NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10722 UNKNOWN CO - ELIAS DAVIS - Davis, Paschal #10722: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. ELIAS DAVIS, farmer, P.O. Virginia, is a native of this county, born in Beardstown, Feb. 20, 1844; son of Edward and Juliann (Davis) Davis; natives of Kentucky, he, a farmer by occupation; born March 22, 1820; she born Dec. 23, 1811. Elias is the third child of a family of nine children, of whom three are deceased. He received a fair education in the schools of Monroe and Virginia Precincts, and has since devoted his attention to farming. He was married in Virginia, this county, Sept. 17, 1867, to Melinda J., daughter of Jarrett and Margaret Paschal; from this marriage four children have been born, Olive G. (deceased), Mark R., Harris E., and Edith A.; Mr. Davis is a Greenbacker; he is a member of Virginia Lodge, A.O.U.W. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. 10721 PULASKI CO - D. S. BROWN - Brown, Younger, Pierce #10721: History of Fremont County, Iowa, Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Madison Township. Pulaski Co KY. BROWN, D. S., ranchman; born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, September 11, 1828, where he grew to manhood and was educated in the common schools of his native place, and spent his youth on a farm. He is an old settler of this county, but now resides in Texas. He was left an orphan when fifteen years of age. When eighteen years of age he went to Indiana, where he remained until 1852, when he moved to Clay county, Illinois. In 1856 he came to Fremont county and located at Fisher's grove, and resided in various parts of the county until 1877, when he went to Texas, where he now resides. He was married November 6, 1846, to Miss Younger. They have had four children, one of whom is living: Daniel Joseph. This wife died November 9, 1869. Mr. Brown was married a second time on May 18, to Mrs. Martha A. Pierce, a native of Pennsylvania. She was the wife of Samuel Pierce and by him the mother of two children: Wallace and Walter. They are members of the Presbyterian church. He owns about five thousand acres of land, which constitutes a ranch devoted to raising sheep. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10720 CASEY CO - JAMES A. WALKER - Walker, Lowry, McDowell, Davis, McMahan, Boatright #10720: History of Saline County MO, William Barclay Napton, 1910. Casey Co KY. The face of the late Dr. Francis J. C. Walker was familiar to thousands I this section for nearly two generations and through him and relatives the family name has been made widely known. He was a son of an old Carolina pioneer, James T. Walker, born in 1795, who located in Kentucky at an early day and afterwards joined the emigration to Missouri. He was a planter and as a side line followed the trade of a saddle-tree maker. His son Francis became eminent as a physician, having begun practice over sixty years ago. Born in Casey county, Kentucky, December 5, 1826, he came with his parents to Missouri in 1843, when sixteen years old. The family located in Pettis county, where Francis studied medicine with Dr. William M. Lowry for two years and in 1860 entered the McDowell Medical College at St. Louis, from which he obtained a degree a year later. After practicing a while at Longwood, he removed to Liberty township, Saline county, where he remained in active practice for forty-five years. He died January 1, 1908, after a long career of usefulness and a life that as free from blame. In early manhood he married Sallie M., daughter of Judge James R. Davis, whose father came from Virginia to Missouri during the state's formative period and founded a family of influence. Doctor and Mrs. Walker had six children: James A.; Charles L., of Los Angeles; Mrs. Margaret McMahan; Mary; Mrs. Nellie Boatright, of Marshall, and Mrs. Katherine McMahan. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10719 UNKNOWN CO - RICHARD BANDY - Bandy, Adkisson, Nelson, Hodges, Simcoke #10719: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. Unknown Co. RICHARD BANDY. The career of this gentleman illustrates most forcibly that success is the outcome of indefatigable energy, ambition, steadfastness of purpose and integrity. These qualities have enabled him to work his way upward unaided by others, and to-day he is recognized as one of the foremost agriculturists in Dallas county. His home is pleasantly located four miles northeast of Redfield, and comprises 240 acres. It is a very fine farm, under a high state of cultivation, and improved with good buildings and all the accessories and conveniences found upon a model farm of the nineteenth century. Mr. Bandy is a Western man by birth, training and interest, and his life typifies the progressive spirit of the age. He was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, on the 14th of March, 1833, and is a son of Reuben and Sibby (Adkisson) Bandy. His father was born in Virginia, in December, 1785, and descended from German ancestry. In the year 1810, in his native State, he married Miss Adkisson, who was born in the Old Dominion in September, 1788. In the year of their marriage they removed to Kentucky, where they resided for twelve years, going to Indiana in 1822. Ten years later they left the hoosier State for Tazewell county, Illinois, where they resided from 1832 until 1835, when they became residents of Knox county, that State, there spending their remaining days. They were people of the highest respectability, esteemed by many friends. The father passed away in Galesburg, in January, 1861, and on the 6th of April, 1876, his wife died in the same city. Mr. Bandy of this review accompanied his parents on their removal to Knox county, and was there reared to manhood, working on his father's farm and attending the public schools, where he acquired a good practical English education. As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he chose Miss Lucinda Nelson, a native of Indiana, born in Jackson county, on the 1st of May, 1834. The wedding was celebrated in Henry county, Illinois, but they began their domestic life in Knox county, where they resided for twenty-four years, coming thence to Dallas county, Iowa, in 1881. Four children were born of their union: George Nelson, born March 9, 1859; Mrs. Emma Hodges, born December 1, 1861; Mrs. Nettie Simcoke, born February 20, 1864; and Frank Richard, born July 6, 1869. During his entire life Mr. Bandy has carried on agricultural pursuits as a means of livelihood, and his well directed efforts, perseverance and diligence have brought to him a handsome competence. To him is due the credit of making the Dallas county fairs the grand success which they have undoubtedly been for several years past. For the past decade he has been an earnest worker for this much desired result, and such fairs are certainly important factors in promoting the agricultural and stock- raising interests of his locality, awakening a desire to secure the best products and finest stock. All this stimulates progress. For ten years Mr. Bandy has been president of the Dallas County Agricultural Society. He has served as Township Trustee, and has held other offices, although he has never sought political preferment. His public duties are ever faithfully performed, and he is a recognized leader in the councils of the Republican party. No man is more widely known in all Dallas county than Mr. Bandy. He possesses a genial, pleasant manner, is courteous in his treatment of all, and has the high regard of young and old, rich and poor. His life has not been filled with exciting adventure, but has been quietly and unostentatiously devoted to duty, public and private. He is a man of much force of character, of steadfast purpose, and many a worthy cause has found in him a worthy champion. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10718 BRECKINRIDGE CO - JOHN LEROY BANDY - Bandy, Jordan, chance #10718: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. Breckinridge Co. JOHN LEROY BANDY, one of the wealthiest and most widely known merchants of Redfield, Iowa, conducting a large confectionery establishment, restaurant and grocery store, was born on the 17th of March, 1856, on his father's farm near Bewleyville, Breckinridge county, Kentucky, and is the fifth in a family of ten children, whose parents were Byron and Caroline (Jordan) Bandy. The father was born January 6, 1824, the mother in January, 1830, and both are still living on the old home farm where they located soon after their marriage and where our subject was born. It is also within six miles of the birthplace of the father. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bandy were reared in Kentucky, but were descended from old Virginian families, their parents having lived in that State. The paternal grandfather of our subject enlisted for service in the war of 1812, when but sixteen years of age. It was also the intention of the maternal grandfather to enter the army at that time, but a neighbor, who disliked to see him leave his young wife and children alone persuaded him to remain at home, while the neighbor, taking Mr. Jordan 's horse, clothing and supplies, went to the war in his place, Prior to the Civil war Byron Bandy had three slaves given him, one of whom is still in his service, but these are all the negroes that he ever owned. He lived in a neutral section of the country and having a large family depending on him he joined neither the Northern or Southern armies during the Civil war. In his family were ten children, but four of the number died before reaching maturity, namely: Benjamin Franklin, Charles, Rachel and James. Those still living are Richard, Elizabeth, Silas, William, John L. and Lottie. Mr. Bandy of this sketch spent the first twenty years of his life on the old farm, giving his father the benefit of his services. Wishing to see more of the world than came within the line of his vision at the home of his boyhood, he then bade adieu to friends and family and for twelve years traveled extensively over the United States. He had no capital but worked as he found opportunity, and living an industrious and frugal life he accumulated a small capital, which enabled him to begin business in his own interest. About 1882 he began work on a farm near Redfield, Iowa, where he remained during the greater part of the six succeeding years. In July, 1888, Mr. Bandy opened a small confectionery store in Redfield, his stock and fixtures representing but $92.50. He was successful, however, in his new undertaking, and as his trade increased he enlarged his facilities and, being careful not to get into debt and adding to his stock from time to time, he is now considered one of the wealthiest merchants in Redfield. He has long since removed to more commodious and desirable quarters, and in addition to his fine and well appointed confectionery store he conducts a first-class restaurant and carries a large stock of groceries. In 1890 he purchased one of the best business corners in the town and erected a good two-story building, the upper floor of which is occupied by the Clipper, a newspaper, and the first floor by a general store, in which Mr. Bandy owns a half interest. He is also half owner of a tract of sixteen acres of valuable land, of which eight acres has been divided into town lots. He carries on business as a dealer in grain, poultry and produce, and his extensive business operations yield to him a handsome income. He was instrumental in establishing the Redfield Co-operative Creamery, which has proved of great benefit to the surrounding country, and of the company he is now treasurer. He was vice-president of the Northwestern Oil, Gas & Mineral Company during 1893 and 1894, and is now one of the directors. He is a man of broad and superior capabilities, sagacious and far-sighted, and his laudable ambition and enterprise have been the integral factors in his success. On the 30th of July, 1890, Mr. Bandy was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Chance, who a was born and reared in Dallas county, Iowa, In politics he is a Democrat on questions of State and national importance, but at local elections, where no issue is involved, votes independently of party affiliations. Entirely without his solicitation and without his knowledge he was nominated by the Democracy in July, 1895, for the office of County Treasurer. He is a public-spirited citizen devoted to the national welfare and all that pertains to the upbuilding of his resident community. His kindliness and benevolence are manifest in his liberal contributions to many charities. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10718 BRECKINRIDGE CO - JOHN LEROY BANDY - Bandy, Jordan, chance #10718: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. Breckinridge Co. JOHN LEROY BANDY, one of the wealthiest and most widely known merchants of Redfield, Iowa, conducting a large confectionery establishment, restaurant and grocery store, was born on the 17th of March, 1856, on his father's farm near Bewleyville, Breckinridge county, Kentucky, and is the fifth in a family of ten children, whose parents were Byron and Caroline (Jordan) Bandy. The father was born January 6, 1824, the mother in January, 1830, and both are still living on the old home farm where they located soon after their marriage and where our subject was born. It is also within six miles of the birthplace of the father. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bandy were reared in Kentucky, but were descended from old Virginian families, their parents having lived in that State. The paternal grandfather of our subject enlisted for service in the war of 1812, when but sixteen years of age. It was also the intention of the maternal grandfather to enter the army at that time, but a neighbor, who disliked to see him leave his young wife and children alone persuaded him to remain at home, while the neighbor, taking Mr. Jordan 's horse, clothing and supplies, went to the war in his place, Prior to the Civil war Byron Bandy had three slaves given him, one of whom is still in his service, but these are all the negroes that he ever owned. He lived in a neutral section of the country and having a large family depending on him he joined neither the Northern or Southern armies during the Civil war. In his family were ten children, but four of the number died before reaching maturity, namely: Benjamin Franklin, Charles, Rachel and James. Those still living are Richard, Elizabeth, Silas, William, John L. and Lottie. Mr. Bandy of this sketch spent the first twenty years of his life on the old farm, giving his father the benefit of his services. Wishing to see more of the world than came within the line of his vision at the home of his boyhood, he then bade adieu to friends and family and for twelve years traveled extensively over the United States. He had no capital but worked as he found opportunity, and living an industrious and frugal life he accumulated a small capital, which enabled him to begin business in his own interest. About 1882 he began work on a farm near Redfield, Iowa, where he remained during the greater part of the six succeeding years. In July, 1888, Mr. Bandy opened a small confectionery store in Redfield, his stock and fixtures representing but $92.50. He was successful, however, in his new undertaking, and as his trade increased he enlarged his facilities and, being careful not to get into debt and adding to his stock from time to time, he is now considered one of the wealthiest merchants in Redfield. He has long since removed to more commodious and desirable quarters, and in addition to his fine and well appointed confectionery store he conducts a first-class restaurant and carries a large stock of groceries. In 1890 he purchased one of the best business corners in the town and erected a good two-story building, the upper floor of which is occupied by the Clipper, a newspaper, and the first floor by a general store, in which Mr. Bandy owns a half interest. He is also half owner of a tract of sixteen acres of valuable land, of which eight acres has been divided into town lots. He carries on business as a dealer in grain, poultry and produce, and his extensive business operations yield to him a handsome income. He was instrumental in establishing the Redfield Co-operative Creamery, which has proved of great benefit to the surrounding country, and of the company he is now treasurer. He was vice-president of the Northwestern Oil, Gas & Mineral Company during 1893 and 1894, and is now one of the directors. He is a man of broad and superior capabilities, sagacious and far-sighted, and his laudable ambition and enterprise have been the integral factors in his success. On the 30th of July, 1890, Mr. Bandy was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Chance, who a was born and reared in Dallas county, Iowa, In politics he is a Democrat on questions of State and national importance, but at local elections, where no issue is involved, votes independently of party affiliations. Entirely without his solicitation and without his knowledge he was nominated by the Democracy in July, 1895, for the office of County Treasurer. He is a public-spirited citizen devoted to the national welfare and all that pertains to the upbuilding of his resident community. His kindliness and benevolence are manifest in his liberal contributions to many charities. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10717 LOGAN CO - I M STRIBLING - Stribling, Washburn, Beggs, Rudell #10717: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Logan Co KY. I. M. STRIBLING, farmer, P.O., Virginia; was one of the oldest citizens and foremost agriculturists of Cass County; is a native of Logan County, Ky., and was born January 13, 1821. His parents, Benjamin and Nancy (Washburn) Stribling, emigrated from Logan County to Morgan County, Ill., in the fall of 1827, and located near Literberry. Benjamin Stribling was a native of old Stafford County, Va., and was born Feb. 11, 1797, and his parents moved from there to Kentucky about the year 1803. He remained in Morgan County until 1830, when he removed to the present location of the City of Virginia, and until his death, which occurred June 25, 1880, he was a permanent citizen of Cass County. He was a man of his day; always identified himself with every movement set on foot for the advancement of education and the rights or the interests of his State and county, or the public good. He will long be remembered as one of the stalwart pioneers of Cass County. Isaac M. is the second of a family of three sons; besides our subject, his brother B. Franklin, jr., now deceased, located in Cass County, and his younger brother, Thomas, lives in Iowa. He resided with his parents until of age. Sept. 12, 1842, he married Miss Margaret Beggs, whose parents, Charles and Mary (Rudell) Beggs, were also early settlers on Jersey Prairie. By this union they had five children, two sons and three daughters. At the time of their marriage Mr. Stribling's father made him sole owner of about two hundred acres of land. This property he set about improving. He also engaged in stock dealing in a small way, and very successfully, and this business grew in proportion until he became one of the most extensive feeders and dealers in his county, raising all the produce required in his extensive business, and also a large quantity for the market. On Sept. 26, 1856, Mr. Stribling was made to mourn the loss of a faithful and devoted wife, and his family a loving mother. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10716 MADISON CO - THOMAS WATKINS SAMPSON - Sampson, Watkins, Kirker, Price, Clark, Morehead, Clay, Buchanan, Jackson, Greeley, Grant, Coulter, Melody #10716: History of Boone County, Missouri, 1882. THOMAS WATKINS SAMPSON. The subject of this sketch was born in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, October 6, 1815. He is the son of Richard and Mary (Watkins) Sampson. His father was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, July 20, 1780. Mary, daughter of Absalom Watkins, and mother of Thomas Watkins Sampson, was born in Albemarle county Virginia, March 15, 1789. Richard Sampson and Mary Watkins were married in Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky, March 14th, 1811. The subject of this sketch was in rather feeble health in early manhood, and spent several years traveling in the Southern states. He spent several winters in New Orleans and Mobile, and in the fall of 1848 was stricken down with the yellow fever while in New Orleans. In the spring of 1849, in company with the distinguished mountaineer, guide and Indian fighter, Capt. Jim Kirker, and two Delaware Indian scouts and hunters, he crossed the plains to Santa Fe, New Mexico, passing through Colorado. From Santa Fe, they passed through the State of Sonora, Old Mexico, and Arizona Territory, by way of the Pima Indian villages and Tucson; then across the desert to San Diego, and thence to San Francisco by sea, returning home in the spring of 1852, after an absence of three years. This trip proved very beneficial to Mr. Sampson, his health having been fully restored by the journey. In the spring of 1846 he assisted in raising a company of volunteer cavalry to join Gen. Price's army which was to cross the plains from Fort Leavenworth to New Mexico, at the beginning of the Mexican War. Mr. Sampson was elected second lieutenant of this company. Owing to the large number of volunteer companies offering their services at the time, his company was too late to be accepted. Mr. Sampson, however, accepted a situation in the quartermaster's department, at Fort Leavenworth, and remained there until the close of the season, forwarding trains across the plains with supplies for Price's army. He then went to New Orleans, and was in that city when our troops returned from Mexico. Mr. Sampson seems to have manifested a fondness for military life at quite an early age. He was commissioned a captain of militia when but nineteen years old, by Governor James Clark, of Kentucky. At the age of twenty he received a major's commission in the same regiment, signed by Governor James Morehead. He cast his first vote for Cassius M. Clay for member of the Legislature in 1847. After coming to Missouri he voted with the Whig party until 1856, when he voted for James Buchanan for President. He was a member of the Democratic State Convention at Jefferson City in 1860, and voted for C. F. Jackson for Governor; has been a Democrat ever since, but did not vote for Horace Greeley for President; voted for Gen. Grant each time he was elected President. Mr. Sampson was married in Rocheport, November 2, 1848, by Rev. David Coulter, of the Presbyterian Church to Miss Lessie B., daughter of G. W. C. and Jane Melody. Mr. Sampson is a member of the Episcopal church at Columbia, Missouri; Mrs. Sampson is a member of the Presbyterian church. Richard Sampson, father of the subject of this sketch, was baptized in the Episcopalian church, in Baltimore county, Maryland. Mary Watkins was baptized in the Protestant Episcopal church, in Virginia, in 1830. She afterwards united with the Presbyterian church, at Richmond, Kentucky, there being no Episcopal church in that place. Richard Sampson never united with any other church, but remained as a baptized member of the Episcopal church to the day of his death. Thomas Watkins Sampson is a farmer, having a comfortable home near Rocheport. He has a large collection of books, and derives his greatest pleasure from intellectual pursuits. He is a great reader, and spends much of his time with his books. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10715 WARREN CO - FIELD SAMPLE - Sample, Ribelin, Prewitt #10715: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Warren Co KY. FIELD SAMPLE, Virginia House, Beardstown; was born near Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., March 26, 1828, where he lived on a farm till 1879. At twenty-one years of age he began farming on his own account, which occupation he followed till 1879, when he rented his land and came to Beardstown. In addition to farming, he had followed brick-making for eleven years. In 1879, he and his brother, F.M. Sample, bought the furniture and fixtures of the Virginia House, which they ran under the firm name of Sample Bros., till May, 1882, when F.M. retired, leaving Field sole proprietor. Mr. Sample was twice elected Coroner of Morgan County, Ill., and also served as Deputy Sheriff of that county. In 1857, in Morgan County, Ill., he married Mary, daughter of David Ribelin, a farmer of that county. They have had six children, four of whom are living. John Sample, the father of our subject, was born in Warren County, Ky., about 1797, and when fourteen years old, came to Bond County, Ill., with his parents, who settled there. He served in the war of 1812. In Bond County, Ill., about the year 1816, he married Sarah Prewitt, a native of Kentucky, and in 1824 he settled on a farm near Jacksonville, where he resided the remainder of his life; he died in 1869, aged seventy-two years. He served as County Commissioner of Morgan County for three years; he was a Democrat. Field is the seventh child of a family of nine sons and four daughters, of which six sons and two daughters are living. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10714 MONTGOMERY CO - JOHN N. RAMSAY - Ramsay, Thompson. Hamilton, Boggs, Scott, Perkins, Mathena #10714: Biographical History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. Montgomery Co. John N. Ramsay. This prominent and influential pioneer citizen has resided in Adams county since 1855. Coming here when the country was wild, he has been an important factor in developing its resources, and is justly entitled to the success which has crowned his efforts. Mr. Ramsay was born in Putnam county, Indiana, in November, 1832. His parents, John and Catherine (Thompson) Ramsay, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky, were married in Montgomery county, Kentucky. When John N. was six weeks old his parents returned to Kentucky, and his mother died there when he was six years old. In 1848 his father went back to Indiana, and the following year made the overland trip with mule teams to California, returning the same year. His death occurred in 1851, at the age of fifty years. By trade he was a brick mason. Of their four children three are living, namely: Georgia Ann Hamilton, of Parke county, Indiana; John N., the subject of our sketch; Margaret Boggs, of Monroe county, Iowa. James S., the oldest, died at the age of fourteen years. John N. grew up in the rural districts of Kentucky, obtaining his education in the common schools of that State. When he was seventeen he learned the trade of carriage-painting. At seventeen he went to Putnam county, Indiana, where he lived until 1851. That year he came to Monroe county, Iowa. In 1852 he drove an ox team across the plains to California, arriving there after a four months' journey. Two years and two months he mined in the various mining districts of the Golden State, and in the winter of 1854 returned, via the Nicaragua route, New York and Chicago, to Monroe county, Iowa. In the spring of 1855 he came to Adams county, and settled on his present farm, 240 acres, in Carl township, section 15. He at first built a log cabin, 14 x 16 feet, from the humble door of which the latch-string ever hung out, and where hospitality was dispensed to both stranger and friend. In December, 1863, Mr. Ramsay enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteers, and with his regiment went to the front. He participated in a number of important engagements in the South, and while in Texas, at the mouth of the Rio Grande river, was taken sick with fever, and later with chronic disease. He was for a time in the hospital at San Diego, afterward at New Orleans in the Sedgwick Hospital two or three weeks, from whence he was transferred to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, where he was honorably discharged. He then returned to his home in Adams county, and here he has since lived. His fine farm of 240 acres, located in section 15, is one of the best in Carl township. His primitive log cabin has been moved to the rear and used for a tool house, and in its place stands a modern frame dwelling, erected in 1875 and surrounded with evergreens and ornamental shrubs and shade trees, with a beautiful grove and orchard near by. Other improvements on the farm indicate the prosperity which has attended Mr. Ramsay February 10, 1858, he married Miss Milly Jane Scott, of Carl township, daughter of Joseph Scott, an early settler of Adams county, and Sarah C. (Perkins) Scott. Her parents were married in Kentucky, and came here in 1856. Her father died in 1876, in Carl township, and her mother now resides with her and has reached her three score years and ten. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay have four children living, viz.: Mary C., wife of Frank Mathena, of Carl township; Oliver O. is married and lives in Larimer county, Colorado; and Joseph William and Lilly Margaret are at home. They lost six children, all dying young. Mr. Ramsay is a Republican, and in Carl township is one of the wheel horses of his party. He has been assessor and clerk, and has held other offices. He is a member of the G. A. R., Wagner Post, No. 335, and both of his sons belong to the Sons of Veterans, Volunteer Camp, No. 125, of Prescott. He and his wife and oldest daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being a trustee of the same. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10713 GREEN CO - EDMUND P. MILLER - Miller, Winlock, Drake, Wright #10713: Illinois: History of Cass, County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Green Co KY. EDMUND P. MILLER, livery; Beardstown; was born in Greenburg, Green County, Ky., March 25, 1819; son of Major, William and Martha (Winlock) Miller. Major William Miller was born in Virginia in 1790; removed to Green County, Ky., when a boy, and learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked several years; afterward kept hotel in Greenburg, Ky., in Springfield, Ill., and in Jacksonville, Ill. In 1843 he removed to this county, and died in Beardstown in 1864. He served in both campaigns of the Black Hawk War, being captain during the first, and promoted to the rank of Major in the second campaign; he was a stanch Whig. His wife, who was a native of Virginia, died in 1856, aged sixty-eight years; they have had eight children, six of whom are living: Edmund P. came with his parents to St. Louis, Mo., in 1827, then in 1829, to Jacksonville, Ill., where he resided until 1843; and in the fall of 1844 came to Beardstown, and purchased a farm four miles from the town, and engaged in farming in this precinct until 1881; he owned some of the best farms in the county, and engaged largely in raising grain. He purchased, at the administrator's sale of the effects of the late David Drake, his present livery stables, and does a good livery and feed business; has accommodation for fifty horses. In 1857 he married Catharine, daughter of William Wright, of Schuyler County, Ill.; they have five children living. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10712 JEFFERSON CO - CRUM FAMILY - Crum, Spangler, Ream, Wilson, Thompson, Jackson, Turner, Henderson, Graff, Malone, Stubblefield #10712: Biographical Sketch of The Crum Family from the History of Cass County, Illinois . Edited by William Henry Perrin Published by O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Reprinted in 1968 in its in entirety as part of the Sesquicentennial History of Cass County, Illinois. Edited by Virgil M. Dowdall. THE CRUM FAMILY. -- James Crum, farmer, Arenzville Precinct. The father of our subject was Matthias Crum, a native of Virginia, and was born July 10, 1774. He lived in the old dominion State until mature in years, and then emigrated to Kentucky. While in this State, he taught school, and there married Miss Margaret Spangler, a native of Louisville; born Nov. 18, 1779. Her father, Daniel, was an early comer to that portion of the State, and was killed by the Indians, while attending to stock on his farm. Matthias Crum came from Kentucky to Morgan County, in 1832, and brought with him his wife and family of six children. He located in Morgan County, and there resided until his death, March 8, 1841, being then sixty-seven years of age. His wife survived him, and died April 24, 1852. His father also, Matthias Crum, was a native born German, a stone mason by trade. He crossed the ocean three times in his life; was a thorough workman, as many of the old stone chimneys erected by him in the old Dominion State, for the F. F. V's, are still standing, as a monument to his skill. James Crum, our subject, and his oldest brother, Christian, made their first visits to Cass County in the year 1830; another brother, David, also came with them, but he pushed on to Missouri, and there died. James and Christian located 320 acres of land in Section thirty-five, township seventeen, range eleven. This they owned and improved in common. Upon this tract they built a small log cabin, and occupied it until they were both married, and their interests became divided. James married Jan. 31, 1833, to Miss Christiana Ream, daughter of John Ream, a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio, thence to Illinois in 1830. He lived with his brother until he had completed his first log cabin in 1834, which he first occupied the winter of 1834-35. Mr. Crum was born Sept. 22, 1806. He commenced farming in an humble way on eighty acres of land. To this he steadily added, until he had at one time several hundred acres. Of this he has sold but little, but has settled it upon his sons and daughters, and now owns about 800 acres, which comprises the homestead. Mrs. Crum died May 1, 1878. Their children, born in the following order, are: David M. (deceased), T. Jefferson, James F., Sarah M., now Mrs. John F. Wilson, of Menard County, Mary E., or Mrs. Williaim H. Thompson, of Jacksonville, Amanda C., now Mrs. W. H. Thompson, of Arenzville Precinct, John M., Marcellus, George W., Marcus L., Charles P., and Oscar (deceased). Mr. Crum cast his first vote for General Jackson, at Charlestown, Ind. He has always evinced a lively interest in the cause of education, and is awake to the public interests of his county and State. Thomas Jefferson, his oldest living son, was born July 9, 1835. He received such schooling as the early advantages of those times afforded, and grew up to assist his father at a most propitious time, when there was much to be done. He was reared to be a successful farmer. In 1835 he started in life for himself, with a worthy gift from his father of 250 acres of Cass County land. March 11, 1855, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of William and Lucinda (Turner) Henderson. Mr. Henderson is a native of Indiana, and Mrs. Henderson of Kentucky. They came to Morgan County in 1830. Mrs. Crum, born May 7, 1840, and she has eight children living as follows: Charles E., Marah T., Marion O., Willey S., Ollie E., May L., Henry O., Eben R. Two died in infancy without names. Marcellus also received 250 acres from the old homestead, upon which he located. He was born Jan 9, 1844, and is the sixth living child of his father. He attend the Wesleyan University at Bloomington; afterward took a commercial course in Chicago. Married, October 19, 1870, to Mary E. Graff, daughter of Washington Graff, of Morgan County. They have four children: Alma C., Jessie F., Elton M., Reuel G. Dr. George W. Crum, the seventh living child, was born on the homestead, Oct. 1, 1848. He attended school at the State Normal University, two and a half years, at Bloomington, in 1868, 1869 and a part of 1879 [sic?]. He then entered Adrian College, at Adrian, Mich., and in 1872 received the degree of A. M. He then returned to the Wesleyan College, and graduated as an A. B. In the meantime, he spent two years in the study of medicine, at the St. Louis Medical College, and graduated in 1874, receiving his degree as M.D. The course of study he pursued may seem rather irregular, but it was taken as his choice, to avoid the discipline under one set of minds. Dr. Crum practiced medicine about four years, but is gradually abandoning practice, and has embraced farming, on account of failing health. He entered farming in 1869, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining the homestead. Aug. 21, 1878, he married Mary E. Malone, daughter of David Malone, of Evansville, Ind. Mrs. Crum is a graduate of Jacksonville Athæneaum, and was born April 10, 1856. They have two children: Cora A. and Olga I. Marcus L. Crum was born Jan 16, 1851, on the homestead. He received his education at the State Normal University, at Normal, Ill., and at the Wesleyan University, Bloomington, where he graduated in the class of 1874. He first took the degree of B. S., and since an honorary degree of M.S. has been conferred upon him. He, with the others, received 250 acres from the homestead property, as a present, and to that has been added, until he now owns about 560 acres, 160 acres having been presented to him by John Stubblefield, whose daughter, Miss Mary F., he married March 30, 1875. They have three children: Edith W., Arthur E., and Opal C. A full page portrait of our subject appears elsewhere in this volume (see index). Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10711 SCOTT CO - JAMES WILLIAM THACKER - Thacker, Watts, Doolan, Canthrill, Forwood #10711: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Scott Co. JAMES WILLIAM THACKER. Regular in habit and methodical in action, James William Thacker has steadily mounted the steep ladder which leads to success and now occupies a position of leadership in banking circles of Georgetown. A son of Alfred Fisk and Sara (Watts) Thacker, he was born January 4, 1869, and is a native of Anderson County, Kentucky. He was reared on his father's farm and received his early instruction in a private school conducted by Professor Doolan in Finchville, Shelby county. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1892 and for two years was a clerk in the grocery store owned by the Hon. J. Campbell Canthrill. Mr. Thacker then took charge of the Wellington Hotel in Georgetown and conducted the business until 1897, when he opened a small grocery store on Main street. In 1908 he was joined by his brother, Meredith Fisk Thacker, with whom he was associated until 1925, when he purchased the latter's interest and has since been sole proprietor of the establishment. He has remained in the same location for twenty-nine years and many of the patrons whom he first won are still his customers, for he carries a fine line of groceries and his honesty in above question. Mr. Thacker has been equally successful as a financier and is president of the Georgetown National Bank, one of he substantial moneyed institution of northern Kentucky. He is a director of the Georgetown Building & Loan Association, vice president of the Remedial System of Loaning, a Lexington institution, and president of the Olympia Springs organization, which owns and conducts a heath resort in Fleming county, Kentucky. Strong, resourceful and clear-minded, he readily solves the many problems presented to him as an executive and focuses his energies in directions where fruition is certain. Mr. hacker was married June 5, 1895, to Miss Leila Forwood, a daughter of A. W. Forwood, a prominent merchant of Georgetown. Ann Stewart, their only child, was born March 3, 1900 and is a teacher of music in Georgetown College. Mr. Thacker is a deacon of the Baptist church and a director of the Kentucky Council of Religious Education. He is connected with the Independent Order of odd Fellows, and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He was a member of the city council from 1908 until 1916, when he was elected mayor of Georgetown, and filled the office until 1920, giving to the municipality an administration that was highly satisfactory. Mr. Thacker is a strong champion of the cause of education and is serving on the executive board of Georgetown College, of which he has been a trustee since 1914. His activities have touched life at many points and few residents of the community have accomplished as much for its growth and betterment. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10710 CHRISTIAN CO - JAMES R. WOOD - Wood, Knott, Rogers 10710: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. JAMES R. WOOD was born June 21, 1851, in Albemarle Country, Va., and is a son of Dr. Alfred C. Wood. The family was originally from England, and settled early in Virginia. James R. received a good classical education in Virginia, and came to Hopkinsville in December, 1869. He commenced the study of law in 1870, taught school for two sessions in Christian County; studied law in the office of on. J. Proctor Knott in 1872, and was admitted to the bar in Hopkinsville in 1873. He practiced law in Hopkinsville until in April, 1881, when he went into the newspaper business as editor of the Kentucky New Era. He is a man of fine talents, and an editor of more than ordinary ability. His paper is one of the brightest and most sparkling in southwestern Kentucky. Mr. Wood was married January 4, 1882, at Charlottesville, Va., to Miss Ella W. Rogers, daughter of Dr. W. G. Rogers. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10709 GREEN CO - BENJAMIN W. PENICK - Penick, Ingram, Irvin, Brummal, Hundley, Hobson #10709: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 4th Ed., Battle-Perrin-Kniffin. Green Co. BENJAMIN W. PENICK was born June 3, 1841, and is a son of Thomas B. and Mary (Ingram) Penick, who reared two sons and one daughter. Thomas B. Penick was born in Prince Edward County, Va., and was one of the early settlers of Green County, where he became one of the leading and substantial farmers and slave owners, and traded quite extensively in mules. He died in 1851 at the age of forty-two years, leaving an estate of 1,200 acres, and thirty slaves. He was a son of William Penick of Virginia who came to Green County in an early day with his father. Mrs. Mary Penick was born in Adair County, and is a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Irvin) Ingram, who emigrated from Virginia to Adair County, in an early day, where Mr. Ingram became an extensive and prominent farmer. B. W. Penick was born on Russell's Creek, Green County, on a farm; received the rudiments of an English education which was augmented at Columbia High School and at Greensburg, and he graduated at Georgetown College, Kentucky, in 1860. In 1861, at the death of an uncle, he went to live with his grandmother Ingram. On October 8, 1861, he married Elizabeth F. Brummal, a daughter of Josiah and Mary (Hundley) Brummal, who emigrated from Virginia to Cumberland County, Ky., where Mr. Brummal was engaged in the mercantile business. Thence he moved to Green County, which he afterward represented in the Legislature. He retained his residence in Green County, but ran a sugar plantation in Louisiana for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Penick had born to them four children: Brummal, Mary Lewis, S. Hundly (deceased) and Clifton. After marriage he located where he was born. In 1867 he moved to Greens burg, and entered the circuit clerk's office as deputy. In August, 1868, was elected circuit clerk and is now serving his fourth term. He has also run a farm all this time, and is a breeder and dealer in shorthorn cattle, one-half a mile east of the courthouse. His wife died in June, 1872, a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. In September, 1875, he married Anna M. Hobson, a daughter of Gen. E. H. Hobson. He and wife are members of the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches, respectively, and Mr. Penick is a member of the F. and A. M. He is a Democrat in politics. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10708 FAYETTE CO - ALBERT J. COONS - Coons, Epler, Sturges #10708: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. ALBERT J. COONS, station agent, Little Indian, born in Morgan County, Ill., Feb. 14, 1852. Received a common school education principally in Sangamon County. At the age of twenty-two years left home and commenced railroading at Berlin, Ill. Oct. 2, 1876, he took charge of the station at Little Indian, since which time he has been in the employ of the Wabash R.R. He was married in Cass County Oct. 14, 1880, to Miss Laura, daughter of John and Nancy Epler. (See history.) She was born Sept. 18, 1858. George M. Coons, the father of Albert, was born at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 3, 1816. Came to Morgan County in 1825; is a farmer by occupation, and still living; his wife, Mary J. Sturges, was born near Arcadia, Morgan County, Nov. 11, 1828, and died Sept. 28, 1861. She was the mother of ten children of whom Albert was the fifth child. He is highly esteemed in the community where he resides, and is considered a thorough businessman. Politically he is a Republican. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10707 LEWIS CO - MRS. CATHERINE PATTERSON - Patterson, Caley, Dakin, Gillespsi, Strong, Swearingen, Wood #10707: SOURCE: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. Lewis Co. Mrs. CATHERINE PATTERSON, widow of John K. Patterson, came to this county in the pioneer days when a young woman, and during a period of over fifty years, in which she has passed in and out among the people of St. Joseph Township and vicinity, she has been the recipient of their deepest respect and confidence, possessing those kindly and generous qualities of heart and disposition which have endeared her to hosts of friends and caused her to be widely known as a lady of the kindliest impulses and the highest moral character. Mrs. Patterson, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (MYERS) SWEARINGEN, is a native of Lewis County, Ky., born near Maysville, Dec. 16, 1808. She removed with her mother to this county in 1835, her father having died in Kentucky. The family included ten children, five sons and five daughters. Catherine, less than two years later became the wife of John K. Patterson, who was born in Madison County, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1810, and was the son of William and Jennie (KILGORE) PATTERSON. The former died in his native State, when his son was a young boy. The latter afterward went to live with his uncle, Thomas Kilgore, who gave him an interest in his business, that of a cattle-dealer, in which the youth became quite proficient, and invested his first capital in 120 acres of land in St. Joseph and Sidney Townships. On the 1st of January, 1837, Mr. Patterson was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Swearingen, and they settled on a farm one and one-half miles southeast of St. Joseph, this county, where Mr. P. engaged in general farming and became very successful. He added to his landed property until he became the owner of 360 acres, which he spent many years in improving and embellishing, putting up handsome and substantial buildings, and adding all the appliances of a modern country estate. In the spring of 1874 he retired from active labor and removed into the town of St. Joseph, where his death took place the following fall. He left a wife and seven children. One child, Robert, had died when thirteen years of age; Mary M. is the wife of John; Elizabeth married Arthur STRONG; Frances D. is the wife of John DAKIN; Amanda M. was married to Van B. SWEARINGEN; Thomas E. married Miss Nettie A., daughter of Jessie C., and Elizabeth WOOD; Otho married Miss Sadie WOOD, of Indiana, and they reside in St. Joseph Township; John K. married May E. GILLISPI, daughter of Dr. Gillispi, of St. Joseph Township, and they now reside there. Mrs. Patterson after the death of her husband continued in St. Joseph, of which she has since been a resident and is now in the seventy-ninth year of her age. She is a complete picture of the well-preserved, handsome and healthy old lady, with a fine head of hair in which there is but little gray, and still continues the habits of industry to which she was trained from a child, doing her own cooking and much of her housework, in which she takes delight and sets a fine example of neatness and thrift to many a younger lady. She has been a member of the Christian Church for over fifty years, and has adorned her profession by her modest walk and conversation, doing good as she had opportunity and exerting a happy influence over all around her. She was very active and energetic in her youth, taking delight in all the employments of the farm, a fearless horseback-rider, and engaging with zest in all the pleasures of country life. Upon one occasion, however, while riding she was thrown from her horse and sustained dislocation of the hip and ankle, from which she still suffers. Thomas E., the fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, was born Dec. 7, 1849, and married Sept. 10, 1874. He settled with his bride upon a farm, and departed this life in November, 1881, leaving a wife and one son, Theophhilus C. His wife, Mrs. Nettie (Wood) Patterson, was born in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, and came to this county with her parents when a girl twelve years of age. She remained under the house roof until her marriage, and by her union with Thomas E. Patterson became the mother of one child only, a son, who was but an infant when his father died. Mr. Patterson was a gentleman greatly respected in his community for his sterling worth of character, his high moral principles, and his value as a straightforward and enterprising citizen, whose place it will be hard to fill. The Patterson family is of Irish origin, the first representatives in this country having settled, it is believed in Virginia, and the later descendants of whom have been widely and favorably known for the enterprise and energy with which they have conducted their business affairs, and the interest they have taken in advancing the interests of the section of country wherever they have seen fit to establish a permanent home. Mrs. Catherine Patterson, as a lady who has witnessed remarkable changes during the period of a long and eventful life, is tacitly accorded that deference and respect due to one who has watched the development of one of the richest sections of the Western continent, and has always rejoiced in its prosperity, training her children to become worthy residents in a more than ordinarily intelligent community, and of a State which has become great through the enterprise of its pioneers who inaugurated and taught their children to maintain its phenomenal prosperity. 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NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10706 JEFFERSON CO - JAMES J. DICKEY - Dickey, Jones #10706: History of Fremont County, Iowa Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Fisher Township. Jefferson Co KY. DICKEY, JAMES J., farmer, P. O. Farragut; born July 22, 1833, in Louisville, Kentucky. When nineteen years of age he moved to Fulton county, Illinois, and after a four year's residence, to Henry county, locating near Keewanee. In the spring of 1876 he came to Fremont county, and located on the farm he now occupies near Farragut. He was married March 13, 1856, to Miss Caroline Jones, a native of New York, born November 22, 1835. They have a family of seven children, five living: Emma J., George S., Addie, John S., and Margaret J. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10705 MASON CO - CHARLES H. CUMMINGS - Cummings, Freeborn, Poorman #10705: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Mason Co KY. CHARLES H. CUMMINGS, photographer and real estate agent, Beardstown; was born in Scott County, Ill., Dec. 6, 1842; son of Henry B. and Ruth Anna (Freeborn) Cummings. Henry B. Cummings, was born in Maysville, Ky., and moved to Exeter, Scott Co., Ill., in 1840, where he engaged in mercantile business until his death, which occurred in the spring of 1850; he left two children. Charles H. received his education at Exeter, Ill., and at the age of fourteen became a brakeman on the Great Western Railroad, and after a few months, was promoted to conductor, and ran a passenger train until 1862. He then began learning photography in Fairfield, Iowa, thence went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained until 1864, thence to Indianapolis, Ind., working as an operator there until 1866; then operated in a gallery in St. Louis until 1870; then conducted a photograph gallery in Mattoon, Ill., two and a half years; and at Charleston, Ill., three years. After spending a year in Jacksonville, Ill., and conducting a gallery in Virginia, this county, three years; he came to Beardstown in the fall of 1879, where he bought his present photograph gallery, which he has since conducted with good success, employing one operator, two assistants, and a clerk. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1880, re-elected in 1881, and resigned the office in the spring of 1882, and was elected Police Magistrate for four years; he was also commissioned a Notary Public in 1882. He carries on a large real estate and collecting business. At Charleston, Ill., in 1874, he married Carrie Poorman of that place. He is a Democrat. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection and am not seeking additional information. 10704 FAYETTE CO - LEVI CONOVER - Conover, Dye, Turnbow, Gelbirth, Jackson, Crum, Lane, Petefish, Epler, Beggs, Thompson, Rosenberger, Skiles, Bone, Dever #10704: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Fayette Co KY. LEVI CONOVER, deceased. Among the sturdy pioneers who converted the wild prairie into productive farms, and built up the little commonwealth of Cass County, was the lamented Levi Conover. His grandfather, Dominicus Conover, emigrated from Holland about 1820, and settled in New Jersey. He had five sons: William, John, Garrett, Levi and Peter. The least of the five brothers when of middle age, weighed 250 pounds, and the largest 295. The fourth of the sons of Dominicus (Levi) was the father of the subject of this sketch, and was born in 1760. He entered the Federal Cavalry services in 1776, being in his seventeenth year. He served five years, as did his brother Garrett. In the year 1785, being twenty-five years of age, he married Catharine Dye, and in 1790 he and his brother Garrett, with their families, removed to the State of Kentucky, and settled near Lexington. In 1795 both brothers removed to Adair County, Ky., and purchased farms near Columbia. Their brother Peter followed them from New Jersey in 1800, and settled near Lexington, their two older brothers, William and John, remaining in New Jersey. In 1801, Levi's wife died, leaving him seven children. In 1802 he married Mrs. Jane Gelbirth Turnbow; she had by her former husband two sons, John and Hugh, who were brought up by their uncle, Hugh Gelbirth. They were with General Jackson in 1812, at the Battle of New Orleans. Five children, two daughters and three sons, were the fruits of this second marriage: Peter, James, Matilda, Levi, and Jackson. Levi was born Jan. 14, 1808; his brother, Peter, in the year 1825, came to Illinois, and entered the Gilmore farm, two miles south of Princeton, then in Sangamon, now in Morgan County. In 1827 he sold his first purchase, and entered 240 acres just east of the Jeff Crum farm, in this county, where he remained until 1860. He then moved to Mason County, this State, where he still lives, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. In the year 1832, the subject of this sketch, and his sister Matilda, with her husband, Asa B. Lane, came to Illinois. He was then twenty-two years of age. His outfit upon leaving Kentucky consisted of a good horse, a fine mare and colt, and a small amount of money. After having traveled three days, he awoke one morning to find that his mare and colt had been stolen, and a week was spent by the entire party in a fruitless search for the missing property. On reaching Illinois with one horse, his money was all spent, and he was in debt to his brother Peter and Mr. Lane. Thus, one of Cass County's most successful pioneers commenced his career without means, except that most valuable capital, health, honesty, industry and economy. He purchased another horse of his brother Peter, for $35, paying for the same by splitting rails at fifty cents per hundred. After paying this debt he continued rail splitting until he had accumulated $105 in silver. This he loaned to a man who moved to Iowa, and he never collected a cent of the debt. In the spring of 1834, he went to Galena and worked in the lead mines at Mineral Point, until fall, when he returned and emigrated to Iowa. There he bought a claim for $75, and divided it with a friend. They returned to Illinois, purchased oxen and wagons, and then returned to Iowa, and spent the next summer in breaking and improving their farms. During the spring of 1835, he, Mr. Conover, built for himself a substantial hewed log house, 16x18, a smoke-house, and a stable. Unable to obtain plank, a quilt was hung up at the opening left for a door, to keep the wolves out. Finally the door and floor were made of puncheon. In November, 1836, he married Miss Elizabeth Petefish, of Cass County, sister of S. H. and Jacob Petefish, and they soon after proceeded to their Iowa home. They returned to Illinois in August, 1837, on a visit. Mr. Conover returned to Iowa after a two weeks stay, leaving his wife to complete her visit. She was soon taken sick and died the latter part of that same month. So imperfect were the mail facilities at that time, that he did not learn of her death until two weeks after her burial. This sore bereavement unsettled his plans, and he sold his claim of 560 acres for $3,000 in silver, with which he returned to Cass County, and loaned it to his friends, Jacob Epler, Capt. Charles Beggs, and J. Bradley Thompson. In January, 1841, he purchased the old homestead of the family, from his cousin John, son of Peter Conover, which was settled in 1822. His experience on first settling in this country was not unlike that of many of the energetic and resolute class of men who were the pioneers of the West, and to whom the public are indebted for the orderly and intelligent character of the society we now enjoy. His second marriage was to Miss Phebe A. Rosenberger, who with three children, George, Charles W., and Ellen, now survives him. Mrs. Conover's father, John Rosenberger, and her mother, were both of German parentage, and came to Illinois and settled at Princeton, in 1836. They raised a large family, of which Phebe A., was the oldest; George the oldest living son of the Conover family, was born Sept. 11, 1846, at the Conover homestead near Princeton. He is the fourth of the family, two older sisters having died, and one, Mrs. William Epler, still survives. He received his rudimental schooling at Zion school-house, and afterward attended the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill., and took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Chicago. At twenty-one years of age he commenced farming, in which business he remained from 1870 to 1876, when he became connected as a partner in the banking firm of Petefish, Skiles & Co., and since that time has acted as assistant cashier and book-keeper. Feb. 23, 1871, he married Virginia Bone, a daughter of William Bone, of Sangamon County, later of Lincoln, Ill. Mr. Conover was the fourth of a family of five children, and was born Sept. 11, 1846. They have two children, William B. and Earnest B. Mr. Conover is a Secretary of and stockholder in the Importers and Breeders' Association of Cass County, and also a member of the Building Association of Virginia. Charles W., is the fifth youngest of the family, and was born April 1, 1848, on the homestead; he was educated and brought up a farmer, and has steadily adhered to his calling. He owns and lives on the Conover homestead, which he has successfully managed since it came into his possession. He married Miss Louise Dever, April 1, 1875; she is a daughter of John Dever (deceased), a farmer and native of Ohio. They have three children: Millie, Dasie L., and an infant not named. Mr. Conover is a thrifty farmer, a Democrat, and much respected in the community. Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/