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  GeorgeS. Campbell  GEORGE S. CAMPBELL was born in Missouritownship, Brown county, Illinois, April 12, 1857. His father, William O.F. Campbell, was born in Logan county, Kentucky, in 1815, and his father,Owen Campbell, was a native of Orange county, North Carolina, while hisfather, John Campbell, came from Ireland to America in Colonial times,and served in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather of our subject wentto Kentucky with his parents when quite young. He was married to Mary,the daughter of William Clark. a native of North Carolina, and a soldierin the Revolutionary war. Owen Campbell, resided in Logan county untilhis death, during … Read more

    GeorgeW. Allphin    GEORGE W. ALLPHIN, section 15, Huntsvilletownship, was born in Kentucky, September 13, 1830. He is the son of Reubenand Susan (Brumback) Allphin. He was five years old when the family cameto Illinois. He was reared on the farm and helped improve the new land.He at- tended such schools as those early days afforded, when they hadlog houses, with slabs for seats, and holes on the south side for windows.In the spring of 1850 he crossed the plains to California, and followedmining for four years, and was successful, returning by way of New Orleans.On his re- … 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

  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

    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

    HenryHansmeyer    HENRY HANSMEYER was born in Lippe-Detmold,Prussia, Germany in 1833. He came of pure German ancestry and of hardystock. His father, Fred Hansmeyer, married Wilhelmina Hoy of the same province.In 1849 they took passage for America and landed in New Orleans after aseven-weeks voyage. Thence the family came up the Mississippi, to St. Louis,where the Mother and one child died of the cholera after being there oneweek. The father and four children came on to Chicago, where Henry wasattacked by the cholera and confined to the house for two weeks, laterhe joined his father and the other … Read more

    Hon.John C. Bagby    JOHN C. BAGBY, attorney at law, was bornin Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky, January 24, 1819. His father was Rev.Sylvanus M. Bagby, a native of Louisa county, Virginia, born September29, 1787. His grandfather was Richard Bagby, a native of the same county,and his great grandfather was John Bagby, a native of Scotland, who wentfrom there to Wales, where he married and lived a number of years, andthen came to America in colonial times, accompanied by his family, andsettled in Virginia. He settled in Louisa county, where he became a prominentplanter and slave owner. Richard Bagby, … Read more

    HenryM Schmoldt    HENRY M. SCHMOLDT, Beardstown, Illinois.–-Itis the constitutional privilege of every American to aspire to the highesthonors within the gift of the people; and when such aspiration is supplementedby progressive and well balanced mentality, backed with integrity, tactand energy, it follows as a law of natural selection that such a man isa leader among his fellow men. It matters not whether his father be a princeof fortune, or an humble mechanic; the law of selection, made natural bythe inspired principles of our constitution, remains the same; for underthe beneficent and noble doctrine of a true republican … 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