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Jonesboro Precinct Biographies Union County Illinois Genealogy Trails Source: "History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois," Perrin, Chicago, ©1883.
 ANDERSON, B.H. BAGGOTT, O. P. BALLANCE, C. C. BARNWELL, E. M. BITTLE, J. F. CASPER, Henry CHESTER, William M. CRAVER, James CRAWFORD, Judge M. C. CROWELL, Albert CROWELL, G. W. DAVIE, Winstead DAY, W. S. DILLOW, Henry DUSCHEL, Joseph B. H. ANDERSON
Benjamin H. Anderson, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born January 5,
1838, in Union County. His father, Preston Anderson, may be
classed among the pioneers who came here when the settlements were few,
and the forest was filled with wild beasts, and the prairies abounded
with game. He was born in1809 in Tennessee, and died November 1875 in
this county. When quite young he was left an orphan. He was
a farmer by occupation, and was married in Tennessee to Lucinda
Williams, who was born in 1815 in Tennessee. She died in 1867 in this
county. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom ten
reached the age of maturity. Her son Benjamin H., was the fifth
child. He received a common school education in this county,
where he also enlisted August 15, 1862 in Company D of the One Hundred
and Ninth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. He was afterward
transferred to the Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
Company I, and was mustered out October 10, 1864 on the White River,
Ark. While in the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment, he was promoted
from Orderly Sergeant to First Lieutenant. He participated in the
battles of Yazoo City, Clinton, Miss., and Jackson, Miss. Our
subject was joined in matrimony November 7, 1864 in Jonesboro, to Miss
Serena Armstrong, born September 18,1844 in this county. She is a
daughter of Calvin and Mary A. (McElhaney) Armstrong, who were born in
Union County, Ill., where they also died when Mrs. Anderson was quite
young. Mrs. Anderson is the mother of four children now living,
viz: Henry H., who was born October 6, 1865; Charles H., born
June 9, 1868; Fannie, born February 28, 1871; William S., born January
15, 1881. Mr. Anderson has over 200 acres of land, of which over
eighty acres are in the corporation of Jonesboro. He is a Knight
of Honor, Jonesboro Lodge No. 1891. In 1883 he was elected
Alderman of Jonesboro. In politics he is connected with the
Democratic party.
O. P. BAGGOTT Oliver P. BAGGOTT, Sheriff,
Jonesboro, was born in Montgomery County, near Dayton, Ohio, September
1, 1840. His father, James Baggott, was born in 1791 near
Fredericksburg, VA, and died in Osborn, Ohio in 1863. He was a
participant in the War of 1812. He married Mary Caylor, who bore
him the following children: Martin V., Oliver P., Josephine,
James P. and Charles L. Oliver P. Baggott (our subject) was
educated in Ohio, and in early life engaged in farming and teaching
school. In 1861, the 21t of June, he responded to the call of his
country, and enlisted in the Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served three years. He participated in many scenes and battles,
some of which may be mentioned, as second Bull Run, South Mountain,
Antietam, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Resaca, Ga. In 1864 he
returned to Ohio, and soon afterward went to the oil regions of
Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. In 1866 he came to
Illinois and located in Union County, where he engaged in farming and
teaching until 1878, when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under George
Barringer, and remained in said office until 1882, when he was elected
Sheriff of the county.
Mr. Baggott was married, April 8, 1869 in Union County, Ill., to Miss Ruth Delves, a native of England, near Market Drayton; she was born November 11, 1845; she is a daughter of William and Mary (Watkins) Delves, and is the mother of four children, viz: Harry Lee, born February 28, 1870; Maud, born July 7, 1871; George M., July 17,1877, and Lola, born January 23, 1879. Mr. Baggott is a member of the following fraternities and orders: A. F. & A. M., Anna Lodge, No. 520; I. O. O. F., Anna Lodge, 291; the K. of H. and the Knights and Ladies of Honor. In politics, his sympathies are with the Democratic party. C. C. BALLANCE Columbus C. Ballance, farmer, P.
O. Jonesboro, is a native of this county, and a son of Samuel and Vina
(Steiner) Ballance, who came to this county from Louisiana. He
received a common school education and then settled down as a farmer,
and now owns a farm of 130 acres, a part of which is devoted to a large
orchard. Our subject was married, October 3, 1867, to Mrs. Ritta
Penrod, who was born in this county January 9, 1842, and is the
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Smith) Lyerly. She is the mother
of five children now living, viz: William R. Penrod, now married
to a Miss Maggie Miles; Sarah I. Penrod, who married Hugh Grammer; Ada
S., Columbus C. and Minnie A. E. Mr. and Mrs. Ballance are both
members of the Christian Church. Mr. Ballance has occupied the
position of School Director and is identified with the Democratic party.
E. M. BARNWELL Edward M. Barnwell, Circuit Clerk
and Recorder, Jonesboro, was born June 13, 1837, in Hind County, Miss.,
and is a son of Edward M. and Maria Ann (Martin) Barnwell. He was
a son of E. M. Barnwell, and was born in England and died in New
Orleans, La.; she was born in Ireland and died near Natchez, Miss.
They are the parents of three children, viz: Edward M. (our
subject), John P., a farmer in Cass County, Mo., and Mark W. He
died at the age of twenty-one at Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co, Ky., at the
Shaker settlement, where he and his brothers had been placed after
their mother's death, by her request. In 1861 our subject left
the Shaker settlement, and came to this county. He worked for Mr.
W. Davie in the harness and shoe shop for about a year; after that he
taught school six months and then commenced the study of telegraphy at
Anna. In 1865 he obtained a position as operator in Dongola,
Ill., where he remained until the spring of 1881, when he was elected
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Recorder of Union County, to fill a
vacancy caused by the death of A. Polk Jones, who had been Clerk for
many years. Mr. B. was married, September 19, 1871 in Dongola, to
Miss Emma J. Bristol, a native of Palestine, Crawford Co., Ill.
She died in Dongola in March 1872. Mr. B. is a member of
Dongola Lodge, No. 343, I. O.O.F., and Dongola Lodge No. 2205, K of H.
He is politically a Democrat.
J. F. BITTLE J. F. BITTLE, farmer, P. O.
Jonesboro, was born in this county December 18, 1835, and is a son of
John Bittle, who was born in North Carolina, and married in Kentucky to
Hannah Kitts, who was the mother of twelve children. Her father,
Jackson Kitts, was a soldier under Gen. Jackson in the war of 1812,.
John Bittle was a farmer, and came to this county in an early
day. Our subject, John F. Bittle, went to school in this county,
and also married here to Lavina Sheral, who was the mother of five
children, viz.: Maranda A., born April 29, 1863; Columbus M.,
born June 24, 1867; Sarah A., born March 7, 1871; Hannah I., born
October 21, 1874; Martha E., born December 1 1878. This lady died
January 16, 1880, after which Mr. Bittle was married the second time to
Mrs. Julia J. Rhoades, nee Douglas, born December 5, 1841 in Cape
Girardeau County, Mo. She is the daughter of Robert and Maria Ann
(Hall) Douglas, and the mother of five children, viz.: Alice J.
Rhoades, born June 5, 1860, wife of Walter Rhinehart; Robert A.
Rhoades, born November 2, 18651; Mary L. Rhoades, born September 22,
1863, wife of Richard Williams; Anna Rhoades, born September 19, 1866;
Ford Francis Bittle, born April 5, 1882. At present, Mr. Bittle
resides upon a farm of 200 acres, and is connected with the Democratic
party.
HENRY CASPER HENRY
CASPER, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born in Rowan County, N. C.,
October 29, 1835, and is a son of Jacob Casper, who was also born in
that State, and there married Eliza Maura, also a native of North
Carolina. She is the mother of seven living children--Henry (our
subject), Adam, George, David, Elizabeth, Anna and Amy. Subject
attended school in this county, and here he was also married, January
14, 1868 to Miss Malinda Brown, born February 3, 1838, in this county.
She is the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Brown, who are old
settlers in this county, and the mother of two children--Olive, born
October 29, 1869; William, born April 20, 1875. Mr. Casper at
present has a farm of about one hundred acres, and in politics he is
connected with the Democratic party. Mrs. Casper is a member of
the Baptist Church.
WILLIAM M. CHESTER WILLIAM
M. CHESTER, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born July 14, 1831 in Bedford
County, Tenn. He is a son of John Chester, who was a carpenter by
occupation, learning and following his trade in Tennessee, and also in
this county, to which he had come in 1847. He was married in
Tennessee to Mary Lee, who was also a native of Tennessee, where she
was born in 1797; she died in 1865, May 26, in this county. She
was a daughter of John and Mary Lee, who were born in North Carolina,
and she is the mother of ten children of whom five are now
living--Sarah Meisenheimer, Elizabeth Green, William M., Amanda R. Sams
and John D. The father of our subject was born August 7, 1794 in
North Carolina, and died December 21, 1872 in this county. Our
subject, William M. Chester, received his education partly in this
State and partly in Tennessee. He was joined in matrimony October
14, 1860 in Union county to Miss Francis J. Meisenheimer, who died
March 22, 1873, leaving three children--William N., born July 17, 1867;
Ann Mary, born April 9, 1869; and Amanda, born January 9, 1871.
Mr. Chester was married a second time, September 14, 1877, in
this county to Mrs. Georgie A. Leyerle, who was born in Kentucky.
She is the mother of four children now living--John B. Leyerle,
born November 6, 1870; Levy L. Leyerle, born February 18,1875;
Henrietta Chester, born October 10, 1878; and Magdalene Chester, born
March 23, 1882. Mr. Chester has a farm of eighty acres, which is
the old homeplace of the Chester family. Our subject, as well as
his ancestors, have been connected with the Democratic party.
JAMES CRAVER JAMES
CRAVER, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born March 4, 1822, in Davidson
County, N. C. and is the third oldest son of Michael Craver, also a
native of that State, who married Susannah Sowers in the same State and
then came to this county, where he resided until his death, which
occurred in 1838. Here he first followed farming, but during the
latter part of his life he shipped pork South to New Orleans, and was
at one time the Captain of a company of State militia. He was the
father of ten children, of whom seven are living, viz., Christina Ury,
Mary Cover, James, David, Malinda, Daniel and Anna Hileman. David
is now in Florida. Daniel is a miner of 1849 in California, and
the rest are in this county. Our subject, James Craver, came to
this county with his parents in 1827, and has lived here ever since.
He attended the schools of this county in an early day, and has
since made farming his occupation. He now has a farm of 116 acres
inside of the corporation of Jonesboro and 560 acres on the Cape
Girardeau road, six miles southwest of Jonesboro. At present, his
sister Malinda is keeping house for him. He is now identified
with the Democratic party, and will, he says, stick to that party as
long as he lives.
JUDGE M. C. CRAWFORD
JUDGE
MONROE C. CRAWFORD, lawyer, Jonesboro, was born in Franklin County,
Ill., May 26, 1835, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Randolph)
Crawford. The elder Crawford was born in Maryland to which
province his father, also John Crawford, had emigrated from the North
of Ireland prior to the Revolutionary war. He left his native
country in disgust with the British rule and participated in our war
for independence. He married Mary Wright in Virginia; she was a
native of England, and died in Maryland. John Crawford, the
father of our subject, was a farmer by occupation. He served in
the Indian wars under Gen. Jackson, participating in several battles
with the savages. His wife, Elizabeth Randolph, to whom he was
married in 1830 in Franklin County, Ill., was born in 1812 in
Rutherford County, Tenn., and died in 1842. She was the mother of
five children, viz: Ellen, wife of Jefferson Whittington; Monroe
C. (our subject); Huldah, former wife of Isaac Whittington, deceased;
Napoleon B., a physician in Woodford County, Ill., and Thomas, a
teacher in Franklin County. Judge Crawford is mainly
self-educated, receiving his early learning in the common schools of
Southern Illinois, which in the days of his boyhood were common indeed.
In 1853, he commenced the study of law with Judge William K.
Parrish, and was licensed to practice in 1854. After attending a
course of lectures at Louisville, Ky., and receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Law, he began the practice of his profession at Benton, the
county seat at Franklin, in 1855. In November, 1856, he was
elected State's Attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit, composed at
that time of ten counties; he was re-elected in 1860. He entered
the army during the late war, and in 1862 was made Lieutenant Colonel
of the One Hundred and Tenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, participating
in many stirring scenes and battles, among which were Champion Hill and
Stone River. After the war Judge Crawford returned to
Southern Illinois and resumed the practice of law at Duquoin. He
was elected Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in 1867, and was
re-elected in 1873. He came to Jonesboro in October, 1867.
After serving out his last term, he resumed the practice of his
profession. Judge Crawford was married, November 1, 1858 in
Benton, Ill., to Miss Sarah I. Willbanks, who was born December 31,
1842 in Jefferson County, Ill. She is a daughter of Col. Robert
A. D. and Madaline S. (Arrington) Willbanks. They have six
children living, viz: Robert N., Stanley A., John C., Charles C.,
George W. and Mary. Judge and Mrs. Crawford are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity of
Jonesboro Lodge, No. 111, of which he is Master; he is also an I. O. O.
F. and P. G. of his lodge; is a member of the Knights of Honor,
Jonesboro Lodge, No. 1891. He has been twice elected by the Grand
Lodge of Illinois, K. of H. to represent it in the Supreme Lodge of the
United States. In politics Judge Crawford is identified with the
Democratic party.
ALBERT CROWELL ALBERT
CROWELL, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro. This gentleman was born in
Union County, Ill., July 4, 1858, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth
(Bennett) Crow ell. He was a native of Illinois, and during his
life was principally engaged in mercantile pursuits; he died in
Jonesboro, Ill, in 1878, where he had resided for some years previous.
His wife, and mother of our subject, was a native of Illinois;
she died in Anna, Ill., in 1881. She was the mother of nine
children, of whom six are now living, viz: Belle, wife of S. R.
Green, a merchant of Cobden, Ill.; Charley, a carpenter who married
Miss Mollie Bissel; Dora, wife of G. W. Smith, a merchant in Makanda,
Ill.; Ester, wife of Newt Meisenheimer, agent of the Illinois Central
Railroad at Anna; Ollie D., and Albert, our subject. He was
educated in the schools of Union County, and embarked on his career in
life as a clerk in his father's store; he afterward engaged in business
for himself, in a general merchandising store at Cobden, Ill., in
partnership with his brother Charley, he remaining about two yeas, when
he sold his business and removed to Cairo and engaged in the dry goods
business for about eight months, and in the spring of 1882 returned to
Jonesboro, and in August of the same year returned to the old home farm
where he has since remained actively engaged in farming. In March
1880 he married Miss Addie Williams, a native of St. Louis, born in
1859. She is a daughter of Nicholas Williams, a resident of
Cairo. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell have been blessed with one child,
Maud S., born April 4, 1882. He is a wide awake business man, and
a Republican in politics.
G. W. CROWELL G. W. CROWELL, farmer, P. O.
Jonesboro, is a native of this county, and was born in June, 1829.
He is a son of John Crowell, whose father, John Crowell, Sr., was
a South Carolina Indian. The mother of our subject was Miss Mary
Dougherty, of Irish descent and the mother of a large family.
John Crowell came to this county in a very early day, when the
forests were inhabited by wild beasts and wilder men. Here he
married, and the twain endured the hardships of pioneer life, depending
part of the time on the hunt for subsistence. Our subject, when
young, went for a few months to the old-fashioned subscription schools
and in early manhood turned his attention to the occupation of a
farmer, and now has a farm of 120 acres. He was married in this
county to Miss Mary Jane O'Neal, who was born in Tennessee, but came to
this county when young, with her father, Austin O'Neal. She is
the mother of nine children, viz: John, Marinda, Allen, Charles,
Mary, Mize, Sarah, Alonzo and William. The oldest son is now
married to a Miss Alice Nach, and the result of this union is one
child, Frank. Mr. G. W. Crowell is a member of the Baptist
Church, and our subject is an Independent regarding political parties,
voting always for the best man.
WINSTEAD DAVIE, retired
merchant, Jonesboro. He was born January 3, 1797, in Preston County, North Carolina. His parents, John and Elizabeth
(Winstead) Davie, were natives of North Carolina and removed to Tennessee, where the father died. The
mother came to Jonesboro,
Illinois, on horseback, after she was over eighty years old, and
subsequently died at the residence of her son, Winstead. She was the mother of
four children, all of whom are dead save our subject — Ashborn, Winstead, James
and John. The former was a teacher while in this county, the latter was married
and has two children living — Napoleon, in Jackson County, this State, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes,
of Jonesboro.
Winstead Davie was unfortunate in being born badly deformed in the lower extremities, consequently could not attend school as much as even the meager chances for obtaining an education in those days afforded. However, at the age of sixteen years, he became qualified to teach school, and so applied himself in Tennessee until 1820, when he came on horseback to Jonesboro, this county, and soon entered upon the duty of a pedagogue. Later, he was employed as a clerk by the firm of Davidson & Outlaw, general merchants of that village. Here he progressed rapidly, and laid the foundation for his future prosperity. He afterward gathered together what means he could, and entered the general mercantile business, forming a partnership. His business included general dry goods, etc., tailor shop, shoe shop, tan-yard, saddler and harness shop, and a travelers' hotel. In a recent period, he transferred his business of merchandising to Anna, and there had his usual success. He and son Daniel were for awhile engaged in operating a grist mill in Anna. Mr. Davie put up some of the best buildings of Anna, among which we mention the Otrich Hotel, and the brick in which Brooks & Green are engaged. In 1878, or about that time, he withdrew entirely from all business and consigned to his children and relatives about $200,000. Since then, he has been cared for and sustained by J. K. Walton and D. W. Brown and families, and through the generosity of the above two families, was his portrait inserted in this work, the other son-in-law, a merchant of Anna, being too ungrateful to assist. Mr. Davie is the father of ten children, by his union with Anna Willard, born November 28, 1809, in Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Davie's mother, Nancy (Atkins) Willard, was born March, 1777, in Boston County, Massachusetts, and died January 12, 1874. The subject of these notes is now living in Jonesboro. He has served the people faithfully as County Clerk, and Probate Justice; was for a long time a Notary Public and a Justice of the Peace. The one prominent element in the character of the subject of this sketch that is above the rest, where there are many prominent ones, is his kindness and goodness in caring for and rendering assistance to the suffering. No trouble too irksome, no undertaking too severe, where the suffering of a fellow-mortal was to be alleviated or in any way benefited. He always had time for these duties, and duties he regarded them, and with him duty was law. In his intercourse with his fellow-man, he has always been dignified and courteous, never turning his back on a friend or avoiding an enemy. He would always help those in need if they were willing when in health to help themselves. On one occasion, a certain man called on Mr. D. for assistance, saying his family was in need, and suffering for the bread of life. With a childlike attentiveness, he listened to the man's story, and then said to one of the boys, "Go to the meat house, and get this man a ham." It was quickly brought. The begger remarked: " Now Mr. Davie, I am as bad off as ever, for I don't know how to get this home." Mr. D. looked at the fine physical features of the man, and then said to the son: 'Take that ham and hang it again in our meat house." The begger went home without any meat. Mr. Davie realized the misfortune of being born a cripple, yet rejoiced in the fact that the deficiency in the lower extremities was fully made up in mental powers. As an illustration of his own self-confidence, we mention that, on a time a fine foppish looking gentleman called on him, with the view of publishing a little notice of this wonderful man among men. The said gentleman in his conversation remarked: " It is very sad, Mr. Davie, that you were so unfortunately constituted." Mr. D. was not at all favorably impressed with the fellow, and in a quick, emphatic tone, said: "Why, sir', you are greater deformed than I." "How," interrogated the stranger. Says Mr. D., "I am crippled in the legs, while you are seriously deformed in the head." No report was published of the interview. Mr. D. is identified with the Democratic party. --From "History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois," 1883, by William Henry Perrin; this sketch is inserted by J. K. Walton and D. W. Brown; contributed by John T. Longo. W. S. DAY, attorney at law,
Jonesboro, was born March 14, 1848, in Smith County, Tenn. He is
of Scotch-English descent. His grandfather, John D. Day, was born
in North Carolina and died in Tennessee. He was married to
Margaret Cauley, born in Scotland, who died in Tennessee. She was
the mother of seven children. Her son, Henry D., was born
December 14, 1822 in Smith County, Tenn.; he died in December 1881; his
death was caused by a runaway team. He was a farmer by
occupation, and was married to Martha W. Kerley, born in 1821 in Smith
County, Tenn. She is the mother of ten children, viz:
Amanda Davis, William S., Jonathan W., Mary and James (deceased),
George, Alice, Henry, Darthula Hess and Louisa Bean. Our subject
was educated in the common schools principally. He came to this
county with his parents in the spring of 1861. In the spring of
1872, he commenced the study of law in Jonesboro with Judge M. C.
Crawford, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1874, at Mount Vernon,
Ill. Since then he has followed his profession in this county.
In the fall of 1876 he was elected State's Attorney, filling the
office four years. Mr. Day was joined in matrimony, August 20,
1876 in Jonesboro, Ill. to Miss Helen A. Frick, born April 26, 1856 in
Jonesboro, Ill. She is a daughter of Paul and Hannah (McIntosh)
Frick. She is the mother of William C., born April 13, 1880.
Mrs. Day is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr.
Day is a member of the I. O. O. F. Southern Lodge, No. 241; is also a
Knight of Honor, Jonesboro Lodge, No. 1891. In politics, he is
identified with the Democratic party.
HENRY DILLOW
HENRY DILLOW, farmer, P. O.,
Springville, was born in Union County, Ill., November 4, 1829.
His father, Peter Dillow, was born in Rowan County, N. C. in
1797, and came to Union County when a young man. During his life,
followed the occupation of a farmer. He died in 1880. His
wife, Polly (Lence) Dillow, was born in North Carolina and is now
living. She is the mother of fifteen children, of whom eight are
now living. Henry, our subject was raised on the home farm and
educated in the old-fashion subscription schools common in his day, and
to say the least his education was very limited. He has, however,
by observation and study, since acquired a fair knowledge of the
English language. When he became of age, he embarked on his
career in life, at which he is still actively engaged, being the owner
of 170 acres of land. He has been twice married. His first
wife was Sophia Lingle, daughter of Peter and Betsey (Cruse) Lingle.
She died in 1862, leaving three children as the results of their
union, viz: Alfred, Mary J. and Levi C. His second wife was
Amy Light, daughter of John Light. She died March 13, 1878,
leaving five children, viz: Alice L., Lilly S., Cora A., John A.
and Henry D. Mr. Dillow is a member of the Lutheran Church and a
Democrat.
JOSEPH DUSCHEL, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born March 26, 1852, in
Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria. His father, Joseph Duschel, Sr.,
was born in Bavaria. He was the proprietor of the Emperor's
iron-workers at Kanfing in Austria. He had gained that position
through his industry, fadelity and skill as a mechanic. He
finally sold out; and, in 1854, came to the United States, settling in
Union County, Ill., where he bought a farm, and tilled it till his
death, which occurred in 1872. He was married twice; the first
time to Magdalena Grahamer, who died while crossing the ocean; the
second time to Theresa Fuerthbauer. Five children of his first
wife are yet living; their names are Magdalena, Anna, Mary, Louisa and
Joseph. The oldest child, Magdalena, was married in this country
to F. L. Terpenitz, who was a nobleman's son of Russian descent.
He was a Government employe during the late war, and died in the
South of fever. His two surviving daughters, Amalia M., born
March 21, 1865, and Josephina L., born June 11, 1867, were educated in
the St. Joseph's Convent, at Baton Rouge, La., and are now living with
their mother at Joseph Duschel's in Union County, Ill. Our
subject, Joseph Duschel, went to school in the German settlement in
Union County, Ill. He has been a farmer all his life. He
was joined in matrimony September 10, 1876 in Alexander County, Ill.,
to Miss Malinda Cole, who was born in June, 1858 in Alexander County,
Ill., and died November 16, 1882 in this county. She was the
mother of one little girl, named Ida, who was born December 24, 1879.
Mr. Duschel is a quiet, industrious man, who enjoys the respect
of his neighbors. He has a farm of 120 acres of land, on a part
of which he raises fruit. In politics, he is a Republican.
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