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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Containing
A History of the County - its Cities, Towns, &c.; a Directory of its
Tax-Payers; War Record of its Volunteers in the late
Rebellion; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
General and Local Statistics; Map of Livingston County
History of Illinois, Illustrated;
History of the Northwest Illustrated;
Constitution of the United States,
Miscellaneous Matters,
&c., &c.
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Published Chicago:
Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1878
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Amity
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REUBEN BENNETT, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
was born in West Virginia in 1833, May 30th; he came to
Illinois in 1856, but did not locate in any one place,
living in both Ensmen and Pontiac Tps.; in 1861, he located
in Amity Tp.; has been living on his present place twelve
years; he owns 120 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre.
In 1866, he married Mrs. Reynolds; they have one
child - Benjamin H., born 1870; Mrs. Bennett's
maiden name was Blue; she was born in Ohio in 1829,
came to Livingston Co. in 1831, with her parents (Garrett
M. and Jane) and settled in Rook's Creek, living there
about five years, afterward living on Wolf Creek; they both
died in 1849; she was married in 1847 to Stephen Reynolds,
who died in February, 1865; they had one child - Florence
J., born in 1858, Sept. 3. Mrs. Bennett is
the oldest settler in the town of Amity.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 699 |
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Amity
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D. W. BLAKE, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
was born in Ohio, in 1835; in 1854, came to Illinois with
his parents, and located in La Salle Co., staying but one
year when they removed to Amity Tp., Livingston Co. He
married Sallie F. Burnham, in Amity, in 1862; she was
born in 1845 in Pennsylvania; they have two children living
- Ella G., and Fred, one dead. He owns
sixty acres, Sec. 15, and ten acres in blocks and lots, in
northern part of Cornell, called Blake's Addition,
besides three lots on Main street. He has been
Commissioner of Highways for four years, and served two
years as Village Trustee. He enlisted at Pontiac, the
8th of August 1862, in the 129th I. V. I.; was through the
Sherman campaign, and was mustered out in 1866.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 699 |
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Amity
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JOSEPH BLAKE, deceased, farmer; P. O.
Cornell; he was born in Maine, Mar. 27, 1812, and came to
Ohio in early childhood, with his parents. Jan. 15,
1835, he married, in Ohio, Druzilla Carpenter; she
was born in Ohio, Nov. 22, 1815; they have had thirteen
children, nine living - Robert, Aaron (dead),
Daniel, Reason H. (dead), Joseph W. (dead),
Mary J., Margaret A., Winfield S., Alexander (dead),
Elizabeth, James Edward, John C., Caroline J. Mr.
Blake came to Illinois in 1852, and located where his
family now live in 1854, and died July 9, 1875; he owned at
one time 440 acres of land, valued at $25 an acre, and after
selling an giving to his children, owned at the time of his
death 130 acres, valued at $40 per acre.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 700 |
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Amity
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W. D. BLAKE, deceased, farmer and
stock dealer; P. O. Cornell; was born in Serena, La Salle
Co., Ill., Feb. 5, 1840, remained with his parents until he
was 21 years of age, teaching and going to school. In
January, 1861, he married Eliza J. Hayes, at Dayton,
Ill.; she was born in the same place in 1839, Nov. 7; they
have two children - George D., born Oct. 16, 1863,
Alice J., born Nov. 17, 1864. Mr. Blake
came to Amith Tp., Livingston Co., in 1861, and died June,
12, 1875; he owned at the time of his death 628 acres of
land in this county, valued at $20,000; he also dealt quite
largely in live stock, and also buying grain. Mr.
Blake was one of this township's most prominent citizens
at the time of his death, having held the offices of
Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, and other offices of
trust.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 700 |
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Amity
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CALVIN BLUE, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, in 1832; he went, in early
childhood, to Indiana, with his parents (Isaac and June
Blue); both of his parents died in Indiana. In
1848 he came to Livingston Co., and located where he lives,
some eight years ago. He married, at Pontiac,
Obedience Corban in 1850; she was born in Livingston
Co., June 14, 1833, and died in February, 1857, having had
three children - Sarah Ellen, Jones and John;
he was married Mar. 24, 1858, to Mahala Louderback,
in the town of Amity; she was born in this township, Nov. 5,
1840; they have had eight children, seven living - Levi
W., Lucian J., Charlie C., Mary M., Annette, Isaac C.,
Liberty G. (dead), Otto. He owns eighty
acres of land, valued at $50 per acre. Mr. Blue
enlisted in the town of Amity, in Co. H, 44th Ill. Vols.,
4th Corps, under command of Gen. Thomas; he enlisted
in August, 1864, and was mustered out June 15, 1865, passing
through two decisive battles and several engagements; was
mustered out at Nashville. Mr. Blue has, since
coming to this county, served eighteen years as Constable of
this township, and has been School Director nine years.
Mrs. Blue's father and mother were among the first
settlers of this county.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 699 |
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Amity
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ISAIAH BOYER, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
he was born in Harrisburg, Penn., in 1825, Nov. 4; he came
with his parents (Samuel & Catherine Boyer) to
Livingston Co., Ill., in 1836; his father died Nov. 3, 1852,
and mother May 7, 1845; he owns in home farm 220 acres of
land, valued at $40 per acre; he also owns 457 acres, valued
at $35 per acre, a nice residence in Cornell, also several
other lots. He married Elizabeth Allen in 1853;
she died in 1856, living two children - Alice Cornelia,
born Dec. 12, 1853; Eliza S., born Jan. 25, 1856;
married Irene Houston in 1858; she was born in 1833,
died in 1859; he was again married Nov. 13, 1859, to
Celia E. Lowers; she was born in Virginia July 30, 1829;
they have had five children - Benton N., born Jan.
12, 1862; Mardilla, Nov. 30, 1863; Roena, Oct.
10, 1866; Woodson E., Apr. 30, 1869, died Apr. 11,
1872; Laura A., Jan. 27, 1873. His father,
Samuel Boyer, was first School Commissioner.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 699 |
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Amity
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JOSEPH BRADLEY, farmer and stock
raiser; P. O. Cornell; was born in McLean Co., Ill., Sept.
28, 1840; came to this county in Nov. 1844, with his
parents, James and Nancy who were married in 1837;
his father died Dec. 30, 1862. The subject of this
sketch was married to Florence Patterson, Feb. 27,
1878, at Cornell; she was born in Washington Co., Penn.,
Mar. 3, 1850. He owns 210 acres of land, valued at $30
per acre. Is at present School Trustee and Director,
Road Commissioner six years, and was elected Constable when
only 21 years of age.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 698 |
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Amity
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JOHN H. BRUCE, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
was born in Scotland in July, 1838, and came to Nova Scotia
in early childhood, with an uncle, remaining there until
1858, when he came to Livingston Co., Amity Township, and
located on the farm he now owns; he owns 240 acres of land,
valued at $40 per acre. He married Sarah Edwards
in Livingston Co.; they were married ____ and she died ____,
leaving two children - Nettie and Mary; he
remarried to Mary Horie, Sept. 1876; she was born in
New York, 1854; they have one child - Elizabeth.
He is the present incumbent of the office of School
Director.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 699
NOTE: In 1880 Census John Bruce is married to
Mary who was born in New York. Daughters Nettie and
Mary were born to mother born in Illinois and Daughter
Elizabeth was born to mother born in New York.
In 1880 and 1900 Son William was born to a mother born in
New York. William was born after the publication of
this biography. ~s wick. |
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