Montgomery County, IL. History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois 1882 - Part II, pages 93-122, Hillsboro City and Township, ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Please direct any questions to Montgomery County Illinois web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmontgo/ or Bond County Illinois Web site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbond/ [Page 093] Lieut. Jesse K. ALLEN, deceased, was born in Kingston, Tenn., September 5, A. D. 1828, and, at an early day, came with his parents to Hillsboro, Ill., which was about the time of the location of the county seat of Montgomery County at that point, and when there were but very few houses in the town. William ALLEN, the father of the subject, was born in Roane County, Tenn., January 15, 1799, and was married to Mary K. KILLINGSWORTH, the mother of Jesse K. ALLEN, to whom were born eleven children - first, the subject of this sketch; second, William A. ALLEN, for many years a prominent physician in Greenville, Ill.; third, Margaret ALLEN, now inter-married with Theodore SMITH, of Greenville, Ill.; fourth, Aaron ALLEN, now deceased; fifth, Rufus S. ALLEN, now a physician, employed the General Government in doctoring the Indians; sixth, John H. ALLEN, now in Kansas; seventh, Emily E., now wife of Charles L. BARTLETT, a merchant of Hillsboro, Ill.; eighth, Mollie, now married to Dr. PERKINS, of Fredonia, Kan.; ninth, Frank F. ALLEN, also a physician, Neodesha, Kan.; and tenth, Laura ALLEN, now deceased; and Charles F. ALLEN, now at Mattoon, Ill. William ALLEN, the ancestor, was a man in very moderate circumstances, and consequently, his son, Jesse K., was denied many of the advantages enjoyed by his youthful companions. In his youth, he attended such schools as opportunity afforded, in the town of Hillsboro, and later, when what was then known as the Hillsboro Academy was built, in 1836, Jesse attended such academy as far as means could be afforded him, and it was here he gave promise of the future man. He was here noted for his industry and untiring energy in his efforts to acquire an education. He particularly excelled in mathematics and those studies which called more particularly for the exercise of the reasoning faculties. He was held in very high esteem by the Faculty of the Hillsboro Academy, which was at that period second to none in the State. Lieut. ALLEN, having finished the school course at the academy, looked about him for something to do. At this time, there happened to be a vacancy in the cadetship from his Congressional District, and, through Gen. SHIELDS and his friends in Hillsboro, and the then Representative in Congress, the appointment to West Point was secured to him, and in 1851 he entered as a cadet to West Point. He remained at the Military Academy for the usual course of four years, and in 1855 graduated with honor and distinction. In this Military School, as in the academy at home, he excelled in the study of mathematics, and he also acquired distinction in civil engineering. After he graduated, he entered the army, being at that time in the meridian of life and vigor of manhood. He was full of ambition, and entered the army with a high resolve to win for himself a name and fame as a soldier. He was [Page 094] appointed Lieutenant in Company B of the Ninth Infantry, and in this capacity served the Government in active service for three years. … J. C. BARKLEY, grocer, Hillsboro, was born in North Carolina December 15, 1850; son of John C. and Elizabeth (MORRISON) BARKLEY, natives of North Carolina. John C. who is a farmer, was born in 1815. His wife died April 14, 1854. Our subject, the second son of a family of five sons and two daughters, received a fair education in the schools at [Page 095] Hillsboro, and at Freehold, N. J. He cam to Hillsboro when seventeen years old, without money or education, and but few clothes. He first worked on a farm, then in a brickyard. He traveled for a wholesale house in St. Louis (Udell, Schmieding & Co., dealers in wood and willow ware), and finally engaged in the grocery business on his own account in Hillsboro, where by push and energy, he has acquired a lucrative trade. He was in the hotel business in Hillsboro for about eighteen months, and was one of the many citizens who lost heavily by the failure of the banking firm of Haskell, Harris & Co., of Hillsboro. He married in Hillsboro, November 4, 1875, Emma A. SLACK, born in Ohio October 18, 1857, daughter of Daniel SLACK, a native of New Jersey, who died in Ohio in 1868. There have been born to them one son, Edward Daniel, and one daughter, Maggie Elizabeth. Mr. Barkley is a member of the Methodist Church, and was Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday school in Hillsboro for two years. In politics he supports the Republican party. Charles L. BARTLETT, grocer, Hillsboro, was born in Montgomery County December 20, 1839; son of Samuel T. and Martha (MAXEY) BARTLETT. Samuel T. was born in Henry County, Ky., in 1818. He removed to Illinois about the year 1835, and is now living at Irving, where he owns and manages a large farm and a general store. His wife, who is still living, was born near Bowling Green, Ky., in 1819. Our subject is the second son of a family of seven sons and two daughters. He received his education chiefly at Irving, Ill., and began life as a farmer; but, after being three years in that occupation, he abandoned it and engaged in the mercantile business in Irving, where he remained four years. He left Irving in 1872, and came to Hillsboro, where he has since … Jacob BECK, gun smithing and cancer doctor, Hillsboro, was born in Franklin County, Penn. November 30, 1820. He was taken to Virginia when about nine maonths old by his parents, and there raised. … [Page 096] … Adam H. BELL, farmer, P. O. Hillsboro, was born in New York September 26, 1831. Frederick BELL, his father, was born in New York, in the town of Warren, Herkimer County, October 10, 1800; was a tanner and currier by occupation, and emigrated to this State in 1856, and went to farming in this township. He died February 15, 1880. Elizabeth VOORHIES, his mother, was born in German Flat, Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 31, 1802. She died in this State in 1878, and was the mother of three children, the subject being the youngest of the family. He was raised in the town of Chaumont, Jefferson County; was educated in an academy of his native state, and at the age of twenty years, he commenced civil engineering, which he followed successfully in different parts of the United States until 1856. He came to Montgomery County, Ill., and commenced farming, his first purchase of land being eighty acres, and has added to that until he has accumulated 300 acres of good, tillable land. He has quite a neat cottage, and good barn with all necessary outbuildings, and was married in New York, March 12, 1857, to Miss Lana FOX. Levi M. FOX, her father, was born in Chester, Washington Co., N.Y., May 7, 1809. Her mother, Cynthia M. (JEROME) FOX, was born in Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., February 6, 1804. The wife of subject was born January 22, 1832, and she has a family of four children. The names are as follows: Franklin J., born July 9, 1859; Frederick Meade, born August 12, 1860; Harry, born March 17, 1870; Cora Grace, born November 5, 1871. He is a member of the Masonic order, and is quite a public spirited man, encouraging all public improvements that he thinks best for the count at large. He has held the office of County Surveyor one term, 1860-61. He gave general satisfaction, but found it did not pay to neglect his farm for the benefit he received from office. [Page 097] W. L. BLACKBURN, dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc., Hillsboro, was born in Clark County, Ohio, January 16, 1847; son of Robert B. and Sarah Ann (FULLER) BLACKBURN. Robert B., a farmer by occupation, was born near Harper’s Ferry, Va., March 3, 1818. About the year 1836, he moved to Ohio, thence to Illinois in 1850. His wife was born in Ohio; or subject was their only child. He received a liberal education at Hillsboro, and began life on the farm. In 1872, he left the farm and came to Hillsboro, where he worked at the carpenter’s trade for about two years. … Charles W. BLISS, attorney, Hillsboro, was born in Montgomery County, January 8, 1846, to Rev. Alfred BLISS of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a native of Bradford, Vt., where he was born in 1811, to Seth BLISS, a farmer, who died in Vermont. The son came early to this county, and engaged in farming, but subsequently entered the ministry. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Jerusha STRONG. She is the mother of eight children, five of whom are now living – Eliza A., wife of James I. MOODY, a farmer of Fillmore Township; Celesta J., wife of E. C. DEVORE, a lawyer of Seymour, Ind.; George A., a hardware merchant at Nokomis; Alice, deceased wife of Lyman C. ALLEN, a farmer of Fillmore Township. She left three children – Charles W., Nellie J., wife of John C. WHITE, a lawyer at Effingham, Ill. Our subject worked on the farm and attended the common schools, and graduated from McKendree College, at Lebanon, in June, 1869. … William BREWER, retired, Hillsboro, is the third son of William BREWER, a Carolinian of Welsh extraction, and the youngest of three brothers. Daniel and George, eldest of that number, left Carolina at an early date, and settled in Tennessee. The family of William, Sr., was John J. and Jesse, who died in Carolina; our subject, and Thomas, who died near Evansville, Ind. The daughters were Candis, who married a Mr. WILLIAMS, settled and died in Iowa; Keziah, wife of a Mr. ALDER, near Hopkinsville, Ky., and Annie died young. The mother of these was Millie WEST, a Carolinian. The subject of this sketch was born in Chatham County, N. C., June 18, 1803; removed to Christian County, Ky., and settled near Hopkinsville, with his parents, in 1807, and where they died, and where he was raised and married [Page 098] To Miss Delilah HOUGH, a native of Loudoun County, Va., where she was born October 1, 1807, to Samuel and Azuba (SKINNER) HOUGH, natives of Virginia. Her grandfather HOUGH was an Englishman by birth, and came early to this country with two brothers, who settled in Vermont; he in Virginia. With … James A. BROWN, station agent of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad, Hillsboro, was born in Montgomery County, Ill., March 23, 1848; son of George W. and Sarah A. (JENKINS) BROWN, he a farmer, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 9, 1819, moved to Illinois in 1837, and settled in this county, where he still lives; she born in Darlington Village, S. C., June 30, 1819, and is still living. Subject is the third son of a family of five sons and one daughter; educated in Hills- [Page 099] … Thomas B. BROWN, Postmaster, Hillsboro, was born in this county July 10 1857. His father was Newton G. BROWN, born in Hillsboro, N. C., April 26, 1822, and died September 4, 1879. He was a hotel proprietor by occupation, and when about thirteen years of age emigrated to Illinois with his parents, and settled in Montgomery County, and on August 16, 1849, was married to Euphemia J. GRANTHAM, daughter of William and Susannah (MANN) GRANTHAM. She was born in this county July 11, 1832. Parents had six children born to them, two sons dying in infancy. There are living one son (subject) and three daughters, viz.: Medora F., now the wife of C. A. FREELAND; Lucy and Ollie G. Subject was educated at the Hillsboro High School and Academy. He began business as a dry goods clerk, in 1871, in this town, where he continued until February 7, 1881, at which date subject was commissioned Postmaster at this place, a position he still holds. In politics, he is a Republican. Subject belongs to the Methodist Church at Hillsboro; his mother and sister Lucy are members of the congregational Church. The father, Newton G. BROWN, when he first came to this State, settled in this county on a farm, and pursued that avocation for a few years, and then moved to Missouri; remained there about one year, and then returned to this county and settled in Hillsboro about 1856, and engaged in teaming, and also run a meat market, the only one then in town, for quite a number of years, perhaps until about 1863. He then purchased the American House. In the fall (October) of 1869, Mr. B. sold out, having run the hotel from the time he purchased it in 1863 until the above date, and moved to St. Louis, where he soon was taken sick, and remained until the following spring, engaged in keeping boarding house, and then returned again to Hillsboro and resumed the hotel business, this time at the City Hotel, where he continued until the time of his death. Since that time, our subject being the only son, assumed the principal responsibility of the family. Edward S. BURNS, Deputy Circuit [Page 100] Clerk, Hillsboro, was born at Harper‘s Ferry, Va., January 1, 1832, and moved to Ohio with his parents in 1836, and came to Illinois in 1852; the son of Philip and Catharine B. (BLACKBURN) BURNS, be born in 1774, was a teacher, and died in Ohio in 1846; she born in Loudoun County, Val, in 1808, and died at Hillsboro, Ill., in 1856. Subject is the oldest of a family of six. He … William O. BONE, Deputy Sheriff, Hillsboro, was born in Ohio September 18, 1852, and came to Nokomis, this county, with his parents in 1862; son of James S. and Mary (MILLER) BONE, he a farmer and hotel proprietor, born in Ohio in 1815, and is now living at Nokomis, where he owns 320 acres of land; she born in Ohio, and died there in 1854. Subject is the youngest son of the family of two sons and two daughters. He received his education principally in Illinois, and commenced life as a farmer. He clerked in a mercantile house for some time, railroading several years, and was Constable of Nokomis for four years; from that he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, an office he has filled two years, and is now a candidate for Sheriff. Mr. BONE is a Democrat. Rev. Thomas I. COULTAS, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Hillsboro, is a son of George and Eliza (WILSON) COULTAS, natives of Yorkshire, England. George, with three of his brothers, sailed for America and landed at New York April 14, 1830. They went from there to Rochester, N. Y. where they remained for a few months. From there they went by boat to Cleveland, Ohio, and from there to Jacksonville, Ill., by the way of Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo., living for a brief time in each of these places. Near Jacksonville, Ill., he formed the acquaintance of Eliza WILSON, also a native of Yorkshire, England, and who preceded him a few years to his country. Their acquaintance ripened into a greater intimacy, and on July 8, 1835, they were mar- [Page 101] ried. Shortly after this, Mr. COULTAS purchased from .... Clarence E. COLE, insurance agent, Hillsboro, was born in Sussex County, N. J., April 30, 1848; son of John S. and Elizabeth (PADDOCK) COLE, he a farmer, born in Sussex County, N. J., October 6, 1806, and came to this State with his family in 1849, and died August 30, 1880; she born in Sussex County, N. J., about 1813, and died in this county November 13, 1877. They had one son and three daughters. Subject was educated at Hillsboro Academy, began life as a farmer, continued as such for fifteen years, [Page 102] commenced the insurance business in 1875, and how enjoys a very fair business. He married at Nokomis, October 10, 1871, Fannie E. ELLIS, daughter of D. B. ELLIS, a Virginian, born at Princeton, Ill., February 24, 1850, and died August 13, 1878. The result of this union was Gracie E., born August 25, 1872; John E., born January 16, 1874, and Floy A., born September 15, 1876. Mr. COLE's second marriage took place at St. Louis April 21, 1880, when he married Miss Eunice E. GARRETTSON, born at Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, February 24, 1860, and daughter of G. W. GARRETTSON, of Marion, Iowa. Mr. COLE is a Republican, and enlisted in the Federal army in April, 1864, as drummer of Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served six months under Col. Dudley C. SMITH, of Shelbyville, Ill. George R. COOPER, attorney and teacher, Hillsboro, was born July 25, 1855, at Greencastle, Ind.; came to this county with his parents in 1858; son of Jacob R. and Eliza (ROBINSON) COOPER, he a carpenter, born in Fleming County, Ky., on November 16, 1816, and went to Indiana in 1841, where he remained until 1858, and died in November, 1877; she born in Kentucky in 1820, and is now living in East Fork Township, Montgomery County. Subject is the second son of a family of three sons and three daughters; received his education at Hillsboro Academy; worked on the farm until he was seventeen years of age, and at the age of eighteen began teaching school, which he has followed for seven years, and on April 1, 1880, he began reading law with RICE & MILLER; then went to the office of Judge E. LANE, with whom he still reads, and will make application for admission to the bar this fall. This young man deserves great credit, as he has by his own efforts educated himself; his parents being of limited circumstances, could not give him such an education as he desired. He taught school for six years in Fillmore, Fillmore Township; is a Republican, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. Edmund DOUGLAS, physician and druggist, Hillsboro, was born near Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., February 14, 1846, to William and Parmelia (STRAWN) DOUGLAS, he born in New Gallaway, Scotland, March 9, 1817, and still living in Pike County, Ill. He was a son of John and Jannette (MURRY) DOUGLAS, natives of Scotland. He came to America in 1836, was a carpenter and one of the contractors on the State University at Columbia, Mo., where he was married, and in after life engaged in farming. His wife is a native of Guilford County, N. C., where she was born August 25, 1823, and came to the West in 1830 with her parents, Edmund and Dorcas (MORTON) STRAWN, natives of North Carolina. Our subject is the third of twelve children, seven of whom are living - Andrew, a farmer; Mary, Edmund, John, a farmer; Churchwell, a farmer; William W., a physician, and James, a farmer. All are in Pike County but our subject, who received a district and high school education, and graduated at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, at St. Louis. In 1867, he engaged in a general business at Milton, Ill., and in 1872, at the same place, entered into the drug business, where he continued until in 1873, when he came to Hillsboro, where he has since continued. He studied medicine in connection with his business pursuits, and attended lectures at the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, from whence he graduated February 28, 1881, and practices in connection with his business. He was married October 15, 1875, to Illinois PHILLIPS, daughter of Burrill PHILLIPS, and niece of Gen. J. J. PHILLIPS. By her he has two living children [Page 103] - Noi Elizabeth and Mary Jannette. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter, and in his political belief, Democratic. Joseph T. ECCLES, retired merchant, Hillsboro, was born in Mercer County, Ky., January 7, 1807; son of Henry and Polly (GAUNT) ECCLES. Henry, a native of Berkeley County, Va., was born May 4, 1781, and when about eighteen years old he moved to Kentucky and settled in Mercer County, where he married August 15, 1805. ... John W. EDWARDS, lumber merchant, Hillsboro, was born in Tennessee in 1821; son of John and Elizabeth (JUSTICE) EDWARDS. John, who was a farmer, was born in North Carolina in 1777; removed to Tennessee about the year 1800, and left there in 1838, afterward residing in Pike County, Jefferson County and Upper Alton. He died in the latter place about the year 1852; his wife was born in North Carolina in 1782, and died in Hillsboro about the year 11868. Our subject, the fifth son of a family of eight sons and three daughters, received a limited education in Tennessee. He removed from that State with his parents in 1838, and settled in Pike County, where he remained two years; then removed to Jefferson County. Up to this time he had worked on his father’s farm. After remaining in Jefferson County two years, he moved to Upper Alton, where he stayed until 1855, engaged in mercantile business. From Upper Alton he removed to Hillsboro, where he engaged in the mercantile and grain business five years, then dealt in lumber nine years, then in the drug business nine years. In 1878, he gave up the [Page 104] drug business, and returned to his old occupation of dealing in lumber, which business he is now engaged in. He is the owner of a comfortable frame residence in Hillsboro, with about three acres attached. In Hillsboro, in 1848, he married Joanna MEADE, born in Ohio in 1825. From this union there have been born to them eight children, six of whom are living - David A.; William A., physician at Winchester, Ill.; John M., now residing in Kansas; Albert N., a harness maker in Hillsboro; Frederick W. and Sarah Isabel KING. Mr. EDWARDS and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which he has been Steward, and is now Trustee. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F., in which orders he has held all the offices from the lowest to the highest. In politics, he supports the Republican party. Leonard G. FATH, Sheriff, Hillsboro, born in Perryville, Mo., November 20, 1847; son of Leonard and Miss (BARKMAN) FATH, both natives of Germany; he, a farmer by occupation, came to the United States about the year 1840, and now resides in Montgomery County; she came to America with her parents, married in Perryville, Mo., where she died in 1848. Subject, the second son of a family of two sons and one daughter, … I. W. FINK, physician, Hillsboro, was born at Jonesboro, Ill., August 24, 1824, to John and Sophia (LINGLE) FINK, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, he born November 12, 1797, and came to Illinois in 1817, his parents dying in his childhood; he settled in Union County, where he … [Page 105] upon lectures, three years, and .... Enoch James FILE, Hillsboro, born in Bond County, Ill., October 19, 1832; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (JAMES) FILE. Daniel, who was a farmer, was born in North Carolina in 1801, and in company with his father, Jacob FILE, who died in 1842, came to Illinois in 1816, when it was a Territory; died in 1851; his wife, born in Middle Tennessee, in 1811, died in 1845. Our subject, the second son of a family of six sons and six daughters, received very little education, his school life being limited to four months that he attended in Bond County. He began life on the farm, then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed eight years, then served as clerk, then in the hardware business on his own account for seven years. AT the end of that time, he sold out his business to the firm of Challacombe & Ramsey, for whom he now clerks. In 1861, he enlisted as private in the Federal army, Company D, Twenty- Second Illinois Infantry, and during his time of service was promoted from time to time, until he received command of a company. He participated in the engagements at Belmont, Mo., Stone River and Chickamauga, Tenn., Atlanta, etc.; was wounded three times - in skull, side and hand. In 1853, in Hillsboro Township, he married Mary Ann BROWN, born in North Carolina in 1829, died in 1856. Her parents were William and Elizabeth (CRAIG) BROWN; the former born in North Carolina September 5, 1794, came to Illinois in 1835, where he died in 1867; the latter, born February 12, 1807, died August 4, 1843. Mr. FILE was again married November 25, 1870, to Virginia C. BROWN, sister of his first wife, born September 26, 1842, and from this union there has been born to him two daughters - Leva and Anna; his first wife bore him one daughter - May. He is a supporter of the Republican party, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. James Robinson GLENN, miller, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hillsboro, born in Ireland, August 16, 1834; came with his parents, one brother, John F., and one sister, Catharine J., to the United States in 1837, and lived in Louisville, Ky., about five years. His mother's name was Catharine Jane ROBINSON. Her father was born in Fintona, Ireland; built a Methodist Church in that town with his own money. In 1839, he chartered a ship, and with his second wife and one son and seven daughters, went to Australia, settled in Melbourne, where he purchased property, and lived there the balance of his life. He purchased a cattle ranch in Australia, 6 x 15 miles, and died there at the age of ninety years. Grandfather ROBINSON's grandfather went from England with William, Prince of Orange, [Page 106] was in the battle of the Boyne and the siege of Londonderry. Subject's father, Thomas S. GLENN, born in Ireland about 1807, is still living in this county; his grandparents were born in Ireland; his great-grandfather was born in Scotland and was a mechanic. Mr. GLENN began life by buying grain in Litchfield; came to Hillsboro in 1858, and started the first grocery; was married in Macoupin County in 1860 to Miss Sarah V. LOVE, born in Cabell County, W. Va., in 1840, daughter of Louis L. and Emily (EASTHAM) LOVE. The result of this union is three daughters - Nora, Laura and Wilmina. Mr. GLENN is a member of the Lutheran Church, a Republican, a Freemason and a member of the Council. After going out of the grocery business in Hillsboro, he built a mill, in 1866, which he has operated continually since its erection. Himself and brothers were the prime movers in starting the bank at Hillsboro in 1870, known as the Montgomery county Loan and Trust Company, subject having been elected President on its organization, and holds the office at the present time. The GLENN Bros. also own a farm near Hillsboro, containing 1,020 acres, and about 15,000 acres in Texas. Rev. C. A. GELWICKS, Lutheran minister, Hillsboro, a native of Pennsylvania, and was born January 7, 1835, and son of John GELWICKS, a farmer, and also a native of Pennsylvania, was born March 16, 1811, and is still living. His wife, Magdalena WOLF, was also a native of the same State, and was born in December, 1812. She is also living in her native State. The parents had six children born to them, but only three raised to maturity, two sons (C.A. being the eldest) and one daughter. Our subject was educated at Gettysburg, Penn., at the Pennsylvania College, where he took a classical course, but was called away just three months before he would have graduated, ant then went to the Theological Seminary at Springfield, Ohio, where he graduated in 1858, and took charge of a church at Stratsburg, Penn., immediately after leaving the Seminary. .... David S. GILMORE, millwright, Hillsboro, was born in Hardin County, Ky., April 13, 1832; son of Alexander GILMORE, born in Virginia aobut 1805. When quite young he came to Kentucky with his parents and settled in Hardin County, where he died about 1850. He was also a millwright by trade. His wife was Millie MUDD, who was also a native of Virginia. They raised three chil- [Page 107] dren, two sons (David S. being the eldest), and one daughter. Our subject came to this State in 1859, and first located in Macoupin County, where he remained probably some three years, thence to this county, where he has since lived, in different parts of the county, but for the past sixteen years has resided in Hillsboro. He received a common school education in Kentucky. He began business for himself when only eighteen years of age, as millwright, which he has followed through life, in connection with his other business, such as wagon-making, stocking plows, and other such work as is done by any first-class mechanic, such as our subject is justly entitled to be called. He is Democratic in politics; also a member of the Masonic order. He was married in Grayson County, Ky., on August 12, 1847, to Rachael WATKINS, daughter of Isaiah WATKINS and Catharine (THOMAS) WATKINS. Subject has three sons, viz.: James D., Robert Lee, Jesse, and four daughters, Nancy A., wife of Duncan GODE; Lurena, Libbie May, Sarah E. Our subject owns a comfortable little residence in East Hillsboro. He has worked at his trade through different parts of his State, Missouri and Kentucky. Solomon HARKEY, Hillsboro, was born in Iredell County, N. C., December 26, 1806; son of Martin and Christina (MENSINGER) HARKEY. Martin, who was a farmer by occupation, was born in North Carolina February 24, 1771, where he married October 9, 1794. In 1830, he left North Carolina and came to Hillsboro, where he died February 16, 1846. His wife, a native of North Carolina, was born February 12, 1775, and died at her son's (subject's) house in Hillsboro, September 17, 1850. Solomon, the fourth of a family of eleven, received but very little education, the schools of that day being very inferior to those of to-day. The school which he attended was a log cabin with an earthen floor, and the books studied were Dilworth's Spelling Book and Pike's Arithmetic, the Bible being the only reader. He began life as a tanner, and followed that business from April, 1829, to March 1833, in Edwardsville, Ill.; thence he removed to Hillsboro, where he followed the tanning business for ten years, when he abandoned it and became a farmer. He owns a fine farm of 653 acres in Hillsboro Township, a fine two-story frame residence, and five lots and five acres of land in the town of Hillsboro, besides about 200 acres in Wisconsin. He has been a noted horseman in his day, and has handled many fine ones. He made a specialty of draught horses. In Hillsboro Township, March 31, 1831, he married Sophia CRESS, born in North Carolina March 26, 1809, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (BOST) CRESS, both natives of North Carolina. She (Sophia) came to Illinois with her parents about the year 1817, and died December 21, 1878. Mr. HARKEY was again married October 30, 1879, to Mrs. Eleanor T. (McHENRY) EVANS, born July 11, 1826, daughter of George McHENRY. He has had nine children, four of whom are dead - William P., now in Yuba City, Cal.; Jacob M., Solomon S., Sarah C., wife of Benjamion WILTON; Virginia T., Laura L. (deceased), Martha J. (deceased), Mary S. (deceased), and Daniel L. (deceased). During his business career he met with many reverses; in 1861, he lost $2,060 by the failure of a New York bank; in 1878, he lost $2,700 by the Farmers Mechanics' Bank, of Hillsboro; and in December, 1881, he lost about $2,700 by the failure of Haskell Bros. & Co., of Hillsboro. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church; he is a member of the I. O. O. F.; in politics he supports the Republican party. [Page 108] Thomas E. HARRIS, County Superintendent, Hillsboro, was born in Massachusetts in 1815; son of Thomas and Abigail (CHAPIN) HARRIS, he born in Massachusetts, died in Vermont, and she, the mother of five sons and three daughters, was born in Vermont. Our subject is the second son; received a good education at the Public Schools; commenced life as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods establishment in New York; went to England, lived in Manchester for three years, came from there to this State and commenced farming, which business he still follows. He has been Township Trustee for about twenty years; Supervisor of Butler Township three years, and was elected County Superintendent of Public Schools in December, 1877, an office he has filled acceptably to the present time. Mr. HARRIS was married tin this county about 1842, to Hulda WARE, a native of this county, and a daughter of Obediah and Electa (POST) WARE. They have one daughter, Julia, wife of Michael ROBERTSON, of this county, and who now lives in Butler. Although Montgomery has a Democratic majority of 500 or 600, yet our subject is a Republican, and has no trouble in getting the position he now holds, such is an evidence of his qualifications and popularity. He owns 200 acres of land in Butler Township. A. HARTLINE, boots and shoes, Hillsboro, born in North Carolina October 3, 1845; his parents are natives of North Carolina; his father, who was a farmer and a blacksmith by trade, died there in 1874; his mother, who is now about seventy-five years of age, is still living in her native State. Our subject, the fifth of a family of seven sons, received a limited education in Iredell County, N. C., and remained with his father on the farm and in the blacksmith-shop till he was seventeen years old; he then learned the shoe-making trade, which he has since followed. Beginning without any means, he has, by industry and economy, worked up a good trade in custom work, and in addition carries a good stock of ready-made goods; he owns a neat store and a comfortable two- story brick residence in Hillsboro. He married in Hillsboro, October 5, 1870, Mary Ann SHARP, born in North Carolina, daughter of William SHARP, a native of that State, who died near Hillsboro. Mr. and Mrs. HARTLINE are the parents of five children - George, Flora, Jessie, Bertie and Grace. He enlisted, in 1864, in Company E., North Carolina Infantry, and served under Gen. McCRAY till 1865, when he was captured near Petersburg, Va., and kept a prisoner till the close of the war. He and his wife are Methodists; in politics, he is a Democrat. James HAYNES, county Treasurer, Hillsboro, born in Morgan County, Ill., September 25, 1843; son of John and Harriet SEYMOUR. John, who was a farmer by occupation, was born in Indiana about the year 1815; he lived in Kentucky, principally, till he was fourteen years old, when he moved to Illinois, and settled in Cass County for a few years; thence he removed to Morgan County, thence to Montgomery County, where he settled permanently in 1854; his wife was born in North Carolina about the year 1819; she came to Illinois with her parents when quite young, and is still living. James, who is the eldest of a family of five sons and two daughters, attended school in Montgomery County, and afterward at McKendree College, at Lebanon, and the Soldiers’ College at Fulton, Ill. He followed farming till 1877, when he was elected County Treasurer, an office which he still holds. In 1862, he enlisted as private in the Federal amry, Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois Infantry. In the battle of Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864, he lost his right arm; [Page 109] He was captured next day and held a prisoner till the close of the war, during which time he was imprisoned in the following places: Mobile, two weeks; Cahaba, Ala., four months; Macon, Ga., two and a half months; Andersonville, one month; Selma, Ala.; Meridian, Miss.; Vicksburg and St. Louis. From St. Louis, he was released, and having reported at Springfield, Ill., was discharged in the spring of 1865. He is a Methodist; in politics, he supports the Democratic party. George B. KING, lumber merchant, etc., Hillsboro, born in Rowan County, N. C., September 21, 1824; came to this county in 1867; son of James KING, born in Surrey County, N. C., in 1798; farmer; served last two years in the war of 1812; was in nine months in the same war, in the early part, as a substitute for another party, when only about sixteen years of age; he served also in the regular army some time after the close of this war. Subject has now in his possession a white vest that was made by a French lady for his father, at St. Louis, during the war; he died in North Carolina, December 26, 1825. Elizabeth (BARRINGER) KING, subject’s mother, born in Cabarras County, N. C., January 27, 1799, and died in Hillsboro, Ill., August 7, 1870. … Henry H. KEITHLEY, Deputy County Clerk, Hillsboro, born in Indian, November 26, 1844; came to Litchfield, Ill., in 1857, son of Seth M. and Anna Theresa (MILLER) KEIGHLEY, he, a mechanic, born in Kentucky, October 18, 1812, where he still lives and owns twenty acres within the limits of that town; she, born in Maryland November 13, 1808, died at Litchfield, Ill., November 22, 1869. Subject is the oldest son of a family of two sons and three daughters; got his education at Litchfield and Springfield; was a painter for four years, Deputy Postmaster at Litchfield for two years, clerked in a drug store there for two years; moved from there to Hillsboro in December, 1873, when he was [Page 110] Appointed Deputy Clerk, by George M. RAYMOND, County Clerk, an office he still fills satisfactorily. Mr. KEITHLEY was married in Hillsboro, September 8, 1875, to Miss Camilla BROWN, born June 7, 1853, who has borne him one child - Amy R. Subject enlisted September 3, 1864, in the Federal army, and served as private and Corporal until the end of the war. He is a Methodist, a Republican, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and owns a nice residence in East Hillsboro. Judge Edward LANE, attorney, Hillsboro, is a native Ohioan and was born in Cleveland March 27, 1842, to John, born April 15, 1803, and Catharine (BERRY) LANE, who were also natives of Ohio, and died in the "Forest City" about 1850, at about the same time, the father having been a merchant of that city. Both families were of Irish extraction, and possessed of a marked shrewdness and energy. The orphaned family consisted of two sons, the eldest of whom died at about eighteen years of age, being four years the senior of Edward, who came to Hillsboro in the spring of 1858, and engaged in work upon a brick yard, at which he continued about three years, then began going to school, working at the same time for his subsistence. In the fall of 1863, he began reading law in connection with school-teaching, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1864. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Hillsboro, where he has built up a large and remunerative practice, and stands in the front rank of the legal profession of Montgomery County. In 1869, he was elected for a term of four years to the office of county Judge. In 1870, October 31, he was married to Miss Tucie MILLER, born June 19, 1848, a native of Lawrenceville, Ill., and daughter of Samuel K. and Margaret MILLER. By her he had two children - Bessie and Guy c. He is a member of the Masonic order, and with his family, belong to the Lutheran Church. In his political sentiment, he is Democratic. E. F. LEAK, miller, Hillsboro, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1847, son of Thomas and Mary (WALKER) LEAK. Thomas LEAK was born in England in 1806; emigrated to America while quite young, and died in Newark, Del., in 1872; he was a painter, a sailor, and finally a farmer. His wife was born in England in 1817, and died in Jerseyville, Ill., in 1873. Our subject is the third son of a family of five sons and one daughter. He received a common school education in Delaware, and learned the milling business, in which occupation he is still engaged. He began the business with very moderate resources, but has been successful, and now owns a comfortable frame cottage in Hillsboro. He married, in Philadelphia, in April, 1873, Esther COMLY, a native of Delaware, daughter of Samuel and Miss (SANDERS) COMLY. Samuel COMLY, whose parents were Quakers, was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. LEAK are the parents of three children - Edward, Della and Bertha. He is a supporter of the Republican party, and a member of the Knights of Pythias. John J. McLEAN, Circuit Clerk and Recorder, Hillsboro, was born at Metuchin, Middlesex Co., N. J., April 4, 1849, and came to this State when fourteen years old, with his parents. He was the son of Martin and Mary (CARY) McLEAN. Martin was born in Ireland in November, 1819, and came to the United States in 1847, and located in New Jersey, remaining till 1862, and moved with his family to this county, where he still lives. He is a farmer, and owns 500 acres of as good land as is in the county. Mary CARY, his wife, was born in Ireland in 1812; was married there; came to the United [Page 111] States one year prior to her husband, and died July 9, 1879. Our subject is the oldest of a family of three; received his education partly in the East and partly in St. Louis, where he graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College. He also took a classical course at the Christian Brothers' College, St. Louis, but did not graduate. In Bois D'Arc Township, Montgomery County, Oct. 10, 1877, he married A. Amanda THOMAS, who was born there October 10, 1855, daughter of Samuel R. and Mary E. (DAYTON) THOMAS. He was born in Greene County, Ill., May 2, 1829; is still living; she born in 1831 at the same place; still living. Subject has two sons - William Ralph, born July 17, 1879, and Edgar M., born March 21, 1881. mr. McLEON taught school for a year, and was afterward elected County Treasurer of Montgomery County, and served two years. He next engaged in real estate and abstract business from 1875 to 1880, when he was elected Circuit Clerk, an office he still holds. He owns a nice tow- story brick residence in Hillsboro, besides about 480 acres of land in Montgomery county, and a valuable set of abstract books worth, probably, $10,000. He is also an inventor, having patented what is known as McLEAN's File Cabinet for court papers. This is an invention that promises to be very valuable to the patentee. George W. MICHAEL, hotel proprietor and farmer, Hillsboro, was born in North Carolina July 30, 1827, son of Jacob and Annie (LONTZ) MICHAEL, both natives of North Carolina. Jacob was born about the year 1798. ... Samuel H. McLEAN, physician, Hillsboro, is a native of Montgomery County, where he was born, near Hillsboro, April 12, 1849, to Robison and Emily (BARRY) McLEAN, he a native of Greensboro, N. C., and came to Montgomery County at about twenty-one years of age, or in about the year 1841. Here he engaged in stock-raising and farming, which he followed until his death, which occurred in January, 1876. Emily, the mother of our subject, was born in Barren County, Ky., and came with her parents when but a child to Montgomery County. She is [Page 112] still living at an advanced age. Our subject is the second of seven living children. He .... Warren M. NEFF, blacksmith, Hillsboro, was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1848; son of William H. C. and Susan (HUFFMAN) NEFF. William H. C. was a farmer, and was born in Clark County, Ohio, in 1825; removed to Montgomery County in 1854, where he died the following year. His wife was born in Ohio, in 1830; she married twice, the second husband being James WHITE, of Montgomery county. Warren, our subject, has two sisters and three half-brothers. He received his education, chiefly, in Hillsboro, and worked on the farm till he was twenty years old, when he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he has followed ever since. He began life with little or no means, but by industry and economy, and strict attention to business, he has built up an extensive trade, and is the owner of considerable property. He owns a blacksmith shop and lot adjoining, a house and lot in the south end of Hillsboro, and eighty-three acres of land in East Fork and Fillmore Townships. In Hillsboro, November 17, 1875, he married Elmira A. STOUT, born in Indiana, in 1855, and died in Hillsboro, December 4, 1880. Mr. NEFF is a Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A., F. & A. M. George William PAISLEY, attorney, Hillsboro, was born in this county in 1838; son of Joseph PAISLEY, born in North Carolina in 1797, and emigrated to this State in 1822, and spent first two years in Bond County, thence to his county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died on his farm here in 1857. In 1837, he was married to Martha A. ALLAN, a native of Kentucky, born near Lexington in 1815, and is still living with her son, subject, in this county. Present raised but one son, subject, he being by the second wife. There are two half-sisters living by first wife. Our subject was educated at the Hillsboro Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1870, having read law off and on some several years previous. He began life as a farmer, at the death of his father, which he followed for four or five years. He was next County Surveyor, being elected in 1865, an office he filled for two years. He next engaged in mercantile business, some two years. He held the office of Master in Chancery from 1868 to 1869; was elected to the State Legislature in 1880, a position he now holds; enlisted in 1862 in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Illinois Infantry as a private, and was afterward elected Orderly Sergeant, and served three years; participated in the battle at Nashville, Tupelo, storm and capture of the works of [Page 113] Blakely, at Mobile, Ala., besides several minor engagements; was never captured nor wounded during the war; belonged to the command that followed PRICE through Missouri and a portion of Kansas, in 1864, a distance of about 600 miles; left Jefferson Barracks on the 2d of October and got back to St. Louis on the 18th of November; Democrat in politics. He was married in Macoupin County, this State, on the 5th of June, 1872, to Maggie M. MIDDLETON. She was the daughter of Rev. John and Sibilla (GALBREATH) MIDDLETON; wife was born in 1846. Our subject has five children, all daughters, viz.: Anna, Ethel, Georgia, Maggie and Susie. His wife is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, commonly called Covenanters, her father being a minister of that church. Subject owns about 1,000 acres of land in this county. Samuel PAISLEY, farmer P. O. Hillsboro, was born in North Carolina in the year 1811, on the 6th of July. John PAISLEY, his father, was born in Pennsylvania, on the 10th of August, 1763, and was taken to North Carolina in infancy and remained there until sixty-four years of age, and was a farmer by occupation. He emigrated to Illinois in 1828, and settled in Montgomery County, and commenced farming. He entered 160 of land and bought 120 acres of unimproved land, on which he put all necessary improvements, and raised a large family of children. He married in North Carolina in the year 1791, to Miss Jane (RANKIN) PAISLEY. She was born in North Carolina in the year 1771, and of Scotch-Irish descent, and was the mother of twelve children, our subject being the eleventh child, and was raised on the farm and assisted his father in his boyhood days. He was educated in the common schools of the country, and by observation and energy has a good practical education. He commenced business for himself as a farmer; went into the Black Hawk war, at the age of twenty-one years, and served three months; came back to this county and purchased forty acres of land with the money he received for his services, and has added to it until he has reached the handsome estate of 414 acres, the most of which is good tillable land, with all necessary improvements. He was married September 1, 1842, in this county, to Miss Clarissa FULLER; was born in Clark county, Ohio, January 11, 1821. Moses FULLER, her father, was born in New Brunswick, in 1787, and died November, 1879. Elizabeth PRILLAMAN, her mother, was born in Virginia, in the year 1778, and was mother of nine children, eight living. The wife of subject was the seventh child, and she is the mother of five children, one deceased. Their names are as follows: Moses F., in the war three years, was in several battles, entering the service at seventeen years of age; Lucinda C., Nettie, William C., Laura J., deceased. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Identified with the Republican party. William PAISLEY, his paternal grandfather, was in the Revolutionary war, and was wounded at Guilford through the wrist. Mrs. PAISLEY, the mother of Rev. Samuel Paisley, said that she had no recollection of her parents, they having been killed by the Indians, and her mother died soon after. She never spoke of her captivity at all. Joseph POLLARD, hotel proprietor, Hillsboro, was born in St. Louis January 22, 1856; son of Daniel and Mary (PHALAN) POLLARD. Daniel POLLARD was born in Ireland and emigrated to America at the age of twenty-two. He settled first in New Orleans, but afterward moved to St. Louis, where he was married August 15, 1850. He followed steamboating for several years, and was afterward employed on the police force in St. [Page 114] Louis. He died at Little Rock, Ark., in 1867. Of his seven children, three sons died prior to his death, and were buried in St. Louis. Since his death, one son and one daughter have died, and been buried in Litchfield, Ill. The remaining two are Joseph (our subject) and Margaret. His wife, Mary PHALAN, was born in Ireland in 1826. She came to America .... Judge Edward Young RICE, attorney, Springfield, was born in Logan County, Ky., February 8, 1820. In his native State, he remained until about fifteen years of age, when he came with his parents to Macoupin County, Ill. His father, Francis RICE, was a native of Caswell County, N. C. He was engaged in a ministerial life, and identified with agricultural and mercantile pursuits. His death occurred in August, 1837, aged about sixty-three years. His wife was Mary GOOCH, also a native of Caswell County, N. C., and a daughter of William and Mrs. (CARR) GOOCH. Both were among the prominent families of North Carolina. The parents of our subject had seven sons and four daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter are now living, of whom the Judge is the youngest. The eldest, Hiram J., a farmer of Macoupin County, and Susan, widow of Robert ANDREWS, of the above county. The Judge received a limited education in the common school, with the addition of about two years at Shurtleff College. He then taught school and studied law with Gov. PALMER, at Carlinville, from which place he was admitted to the bar in February, 1844. In September of the following year he came to Hillsboro, where he practiced his profession until in October, 1881, when he entered into partnershop with Judge A. N. J. CROOK, at Springfield, Ill. While engaged in the practice of his profession, he has always been honored with a large and lucrative practice. In 1847, he was elected to the office of Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery County. In November, 1848, he was honored with an election to the Lower House of the Illinois Legislature, a special session carrying him to the year 1851, and in that year he was elected to the office of County Judge to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Joseph RALSTON, and during the years 1853 to 1857, he was Master in Chancery. In April, 1857, he was elected to the office of Circuit Judge for a term of four years, but by the formation of a new circuit, composed of Sangamon, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Christian Counties, he was re-elected for a term of six years, and in 1867 for a term of six years longer, but before the term expired he resigned his office to accept the nomination for Congress from the "old Tenth District". In that postition he served until in March, 1873, and it was during his term that the State was re- districted. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which assembled in December, 1869, and completed its work in May, 1870. In this convention he served upon many important committees. In the early part of 1874, he, in connection with his son-in-law, Amos [Page 115] MILLER, opened their present law office in Hillsboro, now under the firm name of RICE, MILLER, & McDAVID. He was married November 29, 1849, to Mrs. Susan R. (ALLEN) COUDY, a native of Clark County, Ky. She had one child - Isabella, wife of F. C. BOLTON, a railroad operator in Indianapolis. By this marriage, the Judge has two children living - Mary, wife of Amos MILLER, and James E. Y., who is attending Blackburn University. He is a Democrat in politial tenets, and, with his wife, belongs to the Presbyterian Church. George M. RAYMOND, County Clerk, Hillsboro, is a native of Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vt., where he was born September 8, 1832, to George G. and Judith HIX (PHILLIPS) RAYMOND, both natives of the above county, where they both died. She was a .... Francis ROOT, local preacher and farmer, born in Massachusetts, raised principally in New Jersey. He was married to Mrs. Marandis D. HOLMES (widow of Joel D. HOLMES, deceased) April 2, 1873. Her first husband, Mr. HOLMES, son of Daniel and Mercy (DAY) HOLMES, was born in Alfred, Me., april 3, 1813, and married Marandis D. BENNETT, of Wilbraham, Mass., October 3, 1843. Mrs. HOLMES was born December 29, 1826. Their children, all born in Hillsboro, Ill., have been Mary M., Morrill D., Joel F., Lucy N., Edward and Alice A. Mr. [Page 116] HOLMES, deceased, was a piano-maker in New York City for a number of years, and after coming to Illinois, he worked at the carpenter's trade. He died on his farm, five miles south of Hillsboro, on April 5, 1870. His son, Frank, ran the farm after his father's death, for several years, and on account of his health failing, he was obliged to quit the farm, and his brother Morrill then took charge of the farm and still continues to run the same. He, the father, was not connected with any church, but was a Methodist in belief, and shortly before his death, he professed religion, and died happy. He was a highly-esteemed citizen of high moral character, very benevolent all through life, and perhaps had as few enemies as any man in his country, at the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics. Left considerable estate consisting principally of lands. He left several hundred acres to his family, besides other means. His widow (now Mrs. ROOT) and three children - Frank, Morrill and Mary M., wife of Joseph F. HUGHES, still living. Mr. ROOT, second husband, was born in Massachusetts, February 14, 1809. Left there when six years old and went to New Jersey with his parents, where he was educated; left there when about twenty-five years old and went to Ohio; remained there about two years; from there to Richmond, Ind.; remained there about twenty-five years in the woolen factory business, hotel, grocery, etc; from there to Greenville, Ill., remained there six or seven years, farming principally, and from there to this county, five miles south of Hillsboro; moved to Hillsboro in May, 1881, where he now lives. Began preaching, as a local preacher, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, about twenty years ago, and still preaches occasionally. Was married first in New Jersey, in 1831, to Mary B. BROWN. She died in 1869. His second marriage was on April 2, 1873, to Mrs. Marandis D. HOLMES. Mr. ROOT has five living children, all by his first wife - James, William and Francis C., and two daughters - Sarah and Julia A. Republican, politically. Was one of the first Abolitionists in Indiana; was driven out of the church on this account. Charles A. RAMSEY, hardware, Hillsboro, born in Pennsylvania January 8, 1845, son of William H. and Mary (RARER) RAMSEY. William H. was born in Pennsylvania, in 1820, and is a contractor and builder by occupation. His wife, also a native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1825. They are both still living. Charles A., the eldest son of a family of ive sons and three daughters, received a good education at Pine Grove Seminary and Academy, and also at the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College. He began life as a clerk; afterward taught school; studied medicine for about two years, but gave it up and engaged in the drug business in Irving, Ill. In 1877, he gave up the drug business in Irving, and came to Hillsboro, where he engaged in his present business, hardware and agricultural implements. He has filled the office of Township Supervisor. In 1862, he enlisted in the Army of the Potomac, as private, and served under Gen. Miles and others, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major, and afterward to Adjutant. He served till the close of the war, and participated in many hot engagements. In Shelby County, Ill., in 1870, he married Elizabeth Corley, born in Shelby County, July 2, 1849, daughter of B. W. and Lois (WAKEFIELD) CORLEY, natives of that county. From this marriage, they have one daughter - Mary. Mr. Ramsey is a Republican, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Fred A. RANDLE, attorney, Hillsboro, was born at Bunker Hill, Ill., January 21, [Page 117] 1854, to E. B. and Mary E. (POWERS) RANDLE, she a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and sister to A. G. POWERS, deceased, the artist, and a cousin to Hiram POWERS< the sculptor; she was born in Otto, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in 1826, and was the youngest daughter of a family of seven sons and four daughters; her death occurred October 10, 1857, when the subject of this sketch was about four years of age; she was a … John A. RALSON, boarding-house keeper, Hillsboro, born in Mifflin County, Penn., August 30, 1818; came to this state in 1843 and stopped in Hillsboro; the son of William and Anna (BLACK) RALSTON; he, a tanner, born in the North of Ireland in 1783, came to the United States when quite young; settled in Philadelphia, Penn.; was a soldier of the war of 1812, … [Page 118] for three years, then to Hillsboro in 1853, where he now resides. … Charles W. SPRINGER, abstracts and real estate, Hillsboro, born in Springfield, Ill., October 5, 1846, son of Francis and Mary (KREIGH) SPRINGER; he, born in Maryland in 1810, came to this place in 1838; established Hillsboro College; … George W. SCOTT, lawyer, Hillsboro, born in Putnam County, Ill., July 3, 1853; came to this county September, 1874, son of George and Harriet B. (PHILLIPS) SCOTT), he born in Virginia March 10, 1813, moved to St. Charles, Mo., with his parents in 1820; his father, Phelix SCOTT, was Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1827-28, and his father, Col. Charles SCOTT, was Colonel in the Revolutionary army; she, a daughter of Capt. Thomas PHILLIPS, of Hillsboro, was born in Livingston County, Ky., in 1823. Our subject is the youngest son of a family of three sons and one daughter; … [Page 119] … J. P. SPANGLER, saddler, Hillsboro, was born in Pennsylvania April 8, 1846; father was George SPANGLER; he was also a native of Pennsylvania; was a blacksmith by trade, but, in after life, followed the vocation of farming; he died in Pennsylvania about 1852; mother's name was Nancy MYERS; she was also a native of Pennsylvania, where she now lives; parents raised three sons and two daughters; subject is the second son, and was educated at the common schools of his native State; began life by working on the farm, and, at about the age of seventeen years, he began to learn the saddler's trade, which business be has followed the principal part of his time since, except he traveled about two years in commercial business. He worked at his trade about three years in Memphis, and the next place he located was at Hillsboro, Ill., in the spring of 1874, where he still continues. Our subject is engaged here by a company known as the Montgomery County Co-operative Association, and is manager of their business. Subject was married, in this town, October 18, 1877, to Miss Tillie HOLDEREAD, daughter of Anthony HOLDEREAD, who died at this place about 1880. Subject has one child, Mamie Adell, born September 25, 1878. Subject owns a comfortable two- story brick residence in town. Republican in politics. Member of the Masonic order at this place; self and wife are members of the Methodist Church. Alfred A. K. SAWYER, dry goods and farming, Hillsboro, was born in Boston August 8, 1832, and came to Illinois in 1840. His father, Amos SAWYER, a native of Ireland, had four children, two boys and tow girls, our subject being the eldest, who was educated partly in Hillsboro and partly in St. Louis, and began life farming, after which … Thomas D. WASHBURN, physician, Hillsboro, was born in Greenfield, Mass., upon the 25th of April, 1819; he is the eldest and only son of Dr. Seth and Asenath (DICKMAN) WASHBURN, both of whom were natives of the above State, she, born about 1800, died in 1840, a daughter of Thomas DICKMAN, a printer and book-seller at Springfield, Mass., and a man of considerable prominence in his business he, born at Leicester about 1790, died February, 1825. The only sister of our subject is Ruth W., widow of William G. BANCROFT, of the firm of Barnes, Bancroft & Co., one of the oldest, wealthiest and most prominent wholesale and retail dry goods houses in Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Washburn, in his boyhood, pursued, in the different academies and colleges of New England, [Page 120] the languages, sciences, mathematics, and classics, obtaining a valuable and practical knowledge in the special course which he selected. At the age of .... M. M. WALSH, furniture, etc., Hillsboro, born in County Wexford, Ireland, in December, 1841; his parents, James and Mary (REDMOND) WALSH, were natives of County Wexford, Ireland, and died there. He is the second son of a family of two sons and two daughters; he received an ordinary education in Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1854, and settled in Montreal, Canada, where he remained till 1856, when he came to the United States. He learned the trade of a wagon-maker in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and at the end of his apprenticeship in 1859, moved to Stamford, Conn., where he worked at his trade until 1861. In 1864, he went to Philadelphia, where he worked about a year stocking rifles for the government; thence he went to Pittsburgh, Penn.; worked at his trade there one year; thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, worked six months, and then returned to Pittsburgh; from Pittsburgh he went to St. Louis, and thence to Hillsboro, where he arrived April 9, 1867; here he worked at his trade till 1869, then engaged in the hardware business till 1873, when he sold out his hardware stock and engaged in his present line - furniture, coffins, sewing machines, etc. In Hillsboro, December 15, 1870, he married Minerva M. HANSON, born at Tribe's Hill, Montgomery co., N. Y., June 25, 1846, daughter of John A. and Susan (LINGENFELTER) HANSON, both natives of Tribe's [Page 121] Hill, N. Y., the former born October 11, 1811; the latter, still living, was born February 29, 1806. Mr. and Mrs. WALSH are the parents of two children - Ada Irene, born September 3, 1873, and Mina M., born July 5, 1878. He enlisted, in New York City, April 16, 1861, in the Federal service, Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, better known as Duryea's Zouaves; was commissioned Lieutenant early in 1863, and remained with the army during its term of service. He was taken prisoner during the seven-days' fight around Richmond, Va., and confined in the tobacco factory prison on Carey street, Richmond, for twenty-six days, when he was paroled and exchanged; he took part in the battle of Fredericksburg. He is a supporter of the Republican party. Paul WALTER, livery business, Hillsboro, was born in North Carolina, Cabarras County, October 2, 1821. Nicholas Walter was born in Pennsylvania about 1790, and moved to North Carolina about 1809, and married Catharine GOODMAN, of that State. The father, Nicholas WALTER, was in the war of 1812, and served during the war; participated in the memorable battle of New Orleans; he was a farmer and millwright, and died in North Carolina in 1825; parents raised four sons (subject, youngest son) and three daughters. … E. L. WAGGONER, .Hillsboro. E. L. WAGGONER, the youngest son of Milton R. WAGGONER; Sarah R. McCOLLOUGH, his mother, was born in Montgomery County, Ill., September 28, 1863. His boyhood days were spent principally in attending the country school; at sixteen years of age, he attended the school of Valparaiso, Ind., one year, and two years at Blackburn University; he [Page 122] then came to Hillsboro, Ill., and commenced in the mercantile business as a clerk, as he intends to make that his avocation through life. He and his brother have a very fine property in this county, and our subject stands as high as any young man in the county, socially, and for his integrity and industry, and manly principles, he has no superior.