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BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY Source:  History of Peoria County, Illinois Chicago - Johnson & Company 1880   Peoria City Akron Brimfield Chillicothe Elmwood Hallock Hollis Jubilee Kickapoo Limestone Logan Medina Milbrook PRINCEVILLE Radnor Richwoods Rosefield Timber Trivoli Note:  The NAMES in 'CAPS' will have a biography.  All others do not have biographies available. PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP NOTE:  Names with (*) next to them have longer description ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP QRST UVW XYZ   Page 811 - Adams, Ezra, farmer, P. O. Princeville Albertson, J., farmer, P. O. Princeville Alder, Wm., station agent, P. O. Princeville Alford, Chas., farmer, P.O. Duncan Alford, M., farmer, P. O. Duncan ALLWOOD, THOS., retired, P. O. Princeville   * ALTER, WM. H., station agent, Princeville.  Was born in Northumberland county, Pa., in 1834, and came with his parents to Peoria county in 1837.  Settled first in Peoria, and came to Princeville in 1852.  Married, in 1855, Miss Jemima Martin, who was born in England in 1834, by whom he has had four children, only one of whom is now alive.  His father died in 1862.  Mr. Alter's brother, Charles E. Alter, was a member of Co. K., 86th Ill. Inf., and was killed in the battle of Bentonville, in Alabama.  He has been station agent at Princeville since Oct. 10, 1871, and gives great satisfaction in the position, both to the railroad company and to the people of Princeville. Pg. 811   Andrews, Cordelia, farmer, P. O. Princeville Andrews, S. A., farmer, P. O. Princeville Angleword, Jas., farmer, P. O. Duncan Armstrong, E., farmer, P. O. Monica Armstrong, I. I., farmer, P. O. Monica   * ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH, farmer and justice of the peace, Sec. 19, P. O. Monica.  Was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1820, and in 1841 married Miss Martha McNeil, who was born in the same county in 1817, by whom he has had eleven children, nine of them now living.  Came to Peoria county in 1855, settling on the northeast quarter of Sec. 19, where he has ever since remained.  He has been a justice of the peace since 1857, and is now serving his thirteenth year as supervisor.  Owns 420 acres of land, worth $21,200 and has 320 acres under cultivation.  His farm was all raw land when he came here, but is now in a highly improved state, with good buildings upon it.  Mrs. Armstrong died Mar. 3, 1877. Pg. 811   * ATEN, CHARLES S., carpenter, P. O. Princeville.  Was born in New Jersey in 1829.  Married, on Sept. 25, 1852, Miss Susan Litts, who was also born in New Jersey, in 1832, and by whom he has had ten children; six are now living.  Came with his family to Peoria county in 1854, and engaged in the business of carpenter, which he followed until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K, 86th Ill. Vol., and in course of his military career was present at the Perryville, Ky., engagement, and the charge at Kenesaw Mountain, at which latter encounter he lost the index finger of his left hand.  He was mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 2, 1865, when he returned to Princeville and resumed his trade of carpenter, which he has since continued. Pg. 811   Auten, E., banker, P. O. Princeville Auten, Peter, P. O. Princeville Ayling, J., restaurant, P. O. Princeville   Bane, Wm., farmer, P. O. Princeville Barr, D., huckster, P. O. Princeville Barr, Eliza E. A., P. O. Princeville Belford, F., farmer, P. O. Princeville Belford, G. W., farmer, P. O. Princeville Benjamin, R. J., J. P., P. O. Princeville Best, Wm., farmer, P. O. MOnica Bigham, M. L., farmer, P. O. Princeville Blakewell, T., laborer, P. O. Princeville   * BLANCHARD, F. B., grain, coal, and general dry goods dealer,P. O. Princeville Pg. 811   Blanchard, J. L., lumberland, P. O. Princeville   * BLANCHARD, M. M., magistrate, P. O. Princeville, Pg. 811   Bliss, O. C., farmer, P. O. Princeville   * BLISS, SOLOMON, druggist, P. O. Princeville, Pg. 811 Page 812 - * BOWMAN, JOHN, saw miller and coal mine proprietor, P. O. Princeville, Pg. 812   * BRINK, STEPHEN, REV., P. O. Princeville, was born in McDonough county, Ill., in 1838.  He was brought up on a farm, and afterwards attended the common and high schools.  He entered the ministry in 1860.  Enlisted Sept. 10, 1862, and was commissioned captain of Co. D., 124th Reg. I. V. Inf., and served until Aug. 11, 1863, when he resigned his commission on account of ill health.  He took part with his company in the Vicksburg campaign, and was present at its surrender.  The reverend gentleman has been a minister of the gospel of Christ ever since leaving the army; has fought under that banner in many places, and done good service in that cause.  He is much respected and liked, both as pastor, citizen and neighbor. Pg. 812   Bronson, H., retired farmer, P. O. Princeville Broney, H., farmer, P. O. Princeville Buchanan, J., farmer, P. O. Monica Burgess, E. M., agent, P. O. Princeville   * BURGESS, GREEN, hardware, P. O. Monica, was born in Pulaski county, Ky., in 1844, and came to Peoria county in 185; married in 1877, Miss Clara Cornwell, who was born in Peoria county in 1856, by whom he has one child, albert R., who was born Mar. 19, 1879.  Mr. Burgess began in his present business at Monica, in 1876.  Keeps a fine stock of goods, and does a good business.   Burgess, Willis, farmer, P. O. Monica Burns, Peter, farmer, P. O. Monica Butler, C. M., P. O. Princeville   Cahrun, H. E., farmer, P. O. Monica Caldwell, R., farmer, P. O. Monica Calhoun, Henry, farmer, P. O. Princeville Cameron, Angus J., P. O. Princeville   * CAMPBELL, JAMES E., furniture dealer, P. O. Princeville, was born in Boone county, Ky., in 1810; went to Indiana in 1850, and worked at his trade of carpenter till 1861, when he went to Gilman, Ill., and pursued his trade, and kept hotel, till 1863 when he came to Peoria county, and two years later to Princeville, and in the following year began in the furniture business, which he has since conducted.  Mr. Campbell's father was one of the earliest settlers of Boone county, Ky.; he had a family of eleven children, and raised ten of them.  His mother's grandfather and grandmother were killed by the Indians in Virginia, when her father was quite young.  He had been sent to mill, and on his return home, found the house in flames, and his father and mother both dead.  Mr. Campbell owns a house and lot in Princeville, and it was worth about $4,000. Pg. 812   * CAMPBELL, L. L., merchant, P. O. Monica Pg. 812   Campbell, Mollie E., farmer, P. O. Monica Champ, Olivia, P. O. Princeville   * CHARLES, J. E., M. D., P. O. Princeville, Pg. 812   * CHURCH, WILLIAM W., retired, P. O. Princeville, Pg. 812 - 813 Page 813 - * CLARK, DENNIS D., P. O. Monica, Pg. 813   Cluskey, Henry, farmer, P. O. Monica Coburn, E., farmer, P. O. Princeville Coburn, R., Mrs., P. O. Princeville Collins, Thos., farmer, P. O. Monica Conklin, A. B., farmer, P. O. Monica Courad, J. J., farmer, P. O. Princeville (possibly Conrad as lots of times the publisher of books mistakenly put a 'u' for an 'n'. ~ sw)   * COOK, ROGER, farmer, Sec. 29, P. O. Monica, Pg. 813   Coon, L., railroad, laborer, P. O. Princeville   * CORBETT, JOHN G., hotel keeper, P. O. Princeville, Pg. 813   Cornwell, Clara, farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, D. B., farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, E. E., farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, Laura, farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, M. C., farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, Margaret, farmer, P. O. Monica Cornwell, S. S., farmer, P. O. Monica   * CRAWFORD, H. W., station agent, Monica; Pg. 813   Cully, Patrick, farmer, P. O. Princeville   * CUMMINS, HENRY C., farmer, Sec. 19, P. O. Monica; Pg. 813 - 814 Page 814 - Cummins, O. H., farmer, P. O. Monica Cummins, H., farmer, P. O. Monica   * CUMMINS, O. W., farmer, Sec. 30, P. O. Monica; Pg. 814   Cutler, M., carpenter, P. O. Princeville Cox, Sarah A., farmer, P. O. Duncan   Darby, Thomas, farmer, P. O. Duncan Deal, R., farmer, P. O. Monica Deal, R. S. V., merchant, P. O. Monica   * DEBORD, REUBEN R., farmer, Sec. 15, P. O. Princeville; Pg. 814   Debolt, Wm., farmer, P. O. Princeville   * DIXON, WM. H., horse breeder and trainer, P. O. Monica. Pg. 814   Dixon, Morgan, wagonmaker, P. O. Princeville   * DUKE, D. T., M. D., P. O. Monica. Pg. 814   Dunn, Wm. in Akron, P. O. Princeville Dusten, J. W., laborer, P. O. Princeville ...