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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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Blount Twp. -
WILLIAM VANCAMP, Danville, physician, was
born in Clark county, Ohio, and was engaged working in an oil
mill owned by his father until twenty years of age. His
chances for an early eduction were limited. He came to
this state in 1856, and settled in Coles county, where he
remained one year. Some time afterward he removed to
Indiana, where he practiced medicine thirteen years, and then,
in 1869, came to this state, and settled in Pilot Grove, where
he remained till 1871, during which time he had an extensive
practice, attended with good success. From Pilot Grove he
removed to Danville, where he practiced six years. In 1864
Mr. Vancamp enlisted in the late war in Co. I, 130th Ind.
He had charge of the hospital, and during this time he
discovered a remedy for cerebro-spinal meningitis that has
proved to be almost a specific. The Doctor has been twice
married; first, on the 15th of May, 1853, to Nancy A. Lymill,
who was born in Indiana on the 13th of February, 1838, and is
now deceased. They had by this marriage five children,
four living. Mr. Vancamp was married, on the 4th of
July, 1865, to Elizabeth Sorett, who was born in Indiana
on the 22d of August, 1837. They are the parents of
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
Page 903 |
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ENOCH VANSICKLE, Danville,
farmer, section 35, was born in Butler county, Ohio, on the 26th
of April, 1814. He was married to Nancy White (now
deceased), on the 8th of October, 1837. She was born in
Butler county, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1819. They were
the parents of ten children, six living: Robert, Andrew,
who died in the army, Elisabeth, deceased, Sarah,
Evart, William, killed by lightning in 1862, Harriett,
John, Enoch, and one infant, deceased. Mr.
Vansickle had only forty acres when he married. He
tried hard for years to open up a farm in the timber, but as
long as he worked at that he gained but little. Finally he
went on the prairie, where he soon prospered. He now owns
two hundred and ninety-six acres of land. He made a great
many trips to Chicago with team in an early day, hauling wheat,
oats and produce, and returning with salt. Mr.
Vansickle was in the Black Hawk war, and was one of the
early settlers of the county, helping to change it from a barren
wilderness to its present prosperous condition.
Source: History of
Vermilion County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 -
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PETER VOORHEES, Danville, farmer, was born
on the 26th of June, 1827, in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son
of Stephen and Rachel (Elliott) Voorhees. When he was two
years old his parents removed and settled in Fountain county,
Indiana. In 1848 he came to Vermilion county, Illinois, locating
in Newell township, where he now resides. He has been a
supervisor of Newell township, and held minor offices of trust
and responsibility. Mr. Voorhees is a large-hearted,
public-spirited man, who has been abreast of the foremost in the
activities of his community, and who has made his energy felt on
all occasions. He is a brother of Hon. Daniel
W. Voorhees, present
United States senator from Indiana, who has made a national
reputation as a lawyer and statesman. The management of a large
farm has chiefly engrossed his attention during a busy life.
Like thousands of others, he his not escaped the vicissitudes of
the times. He was married on the 1st of April, 1848, to Mary
Button. They have five living children
:
Rachel R., Julia E., Arthur E., Daniel,
and Philip B.
He owns five hundred and forty acres of land, worth $27,000.
Source: History of Vermilion
County, Ohio - Chicago: H. H. Hill and Co., 1879 - Page 963 -
Submitted by Mary Paulius |
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