JAMES EDGAR, farmer
and stock-raiser; P. O. Humbolt; the subject of this sketch was born
in Suffollk Co., England, March 21, 1838. He married Miss
Margaret Hilligoss May 8, 1862; she was born in Rush Co., Ind.,
Sept. 15, 1845; they had seven children, five living, viz., John
P., William T., Ora May, James Rue and Leroy. He
lived in England fifteen years; he then moved to Scotland, where he
lived two years and returned to England; remained there until he was
19, when he came to the United States, arriving at Chicago, and, an
1857, he came to Coles Co., and settled near his present place; in
1858, he came to his present place and has lived here since.
He has held the office of Collector, Town Clerk and has been School
Director some nine or ten years. He owns 120 acres in this
township, which he has earned by his own labor and management.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 |
. |
JACOB ERNST,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Humbolt; the subject of this sketch
was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 30, 1839. He married
Miss Julia Anna Joose Aug. 16, 1861; she was born in Baden,
Germany, June 20, 1844; they had nine children, eight living, viz.,
George A., John M., Flora May, Mary A., Harry D., Willis
E., Clarence and Jacob E.; Charlie died June 4, 1866.
He lived in Germany about fifteen years, when he came to the United
States and settled in Meadeville, Penn., where he lived until 1855;
he then moved to Owen Co., Ind.; thence to Hendricks Co., and, in
1857, he came to Coles Co., Ill.; he had visited here in 1856; in
March, 1867, he came to his present place, and has lived here since.
He has held the office of School Director several terms, and is at
present Commissioner of Highways in this township; he owns 159 acres
in this township, which he has earned by his own labor and
management.
Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 |
|
. |
|
|
|
. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
|
|
|
|
|
MRS. THURZA
EPPERSON; P. O. Westfield; among the pioneers of Coles Co.
who came in the year 1834, was Green Epperson, who
was born in Madison Co., Ky., about the year 1800. He was
married Dec. 22, 1829, to Miss Thirza Woods, a
daughter of Adam and Mary Woods; she was also a
native of Madison Co., Ky., born Dec. 6, 1807. After their
marriage, they removed to Estill Co., Ky., thence to Clark Co. and
from there to Coles Co., Ill., in 1834 where they settled on the
farm still in the hands of the family, and which contains 200 acres
in the home place, besides 80 acres in Clark Co. Mr.
Epperson was a man of integrity of character, industrious
and economical in his habits, and possessed of the requisite
qualifications of success, and, had he lived, would undoubtedly have
become one of the wealthiest citizens of the county; he died Jan.
29, 1850, leaving a wife, who still resides on the old homestead.
Of a family of eleven children, nine are living, as follows: Brutus
C., was born Oct. 27, 1830, in Estill Co., Ky., and is now
a farmer in Bear Valley, Cal., to which State he removed in 18952;
Cassius C., was born in Clark Co., Ky., June 24,
1834, and also removed to California in 1852, and is now a farmer in
Sutter Co.; Sidney K., was born in Coles Co., Ill.,
Jan. 28, 1836, served in the late war, enlisting in Co. H, 59th I.
V. I., was promoted to Quartermaster, and is now a Government
Inspector at Omaha, Neb.; Rhodes was born Apr. 4,
1838, was a member of Co. A, 123d I. V. I., was wounded in the
battle of Selma, Ala, and is now a farmer in Edgar Co., Ill.; Green
was born May 2, 1840, removed to California in 1877, and is now
engaged in farming in Bear Valley; Mattie was born
Jan. 25, 1842, and is now wife of J. F. Lawson, of
Mattoon, Ill.; Joseph was born Oct. 8, 1844,
married Sept. 2, 1869, to Miss Mattie Morris, of
Edgar Co.; she was born in Kentucky Dec. 26, 1851, and died Dec. 3,
1875, leaving three children - John F., Thurza I.
and Alvy G.; Mr. Epperson resides on the homestead;
Kate was born Apr. 6, 1848, and resides at home; John C.
was born in 1849, studied medicine, and went to California in 1875,
graduated from the National Surgical Institute, in San Francisco,
and is now a practicing physician in Weston, Oregon. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
