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    LouisF. Kloker    LOUIS F. KLOKER, a practicaland extensive farmer, occupying his fine farm in section 30, township 17,range 11, was born in Beardstown, May 20, 1836. Here he was reared andeducated and has always been a resident. His father was Louis Kloker, Sr.,a native of Hanover, Germany, belonging to an old German family. He hadbeen a wagon maker, the only son of his father’s family, and after growingup, about 1832, he came to the United States on a sailing vessel. Aftera voyage of thirteen weeks he landed in New Orleans, and came on to Beardstown,via the Mississippi … Read more

  FranzHenri Dierk Kruse Family Contributed by RobinWorth Petersen 1 Franz Henri Dierk Kruse    Born:6 December 1821 in East Friesland, Germany    Father:Dierk Kruse    Mother:Hiske J. Miller    Died:4 July 1899 in Rushville Twp., Schuyler Co., Illinois    Buried:6 July 1899 in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois     Married:3 December 1843 in Schuyler Co., Illinois    Spouse:Elizabeth C. Garrett       Born: 16 April 1825 in Georgetown, Kentucky       Father: Thomas I. Garrett       Mother: Susan Wickard or Wigert       Died: 24 May 1919 in Rushville Twp., Schuyler Co., Illinois       Buried: 26 May 1919 in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co.,Illinois 2 James K. Polk Kruse    Born:abt. 1844 in Illinois    Died:12 June … Read more

  SamuelMcKee Family Contributed by RobinWorth [email protected] 1. Samuel McKee    Born:5 May 1823 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania    Died:10 September 1907 in Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska    Buried:Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois     Married1: 4 May 1848    Spouse:Margaret Mathews     Married2: 18 June 1851 in Noblestown, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania    Spouse:Joanah Mathews       Born: 8 September 1830 in Florence, Washington Co., Pennsylvania       Father: James Mathews       Mother: Sarah       Died: 3 November 1897 in Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois       Buried: 5 November 1897 in Rushville City Cemetery, Rushville, SchuylerCo., Illinois     2. MargaretAnn McKee       Born: 22 March 1852 in Nobelstown, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania       Died: 19 April 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., … Read more

  LeviS. Marlow Contributed by ChesterH. [email protected]  MARLOW, Levi S. – Adjacentto the village of Mabel, Schuyler County, Ill., lies the farm of 200 acreswhich for sixty-three years, or during his entire lifetime, has been thehome of Mr. Marlow.  Here he was born August 16, 1844, the son ofHanson and Esther (Whiteman) Marlow, the former a native of Kentucky, andthe latter a descendant of Virginian ancestors.  About the time ofhis first marriage, in 1825, Hanson Marlow came to Illinois as a pioneerand here he was deprived of the companionship of his wife, here death occurringsoon afterward.  Subsequently he was united … Read more

  JohnWesley Marlow Contributed by ChesterH. [email protected]  MARLOW, John Wesley.—-Theagricultural interests of Schuyler County, Ill., have a well-known representativein John Wesley Marlow, a native-born son of Camden Township, where practicallyall of his busy and useful life has been passed.  The subscriptionschools of this locality afforded him such advantages as were possiblein pioneer days.  The churches of the community gave him religioustraining and taught him in youth the duty which he owed to God and mankind. The soil of the township, tilled in a systematic manner, netted him a fairincome from early life and laid the foundation of his present prosperity,enabling him … Read more

  Descendantsof J. W. Marlow Contributed by C.H. [email protected]  J. W. MARLOW came to thiscountry from Ireland in 1784, locating in Maryland.   J. W. MARLOWwas married about 1790 in Maryland or Pennsylvania to an unidentified PennsylvaniaDutch girl.  The family moved to Cloverpoint, Kentucky in 1804.  J. W. MARLOW and Mrs. J. W. MARLOW had the following children:  1.1. Hanson MARLOWSr. was born on 2 Jul 1797 in Maryland.  He died on 17 Oct 1861 inSchuyler County, Illinois.  He was buried in Marlow Cemetery, CamdenTwp., Schuyler County, Illinois.  Hanson MARLOW Sr. was married toMrs. Hanson MARLOW about 1820.  Mrs. Hanson MARLOW died … Read more

  MargaretMaude Moore     MARGARET MAUDE MOOREClick on the photo to enlarge. Contributed by Dan [email protected] This picture, taken circa1893 in Huntsville, Schuyler County, Illinois shows Margaret Maude Moorewhen she was sixteen years old. Born in Huntsville, October 30, 1876, Maudewas the youngest of three children born to William Thomas Moore and SarahFrances Bagby. Her two older brothers, alsoborn in Huntsville, were George Emmett Moore, born May 24, 1866, and HomerOtis Moore, born August 30, 1871. George married October 31, 1888, SaraJosephine Lillard, in Schuyler County, Illinois. He died February 2, 1921,Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa. Homer married Cornelia Adell … Read more

    MarquisL. Crum    MARQUIS L. CRUM, of township17 north, range 10, section 32, was born about two and one half miles fromhis present location, January 16, 1851. His parents were James and Christina(Ream) Crum. The father was born in Indiana, in 1806. His mother came fromOhio, and married in this county, in 1833. The father came to the countyin 1832, the mother with her parents, who settled in this neighborhood.The father was of German descent, and was the father of twelve children.His wife died May 1, 1878, and the father has since married again, andresides on the old … Read more

    Rev. Michael Clifford     Rev. MICHAEL CLIFFORD has been Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Mount Sterling, Illinois, for more than twenty years, and during this time has been a faithful servant to his Master, and has won the esteem and admiration of the people with whom he has labored. He was born in county Limerick, Ireland, and his ancestors for many generations were natives of the same county. He received his early education in the Latin school at Charleyville, county Cork, and later became a student at All Hallow’s College, Dublin, from which institution he was graduated … Read more

    MartinBrooks    MARTIN BROOKS, editor of the Mount SterlingExaminer, was born in Jacksonville, in 1836. His father, Samuel S.,came from Connecticut, of Scotch ancestry. Martin commenced very young to learn thetrade of printer, and was employed in different places, until 1863, whenhe came to Mount Sterling, and with his brother Samuel bought the officeand good will of the Mount Sterling Union, a weekly paper, and changedthe name to the Mount Sterling Record. He was elected Circuit Clerkin 1864, and served eight years, and then bought an interest in the MountSterling Message, and two years later sold out, and … Read more