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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland,
Illinois
Historical and Biographical -
Publ. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.
1884
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Cottonwood Twp. -
DAVID BEALS, farmer, was born Oct.
6, 1846, in Cumberland County, Ill. He enlisted Aug. 1,
1862, in One Hundred in and Twenty-Third Volunteer Infantry.
He took part the battle of Perryville, and received a shot which
took off the first joint of the great finger of the left hand.
He continued with his command notwithstanding his wound.
He was under Gen. Buell, and consequently traversed the
entire State of Kentucky. From Perryville they went to
Munfordville, thence to Glasco, thence to Castalian Springs,
Tenn. The regiment proved itself very serviceable at all
these points. At the latter place, on Christmas day, 1862,
the regiment took the noted "rabbit hunt." The regiment
would surround forty acres and then close in, sometimes
encircling several hundred of the little animals. They
returned in the evening with more than 1,700 rabbits, and it was
not a very good day for rabbits either. From there to
Horse Shoe Cave, Ky., thence to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where they
were mounted, and then they scouted the State of Tennessee.
In June, 1863, while making his horse jump a ditch, his gun was
discharged into his foot. He never returned to the
regiment. For fifteen months he never touched that foot to
the ground. He now draws a pension, owning to that wound.
His discharge dates June 30, 1865. He was married,
December 14, 1865, to Mary E. Coleman, of Coles County.
These parents have nine children, viz.: Sarah C., Minnie L.,
Lorin E., Philyncy, Ida B., William A., Eddie A., Simon N.,
and Viola. Sarah C. died July 13, 1870, in
her fifth year; Minnie L. died Dec. 13, 1870, in her
second year; Eddie A. died Aug. 23, 1869, in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. B. have both been members of the C. P.
Church for more than eighteen years. Mr. B. is a
member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics he is a Republican.
He is numbered among the first-class men of the county.
Source: Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and
Richland, Illinois - Historical and Biographical - Publ.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. - 1884 -
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Woodbury Twp. -
J. W. BOOTH was born in Orange County, Ind.,
in 1819. His father, Wade Booth, was born near
Richmond, Va., and came to Indiana as one of the first settlers,
living first in Orange County, and then moving to Vigo County, at
which place he lived for thirty-five years. From there he
moved to Ogle County, Ill., where he died in 1856, his wife dying in
Saint Mary's, Ind., in 1862. Our subject spent his early days
on a farm, receiving only a common school education. At the
age of sixteen he was apprenticed to the carpenter and joiners'
trade, and followed it until the breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted in a detachment under McClellan, commanded by
Major Barker, and afterwards became attached to the Twelfth
Illinois Cavalry, in which he served his time, and was honorably
discharged in August, 1864, at New Orleans, La. In 1867, he
purchased an unimproved farm, six miles south of Vandalia, Ill.,
which, after improving, he disposed of, and engaged in the
mercantile trade, at Auburn, Ill., for two years. During the
pat nine years, he has been engaged in the same business at Jewett,
Ill., and is rated as one of the most successful and enterprising
business men in this section. On Oct. 14, 1844, he married
Emma Heubest, a native of England. Seven children have
been born to them, three of whom are living, viz.: Lyman
W., Lavina, and Francis.
Source: Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and
Richland, Illinois - Historical and Biographical - Publ.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. - 1884 -
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Woodbury Twp. -
BAZIL BROWN was born in Licking County, Ohio,
on Nov. 26, 1835. His father, B. Brown, was born in
Pennsylvania, Apr. 28, 1793, and moved to Kentucky, with his
parents, and later, in 1812, to Ohio, and in 1848, to Illinois,
settling in Cumberland County, where he engaged in farming. He
died on May 20, 18754; his widow on Mar. 9, 1878. They were
both prominent members of the Baptist Church, he having been a
minister of that denomination for several years. Bazil
received a good common school education, and taught school for ten
years. He served as Justice of the Peace for sixteen years,
and as Township Treasurer for six years. On Oct. 6, 1859, he
married Laura A., daughter of Levi and Mary Farmer, of
Guilford County, N. C. She was born on Feb. 22, 1843.
They have had seven children born to them, viz.: Almira,
Lafayette, Alva N., Sonora B., Otis L., Orrin L. and Joseph
W. (twins). Mr. Brown is a member of the I. O. O.
F., also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. HE is a prosperous
farmer and lumber dealer, and is highly esteemed in the community in
which he resides..
Source: Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and
Richland, Illinois - Historical and Biographical - Publ.
Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. - 1884 -
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