La Motte Twp. -
N. VANE, Postmaster, Palestine, was born Sept. 24, 1827, in Brown County, Ohio.  He is a son of Arthur Vane, who came to Palestine in 1831.  He was a farmer by occupation, and was born Mar. 24, 1796; he died in New Hebron, Crawford Co., Ill. in 1860.  He married Eleanor Blair, a second cousin of Gen. Frank P. Blair; she is the mother of nine children.  Mr. Vane went to school in Palestine.  He farmed till he was of age, and then learned the cooper trade in Terre Haute, Ind.  He followed his trade till 1864; he then commenced to clerk in a drug store in Palestine; after that he was in different business till 1877, when he became Postmaster of Palestine; has carried on the office ever since, together with a stock of drugs and medicine.  He was married, Aug. 31, 1851, near Palestine, to Miss Julia A. Wheeler, born Apr. 22, 1834, in Rutland, Vt.  She is a daughter of Leonard Wheeler, a farmer, who died in Crawford County; her mother was Elizabeth Wittmore, who was born in Massachusetts.  Mr. Vane has two children living - Arthur, born Nov. 6, 1852, and Flora, born July 13, 1856.  Mr. Vane's two brothers died in the army.  Mr. Vane enjoys the esteem of his fellow-men.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a supporter of the Republican party.
--- Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lakeside Building, 1883 - Page 320

Hutsonville Township -
HENRY A. VOORHEIS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Hutsonville, is a native of Crawford County, Ill., born Nov. 14, 1826, on the same farm he is now residing on.  His father, Mahlon Voorheis, was a farmer, born Mar. 29, 1797, in New Jersey.  He was married May 12, 1824, and the same year removed to Crawford County, Ill., locating on the same farm now occupied by our subject.  He died Feb. 6, 1848.  His mother, Eliza (Tuttle) Voorheis, was born in New Jersey, July 29, 1804, and died in Crawford County, Ill., Oct. 19, 1843.  They had eleven children, of whom three are now living, Henry A. Voorheis being the oldest child.  His early life was spent at home, assisting in tilling the soil of his father's farm and receiving such an education as could be obtained from the subscription schools.  He left his home at twenty-one years of age and engaged to Nathan Musgrave to work on the farm by the month.  The following year, he rented the farm of Mr. M. and remained upon the same for five years.  During this time, he had been fortunate enough to make enough money to enable him to buy the old homestead farm, which had changed hands since his father's death.  In 1865 he removed to the old farm, and has since remained upon it actively engaged in farming and stock-raising.  He is now the owner of 274 acres of good land.  Upon his farm he has a beautiful residence, and the surrounding in general bespeak for him enterprise and industry.  In Crawford County, May 8, 1856, he married Miss Eliza N. Cox, a daughter of Thomas and Dora (Lindley) Cox, natives of North Carolina.  Mr. and Mrs. Voorheis have had six children, of whom five are now living, viz.:  Emma, wife of F. J. Cooper, of Robinson; John, Charley H., William and Mary.  Mr. Voorheis is a member of the Friends' Church, and his wife of the Baptist.  He has held the office of School Trustee for twenty years.  In politics, is a Republican.
--- Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lakeside Building, 1883 - Page 294