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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Tincher. Mr. 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 |
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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 |
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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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