Biographies

    WashingtonBrockman    WASHINGTON BROCKMAN is one of the leadingbusiness men of Mount Sterling, where he was born September 13, 1844. Hisfather, James, was born in Kentucky, and was there reared and educated.He turned his attention to the study of medicine when young. He graduatedfrom Lexington Medical College, and in 1836 or 1837 he came to Illinois,locating in Mount Sterling, where he began his practice. It was at thistime that he had a very narrow escape from being drowned by being caughtin the high water at Meredosia. His practice extended into Pike and Morgancounties, where he had to go … Read more

    WilliamBuracker    WILLIAM BURACKER was born on a farm in township17, range 9, Cass county, Illinois, September 14, 1846. His parents, Philip A., and Jane (Holzman)Buracker, were born, reared and married in Page county, Virginia, and in1844 came to Illinois, making the journey with a team. They located onthe farm on which their son William was born, and there resided six years.They then moved to a farm in range 10, of the same township, where theypassed the rest of their lives. The father died May 28, 1891, at the ageof sixty-eight years. The mother passed away in 1873. … Read more

     WilliamC. Bollman   WILLIAM C.BOLLMAN, Postmaster at Browning, is a native of Pike county, Illinois,born March 13, 1839. His parents were John and Rebecca (Hedgen) Bollman.Both were natives of Ohio and came to Illinois in 1837, locating in Pikecounty, where the father died in 1850, and the mother died in Quincy, ofthe cholera, when it was raging there. There were seven children by thismarriage, and two by the former one. The brothers and sisters of Williamwere: Michael, deceased; our subject was the next child; Samuel, stillliving in Pike county, married; John, deceased; Orville, deceased; SarahMassey of Fulton county, … Read more

    WilliamD. Dorsett    WILLIAM D. DORSETT was born in Randolphcounty, North Carolina, December 28, 1828. His father was Azariah Dorsett,a native of the same State, who was a cooper by trade, but he also followedfarming for a livelihood. In 1835 he came in a six-horse wagon with hisfamily, consisting of a wife and twelve of his fourteen children, to Illinois,camping out over night on their entire trip to Schuyler county. They settledin what is now Huntsville township, and a little later bought a tract ofland upon which a few acres had been broken and a log cabin erected. … Read more

    WilliamD. Scoggan    WILLIAM D. SCOGGAN was born in Lee township,Brown county, Illinois, December 28, 1843. His father was Isham Scoggan,born 1807, in Shelby county, Kentucky. He was the son of William DotsonScoggan, who settled in Kentucky at a very early day, living to be a veryold man, rearing seven children. Isham was the eldest son and on comingto this county he bought 320 acres of land and in 1839 brought his wifeand two children. They made this journey by team. Some eight or ten yearslater his brothers and one sister came, and with them the aged father … Read more

  WilliamHenry Harrison Hite William Henry Harrison Hite, about 88 years,and his grandson Perry Hite, about 5 years. Perry is the son of Oren M.and Catherine (Stout) Hite. This photo was taken about 1895, Schuyler County,Illinois. Contributed by Lela [email protected]     Return to Submitted Biographies Bios& Family Histories Page FamilyBranches Index Returnto Home Page Copyright 1999-2006 Judi Gilker; all rights reserved.

    WilliamHuppers    WILLIAM HUPPERS, an old and successful businessman of Beardstown, was born in the Rhine province, October 1, 1839. Hisparents lived and died in their native province. His father, GearheardHuppers, was a mechanic and small farmer and had been quite active in localmatters of his native town. He died at the age of eighty-six. His mother,who died at the age of eighty-one, before her marriage bore the name ofElizabeth Waltham. They were members of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Huppers was well reared, and when thirteenyears of age, after attending public school, was apprenticed to the tailor’strade. … Read more

     WilliamJ. Davis     WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ofLee township, was born in Adams county, Illinois, in 1845. His father,Washington, was horn in Virginia about 1822, and hi8 father, Edward, wasa Virginia farmer who emigrated to Illinois in 1837, where he died at anadvanced age, in Adams county. They came by land the most of the way. Themother of William J. was Nancy Chipman of North Carolina, a daughter ofDavid Chipman, who came to Illinois in 1835. She survived her husband. William Davis had agood common-school education, was reared to farm life, and this has beenhis vocation except a … Read more

    WilliamL. Alexander    WILLIAM L. ALEXANDER, ofsection 30, Huntsville township, settled in the county in 1861. He wasborn in the county in 1861. He was born in Russell county, Virginia, December19, 1836. His parents were William and Mary (McReynolds) Alexander. Thegrandfather of our subject was John Alexander, born in the north of Ireland.He came to the United States, where he settled and pursued farming. Hisson William was born in 1802 and was a farmer, marrying in Virginia. In1840 he came to Illinois and settled in Adams county, North East township,where he became the owner of 400 acres of … Read more

    WilliamM. Cox, M.D.    WILLIAM M. COX, M. D., one of the leadingmembers of the medical profession in Brown county, Illinois, was born fivemiles from Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois. His father, Charles Cox,was a native of Virginia, and removed from that State to Kentucky, wherebe married; he afterward removed to Indiana, and thence to Morgan county,Illinois, where he was one of the early settlers; he located there previousto the “winter of the deep snow” (1830-’31), and experienced all the hardshipsand privations of that year. His brother, Hon. Jerry Cox, settled thereat the same time. He entered a tract … Read more