Patron
List of the
History
of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois - 1882
Woodstock Township
| NAME | POST OFFICE | RESIDENCE | OCCUPATION | NATIVITY | YEAR CAME
TO COUNTY |
| Bedenbender, J. Henry | Ripley | Sect. 23 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Nassau, Germany | 1856 |
| Mary Messersmith | Ripley | Sect. 23 | Wife of J. Henry Bedenbender | Dillenburg, Germany | 1866 |
| Brody, Eugene | Ripley | Sect. 26 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Arboyo, France | 1864 |
| Lucinda Abbott | Ripley | Sect. 26 | Wife of Eugene Brody | Brown Co., Ill. | 1839 |
| Byers, Henderson | Rushville | Sect. 36 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1861 |
| Byers, Will | Died Feb. 24, '62 | - | Father of Henderson Byers | Kentucky | 1847 |
| Byers, Eleanor nee Stutsman | Rushville | Sect. 36 | Mother of Henderson Byers | Indiana | 1834 |
| Black, William T. | Sylva | Sect. 10 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Dubois Co., Ind. | 1825 |
| Matilda Matheney | Sylva | Sect. 10 | Wife of William T. Black | Morgan Co., Ohio | 1835 |
| Brown, Robert | Rushville | Sect. 10 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1835 |
| Mary M. S. Hoffman | Rushville | Sect. 10 | Wife of Robert Brown | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1845 |
| Griffith, Joshua | Rushville | Sect. 16 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Tuscarawas Co., Ohio | 1841 |
| Margaret Hoffman | Rushville | Sect. 16 | Wife of Joshua Griffith | Pickaway Co., Ohio | 1837 |
| Herche, Henry | Ripley | Sect. 22 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Beaver Co., Pa. | 1849 |
| Mary Rilker | Ripley | Sect. 22 | Wife of Henry Herche | Germany | 1852 |
| Hess, August | Ripley | Sect. 21 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Hesse, Germany | 1860 |
| Catharine Herche | Ripley | Sect. 21 | Wife of August Hess | Hesse, Germany | 1849 |
| Harris, Nathaniel | Rushville | Sect. 25 | Farmer and Carpenter | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1853 |
| Augusta Jonte | Rushville | Sect. 25 | Wife of Nathaniel Harris | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1857 |
| Hermetet, James F. | Rushville | Sect. 3 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1844 |
| Mary E. Logsdon | Rushville | Sect. 3 | Wife of James F. Hermetet | Brown Co., Ill. | 1865 |
| Ingels, Bartlet H., Sr. | Rushville | Sect. 12 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Fayette Co., Ky. | 1830 |
| Margaret Allison | Rushville | Sect. 12 | Wife of Bartlett H. Ingels, Sr. | Muskingum Co., O. | 1840 |
| Kearby, Thomas J. | Rushville | Sec. 11, 1r 2w | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Orange Co., Ind. | 1856 |
| Elizabeth Park | Rushville | Sec. 11, 1r 2w | Wife of Thomas J. Kearby | Brown Co., Ill. | 1850 |
| Kruse, Franz Henry | Rushville | Sect. 1 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1852 |
| Hattie E. Beard | Rushville | Sect. 1 | Wife of Franz Henry Kruse | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1855 |
| Long, John P. | Ripley | Sect. 28 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1843 |
| Susan T. Houser | Ripley | Sect. 28 | Wife of John P. Long | Nashville, Tenn. | 1860 |
| Luthy, Wm. R. | Ripley | Sect. 27 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Switzerland | 1849 |
| Mary Herche | Ripley | Sect. 27 | Wife of William R. Luthy | Beaver Co., Pa. | 1849 |
| Logsdon, Perry | Rushville | Sec. 1, 1sr 2w | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Madison Co., Ky. | 1865 |
| Lizzie Byers | Rushville | Sec. 1, 1sr 2w | Wife of Perry Logsdon | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1850 |
| Long, Joseph J. | Ripley | Sect. 29 | Farmer and Miller | Crawford Co., Pa. | 1855 |
| Rebecca Thompson | Ripley | Sect. 29 | Wife of Joseph J. Long | Crawford Co., Pa. | 1839 |
| Park, Overton | Rushville | Sec. 11, 1sr 2w | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Brown Co., Ill. | 1850 |
| Rosanah C. Reddick | Rushville | Sec. 11, 1sr 2w | Wife of Overton Park | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1850 |
| Reiley, Isaac | Ripley | Sect. 29 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Schuyler Co., Ill. | 1856 |
| Betsey Reiley | Ripley | Sect. 29 | Mother of Isaac Reiley | Indiana | 1838 |
| Stutsman, John S. | Ripley | Sect. 36 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Dublois Co., Ind. | 1834 |
| Sarah Howell | Rushville | Sect. 36 | Wife of John S. Stutsman | - | - |
| Scott, Richard M. | Rushville | Sect. 2 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Pike Co., Mo. | 1848 |
| Lizzie Harris | Rushville | Sect. 2 | Wife of R. M. Scott | Jackson Co., Ky. | 1857 |
| Scott, Leaven O. | Rushville | Sect. 2 | Father of R. M. Scott | Montgomery Co., Md. | 1831 |
| Scott, Lizzie nee Scott | Died Feb. 22, '77 | - | Mother of R. M. Scott | Montgomery Co., Md. | 1831 |
| Thompson, James D. | Rushville | Sect. 36 | Farmer and Stock Raiser | Crawford Co., Pa. | 1839 |
| Margaret E. Grosclaude | Rushville | Sect. 36 | Wife of James D. Thompson | Bussurel, France | 1833 |
Source: 1686-1882 Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Co. Illinois with Illustrations Descriptive of their Scenery and Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, by W. R. Brink & Co., Philadelphia, Corresponding office Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882
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