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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Welcome to
Piatt County,
Illinois
History & Genealogy
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Biographies
Source:
Piatt County History
together with a
Brief History of Illinois
from the
Discovery of the Upper
Mississippi to the Present Time
by Emma C. Piatt
With Map and Illustrations.
1883
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Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. ENOS FARNSWORTH, farmer, Milmine, as a
native of Virginia, Loudon county. From that place he went to
Ohio in 1851, and in 1853 came to Piatt county, setting upon 400
acres of land, upon a portion of which the town of Farnsworth is
located. He improved this place, putting out some six miles of
hedge, several thousand trees, and four orchards. There are
three dwelling houses on the original farm. Mr. Farnsworth
was supervisor of Cerro Gordo township four years. He was
married in 1870, to Susan A. Nesbitt, a native of Illinois,
and has two daughters, Anna and Emma.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 479 |
Unity Twp. -
MR. EZRA FAY (deceased)
was born in May 27, 1813, in New York. He was of German and
Irish descent. Moved from New York to Ohio, and from there to
Illinois in 1835. His widow lives on the land he bought soon
after coming to the county. He married Acena Holden,
October, 1831. She died in 1839, leaving one daughter, who
married Samuel Vanfleet, of Indiana. He next married
Elizabeth Hogland. Three of their children are living.
Richard, a farmer in Unity township, married Mary
Frellinger, and has four children: Sarah J. married
John Nighswander; Riley is living with his mother in Unity
township. Mr. Fay died April 6, 1877.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 419 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. JOHN FIELDS, blacksmith, Cerro
Gordo, claims Yorkshire, England, as his native place. He came
to Illinois in 1844, and located in Cass county, but in 1857 located
in Cerro Gordo. He was married by Squire Howell, in 1857, to
Semantha Long. He thinks this is probably the first marriage
in the place. They have had eleven children, seven of whom are
living: Dora, John, Blanch, Cliff, Clyde, Roy and Maud.
He went to the army, from Macon county, in 1862, Arkansas Post,
Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, most of the battles of the
Atlanta campaign, and Kingston. He owns a house and lot, and a
portion of the blacksmith shop, in Cerro Gordo, and is a member of
the masonic lodge.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 480 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. PETER FOLRATH, who has the only
exclusive boot and shoe store in Cerro Gordo, is a native of
Germany. He came to America in 1848, and in 1864 located, in
Cerro Gordo, where he now owns his residence and two lots. He
was married in 1855, to Margaret Davis, and has had
nine children, seven of whom are living. These are,
Davis, who is assisting his father in the store,
Henry, Maggie, Walter, Eddie, and Harry
and Harley, twins.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 480 |
Unity Twp. -
MR. JOHN FORD, a farmer
in Unity township, is a native of Ireland. He came to America
and to Monticello in 1859. He moved onto the present farm of
about two hundred acres near thirteen years ago. He has been a
hard worker, and got his farm by feeding cattle and working by the
month. He was married in 1866, to Elizabeth Madden, a
native of Ireland. They have six children living: Maggie,
Patrick, Malci, Jane, John and Kate. Mr. Fordis a
member of the Catholic church.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 420 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. PETER FOUTS, a farmer of Cerro
Gordo township, is a native of Indiana, from which place he moved to
Macon county in 1856. In 1868 he settled on some rented land
near Seven-mile Grove, but afterward moved to his present home place
of eighty acres. He was married in Indiana, to Miss
Frantz, and has had seven children, but six of whom are
living: Jacob, Henry, Lizzie, John, Leonard and
Mary Ellen. M. Fouts has held the office of
school director, and is a member of the German Baptist church.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 480 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. JACOB FRYDENGER, a farmer near
Cerro Gordo, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1823. His parents,
who are now dead, came to America when he was three yeas old, and
settled in Pennsylvania. He moved from that state to Ohio,
from there to Iowa, and, in 1864, settled in Piatt county on the
place of 160 acres, on which he still lives. He was married in
1857, to Nancy Jones, who died in 1873. They
had six children, five of whom are living: Ida, who
is one of the successful school-teachers of the county,
Emma, Frank, Iowa and Hattie. Mrs. Frydenger's
father and stepmother have both died at Mr. Frydenger's
since her death. He ahs a brother who lives with him, and the
two are the only ones of their family living.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 480 |
Unity Twp. -
MR. ISAAC FULTON, proprietor of the second
store (grocery) in Pierson, started in business there in 1881, and
anticipates making Piatt county his home. He was married in
1878, to Miss Anna Wacaser, has one child, Harry Lee.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 420 |
Cerro Gordo Twp. -
MR. ABRAHAM FUNK, farmer, Cerro Gordo, is a
native of Pennsylvania. He left his native state in 1836 and
moved to Bloomington, Indiana. He left his native state in
1836 and moved to Bloomington, Indiana. In 1853 he came to
Illinois, and settled in Willow Branch township. His next move
was to Macon county, but he returned to Piatt county, and settled
about one and a half miles from Cerro Gordo. When he first
located near Cerro Gordo he boarded the railroad hands as the
present Wabash railroad was being built. In 1881 Mr. Funk
moved into Cerro Gordo, where he owns a house and three lots.
In addition to this he owns forty acres of the eighty-acre farm he
improved near the town. There are two houses, a barn, a stable
and a good orchard on the place. Mr. Funk was married
Feb. 22, 1838, to Eliza J. McKinney, and four of their five
children are living. Emily is the wife of Sandford
Tracy, the mother of two children, Charles and
Mary, and lives in Cerro Gordo township. Samuel M.,
a soldier in the army, married Sarah Chilson, lives four
miles south of Milmine, and has six children living: Eugene M.,
John, Samuel, Elvaretta, Cora, Alice
and Aaron. Amelia, the wife of William
Edie, a farmer near Cerro Gordo, ahs three children,
Albert, Walter and Charles. Theodore
lost his first wife, née
Sarah Cantrall. His second wife was named Alice
Richards, and he next married Alice Good, and
is now living with his parents. He is a dealer in small
fruits, having four and a half acres of the same.
Source: Piatt County History, by Emma C. Piatt - With Map and
Illustrations - Publ. 1883 - Page 479 |
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