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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
Source:
History of Peoria County, Illinois
Chicago - Johnson & Company
1880
Note: The NAMES in 'CAPS' will have a
biography. All others do not have biographies available.
CHILLICOTHE TOWNSHIP
NOTE: Names with (*) next to them have longer
description
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Reese,
Harriet J., P. O. Princeville
Rial, Leslie, farmer, P. O. Princeville
Rial, Mary, P. O. Princeville |
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* RICE, JAMES
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Roger, J. W.,
laborer, P. O. Princeville |
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RUSSELL, JOHN H. Pg.
818 |
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Scanlon, Pat,
farmer, P. O. Monica
Scott, B. S., farmer, P. O. Monica |
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* SELBY, WILLIAM
G., Pg. 818 |
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* SHANE, WILLIAM
C. Pg. 818 - 819 |
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Shade, Jacob,
farmer, P. O. Princeville
Shane, Wm., liveryman, P. O. Monica |
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* SIMPSON,
WILLIAM, Pg. 819 |
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* SLANE, B. F.,
Pg. 819 |
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* SLANE, J. T.,
Pg. 819 |
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* SLANE, JOHN
Z., Pg. 819 |
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SMITH, ARCHIBALD,
farmer, Sec. 7, P. O. Monica, was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
in 1837, and came to Peoria county with his parents in 1844.
They settled on Sec. 7 of Princeville township, where they
opened a farm and made many improvements, and both of them
died there, his father in 1852, and his mother in 1877.
Mr. Smith married, in 1877, Miss Mary E. nickelson,
who was born in Marshall county in 1853, by whom he has one
child, Jennie B. Smith, born Apr. 26, 1879. On
Aug. 8, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 86th Inf., and with the
regiment took part in the engagement at Perryville, Ky.
Transferred to invalid Corps, Nov. 1, 1863, and was
discharged for disability in May 1865. He owns 110
acres of land, worth $4,500, and has 90 acres under
cultivation. Has helped to make all the improvements
thereon, it being part of the old homestead. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith are members of the Baptist Church.
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Smith, D.,
farmer, P. O. Monica
Smith, Delihah H., farmer, P. O. Monica |
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SMITH, JOHN,
farmer, Sec. 7, P. O. Monica, was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
in 1822, emigrating to this country in 1842. He came
to Peoria county in 1844, and in 1848 married Miss Jane
Payne, who was born in Carroll county, Val., in 1825,
coming to Peoria county with her parents in 1842, and
settling on Sec. 7, of Princeville township, which was then
in a very wild and unimproved state. Her parents
resided on their homestead in Sec. 7, till their death.
Mr. Smith came to his present home in 1844, and has
so industry improved his farm that the 290 acres which
composed it are worth in the neighborhood of $15,000; has
had eight children, all of whom are alive. Mrs.
Smith and five children are members of the Presbyterian
Church.
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SMITH, WILLIAM P.,
farmer, P. O. Princeville, was born in Lincoln county,
Maine, Nov. 24, 1807, and in 1829 came to Peoria county, and
settled near Princeville; married in 1835 Miss Fanny
Silliman who was born in N. Y., in 1813. Her
father was one of the earliest settlers in this county,
coming here in 1828, and settling in Hallock township.
They have had nine children, five of whom are now living.
They had two sons in the army during the war: Cyrus,
who enlisted in the 11th Ill. Infty., in 1862, and was
killed at Tunnel Hill, Ga., Feb. 26, 1864. Mr.
Smith has seen all the existing improvements in the
county made, there being at the date of his coming, neither
farm roads nor school-houses existing, and he helped to
build the first school-house erected in it. It was
made of round logs, and stood just over the line in Akron
township. His father was one of the first ministers in
the county, was a Close Communion Baptist, and preached many
a time in the old log school-house. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, by hard labor and economy have acquired a
competency, owning 160 acres of land, besides a house and
six lots, in Princeville, worth in all about $7,000.
All their children but two are married, and have families.
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Smith, R. W., P. O. Monica
Spinger, Geo., farmer, P. O. Duncan
STEVENS, WM. C., retired, P. O.
Princeville.
Stowell, A. N., lumberman, P. O. Princeville |
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* THOMPSON,
CHARLES H., horse trainer, P. O.
Monica, was born in Monmouth county, N. J., in 1854; was
raised on a farm, and is the son of Samuel R. and
Ellen Thompson, who still reside in his native county;
married Miss Lulu Calhoun, on Jan. 1, 1879.
Mr. Thompson has trained many horses since coming to the
county, in 1877, and some of them give promise of great
speed.
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