Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Talbot, Percy J. 1855 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  PERCY J. TALBOT, editor, Robinson. The subject of this biography was born
August 28, 1855, in Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio. His father, John, whose portrait
appears in this work, was born September 21, 1797, in Tipperary, Ireland. He was
not one of Fortune's petted ones, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but a
member of an industrious family. Early in his manhood, he became a citizen of
Canada, and espoused the cause of that country, publishing a lively newspaper
known as the Liberal. In 1839, he located at Somerset, Ohio, where he engaged in
the hardware business, which he continued with success until 1863, when he
withdrew and became a resident of Terre Haute, Ind., and subsequently of
Robinson, Ill., and at the latter entered the newspaper business, taking the
management of the Robinson Constitution September, 1863, his efforts in which
are carefully noticed in the history of the press in another portion of this
work. Mr. Talbot was a man of culture, liberal thought and decided opinion. He
early imbibed the principles of the Whig party, at the extermination of which he
joined the Democratic party, in the interests of which he labored until his
decease. He possessed a noble character, and his intercourse with his fellow-man
was marked with that courtesy and suavity of manner which accompanies true
manhood. "None knew him but to praise." When the time came for him to be
stricken from life's roll on earth, he was prepared for life eternal. His death
occurred September 22, 1874, in Robinson. He was married to Mary Jane Blake,
born in Ireland January 5, 1817, and died in Robinson January 5, 1879. The
result of the union was seven children, Percy J. received a limited education in
the Robinson schools until he was nine years old, when he was taken to the
printing office, to help maintain his father's family. He has learned the trade
thoroughly, from "devil" up to editor. In 1879, he took one-half interest in the
Constitution, since which time he has been an element in its history. He was
married, at Robinson, September 16, 1879, to Martha F. Dickson, born February
28, 1859, in Robinson. She is a daughter of William C. and Caroline Y. (Inge)
Dickson. The result of his union has been one child-Gertrude M., born April,
1880, and died April, 1881. He is a Democrat.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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