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† Source #1: History of
Pike County, Illinois. - 1880
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FRANK MARDEN is one of
the leading and enterprising citizens of Pike county.
Residence, Chambersburg. |
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MARK McGINNIS was born
in East Tennessee in 1823. His father, David,
was a native of Tennessee, and his mother, Sarah,
a native of Virginia. When he was 9 or 10 years of
age he moved with his parents to Indiana, living there
six years; then came to Morgan county, Ill., and then to
Pike in 1844 and located at Chambersburg. He
followed coopering 16 years, and in 1842 married Mary
Bushfield, who was born in 1828 in Kentucky.
They had 7 children, only one of whom is living,
Thomas B. Mr. McG. is now farming and has
considerable property. Mr. and Mrs. McG.
are members of the Christian Church. |
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HENRY METZ was born in
this county in 1842; his father, Benj. B., was
born in Maryland in 1806, and his mother, Jane Metz,
was born in Ohio in 1812. In 1871 Henry
married Alvira Morrison, who was born in this
county in 1855; of their 4 children 3 are living.
Mr. M. is a farmer, his land lying adjoining the
town of Chambersburg. Mr. M. served 4 years
in the late war, first in Co. L., then transferred to
Co. I, 10th Ill. Cav.; was mustered out in 1865 at San
Antonio, Texas. In 1864 he was taken prisoner by
Joseph Shelby; was held for 14 days and then
paroled, and was exchanged in 6 months. Mrs. M.
is a Methodist. |
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JAMES L. METZ, son of
Benj. B. Metz, was born in this county Jan. 27,
1834. His father moved from Maryland to Virginia,
where he married Miss Jane Lawson. They
came to Pike county in 1833, and became one of the first
and most influential settlers of Chambersburg township.
He died April 9, 1870. James L. married
Emily Morris, daughter of John and Emily Morris,
of Pike county. |
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DR. JOHN W. MURPHY, son
of John, a native of Vermont, and of Nancy,
a native of Ohio, was born in Highland county, O., in
1844. His father died Jan. 10, 1845, in Ohio; in
1850 his mother removed to Indiana and then back to
Ohio. During the late war he enlisted in Co. H,
39th O. V. I.; was in the battle of Corinth, was in the
siege of Vicksburg, then at Chattanooga and in the
Atlanta campaign and through to the sea and around by
Washington, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.;
then came home and learned the cooper's trade and
milling business. The Doctor came to Pike county
in 1869; commenced the study of medicine in 1871, and
attended the American College at St. Louis, Mo.; in 1874
he located in Chambersburg and commenced the practice of
medicine; in 1877-'8 attended medical college and
returned home, continuing his profession. In 1876
he married Annie Lockerbie Thompson, who was born
in 1851 in Cincinnati, O., and who was a teacher.
She is a member of the M. E. Church. |
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AUGUSTUS MYERS was
born in 1819 in Baden, Germany. His parents were
Andone and Catherine Myers, both natives of
Germany. He emigrated to America in 1846, worked
for Cincinnati 8 years by the month, then in this county
to 1858, when he married Louise Carterman, who
was born in 1829, in Lippe Detmold, Germany, who came to
this country in 1857. Of their 8 children 7 are
living. Mr. M. has been very successful in
farming, now having 300 acres of nice land, sec. 19.
He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church at
Perry. P. O., Chambersburg. |
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