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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co.
1879
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Hutton Twp. -
J. W. DALLAS, farmer; P. O. Westfield; was born in Hutton Tp.,
Coles Co., Jan. 16, 1849; his parents, Hiram and Sarah, were
natives of Ohio, and, in the year 1839, came to Coles Co.; in the
spring of 1840, they moved to Clark Co., where, after remaining five
years, again returned to Hutton Tp., of this county, and settled on
Sec. 35, where they lived up to the time of the death of Mr.
Dallas, which occurred Mar. 5, 1878; the subject of this sketch
was born on the homestead, where he still resides, containing 120
acres, his mother living with him. He married Miss
Elizabeth J. Bishop (daughter of Amos Bishop, of Hutton
Tp.) June 6, 1867; she was born Feb. 26, 1851; they had four
children - three boys, one living - William E.; two deceased
- Charles and Joseph, and one girl - Rosella,
living.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 613
See NOTE 1, at bottom of this page;
added because there is not much information on the family here. |
East Oakland Twp. -
HUGH DAUGHERTY, farmer; P. O. Oakland; born in
Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 25, 1830, in which county he has always lived;
he is the son of John Daugherty, one of the earliest pioneers
of Illinois, who emigrated from North Carolina and located in
Illinois about the year 1828; he died about the year 1860, in East
Oakland Tp., Coles Co.; the subject of this sketch, assisted his
father farming until 17 years of age, when he was employed as a farm
laborer for two years, when he commenced farming, renting for a
period of five years, when he purchased forty acres, since which
time he has farmed his own land; he now owns eighty-seven acres of
sec. 29; when he first commenced farming, his capital consisted of
one horse and two cows, and he was in debt about $200; his first tax
was 50 cents. He married, Mar. 27, 1851, to Matilda Hite;
she was born in Ohio Oct. 6, 1823; she died Jan. 2, 1872, leaving
five children, now living - Sarah A., Andrew, John M., Mahalia
and Ellen his marriage with Martha E. Burton was
celebrated Dec. 12, 1872; she was born in Fountain Co., Ind.,
Mar.20, 1847; they have three children now living - Hugh F.,
Samuel Wesley and James Calvin.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 566 |
Morgan Twp. -
WESLEY DAUGHERTY, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O.
Charleston; born in Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 18, 1834; he is the
youngest son of John B. Daugherty, who emigrated with his
family from Indiana and located in Coles Co., Ill., about the year
1833, where he lived until his decease, which occurred July 10,
1857, being then 60 years of age. The subject of this sketch
remained with his father and assisted in farming until 19 years of
age, when he was employed as farm laborer for about four years, when
he engaged in farming upon rented land, which he followed two years;
he located upon his present place in the spring of 1857, where he
has since continued to live during a period of upward of 22 years;
he owns 120 acres in his home farm, upon which he has good buildings
and about 20 acres of timber upon the Embarrass River. His
marriage with Phoebe Clark was celebrated Feb. 18, 1856; she was
born in Coles Co. May 25, 1836. They have five children now
living, viz.; Paulina, Albert, Joseph,
Charles W. and Hetta J. Mrs. Daugherty
was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Clark,
who emigrated from Kentucky, and located in Coles Co., Ill., about
the year 1828 or 1829; Mr. Clark lived here until the
spring of 1856, when he went to Indiana upon a visit, whore he died
April 18, 1856; his birth occurred in Kentucky, in the year 1798.
Mrs. Clark now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Daugherty, within one-half mile of where she first located,
and where she has continued to reside for nearly half a century; she
was born Jan. 1, 1800, and although now in her 80th year, is in
possession of all her faculties, and voluntarily devotes a large
part of her time to sewing and knitting. Mr.
Daugherty has filled the office of School Director several years
during his residence here, and which office he now holds.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 622 |
Hutton Twp. -
C. P. DAVIS, farmer; P. O. Hutton; was the
eldest of nine boys, and was born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Sept. 13,
1829. In 1829, while he was still an infant, his parents,
John C. and Elizabeth Davis, moved to what was then Clark Co.,
and settled in what is now Hutton Tp., of Coles Co., and first
having lived in different localities in the township, about the year
1840, settled on Sep. 34, where they lived up to the time of their
death, Mr. Davis, dying Nov. 30, 1871, Mrs. Davis'
death having occurred January, 1862. Mr. Davis was
among the first settlers of this county, at that time on unbroken
wilderness inhabited by the red man. He entered 80 acres of
land, and made a farm, improving the same, and enduring all the
hardships and privations incident to the pioneers of this western
wild. The subject of this sketch lived with his parents up to
the time of his marriage with Miss Elizabeth Conley, Dec. 28,
1850; in the spring of 1852, Mr. Davis moved to his farm, on
Sec. 27, where he has ever since resided. His wife was a
daughter of John Conley, of Hutton Tp., now residing in
Butler Co., Mo..; she was born Dec. 15, 1832; they had seven
children, five boys, all living - John W., Henry, James N.,
Charles N., and David E.; two girls - Nancy,
living and one that died in infancy.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 613 |
Lafayette Twp. -
G. B. DAVIS (Lafayette
Twp.), farmer,
Sec. 23; P. O. Loxa, born in Hutton Twp., Coles Co., Dec. 12, 1836;
was brought up a farmer; received his education in a common school
during the winter months. Dr. D. resided at home with
his parents until he was 32 years of age, during which time he
assisted on the farm and also taught school; he taught school in
Hutton Tp. and the district where he now resides 104 months in all.
He was married to Elizabeth Atkins Aug. 12, 1869; she was
born in Clark Co., this State, Sept. 3, 1844; have two children -
Sarah Annie and Mattie L. Held office of Town
Clerk one year, and Justice of the Peace eight years; was a soldier
in the late war; served in Co. C, 68th I. V. I.; held rank of Second
Lieutenant; went from Charleston. He was in expedition that
captured John Morgan at the time of his famous raid in Ohio.
Dr. D. is a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs.
D. belongs to the Church of United Brethren. His parents,
John C. and Elizabeth, were among the pioneer
settlers of this county. Both are now deceased.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 654 |
Charleston Twp. -
GILES DAVIS, deceased, late of Charleston;
although not one of the early settlers, was yet a citizen and
business man who enjoyed in so large a measure the confidence of his
fellow-men and was held in such universal and high esteem by the
entire community, that it is with pleasure that we give a brief
sketch of his life; he was born in Union Co., Ind., Nov. 7, 1824; he
was the son of Elisha and Elizabeth (Shafer) Davis, both of
whom were natives of Ohio; his youth was spent in the usual manner
of farmers' son. On the 1st of October, 1845, when not quite
21 years of age, he was married to Miss Louisa Jinks, a
daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Winchell) Jinks, of Franklin
Co., Ind. In 1868, he removed with his family to Jasper Co.,
Ill., and engaged in farming; in 1871, he came to Coles Co., and,
until 1873, kept a meat market in Charleston; he then located on a
farm in Seven Hickory Tp., where he resided two years, at the end of
which time he returned to Charleston and resumed business; in 1878,
just previous to his death, he engaged in the grocery business,
which is still continued by his son, Warren R. Davis.
He died Oct. 19, 1878, leaving a wife and eleven children - Sarah
E. (Mrs. E. B. Wooden, of Charleston), Phoebe J. (wife of
T. J. Hedrick, of Rush Co., Kan.), Robert S. (a
teacher, of Rush Co., Kan.), Richard E. (a telegraph operator
in Litchfield, Ill.), Giles O. (in business in Charleston),
Warren R. (also in business in Charleston), Louisa J.,
Emily M., Harry E., Wilber M. and Effie L.; their
first-born, Samuel J., died Sept. 3, 1847. Mr. Davis
was a highly-respected member of the Masonic fraternity and the
Knights of Honor.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 519 |
Charleston Twp. -
JEWELL DAVIS, M. D., physician and surgeon
Charleston; was born in Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 27, 1811 he was
raised on a farm, and followed that calling until about 1838, when
he removed to Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, having a few years
previously married Miss Cynthia Jones, of that place; they
have three children - Mary V. (wife of E. L. Kelly),
Curtis L., Teller of the First National Bank, and Reuben
J., all of whom are residents of Coles Co. Dr. Davis
followed coopering and carriage-making for a while in
Middleport; owing to illness in his family, he was induced to study
medicine, studying successively all the various systems of practice
- allopathy, homeopathy, eclecticism, hydropathy and chromo-thermalism,
and during his forty years' practice he has confined himself to no
particular school, but has seized upon any remedy, from whatever
source, which would accomplish his object - the relief of the
patient and the cure of disease; his favorite system, however, is
the eclectic; Dr. Davis came to Charleston in 1854, and began
practice with Dr. A. M. Henry now of Mattoon, with whom he
also engaged in the drug business; after a few years, Dr. Henry
disposed of his interest to Dr. H. C. Barnard; he afterward
practiced with Dr. H. R. Allen, now one of the proprietors of
the National Surgical Institute of Indianapolis, and with Dr. J.
B. Denman up to the beginning of the war, since which he has
practiced alone; Dr. Davis is also largely interested in bee
culture, having about a hundred colonies, and is the inventor of the
queen nursery for propagating queen bees.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 518 |
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Charleston Twp. -
JACOB K. DECKER, far. and stock-raiser; P. O.
Charleston; was born in Knox Co., Ind., Aug. 7, 1817; his parents,
Isaac and Margaret Decker, were Virginians, and left that State
in 1811, and were living in Fort Knox, on the Wabash, when the
battle of Tippecanoe was fought; when he was 7 years old, his father
died, and at about the age of 15, he was apprenticed by his guardian
to a merchant in Crawford Co., Ill.; in 1836, he came to Charleston
and engaged in the grocery business, with a capital of $250; about
two and a half years later, he went to farming, which he has
continued, in connection with other business, to the present time;
in 1842, he engaged in the dry goods trade, which he followed until
1855; he then farmed exclusively until 1859, when he resumed the dry
goods business, continuing till 1863, since which time he has been
engaged solely in farming and stock-raising; he owns a fine farm of
750 acres adjoining the city on the north, although he resides in
the city, where he owns a good residence with ten acres of land; he
also owns a fine brick store on the east side of the public square,
occupied by S. Barnes, besides which he owns 250 acres of
land in Northern Iowa. In politics, he is a Republican.
He has served one term on the Board of Supervisors, and for over
twenty years has been Treasurer of the Coles County Board of
Agriculture. He was married Sept. 23, 1839, to Miss Mary A.
Morton daughter of the late Charles S. Morton of
Charleston; they have 7 children living - Charles V. (of
Dr. W. R. Patton, of Charleston), Demetrius J. (now a
resident of California), Ion B., (now Mrs. T. H. Duncan,
of Oakland, Ill.), N. Ella and Mary A.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 519 |
Pleasant Grove Twp. -
DANIEL DIEHL, farmer, Sec. 22; P. O. Johnston; owns eighty
acres; was born in Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 1, 1848, and lived with his
parents until 21 years of age. He was married to Martha M.
Odell Dec. 21, 1868; she was born in Coles Co., Ill., Sept. 9,
1849, and has had five children, three of whom are living, viz.,
Frank E., Albert L. and Mary E.; deceased, two infants.
Mr. Diehl's parents are natives of Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Diehl's of Tennessee.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 586 |
Pleasant Grove Twp. -
GEORGE DIEHL, farmer and stock-dealer, Sec. 7; P. O. Mattoon;
owns 278 acres; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Oct. 12, 1811, and
lived with his parents on the farm in that State until the year
1837, when he came to Coles Co. He was married Feb. 23, 1842,
to Mary E. Jeffries, who was born in Grayson Co., Ky., Feb.
23, 1824; died Nov. 27, 1849. Mr. Diehl was then
married Apr. 20, 1854, to Catharine Fuller, who was born in
Virginia about the year 1821; died July 16, 1871. Mr. Diehl
was then married Dec. 12, 1873, to Sally Matthews, who was
born in Grayson Co., Ky., Aug. 2, 1816. Mr. Diehl has
had six children, viz., Margaret, Thomas, Daniel, Mary E., John
H. and Jennie. Mr. Diehl's parents were natives of
Pennsylvania and Mrs. Diehl's of Kentucky.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 585 |
Pleasant Grove Twp. -
THOMAS JEFFRIES DIEHL, farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Mattoon; owns
eighty acres; was born in Coles Co., Ill., Jan. 17, 1846, and lived
with his parents on the farm in this township until 22 years of age.
He was then married, Feb. 26, 1868, to Kittie Brunk Hankley,
who was born in Grayson Co., Ky., June 2, 1847, and who has six
children, viz., Anna Lee, Charles Redmond, Mary Alta, George
Edmond, William Angus and Ermie. Mr. Diehl was
School Director eight years, and Overseer of the Road one year.
MR. Diehl's parents were natives of Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Diehl's of Kentucky.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 585 |
East Oakland Twp. -
JOHN DOLLAR, farmer and stockraiser; P. O.
Oakland; born in Perthshire, Scotland, July 1, 1807, where he
engaged in farming until 33 years of age, when he emigrated to
America, landing in New York in June, 1840, coming to Chicago via
canal and lakes, where he hired a team to transport him to Coles
Co., paying for the same the sum of $40; arriving here in July, he
located eighty acres of land on Section 2, in what is now known as
East Oakland Tp., upon which he commenced to make improvements,
employing his spare time for several years in ditching for other
parties; he located upon his present place in 1849, which contains
263 acres, and upon which he has a complete set of buildings which
he has erected since that date; he also owns 200 acres of land in
other parts of the county, all of which he has secured by his own
hard labor; in the fall of 1842, he made two trips to Chicago,
taking up wheat which he sold at 64 cents per bushel, receiving his
pay in leather, salt and groceries; the time consumed on each trip
being eighteen days. Mr. Dollar, though in his 72d
year, is in possession of all his faculties and daily attends to the
feeding and care of his stock, of which he has 40 head of cattle, 7
horses, 100 hogs and 30 sheep. HE married in Scotland in the
spring of 1833, to Margaret Carmichael she was born in
Perthshire, Scotland, and died Apr. 23, 1837, leaving one child,
which died Aug. 28, of the same year; his marriage with Mrs.
Sarah Curtis was celebrated Apr. 8, 1847; she was the daughter
of James D. Hunt one of the early pioneers of Coles Co., and
was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Aug. 19, 1822; they have four children
now living by this union, viz., Margaret J., Nancy Isabel, Sarah
A. and Ralph D. Mr. Dollar has always taken a deep
interest in the cause of religion and education, having been a
member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for upward of thirty
years; he was a strong Unionist during the late war, and in January,
1865, his house was visited by a band of desperadoes in the night,
and with the revolvers of five blackened villains presented to
himself and family, they demanded his money, of which they obtained
upward of $600 and made away with their spoils; four of the five
were afterward captured and lodged in the Jail at Charleston, but
broke jail and all escaped the penalty of their crimes. Mr.
Dollar lost his father by death in September, 1840; his mother
died in 1846.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 565 |
Mattoon Twp. -
J. K. DONNELL, wholesale grocer, Mattoon; was
born in Tyrone Co., Ireland, Oct. 14, 1835. At the age of 13,
he entered the employ of John and James Graham, as clerk in
their grocery establishment, in the town of Strabane; here he served
an indentured apprenticeship for three years and four months, at
which time he received a certificate of qualification as a practical
business man. The family soon after came to America and
settled in Philadelphia, where he was employed in various firms in
the capacity of clerk. In 1857, he began business for himself
in the retail grocery trade; this he conducted ten years. In
1867, he came to Illinois and began the retail trade in Mattoon; for
the first four years he conducted a jobbing trade in connection with
the retail department; in the fall of 1861, he leased his present
place of business to operate exclusively a jobbing trade; this he
continued five years; in the fall of 1866, he leased an additional
room, and again connected the retail trade with his business;
October, 1878, he abandoned the retail department and entered upon
the wholesale business exclusively. His is the first and only
exclusively wholesale house in the city. In addition to his
fine and growing business, ranging from $130,000 to $150,000 per
annum, he owns a fine fruit farm of twenty acres within the
corporate limits of the city, a number of residences and eighty-four
acres in Cumberland Co., well improved. All this he has
accumulated by honest industry and good management, and while
ill-timed adventure and unwise speculation has engulfed many in
financial ruin he feels grateful that his every obligation has been
met, dollar for dollar; and yet with his armor on, he boasts not as
he may who has laid it aside.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 545 |
Mattoon Twp. -
J. W. DORA, M. D., physician and surgeon,
Mattoon; was born near Augusta, Bracken Co., Ky., May 5, 1827; he
enjoyed the advantages of select schools, and attended Augusta
College a short time before its suspension; in 1847, he went to
Cincinnati, and became a student in Bartlett's Commercial College,
from which he graduated in the spring of 1848; he then devoted
himself to book-keeping for the firm of J. O. Prather & Co.,
about a year in the winter of 1849, he began the study of medicine,
under Dr. George R. Todd, of Cynthiana, Ky., a brother of
Mrs. A. Lincoln; during the winter of 1850 and 1851, he attended
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and the following spring,
engaged in the practice of his profession, at Buena Vista, Ky.; the
winter of 1851 and 1852, he was again a student in the College, and
graduated in the spring following, when he again returned to his
practice; in August, 1855, he came West to Illinois, and located in
Mattoon; during the winter of 1855 and 1856, he attended a course of
lectures in the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati; returning
home he remained here in the practice until October, 1863, when he
moved to Chicago; during his residence of two years in Chicago;
during his residence of two years in Chicago, he received a
degree from the Rush Medical College; in April, 1865, he returned to
Mattoon, and has since resided here. He was married in the
spring of 1850, to Martha E. Smith, a native of Harrison Co.,
Ky.; she died Mar. 27, 1872; Nov. 10, 1875, he was married to S.
A. McQuown, a native of Kentucky; has four children from first
wedlock - Leoma C. (wife of F. D. Dole), Helen M.,
John W., Maggie E. He was first Mayor of the city, and for
a number of years member of the City Council; also held the office
of City Treasurer a number of terms.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 544 |
Pleasant Grove Twp. -
S. C. DORAN, farming and stock; P. O. Mattoon;
the subject of this sketch was born in Grayson Co., Ky., Dec. 12,
1827. He married Miss Eliza A. Wortham Nov. 5, 1850;
she was born in the same place Nov. 18, 1830; they had ten children,
seven living, viz., David W., Mary L., Edwin W., George M.,
Nannie A., Oscar J. and John H. He was born on his
father's farm, and moved to Hart Co., Ky., with his parents, in
1832, and lived there until 1854; he then went to Grayson Co., and
engaged in farming; in 1860, he came to Illinois and settled on his
present place. He has held no office except connected with the
road and school; he is now .serving in his second term as
Commissioner of Highways. He owns 120 acres in this township,
upon which, in 1878, he established a station on the Illinois
Central R. R.—which passes through his farm—which is known as
Doran's Crossing. He has been a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterians since 1850. His parents, Thomas and
Mary Cleaver Doran, were natives of Nelson and Washington Cos.,
Ky.; they died in 1853 and 1854, respectively, in Kentucky.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 634 |
Mattoon Twp. -
WILLIAM DOZIER, architect and builder,
Mattoon; was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1836; his
grandfather came from Pennsylvania to Ohio as early as 1810, and
settled in Muskingum Co., when that section of country was a
wilderness, his father was then a lad of some 8 or 9 summers;
through want of opportunity, the education of his father was not
extended beyond spelling, he never having read a day in school; he
was a man, however, of good native ability, and, through his own extertions, obtained a fair education; he served nine years as
Justice of the Peace; he lost his life Apr. 5, 1852, by drowning.
William's early life was passed upon the farm, and he secured
a good education in the common schools; after the death of his
father, he took charge of his mother's interest, and that of eight
younger members of the family, remaining at home till his majority;
at the age of 18 years, he began teaching, and taught four winters,
farming or following the trade of carpenter during the remainder of
the year; in 1858, he came West to Illinois to prospect the country,
and on the 1st day of April, landed in what is now the city of
Mattoon, then a village of some 300 inhabitants; here he engaged in
working at his trade; subsequently went te Cumberland Co., but soon
returned to Mattoon; in the full of 1859, he returned to Ohio, and
Oct. 11, 1859, was married to Maria McCaslin, of Morgan Co.,
Ohio; here he remained till August, 1861, when he gain set his face
westward, moving, in a two-horse wagon, his good and effects; he
came again to Mattoon; in 1865, he moved to Terre Haute, Ind., and
during his residence of three and a half years, built six residences
for himself, and also engaged in merchandising, a short time; in
1869, he returned to Mattoon; since his residence he has built ten
residences, six of which he now owns; he also owns twenty acres in
Okaw Tp., and four acres at his residence near the city limits.
Has had two children - Wallace, living; Cadmer, dead.
In 1875, in company with his wife he visited England, Scotland and
France, and contributed some interesting articles to the city papers
on the manners and customs of the people, and on sight-seeing in
London, Edinburgh and other noted places.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 544 |
Mattoon Twp. -
J. F. DRISH, dealer in general hardware and
agricultural implements, Mattoon; was born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co.,
Va., May 8, 1833; his father came west to Illinois in 1836 or 1837,
and first settled in Whitehall, Greene Co., where he engaged in the
practice of his profession - that of a physician and surgeon; at the
age of 19, the subject of this sketch left home and crossed the
plains to California; here he engaged in speculating and
contracting; in 1854, he returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama
and New York City; he next settled in Carlinville, and engaged in
the dry goods and grocery trade till 1861. At the outbreaking
of the civil war, he entered in the U. S. service in the 32d I. V.
I., as Adjutant of the regiment; in April, 1862, he came home
and assisted in raising and organizing the 122d I. V. I., and again
entered the service as Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment; he was
mustered out of the service in 1865, having been actively engaged
with the regiment during its entire term of service. In 1865,
he settled in Mattoon and engaged in his present occupation.
He was married, in 1856, to Rosella C. Keller, a native of
Illinois; they have two daughters - L. M. and Frankie.
He has held the office of Supervisor two terms, and was Chairman of
the Board during his last term; he was chosen Mayor of the city in
1867, serving out a portion of the first Mayoralty under the new
city charter; he has held the office of President one term, and that
of Secretary one term, of the Board of Education. He
participated in the battles of Forts Henry, Donelson, Pittsburg
Landing, Parker's Cross Roads, Nashville, and many others; he was
wounded in the shoulder on the 9th day of April, 1865, in the
assault on Fort Blakely, at Mobile; this battle was fought after the
war was virtually at an end.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 545 |
Paradise Twp. -
PHAON
H. DORNBLASER, farmer; P. O. Etna; is the
son of Felix and Eliza Dornblaser, of Lehigh Co., Penn., was
born in the same county and State Apr. 20, 1838; moved with his
parents to
Coles Co., Paradise Twp., Ill., Apr. 20, 1855; is the owner of 170
acres of land, probable value, $7,000; was School Director six
years, also Road Overseer one year. Was married to Mary E.
Jeffries, of Coles Co., Dec. 29, 1860; was the daughter of
James and Matilda Jeffries; names of children, boys - French
I., born Jan. 28, 1862; James A., born Feb. 6, 1868;
Edward (deceased), born Nov. 18, 1869, died Mar. 20, 1872; girl
- Antoinette, born Nov. 28, 1864. His father, Felix
Dornblaser, served his time, three years, in the late war; died
on his way home on the boat, near St. Louis, Aug. 12, 1864; 5th
Cavalry Ill.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 651 |
AshmoreTwp. -
ELI DUDLEY, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Ashmore; was born in Coles Co., Jan. 17, 1840,
being a son of Guilford and Mary (Wiley) Dudley; to trace the
genealogy of the Dudley family from its origin, it would be
necessary to begin with the Earl of Dudley, of Dudley
Castle, in Staffordshire, England, in the fourteenth century,
and follow down through a long line of earls, barons, etc.; this is
not our purpose, but we can say that the genealogy is complete and
authentic from that point to the subject of the present sketch; the
first of the family to come to America was Thomas Dudley,
Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay; many of his
descendants held prominent positions in the early history of the
country; assisted in the struggle for independence, and are now
leading citizens in various parts of the country; the first to come
to Coles Co. were three brothers - Moses, James and
Guilford; Guilford Dudley was born in Raymond, N. H.,
Dec. 7, 1795; the day he was 21, he left home, and, going to Ohio,
worked on a farm for a year; then went to New Orleans, from which
place he came to Coles Co., as early as 1825 or 1826; he worked at
first on his brother's farm, and afterward entered eighty acres of
land. He was married in 1829, to Miss Mary Wiley, who
was born in Lexington, Ky., April 22, 1812, and came to Coles Co. in
1828; putting up a log cabin on his farm, Mr. Dudley lived
there till the fall of 1839, when he erected the frame house now
occupied by his youngest son - J. Elbridge Dudley. He
held the office of Justice of the Peace a number of years, and also
Township Treasurer several terms; he was a quiet an, never seeking
notoriety; he followed farming till his health failed, when he
opened a store on his farm, which he continued until the starting of
Ashmore; he was a successful man, acquiring a handsome property and
about 900 acres of land. He died in February, 1864, leaving
nine children - Florence (wife of James Routledge, of
Douglas Co.), Hannah (married Jarrot Phelps, and died
in 1866), John (now of Charleston), Eli, Elizabeth, Nancy
J. (wife of S. H. Reed, of Douglas Co.), Philena S.
(wife of Thomas Walton, of Ashmore), Moses G. (who
died in June, 1868), and J. Elbridge (of Ashmore Twp.).
Eli Dudley was married Dec. 11, 1866, to Miss Margaret N.
Brown, a daughter of Wm. E. Brown; she was born in
Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., July 5, 1842; they have three children
- Gleason A., Mary O. and Gerry B. Mr.
Dudley owns 400 acres of land, with a beautiful residence, and is
quite largely engaged in stock-raising.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 596 |
East Oakland Twp. -
N. R. DUER, farmer and stock-teacher; P. O.
Oakland; born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, May 13, 1832, where he
attended school and engaged in farming until he attained his
majority, when he engaged in school-teaching one year; he then
entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, located at Delaware, which he
attended for upward of two years; he then engaged in farming
and school-teaching in Ohio, until 1862, when he emigrated to
Illinois and located in Clark Co., where he followed teaching and
farming until 1853, when he located in Coles Co., and engaged in
teaching in Oakland one year, and one year in East Oakland Tp.; he
then returned to Clark Co., and for three years was employed in
teaching in Clark and Cumberland Cos.; he then engaged in the
drug-trade, at Farmington, Coles Co., which business he followed
until the fall of 1875, when he engaged in drug trade at Oakland,
with N. R. Moore, under the firm name of Duer & Moore,
which business continued until March, 1878, when he sold his
interest and again resumed farming and school-teaching. He
married, Aug. 14, 1861, to Jane Elder; she was born in
Ohio July 19, 1838; died Oct. 5, 1862, leaving no children:
his marriage with Celia E. Ferguson was celebrated July 21,
1863; she was born in Clark Co. Apr. 15, 1842; they have four
children now livng by this union, viz., Jane, Charles S., Alice
May and Amelia G.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 566 |
Charleston Twp. -
COL. A. P. DUNBAR, retired, Charleston; with
one exception, the oldest living in habitant of the city; was born
in Fleming Co., Ky., July 4, 1810; his father, Alexander Dunbar,
was a soldier in the war of 1812 and participated in the battles of
the River Raisin and the Thames, and was present at the famous
Perry's victory on Lake Erie. The subject of this sketch,
after receiving an English education and reading law to some extent,
came to Clay Co., Ill., in 1828, at the age of 18 years, and engaged
in teaching; after two years, he returned to Kentucky, where he
completed his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in the spring
of 1831; he at once came to Coles Co., located at Charleston, and
began the practice of his profession, which he continued for
forty-six years; he was the first lawyer in the counties of Coles,
Cumberland and Douglas; he assisted in carrying the chain at the
second survey of lots in Charleston in 1831. On the breaking,
out of the Black Hawk was in 1832, he received a commission as
Colonel and rendered valuable service in recruiting and forwarding
the troops from this vicinity. In 1832, he was appointed
Circuit Clerk and Recorder to fill out an unexpired term; in 1834,
he was elected Justice of the Peace, and held that office eight
years; in 1836 and 1837, he represented Coles Co. - then including
Cumberland and Douglas Cos. - in the State Legislature, and occupied
the same seat with the lamented President Lincoln, Hon. Stephen
A. Douglas being also a member of the same House; he was again
elected to the Legislature in 1844, serving two years; he was
appointed, in 1870, Prosecuting Attorney, to fill out the unexpired
term of Gen. John Boyle, and has held other offices of trust,
among which may be mentioned that of Police Magistrate from 1868 to
1874. Col. Dunbar was first married in 1834 to Miss
Ellen Monroe, a native of Glasgow, Ky.; she died in 1835; and on
Sept. 27, 1836, he married Mrs. Susan F. Harrison, the widow
of Matthew T. Harrison of Kentucky; they have had eight
children - Alexander Mason Dunbar (of Charleston), Mary
Ellen (now Mrs. I. N. Cutler, residing in Missouri),
Imogene Caroline (afterward wife of Bruce Anderson, and
who died in 1870), Lucian Sylvester (of Charleston),
Albert Perry (who died in 1876), Lucy Arabella (now
Mrs. Wm. O. Peake, of Charleston), Susan Virginia (who
died when less than 2 years of age) and Charles Ulysses, of
Charleston. Col. Dunbar's law library, together with
many valuable papers, was destroyed by fire in 1877, upon which he
retired from practice. Col. Dunbar was an Old Line
Whig, and joined the Republican party on its organization in 1856;
he stumped the county and vicinity for the Republican candidates at
every Presidential election since that time; he is a fluent,
effective public speaker and an able lawyer.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879~ Page 518 |
East Oakland Twp. -
THOMAS H. DUNCAN; P. O. Oakland; born in Clark
Co., Ill., Apr. 29, 1844, where he attended school and engaged in
farming until Aug. 1, 1862, which eh enlisted as private in Co. A (Capt.
James B. Hill) of the 123d Regt. I. V. I., and went forward to
battle for the Union; he first went to Louisville, Ky., then
marching South, was engaged in the battle of Prairieville, Ky., Oct.
8, 1862, going then to Murfreesboro, Tenn.., where he remained until
May, 1863, when, on account of disability, he received his
discharge, and, returning home, engaged in farming for a short time;
then, after attending the Westfield College one term, he engaged as
clerk in the dry goods store of J. M. Miller, at Charleston,
Ill., which position he held for nearly two years, when, on account
of Ill-health, he returned home, where he remained until the fall of
1868, when he remained until the fall of 1868, when he entered the
college, but on account of ill-health was unable to remain but a
short time. In early life, he had formed a determination to
obtain a collegiate education, and his lack of means only tended to
stimulate his energies in that direction, and to obtain the means to
defray his expenses while attending college, he employed all his
time, Saturdays, mornings and evenings clerking; this labor, added
to his hard study, so impaired health that he was obliged to give up
his long cherished hope of graduating from college; he then returned
home and remained during the winter, and the following spring was
employed as clerk for Wilson Bros., Charleston, Ill., for six
months, when he engaged dealing in pictures, chromos, etc., until
the following January, when he engaged in the sewing-machine
business, which he followed until July 1, 1873, when he purchased a
stock of goods and located in Oakland, where he has since continued
to live; he was described to the writer as being the tallest man in
Oakland, being six feet five and one half inches in height, and
while in the army was known as little Tommy Duncan.
His marriage with Ione B. Decker was celebrated Nov. 28,
1872; she was born in Coles Co., Ill., Mar. 17, 1851; they have two
children by this union, viz., Gertrude Q. and Jacob L. Mrs.
Duncan is the daughter of Jacob K. Decker, one of the
early pioneers of Charleston, Coles Co., Ill.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 565 |
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Mattoon Twp. -
W. B. DUNLAP, Cashier First National Bank,
Mattoon; was born in New Hampshire in 1840; he received a good,
common-school education, and was fitted for college, but did not
enter upon a college course. IN 1861, he came West to
Illinois, locating in Mattoon, where he was employed as book-keeper
and clerk for the firm of Francis & Shaw. Jan. 1, 1863, he
entered the banking house of Pilkington & Co., as Cashier; May 1,
1865, at which time the First National Bank was organized, he has
chosen to the position of Teller; this he held until 1868, when he
was chosen Cashier; June 1, 1874, he resigned his office and
organized the Mattoon National Bank, of which he was President till
November, 1877, at which time he resigned the position to devote his
attention to his real estate transactions. April 1, 1878, he
was tendered the position of Cashier of the First National Bank a
second time, and in May following that of President; this, after
mature deliberation, he declined, but consented to fill the office
of Cashier. The management of the bank, however, is almost
wholly intrusted to his care. He was married in 1866, to
Mary K. Woods, a native of Illinois. Has two children -
Estelle and Katie. Owns 120 acres and a large
amount of real estate in the city. In addition to his banking
duties, he transacts a real estate business to the amount of from
$60,000 to $70,000 per annum.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 544 |
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Charleston Twp. -
DUNN & CONNOLLY, attorneys at law, Charleston;
this firm was established in November, 1878, and is composed of two
young attorneys, but gentlemen possessing the requisite
qualifications of success. Frank K. Dunn was born in
Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1854, being a son of Hon. A. K. Dunn,
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; he graduated at Kenyon College,
Ohio, in 1873; read law in his father's office; entered Harvard Law
School in 1874, graduating in 1875; he was admitted to practice the
same year, and practiced with his father until November, 1878, when
he came to Charleston, and formed the above partnership.
Frank J. Connolly is a native of Morrow Co., Ohio; he was born
in Chesterville, Mar. 10, 1851; he came to Charleston in 1876;
pursued is law studies in the office of his brother, Maj. James
A. Connolly; was admitted to the bar in July, 1878, and formed a
partnership with F. K. Dunn in November the same year.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 ~ Page 516 |
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East Oakland Twp. -
A. A. DUNSETH, Police Magistrate and Justice
of the Peace, Oakland; born in Fleming Co., Ky., Oct. 12, 1821; he
removed with his parents, when 6 years of age, to Ohio, where he
heared and worked at the carpenter trade until 1843, when he came
West and located at Peoria, Ill., working at his trade until 1852,
when he removed to Georgetown, Ill., where he kept hotel two years,
when he purchased a saw-mill, which he ran in connection with his
trade until 1858, when he removed to Danville, and engaged in
contracting and building until 1861, when he raised a company for
the 4th Illinois Cavalry, but the regiment having obtained its full
quota of companies, his company was not accepted, the members
joining other companies to fill up the regiment; in 1862, he visited
the Union Hospitals at Louisville, Ky., and finding a wide field for
labor in the interest of the soldiers of Illinois, he decided to
remain there and labor in behalf of the same; he immediately entered
upon this noble duty, laboring for the relief of suffering patriots
of his State without compensation and defraying his own expenses for
three months, when the hospital was visited by Dr. W. E. Fithian,
J. L. Tincher and Judge Terry, of Danville; they at once
saw the amount of good being accomplished through the agency of
Mr. Dunseth, when they immediately demanded of Gov. Yates
that Illinois should have a State Agent to look after our suffering
soldiers, and suggested Mr. Dunseth as a suitable person to
fill the position. This was at once acted upon, and he
received his commission as State Agent, dating from the time he
first came to the hospitals. He had never made application for
the above position, and when he received his commission, it was much
of a surprise to him. The writer of this sketch has seen
many letters to Mr. Dunseth from prominent men, both in civil
and military life, expressing thanks and gratitude to him for the
noble spirit he has shown in behalf of the soldiers of the Union
army. At the close of the war, he returned to Danville and
engaged in railroad bridging in Illinois and the Southern States
until 1872, when he removed to Oakland, where he has since lived.
He married Oct. 17, 1844, to Mary Burnside, cousin of Gen.
A. E. Burnside; she was born in Kentucky May 29, 1821; they are
the parents of five children, now living, viz., Sarah E., David
W., Charles A., Alice M. and James H. Mr. Dunseth
has always labored in behalf of Christianity and temperance; was a
charter member of Lodge No. 2, Sons of Temperance, at Peoria, Ill.,
and has been a brother Odd Fellow for the past thirty-four years.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 564 |
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NOTES:
Note 1 - J. W. Dallas is listed as follows
1850 Census - Salisbury Precinct, Coles Co., IL on Nov. 20,
1850:
Dwelling 125 Family 125
Hiram Dallas 36 M Farmer, RE$400 b. VA
Sarah "
31 F
b. OH
Wm. T. "
10 M
b. OH
Henry "
5 M
b. OH
James R. "
1 M
b. OH
John W. "
1 M
b. OH (It appears J. W. is John W. and is a twin to James
R. Dallas)
Source Citation
Year: 1850;
Census Place: Salisbury,
Coles, Illinois; Roll: 101;
Page: 71a
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1860 Census Hutton Twp., Coles Co., IL on Sept. 3, 1860 -
Post Office Ashley
Dwelling 2035 Family 11
Hiram Dallis 48 M
Farmer RE$2000 Pers$500
b. OH
Sarah "
40 F
b. OH
Henry "
15 M
b. IL
Jas. R. "
11 M
b. IL
John W. "
11 M
b. IL
Geo. H. "
9 M
b. IL
Adaline Askins 7 F
b. IL
Source Citation
Year: 1860;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Page: 294;
Family History Library Film: 803171
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1870 Census - Hutton
Twp., Coles Co., IL on June 10, 1870 - P. O. Hutton
Dwelling 242 Family 241
Dallis, John
21 M W Farmer
RE$-- Pers$100 (or 200) b. IL
" , Jane
18 F W Keeping house
b. IN (real name Elizabeth J.)
" , William
2 M W
b. IL
Source Citation
Year: 1870;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Roll: M593_197;
Page: 164A;
Family History Library Film: 545696
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1880 Census - Hutton Twp., Coles Co., IL on June 8, 1880
Dwelling 132 family 132
It appears that John's mother is head of household and his
father may have passed away.
Dallas, Sarah
W F 59 Wid.
Keeping house b. O. fath. b. Del.
moth. b. Del.
" , John
W M 31 M
Farmer
b. IL fath. b. Illegible moth. b. O
" , Elizabeth J.
W F 29 M
Keeping house b. IN fath. b. SC
moth b. PA
" , Wm. E.
W M 12 S
Keeping house b. IL fath. b. IL
moth. b. IN
" , Rosalie?
W F 5 _
b. IL fath. b. IL moth. b. IN
" , Mary E.
W F 1
b. IL fath. b. IL moth. b. IN
NEXT door is
(John's brother)
Dwelling 133 Family 133
Dallas, George H. W M 28
M Farmer
b. IL Fath. b. Del. moth b. Del.
" , Sarah
W F 26 M
wife
b. IL fath. b. VA moth. b. VA
" , Zella A.
W F 2 S
daughter
b. IL fath. b. IL moth. b. IL
Source Citation
Year: 1880;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Roll: 183;
Page: 123D;
Enumeration District: 051
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1900 Census - Hutton
Twp., Coles Co., Dist. 25, Illinois on
Dwelling 108 Family 108
Includes:
Dallas, John W., b. Jan. 1849 age 51; Elizabeth J., b. Feb.
1851, ae 49; William E., b. Apr. 1868, ae 32; Jessie,
daughter, b. May 1888, ae 12; Sarah E., b. Mar. 1891, ae 9;
Marion Dallas, boarder, b. Jan. 1876, ae 24; Lee Bowan,
boarder, b. Feb. 1867, ae 33; John V. Atkins, boarder, b.
Mar. 1850, ae 50, widowed.
Source
Citation
Year: 1900;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Page: 6;
Enumeration District: 0025;
FHL microfilm: 1240244
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1910 Census - Hutton Twp., Dist. 53, Coles Co., IL
Dwelling 189 Family 189
Dallas, John W., Head - M W 61 M; Dallas, Elizabeth J.,
wife, F W 59 M (8 children, 6 living); Dallas, William S.,
son, M W 42 S; also Sarah Waltrip?, sister in law, M W 69
Wid.
Source
Citation
Year: 1910;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Roll: T624_236;
Page: 8B;
Enumeration District: 0053;
FHL microfilm: 1374249
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1920 Census -
Hutton Twp., Coles Co.,
John W. Dallas, Jane & William (Jane is Elizabeth
J.)
Source Citation
Year: 1920;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Roll: T625_304;
Page: 3A;
Enumeration District: 66
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1930 Census - Hutton Twp., Coles Co., IL
John Dallas, 81; Jane Dallas, 79, wife; Glen Fasig,
21, grandson
Source Citation
Year: 1930;
Census Place: Hutton,
Coles, Illinois; Page: 2A;
Enumeration District: 0013;
FHL microfilm: 2340147
---------- DEATH
Name:
John W. Dallas, b. Jan. 16, 1848, Hutton Twp.,
Coles Co., IL; d. Jan. 25, 1935, Hutton, Coles
Co., IL; Buried Jan. 27, 1835, Hutton Twp.,
Coles Co., IL in Liberty Cemetery; aged 86;
farmer, White, Married, Male, Father, Hiram
Dallas; Mother, Sarah Adkins; Spouse name:
Elizabeth J. Dallas; FHL Film Nuber: 1753856
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Illinois,
U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index,
1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2011.
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Birth records of some of the children are at
www.ancestry.com
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