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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. -
JOHN R. EMRICH, farmer, P. O. Casey,
was born July 28, 1844, in Vinton County, Ohio, and removed
to Ross County when young, where he grew to maturity, and
from here entered the army. He enlisted on Oct. 13,
1863, in Company I, Twelfth Ohio Cavalry, and served until
November, 1865. He was captured by Gen. Morgan,
in June, 1864, and afterward released on parole.
His regiment was on duty in Kentucky, and in the last year
of the war was with Sherman on his campaign. Soon
after he return home from service, he came to this State and
came to Cumberland County, where he engaged in farming, and
remained here until he came to this county and township.
He came to Casey in 1871, where for five years he was
engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. He
located here on this farm in the spring of 1876. He
has 120 acres. He was married on Sept. 17, 1867, to
Miss Susan B. Cochonour, born in Clark County Aug. 3,
1857. She is the second daughter of David Cochonour
and Rebecca Mouser. Mr. Emrich has three children,
two daughters and one son - Perry C., Rosa M. and
Ollie E. Lillie, and infant, died Aug. 20, 1872, aged
two years five months and one day. Our subject's
father's name was John C. Emrich, and his mother's
name was Charity Ratcliff. He was born Nov. 25,
1809, in Maryland, and removed with his father, John
Emrich, to Ohio, when young, where he was raised, and
where he was married to Charity Ratcliff, a native of
Ohio, and daughter of John and Rachel (/Ray) Ratcliff,
both of whom were natives of North Carolina, and who removed
to Ohio in an early day. Our subject's father moved to
this State in the spring of 1865, and died Aug. 1880, in
this township. His wife died Oct. 8 1876 in Casey.
Mr. Emrich was elected Collector of the township in
1882. He is a member and officer of the Grand Army of
the Republic, and is the only son living born to his
parents. In politics he has been a Republican since he
cast his first vote. Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
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Dolson Twp. -
FREDERICK B. ENNIS, farmer, P. O.
Dolson, was the third person to settle in what is now Dolson
Township. He came about the 1st of November, 1833,
with his parents, who located on the place where Moses
Heath now lives. He was born in Gallatin County,
Ky., Apr. 17, 1817, a son of James and Judy (Boyer) Ennis,
he a farmer, born in Virginia Mar. 4, 1790, and died Aug. 3,
1855, in Auburn Township, this county. He served in
the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was a
native of Pennsylvania, born Apr. 12, 1791, and died in
Auburn Township Apr. 13, 1868. The parents had twelve
children, five sons and seven daughters, our subject being
the eldest of the family. He received a very limited
education in the old subscription schools of his native
county, and spent his early life in assisting his father on
the home place. At an early age, he commenced to learn
the shoe-maker's trade, with his own ingenuity for a
teacher, and made the first pair of boots he ever wore.
On becoming of age, he started out for himself, and worked
at stone cutting, to which trade he served an
apprenticeship. He also worked at brick-making and
making rails, and had made over 33,000 of the latter before
he had reached the age of twenty-five, for most of which he
received only 33⅓ cents per
hundred. Mr. Ennis was married. Dec. 23,
1845, in what is now Dolson Township, to Rachel Marrs,
born May 4, 1822, in Washington County, Ind., a daughter of
William B. and Margaret (Snodgrass) Marrs, he a
native of Tennessee, and she of Virginia. The mother
died in 1866, and the father in the year following.
Our subject purchased forty acres of his present place in
1839, and now has a farm of 186½ acres in Dolson Township.
He also owns eighty acres in Jasper, and forty acres in
Cumberland Counties. Mr. and Mrs. Ennis are
members of the Clarksville Baptist Church, of which he is a
Deacon and Church Clerk. He is Democratic in politics.
He has served his township twelve years as School Trustee;
about fourteen years as School Director; four years School
Treasurer; Collector, two years; Assessor and Deputy, five
years; and Township Clerk for about thirteen years.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 210 |
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