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  DuncanReid  DUNCAN REID was born inForfarshire, Scotland, August 12, 1809, son of William and Grace (McKenzie)Reid.  His parents were natives of Scotland, and passed their livesthere.  Reared and educated in his native land, Duncan Reid then learnedthe trade of tailor.  On account of ill health, however, he soughtout-door employment, turning his attention to the stone-mason’s trade. He resided in Scotland till 1855. October 10, 1839, he marriedJane Wilkie, who was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, November 19, 1818, daughterof William and Euphemia (Gaul) Wilkie.  Their union was blessed bythe birth or six children: William, Jean, Susan, Margaret, Stuart and Duncan. Mrs. Reid … Read more

    D.Marion Stover    D. MARION STOVER is the present superintendentof schools in Schuyler county, Illinois. He was born in Bainbridge township,this county, October 27, 1848, a son of Samuel Stover, a native of Pagecounty, Virginia, born in November, 1813; he was a son of Samuel Stover,whose father was also named Samuel Stover. The paternal great grandfather,who lived in Shenandoah county, Virginia, married Barbara Lionbarger. Thepaternal grandfather emigrated to Ohio in 1816, and was a pioneer of Lickingcounty; he purchased a tract of land on which was a log house and otherscant improvements; there were no market towns, and … Read more

    DavidHerron     DAVID HERRON, a prominent farmer of Bainbridgetownship, was born in county Down, Ireland, in June, 1829,a son of Robert Herron, who was born inthe same county; the paternal grandfather, Robert Herron, was a nativeof Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. The father of our subject learned the tradeof linen weaver at a time when this work was done on hand looms, and followedthis occupation through life. He married Mary Cleland, a daughter of Thomasand Jane (Bell) Cleland, natives of Ireland, of Scotch lineage. After thedeath of her husband, Mrs. Herron emigrated to America, in 1850, and spentthe … Read more

  Capt.Christian W. Hite Contributedby Lela Hite [email protected] CaptainC.W. HITE was born in Licking County, Ohio, January 22d, 1838. His greatgrandfather Hughes, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and lived untilabout the year 1840.  His grandfather, Abraham Hite, was born in Virginiaand served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812.  His vocationwas that of a farmer.  He died at his residence in Licking County,Ohio.   His son, the father of the Captain, was born in lickingCounty, Ohio, in 1813, and at an early age her learned to blacksmith trade,following that business until 1846.  In 1836 he married … Read more

 CaptainSylvester D. Nokes  CAPTAIN SYLVESTER D. NOKESwas born in Franklin county, New York, February 11, 1835. His father wasJohn Nokes, born March 20, 1809, and his grandfather was Jacob Nokes, ofNew England. He was a farmer who died at an advanced age in Brown county,Illinois, and his wife’s name was Mary —, who bore him seven children.She died in Brown county about ten years after her husband, aged eightyyears. John Nokes came West from New York in 1842, and settled in Browncounty on 160 acres of new land, it being part of his present farm. Hebrought his wife and six … Read more

    ColumbusT. Walker    COLUMBUS T. WALKER, of Virginiaprecinct, is a native of Fauquier county, Virginia, born May 12, 1838.His parents were Solomon and Emma (Wilkins) Walker. Both were natives ofVirginia, father born in 1804, and the mother four years later. They removedto Cass county, Illinois, in 1855, and located on a farm near Virginia;here they both died, the mother in 1881, and the father in 1890. They hadnine children: William W., Darius N., Peter L., Columbus T., Mary F., ChurchillA., David T., Jennie E. and James T. Columbus T. was nineteenyears old when he came to this county, … Read more

    CarlTraugott Jokisch    CARL TRAUGOTT JOKISCH, a good farmer andstock-raiser of Sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, township eighteen,range eleven west, was born in Germany near Bautzen, January 4, 1822. Heis the fifth of his father’s children and the oldest one now living. Hewas thirteen years of age when his parents left Germany for the UnitedStates in the fall of 1834, coming on a sailing vessel and landing in NewOrleans, January 1, 1835. They came up the Mississippi and Illinois riversto Beardstown, landing February 2, 1835, and have as a family since beenidentified with the history of the county. The … Read more

   EzraJackson EZRA JACKSON is a Hoosier by birth,born in Scott county, February 26, 1823. His father, Samuel Jackson, wasa native of North Carolina, and his grandfather, Solomon Jackson, was probablya native of the same State. The grandfather was a powerful man and livedto the great age of ninety-eight years. He enlisted three different timesin the Colonial army during the Revolutionary war, the first two enlistmentsbeing as substitute. He served during nearly the entire war, and was veryyoung when he first enlisted. He was a shoemaker by occupation, but alsotaught school, and remained in North Carolina until the formation of … Read more

    EugeneJ. Scott     EUGENE J. SCOTT, one of the leading farmersand stockmen of Schuyler county, Illinois, was born at Georgetown, Scottcounty, Kentucky, June 3, 1845. He passed a quiet, uneventful youth, remainingunder the parental roof until his marriage. He was first united to MissIda V. Watson, March 15, 1877. She was born in Collinsville, Illinois,February 7, 1847, and died in Schuyler county, Illinois, January 1, 1881;her father was a physician, who died when she was yet a child. By thismarriage one child was born, Eugene W., the date of his birth being February6, 1879, and the place … Read more

     E.H. Owen Seeley    E. H. OWEN SEELEYis one of the oldest settlers of Schuyler county and resides in Rushville. He was born at Thetford, Orange county, Vermont, December 15, 1811. Hisfather, Luke Seeley, was born in the same town October 15, 1792. The grandfather,Sheldon Seeley, was a native of New England and it is supposed was bornin Vermont, at least he was one of the pioneers of Thetford where he followedagricultural pursuits. At a very early day he went to Ohio, prospecting,but was taken sick while there and died near Sandusky. His wife was DeborahBowker, a native of … Read more