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JOHN P. GLASSCOCK.
The agricultural community of Whitley Township, Moultrie
County, is one of the prime elements in the industrial
and financial success of the county. It is notable
as being of a superior order, both in intelligence and
enterprise and nowhere can be found more efficient
farmers or finer-looking farms. Among these
capable agriculturists we name with pleasure and pride
the gentleman of whom we are now writing.
Asa Glasscock, the father of our subject, was a
native of Virginia and his mother, Mary (Penquite)
Glasscock was a Pennsylvanian by birth. The
Old Dominion was the scene of their marriage and they
shortly afterward emigrated to Kentucky settling in
Fleming County in 1816 and living there for a number of
years. Asa Glasscock finally died in Mason
County, Ky., and his wife passed away in Warren County,
Ohio. They had eleven children of whom our subject
was the youngest.
Fleming County, Ky., is the native home of John P.
Glasscock and Apr. 22, 1825 was his natal day.
In this county he passed his early years, a little later
emigrating to Macon County and afterward to Warren
County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. The varied
experiences of his early years and the thorough drill
which he received upon the farm added to his natural
ability, producing a fine and vigorous young manhood,,
well equipped to undergo the struggles of life.
In Warren County, Ohio, this young man met the lady
whom he chose from all the world to be his life
companion, and he was married in 1845 to Catherine
Crosson, by whom he had five children, namely:
Mary C., Sarilda, Margaret E., Catherine S. and one
who died in infancy. The lovely mother of these
children died while the family still resided in Ohio and
somewhat later our subject was married in Warren County
to Elizabeth Mount, who also became the mother of
five children - George C., Ruth A., Martha A.,
Francis Anna and U. S. Mrs.
Elizabeth Glasscock died in Whitley Township in 1887
upon the 12th of September.
It was in 1869 that Mr. Glasscock determined to
remove from Ohio to Moultrie County, Ill., and here he
settled upon section 16, Whitley Township, where he has
ever since been a resident. Upon his farm here he
has placed excellent buildings and his home is not only
attractively located but is also a place where friendly
and social gatherings are held and where neighbors ever
feel that they are welcome. Mr. Glasscock
has been Highway Commissioner, having filled that office
with satisfaction and profit to his township. He
has ever taken a fair degree of interest in local
politics and is considered one of the sound Republicans
of that section of the county.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois - Published:
Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1891 - Page 208 |
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ISAAC HORN. An honorable
citizen and a thorough business man, a practical
mechanic, and the representative of a worthy family is
to be found in Isaac Horn, who is now a farmer
and stock-grower residing on section 29, Sullivan
Township. He was born in Washington County, Pa.,
July 30, 1832. His parents John and Mary M. (Gantz)
Horn, as well as his paternal grandparents were
natives of Pennsylvania, while the great-grandparents on
that side came from Germany.
The subject of this sketch worked with his father upon
the farm in Pennsylvania until he reached the age of
nineteen years, when he worked at the carpenter's trade
until 1870, at which time he made his permanent home on
a farm in Moultrie County, Ill. It was in 1865
when he came to Illinois and on account of failing
health being obliged to stop his mechanical work he
decided to settle upon a farm. For several years
past he has done but little more than to superintend his
various interests in Moultrie County.
The marriage of Mr. Horn, Feb. 13, 1870, united
him with Miss Barbara A. Hudson, a daughter of
J. J. Hudson, for whose family history, the reader
will please see the sketch of Isaac Hudson upon
another page. Of the Horn family there were
twelve children born, seven sons and five daughters,
namely: Martin, who resides on a farm in Knox
County, Ohio; George C., who lives on the old
homestead in Washington County, Pa., which was entered
from the Government by the great-grandfather of our
subject; two girls who died in early childhood; Hugh
N., who resides in Henry County, Iowa and is engaged
in farming; our subject; Mary M., the widow of
W. M. D. Price, ,who resides in California;
Hannah, who married first Eleven Alva, who
died in 1868, and is now Mrs. Squire Woodruff;
Jacob, who enlisted in a cavalry organization
afterward known as the Ringold Cavalry, and having
served three years died a few days after the expiration
of his term of service, passing away in Clarysville
Hospital, Md.; John, who died in Pennsylvania
when sixteen years old; Sarah Maria, wife of
George Coogle who resides in her native county and
William M. who owns a portion of the old
homestead in Pennsylvania a fine tract of three hundred
and four acres which was divided between George
and William.
Isaac Horn was the financier of the family and in
his early days undertook the difficult task of saving
the old homestead from the relentless hand of a security
debt which was contracted by the father. By dint
of a tremendous effort and the sacrifice of years of his
early manhood the property was saved and he afterward
sold his interest, as did the other heirs, to the two
brothers. The parents passed away in Pennsylvania.
To our subject and his estimable wife six children
came: the eldest, a son, died in early infancy;
the second a girl died when nine months old; Leslie C.,
was born Aug. 3, 1877; Doy O., Feb. 3, 1882;
Earl A., Apr. 12, 1884; and Chester July 3,
1886. when Mr. Horn came to Illinois in 1865, he
brought with him the results of his savings at the
carpenter's bench and his share from the sale of the old
homestead, making in all about $7,000. This he
invested in lands and improvements in Sullivan Township.
Mrs. Horn had inherited two hundred and seventeen
acres and to this her husband has added at different
times by purchase until they now own eight hundred and
sixty-two acres of fine faring and timber lands.
Fine improvements and good buildings are upon the
place. One of their farms, a tract of three
hundred and five acres, located near Sullivan, is
usually rented out on shares.
This gentleman has ever taken a thoroughly intelligent
interest in public affair and his political convictions
have led him totally himself with the Republican party,
but office he has never sought and has often declined,
as he prefers home-life and the quiet pursuit of
agriculture to the turmoil of the political arena.
He has accumulated a fine property, the income from
which will afford him and his family a good living
during their lives.
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie
Counties, Illinois - Published: Chicago: Biographical
Publishing Co. - 1891 - Page 208 |
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NOAH HOSTETLER.
One of the residents and most prominent men of Lovington
who has made himself felt in the commercial life of the
town is he whose name is at the head of this sketch.
Although an American by birth and education, he is of
German ancestry and has always brought to bear in his
business dealings the good common sense and thorough
business principles for which that nation of people is
noted. His father was Christian Hostetler
and his mother Elizabeth (Hardman) Hostetler.
The former was a victim of the cholera and died in 1831.
Our subject's mother passed away from this world to a
better land, in Orange County, Ind. They were the
parents of four sons and five daughters and of these our
subject was the eighth child in the order of birth.
He was born in Orange County, Ind., Feb. 9, 1826.
The original of our sketch grew to manhood on the home
farm and in the latter part of 1852 he came to Moultrie
County and settled near the village of Lovington, where
he purchased a farm and thereafter engaged in
agricultural pursuits until about 1872 when he removed
to the village to the village of Lovington, and embarked
in the grain business, afterward adding the lumber
business to his interests and later, enlarging his
business so that it included grain, lumber and hardware,
and was thus engaged for several years. He has
not, however, been actively engaged in business for the
past few years, confining his attention to the care of
his estate and a general oversight of the banking
business which is now operated by his son, Leonard G.
Hostetler and S. P. Drake. The farm is
run under the name of Drake, Hostetler & Son.
They carry on a general banking business and do a large
and flourishing business.
Our subject was married in Orange County, Ind., 1849,
to Miss Elizabeth Harman, who is a native of the
same county in which she was married, her birth
occurring May 12, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler
are the parents of four children. The eldest of
these is a daughter, Margaret, who is the wife of
Samuel S. Boggs. Calvin E., married Miss
Ella Bowers, and has set up a home for himself,
being engaged in farming in Moultrie County, this State.
Leonard G. is engaged in the banking business in
Lovington. The youngest son, William,
died when about seven years of age. The gentleman
of whom we write has filled the office of School
Director and has been a member of the Village Board.
In his political preference he is a Republican, being
one with that party in his opinions as regards tariff,
currency and other planks of the party platform.
Our subject and his estimable and amiable wife are
members of the Christian Church and are generous
supporters and ardent and interested workers in the
upholding of Gospel truths.
Mr. Hostetler is a fortunate possessor of nearly
one thousand acres of land, most of which is located in
Lovington Township. He is also the owner of
valuable property in the village of Lovington.
When actively engaged in farming, he made a specialty of
stock-raising and the foundation of his fortune was laid
in this way. He, of whom we write, and his wife
are numbered among the representative people of
Lovington Township, and although financially they stand
among the best people in the county, money is not all in
all to them, for they number among their friends more
people whose intelligence and culture is preminent, than
any other class. Mr. Hostetler is a broad
minded and intelligent man to whom the current topics of
the day, both general and local, are very interesting
and in which he is always well posted. A good
conversationalist, knowing what to say, and being above
petty gossip, he is at the same time a sympathetic,
attentive and interested listener to any one who may
have something that is worth listening to.
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record of
Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois -
Published: Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co.
1891 - Page 707 |
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