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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
Lakeside Building
1883
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Casey Twp. -
DAVID BAIR, harness maker, Casey, came
to Clark County in July, 1875, and has since been a resident
of this township. He was born in Dauphin County,
Penn., Nov. 25, 1829, the fifth son and sixth child born to
John Bair and Mary Moore. He was born to
John Bair and Mary Moore. He was born in
Dauphin Co. about he year 1791 and died in 1863. She
was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., daughter of Frederick
Moore. Our subject's grandfather was Samuel
Bair. David was one of a family of ten
children, seven sons and three daughters, all of whom lived
to be grown and now living, except Jesse, who was
killed at the battle of the Wilderness. The children
were Susannah, Jacob, John, Samuel, Jesse, David, Sarah,
Mary, Jeremiah and Isaac, all living in
Pennsylvania save Jesse, Isaac and David.
Isaac resides in Marshall County, Kan.
Susannah, wife of Solomon Matter; Sarah, wife of
John Allbright; and Mary, wife of Abraham
Crow. These, with Jacob, John and Samuel,
all reside in Dauphin County, Penn. David was
raised a farmer and remained with his parents until
twenty-two years of age; then left home and ran on the
river, boating and rafting on the Susquehanna Canal and
river, and three years on the Sunbury & Erie Railroad - did
job work also. In the spring of 1861, he began keeping
hotel at Clark's Ferry, Dauphin County, and for eight years
ran this business. He then disposed of his hotel
interests and moved to Halifax in the same county, and was
here elected Justice of the Peace, and for six years he held
this office. Then he emigrated to this State and
located in Casey, where he has since lived. For three
years after his arrival here, he engaged in the grain trade;
then he engaged in the harness business, which he still
carries on. He has recently built a large brick
business house, 20x80 feet and two stories high, on Jasper
avenue. Oct. 30, 1860, he married Priscilla C.
Freeland, born in May, 1834, daughter of George
Freeland. Mr. Bair has but one child, Ella,
wife of C. A. Hartwell, railroad agent on the
Vandalia Railroad. Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 78 |
Casey Twp. -
GEORGE P. BAIRD, farmer, P. O.
Martinsville. This gentleman comes of Kentucky stock.
He first beheld the light of day Aug. 3, 1837, in Nelson
County, Ky. His great-grandfather on the paternal side
was James Baird. He was a native of Ireland and
settled in Nelson County. Shortly after the
Revolutionary war, he and eight brothers made their
settlement in that county and founded Bairdstown. His
grandfather was Joseph Baird, who married Lucy,
who was a daughter of Proctor Ballard, a Virginian.
He (Joseph) was born in Hardin County, Ky., where his
father removed, subsequently to his settlement in Nelson
County. Here the father of our subject was born Oct.
10, 1804. His name is T. R. Baird. He was
married in Hardin County Oct. 28, 1830, where he was born,
to Elizabeth, a native of Nelson County, born Aug. 3,
1805, daughter of George Dawson and Katie Ballard.
George Dawson was born in Pennsylvania and removed to
Nelson County, and there raised a family. The first
member of the Baird family that came to Lawrence
County, this State, at the close of the war of 1812, and
remained here until his death. George P. came
to the State with his parents about the year 1850, and
located with them in Crawford County, and after two years'
residence removed to Clark County, where he has ever since
lived. After coming to this county, the family lived
two years in Wabash Township, remaining here two years; then
lived two years in York Township, and subsequently to
Martinsville. George P. remained at home until
twenty-five years of age. In 1861, he married, Anna
E., born in 1842, in Shelby County, Ind.; she is a
daughter of Jesse R. Laingor and Polly Cooper.
In the summer of 1862, he enlisted in Company F,
Seventy-ninth Illinois Volunteers, and served in several
hard-fought battles, among which were Perryville,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and at Resaca, where he received
severe injuries which disables him, and was finally
discharged on account of the disability, and has since been
a pensioner. Upon returned to civil life, he returned
to this township and has since been a resident and engaged
in farming pursuits. He located on the farm he now
owns in 1871; located on the northwest quarter of Section 3.
Has four children, viz., Alice, George E., Elie M.
and Polly. He is a genuine Republican.
Has served as Assessor of township and is a member of A., F.
& A. M. His mother died Oct. 19, 1879; father, yet
living, is a man well preserved for one of his years, and
has given his life to farming pursuits. He has raised
five children. The eldest is Nancy then in
order comes George P., Joseph, Margaret and Kate.
Nancy resides in this township, wife of William
Beauchamp; Margaret in Martinsville, wife of Lewis C.
Tingley; Joseph resides in Douglas County.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 84 |
Auburn Twp. -
WILLIAM H. BEADLE, farmer, P. O.
Martinsville, was born in Clark County, Ind., Feb. 13, 1835.
His father, Abraham H. Beadle, was a Virginian by
birth, which occurred Feb. 16, 1800, and when he was six
years old removed with his father, James Beadle, to
Kentucky, where he grew to manhood, removing to Indiana when
twenty years old. Here he followed boating on the Ohio
in the winter and farming in the summer, and was married May
5, 1820, to Miss Sarah Carr, daughter of Elisha
Carr, one of the pioneers of Indiana. She was born
May 25, 1800. They made their residence in Clark
County, Ind., until 1850, when they removed to Clark County,
Ill. During the residence in Indiana, five children
were born, of whom but two are living. The record of
this family is as follows: Nancy Beadle, born
in Clark County, Ind., Aug. 28, 1822, and died Nov. 23,
1823, she married John Campbell of Indiana, and died
in this county Oct. 10, 1850, leaving a family of two
children: Mary E., married to John Garver, and
Joseph A. Campbell, of Casey, Ill.; Ann Eliza
Beadle, born June 13, 1829, married to J. H. Watson,
of Martinsville Township; Edward E. Beadle, born Jan.
6, 1832 and died Dec. 1, 1834; and William H. Beadle,
born as above stated. He obtained the rudiments of an
education in the primitive schoolhouse with puncheon floor,
slab benches and greased paper window, and came with the
family to this county in the spring of 1850. He was
married in July 1855, to Miss Sarah C. Jones,
daughter of Abram T. Jones, of Dolson Township.
She was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1833, and
came to this county with her parents about 1853. After
marriage of William H. Beadle, his father gave him
the control of the farm and moved to Marshall, where the
mother died Mar. 24, 1859, and the father Apr. 3, 1859, the
father contracting his sickness while attending the burial
of his wife. They were characterized by their public
spirit, were members of the Christian Church and enjoyed the
confidence of a large circle of friends. Subject lost
his wife by death Mar. 4, 1857, leaving one child, Sarah
C. Beadle. She was born Dec. 26, 1856, and married
to Lewis Heath in February, 1877. Mr. Beadle
was married to his present wife Malinda Chilcote, on
the 17th of April, 1859. She is a daughter of
Nichodemus and Anna Chilcote, formerly of Ohio, and
natives of Pennsylvania. The father died in Douglas
County Dec. 24, 1879; the wife survives him and resides in
Douglas County. Mrs. Beadle was born in Morrow
County, Ohio, Apr. 18, 1841. Mr. Beadle is a
member of the Knights of Honor, a Republican, and from 1878
to 1880 served the county as Sheriff. He has also
served his township officially for several years. He
owns a farm of 153 acres in Sections 22 and 23 of Auburn
Township, has a substantial frame residence on the Westfield
road eight miles west from Marshall, engaged in mixed
husbandry.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 200 |
Darwin Twp. -
B. J. BEARD, farmer, P. O. Marshall;
born May 16, 1816, in Muhlenburg County, Ky., grandson of
Samuel Beard, born in Ireland; his son John was
born in Virginia; he was married to Mary M. Unsel,
born in Maryland; she was the mother of twelve children, of
whom Benjamin J. was the youngest; he went to school
in Kentucky. In 1833, he came to this county; he was
married to Elizabeth Maxadent, born in Indiana; she
was the mother of six children- John, deceased;
Lucinda, born May 7, 1844, wife of Robert Brannin,
and the mother of five children - Laura E., Ricie P.,
Lola H., Lou C., Jafa T.; James, deceased; Wesley,
he married Lucy Keeran, she is the mother of Eva
E.; Charles E., born Apr. 15, 1856; Jacob S.,
deceased. Mr. Beard has a farm of eighty acres.
He is identified with the Democratic party.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
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J. B. BENNETT,
liquor dealer, Marshall, is a native of Clark County, Ill.,
and was born on the 7th of May, 1846. He is a son
William P. Bennett, so long and favorably known in this
county. His father was born in York State June 25, 1808, and
settled in the township of York in the pioneer days of this
county's history. Here he was married to Miss Sarah
Botsford. She is a native of Belleville, Ill.,
born Apr. 2, 1820. William Bennett was engaged
in farming and milling, and for some years was the Sheriff
of Clark County, and Circuit Clerk, offices which he filled
to acceptance. He assisted in the apprehending and
breaking u0p of the memorable "Birch gang," who for years
were such a terror to this county and adjoining country.
He went to California in 1849, and after returning was
elected to the office of Circuit Clerk of Clark County for
eight years. He died in Marshall, where his widow
still lives, on the 17th of July, 1880. They have
raised a family of eight children, of whom one is dead, and
of Whom J. B. Bennett is the second. Our subject
was raised in Clark County, Ill., and educated in the common
schools. In 1872, he began work for a Cincinnati firm
as traveling salesman, for whom he worked until he opened
business for himself in Marshall in 1882. He is a
member of the Knights of Honor.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
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Casey Twp. -
FRANK BRANAN, dealer in stoves and
tinware, Casey, was born in Indiana, Marion County, July 17,
1851, son of Robert and Sarah Goff. He was born
in Pennsylvania and removed West when a young man, and
settled in Ohio, where he married and lived several years,
and finally located in Marion County, Ind., remaining until
1854, when he came to Auburn Township, where he settled
permanently and lived until his death, June, 1879. His
wife died in 1875. To them were born eight children;
all grew up and seven are now living. Frank was
the fifth child, and remained at home until eleven years of
age. Worked on a farm until about twenty years of age,
when he learned his trade at Martinsville with John R.
Baily, and remained with him four years. After
learning his trade, he came to Casey in April, 1876, and set
up in business and has since continued. He is doing an
excellent business, keeps one man, and at times runs several
hands. In February, 1875, he was married to Laura
Snavely, who was born in Martinsville May 10, 1858,
daughter of Samuel Snavely and Sarah (Barrett)
Snavely. Have three children - Nellie, Eddie
and Frank.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 79 |
Casey Twp. -
J. F. BROWN, druggist, Casey.
John Franklin Brown, the efficient and worthy drug clerk
of the firm of Lee & Wiley, was born June 15, 1844,
in Niagara County, N. Y., the eldest son of Thomas Brown,
a native of England. His mother's maiden name was
Margaret McDonuald; she was a native of Rochester, N.
Y., daughter of Henry McDonuald. Subject
removed with his parents about the year 1853, and located at
Marshall. His father was for several years Master
Mechanic on the Wabash Railroad for Busson, Shaw &
Co. He and wife are yet living at Marshall.
Subject remained at home until sixteen years of age, when he
went to Westfield, this county, and for four years he worked
for John Briscoe on a farm; in the meantime, in the
spring of 1864, he went to Nashville, Tenn., and for
eighteen months was in Government employ in the
Quartermaster's Department. He returned to Westfield
and for two years was Deputy Postmaster, and clerked in a
hardware and grocery store. About the year 1870, he
engaged in the drug business at Westfield for six years;
then sold out and engaged in farming in Parker Township, and
remained here two years; then came to this place and has
been here since. He was first in with W. L. Laingor,
and afterward with Lee & Wiley. Twice married,
first in Brownstown, Ky., to Mollie M. Briscoe, born
in Kentucky, daughter of Jacob Briscoe. She
died in about a year, at child-birth. May 29, 1872, he
married Sarah A., daughter of Andrew Lee, one
of the prominent farmers and early settlers of the county.
Has two children - Edith M. and Rose P. He has
served as Coroner since 1878, and previous to this served an
unexpired term; is now elected for his third term. He
is a Republican, and a member of the A., F. & A. M. He
began reading medicine when he first went to Westfield.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 79 |
Casey Twp. -
DR. W. W. BRUCE, physician, Casey, has
been identified with the interests of Clark County since
May, 1869. He was born in Indiana County, Penn., in
1844, January 1. He is a son of J. H. Bruce and
Margaret Rankin, both natives of the same county and
received a common school education, which was supplemented
by an academic course, and afterward taught four terms of
winter school; and began reading medicine in the spring of
1862 with Dr. Thomas St. Clair, of Indiana County,
Penn., and continued with him two years and some months.
He attended medical lectures at Jefferson Medical College,
and in the spring of 1866 he began the practice of his
profession, for a time with his preceptor, afterward went to
Burning Springs, Va., where he started on his own account,
and continued one year, when he removed to Parke County,
Ind., where we resumed the practice of his profession two
years, remaining here until May, 1869, when he located in
Casey, Clark County, and has since been identified with the
interests of the county, not only as a practitioner of
materia medica, but with other interests in the county.
He was married Jan. 1, 1873, to Sarah E. Guthrie, a
native of Madison County, Ind., daughter of William M.
Guthrie and Margaret Shroyer. The Doctor has no
children, but has raised a niece of his wife's, Jessie
Sturdevant. The Doctor is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, also of the Masonic fraternity, and has
been W. M. of Casey of Casey Lodge for the past five years,
also Worthy Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good
Templars. He is a sound Republican.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 80 |
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