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Carpenter, Asaph Newton He is the son of Asaph and Caroline Carpenter of Rehobeth, Mass., where he was born June 2, 1828. His parents lived on a farm. Early in life he manifested a genious for invention, which took the direction of landscape architecture. He labored at his chosen art without an instructor, until it can be truthfully said he is master of it, having conceived and executed some of the most extensive and beutiful scenic effects, in both private and public grounds in America. His love for his calling amounts to a fascination, an he still plies himself to it with an unabated zeal. On the 20th of November, 1853, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Winter; their family consists of two daughters. They came to Galesburg in 1854. Cashman, D. A. Indian Point Township, Postoffice, Hermon Cashman, J. L. A farmer, he is the son of George and Rebecca J. (Murphy) Cashman, and was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on Jan. 6, 1836. He had such education as the common schools afforded until he was 14 years of age, when his parents came and settled in Tazewell County, IL. He removed to Knox County in 1856, where he has since lived. He has held the offices of School Director and Road Commissioner in Indian Point Township. He married Martha E. Bond on Dec. 31, 1858, by whom he has had one son and one daughter. He is a Deacon in the Hermon Christian Church, and has been a member since 1852. He is Democratic in politics. Postoffice, Abingdon Cashman, I. M. A farmer whose parents were George and Rebecca J. (Murphy) Cashman, formerly of Virginia, he was born in Tazewell County Illinois on Feb. 11, 1850. His educational advantages were the High School of Cherry Grove and a course in Abingdon College. He was married Jan. 16, 1873, since which time he las lived in Knox County. Politically he is a Democrat. Postoffice, Hermon Joan