Edgar County Illinois Biograpkies

Eugenio Hoult, farmer, Sec. 28; P. O. Cherry Point City; one of the pioneers of Edgar Co.; born in Monongahela Co., (now known as Marion Co.,) W.V. May 12, 1825. Hew emigrated with his parents when 7 years of age, to Edgar Twp., Edgar Co., Ill, where he engaged in farming until 23 years of age, when he purchased 120 acres of land on Section 28, Ross Twp., where he lived, and engaged in farming and stock-raising for eight years, when he purchased his present place, where he has since resided; he afterward added by purchase 200 acres more, making in all a farm of 360 acres, which he has secured by his own hard labor, energy and industry. He erected his present residence in 1870, his other buildings being erected in 1867. He married Nov 5, 1848, to Martha H. Lowery; she was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Aug 5, 1823; four children were born of this union, viz: Virginia, born Feb 5, 1850, died July 18, 1851; Charles, born Jan 26, 1853; Maria, born Jan 19, 1855; Caroline, born Sept 14, 1858, died May 24, 1873.

O. S. Jones, real estate, and money loaner, Paris; was born in Athens Co., Ohio, Jan 5, 1843. His parents removed to Douglas Co., Ill in 1850, when they bought land and engaged in agricultural pursuits. O. S. was raised upon a farm and his early education was obtained at district school; in 1858 he began in mercantile life in Paris, engaging in the book and stationery business. He has been engaged in the real estate business for some ten years, and has met with great success. He is a man of fine physical as well as metal powers, and is an able financier, having accumulated a large property, and beyond all doubt has done more to build up the city of Paris than any one man in the place; he has built some twenty-five residences, and several of the principal business blocks and is always ready to assist in all public matter for the growth and prosperity of the town. He has dealt quite extensively in the lands of the I., D. & S. R. R. Co. He is largely a self-made man, and to-day ranks among the wealthy men of Paris. He married Miss Dollie, daughter of Dr. Ten Brook, of Paris, Feb 23, 1875; they have two children McMellon and Jennett.

Luther E. Wade, a farmer on section 25 and 28, Edgar township, was born in Adams County, Ohio, June 22, 1845, a son of Elijah and Margaret (Cooper) Wade, who were married in Ohio in 1838, and eight children were born to them, Luther being the fourth. The Wade family came from Ohio to Shelby County, Ill., in 1854, removing later to Edgar County and settling where Luther E. now resides. He was reared on farm and received his education In the pubic: schools and Westfield College, Clark County, Ill. For six years he was engaged in teaching school, and in 1875 went to Ohio, making his home in Cincinnati, where he was employed a clerk on a Ohio River Steamboat for two years, at the end of which time he returned to his home and continued farming. In 1886 he removed to Kansas and bought land in Scott County, where for a time he engaged in real estate. He then returned to his present home, where he has since been engaged in farming and owns 175 acres, his brother Joseph owning the adjoining farm of 175 acres. They conduct the farms in partnership, dividing the profit of every thing sold. Mr. Wade was united in marriage August 30, 1894, to Miss Marietta, a daughter of W. A. Jones, and three children have been born to them, namely: Calvin Nye Margaret Helen (deceased) and Jason. In politics Mr. Wade is a Republican. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge of Chrisman, Chapter and Commandery at Paris, and has served as Town Clerk. The father of Mr. Wade was born In Ohio in 1810 and died October 20, 1896, the mother's birth occurring in Pennsylvania in 1814 Mrs. Luther E. Wade was born in Marietta, Ohio.