Samuel C. HAMMER
Shoe-maker and Farmer
Member of the M.E. Church
Politics: DemocratBorn 1824 in Franklin Co., PA.
Parents: Jonas and Priscilla (EYLER), Natives of Maryland
He came to this County in 1855.In 1846 he married Ann Elizabeth WORKING, Native of Maryland.
Children: Frances Virginia, Lewis Cass, John Winton,
Elizabeth H.,Emma, Alvin Davis, Clara, William Rufus and JohnsonJohn G. HAMMER, bother of Samuel, is a Veteran of the Mexican War and now lives in Pekin.
He enlisted in Capt. Jones' company and served about a year.
He participated in the engagements of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Pueblo.
He first settled at Springfield, then came to Pekin to build a mill for Mr. WAGENSELLER,
and has since lived there. (This information was printed with the above sketch.)The source for these Sketches came from the History of Tazewell County, IL, 1880.
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Lewis Franklin HARBAUGH
Agricultural
Member of American Reformed ChurchAncestry is Swiss Descent
Yost HARBAUGH lineal descendant came to this country in 1736 or 29 and settled in York Co. Penn.Born 1837 in Franklin Co., MD.
Parents: John and Margaret HARBAUGH, Natives of Franklin Co., MD
Came to this County in 1865Married Mary J. VanOSTRAND on April 2, 1873.
Children
Frank Leslie, b. Jan. 18, 1874
Charles Dana, b. Dec. 26, 1875The source for these Sketches came from the History of Tazewell County, IL, 1880.
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Peter G. HAY
P.O. Box Lilly
Farming and Stock Raising
Christian Church & DemocraticBorn Jan. 12, 1825 in Christain Co., KY.
Parents: John and Celia HAY of Virginia and Kentucky
Came to this State in 1835 and to this County in 1853Married on Nov. 27, 1850 to Alameda SMITH.
They had 9 children. 1 DeceasedThe source for these Sketches came from the History of Tazewell County, IL, 1880.
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J. C. HAYBARGER
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Tazewell & Mason Counties - 1894 p. 346
Transcribed by: Betty DoremusJ. C. HAYBARGER, one of the enterprising and leading business men of Mackinaw who is now interested in a gristmill at this place, claims West Virginia as the state of his nativity. He was born in Augusta County, July 30, 1828, and is the son of Abraham and Mary (Crobarger) Haybarger. The former was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and his parents were natives of Germany. He was reared upon a farm and then learned the cooper's trade with his brother-in-law. In his father's family were the following children, John, Jacob, Abraham, Mary, Betsy and Katie. With his parents he removed to West Virginia, where he married, and in the year 1834 he emigrated with his family to Illinois, locating on the line between Tazewell and Woodford Counties, where he engaged in farming until 1840. He then removed to McLean County and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty-one acres of partly improved land. Thereon he reared his family of seven children. David, the eldest, died of cholera at the age of twenty-two; Susan is the deceased wife of Charles Henshaw; Sarah is the wife of J. B. Ayers; Elizabeth is the wife of John Smith, a farmer of Tazewell county; Julia is the wife of D. B. Smith, of Normal, Ill.; one child died in infancy. The parents are both members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was a Democrat in politics. His death occurred in McLean County in 1845, and his wife passed away in 1888, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years.
J. C. Haybarger came with his parents to the west and was reared amid the wild scenes of the locality, sharing with the family the experiences and hardships of pioneer life. The common schools afforded him his educational privileges. He was eighteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and the care of the family devolved (sic) upon him. In 1852 he, his mother and a brother and sister all suffered an attack of cholera at the same time.
Engaged in the cultivation of the home farm, Mr. Haybarger spent the early years of his manhood, remaining with his mother until his removal to Mackinaw in 1879. While in McLean County he served as Justice of the Peace for eight years. During this time he accumulated two hundred and thirty-seven acres of land, which he yet owns. He also has two town lots, a half-interest in a store building and lot, and half-interest in an unimproved lot and a fourth-interest in the Mackinaw gristmill, with which he has been connected since his removal to this place.
In McLean County was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Haybarger and Miss Catherine, daughter of David Puterbaugh. Six children graced this union, but two died in early life, and John is also deceased. Emma is the wife of Charles Puterbaugh and has three children; Mary J. is the wife of George Miller and has two children; Samuel wedded Mary Judy. The mother of this family passed away in 1884, and Mr. Haybarger afterward married Almeda Lamason. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife and three children are members of the Christian Church. Socially, he is connected with Mackinaw Lodge, A.F.& A.M., and with the Order of the Eastern Star. In politics he is a Democrat, has four times served as Assessor of Mackinaw, and was once a member of the Town Board. For about sixty years he has resided in this part of Illinois, and may well be numbered among the early pioneers who have been the founders of the county and in its up building have taken so prominent a part.
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Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Tazewell and Mason Counties, IL 1894,p. 375
Transcribed by: Betty DoremusJAMES HAINES. Among the prominent business men of Pekin who are counted among the oldest and most honored residents of the county may be mentioned Mr. Haines. He has been connected with the interests of this section since 1827, and no name may be more properly placed in the history of the county than his.
Our subject was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 10, 1822, and is the son of Joseph and Sarah (Long) Haines. The father's birth occurred in New Jersey near the Pennsylvania line; he fought as a soldier in the War of 1812, being a resident of Ohio at that time. In that state he carried on his trade of blacksmith until his removal to Illinois in 1827, making the hourney hither by teams. He located with his family near Pekin, where he erected a little log cabin and also a blacksmith shop, built after the same primitive style. He also purchased land, and until the time of his death, in 1846, followed the combined occupations of farmer and blacksmith.
The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Sarah Long, was born in Quaker City, and died on the farm in Tazewell County during the cholera scourge in 1832. James, of this sketch, passed the first five years of his life in Ohio, and on coming with the family to this state, saw many Indians from the Winnebago, Pottawatomies, the Sac and Fox tribes. There were about three red men to every white settler in that early day,and the country round about was little more than a wilderness, dotted over here and there with rude log cabins.
Mr. Haines, of this sketch, attended his first school in a rude structure with the most primitive furnishings, but later completed his studies in the more modern schools of Pekin. Previous to completing his education he taught school for several terms in the country, boarding around among the patrons. He worked on his father's farm until starting out in the world on his own responsibility, and until 1848 followed farming, together with buying and selling land. In the above year he began the study of law in the office of B. S. Prettyman, of Pekin; then he entered the law department of Transylvania University in Louisville, Ky., from which he was graduated in the year 1851.
After receiving his diploma, Mr. Haines located in this city for practice, but soon abandoned that profession to engage in the banking business, forming a partnership with G. H. Rupert and T. N. Gill. This connection lasted until the outbreak of the late war, when the hard times which followed caused his to close out his business in that line.He then engaged in the insurance and real-estate business, which he is carrying on at the present time.
Mr. Haines has been a very prominent factor in forwarding the best interests of this section, and besides laying out three additions to the city, has been President of the Peoria & Springfield Railway. He has also been manager of the Haines' Illinois Harvester Works several years, and is the oldest insurance man in this part of the state.
The lady to whom our subject was united in marriage in 1852 was Miss Anna E., eldest daughter of Dr. W. S. Maus. The latter was born in Cumberland County, Pa., and was one of the prominent physicians of this county. He was a member of the Legislature, and held many positions of trust in the county and state. Mrs. Haines departed this life in 1889, leaving one son, James, Jr., who is engaged in business with his father.
Mr. Haines was Postmaster for three years under Cleveland, and was Supervisor of the township for some time. He is an active Democrat in politics, and is recognized as an influential member of the party. He was the first County Superintendent of Schools in Tazewell County, and is Vice-President of Tazewell County's Old Settlers' Association.
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Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Tazewell and Mason Counties 1894 p.671
Transcribed by: Betty DoremusLEONHARD HEISEL. Among the prominent business men of Tazewell County who attained to the highest round on the ladder of success, and were counted among its worthy and honored citizens, may be mentioned Leonhard Heisel. No name may be more properly placed in the history of the county than his, for he was not only one of the most successful and popular business men, but was of such a social and genial nature, that he made many friends. He was one of the oldest settlers of the county and engaged for many years as a merchant, and later in the insurance business in Pekin, where he was classed among its wealthiest citizens.
Our subject was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, March 26, 1819. He was the son of John Heisel, a native of Germany, and a farmer and weaver. He was an active member of the Lutheran Church, and died in his native land when sixty-four years of age. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Karg) Heisel, was also a German by birth, and reared a family of eight children, only two of whom are living. Leonhard was the fifth in order of birth in the family, and attended the schools of Germany until reaching his fourteenth year, when he helped his father in his business, and later learned the tailor's trade. In 1842 he began to do journeyman work, traveling through Baden, Prussia and Wurtemberg. Four years later, at Graefeldt-on-the-Rhine, a silk manufacturing town, he married Miss Mary Charlotte Wilhelmina Saur, who was born in Berlin.
In 1848, Mr. Heisel decided to come to America and left Antwerp on a vessel which forty-two days later landed him in New York City. Thence he went to Albany, and after a stay there of three weeks, came to Pekin by way of canal and river, when this now prosperous city contained but six hundred inhabitants. He immediately opened up a merchant tailoring establishment, which he carried on for four years, then engaged in the grocery business, and later became a dry-goods merchant. His first partner in the latter trade was Mr. Reuling, his second Mr. Steinmetz, and the last gentleman with whom he did business was C. A. Becker. He was very successful as a merchant, and had one of the finest establishments in the city until 1881, when he sold out. A few months later he took the agency for many of the principal insurance companies.
From the time Mr. Heisel came to this city in 1848, nearly everything he touched turned to money, and he was one of the substantial men of the county. He built several business houses in the city, owned three brick stores, and considerable valuable residence property. His good wife departed this life May 22, 1884, after having become the mother of eight children, of whom five are living: Rudolph, living in Terre Haute, Ind.; Henry, a hardware merchant of Stillwater, Minn.; Martin, a prominent grocer of this city; and Elizabeth and Mary, at home. Socially, Mr. Heisel had been a Mason since 1851, and was Treasurer of the lodge for over a quarter of a century of the order in Pekin. He also belonged to the Turner society, and in politics was a strong Democrat. His death, December 15, 1898, was mourned by the citizens of Pekin, with whose interests in his own had so long been identified.
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