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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Piatt County,
Illinois
History & Genealogy
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Biographies
Source:
Piatt County History
together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the
Discovery of the Upper
Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt
With Map and Illustrations.
1883
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Monticello Twp. -
MR. F. M. PATTON, farmer,
Monticello, was born in Fountain county, Indiana, from which state
he moved to Kansas, returning to Piatt county about 1875. He
now owns 120 acres of land, which he has principally improved.
He was married in 1868, to Alice Paugh, and has
three children, Jennie, Ida and Joseph.
Source: History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. T. S. PAUGH, farmer,
Monticello, moved from Indiana, his native state, to Kentucky.
He next moved to Illinois, and in 1882 came to Piatt county.
He was married in 1876, to J. M. Rusint, and has
two children, Hardie and Fay.
Source: History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
MR. ABRAHAM PECK, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ross
county, Ohio, from which state he moved to Piatt county in 1839, and
first settled on Willow Branch. He reached this county on the
28th of September, 1839, and he remembers that the ground was frozen
and covered with about one inch of snow. He was married in
1844, to Catharine West, and has had thirteen children, eight
of whom are living: Will married Belle Conner, but
died in 1876, leaving two children, one of whom, Minnie, is
now living; Cyrus married Sarepta Cline, and lives on
Willow Branch; George married Miss T. Ater, who died
(he married again and is now living in Ohio); Mary, the wife
of David Zimmerman, has two children, L. V. and
Frank, and lives in Willow Branch township; Samantha
married Frank Connor, but died; F. Fillmore is not
married; Miss J. married Robert Moffitt and lives on
Willow Branch; A. Lincoln, Rudolphus, Louis and Charles
are at home. Mr. Peck held the office of school
director four or five terms and was coroner for six years.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 521 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
MR. ADINIJAH PECK (deceased), was born in Ohio, in 1806.
He moved from that state to Illinois in 1838, and settled on Willow
Branch. He owned a hundred or more acres, where his widow now
lives, and made most of the improvements on the place. He was
married in 1827, to Mary Ater, and had nine children, eight
of whom are living. His death occurred in 1862. Jane,
now dead, was the wife of Peter Adams; Mary married
Cyrus Widick; Peter is married home with his mother; David
married Rachel Crawford (see his name); Catharine is
the wife of Elijah Taylor (see his name); Emily
married John Griswold, lives in Cerro Gordo township and has
nine children, Maggie, Charles, William, Mollie, Emily,
Catherine, Lou, Aaron, and an infant; Miranda is still
living at home; Daniel married Maggie Sherman and has
one child. Mrs. Peck used to undergo the usual
hardships which came to all early settlers, but now she is
comfortably situated in a neat six-room frame house which was built
not many years ago.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 522 |
Cerro
Gordo Twp. -
MR. AMOS PECK (deceased) was born Mar. 7, 1820, in Pickaway
county, Ohio. He moved to Macon county, Illinois, in 1852, and
located in the house his widow lives in July 26, 1857. He was
married Dec. 31, 1840, to Nancy Hathaway, who was born in
Ohio in 1820. They had eleven children, eight of whom are
living. Rebecca, the wife of Isaac C. Carpenter,
ahs one child and lives in Decatur; Ellen married Isaac
Wilson and lives in Emporia, Kansa; Jerome a farmer of
Cerro Gordo township, married Mary Hays, and has one child,
Pearl May; George, who married Mrs. Sally Yount,
is a barber in Decatur; Allison, who married Sarah
E. Lettington, has three children, Ollie, Otto W. and
Eldo; Benton married Elizabeth Snyder, has
one child, and lives in Nevada. Cyrene is a dress-maker
in Cerro Gordo; Amos Ezra is living in Nevada.
Mr. Amos Peck went to the late war in Co. K of
the 107th Ill. Inf., and his sons Jerome and George
were also in the war. Mrs. Peck had a husband,
two sons and four brothers in the army, and all reached home safely
except a brother who was killed at Fort Donelson. Mr.
Peck died of small-pox in Cerro Gordo Jan. 25, 1865.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 489. |
Willow
Branch Twp. -
DAVID PECK, farmer, Milmine, is a native of Ohio, from which
state he moved to Piatt county about 1838. He was raised in
this county from the time he was two years old. He is living
on the first land he owned in the county. He has improved the
eighty acres himself. About one and three-fourths miles of
open and tile-ditching has been done, and about two thousand trees
have been planted. He was married in 1865, to Rachel
Crawford, who came to Illinois in 1863. They have had
three children: Edgar, Florence and Addison. Mr.
Peck has been school teacher for several years. He went to
the army in Co. K of the 107th Ill. Inf., and participated in the
following battles: Siege of Knoxville, Campbell Station,
Frankfort and Nashville. He was never wounded or taken
prisoner.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 520 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
ENOCH PECK (deceased) came from Ohio to Illinois about 1839,
and settled on Willow Branch. He was one of the early settlers
of the township, and at various times held most of the offices of
the township, including that of justice of the peace and supervisor.
He and his wife lie buried in the Sangamon cemetery. Eight of
their children are still living in the township: Abraham Peck
(see his name); Rebecca, the wife of George Matchler,
is in Texas; George Peck, jr., was about nine years
old when his father moved to this county; he owns 460 acres of land,
a part of which he has improved himself; he married Mary Peck,
who died, leaving one son, Willis; he next married Mary J.
Jones, who has three children, Louis and Jennie Belle
and James Bennett, twins. The names of Mr. Enoch
Peck's other children are John; Monroe (see his name);
Charity, the wife of J. M. Cook; Elizabeth, the
wife of Mr. Durham; and James and Henry.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page
521 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
GEORGE PECK, farmer, Cerro Gordo, was born in Virginia in
1811. When he was three years old his parents moved to
Pickaway county, Ohio, and lived there until their death. He
was married in Madison county, to Elizabeth Denton, and for
eighteen years lived in that county. He wife died, leaving six
children, four or whom are living. Amanda, the wife of
J. W. Wood, lives in Willow Branch township. Henry
married Jane Peck, who died; they had six children, Owen,
Eva, Miles, Langdon, Loren and Maud. He next
married a widow who had one child. Elizabeth Peck
married Henry Propts and moved to Missouri. He died
leaving four children, two of whom, Charles and Claarence,
are in this county. His wife moved back to this county; she
married Tho. Riley, and is now in Missouri and has three more
children. Louisa married Jacob Drum, who was a
soldier in the late war for four years; she died, leaving one child,
Louis P., and Mr. Drum married again and went to
Nebraska. Vandalia married George Thompson,
lived in Piatt county three years and then moved to Kansas, where
she died, leaving one child, Lura Vandalia, who now lives
with her grandparents. James C. married Mary
Chambers, has four children, Eugene, William, Charles and
Josies Belle, and lives in Willow Branch township.
Mr. George Peck took for his second wife Elizabeth Kelso,
whom he married in Ohio in 1850. The next year he moved to
Macon county, and in 1852 settled on his present home-place in Piatt
county. At this time he hauled lumber and provisions from the
Wabash. He kept the stage stand and post-office for five
years, until Cerro Gordo was started. He also kept a regular
country hotel for years. He often had as many as thirty or
forty to stay over night. Of his children by his last wife,
Emma A. married Levi Towl, has four children and lives in
Macon county; George Reed, who graduated at Ladoga, Indiana,
in 1881, is now at home, as is also William Orlando. Mrs.
George Peck's sister, who made her home at Mr. Peck's
until quite recently, was married under romantic circumstances.
A minister who preached in the neighborhood went to his home and
told a friend of this lady. The friend wrote to her, finally
came to see her, and their minister in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Mr. Peck has held various township offices. One has only
to step into the dooryard even of his house to meet with that
generous hospitality which characterizes pioneers. In personal
appearance he is tall fine looking, and appears in condition to live
many a year yet. We have recently heard of the sudden death of
Mrs. Geo. Peck.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 519 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. ISAAC PECK, grain merchant, Milmine, is a native of Ohio,
and moved to Pike county, Illinois, in 1845. In 1845 he came
to Piatt county and located in Willow Branch township, where he
improved a farm, but sold it, and moved in 1872 to Milmine, where he
now owns a house and two lots. He was married in 1839, to
Mary A. Shanton, and they have four children; Sarah J.
became the wife of Henry Peck, but died, leaving seven
children; Elizabeth, the wife of Isaac LeFever,
has six children and lives in Champaign county; Angeline first
married B. F. Crook, who died leaving two children, and she
then married George Dobson, and is now living in Cerro
Gordo township; Melissa, the wife of Charles C. Weible,
and mother of one child, lives in Iowa.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page
490 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
MR. MONROE PECK, farmer, Monticello, is a native of Ohio, but
was reared in Willow Branch, in Piatt county. He owns
sixty-seven acres of land, which he has improved himself.
About one hundred threes have been planted and a story and a half
house erected. He was married in 1869, to Mary M. Williams,
and has had three children, all living, Washington I., Oren E.
and Everett E. When asked what offices he had held, he
remarked, "I have never even been school director or roadmaster."
Mr. Peck went to Teas in 1859, and before he could get home
the war broke out. He was caught by the rebels, came near
being hung, but was finally forced into the southern army, in Co. B
of the 10th Tex. reg. He was taken prisoner at Jonesborough,
Georgia, but in no way could he convince his captors that he was a
northern man. They considered him a traitor. He was
forced to enter the army in 1862, was captured in 1864, but it was
not until 1865 that he was released at Chicago.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 520 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. PETER PECK, a farmer of Cerro Gordo Township, is a native
of Ohio. His father, Adinijah Peck, settled in
Willow Branch about 1838, when Peter was a boy, and lived there till
his death in 1861. Peter was married in 1858 to
Rachel E. Shuman a native of Willow Branch township. Her
father, Matthias Shuman married and settled in this township
at an early day. Her mother died there, and her father moved
to Kansas where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Peck have had
three children, all of whom are living. Janetta, the
wife of William E. Hickman, has one child, Gertrude M.,
and lives in Cerro Gordo township. Franklin,
Delia, Charles, Peter and Mendota are at
home. Mr. Peck moved into Cerro Gordo township in 1861.
He owns a place of 160 acres, upon which he has made most of the
improvements, including the building of an eight-room brick house in
1875. He also owns some land in Macon county. Mr. Peck
held the office of school director for nine consecutive years, and
has also been road commissioner.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page
490 |
Willow Branch Twp. -
MR. WILLIAM PECK, farmer, Cerro Gordo, was
born in 1808, in Virginia. His parents were from the same
state and died in Ohio. Four of their nine children came to
Piatt county; Adinijah and William came first, and
afterward Enoch and Daniel. William came
to the county in 1837, and settled where Mr. George Peck
lives. He moved from there to Winnebago county and from there
to La Salle county. He is now living about seven miles from
Cerro Gordo. When Mr. Peck lived where Geo. Peck
now lives he kept post-office for five or six years. Mr.
Frink, one of the firm Frink & Walker, who owned the
stage line from Springfield to Indianapolis, named this office Cerro
Gordo. The name was afterward given to the town.
William Peck was married in Ohio, to Mary Stookey; she
died leaving three children: Peter, who was in the late war
three years, is a railroad engineer and lives at Hannibal, Missouri;
Amanda married Jacob Peck, has five children and lives
in Macon county; Angeletta married Joseph Rock, has
two children and lives in Texas. In 1863 William Peck
was married to Sarah Johnson of Ohio. By his last wife
he has had five children, Clara Belle, Francis B., Susan,
Blanch and Labon.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page
520 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. WILLIAM H. PECK, a farmer near Cerro
Gordo, is a native of Ohio, from which state he moved in 1869 direct
to Piatt county, where he now owns a farm of 100 acres, upon which
he has made most of the improvements. He was married in 1868,
to Hager Peck, and has had one daughter, Mary.
Mrs. Peck met with quite a serious accident Oct. 18, 1880.
Ever since she was a child she has been afraid of an engine, and
once fainted when simply crossing a railroad track when the train
was a mile distance. On the day previously referred to, Mrs.
Peck and Miss Ida Frydenger
attempted to cross the railroad tract at Cerro Gordo. They
heard no whistle, and did not see the approaching engine.
Which struck the hub of one of the back wheels of the buggy,
throwing Mrs. Peck from the buggy and has "high as the
top of the telegraph pole." The buggy was thrown fifty-two
feet, and the mules, though so suddenly torn loose from the buggy,
were neither frightened nor injured. Miss Frydenger
fell quite near the railroad crossing and was but slightly injured.
Soon about three hundred people had congregated, and it was found
that Mrs. Peck's nose and one of her arms were broken.
She was unconscious for three days, but finally recovered from the
effects of the accident. The railroad company paid for the
repairing of the buggy, paid the physician's bill and gave
Mrs. Peck $800 in money
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page
490 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. ALEXANDER PERKINS, deceased,
moved to Ohio, his native state, to Piatt county in 1856.
Enticed by relatives living in the county, he had visited the place
the year before moving. Mrs. Perkins née
Elizabeth Blacker, was born in Virginia, in 1817.
When sixteen years old she moved to Ohio, in which state she was
married. Her father was in the war of 1812. In about a
year after coming from Ohio and settling in Goose Creek township,
Mr. Perkins died. There were nine children in
all, six of whom are living. Mrs. Perkins
still survives her husband, and at present makes her home with her
daughter, Mrs. White. The eldest son in Mr. Perkins'
family, James L., was married in 1861, to
Rebecca Bailey. He served three years in the late
war. One child, Edward, survived his father's
death, which occurred in 1870. Mrs. Perkins
died in one short year after her husband. Mr. William
H. Perkins married Elizabeth Dubson, in
1862, and has lived in Goose Creek township ever since. He has
been justice of the peace and road commissioner. They have six
children, James, John, Amy May, Ebanina, Elizabeth
and William H., or Harry.
Mary Ann married Edward Chase, in
1859. For a time their home was in Oregon. She died,
leaving six children. Catharine C. married
James Bailey, in 1861. Their home at present
is in Harrison county, Iowa. Seven of their children are
living. Diantha married Thomas White,
in 1864. They have seven children, William, Mary E.,
Charles A., Henry L., John F., Earnest and
Thomas A. Mr. White is a farmer, and is now
living in Monticello township. For a time he has had charge of
the water-tank near Camp creek, on the Wabash railroad. He is
a native of England, and came to America when four years old.
He has lived in this county for twenty years. He was in the
late war over a year, and was wounded at Telegraph Point, Missouri,
by an accidental discharge of a canon. The principal battles
he was in were those at Liberty, Missouri, Lexington and Corinth,
Mississippi. John Perkins married
Mary Warner, in 1873. They have five children,
Lulu Della, Bertha, William and Harry A.,
and live in Monticello township. George W. Perkins
is unmarried and makes his home with his brother,
Alexander. Alexander Perkins married
Sarah J. Stucky, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio,
in 1879. They reside in Goose Creek township.
Source:
History of Piatt County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 316 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. HERBERT D. PETERS, editor,
Monticello, is a native of Steuben county, Indiana. His youth
was spent on a farm in Monroe county, Michigan. He graduated
in Monroe high school in 1868, and took the degree of B. Ph. in the
University of Michigan in 1873. He was connected with a daily
paper in 1873 as assistant editor, and in the same year came to
Illinois, and in 1874 began the publication of the "Piatt County
Herald," in connection with George Scroggs, of
Champaign. In 1875 he secured the whole interest, and in 1876
took the degree of M. Ph. in the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. In 1880 he was elected as a member of the thirty-second
general assembly. On the 17th of June, 1879, Mr.
Peters and Anna Huston were united in
marriage, and they now have two children, Charlie
and an infant.
Source: History of Piatt
County History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. ABRAHAM PING, carpenter,
Monticello, was born in Indiana, and came to Piatt county in 1879,
having previously lived in Moultrie county about eighteen years.
He was married in 1856 to Catherine Powell, of
Ohio, and has had the following children: Thomas A., George
A., Charles, Elmer, Claudie and Frank.
He went to the army in Co. G of the 6th Ind. reg., and was in the
battles of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, and several
others.
Source: History of Piatt County History together with
a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. WILLIAM H. PLUNK, a native of
Ohio, moved from there to Illinois and located, in 1856, in Piatt
county, where he now owns a fine farm of 400 acres of land. He
was united in marriage in 1860 to Maria M. Anderson. Mr. Plunk
went to the army in Co. C. of the 107th Ill. Vol. Inf., and, in
addition to many skirmishes, was in the engagements at Knoxville,
Nashville, Franklin and Resaca. Mr. Plunk held the office of
sheriff from 1870 to 1872, when he was elected circuit clerk, which
position he still holds.
Source: History of Piatt County
History together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
Monticello Twp. -
MR. JAMES PRESTON, farmer, Bement,
is a native of Canada, who moved from Ohio to Piatt county in 1874.
He was married in 1861, to Caroline Barndhouse, and
has three children, Eliza L., Emiy F. and
Chester H.
Source: History of Piatt County History
together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt With Map and Illustrations. 1883 - Page 317 |
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