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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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JOHN REED. The subject of these
lines is a native of Henry County, Ky., where he was born
Aug. 30, 1808. His father, Jonathan Reed, was
born in western Pennsylvania, and was a soldier under
Gen. Wayne. He was married in Virginia to Miss
Margaret Eweing of Virginia. They removed to
Kentucky soon after marriage and made a residence of several
years, coming from thence to Indiana, where they died (in
Clark County). They had a family of eight children, of
whom John Reed is the fourth. He attained his
majority in Clark County, Ind., and married in same county
in the year 1833 (September 5) to Miss Francis Beadle,
daughter of James Beadle. She was born in
Jefferson County, Ky., Mar. 1, 1816, and came when a child
to Clark County, Ind., where the parents settled.
Mr. Reed came to this county in 1847, and in that year
located in what is now Dolson Township, where he entered
forty acres land, upon which he lived a few years, and then
sold out and moved where he now lives. They have a
family of twelve children, of whom four are deceased.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page |
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LEANDER N. REED, farmer, P. O. Clark
Centre, native of Clark County, Ind., born Nov. 28, 1837,
son of John S. and Frances (Beadle) Reed. The
father was born in Kentucky, Aug. 30, 1808. Subject
came to Illinois and to Clark County with parents in 1846,
where he grew to manhood, settled in what is now Dolson
Township. He received the elements of an English
education in the common schools of the county, and married
Mar. 21, 1858, in Auburn Township, to Miss Eveline Hurst,
daughter of Nicholas and Harriet (Craig) Hurst.
She was born in Edgar County, Ill., Aug. 19, 1839. In
1859, he bought the land on which he has since lived of
Allen Michael, and entered by Richard Sutherland,
consisting of fifty-five acres, to which he has added
sixty-five acres. Seventy-five acres are in Section 35
and the remainder in Section 2; eighty acres in cultivation;
principal production, small grain. Member of the
Masonic fraternity, a Democrat and has represented his
township several years as Supervisor. Their
family consists of nine children, all born in Auburn
Township. Harriet E., born Sept. 19, 1859;
Nicholas, born June 14, 1861; Dora F., born Mar.
20, 1863; Easter, born Apr. 1, 1866, died Sept. 18,
1872; Emily M., born Apr. 27,1 869; Eveline,
born Sept. 2, 1871; Viola, born July 12, 1874;
John A., born July 27, 1877; Ollie, born Mar. 26,
1879; an infant died. Mrs. Reed and two oldest
children are members of the Baptist Church. Dora F.
married Mar. 7, 1883, to James W. Dunn. He is a
native of the county, son of Judge and Rebecca
Dunn. He was born December, 1861.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page |
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WILLIAM F.
ROMINES, , Martinsville, was born
Jan. 25, 1831, in Wythe County, Va. At the age of two
years, he removed with his parents, Jasper and Mahala
Romines, to Clark County, Ill. The former was a
native of Tennessee and the latter of Virginia.
Mahala was a daughter of John Wyrick, a native of
Virginia. Mr. Jasper Romines located with his
family in Wabash Township, and subsequently made his final
settlement in Marshall Township, where he died March, 1847,
leaving a family of four children - Polly A.,
deceased, wife of M. N. Canady; Jane, wife of
James Wallace; Rheuhamy A., wife of Gilman Noyes.
William F., whose name heads these notes, was
principally educated in the schools of Marshall. He
married Sept. 9, 1856 in Clark County, to Miss Barbara
Meskimen, a daughter of Abram, born in 1798 in
Maryland, and Amelia, born in Cochocton
County, Ohio, in 1808. Mrs. Romines was one of
nine children and was born Mar. 24, 1835. Her father
received his death by an attack of cholera while in the
Western country prospecting for land. William F.'s
union blessed him with four children, viz.: Viola
R., born Nov. 2, 1860, married C. D. Cleaver,
September, 1879; Leroy, born July 21, 1865;
Charley, born July 13, 1868; Freddie, born Aug.
27, 1873. Mr. Romines possesses a fine farm of
640 acres, mostly the result of the energy and frugal
dealings. He and wife are marked among the long time
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Martinsville.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page |
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