Biography – Marion Carter

MARION CARTER is a native of Adams County, member of one of the old families here, and for many years has been successfully identified with agriculture in Liberty Township. His farm is four miles east of Liberty Village. He was born in McKee Township May 6, 1850, son...

Biography – Orville Hickman Browning

BROWNING, Orville Hickman, statesman, was born in Harrison county, Ky., in 1810. He early in life removed to Bracken county, where he was educated. In 1830 he removed to Quincy, Ill., where he was admitted to the bar in 1831. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. In...

Biography – William F Bacon

William F. Bacon, deceased, was a resident of Adams county for many years and was identified in early life with its agricultural interests and afterward with mercantile pursuits. He was a native of Massachusetts, born July 18, 1834, his parents being Benjamin and Mary...

Biography – William Henry Barnard

WILLIAM HENRY BARNARD. For nearly fourscore years the interests and associations of the Barnard family have been with Pleasant View locality Section 23, in Liberty Township, formerly known as Barnard Post-office, two and a half miles east of Liberty village. The...

Biography – Phillip Amen

Phillip Amen was born near Baden Baden in the Grand Duchy of Hessen in 1776. He was a German lutheran and married a girl named Mary. On 15 Sep 1808, they had a son named Phillip. In 1830, he married Lana Hagen, born 21 April 1809 in Hessen. She was Roman Catholic but...

Biography – Zalmunna Morton

Although Zalmunna Morton has passed the seventy-fifth milestone on life’s journey he is yet a hale and hearty man, actively interested in farming operations in Adams county, where for many years he has carried on agricultural pursuits, gaining success through...

Biography – William Henry Judy

William Henry Judy, an enterprising grain merchant of Coatsburg, was born in Gilmer township, October 8, 1847.  His father, William Judy, was a native of Kentucky, living in Gallatin county until almost twenty-five years of age, when he came to Illinois and settled in...

Biography – William Hudson

William Hudson, who carries on general farming about three and a half miles southeast of Loraine, was born May 5, 1847, in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and is a son of William and Nancy (White) Hudson, who were also natives of the south.  The father died June 2, 1868...

Biography – William Henry Wood

Widely known by the traveling public as proprietor and manager of Wood Hotel, one of the leading hotels of Quincy, William Henry Wood has acquired popularity as “mein host,” being genial, accommodating and ever mindful  of the needs and comforts of his...

Biography – William B. Duncan

William B. Duncan is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and ten acres of land, a part of which is in Ursa township, and the remainder in Ellington township.  He was born May 9, 1863, in Adams county, and is the son of John W. and Mary (Booth) Duncan.  The father,...