CARROLL COUNTY ILLINOIS
B I O G R A P H I E S

After nearly four years we can proudly say that all of the biographies from
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Carroll County Illinois (1889)" are done.
With many, many thanks to Carol Parrish for finishing them up for us!!
Carol has now offered to transcribe the bios from the
"Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and the History of Carroll County Volume II, 1913."
They are listed below in black. Contact Carol Parrish and she'll transcribe it for you.

A

ACKER, John ADAMS, Andrew ADAMS, Charistly R.
ADAMS, Samuel J. AIRHART, John Henry ALLEN, Walter
ALLEN, Walter
ALLISON, Joseph F. ARMOUR, Volney ARNOLD, Joseph S. (Freedom Twp)
ARNOLD, Joseph (Salem Twp.) ASHWAY, Henry ATHERTON, Sylvanus R.

B

BAILEY, Bela & Betsy BAILEY, Elijah BAILEY, Justus
BAILEY, Willis Joshua BAKER, Andrew BARBER, Armor (Washington Twp.)
BARBER, William A. BARNES, Jefferson (Shannon) BASHAW Family
BASHAW, Grant D. BAST, Henry (Salem Twp.)
BAST, Henry		 BAWDEN, Grace Marie
BEATTIE, Capt. James P. BECKER, Egbert Ten Eyck (Rock Creek)
BECKER, Egbert Ten Eyck		 BEEDE,Charles A.
BEELER, Mrs. Sophia (Christian) BENNETT, Janes BENNETT, Mrs. Juliett (Bailey)
BICKELHAUPT, Grover Earl    
BERRY, Daniel S. BINGAMAN, George BISHELL, William Dawson
BOERNER, Valentine BOHN, Samuel BOWEN, Luther Sherman
BOYLE, James Martin BREARTON, John L. BROWN, Walter E.
BROWNING, William F. BUCKWALTER, John Logan BUCKWALTER, Samuel
BUETER, Rev. Anthony BUSELL, David C. BUSH, John A.
BUTTERBAUGH, Jacob F. BYARS, Robert

C

CALKINS, William H.
CALKINS, William H.		 CARPENTER, Kellie B. CARROLL, William
CARTER, Sherwood E. CASSELBERRY, John
CASSELBERRY, John		 CASSELBERRY, William N.
CHAMBERS, Jacob L. CHAMPION, Herbert M. CHAPIN, George W.
CHAPIN, Louis L. CHEESEMAN, George S. CHRISMAN, Lewis L.
CHRISTIAN, Joseph C.    
CLARK, Ira CLUCK, Britton E. COCHRAN, Thomas
COLE, Mrs. Evaline COLE, John
COLE, John		 COLEHOUR, Samuel P. (Sr)
COLEHOUR, Samuel P. (Jr)
COLEHOUR, Samuel P. (Jr)		 COLEMAN, John COLLISTER, Charles H.
COLEMAN, John CONNELL, John Richard COOK, Rufus M.
CORBETT, Samuel CORNING, Nathan Riley CROUSE, Jacob Harrison (Mt. Carroll Twp.)
CUSHMAN, Josiah W.B.
CUSHMAN, Josiah, B.

D

DAEHLER, John Conrad DAINS, William A. DALE, George
DAUPHIN, Julian Victor DAVIS, Christopher DAVIS, Floyd N.
DAVIS, Herman L. DAVIS, Phineas T. DAVIS, Wellman L. (Salem Twp.)
DAY, Benjamin S.    
DEITRICK, John DEMMON, John Farnsworth DENNIS, Christian S. (Mt. Carroll Twp.)
DEUEL, Charles DEVIN Family DIANS, William A.
DIEHL, Fred S. DIEHL, Fred W. DIEHL, Henry
DODEN, George DOTY, Daniel Boone DOWNING, Edwin O.
DOWNING, Harvey DOWNING, Norman Sumner DOWNING, Sumner
DRESBACH, William H. DUFFIN, Willard D. (Mt. Carroll) DUNN, Samuel S.
DUNNING, Edward H. DUNSHEE, Robert DYER, Walter Leroy
DYSON, Elijah H.
DYSON, Elijah H.		 DYSON, William H. DYSON, William

E

EACKER, Lord B. EATON, Ralph Elmer
Ralph Elmer Eaton		 ECKMAN, Jacob Alpheus
ECKMAN, John Truman EDGERLY, Heman EICHHOLTZ, Daniel
ELLIOTT, James ELLIOTT, John ELSEY, Henry
ESHELMAN, Matthew ETHRIDGE, James

F

FAGEN, Nicholas FARMER, Charles C. FEEZER, Cal M.
FENDER, Hiram FINK, John V. FISH, George R.
FLANIGAN, D. FLEMING, Hugh Mack FLICKINGER Family
FLICKINGER, John F. FLICKINGER, William J. FORRY, John
FOSSLER, Wellington Charles FRANCIS, Hiram G. FRANK, Henry
FRANKS, Charles FRAZER, Don R. FREERKSEN, Elso
FRENCH, Norman D.
FRENCH, Norman D.		 FRISBEE, Charles A. FRY, Jacob
FRYER, Daniel S. FULLER, John FULRATH, Adam
FULRATH, William R. FURMAN, William

G

GAAR, J.A. GALPIN, David GARNER, F.G.
GARWICK, Louis GETTY, Robert GIBBONS, James
GILBERT, Baruch H. GILLESPIE, Hugh (Washington Twp.) GILLESPIE, Isaac (Washington Twp.)
GILLESPIE, Isaac
GRAVES, William    
GREEN, James GREEN, Jonathan Hazel (Fair Haven Twp.) GREELEY, Dustan M.
GREENAWALT, Frank A. GREENLEAF, Frank S. GRIER, Dr. David C. (Mt. Carroll)
GRIFFITH, William Henry GRIFFITHS, Griffith GRISWOLD, Ezra S. (York Twp.)
     

H

HACKER, William Pugh HALDERMAN, (Mary T. McCoy) HALDERMAN, Nathaniel H.
HALL, Samuel (Salem Twp) HALLETT, Mrs. Ann (Emmert) HALLETT, James
HALLETT, Reuben Crowell HAMMOND, Charles HAMMOND, William A.
HANDEL, John
HANDEL, John		 HARR, John HARTFIELD, Ernest M.
HARTMAN, John H. (Mt. Carroll Twp.) HATFIELD, Aquilla D. HATHAWAY, James
HAWK, Hugh C. HAWK, Robert M. A. HAWKINS, Howard
HAY, Helen HAY, William J.  
HEALEY, Albert HEIMBAUGH, Elmer E. HEIMBAUGH, Matthew H.
HENDERSON, Carroll HENZE, Fred C. HERRICK, Frank
HESS Family HODGES, Anson HOERY, David
HOFFMAN, George L. HOFFMAN, John HOLLAND, Smith J.
HOLLINGER, Isiah Vansant HOLMAN, William J. HOSTETTER, Charles Linnaeus
HOUGHTON, Roy I. HOWELL, Hugh HOWLAND, George W.
HUGHES, Edwin L. (York Twp) HUNGERFORD, Grant E. HUNTER, Henry Frederick
HUNTER, Henry Frederick
HUNTER, James M. HUGHES, William D. HYZER, Peter

I

IRVINE, William

J

JAMES, Harry JENKS, Thomas C. JOEBGEN, William G.
JOHNSON, Hans

K

KUPFER, Minnie (Buck)
KAUFMANN, Joseph A. KEARNEY, Freancis KEISTER, David (Freedom Twp.)
KELLER, Joseph KINGERY, Andrew J. KINGERY, Benjamin F.
KINGERY, Charles M. KINGERY, Daniel KINGERY, David
KINGERY, David
KINKADE, Mrs. Clarinda (Espinwall) KINKADE, John (Rock Creek Twp.) KINNEY, John
KJARSGAARD, Louis S. KNEALE, Adelbert S. KNOX, Benjamin C.
KNOX, George W. KREAMER, A.F.

L

LAHRE, John LAIRD, John E. (Lanark) LAMB, Alpheus
LAMPERT, Albert J. LANDON, George Ivan LANDT, Jeremiah
LAW, Andrew (Washington Twp.) LAW, William Thomas (Savanna) LAW, William B. (Savanna)
LAW, William G. LEAVENS, Demetrius Y. (York Twp.) LEGO, Thomas P.
LEHMAN, Samuel (Cherry Grove Twp.) LEVITT, Clarence H. LEWIS, Norman
LICHTENBERGER, William (Savanna) LICHTY, Elias D. LIVENGOOD, Henry
LIVENGOOD, Zachariah T. LONG, W.P. LOTZ, Theodore E.
LOVELY, Lewis LOWER, Eli L. LUNDY Family

M

MACE, Thomas J. MACHEN, George N. MACKAY SR., Duncan
MACKAY JR., Duncan
MACKAY, Duncan		 MACKAY, Mrs. Isabella MACKAY, John (Salem Twp)
MACKAY, William
MACKAY, William J.		 MADER, John
MADER, John		 MADSON, Thomas
MADSEN Brothers
MALONEY, Luther H. MANNING, William S. MARK, Mrs. Caroline
MASTERS, Daniel H. MASTIN, Jethro MATTES, Solomon
McCOY, Samuel B. McDOWELL, F.H.B. McELHENEY, William D.
McGRATH, Wilmer W. McINTYRE, Daniel McKEE, William Parker
McLAUGHLIN, David N.
McLAUGHLIN, David		 McKENNEY, Oscar F. McNAMER, Eugene
MELENDY, George S. MELENDY, George N. MELENDY, John A.
MELENDY, John A.
MELENDY, Nathaniel Hutchinson MERCHANT, Van Buren (Mt. Carroll Twp.)
MERCHANT, Van Buren
METCALF, Henry S.
MEYER, Frederick W. MEYERS, Benjamin K. MEYERS, Galeon Francis
MIDDLEKAUFF, Charles W.
MIDDLEKAUFF, Charles W.		 MILES, A. Judson MILES, Charles K.
MILES, Joseph S.
MILES, Joseph S.		 MILES, Mabel Emma (Rhodes) MILLARD, James Edgar
MILLER, Calvin D. MILLER, Charles Edward MILLER, Rev. Daniel M.
MILLER, Frederick & Jane MILLER, George MILLER, Henry
MILLER, Herman MILLER, Hiram C. MILLER, John W.
MILLER, John W.
MILLER, Jonathan MILLER, Robert C. (Shannon) MITCHELL, Martin M.
MOFFETT, Garner MOFFETT, John MOFFETT, William D.
MOORE, Jacob MOORE, John H. MOORE, Robert
MOORE, Robert
MOREHEAD, Furgison MORRIS, John MYERS, George
MYERS, William B.

N

NASE, Major Adam NEDROW, Levi NELSON, Marshall S.
NESEMEIER, Frederick C. NEUSCHWANGER, Christian NEWCOMER, Samuel I.
NEWELL, Charles W. NIPE, William E.  

O

OLDT, F.T. O'NEAL, Ann (Lambert) O'NEAL, Dudley
O'NEAL, Felix O'NEAL, John O'NEAL, Lewis
OSTICK, Charles Thomas

P

PAISLEY, William (Washington Twp) PARKER, John Carpenter PARKHILL, James
PARKINSON, Josiah B. PATCH, Benjamin L.
PATCH, Judge Benj. L.		 PECK, Herbert S.
PERUSSE, George L. PETERS, Frank G. PETERS & BRAY
PETTY, James H. PETTY, John B. PETTY, William
PHELON, philo Dibble PHILLIPS, Charles PHILLIPS, Edmund
PIDGEON, William
PITTMAN, Milan W. PLATTENBERGER, Jacob P. PLUMER, Benjamin W.
PRESTON, Samuel PRUFER, Frederick PULFORD, James Bothwell
PUTERBAUGH, A.B. PUTERBAUGH, Albert B. PUTERBAUGH, Edwin Weston
PUTERBAUGH, William Linnaeus

Q

QUECKBOERNER, Sherwood

R

RAHTE, Richard S. RAUSER, Christian G. REDDINGTON, Edward
REMREY, Mark RENNER, Daniel A. RENNER, Simon P.
RHODES, Henry C. RHODES, John B. RHODES, Thomas B.
RHODES, William P. RICHTER, Carlyle Edward RILEY, Thomas O.
RINEDOLLAR, Elijah RINEDOLLAR, Dr. Nelson RITCHIE, William J.
ROBBE, Charles W. ROBINSON, John R. RODGERS, John
ROGGENDORFF, John & Maria    
ROOT, George A. ROOT, Rev. Marvin ROSENSTOCK, Christianstock
ROWLAND, Christian ROWLAND, Rev. David ROWLAND, Harry M.
ROWLAND, Isaac ROWLAND, John (Lanark) RUNNELS, Burget F.
RUREWALT, Mrs. Margaret

S

SACK, Henry SARTWELL, Homer SCHICK, Jones
SCHREINER, John SCHREITER, Joseph Benj. SCHRINER, John
SCHROEPPEL, Frank SEARLE, Thomas P. SHANER, Alos B.
SHAW, Judge James SHEPARD Family SHIDLER, David
SHIRK, Mrs. Cordelia (Rahn) SHIRK, David Franklin SHOEMAKER, Cornelius
SHORE, Charles SHIMER, Mrs. Frances A. (Wood) SHULTZ, Thomas F.
SIMPSON, John SISLER, Daniel SISLER, John Wesley
SLICK, George Colvin
SLICK, George C.		 SLIFER, Thomas SMITH, Amelia (Stearns)
SMITH, Charles Reuben SMITH, David B. SMITH, Frederick S.
SMITH, John G. SMITH, John I. SMITH, L. Garvin
SMITH, Mrs. Mary (Bartlett) SMITH, William W. SNIVELY, John Rowe
SNOW, Charles Phelps SPEALMAN, Charles D. SPEALMAN, Dwight H.
SPEALMAN, Emanuel SPEALMAN, Frank M. SPEALMAN, Harry
SPEALMAN, Joseph
SPEALMAN, Joseph 		SPENCER, Allen Benham SPRECHER, Louis Harrison
SQUIRES, John W. STAKEMILLER, William K. STANGER, William L.
STARTZMAN, John M. STEBLER, Nicholas
STEBLER, Nicholas		 STEDMAN, Frank
STEDMAN, Ira Marvin STEFFANS, Joseph
STEFFANS, Rev. Joseph		 STEVENS, Gould (Salem Twp)
STEWART, Charles C. STITELEY, George W. STITELEY, William H.
STITZEL, David Henry STITZEL, Quinter STOREY, Ephraim
STRANSKY, John A. STRAUB, George STRAUB, Henry H.
STRAUB, Jacob STRAUB, Melvin Conrad STRAUCH, Andrew A.
STRAUCH, William G. STRAW, Ruben B. STRICKLER, Andrew H.
STRICKLER, Jacob Haverstick SUTTON, George P. SWORD, Benjamin F.
SWORD, Benjamin F.
SWORD, Calvin H. (Mt. Carroll)
SWORD, Calvin		 SWORD, David M.
SWORD, David M.		 SWORD, Howard R.
SWORD, Howard R.
SWORD, Samuel (Cherry Grove)
SWORD, Samuel

T

TAVENER, J.E. TAYLOR, Alonzo (York Twp.) TAYLOR, Hon. James
THORP, Lucius S. THORPE, Charles Spurgeon TODD, Samuel H.
TODD, Vernon S. TOMLINSON, B.B. TOMMAN, D.L.
TRIPP, Garner M. TURNBAUGH, Judge John D. TURNER, Silas E.

U

V

VAN PATTEN, Andrew L. (Mt. Carroll)

W

WAGNER, Albert H. WALES, George M. WALES, Royal P. (Lanark)
WALLACE, William S. WARNER, Joseph A. WATSON, Otho
WEBER, Henry F.. WELLS, Andrew WESTBROOK, William Luther
WALES, George M. WHITMER, Porter S.
WHITMER, Porter S.		 WICKS, Willard
WILDEY, William H.
WILDEY, William H.		 WILLIAMS, Richard B. WILLIAMS, Wallace F.
WILSON, William R. WINTER, Frederick WITHHART, Joseph
WOLF, Amos WOLF, David WOLF, John E.
WOLF, John R. WOLFE, C. Leroy WOLFLEY, Frank Lambert
WOODIN, Hiram WRIGHT, James A. WROUGHTON, Cyrus C. (Savanna)

X

Y

YEOMAN, Hon. Frank G.

Z

ZELENKA, Henry Antone ZILLHART, Jacob ZINNEL, Frank ZUCK, Henry
ZUCK, John Henry ZUGSCHWERDT, Charles ZUGSCHWERDT, Werner
ZUGSCHWERDT, Werner

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