Biographies

    CharlesN. Dunn    CHARLES N. DUNN, a successful farmer andstock-raiser of Beardstown, was born here and has always lived on thisfarm. His father was John Dunn, of Cornwall, England, born in 1822. Hegrew up in his native country as a farmer boy and with his brother Lukecame to the United States in the ’40s, on a sailing vessel from Liverpooland landed in New York and came  from there to Beardstown. Soon afterwardhe came out to his present location where he purchased 160 acres of wildland, which is now owned by his son. On this place John Dunn began … Read more

    ChaunceyRice     CHAUNCEY RICE, a well known and reliable druggist,and dealer in all kinds of goods generally carried by those in this business,was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, February 21, 1830. He was yetyoung when his parents moved to Ohio in 1842, and to Illinois in 1846.They were natives of New York. His father was born in Herkimer county,and came of New England stock, his parents being natives of Connecticut,and the family came of Welsh ancestry. Andrus Rice, father of our subject,married a Miss Mary Parks, of Vermont. Chauncey is the eldest of the four … Read more

   CasperRohn  CASPER ROHN, a general farmer in sections32 and 33, range 12, township 18, Beardstown precinct, has a well improvedtract which has been his farm for twenty-one years. He was born on a partof the farm which he now owns, September 23, 1842. His parents were Henryand Elizabeth (Longore) Rohn. They both came to America and were marriedafter landing in St. Louis, and later came to Beardstown (for further history,see history of J. Henry Rohn, this book). They were very early settlers,having come to the county three years after the Indians had left the State. Mr. Casper Rohn has … Read more

Descendantsof John Campbell  Contributed by Greg [email protected] Generation No. 1 1.  JOHN(1)7 CAMPBELL (DUNCAN6, ANDREW5, HUGH4, PATRICK3, DUNCAN2, DUGAL1) was born November16, 1674 in Londonderry, Ireland, and died Abt. 1765. He married GRIZEL(GRACE)HAY Abt. 1710. She was born 1678 in Antrim, Ireland. Notes for JOHN(1) CAMPBELL:Vital Information:    name:     John Campbell [1]    father:     Duncan Campbell [1]    mother:   Mary McCoy [1]    born:       abt. 1690 in County Down, Ireland[1], November 16, 1674 in Londonderry, Ireland [2]    spouse:   Grizel (Grace) Hay [1]    children:  Patrick [1,2],  John [1,2],  William [1,2], Catherine[1,2], David [1,2], Margaret [1,2],  James [2],  Martha [2],Mary Ann[1,2], Robert[1,2]                  Elizabeth [2]    died:       abt. 1765 [1] Other Information:John(1)Campbell was ourimmigrant ancestor from County … Read more

  Capt.Christian W. Hite Contributedby Lela Hite [email protected] CaptainC.W. HITE was born in Licking County, Ohio, January 22d, 1838. His greatgrandfather Hughes, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and lived untilabout the year 1840.  His grandfather, Abraham Hite, was born in Virginiaand served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812.  His vocationwas that of a farmer.  He died at his residence in Licking County,Ohio.   His son, the father of the Captain, was born in lickingCounty, Ohio, in 1813, and at an early age her learned to blacksmith trade,following that business until 1846.  In 1836 he married … Read more

    DavidHerron     DAVID HERRON, a prominent farmer of Bainbridgetownship, was born in county Down, Ireland, in June, 1829,a son of Robert Herron, who was born inthe same county; the paternal grandfather, Robert Herron, was a nativeof Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. The father of our subject learned the tradeof linen weaver at a time when this work was done on hand looms, and followedthis occupation through life. He married Mary Cleland, a daughter of Thomasand Jane (Bell) Cleland, natives of Ireland, of Scotch lineage. After thedeath of her husband, Mrs. Herron emigrated to America, in 1850, and spentthe … Read more

    D.Marion Stover    D. MARION STOVER is the present superintendentof schools in Schuyler county, Illinois. He was born in Bainbridge township,this county, October 27, 1848, a son of Samuel Stover, a native of Pagecounty, Virginia, born in November, 1813; he was a son of Samuel Stover,whose father was also named Samuel Stover. The paternal great grandfather,who lived in Shenandoah county, Virginia, married Barbara Lionbarger. Thepaternal grandfather emigrated to Ohio in 1816, and was a pioneer of Lickingcounty; he purchased a tract of land on which was a log house and otherscant improvements; there were no market towns, and … Read more

  DuncanReid  DUNCAN REID was born inForfarshire, Scotland, August 12, 1809, son of William and Grace (McKenzie)Reid.  His parents were natives of Scotland, and passed their livesthere.  Reared and educated in his native land, Duncan Reid then learnedthe trade of tailor.  On account of ill health, however, he soughtout-door employment, turning his attention to the stone-mason’s trade. He resided in Scotland till 1855. October 10, 1839, he marriedJane Wilkie, who was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, November 19, 1818, daughterof William and Euphemia (Gaul) Wilkie.  Their union was blessed bythe birth or six children: William, Jean, Susan, Margaret, Stuart and Duncan. Mrs. Reid … Read more

    CarlTraugott Jokisch    CARL TRAUGOTT JOKISCH, a good farmer andstock-raiser of Sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, township eighteen,range eleven west, was born in Germany near Bautzen, January 4, 1822. Heis the fifth of his father’s children and the oldest one now living. Hewas thirteen years of age when his parents left Germany for the UnitedStates in the fall of 1834, coming on a sailing vessel and landing in NewOrleans, January 1, 1835. They came up the Mississippi and Illinois riversto Beardstown, landing February 2, 1835, and have as a family since beenidentified with the history of the county. The … Read more

    ColumbusT. Walker    COLUMBUS T. WALKER, of Virginiaprecinct, is a native of Fauquier county, Virginia, born May 12, 1838.His parents were Solomon and Emma (Wilkins) Walker. Both were natives ofVirginia, father born in 1804, and the mother four years later. They removedto Cass county, Illinois, in 1855, and located on a farm near Virginia;here they both died, the mother in 1881, and the father in 1890. They hadnine children: William W., Darius N., Peter L., Columbus T., Mary F., ChurchillA., David T., Jennie E. and James T. Columbus T. was nineteenyears old when he came to this county, … Read more