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Mr. Hill is principally distinguished for his strong temperance principles and his warm interest in the Sabbath-school. Both he and his wife and and all the children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Hill has held the offlees of Steward, Class-Leader and Trustee. Two of his children have been superintendents of the Sabbath-school, and all make themselves useful as teachers therein. In the County Sunday-school Association Mr. Hill is a prominent light, having
served as Vice-president in Kansas, and in Illinois he was President of the County Sunday-school As- sociation for three years.
Coming of good old New England stock, our subject was born Jan. 3, 1827, in Oneida County, N. Y., and was the second in a family of four chil- dren, the offspring of Uriah and Rhoda (Tibbals) Fill, who were natives respectively of Connecti- cut and Greene County, N. Y. The paternal grandfather, Uriah Hill, was of English parentage, and born in Connecticut. The parents of our sub- ject were married in New York State, after which they settled in Oneida County, and died there, the the mother in April, 1833, and the father in June, 1843. Three of their children are living, the two besides our subject being residents of Illinois and California.
Mr. Hill was reared to manhood in his native county, receiving a good education in the common school. After the death of the father the children had guardians appointed over them. Upon at- taining his majority, Byron A., leaving the Em- pire State, made his way to Marshall County, Ill., where he engaged in farming and as a house car- penter until December,1880. Then, selling his farm, he removed first to Fairbury, Neb., and thence, in March. 1881, came to this county, and the year following took possession of his present homestead.
The 10th of August, 1852, witnessed the mar- riage of our subject with Miss Amanda Leigh, daughter of Elisha N. and Sarah (Bowman) Leigh, who were natives respectively of New Jersey and Virginia. They became residents of Marshall County, Ill., at an early day, and had a family of seven children, Mrs. Hill being the fifth. She was born in Tazewell County, 111., Dec. 15, 1832. Mr. Leigh died March 16, 1871. The mother survived her husband a number of years, passing away in May, 1883.
Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hill seven are living: Harry Il. died Feb. 22, 1878, aged four years; Katie died Feb. 8, 1878, aged two years. Rhoda E. was born May 19, 1853; S. Aliee, Aug. 3. 1855; Horace W., June 2. 1857; Frank L .. March 5, 1860; Sherman S., Jan. 7, 1864; Lucy Renette, Sept. 1, 1867; and Charles B., Dec. 1. 1870. Mrs. Hill has 320 acres of land,
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all in one body, including forty acres of timber and stone quarry. The farm is operated princi- pally by Mr. Ilill and his son, Sherman. They keep about sixty head of cattle. fourteen horses and fifty head of swine.
Mr. Ilill takes an active part in politics, and was first an Abolitionist, second a Free-Soiler, and lat- terly a Republican. He has served as a member of the School Board. and also as Commissioner of llighways in Illinois. During the late Civil War he was an efficient member of the Union League. Ile takes an active interest in local affairs, and in his temperance principles has the warm sympathy of his whole family.
OHN L. HAZLETT. To this gentleman was given the honor of naming the township for Ex-President Grover Cleveland, as he had been instrumental in securing its formation. John L. Hazlett, whose residence is in section 10, Cleveland Township, was born in Butler County, Pa., Nov. 6, 1835. His father, Reuben, now de- ceased, was a native of Indiana, following the occu- pation of a farmer. His mother was Mary Duffey, a native of Carlisle, Pa. Of the large family of nine children, six are living-Eliza, Mrs. McBride, of Butler, Pa .; Jane, Mrs. Messick, of Genesee County, Mich .; Catherine. Mrs. Messick of this county, near Marysville; Reuben, of Danville, Ark .; Matilda, Mrs. Duff, of Butler County, Pa., and the subject of our sketch.
Mr. Hazlett's education was mainly acquired in country schools and at a boarding-school at North Washington, Pa. In May. 1871, he reached this county after a somewhat lengthy trip. having come via boat from Pittsburg to Kansas City, changing at Wheeling, Cincinnati and St. Louis. From Kan- sas City his journey was by rail to Frankfort. This, however, was not his first trip to Kansas. as in 1869 he had worked at his trade (carpenter) in Sedalia and Ilolden, Mo.
Mr. Hazlett lived in Frankfort one year. then located at Irish Creek, in this township and has made it his home ever since. continuing, however,
to work in Frankfort for the space of ten years. At this particular time it was all Vermillion Town- ship, and for seven years he served as Justice of the Peace, having his office at Frankfort. In 1882 Mr. Ilazlett took a trip to Colorado, being absent about two months. In 1873 he made his perma- nent home on the farm where he now resides, but may still be found working at his trade, which he learned when twenty-five years old, having built many of the houses and barns throughout the country. Mr. Hazlett is a fine mechanic, as much of the machinery used in that vicinity will testify. November 21, 1858, our subject was united in mar- riage to Miss Bridget E. Magee, daughter of William Magee, deceased. Mrs. Hazlett's birthplace was Butler County, Pa. Fifteen children blessed this union, and of the number ten are living. Will- iam R. married Jane Kelly, is a resident. of this township, and the father of three children-David Edward. Cecelia M. and Mary G .: Eugene A .; Ida L. and Viola, (twins;) Ida married John Harris of this township, and has three children -- Walter J .. John Ray and Mary C .; Zachary J .; Flora J. and Leo E .. (twins;) Margaret A., Ellen T. and Henri- etta. They have lost one pair of twins.
Mr. Hazlett's farm consists of eighty-five acres, the management of which he has given up to his sons. He was elected Township Trustee at the organization of Cleveland Township in July, 1885, and has served ever since, with the exception of one year, and is its present incumbent. Mr. Haz- lett's wife and family are Roman Catholics, but he is not a communicant.
ACOB S. PARTHEMER. A prominent figure in Barrett is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. Six feet in height and proportionately large, with gray hair, mustache and goatee, and florid complexion, light eyes beaming from behind his spectacles, and an air of dignity and self-respect. he would be notice- able in a far larger city. The position which he ocenpies as one of the prominent general mer- chants and Postmaster, is additional reason for the
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notice of a passing visitor, and inquiry would de- velop the fact that he has been for many years an important member of the society of the town.
Philip Parthemer, great-grandfather of our sub- ject, emigrated from Germany to America in 1744. He took part in the Revolutionary War, and lived beyond the three-score years and ten allotted to man. He was a whitesmith, or worker in edge tools, in which trade his son, John Jacob, grand- father of our subject, was instructed. Jacob Par- themer, father of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, and during the War of 1812, was a member of a regiment from that State. Ile en- gaged in no active service, however, as the war ended before his command could reach any scene of battle. He married Mary, daughter of Jona- than Suster, of an old Pennsylvania family. Their family embraced three sons and seven daughters, of whom our subject was the eldest: Elizabeth is the wife of Martin Wetzel. a farmer and miller; her home is in Milford Center, Union Co., Ohio, and they have a family of grown children. Mary married Alexander Amrine, who died over thirty- five years ago; she subsequently married Zephniah Reed, who died leaving a small family ; her home is in Milford Center, Ohio. Christian is a farmer, at the same place; he married Jane Boyer. Cath- erine, now Mrs. Isaac V. Coffey, lives upon a farm in Waubansee County, Kan. JJoseph lives in Maysville, Union Co., Ohio, where he is employed as clerk in a store; he is a blacksmith by trade. Magdaline died at the age of thirteen years. IIar- riett is single, and resides with her sister Elizabeth in Milford, Ohio. Malissa is the wife of Albert Gibson, a farmer. Sarah, Mrs. Ed Turner, lives with her husband and family in Champaign County, Ohio, upon a farm.
Our subject was born in Dauphin, Pa., in 1818. and passed his boyhood.in his native State, ac- quiring an education in subscription schools there. When about twenty-one years of age his parents removed to I'nion County, Ohio, and settled upon a farm near Maysville. He had been reared to the pursuit of agriculture, which his father followed, and he also learned the carpenter's trade. At the two employments he found abundant use for his physical energies, and exercised his mental powers
by teaching school a number of terms. Early in December of 1841 he was married to Maria, daugh- ter of John and Nancy Amrine, the bride being a native of Union County, Ohio. The wife died in 1851, leaving five children to the care of the be- reaved husband. On April 13, 1852, our subject was married a second time. the bride being Miss Maria Clayton. Shortly after this marriage he re- moved to Marion, Butler Co., Iowa, where he re- sided until October, 1859. He then came to this county. and at the Junction City land office entered 160 acres of land, lying in Wells Township, two miles west of Barrett. I pon this land he resided until his youngest son became of age, when he transferred the title to him and moved into town. During his first years in Kansas he engaged in school teaching. After his removal to Barrett he occupied himself with carpenter work and wagon repairing until 1872, when he began merchan- dising.
Of the five children left by Mr. Parthemer's first wife all still survive except the oldest; this was a daughter, Adeline, who became the wife of Jacob Collins, and died in Butler County, Iowa, within a year after her marriage, at the carly age of seventeen. Ann is the wife of Ira Ingles, a farmer living in Butler County, lowa. Arthur served in the Union army during the late Civil War, is unmarried, and for several years has been a resi- dent of Arizona. Naney J., widow of Hiram Overacker, is living in Washington. May Ellen is a widow and resides in Logan County, Kan. The result of our subject's second marriage was one son, Jonathan, who is now living at Clayton. Norton Co., Kan. ; he married Miss Hattie Mosher.
Mr. Parthemer was the first Postmaster of the village, having been appointed by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. The office was then located on the west side of Vermillion Creek. Mr. Parthemer con- tinned in charge of the office until 1869, when he resigned. He was again appointed in 1872. but resigned after a short time. In 1887 he was again re-appointed, and is still holding the position. He was also the first Justice of the Peace in Barrett, and held the office for fifteen years. He has served as Township Trustee, Township Clerk, and Township Treasurer, each one year. Ile has been
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School District Clerk, and for nine years was School Treasurer. He is now Notary Public of Barrett. He is a man of high standing in the Methodist Church, of which he has long been a member. lle is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and is a man of upright character and good business qualifications, an ex- cel ent conversationalist and a highly respected citizen.
L EVI II. EBY, minister of the German Bap- tist Church, presides over an intelligent congregation, comprising residents of Guit- tard, Richland, Balderson, and St. Bridget town- ships, the services being held in the Barklow school-house. They contemplate erecting a church edifice in the near future. The church was estab- lished in 1883, and deacons were appointed, but there was no minister. In the spring of 1884 Mr. Eby came to Kansas, and in connection with Will- iam Smith and N F. Brubaker, assumed charge of the congregation, which is composed of forty-two members. He has proven himself a faithful and etlicient pastor, and is thoroughtly alive to the duties of his position.
The subject of this sketch was born in Stephen- son County, Ill., Sept. 9, 1858, and there spent the carly years of his life. He received a good edu- cation, having attended Mt. Morris College after leaving the common school. Then, being elected to the ministry, he expected to give four more years to study, but entered upon his duties at once. Ile was married while a resident of Lena, Ill., March 1, 1883, to Miss Angie Yarger, and es- tablished himself in Brown County, this State. Thence, in 1884 he came to this county and pur- chased a farm of eighty acres on section 15 in Richland Township, where he has effected the usual improvements, and in connection with his ministe- rial labors has prosecuted agriculture in a very successful manner. Ile is the father of two bright children-Ethel E. and Edna D.
Mrs. Eby was born April 2, 1858, in Stephenson County. Ill., and is the sister of George Yarger. a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
She took kindly to her books in her childhood. and developed into a successful teacher, which profess- ion she followed for some time prior to her mar- riage. The father of our subject was Enoch Eby, a native of Franklin County, Pa., and born Nov. 13, 1828. He lived there and in Huntingdon County until the removal of the family to Illinois about 1850. He married Miss IIettie Howe, and they reared a family of seven children. They were residents of the Prairie State until 1886, and Enoch Eby for twenty-two years was an Elder in the church, and for five years was Moderator in the General Annual Conference. lle was invested with the Bishop's Order and is now a resident of IIntchinson, Kan. About 1877 he, in company with Daniel Fry, was sent as a missionary to Den- mark, where he remained seven months. organizing societies and laboring generally in the interests of the church. In connection with these duties he came to Kansas, there being but few to build up the church in the West. He traveled over a large portion of the State and much of the territory ad- joining. He has since 1876 given his time almost exclusively to church work. The wife and mother died in 1861 at West Point, Ill. The father was married a second time in 1863, in Pennsylvania.
ILLIAM W. EDDY. Nowhere in Mar- shall County can a more attractive home be found than that of the above named gentleman. It is a farm of 160 acres, all under thorough cultivation, and containing upon its fer- tile expanse 600 apple trees and many other fruit and shade trees and a substantial house, together with adequate farm buildings. Its owner and occupant came to this county in September, 1871, having previously purchased this quarter-section of land in Walnut Township, on section 14. Five acres of land had been broken, and the remainder was open prairie. During the fall after his arrival Mr. Eddy built a part of the house which he now occupies, and in the spring began breaking the Ind and improving the farm. He had a hard struggle, liaving no means left after building his
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house, but that he has been eminently successful his home and its attractive surroundings now prove. In place of the wild prairie devoid of shade, and a few acres of broken ground, which he once saw, he can now look forth over fine fields beautified by growing crops, large orchards from which an abun- dance of fruit is obtained, and in the shade of beautiful trees which he has grown, can take a well- earned rest.
Our subject's paternal grandfather, Berrick Eddy, was born in Nova Scotia, and came with his parents to America, when about four years of age. lle spent his life chiefly in Connecticut. In Win- dom County, of that State, his son Waldo, the father of our subject, was born, reared, married, and died. In the same county our subject's mother. Sarah (Seamons) Eddy, was born and died. She was of the Baptist Church. The parental family consisted of three children, all living, our subject being the second in order of birth.
The subject of our sketch was born in Connecti- cut Feb. 20, 1837, and in his native State grew to manhood, obtaining a good education and receiv- ing excellent home training. In his native State he married, and there continued to reside until his removal to Kansas. The wife of our subject bore the maiden name of Nancy F. Blanchard. She is the daughter of George and Caroline ( Bradley) Blanchard. Her father was a native of Rhode Island, from which State he removed with his par- ents to Connecticut, and in that State he still spends a portion of his time with a son, Caleb Blanchard, and the remainder of his time with his daughter, Mrs. Eddy. The mother died in Marys- ville in the year 1888, her remains being interred in the old family cemetery at Shakersville, Conn., where the body of Mrs. Eddy's grandfather, Caleb Blanchard, also reposes. Mrs. Blanchard was reared in the faith of the Congregational Church, having membership in that denomination in Con- necticut. Mrs. Eddy is the mother of six chil- dren : George W .; Caroline R, now the wife of Frank Griffee (see sketch of Marshall Griffee which occupies another page in this book); Mary R., Horace S., Lewis H., and Susan W.
Mr. Eddy is a member of the Democratic party, but in local matters votes for men whom he con-
sidders best qualified for office, regardless of their political faith. He is a man of fine moral princi- ples, "enterprising business habits, and commands the hearty respect of his fellow-citizens.
E LI GOLDSBERRY. This substantial old veteran of eighty-three years was found com- fortably located at his large, well regulated farm, which embraces 320 acres on sections 22, 29 and 30, in Guittard Township. Ilis surroundings indicate the patience and perseverance with which he must have labored in redeeming a portion of the soil of Northern Kansas from its primitive condition. The pioneer history of this part of the connty would scarcely be complete without the record of the life and labors of Mr. Goldsberry, who has borne no unimportant part in bringing it to its present condition. His has been a career to which his descendants may revert with pride and satisfaction after he has been gathered to his fathers. A native of Ross County, Ohio, Mr. Goldsberry was born May 31, 1806. A few years later his parents removed to Indiana, where Eli completed the rudiments of a common-school edu- cation, and became familiar with agricultural pur- suits. When a young man of twenty-three years, in 1829, he was married to Miss Anna Guy. The young people settled upon a farm, and in the course of a few years the household circle em- braced ten children. The wife and mother died in Indiana, and our subject was then married to Miss Elizabeth Paulson, who came with her family to Kansas, and died at the homestead in this county in 1858.
About 1856 Mr. Goldsberry moved across the Mississippi into Iowa, where he lived two years, and thence came to this county, arriving in Guit- tard Township on the 8th of August, 1858. He took up a tract of Government land, and a home- stead besides, and added to his real estate until he was at one time the owner of 640 acres. IJe paid special attention to the home farm, however, insti- tnting one improvement after another as rapidly as possible, and laboring early and late in the coltiva-
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tion of the soil, and endeavoring to obtain a foot- hold. In due time his industry met with its reward, and he is comparatively independent. He makes a specialty of stock-raising, and among other good qualities uniformly votes with the Republican party.
For his third wife Mr. Goldsberry married Miss Sarah Wolfe, and to them were born eleven chil- dren, ten of whom are living, namely: Hulda E., John E., Martha. Clinton B., Ida A .. Silas G., Will- iam W .. Francis M., Ruth and Marinda. Mrs. Sarah (Wolfe) Goldsberry was born in Boone County, Ind., in April, 1841, and in 1860 came with her husband to this county, of which she has since been a resident.
ACOB L. HOLLOWAY. While great praise is due the men who left the comforts of the East for the purpose of building homes and establishing homesteads in the new West, and who lived and died where so many years of earnest labor and unremitting toil had been passed, yet we must not forget the important part taken in the development of the resources of the county, by those who are natives of the place they now in- habit, or came here when they were so young they have only a few childish recollections of other scenes than the ones now surrounding them. Among the young men of prominence and ability, Mr. Jacob L. Holloway is especially worthy of honorable mention. He was born in Ohio. Jan. 19, 1852. to Noah and Mary A. (Hoig) Holloway. The mother had previous to this marriage been united in bonds of wedlock with Francis Sanford, who died in Ohio. Our subject was only seven years of age when he accompanied his parents to Kansas. (See biographical sketch of Thomas L. Holloway.) The father of our subject has passed to his rest, the date of his death being Jan. 29, 1879; but the mother still resides with her son Jacob.
The boyhood and youth of Mr. Holloway were spent in a comparatively uneventful manner. being occupied with the various duties attendant upon
farm life, and in the intervals being engaged in the pursuit of knowledge in the primitive temples of of learning. such as were then scattered here and there along the lonely roads. Looking out at the cabin door. he used to watch the antelope and deer grazing in groups, and furnishing much excite- ment for the pioneer hunter, who was always glad to add to the larder of the housewife by a nice venison steak, or other choice delicacies. At that time the Indians were numerous, not yet having been driven West by the advancing tide of civilization. Marysville, now a populous and thriving city, was then a rural hamlet, with few people, and would scarcely be recognized as the now prosperous town, with its railroads, schools and churches, and other indications of prosperity.
Ten years ago our subject was united in mar- riage with Sarah A., daughter of George and America (Jones) Reedy. Their marriage was sol- emnized Nov. 18. 1879, in Marshall County, Kan. Mrs. Holloway is a native of Missouri, coming to Kansas in 1858, when a mere babe, having been born Feb. 17, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Holloway are the parents of four children, namely : Bertha, born July 27, 1880; Thomas B., Jan. 17, 1883; William A., Nov. 15, 1884; and an infant that died unnamed, was born Jan. 4, 1887. With the aid of his estimable wife Mr. Holloway has built up a com- fortable home. and is now the owner of a splendid farm of eighty acres, well cultivated, and compris. ing some of the most fertile soil in the county, soil, that responds readily to the careful hand of the husbandman. He and his family are highly respected by all those among whom they have lived for many years, and are valned members of the best society of the county. In politics he is a stanch Repub- lican.
R. ANDREW J. OCKERMAN. In com- piling the pioneer history of Marshall County, it would scarcely be complete without mention of the life of one of its earliest and most efficient physicians, who, although deceased for a period of twenty-seven years, is still remembered by many of the older residents, not
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only for his talents as a practitioner, but his gen- nine worth as a member of the community. He departed this life in October, 1862, and is one of those whose names are held in kindly remembrance. He was a man of decided views, a staneh Repub- liean, politically, and in religious matters identi- fied with the Methodist Episcopal Church as an exhorter, and one of its most earnest laborers,
The subject of this sketch was born in Highland County, Ohio, and was the son of Daniel Oekerman, a farmer who prosecuted his calling in Highland County, that State, but finally removed to Cinein- nati, where he spent his last days. Our subject took kindly to his books during his youth, and through his own efforts acquired a good edneation. He chose the profession of medicine, and was grad- uated regularly from one of the Ohio colleges. In 1850 he was united in marriage with Miss Polly Herron, after which he located on a farm in De- catur County, Ind., where they lived until remov- ing to Tippecanoe County, Ind. In the latter county Dr. Ockerman engaged in teaching school. Not being satisfied with his prospeets and sur- roundings in Indiana, our subject decided to seek the farther West, and in June, 1852, set out over- land with a team, and landed on Muddy Creek, in Decatur County, Iowa. There he resumed farm- ing, but met with considerable discouragement on account of failing health. Finally he resolved to seek his fortunes in Northern Kansas, and setting out as before by team, lie came with his family to this county, being one of the first to locate in what is now Vermillion Township. The hardships and privations afterward encountered by the Oek- man family, make a story similar in its detail to that which has so often been recounted in this work. Here, as before, he prosecuted agriculture, and as the country became settled up, followed his profession until 1860. Then returning to Iowa, he located in Brooklyn, Howard County, remaining there until after the outbreak of the Civil War. He then volunteered his services to the Union cause, but was rejected on account of ill health, and only survived a short time thereafter.
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