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Bio-sketches that start with A. These are out of the book
"History of Bureau County,Illinois by H. C. Bradsby, Editor. 
Chicago World Publishing Company 1885.


Jacob B. Adams, Fairfield, was born January 19, 1837, in 
Dayton, Tippecanoe Co., Ind.  He is a son of William and 
Isabell (Bushong) Adams--the former a native of Virginia, 
and the latter of Kentucky. They were the parents of five 
children, viz.: Samuel, Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehart, Jacob B., 
our subject, Mrs. Catharine Meek, Mary M., (deceased), and 
Francis Adams.  The parents came to Bureau County, Ill,. in 
the fall of 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, 
Section 12.  William Adams yet survives.  Jacob B. Adams 
was reared in Bureau County where he has made farming his 
occupation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres. Politically, 
he is connected with the Republican party.  Mr. Adams was 
married March 28, 1872, to Nellie Olson, a native of Sweden.  
Mrs. Nellie Adams was a good wife, and the fond mother of 
four children, viz.; Annie L., born January 25, 1873; Almie 
M., born July 13, 1876; Fannie M., born October 8, 1879, and 
Minnie Grace, born June 13, 1881.  Mrs. Nellie Adams died 
September 3, 1884.


Daniel Albrecht, Arispie.  The history of the Albrecht 
family in this county dates back to November, 1837.  It was 
then that Christian and Elizabeth (Engel) Albrecht, with 
most of their children, came from Bavaria to the United 
States, and settled where their grandson, Daniel Albrecht, 
now resides.  They died here, and are buried on the farm, 
which they settled and improved.  Then names of their 
children are: Jacob, deceased; Peter, Johannes, Joseph, 
Christian, Mrs. Barbara Ioder, Mrs. Elizabeth Zeirlein, Mrs. 
Catharine Orendorff, the last three deceased, and Mrs. 
Magdalena Burkey, of Nebraska.  Of the above, Joseph Albrecht 
was born March 19, 1817, in Bavaria.  He came here with his 
parents, who entered 160 acres of land.  He, like them, 
followed farming, and now owns a farm of 420 acres, which 
his son Daniel, manages.  Joseph Albrecht was married in 1841 
to Barbara Gingery, born May 3, 1815, in Hessen Darmstadt. She 
died here June 25, 1883.  Her parents were Johannes and 
Magdalena (Ackhart) Gingery.  She was the mother of four 
children, viz: Catharina, Joseph W., Daniel and William.  Of 
the above, the oldest is at home.  Joseph W. married Jennie 
Butler.  They have one son--William W. Albrecht.  Daniel, our 
subject, was born February 8, 1848.  He is married to Lena 
Unzicker, born June 19, 1851, in Tazewell County, Ill.  She 
is the daughter of Jacob and Maria (Krabiel) Unzicker, and 
is the mother of Otto F. and Edward U. Albrecht.  William 
Albrecht was born April 18, 1850.  He died December 17, 1877, 
at Brooklyn, in the prime of life.  He was a graduate of the 
Lombard University.  He traveled extensively in Europe, 
visited the Centennial, and then commenced the study of 
medicine at Long Island College, in Brooklyn, where he died.  
While traveling in Europe he visit Ireland, Scotland, Germany, 
and there studied its language at Giessen; then went to 
Switzerland, Italy, France and England, collecting many notes 
and mementos, which are yet preserved in the family.  Daniel 
Albrecht and Family, and also his parents, are members of the 
Mennonite Church.


John Albrecht, Arispie, was born April 3, 1814, in Bavaria, 
Germany.  He is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Engel) 
Albrecht. (See biography of Daniel Albrecht.)  John Albrecht 
was reared in Germany, where he entered the regular army at 
the age of twenty-one years and served six years in a 
cuirassier regiment.  Unable, on account of military duties, 
to accompany his parents to America in 1837 he waited 
patiently till his time expired, when he borrowed $100 of a 
relative and in August, 1843, came to America.  He was Fifty-
four days on the ocean and running out of money after landing, 
was obliged to borrow of a traveling companion with whom he 
came to St. Louis, Mo.  He reached home in Bureau County, poor 
in purse but rich in strength of mind and body.  He worked by 
the month for three years, paid what he owed and got married.  
He then rented land and farmed for four years, after which he 
bought eighty acres of prairie and forty acres of timberland at 
$5 per acre.  From time to time he bought more land till now 
through his and his children's indomitable perseverance and 
industry he is in the possession of 1, 192 acres of land.  
He was married in March, 1847, to Mary Ackerman, who was born 
in May, 1819, in Bavaria.  She is the daughter of Henry 
Ackerman.  She is the mother of the following children: Mrs. 
Catharine Stalter, Mrs. Mary Roop, John A., Christian, and 
Henry V. Albrecht.  Mrs. Mary Albrecht died January 27, 1875.  
The whole family are members of the Mennonite Church.  
Politically they are Democratic.  Of the above children John 
A. Albrecht was born April 20, 1849.  He is farming a place 
of 240 acres.  He was married February 9, 1873, in Tazewell 
County, Ill., to Elizabeth Burkey, who was born July 2, 1851.  
Her parents are Valentine and Elizabeth (Springer) Burkey, 
natives of Germany.  Mrs. Elizabeth Albrecht is the mother 
of five children, viz: Mary E., born January 18, 1874; Simon,
born February 18, 1876; Johannes born April 4, 1877; Bertha F.,
born August 17, 1878; and William D. born September 19, 1881. 
Christian Albrecht was born November 22, 1850.  He is at home 
working the old homestead.  He was married March 10, 1878 to 
Fannie Stecker, born July 2, 1856, in Ohio.  She is a daughter 
of Nicholas and Magdalena (Eimer) Stecker.  This union was 
blessed with one son, Alvin Roy, who was born October 5, 1880.


F. S. Aldrich, Wyanet, is the son of Warner M. and Fidelis 
(Eddy) Aldrich and natives of Rhode Island, but were among 
the earliest settlers in Steuben County, N .Y. where our 
subject was born.  His early life was spent in his native 
county, farming in the summer and lumbering in winter.  In 
1854, he immigrated to Bureau County and has since lived on 
his present farm of 190 acres, which was first settled by 
John Yearnshaw.  Mr. Aldrich is one of the oldest settlers 
now living on the west of Bureau Creek.  He was married 
December 3, 1851, at Thurston, N. Y., to Miss.  Martha Mowry, 
born March 5, 1829, a daughter of Rev. George Mowry.  Mr. and
Mrs. Aldrich have nine children, viz: Nancy C., born April 5,
1858; Charles E., born August 12, 1854; Jerome, born July 22, 
1856; Rosetta F., born October 9, 1858; Adaline C., born 
November 2, 1860; Otis W., born February 5, 1863; Ora W., born 
February 2, 1865; M. Edith, born March 15, 1868; Mattie F., 
born July 7, 1879.  In politics, Mr. Aldrich has thus far 
been identified with the Republican Party.  For about twenty 
years he has been a member of the Masonic Lodge of Wyanet.


Jashub W. Aldrich, Arispie, was born July 30, 1850, in 
Bureau County, Ill. to which his parents, Verry and Ruth 
(Mowrey) Aldrich, came in the fall of 1845.  Verry Aldrich 
was born February 7, 1807, in Smithfield, Providence Co., 
R. I., where he was a farmer and carpenter till 1844, when 
he came to Hennepin, Ill., and the following fall came to 
Arispie Township, this county, where he bought 160 acres of 
land in Section 23.  He was a successful farmer and fine 
stock-raiser, and at the time of his death, April 1, 1882, 
he Owned 300 acres of land.  The grandparents of our subject 
were Amasa and Urania Aldrich.  The former was born August 15, 
1783, and died October 6, 1825, The latter was born June 21, 
1785; She died May 10, 1845.  They were the parents of nine 
children.  The mother of our subject is yet living.  She was 
born November 13, 1805, in Smithfield, R. I.  She is the 
mother of ten children, viz; Burgess; Susan, deceased; 
Nathan, deceased; Oliver; Mrs. Amanda Yarrington; Sarah, 
deceased; Thomas who was killed at the battle of Belmont, 
Mo.; Harriet; Jashub W.  The latter continues his father's 
occupation, and has a herd of twenty-five thoroughbred 
cattle; among them are Victoria and Red Rose.  Mr. Aldrich 
was married February 4, 1884, to Miss. Mary E. Borop, who 
was born December 22, 1847, in this county.  She is the 
daughter of Niles and Elizabeth (Hoover) Borop, the former 
a native of Denmark, the latter of New York State.


Sullivan Aldrich, Wyanet, was born in Providence, R. I. 
December 29, 1837.  He remained in his native State, 
attending school, etc., till 1855, when he came to Bureau 
County, Ill., and has since made this county his home.  The 
first year he worked with his brother, who had bought a farm 
near Wyanet, but the second year he began for himself in 
farming.  He gave his attention to farming and dealing in 
stock till December 1, 1879, when he invested in the lumber 
business in Wyanet.  November, 1882, he removed from Wyanet.  
Mr. Aldrich's life has been one of activity and of success.  
He now owns in this township over 800 acres of land.  Mr. 
Aldrich is also a contractor on the Chicago, Rock Island and 
Pacific Railroad, he having the conductor to change the 
course of Bureau Creek in Section 35 of this township.  In 
politics he is identified with the Republican Party and for 
six years was Supervisor of Wyanet Township.  He has taken 
the degrees of Masonry to that of Knight Templar.  December 
11, 1859, Mr. Aldrich was united in marriage to Miss Margaret 
Mowry, who was born in Steuben County, N. Y. October 20, 1839. 
Mrs. Aldrich is the mother of the following-named children; 
Lucy M., born November 25, 1860; Silas N., born September 20, 
1862, died September 14, 1863; Bertha born October 1, 1864, 
died August 24, 1867; Laura G. born April 12, 1867; J.Roscoe, 
born November 24, 1869; Howard G., born June 22, 1872; Myra 
Anna, born December 14, 1874.  Lucy was married to William 
Reynolds, November 16, 1882, and has one son, Harley Clyde, 
born September 27, 1883. Sullivan Aldrich is the son of Simon 
and Anna H. (Daniels) Aldrich.  The father was born February 
10, 1794, and the mother February 8, 1803, and were married 
October 6, 1825.  They died in Rhode Island.  Of their family 
of children, Andrew lives in New York City; Pliny in Fairmount, 
Neb.; Lucy, wife of John Royce, resides in Sutton, Neb.; Phebe, 
wife of Ornando Vose, lives at Cumberland Hill, R. I.; Sullivan, 
our subject; and Anna I.  Aldrich is a teacher in Woonsocket, 
R. I.  Mrs. Sullivan Aldrich is the daughter of George and 
Nancy (Jack) Mowry.  The father was born April 19, 1804, in 
Rhode Island, but the mother was born in Maryland, October 
25, 1806.  In 1841 they removed, from New York State to 
Putnam County, Ill. and in 1850 to Bureau County, where they 
now reside.  He is a minister of the Quaker faith.  They are 
the parents of nine children, eight of whom are now living, 
viz: Martha, wife of F. S. Aldrich, of Bureau County; Jesse, 
of Wyanet; Thomas, a farmer in Bureau Township; George, in 
Wyanet; Robert, of Montgomery County, Kan.; Mrs. Sullivan 
Aldrich; Welcome, of Tama County, Iowa, and Nancy, wife of 
Webster Moses, of Minnesota.


Elisha Allen, Lamoille, is a native of Warren County, N.J., 
where he was born October 1818.  His parents, James and 
Sarah (Groff) Allen, were natives of New Jersey, where they 
died.  The mother was of German extraction and grandfather 
Allen was also of German descent.  Our subject was reared in 
his Native State, where he followed farming till he came to 
the West, which was March, 1871.  He bought a farm two miles 
northeast of Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill. which he sold in 1876 
and then bought a farm of 124 acres in Lamoille Township, 
where he now resides.  Mr. Allen was married October 3, 1840, 
in New Jersey, to Elisabeth Lake, who was born January 18, 
1820, in the above state.  She was a daughter of John and 
Sarah (Pettie) Lake, who were natives of New Jersey.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Allen are the parents of the following children: John, a 
resident of New Jersey; Sarah F. and Lydia are deceased; Mrs.
Mary C. Norton, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Jane, deceased; James 
A., of Iowa; Imla L.; Mrs. Rebecca S. Trimmer, of Kansas; 
William M., Mancious H. and Adeline. Mrs. Allen is a member 
of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Allen is identified with 
the Democratic Party.


Joseph Allen, Clarion, who is the subject of the following 
biography, was born May 21, 1813, in Hampshire County, Mass.  
His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Davis) Allen, were both 
natives of Massachusetts, where they died.  They reared a 
family of three boys and three girls, viz.; Persis, Sally 
Lucy, Davenport, Joseph and David.  Of these, only Mrs. Lucy 
Rodes, David and Joseph Allen are yet living.  The Allen 
family in America is of English extraction and were prominent 
among the pioneers of New England.  Our subject was reared 
and educated in his native State, where he farmed till April 
1836, when he emigrated and came to Bureau County, Ill.  
After one year's residence west of Princeton, he came to 
Lamoille Township, and made a claim on Section 18, consisting 
of 120 acres which he bought as soon as the land came into 
market.  Owing to his untiring perseverance and industry, Mr. 
Allen was enabled to buy more land, and at present owns 600 
acres in his homestead, 160acres in the northwest part of the 
county and 200 acres in Ford County, besides other securities.  
He has been a successful farmer and stockman and a self-made 
man in every respect.  And today, in the evening of his life, 
surrounded by many friends who know him to respect and revere 
him, we are glad to place him among our wealthiest citizens 
of Bureau County.


Mark Anderson, Macon, was born in Bedford County, Penn., 
October 23, 1831.  He was the son of Samuel and Margaret 
(Tygart) Anderson.  The father was born in Maryland and was 
the son of William Anderson, a native of Scotland.  The 
mother was of Irish descent, her parents being natives of 
the Emerald Isle.  Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Anderson were the 
parents of ten children, but only the following now survive, 
Thomas, a resident of Nebraska; Mark, our subject; Mrs. Susan 
Wible, of Fulton County, Penn. and Porter Anderson, also of 
Fulton County, Penn.  In 1856 Mark Anderson came to Bureau 
County, Ill., and bought 80 acres of his present farm and 
began its improvement, it being at that time open prairie 
land.  He now owns 200 acres of land and gives his attention 
to stock raising.  He was reared on a farm and has made 
farming his occupation during life.  He was married in 
Bedford County, Penn., in April 1853, to Wealthy Horton, a 
daughter of Thomas I. and Sarah (Foster) Horton, natives of 
Pennsylvania.  They removed to Bureau County, Ill., and the 
father died here; the mother yet survives.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Anderson are the parents of seven children, viz; Uphamy J., 
wife of Frank Henderson, of this county, a native of New 
England; Margaret, wife of Neal Anderson, a native of Canada, 
now of Buda; Allen, of Buda; Sarah E., Lyman T., Samuel and 
Hugh, at home.  In politics Mr. Anderson is identified with 
the Republican Party.


E. B. Anthony, Indiantown, was born August 9, 1841, in 
Providence, Bureau County, Ill.  His father, Alfred Anthony, 
was born October 31, 1815, in Rhode Island.  The great-
grandfather of our subject, Isaac Anthony, St., was also a 
native of Rhode Island, where he died.  His son, Isaac 
Anthony, Jr., was born and died there.  The latter was a 
Captain in the war of 1812.  He married Nancy Fish, who was 
the mother of nine children that reached maturity.  Of these 
Alfred was the youngest.  He came here with the Providence 
colony, and was married here to Mary A. Cushing, a daughter 
of Caleb Cushing.  She is the mother of six children now 
living, viz: Edward B., the subject of this biography; 
Charles R., Mrs. Emily F. Dexter, Mrs. Josephine R. Griswold, 
wife of Dr. Griswold, of Memphis, Tenn.; George A. and Willie 
H. Anthony.  Our subject received a common school education 
in his native county.  In the fall of 1867, he went to Ottawa, 
and in the spring following to Chicago, where he clerked in 
wholesale millinery store about seven years.  After this he 
went to Peoria, where he clerked in a wholesale notion store, 
also acting as commercial traveler.  Of late years he has been 
keeping a general store in Providence and is also Postmaster.  
Mrs. Anthony was married here, October 15, 1865, to Anna 
Patterson, who was born April 13, 1844, in South Bend, Ind.  
Her parents were William H. and Mary M. (McMurry) Patterson.  
Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Anthony are connected with the 
Baptist Church in Buda, Ill.


George Anthony, Wyanet, Jacob Anthony was born in Sussex 
County, N. J., May 4, 1808.  Since he was thirteen years old 
he has made his own way in life, for many years working in 
foundries and iron works.  After his marriage in 1828 he 
lived most of the time in Morris County, and for some time 
was teaming in New York City.  He afterward bought a farm in 
Roxbury Township, Morris Co., N. J. and remained there until 
1850, when he sold out and came to Bureau County, and 
settled on his present farm when there were but two cabins 
in sight.  He now owns 135 acres of land, which he has 
obtained through hard work, having always been obliged to 
depend on himself.  He was married in New Jersey, March 24, 
1828, to Sally Tapin; she was born October 13, 1810, in the 
same neighborhood as her husband.  They have two children; 
Martin T. in Adair County, Iowa, and George, of this county.  
George Anthony was born in Morris County, N. J., August 29, 
1832.  His early life was spent on a farm in his native 
county, where he obtained his education in the common 
schools.  He came to Bureau County in 1850, and has since 
resided in Wyanet Township, and given his attention to 
farming and stock-growing. He was married August 31, 1858 to
Mary A. Krieger, who was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., 
August 26, 1841; She came to this county in March, 1855, 
with her parents, George and Susan (Miller) Krieger, natives 
of Pennsylvania.  They now reside in Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa.  
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony have ten children, viz: Charles W., 
born August 27, 1860; Frederick, born June 28, 1862; John, 
born January 28, 1864; Abby J., born October 11, 1865; Emma, 
born November 25, 1867; Henry, born January 10, 1870; Laura, 
born September 18, 1872; Nellie, born November 8, 1875; 
George E., born July 8, 1877.  Mr. Anthony settled on his 
present farm in 1867; he now owns 380 acres, the result of 
hard work.  In politics he is a stanch Republican.


John Armstrong, Neponset, was born February 17, 1836, in 
Newcastleton, Roxboroshire, England.  His father, Wm. 
Armstrong was also a native of Scotland, where he died.  He 
was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a mason 
by occupation.  The grandfather of our subject, John 
Armstrong, Sr., was a native of Scotland, where his 
ancestors had resided several centuries, they being one of 
the first families in the realm, and are honorably mentioned 
in he history of Scotland as ardent supporters of the 
Scottish crown. (See Scottish Chiefs).  The mother of our 
subject, Margaret Telfor, is a native of Scotland, where she 
yet resides.  She is the mother of seven children, viz; 
Hannah, Elizabeth, Mrs. Mary Turnbull (now a resident of 
Stark County, Ill.), John (our subject) James, William, and 
Walter, a resident of Page County, Iowa.  The other children 
are yet living in Scotland.  Our subject was educated in his 
native country, where he learned and followed the mason's 
trade for six years, after which he farmed.  In 1856 he came 
to Stark County, Ill., where he worked three years for one 
man, and then commenced to farm for himself in Neponset 
Township, Bureau County, where he bought eighty acres in 
Section 32, and now owns 160 acres.  He was married here 
June 6, 1867, to Ellen Hall, born June 10, 1844 in Scotland.  
She is a daughter of William and Mary (Scott) Hall, who are 
the parents of William Hall, Andrew Hall and Mrs. Ellen 
Armstrong, who is the mother of eight children, viz; William 
H., Mary M., Charles W., Henry J., Jane, Ellen, Etta M., and 
an infant son.  Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are members of the 
United Presbyterian Church of America.  He is a Republican, 
and a self-made man in every respect, as he came to the 
United States without means.


William Arnett.  The subject of this biography is one of our 
oldest settlers in Neponset Township; He was born July 16, 
1826, in Leppington, Yorkshire, England.  His grandfather, 
William Arnett, Sr. was a native of England and a farmer by 
occupation.  His parents, John and Mary (Midgler) Arnett, 
were also farmers and natives of England, where they died.  
They were the parents of four children; Mrs. Elizabeth 
Rawntree, Thomas, John and William, our subject.  The two 
oldest children are yet living in England.  John came to 
Neponset Township with his brother William; he lived here 
about twenty-seven years, and then removed to Tama County, 
Iowa, where he farms on a large scale.  Our subject landed 
in Neponset Township May 12, 1849; the following year he 
bought 160 acres in Section 21, where he now resides.  In 
1865 he visited England, where he was married May 5, 1866, 
returning to the United States the same year.  He married 
Elizabeth Muncaster, born March 6, 1840, in Fulford, near 
York, Yorkshire, England.  Her parents, Thomas and Mary 
(Midgley) Muncaster, were natives of England, where they 
died. Mrs. Arnett is the mother of four children, viz; 
Thomas A., born February 26, 1867; Mary I., born August 14, 
1869; William A., born May 25, 1871; and John V., born June 
27, 1881.  Mrs. Arnett has two brothers, John and William 
Muncaster, in York County, Nebraska; a brother and sister, 
Alfred and Isabell, in New South Wales, Australia; and two 
sisters, Mary and Jane, yet living in England. Politically, 
Mr. Arnett is a Democrat.


Thomas Aughey, Lamoille, was born in County Meath, Ireland, 
in 1835.  He is a son of Christopher and Bridget (Wood) 
Aughey, both natives of Ireland, and now residents of Ohio 
Township, in this County.  They are the parents of the 
following children; Mrs. Mary Gould, of Oxford, Iowa, Thomas 
Aughey, Mrs. Bridget McGuire, and Jane Aughey.  Our subject 
came to the United States with his parents in the fall of 
1847.  He landed in New Orleans, and the next spring came to
Bureau County, Ill., where his parents first settled west of 
Dennis Driscoll.  In Lamoille Township Mr. Aughey now owns a 
farm of 240 acres, most of which was improved by himself.  
He was married here to Jane Finley, who is the mother of 
Thomas, Henry C., Edmond, Blanche, and Henrietta Aughey.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Aughey are members of the Catholic Church. 
Politically, he is identified with the Democratic Party.


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