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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
Piatt County,
Illinois
History & Genealogy |
The following Biographies have been extracted
from the following source:
Historical Encyclopedia
of
Illinois and History of Piatt County
Vol. II -
1917
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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E. L. FARNSWORTH, was born in New York in
1827, and for years was a hotel man and carpenter of Bement, where
he located in 1871. He was twice married.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page |
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THOMAS EAST, came to
Piatt County in 1864, buying a farm of eighty acres in Cerro Gordo
Township, where he died a few months later. He was married in
1832 to Priscilla McCracken and they had the following
children: Mrs. William L. Hammers, Mrs. J. L. Davis, William H.,
Leander, Quincy, Joseph, Wheatley, Francis O., Ulric, Oscar, and
Homer.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 739 |
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WILLIAM HENRY EDIE,
who was for many years one of the substantial farmers of Piatt
County, was born in Hancock County, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1842, a son of
Robert and Margaret (Smith) Edie, of Scotch descent. The
parents died when their son was ten years old, and he was bound out
to Robert Patterson, a tanner, with whom he remained until he
enlisted for service during the Civil War, in Company L., in an Ohio
volunteer infantry regiment, and served until the close of the war.
Following his honorable discharge from the service, Mr. Edie
returned to Ohio, and made his home with a sister, Mrs. E. Bell,
until February, 1866, when he came to Illinois, and hired out to
farmers in Cerro Gordo Township, Piatt County for $18 per month
during the first season. He then worked for an uncle, H. B.
Durphy, at Decatur, Ill., for some months but returned to Cerro
Gordo Township.
Later Mr. Edie moved on a forty-acre tract
his father-in-law had bought some years previously, and on which he
had built a house. Subsequently Mr. Edie bought five
acres of land in Cerro Gordo on which was a fine nursery and fruit
farm, and on it he lived for twelve years. He then sold the
place and moved to Monticello where he bought half a block on which
was one cottage, and there he died Feb. 14, 1914.
On Oct. 6, 1866, Mr. Edie was married to
Amelia Jane Funk, born in Washington County, Ind., a daughter of
Abraham and Eliza Jane (McKinney) Funk, natives of Philadelphia,
Pa., and Washington County, Ind., respectively. In 1840
Mr. and Mrs. Funk drove with covered wagons to Cerro Gordo Township,
and bought an eighty-acre farm there. At this time there were
no houses in Cerro Gordo, and the grandfather built the first large
house in what later became the town of Cerro Gordo. Mr. and
Mrs. Edie became the parents of the following children:
Albert C., who lives at Monticello; Walter N., who lives
at Decatur, Ill.; Charles Edgar, who also lives at Decatur;
and Fred Lincoln, who lives at Monticello. Mr. Edie
never received many educational advantages. Always a
consistent member of the Methodist church he helped to build two
church edifices. In politics he was a Republican. His
fraternal connections were with the Odd Fellows, and he was also a
member of the G. A. R. Since his death Mrs. Edie has
divided her time between a sister, Mrs. Emma Tracy, of Cerro
Gordo, and her children at Monticello.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 739 |
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CHARLES
EMERSON, who was born in New Hampshire, Apr. 15, 1811, came
to Decatur in 1833, and began the practice of law. In 1850 he
was sent to the State Assembly, and re-elected in 1851, and in 1853
he was elected judge of the circuit court. He died in 1870.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 739 |
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ZACHARIAH
EMIG, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Piatt County in
1852, and for a number of years made Monticello his home. In
1857 he was married to Mary Piper, and their children were as
follows: Ella, Kate, Lizzie, Charles, Dolly, Minnie and
Francis.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 739 |
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ALBERT T. ENGLAND
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 740 |
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WILLIAM ELSWORTH ESHELMAN,
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of
Piatt County - Vol. II - Publ. 1917 - Page 740 |
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