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parents, came to Ohio at an early day— his father to Licking county, in 1807, and his mother to Muskingum county, in 1817. They were married in 1820, and remained in Ohio until the fall of 1838, when they, with a family of four children—two sons and two daughters— emigrated to Fulton county, Illinois. In the spring of 1830 they settled on a farm four miles north of Barnadottc, and there remained until 1865, when they moved to Lcwistown; and now, with their youngest daughter, Eliza, reside on a farm one mile west of town. Mr. Hull is seventy-six and Mrs. Hull seventy, but in the enjoyment of good health and mental vigor. The old gentleman is a republican in politics, formerly an old-line whig.
Sarah A., the oldest sister, was married to James H. Randall in 1840, and they now reside, and for many years past have resided, in Lewis-town.
W. Wesley Hull, the younger and only brother, remained at home, on the farm, until he was about twenty years of.agc, when he engaged as clerk in the store of John Lovell, at Barnadotte, and here continued until 1853, when he went to California. Remaining there for & few years, he returned, and went into the. store of James El. Randall, in Lewistown, as bookkeeper, and there remained until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in company H, seventeenth Illinois infantry, and soon after was made captain of his company, which position he held until the regiment was mustered out of service. In 1863 he was married to Miss Mary A. Messplay, of Lewistown. They have but one child —William Edgar —born in February, 1866. In 1864 he was candidate on the republican ticket for sheriff, and again, in 1866, his party, against his wishes, placed him on their ticket for the same position, and this time was beaten by David J. Waggoner, democratic candidate, by two votes only. He is a man of steady habits, quiet and unassuming.
The subject of this sketch was but a boy when his father emigrated to this county, and for severnl years afterward he labored at home, on the farm, at the same time improving his leisure hours by study. In 1844 he commenced teaching school and continued until 1847, having by this time laid up a little money and secured a liberal education. In the latter year he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Abram Hull, of this county. In 1849 he attended lectures in St Louis; in the winter of 1850 he attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, and there graduated. In the following spring he located at Cuba, and entered into the practice of his profession, and there continued it— having an extensive and lucrative practice, performing many important and difficult surgical operations— until the fall of 1860, when he was elected, on the democratic ticket, to the office of circuit clerk and recorder of Fulton county, and removed to Lewistown, where he still resides. In 1864 he was re-elected to the same offlcc_ by the same party.
In the fall of 1851 Dr. Hull was married to Miss N. Pcrmclia Heck-ard, of this county. They have but one child — Carrie — born March 26tb, 1867.
Dr. Hull, in connection with a number of other prominent citizens of Fulton county, organized the Fulton Coal Company in the spring of 1870, and since its organization he has been its president and general superintendent, and to his untiring energy and management is chiefly due its rapid development and unparalleled success.
Very few men in this section of country are better known than Dr. Hull. Social, courteous, and warm-hearted, active and energetic, always striving to improve and develop this beautiful section of country, he has made himself hosts of life-long friends.
James H. Stipp was born on the 3d day of January, 1817, in Champaign county, Ohio; emigrated to Canton, Fulton county, Illinois, in February, 1837, and clerked for the firm of Shinn & Vittum for two and a half years. Mr. Stipp then went into the mercantile business, in.which he continued until 1854, and from that time until 1863 he was engaged in farming. From 1863 to 1869 he was again engaged in the mercantile and pork packing business. In the fall of the latter year he was elected to the office of circuit clerk by the democratic party, which position he now holds.
Mr. Stipp was married to Maria L. Bass, a daughter of J. W. Bass, of Fulton county, Illinois, on the 16th day of September, 1842. They have bad nine children — five sons and four daughters — all of whom are living at home.
.Nathan Beadle, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of eleven children. His father, Iiice Beadle, was a native of Hcnrice county, Virginia, and emigrated to Danville, Lincoln county, Kentucky, in 1792. He was born October 24, 1764, and was married to Sarah Adams, a daughter of John Adams, of Virginia. She was bom July 30th, 1768. Nathan’s father died in Danville, Kentucky, in 1825, and his mother and sisters emigrated to Barnadotte township, Fulton county, Illinois, and settled on Spoon river, where bis mother died in 1834.
Mr. Beadle came to Jacksonville, Illinois, in November, 1833, and, in May, 1834, came to Lewistown, whore lie now resides. He was a tailor by trade, which he followed up to 1887; then began the mercantile business, which he continued up to 1862; then sold out, retiring from active business Mr. B. resides on the same lots which he purchased when he first came to Lewistown.
Mr. Beadle was married to Lomira Smith, daughter of John and Esther Smith, of Barren county, Kentucky. They were married in
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Fulton county, at a camp meeting, near Barnadotte, on the 7tb day of September, 1835. She died on the SStli day of August, 1842. Mr. B. was married to his present wife, Lou Ann Leeper, the daughter of William and Margaret Leeper, of Barren county, Kentucky, on the 6th day of May, 1846, in Glasgow, Barren county, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Beadle are both living.
Mr. Beadle occupies an advanced position in everything that goes on in his vicinity. Being undoubtedly the most successful business man in this county, he is also one of the most generous, is the most public spirited, and most sociable. His shoulder is to the wheel of progress, and the improvement of Lewiston and Fulton county is his every object. In politics, Mr. Beadle is an unflinching democrat.
Col. Thos. J. Kinney, the subject of this sketch was born on the 28th day of May, 1828, in Madison county. New York; emigrated with his father, in 1837, to Joliet, Illinois, and there remained until 1841, when he removed to Farmington, Fulton county, Illinois, and settled in the town. His father, Aaron Kinney, was a native of New York, and was a Universalist preacher; he died in Farmington, in 1844. His mother's fcaiden name was Miss Laura Smith, who was also a native of New York; she died in 1844, in the town of Farmington. Mr. Kinney, in 1846, removed to Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois, where he remained until 1848, when he went to Beardstown, and remained there for one year. Mr. Kinney was a clerk and bookkeeper, which position he filled up to 1849. On the 4th day of July, 1849, he was married to Miss Ann Dillwortli, the daughter of A. R. Dillworth, of Vermont! Fulton county, Illinois. In the fall of 1849 he moved to Browning, Schuyler county, Illinois, where he engaged in the mercantile, forwarding, and commission business, and followed the same until 1860, when he was elected circuit clerk of Schuyler county, and moved to Rushville, Illinois.
■ At the call of President Lincoln, on the 14th day of August, 1862, for six hundred thousand men to suppress the rebellion, Colonel Kinney put his deputy in charge of his office (circuit clerk), and organized the one hundred and nineteenth (119th) regiment Illinois volunteer infantry, which he took into camp at Quincy, Dlinois, on the 80th of August, 1862, and on the second day of November, 1862, boarded a steamer for Columbus, Kentucky; then by rail to Jackson, Tennessee, at which place he was assigned to the sixteenth army corps, which was then commanded by Major General S. A Hurlburt, and was assigned to guard duty on the line of railroad leading from Columbus to Bolivar, Tennessee.
The Colonel was taken prisoner at Kenton Station, while sick in hospital. He was paroled and sent to 8t. Louis, Missouri, in company with several thousand prisoners, where he remained until May, 1863, when he was exchanged and returned to Memphis, and assumed command of his regiment. He remained on general duty at that point until January, 1864, when he went to Vicksburg, and from thence— accompanying General Sherman — to Meridian, Mississippi, participating in the various engagements during that campaign. He then returned to Vicksburg, under command of General A. J. Smith, and sailed up Red river, having command of the advance in the siege and capture of Fort Dcrnsey, Louisiana, and participating in the many engagements fought by General A. J. Smith In his Red river campaign. He had command of the left wing of General Smith’s army in the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, which resulted in the signal defeat of the rebel Generals Kirby Smith, Magruder, and others, and in the salvation of General Banks’ command after their defeat, at Mansfield, Louisiana. After returning to the mouth of the Red river, fighting the rebels almost daily, he returned to Memphis, and from there went to Tupelo, Mississippi, where they had a hard fight with the rebel General Forrest, completely routing him, and retrieving the misfortune of General Sturgis; after which ho again returned to Memphis, and from there went to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. Col. Kinney then participated in the-campaign of General Rosencrans against General Price in Missouri, marching seven hundred miles and fighting several battles. Returning to St. Louis, Missouri, he went by steamer, to Nashville, Tennessee, where his command participated in the defence of that city by General Thomas. From the 1st to the 17th of December, 1864, he joined in the pursuit and capture of General Hood's army. Immediately following the above-mentioned battles, he went into camp at Eastport, Mississippi, on the 1st of January, 1865, where they remained for thirty days, and then went by steamer, to New Orleans; thence across tbo gulf, and participated in the various engagements which resulted in the capture of Mobile. Colonel Kinney had command of the skirmish line of the left Wing of the army in the storming of Fort Blakely, and.waa breveted brigadier general, for meritorious services. From there he went to Montgomery, Alabama, where he remained until the 19th day of June, 1865, and then returned to Mobile, Alabama. He was then appointed provost marshnffor the southern district of Alabama, including the city of Mobile. He remained there until the 26th of August, 1865, when his regiment was mustered out of the service, and left on the next 'day, with his regiment, for Springfield, Illinois, where they were finally discharged, on the 10th of September, 1865.
Returning home to Rushville, Illinois, he was enthusiastically received by his fellow citizens of Fulton county. In the fall of 1865 he went into the mercantile business, at Bushnell, McDonough county, Illinois, where he remained for one year only, and then moved his business to Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois, where he now resides.
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General Kinney’s wife died on the 18th day of March, 1867. They had two children, one of whom has since died. He was married to his | present wife, Miss M. A. Dillworth, daughter of Wm. Dillworth, on the 17th of December, 1868.
General Kinney was appointed, by President Grant, United States assessor of internal revenue for the ninth district of Illinois, on the 9th of May, 1869, which position he now holds.
Even Baily, the subject of this sketch, was born in Brook county,
| Virginia, on Monday, the 16th day of December, 1805. His father, Thomas Baily, was a native fit Chester county, Pennsylvania. His mother’s maiden name was Mary Farnesworth, a native of Maryland. Mr. Baily emigrated from Virginia, in company with six other families, namely: John McCurdy, William McCurdy, Samuel McHendry, Robert Andrews, Andrew Nixon, and Moses C. Matthews. Leaving the mouth of Tumblestone run, on the Ohio river, on the 17tb day of I March. 1836, they landed at the mouth of the Sangamon river on the 14th day of June, 1886, being three months in making the trip. Mr. Baily then came to Vermont township, Fulton county, Illinois, and worked at the carpenter business for many years. He settled where he now resides in the spring of 1887.
Mr. Baily was first elected to the office of justice of the peace, then county commissioner, in which latter position be served two terms; was then elected to the legislature, in 1846-7; and since then has filled more or less of the local offices, down to 1869, when he was elected by the democratic party to the office of county treasurer, which position he now holds. Mr. Baily has been a faithful public servant,—one the | people of Fulton county love to honor.
Mr. Baily was married to Elizabeth McHendry, of Brook county-Virginia, on the 11th day of May, 1826. Mrs. Baily was born on the 8th day of May, 1808. They have had fourteen children, all of whom they raised to man and womanhood, except one. James M., who was a first lieutenant in the one hundred and third regiment Illinois volunteers, was killed on the 27tli day of June, 1864, at the battle of Ken-esaw Mountain. Another son is now county judge of Crawford county, Kansas.
Abraham Marchant, the subject of this sketch, was born in Burkley county, Virginia, November 4th, 1798, and emigrated to Ohio in 1813. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Brown, a native of Burkley county, Virginia, on the 5th day of January, 1817. They came to Farmington township on the 27th day of June, 1828, and settled on the north-east quarter of section fourteen. They have had twelve children, eight of whom are now living. When they came to section fourteen, on which they now reside, their nearest neighbor was ten miles distant, and Mr. Marcbant has seen the township grow from a wild prairie to a region of beautifully cultivated farms, with fine improvements. Mr. Merchant and wife are both living, their children living around them and prospering, and himself universally respected by his neighbors for his many good qualities.
Mr. M. has one of the best forms in Farmington township, and has owned over one section of land, which he has divided among his children. His oldest sister, Lida, now resides near Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, at the good old age of eighty-eight. His youngest sister is living in Highland county, Ohio, at the age of sixty.
Mr. M. has always been a democrat, voted for General Jackson the first time he was a candidate for president, and was a member of the national convention that met at Baltimore in 1860, which nominated Stephen A. Douglas for the presidency. He has always strictly adhered to the Methodist Episcopal church.
James C. WiUcoxen, the subject of this sketch, was born 1829> i in Estcll county, Kentucky, emigrated to Fulton county, Illinois, in I the fall of 1830, with his fother, and settled on section five, in Liver-I pool township. Followed farming up to 1848, since which time he has been engaged in various business pursuits. Mr. Willcoxen has been a very successful business man. In the spring of 1809 he moved to Lewistown, and became a partner in the banking house .of King, Turner, & Co., and, in the spring of 1871, converted it into a national bank. Mr. Willcoxen is now one of the directors, also a stockholder, of said bank; also, a member of the firm of Call & Willcoxen, hardware ea lc, of Lewistown.
Mr. Willcoxen was married to Miss Clarisa Putnam, the daughter of Harrison Putnam, a native of Ohio, on the 18th day of September, 1831, in Putnam township, Fulton county, Dlinois. They have had to them six children—four daughters and two sons—all of whom are 1 living. Mr. Willcoxen has no superior in Fulton county as a public-spirited and enterprising man. Very few enterprises are set on foot but he has a hand in them and is the moving power, and contributes largely to their success. He is deeply interested in the lumber business, having an interest in several mills. He also owns one-half of the Fulton House, at Lewistown, besides several large tracts of land, and j in Liverpool township owns one of the finest farms in the county, ! which has the very best improvements, and is stocked with some of j! the finest blooded stock in this region of country, as will be seen by I	reference to the view of it in this work. Very, few men would be
missed more in Fulton county than James C. Willcoxen.