Biographies

Biography of Thomas Armstrong

Biographic of James Agnew, citizen of Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois.

  Jeremiah and Mary Jackson Family This information was provided by:Gordon JacksonTNSSAR Color Guard CommanderCharter PresidentLt. William P. Quarles Chapter TNSSARwww.TinyURL.com/[email protected] Biography Page 590 Page 591   History of Schuyler and Brown Counties IL pp267-8   Marriage Certificate of Jeremiah Jackson and Mary Peters   Obituary of Jeremiah Jackson Obituary of Mary Peters Jackson Link to: JacksonCemetery Information (use browser BACK to return from cemetery)   Rushville Times Article with a picture of the Jackson Home   Marriage Certificate of Calvin M. Jackson and Christy A.McCombs Calvin is the son of Jeremiah and Mary Jackson Return to Submitted Biographies Bios& … Read more

    Amaziah C. Edgar     AMAZIAH C. EDGAR was born at Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, May 12, 1845. His father, George Edgar, was a native of Franklin county, Kentucky, and was there reared and married; he emigrated to Illinois at an early day, and was one of the honored pioneers of Schuyler county. After a few years he removed to Cass county, Illinois, and located at Virginia, engaging in farming near that place. In 1849, when the gold fever swept the country, he joined the train of emigrants journeying to the Pacific coast. He remained in the Golden … Read more

    Alexander D. Six, M.D.   ALEXANDER D. SIX, M.D., one of the successful surgeons and physicians of Versailles, was born in Morgan county, now Scott, in 1828. His father, David Six, was born in Tennessee, in 1799, and his father, John Six, was a native of the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, and his grandfather, the great-great-grandfather of the Doctor, was banished from Germany on account of his tendency toward mutiny, and settled in this country, where he founded the family of Six on American soil. The offence for which he was exiled from his native land was a small … Read more

    A. H. Sielschott   A. H. SIELSCHOTT, Beardstown, Illinois.–The United States, the grandest government that shelters a people, possesses alone of all the goveniments of the world, the privilege which makes it possible for each individual to force his way through the ranks of the many and become one of the few. Emerson says “it is purpose that differences men,” and the man who, by birth or its equivalent, enjoys the possibilities of a high and noble purpose, under such a government, and who through energy, tact, and strict integrity overcomes the obstacles that engulf smaller men, who … Read more

     AndrewJ. Hedgcock    ANDREW J. HEDGCOCK, a prosperous farmerand esteemed citizen of Schuyler county, Illinois, was born in Davidsoncounty, North Carolina, November 25, 1831, and is a son of John and Temperance(Bodenhamer) Hedgcock. Three generations of the family were born in theold North State: the subject of this sketch, his father, John, and hisgrandfather, Elisha. The originator of the family in that State was Elisha’sfather, John, who removed to North Carolina from within sixteen miles ofBaltimore, Maryland. This was about six years before the Revolutionarywar. William, an older brother of John’s, was a soldier in that war; andit … Read more

      Andrew J. Mead     ANDREW J. MEAD is located at Huntsville and is the oldest physician in Schuyler county, as he has been located at this place since March, 1840. He was born in Henry county, Kentucky, April 4, 1815, being a son of William and Mary (Scott) Mead. He grew to manhood in his native State, passing his boyhood on the farm. At the age of thirteen he commenced to clerk in a store and continued there four years. He then lived with Dr. Gosle, with whom he studied medicine until he was twenty-one and … Read more

    Hon. Alexander K. Lowry     HON. ALEXANDER K. LOWRY was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1829, a son of Joseph Lowry, a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Adam Lowry, was a native of Ireland, but was the descendant of Scotch ancestors; he emigrated to America, accompanied by his family about the year 1780, and settled near Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania; he died at the age of ninety-five years in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. His son Joseph learned the blacksmithing trade, but engaged in agricultural pursuits in Armstrong county, where he had settled previous … Read more

  Azariah Lewis   AZARIAH LEWIS, a prosperous and influential farmer of Cass county, Illinois, residing in township 18, range 9 west, was born in Washington county, Kentucky, March 15, 1813, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Burns) Lewis. The Lewis branch of the family is of Welsh ancestry, while that of Burns descended from German ancestry. The father of our subject participated in the war of 1812, for which he also received a pension and a soldier’s warrant, which were continued to his widow. He was born in Virginia, and accompanied his parents to Kentucky at an … Read more