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Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Thebes Precinct, pg. 230.
O. G. Ford, farmer, P. O. Thebes, was born in Randolph County, Ill., August 8, 1850 and is a son of Benjamin and Julia Ford, natives, the former of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky. Our subject attended school in the country. When eighteen years old he went to Idaho Territory, where he farmed for fourteen years, and then returned to his native heath, where he remained some time and then located where he now resides, purchasing a small farm at that time. He now possesses eighty acres in Section 16, Township 13, Range 3 west. Was married August 8, 1872 to Rosa, a daughter of Thomas and Matilda Pettitt. The result of this union is five children, four living, viz: Hattie M., Amzi, Walter and Mary E. Mrs. Ford is a Methodist. He is a Republican.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Thebes Precinct, pg. 230.
Dr. J. A. M. Gibbs, physician, Thebes. One of the best-known practitioners of Alexander County is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of Vienna, Johnson County; was born June 23, 1843, and is a son of Dr. W. J. and Caroline Gibbs, natives of Virginia. Our subject attended the schools of his native town until nineteen, and then commenced reading medicine in the office of his father, and then in the office of Dr. George Bratton, also of Vienna. In 1866, '67, and '68, he attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and in the last named year, graduated from that institution and immediately settled in Thebes, where he has since become a leading physician of that section. In 1868 the Doctor was married to Miss L. C. Barkhausen, a daughter of Dr. Barkhausen of Thebes Precinct. She was born May 23, 1845 and is the mother of one child--Harry, born October 5, 1869. Our subject enlisted in the One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, August 13, 1862 and remained out until September 1865, having been promoted to a Captaincy for gallant service. In politics our subject is a Republican. Mrs. Gibbs was elected November 1882 to the office of County School Superintendent. The Doctor is a member of Elco Lodge, No. 643, I.O.O.F., and served his county as Commissioner from 1878 to 1882. Is now living on a farm of twenty acres in Section 9, Township 15, Range 9. (Note: Mrs. Gibbs is buried in the Unity Cemetery. We presume that Dr. Gibbs is also.)
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Elco Precinct, pg. 222.
Peter N. Golden, farmer, P. O. Elco. Thomas Golden, the grandfather of subject, was a native of France, and came to this country when his son Stephen Golden was about twelve years old. He settled in Virginia and there the father of our subject remained until he was eighteen, then came to Indiana and settled in Leavenworth. Here he studied for a physician, and at the age of twenty-four married Ann Newton, daughter of Peter and Hannah Newton. She was the mother of nine children, Peter N. being the fifth, and was born November 11, 1848. When he was about two years old, his father moved to St. Louis, and there subject received his education, and in his eleventh year he started out for himself, and went first to Georgetown, KY, where he worked in a distillery. At the age of fifteen he went to Perry County, Ind., and there learned the cooper's trade, and followed it for a number of years. At the age of twenty-two, he commenced farming and located first in Hamilton County. After residing on several different farms in this and Union County, he came to his present location in Elco, where he now owns a farm of fifty-three acres, twenty of which are cultivated. He was married in 1869 to Sarah P. Gohlson of Paducah, KY. She is the mother of three children, all living--Halla, born November 9, 1871; William, born January 4, 1874; Belle, born June 8, 1879. Mr. Golden was elected Justice of the Peace for Elco Precinct April 17, 1873, and is now serving his first term. He is a member of the Elco Lodge, No. 643 I.O.O.F, and in politics is a Democrat.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Elco Precinct, pg. 222.
Moses Goodman, blacksmith, Elco. Grandfather Goodman lived in North Carolina, and there Paul Goodman, the father of our subject, was born in 1813; lived there until he reached manhood, and then married a Miss Williams. The twain, soon after they were made one, came West and settled near Jonesboro, Union Co, Ill., where the father soon after his arrival began running a saw mill. Mrs. Goodman died soon after her arrival at that place, and the father was married the second time to Chrissie Earnhart, daughter of Phillip Earnhart. She was the mother of five children, and of that number subject was the second and was born January 25, 1855. When he was about eight years of age, his father moved to Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Here he received his first education in a German school at that point. After about a year's residence there, his father died, and our subject, accompanied by his mother, came back to Alexander County and settled near Mill Creek. He early commenced to carry on affairs on the home place, but although having to take care of things generally, he managed to attend school some and obtained a fair education. He remained at home until his mother's death, which occurred in 1874. After that he rented the farm and hired out himself the following summer. The next fall, having married, he took charge again of the home place and remained until the year 1879, when he also sold out that farm and came to his present location at Elco. On this place he first obtained a livelihood by working at the saw mill of Durham & Cauble, and also followed teaming. In 1880 he purchased his present shop from Warren Durham. At this place he now does balcksmith work, and also does a general wagon repairing business. Mr. Goodman was married December 18, 1874 to Rosana E. Dills, daughter of Wiley Dills of Union County. She is the mother of five children--Henry C., Laura J., Dora E., Earnest L. and Lloyd E. Subject is a member of Elco Lodge, No. 643, I.O.O.F., and of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elco. In politics, he is a Democrat.
BAILEY S. HARRELL
Contributed by Sue Mullins
Bailey S. Harrell, businessman, Cairo. He was born 17 Apr 1809 in Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio to William S. and Martha Bussell Harrell. William died May 29, 1857. Bailey's mother, Martha, was born in Westmoreland County, VA on 22 Nov 1787. She and William married 21 Aug 1806. Martha died 19 Jan 1871 in North Bend, OH. Bailey came to Cairo and established a business which included a furniture store and distillery. He first married Abigail Wood on 16 Jan 1834. She was born 14 May 1814 and died 11 Apr 1848 in Cleves, OH. His second wife, Julia Ann Koblitz, was a widow living in Cairo when they married on 15 Oct 1848, following the death of Abigail. Julia was the daughter of James Berry. She was born 27 Sep 1822 and died 31 May 1889 in Cleves. In the early 1870s Bailey left his brothers in Cairo, selling his interest in the store to one of them and returned to Cleves, OH. Bailey and Abigail had the following children: Eliza M., born in North Bend, OH; Jane, b. 28 Aug 1838 at Cleves, OH; Albert, b. 14 Jan 1841 in Cleves; Cornelia, b. 28 Jun 1845 in Cincinnati. Bailey and Julia's children included: Walter C., b. 24 Mar 1850 in Cairo; Edward, b. 30 Mar 1853 in Cairo; Jane, b. 4 Jun 1853 in Cairo; Clara, b. 29 Jul 1855 in Cleves; another son, b. 21 Sep 1859 in Cairo and Kate, b. 8 Apr 1861 in Cairo.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Cairo Precinct, p.20.
Edgar C. Harrell. Among those who in an early day came to Cairo and assisted in its subsequent development was Isaac L. Harrell. He was married in Missouri to Miss Mildred E. Keesee, a native of Tennessee. To these parents were born six children, but one of whom is now living--Edgar C. Harrell, of Cairo. He was born in Cairo, Ill., on the 5th of January 1856. His father was born in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1824, and came to Cairo on arriving at manhood. After his marrige, he resided in Cairo for some years, but before the war removed to Missouri, where he was engaged in mercantile business until 1872, returning that year to Cairo. Here he embarked in the furniture trade, at which he continued until his death, which occurred November 19, 1882. Mildred E. Harrell was born on the 31st of December 1828 and is now a resident of Cairo, Ill. Edgar C. succeeds his father in the furniture business and is located on Tenth Street, between Commercial Avenue and Poplar Street, where he has six rooms well stored with stock of the most modern pattern. They own a family residence on Twelfth Street, between Walnut and Cedar Streets.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Part V, Elco Precinct, p. 224.
Salmon Hazlewood, farmer, P. O. Elco. Cliff Hazlewood, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of England. He came to America and first settled in Virginia, about 1758. Here he lived to manhood, and married Nancy Axley, and to them was born in 1801 Joshua Hazlewood. The grandfather then removed to Kentucky, where he lived a number of years, and about 1812 he came to what is now Union County, Ill., then a vast wilderness, and located where Springville now stands. The father of our subject, Joshua, married Harriet Standard, a daughter of William and Sarah (Carter) Standard, shortly after his marriage he moved to Alexander County, locating near what is now the site of Elco. The parents were blessed with four children, of whom the subject of these lines was the third, and was born April 8, 1833. He received his education mostly in the old subscription schools, attending one that stood near the present location of his own house. He remained with his father until the latter died, at the age of fifty-three, when our subject being about twenty years of age, took charge of the home place. He followed stock-dealing for about five years, when, with his hard-earned savings, he purchased a farm of forty acres lying in Section 24. He has made subsequent additions, having now 100 acres in cultivation, besides five acres of orchard. August 20, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Col. Toler, Company E, Capt. G. W. Evans. He took part in many hot engagements, and was mustered out of service June 5, 1865. In 1870, a post office was established in what was then called the Hazlewood settlement, and was named Hazlewood Post Office, in honor of our subject's grandfather. Salmon Hazlewood was appointed the first Postmaster. He was united in marriage July 24, 1856 to Louisa Ann McRaven, born September 16, 1837, a daughter of Louis and Nancy (White) McRaven. Mr. and Mrs. Hazlewood are the parents of twelve children--Francis J., born June 20, 1857; Louis P., November 22, 1858; Levi S., March 18, 1860; James A., August 11, 1866; Mahuldah, February 18, 1868; Charles F., March 4, 1872; Minnie L., September 20, 1873; Samuel R., February 16, 1876; Rollie F., November 21, 1877, and Thomas, September 1, 1880. Mr. Hazlewood is a member of the M.E. Church of Elco. (Note: Salmon Hazlewood is buried in the Hazelwood Cem.)
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Cairo Precinct, p.20-21.
George W. Henricks, carpenter and contractor at Cairo, Ill., is a native of Springfield, Ohio, and was born November 1, 1825. His father, William Henricks, was one of the first settlers of Springfield, Ohio, and assisted in its organization. He was born in Kentucky in 1797, and was of German parentage. He went to the Territory of Ohio, and there married to Miss Mary Darnell, also a native of Kentucky, born in 1799, and descends from Irish ancestry on the mother's side. To these parents were born six children, George W. being the fifth of the family; three are now deceased, one living in Missouri, and one in Washington Territory. When G. W. was fourteen years old, the family removed to Illinois and settled in Hancock County (1839), the father having died in 1827 at Natchez, Miss. The mother died in Illinois in 1858. In 1849 George W. crossed the plains to California, where he spent two years in mining. Returned to Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill., and in 1852, February 15, there married Miss Martha A. Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania. She was born August 10, 1832 and is still living. Soon after marriage, Mr. Henricks removed to Hannibal, Mo., where they resided until 1860, when they went to Memphis, expecting to make their home South, but owing to the breaking out of the war, returned North, and in 1862 settled in Cairo, which has since been his home. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, and has spent most of his life in that department of labor. He has had a family of ten children, four of whom died in infancy, and one died at the age of twelve years. Those living are William and George, both lawyers in Cairo, Laura, Clara E. and Beatrice Henricks. William is present City Attorney of Cairo. Mr. Henricks is a member of the American Legion of Honor. Family residence on Twelfth Street.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Cairo Precinct, p.21.
Jesse Hinkle, senior partner of the firm of Hinkle & Co., pork-packers and dealers in leaf tobacco, Cairo, Ill., is a native of Shelby County, Ky., where he was born September 28, 1829. His father, for several years an extensive farmer and stock-grower of Kentucky, was born in Shelby County in 1802 and died in same county in 1842. His mother, Jessie Oglesby, first cousin to Richard J. Oglesby, ex-Governor of Illinois and United States Senator, was born in Kentucky in 1797 and died in same State in 1881. They reared a family of six children, all of whom are now living: George Hinkle, a farmer of Ballard County, Ky.; Jesse, the subject of these lines; Susan, wife of William J. Scott, of Hinkleville, Ky.; Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Seary, of Shelby County, Ky., Charles, a practicing physicain at Hinkleville, Ky., and Rachel, wife of J. W. Rollings, of Ballard County, Ky. Jesse grew to maturity in his native county, and in December 1854 married Susan S. Hinkle. She was born in Shelby county, Ky., in October 1835 and died in Cairo, Ill., January 14, 1878, leaving two children: Robert Hinkle, born September 7, 1855. He is the junior partner in the firm of Hinkle & Co., and was married April 21, 1881 to Miss Jessie Phillis of Cairo, who was born in Pennsylvania September 4, 1857. They have one child, Mildred D., born February 3, 1883. Jessie F. Hinkle was born October 14, 1861 is the wife of Phil C. Barclay. Jesse Hinkle removed from Simpsonville, Ballard Co., Ky. where he had previously engaged in mercantile pursuits, in 1856 and located at the present site of Hinkleville, in Ballard County, where he again engaged in mercantile business. During the late war, he championed the cause of the South and in 1861 was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company C, of the Seventh Kentucky Regiment and was mustered out at the close of the war as Major of that regiment. He is now serving his second term as member of the City Council, is a member of the order of Masons, and both he and sons are members of the Knights of Honor. They came to Cairo in 1872, since which time they have been engaged in the tobacco trade and pork-packing, in addition to which they conduct two meat-markets, one at No. 79 on Ohio Levee and at No. 14 on Eighth Street. In this latter business they have been very successful, their sales amounting to over $100,000 annually. On the 5th of July 1882 their tobacco warehouse burned, incurring them a loss of about $10,000, partly covered by insurance. He was married to his late wife, Katie C. Moylan of Memphis in December 1879. She died in Cairo March 15, 1883.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Cairo Precinct, p. 21.
John Hodges, Sheriff of Alexander County, Ill., and a resident of Cairo, was born at the old town of Unity in Alexander County, August 19, 1836. His father, John Hodges, was born in the State of Tennessee in 1810, and came in an early day to Southern Illinois, first locating in Union County, and there married Miss Margaret Hunsucker, in 1833, soon after which event he removed to Unity, Alexander County, where the family of twelve children were born. He was by trade a hatter, but engaged mostly in mercantile pursuits, indeed, with the exception of the few closing years, his entire life was spent in merchandising. He was a man of strong physical development and, while of limited education, was possessed of a strong will power and brilliant intellect, somewhat slow to decide, but whose judgment when formed was seldom at fault. He was a Jackson Democrat, and represented Alexander County two years in the General Assembly--probably in 1848-49. Shortly after the close of his Legislative office, he purchased a farm a few miles from Unity, upon which he lived until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1862. Mrs. Margaret Hodges is a member of one of the oldest families of Union County, and is still living on the old homestead near Unity. John Hodges, the subject of these lines, is the oldest of their family of twelve children, and received the benefit of a common school education, and obtained a practical knowledge of business while with his father. He was married in Mississippi County, Mo., on the 25th of July, 1858, to Miss Isophine I. Wicker, daughter of Charles and Margaret Wicker. She was born August 20, 1837. Mr. Hodges was elected to the office of County Treasurer and Assessor in 1859, but resigned to become a candidate for Sheriff, in 1860, and was elected to that office, which he filled for two years. From 1862-64, he was Deputy Sheriff under O. Greenly and until 1866 in the same office under C. D. Arter. In 1876 he was again appointed to the office of Deputy Sheriff under Peter Saup, serving until elected to the Sheriff's office in 1878. He still holds the office, having been re-elected in 1880 and again in 1882. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Knights of Honor. They have a family of six children--Charles E., born May 30, 1859; John S., born March 17, 1866; Loraine, born June 17, 1868; Margaret, born September 26, 1870; Mary E., born August 19, 1873, and Fredoline B. Hodges, born March 13, 1875. Family residence on Ninth Street, between Washington and Walnut Streets.
Source: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois. Edited by William Henry Perrin, ©1883 Chicago: O. L. Baskin and Company, Historical Publisher, Cairo Precinct, p. 22.
John Howley, merchant, Cairo. Among the pioneers of the city of Cairo may be mentioned the name of John Howley, a man who has witnessed the erection of every building now in the city. He was born in the County of Mayo, Ireland, on the 27th of June, 1819, and is the eighth of a family of ten children of Patrick and Eleanor (Hughes) Howley, of whom but two survive--John and James Howley, the latter of Pennsylvania. John Howley was reared and married in his native country, and came to the United States in 1840, and from that date until 1853 spent much of the time traveling in the Eastern States. In 1853, at a time when Kansas was being peopled so rapidly with Eastern and Southern people, Mr. Howley started to find for himself a home in the West, but being impressed with the beautiful location of the then infant city of Cairo, he determined to make it his future home; he therefore invested in property and the year following (1854) came and made a permanent residence at that place, which, with slight exceptions, has been his home since. He has been engaged in business of a mercantile nature through all these years, and in 1859, during the fire known as the "Taylor house fire" he sustained a loss of $2,500, partly covered by insurance. Mrs. Catherine Howley, whose maiden name was Connelly, was born in Ireland. They have traveled together along life's pathway for a period of forty-five years. Though they have never had any children born to them, they have reared several children who were left orphans and in need of homes. Family residence on corner of Third Street and Commercial Avenue. Members of Catholic Church.
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