SARATOGA PRECINCT BIOGRAPHIES
Union County Illinois Genealogy Trails
Dr. THOMAS J. RICH
DR. FRANK E. SCARSDALE
J. G. TYEGET
DR. THOMAS J.
RICH, West Saratoga. Among the people who were born and raised in
this county, none bear any better reputation or are more widely thought
of than this rising young physician of Saratoga. The birth of our
subject took place on his father's farm in Rich Precinct about four
miles northeast of Saratoga on March 20, 1845. Thomas J. Rich,
the grandfather of the doctor and his namesake, was born in North
Carolina in 1781. His boyhood was spent here, and upon reaching
manhood he moved to Georgia. From there he moved to Jonesboro,
this county, reaching here about 1840. He was one of the pioneers
of this county, and died at a ripe old age only a few years ago.
Our subject's father was born in Georgia, about 1820, and lived
there until he reached manhood, and it was here that he married Sarah
Owen, daughter of William and Susan Owen. From there George Rich
moved to Tennessee and thence to this county, reaching here about 1840.
He settled on a farm about four miles north of Saratoga, in the
Rich Precinct. The doctor received his first education at the
Pleasant Ridge School in this precinct. He attended school here
most of the time until he was twenty-one, and then taught two terms of
school at the Elmore School in Rich Precinct. While he was
teaching his last term of school at this point, he began studying
during his spare time at the office of Dr. F. M. Agnew of Makanda,
Johnson County. At the close of his school he still continued his
studies at the office, remaining at the office until October 1870.
Dr. Rich then went to Cincinnati, where he entered the Miami
Medical College. Here he attended lectures two years, graduating
from the school with honor in the class of 1873. After leaving
Cincinnati the Doctor located at Western Saratoga, and entered in
partnership with Dr. J. A. Allan, now at Grand Chain, Pulaski County.
His partnership remained intact one year, when it was dissolved
by mutual consent, the doctor continuing in business for himself at
this point. Here he has since resided, and at present has all
that he has time to attend to, as he is the only physician in this part
of the precinct. Dr. Rich was married on November 18,1876 to Mary
Cladora Miller, daughter of Moses and Mary (Miller) Miller. By
this union there were four children, two of whom are living, namely,
Lela and Dennis, ages, respectively, three years and seventeen months.
Our subject was a faithful soldier in the war, enlisting in the
Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, in December 1863 and continuing in this
regiment until the close of the war. The doctor was in no regular
battle, but his services and those of his regiment were spent in
scouting, principally in Missouri and Arkansas. The doctor is a
member of Union Lodge, No. 627, A. F. & A. M. In politics,
the doctor is a strong Republican.
DR. FRANK E. SCARSDALE, physician, P. O. Lick Creek;
born in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, April 9, 1838. William Edward
Scarsdale, his father, born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, in
1807; came to this country in 1829, settling first in Maryland, then
moving to Kentucky, stayed there about a year, and then moved to Ashtabula,
Ohio about 1832. Here he married Amanda, daughter of Erastus and Jerusha
Cook, of Ashtabula County. By this union there were two children;
of these, the elder is Mrs. Lilly Pierce, living at Ellsworth, Pierce
Co., Wis., and the younger, our subject. The Doctor was educated at
Kingsville Academy, remaining there until he was sixteen years of
age; from there he went to Minnesota, and remained there one summer
and then came to Marion County, Ill., about the year 1858, where he
taught in the country schools for three years; from here, he next
went to Johnson County, where he again taught school for a year. It
was here that he commenced the study of medicine in 1860 in the office
of Dr. C. L. Whitnel; after completing here, he attended lectures
in 1862 and 1863 at the Rush Medical College, Chicago. Doctor Scarsdale
then came back and entered into partnership with his old percepter
and remained in Johnston County for about two years. In January 1865
he came to Union County, Ill., where he located about three miles
from Saratoga at what was then Bradshaw Post Office. Here he has remained
all of the time since, except when he attended medical lectures at
Pope's Medical College, St. Louis, in 1870-71, and also a post-graduate
course in the spring of 1882. He was married April 9, 1865 in Union
County to a Miss Louisa P. Hastings, daughter of Westley and Mary
Ledbetter Hastings. By this union he has had nine children, six of
whom are living.
J. G. TYEGET, P. O. Cobden. Among the oldest settlers
in this part of the section is the man whose name heads this biography.
Mr. Tyeget was born in Amherst County, VA, December 17, 1817. His
father, Hugh Tyeget, came from Ireland, and landed at Philadelphia
in 1801. Soon after his arrival in this country he went to Virginia,
and here he married Nancy Sands, the mother of our subject. Hugh Tyeget
moved from Virginia to Tennessee when our subject was about nine years
old, and in this State it was that the latter received his education.
Mr. Tyeget came to Illinois in 1839 and settled frist in Williamson
county and in the spring of 1853 he came to this county, settling
about five miles eat of Cobden, whee he has since resided. Our subject
has been married twice. He was married first to Astina Gutherie, daughter
of Anslom Gutherie, who lives near Cobden. She was the mother of four
children, two of whom are living. His lady died November 24, 1862
and he was married a second time to Mrs. Jane Culp on January 13,
1864. She is the mother of six children, five of whom are living.
The names of Mr. Tyeget's living children are: William, Hugh, Mary,
Lucy, John, Ida and Cora. In politics Mr. Tyeget is a Democrat.
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