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 134

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Publication date: 1879
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Miller S. F. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Mendon. Miller Mrs. S. H. P. O. Coatsburg.

Monds J. D. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Coatsburg.

MORTON Z., farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 27; P. O. Paloma ; born in But- ler county, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1830 ; came to this county in the fall of 1845. He has 220 acres of land, valued at $9,000. He married for his first wife Sarah Boyler. She was born in Tennessee, Feb. 15, 1828, and died Aug. 13, 1864. They had four children : Jobn W., born Jan. 4, 1857; Joseph 'H., Aug. 30,

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1859; Silas Z., Nov. 3, 1861; James F., July 14. 1863. For his second wife he married Lydia E. Law. She was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1837, and 'died Sept. 15, 1878; had three children: Elmer S., born March 12, 1867; David W., April 22, 1869 ; Annie M., Sept. 11, 1871. Are members of the M. E. church. Mr. M. has held the office of School Director and Road Commis- sioner; has lived on the place where he now resides for twenty-two years; has one of the best farms in the township; has 200 acre, under good cultivation, and good residences and is one of the sound farmers of the town- ship.

Maryer M. merchant ; P. O. Coatsburg.

Murrah J. C. farmer ; sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg.

MURRAH PETER E., farmer; Sec. 13 ; P. O. Coatsburg (son of John and Mary Murrah) ; was born in Adams county, Ill., Oct. 19, 1846 ; has 160 acres of land, valued at $4,000 ; married Melissa Koontz. She was born in Virginia. Have four chil- dren, three living : Mary Ettie, Peter Law- rence, Joseph Arthur. Has held the office of Collector and School Director. His father, John Murrah, was a native of Ken- tucky; emigrated to Tennessee in an early day, where he married Mary Fite, and in the year 1837, came to Adams county ; came through with teams, and well can be con- sidered one of the pioneers of the county.

NIBUHR ANTON, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Hanover, Germany, April 28, 1849; came to this country in 1870; came over in steamship ; made the trip in eleven days ; landed at New York, where he stayed a short time, and then came to Adams county, where he has resided since.

. Nevins S. J. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg.

Ogle Jas. merchant; P. O. Paloma. Overlander Fred, blacksmith; P. O. Coatsburg.

PETERS JOHN H., farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Old- enburg, Germany, March 24, 1832; came to this country in 1869; has 160 acres of

land, valued at $8,000; married Maria Stauffer. She was born in Hanover, Germany, Jan. 6, 1833; died Oct. 10, 1878; had eleven children, seven living: Char- lie, Helene, Frederick, Maria, Philip, Herman, Elinora. In politics, Mr. P. is Democratic; he emigrated direct from Ger- many to New York; was two weeks making the trip; stayed in New York four days, then came to this county, where he has resided since ; turns off thirty-five to forty head of hogs and raises fifty acres of corn yearly ; has a farm under good cultivation, and is comfortably off. He was in the German army six months; is a member of the Lutheran church.

PEVEHOUSE ISAAC N., farm- er; Sec. 11 ; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Wayne county, Ky., Dec. 28, 1818 ; came to this county in the spring of 1835 ; his 480 acres of land, valued at $12,000; married for his first wife Edith Evans. She was born April 13, 1825 ; has two children : James H. and Louisa Jane. For his second wife he married Eliza Jane Clarkson. She was born in Morgan county, Ill., May 4, 1833 ; five children, three living : Annie L., Nancy L., Samuel L. Has held the office of Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, etc. His father was a native of Berks county, Pa. ; was born Dec. 24, 1776. His mother, born July 22, 1793; she was a native of Maryland. His father married in Kentucky, where he raised a family of four children ; was among the earliest settlers there, and in 1835 came to Adams county ; came through with four-horse teams, and located on what is known as the Dr. Darrah Place ; moved into a log cabin, 18x18. The subject of this sketch made a trip to California in 1850, with an ox team; was five months on the road; remained there until 1852, then came back to Adams county. Mr. P. has a good farm and comfortable house, and can well be claimed one of its pioneers.

Phillips Silas, farmer; sec. 19; P. O. Mendon.

PHIRMANN GEORGE, mer- chant and stock-dealer; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Neuburg, Bavaria, Feb. 16, 1838; came to this country in 1854; married Emily Grigsby. She was born in Honey Creek township, April 10, 1842. They have four children: Louisa, Fannie, George E., and John G. He has held the offices of Post-

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master and Supervisor of Honey Creek town- ship. He crossed the ocean in a sailing vessel; was forty-one days crossing; landed at New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy ; engaged in shoemaking for nine years; since that time has been mer- chandising; carries a stock of about $5,000, and does a business of $20,000; does the leading business in the village. When he came to this country he was a poor man; had to earn money to pay his passage over. By industry and economy he has made a good property and home.

Pollck Joseph, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Coatsburg. Potter John, farmer; sec. 30; P. O. Fowler.

RENKEN HENRY, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Coatsburg.

Renshell George, laborer; P. O. Coatsburg. Renshell Herman, farmer; sec. 13; P. O. Coatsburg. Renshell V. farmer; sec. 13; P. O Coatsburg. Richardson A. H. farmer ; sec. 34; P. O. Paloma. Richardson William, P. O. Coatsburg.

Riley J. E. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. Roberts Barton, farmer; sec. 18; P. O. Mendon.

ROHE HENRY, farmer; Sec. 35; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Prussia, Nov. 8, 1827; came to this country in 1860; has forty-five acres of land, valued at $2,000; married Joannah Leman. She was born in Oldenburg, Germany, Jan. 24, 1827. They have two children : Henry and Mary. They' are members of the Lutheran church, and he is Trustee of the same. Politics, Demo- cratic. He emigrated from Bremen in a sailing-vessel; was six weeks making the trip; landed at New York; thence to Quin- cy, Ill. He worked out a year and a half for $8 per month ; rented two years; and in 1864 bought the place where he now lives. Mr. Rohe is one of the leading members of the Lutheran church.

Rolfe M. farmer; sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg.

Sahland A. H. farmer; sec. 36; P. O. Coatsburg. Sahiland C. A. farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg. Schrader Herman, farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Coatsburg. Senior Christ, farmer ; sec. 5; P. O. Mendon. Shoemaker A. J. farmer ; sec. 8; P. O. Mendon. Shoemaker D. W. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Fowler.

SIMON WILLIAM, farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Lippe,

Germany, April 19, 1826; came to this coun- try, 1854. He has eighty-five acres of land under good cultivation, valued at $4,000. He married Minnie Shaffer. She was born in the same place, Nov. 3, 1833. They have nine children, six boys and three girls: Au- gust, William, Theodore, Matilda, Johnny, Helene, Eddie, Charles, and Minnie. They are members of the Lutheran church. Pol- itics, Democratic. Emigrated from Bremen on a sailing vessel; was sixty-three days making the voyage: landed at New Orleans, thence up the Mississippi river to Quincy, where he lived six months, and drove team for $8 per month, then rented for twelve years, and has been on his own place for eleven years. Mr. Simon has a good com- fortable home, and is well off; was in the German army three years.

SIVERTSON C. F., retired farmer; residence, Coatsburg; was born in Copenhagen, Feb. 20, 1809; came to this country in 1832. He has 240 acres of land under good cultivation, valued at $10,000; married Marcia Larkin, Oct. 2, 1840. She was born in Whitehall, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1816. They have had four children: Emily F., born Dec. 21, 1842 (died April 10, 1862); William F., born Dec. 21, 1843; Mary S., born March 5, 1847; Edgar C., born April 8, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Baptist church. He has held the office of School Treasurer since 1850. In 1832 he went to Russia for a short time; then sailed for New York, making the voyage in sixty days; stopped in New York about six months, and worked at ship-building; then came to Washington county, Ohio, where he worked at steamboating for a number of years; afterward came to Adams county, where he has resided since. Wm. Frederick was in the Union army, 124th Regt. Ill. Inf., Co. I., what was called the Temperance Reg- iment; was at the siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Champion Hill., etc. Mr. S. came to the county in an early day ; has a good property and home.

Skidmore J. S. farmer ; sec. 34; P. O. Coatsburg.

SKIRVIN H. C., Physician and Surgeon; res. Coatsburg; is the son of Clay- ton and Rebecca Skirvin; was born in Gal latin county, Ky., June 4, 1825; married Paulina Thompson. She was born in

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Lewis county, Mo., June 1, 1837. She is mother of two children: Ira H., born Dec. 23, 1855; and Marian L., born Feb. 17, 1862. They are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Skirvin's father was a native of Ken- tucky and his mother of Tennessee; they lived in Kentucky until 1868, when they both died. The subject of this sketch studied under Dr. Wm. H. Davidson; at- tended college at Louisville, Ky., two years; also attended lectures at New Orleans; and thence to Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in the year 1850. He has prac- ticed in eight different States; has a good practice in Coatsburg and vicinity; attends the patients at the county farm.

Sloniger J. farmer ; sec 4 ; P. O. Mendon. Sloniger J. P. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Sloniger James, farmer ; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Słoniger Joel, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Spinder John, laborer; P. O. Coatsburg. Springer Fred, farmer; sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg. Sproat Loran, farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. -

Talcott W. C. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Taylor Christ, farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Mendon. Taylor Edward; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Thayer Charles, farmer; sec. 32; P. O. Fowler. Thayer Horace; sec. 28; P. O. Paloma. Thompson W. H. postmaster; P. O. Coatsburg. Thurwachter G. A. saloon ; P. O. Coatsburg. Teneford B. farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Fowler. Tieken J. D. physician ; P. O. Coatsburg.

TIEKEN FRED, JR., farmer; Sec. 23; P. O. Coatsburg; was born in Ger- many, Jan. 23, 1853; came to this country when he was five years old; married Matilda Hammer, Dec. 26, 1878. She was born in Honey Creek township, Jan. 27, 1860. In 1873 Mr. Tieken went to Germany to attend the school of Oldenburg, where he stayed a year and a half; studied Economy of Farm- ing. He is a young man of industrious habits, and is sure to succeed. His father was a native of North Germany; born Aug. 5, 1829; came to this country in 1868; mar- ried Catherine Sievers. She was born in the same place, July 21, 1824. Eight chil- dren: Frederick, Deidrich, Gerhard, Wil- helm, Theodore, Sophia, Helene, and Anna. They are members of the Lutheran church. They emigrated on steamer " Verse," mak- ing the trip in fifteen days; landed in New York, where they stopped a couple of days; then came to Adams county. Has 325 acres

of land, valued at $13,000; has as fine a farm as there is in the township. He has a son in St. Louis, attending the American College of Medicine; the third son is a farmer; the fourth is clerking; and the fifth attends school. Mr. Tieken has retired, and is one of the sound farmers of the township.

Tieken M. C. P. O. Coatsburg.

Tinsley Peter, farmer; sec. 22; P. O. Coatsburg. Tittle A. J. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Mendon,

Tout Perry, farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Mendon. Tout Wm. J. farmer; sec. 2; P. O. Mendon.

TOUT WILLIAM S., farmer; Sec. 2; P. O. Mendon; was born in Flem- ming county, Ky., Oct. 20, 1812; emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana, where he lived sixteen years; thence to Adams county, in the fall of 1840, where he has since resided; married Levina Garr. She was born in Kentucky, July 6, 1818. Have sixteen chil- dren; twelve living: Martha, John, Julia, Perry, Virenda, William, Catherine, Nancy, Elias, Matilda, Benjamin, and Lettie. Mem- bers of the M. E. church. Had two sons in the Union army: Anderson en- listed in the 50th Regt. Ill. Inf., and was killed at the battle of Bentonville, the last fight of the war; William was in the same regiment, and was in several battles: was on the big march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. Mr. Tout has a farm of 200 acres, valued at $6,000,. under good cultivation; and one of the best stone quarries in the county.

Turner D. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Coatsburg. Turner H. A. farmer; sec. 21; P. O. Co.itsburg.

Ward Michael, farmer ; sec. 16; P. O. Coatsburg. Ward Thos. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Mendon. Weed L. A. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Mendon. Wisenberger V. wagon maker; P. O. Coatsburg. Werner Adolph, farmer; sec. 20; P. O. Mendon. White J. A. farmer: sec. 9; P. O. Coatsburg.

WHITE EDEN, farmer; Sec. 24; P. O. Coatsburg; is the son of Jonathan and Louisa White; was born in East Tennessee, Nov. 8, 1824; came to this county in the spring of '38; married Mary E. Long. She was born in same place, June 16, 1831. Nine children; five living: Winfield S., Mal- vina, Phœbe A., Alma A., Melvin E. The subject of this sketch came here when the

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prairies were wild, grew up with the county, and knows what a pioneer's life is; owns ninety acres of land, valued at $4,500. He has held the office of Collector. Mr. White's father was a native of Virginia; emigrated to Tennessee, where he lived some time; thence to Adams county, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. He was at the organ- ization of the township; came here in limited circumstances; lived in a little log shanty, 18x18; had prairie bedsteads, mud fire-place, etc.

White J. M. farmer; sec. 26; P. O. Coatsburg.

WHITE JONATHAN, farmer; residence, in Coatsburg (son of Jonathan and Louisa White); was born in Hawkins county, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1836; came to this county in the spring of 1839; has 100 acres of land, valued at $5,000; married Amanda Blackburn. She was born in Illinois, Aug. 9, 1836. They have five children: Retta, Mabel, Clara, Ora, and Orville; one died in infancy. He held the office of Constable; also been Road Commissioner. His father was a native of Virginia; from there he came to Tennessee, and in 1839 emigrated to Adams county ; located on a piece of land on Foggy prairie; moved into a hewed log cabin, 18x20; came through with teams; was in limited circumstances, but at his death had 150 acres of land, eighty under good cultivation ; was here at the organiza- tion of the township, and always took a lively interest in the township; was among the earliest settlers, and well can be claimed

among its frontiersmen. The subject of this sketch came here in an early day, and grew up with the county.

White Richard, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Coatsburg. White Thos. B. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Mendon.

WHITE THOMAS C., farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Coatsburg (son of Thomas and Nancy White); was born in Giles county, Tenn., Aug. 16, 1831; came to this county in 1833. He has ninety-six acres of land, valued at $4,800; married Hannah Hayworth. She was born in Vermillion county, Ill., March 14, 1833. They have six children living: Alonzo E., Izarah, Rosella, Luella, Hugh, and Lcora. His father was a native of Tennessee, and his mother was from South Carolina; emigrated to this county in 1833. He came here a poor man, and, by industry and economy, made a good property. The subject of this sketch lives on the old place where his father and mother lived and died. He enlisted in the 78th Regt. Ill. Inf., Co. F .; contracted a disease which caused his discharge. He came here when he was a year and one-half old; has grown up with the county, and knows what a pioneer life is.

White Thos. C. farmer ; sec. 14: P. O. Coatsburg. White W. S. laborer; P. O. Coatsburg. Whipricht A. merchant; P. O. Coatsburg.

Young Simon. farmer ; sec 33; P. O. Paloma.

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Achteroth H. farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Fowler. Anderson A. J. farmer ; sec. 28; P. O. Columbus.

Berthold Frank, shoemaker; P. O. Columbus. Blackman A. farmer; P. O. Fowler. Bilger Peter, farmer; P. O. Fowler.

BORGHOLTHAUS G. W., hotel-keeper; P. O. Fowler (son of Fred- erick Wm. and Elizabeth P.); was born in York county, Pa., Dec. 3, 1817; came to this county in 1838; has 164 acres of land, valued at $10,000; married Sarah A. Richie. She was born in Calhoun county, Ill., Feb. 28, 1520. Seven children, five living: Jo- siah R., Catherine T., John F., Samantha E., and Albion H. Went from Pennsylvania to Ontario county, N. Y., in 1830; lived there five years; thence to Franklin county, Ohio; resided there three years; then to Adams county in 1838; moved into a double log house, where they lived two years; then built a frame house; was here at the organ- ization of the township; has 144 acres of land under good cultivation. His grand- father, on his mother's side, was in the Revolutionary War, and her grandfather was in the War of 1812. At the time when Mrs. Brogholthaus came, Quincy was not larger than Fowler. They were among the earliest settlers of the township.

Booth Stephen, farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Paloma. Booth Wm. farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Paloma. Booth W. A. farmer; sec. 14; P. O. Columbus. Browning H. clerk and mechanic; P. O. Columbus. Buchanan H. farmer; P. O. Fowler.

Cate Walter, farmer ; sec. 36; P. O. Columbus. Chase Isaac, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Fowler.

CHASE J. T., farmer; Sec. 29; P.O. Quincy (son of Jonathan and Mary E. Chase); was born in Gilmer township, Adams county,

III., Aug. 5, 1849. Has 270 acres of land, valued at $13,000. Married Emma A. Lor- ing, Feb. 8, 1872. She was born in Adams county, on the place where she now lives, Nov. 15, 1853. Three children, viz .: Etta Maud, Alpha A., and Lolo. Are members of the Christian church. His father was born in Washington county, Pa., April 12, 1813; came to this county in 1833; died in 1868. He married for his first wife Mary Core. She was born May 28, 1816; died in 1862. The fruit of this marriage was three children : Ella, Louisa, and Theodore. For his second wife he married Catherine H. Core. Have no children. Are members of the Baptist church. Started in life with twenty dollars, in a new country, but by good management accumulated a good property. Came in an early day and could well be claimed one of its pioneers.

Chase Thos. farmer ; sec. 18; P. O. Fowler. Chase Wm. farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Fowler. Chatham F. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Columbus. Cling Adam, farmer; sec. 4; P. O. Fowler. Collins Alex. farmer; sec. 11; P. O. Columbus. Crannsey John, farmer; sec. 33; P. O. Burton.

Davis E. A. telegraph operator; P. O. Fowler.

DECKER KARL HEINRICH ADOLF, born June 12, 1851, in Rends- burg, Holstein, Germany ; came to this coun- try May 22, on the steamer Bremen, sent by Rev. Vilmar, president of the board of mission of Melsungen Kurhessen; was in the Theological Seminary of Wartburg, Clayton county, Iowa, which institute was moved May, 1874 to Mendota Illinois; fin- ished his studies there, Nov., 1874, and was sent to Keokuk Junction as teacher of the schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Imman- uel's Church. In Feb., 1876,he took charge of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church, of Fowler. He married, July 11, in Peoria, Illinois, with Margarethe Elizabeth Sophie Muenstermann, born Jan. 6, 1852, in Hoene-

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bach Kurhessen. She is the mother of two children: Christian August, born June 25, 1877; Karl Heinrich Theodor, born Jan. 2, 1879.

Dickhut A. farmer; sec. S; P. O. Fowler. Dickbut John, farmer; sec. S; P. O. Fowler. Dickhut Wm. farmer; sec. 9; P. O. Fowler.

DURECHT FRANK, farmer; Sec. 9; P. O. Fowler; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 20, 1825; came to this coun- try in 1852. He has 143 acres of land, val- ued at $5,720. He married Mary Grum. She was born in Baden, Germany, Oct. 22, 1830. They have five children: Mary, Mar- garet, Katie, Bertha, John. They are mem- bers of the Lutheran church. Politics, Democratic. He emigrated from Baden; came across in a sailing vessel, was forty- eight days on the water ; landed in New York, thence to Buffalo where he stayed a short time, and thence to Cincinnati, where he worked in a stone quarry four years, thence to Quincy one year afterward. He rented for six years, then bought a farm in Gilmer township, where he has resided since.

Erke Henry, farmer; sec. 7; P. O. Paloma. Erke J. A. farmer; sec. 6; P. O. Fowler. Evans Thos. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Columbus.

Felt M. A. farmer; P. O. Fowler. Finley W. D. farmer : sec. 21; P. O. Coatsburg. Fricks Fred, retired merchant; Fowler. Flagg G. C. carpenter ; P. O. Columbus, Furguson Vincent, farmer; sec. 35; P.O. Columbus.

Gemmell J. D. farmer; sec. 35; P. O. Columbus.

GENTS JOHN, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Fowler; born in Chapelle, Germany, Sept. 14, 1834; came to this country in 1856: married Mary Micks. She was born in Ba- varia, May 13, 1839. They have seven chil- dren : Jacob, born Dec. 27, 1860; Katie F., Sept. 18, 1862; Joseph, June 29, 1866; Mary, July 3, 1SGS; Thressa, Nov. 3, 1870; Barney T., July 10, 1875, and Ellen, July 7, 1878; members of the Catholic church. Emigrated

from Germany in a sailing vessel ; was eight. weeks making the trip ; landed in New York ; thence, via Chicago, to Milwaukee, where he remained six weeks; thence to Wiscon- sin, where he remained about a year ; thence to Quincy, and worked in a flouring mill twelve miles below Quincy, at $15 per month, afterward worked for Robert Rankin on a farm, and in 1859 married and bought the place where he now lives. He has eighty acres of land, valued at $5,000, and eighty acres in Wisconsin, valued at $800. In 1867 he superintended the building of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which cost, with school, $29,000, where services are held every month. When he came to this coun- try he had only $100, but by industry and economy he has made himself and family a good home.

Glaeser J. C. farmer; sec. 25; P. O. Columbus. Gleason Wm. farmer; P. O. Fowler.

HAIR D. L., farmer; Sec. 13; P. O. Columbus; son ot John and Mary Hair; born in Baltimore county, Md., Nov. 19, 1820; came to this county in the spring of 1851; married Annie Elliott. She was born in Butler county, O., Nov. 19, 1828. They have four living children : Clement, William, Delano and David. Mr. and Mrs. Hair are members of the M. E. church. He has held the office of Supervisor for several terms, has also been Superintendent of the county farm for six years, also chairman of a com- mittee who had charge of the county house for a number of years. He emigrated in 1834 to Butler county, O., where he married, and in 1851 came to Adams county, where he has resided since. He has always taken a lively interest in the affairs of the county. He came here in limited circumstances, but by good management has made a fine prop- erty; owns 286 acres of land, valued at. $15,000. Politics Democratic.

Haxel Philip, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Burton. Headley G. W. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Paloma. Heckemann H. farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Fowler. Henning J. farmer: sec. S; P. O. Fowler. Horn Adam, retired farmer; P. O. Fowler. Hornecker Andrew, farmer; sec. 31 ; P. O. Burton.

HUBERT CHARLES F., mer- chant; residence, Fowler (son of Lewis and

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Elizabeth Hubert): was born in Beverly, Mass., Jan. 9, 1843; came to this county in 1856 married Dorathy Frike. She was born in Pike county, Ill., Jan. 16, 1845. They have one child: Fred. Are members of the Baptist church at Kingston. He holds the office of Postmaster; emigrated direct from Massachusetts to this county, where he worked on a farm until 1868, when he engaged in merchandising; carries a stock of dry goods and groceries, of $3,500, and does $10,000 business. He enlisted in the 50th Regt. Ill. Inf., Co. D; mustered in at Quincy ; was engaged in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Farmington, at both battles at Corinth, Resaca, Altoona, Snake Creek Gap, Bentonville, and others; entered as private, promoted to Sergeant Major, then to Adjutant; was in the big march to Wash- ington and review. The 50th Regt. was the first to enter Columbia. Mr. H. was at the head of the brigade; says that Wheeler's Cavalry set fire to the city; re-enlisted as veteran at Lynnville, Tenn , in 1864.

Huning Henry, farmer ; sec. 17; P. O. Fowler. Hasan Barney, farmer; sec. 16; P. O. Fowler.

Jeffrey Richard, farmer ; sec. 10; P. O .. Paloma. Judy P. S. farmer; sec. 15; P. O. Coatsburg.

JUDY PARIS T., farmer, stock raiser and dealer; Sec. 28; P. O. Quincy (son of Winepark and Anna Judy); was born in Clark county, Ky., Dec. 4, 1811 : has 1,600 acres of land, 1,400 in Gilmer town- ship, valued at $56,000; two hundred, valued at $4,000; whole valued at $60,000; married Nancy Markwell. She was born in Flem- ming county, Ky., July 30, 1817. They have six girls and one boy : James M., Adelia A. (now Mrs. Wm. Finlay); Rebecca E. (now Mrs. M. B. Taylor); Xantippe (now Mrs. L. E. Finlay) ; Sarah N. (now Mrs. Wm. Cres- well); Ida K., and Mandolia. Are mem- bers of the Christian church at Columbus. He held the office of Assessor, was the first of the township; also Justice of the Peace, and School Director for twenty years. His grandfather and grandmother were natives of Germany; emigrated to Pennsyl- vania, where his father was born April 27, 1770. In 1801 his father went to Clark county, Ky., where he died May 5, 1836, at the age of 66. His mother was born in

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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 134

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