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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
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Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
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1883
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Wabash Twp. -
EDWIN MADISON, farmer, P. O. Marshall,
is a son of Channing Madison, and was born where he
now lives in Wabash Township on the 6th of November4, 1839.
He was educated principally in Marshall. For a time
during the war of the rebellion, he was connected with
Battery D of the Second Illinois Artillery, and later became
a member of Company F of the Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer
infantry. Returning home, he turned his attention to
the study of law, and attended law lectures at Ann Arbor,
Mich. He was married in Marshall on the 28th day of
December, 1865, to Miss Cecelia Huston of Marshall.
She was born in Ohio January 8, 1843. They have one
daughter, Ada E. Madison, born November 5, 1866, and
one son, Relly Madison, born May 11, 1872, and died
in infancy. Subject owns a farm of eighty-nine acres,
in Section 18 of Wabash Township, including an orchard of
seventeen acres. He is engaged in farming and
fruit-growing. John Madison was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 26, 1825, and came to this county
with the family of 1838; and has been a resident ever since,
with the exception of two years spent in California.
He married in November, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Newton,
who was born in Cincinnati June 30, 1835, and died in Clark
County, Ill., in 1859, having lost one daughter who died in
infancy. John Madison is a full fledged
Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F., and a graduate of
the law school of Cincinnati, Ohio, but has never entered
the practice. Relly Madison, the oldest son of
Channing Madison, was proficient as civil engineer.
He was a Lieutenant in the Mexican war, crossing the plains
five times during its progress. He was an officer in
Battery D of the Second Illinois Artillery, and died at
Corinth, Miss., on the 21sth day of April, 1863, leaving a
wife who still survives him.
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Wabash Twp. -
JAMES MADISON, farmer, P. O. Marshall.
Among the pioneers of Clark County should be mentioned the
name of Channing and Maria J. Madison.
Channing Madison was a native of Rhode Island, and was
born on the 13th of February, 1792. When he was about
twelve years old, his parents, Joab and Phœbe
(Waterman) Madison
removed to Saratoga County, N. Y., where he grew to manhood,
and where he was educated. He came from New York to
Warren County, Ohio, in 1811, where, on the 21st of July,
1814, he married Miss Maria J. Todd, daughter of
Owen Todd, of Kentucky. She was born in Kentucky,
near Lexington, on the 28th day of July, 1793. From
the time of marriage, etc., until 1838, Mr. Madison
made his home at various points in Ohio and Indiana, during
which time he was engaged as bridge contractor on public
works. In 1838, he was given supervision of bridges
through Illinois in the construction of the Cumberland road,
and that year settled on the land now occupied by his sons.
He erected the bridge at Big Creek, east of Marshall, in the
summer of 1861. He was an old-line Whig, and afterward
a zealous Republican; taking an active though unselfish part
in local politics, yet never aspired to a political honor.
He died on the old homestead, near Marshall, on the 22d of
December, 1869, the wife of his youth surviving him until
December 31, 1880, and died at the mature age of
eighty-seven years. They left, as a legacy to the
county, the families of James and Edwin Madison,
besides John, who has no family, and one daughter,
the widow of Robert Taylor, the first pedagogue of
the county. One son, the oldest of the family was
sacrificed on the altar of his country in 1863.
James Madison is the third of his family of six
children, and was born in Vevay, Switzerland Co., Ind., on
the 28th of January, 1822, and came to Illinois with the
family in 1838. The most part of his early education
was obtained in the Marshall Seminary, under the instruction
of Dean Andrews. At the age of twenty-five
years, he entered the office of Dr. Silas H. Smith,
of Dayton, Ohio, as a medical student, where he continued
for three years. He began the practice of his
profession at West Union, Ind., and has continued in the
practice to the present time. Early in the war, he
became a member of Battery D, of the Second Illinois
Artillery, under his brother, Relly Madison. He
was shortly after appointed to the position of Assistant
Surgeon of the Twenty-first Illinois Regiment, which
position he filled for six months. He had the honor of
attending Gen. Grant through an attack of malarial
fever, and afterward receiving the General's warmest
compliments for his faithful and efficient treatment.
He was married in Olney, Ill., Nov. 4, 1848, to Miss
Ellen M., Glossbrenner. They have never been blest
with offspring of their own, but have raised no less than
eight children, who have found beneath their roof protection
and care, and in their affections a hearty parental welcome.
He has a farm of seventy-six acres, in Section 18 of Wabash
Township. Residence, one mile east from Marshall
public square.
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Wabash Twp. -
ALEXANDER McGREGOR. Died at his
residence in Wabash Township, three miles east of
Livingston, Dec. 20, 1877, Alexander McGregor, aged
seventy-one years. He was born in Perth, Scotland, in
1806, and emigrated to America at the age of twenty, and
settled in Columbia, S. C. He was by trade a stone
mason, and was engaged as builder on the State House in
Columbia. He came to this county in 1836, where he
remained until his death, and during the construction of the
National road was employed as contractor on the stone work.
In January, 1846, he was married to Jane Wood.
He leaves three children, viz.: Joseph,
William and Lizzie. After his marriage, he
had been a resident of Wabash Township, where he died, being
much attached to his neighborhood and neighbors, contented
and happy to remain among them, and greatly devoted to his
family. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1854, of which society he was ever after an
ornament. Mr. McGregor made but little noise in the
busy world during his long and faithful life, yet few men,
on leaving it, have left so many heartfelt regrets at his
loss; so many kind memories of his upright, righteous life;
his noble kindness and gentleness of heart, and so few
faults to be apologized for by his friends. Alexander
McGregor was, in the fullest extent, an honest man,
whose word was as lasting as the hills, and whose kindness
endeared him to all who knew him, and with whom his memory
will remain forever green. Few men were his equals, if
any were superior, in moral worth, and, old as he was, his
place will be difficult to fill.
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Auburn Twp. -
ALLEN H. MICHAEL, farmer, P. O. Clark
Centre, who has been long and favorably known in Auburn
Townshpi, was born in Rush County, Ind., Oct. 11, 1828.
His father, John Michael, was a soldier in the war of
1812; was married in Ohio and became one of the pioneers of
the Hosier State. His first wife died in Indiana,
leaving six children. He was subsequently married to
Margaret Consore, a native of Pennsylvania, but of
German parentage. As a result of this marriage, there
were nine children, Allen H. being the fifth.
His father died in Missouri in 1876. The mother is
living in Kansas in her eighty-fourth year. Mr.
Allen H. Michael came to Clark County, Ill., with his
parents when twelve years old, and has resided in the county
since. He describes the school-house in which he
received his early education as being of round logs, slab
benches, dirt floor and clapboard door. He was married
in Clark County on the 27th of March, 1853, to Miss Celia
Hurst. She was born Feb. 23, 1832, in Edgar
County, Ill., but principally raised in Clark County.
They have a family of eight children, all born in this
county, viz.: Charles, born Jan. 5, 1854, and
married to Susan Cloe - they have one child, Cora
Bell, born Sept. 21, 1877; James A., born May 2,
1855, and married Dora Williams, one son -
Hartford, born June 10, 1882; Clara J., wife of
Joseph James, was born July 22, 1858; Margaret V.,
wife of J. F. Taylor, was born June 17, 1850 - they
have one son, Harry, born Sept. 26, 1882; Sarah B.,
born Aug. 27, 1862; Mary F., born Oct. 27, 1864;
John R., born Dec. 23, 1866; Elisha, born Jan. 5,
1869. In 1857, Mr. Michael bought his farm of
R. B. Sutherland. He has sixty acres in Section
35 and twenty acres in Section 2, of Auburn Township.
Mr. Michael, wife and six children are members of the
Baptist Church. He is a member of the Masonic
fraternity; has served one term as Deputy County Sheriff,
and for some years has filled the office of Justice of the
Peace. He was a member of Company H, Forty-eighth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and accompanied Gen. Sherman
on his march to the sea.
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Wabash Twp. -
L. MURPHY, farmer, P. O. Terre Haute,
one of the first farmers of Clark County, and owner of the
Willow farm, in Wabash Township, was born in Lincoln
County, Ky., June 3, 1815. His father, Thomas
Murphy, was born in the same county, on the 9th of
November, 1788, and his grandfather, John Morgan, was
a native of Ireland, where he grew to manhood, and afterward
became a soldier in the British Army. He came to
America with the army in the time of the Revolution, but in
company with thirty of of his comrades, deserted the
English standard and made their way to Vincennes, Ind., from
where they took a Southern course and made a settlement in
Lincoln County, Ky. After settling here, Mr. Morgan
changed his name, taking the name of Murphy, the
maiden name of his mother. Here he married a woman
named Sarah Turner, of Virginia, and raised a family,
of whom Thomas Murphy, was the youngest.
Thomas Murphy received the benefits to be derived from
the pioneer schools of Kentucky. He was married in his
native county on the 15th of August, 1811, to Miss China
Stephens, who was born in Virginia May 19,m 1788.
They raised a family of ten children, of whom Liberty
Murphy is the third, and of whom all but one grew
to maturity. Thomas Murphy removed his family
from Kentucky to Crawford County, Ill., and settled near
Palestine, in 1826, where the parents spent the rest of
their lives. The father died Mar. 17, 1737, and the
mother died in Hutsonville, Crawford County, February 25,
1853. Liberty Murphy was married in Crawford
County, in March, 1835, to Miss Margaret Seaney,
daughter of Samuel and Catherine Seaney. She
was born in Crawford County, in 1819, and died June 29,
1837, leaving one daughter, Sarah Jane Murphy.
After the death of his wife, Mr. Murphy returned to
the scenes of his boyhood, where he took the trade of
cabinet-maker, at which he worked some years, principally in
Crawford County, Ill. He was married to his present
wife, Miss Cynthia M. Hall, at Darwin, on the 24th of
November, 1840. She is a daughter of Elijah and
Eunice Hall, and was born in Genesee County, N. Y.,
February 13, 1822. She came to this county, from Vigo
County, Ind., with her parents in 1836. Here her
mother died September, 1845, and her father in February,
1846, leaving a family of ten children, of whom Mrs.
Murphy is the eighth. Mr. Murphy has a
family of five children, but one of whom is living:
A. E. Murphy, born April 8, 1843, and died December 16,
1844; Adelbert B. Murphy born February 8, 1846, and
died November 15, 1863; Helen M. Murphy, born May 3,
1850, died May 28, 1851; John Franklin Murphy, born
October 23, 1860. Mr. Murphy located on what is
known as the Willow farm, consisting 320 acres, in
1854. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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