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Source:
HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS
by H. W. Beckwith
Publ. Chicago:  H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers
1879

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1879 1889 1903 1911
 

Sidells Grove Twp. -
H. E. P. TALBOTT, Sidell's Grove, farmer, section 9, is a son of Augaustine and Drusilla (Parker) Talbott, who were natives of Kentucky.  They came to Madison county, Ohio, in 1826, where the subject of our sketch was born, on the 7th of August, 1831. His father died in that county, and he and his mother came to Vermilion county, in 1851, where his mother died, in 1864.  Mr. Talbott served in the late war, in Co. G, 79th Ind. Vol.  He was in the battle of Perryville, and was discharged on account of disabilities received.  He returned to Indiana and remained one year, and then came to Vermilion again in 1866.  Mr. Talbott was united in marriage in 1867, to Miss Lucy E. Utterback, daughter of H. Utterback. She is a native of Ralls county, Missouri, born in 1841. The result of this union is two sons and one daughter:  Augustine, Hugh H. and Sarah E. M.. Mr. Talbott is a member of the Capitol Lodge, Indianapolis, Indiana, 124, I. O. O. F., and Mrs. T. is a member of the M. E. church.  Mr. Talbott has been honored by the citizens of his township with the office of justice of the peace and supervisor.  He is a staunch republican.
Source:
 History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 ~ Page 1031 - Submitted by Mary Paulius

  Elwood Twp. -
A. H. THOMPSON, Ridge Farm, farmer, section 22, was born in this county on the 9th of May, 1842.  He has been married four times: first, in 1860, to Sarah M. French, who was born in Indiana on the 2ed of July, 1841, and died in 1860.  He was then married, in 1861, to Emily Wright, who was born on the 9th of October, 1839, and died on the 3d of August, 1867.  They had by this marriage three children, two of whom are living:  James A. and Sarah M.; deceased, Charley.  He was then married to Miss B. C. Underwood, in 1868.  She was born in Vermilion county, this state, in 1843, and died in 1870.  They had by this union one child; John A.  Mr. Thompson was then, in 1871 united to Emma McMasters, who was born in Vermilion county, Indiana, in 1847.  They have been this union two children, Nellie C. and Mary O.  He is a republican, a member of the Presbyterian church, and also of the I. O. O. F.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 ~ Page 598
  LOUIS M. THOMPSON, Rossville, farmer, was born on the 31st of May, 1829, in Dearborn county, Indiana, and is the son of John and Esther (Payne) Thompson. He came with his parents to Vermilion county, Illinois, in the fall of 1831, and has lived here since that time. He was married on the 17th of August, 1848, to Judith A. Burroughs, and the same year moved and settled in Ross township, on the farm he still owns, which lies southeast of Rossville, and corners with that corporation. Since 1873 his family has lived in the village. Mr. Thompson is a stirring; man: a community with a few such never stagnates. He has farmed, bought, raised and sold stock; been town clerk of Ross seven years, collector twice, road commissioner, taught school one term. He is the father of six living children: Viola, Mary, John, Etta, Lena, Hattie. He owns seven hundred and eighty acres of land, worth 823,000. In politics he is a republican.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 ~ Page 675 ok
 

GEORGE F. TINCHER, Danville, attorney-at-law, was born in Danville, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 14th of June, 1854, and is the son of John L. and Caroline R. TincherMr. Tincher received his principal education at the Northwestern University at An Arbor, Michigan, and was admitted to practice law at the Illinois bar in 1875.  No young attorney at the Vermilion county bar stands higher in the estimation of his colleagues than Geo. F. Tincher.  In 1879 Mr. Tincher was elected city attorney, which office he is filling with entire satisfaction.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 ~ Page 413

  GEORGE T. TINCHER, Danville, attorney-at-law, was born in Danville, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 14th of June, 1854, and is the son of John L. and Caroline T. Tincher.  Mr. Tincher received his principal education at the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois; he also attended the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was admitted to practice law at the Illinois bar in 1875.  No young attorney at the Vermilion county bar stands higher in the estimation of his colleagues than Geo. F. Tincher.  In 1879 Mr. Tincher was elected city attorney, which office he is fill in with entire satisfaction.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 - Page 397
 

Danville Twp. -
J. E. TUTTLE, Danville, physician, was born in Fountain county, Indiana in 1844.  In 1856 he became a resident of Vermilion county, locating at Marysville.  He there began the study of medicine with Dr. C. D. Henton in 1862, and in 1865 became a graduate of the Rush Medical College, of Chicago.  After graduating he returned to Vermilion county, and continued his practice at Blue Grass, where he had done some practice before graduating.  He remained there until 1869.  He then went to Marysville, and there was engaged in practice until 1874.  At this date he removed to Danville, where he has become firmly established and is already known as one of the thoroughly reliable M. D.'s of the city.
Source: History of Vermilion County, Illinois - H. W. Beckwith - 1879 ~ Page 416

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