Biography – Isaac Ogden Woodruff

Isaac Ogden Woodruff, deceased, became a resident of Quincy when it was a village of small proportions but large possibilities, and in its growth and development he became a factor, eventually controlling important and extensive business enterprises and also taking an...

Biography – Nellie Seals (nee Woodson)

Mrs. Nellie Seals, who is the owner of a fine farm comprising fifty-two acres on section 22, Keene township, was born September 26, 1865, in Lincoln county, Missouri.  She is a daughter of Joseph L. and Julina (Pollard) Woodson.  Her father was born in Virginia, June...

Biography – Mortimer Haley

Mortimer Haley, who is operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Lima township, was born August 11, 1866, in Missouri and is a son of Elder and Angeline Haley, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of England.  The father was a carpenter by trade...

Biography – Mason Varnier

Mason C. Varnier, a retired farmer living in Ursa, is a native of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Gallatin county on the 22nd of June, 1828, his parents being Adin and Jane M. (Crawford) Varnier.  The father was born in Virginia, while the mother was a native...

Biography – Daniel Brewster Kelly

Daniel Brewster Kelly born 11 Mar 1828, NY or NJ.  Died 7 Aug 1924 Quincy, IL.  He was the son of John Kelly and Christian Dunham of Woodbridge, New Jersey.  John Kelly was born about 1782 and died 14 September 1857 and is buried in Woodbridge, NJ.  Christian Dunham...

Biography – Joseph McGinley

Joseph N. McGinley, living two and a half miles southeast of Loraine, is the owner of a good tract of land of eighty acres on section 28, Keene township, which he devotes to general farming and stock-raising.  He is a native son of Adams county, his birth having...

Biography – Josiah J. Perry

Josiah J. Perry, a contractor in plastering in Quincy, with a large and growing business, was born in this city, on Broadway, June 29, 1843.  His father, Joshua Perry, a native of England, was born August 8, 1809, and in early life learned the trade of plastering.  He...

Biography – Jesse Weems

Jesse E. Weems, dealer in ice, coal and wood in Quincy, was born in Prince William county, Virginia, August 21, 1831, a son of Jesse E. and Nancy (Otis) Weems.  The Weems family is of Scotch descent, and the grandfather, the Rev. Mason L. Weems, was one of the early...

Biography – Carol Edward Gillhouse

Carl Edward Gillhouse is one of the prosperous farm owners in that splendid agricultural district southeast of Quincy in Payson Township.  He is a member of the well known Gillhouse family, a son of Ernest Gillhouse, one of the oldest men in Adams County and...

Biography – Christopher Seals

Christopher Seals, who for fifty-four years has been a resident of Adams county and has operated land of his own since 1853, was born in Clermont county, Ohio,  February 22, 1831, his parents being James and Catherine (Smith) Seals.  The father was born November 15,...