Biographies

Christian Dupes – Biography

Christian Dupes – Biography  ChristianDupes  CHRISTIANDUPES, of the firm of Dupes & Blohm, dealers in general merchandiseand farm implements, was born in Monroe precinct, Cass county, where hehas always lived. He was reared and educated in his native county as afarmer. He is the son of David Dupes, a native of Pennsylvania, who cameto Illinois when a young man early in the forties. He was married, in 1844,in Schuyler county, to Katie Neathamer, a native of Pennsylvania, who wasreared in her native State. She came when young to Schuyler county, Illinois,and was married to Mr. Dupes at the early age … Read more

George I. Fields Biography

George I. Fields Biography  GeorgeI. Fields  GEORGE I. FIELDS was bornin Wythe county, Virginia, May 16, 1837. His father, John D. Fields, wasborn in Rappahannock county, Virginia. His grandfather was a native ofScotland and came to this country at an early date and settled near Richmond,Virginia. Here he died at the advanced age of 100 years. Mr. John D. Fieldswas a brick mason and a farmer. He attended to his trade and had his sonswork the farm. He lived on his farm until his death in October, 1868, whenhe was ninety-six years old. He was a Sergeant in the war … Read more

Darius N. Walker Biography

Darius N. Walker Biography  DariusN. Walker  DARIUS N. WALKER, ex-Judgeof Cass county, Illinois, and a resident of Virginia, is a native of theOld Dominion, born in Fauquier county, February 16, 1834. Of his life andancestry we record the following facts: Solomon Walker, junior andsenior, father and grandfather of the Judge, were also Virginians by birth,and the former was a native of Fauquier county. The latter suffered privationsand hardships in the various campaigns of the Revolutionary war, beingin the service seven years, and never fully recovered his health afterward.He spent his last years in Culpeper county, Virginia. The maiden name ofGrandmother … Read more

George Kuhl – Biography

George Kuhl – Biography   GeorgeKuhl   GEORGEKUHL was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1807. His parents, Christianand Elizabeth (Ganz) Kuhl, were very old when they died, the father atthe age of eighty-three, the mother at the age of eighty-five and one-halfyears. They were members of the Lutheran Church. When George was yet ayoung man he embarked for America in the ship Baltimore in 1833. Aftera voyage of eight weeks he landed in Baltimore and went from there to Richmond,Virginia, and followed his trade of baker. He soon left that city, however,and came to Beardstown, Illinois. Re was the first … Read more