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History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois 1882 - 
Part II, page 5-38, Greenville City and Precinct, Bond County, IL.


[Page 5] Dr. William A. ALLEN, one of the most prominent physicians  of
Greenville, was born in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., son of  William
and Mary (KILLINGSWORTH) ALLEN; he a farmer, born at Knoxville,  Tenn.,
in 1799, and dying in Hillsboro, Ill., in 1862; she also  a  native  of
Knoxville, born in 1824, and still living; they  were  the  parents  of
eleven children. Our subject, Dr. ALLEN, after  his  primary  education
was completed commenced the study of medicine, finishing  the  same  at
the St. Louis Medical College, from  which  institution  he  graduated,
when he began the practice of his profession at  Greenville,  in  1855,
where he has continued in active and successful practice. He has filled
the positions of member of City Council of Greenville and member of the
Board of Health, and served two years  during  the  late  war  for  the
Union, as Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Illinois Infantry. In 1860, he
married Miss Millicent N. BLANCHARD, born in  Greenville,  daughter  of
Mr. L. BLANCHARD, of Stoughton, Mass., who came West about 1822;  three
children have been born to them - Victoria, Jessie and Ethel. He  is  a
Congregationalist, a Mason,

an A. O. U. W. and a Democrat.

Lemuel ADAMS, Postmaster, Greenville, was born  in  Dayton,  Montgomery
Co., Ohio, in 1831, son of John and Mary  (BACON)  ADAMS,  he  born  in
Kentucky in 1802, by occupation a cooper, and dying  in  1877;  she,  a
native of Allegany county, N. Y., born in 1804, and died in Greenville,
Ill, in 1877; they had six children. Our subject,  after  obtaining  an
education afforded by the  common  schools  of  Indiana  and  Illinois,
learned the blacksmith's and  wagon-maker's  trades,  and  has  chiefly
followed those  trades  and  merchandising  until  his  appointment  as
Postmaster of Greenville, in the winter of 1881-82. In April,

1861, he entered the military service, and was  elected  Lieutenant  of
Company D, Twenty-Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and  was  wounded
at the battle of Belmont, Mo., in November, 1861, coming home  in  1862
on account of disability  from  wounds.  In  1862,  in  Greenville,  he
married Miss Julia Ellen BIRGE, a native of Bond County, born in  1839,
daughter of Ansel and Millicent (TWISS)

BIRGE, both natives of Vermont, he born in 1788 and she in 1808.  Three
children have been born to Mr. ADAMS © Emma, Edgar and Cora Alice. Mrs.
ADAMS died in 1874. May 4,  1882,  he  married  Miss  Anna  MORRIS,  of
Milton, Ind. Mr. ADAMS came

[Page 6] to Bond County in 1852. Is independent in his religious views;
is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a Republican.

George F.  BERRY,  merchant,  Greenville,  of  the  well-known  general
merchandising firm of BERRY & DAVIS, is a native of  Bond  County,  and
was born in 1844. His father, from whom our subject takes his mane, was
a farmer by occupation, and was born in Rockingham County, Va., A.  D.,
1819, moved to Christian Col., Ky., thence to Bond County in  1827.  He
took as his wife Miss Louise ENLOE, the fruits of this  alliance  being
three sons and four daughters. He departed this life  in  1867.  George
F., Jr., received his early education in the  common  schools  of  Bond
County, and closed his studies  with  a  special  academic  course.  He
received his first business experience as a salesman in a store and  in
1869 established the business with which he is now  connected.  October
10, 1871, he married Miss Eliza J. HENRY, daughter of Judge A. G.

HENRY, a prominent and successful politician  and  a  pioneer  of  Bond
County. Mrs. BERRY was born in bond County  in  1852.  They  have  four
children © Mary N., Nouisie, Ellen and  Henry.  Mr.  BERRY  is  counted
among the successful business men of Bond County, and  has  represented
his [the Forty-second] district in the Thirtieth  General  Assembly  of
Illinois. He has  also  served  one  term  as  Clerk  of  the  city  of
Greenville, is a member of the Christian Church,  and  of  the  Ancient
Order of United Workmen. His grandfather, David BERRY, was a native  of
Delaware, born in 1767, removed when a young man to Rockingham  County,
Va., where he married. Here all but two of their  eight  children  were
born. In 1811, he removed to Christian County, Ky., where they  resided
until 1827, when he came with his family to  Greenville,  Bond  County.
Her he resided until his death, which  occurred  in  September,  A.  D.
1842. But two of his children are now living.

Henry BASS, Greenville. In  a  list  of  some  of  the  most  prominent
agriculturists and self-made men of Bond  County,  the  name  of  Henry
BASS, of Greenville City, occupies a prominent place. He  was  born  in
Fayette County, Ill., April 22, 1833, and was the sixth  child  of  the
family of twelve children of Guilford and May

Ann (PROCTOR) BASS, Guilford BASS was a native of North  Carolina,  and
removed from there to Kentucky for a time, thence to Tennessee,  thence
to Fayett County in 1832, locating northeast of Vandalia  about  twelve
miles. There he remained until his death, in 1845.  His  wife  survived
until 1872, when she also departed this life, leaving ten sons and  two
daughters to mourn her departure. But two of  these,  William  and  our
subject, are now residents of Bond County. Henry left home at  the  age
of fourteen. He came to Bond County, sought and found employment  on  a
farm, receiving only $7 for a hard month's work, and  saved  sufficient
means to make part payment on his first purchase of 100 acres  of  Bond
County land, in Beaver Creek Precinct.  In  August,  1856,  he  made  a
second purchase of 100 acres, which he still owns, and to which he  has
since added, owning at one time 1,500 acres.  Mr.  BASS  married  Nancy
GOODSON, daughter of Spencer GOODSON, a native of  Kentucky,  a  farmer
and blacksmith, and came  to  Illinois  when  a  young  man.  With  the
exception of a four years' stay in Missouri, he has been a resident  of
Illinois, and now of Christian County. Mr. BASS is the sixth child. The
have six sons and two daughters © William H.,  Abbie,  George,  Edward,
Walter, Louis, Leoni and Leonard. Abbie is now Mrs. C. C.  SQUIRES,  of
Beaver Creek Township. Mr. and Mrs. BASS are members

of the Baptist Church of Smith Grove. Their home is in

[Page 7] Beaver Creek  Precinct,  Town  4,  Section  20,  Guilford  and
Charles S. are deceased. Guilford died November 14, 1856,  and  Charles
August 31, 1866, at one year and eighteen days old.

C. R. BENNETT, one of the most prominent and successful drug  merchants
of Southern Illinois. Commenced business in Greenville, in the fall  of
1861, at the corner of Second and  Main  streets,  where  he  continued
until the following February. He then removed to west  side  of  public
square, where he conducted a

most successful business, and in 1869 purchased his  present  location,
whereupon he erected a substantial  brick  block,  fronting  twenty-six
feet on College avenue.  This  is  one  of  the  most  substantial  and
attractive blocks in the city of Greenville, is two stories  in  height
and has a roomy basement. The upper

floor is occupied with business offices. The first floor  and  basement
are stocked with a complete line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils  and
varnish, toilet goods, trusses, pocket  books  and  porte-monnaies  and
pocket cutlery, tobacco, cigars and confectionery, etc. Mr BENNETT also
carries a  full  line  of  sugars,  teas,  coffees,  spices  and  fancy
groceries. Mr. BENNETT is a native of Ohio,  and  was  born  at  Xenia,
Greene County. His father, Mr. E. BENNETT is a native  of  New  Jersey,
and a pioneer druggist of the Buckeye State, and C. R.'s marked success
as a druggist is largely due to his early and life-long experience, as

well as the fact that his goods are always bought and  sold  at  prices
made upon the cash basis. The stock of his establishment is always well
selected and complete. Mr. BENNETT gives  his  personal  and  undivided
attention to his business, and makes a point to supply all the  demands
of  the  trade,  and  the  sales  of  the  establishment  are  annually
increasing.

Williamson BARKER, a farmer and  a  native  of  Bond  County,  is  very
properly classed among the pioneers, having been born near  Old  Ripley
March 5, 1835, although he has not continuously  lived  in  the  county
since that time. He is distinguished in his vicinity as  having  driven
an ox team more miles than any other man in the  county.  The  feat  of
driving a yoke of horned animals from Illinois to San Francisco,  Cal.,
is one worthy of record, especially when accomplished  by  a  backwoods
county lad, such as was Mr. BARKER in 1854. Williamson's father, Jordan
BARKER, was a native of Randolph County, N. C., a farmer by occupation,
and emigrated to Illinois in  the  year  1817,  and  located  near  Old
Ripley, on a tract of 240 acres of land, a portion of which he entered.
He was a fearless and aggressive pioneer, came to stay  and  did  stay,
developing a farm, taking  part  in  all  public  enterprises  for  the
advancement of civilization; was an under officer  in  the  Black  Hawk
war, and took part in other  minor  Indian  engagements.  He  raised  a
family of ten children, Williamson being the third and the only one now
living. Williamson's mother was one Nancy PLANT, and a member of one of
the early pioneer families of Bond County.  Our  subject  received  the
educational advantage of county schools of Old Ripley, and at

nineteen years of age took an overland journey to California, where  he
spent in all about twenty-four years of his life, making the trip three
times. He there spent his time in gold mining  with  moderate  results;
returned to permanently remain  in  Greenville  in  1878,  and  is  now
independently retired on a fertile farm of 274 acres near the city.

Levi BORROR, farmer, P. O. Smithboro. The BORROR family came originally
from Germany, and settled in Hardin  County,  Va.  The  father  of  our
subject was Solomon who emigrated from Virginia to  Franklin  [Page  8]
county, Ohio, about the close of the war of 1812; the family  consisted
of the grandparents of Levi. The names of the  children  were  Absalom,
Solomon, Jacob, Isaac, Christina, and Martin, all of whom settled  near
Columbus. Levi was born January 14, 1834, in Franklin County; is of the
third generation of those who came to Ohio; his  brothers  and  sisters
were Elizabeth, Ichabod, William C. and Gilbert  L.  Elizabeth  married
Wesley TITUS, and resides in Litchfield, Montgomery County; Gilbert L.,
in Marshall County, Ind.; William C., died in the army' Levi,  came  to
Bond County February 28, 1868, and located  in  Town  5,  Range  2,  in
Greenville Precinct, where he has since lived. His farm consists of 270
acres. He has been twice married, and had children by both wives,  both
now deceased. His first marriage was March 1,  1859,  to  Catharine  C.
_____ who bore him two children - William alone now living. His  second
wife was Elizabeth ROACH, born in Pickaway County,  Ohio,  daughter  of
Charles ROACH. Mr. BORROR had by last wife five children - Benjamin F.,
Walter W., Albert J.,

Mary P. and Marion R. Mr. BORROR is a member of the Baptist Church; his
father of the Christian Church.

Thomas M. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Pocahontas, was born in Belmont  County,
Ohio, April 12, 1828; son of Simon BROWN, born in Virginia in  1783,  a
millwright and farmer by occupation, who died in  December,  1864;  his
wife, Martha (WILLIAMS) BROWN, dying in 1860. They were the parents  of
eleven children, six boys and five girls. Our subject has been  engaged
in farming all his life; has served as  School  Director  eight  years,
also Road Supervisor. During the war,  he  served  in  Company  F,  One
Hundred and Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,  Capt.  MACADAMS.
He owns 120 acres of excellent land, and  is  a  Democrat  and  an  Odd
Fellow. In this county, November 5, 1849, he married Mary E. FILE, born
September 13, 1828, daughter of George and Mary A. FILE, by which union
there were born seven children - Lafayette, Emma M.,  Marcella,  Samuel
M., Mary M., Sylvester and Benjamin.

Samuel M. BROWN, son of the above, Thomas M. BROWN, was born in  Ripley
Township January 24, 1857. He received his education in the schools  of
the county, and has followed farming his entire life. January 6,  1881,
he married Frances R. DIXON, born in  Greenville  Township  October  8,
1861, daughter of J. M. DIXON, a farmer, and one son has been  born  to
them © Jesse M.; is a Democrat.

L. S. BROOKS, P. O. Greenville, farmer and stock-raiser, is  the  owner
and proprietor of "Prospect View" farm. He was born April 13, 1853,  in
Penfield, Monroe Co., N. W.; son of Garry BROOKS, who was born July  5,
1806, near Middletown in the State ofConnecticut, and  was  married  to
Emma CHAUNCEY, the mother of L. S. She  was  a  daughter  of  John  and
Amelia (GOODRIDGE) CHAUNCEY. The paternal grandsire of L. S. was Samuel
BROOKS, a native of

Scotland, who emigrated to the Eastern States prior to the  year  1800.
Garry BROOKS is a resident of Fairport, in Monroe County. In his  early
life, he was engaged in farming pursuits and became  wealthy,  and  has
since retired from active business life. He had but  three  children  -
Fannie L., L. S. and Emma J. Our subject had  good  school  advantages,
and was brought up to farming pursuits. Having heard  glowing  accounts
of the West, and the beauties of the prairies  of  Illinois  State,  he
resolved to cast his lot there, and in the spring of 1877 he came  west
to this county, and the year following purchased the farm he now  owns,
on which he has since built a large and handsome residence and two

large barns, the residence  being  located  on  a  [Page  9]  beautiful
eminence which overlooks the entire township. He has the best  improved
farm in Bond County, and is one of the young and progressive farmers of
the township. His wife was Mary McMILLAN, daughter  of  James  McMILLAN
and Susan HARMON. This union has been  crowned  with  four  children  -
Chauncey G., Fannie F., Jesse L. and Emma S. He  is  a  member  of  the
Presbyterian Church.

OTIS B. COLCORD, blooded stock raiser, Greenville.  Mr.  COLCORD  is  a
native of Yarmouth, Me., and was  born  March  16,  1818.  His  father,
Daniel COLCORD, was a native of Exeter, N. H., and by trade  a  potter.
He had a family of five children, of whom our subject  was  the  third.
All of these are now living, and

residents of Illinois. Otis B. received his  schooling  in  the  public
schools of his native place, and came  West  in  the  year  1837  on  a
prospecting tour into Indiana. Returning East the  following  year,  he
repeated his journey as far as  Bond  County  in  the  year  1839.  The
following eighteen years of his life he spent  in  the  employ  of  the
reaper and mower manufacturing company of  D.  M.  OSBORNE  &  Co.,  of
Auburn, N. Y., as their Western agent, with headquarters at St.  Louis,
and at the same time conducting a farm of his own, making  a  specialty
of Mambrino stock. Among some of his finest specimens  of  horse  flesh
are Mambrino Athlete, Leno

Mambrino, Lady Harris, Rockey, Lady Plant, Lady Cooper, Membrino Queen,
Grape Shot, Maid of the Mist, Marshal, et al.

J. J. CLARKSON, merchant, Greenville, is a native of England,  born  in
1845; son of James and Elizabeth B. (DOUGLAS) CLARKSON, both natives of
England, but she of Scotch descent, and at present residing  at  Alton,
Ill. Our subject, in addition to the ordinary common school  education,
took a course at Jones' Commercial College, St. Louis, and  began  life
as a farmer, but has been in the express business, and  at  present  is
merchandising.  In  Carlisle,  Ill.,  in  1870,  he  married  Elizabeth
McDOWELL, of Scotch nativity. Mr. CLARKSON served his  adopted  country
during the late war, as a member of the One Hundred and

Thirty-third  and  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  Illinois  Volunteer
Infantry. He is a Presbyterian, a member of the I. O. G. G., the A.  O.
U. W., the I. O. M. A. and is a Republican. Mr. CLARKSON is at the head
of the well-known firm of J. J. CLARKSON & Co.,  who  do  an  extensive
business in their line. They carry a full

line of hardware, and are agents for various  agricultural  implements,
being one of the most reliable concerns in Southern Illinois.

George DONNELL (deceased). Among those men whose  personal  history  is
inseparably interwoven with the pioneer history of Bond County, was the
lamented George DONNELL. He was a man possessed of  all  the  essential
qualifications for a most successful pioneer, and came to  Bond  County
at a time when men of his type were most needed.  Of  his  forefathers,
this much only can be said: They were of Scotch nativity,  and  at  the
time when religious persecution prevailed in Scotland, they fled to the
North of Ireland. George DONNELL's  grandfather,  Thomas  DONNELL,  was
constrained  to  leave  Ireland  because  of  the  unsettled  state  of
religious affairs there,  and  in  1731  came  to  America  with  seven
brothers and two sisters, and settled near Philadelphia, Penn.  Of  his
immediate family or personal life little is known, except that he lived
to a good old age, and that a son of his, Maj. John DONNELL,  emigrated
to Guilford County, N. C., engaged in agriculture, and there  raised  a
family of fifteen children.  Maj.  John  DONNELL  was  an  earnest  and
zealous advocate for the principles  of  free  government,  and  fought
nobly for the independ-[Page 10] ence of America in  the  Revolutionary
struggle, where he gained his military title.  He  was  twice  married.
First, to Hannah MEEKS, and by her had three daughters  and  two  sons.
For his second wife he took one Betsey  DENNY,  and  by  her  had  five
daughters and five  sons.  George,  our  subject,  being  his  father's
eleventh child, or his mother's sixth. He was born in Guilford  County,
N. C., July 1, 1793. His parents were both Christian people, and  early
in life he imbibed the truths and teachings  of  the  Holy  Bible,  and
connected himself with the Presbyterian

Church of Buffalo, N. C., where they for many years  resided.  May  30,
1815, he married Miss Anna McLEAN, also a native  of  Guilford  County,
and born June 18, 1795. Her father was Joseph McLEAN, a North  Carolina
pioneer who married one Peggy MABIN, and Anna was  their  sixth  child,
and the second youngest of the family. She grew to be a woman of  great
strength of character, possessing

unfaltering energy, and  has  been  to  her  chosen  companion  a  most
faithful wife, to her offspring a loving and devoted mother. This union
was blessed with a family of thirteen children, namely, Joseph M., John
D., Polly E., William N., James M., Betsey A., Thomas  S.,  George  W.,
Mary J., Robert L., Levi S.,

Henry C. and Emily R., all born in Bond County  except  the  two  first
named. Three, Betsey A., Polly and James M., died  in  infancy.  George
W., Henry C. and James are in the West. Joseph M., William N., John  D.
(deceased), and Thomas S. (deceased), all  settled  on  farms  in  Bond
County. Robert, Mary and Levi are deceased, and  Emily,  the  youngest,
married Col. George C. McCORD,

of Greenville. George DONNELL emigrated to  Bond  County  in  the  year
1819, and first settled near the forks of Shoal Creek, where  he  lived
for several years. He sold his property there and  bought  one  quarter
section of land about three miles northwest of Greenville. This land he
improved, erected upon it good  buildings,  making  for  his  family  a
comfortable home, and not infrequently the  weary  traveler  a  welcome
stopping place. To his landed estate he from time  to  time  added,  so
that as his children came of age he gave each a farm of 160  acres.  To
the education of his family he devoted no little time  and  means,  and
for a time took up his residence at Hillsboro that they might have  the
best of school advantages. As a religious man, Mr. DONNELL  was  always
prominent. At once, when coming to Bond County, he  identified  himself
with the people of God, and united with the  Shoal  Creek  Presbyterian
Church, the second of the order in Southern Illinois. He, with  others,
organized the first Sabbath school in

Southern Illinois, and believed by many to be the first in  the  State.
This school held sessions on Saturdays and  Sundays,  reading,  writing
and arithmetic being in the Saturday programmes. The advantages of this
school were improved by whole pioneer  families,  who  came  from  long
distances to attend. Mr. DONNELL was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the
Presbyterian Church of Greenville, and aided with much time  and  money
in erecting their first church edifice in the city, in 1827. In  March,
1828, he was elected and ordained  a  Ruling  Elder,  which  office  he
filled with great fidelity until 1875. As he advanced in years he  sold
most of his farming lands, and afterward secured a comfortable home  in
Greenville, and from that time until his death  lived  a  comparatively
retired life, devoting much of his leisure time to social and religious
duties. Mr. DONNELL was a man of  positive  traits  of  character,  but
realizing man's liability to err, he was always open to conviction, and
anxious to repair an injury. Old age crept upon him, disease was  found
lurking in his system, and a stroke of paralysis in 1864 ensued.  [Page
11] From this he gradually recovered. A second and more severe  stroke,
however, seized upon him, which resulted in his death Monday, April 16,
1877, at the residence of Col. George  C.  McCORD,  surrounded  by  his
children and friends, who lovingly administered to his every need. Mrs.
Anna DONNELL, for  more  than  sixty  years  his  devoted  wife,  still
survives him, and lives with her son-in-law, and youngest child, Ellen,
Mr. and Mrs. McCORD. She is now over eight-even years of age, but still
enjoys the use of her mental faculties,  and  more  than  average  good
health. A full page portrait of the late stalwart  pioneer  appears  in
this volume.

W. S. DANN & CO. The mercantile house  of  W.  S.  DANN  &  Co.  justly
deserves notice in a history of Bond County, as standing at the head of
the mercantile trade of  Southern  Illinois.  The  business  was  first
established in 1870 by Mr. W. S. DANN and a brother, Mr.  E.  L.  DANN,
who opened a  general  stock  in  the  corner  number  of  the  present
establishment. Mr. E. L. DANN continued until 1875,  when  he  retired,
and W. S. DANN remained alone until Mr. F. P. JOY, the  present  junior
partner and manager, became associated with him. The business increased
so rapidly that more room was demanded. An adjoining lot was  utilized,
and the store enlarged and refitted, making it roomy and well  lighted.
It now has a frontage of fifty-one feet on College avenue, and  extends
fifty-seven feet on Second street,  and  comprises  two  floors  and  a
basement. The basement is used for the storage of  surplus  stock,  and
second floor for display of carpets, mattings, etc., and winter  stocks
of ladies' cloaks and shawls. The first floor is the general salesroom.
It has two double front entrances on College  avenue,  is  conveniently
arranged on the department plan, the stocks or different lines of goods
being assorted and  displayed  in  their  respective  departments.  The
stocks of these  departments  embrace  complete  lines  of  dry  goods,
including dress goods, silks and trimmings, embroideries, white  goods,
ladies' and gents' furnishing goods  and  notions,  extensive  line  of
boots and shoes of standard makes, hats and caps, and a fine assortment
of staple and fancy groceries. The departments and stocks are  presided
over by Mr. JOY and his corps  of  seven  efficient  salesmen  and  one
saleslady.  Each  clerk  is  an  experienced   stock-keeper,   and   is
responsible for its condition. It must be in good order, every  article
or piece marked with price in  plain  figures.  They  also  keep  stock
memoranda of goods to be purchased, and from time to time buy or  order
what the market demands,  with  the  sanction  or  suggestions  of  the
manager. Goods are all bought, marked and sold upon a cash basis, doing
a general produce

exchange business. The general clearing-out sales of  unseasonable  and
remnant stock are a taking feature of the institution, and  the  entire
establishment is conducted upon modern  business  principles.  Business
discipline, not  so  rigid  as  to  become  impracticable,  is  also  a
noticeable feature of the establishment. This house carries a stock  of
about $28,000, and does an annual business of nearly $100,000.  Mr.  W.
S. DANN not being able to devote his personal time and attention to the
business, spends much of his time abroad, and Mr.  JOY  assumes  entire
charge, and is always during business hours found at his store.

William H. DAWDY, lawyer, was born in Shelby County, Ill.,  January  1,
1845; son of John H. and Nancy (FRAZIER) DAWDY, he a resident of  Pana,
Ill., a lawyer by  profession,  of  twenty  years'  practice,  and  was
formerly a merchant; has been Associate Judge of Christian County,  and
held other minor offices; is Police Magistrate of Pana; his wife  is  a
native of Kentucky. They had two children, [Page 12] William  H.  being
the oldest. Our subject attended the seminary at Shelbyville about five
years, afterward at Walton Academy, Pana, and later at Eureka  College,
Illinois, one year. After leaving school he began the study of law with
HENRY and ROSS, and was admitted to practice July 1, 1865.  Located  at
Pana, two years, Vandalia, one year, and came to Greenville August  14,
1868,  where  he  has  remained  since,  having  obtained  a  lucrative
practice, and being regarded as one of the ablest and  most  successful
lawyers of Bond County. He has held the position of  City  Attorney  of
Pana, City Attorney of Greenville, Justice of the  Peace,  and  State's
Attorney of Bond County from 1872 to 1880. July 7, 1872, in  La  Crosse
County, Wis., he married Miss Amelia A. TRIPP, born in Trumbull County,
Ohio; daughter of Almer TRIPP, a native of Vermont. One child has  been
born to Mr. DAWDY - Clarence A.; is a member of the  Christian  Church,
of the Odd Fellows, Workingmen, Good Templars and the Democratic party.


Michael V. DENNY, cashier in bank, Greenville, born August 31, 1833, in
bond County, the only child now  living  of  Samuel  W.  and  Catharine
(FINLEY) DENNY, he  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1805,  a  farmer  by
occupation, and died in 1841. His wife was born in Tennessee  in  1808,
and is still living. Our subject received his

education in the academy at Sullivan, Moultrie  Co.,  Ill.,  where,  in
1860, September 6, he married Margaret S. PERRYMAN,  who  was  born  in
Shelbyville, Ill., April 26, 1838. Her parents were  John  and  Ann  S.
PERRYMAN, he of North Carolina and she of  Ireland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.
DENNY was born a family, of whom three daughters are now living - Annie
L., Katie M. and Lizzie S. Mr. DENNY was in the mercantile business ten
years, bank cashier thirteen years, County  Superintendent  of  Schools
five years, Township  Treasurer  about  ten  years,  and  Treasurer  of
Greenville City  for  several  terms.  His  politics,  Democratic;  his
religion, Christian; is a member of the I. O. O. F. an A. O. U. W.  His
grandfather, James DENNY, came West with his family from North Carolina
and located at McCord, now Cottonwood, where he was engaged in farming.

Nathaniel DRESSOR, banker and farmer,  P.  O.  Greenville,  banker  and
farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born June  24,  1825,  in  the  State  of
Maine; son of Rufus and Tamer DRESSOR, both natives of New England. His
father emigrated to Bond County in October, 1837, and was there engaged
in farming and milling. The subject was the fourth child of a family of
five sons and two daughters;

his education was received  in  the  common  schools;  he  was  a  very
successful farmer and a shrewd financier, being President of the  First
National Bank of Greenville. He married Elizabeth S. McFARLAN, daughter
of Robert McFARLAN, a farmer. They had five children - Alenia, now Mrs.
John W. McCORD, of Milan, Ill.;  Charlotte,  deceased  at  the  age  of
twenty-five, was an

accomplished, thoroughly educated lady, being a graduate  of  McKendree
College; Edwin, a farmer,  near  Greenville;  Roxanna,  deceased  1878;
Julia, deceased 1880, was the wife of  William  A.  NORTHCOTT,  present
State's Attorney of Bond County; and Winnie, now in school. Is a member
of the old Republican party, and always a strong Union man.

Edwin W. DRESSOR,  farmer,  P.  O.  Greenville,  is  the  only  son  of
Nathaniel DRESSOR. He was born in Cottonwood Grove,  on  the  homestead
farm, December 12, 1854; he was raised to farming and trading pursuits,
and remained under the parental roof until his marriage, March 7, 1877,
when he cast his lot in a matrimonial way with Mary M. KIRK -[Page  13]
LAND, a native of Walshville Township, Montgomery County,  this  State;
she was a daughter of T. C. KIRKLAND, one of the prominent farmers  and
business men of Montgomery County. Immediately after  his  marriage  he
located on the farm he now occupies, in this  township,  where  he  has
since been engaged in farming  and  stock-trading,  being  one  of  the
largest dealers of his age in the county. He has had two children  born
him; but one living - Edith Mabel, born Aug. 11, 1880.

William M. EVANS was born in Bath County, Ky., March 12, 1819,; son  of
Thomas and Anna (MARTIN) EVANS, he a native of Kentucky, born  in  Bath
County May 27, 1799, and  died  August  19,  1870;  she,  a  native  of
Virginia, was born March 6, 1798, and died September 15, 1847; they had
eleven children, all of whom lived to maturity, William  M.  being  the
eldest. Our subject came to Illinois in 1845, from Indiana, settling in
Bureau County, and, in 1855,  came  to  Greenville  and  commenced  the
cabinet business, in which he continued until the war broke  out,  when
he sold his business, and in 1864, entered the 100©day service  in  the
Union army, remaining four months. In 1856, Mr. EVANS was  one  of  the
prime movers in the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  in  Bond
County; was a delegate  to  the  Convention  in  1858,  that  nominated
Abraham LINCOLN for Congress; in 1860, member of  State  Convention  at
Decatur, Ill., and went from there to Chicago to labor in the  interest
of Mr. LINCOLN; was a member of State Convention in 1862; in 1880,  was
a delegate to State Convention at Springfield; in 1876, he was  elected
to represent his (Forty-second) district

in the Lower Branch of the General Assembly of the State. After leaving
the army, he commenced merchandising, in which he continued until 1877.
On August 11, 1840, Mr.  EVANS  married  Miss  Levica  YOUNG,  born  in
Virginia October 12, 1819; daughter of Charles YOUNG, who died in 1851,
leaving two children. December 28, 1852, he married  Mary  C.  HUBBARD,
born in Bond County, Ill., January 12, 1822; daughter of Peter HUBBARD,
of Hennepin, Putnam Co., Ill. His oldest son, Daniel B.,  is  clerk  in
First National Bank, and his other son, Woodford P.,  is  a  farmer  in
Iowa. The father of Mr. EVANS moved to Iowa in 1854, where he died.

Moses W. ELAM, farmer, P. O. Smithboro, is the  third  child  born  and
eldest son of Moses ELAM, of Town 6, Range 2. Moses W. was  born  March
3, 1853, on the homestead near Mulberry Grove. He was brought up on the
farm, and made his father's house  his  home  until  maturity.  He  was
married  when  twenty  years  of  age.  His  nuptials  were  celebrated
December, 1873; his wife was Cypha MOREY, born in  Knox  County,  Ohio,
daughter of Lucius MOREY and Ruth Ann CUMSTON. Lucius was born 1828, in
Knox County; son of David MOREY, a native of Vermont, who emigrated  to
Knox County, and there settled as a  pioneer.  Ruth  Ann  was  born  in
Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin CUMSTON. Mrs. ELAM came  to  Fayette
County with her parents in 1865. Her mother died in

1868, leaving two children - Mrs. ELAM, and Inez, who  married  Thomas,
the brother of her husband. After Mr. ELAM's marriage,  he  removed  to
Fayette County, living there five years, then returned to this  county,
where they have since lived, locating on their  farm  in  the  fall  of
1880. Said farm consists of 160 acres,  on  the  northeast  quarter  of
Section 5. He has three children - Wilbur, Rose and Daisey; he and wife
are members of the Christian Church.

Joel ELAM,  manufacturer,  Greenville,  was  born  in  North  Carolina,
December 9, 1817; son of Edward and Letitia (CHAFFEN) ELAM, he a native
of Virginia and a black-[Page 14] smith by trade; they had a family  of
fifteen children, Joel being the youngest. Our subject, after receiving
an ordinary education, learned the blacksmith's trade,  in  Greenville,
and at present is engaged in that business  and  saw-milling  with  his
sons, Thomas and John, under the firm name of ELAM & Sons. Mr. ELAM has
been married four times; first  in  1843,  to  Nancy  CLAY,  in  Menard
County, Ill.; she died the first year of her marriage; second, Sarah E.
SMITH, in 1845, who died the same year, leaving  one  child  ©  Charles
Edward, now deceased; third, Sarah McCORMICK, of  Greenville,  she  had
two sons © William and Thomas; fourth, Sarah WHITE, of Greenville,  who
has three daughters and one son - Ellen, Sarah, Miriam  and  John.  Mr.
ELAM is a Presbyterian and Republican.

George B. ENLOE, farmer, P. O. Greenville; born Aug. 7,  1848,  on  the
homestead situated in Town 6, Range 2, where his father, Ezekiel ENLOE,
settled and remained until his death.  The  mother  of  George  B.  was
Charlotte WHITE, who was born in North Carolina,  daughter  of  Richard
WHITE. Eight children were born to Ezekiel ENLOE and wife.  The  eldest
was Marshall, then in order of birth came Claybourne,  Thomas,  William
Edward, Mary E., Benjamin and George B., who was the  youngest  one  of
the family. He married  Susan  E.  FOSTER,  a  native  of  this  State,
daughter of William FOSTER. Four children, Johnnie, William, Della  and
Ezekiel, are the issue of this marriage. In 1873,  he  located  on  his
farm, where he now resides, having about 120  acres,  selected  on  the
south half of Section 31. He has one brother, Edward, in this township,
and William in Town 6, Range 3. Mary E. married D.  H.  KINGSBURY,  and
resides in Greenville. Mr. E. had three brothers in the late war.

Charles W. FLOYD, farmer, P. O. Greenville, is a  native  of  Kentucky,
Todd County. He was born in 1822, and was  a  resident  of  his  native
State until 1833, when he came with his parents  to  Bond  County.  His
father's name was John W., a Kentuckian by birth,  and  was  a  son  of
Charles FLOYD, of Old Virginia. John W. FLOYD married Betsy JOHNSON,  a
native of Indiana. To Mr. FLOYD was born  a  family  of  ten  children,
viz., Ella married P. G. VOWTER;  Nancy  became  the  wife  of  William
HARLIN; Polly, Mrs. W. BLACKWELL,  George;  Jane,  Mrs.  D.  P.  HAGEE;
Charles W.; William J.; Sarah, Mrs. W. D. HENRY; John  S.,  and  Thomas
W., who was a physician. In February, 1844,  he  married  Eliza  HENRY,
daughter of John HENRY, a Kentuckian. After his marriage, he located in
the edge of Clinton County. In 1849, he entered land in this count, one
mile east of Wisetown. Moving on the same, he began  improving  it.  In
1852, he moved south to Texas, and purchased land  in  Grayson  County,
and engaged in farming and stock-raising, remaining  here  until  1866,
when he located on the farm he now owns, on Section 33, Town  6,  Range
3, in Greenville Precinct. He has a fine location, one of the  best  in
the precinct; he is a good  farmer  and  has  been  successful  in  his
business; his wife died June 22, 1877; he has four children - Jane, the
eldest, and is the wife of E. D. WALLACE; George A., Mary  and  Charles
H. The father of our subject  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the
Methodist Episcopal Church; and served in the war of 1812, and died  in
1846; and during his life was affiliated with the old Whig party.

James F. FILE, farmer, P. O. Greenville, born  in  Bond  County,  Ill.,
March 5, 1850. He was the son of George and Mary (LYTTAKER) FILE, he  a
farmer and distiller, died in 1858, and she in bond  County,  Ill.  Our
subject received part of his education in New Douglas, Madison  County,
and part in Bond County, Ill.,

where, in 1870,

[Page 15] January 6, he married Ella F. BOLTON, daughter  of  John  and
Sarah BOLTON, natives of Ohio. To Mr. and  Mrs.  FILE  were  born  five
children - Charles H., Louella B., Edwin N. (deceased),  George  J.  P.
and Alberta J. Mr. FILE  has  always  been  a  farmer.  He  was  School
Director for three years; his political views are with  the  Democrats;
he is also a member of the Masonic order. He is a

young man, thirty-two years of age; he has an excellent farm, which, by
his energy and industry, he has rendered very valuable.

Dr. James GORDON, Greenville, for eighteen years a practicing physician
of Bond County, is a native of Huntsville, Ala., and was  born  on  the
17th of January, 1818. Is a son of Hugh GORDON and Mortha Jane, JAGERS,
his wife. His father, a native of South Carolina, born in 1788, settled
in Alabama in 1816, and though a slaveholder, was a Whig  in  politics,
and advocated emancipation; he died December 3, 1851; his mother,  also
a native of South Carolina, was born in Chester District in 1798,  died
January 3, 1849. James received  his  early  education  in  the  common
schools of his native place, and in boyhood  imbibed  those  habits  of
industry that have characterized his busy  life.  He  united  with  the
Methodist Episcopal Church at an  early  age,  and  spent  three  years
studying, with a view to entering the ministry, but his mind  gradually
inclined to the study of the science of medicine and he  abandoned  his
purpose and entered the Memphis Medical College. After  completing  his
studies, he entered upon the practice of his profession in Mississippi,
and continued it there and in Arkansas until 1864,  when  he  became  a
resident  of  Jamestown,  Clinton  Co.,  Ill.  Practicing  there   till
February, 18770, he removed to Greenville, where he  has  built  up  an
extensive practice. In the spring of 1875, the Missouri Medical College
conferred upon him the ad eundem degree. In early  life,  he  became  a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and has advanced to  the  Royal  Arch
degree. Dr. GORDON has been twice married, first at  Huntsville,  Ala.,
December 22, 1835, to Miss Mary Ann

SANDERSON, of Madison County, Ala., born September 22,  1819,  daughter
of James and Elizabeth (BELL) SANDERSON, the former born in 1789,  died
February 5, 1853, the latter born in Chester District, South  Carolina,
in 1793, died in 1862. She died in 1860, leaving twelve children - Mary
E., Hugh D., James B., John H., William P., Jerry T., Sarah F.,  Martha
J., Robert W., Rufus B

and two others who died without names. He again married in the month of
June, 1860, to Mary Jane MARSHALL, born in Johnson County, Ark., August
26, 1837, daughter of Joseph N. and Annis  R.  (NEELEY)  MARSHALL,  the
former still living, born in Tennessee in 1800, the  latter  also  born
the same year, died January 6, 1858. By the second marriage he has  had
ten children. Of the twenty-two, ten  are  now  living  ©  Madison  D.,
Margaret A., Ferdinand R., Katie L., Emma H.,  Hattie  M.,  Thomas  F.,
James M. and two to her who died without names. Five of this number are
married and are parents  of  this  thirty  grandchildren;  two  of  his
children have died after having married. Dr. Madison D. is the only one
now of  age  not  married.  Of  his  family,  seven  sons  have  become
practicing physicians, and four of those now living, including  Madison
D., his present partner, are  in  active  practice.  Dr.  GORDON  is  a
Republican in politics, but does not  take  active  part  in  political
contests. He is independent in thought, social and genial in his manner
and inflexible in purpose. He has attained success  in  his  profession
and life by close application and a strict adherence to  principles  of
Justice.

A. J. GULLICK, Sheriff of Bond County and  insurance,  Greenville,  was
born in Mad-[Page 16] ison County,  Ill.,  October  27,  1827,  son  of
Beniah and Elizabeth (GINGLIS) GULLICK, he a native of North  Carolina,
a wagon-maker by trade, now deceased; she of same State also  deceased.
They had five children, only two of whom are now  living,  our  subject
being the eldest. He was educated in the common schools of  his  native
county, and for some years followed peddling, being so successful as to
accumulate enough to purchase a farm. He came

to Bond County in 1852, locating at Mulberry  Grove.  Mr.  GULLICK  was
elected Sheriff of Bond County in 1872, and served three terms  of  two
years each. In 1880, he was again elected to the shrievalty, and is now
serving in that office, which he fills admirably, acceptably, and  with
a faithfulness to duty and the rights of his fellow citizens that  will
make his retirement from the position a  matter  of  regret  among  all
classes. September 20, 1857, he married Miss Eliza A. DUDLEY,  daughter
of Mr. Alfred DUDLEY, a pioneer and farmer  of  Bond  County,  and  the
following children have been born to them: Seward A., Mason E.,  Harris
A., Ruda E., Nellie E., Walter A., Pearl D., and an infant son

unnamed. Mr. GULLICK is a Freemason, an Odd Fellow, member of the A. O.
U. W., and a Republican.

Ulrich GAFFNER, farmer, P. O. Greenville.  Of  the  representatives  of
this township, none are more deserving than the  above  gentleman,  who
has made himself what he is today all  by  honest  industry  and  rigid
economy. He was born in Switzerland, August 22, 1835;  son  of  Ulrich,
who was born in Canton Berne  in  1804;  his  wife  was  Mary  SMOCHER,
daughter of John SMOCHER, a native of Switzerland. The  father  of  our
subject was a farmer, which vocation our subject was  early  taught  in
life, in company with his brothers, who are yet at home in Switzerland,
and engaged in farming on their own  possessions,  except  one  of  the
brothers, Godfrey, who emigrated to this State in 1857, and  is  now  a
prominent farmer in Christian County, this State. Ulrich, having  heard
very favorable accounts of America, and  the  advantages  afforded  the
laboring man here, which so  far  surpassed  those  at  home,  that  he
determined to emigrate to this country, which he did, arriving here  in
May, 1860. He began working out by the month and saving  his  earnings,
until he acquired sufficient means to enable him to make a purchase  of
land on his own account.  His  farm  consists  of  133ÀÀ  acres;  the
greater portion he bought of J. H. KOONCE, situated on Section  31.  He
was married  in  1864,  to  Sarah  SAHNERT,  born  in  Hesse-Darmstadt,
daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (WYANDT) SAHNERT. To Mr.  GAFFNER  have
been born five children © Lizzie  A.,  William,  Mollie  A.,  Lois  and
Edward, who have crowned this union. Mr. GAFFNER is a man  that  has  a
high

regard for right and justice, and has no desire to  do  injury  to  any
one, but to live an honest and upright life, and he is a  good  citizen
in the community. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, as well  as  a
stanch, worth citizen of the community.

Andrew G. HENRY, Greenville, County Judge of Bond County,  and  son  of
John and Betsey HENRY, was born February 28, 1824, near Paris,  Bourbon
Co., Ky. His parents removed to Illinois in 1827, and  settled  in  the
north part of Clinton County, where they resided a few years, and  then
removed to near Beaver Creek Post Office in  Bond  County,  where  they
resided until Mr. HENRY reached his majority. He  secured  as  good  an
education as the limited school facilities of the county at  that  time
afforded, the studies consisting only of the common  English  branches.
Securing such books as he could  for  study  and  general  reading,  he
pursued his studies at [Page 17] home, working on the farm and  at  the
carpenter's trade. In 1851, he was married to his present wife, Mary A.
HULL, daughter of the late Benjamin HULL, of Bond County. In  1853,  he
began the study of law, and in  1854  he  removed  to  Greenville,  the
county seat of Bond County, and was admitted to the practice of the law
at the bar, and has practiced  in  Bond  and  adjoining  counties  ever
since,

confining himself largely to that department of law belonging  to  real
estate. Upon  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  he  warmly
espoused its cause, and attended its first State convention, which  met
at Decatur, Ill., in 1860. He was a warm supporter of  Abraham  Lincoln
for President, and after his inauguration as President, was an  earnest
supporter of all the war measures of the administration, and from  that
time has indorsed all the leading measures and the  general  policy  of
his party, taking an active part in all of its campaigns. In 1872,

he was elected to the Lower House  of  the  Legislature,  and  returned
again  in  1874,  serving  with  marked  ability  and  to  the   entire
satisfaction of his constituents. In 1877, he was elected County  Judge
of Bond County, which office he now holds. Mr. HENRY  was  one  of  the
originators of what is now the Vandalia Line

Railroad, being a large subscriber to the stock of the  first  company,
and through the efforts of himself and a few other  prominent  citizens
of Greenville, Bond County is indebted  for  her  first  railroad.  Mr.
HENRY has held a place as  Director  in  the  company  ever  since  its
organization. Mr. HENRY's family consists  of  himself,  wife  and  two
daughters, one of whom is the wife of George F. BERRY,  of  Greenville;
the other is still at home. Mr.  HENRY  is  always  benevolent,  aiding
every worthy cause, and is kind and courteous to all. Being  a  man  of
strong convictions of right, and earnest in maintaining them, he  is  a
man with strong

personal friends  and  followers,  and  as  would  necessarily  follow.
Occasionally he makes an enemy; but at home among  his  neighbors,  and
wherever he is known, no man stands higher than does  the  Hon.  A.  G.
HENRY, the subject of this sketch.

Charles Douglas HOILES, banker, Greenville,  was  born  in  Greenville,
December 1, 1844, son of Charles and Elizabeth S. (MORSE) HOILES, he  a
native of New Jersey, born in 1819, and for many years a prominent  and
successful business man of Bond County; she a native of Lowell,  Mass.;
they had two children - Charles D., our subject,  and  Stephen  M.  Mr.
HOILES received his early  education  in  Greenville,  later  at  Mount
Union, and still later at Shurtleff College,  Upper  Alton,  Ill.,  but
mostly at select school in Greenville, under Prof. S.  W.  MARSTON.  He
commenced his business life in the mercantile business with his

father, which lasted five years, when they entered the banking business
under the firm name of HOILES & Son. S. M. HOILES, the brother  of  our
subject, was admitted to the firm in 18723, which changed to  HOILES  &
Sons. The father retired from the business in 1881. Mr.  C.  D.  HOILES
was a member of the Twenty-eighth  Official  General  Assembly  of  the
State  of  Illinois  in  1872;  delegate  to  the  National  Democratic
Convention at Baltimore, which nominated Horace GREELEY; twice a member
of the Democratic Central Committee; once a member  for  the  State  at
large; candidate for nomination  before  the  Democratic  Congressional
Convention, to represent the Sixteenth Congressional  District  in  the
National Legislature. The convention held sessions for three  days  and
adjourned without making a choice. He is now serving his second term as
Mayor of the city of Greenville. He was first married to Miss Sarah  F.
WEIR daughter of Dr. John F. WEIR, of Edwardsville, Ill.; she died June
30, [Page 18] 1874, leaving one son,  Charles  W.,  and  one  daughter,
Ione. He again married in June, 1876, Miss Juliette P. WHITE,  daughter
of Prof. John B. WHITE, long connected with the  educational  interests
of Bond County. From this last marriage, have been born a son, Guy  B.,
and a daughter, Anna L. Stephen M. HOILES, banker, is a brother of  the
gentleman whose sketch appears above, and was also born in  Greenville,
on the 8th of April, 1853. He is a member  (as  stated  above)  of  the
banking house of HOILES & Sons, and like his brother,  is  one  of  the
best business men of the county. December 20,  1871,  he  married  Miss
Welma C. STOUGHTENBERRY, daughter of Jacob S. TOUGHTENBERRY,  deceased,
who was a resident and capitalist of Madison  County,  Ill.  They  have
three children © Stephen D., Clarence E. and Sarah  Bell.  Stephen  M.,
like his brother, is a Democrat.

T. S. HUBBARD, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born  March  9,  1815,  in
Madison County, this State, eldest son of Peter HUBBARD,  a  native  of
South Carolina, born February  23,  1782,  and  emigrated  to  Randolph
county, this State, in 1809,  remaining  but  a  short  time,  when  he
removed to Madison County prior  to  the  war  of  1812,  in  which  he
participated. In March, 1817, he located in what is now Bond County, on
Section 1, Town 5, Range 3, where he remained until  his  death,  which
occurred November 25, 1868, his wife preceded him to the grave in 1854.
They raised a family of eight children - T. S., being the  eldest  that
grew up, George W., Lewellyn B., Mary A., William C., Isom G., John  T.
and Margaret

J. were the others in order of birth. The HUBBARD family are  of  Welsh
ancestry, both the father, grand and great-grandfather of  our  subject
bore the old Biblical name of Peter. The mother of T.  S.  was  Martha,
daughter of Thomas GILLHAM. Thomas S. was reared to farm labor, and was
educated at the common schools of his  neighborhood.  He  was  but  two
years of age when he came to this county.  In  early  manhood,  he  was
appointed to teach his district school of this township, now No. 2,  in
the year 1848, by subscription, being  the  first  teacher  who  taught
there. He like mathematics, and learned surveying, which  he  put  into
practice for some time as  Deputy  Surveyor  of  the  county.  In  this
county, February 3, 1843, he married Anna E., daughter of  Asa  L.  and
Ann E. (WRIGHT) SAUNDERS. In 1841,  he  purchased  land  where  he  now
resides, then raw and unimproved. After his marriage,  located  on  the
same, has since continued a constant resident, and is one of the stanch
and substantial citizens of the county.  Since  1843,  he  has  been  a
consistent member of the Congregational Church, serving as  Deacon  and
Trustee of the same  much  of  the  time.  In  business,  he  has  been
successful, having (before he divided out among his children) about 700
acres of land. In educational matters, he has taken an active  part  in
his neighborhood. His children are Lewis S.,  Julian  S.,  Harriet  L.,
Henry A., George C., Alfred C. and Mary J. Julian S., in Kansas; George
C., in Iowa; others are settled in this county.

Henry HILL, farmer, P. O. Greenville, born  May  29,  1814,  in  Seneca
County, N. Y., the eldest son and third child born to Henry  HILL,  his
father, who was born November 26, 1790, in one of the  Eastern  States.
November 16, 1809, he married Abigail SHUTZ,  who  was  born  April  5,
1791. to them were born the following children, the  old  family  Bible
tells the following tale: Nancy M., born October 30, 1810;  Sally,  May
30, 1812; Henry, May 29, 1814; Theodosia, March 15, 1816; Rosana, April
29, 1818; Polly, August 1, 1820; Ruama, August 7, 1822; William,  April
19, 1825; Melinda, November 2, 1827; Jonathan, July [Page 19] 10, 1830;
Clarissa, November, 1832. The father died January 16,  1852,  his  wife
April 17, 1844. When five years of age, our subject  removed  with  his
parents to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there  until  1842,  when
they came to this State, locating in Madison County. In 1868,  he  came
to Bond County, locating on the northwest quarter of Section  31;  here
he has since lived. He has 272  acres  of  land.  He  began  poor,  had
nothing but his lands and a willing mind to battle with  the  times  in
which he was surrounded, yet by diligence and  rigid  economy,  he  has
acquired a home and competence by hard labor and patient

industry. March 11, 1849, he married Mrs. Nancy  GLENN,  born  in  this
county, daughter of Daniel MOORE, who was born  February  6,  1792,  in
Rutherford County, N. C.,  son  of  Philip  MOORE,  from  Virginia;  he
(Philip) married Phebe ELAM, of North Carolina.  Daniel  MOORE  married
Jane STEWART, who was born in North Carolina, April 13, 1804,  daughter
of Robert STEWART and Jane

TURNTINE. Robert was a son of Alexander STEWART, an Irishman by  birth.
Daniel MOORE and family came to  Bond  County  in  1818,  making  first
settlement on Section 19, Town 5, Range 2.  Mr.  HILL  has  had  eleven
children born to him, five living - Daniel, George, James,  Lemuel  and
Samuel © Belle died September 18,  1881,  aged  twenty-two  years.  She
married Smith LONG; by him had two

Children - Charlie and Marion.

G. W. HILL, retired,  P.  O.  Greenville,  was  born  in  New  Milford,
Litchfield Co., Conn., on June 6, 1821. His father, Roswell HILL,  born
July 12, 1788, died October 16, 1844, also a native of New England, was
a school teacher and emigrated West about  1827.  His  mother,  Frances
(BUCKINGHAM), born April 16, 1791, died January 27, 1864,  was  also  a
New Englander. They were the

parents of six sons and two daughters, the subject being the third son.
He got his education in a common  school  in  Ross  County,  Ohio,  and
commenced life as an apprentice to William GILMORE,  tailor,  Ohio,  at
the age of fifteen. He moved to  his  county  in  1840,  and  with  the
exception of  eight  months  in  1844,  when  he  lived  in  Hillsboro,
Montgomery  County,  he  has  been  a  resident  and  business  man  in
Greenville, and up to 1867 was a prominent and prosperous merchant.  In
Edwardsville, Madison  Co.,  Ill.,  on  August  25,  1847,  he  married
Elizabeth Barnes PLANT, born October 28, 1828, in Pocahontas, Bond Co.,
Ill., daughter of Williamson and Martha (SUGG) PLANT, he born in  Anson
County, N. C., May 6, 1799, died  May  12,  1833;  she  born  in  North
Carolina, died November 21, 1834. Subject has gained  his  position  as
one of the most  frugal,  thrifty  and  just-minded  citizens  of  Bond
County,  by  pursuing  a  straightforward  course,  doing  business  on
business principles and making most of his time and opportunities.

W. McLin HUNTER, Greenville, was born in Bond County  March  17,  1827;
son of Joseph and Elizabeth (MABIN) HUNTER, he  born  in  1795  she  in
1793, and both dying within one week of each other, in 1851. They  were
the parents of seven children, four boys and three girls.  Our  subject
received a very limited education in the schools of his native  county,
and has always been a farmer. He has served as School Director and Road
Supervisor, but has generally avoided politics  and  the  search  after
office. November 28, 1850, in Zion Precinct, he married Nancy R. GLENN,
born in Zion November 11,  1832,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Frances
GLENN, and eleven children have gladdened  his  household.  Joseph  E.,
Alexander K., Robert M., John R.,  Francis  E.,  Betsey  A.,  Mary  J.,
Sophia E., Susan E., Laura B. and Finis E. Mr. HUNTER and family

are Cumberland Presbyterians, and he is a Democrat.  The  HUNTERs  were
among the

[Page 20] earliest settlers of this section, and McLin HUNTER now lives
upon and owns the old homestead property, consisting of 280  acres,  in
Section 24.

Marshall HUNTER, farmer, P. O. Pocahontas,  was  born  in  Bond  County
March 1, 1820, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (MABIN) HUNTER, he  born  in
Tennessee in 1795, a farmer,  dying  in  1851;  she,  a  native  of  N.
Carolina, and dying one week  succeeding  her  husband,  leaving  seven
children, four boys and three girls. Our subject received his education
in the subscription schools of his native

county, and began  life  as  a  farmer,  in  which  occupation  he  has
continued throughout his entire life. He has served as Road  Supervisor
several years, and is very highly esteemed as a man and a  farmer.  His
farm comprises 244 1/2 acres of excellent land, which is under  a  high
state of cultivation. In Zion Precinct, October  1,  1846,  he  married
Miss Elizabeth M. GLENN, born July 25, 1826, a  daughter  of  Alexander
and Frances GLENN, and which union has resulted  in  seven  children  -
Frances E., Armina, Emily J., Mary E., Sarah E., Joseph W. and  Ida  A.
Mr. HUNTER is a member of the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  and  a
Democrat.

Solomon HARKEY, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born July  28,  1852,  in
the northern part of Bond  County,  Ill.;  son  of  William  HARKEY,  a
farmer, who was born in North Carolina April  29,  1811,  and  came  to
Illinois at an early date. His mother, Nancy (THACKER) HARKEY, was born
in Kentucky January 1, 1814. The subject is the youngest of a family of
nine, eight of whom are still living. He

received a common school education at La Grange Precinct.  He  followed
farming about  fifteen  years;  later,  he  went  into  the  restaurant
business at Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Ill., and still later was in the
grocery business. He was married February 19, 1871, in Bond County,  to
Caroline PRATER, daughter of John and Sallie (HUNT)  PRATER.  His  wife
dying, he again, December 9, 1874, married Laura  WRIGHT,  daughter  of
George W. and Emily (ABLE) WRIGHT. He had three children © William  L.,
Hattie V. and Minnie A. The latter is by his  second  wife.  He  was  a
Republican in politics.

John W. JETT, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born December 11, 1820,  in
Culpepper County, Va., and emigrated to this State in 1836, and located
in Bond County with his parents, where he has since resided. The family
first located on Jett Prairie in Town 6, Range 2. In  September,  1842,
he married Miss Sophia B.

BLANCHARD who was  born  June  30,  1825,  in  East  Stoughton,  Mass.;
daughter of Lemuel BLANCHARD and Sibyl PACKARD, both natives of the Bay
State. The same year of his  marriage,  he  located  in  the  northwest
corner of this township and engaged in farming, where he remained until
1866, when he purchased a farm  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  same
township, on Section 31, where he located and has since resided, having
240 acres; has but one son living, Warren, who  was  born  January  22,
1853, and October 31, 1866, he

married Mollie SMITH, born in this county,  daughter  of  Theodore  and
Margaret (ALLEN) SMITH. Mr. JETT is a member  of  the  Regular  Baptist
Church, and a Republican. Our subject was a son of  Francis  JETT,  who
was born 1792, in Culpepper County, Va. He served as a soldier  in  the
war of 1812. He married Elizabeth WOOD, a native of Fauquier Co.,  Va.,
daughter of Dickinson WOOD,

who married a Miss WEATHER. Francis JETT died in his  county  in  1859;
his wife survived him until 1877. Daniel, Gabriel, John H.,  James  and
William were the children born to them; all  are  now  deceased  except
John H., the subject of these remarks. The children of our subject  are
Helen C., Eunice A., Mary F., Warren, Edward, Harry Lee and Frances W.

[Page 21]  E.  P.  JUSTICE,  merchant,  Greenville,  one  of  the  most
prosperous business men of the thriving little city of Greenville,  was
born January 5, 1840,  in  Clinton  County,  Ill.  His  father,  J.  J.
JUSTICE, a retired farmer of Carlisle, same  county,  is  a  native  of
Georgia; came to Illinois when about nine years of  age.  Of  his  four
children, our subject is the only one  now  living.  He  lived  on  his
father's farm in Clinton County most of his life previous to coming  to
Greenville. In November, 1876, he opened his present business, with  an
entire new stock of groceries,

provisions, hardware, willow-ware, etc. The first year's  business  was
one beset with the difficulties that must attend the efforts of a young
man with a small capital in establishing a trade; but since that  time,
by close application, and strict

adherence to business principles, his business has steadily  increased,
and he now controls a fine trade. Mr. JUSTICE first married  Miss  Mary
CROCKER, of Clinton County, Ill., in 1862. She died  in  1874,  leaving
two children. One, Alice E., is now living. He again married,  July  6,
1879, to Miss Mary E. CURLEE, of  Greenville,  and  a  native  of  Bond
County.

Dr. N. H. JACKSON, surgeon dentist, Greenville, Ill, was born in Warren
County, Ky., May 20, 1853. He is a son of C. C. JACKSON, born in  1820,
who was a native of Virginia, and by occupation a farmer. C. C. JACKSON
was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, in which State he  spent  most  of
his life, and there died in 1861, at forty-one years of age. His  wife,
Sarah JACKSON, nee HENDRICK,

was born in 1830, and now of Bowling Green, Ky., is a native of  Warren
County, that State, and daughter of John R.  HENDRICK  (deceased),  who
was a Cumberland Presbyterian clergyman. Dr. JACKSON is the second of a
family of five children, four of  whom  are  living.  He  received  his
rudimental education at Bristow, Ky., his native home. He after studied
the higher branches at Bowling Green, and when but a youth  apprenticed
himself to an uncle,  Dr.  J.  F.  HENDRICK,  an  eminently  successful
dentist of Bowling Green, Ky., and under his tuition gained a  thorough
and practical mastery of the dental profession. September 29, 1878, Dr.
JACKSON married Miss  Ida  A.  GRACEY,  born  September  27,  1861,  in
Macoupin County, Ill., daughter of W. C. and Sarah J.

(McGAHEY) GRACEY.  Her  father  is  a  well-known  farmer  of  Pleasant
Prairie, Bond County. In November, 1880, the Doctor permanently located
in  Greenville,  where  he  has  built  up  a  lucrative  and  steadily
increasing practice. Mr. JACKSON's  success  is  entirely  due  to  his
thorough knowledge of his profession  and  ability  to  do  first-class
work. He has commodious rooms in the Coverdale

Block.

John C. JACKSON, farmer,  P.  O.  Greenville,  was  born  in  Tennessee
December 28, 1826; son of Larkin and Anna (PARKER) JACKSON, he a native
of North Carolina, a farmer by occupation, dying in 1869,  his  consort
having preceded him to their last resting place in 1864. They were  the
parents of sixteen children,  ten  boys  and  six  girls.  Our  subject
attended the schools of  Lawrenceburg,  Tenn.,  and  began  life  as  a
farmer, in which occupation he has continued since,  being  on  of  the
most successful farmers of Bond County.  He  is  highly  respected,  is
energetic and foremost in all that may  redound  to  the  good  of  his
community and the welfare of the public generally.  He  has  served  as
School Director and Road Supervisor several terms. He is a  Republican.
In Greenville Precinct, October 4, 1848, he married Miss  Eleanor  Jane
NELSON, daughter of Calvin and Mary F. NELSON, natives of Virginia, and
three children have been the fruit of the  union  -  Mary  M.,  William
Calvin (deceased), and John.

[Page 22] C. H. KOONCE, farmer, P. O.  Greenville.  The  KOONCE  family
emigrated to the Sucker State in the year 1840. They  were  natives  of
the Old Dominion, Jefferson County,  near  Harper's  Ferry,  where  our
subject was born January  31,  1825;  son  of  Nicholas  KOONCE,  whose
birthplace was Loudoun County; son of

Henry KOONCE, who was likewise of Virginia birth.  The  mother  of  our
subject was Elizabeth, a native of  Loudoun,  daughter  of  Christopher
SCHRIVER, who was a native  of  Germany.  Ten  children  were  born  to
Nicholas KOONCE, seven sons and three daughters. Nicholas KOONCE was  a
farmer and mechanic; he worked several years in the arsenal at Harper's
Ferry; also in a mill, and turned his attention readily to anything  of
a mechanical nature. Our subject emigrated West with his  parents  when
he was about fourteen years of age. His father rented  land  some  time
east of Greenville, finally located on Section 31,  in  this  township,
and remained until his death, which occurred several years prior to

the late civil war. His wife still survives him,  being  nearly  ninety
years of age. The family born them are a follows: David, Sarah, George,
John, Jacob, Christopher H., Elizabeth, Nicholas, Joseph and Mary.  But
tow are living in this township, C. H. and Elizabeth,  wife  of  J.  C.
LOVETT. Joseph resides in township adjoining.  In  October,  1850,  our
subject married Jane WAIT, of  Alexandria,  Va.,  daughter  of  William
WAIT.  Mr.  KOONCE  resides  on  the  farm  he  entered  and  improved,
consisting of 225 acres; has six children, viz.: Charles, Josiah, Lucy,
Angie, George and Hattie. His brother, Nicholas, resides in  the  south
part of the State, a short distance above Cairo. The remaining brothers

living are now residents of Virginia, having returned  there  to  spend
their remaining life in the land that gave birth to their progenitors.

John KINGSBURY, attorney at law, Greenville, was born February 7, 1837,
in Hamilton county, Ind. He was the son  of  Ira  and  Hannah  (FIERCE)
KINGSBURY; he was a surveyor and farmer, born in Vermont, and  died  on
his homestead in 1872, October 26. His wife Hannah was born in Hamilton
County, Ind. Our  subject  was  their  fifth  child.  He  received  his
education in the common schools of the county, and  also  attended  the
Greenville Academy, in 1859©60.

In 1873, September 25, at Hagarestown, Ill., he married Sarah  J.  JAY,
who was born in Bond County, Ill. She was the daughter of Joseph A. and
Nancy A. (RHEA) JAY. Joseph A. was born December  19,  1826,  in  North
Carolina, and Nancy A., his wife, July 1, 1831, in  Tennessee.  Subject
had a family of four © John M., Mary G., Anna G. C.  and  Lucy  N.  Mr.
KINGBURY remained at home and worked  the  farm,  supporting  his  aged
father, and when thirty-six years of age began studying law with D.  H.
KINGSBURY, at Greenville, and was admitted to practice in the courts of
this State in 1870, which he continued  until  he  was  elected  County
Surveyor, at which he is now serving his third term. His

religion was that of a Baptist, his  politics  Democratic,  and  was  a
member of the A. O. U. W. and I. O.  M.  A.  orders.  His  father,  Ira
KINGSBURY, came to Bond County, Ill., in June, 1844, and at the time of
his death he owned 320 acres of land. His mother died  at  Mt.  Carmel,
Ill., November 28, 1843.

William KOCH, Treasurer-elect of the city of Greenville, is a native of
Germany, and came to America in the year 1849; landed at  New  Orleans,
sailed up the Mississippi River to  St.  Louis,  thence  into  Illinois
overland to Vandalia, Fayette County, and  entered  farming  about  ten
miles north of that place. His success

as a farmer soon enabled him to purchase a second farm  about  two  and
one© [Page 23] half mile northwest of Vandalia.  He  moved  on  to  the
latter purchase, and there  remained  until  1869,  when  he  sold  and
removed to Greenville, and entered the lumber  trade  with  Mr.  J.  C.
GERRICHS as his partner. He  closed  out  his  interest  in  1882,  and
retired from business. He has the esteem and confidence of his

Fellow-citizens, and was elected to the office of Treasurer of the city
of Greenville in the spring of that same year.

John C. LOVETT, farmer, P. O. Greenville, first saw the  light  of  day
August 29, 1825, in Tolland County, Conn.; son of John G. LOVETT,  born
in the save county and State October 30, 1780, son of James, of English
descent, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The mother of  our
subject was Roxana CHAPMAN. Her father was Hosea, of  English  descent.
The family trace their ancestry back several hundred years. The  LOVETT
family emigrated to this State in 1837, arriving here in  the  fall  of
the same year, and for four years lived in Town 5, Range  3;  afterward
moved southwest on a farm now owned by Smiley  DENNEY.  While  here  he
entered the land upon which he afterward settled in 1846, and  remained
on the same until his death July, 1854. His  wife  survived  him  until
April, 1863. He was for many  years  a  member  of  the  Congregational
Church. He was a strong Whig, and advocated its principles. He had born
him the following children: Christiana,  Juliana,  Orestes  H.,  Delia,
John C., Francis M. Of this number but two are living  -  Orestes,  who
has resided in Washington Territory since 1849, and John  C.,  who  was
brought up under  the  care  of  his  parents,  receiving  good  school
advantages, and before coming of age began teaching, which he continued
for several years. January, 1853, he married Elizabeth KOONCE, a native
of Jefferson County, Va., daughter of Nicholas KOONCE. After  marriage,
he located on the homestead and since lived there. He has four children
© Julia Adelaide, Christiana Louise, Charlotte Alberta, Francis  Jacob.
Since 1839, he has been a member of the Congregational Church.  He  has
460 acres of excellent land.

James M. McADAMS, County Treasurer, Greenville, was born near Nashville
Precinct, son of Samuel G. and Priscilla (SMITH) McADAMS, he born  near
Nashville, Tenn., December 8, 1813, and was killed December  13,  1864,
while arresting deserters in Bond County; she,  born  in  Indiana,  and
died in 1844; they  had  five  children.  Our  subject  was  raised  to
farming, and followed stock-raising for a number of years; was  elected
County Treasurer and Assessor in 1879. In  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the
Twenty-second Illinois Infantry, as a private, and the  same  year  was
elected Second Lieutenant; next year promoted to First Lieutenant,  and
was honorably discharged in 1864. February 16, 1865,  he  married  Miss
Fannie SMITH, born in Clark County, Ohio, March 3,  1845,  daughter  of
Samuel SMITH, a native of  the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland,  and  two
children have blessed the union - Samuel S. and Nellie M.  Mr.  McADAMS
is a Republican, and an enterprising, go-ahead man for the  times,  and
makes a popular and efficient officer. The father of Mr. McADAMS was in
the  Mexican  war,  a  Captain  the  Twenty-second  Illinois  Volunteer
Infantry for three years, and afterward Captain in the One Hundred  and
Thirty-fifth Regiment. His only brother  was  a  member  of  the  Third
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry during the rebellion.

T. P. MOREY, Circuit Clerk  and  Recorder  of  Bond  County,  was  born
September 27, 1847, at Mulberry Grove, Bond County; son  of  Hiram  and
Eliza J. (BROWN) MOREY; he born in Knox County, Ohio, July 3,  1819,  a
mechanic and farmer, now retired and liv-[Page 24] ing on his homestead
in Mulberry Grove; she, a native of Tennessee, born May  4,  1827,  and
died August 25, 1875.  They  had  ten  children.  In  addition  to  the
ordinary  common  school  education,  our  subject  attended  McKendree
College. In 1867, he commenced teaching school, which he continued  for
six years. In 1876, he was elected to the  positions  he  now  so  ably
fills - Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Bond County. September 27,  1873,
at Mulberry Grove, he married  Miss  Ollie  BORROR,  born  in  Franklin
County, Ohio, December 26, 1848, daughter  of  Mr.  Isaac  BORROR.  The
people of Bond County have shown their appreciation of  a  capable  and
faithful  official  in  retaining  Mr.  MOREY  so  many  years  in  the
responsible positions he occupies, and when he retires  from  them,  it
will be with the regret of his many friends, both inside and outside of
his party.

George C. McCORD, Greenville, Deputy United States Marshal. Mr.  McCORD
was born November 15, 1835, at  Nashville,  Washington  Co.,  Ill.  His
father, Charles  A.  McCORD,  was  a  Methodist  preacher  of  Southern
Illinois, and was a native of Christian County, Ky. His mother was  one
Mary PATTERSON, daughter of Joseph PATTERSON, a farmer of the State  of
Georgia, which was the State of her birth, and she  died  in  1844,  at
thirty-six years of age. Charles A.

McCORD had eight children;  six  lived  to  maturity.  He  entered  the
ministry at twenty-two years of  age,  and  continued  his  ministerial
labors until his death, June 24, 1861. He was a second time married  to
Mrs. Jane LEMON, of Washington County,  Ill.,  and  two  of  his  eight
children were by his last  wife.  George  C.  received  his  rudimental
education in the public schools of Washington County, Ill., and  closed
his school days with a  brief  course  at  the  Nashville  Academy.  He
entered farming and stock-raising in Bond County,  and  made  that  his
business until 1875. October 11,  1862,  Mr.  McCORD  was  commissioned
Second Lieutenant of Company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh  Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, by Gov. YATES. This regiment served three years  in
the war. March 2, 1863, he was made a First  Lieutenant.  In  1867,  M.
McCORD was appointed Deputy United  States  Marshal  by  United  States
Marshal E. R. ROSE, and was re-appointed in 1880. During  his  term  of
office he has made 470 arrests. July  29,  1881,  Gov.  S.  M.  CULLOM,
having  special  confidence  in  his  ability,  patriotism  and  valor,
appointed him his aid-de-camp, and commissioned him Commander in  Chief
of the Illinois State troops in the Sixteenth  Congressional  District,
with a rank as Colonel. It is needless to say that Col. McCORD makes  a
very acceptable and  efficient  officer.  Col.  McCORD  first  married,
November 1, 1856, to Miss Altha A. MEANS, daughter of Josiah  MEANS,  a
farmer of Christian County, Ill. She died March 22, 1861,  leaving  one
daughter, Rosa B., now an efficient teacher in the  graded  schools  of
Greenville, and one son, Charles R., present, Assistant Surgeon in  the
Illinois State Prison, at Chester. Mr. McCORD

again married, March  8,  1863,  to  Miss  Ella  R.  DONNELL,  youngest
daughter of the lamented George DONNELL,  one  of  Bond  County's  most
respected pioneers. They have three children living - Ella,  George  A.
and Emma H. Emily died in infancy.

Abe McNEILL, banker, Greenville, is a native of Clinton  County,  Ill.,
son of Neilly and Minerva (MILLS) McNEIL, he born in Ireland,  and  she
in Kentucky. They had nine children, seven of whom are now living.  Our
subject received his education in Bond County,  and  began  life  as  a
farmer and dealer in stock. He has been a resident  of  Greenville  for
about fifteen years, in which time  he  has  proven  himself  to  be  a
thoroughly practical and suc-[Page 25]  cessful  business  man,  having
been identified with many of the business  and  public  enterprises  of
Bond County, notably the First National  Bank  of  Greenville,  as  the
President of that institution for several years. In 1853,  Mr.  McNEILL
married Miss Elizabeth ETZLER, daughter of John  ETZLER,  a  native  of
Virginia, and five children have been born to them - Alice  J.,  Horace
M., William A., Mary and Martin.

J. B. McADOW, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born September 22, 1839, in
Greenville Precinct, Bond county, Ill.;  son  of  Samuel  N.  and  Jane
(PAISLEY) McADOW. His father was born in Tennessee September 10,  1807,
and was a pioneer farmer of Bond County, and died in November, 1873; he
was twice married; his first wife (Jane PAISLEY) by whom  he  had  nine
children, our subject being one, was born at Elm Point, Ill., July  14,
1817, and died September 3, 1844. His second wife, by whom he had  five
children, was Betsey BREWSTER. Our subject, who is an extensive  reader
and a well-informed man, received a  fair  education  and  adopted  the
occupation of a farmer. At Alton, Ill., October 6,

1867, he married  Miss  CLOUGH,  born  in  Alton,  Ill.,  April,  1847,
daughter of Samuel and Lucy (BROOKS) CLOUGH. Samuel CLOUGH, who  was  a
carpenter by trade, was born in Portland, Me., in March, 1805, and died
in April, 1874. His wife, who is still living,

was born in Lowell, Mass., in December, 1809, and is now a resident  of
Madison County, Ill. Mr. and  Mrs.  McADOW  are  the  parents  of  five
children © Anna Clay, Lillie Jane, Samuel Guy, Fred Clough and  William
Henry. Mr McADOW has been a School  Director  for  several  years;  his
brother, William P. McADOW,

served in the One Hundred and  Thirtieth  Illinois  Infantry  from  the
autumn  of  1862  to  the  close  of  the  war,  participating  in  the
engagements at Vicksburg, and several other  important  battles  during
the war. Our subject is a member of the  Cumberland  Presbyterian,  and
his wife of the M. E. Church. His father was a

Presbyterian minister, and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in the United States. Mr. McADOW served as a  Judge
of Bond County about nine  years,  being  first  elected  to  fill  the
unexpired term of Judge DRAPER, in 1855.

Robert MACKAY, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born February 14, 1829, in
Greenville Precinct, Bond County; son of Alexander C. and Mary (CARSON)
MACKAY, he a native of Kentucky, who emigrated to Bond in an early day;
she a native of Tennessee, who died in 1844, leaving four sons and  one
daughter. Mr. MACKAY owned 240 acres of land at the time of his  death,
which occurred July 8, 1856. Our subject, after receiving the education
usually accorded to the  sons  of  farmers,  began  life  in  the  same
occupation as his father, at which he has continued throughout life. In
November, 1853, he married Miss Margaret SUGG, a native of Bond County,
and daughter of Noah A. SUGG,  a  pioneer,  by  whom  he  has  had  the
following children © Mary A., now Mrs. J. T. CORRIE, of Kansas; George;
Eleanor J., Emily R.,  Sarah  E.,  Henry,  William,  Alvin,  Ollie  and
Walter, all of whom are now living. There is one dead, Mattie, who died
at the age of eighteen months. Mr. MACKAY is a Republican.

Robert MERRY, Greenville, was born in Kentucky, near the Mammoth  Cave,
February 8, 1828. He is one of twelve children born  to  David  W.  and
Isabella  (McLONEHON)  MERRY.  His  father,  David  W.,  a  farmer   by
occupation, was born in Virginia in 1801; came  to  Bond  County  about
1830, and died in 1852. The mother of our subject was born in  Kentucky
in 1802, and died January, 1871. Robert received his  education,  which
[Page 26] was such as the  common  schools  of  the  day  afforded,  in
Madison County, Ill. In Bond County, November 18, 1849, he married Mary
E. CLOUSE, born in Bond County September 28, 1834, daughter of  William
and  Sallie  (SAGS)  CLOUSE,  the  former  born  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,
September, 1818; was a farmer by occupation. During the Black Hawk war,
he served as Major, having previously been promoted from  the  rank  of
Captain, and died May 20, 1871. The

latter, a native of Alabama, died in March, 1838. Mr.  and  Mrs.  MERRY
are the parents of six children © Charles W., thirty years; Robert  A.,
twenty-seven years; Sallie C., twenty-five years; James W.,  twenty-two
years; Emily E., nineteen  years;  and  Ella,  sixteen  years  of  age.
Charles W. is married, and follows the

mining business in Colorado; Sallie  is  now  Mrs.  C.  H.  MARTIN,  of
Greenville, and  Emily  C.  is  Mrs.  REDFERN,  wife  of  a  farmer  of
Cottonwood Precinct, Bond County. Mr. MERRY was formerly a farmer,  but
abandoned  that  business,  and  removed  in  the  autumn  of  1881  to
Greenville, where he engaged in the livery business. He  has  ten  good
outfits, and is doing a good, paying business. He

is one of the prominent men of Bond County.

Andrew B. MERRY, farmer, P. O. Greenville, is one of the  good  farmers
of Town 6, Range 3. He was born in Madison County, this State, November
28, 1840, and was brought to this county with his parents when a  babe.
He was the sixth son of David MERRY, who first settled in Town 6, Range
3, and came to the township about the year  1848,  and  died  in  1853,
January 21. Andrew B. was then brought up under the fostering  care  of
his mother, with whom he lived  until  her  death,  January  31,  1873.
November 27, 1879, he married Keturah NEVINGER, born in Ohio,  daughter
of Daniel NEVINGER, who came to Bond County in  1878,  and  located  in
Town 7, Range 2. Mr. MERRY has but one child, Gertie. He has 169  acres
of land, and is a neat and judicious farmer, and successful withal. His
farm is located in the northeast quarter of  Section  31,  in  Town  6,
Range 3, in Greenville Precinct.

McLAIN & Co., millinery and fancy goods, Greenville.  The  business  of
this house was  first  established  in  1870,  by  J.  M.  MILLER,  who
conducted it alone until the year 1874,  when  Mr.  William  A.  McLAIN
purchased a one-half interest, and the  house  then  took  its  present
title. In 1875, Mr. MILLER sold his interest  to  Miss  Ella  E.  HULL.
Julia E. LOCKE succeeded to Miss HULL's interest  in  1878,  and  still
holds her interest in the business. This house holds a position at  the
head of the millinery and fancy goods trade  of  Bond  County,  and  in
those lines aim to have their stock always complete and fresh. A  stock
of books stationery and notions occupy a portion  of  their  salesroom,
which is also kept well assorted. They  enjoy  the  confidence  of  the
business and buying public, and have a liberal and steadily  increasing
patronage.

Isaac NORMAN, merchant, Greenville, was born  in  Parke  County,  Ind.,
February 22, 1841, son of Wesley and Elizabeth (McGELVERY) NORMAN,  he,
a native of Kentucky, born in 1816, a  retired  farmer  now  living  at
Eureka Springs, Ark; she a native of Indiana; they are the  parents  of
five children. Our subject began  his  business  life  as  a  clerk  at
Martinsville,  Ind.;  afterward  at  Vandalia,  Ill.,  and   later   at
Greenville. In 1864, at Vandalia, Ill., he  married  Lydia  E.  WALKER,
daughter of Louis WALKER, a jeweler of

Vandalia. Four children have been born to them - Louis V.,  Minnie  R.,
Laverne and Roy T. Is a Methodist, a Mason and a Republican. Mr. NORMAN
is a member of the well-[Page 27] known furniture  firm  of  Gerichs  &
Norman, the representative firm  in  its  lines  of  Bond  County.  the
business was first organized by Mr. J. C. GERICHS in 1875.  Mr.  NORMAN
has conducted the business for him from that time until 1880, and  then
took a half-interest in the business. Under his  management  they  have
built up a large and growing trade. their  stock  is  always  full  and
complete, and the extended popularity of this firm is  largely  due  to
that fact and the inducements they offer their customers in the way  of
low prices.

S. A. PHELPS, lawyer, Greenville, was born June 2, 1817, in Otsego Co.,
N. Y., son of Joshua and Elizabeth (PICK) PHELPS, of  Connecticut,  who
emigrated to the then far West, Otsego County,  N.  Y.,  in  1799.  The
subject was of a family of nine, being the

youngest of his mother's own children. He attended the common school of
Otsego County, and afterward entered Union college, Schenectady, N. Y.,
taking the full course, and graduating in 1838. He first commenced  the
practice of his profession in

Mississippi, at Woodville, in 1839, and continued there until coming to
Bond County in 1844. During the  first  twelve  years  he  farmed  near
Greenville. In 1841, he married Anna BULKLEY, of New York, and in  1856
came to Greenville and practiced law. His wife died  in  1843,  and  in
1845 he married her sister Caroline. Have two sons - Alfred and George;
the former is a lawyer at Denver, Colo.; went out as a private  in  the
100-days' service in the One Hundred and Thirtieth  Illinois  Infantry;
served three years and returned; the latter  was  State's  Attorney  of
Bond County; resigned the office, and  opened  practice  in  Leadville,
Colo. Philo is a Presbyterian minister of Livermore, Cal.;  Charles  is
in Chicago. The subject was a member of the Presbyterian Church.  As  a
politician he was a Republican. He ran for the Legislature in 1862, and
received a majority of 200 in his own county; Madison County turned the
majority against him. From 1858 to 1865, he was one of the most  active
Republicans. During the war he was the one to  deliver  stump  speeches
throughout Bond County on the political issues of the day.  He  is  the
oldest practicing lawyer in Greenville  or  Bond  County;  he  has  his
office over the post office.

James PLANT, deceased, was born in Dixon county, Tennessee, on the  9th
day of April, 1808, and was a son of  Williamson  PLANT,  a  native  of
North Carolina, and was a tailor by  trade,  and  who  married  Frances
WALTS. They had five sons and five daughters, James  being  the  second
youngest. The subject commenced life as  a  farmer,  and  received  his
education chiefly in Pocahontas, having come to this county in 1818. He
was married on the 13th day of April, 1837, to Miss Angeline  CHAPPELL,
a daughter of Robert CHAPPELL, who was a native of North Carolina,  and
died in Tennessee. Angeline came here with her mother,  who  had  seven
children, four of whom are  living,  Angeline  being  the  second.  The
subject has three children - Nancy I., now Mrs. D. F. HUNTER; Sarah  E.
(third child), George F., a farmer of Greenville, who

was born October 28, 1845, and married on the 3d day  of  March,  1872,
Miss Orrie A. WHITE, a daughter of Wesley  WHITE,  one  of  the  oldest
settlers in bond County. they have three children - Oscar, Sarah J. and
Hattie. The subject was a Methodist; in

politics, a Democrat, and owned 160 acres of land. His first  wife  was
Elizabeth WATSON, by whom he had three children. He died on the 22d day
of March, 1850.

John W. PLANT, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born in  Humphrey  county,
Tenn, March 12, 1817. He was one of a family of ten born  to  John  and
Mary (THOMPSON) PLANT. [Page 28] John was born  in  South  Carolina  in
1785; was a farmer by occupation, and died in Tennessee in 1865.  Mary,
his wife, came to her death by being struck by lightning, in 1830; What
little education our subject obtained was in the  subscription  schools
of Tennessee. He learned the molder's trade with his  brother,  William
PLANT, in Tennessee, where at Palmyra, July 30, 1845, he married Ann F.
WILLIAMSON, who was born there in 1826. Her parents  were  Burwell  and
Evanna WILLIAMSON, of South Carolina. To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. PLANT  were
born thirteen children, three of

whom are dead - Robert, Mary C., Cornelia, Cave J.  Samuel  W.  William
A., Perry F. Edward, Margaret A., Laura, Martha, John B and Lizzie. Mr.
PLANT followed his trade seventeen or eighteen years,  and  since  then
has farmed  here  twenty-eight  years.  He  is  a  Methodist,  and  his
political views are with the Republicans. By  hard  work,  economy  and
industry, Mr. PLANT now owns 662 acres of as good land as can be  found
in Bond County.

Col. John B. REID, retired, Greenville, was born in Ireland  August  8,
1830; son of James and Isabella (BARCLAY) REID, who came to America  in
1831, bringing a family of eight children, John B. then being only  one
year old. Alexander REID, the grandfather of our subject,  was  a  soap
and tallow chandler in Ireland, and his son James, the  father  of  our
subject, learned the business of  his  father,  but  abandoned  it  for
music, which he made the profession  of  his  life.  When  he  came  to
America, he made Nova Scotia his home for several years,  and  finally,
in 1863, died in New Brunswick, his wife dying the year previous.  They
left six sons and four daughters, John B. being the  youngest  son.  He
was educated partly in New Brunswick,  and  partly  in  New  York,  and
afterward learned the shoemakers trade, in  which  he  continued  until
1860, having come to Greenville from Boston in 1854. From 1856 to 1861,
he was Postmaster at Greenville, and was Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court
from 1860 to 1868.  In  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and
Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain, but was
commissioned  as  Major  on  the  organization  of  the  regiment;  was
afterward promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and later, Colonel. While  in
the army, he was elected to the Clerkship of the Circuit Court, and the
Government being appealed to, it was decided that  he  could  hold  the
civil as well as the military office at the same time. He

served about three years, having been wounded  in  the  shoulder  by  a
Minie-ball, and was taken prisoner and confined for a couple of months,
when he was paroled. His wife was  Miss  Emma  T.  HOLDEN,  of  Woburn,
Mass.; has five sons and five daughters; two oldest sons married and in
business. Col. REID is a member of the Baptist Church, being  a  Deacon
in the same; is Master of Masonic Lodge, No. 245; is an Odd Fellow,  an
A. O. U. W., a temperance man and a Democrat.

ROBINSON & REID, general loan and insurance agents.  This  enterprising
business firm, composed of William E. ROBINSON and J. Ward REID, is one
of the most wide-awake and prosperous in its line in  Bond  County.  In
one sense, this copartnership may be said to have existed  longer  than
any other in Bond county, as Will and Ward were both born in  the  same
neighborhood, and in youth attended the  same  school.  In  1876,  they
graduated at the  Greenville  High  School,  under  Prof.  INGLIS.  Mr.
ROBINSON then taught school one year,  and  Mr.  REID  entered  upon  a
course of study at the Illinois State University, at Champaign, and his
schoolmate naturally enough came the next year.  They  each  spent  two
years at Champaign, during [Page 29] which time the possibilities of  a
bright and prosperous business  future  became  a  favorite  topic  for
conversation and discussion between them, which talk finally led to the
abandonment of their studies. Mr. ROBINSON entered the Circuit  Clerk's
office, at

Greenville, and  during  his  nineteen  months'  connection  with  that
office, he made a business trip to Colorado. During this time Mr.  REID
clerked in H. T. POWELL's drug store, Greenville. In the fall of  1880,
they entered an abstract and insurance office

at Mt. Vernon, Ill., where  they  obtained  practical  ideas  of  their
business. They formed their copartnership September, 1881, and Mr. REID
immediately commenced work upon a set of abstract books, which are  now
the most complete in the county and in fact the only  ones,  since  all
others are but indexes of the county records. Much time and labor  have
been bestowed upon these books, and ROBINSON & REID have now  the  only
complete set of abstract books in Bond County. these  valuable  records
enable this firm to furnish to applicants abstracts of titles  on  much
shorter notice and in less time than any others. They are also making a
specialty of fire and tornado insurance, and represent  the  Liverpool,
London, and Globe; Continental, of New York, American,  of  Newark,  N.
J., the German, of Freeport, Ill., California, of  San  Francisco,  and
the Manhattan, of New York. The first mentioned  is  the  largest  fire
insurance company in the world, and the others are  equally  safe,  and
each has its desirable features for the insurance of different  classes
of property. Mr. ROBINSON returned to Greenville in  December,  having,
during the past summer, written up a complete set of abstracts  of  the
records  of  Platte  County,  Neb.  Since  that  time  this  young  and
enterprising firm have been building up  a  business  which  shows  the
confidence the people have in them as men of business and reliability.

John RIEDLINGER, saloon keeper, Greenville, was born in Highland, Ill.,
March 11, 1854; son of Martin and Margaret (RUDE) RIEDLINGER. He was  a
shoemaker by trade and died in 1873; his wife  is  still  living.  They
were the parents of four boys and

four girls. Our subject learned the tinner's trade  with  Mr.  Theodore
RUGER, in Highland, and  afterward  tended  bar  for  Mr.  SCHOTTE,  in
Greenville. In Greenville, April 28, 1875, he married Miss  Mary  Ellen
HUESSEY, born October 7, 1854, daughter

of Jacob and Annie HUESSEY, and three children have been born to them -
Louis F., Lela M. and Ida A. Is a German Protestant, a  member  of  the
Mutual Aid Association, and a Republican. The father of Mr.  RIEDLINGER
removed from Germany, his fatherland, to Switzerland,  and  from  there
came to America, his wife accompanying him in his travels. He was a man
much respected in his own country as well as this.

John J. SMITH, deceased, was born in Harrison County, Ind.,  April  10,
1813; son of James and Sarah (LONG) SMITH, he a native of  Virginia,  a
farmer, shoemaker and blacksmith; she, a native of Kentucky.  They  had
ten children, John J. being the eldest. The father of James, and great-
grandfather of the seven sons of John J., was Edwin SMITH, one of three
brothers  who  came  to  America  during  the  Revolution,  as  British
soldiers, but Edwin's heart not being in that unjust  struggle  against
the weak but determined colonies, he  left  the  army  of  England  and
settled in Virginia, afterward removing to  Kentucky,  where  he  died.
John J., our subject, only received a common school education, but  was
a well-informed man. He followed farming all his life, and  was  a  man
[Page 30] highly respected for his many qualities of mind and heart. He
left each of his sons 200 acres of land, and such  was  his  systematic
methods of doing business that it cost only $225 to settle his  estate.
He was fifty-seven years of age when he joined the  Baptist  Church  of
Smith Grove (named for him). He was a Democrat in his political  views,
but always conservative in sentiment. July 15, 1840, he  married  Eliza
HUBBARD, born in

Tennessee June 30, 1822,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Emily  (SMITHWICK)
HUBBARD, he a Bond County pioneer, and she a native of North  Carolina,
and eight sons were born to Mr. SMITH, one of whom, David D., died from
the bite of a snake in 1854; the other seven are all residing  in  this
county, and a short sketch of each one we give as follows:

Cyrus J. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born January 17, 1842; is
a thorough-going farmer, and has 287 acres of land, all well  improved.
He is a Democrat. He has been married twice; first, June 16,  1867,  to
Miss Catharine WATSON, daughter of James WATSON, a native of Tennessee.
She died December 17, 1876, leaving  one  daughter,  Annie.  August  2,
1877, he married Hannah ORME, daughter of Thomas ORME,  a  resident  of
this State up to the time of his death, November 10, 1879, he  being  a
native of England, and emigrating  to  this  country  in  1838;  was  a
shoemaker

and farmer, and had four children, Mrs. SMITH being the  youngest.  The
others are John T., Walter L. and Lawrence E. Mrs. SMITH's  mother  was
Ann HAWKSWORTH, of English birth.

Newton T. SMITH, a farmer, was born April 20, 1843. September 14, 1864,
he married in Beaver Creek Precinct, Emeline CASTLE, who  was  born  in
Ohio February 27, 1841, daughter of  John  T.  CASTLE,  a  farmer,  and
native of the State of Ohio, who came to

Bond County about 1845. Mrs. SMITH was the oldest child. Mr.  SMITH  is
an enterprising farmer, and  owns  227  acres  of  excellent  land,  on
Section 28, Township 4, Range 5,  and  twenty-three  acres  on  another
section. He is a Democrat; he has seven children - William  N.,  Arthur
D., Robert M., Rhoda L., Lois L., Emeline and Lillie M.

James M. SMITH, farmer, was born December 25, 1844, and was,  like  his
brothers, raised to a life of farming. He was married May 1,  1870,  to
Miss Martha CASTLE, daughter of John CASTLE, and they have  one  child,
Grace, born in November, 1878.

J. Frank SMITH, farmer, was born September 26, 1854, on the  old  Smith
homestead, in Greenville. He has 195 acres of good land, which came  to
him from his father's estate.  February  10,  1876,  he  married  Ellen
McCALL, a native of Bond County, born March 28,

1856, daughter of Frank Mccall  and  Mary  (McCASLIN)  McCULLEY,  he  a
native of Tennessee. Mr. SMITH has three children -  Mollie,  Dora  and
Harry. Is a Democrat.

Charles C. SMITH, farmer, was born in Greenville Precinct, on  the  old
homestead, March 28, 1857, and was married March 10, 1878, to Miss Anna
M. GOAD, born April 16, 1860, daughter of William  and  Amanda  (ALLEN)
GOAD. Mr. GOAD has been a resident  of  Bond  County  for  about  seven
years, and has three children, Mrs. SMITH being the oldest.  One  child
has been born to Mr. SMITH, Pearl, born December 6, 1879. He  owns  210
acres of good land, and is a Democrat.

Phillip SMITH, at home on the homestead, was born December 8, 1858, and
married Miss Frances HUNTER March 12, 1882.Peter  L.  SMITH,  was  born
December 12, 1859; is unmarried, and lives on the  homestead  with  his
mother, he being, like his six brothers, a farmer.


H. H. SMITH,  trader,  railroad  agent  and  [Page  31]  Postmaster  of
Smithboro, Greenville Precinct, is the founder and chief proprietor  of
Henderson, which is situated four miles  east  of  Greenville,  on  the
Vandalia & Terra Haute Railroad. The subject of these lines was born in
Clark County, Ohio, Feb. 19,

1833; son of Samuel SMITH, a Marylander, son of William, who  emigrated
with his family and settled in  Clark  County,  Ohio,  when  it  was  a
wilderness. The mother of our subject  was  Anna,  daughter  of  Philip
HEDRICK, who was likewise an early settler in

Clark County,  Ohio.  Hiram  H.  had  good  common  school  advantages,
completing the same at Delaware, Ohio; came to  Illinois  in  1854,  to
Greenville; his father came three years later. When Mr. SMITH  came  to
the county, he purchased 800 acres in Town 5, Range 2, and  engaged  in
farming and stock-raising; came to this place in  1870,  and  with  the
exception of two years spent in Greenville, he has been a  resident  of
this township, and has done much  toward  encouraging  the  growth  and
improvement of the township, and founded the town soon  after  he  came
here, and since 1871 has been

Postmaster, the office being named in honor of him. He is also railroad
agent here, and does a general trading business,  and  is  a  thorough-
going and energetic business man. In 1868, he was married to Eleanor C.
CULVER, born in Herkimer County, N. Y., daughter of Andrew CULVER.  Mr.
SMITH has no children; has about five  hundred  acres  of  land;  is  a
member of the M. E. Church, and a strong and uncompromising  temperance
man.

William  S.  SMITH,  merchant  and  banker,  Greenville,  was  born  in
Hampshire (now Morgan)  County,  Va.,  ;  son  of  Middleton  and  Leah
(WILLIAMS) SMITH, both natives of Virginia, he a farmer by  occupation,
born in Frederick County December 27, 1786, died  in  Greenville,  Bond
Co., Ill., July 29, 1849; she born in  Hampshire  (now  Morgan)  County
December 30, 1784, also died in Greenville December 22, 1845.  She  was
the mother of nine children - William S., Thomas W., John A., Isaac M.,
Samuel, Jane M., now wife of John S. HALL, a  farmer  near  Greenville,
Ill.; Mary A., Ellen and Joshua M. Subject began the business  of  life
at fourteen years of age as a clerk in  a  mercantile  house,  and  has
since been engaged in mercantile business and banking. At  the  age  of
Twenty-three, he removed from Virginia and located  in  Greenville,  in
which place he has ever since resided. He is one of the founders of the
First National Bank of  Greenville,  of  which  he  was  President  for
several years, and at the present  time  a  Director;  has  filled  the
offices of School Commissioner and  County  Assessor,  and  is  at  the
present time City Alderman of the Third Ward,  Greenville.  During  the
years 1846-47, he was Representative in the Legislature.  He  has  been
twice married. His first wife, whom he  married  near  Greenville,  was
Amanda M. HALL, second  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Charlotte  HALL,  of
Jefferson County, Va. She died January 21, 1849, leaving seven children
- Tiffin A., Sarah V., William S., Jr., Charlotte L., Ellen E., Mary H.
and Joshua S. He was married the second time at Stony Point, Crittenden
Co., Ky., to Elizabeth W. GREATHOUSE, daughter of John  S.  GREATHOUSE,
attorney at low, of Shelbyville, Shelby co., Ky., who married  Lucy  M.
CLARK of Anderson County, Ky. From this second union six children  have
been born © Edgar T., Lucy E., Alice G., Elizabeth L.,  Lucien  G.  and
Clark S. Mr. SMITH was an old-time Whig, is now a Republican, and is  a
member of the I. O. O. F.

Dr. R. C. SPRAGUE, physician  and  surgeon,  Greenville,  was  born  in
Washington County, Ohio, on the 10th day of June, 1828, and is a son of
Anson SPRAGUE, a native of Massachusetts, who was born October 3, 1781,
and [Page 32] died July 9, 1856. His mother, Susannah SPRAGUE, a native
of Fort Waterford (first garrison in Ohio), was born April 2, 1793, and
died December 9, 1857. They were married in Washington County, Ohio, in
1806. The subject's father was a farmer, and

held the office of Justice of the Peace for several years, and moved to
Franklin County, Ohio, in 1832. The family were long and well known  as
active and zealous members of  the  Christian  Church.  They  had  nine
children, five sons and four daughters. Dr. SPRAGUE's  first  schooling
was in the district schools of Franklin County,  Ohio,  near  Columbus;
afterward he attended the academy at Reynoldsburg, in the same  county.
He commenced his college career  at  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute,
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated in 1857. He also took a course  in
the Eclectic Medical College of New York City,  in  1866.  He  came  to
Greenville with a brother, Dr. Anson SPRAGUE,  in  1852.  In  1854,  at
Vandalia, Ill., July 6, Dr. SPRAGUE married  Miss  Martha  J.  JOHNSON,
daughter of Duncan JOHNSON, who was born in Tennessee January 11, 1803,
and died December 12, 1867. Polly JOHNSTON, nee POWERS, Mrs.  SPRAGUE's
mother, was born in Tennessee August 5,  1807,  and  died  January  22,
1852. They were married May 27, 1824, and  moved  from  Tennessee  soon
after, locating in this county. Mr. JOHNSON was a farmer, and held  the
office of Justice

of the Peace for many years. He  was  prominently  connected  with  the
milling interest of this and Fayette County, and was a  zealous  worker
in  the  Methodist  Church,  all  his  family  belonging  to  the  same
denomination. Dr. SPRAGUE has been a member of the

City Council for many years, and is the father of seven children,  four
living - Clara Ellen, now Mrs. JOHN, of  Greenville;  Sarah  Maud,  now
Mrs. W. H. McINTYRE, of Rushville; Romulus  D.  and  Ruby  B.,  now  in
school. The children deceased are Mary Irene,  Beverly  J.  and  Hattie
Mabel. The Doctor is a member of the Christian Church, an A. O. U.  W.,
and a Republican.

William B. SYBERT, farmer, P. O. Greenville, was born in Ohio  February
13, 1822; son of Henry and Sarah SYBERT, both  of  whom  are  dead,  he
departing this life in 1864, and she  in  1866.  He  was  a  farmer  by
occupation, and left eleven children, seven girls

and four boys. Our subject attended school in Madison County, Ind., and
commenced the life  of  a  farmer  in  Greenville  Precinct,  in  which
occupation he has continued, owning at the present time  227  acres  of
the best land in the State, and being highly respected as a farmer  and
a man. He has  filled  the  position  of  School  Director,  and  is  a
Methodist and a Republican. October 3, 1844, in Greenville Precinct, he
married Miss Malinda E. EDWARDS, daughter of John  EDWARDS,  and  seven
children have been born to them  -  James  F.,  John  H.,  Harriet  M.,
Lemuel, Albert, Morgan L. and Betsey E.

Reinhold SUESSENBACH, farmer, P. O. Greenville,  was  born  in  Prussia
March 19, 1838.  He  was  the  son  of  Christian  Wilhelm  and  Renate
(TAESLER) SUESSENBACH, both dying in Germany, he in 1859,  and  she  in
1840. Our subject was one of a family of  three.  He  was  educated  in
Prussia, where the law requires them to attend school for eight  years.
In Bond County, in June, 1875, he married Mary  SCHMOLLINGER,  daughter
of Christopf and Frederika SCHMOLLINGER. Subject had a family of  three
- Amanda Bertha, Conrad  Gustav  and  Heinrich  Oscar.  In  German,  he
learned the

brick and stone-mason and plasterer's trade, and has  worked  at  it  a
good deal, but is farming at present. He is a Republican.

D. D. THOMSON, farmer, P. O. Greenville, Greenville Precinct. Among the
enter-[Page 33] prising farmers in this township is  Mr.  THOMSON,  who
was born October 2, 1846, in Hendricks County, Ind. He is a son of John
R. THOMSON, a Kentuckian by birth, and emigrated to Indiana  about  the
year 1842. He was a farmer and stock-trader, and was

prominently identified with that country as a  business  man.  He  died
August 5, 1862. He was a member of the Presbyterian  Church.  His  wife
survives him. Nine children were born to them; seven  are  now  living.
Their names are as follows - Nelson C., David

D., Sarah E., Samuel E., Arthur R., Ollie D., John R. and Ella  D.  All
reside in Indiana except  David  D.,  who  was  raised  a  farmer,  and
remained with his father until he became of age. September 26, 1867, he
married Lavinia S. HENDRIX, born in Hendricks County, Ind., daughter of
Jesse HENDRIX, of that place. In the fall of  1871,  he  came  to  this
county, and after buying and locating on several different farms in the
county,  March  31,  1881,  he  purchased  the  Samuel  COLCORD   farm,
comprising 272 acres, where he now resides. He has four children living
- Amos D., Cordia N., Bertha and an infant unnamed. Mr.  THOMSON  is  a
member of the German Baptist Church.

Capt. S. M. TABOR, livery, Greenville,  was  born  in  Madison  County,
Ill., October 29, 1833, son of Isham and Phoebe  (ADAMS)  TABOR,  he  a
native of Tennessee, a  farmer,  who  died  about  1837;  she  also  of
Tennessee, dying in 1841. They were the parents of

five children, four sons and one daughter, Capt. S. M. being the  third
in order of birth. After receiving an ordinary education,  young  TABOR
began his business life as a farmer; but in 1877, he entered the livery
business in Greenville. In 1862, November 20, he married Miss Sarah  A.
JETT, daughter of Daniel JETT,  a  pioneer  of  Bond  County,  and  six
children have been born to them - Lizzie, May, Flora, Hattie and Josie;
Edwin, an only son, died in 1874, aged one year. Capt. TABOR was Deputy
Sheriff of Bond County from 1868 to 1878, and has held  the  office  of
Constable for about thirteen years.  and  his  present  term  will  not
expire until 1885. In 1861, he entered the service of his country as  a
private in the  Third  Illinois  Calvary;  was  promoted  to  a  Second
Lieutenancy in 1864, and to Captain in 1865, giving four  of  the  best
years of his life in battling for the preservation of  the  Union  -  a
record to look back upon with feelings of  genuine  pride.  He  was  in
thirty-two engagements, and being slightly wounded  three  times.  Self
and family are members of the Christian Church, and he is an I.  O.  O.
F., A. O. U. W., a Good Templar and a Republican.

Hon. William S. WAIT, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born  in
Portland, Me., March 5, 1789, and was the second of a  family  of  nine
children, three of whom died in childhood, and six living  an  advanced
age. Of his ancestors we have no extended

record. His father, Thomas Baker WAIT, born  August  4,  1762,  was  of
Welsh descent, an only child, and by occupation  a  printer,  publisher
and book-seller. He was a man  of  firm  character,  and  delighted  in
literary pursuits. The mother, whose maiden name was  Elizabeth  SMITH,
was born October 25, 1760, and was loved and blessed by  all  who  knew
her, and died January 1,  1845.  William  S.  received  his  rudimental
schooling in the public schools of his native town, and  when  a  youth
entered the book publishing house of his father, continuing  with  him,
who was at times associated with others in  the  business,  until  over
thirty years of age. their business was at different times conducted in
Portland, Me., and Boston, Mass., and extended over all  parts  of  the
Easter, Middle and Southern States. When a mere boy, William S.  and  a
brother two [Page 34] years older for a time  did  all  of  the  labor,
mechanical, editorial, and otherwise  necessary  to  publish  a  weekly
newspaper. In June, 1817, he started on a journey to the west,  through
the  States  of  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Ohio,   Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri. This he accomplished, arriving  at  St.  Louis,
Mo., January 3, 1818. He returned into Illinois, reaching  Old  Ripley,
Bond County, February 14, following. There he made his first land entry
February 17. He started on his tedious return in the  month  of  April,
and reached Boston July  11,  1818,  having  traveled  more  than  five
thousand eight hundred miles, mostly  in  the  saddle.  With  the  keen
foresight of an old time pioneer, Mr. WAIT made note of  the  wonderful
advantages that the Great West afforded the man of  energy  and  nerve.
June 27, 1819, he started out on a second prolonged  business  trip  in
the  interests  of  his  house,  to  Virginia,  viz.  New  York   City,
Philadelphia and Washington, making a canvass of the  last-named  State
for some of their publications, riding about six  thousand  miles,  and
returning to Boston in April, 1820. In  May,  1820,  he  married  Sarah
NEWHALL, of Salem, Mass. She was born January 31,  1797,  and  was  the
sixth child of a family of eight. Her  parents,  Thomas  and  Mehitable
(CHEEVER) NEWHALL, were born 1754 and 1762, and died  January  1,  1832
and  January  12,  1830,  respectively.  They  were  both  natives   of
Massachusetts, and have extensive family relations. Of  their  children
none but Sarah ever married.

Soon after their marriage they started on his second trip to  Illinois.
The journey was a tedious one, and attended with the perils of  a  long
drive with horses and light wagon through a dense, unbroken wilderness.
It was, however, safely accomplished, and the bride and  groom  arrived
at Old Ripley late  in  the  summer  of  1820,  and  immediately  began
farming. In 1821, he became interested in a mill. He  lived  at  Ripley
until the

summer of 1824, when he returned East with his wife  and  child,  on  a
visit to their parents. Mr.  WAIT's  previous  business  relations  had
given  him  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  country  and  an  extended
acquaintance with its people, which in future years were of much  avail
to him in his business. The winter of 1824-5 was spent in traveling for
a publishing house through the Middle States and Illinois, and early in
April, 1825, he was for a third time at Old Ripley, his  wife  and  two
children joining him  in  the  following  November.  They  returned  to
Boston, Mass., in February, 1827, however,  and  until  the  spring  of
1835, he was there  actively  engaged  in  publishing,  when  he  again
returned to

Illinois, and made a permanent stay, settled near  Greenville,  engaged
extensively in farming. A prominent feature of Mr. WAIT's enterprise as
a farmer was the planting of one  of  the  largest  apple  orchards  in
Illinois. William S. WAIT was always foremost in any local  undertaking
that was calculated to advance the interests of the community, and  was
ever ready with his pen or good words to assist in  State  or  National
enterprises. His readiness and ability as a local statesman had won for
him the

personal acquaintance and esteem of all of the Illinois Governors  from
1818 to 1865, and with many he was on intimate terms. He was known as a
man who could not be bought and sold, was never backward  to  form  and
express plainly his views on  any  important  subject.  With  political
tricksters and wire-pullers, he was not a special favorite. He was  not
an office-seeker, and had no bargains to drive -  allowed  them  to  go
their own way. October 14,  18435,  he  presided  as  Chairman  of  the
National Industrial Convention  at  New  York,  on  which  occasion  he
delivered an  able  address.  June,  1848,  the  Industrial  [Page  35]
Congress, held  at  Philadelphia,  representing  the  various  National
Reform Associations of the United States,  nominated  Gerrit  SMITH  as
their candidate for President of the United States, and William S. WAIT
for Vice President, which candidacy Mr. WAIT

respectfully declined. To make mention of the numerous conventions  and
meetings, political, agricultural, railroad, etc., in  which  Mr.  WAIT
took a prominent part, would  necessitate  the  addition  of  an  extra
chapter. We will further state, however, that he took a  deep  interest
in the formation of the  laws  of  Illinois,  wrote  many  letters  and
newspaper articles  regarding  them.  May  articles  or  parts  of  the
Constitution of 1878 were from his pen, as also  the  first  drafts  of
many of the acts of the Illinois State Legislature. He  took  prominent
parts in County and State Agricultural Societies; was the  prime  mover
in the projection of the Mississippi &  Atlantic  (now  Vandalia  line)
Railroad and in its interest spent a great part of his time  from  1846
to 1865. (See history of Vandalia  Line  and  general  history  of  the
county in this volume.) He was also one of the incorporators of the St.
Louis & Illinois Bridge Company. Mr. WAIT always kept well-informed  on
all matters of improvement, whether  pertaining  to  county,  State  or
Nation. He was an investigator of all new subjects,  a  close  student,
and  a  clear  and  voluminous  writer   on   political,   educational,
agricultural and reformatory subjects, a  constant  correspondent  with
many of the best minds of the age, and a frequent  contributor  to  the
press. He died July 17,  1865,  and  she  who  had  been  his  faithful
helpmeet and loving wife for more than forty-five years,  departed  the
following 14th day of September. Of their eight children, two  died  in
infancy; one when just budding into womanhood. One  is  a  resident  of
Tulare County, Cal., and four are residents of Bond.

T. B. WOOD, harness and  saddlery,  Greenville,  for  several  years  a
thriving citizen and business man of Greenville, was born  in  Highland
County, Ohio, August 9, 1838. His father, Thomas J. WOOD, also a native
of the Buckeye State, was a hatter by trade,

which he followed until after middle life, and then entered the  retail
grocery business. He took for his wife one Evelyn HARDY,  a  native  of
Massachusetts. Or subject received in youth only the  advantages  of  a
common school education in the  rural  districts  of  Highland  County,
Ohio, and at about fifteen years of  age  learned  the  harness-maker's
trade at Mr. Sterling, Ohio. After remaining in Mr. Sterling two years,
he went to Washington, Fayette Con., Ohio, for about the same length of
time, and came to Greenville, Bond County. In the spring  of  1861,  he
entered the Twenty-second

Illinois Infantry, taking up arms in defense of the  Union.  After  six
months' service, he was discharged on account of disability.  Returning
to Greenville, he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois
Infantry, after a respite of about  six  months.  He  remained  in  the
service until the close of the war, having served about three years. He
was at the battle of Vicksburg,

also in the heat of the battle of Mansfield, where he received a severe
wound, and was captured by the enemy. After confinement in  a  hospital
for about three months, he was paroled, and later exchanged, and closed
his term of service on the Gulf of Mexico.  In  1865,  he  returned  to
Greenville,  entered  his  present  business,  in  which  he  has  been
successful. He manufactures everything in the harness line, and carries
in his stock a complete stock of saddles, etc. His store is located  on
the east side of the public square, where he can always be found  ready
to meet his customers.

Edwin B. WISE,  merchant,  Greenville,  was  born  in  Hebron,  N.  H.,
December 22, [Page 36] 1836. He was one  of  twelve  children  born  to
David and Elizabeth (HOYT) WISE; he,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  a
farmer by occupation; came to  Illinois  in  October,  1854,  with  his
family. He died May 30, 1864. His wife was one of twelve children  born
to David and Elizabeth (HOYT) WISE; he, a native of  New  Hampshire,  a
farmer by occupation; came to  Illinois  in  October,  1854,  with  his
family. He died May 30, 1864. His wife was the daughter of Abram  HOYT,
a native of New Hampshire, and a pioneer

of this State. Our subject received a common school  education  in  New
Hampshire, and at Greenville. Mr. WISE was  twice  married;  first,  on
February 7, 1862, to Lestina D. CORBIN, daughter of Ephraim CORBIN, who
was a native of  England,  and  by  occupation  a  lumber  merchant  of
Hannibal, Mo. She died April 20, 1871, leaving three children -  Alonzo
D., John L. and Katie, the latter having died; second, August 24, 1871,
he married Kate M.  MILLER,  daughter  of  George  MILLER,  of  Clinton
County, Ill., a carpenter by occupation, and a native of Perry  County,
Penn. She is the mother of two children -  Ernest  and  an  infant  now
deceased. Mr. WISE was in the mercantile business at  Wisetown,  Beaver
Creek Precinct, Bond County, a thriving little trading post,  which  he
established himself, remaining there until February 1, 1882, when

he purchased one half interest in the stock and business of  the  well-
known New York clothing house of Lewis KAUFMAN, and the  Connection  of
Mr. WISE with this establishment  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  to  the
buying public that the New York clothing house has become  a  safe  and
profitable place to exchange money for merchandise. Mr.  WISE  enlisted
in Company C, Twenty-sixth Illinois Infantry  as  Sergeant  August  19,
1861, and was at the siege of Corinth,  Miss.,  in  1862,  and  in  the
battle at  Farmington.  He  was  promoted  to  Second  Lieutenant,  and
afterward discharged on account of disability. In  politics,  he  is  a
Republican; is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W. Mr.  WISE
is a very successful merchant, and is highly esteemed.

William H. WATSON,  grocer,  Greenville,  was  born  in  Newport,  Bond
County, July 31, 1849; son  of  Andrew  W.  and  Cynthia  A.  (DIAMOND)
WATSON, he born in Cleveland County, N. C., in 1812, and died  June  6,
1881. He was a farmer and merchant, and came to Bond  county  in  1820,
locating in Zion Precinct. He merchandised for

twenty years in  the  town  of  Newport.  His  wife  was  a  native  of
Tennessee, and died in 1856, leaving four children. In 1858, he married
Cornelia J. DANIELS, and by her had seven children, five  of  whom  are
living. Andrew W. WATSON served one year in the

Black Hawk war. Our subject attended the schools in  Newport,  and  was
raised on his father's farm, and worked in his father's store.  May  1,
1880, he married, in  Greenville,  Louisa  A.  JETT,  daughter  of  Mr.
Gabriel JETT, a pioneer of Bond, who died in

1860. Mr. WATSON is  of  the  firm  of  Watson  &  Jett,  grocers,  who
commenced business together in 1880. They carry a fine stock of  goods,
and do an  extensive  trade;  also,  a  general  produce  and  exchange
business. Mr. WATSON is an Odd Fellow and a Republican.

Thomas WAFER, miller, Greenville, was born about twelve miles northwest
of Greenville, in Cottonwood Grove Precinct, and is a son of  the  late
James and Sarah (ELDER) WAFER, he born on Bullock Creek,  within  seven
or eight miles of King's Mountain, District of York, in  the  State  of
South Carolina, on the 28th day of February, 1873, at his home in  bond
County, where he had  resided  for  fifty-three  years;  she,  born  in
Livingston (now Crittenden) County, Ky., May 22, 1795,  died  July  11,
1847. The subject's grandfather, named Francis, was born in  [Page  37]
South Carolina about 1750, and died in Kentucky in the year  1823,  and
his great-grandfather, also named Francis WAFER, was  born  in  Ireland
about the year 1706. The parents of the subject had eight children, and
he began life as a farmer, and married at the residence of the  bride's
parents Mary Agnes Davidson McLAIN, daughter of John A. McLAIN, who was
born in bedford County, Tenn., June 17, 1826. the subject is  a  member
of the well-known firm of Plant &  Wafer,  millers.  He  has  one  son,
Charles Louis, and one daughter, Orrey E., who married Robert  THACKER.
In religion, Mr. WAFER is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Republican.
He is one of the earliest pioneers of Bond County, and one of its  most
substantial citizens.

John B. WHITE, deceased, was a farmer and one of the early settlers  of
Bond County. He was born in Rutherford County, N. C., January 20, 1790;
son of Thomas WHITE, a school teacher, who is said to have  taught  the
first school in Bond County, near Greenville. He was of North  Carolina
birth, and his wife, a Miss TORRENCE, was also of the same State.  They
had two daughters and five  sons,  John  B.,  our  subject,  being  the
oldest, who died June 28, 1873; his  wife  preceded  him  February  18,
1848.

Eleazer H. WHITE, son of the above, was born in Bond County October  6,
1835; is a farmer by occupation. February 22,  1863,  he  married  Miss
Harriet A. GOODSEN, by whom he has four children -  Ida  E.,  John  B.,
Hattie A. and George W. Is a Presbyterian and a Republican.

S. W. WHITE, is another son of John B. WHITE, and was also born in Bond
County; is, and has always been, a farmer. In April, 1857,  he  married
Miss Martha GOODSEN, and has three children - William T., Maggie E. and
Fannie M. He is a Republican.

Sprague WHITE, Justice of the Peace, Greenville, was born February  19,
1813, at Greenville, Bond Col, Ill. He was the son of James WHITE,  who
was the third child of Thomas WHITE, and the only child now living, and
Mary (DENNY) WHITE, daughter of James DENNY, a pioneer of Bond  County,
Ill. Subject was one of a family of  seven,  four  of  whom  are  still
living. He was educated in Bond County, having attended the academy  at
Greenville. In 1877, he married Virginia A. CORRIE, daughter of  Joseph
CORRIE, a farmer an old settler of Bon County. Subject had  one  son  -
Roy Sprague WHITE. Our subject began teaching school when but a  youth.
He taught about twenty years in Jersey County, Ill.; then, in 1875,  he
taught in Texas, and has since been a resident of Greenville, where, in
the fall of 1881, he was elected Justice  of  the  Peace.  Mr.  Sprague
WHITE is regarded as one of the best informed men  on  general  topics,
having devoted his entire life to reading and  studying  of  a  general
character. He is an Old-School Presbyterian and a Whig-Republican.  His
grandfather was the son

of John WHITE, who was of English and Irish descent, and  emigrated  to
this country about 1740.

David  WILKINS,  physician  and  surgeon,  Greenville,   was   surgeon,
Greenville, was born March 28, 1829, in Merom, Sullivan Co., Ind.;  son
of David W. and  Frances  (BALTHAS)  WILKINS.  David  W.  was  born  in
Virginia in 1778; removed to Indiana about the year

1820, and died in 1848. His wife, also a native of Virginia,  was  born
in 1782, and died in 1847. Our subject, the youngest  of  a  family  of
five sons and five daughters, attended school in Sullivan County, Ind.,
and, having chosen the medical  profession,  took  his  course  in  the
Medical Department of Michigan University, graduating in 1853. He began
the practice of his profession in Mulberry Grove, Bond Co.,  Ill.,  and
removed to Greenville in the [Page 38] autumn of 1859. At Medarysville,
Ind., May 29, 1853, he married Maria M. GWINN, born in  Michigan  City,
Ind., May 27, 1836, daughter of Andrew  and  Mary  Ann  (FULTZ)  GWINN.
Andrew GWINN was a native of Londonderry, Ireland; was  born  in  1788,
and died in 1848. His wife was born in Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1804,  and
died in 1863. Mrs. WILKINS bore her husband four children -  David  R.,
Lillian G., Corwin and Harry E. Our subject entered the One Hundred and
Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry  as  Surgeon  in  1862,  and  was
discharged in 1865. He  is  a  skillful  physician,  and  has  a  large
practice. In politics, he is a Republican, and formerly belonged to the
old Whig party. Mrs. WILKINS is a member of the Baptist Church.

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