Biographies

  ThomasP. Parrott  THOMAS P. PARROTT, an intelligent and public-spiritedcitizen of Buena Vista township, is a pioneer of 1831, since which timehis interests have been identified with those of his favorite county. Heis a native of Kentucky, having been born in Glasgow, that State, on September3, 1825. His father, Josiah Parrott, was a nativeof Maryland, having been born in Talbot county, that State, on July 20,1800. He had no school advantages, but acquired an excellent business educationin Glasgow, Kentucky, to which place he early removed. He was possessedof unusual financial ability, and had a remarkable aptitude for mercantilepursuits. In time … Read more

   ThomasR. Williams THOMAS R. WILLIAMS, Superintendentof the Cass County Poor Farm, was born in Bertie county, North Carolina,June 1, 1850. He is the son of Williamson A. and Margaret (Thomas) Williams,natives of Bertie county, North Carolina. The family is an old one in theState. The parents lived on a farm until after the birth of six children,and in the fall of 1856 removed to Illinois by wagon, and settled in thisfavored section, not far from Bluff Springs. They rented for two years,and then purchased the farm where they lived, when the mother died in May,1884, three-score-and-ten. She was a … Read more

  AnselW. Sloat  Contributedby Kyle M. Condon Buriedin the El Paso Cemetery, Derby, Sedgwick County, Kansas is Civil War veteranAnsel W. Sloat who was born September 16, 1834 and died September 18, 1913.The Civil War headstone shows he served with Co. G, 28th Illinois Infantry.Buried next to Ansel is wife Martha T. Julian (Sloat) who was born on February19, 1842 and died August 31, 1902. They were married in Schuyler Co, Illinoison October 5, 1861. Also buried next to Ansel and Martha are Lewis Sloatwho died February 3, 1954 and Ermine Sloat who died July 24, 1952. Theyhad one other … Read more

 ThomasH. Carter  THOMAS H. CARTER was bornin Little York, York county, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1823. His father,Bushnell Carter, a native of Connecticut, came when a young man to Pennsylvania,where he married Julia L. Barber, an estimable lady. He was an educatedman, a successful lawyer, and died in early manhood. After the death ofhis mother our subject was taken by his father to an uncle in Connecticut,and there he grew to manhood. When twenty years of age he became a schoolteacher, and so continued until 1847, when he went to Canfield, Ohio, wherehe began the study of law under Judge Newton. … Read more

   ThomasJ. Clark THOMAS J. CLARK was horn in Huntsvilletownship, Schuyler county, September 16, 1853. His father, Harrison, washorn in Logan county, Kentucky, February 15, 1811, and he was the son ofAbner Clark. The father of our subject was rearedand married in his native township and residedthere until 1833, when he emigrated to Illinois. He was accompanied byhis wife and child, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Wilgus, and family. Theyowned a wagon together, and each one had his own horse, and in this waymade an overland journey to Illinois and located in Schuyler county. Whenhe landed here his entire wealth consisted … Read more

     ThomasW. Scott, M.D.    THOMAS W. SCOTT, M.D., Rushville, Illinois,is a son of Thomas W. and Catherine (Fitzgerald) Scott, whose history isfully given in another biographical sketch in this work. He was born inScott county, Kentucky, April 18, 1848, and was but a child when his parentscame to Illinois. Here he grew to manhood; he attended the common schools,and also enjoyed the opportunities afforded in the academy at Monmouth,Illinois. He assisted his father in the farm work, and thus gained an intelligentcomprehension of agriculture as a science. In 1881 he began the study of medicine atMount Vernon, Missouri, … Read more

  ThomasWilson  THOMAS WILSON, Presidentof the Schuyler County Bank, and a leading financier and business man ofRushville, Illinois, was born near Five-Mile Town, in county Tyrone, Ireland,in March, 1812.  Both his grandfather, Thomas, and father Thomas,were natives of the same county.  They were of well-known and esteemedScotch ancestry, who were sturdy, rugged farmers, and passed their entirelives in their native land.  His father was reared to manhood in hisnative county, were he married Jane Greer, also a native of the EmeraldIsle.  They resided in Ireland until 1843, when they commenced thelong journey to America.  Unfortunately the wife and mother died … Read more

Contributed by C.H. Neff [email protected] William TIPTON was born on3 Apr 1808 in Loudoun County, Virginia.  He died on  8 Dec 1894in Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois.  He was buried in Christian Neck Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois.   William TIPTON was married to Rebecca WELLER on 2 Jul 1835 in Washington County, Indiana. Rebecca WELLER was born on 29 Mar 1807 in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. She died on 30 Aug 1879 in McDonough County, Illinois.  She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois.  William TIPTON and Rebecca WELLER had the following children: 1.1. John W. TIPTON was born on 29 Aug 1832 … Read more

  WilliamB. Davis  WILLIAM B. DAVIS,proprietor of the Democrat Message, was born in La Fayette county,Missouri, July 10, 1865. His father, Henry K. Davis, was born in Wheeling,West Virginia, and his father, Samuel H. Davis, was a printer, and at onetime published a paper in Wheeling, and later in Peoria, Ill. He spenthis last days there. His son was also a printer, and followed his trademany years. He issued the first daily paper ever published in Peoria, andthe first ever published in Champaign county, and during the war publishedthe Lexington Union at Lexington, Missouri. It was a strong Unionpaper, and … Read more

  WilliamBader  WILLIAM BADER, proprietorof the village of that name, was born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1826. His parents were Jeremiah and Sarah (Thompson) Bader.  The fatherwas a native of Germany, and the mother of Pennsylvania.  They hadeleven children, of whom eight are now living, namely: Mary, now Mrs. Hopkins,residing in Mason county; Sarah A., now Mrs. Gibbs, residing in Hancockcounty; Rosanna, now Mrs. Bleeker, of Pasadena, California; Margaretta,now Mrs. Doane; Jeremiah died when seventeen; John L., now residing inKansas; Benjamin F., residing at Vermont, Illinois; Henry O., residingon a farm near Bader.  The family moved from Ohio to Brooming … Read more