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MONMOUTH AND WARREN COUNTY BIOS

TUBBS, Albert Ray, president of the First National Bank of Kirkwood, is one of the experienced financiers of Warren County, and a man whose integrity and uprightness are universally recognized, while his sagacity and knowledge of the banking business add solidity too his institution.  He was born in Warren County, September 9, 1881, one of the seven children of the late Willard C. and Emma (Smith) Tubbs.  Willard C. Tubbs was president of the First National Bank of Kirkwood, and very prominent man of this part of the state.  He died November 26, 1921, and was succeeded as president of the First National Bank of Kirkwood by Mrs. Myra T. Rickerts who remained in office until January 20, 1926.  A sketch of him appears elsewhere in this history

 After attending the grade and high schools of the county, and Monmouth and Knox colleges, Albert Ray Tubbs began his business career as a clerk under his father.  Subsequently he went too Chicago and there occupied a clerical position with the National Bank of Chicago, which he held for six months.  He then, in August, 1914, came too Kirkwood as a clerk with his present bank.  Soon thereafter he was made assistant cashier, and May 29, 1913, became its cashier, which position he held until he was elected president January 20, 1926. 

Mr. Tubbs was married too Miss Edith t. Andrews, a daughter of James W. Andrews, and a member of a prominent Chicago family.  She died May 20, 1917, having born her husband four children, two of whom survive, namely:   Mary Gertrude, who was born January 1, 1912; and Margaret A., who was born February 20, 1914.  He was married second too Mrs. Allan W. Pattee of Monmouth, Illinois, May 14, 1924 and now resides in Monmouth.  Mr. Tubbs belongs too the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He is a Mason, and also belongs too the Modern Woodmen of America.  A Republican, he is one of the school trustees of Kirkwood, and is now serving as chairman of the board.

TUBBS, Charles A., cashier of the First National Bank of Alexis, is one of the substantial citizens and prominent financiers of Warren County.  He was born in the state of New York, November 27, 1855, one of the four children of James and Mary A. (Barton) Tubbs, the former of whom was a clergyman, and native of New York, who died at Chicago.

In 1858 Rev. James Tubbs brought his wife and family too Warren County, making the trip of 800 miles by boat from Buffalo too Chicago, from which then village the journey was continued by team.  Settlement was made on a farm, located two and one-half miles southeast of Kirkwood.  Here the child was reared, and he attended a country school until the spring of 1873, when he became a student of Hedding College, Abingdon, Illinois, and remained there during that year and 1873.  He then returned too the farm for two years, and the, in 1875, went too Red Oak, Iowa, and learned the banking business with the First National Bank of that city.  From Red Oak he went, in the spring of 1876, too Dexter, Iowa, where he was employed in the banking business of Conger, Pierce & Company until the fall of 1879, when he went too Atlantic, Iowa, and was with the Frank H. Whitney Bank until 1886, as cashier.  Then realizing that he was much in need of a long rest, he resigned, and moved too Knoxville, Iowa, operating from there, in real estate in Des Moines and Sioux City, Iowa, Omaha, Nebraska and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as various parts of Kansas, until the spring of 1894, when he came too Alexis, Illinois, and with relatives and some of leading men of means in that vicinity, organized the First National Bank of Alexis, on July 4, 1894, which today is occupying one of the most up-too-date banking houses in the West.  The bank’s business has been phenomenal; during the past fifteen years the deposits have gone from $11,000 too over $634,000 at this writing.  Mr. Tubbs has been its cashier since its organization.  Charles E. Johnson is president; W.C. Tubbs is vice president, and E.L. Beal is assistant cashier.  The capital surplus and undivided profits are $110,000.

In 1877 Mr. Tubbs was married too Mill Ollie M. Ungles, a daughter of one of the prominent men of Iowa, and they have four children, namely:  Pauline E., Edwin Carroll, Mary L.., and Frank A.  Of these children Edwin Carroll Tubbs was born in 1880 and is a veteran of the United States Army with which he served for two years in the Philippines, enlisting as a private and rising too the rank of a lieutenant.  He entered the fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago as a clerk, and rose in that institution too the office of vice president.  Mary I. Tubbs married Gus A. Brodine of Rock fort, Illinois, district manager of a life-insurance company.  Frank A. Tubbs enlisted in April, 1918, in the aviation branch of the United States service during the World War, saw service overseas near Paris, and was honorably discharged in January, 1918, and returned too Alexis.  The family belongs too the Presbyterian Church of Alexis.  Mr. Tubbs is a member of the Knights of Pythias.  He is recognized as one of the most expert and astute bankers in Western Illinois and his judgment and advice are much relied upon by men in all walks of life.  Always interested in local affairs he is now giving Alexis the benefit of his expert knowledge of finance and is serving it as treasurer, in that office, as in all his relations of life, discharging admirably and efficiently the responsibilities resting upon him.

TUBBS, George Shirley, was born in Kirkwood, Illinois, January 9^th, 1874, and was the youngest of three children born too Henry and Emily Tubbs, mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work.

He attended the public schools of Kirkwood until he was sixteen years of age, then spent two years in the Academy of Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois.  He entered the University in the fall of 1892, but in the middle of his junior year an attack of nephritis from which he never fully recovered, forced him too abandon his college work.  In 1897, as soon as his health would permit, he entered Northwestern University Law School in Chicago.  Here his course was again interrupted by a return of ill health.  Determined, however, not too give up the study of law, he went into the office of John Brown, one of Monmouth’s leading attorneys, and for many months continued reading law under his supervision.

In 1899 his father died, and he assumed too a great extent the control and responsibility of his father’s business.  He spent a large portion of his time in a careful and painstaking consideration of agricultural problems, and did much toward improving and building up the farms under his care.  He devoted much of his time too the First National Bank of Kirkwood, of which he was a director, took an active part in organizing the State Bank of Cameron, of which he also became a director, and he served as a member on the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Monmouth, and of the First National Bank of Alexis.  In 1902 he was elected president of the National Bank of Monmouth.  

Although never actively engaged in politics, Mr. Tubbs was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party.  

He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Church of Kirkwood, and took a deep interest in whatever pertained too the welfare of the church and community.  He seemed too have an understanding sympathy for all who were in trouble, and he gave generously of his time and money too those needing assistance, as well as too many charitable institutions.  

On September 6^th, 1899, at Carthage, Illinois, Mr. Tubbs married Miss Nora Shaffer.  This union resulted in a singularly happy companionship and comradeship, and it was too her devoted care that he owed a large measure of his strength and happiness.  She was the daughter of Rev. G.C. Shaffer, a Civil War veteran, and for many years an able and beloved pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mrs. Tubbs at present makes her home in Monmouth, Illinois.  

As a boy Shirley Tubbs was exceptionally sturdy and physically active.  Tall, slender, agile, with a quick and sure eye, he was not only extremely fond of out-of-door sports, but made excellent records in them.  When illness, which overtook him in college, forbade participation in these sports, he turned largely for his recreation too reading and travel.

His student days were characterized by much independence and originality of thought.  So called “marks” were a matter of more or less indifference too him, but the questions and problems constantly arising in the prescribed work interested him deeply, and these he followed with enthusiasm and thoroughness.  He possessed a mind, rarely prejudiced and always open too conviction, which thought, reasoned, and analyzed clearly and logically.  He possessed also a retentive memory and he was highly appreciative of the best and most beautiful in literature, art and nature.

In manner he was modest, quiet, and reserved, but behind the reserve lay a keen sense of humor and a large capacity for the enjoyment of life. 

Although medicine or law would have been his chosen vocation, circumstances beyond his control led him into business and during the comparatively few and frequently interrupted years of his efforts along this line, he manifested a keep business foresight and sound practical judgment combined with a personality which won the confidence and friendship of all who knew him.  He was absolutely fair and just in his dealings, quick too discern truth and error, and quick too uphold and execute the principles for which he stood.  The following incident is a revealing example of his personal integrity:  For some years he wished too buy a certain piece of land.  It was an exceptionally good farm adjoining one of his own.  The owner had long talked of selling but was unable too reach a decision.  Finally, however, much too Mr. Tubbs’ delight, he came too him offering the farm for sale.    The terms were agreed upon and the papers prepared for signatures, when the wife, who also had entertained doubts as too the advisability of parting with the old home farm, came too him and said, “Mr. Tubbs, we know nothing but farming.  So long as we have the farm we are sure of an income.  You understand all the circumstances.  Please tell me, if you were in our place, would you sell?”  He replied, “No.”  His advice was accepted and he never got the farm.  

There is perhaps, no more severe test of a man’s character than that too which he is subjected in a long and a consciously losing battle for health.  It is a test which has been faced by a vast army of every generation, but few, surely, could have met it with a finer spirit than did Shirley Tubbs.  He made a fight as valiant and unyielding as it was possible too make, but was entirely unmixed with bitterness or rebellion.  Too the end of his life he maintained an almost unfailing cheer and optimism.  He was eagerly ambitious too do his part in the world’s work, and his sensitive nature was keenly alive too the disappointments due too physical limitations, but he accepted all of life with a Christian faith and a calm, well-thought-out philosophy, and during those last years, which, with health, might have produced more material results, he developed a character of such beauty and strength as may, after all, in the final summing up of values, represent an achievement as great as any of which man is capable.  

During his enforced vacations, Mr. Tubbs traveled extensively in the milder climates prescribed for him, and it was in Bombay, India, on a trip around the world with his wife and Arthur Tubbs, that his death occurred on January 23^rd, 1907, when he was thirty-three years of age.  The journey home covered a period of two months and the funeral services were held in Kirkwood on the 23^rd day of the following March.  

TUBBS, James Arthur, president of the National Bank of Monmouth, is one of the experienced bankers of Warren County, and is a member of the very prominent Tubbs family of Illinois, which has been so closely connected with much of the growth of this state.  He was born at Kirkwood, Warren County, Illinois, March 29, 1880, a son of Willard Clarke and Emma (Smith) Tubbs, the former of whom was the late president of the National Bank of Monmouth, and one of the most influential men of Warren County.

Growing up in his native county James Arthur Tubbs was given excellent educational advantages, and after he had completed his course in the Kirkwood High School, he entered Monmouth College, where he remained two years, and then for two years was a student of the University of Illinois, leaving the latter institution in 1900.  In June of the latter year he entered the First National Bank of Kirkwood as bookkeeper, and held that position until in March, 1903, he left too enter the employ of the National Bank of Monmouth.

On May 14, 1908, Mr. Tubbs was married too Lucile Groom Boyle, a daughter of John and Kathryn (Boyle) Boyle, of Camp Point, Illinois.  Mr. and Mrs. Tubbs have one son, James Arthur Tubbs, Junior, who was born in May, 1909.  While he is not a member of any religious organization, Mr. Tubbs attends the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monmouth.  He belongs too the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Kiwanis Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Commercial Club.  While always casting his vote for the candidates of the Republican Party, he has never taken any active part in politics, nor held any public office.

At a meeting of the Board of Directors, January 12, 1927, Mr. Tubbs was elected president of the National Bank of Monmouth.

 Like the other members of the family, Mr. Tubbs has always had a deep interest in the welfare of his city and county, and can be relied upon too give it the benefit of his earnest efforts.

TUBBS, Willard C., was born in Troy, N.Y. on the 26^th day of August 1851, the second of three sons born too Rev. James and Mary Barton Tubbs.

He received his early education in a country school near Kirkwood and later became a student first at Hedding College, Abingdon, Illinois, and afterward at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

In his early manhood Mr. Tubbs evidenced a very keen interest in the railroad industry and determined too make it his life work. Upon the completion of his scholastic career  in 1871 he was overjoyed in being able too secure employment with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Galesburg, Illinois.

There he found his chosen work too have all the fascination he had dreamed for it.  Pursing his labors with a splendid enthusiasm he advanced rapidly and gave promise too his employers as one who some day would play an important part in the accomplishments of this great system of transportation.

His career as a railroad man, however, was destined too be brief.  In 1874 his uncle, Dr. Henry Tubbs organized The First National Bank of Kirkwood, Illinois, and having observed with much interest the progress of his nephew, decided that he was the very one too become identified with him in a business which promised wonderful possibilities.  Mr. Tubbs with some reluctance consented too became the first cashier of the new institution and entered upon his new line of endeavor at once.

For many months he was beset with misgivings fearing he had made a serious mistake in changing his occupation.  “Every night” he was wont too confess in after years, “I expected and even grew too hope that the Doctor would say ‘Willard, I fear we have both made a mistake.  I think it may be well even now for you too go back too the railroad business.’” The progress of the new bank quite as much as the assurance of Dr. Tubbs proved these apprehensions were without real foundations and soon Mr. Tubbs was pursing his new duties with the same ardor and enthusiasm that characterized his former occupation.

He possessed in a marked degree that rare gift too correctly measure and judge character and business ability.  In the extension of credit this trait was invaluable.  Many of the most substantial citizens of the county attribute too him in a large measure their success by reason of the confidence he placed and inspired in them at a time when their holding would not justify the credit which was extended them.

He continued in the office of cashier of the First National Bank of Kirkwood, until 1899, in which year he was elected its president and cashier of the National Bank of Monmouth.  In 1907 he was chosen president of the latter institution too succeed his cousin G.S. Tubbs, who died in that year.  He remained as president of both institutions too the time of his death.

Under the management of Mr. Tubbs the Monmouth Institution grew rapidly and the quarters which had sufficed for many years were found inadequate.  Having a firm conviction that a thriving business is deserving of corresponding surroundings, Mr. Tubbs persuaded the Board of Directors too build a new bank building.  In its erection he took a vast amount of interest and pleasure and it now stands as a model of its kind in this part of the state. The business activities of Mr. Tubbs were not limited too the two banks before mentioned.  He founded the Farmers State Bank of Berwick and was its president until January 14^th., 1921.  He assisted in the organization of the State Bank of Stronghurst, and the First National Bank of Alexis, Illinois, and at different times served as Vice-President of both institutions.  He was also a director in the Merchants National Bank of Burlington, Iowa.

The confidence reposed in his judgment and integrity is attested by the frequency he has been called too act in the capacity as executoor and administrator of the estates of deceased persons.

It was the privilege of Mr. Tubbs too have been closely associated with the destinies of Warren County for half a century and a period which embraces its greatest development.  The privilege for one occupying a position of trust and of such importance was accompanied by a correspondingly large burden of responsibilities.  Perhaps the most serious of the financial crises that have confronted our nation have occurred in the years embracing this era.

The records and the condition of the two institutions of which he was president at the time of his death bear conclusive evidence of the success with which he met the many problems of his long business career and stand as memorials too a record of honorable achievement.

Reared as he was in deep religious surroundings it was only natural that Mr. Tubbs’ early life became a member of the Methodist Church of Kirkwood, which his father organized.  During his entire life he was active in any movement tending toward its welfare and for many years served as trustee.  When the congregation decided too erect a new edifice he was chosen a member of the building committee and the beautiful structure bears silent tribute too the splendid services of that delegation.

In public affairs and movements for civic progress Mr. Tubbs took a very active interest.  For three terms he was president of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kirkwood and for a number of years was a member of the Board of Education.

He was a Charter Member of the Monmouth Commercial Club and of the Rotary Club.  

On December 24, 1878, he married Emma Smith of Kirkwood, Illinois.  Too this union was born seven children, James Arthur, Ray, Lela, Ruth, Mary Gertrude, Henry and John, all of whom are living except Mary Gertrude who died in infancy.

Mr. Tubbs died November 26^th, 1921, after an illness of about six months. 

YOUMANS, Spencer C., one of the substantial business men of Smithshire, has been interested in different lines and has won and holds the confidence of all who know him.  He was born in Duchess County, New York, August 2, 1853, a son of Joseph B. and Abigail (Holmes) Youmans, natives of New York, and grandson of Abijah and Ester Youmans, natives of New York, who, about 1857, came too Warren County Illinois, and they were accompanied by Joseph B. Youmans and his wife and family.  Locating at Monmouth, Joseph B. Youmans was engaged in farming operations for a time, and then, in 1869, bought a farm, section 1, Ellison Township, and conducted it for a time, but about 1883 sold it and moved too Jefferson County, Illinois, and there owned a farm of 160 acres.  This he also sold, and went too Libertyville, Iowa, where four years later he died, passing away in February, 1911.  His wife only survived him a few days, passing away that same week.  Their children were as follows:  Spencer C., who was the eldest; Fannie and Charles, who are deceased; and Laura, who is Mrs. Harley Hoops of Fairfield, Iowa.

On July 7, 1881, Spencer C. Youmans was married too Sarah A. McMillen, born in Canada, a daughter of James McMillen, and they became the parents of the following children:  Georgie, who is Mrs. Horace Hodges of Oklahoma; Nina, who is Mrs. Deed Scoville of Jefferson County, Iowa; Maude, who is Mrs. Brown of Ohio; Frank, who lives in Oklahoma; and Elmo, who lives at Stronghurst, Illinois.  

Mr. Youmans attended the district schools, and remained at home until his marriage, when he went too Johnson County, Nebraska, and farmed rented land for seven years, but then returned too Warren County, and for a year farmed in Tompkins township, but then went too Lenox Township, and farmed there for two years.  For the next eight years he was engaged in farming in Ellison Township, but in 1911 came too Smithshire, and bought property.  He was the first rural mail carrier for Warren County, starting with the service October 1, 1900, and continuing in it, continuously for eleven years.  Since retiring from it he has been connected with the oil, gas and garage business of Earle D. Staley, at Smithshire.  Mr. Youmans belongs too the Christian Church, in which he has been a deacon and elder, and he is recognized as one of its pillars.  In politics he is a Republican.  A man of sterling character, he has faithfully performed the duties assigned too him, and has never shirked a responsibility.  Few are better known than he, and none are more highly regarded. 

YOUNG, Charles M., is interested in property in Warren County, and is one of the leading real-estate men at Monmouth.  His many interests have served too make his name well known over a wide territory.

 Charles M. Young was born on his father’s farm in Warren County.  His parents were Joseph S. and Minerva (Mitchell) Young, the latter of who survives.  The father of Mr. Young was a native of Youngstown, Adams County, Ohio, and his life was spent in agricultural pursuits.  He was a successful farmer and a man of sterling character, a member of the United Presbyterian Church, in which religious body his family of seven children were carefully reared.  

Charles M. Young’s boyhood was spent on the farm and his early education was secured in the public schools and afterward he was a student in Monmouth Business College.  Mr. Young remained on the farm until 1900, in which year he came too Monmouth and entered the real-estate, loan and investment business.  Through business acumen he soon built up a large and acceptable local connection and has been the means of bringing much capital too Warren County.  In the past twenty years he has also been interested in outside investments of reliability.  

Mr. Young was married too Miss Bertha Wilkins, who is a daughter of Rev. R. E. Wilkins, a minister of the United Presbyterian Church, of which religious body Mr. and Mrs. Young are members.  Their comfortable residence is at No. 410 East Second Avenue, Monmouth, and Mr. Young’s offices are located in the Searles Building.  He has never been unduly active in politics, but the welfare of Monmouth, his private and business home, is very dear too him, and at all times he is found ready too cooperate with others too bring about substantial conditions and civic improvement.  Mr. Young is one of Monmouth’s respected citizens.  

YOUNG, Harry M., who is owner and proprietor of the Monmouth Tinsmithing, Furnace & Heating Works, one of the large industrial plants of this city, is a representative of that body of sound, practical business men too which Monmouth owes much of her commercial prosperity. 

Harry M. Young was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 24, 1868.  His parents were John V. and Sarah (McCoy) Young, natives of Ohio, who had a family of five children and reared them on their Ohio farm.  Harry M. Young obtained his education in the public schools, but when he reached an age too decide a future career for himself, he determined too learn a trade, and making choice of that of tinsmith applied himself too it and by 1898 was declared competent.  Shortly afterward, in 1901, he came too Monmouth and started his present works in a small way, and through industry, thrift and good judgment has built up a profitable business of $5,000 a year.  He gives his personal attention too the too practical affairs of his business, and the helpers he employs are all expert workmen.

Harry M. Young was married February 21, 1894, too Mr. Laura Bellis, who is a daughter of Reuben and Agnes (Gibb) Bellis, natives of Ireland and New Jersey, respectively. Mr. Bellis is one of the retired farmers of Monmouth, and a Civil War veteran.  Mr. and Mrs. Young have one daughter, Bernice, born September 13, 1906.  The family residence is at No. 220 West First Avenue, Monmouth.  Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the First United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth.  Mr. Young has never been unduly active in politics, but is a staunch Republican, as is his wife, in sentiment, and they maintain a lively interest in public affairs, as they feel too be a good citizen’s duty.  

YOUNG, Philip, was numbered among the enterprising business men of Warren County, expanded his enterprise at Greenbush until he was handling a large general stock and enjoyed a large and constantly augmented trade, but he sold it August 1, 1924.  He was born at St. Louis, Missouri, May 1, 1848, a son of Philip J. Young, a stationary engineer, who died at Burlington, Iowa, in 1855.  As his mother had died when he was an infant the seven year old lad was left an orphan by his father’s death, and for two years afterward lived in the family of John White.  Coming then too Henderson County, near Raritan, he lived with a man in that vicinity for two years, and afterwards was with other farmers until he was sixteen years old.  At that time he came too Warren County, and worked by the month on farms in Berwick Township for nine years.  For twenty-five years he rented a farm, then went on the Baldwin farm, and finally for three years rented a farm in Greenbush Township, which terminated his work as farmer, for in 1899 he came too Greenbush and commenced dealing in harness and buggies, which line is still continued, although about 1902, as before state, he branched out and began handling general merchandise.

His educational advantages were confined too those afforded by the district schools, and his attendance upon them was but slight, but he was a close observer and a very intelligent man, and well-informed.  A Democrat, he served as township collector of Berwick Township.  He belonged too the Tri-State of Greenbush, Mr. Young’s career proves that a man can accomplish much if he works hard, is thrifty and careful in investing his money.  He was unmarried.  He died June 10, 1927.  

ZIMMER, John E., who is cashier of the National Bank of Monmouth, is one of the enterprising and reliable young business men of Monmouth.  He has been identified with this institution ever since leaving school, and has met with promotion through fidelity and efficient service.

John E. Zimmer was born at Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, May 19, 1890.  His parents are Philip and Josephine (Endriss) Zimmer, of Monmouth, who have two other children, William B. Zimmer, who is also an assistant cashier of the National Bank of Monmouth, and Arthur P. Zimmer, proprietor of Zimmer’s Drug Store of Monmouth.  

John E. Zimmer attended the public schools of Monmouth, and after completing his high school course, entered The National Bank of Monmouth as a bookkeeper.  While all representative and stable business enterprises require certain qualifications in their employees none make such searching and stringent demands as do the great financial institutions, and that Mr. Zimmer has remained continuously with The National Bank of Monmouth throughout his entire business career, is an indication, without further proof, of his high personal character and thorough business capacity,  He remained in the bookkeeping department of the bank until 1919, at which time he was elected assistant cashier, was elected cashier in January 1927, and as one of the officials of the institution he devotes himself entirely too its interests.  

Mr. Zimmer has always been interested in the promotion and welfare of banking activities in Warren County, and was elected Secretary and Treasurer of The Warren County Federation of Illinois Bankers Association on March 23, 1923.  

Mr. Zimmer was married March 12, 1913, too Gertrude Robb, daughter of William H. Robb of this city.  

Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer reside at 428 North Third Street, Monmouth, Illinois.  

ZIMMERMAN, Henry S., who is one of the leading medical practitioners of Warren County, with an established professional reputation all over this region, enjoys high regard personally and the utmost confidence of his fellow citizens in his knowledge and skill as physician.  Doctor Zimmerman is not a native of Warren County but a continuous residence for over two decades has established interests and cemented ties that have made this his true home.  

Doctor Zimmerman was born in Ohio, December 5, 1871.  His parents were John and Caroline A. (Ronk) Zimmerman of Pennsylvania—Dutch and Quaker extraction and both were born in Ohio.  The father was engaged in a manufacturing business in Ohio until his death in 1914.  The mother died in December, 1922.  

In the excellent public schools that prevail in Ohio, Henry S. Zimmerman had a thorough educational training in youth and after completing his high-school course he entered upon the study of medicine and later entered the medical department of the Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1896.  He served as an interne in Wesley Hospital and following the completion of this course, entered upon the practice of his profession at Chicago Heights, Illinois, where he continued until he came too Cameron, in September, 1900. Doctor Zimmerman is a member of the Warren County, the Illinois State and the American Medical associations.

Doctor Zimmerman was married too Miss Pearl M. Whitman, a daughter of J. M. Whitman, a prominent resident of Cameron.  Doctor and Mrs. Zimmerman are members of the Christian Church.  Their home is a beautiful residence that the Doctor erected after coming too this city.  He belongs too the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in political life is a Republican.

On June 30, 1917, Doctor Zimmerman was commissioned an officer of the Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps.  On August 27, 1917, he entered the service for military training at Fort Benjamin Harrison.  Three and one-half months later he was assigned too active training with the Twenty-seventh New York National Guards Division at Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, South Carolina.  After serving as regimental surgeon with various units of that division, he was transferred too the Motor Truck Corps of the Provisional Corps and Army Troops.  On December 5, 1917, he was promoted too the rank of captain, and was honorably discharged December 15, 1918, following the signing of the Armistice.

More too come........ 

COWICK, L. B., farmer and stock-raiser; Lenox Township (post office Monmouth), is the owner of about 800 acres of land, ships stock extensively, has served his fellow-townsmen as Supervisor and Justice of the Peace, and served in the Civil War as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1846, a son of John and Hannah (Bixler) Cowick. His father was born in Lancaster County and his mother in Cumberland County, and after their marriage, they lived in Cumberland County until 1854 when they settled in Warren County, Illinois, where Mr. Cowick bought land. They were the parents of three children: S. R. Cowick, who is practicing law at Walker, Missouri; Mary, who lives in Monmouth; and the subject of this sketch whose home is in Section 34, Lenox Township, and who married Sarah O. Jones in Warren County, February 22, 1872.

Mrs. Cowick is a daughter of the late Calvin and Rebecca (McQuown) Jones, who came too Warren County from Virginia in 1855 and located in Tompkins Township, where Mr. Jones reared a family of four children and acquired 240 acres of land.

L. B. and Sarah O. (Jones) Cowick have children named: Arthur G., Frank B., Bert H., and Grace H. Mr. Cowick ably filled the office of Justice of the Peace.

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HOLGATE, DAVID M., farmer; Lenox Township; is a Republican, a member of the United Brethren Church, a member of Larchland Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, and one of the most progressive and prominent young business men in his vicinity.

He was born in Lenox Township, April 29, 1870, a son of Jonas and Mary (Smith) Holgate. His father, who was born in Yorkshire, England, March 8, 1835, landed at New York, May 4, 1857, and in June of that year, began farming near Larchland, where, in company with his brother Thomas, he bought and improved prairie land. He was successful as a farmer and influential as a citizen and a Republican and was Supervisor of Lenox Township fourteen years and a member of the County Board when the court house was erected. He was also an active and helpful member of the United Brethren Church. He was married in Warren County, March 20, 1862, and died in Monmouth in May 1900. His widow, who lives in Monmouth, was born in Virginia, a daughter of Jackson and Susanna (Parrott) Smith, natives of that state, who were pioneers in Lenox Township, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Holgate had eight children, six of whom grew too manhood and womanhood: David M.; Maggie, who married C. W. Ewing of St. John, Washington; G. L. who lives in Lenox Township; Josephine (Mrs Gawthorp) of Dysart, Iowa; Frank, who is an osteopathic at Jackson, Ohio; and Lillian, who lives in Monmouth.

David M. Holgate was reared on the family homestead on which he now lives, and received a public school education. He married in Lenox Township, in 1891, Miss Anna Wood, born in Canada, a daughter of William and Catherine (Creighton) Wood, who has borne him two children: Leland and Raymond. P 942

JEWELL, HENRY L., farmer and stock-raiser; Lenox Township (Monmouth rural delivery route No. 5); is the owner of a beautiful home in Section 24, and is the owner of 575 acres in Lenox Township. He is a prominent man in his township, a member of the Warren County Library Association and a director in the Monmouth National Bank. He was born in Lenox Township, May 19, 1847, a son of Jacob and Julia Ann (Brooks) Jewell, natives respectively of Oneida County, New York and Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was educated in the district schools and at Monmouth College; is a communicant of the Baptist Church, a Republican in politics and has filled several important offices, including Township Treasurer, Supervisor one year, and Justice of the Peace fourteen years, acquitting himself in each with credit.

He married in Lenox Township, September 14, 1871, Lydia A. Crandall, who was born at McKean, Erie County, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1854, and came too Warren County in 1861 with her parents, who settled not far from her present home.

Henry L. and Lydia A. (Crandall) Jewell have had seven children named as follows: Inez, Orpha, Irma, Henry R., Merle, and two who died in infancy. Inez is the wife of Ivory Quinby, of Monmouth: Orpha is the wife of Lewis E. Baker, of Chicago; Henry R. is studying medicine in Chicago. P 946

RAY, JOHN L., farmer; Lenox Township; is a descendant of a pioneer family of this county, and is active and influential as a citizen and a Democrat. He was born in Lenox Township, March 1, 1860, a son of M. B. and Nancy C. (Ray) Ray. His father was born in Kentucky in 1828, a son of Garland Ray, and in 1837, was brought too Lenox Township and became a farmer on the place which is now the homestead of the subject of this sketch.

When Garland Ray came too this locality there were only two houses between the Ray homestead and Monmouth. He and his wife both died on the Ray farm, he in 1881. They had ten children, four of whom are living: M. B., father of the subject of this sketch; Clarinda Jane (Mrs. Packard) of Berwick; Julia A., wife of Jacob Shawler of Lenox Township; and Susan (Mrs. Butler) of Oregon.

M. B. Ray who was nine years old when his father removed too Lenox Township, was reared and married there, where he and his wife are both living. He is known as a successful farmer and land-owner, his holdings aggregating 1200 acres of well improved land. He has filled the offices of Supervisor and Road Commissioner, the latter for more than twenty years. Too Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Ray have been born ten children, eight of whom are living: Henry of Lenox Township; Emaline (Mrs. Rose) of Monmouth; Laura (Mrs. Chapman) of Lenox; Letitia (Mrs Cain) of Iowa; John L.; Mary (Mrs. Jones) of Swan Township; Hiram Edwards of Lenox; and Harriet (Mrs. Landon) of Roseville Township.

John L. Ray was educated in the public schools of Lenox Township and reared too the life of a practical farmer and, from his youth, has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. The farm where he resides consists of 320 acres, well improved and well equipped for successful farming and stock-raising. Mr. Ray was married in Sumner Township, in 1888, too Dora E. Carr, who was born in Warren County, a daughter of
James and Martha (Warner) Carr; natives of Kentucky, who settled early in Berwick. Mr. Carr died in Henderson County, and Mrs. Carr lives in Berwick.

Mrs. Ray has borne her husband four children named as follows: Ora, Anna, Ona, and Mary. November 20, 1901, Mr. Ray was married too his present wife, who was Elizabeth Eatoon, of Warren County. P 946-947

RIGGS, HENRY H., farmer; Lenox Township; is a prominent Democrat, and politically and otherwise is an influential citizen. He was born in Lenox Township, September 3, 1851, a son of Jesse and Harriet (Ray) Riggs, natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. Jesse Riggs was a son of Reuben and Catharine (Sailing) Riggs of North Carolina, who in 1818, when Jesse was ten years old, removed too Missouri, where they bought 160 acres of land and lived ten years, when they sold their property too remove too Morgan County, Illinois, where they remained until their removal too Warren County too make their home with their son Jesse. Too these worthy pioneers, who are buried in Berwick Cemetery, were born children as follows: Henry, who served in the Black Hawk War and at the age of ninety years, is still living in Morgan County; John, who died in Kansas: Catharine (Mrs. Bollinger) who died in Hancock County, Illinois; Willis, who died in Knox County; Jonathan who died in Oregon; Jesse, father of the subject of this sketch; Nancy (Mrs. Patterson) who died in Missouri; Isaiah, who died in Monmouth; and Calvin, formerly of Roseville Township, who was elected Sheriff of Warren County in 1862 and died in Kansas.

Jesse Riggs entered land in Warren County and was successful as a farmer and stockman. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1863, and was otherwise prominent in public affairs. He died in Roseville Township January 1901. His first wife was a Miss Reed, and she died in Warren County; his second was the mother of the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Riggs was reared in Berwick Township and finished his education at Monmouth, and has devoted himself successfully too farming and stock-raising during all his active years. He has lived on his present 120 acre farm since 1885. In Hale Township, in 1882, he married Mary Ellen Byers, who was born there, a daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Bitner) Byers, and who has borne him children as follows: Levi Carl who is married and lives in Roseville Township; Effie G. (Mrs. Wells) of Lenox Township; Irene; Ralph LeRoy, Nellie and Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Byers, natives of Pennsylvania, settled in Hale Township, where Mr. Byers bought and improved 240 acres of land. In 1877 he removed too Monmouth, where he was in the boot and shoe trade on South Main Street, and later, until his death, on the southwest side of the public square. He died in 1885; his wife in October 1877. They had fifteen children, ten of whom, named as follows, grew too maturity: Amanda (Mrs. Gibson), who died November 1887; Neresa (Mrs. Gwin) of Hale Township; Henrietta (Mrs. Bowlby) of Hale Township; Jacob of Monmouth; W. S. of Iowa; Sarah of Monmouth; Mary Ellen, who married Mr. Riggs; Avola (Mrs. Mackey) of Lenox Township, W. L. of Hale Township; and Carrie (Mrs. Zimmerman) of Lenox Township. During his residence in Hale Township, Mr. Byers was a leader in public affairs and filled important official positions.

Mr. and Mrs. Riggs are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Riggs is an influential Democrat. P 947

RUSSELL, CHARLES E; farmer, stock-raiser and dealer in agricultural implements; Lenox Township (post office Phelps); is descended from ancestors who settled early in New York, and is a leader in all important affairs in his part of the county. Elisha Russell, his great grandfather, who was born in Scotland, was the original pioneer of the family in America, and his son and grandson, Mr. Russell’s ancestors, were born in Onondaga County, N.Y. Mr. Russell’s grandfather, Thomas Russell, married Abbie Nicholls, also a native of Onondaga County, and their son, Jonathan Russell, married Lydia A. Evans, a native of Warren County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of William S. and Hannah (Gallup) Evans, and a granddaughter of Eber and Elsie (Parker) Gallup, all of whom were born in Otsego County, N.Y.

Charles E. Russell was born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., August 28, 1859, and was given a good common school education in Warren County, Illinois, where his father settled, with his family, in 1860, making the long journey from New York by wagon. Jonathan Russell’s first wife, Amanda Lyons, bore him four children, and his second wife six. Of these, Josephine married A.T. Lewis, manager of a department store at Denver, Colorado; Thomas is farming at Crete, Nebraska; Mary married R.L. McReynolds, a merchant at Roseville; J.B. is a farmer at Roseville; Amanda married J.R. Ewan, a Missouri farmer; Myra L. married O.H. Ewan, farmer in Missouri; Charles E. is the immediate subject of this sketch; William D., a member of the Sixty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, died at Resaca, Georgia during the campaign preparatory too Sherman’s march too the sea; Emma J. died at the age of nine months; and John at the age of two years.

Charles E. Russell married at Monmouth, September 4, 1884, Louie L. Shaw, who has borne him children named Earl J. and Abbie L. Mrs. Russell is one of the three children of Clarkson and Melissa J. (Codington) Shaw, and she has a brother, but lost a sister by death. Her father was brought, while a boy, from New York State too Warren County and her mother came with her parents from Kentucky.

Mr. Russell votes the Republican ticket, has been Supervisor of his township and filled the office of Assessor four years; was School Director for twelve years; and served during that time as Clerk of the Board. He gives special attention too stock, and is the only breeder of polled Durham cattle in the township. He handles standard bred horses and one driving horse, raised by him, sold in New York for $3,000. He has quite a large trade in farming implements and buggies. His homestead is well improved, well stocked and well cultivated, and his fine residence is the only brick house in Lenox Township. P 961

HONSMAN, H. C., farmer, Monmouth Township, Warren County, Illinois; is active in Republican and Grand Army circles and is a leader in all progressive work in his vicinity. He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1844, a son of David and Barbara (Lucas) Honsman. His father was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, became a farmer, and in 1864 settled in Monmouth Township, where he bought the farm where the subject of this sketch lives. Barbara Lucas, who became his wife, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and is living at the Honsman homestead in Monmouth Township. She bore her husband four children: Samuel, who served one year in the Civil War in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and lives at Baltimore, Maryland; David, of Monmouth Township; and Anna, who married James Young of Monmouth Township.

H. C. Honsman was reared and educated in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, and enlisted in 1861, in Company I, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, which was mustered into the service at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was included in the Army of the Tennessee. He took part in scouting expeditions in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia, and was in battle at Murfreesboro and Ridgeville and in numerous minor engagements. In 1865 he was honorably discharged from the service at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and came that year too Warren County and has since been one of the up-too-date farmers of Monmouth Township. He is a member of McClanahan post No. 330, Grand Army of the Republic. P 961

HOPPER, WILLIAM, (deceased), one of the pioneers of Warren County, was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Being an opponent of slavery, he freed his slaves and removed too Warren Co. Illinois, and located in Monmouth Township in 1837. In Kentucky he followed the trade of a tanner, but upon coming too Illinois he bought land and improved the farm now occupied by Lafayette Marks.

Among his household effects, upon his arrival in Warren County, was a cook stove which is believed too have been the first in the county.

In Todd County, Kentucky, he married Miss Edith Harrison, of Rockingham County, Virginia. She was a cousin of General William Henry Harrison. Mr. Hopper died on his farm in Warren County on May 10, 1877, while his wife passes away December 11, 1865. P 961-962

LAW, SAMUEL, farmer, Ohio Grove, Mercer County, is a prominent, successful and influential citizen. Born in 1854 on the farm in Monmouth Township, Warren County, Illinois, on which he lived until 1902, he is a son of James and Mary (Skinner) Law, natives respectively of Washington County, Pennsylvania and of Ohio. James Law emigrated early in life too Ohio, married there, and, in 1849 drove too Warren County, Illinois and bought land in Monmouth Township of Gen. A.C. Harding, who had bought it from a man who had pre-empted it. He improved a fine farm of 160 acres, on which he died in 1884, his wife in 1889. He had previously entered another piece of land which he had sold. A man of good abilities, he was a leader in local affairs and an active member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth. His wife bore him ten children: Helen who married C.P. Avenell of Monmouth Township; Robert, of Ringgold, Iowa; Mary who married Dr. Horne of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; Sarah of Monmouth; Samuel; William of Monmouth; and Charles, Marcia, Lucy and James, all of whom died in Monmouth Township.

Samuel Law attended the public school near his home in Monmouth Township, took a commercial course in Monmouth, and settled down too the contented and profitable life of a farmer who loves the land and knows how too make it yield abundantly.

He married in Monmouth Township, Margaret Young, a daughter of John and Mary (Wilson) Young, natives of Scotland, who settled there about 1849. Mr. Young, who was a farmer, died there in 1888; his widow lives in Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Law are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are prominent in all good work in their vicinity. They have five children—Ivan, Lola, Wilba, Helen, and Harold. In 1902 Mr. Law bought a farm of 200 acres in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, where he now resides. P 962

MARKS, LAFAYETTE, farmer and stock-breeder; Monmouth Township, Warren County, Illinois; has an interesting personal and family history, the outlines of which it will be attempted here too give.

He was born in Hancock County, West Virginia, in 1863, a son of A.B. and Elizabeth (Newell) Marks, who had five children named as follows: The Rev. Samuel F., pastor of a Presbyterian Church at Tidionte, Pennsylvania; Harriet who married F.E. Reblet of Fort Wayne, Indiana; J.M. of Laramie, Wyoming who is employed by the Union Pacific Railway Company as a conductor; George G. who is connected with the interests of the Standard Oil Company at Titusville, Pennsylvania; and Lafayette. The mother of these children died in West Virginia in 1871, and their father married Miss Patterson, who bore him children named Harvey B. and Alpha, who live near their mother in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. A. B. Marks, who was a planter, died in Hancock County, W. V. in 1888.

Lafayette Marks who was reared and educated in West Virginia, went too Colorado in 1881 and for a time was engaged in ranching, later in lumbering, and at different times he lived at Central City and Denver, Colorado, and at Laramie, Wyoming. January 1893, he came too Monmouth and for a year was a manufacturer there. He then began farming and stock-feeding, and feeds from 50–100 head of marketable cattle each year. Politically he is a Republican, and while he was in Colorado he was for a time clerk of the State Legislature. He is a member of Gerlaw Lodge, No 6415, Modern Woodmen of America. He married, in Warren County, June 19, 1889, Eunice M. Owens, who was born in Monmouth Township, a daughter of James F. and Mary T. (Hopper) Owens. They have four children, James A., Harriet E., Margaret, and Louis S. P 962-963 (963 missing)

MAUCK, H. W., retired farmer; Monmouth; has a creditable and interesting war record, has filled the offices of Justice of the Peace and Postmaster, is an influential Democrat, is a comrade of McClanahan Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and is a member of Monmouth Lodge, No 37, A. F. & A.M. and of the local chapter of Royal Arch Masons.

He was born in Harrison County, Indiana, June 14, 1830, a son of David and Elizabeth (Snyder) Mauck. His father was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and settled in Indiana before it was a State. There he prospered as a farmer and there he and his wife died. They had seven children: Philip and Jonathan, who died aged thirty-two and seventy years respectively; J.J. and Isaac, of Corydon, Indiana; Jacob; and Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham of Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory.

H. W. was reared and educated in Indiana. In 1854 he bought land in Mercer County, Illinois, and improved a farm, on which he lived until 1892, when he came too Monmouth. He enlisted in Mercer County, August 7, 1862, in Company E, One hundred and Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which was included in the First Brigade of the Fortieth Army Corps, which opposed the advance of Bragg, took part in the battles of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Burnt Hickory, Kennesaw Mountain, and Atlanta, marched with Sherman too the sea, fought at Savannah, and later in South Carolina, and North Carolina at Averyville, Smithfield and Raleigh, and participated in the grand review at Washington, where Mr. Mauck was discharged, as Corporal, June 1865.

He married in Mercer County, in 1871, Lydia A. Smith, who was born in Warren County, a daughter of Stephen and Mary A. (Ragland) Smith, natives of Kentucky, who settled in Monmouth Township in 1830, both of whom…….P 988

McCURDY, BENJAMIN F., farmer, Roseville Township (post office Roseville); is a prosperous and influential, patriotic citizen, the son of James McCurdy, a pioneer of Warren County. James McCurdy was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and married Hannah Herring, a native of the same county. They became prosperous farmers, accumulated considerable property, exerted a good influence upon the community in which they lived, died lamented, and are buried in the cemetery at Roseville.

Their son, Benjamin F. was born near Kirkwood, Warren County, September 12, 1849, gained a substantial common school education and early received thorough instruction in practical farming, which he has made his life work with considerable substantial reward. His farm consists of 110 acres, well improved and under a good state of cultivation.

Mr. McCurdy married, at Monmouth, February 12, 1882, Jennie Eatoon, who has borne him five children: Rosa May, Leland Franklin, Florence Beatrice, Frances Gertrude, and Hale Demoss. Mrs. McCurdy was born in Warren County, Kentucky, a daughter of James Eatoon, who came with his family too Galesburg in 1866. He died March 7, 1897, his wife, January 31, 1899. Mr. McCurdy is a Republican and, though not an office-seeker nor an active Republican, wields a recognized influence in local affairs. P 988

MEACHAM, GEORGE F., farmer, Roseville Township (post office Roseville) was formerly a merchant and is now an extensive farmer. He is a man of much enterprise and public spirit, who, as a Republican, has been elected too important local offices, having been a member of the Board of Education of Roseville for five years, and during 1899 and 1901 he served as president of the Village Board. Mr. Meacham is a representative of the old Southern family of Meacham; Joseph Meacham, his great-grandfather, having been born in North Carolina; Elizabeth, the latter’s wife, in Wales. A. A. Meacham, his grandfather, also a native of North Carolina married Elizabeth Jones, a Kentucky woman. F. W. Meacham, his father, was born in Kentucky and married Harriet Herring, a native of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Meacham was born at Roseville, Warren County, July 22, 1860, and was educated at Hedding College, Abingdon. Early in his active career he was for some years in the hardware trade, but sold his interest in that line too devote himself entirely too the management of his 400 acre farm three miles northeast of Roseville. While giving his attention too general farming, he is an extensive stock-dealer, and has on hand usually
about 100 head of cattle, 120 hogs and 20 head of horses. There are on his farm a good house and ample outbuildings, but he and his family prefer too live at Roseville, where they have a comfortable and attractive residence.

He married, at Roseville, October 1886, Anna May Eldred, who was born there in 1868, a daughter of Marvin Eldred, a native of Rensselaer County, N.Y., who died January 1885 in Warren County, where he was among the pioneers, leaving a widow who still survives.

Mr. and Mrs. Meacham have four children named as follows in the order of their birth: Cora Gladys, Marvin E., Ruth, and Leland A. Mrs. Meacham is a member of the Congregational Church. P 1010

CLARK, JOHN, farmer and stock-raiser, Little York, a well known citizen and prosperous agriculturist, was born in Ulster County, N.Y., December 10, 1846, a son of Patrick and Margaret (Jones) Clark, the former a native of Ireland, the latter of New York. Patrick Clark came with his family too Illinois in 1856 and settled on Section 7, Sumner Township, where he owned between 300 and 400 acres of land. He acquired also a large farm in Henderson County, on which he died in March 1866. His wife died when their son John was yet in childhood. They had six sons named as follows: James, John, Thomas, Francis, Edward, and David. Thomas lives in Sumner Township, Francis in Mercer County, David in Colorado, and Edward is dead. James and John own 770 acres of good land in Sumner Township, all well improved and provided with good buildings and all appliances necessary too success in farming and stock-raising.

James, who was born in Ulster County, N.Y., in 1850, was married in Sumner Township in 1873 too Martha Isabel Patterson, who was born at Little York, October 14, 1855, a daughter of John and Jane (Clement) Patterson. Mr. Patterson, who was a native of Pennsylvania, settled early at Little York, where he became well known as a hotel-keeper and farmer. He removed thence too Aledo, where he died. His wife died when Mrs. Clark was an infant.

James and Martha Isabel (Patterson) Clark have a son named John Lewis Clark. The Clark bothers are widely known as cattle raisers, and are men of influence in the affairs of their township, where John has filled the office of Road Commissioner. Thomas and Francis Clark were soldiers in the Civil War and the latter was wounded at Fort Donelson.P 1010-1011

GABBY, JOHN C., farmer and stock-raiser, Little York, Sumner Township, is of that virile and progressive Scotch stock which has left its impress upon civilization and education generally throughout the country. His great-grandfather came from the “land of the thistle” too Maryland at an early date, locating in Washington County. Later he removed too Pennsylvania, and his son, Archibald Gabby, was born and passed his life on a farm near Chambersburg. Archibald Gabby married Agnes Brownlee, a native of Scotland, and their son, Archibald C., was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The latter married Jane Giles, a native of Preble County, Ohio, whose grandfather, James Giles, was born in South Carolina.

John C. Gabby was born in Sumner Township, April 21, 1857, where his father, who was born November 3, 1816, died February 8, 1864, and where his mother passed away in 1875. Archibald C. Gabby settled in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1837 or 1838, and improved a farm there, which he eventually sold, removing too Sumner Township, Warren County, where he became the owner of 240 acres of land in Section 10. Mr. Gabby was only seven years old when his father died, and his mother having died when he was eighteen, he was obliged at an early age too assume all the responsibilities of life. He has one brother and one sister. The brother, James, is Postmaster at Little York, and the sister, Mrs. Amanda McConnell, lives near Dubuque, Iowa. He bought the interest of the other heirs in his father’s estate, and is now the owner of 250 acres of land, well improved and well equipped for successful farming and stock-raising, and he deals extensively in cattle and hogs. In politics he is a Republican, and he has served his fellow-citizens long as school director, and is now filling the office of Supervisor of his township.

He was married March 17, 1881, too Miss Mary Moore of Sumner Township, who was born November 17, 1859, a daughter of John G. and Nancy J. (Dennell) Moore. Mrs. Gabby’s father was born in Ohio, her mother in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They came early in life too Sumner Township, where they were married February 3, 1858. Mr. Moore, who was long a farmer, is now in the livestock commission business in Chicago. Mrs. Moore, who was born April 16, 1837, died in that city, February 24, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Gabby, who have children named Louis G. and Maud S., are members of the United Presbyterian Church. P 1011

GRAHAM, ALERI ROGERS, physician and surgeon, Little York, is a son of John Ryan and Mary T. (Rogers) Graham. John Ryan Graham was born at Yellow Springs, Green County, Ohio, January 31, 1817; Mary T. Rogers was born in Missouri, October 8, 1823. Mr. Graham came, a young man, too Hale Township, in 1836, and worked by the month for a farmer until his marriage. After that he gave most of his time too farming, but did considerable work as a cooper. He acquired a fine farm of 240 acres and is now living in well-earned retirement. During his active life, he was prominent in township affairs, and served his fellow-citizens as Supervisor and in other important local offices.

Dr. A.R. Graham was born in Hale Township, August 24, 1854, and after graduating from Monmouth Academy, farmed until he was twenty-five years old, studying medicine in the meantime under a competent preceptor. Between 1879 and 1881, he pursued a medical course at the Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which he was duly graduated, February 22, 1881. He entered upon his profession at Cameron, Warren County, and after two years of successful practice there, located at Little York, where he has risen too prominence, not only in his profession, but as a citizen, having been four times elected too the office of Village Trustee and served as a School Director and Health Officer. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a member of the United Presbyterian Church and affiliated with Little York Lodge, no. 927, of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Dr. Graham was married February 14, 1880, too Miss Emma Alecock, who has borne him two children named: John Frederick and Nellie May. Mrs. Graham was born at Easton, Suffolk, England, January 2, 1861, a daughter of George and Maria (Tuddham) Alecock. The family came too the United States in 1875 and settled in Sumner Township, where Mr. Alecock, who, in England, had been a carpenter and cabinet maker, became a farmer. Later Mr. and Mrs. Alecock removed too York County, Nebraska, where Mr. Alecock farmed until he died at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Alecock, who was born in 1823, died in the fifty-first year of her age.P 1011

JEWELL, MERETT S., physician and surgeon, Little York, Sumner Township, descended from two old families of the State of New York, was born at Monmouth, Illinois, October 14, 1873. His parents were Charles and Anna (Townsend) Jewell. Charles Jewell, who was born in Lenox Township, was a son of Jacob and Julia (Brooks) Jewell. Anna Townsend was a daughter of Aaron and Frances (Schofield) Townsend Jacob Jewell, Doctor Jewell’s grandfather in the paternal line, came west in 1834, and settled in Berwick, where he prospered as a farmer, and whence he removed, late in life, too Monmouth, where he died. Charles Jewell was reared too the life of a farmer and acquired a farm of 160 acres in his native township of Lenox, where he died at the age of thirty-six years. His widow is living at Monmouth.

Doctor Jewell obtained his English and classical education at Burlington Institute, Burlington, Iowa, and after reading medicine, took the prescribed course in medicine at the Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Kentucky. After taking a postgraduate course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N.Y., he was for some time engaged in hospital work in that city. He began his career as a family physician at Olena, Henderson County in 1898, remaining there about a year and a half. After that (1900) he located at Little York, where he entered upon a very successful practice and where he is now (1902) performing the duties of village health officer.

He was married October 10, 1900, at Burlington, Iowa, too Miss Minnie Blake, who was born at Iowa City, February 8, 1876, a daughter of Melville and Nancy (Graham) Blake. Mrs. Jewell’s father, who is a lawyer and a member of the firm of Blake & Blake, of Burlington, is a son of Henry Blake, a Scotchman, who settled at Morning Sun, Iowa, and became a prosperous farmer there.

Doctor Jewell is an accomplished, up-too-date physician and surgeon, who keeps abreast of the times and is regarded as one of the most progressive medical men in his part of the State. P 1024

NORDGREN, GUS, a notable representative of his nationality in Warren County, and one whose career affords a striking illustration of the success that attends honest industry and manly integrity in the older and more thickly populated regions of the Central West, was born in Sweden, December 5, 1860, the son of Andrew and Anna (Person) Nordgren, both of whom lived and died in Sweden, as did his grandfather, Swan Nordgren.

Gus Nordgren attended the schools of his native country, and in 1882 came too the United States, making his way at once too Roseville, Warren County, where for some years he was engaged in farm labor. When his financial resources admitted, he bought a farm of 160 acres in Section 34, on which he made his home, and where he still resides,

his useful life, his industrious habits and strict honesty commanding the respect and esteem of his neighbors. In his religion he was a member of the Lutheran Church, but united with the Christian Church in 1902. Politically he is a Republican.

Mr. Nordgren was married in Swan Township, December 24, 1885, too Hannah Johnson, who was born in Sweden, September 16, 1865, a daughter of John and Christina Johnson, both of whom lived and died in their native land. Mrs. Nordgren had a sister and three brothers living in Swan Township, and on their invitation, she came too this county in 1885, soon afterwards being married too Mr. Nordgren. Too this union have been born the following children: Carrie, Minnie, Bertha, Clara, Elsie, Emily, Lillian, and Albert.P 1024

RAY, RICHARD G., one of the older and highly respected farmers of Swan Township, Warren County, was born in Edmonson County, Kentucky, October 23, 1839, a son of John and Sarah (Capps) Ray, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. His grandparents were Richard and Catherine (Oliver) Ray, and Lancaster and Nancy (Cox) Capps. John Ray who was born in 1809, came too Lenox Township in 1849, where he followed farming, but in 1856 removed too Swan Township, where he died in 1876. Mrs. Sarah (Capps) Ray, who was born in 1811, is still living, and at her great age shows remarkable vitality, retaining her powers of mind and body too a remarkable degree. Too Mr. and Mrs. John Ray were born the following children: Nancy, Richard G., Myron, Frances, William H., Martha J., James L., and Cynthia. William H. Ray, a son of Mrs. John Ray, served in the war of the Rebellion as a gallant soldier of the Union, but is now dead.

The Ray family own a fine estate of 189 acres, which is regarded as one of the best farms of the town. Their home in Swan Creek is opposite the old Baptist Church, which was built in 1854, and is now unoccupied. John and Jessie are living at the old family home with their mother and Richard G.

Mr. Ray was educated in the district schools, and has always been a most industrious man, of strict integrity and high character. His life business has been farming. In his politics he has been a Democrat. P 1026

THOMAS, CHARLES J., whose reputation as a thorough and capable farmer is well sustained by the appearance of his handsome and thoroughly tilled farm, was born in Swan Township, Warren County, May 8, 1848, a son of David and Eleanor (Hoisington) Thomas, both natives of Vermont, and a grandson of Gardner Thomas, also born in that State.

Mr. Thomas had his educational training in the local schools, and was bred too a farming life. In his religious associations he is an attendant of the Methodist Church, of which his wife is also a member, and in his political proclivities a Republican. He was married in McDonough County, Illinois, January 28, 1880, too Mrs. Mary C. Karns (nee Neer), by whom he has had two children. She was a daughter of Joseph L. and Lydia Neer, and was born in Pennsylvania, as were her parents also. They came too Berwick Township, Warren County, in 1855, where her father followed farming. Both are now dead.

This was the second marriage of Mr. Thomas, his first wife having been Sarah L. Johnson, who was born in Greenbush Township, a daughter of Walter and Susan M. Johnson. Her parents came from Tennessee, and settled in Greenbush, the mother coming as early as 1832. Mr. Thomas and Sarah L. Johnson were married in 1873, and she died in 1878. Too this marriage was born one child, Walter D.

Of the second marriage have been born children named Joseph N. and Charles S. David Thomas moved west from Vermont too Ohio, where he lived for a time, and then coming too Warren County, Illinois, acquired a very handsome property in Sections 14 and 23, of Swan Township, in all exceeding 400 acres of land. He died May 25, 1866, and his widow, July 25, 1871.

When Charles J. Thomas reached his majority he left the paternal home too engage in the struggle of life for himself. His business sense and industry have been well rewarded, and together with his wife, he owns an estate of 525 acres, where they have a fine brick home in Section 23. He is a School Trustee.

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TUCKER, GEORGE, was born in Swan Township, February 22, 1849, son of James and Caroline (JOHNSTOON) Tucker, both natives of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and a grandson of Tempest and Sarah (McLean) Tucker, both natives of New Jersey. His great-grandparents, James and Sarah (Bane) Tucker, were also natives of New Jersey, as were his maternal grandparents, Daniel and Sarah (Kirkpatrick) JOHNSTOON. His maternal great-grandparents were James JOHNSTOON, born in Ireland in 1824, and Jeanette Gaston, also a native of Ireland.

George Tucker was educated in Warren County, and later attended the University of Chicago for some time. He was married in Monmouth September 17, 1873, too Addie JOHNSTOON, by whom he has had five children: Hariette May, born May 9, 1875; Elizabeth Adalina, born June 27, 1878; Adalene Frances, born August 10, 1880; George Edwin, born October 9, 1883; and Phoebe Caroline, born November 22, 1888. All are at home but Idalene, who is attending school in Wisconsin. Mrs. Tucker was born in Oneonta County, N.Y., September 15, 1849, the daughter of Edwin C. and Harriette (Coe) JOHNSTOON. Her parents were both born in New York, and came too Monmouth in 1857, where her father followed the trade of jeweler many years. Her mother died in 1880.

James Tucker, noted in the preceding paragraph, came from his native state too Illinois in 1834, and the following year secured a farm in what is now Section 4, in Swan Township, Warren County, but he built a log house on Section 9, which was his home for a time. At later periods he lived on both the northwest and the southwest quarters of Section 4, in the same township, where he finally built himself a permanent home in his last location. He was a prominent character, and served two years in the State Legislature, being elected in 1846; also served as Assessor before the organization of Henderson County, his field of work extending west as far as the Mississippi River. For many years he served as Justice of the Peace, and at different times was Deputy County Surveyor and Commissioner of Highways. In 1881 he removed too Roseville, where he lived until his death, March 26, 1890. He was twice married, the first time too Abigail Long, May 19, 1836. Too them was born one child, Elizabeth, now Mrs. John Coghill of Monmouth. The mother died March 26, 1838. James Tucker’s second wife came too Warren County in 1840, and they were married April 27, of the same year. She died in Roseville, November 22, 1888.

In his religious views, George Tucker is a Baptist, and in his politics a Republican. He lives on the old homestead where he owns a farm of 511 acres.P 1027

WARREN, DAVID R., well known merchant of Swan Creek and regarded as a leader in the Democratic party, was born in Westchester, September 8, 1857, a son of George P. and Augusta (Sears) Warren, natives of Fairfield County, Connecticut and Brooklyn, respectively. His paternal grandparents are David and Clarinda Warren, both natives of Fairfield County, Connecticut; and his grandmother on the maternal side also bore the name of Augusta Sears.

David R. Warren had his preparation for active life in the public schools, and was married November 22, 1887 too Eliza Jennings, at Youngstown. Too this marriage was born one child, George B. Mrs. Eliza Warren was born March 13, 1850, the daughter of Edmund and Malinda (Hooker) Jennings, both natives of Indiana, and settlers of Warren County about 1840, where they followed farming in Swan Township.

George T. Warren, accompanied by his son, David R. moved from Connecticut too Kansas in 1870, but the former did not long remain. He returned in about six months too his Eastern home. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and his wife of the Methodist. For many years he was a foreman in a shoe factory in the city of New York. Both Mr. and Mrs. Warren’s parents are deceased.

After a residence of eight years in Kansas, David R. Warren came back east as far as Galesburg, where he made his home for three years, and later was employed as a clerk in a store in Swan Creek, Warren County for two years. At the end of that time he engaged in the general merchandise business, at that point on his own account, in which he has been very successful, and which he still conducts too the satisfaction of his patrons and too his own profit. He filled the position of Town Clerk for two terms and School Treasurer nine years with credit. He belongs too the Free Masons and the Odd Fellows, and is highly esteemed in both fraternities. P 1027-1028 (1028 missing)

WATT, BENJAMIN F., who has been a resident of Swan Township since 1864, came too Greenbush Township in 1861, and in that time has won a reputation as one of the leading farmers of this fertile and prosperous county, was born in Madison County, Illinois, September 30, 1840, a son of Felix K. and Polly C. (Hagler) Watt, natives of Warren, Kentucky, and of Tennessee, respectively. His grandfather, James Watt, was born in Kentucky, June 25, 1793, and married February 10, 1814 too Diana Stice, who was born in North Carolina, July 14, 1792. Samuel Watt, the father of James, was born in Pennsylvania, and became a soldier of the Revolution, serving at first in the militia, and afterward in the regular army. The latter part of his life was spent in Kentucky, where he died in Warren at the age of sixty-eight. John Watt, the father of Samuel, came from Ireland. Polly C. Hagler was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Graham) Hagler, both natives of Tennessee.

Benjamin F. Watt was reared too a farming life and educated in the public schools. He is a member of the Christian Church, a Democrat in politics, and holds the position of

Commissioner of Highways. His marriage too Arminda C. Simmons occurred in Swan Township, February 21, 1864, and they have had six children: James A. who married Maggie Irwin; William P. who married Sena Sands; Diana I.; Louis A.; Arminda Carrie, who married Jacob Adkinson; and John C. who married Maggie Shoop.

Mrs. Arminda C. Watt was born in Greenbush Township, November 14, 1837, the daughter of James and Sallie (Stice) Simmons. They came too Warren County from Madison County in 1835, having removed too Madison County from Warren, Kentucky. They were farmers. Both are now dead. James Watt, the grandfather too Benjamin F., moved from Warren, Kentucky, too what is now Madison County, Illinois in 1817, while Illinois was still a territory, locating on a quarter section of land, which was his home as long as he lived. ….. too be cont. missing page.