sam. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine.
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Theiten Henry, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Loraine. Thomas Belle, sec. 9; P. O. Loraine.
THOMAS BENJAMIN, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Loraine; was born in Butler county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1831; came to Adams county in 1837, with his parents. They had eight children; three were born in this county. He married Miss Elizabeth J. Stilwell in 1853. She was born in Johnson county, Ind., in 1834. They have had eight children, seven living. Mr. Thomas has 148 acres of land, 125 acres of which is
under good cultivation, worth about $5,800. His father is one of the oldest settlers of Adams county; has seen it grow from a wilderness up to its present state of cultiva- tion.
Thompson Wm. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Big Neck. Thorp John, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine. Treach George, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Loraine. Treach G. W. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Loraine. Turner O. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Loraine. Turner Orilla; sec. 9; P. O. Loraine.
Tuxford James, farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Big Neck.
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Ury Susan A. sec. 14; P. O. Loraine.
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Vanhorn G. farmer; sec. 29; P. O. Loraine.
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Wade Austin ; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine.
WARD FREDERICK, farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Loraine; was born in Hancock county, Ill., June 22, 1840; married Miss Sarah Cort, April 15, 1869. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. They have had five children, four living: Franklin, born April 6, 1870; George, born March, 1872; Henry, born March, 1874; Sarah Jane, born Nov. 28, 1875; and the baby, born March 28, 1878. Henry was drowned in Bear Creek, six miles west; went with his parents on a visit, got lost in the woods, and his body was found in the water, Dec. 12, 1877. Mr. Ward owns cighty acres of land, three- fourths of a mile from the village of Lo- raine, forty-five of which is under good cul- tivation, worth $3,000. He went to Califor- nia in 1863, remaining there one year; returned to this county, and bought his present home in December, 1868.
Ward Jerome, carpenter; sec. 16; P. O. Loraine. Ward P. C. farmer; sec. 28; P. O. Loraine. Weidenhammer J. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Loraine. Whittlesey Mrs. sec. 18; P. O. Mendon. Wilson L. farmer; sec. 7; PO. Loraine.
WILCOX THOMAS, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Loraine; was born in Oxfordshire, England, July 7, 1828; came to Adams county in 1847; his father settled in Men- don township, and settled where his father and mother died. Married Miss Jane Hew- itt; she was born in Ireland, in 1828. They
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have eight children, four boys and four girls. Mr. W. came to Sec. 19, Keene town- ship in 1866; has 151 acres of land, 100 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. W. are members of the Episcopal church. Three of their oldest children are married, one lives in Cass county, Mo., the others live in this township. His father has sold pork in Quincy for $1.25 per hundred, and they wanted him to take part in goods, as they could not pay so much in money. Mr. W. and father bought fifty acres of land near Mendon, paid $10 per acre for cleared, and $7 for timber.
Wilson D. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Loraine.
WILSON JOHN D., farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Loraine; was born in Shelby county, Ind., Jan. 29, 1822. Married Miss Ann Eads, Nov. 6, 1850; she was born in Madison county, Ind., and died in 1853.
For his second wife he married Miss Eliza beth A. Zinn, Dec. 6, 1855. She was born in Marion county, Va., Jan. 14, 1837. They have two children, Thresia B., born Sept. 29, 1856; Charles B., born July 10, 1858. Mr. W. has held offices of trust in the towu- ship; has 110 acres of land, seventy under cultivation. His mother was almost ninety years old when she died; his father died in Indiana. Mr. Wilson came to Adams county in 1850, and to the place where he now resides in 1853.
Wilt Samuel, farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Big Neck. Woods James, farmer ; sec 28; P. O. Loraine.
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Yenter G. A. stock dealer; sec. 17; P. O. Loraine.
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Zinn E. D. sec. 5; P. O. Loraine.
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Aden C. farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Keokuk Junction. Aden E. farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Keokuk Junction.
ADEN HENRY M., farmer; Sec. 22; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 28, 1841; came to this county in 1858. He owns 11212 acres of land, val- ued at $5,000. Married, for his first wife, Mary Lennis. She was born in Germany, in 1844, and died May 20, 1878, leaving three living children : Mann, Mary and Rankin. For his second wife he married Maggie Berhnes. She was born in 1848. They be- long to the Lutheran church. Politics, Re- publican. He emigrated from Germany in 1858, on a sailing vessel, and was nine weeks and four days in reaching New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to Adams county, where he has resided since. Turns off twenty-five head of hogs, and raises thirty acres of corn.
Alberts Lonis, blacksmith; P. O. La Prairie. Alexander A. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Elm Grove.
ALEXANDER DANIEL, farmer and stock-raiser; Sec, 24; P. O. Elm Grove;
was born in Russell county, Va., Oct. 15 1840; came to this county in 1839. He owns 240 acres of land, valued at $10,000. He married Rachel Allen. She was born in Ohio. They have two children: Perdie L. and Sidney W. Emigrated in 1839, with his parents, to this county, where he has resided since. Turns off forty head of hogs, twenty head of cattle, and raises 2,000 bushels of corn, yearly. He has held the office of Road Commissioner. When he first came here he lived in a cabin, 12x12, with nine in the family. There were plenty of deer, wolves, turkeys, and all kinds of game. Quincy, at that time, was but a small place. Mr. Alex- ander well knows the hardships through which the pioneer had to pass.
ALEXANDER JOHN, farmer ; Sec. 25; P. O. Elm Grove ; was born in Rus- sell county, Va., Nov. 26, 1828; came to this county in 1834; has 170 acres of land, val- ued at $5,000; married, for his first wife, Rachel Piggott. She was born in North Car- olina, June 4, 1825, and died Feb. 16, 1869. They had seven children: Jason, born Feb. 23, 1851; Mary E., born March 10, 1853;
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Andrew J., born Dec. 28, 1855; Keziah S., born Oct. 30, 1858; Nancy A., born April 23, 1861; Philip C., born May 13, 1863, and John L., born Dec. 25, 1865. For his second wife he married Catherine Jourdan. She was born in Virginia, Dec. 27, 1845. They have two children: Eva B. and Mattie E. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander belong to the Pres- byterian church. He emigrated with his parents to this county when he was six years old, and ranks among the carliest settlers of the township.
ALEXANDER M. F .. farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Elm Grove ; son of Mary and William Alexander : was born in this county, Jan. 17, 1841; has sixty-five acres of land, valued at $2,600; married Emily Shank, Aug. 17, 1871. She was born in Brown county, Ill., March 3, 1857. They have three chil- dren : Della, born Sept. 27, 1873; Oliver W., born April 27, 1875, and William R., born July 26, 1877. Are members of the Pres- byterian church. He has held the office of Collector. His father, William Alexander, went from Virginia to Tennessee in 1838; lived there about one year, and then came to this county in 1840; raised a family of thir- teen children, who all lived to be men and women. His father came here poor, in an early day, and amassed a good property. The subject of this sketch has lived to see the wild prairies transformed into a fine farming country, and knows what it is to be a pioneer. His father was very poor, and once, when there was a letter in the post- office with charges of twenty-five cents, he had to borrow the money, and it was a year before he could pay it back.
Alexander S. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Elm Grove. Alexander Wm. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Elm Grove. Anderson James, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. La Prairie.
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BACON R. H., merchant and farmer, La Prairie; was born in Cape Gi- rardeau county, Mo., Feb. 17, 1825; ! came to Hancock, county in 1835; lived there until 1843; thence to Fulton county; lived there until 1856, when he came to this county. He has 452 acres of land, valued at $15,000. Hc married Charlotte E. Griffin, who was born in Alleghany county, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1823. She is the mother of six children : Alice E., born May 15, 1848 (died Dec. 15, '78); Eliza
E., born June 23, 1850 (dicd Dec. 4, '72) ; Ed- ward H., born Jan. 19, 1852 ; Effiie A., born April 1, 1855; Carlton T., born Jan. 7, 1857, and Lillie, born March 2, 1859. He carries a stock of dry goods and groceries to the amount of $3,000 or $4,000, and docs a busi- ness of $12,000. His father, Benjamin Bacon (who was born in Sunderland county, Vt., May 11, 1795), married Elizabeth S. Brevard March 22, 1821. She was born in Iredell county, N. C., July 3, 1797; emigrated from North Carolina by teams over the Alleghany Mountains to Cape Girardeau county, Mo., in 1821, occupying between three and four weeks' time; moved into a log cabin with puncheon floor. Mr. Bacon lived on a farm for about nine years, then moved to Jackson, the county seat, and engaged in merchandis- ing, and was afterward elected County and Circuit Clerk.
Bagby Wm. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Augusta.
BALFOUR J. H., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 13; P. O. Elm Grove; was born in Randolph county, N. C., Dec. 31, 1824; came to this county in the spring of 1835; has 508 acres of land, valued at $10,000; married Nancy Jane Pettijohn, 1861. She was born in Boone county, Ill., March 18, 1842; mother of nine children: Wm. A., born Dec. 29, 1861; Edwin A., Aug. 10, 1863; Emma A., April 29, 1865 ; Mary M., Aug. 5, 1867; Dora V., Nov. 27, 1869; Antonette, Jan. 29, 1872; Francis P., March 27, 1874; Henly R., Jan. 5, 1877; Nancy E., April 27, 1878. They came through from North Car- olina with teams; was on the road seven weeks; camped out and did their own cook- ing; moved into a log cabin, 16x16, with eight in the family. He has held the office of Overseer of Poor, School Director, and belongs to the Methodist church. Mr. Bal- four came here when there were no signs of civilization on the prairie, when the deer, wolves and turkey wandered around without molestation, when he could travel for miles without seeing a fence, and has lived to see it developed into one of the best farming countries, and has laid by enough of this world's goods to keep himself and family as long as he lives.
Bartholomew Nancy, sec. 31; P. O. Keokuk Junc- tion.
Beckett Mrs. Wm. millinery; P. O. Keokuk Junc- tion.
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Bedle John, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. LaPrairie. Binkley G. W. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. LaPrairie.
BRUNER A. J., farmer; Sec. 4; P. O. La Prairie; son of Joseph and Eliza- beth Bruner; was born in Greene county, East Tenn., April 6, 1823; has 265 acres of land, valued at $6,000; married for his first wife, Salina Heyworth. They had seven children, six of whom are living: Elizabeth, John W., Marian C., Abraham L., Ida May, Julia B. For his second wife he married Julia A. Eaves. She was born in York State; mother of four children: Emma, Maggie, Mattie and David. Mr. Bruner's father was born in Maryland, and emigrated to East Tennessee when he was ten years old, where he lives at the present time, at the age of eighty years. The subject of this sketch came from Tennessee to this State in 1853; moved into a log cabin, 15x15, which had been used for a smoke house. Their furni- ture consisted of two chairs, a box for a table, and used what is called prairie bedsteads ; came here in an early day, and by hard work has made a good home.
BUCKLEW SAMUEL, wheel- wright, P. O. La Prairie; born in Holmes county, O., Feb. 10, 1827; came to this county in 1850; has eighty acres of land, valued at $2,500; married for his first wife, Mary C. Harding, Ang. 22, 1850. They had four children: Eliza Ann, born June 25, 1852; Martha J., Oct. 18, 1854; Leonora, Feb. 25, 1858; one child died in infancy. For his second wife he married Mary Woods. She was born in Fayette county, Pa., Feb. 12, 1827. Have one child living, Edward, born Feb. 8, 1867. Mr. Bucklew's father emigrated from Virginia to Holmes Co., O., where he reared a family of five boys and seven girls and died at the age of sixty-five years; his mother died at the age of seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Bucklew belong to the M. E. church. His father was in the War of 1812. Mr. Bucklew has followed the business of wagon- maker for the last twenty-seven years. Buhr Cobus, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Keokuk Junc- tion.
Burke A. B. farmer; P. O. La Prairie.
BURKE LEMUEL, farmer and stock shipper; Sec. 34; P. O. Keokuk Junc- tion; was born in this township, Nov. 19, 1833; has 543 acres of land, valued at $20,000; married Ann Robbins, daughter of
Captain Robbins. She was born in North Carolina, 1833. They have six living chil- dren : Addie B., Edmund L., Cora Ann, Lydia D., Sarah E. (died in 1874), Flora and Charles L. His father was born in Russell county, Va., Nov. 20, 1809, and married Sarah Hor- ney Dec. 27, 1832. She was born Feb. 1, 1812. She was mother of eight children: Lemuel, Sarah E., Wm. H., Lydia D., Louisa V., Rebecca T., Mary E., Robert L. His father emigrated from Virginia to Schuyler county, when he was two years old, and in the spring after the " big snow," 1830, lo- cated his land and improved some of it, and brought his family here in the spring of 1832, and moved into a log shanty 16x16, covered with split clapboards; cut poles in the woods for bedsteads, and for a table used a board across a sugar barrel. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the 119th Regt. Ill. Inf., as 1st Sergt .; was in the bat- tle at Rutherford Station, where he was cap- tured by Gen. Forest; paroled and sent to Benton barracks, St. Louis, afterward ex- changed; was in the Red River Expedition, also in the battle of Tupelo, where they whipped Forest; was at Nashville, and fought Hood; was in the engagement at Fort Blakely, the last battle participated in; mustered out at Mobile Ala.
BURKE ROBERT F., breeder of fine stock; Sec. 35; P. O. Keokuk Junction ; was born at his place of residence, May 15, 1850, being the youngest child of Fleming and Sarah Burke, who emigrated to this county in the year 1832. He owns 370 acres of land, finely improved, and valued at $15,000. Mr. Burke is engaged in the breed- ing of short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. In 1871-72, prior to going to Mon- tana in 1876, it became necessary to dispose of his stock. After remaining west one year, he returned. His desire being so strong for fine. stock, he could not refrain from engaging in that business once more. His Elm Leaf herd of short horns are very choice, being represented by the following popular families: Louans, White Rose, Young Mary's, Young Phyllis, and others, including two imported cows, Primula (the dam of Kissinger's famous Breastplate), and Roseleaf 5th. The herd is headed by the premium Young Phyllis bull Orange No- ble, 30,460 A. H. B., bred by J. H. Kissiu-
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ger & Co., Clarksville. Mo .; sired by im- ported Orange Boy, 30,468; dam Beauty Noble, bred by B. B. Groom, of Kentucky. Orange Noble has been exhibited at At- lanta, Logan county, Ill., Bloomington, Ill., Peoria, Ill., Illinois State Fair, at Freeport, Ill., Springfield, Ill, Adams county, Ill., Brown county, Ill., and Schuyler county fairs, carrying off, in almost every instance, the blue ribbon. He is a regular " Murphy." In 1878, his cattle took first prize as best herd of any age or breed at Adams and Schuyler county fairs; also, second at Brown county fair. He also breeds Berk- shire and Poland China swine. It is claimed that each breed excels the other. It is his desire to try both breeds, and give them an equal chance, and ascertain which is the best breed for farmers. He also breeds Cotswold sheep, eligible for entry in the American Cotswold record. The cattle are registered in A. H. B. The swine are recorded in the Berkshire and Poland China swine books. Mr. Burke takes a leading in- terest in the temperance cause-is President of the Elm Grove Society; is a young man of sterling integrity and untiring industry, and is laying the foundation for a future prosperous and happy life, whose influence will be appreciated in the community at large.
Burke Wm. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Elm Grove. Burnett Jas. N. farmer ; sec. 19; P. O. La Prairie. Buss W. J. lumber; P. O. Keokuk Junction. Byland John, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Augusta.
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CAIN ENOS, farmer; Sec. 16; P. O. La Prairie; was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1808; came to this county in 1847. He owns 134 acres of land, valued at $6,000; married Miss Nancy Wiling. She was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1810. They have ten children : Henry, Hannah, Thomas, Mary Ellen, Aaron,-Rebecca, John, Martha, Benj. Franklin, and James, who are all living. Hannah, his eldest daughter, married Wm. A. Pyle, a Methodist minis- ter, who took a great interest in the Union cause. He recruited a company, and was commissioned as Captain, and afterward Colonel of the regiment, and, by the recom- mendations of Gens. Thomas and Seigel, was commissioned as Brigadier General ; was afterward elected to Congress from the
First District of Missouri; received the ap- pointment as Governor of New Mexico; also, Minister to South America. At the first election attended by Mr. C., there were only twenty-two voters; came here in limited circumstances, but, by industry and economy, he has made himself and family a good home. When he first came to this county, he rode from La Prairie to Carthage without seeing a fence or piece of ground broken.
CARTER JACOB. F., farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Elm Grove; was born in Lancaster county, Penn., June 24, 1828; came to this county in 1835. He owns forty-six acres of land, valued at $1,800; married Miss Elizabeth J. Walker. She was born in Randolph county, N. C., Aug. 21, 1825. They have six children: Nancy L., born Aug. 5, 1851; John W., born Feb. 24, 1854; Lydia D., Oct. 8, 1856; Wm. E. A., Nov. 28, 1859; Jacob S., Aug. 7, 1863; Emma A., June 2, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. C. belong to the M. E. church. He enlisted in the 50th Regt. Ill. Inf., Co. B, Capt. Smith ; was in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donaldson, and Shiloh, where he was struck with a masket ball in his ankle, which makes a cripple of him. A plug of tobacco once saved his life; a ball struck his box which the tobacco was in, and it stopped the force of the ball. He got his wound carrying Col. Bain off the field. Mr. C. came amongst the men who first came to the township ; has lived two winters on wild meat, when there was no other to be had. Gov. Wood lived in a log-house, when Mr. Carter first came to this county.
. Chambers Chas. farmer: P. O. La Prairie.
CHINN CHAS. R., druggist; LaPrairie; was born in Warren county, Ill., Jan. 14, 1856; is the only druggist in town; carrles a stock of about $1,400; married Ellen Mcclellan. She was born in this county. She is the, mother of one child: Ollie, born Aug. 5, 1877. Mr. Chinn was employed in Quincy as engineer for Archi- bald Brown's cracker factory. He has spent most of his life in this county; does a busi- ness of about $4,000.
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