Biographies

    EugeneJ. Scott     EUGENE J. SCOTT, one of the leading farmersand stockmen of Schuyler county, Illinois, was born at Georgetown, Scottcounty, Kentucky, June 3, 1845. He passed a quiet, uneventful youth, remainingunder the parental roof until his marriage. He was first united to MissIda V. Watson, March 15, 1877. She was born in Collinsville, Illinois,February 7, 1847, and died in Schuyler county, Illinois, January 1, 1881;her father was a physician, who died when she was yet a child. By thismarriage one child was born, Eugene W., the date of his birth being February6, 1879, and the place … Read more

    Mrs.Emeline Shafer   MRS. EMELINE SHAFER, of Lee township,was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1808. Herfather was Peter Shafer and her mother was Elizabeth Shoals, both of Pennsylvania.Grandfather Shoals and his wife both came from Germany and both were soldfor their passage, as was the custom in those days, that their time forone year should be sold to pay their passage. Being sold to the same manin Philadelphia they became acquainted, and when they left this place theywere married and walked the whole distance from Philadelphia to the Wyomingvalley along the banks of the Susquehanna … Read more

    E. Walker Beckwith   E. WALKER BECKWITH was one of the early settlers of Bainbridge township, Schuyler county, Illinois, and is entitled to recognition as a member of that worthy band of men and women who penetrated the wilderness of the frontier, and made the way for the onward march of progress. He was born at Stephentown, Rensselaer county, New York, August 17, 1798, and is a son of Elisha Beckwith, a native of New England, and grandson of Elisha Beckwith, Senior; the latter was a sailor and followed the sea for many years, visiting the principal ports … Read more

  FranklinA. Hammer  FRANKLIN A. HAMMER, of thefirm of Beatty & Hammer, dealers in all kinds of hardware and farmers’implements, was born on the banks of the Shenandoah river, in Buckinghamcounty, Virginia, April 10, 1829. He is the son of John Hammer, who, withtwo other brothers, had come from Germany prior to the Revolution. Thefamily was started in this country by the grandfather of Mr. Franklin Hammer,who settled in Virginia, and lived and died there at an advanced old age.His son grew to manhood in Virginia, and participated in the war of 1812.After that war was over he moved to … Read more

    F.A. Warden     F. A. WARDEN, senior member of the firm of Warden& Son, proprietors of the Rushville Republican, was born inClermont county, Ohio, January 2, 1839.His father, Moses Warden, was a native of Pennsylvania, and in his youthwas converted to the Christian religion and became a preacher of the gospel;be learned the trade of a saddler, and followed this vocation in additionto his ministerial labors. When quite a young man he went to Ohio, andthere was married to Margaret Anderson, a native of Brown county, Ohio.Mr. Warden lived in Bethel, Clermont county, and there worked at … Read more

    FrederickE. Berry    FREDERICK E. BERRY, one of the managersof the National Union store at Rushville, was born in Schuyler county,Illinois, December 23, 1841, a son of Daniel and Mary A. (Crow) Berry,natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Samuel Berry, the paternalgrandfather, was also a resident of Washington county, Pennsylvania. DanielBerry was reared to the occupation of a farmer. He emigrated to Schuylercounty, Illinois, in an early day, and settled in Rushville township, wherehe purchased eighty acres of land, partially improved; here he lived untilhis death in 1871; his widow still resides on the home farm. They had afamily … Read more

    FransH. D. Kruse    Frans H.D. Kruse was born in East Friesland,Germany, in 1821. His father , Dierk Kruse, son of George Kruse, was bornin the same place. The father of the present subject learned the tradeof mill wright and followed it in his native land. He bought several importantmillsites erected mill and set them in successful operation and sold them.In 1835, he came to America, in Virginia, a ship sailing from Bremen, bringingwith him his sons Frans H. D. and Sunke M. and landed in New York, July4. From there he went to Albany, by way of … Read more

    GroveConingham    GROVE CONINGHAM, deceased,was a native of New York city, born December 27, 1816. His father, GroveConingham, Senior, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about 1766. He emigratedto New York city at an early age and married Betsy Baldwin, of Putnam county,New York. They had nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch wasthe eighth. The father died in December, 1831, in New York city. His wifesurvived him thirty-eight years. Our subject received hiseducation in New York and at the age of sixteen came to Schuyler county,Illinois. In 1843 he returned to his native city and lived … Read more

 GeorgeHenry Eifert  GEORGE HENRY EIFERT settledin Schuyler county, January 13, 1857. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,February 11, 1823. He had five brothers and two sisters; the former allcame to the United States, where the brother, John, died in Schuyler county;George also died there, while Ludwig died in this county; Valentine wentaway during the civil war, and was never heard from again. George was the youngest,but his father died when only forty-one years old, so he had to work veryhard, as there were nine small children left. He came to the United Statesand first stopped in Maryland with a Dunkard … Read more

  GeorgeS. Campbell  GEORGE S. CAMPBELL was born in Missouritownship, Brown county, Illinois, April 12, 1857. His father, William O.F. Campbell, was born in Logan county, Kentucky, in 1815, and his father,Owen Campbell, was a native of Orange county, North Carolina, while hisfather, John Campbell, came from Ireland to America in Colonial times,and served in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather of our subject wentto Kentucky with his parents when quite young. He was married to Mary,the daughter of William Clark. a native of North Carolina, and a soldierin the Revolutionary war. Owen Campbell, resided in Logan county untilhis death, during … Read more