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Jonesboro Precinct Biographies Union County Illinois Genealogy
Trails Source: "History of
Alexander, Union and Pulaski
Counties, Illinois," Perrin, Chicago, ©1883.
 ANDERSON, B.H. BAGGOTT, O. P. BALLANCE, C. C. BARNWELL, E. M. B. H. ANDERSON Benjamin H. Anderson, farmer, P. O. Jonesboro, was born January 5, 1838, in Union County. His father, Preston Anderson, may be classed among the pioneers who came here when the settlements were few, and the forest was filled with wild beasts, and the prairies abounded with game. He was born in1809 in Tennessee, and died November 1875 in this county. When quite young he was left an orphan. He was a farmer by occupation, and was married in Tennessee to Lucinda Williams, who was born in 1815 in Tennessee. She died in 1867 in this county. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom ten reached the age of maturity. Her son Benjamin H., was the fifth child. He received a common school education in this county, where he also enlisted August 15, 1862 in Company D of the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. He was afterward transferred to the Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and was mustered out October 10, 1864 on the White River, Ark. While in the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment, he was promoted from Orderly Sergeant to First Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Yazoo City, Clinton, Miss., and Jackson, Miss. Our subject was joined in matrimony November 7, 1864 in Jonesboro, to Miss Serena Armstrong, born September 18,1844 in this county. She is a daughter of Calvin and Mary A. (McElhaney) Armstrong, who were born in Union County, Ill., where they also died when Mrs. Anderson was quite young. Mrs. Anderson is the mother of four children now living, viz: Henry H., who was born October 6, 1865; Charles H., born June 9, 1868; Fannie, born February 28, 1871; William S., born January 15, 1881. Mr. Anderson has over 200 acres of land, of which over eighty acres are in the corporation of Jonesboro. He is a Knight of Honor, Jonesboro Lodge No. 1891. In 1883 he was elected Alderman of Jonesboro. In politics he is connected with the Democratic party. O. P. BAGGOTT Oliver P. BAGGOTT,
Sheriff, Jonesboro, was born in Montgomery County, near Dayton, Ohio,
September 1, 1840. His father, James Baggott, was born in
1791 near Fredericksburg, VA, and died in Osborn, Ohio in 1863.
He was a participant in the War of 1812. He married
Mary Caylor, who bore him the following children: Martin V.,
Oliver P., Josephine, James P. and Charles L. Oliver P.
Baggott (our subject) was educated in Ohio, and in early life engaged
in farming and teaching school. In 1861, the 21t of June, he
responded to the call of his country, and enlisted in the Eleventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He participated
in many scenes and battles, some of which may be mentioned, as second
Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and
Resaca, Ga. In 1864 he returned to Ohio, and soon afterward
went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he remained two years.
In 1866 he came to Illinois and located in Union County,
where he engaged in farming and teaching until 1878, when he was
appointed Deputy Sheriff under George Barringer, and remained in said
office until 1882, when he was elected Sheriff of the county.
Mr. Baggott was married, April 8, 1869 in Union County, Ill., to Miss Ruth Delves, a native of England, near Market Drayton; she was born November 11, 1845; she is a daughter of William and Mary (Watkins) Delves, and is the mother of four children, viz: Harry Lee, born February 28, 1870; Maud, born July 7, 1871; George M., July 17,1877, and Lola, born January 23, 1879. Mr. Baggott is a member of the following fraternities and orders: A. F. & A. M., Anna Lodge, No. 520; I. O. O. F., Anna Lodge, 291; the K. of H. and the Knights and Ladies of Honor. In politics, his sympathies are with the Democratic party. C. C. BALLANCE Columbus C. Ballance, farmer, P.
O. Jonesboro, is a native of this county, and a son of Samuel and Vina
(Steiner) Ballance, who came to this county from Louisiana. He
received a common school education and then settled down as a farmer,
and now owns a farm of 130 acres, a part of which is devoted to a large
orchard. Our subject was married, October 3, 1867, to Mrs. Ritta
Penrod, who was born in this county January 9, 1842, and is the
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Smith) Lyerly. She is the mother
of five children now living, viz: William R. Penrod, now married
to a Miss Maggie Miles; Sarah I. Penrod, who married Hugh Grammer; Ada
S., Columbus C. and Minnie A. E. Mr. and Mrs. Ballance are both
members of the Christian Church. Mr. Ballance has occupied the
position of School Director and is identified with the Democratic party.
E. M. BARNWELL Edward M. Barnwell, Circuit Clerk
and Recorder, Jonesboro, was born June 13, 1837, in Hind County, Miss.,
and is a son of Edward M. and Maria Ann (Martin) Barnwell. He was
a son of E. M. Barnwell, and was born in England and died in New
Orleans, La.; she was born in Ireland and died near Natchez, Miss.
They are the parents of three children, viz: Edward M. (our
subject), John P., a farmer in Cass County, Mo., and Mark W. He
died at the age of twenty-one at Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co, Ky., at the
Shaker settlement, where he and his brothers had been placed after
their mother's death, by her request. In 1861 our subject left
the Shaker settlement, and came to this county. He worked for Mr.
W. Davie in the harness and shoe shop for about a year; after that he
taught school six months and then commenced the study of telegraphy at
Anna. In 1865 he obtained a position as operator in Dongola,
Ill., where he remained until the spring of 1881, when he was elected
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Recorder of Union County, to fill a
vacancy caused by the death of A. Polk Jones, who had been Clerk for
many years. Mr. B. was married, September 19, 1871 in Dongola, to
Miss Emma J. Bristol, a native of Palestine, Crawford Co., Ill.
She died in Dongola in March 1872. Mr. B. is a member of
Dongola Lodge, No. 343, I. O.O.F., and Dongola Lodge No. 2205, K of H.
He is politically a Democrat.
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