NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10779 MASON CO - ARCHIBALD P. HENSLEY - Hensley, Shaw, Jolly, Nelson #10779: History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations, 1878. Mason Co. ARCHIBALD P. HENSLEY (Deceased) - Hensley Township received its name from Archibald P. Hensley, one of the earliest settlers of that part of the country. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, May 10th, 1806. When about six years old his father died, and his mother afterward moved to the state of Ohio. In Brown county, of that state, Mr. Hensley was raised, and there also he was married in the year 1828 to Wealthy T. Shaw, who was born in Brown county. He lived in Ohio till the year 1855, and then came to Illinois, and settled in section 15, township 20, range 8. He was one of the first settlers in the township, and there was only one other house in sight at the time Mr. Hensley made this settlement. He lived on this place till his death, August 1st, 1876. Mr. Hensley was a man who enjoyed the confidence SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information.Sandi As a reminder, which I do occasionally - I can't guarantee the information in these biographies. There are errors to be found sometimes of which I would have no knowledge. Use these bios as a starting place for your investigation; most were written by the individuals themselves and they sometimes got the information wrong. Some were professionally written based on information given them. Always investigate on your own! 10778 FRANKLIN CO - COL. JOHN B. FULKS - Fulks, Crewdson #10778: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Franklin Co. COL. JOHN B. FULKS, deceased, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1805. His mother died when he was an infant; his father married again, and John B., at the age of eleven years, went to live in Kentucky. He received a good education in Frankfort, Ky., where he learned the printer's trade; he was U.S. Marshal, and a member of the Kentucky Legislature. He came to Beardstown, April 4, 1834, where he worked at his trade; he afterward started a paper in Jacksonville, Ills., thence removed to Rushville, Ills., where he published a paper four or five years, and in 1841, returned to Beardstown. In 1851 he was elected Sheriff of this county; he was the first City Clerk of Beardstown. He married Feb. 26, 1835, Sarah Crewdson, a native of Logan County, Ky., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bell) Crewdson, natives of Westmoreland county, Va., who came to this county in 1831 from Logan County, Ky. Mr. Fulks died Nov. 1, 1866, leaving a widow and seven children: Timoleon C., editor of the Marion Co. (Ills.) Enquirer; Richard B., merchant, of this place; Samuel, U.S. Express Messenger in Wright City, Mo.,; Mary, Emma, at home; Charles C., cashier of Cass Co. Bank; and Frank M., clerk in a store. Mrs. Fulks came to Beardstown with her parents in 1831, where she received her education. Richard B. Fulks, second son of Col. John B. and Sarah (Crewdson) Fulks, was born at Rushville, Ills., Feb. 6, 1840. At the commencement of the late war he enlisted in Co. "K," 33d Illinois Infantry, and after serving two and one-half years in the ranks, was commissioned Quartermaster, and served in that capacity till the close of the war. In July, 1872, he opened the Great Western grocery store in Beardstown, but after two months it burned out; entailing a loss to him of $1,000; he then started business in another store, which was also consumed by fire, Nov. 27, 1875; he again started in business, and was again burned out. In August, 1876, he moved to the Opera House Block, where he has since carried on an extensive grocery and dry goods business. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10777 FAYETTE CO - THE KEENE FAMILY - Keene, Keen, Maccaulay, LaFayette, Markey, Stoll, Van Houten-Gurnee, Smith, Boone, Berryman, Payne, Bowman, Henry, Breckinridge, Pendell, Blackburn, Lemon, Bibb, Porter, Macey, Dudley, Waggoner, Coleman, Bradford, Dunlap, Steel, Combs, Hannson, Johnston, Lauderman #10777: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV, Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Macaulay has said "The history of a country is best told in the lives of its people," and an important chapter in the annals of Kentucky is covered by the record of the Keene family, one of the oldest and most prominent in the Blue Grass region. It has been represented in Fayette county for more than a century and a quarter and its members have rendered good service to the state and nation. The family name was originally without the final "e." On the Versailles pike, about five miles from Lexington, is the ancestral home of the Keenes, built more than a hundred years ago when Kentucky was in its infancy as a commonwealth and the American union was but a few years old. It still remains in the possession of the family and is the center of a hospitality as genuine, cordial, kindly, as it was in that day in 1825 when its master was host to no less distinguished a visitor than the Marquis de La Fayette, then on a triumphal tour of the young republic he had so signally aided in the days when it was struggling to demonstrate that 'these colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent states." There is a flagpole near the stone entrance to the driveway, which marks the spot where General La Fayette was met by the throng of Kentuckians who came from Lexington and Frankfort, and even from as far away as Louisville, to greet the great Frenchman. The hostess at the old home place of the Keenes today is Mrs. Mary Keene Markey, wife of J. N. Markey. Three generations live in the ancestral home now, which has been the home of seven generations of the Keenes. Mrs. Markey's daughter, Mrs. Shirley Keene Stoll, and her little grandson, William Keene Stoll, abide with the Markeys, as does another grandson, Keene Van Houten-Gurnee. John Keen, the American progenitor of the family, was an Englishman and cast in his lot with the colonists of Virginia. His son, Francis Keen, the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. J. N. Markey, John O. and George H. Keene and Mrs. Robert H. Smith, came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone when this country was a wilderness. He bore a patent from Virginia for eight thousand acres of land and through laborious effort cleared and developed a large tract on which he erected the ancestral home, known as Keeneland. He was the father of the following named: John; Sanford, who was the builder and owner of the Phoenix Hotel at Lexington; Oliver; Betsey, who became Mrs. Thomas H. Berryman; and Ellen, the wife of Lewis Payne. On his death he left the home to his son, John Keen, who was the host on that day when General la Fayette was Kentucky's guest in its halls and who had served as an aide on the staff of the gallant Frenchman in the Revolutionary war. John Keen married Mrs. Sarah Henry Bowman, who was a sister of Patrick Henry. In 1800 Major John Keen built the present home, which today is remarkably well preserved and has been almost unchanged. While journeying from Louisville to Lexington, General La Fayette spent the night of May 15, 1825, at the home of his aide-de-camp and was royally entertained. Prominent residents from the outlying districts called to pay their respects to the distinguished commander, and his military escort camped on the spacious lawn in front of the house. The bed occupied by the illustrious guest and other mementoes of his visit have been carefully preserved and treasured by the family. From Louisville the general was escorted by the La Fayette Guards, under Captain Breckinridge, passing under arches constructed by the country people over the turnpike gates, and when a mile distant from Frankfort he was met by troops that had been assembled from all parts of the state. There were congregated Captain Pindell's troop of horse from Lexington, Captain Blackburn's men from Versailles, Captain Lemon's from Georgetown, Captain E. B. Bibb's Company of Frankfort Guards, Captain Porter's rifle company from Woodford and Captain Macey's troop of horse. Colonel P. Dudley was marshal of the day and his aides were Colonel Waggoner, Major Coleman, Captains Bibb and Dudley, brigadier General McHatten, Colonels McConnell, Bradford and Dunlap, and Lieutenant Colonel Steel, Colonel Leslie Combs accompanied the citizens' committee to the Keene estate and delivered the address of welcome to Lexington, into which General la Fayette rode in a four-horse carriage with Colonel Abraham Bowman, and the Eighth Virginia Regulars of the Continental Army. Major Jack Keen, as he was familiarly known, married Mary bowman, a daughter of Colonel Bowman, and they became the parents of a large family. Their son, George Francis Keene, was born on the estate and became one of the pioneer horse breeders of Kentucky. He was also a prosperous agriculturist and his life was abruptly terminated when he was forty-two yhears of age and at the height of his usefulness. He possessed a genial nature and a generous disposition, and was known to his many friends as "Cap" Keene. He married Ethelinda Keene, who was also a native of Fayette County, and long survived him, reaching the venerable age of eighty years. They had a family of nine children, of whom John Keene was the eldest. He was born in 1830, at this historic homestead, which is situated five miles from Lexington, on the Versailles pike, and acquired a good education. At an early age he became familiar with agricultural pursuits and also gained a knowledge of the best methods of breeding race horses, a business long followed by his father. He was a sportsman of the highest type and a gentleman of the old school, of chivalrous nature and courtly bearing. He was a crack shot and during the Civil War served under Generals Hanson and Albert Sidney Johnston, taking part in the battle of Shiloh. An adherent of the democratic party, he was among the foremost in all projects for the benefit of the community, but never aspired to public office. He was a good citizen, a true and steadfast friend, a kind and indulgent husband and father, and his demise in 1869 was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. On January 5, 1867, he had married Zeruiah (Horene) Laudeman, who was born April 20k, 1833, in Kentucky, and died May 6, 1905. In their family were five children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are: Mary Ellen; John Oliver; George H.; and Patty Chesterfield, the widow of Robert H. Smith. Mary Ellen was married July 27, 1897, to John Newton Markey, a native of Ohio, and they have a daughter, Shirley, who became the wife of Odgers Van Houten-Gurnee, by whom she has a son, Keene Van Houten-Gurnee, of the seventh generation of the family to be born on the Keene homestead, and her second union was with Richard Cromwell Stoll. The two brothers, John O. and George H. Keene, are turfmen of international repute. They have achieved notable success in the breeding and training of thoroughbreds, and their colors have been seen on all the important race courses in the United States and Europe. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10776 HART CO - Z. T. SMITH - Smith, Dillon #10776: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Hart Co. Z. T. SMITH, surgeon dentist, Beardstown; was born in Hart County, Ky., May 16, 1849, and being left an orphan when very young, was taken by his sister to her home in Clay County, Mo., where he lived till he was sixteen years of age, and received a good education in the William Jewell College. He then went to Virden, Macoupin Co., Ill., where he studied dentistry, with Dr. G. W. Dillon, about three years. In 1869, he came to Beardstown, where he has since practiced dentistry, with the exception of the years 1871-2. For the past ten years he has been located on State street. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10775 HARRISON CO - JOHN S. WEBBER - Webber, Huffan, Le Neve #10775: History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations, 1878. Harrison Co. JOHN S. WEBBER. The ancestors of Mr. Webber were originally from North Carolina, and moved in an early day to Kentucky, where, in Harrison county, John S. Webber was born, on the 28th of September, 1830. His father died when the subject of this sketch was only a few years of age, and his mother having married as her second husband John F. HUFFMAN, the family came from Kentucky to Illinois in the year 1835, and settled in Newell township, Vermillion county, six miles north of Danville. That part of the county was then very thinly settled, and it may be supposed that educational advantages were exceedingly limited. Mr. Webber attended the subscription schools, in log school houses, and afterward the free schools, on their establishment. Beyond this his education was acquired by his own efforts. No college or seminary was open to him, and his attainments are the result of his own unaided industry. At the age of seventeen he went to Danville and learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, which he followed three years. The year 1849 brought the great excitement concerning the gold fields of California, and thousands started for the Pacific Slope. Mr. Webber was one of a party which left Danville in March, 1850, with the first wagon that ever started from that town for California. After the adventures usual to an overland trip, he reached California in September, 1850. He was on the Pacific coast nearly three years. For the greater part of the time he was mining gold, and afterward went to farming, at which he was more successful. With about a thousand dollars as the result of his labor, he left California, in 1853, on his return to Illinois, taking the ocean voyage and Nicarauga route to New York, from which point he came directly to Vermillion county, in the northern part of which he purchased a farm. The same year of his return (1853) on the 28th of September, he married Seraphine LE NEVE, daughter of John LE NEVE, one of the earliest settlers of Vermillion county. Mr. Le Neve first emigrated to Illinois from Kentucky, and settled opposite Vincennes, Indiana, and afterward moved up to Vermillion county, and is said to have split the first rails ever split north of the Vermillion river. Mr. Webber, in 1864, became a resident of Harwood township, Champaign county, settling on the place which he now occupies on section 11, township 22, range 10. Mr. and Mrs. Webber have had seven children. The oldest son, William Perry, died on the 27th of July, 1875, twenty-one years and twenty-three days of age. The other children are Almond F., John L., Julia B, Charles H., Sanford L., Nettle N., and S. Ross. While in California, in 1853, he attended Methodist preaching, and became connected with the Methodist Church, of which he has since been a member. For several years he has been a local deacon in the church, formerly preached frequently, and has taken an active part in advancing the interests of the Methodist denomination in Champaign and neighboring counties. He was an early Republican, and his views of late years have only differed from the principles of that party on questions of financial policy. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10774 NELSON CO - CHARLES W. PRICE - Price, Grier, Stearns, Hambaugh, Ford, Stone #10774: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Nelson Co. CHARLES W. PRICE, merchant, Little Indian; was born in Knox County, Ill., Oct. 12, 1845. At the age of twelve years he engaged as a farm hand, which occupation he followed four years, when he began clerking in a drug store. June 30, 1852, he enlisted in Co. E, 71st Ill. Vol. Inft., for the one hundred day's service; four months later, he enlisted in Co. A, 77th Ill. Vol. Inft., with Capt. G.G. Stearns, under command of Col. D.P. Grier; was mustered in as 2d Lieutenant, Sept. 15, 1864; served until Aug. 10, 1867, when he was mustered out as a captain. He was married at Versailles, Ill., April 18, 1872, to Miss Mary Hambaugh, who was born at Versailles, Dec. 27, 1843. They have one boy Frank; born Dec. 29, 1873. Mrs. Price is a niece of Gov. Ford, of Illinois, and a daughter of Stephen D. and Elmina (Stone) Hambaugh. He, born in Nelson County, Ky., Oct. 23, 1802; came west in 1825, and engaged in farming; was a member of the Legislature in 1842. His death occurred Nov. 3, 1877. His wife, Elmina, was born in Franklin County, Vt., July 2, 1813, and is still living. James Price, the father of Charles, was born in Scott County, Ky., April 2, 1818; came West when twelve years of age, and is now engaged in harness making at Toulon, Ill. Lucy C. Hamlin, his wife, was born in Addison County, Vt., April 5, 1822, and is still living. She is the mother of six boys, of whom Charles is the second child. He came to Cass County Nov. 1, 1878, since which time he has been engaged in general merchandising at Little Indian; was appointed Postmaster, soon after, which office he still holds. He is a member of the fraternity of A.F. & A.M., and politically is a Democrat. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10773 JEFFERSON CO - JACOB A. EPLER - Epler, Johnson, McHenry, Thompson #10773: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Jefferson Co. JACOB A. EPLER, farmer; P.O. Virginia City; for many years one of the thrifty agriculturalists of his county; is a son of David Epler, who was the son of Abraham, of whom we find more particular mention in a sketch of the Epler family, elsewhere in this work. David Epler was the second son of his father, a [illegible line]. He came to Cass County a short time previous to the deep snow of 1830, located in North Prairie, on Section 35, Tp. 17, Range 11, where he improved a farm of about 640 acres. He married Miss Rachel R. Johnson, of Louisville, Ky., and a native of that State. They raised a family of eight children, viz.: Joseph A., John T. (deceased), Nancy A., now Mrs. John Milton Epler (see sketch), Mary A., James M., an able lawyer of Jacksonville, William F., Assistant Cashier in the First National Bank of Jacksonville, Jacob A., and Rachel L., now Mrs. John McHenry, a farmer of Cass County and a resident of Virginia. Jacob A., our subject, spend his latter school-days in the Illinois College at Jacksonville, and from that time has been a successful farmer. He lives in Virginia, and has for several years been connected with the banking interests of his town. Nov. 13, 1861, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Oswell Thompson, a native of Ohio, and one of the earliest pioneers of Cass County. Mr. and Mrs. Epler have three children: Fannie, M., Nancy J., and Albert E. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10772 TRIMBLE CO - GEORGE D. EWING - Ewing, Robbins, Douglas, Scott, Robins, Watkins, Bain, Trout, Hisle, Beasley, Hart #10772: History of Daviess and Gentry Counties Missouri, John C. Leopard, etal., 1922. Trimble Co. George D. Ewing, a prominent business man of Pattonsburg, Mo., was born Jan. 2, 1842, in Trimble County, Ky., a son of Fulton Ewing and Rachel Watkins (Robbins) Ewing. Fulton Eweing was born Nov. 4, 1809, in Henry County, Ky. He was a prominent farmer and stockman of his locality, owning 630 acres of land. His mother was a decendant [sic] of the Douglas clan and connected with the Scotch nobility. She was a graduate of Edinburg University, and taught the first high school for girls at Frankfort, Ky., ever opened in that state. She was a first cousin of Sir Walter Scott, her maiden name being Scott (Robina. In 1879, Mr. Ewing was elected to the state legislature. He was chairman of the Educational Committee and Charitable Institutions. Both of Mr. Ewing's mother's grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolution. Their names were John Robbins and Even Watkins. John Robbins, after serving for most of the wear, was killed in a skirmish with a British foraging party, at Yorktown, Va, only a short time before the surrender of the British Army. The following children were born to Fulton Ewing and wife: James; Robina Scott; Mary Frances, William Pryor, Augustus Mortimer, George D., Thressa H., Abel R., Elizabeth, and Christopher Clark. James, Robina, Thressa and Christopher, died in childhood. The others living to past middle age, most of them to old age. All are now dead but George D. Ewing. George D. Ewing was educated in the county of his birth. Owing to the interest his father, and a few neighbors took in education, he was afforded better educational opportunities than most of the schools then afforded. His father and others employed a college professor from Ohio to teach the district school for a number of terms. No other school in the country had such a competent teacher. On July 13, 1865, George D. Ewing, and Miss Artimesa Bain, of the same county were married. To them were born four children; Mattie E., Charles B., Ira Scott and Iva Watkins, twin sons, who died in childhood. The father and mother of Mrs. George Ewing were Charles C. and Nancy (Trout) Bain. Their children were Sarah J., Jeremiah Trout, Elvina, Mary A., William A., Artimesa, Eliza J., and Matilda. All the children were married and all are dead except Mrs. Eliza Hisle. Augustus M. And George D. Ewing were soldiers in the Confederate Army, belonging to Company A 4th Kentucky Cavalry. Both saw hard service and were engaged in many battles, but neither was wounded or captured. In 1863 George D. Ewing, was transferred to Brigade Headquarters, with rank of orderly sergeant, but usually acted as aid-de-camp during battles. In 1885, George D. Ewing and family came from their home in Kentucky, and settled in Pattonsburg, Mo. The daughter, Mattie E., in 1888, became the wife of Truman C. Beasley, a merchant of Pattonsburg, Mo., they living at Pattonsburg until 1910, when they moved to Chillicothe. Mr. Beasley becoming president of the First National Bank in that city. T. C. Beasley and Chas. B. Ewing still own the Pattonsburg Mercantile Company Store, known as the "O. K. Store." The same has been under the management of Chas B. Ewing since the removal to Chillicothe of T. C. Beasley. George D. Ewing has always taken quite an interest in civic affairs, a strong believer in the law, and its enforcement. Believing that the better way to secure civic righteousness is to elect capable persons to official positions. He was mayor of Pattonsburg for five years, justice of the peace for a number of years and has been engaged in insurance, notarial work and real estate business for many years. His wife, Artimesa Ewing, died Sept. 24, 1918, they having been permitted to walk life's pathway together for more than fifty-three years. In March, 1913, Charles B. Ewing and Mrs. Dora M. Hart were married. They live in Pattonsburg, Mo. Since the death of Mrs. G. D. Ewing, Mr. Ewing has lived with them. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10771 WOODFORD CO - JOSEPHUS HEWETT - Hewett, Creath, Campbell #10771: A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885 Including More than 800 Biographical Sketches by J. H. Spencer. Volume II, Printed 1886, Reprinted 1984 in the USA by Church History Research and Archives, P O Box 28, Dayton, OH. Woodford Co. JOSEPHUS HEWETT was raised up to the ministry, in the church at Versailles. He was ordained about the year 1825. His education was neglected in his childhood; but having a sprightly mind and a commendable ambition, he acquired a fair English education after he attained his majority. He was a young preacher of good abilities; but being intimately associated with both the Creaths, who early adopted the religious system of Alexander Campbell, he also fell into that heresy. In company with the Creaths, he was active in dividing churches, and in constituting churches of factious minorities. In 1830, in accordance with the plan referred to in the sketch of Jacob Creath, Jr., he took a letter of dismission from Versailles church, and united with South Elkhorn. In the fall of that year, South Elkhorn church was laid under censure "for having departed from the faith and constitution of the Association, and for having disregarded her rule, relative to an equal apportionment of representation in this body." The following year that church was dropped from Elkhorn Association. From this time Mr. Hewett was identified with the Campbelites, among whom he was an active preacher. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

TIP 623 - A PLEA FOR HELP - EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL For this research tip, I am posting not only to listers at KYRESEARCH but also to my KYBIOGRAPHIES and two other lists. I have just learned of a new rootsweb site that deserves all of our attention and help. Mary Hatton and Jerry Taylor, two wonderful researchers and great gals as well, have undertaken a project involving Eastern State Hospital Cemetery in Lexington, KY. Let's look at a little background information: >From the time when Kentucky reached statehood in 1792 and reaching into 1824, mentally disturbed citizens of the Commonwealth were normally boarded out with other citizens - relatives, concerned neighbors, or those who just took mercy on the condition of the individual. In many of the early court records of the state will be found payments made individuals for "the care of …." A few people were sent to Eastern State Hospital at Williamsburg, VA if they were financially able to afford their keeping at this institution. It took 24 years, but a group of citizens of Lexington established a hospital originally known as the Fayette Hospital. Its patients were to include the "poor, disabled and "lunatic" members of society." In 1817 the Honorable Henry Clay spoke at the dedication of the facility even though the building was not finished and there were no patients. It took another five years for the General Assembly of the Commonwealth to pass an "Act to Establish a Lunatic Asylum". Ten acres of land were set aside and the still unfinished building dedicated in 1817 and the Fayette Hospital welcomed its first patient on May 1, 1824, yet another two years later. In 1828, in a dissertation by Samuel Theobold, M.D., (Transylvania University) it was stated that the goal of the hospital was "the custodial care of the insane and the protection of society…Most of the lunatics admitted were incurable cases, as non-violent insane were to be maintained in private homes, being sent to the hospital when no longer tame enough to be kept at home…" According to information found, the care was minimal. Some patients were treated by local doctors or the Transylvania College of Medicine. Many years later, in 1844, Eastern State Hospital gained its first medical superintendent, Dr. John Rowan Allen. With his administration, "moral treatment" was to be observed - compassion and understanding treatment. The environment had been far from kind. Straight jackets, leather cuffs, chains and other restraining devises were used - common treatment for the day. Dr. Allen wanted to eliminate these conditions and succeeded until around the end of the Civil War. Transylvania University Medical School had closed; more patients were admitted, over-crowding became a problem and the restraints returned. All in all, the staff tried their best. In early years, patients were admitted from all over the state and other states; in 1945 there were over 2,000 patients; in 1967 there were over 1,000. Many employees lived on the grounds in cottages, dorms or in rooms at the hospital. They also did farm work, mending, washing of dishes, maintained buildings and other jobs. With time there were changes in treatment including shock therapy and tranquilizers. The original name of Eastern State Hospital was the Lunatic Asylum. In 1876, it was called Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. On January 2, 1912, the General Assembly, Commonwealth of Kentucky, officially renamed the facility Eastern State Hospital. Now we move to the plea for help. At the hospital is a cemetery that was used from the first quarter of the 19th century until the early 1950's. No one has an actual count of how many have been buried here, but some estimates set the number as high as 10,000 or more! The Eastern State Hospital Cemetery Club is trying to identify those who lived and died at the hospital when the cemetery was in use. As researchers know, it was not until 1911 that the State of Kentucky kept birth and death records with the exception of the scattered years that vital statistics were kept by the counties. Here enters Mary and Jerry who have established a website that is full of information on the hospital and what they are searching. I will give you a link to their site at the end of this post. They have transcribed several years of death certificates, scanned newspapers, read census records. Mary notes that in 1870 there were 508 patients ranging in age from 7 years to 79 years of age. A quote from the Herald-Leader staff writer Emily Yahr sums up the condition of the cemetery: "Located about a half-mile behind Eastern State Hospital, the nearly one-acre plot has a few scattered trees, a dirt-covered bench and several bright yellow lilies that seem out of place. There is a lone, rather arbitrarily placed tombstone that reads: "Celebrating their dignity." The monument reeks of irony, said Bruce Burris, the leader of the restoration effort. Because the cemetery has been disturbed over the years by construction projects, hundreds of human remains have been mixed together and re-buried, making it nearly impossible to tell who is buried where, said Burris, who has been researching the cemetery for several years. One reason for the nameless graves, he said, is that people were ashamed of the stigma of mental illness. As a result, family and friends sometimes did not claim their loved ones when they died. Some never knew they were there. Many patients were just abandoned or became wards of the state. "Back then, people hushed their mouths up. They didn't talk about things," Taylor, 52, said. "It's not that it was a bad thing, but a hospital like that ... it was taboo." Can you help? I am asking you to please check out the Eastern Hospital's Cemetery website and if you have any information, contact Mary Hatton, whose email address is linked. You will find many photographs, census records, death certificates (actual images), newspaper obituaries, and more history. You can learn more about the cemetery club. You just might find someone there whose name you recognize. If you can help in any way, know of any burials in the cemetery there, have any information at all …. It will be greatly appreciated. The website referenced is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/esh/#Eastern_State_Hospital_Census ©Copyright 11 January 2007, Sandra K. Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10770 CHRISTIAN CO - JAMES V. FORBES - Forbes, Henderson, Bass #10770: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, Illustrated. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville. 1884. Mount Vernon Precinct. JAMES V. FORBES was born December 27, 1838. His parents, Samuel and Sarah (Henderson) Forbes, were originally from North Carolina. The father was a farmer, came to Christian County in 1819, and located on the place where our subject now resides. He was a son of Jeremiah Forbes, who was also a North Carolinian. Five of the seven children born to the parents of our subject are now living - Mary, Malinda, Hannah, James V. and John E. James V. has always made Christian County his home, and has engaged principally in farming and carpentering. His place consists of 154 acres, and is devoted to farming in its various branches. November 8, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, which was afterward consolidated with the Seventeenth Kentucky. Mr. Forbes was taken sick after the engagement at Donelson and returned home, where he lay for several months, but finally rejoined his regiment at Russellville, Ky., and served with it until the close of the war. He married Mattison J. Forbes, a daughter of John M. and Cynthia J. (Bass) Forbes. She passed away August 2, 1883, after a long period of illness. Five of their six children survive: Elmer H., gay H., Guy H., Everett and Clara M. Mr. Forbes is a Democrat politically, is an A. F. & A. M., a member of the Blue Lodge, No. 214, and also of Moore Chapter No. 76, and belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10769 MERCER CO - W L JARVIS - Jarvis #10769: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Edition. Mercer Co. W. L. JARVIS was born March 6, 1865, and is a son of J. L. Jarvis, who was born in Shelby County in 1828, and removed to Mercer County and died here in 1876. He had five children, all of whom are living, subject being the second. The Jarvis family came originally from Ireland. W. L. Jarvis was born in Mercer County, was reared on a farm, and received a classical education, first attending school in Harrodsburg, and then at Danville in 1883. He has made farming a business and owns 200 aces of land well improved. In politics Mr. Jarvis is a Democrat. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. This concludes the bio. Sandi 10768 FLEMING CO - THE SAUNDERS FAMILY - PART 3 - Saunders, Moffet, Cooper, McCoy, Bowen, Bowman, Hope, Rouse, Tolle, Smith, Fouche, Clark, Rogers, Cantrell, Bassler, Budde, Van Hon, Cise, Keeler, Whiting, Snider, Worthington, Gillis, Hughes, Twinting, Spahr, Penn, Arnold #10768: Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa, Chicago: Hobart Publishing Company, 1906. Fleming Co. Presley Saunders Presley Saunders was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, July 11, 1809, and emigrated to Springfield, Illinois, in the year 1828, and there engaged in farming until the breaking out of the Black Hawk war in 1832. He enlisted in Captain Moffet's company, and was an active participant in the events following, which lead to the capture of Black Hawk. The treaty of 1833, and the settlement of this territory by the whites. He was in the same regiment with Abraham Lincoln, and they were close, intimate and personal friends. In 1834 he, with his four companions, started west, and finally located on the site of Mount Pleasant, where he set his stakes and pre-empted the land from the government. In February, 1835, he brought his family from Illinois. In 1836 he opened a store in the new village of Mount Pleasant, and there began the business life which he followed, with strict integrity and always with success, for fifty-two consecutive years, making him the oldest merchant in the state. In the early days Presley Saunders, with his brothers, Alvin and William A., organized a private bank, which they operated safely and successfully. In the year 1862 this bank went under the name of Saunders, Kibbin & Company and continued thus up to the time of its organization as the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant. Presley Saunders was president of the First National Bank from the time it was organized up to the date of his death, July 19, 1889. In 1830 he was married to Miss Edith Cooper, of Sangamon county, Illinois, but she died at Mount Pleasant in 1836. They had one child, Mary, who married John W. McCoy. In 1837 Mr. Saunders was married to Huldah Bowen. She was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1817, and was the daughter of Isaac and Rhoda Bowen, natives of Maryland and Kentucky. Their union was blessed with four children, Smith, who lived in Mount Pleasant for quite a number of years, and afterward moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he died on April 15, 1901, leaving two sons, Alvin B., who married Alice Saunders and who died in 1904, leaving a wife and three children who now live in Kansas City, Missouri; Eliza, the wife of John Bowman, now residing in York, Nebraska, and who have three children; and Etna, who married Fred Hope, and who now lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her daughter, Mrs. Chester Rouse. The life of Presley Saunders was full of encouragement to young men who had an earnest desire to succeed. He started only with a capital of a good constitution; was temperate and had frugal habits; was industrious, and was full of perseverance. From these humble beginnings he raised himself to a prominent position in the community and acquired an ample fortune. William G. Saunders. William G. Saunders, one of oldest, most respected and influential citizens of this city and county, died at his home on South Jackson street about 11 o'clock Sunday evening, December 3, 1899. His death resulted from heart disease, and was entirely unlooked for at this time, although both he and his relatives had been warned by the family physician that he would quite likely pass away in that manner. Mr. Saunders had been suffering from a complication of troubles for a long time, and his death was a matter of but a few months at best. However, lately he had been feeling unusually well, and was up town the previous Friday attending to business matters. The same day he was out at his farm making arrangements for the erection of a home. Sunday he seemed unusually bright and ate three hearty meals. In the evening he spent some time looking over the plans for the new farm house, and went to bed at the usual hour. About eleven o'clock, however, his nieces heard Mr. Saunders groaning but reached his side too late to relieve him. Dr. Smith stated that it was a plain case of heart disease. Mr. Saunders would have been eighty-four years old this coming Christmas. He was born in Kentucky, and came to Iowa in the early '50's. He has always been actively engaged in business enterprises, and is thought to have been one of the wealthiest men in the county. He was at the time of his death president of the First National Bank, and a stockholder in the Savings Bank. Aside from this he possessed large holdings of real estate in the city and county. He also had large investments in Omaha and other parts of the west. His estate is estimated to be worth between $300,000 and $500,000. He made a will disposing of his property this fall. Mr. Saunders died a widower, and childless. His wife died about fifteen years ago and he never had children. He leaves a brother and two sisters: Mr. Aaron Saunders, of Blytheville, Missouri, Mrs. William Tolle, of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders, of this city. Mr. Saunders was cared for at his home by three nieces, Misses Rena, Maggie and Tillie Fouche, who kept house for him and whom he regarded as his children. Mr. Saunders and his family were affiliated with the Christian church. WAS A LARGE FUNERAL. The funeral of William G. Saunders was held from his late residence on South White street, Thursday afternoon, at half past two o'clock. There was a large concourse of relatives and friends present at the last rites over the remains of this most esteemed citizen, whose influence on the town has been marked for years. The services were conducted by Rev. H. T. Clark, of Leon, Iowa, formerly pastor of the Christian church of this city, and assisted by Rev. O. W. Rogers, of the Congregational church, Rev. Cantrell, of Chicago, formerly pastor of the Christian church here, and also by Father Bassler, of the Alphonsus Catholic church. The several addresses were very feeling and appropriate. Special music was furnished by a male quartette consisting of Messrs. R. A. Budde, Fred Van Hon, I. P. Cise and W. E. Keeler. The active pall bearers were Messrs. James T. Whiting, H. E. Snider, C. F. Snider, W. A. Worthington, James T. Gillis, Charles Hughes, H. J. Twinting, W. E. Keeler, and Fred Van Hon. The honorary pall bearers were Messrs. G. H. Spahr, E. L. Penn, C. V. Arnold, I. P. Van Cise and J. G. Budde. The interment was in the city cemetery in the "Saunders Circle." As a mark of respect the First National Bank was closed the entire day and the National State & Savings Bank during the afternoon of the day of the funeral. There were a very large number of relatives of the deceased here from abroad to attend the funeral. Aside from his relatives he had an extensive acquaintance over the city and county that was grieved to learn of his death, even though it had been his lot to round out his four score of years and end a life of unusual energy and success. Mount Pleasant as a community loses one of its best citizens. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. To be concluded tomorrow. 10767 FLEMING CO - THE SAUNDERS FAMILY - PART 2 - Saunders, Van Buren, Lincoln, Barlow, Dickey, Snider, Fouche, Cise, Van Hon, Keeler #10767: Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa, Chicago: Hobart Publishing Company, 1906. Fleming Co. Alvin, who was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, July 12, 1815, moved with his parents to Springfield, Illinois, in 1829, and in 1836 he came to Mount Pleasant. He was appointed postmaster of Mount Pleasant by President Van Buren, and served as such postmaster while Mount Pleasant was in the Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa Territories. He was a member of the Iowa state senate from 1854 to 1861, and was a member of the Republican national convention, which nominated Abraham Lincoln as president. On March 26, 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln as Governor of the Territory of Nebraska, which office he held until Nebraska was admitted into the Union as a state, March 27, 1867. He then engaged in the banking business in Omaha, and in 1877 was elected as a member of the United States Senate from that state, which office he held until 1883. He was identified with many important projects and enterprises in Omaha, such as the construction of the Omaha & Southwestern Railroad, the gas works, the smelting works and the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. In 1856 he was married to Marthena Barlow in Washington, D. C. He died at Omaha, Nebraska, November 1, 1899, and was buried in Forest Lawn cemetery, at Omaha. His wife survives him. They had two children, -- Charles L., who resides in Omaha and is engaged in the real estate business and is president of the Omaha Real Estate and Trust Company, and Mary, who married Russell B. Harrison. She is also in Omaha. William A. was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, August 4, 1818. He moved, with his parents, to Springfield, Illinois, in 1829, and in the spring of 1845 he moved from Springfield to Mount Pleasant, where he engaged in the mercantile and banking business for a time with his brothers, Presley and Alvin. About 1860 he went into the mercantile business by himself, in which business he continued until the date of his death, February 14, 1865. He was a member of the Christian church in Mount Pleasant and was greatly interested in church work. On October 23, 1850, he married Louisa Dickey, daughter of Samuel Dickey, at Mount Pleasant. She was born October 27, 1826, in Indiana, and in October, 1838, moved with her parents to Mount Pleasant. She died in Omaha October 6, 1904, and was buried in Mount Pleasant. They had several children, but all died in their infancy, except one son, William A., who now resides in Omaha, where he is engaged in the law business. Mount Pleasant became the home of quite a number of the Saunders family, and it has been the last resting place of its older members. Presley Saunders obtained a lot in the city cemetery, dedicated the "family circle", erected a monument, and in this circle many members of the different branches of the family have been buried. We wish to refer again to William G. Saunders, who came, with his wife, to Mount Pleasant in the spring of 1858. At the time of his marriage he had no property, but, from time to time, he accumulated a little, when he opened a store in a small place in Fleming county, Kentucky, known as Plumer's Mill, but owing to its unhealthy location they left that neighborhood and went to Elizaville in that county, where they remained for one year, and then went to Union Mills, one and one-half miles west of Elizaville. There Mr. Saunders built a store building and a small dwelling. Good news being brought from the settlers who had gone west, they determined to sell out and move to Iowa, so, in the fall of 1857, they sold their Union Mills property and in the spring of 1858 they moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he remained until the date of his death, December 3, 1899, except for two years spent in La Grange county, Missouri, where he was engaged in the dry goods business. After coming to Mount Pleasant he went into the mercantile business and as late as about 1875 he was engaged in the dry goods business at Mount Pleasant. Mr. Saunders became interested in the First National Bank shortly after its organization in 1866, and was director and officer in that institution until he died. He was the third president of the First National Bank, succeeding Charles Snider to that office. Mr. Saunders was a man who had strong personalities, was kind and considerate, and had a faculty for making friends. He was a man who believed more in action than in words, and what he did will live after him. He helped many a person over a financial chasm and the numerous charitable things which he did will never be known. His will, which was probated in Mount Pleasant, shows the character of the man. By that instrument he left a valuable estate, and remembered in a substantial way about one hundred and sixty of his relatives and friends living from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Dominion of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. He not only remembered his relatives and friends, but he gave to the city of Mount Pleasant a donation of two thousand dollars, the interest on which amount was to help maintain the city cemetery. He also gave the Christian church two thousand dollars the Christian Science society a like amount. For about fifteen years before the death of Mrs. Saunders, Sarah Fouche, daughter of Isaac and Eleanor Fouche, sister of Mr. Saunders, came through their very urgent solicitation to make her home with them and live as their own daughter. They were both very much attached to her. She was so sacrificing and kind that Mrs. Saunders urged her to stay and keep the home for her uncle. She promised her before her death, on August 6, 1886, to remain, and did everything she could to make the lonely home cheerful. Mr. Saunders mourned the death of his wife very much and had a memorial of her life published and sent a copy of the book to all her friends. While he was not identified with any church, yet he gave liberally, and practiced the golden rule. His niece was not permitted to remain long with him, as the staff of his declining years. On July 4, 1898, she was called home, and he was left alone. Barbara R. Fouche, her sister, came to take her place in the home, and was, at the time of his death, with him. Owing to the confidence he reposed in her, he made Miss Fouche the trustee of a considerable fund that he left for charitable purposes. Many persons mourn his death as having lost a friend who could not be replaced. RESOLUTIONS. WHEREAS, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst our worthy president, William G. Saunders, be it Resolved, That in his death the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, has lost an efficient officer, an earnest worker, and a staunch friend, and that his memory will always be revered by his brother officers and the stockholders of the bank, with which he was so long connected. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the records of the bank, a copy of the same be sent to the members of his household, who have our sincerest sympathy, and that a copy be given the city papers for publishing. I. P. Van Cise, T. J. Van Hon, W. E. Keeler, Committee. To be continued with next post. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. This is a huge bio and will be continued Monday and Tuesday. Here is part 1. Sandi 10766 FLEMING CO - THE SAUNDERS FAMILY - PART 1 - Saunders, Gunnell, Mauzy, Grant, Fouche, Ringo, Jones, Garvin, Brown, Tolle, Wrenchy, McKinnie, Hayes, Locke, Smith, Williams, Whisnand, McKey, Miller #10766: Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa, Chicago: Hobart Publishing Company, 1906. Fleming Co. The Saunders family has been identified with the early settlement and growth of Henry county, Iowa. Presley Saunders pre-empted the land from the government in the year 1834 upon which Mount Pleasant is situated, and laid out the town of Mount Pleasant in the year 1835. In 1836 his brother, Alvin Saunders, followed him to Mount Pleasant, and, in the spring of 1845, his brother William A. Saunders, came to that town, and, in 1856, his cousin, William G. Saunders, came from Kentucky to Mount Pleasant. There are no two names more closely identified or better known in Henry county than William G. Saunders and Presley Saunders, to whom this article will more particularly refer. The Saunders family originally came from England, and the first one of the family now known is Henry Saunders, who was killed in the battle of Culloden, Scotland, in 1756. His son, James Saunders, married Sarah Gunnell in England, and they moved to America in 1746 and settled in Virginia. He died on April 7, 1778, and his wife died September 21, 1793. Their children were Mary, born January 1, 1732; William, born March 21, 1741; John S., born February 1, 1746, and died May 6, 1797; Gunnell, born March 10, 1748; Barbara, born February 20, 1750; Presley, born December 3, 1752, died August 31, 1823; Henry, born September 21, 1755, died February 19, 1823; Moses and James, born November 24, 1757; Cyrus, born December 22, 1760, and died in November, 1822. Gunnell Saunders, son of James Saunders, above mentioned, lived in Virginia and afterward moved to Kentucky. He had six sons, William, Oliver, Gunnell, Sylvester, Moses and Aaron. William Saunders, son of Gunnell Saunders, was born in Virginia on March 11, 1780, and when quite young moved with his father to Kentucky, where he resided until the date of his death, February 21, 1870. He was married when quite young in Kentucky to Margaret Mauzy. She was of French descent and was born in 1781 near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her parents moved to Kentucky when she was nine years of age and settled near Sherburne in the same neighborhood with the Saunders family. They moved to Mount Pleasant in the spring of 1856. Both Mr. and Mrs. Saunders were religiously inclined and were members of the Christian church at Mount Pleasant. She died June 15, 1869. The children of William and Margaret Saunders were: Sarah, who married James Grant, and who had six children, -- William, Roland, Margaret, Jennie, James Austin, and Frank. But two of these children are now living, Margaret, and James Austin, both of whom are residing in Mount Pleasant. Eleanor was born February 13, 1805, in Fleming county, Kentucky, and married Isaac Fouche April 20, 1826. Their children were Emily, Margaret, James, Mary, Barbara, Sarah, George W., and Matilda. Those now living are Emily Vandall and James Fouche, who live at Osceola, Iowa; Mary Ball, of Fresno, California, and Barbara R. and Matilda, of Mount Pleasant. Austin, who lived and died in Kentucky. He left one daughter, who married Joseph D. Ringo, who resides at Sherburne Mills, Fleming county, Kentucky. Ann, who married Mathew G. Jones. They had three children, -- Jefferson, Thomas and Goldsmith. Margaret, who married James Garvin. They had seven children: Jasper, Samuel Wallace, Ann Eliza, Sarah Harriet, Mecca, and Julia. Of these Jasper, Samuel Wallace, Ann Eliza, and Harriet are still living, but the only one who now resides at Mount Pleasant is Samuel Wallace, who is an honored citizen and who for a long time has been identified with Henry county and Mount Pleasant, both as a citizen and an official. William G. was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, December 25, 1815, and on May 25, 1843, he was married by his uncle, Aaron Saunders, a minister of the gospel, in Fleming county, to Harriet Eliza Saunders, the fourth daughter of Henry Saunders, a native of New York state. She was in no way related to her husband. She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, May 22, 1824, and died in Mount Pleasant, August 5, 1886, after a protracted illness. They moved from Kentucky to Mount Pleasant in the spring of 1858. Mr. Saunders died at Mount Pleasant on December 3, 1899. A more extended description of the life of William G. Saunders will hereafter be given. Elizabeth, who married Charles Saunders, of Fleming county, Kentucky. She died in Mount Pleasant April 5, 1901, leaving one son, Francis Marion, who lives in Ohio. Mary married C. W. Saunders, by whom she had two sons, Worthy and William P. After the death of her husband she married Cummings Brown. They had several children, and after the death of Mr. Brown she married William Tolle. Both she and Mr. Tolle are now dead. Aaron, the youngest son, married Mary Wrenchy in Kentucky, and moved to Blythedale, Missouri. They were the parents of six children, Margaret, Alice, John, James, Squire, and Elizabeth. They are both laid to rest in Blythedale cemetery. Gunnell Saunders, a brother of William Saunders, and a son of Gunnell Saunders, was born in Virginia, July 27, 1783, and moved with his father to Kentucky. He married Mary Mauzy, a sister of the wife of William Saunders. They lived on a farm about ten miles south of Flemingsburgh, in Fleming county, Kentucky, until about 1829, when they moved to a sparsely settled part of Illinois not far from Springfield, where his son Presley located the year previous. He moved to Mount Pleasant in the year 1845, and owned, and lived in a small brick cottage where the Young Men's Christian Association now stands. He died October 26, 1848. His wife died October 18, 1851. Their children were: Jonathan R., who was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, on February 17, 1802, and who married Sarah McKinnie, December 18, 1823. They afterward moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he died on April 8, 1886. Their children were Asbury H., and Milton. Milton died at Springfield, Illinois, October 18, 1902, leaving a wife and several children. Asbury H. is still residing at Springfield. He has one daughter, Mrs. Ralph W. Hayes, of Washington, D. C. Nancy, who was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, March 16, 1806, and who married Amos Locke. They moved to Monroe county, Indiana, where she died. Their children were: Mary Ann, Frances, Sarah, Nancy, Alvin, James, and Louisa. Sarah married Lloyd A. Smith, her husband having died years ago. She had three children. She is now living in Mount Pleasant. Nancy married Thomas Williams. She and her brother Alvin died a few years ago. Louisa married Granville Whisnand, and they are now living in Colorado. Frances was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, February 21, 1807. She married Robert MacKey and afterward married Arthur Miller, a minister of the gospel. They had no children. She died at Mount Pleasant, February 24, 1878. Presley, the founder of Mount Pleasant, was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, July 11, 1809, and died in Mount Pleasant July 19, 1889. A more extended sketch of the life of Presley Saunders will be hereafter given. George was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, August 6, 1811, and afterward moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he resided until his death, May 12, 1898. To be continued Monday. Sandi. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10765 GREEN CO - WILLIAM DUDLEY LEEPER - Leeper, Summers, Hermyer #10765: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Green Co. WILLIAM DUDLEY LEEPER, deceased; was a native of Greene County, Ky.; born Feb. 17, 1817, and was a son of Robert A., and Frances (Summers) Leeper; the former was born in Kentucky, and emigrated to Illinois in 1829, and came to Cass County in 1830, settling near Chandlerville; the latter (Mrs. Leeper) was also a native of Kentucky. They had nine children, of whom the subject was the second, and the eldest son. He was educated principally in the common schools of the county, and remained with is parents to the time of their death. Of the entire family but one is now living-Robert, in California. Mr. Leeper, during his life, followed farming and stock-dealing, and by strict integrity and business energy amassed considerable wealth. He was married June 17, 1858, in Beardstown. His second wife was Mary Hermyer, a native of Germany, and was born Sept. 30, 1832. She was a daughter of Henry Hermyer, who was born in Germany, and came to Beardstown at an early day. By his first marriage Mr. Leeper had three children, viz.: George W., Albert A. and Arthur. By his second marriage he had two children-Mary E. and Henry S. Mrs. Leeper and her daughter are members of the Christian church. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10764 BOYLE CO - JAMES S LYNN - Lynn, Scott, Trumbull, Turner #10764: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Boyle Co. JAMES S. LYNN, farmer; P. O., Mason City; was born in Cass County, Sept 18, 1839. He received his education from the common schools of Cass County. His early life was spent at home, helping his father till the farm. He remained at home until 1862, when he enlisted in Company E. 85th Illinois, under command of Captain Scott; was in battle of Perryville, Boyle County, Ky.; was shot through left hip. In 1861, in Cass County, he married Anna M. Trumbull, who died in 1862. In August, 1865, he married Mrs. Matilda J. Turner, who has borne him eight children, five living, viz.: Ada J., Addison J., Ella M., Emerson, Leonard. He carried on farming in Cass County until 1871, when he removed to Mason County, where he is still engaged in farming. He is now the owner of about 300 acres of land. Self and wife are members of the Baptist Church; he is also a member of the Order of Knights of Honor, and the Grand Army of the Republic. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Happy New Year from Sandi 10763 UNKNOWN CO - JOHN WICKLIFF ELLIOTT - Elliott, Hicks, West, Kitchen, Stephens, Griffin, Marrow #10763: Portrait and Biographical Records of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa, Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co.,1894. JOHN WICKLIFF ELLIOTT. Of the many prominent farmers of Jasper County, Mr. Elliott is well worthy of mention, for he has resided here for many years and has ever had its interests at heart. Like many of the representative citizens of the county, he is a Hoosier by birth, born in Owen County, December 17, 1846. His grandfather, John Elliott, who was a Virginian, was of Scotch ancestry, and at an early date moved to Kentucky, where the remainder of his days were spent. he had three sons. John S., the youngest, was a prominent merchant and grain dealer. He moved to Nebraska and there died. The second son, William M., who was a farmer, moved to Missouri, where his death occurred. The eldest child was the father of our subject, James H. Elliott. The latter was born in Kentucky in 1820, and came to Iowa in 1851, purchasing the land on which the town of Prairie City now stands. Five years later he laid out the town, and it was at that time called Elliott. He had little means when he came to the state, but being prudent and economical, he accumulated a moderate fortune. Later he moved to Taylor County, Iowa, and there he resides at the present time. While residing in his native state he married Miss Emeline Hicks, a native of Georgia, and the daughter of one of the pioneers of the state, a man who was quite prominent in his day. To Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were born sixteen children, eight of whom died when small. Martha J. married Stephen West and lives in Taylor County; Mr. west was a soldier in the Union army during the war, and died while in service. Mary A. married Dr. Carl Kitchen, a prominent physician of Polk County, Iowa; Ellen married James Stephens, who was a soldier in the late war; she died in 1873. Sarah I. married Frank Griffin, and resides in Taylor County; James E. is a merchant and grain dealer in Taylor County; Robert E. is a farmer in Taylor County, and Etta May married Byron Marrow, who is a farmer of Taylor County. The original of this notice was but five years of age when his parents moved to Iowa, and as a consequence all his recollections are of this state. His educational advantages were limited, and on the 29th of February, 1864, before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Company A, Third Iowa Cavalry. He went to the front at Little Rock Ark, and engaged in the pursuit of Forrest in Tennessee, and Price in Missouri and Kansas, and was in the campaign through Georgia near the close of the war. He was mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., on the 9th of August, 1865, and soon afterward returned to Prairie City, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. This has been his occupation ever since, with the exception of one year, when he was engaged in merchandising in Taylor County. He has met with fair success, and is considered a progressive and enterprising farmer. Mr. Elliott has traveled quite extensively in the west, is a man of ample means, and has been taking life easy for some time. He selected his life companion in the person of Miss Anna E. Elliott, who, though bearing the same name, was not a relative. She was a native of Ohio, where her parents were early settlers. Her mother, Clara Elliott, is a widow of ample means, living on a farm near our subject. Mr. Elliott is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics is a Republican. He has held no public offices, and has not been spoiled by success. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10762 ADAIR CO - JOHN A CRAWLEY - Crawley, Vickers, Shaw, Cabbage #10762: History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa, Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884. Cass Township. Adair Co. John A. Crawley was born in Adair county, Kentucky, October 27, 1814. He removed from Kentucky in 1824, to Illinois, where he remained until he came to Iowa, which was in 1849. His father, Charles T., died in 1839, in Illinois, where he spent his last years. He was married in 1855 to Miss Rebecca Ann Vickers, a native of Illinois, by whom he had eighteen children, eight of whom are now living: Nancy Ann, Amanda Jane, Sarah S., Phoebe C., William H., Charles, J. D., George W., Martha R. He remained in Boone county until 1871, when he came to Guthrie county, locating on section 2, Cass township. He owns one hundred and twenty acres of ground, nearly all under cultivation, and raises a large stock of hogs, cattle, and horses. He was married to Mrs. Martha Shaw after his first wife died, and after her decease he married Mrs. Amelia Cabbage, a native of Kentucky. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Sandi 10761 UNKNOWN CO - FINIS E DOWNING - Downing, Hall, Head, Middleton, Payne #10761: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Unknown County. FINIS E. DOWNING, Circuit Clerk of Cass County; is a native of the city of Virginia, Cass Co., and was born Aug. 24, 1846. His father, Nathan H. Downing, was a Cumberland Presbyterian Clergyman, a native of Kentucky, and a son of John Downing, who was a native of Bedford County, Va., and married Susannah Hall, a native of same place. John Downing had a family of twelve children, nine of whom lived to maturity. He removed from Virginia to Kentucky with his parents in early life, and from thence to Marion County, Mo., in 1827, and pursued farming until his death, in June, 1832. His wife survived him until March 3, 1861. Nathan H. Downing came to Cass County in 1842. He married Miss Eliza Head, a daughter of John Head, a farmer and surveyor. He died in Virginia, Nov. 30, 1853. They had five children, two sons and three daughters, viz.: John C., Finis E., Lucy J., now Mrs. Green Middleton, of York County, Neb. John C., who died in a hospital at Memphis, Miss., April 10, 1863. He enlisted in the 114th Ill. Vol. Infty. August 13, 1862, a historical sketch of which appears elsewhere in this book. Finis married Jan. 15, 1868, to Miss Sue H. Payne, daughter of William B. Payne, of Virginia. They have one son, Harry. Mr. Downing was elected to the office of Circuit Clerk of Cass County in November, 1880. He first entered business as clerk for William B. Payne, and continued with him about five years, and after the first year was his partner. He removed to Missouri in 1869, and there remained until 1875, and then returned to Virginia and clerked for Mr. Payne until his election. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., A.O.U.W., and A.F. and A.M., of Virginia. SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/