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DONGOLA PRECINCT BIOGRAPHIES
Union County Illinois Genealogy Trails  J. W. BARNHART MOSES CASPER JACOB M. COSTLEY ANDREW J. DALE DR. DANIEL MORGAN JONES JUDGE DAVID W. KARRAKER J. W. BARNHART, farmer, P. O. Springville, was born December 15, 1840 in Cabarrus County, N. C., son of John Barnhart, who was also born in North Carolina, and died there in 1869; his occupation was that of a farmer. The mother of our subject was Deliah Duke, born 1818 in Rowan County, N. C. She died in May, 1876. She was the mother of five boys and two girls, of whom only Cyrus and our subject, Jacob W., are now living--the former on the old home farm in Rowan county. The latter spent his youth in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, N. C., where he farmed and received the rudiments of a common school education. At the age of twenty-two, he was conscripted for the Southern army, as was also his brother Julius, who died about a year afterward. He served almost three years, of which the last three months were spent at Point Lookout as a prisoner of war. After the war, he worked one year and a half on the farm for his father, and then came West, locating in Union county, where he worked almost one year for M. A. Goodman in a saw mill. Afterward, he worked for different men in this county. He was joined in matrimony, April 27, 1871, to Miss Sarah M. Mowery, born November 3, 1850 in Union County, Illinois. She was a daughter of George and Margaret (Dillow) Mowery. Mrs. Barnhart has three children now living, viz., Maggie V., born November 26, 1872; Charles H., born January 31, 1877, and Jennie J., born November 10, 1879. Mr. Barnhart is a self-made man. When he first commenced to farm for himself, he rented land for five years, and then bought 100 acres of land for $3,300; of the 160 acres, he partly sold and donated one and a half acres to the St. John's Cemetery. His farm has good improvements. He has served his neighbors in the capacity of School director. In politics he is a Democrat, and a thorough, energetic prohibitionist. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart are members of the Reformed Church. -- Source: Perrin's 1883 History of Union County. MOSES
CASPER, farmer, P. O. Wetaug, Ill., is a son of Peter and Catharine
(Frick) Casper, and was born January 5, 1833 in Rowan County, N. C.
His father was a farmer, born also in North Carolina, January
12,
1797, and died February 25, 1855. The mother was born
February 3,
1804 and died March 26, 1864. The parents' family consisted
of
ten children, only two of whom are living--Eve Caroline, born June 26,
1841, the wife of Nathaniel Earnhart, of this county, and our subject.
The latter received his early eduation in the old time
schools of
his native county, and he afterward attended a little in Union County,
his parents removing here in the fall of 1853. He started in
life
as a farm hand, assisting his father till the latter's death.
He
afterward purchased the home place from the other heirs, and now has
175 acres, which is given to general farming. For a few years
past he has run a distillery on the place, which turns out applejack of
an enviable quality. September 27, 1863 our subject was
united in
marriage to Anna Hoffner, born December 24, 1845, a daughter of Levi
and Mary Hoffner. Seven children have blessed the happy union
all
of whom are living--Malinda, born September 22, 1864, wife of J. H.
Beaver; Eleanora, March 6, 1867; Matilda, November 10, 1869; Huldah,
March 6, 1872; Silas, December 27, 1874; Laura, November 21, 1877; and
Flora, August 3, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Casper are members of the
German Reformed Church. In politics he votes the Democratic
ticket. --
Source: Perrin's 1883 History of Union County
JACOB
M.
COSTLEY, farmer, residence Dongola, was born August 8, 1846 in Union
County, Ill., a son of Franklin and Catharine (Davault) Costley.
His father was a general mechanic and died when Jacob was
small.
The parents were blessed with three children, two of whom are
living--Mary C. and our subject. The mother is still living,
and
was married a second time to Frederick Allbright, by whom she had four
children, two living--Malinda and George W. The only
schooling
our subject received was in the common schools of Union County.
Farming has always been his occupation. He at
present owns
120 acres of land, forty of which lie within the corporation of
Dongola. He was first married, in 1868, to Sarah E. Childers,
a
daughter of George W. and Caroline Childers. She died in
1876,
the mother of two children, one living--Charles, born February 28,
1871. He was married again, in 1879, to Emaline Andrew, a
daughter of James Andrew of this county. She died shortly
afterward, the mother of one child, who died in infancy. In
politics, Mr. Costley is a Democrat. --
Source: Perrin's 1883 History of Union County.
ANDREW
J.
DALE, residence Dongola, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., July 14,
1832, a son of James P. and Nancy (Avant) Dale. The father
was a
native of Maryland, born July 15, 1804, a son of William Dale.
The mother was born in North Carolina January 7, 1811.
Both
of the parents are living, and have been blessed with eleven children,
nine of whom are living. The early education of our subject
was
received in his native county. At the age of nineteen he came
to
Illinois, locating in Jefferson County, and was variously engaged up to
the opening of the war. In July 1861 he enlisted for three
years
in the Second Illinois Cavalry, Col. Noble, which, during the term of
its enlistment, did mostly detached service, scouting up and down the
Mississippi. They were engaged in several hot skirmishes, and
at
Hudson, Miss., our subject was taken prisoner and sent to Oxford, and
thence to Cahaba, Ala. He was successively removed to
Andersonville, Milan and Savannah, at which latter place he remained
until February 1865. He was first married December 1, 1867 to
Eliza J. Riddle, widow of David Riddle. She died March 12,
1874,
leaving two children--James H., born September 6, 1868 and Ida May,
March 17, 1873. He was married a second time, February 24,
1876
to Charlotte F. Davis, born July 27, 1844, a daughter of Solomon and
Nancy Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Dale are the parents of four
children,
three of whom are living--Alonzo S., born March 1, 1877; Luella, August
25, 1878; Charles A., deceased; and Arley, July 9, 1882. Mr.
Dale
is a member of the I. O. O. F., Dongola Lodge, No. 343.
Politically, he is a Republican. --
Source: Perrin's 1883 History of Union County.
DR. DANIEL
MORGAN JONES,
physician and farmer, Dongola, was born in 1815 in South
Carolina and died at the age of 59 years at Toledo (now Elco),
Alexander County, IL. He died of congestion of the brain 20 Feb
1874 and is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery near Moscow in Union County.
In 1843 he was
living in Arkansas and in 1850 he was living in Alexander County,
Illinois. By the 1860 and 1870 census he was living in Township
13, S Range 1 E, Dongola Post Office, Union County, IL. He was
first married to Brunetta (maiden name unknown) around 1842. She
was born in 1828 in Illinois. They were divorced 13 October 1857
according the the Union County Circuit Court Book F, pp. 166, 174, 189,
195. They were the parents of five children: Elizabeth,
Laurana "Lurany", Mary J., Emily "Caroline" and Nathaniel J. He
was again married around 1857 to Belinda Hess in Union County.
She was born in 1828 in Illinois and died between 1876-1880.
Dr. Jones and Belinda had five children: George Clark,
Eleanora B., Daniel Morgan, Jr., Samuel and another son. Dr.
Jones' daughter, Emily Caroline was born 10 Nov 1853 in Johnson County,
IL and d. 1891 in Union County. She married in 1871 to Samuel H.
Hood, who was born Mar 1844 in Hardeman County, TN and was a Civil War
soldier. He died 31 May 1928 in Union County and was buried in
the Adams/Mt. Zion Cemetery at Buncombe, Johnson Co. They had
seven children. Dr. Jones' son, George Clark Jones, was born 02
July 1858 in Union County. He was a farmer. He died around
1898 in Johnson County from tuberculosis at age 40. He married
Molly (Mary) Ann Hood 08 August 1880. Molly was the niece of
George's older sister's husband, Samuel H. Hood. Molly was born
August 1859 in Salisbury, Hardeman, TN and had come to Union County on
15 January 1863, during the Civil War, in an ox-driven wagon. She
was four years old and her parents were Robert and Amanda Hood.
Mollie's father ran a cotton gin at Moscow when he first came to
Union County. George and Mollie had three children: Herbert
(1882), Maud (1885), and Edna Belle (1890). All were born and
raised in Union County until their father's death, then they moved to
Johnson County to live with Mollie's parents. Mollie died
sometime after 1910. Daniel Jones' son, Nathaniel G. Jones lived
in Jonesboro, Union County and was a miner, as was his son Frank O.
Jones. Nathaniel and his wife, Irene, had the son,
Frank, and three daughters, Lora M., Helen and Monta.
--Submitted by Joanne Rubio, great-great-granddaughter of Dr.
Daniel M. Jones.
JUDGE DAVID W. KARRAKER was born Feb. 12, 1854, three miles east of
Dongola and during his boyhood worked on the farm like other farm boys.
His father—Jacob Karraker—was a pioneer Baptist preacher and was
highly regarded in his neighborhood.
Dave Karraker, the name by which everyone knows him, after his country schooling attended a select school in Anna taught by W. H. Hubble in the spring of 1873 and afterwards in the spring of 1874 entered the State University at Lexington, Ky. He taught four terms of school and in 1877 was elected County Superintendent of Schools and served three years. Commenced reading law in March 1876, took an examination before the Supreme Court in June 1878, passed and received a license to practice law, which profession he has followed down to the present time, engaging in many hard contested cases. He was elected State’s Attorney 1880 and reelected 1884. During his administration of that office he prosecuted numerous important criminal cases among which was the case against Sam Hazel, charged with the murder of a little girl east of Dongola, resulting in a verdict of the jury fixing his term in prison 99 years, the case against Joseph Wilson, indicted for the murder of his wife near Saratoga, in which case the jury by their verdict fixed the death penalty; the case of Frank Maze indicted for the murder of Welker near Cobden, in which case the jury by their verdict fixed his penalty at life imprisonment and other murder cases in which the juries inflicted long time sentences. It was the general opinion at that time that the severe punishment inflicted by juries in this class of cases greatly lessened the crime of murder in this county. He was elected state senator in 1888, and assisted in the election of John M. Palmer to the U. S. Senate, and secured the passage of a bill appropriating $120,000 to build the asylum annex at Anna. He believes in the principles of democracy and has engaged in many hard fought campaigns and assisted in the election of many democratic candidates. He was a presidential elector in 1892 and with the other electors cast the vote of the State of Illinois for Grover Cleveland for President. During his present term of office as county judge he has taken great interest in dependent, delinquent and orphan children. Such is a brief sketch of the life of Judge Karraker, who now offers himself as a candidate for reelection to the office of county judge. (Jonesboro Gazette, Jonesboro, Illinois, Friday, 3 Mar 1922; transcribed and submitted by Darrel Dexter) |