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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.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published Chicago:
Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street
1878
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Amity
Twp. -
CHARLES EARP, deceased, farmer; P. O.
Cornell; was born in 1808 in Nottingham, England; in early
childhood, he came to America with his parents, William
and Sarah. He was married in 1831, to
Esther Morledge, at Pittsburgh, Penn., she was born
1811, at Derbyshire, England, and came to U. S. with her
father, John Morledge, her mother having died when
she was but four years of age; her father first settled in
Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he died 1837; Mr. Earp
died Oct. 7, 1873; owning at the time of his death about 440
acres of land, valued at $50 per acre, which since his death
has been divided among his children, of which there are
eight living - William, Caroline, Omer, Desaline, Sarah
A., Charles S., Mary Ellen and John W.
Mr. Earp located in Livingston Co., Amity Tp., in 1842.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 701 |
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Rook's
Creek Twp. -
SAMUEL EARP, farmer and stock raiser,
Sec. 4; P. O. Pontiac. Non-sectarian; Independent.
Owns 380 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; born in
Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 31, 1829; came to this county in
1856; settled on the place where he now resides in 1861.
Married Caroline Earp May 13, 1858; she was born in
Ohio Feb. 18, 1834; have no children. Held office of
Road Commissioner two terms; also two terms Supervixor.
Mr. E. had a brother, Charles W. Earp, who
served during the late war in the 57th I. V. I.; he died in
15th day of December, 1868, from disease contracted in the
army.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 794 |
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Amity
Twp. -
AMOS EDWARDS, farmer; P. O. Cornell;
he was born Dec. 15, 1860, in Saratoga Co., N. Y., remained
there twenty-eight years; moved from there to Sandusky Co.,
Ohio, remaining there four years and a half, thence to
Livingston Co., Amity Twp. He married Abigail
Coffin, Sept. 19, 1833; she was born Dec. 1, 1811, and
died Oct. 14, 1840; had three children - Maria, Harriet
Ann and Henry C. Married Mrs.Laura
Lownsberry, in 1841; she was born Jan. 1, 1807, and died
Jan. 27, 1875; had one child - Sarah, deceased; she
married J. H. Bruce, leaving two children; he again
married Mrs. Jemima Talbot, May 21, 1876; she was
born Dec. 16, 1809. He has commissions from different
governors as Deputy P. M., for thirteen years, and County
Surveyor for twelve years. Tonight school in his own
house, his own and neighbors' children, receiving as
compensation fifty cents per day; he entered land from the
Government at $1.25, which would not have sold for $5.00 per
acre, until S. A. Douglas got the grant for the Illinois
Central R. R., in 1852, when land raised to $25 per acre; in
1862 he refused $40 per acre for his land.
Source: History of Livingston Co., Ill. - Published
Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co. - 1878 - Page 701 |
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