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    FredW. Korsmeyer    FRED W. KORSMEYER, one of the most successfulmen of this locality, lives on section 30, township 17, range 12. He isa German, being born in Hanover, January 15, 1838. His parents were J.H. and Mary (Lovecamp) Korsmeyer, who were born in the same place, anddescended from the best German blood. When our subject was thirteen yearsof age they came to the United States in the fall of 1851. They took theusual passage of their fellow countrymen, from Bremer to New Orleans, andfrom there up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown. They locatedvery near the … Read more

    FrancisM. Curry    FRANCIS M. CURRY, a highly respected citizenof Mount Sterling, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, April 9, 1825, ason of John R. Curry, who was born October 19, 1803. The paternal grandfather,Alexander Curry, the honored founder of Mount Sterling, Illinois, was bornOctober 14, 1770, in the State of Maryland, the son of Archibald Curry,a native of Scotland, who emigrated to America in colonial times and settledin Maryland, where he passed the remainder of his life. Alexander Currywas a pioneer of Scott county, Kentucky; he purchased a tract of land onthe Lexington pike, on which he … Read more

    HenryCraske    HENRY CRASKE, a member of the State Boardof Equalization, a resident of Rushville, and one of its most prominentcitizens, was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk county, England, September26, 1845. His father, James Craske, was born in the same place, January4, 1798, and his grandfather was also a native of England, where he passedhis entire life. James Craske was the only one of his children to cometo America. He was reared and educated in his native land and lived thereuntil 1862, when he came to this country and located at Little Falls, NewYork, where he still … Read more

  HenryCady  HENRY CADY, of Huntsville,came to this county in 1840. His gradfather, Reuben Cady, has been writtenup in the biography of M. E. Cady. His father was Horace Cady, and he marriedalso a Miss Cady, but no relation. Mr. Horace Cady was a farmer, and emigratedto New York State, settling near Rochester. Here they stayed until 1840,when they came to Illinois, settled in Camden, and the father purchased120 acres of land. He later resided for four years near Farmington, Fultoncounty, then returned to Schuyler county and passed the remaining yearsof his life on the farm on which he first … Read more

    GeorgeW. Trone     GEORGE W. TRONE, one of the most practical andprogressive farmers of Schuyler county, has resided here sincehe was a youth of fifteen years. He wasborn in Carroll county, Maryland, April 4, 1849, a son of Adam Trone, anative of York county, Pennsylvania. The father was a miller by trade,and followed that vocation in Pennsylvania and Maryland; he settled inCarroll county before his marriage, and resided there until 1858, whenhe removed to Illinois and settled at Astoria, Fulton county; there heoperated a mill until 1863, when he invested in land in Rushville township;the remainder of … Read more

     Hon.John J. McDannold    HON. JOHN J. McDANNOLD, a prominent citizenof Brown county, is the subject of the following biography, and is cheerfullyaccorded a space in this history. He was born on the homestead in Pea Ridgetownship, Brown county, Illinois, August 29, 1851. His father, Thomas I.McDannold, was born near Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, a son of John McDannold,a native of Virginia. The great-great-grandfather of our subject, AlexanderMcDannold, was born near Aberdeen, Scotland, and emigrated to America incolonial days; he settled near Culpeper Court House, Virginia, and spentthe remainder of his life in that State. John McDannold removed from … Read more

  Descendantsof Preston Hackworth(AKAJames Preston Hackwith)  Contributedby Joan [email protected]  GenerationNo. 1        1.  Preston Hackworth (AKA James Preston3 Hackwith)  (John B.2Hackworth, George1) was born 1809 in Floyd Co., KY, and died Aft. 1880in Versailles, Brown Co., IL.  He married Nancy Jane Branham February19, 1828 in Pike Co., KY, witnessed by Preston’s mother Mary (Polly) Hackworth,daughter of William Branham and Grace Owens.  She was born 1813 inKY, and died Aft. 1880 in Versailles, Brown Co., IL. Notesfor Preston Hackworth (AKA James Preston Hackwith):PrestonHackwith was known as Preston Hackworth when he lived in Wayne Co., MOwith wife Nancy Jane Branham.  He changed his … Read more

   HenryW. Taylor  HENRY W. TAYLOR, a prominent farmer of Brooklyntownship, and an honored pioneer of the county, was born in Trumbull county,Ohio, in February, 1824, a son of Alexander and Betsey (Scott) Taylor,natives of Pennsylvania; the father died at the age of fifty-five years,and the mother died at the advanced age of eighty years, at Burlington,Iowa. The paternal grandfather, Matthew Taylor was born in the north ofIreland, of English parents. He emigrated to the United States in 1772,and settled in Pennsylvania; he died in Huntingdon county, at the age ofninety seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was McIlheny, … Read more

   HenryTrue Foster  HENRY TRUE FOSTER, the well-known firstsettler of Beardstown yet living, was born on February 3, 1815, in Lincolncounty, Maine. He grew up and acquired a practical education at Warrenand Newcast1e, and when seventeen years of age went to Bangor, Maine, andspent three years in the clothing store of Thomas Furber, the first storeof that kind in the city. When twenty years of age he came with his fatherto Illinois, where they had landed interests. After landing at Meredosia,on the Illinois river, he came to Beardstown, where Mr. Foster has sinceresided. He has engaged in a variety of … Read more