Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
Fred G. Johnston, who is successfully carrying on general farming in Melrose township, his home being on section 18, was here born August 23, 1857. His father, F. G. Johnston, now deceased, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1815, and came to Illinois in 1837,...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
Fred Christian Kaiser, one of the well remembered old timers of Fall Creek Township, was born February 20, 1832, in Prussia, Germany. He came to America when a young man and at Quincy October 24, 1860, married Anna M. Struck. She was born September 24, 1837, in...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
Frisby S. Finley is a farmer and stock man, with a large and well appointed place under his control and management in Houston Township. He is a member of one of the old and well known families of the county. He was born in Gilmer Township July 19, 1866, a son of the...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
George W. Alexander, who is filling the position of Fireman at Dick’s Brewery, was born in Quincy, February 22, 1856, and has always resided in this city. His parents were George Noble and Jane Emily Alexander, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
George W. Berrian, deceased, was one of the early farmers of Ellington township. He was born in New York city in 1823 and is descended from French ancestors, who came to America at an early period in the colonization of the new world. His paternal grandfather was...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
George J. Flesner has spent his life quietly but with a record of real achievement and accomplishment as a prosperous and progressive farmer in Northeast Township, and is one the very able and influential men of that section of Adams county. He was born in the...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
James Campbell is the oldest resident of Clayton township. Living a retired life in the village of Clayton, he is now enjoying the rest which has come to him as the result of his activity and energy in former years. For over more than six decades he was one of the...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
The Craig family have been identified with Liberty Township for over eighty years. The late James H. Craig was born in that township nearly seventy-five years ago, and was long one of the most capable farmers and hardworking and straight-forward citizens. He was born...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
In the field of practical achievement, in the clearing up and development of land, the making of two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, one of the men whose work deserves special mention is Adam Keil of Fall Creek Township. Mr. Keil resides twelve miles...Oct 14, 2016 | Biographies |
Almeron Wheat, deceased, was for many years one of the prominent attorneys of Quincy and a man of influence in the community. He was born near Auburn, New York, on the 7th of March 1813, and was the son of Luther and Elmira (Marvin) Wheat. His father was a native of...
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