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William T. Adams Biography

    William T. Adams   WILLIAM T. ADAMS was born in Logan county, Kentucky, March 7, 1831. His father, Benjamin Adams, was born in Maryland, and his father was also from Maryland. He was also a farmer, who left Maryland for Kentucky about 1815, settled in Logan county and resided on his farm until his death. His wife’s name was Sarah Bell, and she also died in Logan county. Benjamin Adams was about ten years old when his parents moved to Kentucky, and there he was reared, married and lived until 1830, when he came to Illinois and settled … Read more

William T. Black – Biography

WILLIAM T. BLACK, a prominent farmer of Woodstock township, was born in Dubois County, Indiana, March 18, 1821. When he was four years old his parents removed to Schuyler County, and here he has since resided. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority, and then he started out in life on his own account; he first rented a farm in Woodstock township, which he cultivated one year, and then removed to Rushville township. He was united in marriage, October 30, 1842, to Matilda Matheny, a native of Morgan County, Ohio, born March 29, 1823. Her … Read more

William T. Treadway – Biography

WILLIAM T. TREADWAY came to Cass County (then Morgan) with his parents in 1829. He was the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Anderson) Treadway, natives of Maryland, raised near Baltimore. They moved from there after marriage, to Hamilton County, Ohio, and from there to this county. The family is English-Scotch. They had eight children, of whom the subject was the fourth; only three are living, and he is the oldest. They are Edward, Owens and Elizabeth. The parents died here and are interred in the Monroe cemetery. William was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 22, 1819, hence was ten … Read more

William W. Glaze Biography

WILLIAM W. GLAZE was born February 18, 1825, in Scioto County, Ohio. His father, Jacob Glaze, was born in the same county, but his father was a native of Virginia, although he died in Scioto. Mr. Glaze, Sr., was a farmer all his life, and died in the county where his entire life was spent, in 1844. His wife was a member of the Reardin family, a native of the same county as her husband, and she lived until 1891. She left three children living. William Glaze moved to Brown County in 1856, by team, with his family. Here he … Read more

Descendants of Lafayette Walker & Delilah Jane Tipton

Contributed by C.H. [email protected]  Lafayette WALKER was born on 18 Nov 1834 in Floyd County, Indiana.  He died in the Civil War on 15 Jun 1864 in Pine Knob, Marietta, Georgia.  He was buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia.  He has Ancestral File number 1XMB-1X8. Lafayette WALKER was married to Delilah Jane TIPTON on20 Jun 1855 in Floyd County, Indiana.  Delilah Jane TIPTON was born on 29 May 1836 in Jackson Township, Washington County, Indiana.  She died on 30 Jun 1922.  She was buried in Sugar Grove North Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois.  She has Ancestral File number 1XMC-032. Lafayette WALKER … Read more

Descendants of Absolam Willey

Contributed by Cindy [email protected] Generation No. 1 Sure, here’s the corrected paragraph: 1. ABSOLAM 1 WILLEY was born on 6 May 1739 in England and died on 19 December 1791 in Sussex County, DE. He married MARGARET on 14 March 1763 in Sussex County, DE. She was born on 14 November 1741 and died between 3 January to August 1816 in Monongalia County, VA. Notes for ABSOLAM WILLEY: He served as a soldier in the Cavalry led by Captain James Pollock as part of the Delaware Militia Troop of Horse. This unit accompanied Captain Thomas Rodney’s Dover Light Infantry Company … Read more

Schuyler County, Illinois, Absolam Willey

  Descendantsof Absolam WilleyPartII  Contributed by Cindy [email protected] Generation No. 4 18.  SYDNEY A.4 WILLEY(ABSOLAM3, JAMES2, ABSOLAM1)154 was born January 1844 in Tyler Co., VA,and died March 1911 in Calhoun Co., WV155.  She married WILLIAM PRITCHARDKING156 22 July 1867 in Wetzel Co., VA156, son of J. KING and MATILDA ?. He was born May 1846 in Marion Co., VA156. Notes for SYDNEY A. WILLEY:According to William’s Pensionrecords, Sydney suffered from epileptic seizures.  Hattie Ledsome(their granddaughter) believes that her grandmother died from small poxwhich she contracted from the grandchildren. Notes for WILLIAM PRITCHARDKING:William enlisted into theUnion Army for the second time on … Read more

Zebulon Allphin–Biography

    ZebulonAllphin    ZEBULON ALLPHIN resides on section twenty-two,Huntsville Township, and is not only a prosperous farmer, but a specimenof 1835, born in Boone county, Kentucky, in July, 1832. His father ReubenAllphin, was a native of Kentucky in 1801, and was the son of Zebulon Allphin,born in Virginia, but emigrated to Kentucky, where he died at the age ofninety-six years. He had nine children, of whom two are still living: William,Dollie, Jackson, Luke, Shelton, Ransom, Rebecca, Nancy and Reuben. Allcame to Schuyler county except Dollie and Ransom, who removed to Kentucky.Father of subject was a small boy when the … Read more