ELIJAH ADAMS,
farmer; P. O. Diona; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Oct. 23, 1824;
in the year 1838, his parents, John Adams, who was a native
of New York, and Susanna Adams, a native of Maryland,
moved to Coles Co., and settled on Sec. 17, where the son now
resides, having entered the land; both died there, his mother in
October, 1877, and his father, June, 1878. The subject of this
sketch has always resided in this county with the exception of the
years 1850 and 1851, when he was mining and prospecting in
California. He has held the office of School Trustee and
Director for fifteen years, and is such at the present time; was
also Supervisor five years, Assessor four years, and is at present
Commissioner of Highways. He owns 200 acres of land. He
married Miss Louisa Anderson, daughter of James Anderson;
her parents were natives of Virginia, and moved to Ohio,
and from there came to Coles Co. in the year 1839; they both died on
the farm adjoining that of Mr. Adams, upon which they had
settled Aug. 21, 1843; Mr. Adams was born May 15, 1822; they
had eight children, five living - John, born Aug. 17, 1847
(and who married twice, his first wife being Miss Henrietta Irwin,
whom he married in November, 1868, and who died April 25, 1873; his
second wife was Miss Martha E. Walters, whom he was married
to Jan. 16, 1874; they have three children - Wesley E., Mary E.
and Dora E.), Rachel E., (now Mrs. Levi Moore),
born March 11, 1850; James W., born Dec. 10, 1852, who
married Miss Emily Goodman; Anor L., born July 25,
1860, and David E., born Oct. 17, 1852, and three died -
Susanna (formerly Mrs. Reily Irwin), born July 21, 1844,
died Oct. 28, 1877; Mary A., born April 11, 1857, died May 7,
1858; and Seth D., born Jan. 18, 1855, and died April 29,
1858.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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CAPT. WM. E. ADAMS,
attorney at law, Charleston; was born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Oct.
15, 1830, being the son of John J. and Martha ( Gammell)
Adams, who came to Coles Co., in December, 1830, settling in
what is now Pleasant Grove Twp., on the farm where his father still
resides; he made his home at his father's until about 1855, when he
engaged in buying and herding stock, and driving it to Wisconsin; he
continued in this business until 1860. He was married in
August, 1859, to Miss Olive A. Holton, of Blue Mounds, Wis.,
and has a family of five children - John H., Jennie M., Sarah S.,
Willie and Helen. He has previously read law and
been admitted to the bar, and, in 1860, located in Mattoon and
entered upon the practice of his profession; in August, 1862, he
enlisted in the 123d Ill. Vols., and on the organization of the
regiment was chosen Captain of Co. I; he participated in the battles
of Perryville, Ky., Milton, Tenn., Chattanooga, and Chickamauga,
after which, his regiment, having previously been attached to
Wilder's Brigade of Mounted Infantry, pursued Gen. Wheeler,
who was then making a raid on the rear of Gen. Rosecrans'
army; his regiment had a severe engagement at Farmington, Tenn., in
which the Colonel was killed and fully half of Capt. Adams' company
either killed, wounded or taken prisoners, and where the Captain
himself was wounded; after participating in the capture of Atlanta,
his regiment was remounted at Louisville, Ky., and proceeded thence
to Selma, Ala., and, after the capture of that city, to Montgomery,
Columbus and Macon, Ga.; a portion of his command assisted in the
capture of Jeff. Davis, the President of the defunct
Confederacy. Returning in July, 1865, he was elected in the
fall of that year Clerk of the County Court of Coles Co., and
re-elected in 1869; on the expiration of his term of office in 1873,
he was elected County Judge, serving till 1877, since which he has
been engaged in the practice of law. He was for three years a
member of the City Council, and is the present Secretary of the
Coles County Old Settlers' Society.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 |
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HENRY E. ALEXANDER, farmer; P. O.
Paradise; is
the son of Ebenezer and Dorcas Alexander; was born in Tennessee,
Obion Co., Sept. 2, 1827; moved with his parents to Coles Co. Dec.
20, 1828. It is the owner of 210 acres of land valued at or
near $8,000; School Director two or three terms. Was married
to Mary B. Curry, of Coles Co., June 10, 1852; names of
chidren - boys - James E., William D., George (. (Edward F.,
deceased); girls Mary D., MArgaret J. (Nancy E., deceased);
Edward F. died June 16, 1865; Nancy E., Aug. 1, 1878;
his father, Ebenezer Alexander, died Jan 8, 1857, at 64 years
of age; his mother died April 12, 1871; his father was one among the
oldest settlers in this county, and was Justice of the Peace until
the time of his death.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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RANDALL ALEXANDER,
breeder and shipper of Poland-China swine, Charleston; about ten
years ago this gentleman, in company with S. M. Sheperd, made
his first start in the introduction and breeding of thorough-bred
swine in Coles Co. After having experimented thoroughly with
the various breeds of hogs, they became convinced that the
Poland-China possessed all the requisites of size, docility,
fertility, early maturity, aptitude for taking on flesh, and great
constitutional vigor, necessary to render it pre-eminently the hog
for the farmer. From a small beginning, the business has grown
to its present proportions. Mr. Alexander now one of
the most prominent breeders in the State; his trade extends to every
part of the country, to the Pacific Coast, Canada, the Southern
States, etc.; his farm, near Charleston, possesses all the
advantages of a perfect hog farm, such as pure running water,
sheltered location, shade, range, etc. Mr. Alexander
was born in Madison, Jefferson Co., Ind., Aug. 5, 1842; when about
10 years old, he removed with his parents to Tipton Co., Ind., at
14, he left home, and going to Louisiana, Mo., engaged as a
clerk in a dry goods store. In 1861 he went to Tuscola,
Douglas Co., Ill., and clerked one year; he then, with Mr. Robert
Beech, built the Beech House, the finest hotel on the
Illinois Central Railroad, from Chicago to Cairo; after running the
House one year he came in 1863 to Charleston, and continued clerking
till 1865, when he engaged in business for himself, continuing as a
member of different firms until about four years ago; he is at
present a member of the Board of Aldermen in Charleston. He
was married May 21, 1866, to Miss Nancy A. Compton, a
daughter of Albert Compton, of Charleston, and has four
children - Albert C., Edwin R., Rufus C. and Dora T.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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NELSON W. AMES,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mattoon; one of the most prominent
settlers; was born in Wayne Co., Penn., Feb. 9, 1817; he is the son
of Mr. Joseph Ames, now deceased, who was born in
Connecticut, and was one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania,
where he married Miss Gertrude Schenck, and where
Mr. N. W. Ames, the subject of this sketch, was
born. He was married Jan. 9, 1840, to Miss Nancy
Hoalley, who was born May 6, 1818, and who
died Oct. 1847. Mr. Ames removed from his
native State to New Jersey, where he remained several years.
On Apr. 12, 1849, he was married again, to Miss Susan A.
Cramer, who was born in New Jersey June 2, 1830; they have
seven children, viz, Oliver, George, Rutser, Newton, Louisa,
Sarah and John. Mr. Ames came to
this State and settled in Coles Co. in 1857; the farm which he owns,
and upon which he now resides, he purchased from the Railroad Co. in
the same year; it consists of 212 acres, valued at $8,500. George,
the second son of Mr. Ames, served as a volunteer
in the late war three years; he enlisted in the 123rd I. V. I., and
was discharged with honor at the close of the war.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879
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ELIAS ANDERSON,
farmer; P. O. Diona; is a native of Ohio, and was born in Champaign
Co. June 16, 1807; he remained with his parents until he was 32
years of age, his father having died about the year 1833; he
remained with his mother until her removal to Michigan, where she
died in the year 1844; Mr. Anderson, before his removal to
this county, married, Sept. 20, 1835, Miss Hannah Place, her
parents being natives of Pennsylvania; in the year 1839, they came
to this county and settled where he was ever since resided;
they had five children, four living - Thomas, born Sept. 6,
1839, Clarinda, Aug. 14, 1841, Eunice, March 6, 1843,
and Jasper, Dec. 28, 1847, and one deceased - Elias,
who died Sept. 25, 1868; his wife died March 19, 1851; he married
his second wife (the widow of Isaac Clark), April 1852; they
had four children, all living - Louisa, born Feb. 26, 1853,
Bartholomew, March 7, 1855, Rachel, Sept. 25, 1857,
and James, Jan. 30, 1862; his wife died Sept. 25, 1865, and
on Dec. 13, 1866, he was married to the widow of Henry Brant,
who was formerly Miss Margaret Tombs, of New Jersey.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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WM. W. APPERSON,
(PARADISE TWP.) farmer; P. O. Mattoon; was born March 19, 1834 in
Paradise Twp., Coles Co., Ill. Owns 240 acres of land all well
improved but 40 acres, probable value $9,000 or $10,000; public
offices held - Supervisor, one year, Commissioner of Highways, three
years. Maiden name of wife Barbara Ann Rhoads; names of
children - boys, George H., Frank B., William E., John J. and
Charley B.; girls, Selsworth; Wm. N. Apperson is the
son of Dr. John Apperson (deceased); was born in Culpeper
Co., Va., Jan. 8, 1794; moved to Coles Co., Paradise Twp., Oct. 14,
1829; died June 5, 1877; was father of Sidney, Thomas A., D. H.,
J. R., Wm. W., Margaret, Isabella E., Mary M. Apperson. Dr.
John Apperson was in the war of 1812; served as Sergeant Major.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 |
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HARVEY B. ASHMORE,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Ashmore; was born in this township
Nov. 1, 1849, being a son of Hezekiah
J. and Elizabeth Ashmore. When about 15 years old, he
engaged in mercantile business in Ashmore, in which he continued
about two years. He then engaged in dealing in stock, which he
has followed ever since. In 1871, he settled on his present
farm adjoining the village of Ashmore, containing 510 acres of land,
with fine improvements. He also owns another farm of 80 acres
two and a half miles northwest of the village. Mr. Ashmore
is largely engaged in stock raising, feeding not less than 500 hogs,
and from 100 to 200 cattle annually. He makes a specialty of
Poland-China hogs of which he ships a large number every year.
He was married Nov. 16, 1870, to Miss Emma J. Carter, a
daughter of John L. Carter, of Oakland. She is a native
of Gallia Co., Ohio. They have five children - Herbert
K., Leon B., Leftridge L. and Lloyd C. The youngest, a
daughter, is not named at the present writing.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879
(Sharon's Note: The John L.
Carter family can be found at 1860 Census Springfield Twp., Gallia
Co., Ohio - Film Series M653 - Roll: 966 -
Page 39) |
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M. ALSHULER, staple
and fancy dry goods, Mattoon; was born in Bavaria, Germany, A. D.
1836; his early life was spent in school; having acquired a good
education, in February, 1852, he immigrated to America, and first
located in Danville, Ill., where he engaged as a clerk in a general
dry goods store. In 1854, he went to Chicago, and was employed
in a jewelry and fancy store, on Lake street; he next located with
the firm of Edsal & Co., in Terre Haute, Ind., and remained
with that firm seven years; with another firm he remained three
years longer, and, in 1865, came to Mattoon; here the dry goods firm
of Alshuler, Aaron & Co. was formed, and continued one
year; the firm of C. & M. Alshuler was next formed,
and existed eleven years. In the spring of 1876, the firm of
C. & M. Alshuler was dissolved, and that of M. Alshuler &
Co. formed. To Mr. Alshuler must be accorded, and
justly, too, the honor of opening up the first exclusively dry goods
establishment in the city; prior to his example, merchandising in
Mattoon had been conducted on the plan of "ye olden times," when
each carried in stock a line of dry goods, groceries, queensware,
drugs, hardware, etc., etc.; under his healthful example, business
soon became classified; by strict attention to business, fair
dealing, and the establishment of a "one price" system, strictly
adhered to, he has succeeded in building up a large and remunerative
business, and now operates the largest and most prosperous dry goods
establishment in the city. He was married Sept. 13, 1871, to
Fannie Frank, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio; have two
children - Cora and Damon T.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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GREEN ARTERBURN.
The farm owned by this gentleman forms one of the prettiest spots in
the landscape of Ashmore Township. The dwelling with its
out-buildings, is located on a rise of ground, and the pasture and
grain fields stretch away on either side forming a picture which is
delightful to look upon. The grounds around the residence,
which are ample and well kept, are planted with choice shade trees,
and in the rear is a fine carp pond fed by living springs, and
stocked with an abundance of the finny tribe procured from the
Government in 1886. The farm contains 160 acres, finely
cultivated, and the residence is one of the most elegant in the
township, while the barn and stables correspond in every respect
with the main building.
Mr. Arterburn is a native of the Prairie State,
his birth taking place in Edgar County, Dec. 26, 1834. His
parents, John and Mahulda (Watkins) Arterburn, were natives
of Jefferson Co., Ky. The former born Feb. 28, 1804, is still
living and a resident of Edgar County, where he owns a fine property
and is one of the prominent men of that section. He votes with
the Republican party and is one of the pillars of the Christian
Church. The mother, who was born Jan. 22, 1808, departed this
life at the homestead in Edgar County in the spring of 1875.
She was a lady greatly beloved by her family and friends, a faithful
and loving wife and mother, and one who performed all her duties in
life with a conscientious fidelity which has left its impress upon
the hearts of all who knew her. The household circle included
eight children, namely, James, John, Allen, Green, Ann, Norben,
Henry, and Mary, now deceased.
The Arterburn family is of German descent, the
earliest representatives in this country settling first in the Blue
Grass regions, where they built up for themselves good homes and a
name of which their descendants may justly be proud. Green,
of our sketch, remained a member of the parental household until
twenty-two years of age, and was then united in marriage with
Miss Isabella Kester, a native of his own county, who was born
June 16, 1838. Their wedding took place on Christmas Day in
1855, and they began life together amid the surroundings of a neat
little home in Kansas Township, Edgar County. After the birth
of four children, the wife and mother departed this life in the
summer of 1878. Their eldest child, Alice A., was born
Dec. 9, 1856, and married David Ross, a merchant of Kansas;
Lyman T., born Feb. 3, 1859, married Miss Clara Boyer;
John A. was born June 13, 1867, and Mariam E. in
November, 1869.
Mrs. Arterburn was the second time married, Mar.
10, 1880, to Miss Katie Epperson, a native of this county,
born in 1847, and the daughter of Green and Thirza (Woods)
Epperson, of Kentucky. Mr. Epperson was born in
1803 and died in 1855, after having spent his entire life as a
farmer and stock-dealer. His wife, Thirza, born in
1807, is still living, a member of the Christian Church and a
resident of Ashmore Township. The nine children of the
parental household were named respectively, Burtis C., Cassius,
Sidney, Rhodes, Green L., Martha Joseph and John G.
The latter is a practicing physician of the old school, and a
resident of Edgar County; he was well educated, and graduated from
the medical department of San Francisco College. Our subject
by this latter marriage has one child, a bright little daughter,
Jessie T., born Feb. 16, 1885.
Mr. Arterburn keeps himself well posted upon current
events. As soon as old enough to exercise the rights of a free
American citizen, he identified himself with the Republican party,
in whose principles he still thoroughly believes, and which he
honestly supports by his voice and vote as opportunity occurs,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Arterburn are connected with the Christian
Church, in the doctrines of which Mr. A. was reared from
early childhood by his excellent parents. He is filling
worthily his niche in life, and in all respects deporting himself as
an honest man and a good citizen.
(Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles
County, Illinois - Publ. Chicago: Chapman Brothers. 1887 - pg.
188) |
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HEZEKIAH J. ASHMORE,
deceased, late of Ashmore, and for whom the township and village was
named, was born in Kentucky Sept. 30, 1802; he was a son of
Samuel and Letitia (Guthrie) Ashmore; his parents removed to
Murray Co., Tenn., when he was a child, and when he was about 12
years old to Illinois, settling on the Wabash River, about twelve
miles south of Terre Haute. He was married, May 24, 1825, to
Miss Elizabeth Black, a daughter of John Black; she
was born in Muhlenburg Co., Ky., Dec. 10, 1807, and came at the age
of 4 years to the Territory of Illinois. About the year 1828
he removed to Vermilion Co., where he remained till February 1831,
when he removed to Coles Co. His mother had died when he
removed to Coles Co. His mother had died several years before
in the Wabash country, and his father having married Miss Ruth
Cowan, had removed in 1829 to Coles Co. and settled in what is
now East Oakland Twp., where he died in 1836, and his wife some four
years afterward. Mr. Ashmore also located in the same
township, and putting up a log cabin as he had done twice before, he
began to open a farm; after a residence there of about five years,
he sold his farm, and removing to a point about two and a half miles
northwest of the present village of Ashmore; he purchased a large
tract of land, and became the largest land-owner in the township,
owning at one time some 1,600 acres; he engaged largely in
stock-raising, and continued that during his residence on the farm;
he laid off a part of the village of Ashmore in 1855; in 1866, he
retired from the farm and removing to the village, there resided
till his death, Dec. 9, 1872, at the age of 70 years; he left a
family of ten children, viz.: Samuel C. of Ashmore; James
M. of Charleston; Martha J., wife of Rodney A. Phelps,
of Kansas; Hezekiah M., of Charleston; Sarah C., wife
of Jacob Zimmerman, of Ashmore; Elizabeth S., wife of
I. N. Van Dyke, of Charleston; Rebecca, wife of
William P. Ferriss, of Decatur, Ill.;
Orlando F.
of Ashmore; Mary M., wife of Jacob Collom, of Paris,
Ill.; and Harvey B., of
Ashmore. Mr. Ashmore held several offices of public
trust, among which may be mentioned that of Justice of the
Peace, for several years, Constable and County Commissioner.
He was a man of enterprise and unusual business ability, and a
liberal supporter of churches, schools, and whatever pertained to
the public welfare.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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CAPT. JAMES M. ASHMORE,
Charleston, is a native of Coles Co.; he is a son of Hezekiah J.
Ashmore, one of the pioneers of the county, who was born in
Kentucky, Sept. 30, 1802, and came to Coles Co. with his family,
consisting at that time of a wife and two children, in 1830, and
settled in the northeastern part of the county, and for him the town
of Ashmore was named, as well as the village of that name, which he
laid out in 1855; he came to Coles Co. a poor man, with but
thirty-seven and a half cents in his possession, but went to work
and as fast as he accumulated a little money, he invested it in
land, owning at his death, which occurred in 1872, about 1,600
acres; he was for many years a Justice of the Peace, and one of the
Commissioners of the county. He left a family of ten children,
of whom James M. is the second in age. He was born
April 4, 1832; he remained at home on the farm until 1859, when he
engaged in merchandising in Charleston. In 1861, he entered
the Union army as Captain of Co. C, 8th Ill. Vols., for three
months, and on the expiration of his term of service, re-enlisted
with his regiment for three years; he was wounded at the battle of
Shiloh, upon which he resigned and returned home; upon the
organization of the 123d Ill. Vols., he was appointed Drillmaster,
and drilled that regiment for six months. In 1865, he located
at Ashmore, and followed mercantile business there two years, and
then engaged in shipping stock until 1876; he served six years as
Justice of the Peace, and seven years on the Board of Supervisors;
in 1876, he was elected Sheriff of Coles Co., holding the office two
years. He was married March 26, 1852, to Miss Lizzie March,
daughter of Thomas J. March, an old resident of Charleston.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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ORLANDO F. ASHMORE,
son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth
Ashmore, was born about two and a half miles northwest of the
village of Ashmore, June 10, 1845. He was raised on the farm
until he was of age, and then engaged in the grocery business in
Ashmore, and has been engaged alternately in the grocery and dry
goods business until a short time ago. He was married Oct. 12,
1865, to Miss Margaret J. Barnett, a daughter of James
Barnett of Lincoln Co., Ky. She was born near Stanford, in
that county, Nov. 27, 1842. They have had five children, three
of whom are living, Ores L., Iva E. and Emma B.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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W. J. ASHMORE, dealer
in boots and shoes (firm of Ashmore & Mitchell), Charleston;
was born in Coles Co., Ill., May 15, 1853; he is the youngest son of
Samuel C. Ashmore, who came to Coles Co. among the early
settlers, and entered a large tract of Government land, and when
Douglas Co. was formed, the line passed through the middle of his
land; he was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, and for many years
held the office of Justice of the Peace. He died in 1855; his
widow Sarah Ashmore and six children still surviving.
The son, W. J. Ashmore, when about 20 years of age, went to
Lebanon, Ohio, and spent one year as a student in the State Normal
School. In 1874, he came to Charleston and engaged as clerk
for B. M. Payne, and on the 1st of January, 1878, engaged
with A. M. Mitchell in the boot and shoe trade. He was
married Oct. 2, 1878, to Miss Belle Arterburn, of Kansas,
Edgar Co., Ill.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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WILLIAM F. AUSTIN,
of the firm of Austin, Brown & Kimball, dealers in hardware,
lumber, agricultural implements, furniture, etc.; P. O. Ashmore; is
a native of Coles Co., being a son of John and Susan (Carter)
Austin; his father was born near Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9,
1809, and came with his father's family to the county in about 1828;
his father, William Austin, took up a farm, comprising the
site of the present village of Ashmore. Mr. Austin was
married Oct. 15, 1835, to Miss Susan Carter, a daughter of
John and Mary Carter, both natives of East Tennessee; she was
born in East Tennessee, Sept. 24, 1815; removed with her parents to
Kentucky in early childhood, and came to Coles Co., in 1830, landing
in Ashmore April 10, where her father took up a farm east of and
adjoining the present village, and where Mrs. Austin still
resides; Mrs. Austin's father, John Carter, was born
in 1790, and died, July 19, 1841; her mother, Mary Carter,
was born Dec. 24, 1792, and died Nov. 11, 1857; Mr. Austin
remained a substantial and highly respected citizen till his
death, Sept. 9, 1845; he left five children - James M., born
March 13, 1837, and died July 23, 1866; Mary C., now Mrs.
Thomas White, of Ashmore, born Aug. 13, 1838; William F.,
born Nov. 12, 1840; Edith, born Sept. 22, 1842, married F.
M. Waters, of Ashmore, and died Jan. 4, 1862; Thomas,
born Oct. 10, 1844. William F. Austin, remained on the
homestead until the age of 22, and then engaged in the manufacture
of wagons and carriages, in company with A. J. Waters; this
he continued two years, after which he followed carpentering until
he entered upon his present business in 1872. Mr. Austin
has been a member of the village Council for the past five or six
years. He was married Nov. 10, 1864, to Miss Mary A.
Sousley, who was born in Ashmore Twp. Aug. 5, 1843; she is a
daughter of David and Lucinda (Groves) Sousley, who were
among the early settlers of the county; her father was born Sept. 1,
1816, came to Coles Co. with his parents in about the year 1832 and
died Nov. 26, 1847. Mr. Austin has two sons -
Alcephus L. and Thomas E.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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RICHARD AVEY, farmer
and stock-dealer; P. O. Arcola; the subject of this sketch was born
in Suffolk Co., Eng., Aug. 19, 1837. He married Miss Celia
Oakland May 31, 1858; she was born in Norway, Feb. 7, 1841; they
had eight children - John L., Maud I., Richard G. N., Martha C.
and Oscar L.; Leander R. died Sept. 25, 1866; he lived in
England about eighteen years, when he came to the United States, and
settled in LaSalle Co., Ill., where he lived about two years; he
then came to Cole Co.; this was in 1857; he settled on his present
place and has lived here since. He has held the office of
Commissioner of Highways two terms, and Collector and Treasurer of
Commissioners of Highways. He owns 125 acres in this township,
which he has earned by his own labor and management; he is a member
of the Episcopal Church, and has been connected with the same all
his life.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
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