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OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES:
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
by H. W. Beckwith
Publ. Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers
1879
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Carroll Twp. -
DR. J. W. RALSTON, Indianola, physician,
was born in Williamson county, Tennessee, on the 12th of
February, 1834, and lived there twelve years, when, with his
parents, he moved to Indiana, and settled in Rockville, where he
lived until 1855. In 1852 he began reading medicine under
Drs. Rice and Allen and Dr. Stricker.
He next attended the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati, for
about six months. He then attended the Rush Medical
College, of Chicago, and then came to Indianola. He began
practice on the 1st of June, 1855, and has practiced here since.
In the winter of 1867-8 he graduated at the Rush Medical
College. On the 15th of October, 1856, he married Miss
Permelia, daughter of Mr. David Dickson, one of the
early pioneers of this county. She was born in Vermilion
county, Illinois.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois -
H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 791 |
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Elwood Twp. -
JAMES REES, Ridge Farm, farmer,
section 24, was born in Greene county, Tennessee, and came to
this state in 1830. He has followed the occupation of a
farmer through life. He commenced the nursery business in
1854, which he continued to follow successfully for a number of
years, furnishing a great many valuable trees, this proving to
be a great advantage to the county. Mr. Rees has
been twice married: first in 1838, to Elizabeth Dillen,
who was born in Tennessee and is now deceased. He was then
married, in 1844, to Jemima Dillen, a sister of his
former wife, also born in Tennessee. Mr. Rees has
been the father of eight children, four living. He has
taught school about ten years altogether, and is regarded as one
of Vermilion's best citizens. He is a republican, and
belongs to the Friends church. He owns one hundred and
sixty acres, worth fifty dollars per acre.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois -
H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 593 |
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Elwood Twp. -
THOMAS C. REES, Ridge Farm, cabinet
maker, was born in this county on the 27th July, 1833, and was
raised on a farm until twenty years of age. He learned the
wagon-maker's trade, which occupation he followed until 1878,
since which time he has been working at the cabinet trade.
Mr. Rees has been three times married: first on the 21st
of April, 1856 to Sarah A. Bales, who was born on the 3d
of March, 1833, and died on the 14th of September, 1857.
They had by this union one child, who is now deceased. He
was then married on the 20th of March, 1860. This wife was
born in this county on the 2d of September, 1834, and died on
the 15th of Mach, 1867. They had by this union three
children: Mary, born on the 10th of November, 1861;
Ella, born on the 10th of May, 1864; Charles, born
on the 10th of November, 1866. Mr. Rees was then
united to Charity Mendenhall on the 10th of November,
1871. She, too, was born in this county on the 4th of
November, 1835. They are the parents of four children by
this union: Marcus J., Marion A., Frances M., one
infant deceased. Mr. Rees is a republican,
and a member of the Friends church.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois -
H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 594 |
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Elwood Twp. -
WILLIAM P. REYNOLDS,
Georgetown, farmer, section 3, was raised to the occupation of
a farmer, and also learned the trade of a mechanic, at which
he has worked at intervals through life. He was married
on the 9th of April, 1868, to Angeline Holladay.
They are the parents of two children: Addison,
born on the 27th of Feb., 1870, and Manervie, born on
the 28th of Aug. 1877. His parents were natives of North
Carolina. Mrs. Reynolds' parents were
natives of North Carolina and Tennessee. He owns one
hundred and twenty-two acres of land, worth $50 per acre.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois -
H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 604 |
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Newell Twp. -
FRANCIS M. RODRICK,
Danville, farmer, was born in Newel1 township, Vermilion county,
Illinois, on the 9th of July, 1838, and is a son of Solomon
and Sarah (Brewer) Rodrick. His father was born on the
Scioto River, in Pike county, Ohio, on the 15th of September,
1803; married three times, and has six living children. In the
fall of 1828 he came to Illinois, and settled in the south part
of Newell township, where he has ever since resided. He
speculated some in land, and until the building of the T. W. &
W. R.R. kept tavern from which he realized a handsome
property. The subject of this sketch was married on the 2lst of
March, 1860, to Catharine Shindler. They have seven
living children: Hester A., Emma M., Solomon, Peter, Alvin,
Sarah, Simeon. He owns eighty acres, valued at $3,200. He
is a democrat in politics.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois -
H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 957 - Submitted by
Mary Paulius |
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Carroll Twp. -
J. M. ROSS. The parents of Mr. J.
M. Ross, of Fairmount, came to Vermilion county in 1830.
Here he was born on the 19th of June, 1834, and this has been
his home since. On the 22d of March, 1861, he was married
to Rebecca Carter, daughter of Harvey and Charlotte
(Clark) Carter. She was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, in 1839. They have a family of four sons and
five daughters: James T. William C., Victor L., Frank,
Vea A., Dolie M., Minervia, Lottie C., Lydia. Mr. and Mrs.
Ross are members of hte C. P. church, and own a
fine stock farm of four hundred acres, with good improvements.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith
- 1879 - Page 788 |
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Newell Twp. -
EDWARD ROUSE, Danville, farmer, was
born in Scioto county, Ohio, on the 18th of March, 1825, and is
a son of Reason and Martha (Olehy) Rouse. His father
dying when he was five years old, his mother, with six small
children, removed to Danville township in the fall of 1830. In
the following March she died and left her family to be cared for
and reared by friends. Five were taken back to Ohio, and while
on the return trip the oldest child, a girl, was stricken down
and died soon after reaching the destination. Two years later
the surviving members returned to Danville, since which time the
subject of this sketch has resided within five miles of the
city. He was married on the 4th of October, 1846, to Minerva
Martin. He has been school trustee, supervisor, and a
prominent member of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. He was a
director in the Vermilion County Association, having
head-quarters at Danville, after the business was put into the
hands of an assignee. Mr. Rouse is the father of
eleven living children
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Martha Ann., Dennis H., Susan, John B., Rosan,
Mary Ann, Rebecca Ann, Julia Ann, Minerva Ann, Sarah Ann, Edward
Austin. He owns two hundred and
twenty acres of land, worth $9:000, and is a democrat in
politics.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith -
1879 - Page
955 - Submitted by Mary Paulius |
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