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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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Dolson Twp. -
ALBERT C. HAMMOND, farmer, P. O.
Martinsville; born in Dolson Township Sept. 17, 1857, son of
Clark H. and Roxanna (Hammond) Hammond. The
father was born in Rutland County, Vt., Apr. 21, 1829, a son
of Alanson P. and Sally (Tarbel) Hammond; he, born
September 23, 1802, in Vermont, and died July 7, 1846; she
was also a native of Vermont, born Feb. 22, 1804, and died
Jan. 25, 1842. The mother of our subject was born May
25, 1834, a daughter of Lyman C. and Jane Augusta (Dauley)
Hammond. The parents of our subject were blessed
with seven children, four of whom are living, our subject
being the eldest of the family. The others are
Clara A., George A. and Francis H. Our
subject received a good education in the schools of Clark
County, and he started in life as a farmer, and he has
always given his attention to farming pursuits. He was
married Sept. 3, 1882, in this county, to Martha Jane
Hurst, born Feb. 23, 1860, a daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Boyer) Hurst. Our subject runs part of
his father's property, his father owning 1,679 acres of
land, all of which lies in Dolson Township, with the
exception of 431 acres, which is situated in the adjoining
township of Parker. In politics, our subject is a
Democrat.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 211 |
Casey Twp. -
C. A. HARTWELLSource: History of Crawford &
Clark Cos., Illinois - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L.
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Anderson Twp. -
JOHN HOLLER, farmer, P. O. Marshall,
born Feb. 6, 1828, in Wurtemberg, Germany. He is a
grandson of Jacob Holler, born and died in Germany;
he was a shoe-maker by occupation. His son, John
Holler, Sr., was born 1800, in Germany, he died 1868, in
this county. He served six yeas in the German Army; he
was married there to Anna Mary Mack, born 1800; she
died 1855; she was the mother of five children, viz.,
Jacob, Henry, Katharin, Mary and John, our
subject, who came to the United States with his parents in
1829, living several years in Little York, Penn., about
eight years in Marion County, Ohio, and in 1841 he came to
this county, where he was joined in matrimony, Nov. 1, 1855,
to Dartha Strohm, born June 25, 1830, in Alsace,
Germany, daughter of George J. and Margaret E. (Spitler)
Strohm. Mrs. Holler is the mother of eight
children now living - Emma, born Feb. 29, 1860;
Lizzie, born Nov. 7, 1862; Anna D., born Sept. 9,
1864; Barbara E., born Feb. 23, 1866; John A.,
born Jan. 19, 1868; Katy, born Apr. 15, 1870;
Rosetta, born Jan. 5, 1872; Flora U., born July
5, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Holler are members of the
Evangelical Church. He has a farm of 155 acres, with
good buildings; has been School Director. Mr.
Holler is a Democrat.
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Auburn Twp. -
ALLEN HURST, farmer, P. O. Auburn, son
of Nicholas and Harriet Hurst, was born Nov. 25,
1852, in Clark Co., Ill., and received the elements of an
English education in the common schools of Auburn Township.
He was married Jan. 23, 1873, in Dolson Township, to Miss
Nancy Johnson, daughter of Abram and Mary Johnson.
She was born in Dolson Township July 21, 1855. Mr.
A. Hurst is one of the most reliable men in the county,
and is held in high esteem for his upright walk and
temperate habits. He has a farm of eighty acres of
land in Auburn Township, and for several years has served
the township as Constable. His family consists of
three children, viz.: John Hurst, born Aug. 5,
1876; Nicholas, born Apr, 1878; Harriet, born
Feb. 4, 1882. Nicholas Hurst, father of
Allen, was born in Kentucky Feb. 23, 1818. He came
to this State in 1832, and lived for a short time in Edgar
County, from where he came to this county. He is a man
in whom has been placed a vast degree of public trust,
having filled the offices of Associate Judge, County Sheriff
and two terms as County Treasurer. For the past twenty
years, he has been in the office of Justice of the Peace;
has been three times married, in each case raising a family.
His first wife was Harriet Craig, who died Apr. 4,
1856. The second wife was Sarah J. Rains, who
died Oct. 1, 1864. Present wife of Nancy Harner,
to whom he was married Apr. 1, 1867.
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