Western Township Voters and Taxpayers

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MORRISON ROBERT, Farmer; Sec. 7; P.O. Coal Valley; born in Down County, Ire­ land, Oct. 13, 1826; came to this country 1850; Rep; Pres; owns 139 acres of land, value $8,400; came direct from Ireland to Rock Island County, then to this county; name of wife •was Margaret McLean, born Dec. 13,1827, came to this county 1849; married July 31, 1853; two eldest children are dead; three living: Joseph Robert, born March 22, 1860; William John, Oct. 21, 1862; and Margaret, July 28, 1867.

MUMAN L. H. Rep; Lib; born Pa. 1842; to Ill. 1868.

NELSON JUST, P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born Sweden; to Ill. 1869.

NEUMANN HENRY, Orion; merchant; Rep; Lib.

NEUMANN JULIUS, Orion; merchant; Dem; Bapt.

NELSON OSCAR, Orion; laborer; Rep; Luth.

NILSON PETER, Sec. 25; P.O. Orion; farmer; Luth; to Ill; 1868.

OUGH G. W. photographer, Dem; born Eng. 1849; to Ill. 1855.

OUGH HENRY, Orion; carriage maker; born Eng.

OUGH THOS. Orion; carriage maker; Rep; born Eng.

OWENS JOHN, Orion; merchant; Rep; Lib.

PARKS H. H. P.O. Orion; Rep; U. Pres; born Ill. 1849.

PATRICK W. D. Orion; jeweler; Rep; Lib.

PETERSON ANDREW M. Farmer; Sec. 23; P.O. Orion; born in Sweden Aug. 27 1828; came to this county 1852; Rep; Luth; owns 520 acres of land, valued $31,200; son of Peter and Mary Christine Johnson; Peter Johnson, died in the old country in 1866; Mary, his wife, then came to this county, and is living here now; name of wife was Gary L. Swan- son, born Sept. 18, 1827; married March 29, 1857; have had seven children, five now living: Maiy Louisa, born April 24, 1859; Caroline Sophia, Nov. 17, 1860; Emma Matilda, Feb. 6, 1863; Christine Charlotte, Jan. 26, 1865; Ida Josephine, July 20, 1871; there were only five houses in the town when Mr. Peterson came here.

PETERSON AUGUSTUS, P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born Sweden 1849; to Ill 1852.

PETERSON J. A. Rep; Luth; born Sweden 1843; to Ill. 1867.

PETTERSON A. F. Sec. 9; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Luth.

PETTERSON ALEX. Sec. 26; farmer; Luth; born Sweden 1838; to Ill. 1868.

PETTERSON ALFRED, P.O.Orion; Rep; Luth; bom Sweden 1844; to Ill. 1869.

PETTERSON AUGUST, P.O. Orion; laborer; Rep; Luth.

PETTERSON C P. Sec. 2; P.O. Orion; fanner; Luth.

PETTERSON DAVID, Sec. 24; P.O. Orion; farmer. Rep; Luth.

PETTERSON JOHN, Sec. 31; P.O. Orion; farmer; born Sweden.

PETTERSON JOHN, Sec. 24; P.O. Orion; farmer, Rep; Luth.

PETTERSON JOHN, Sec. 14; P.O. Orion; farmer; Meth.

PETTERSON J. P. W. P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born this Co. 1851.

PETTERSON N. P. Farmer; Sec. 33; P.O. Orion; born in Sweden, Nov. 28. 1812: came to Henry Co. 1849; Rep; Luth; owns 160 acres, valued at $9,000; was one of the first settlers of this Tp; son of Peter Nelson, of Sweden; wife's name was Eva Caroline Johnson; married March, 1842; have seven 'children: Anne Maria, Margaret Charlotte, John Peter, William (who married Josephine C. Petterson Nov. 4, 1876), Carl Erick Albert, Alfred, Arthur Edward, and Nels August.

PETTERSON P. A. Sec. 26; P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born Sweden 1844-

PETTERSON S. E. Orion; sexton Swedish Church; Rep.

PIERCE JACOB, Sec. 16; P.O. Orion; tenant; Rep; U. Breth.

PIERCE ROBERT J. Sec. 5; P.O. Sunny Hill; fanner. Rep; Pres.

PRITCHARD JOSEPH, Sec. 21; P.O. Orion; farmer; Dem; Lib.

REEVES JOHN L. Sec. 19; P.O. Orion; tenant; Rep; Meth.

REEVES M. Orion; Rep; Meth.

RICHARDSON VANCE, P.O. Orion; Rep; born Ill. 184?-

ROGERS H. K. Rep; Lib; born N.Y. 1849; to Ill. 1875.

ROSE A. R. Sec. 23; P.O. Orion; farmer.

ROST ADOLPH, Sec. 5; P.O. Sunny Hill; tenant; Rep; Luth.

SAMUELSON A. P. Sec. 24; P.O. Osco; farmer; Rep; Luth.

SAMUELSON A. G. P.O. Orion; Dem; Lib; born Sweden; to Ill. 1871.

SAMUELSON CHARLES,Farmer; Sec. 35; P O. Orion; born in Sweden Nov. 1827; came to this county 1852; Rep; Luth; owns 320 acres of land, value 819,200; came to the U. S. in 1851, stopped six months in N, Y, then direct to this county; holds the office of School Director; name of wife was Hannah Maria Swanson, born March 22, 1833; married Sept. 12, 1856; seven children, all living: John Albert, born May 29, 1857; Peter August, Nov. 6,1858; Charles Edward, Sept. 4. 1860; Jonas Victor, April 15, 1864; Gust Oscar, Sept. 26, 1866; Hannah Amelia, Jan. 11, 1869; Minnie Matilda, Nov. 26, 1871.

SAMUELSON JOHN, Farmer; Sec. 25; P.O.Orion; born in Sweden, Dec. 5,1835; came to this county in 1852; Rep; Meth; owns 400 acres, value $24,000; volunteered in Co. C, 43d Ill. Inf. appointed serg't; was in eight battles, among which were Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg, and Jenkins Ferry in Arkansas; was in service three years; name of wife Mary Larson; mairied May 31, 1867; three children : John Warren, born June 17, 1872; Arthur Herman, Aug. 8,1874; Edward, Jan. 9,1877; there were only seven families in this town when he came here; built a fine residence in 1876, centennial year; seventy Swedes who died with the cholera soon after arrival here, were buried on his farm in one grave.

SCOTT ARCHIBALD,Farmer, Sec. 19, P.O. Orion; born Beaver County, Pa. Dec. 6, ' 1806; came to this county in 1857; Dem; Pres; owns 253 acres of land, value §15,000; son of Wm. Scott, who was major in the Beaver Co. Militia in the War of 1812, and died with camp fever, contracted while at Erie, Pa.; Mr. Scott moved from Washington, Pa. direct to this town; name of wife was Elizabeth McCandless, daughter of Alexander McCandless; has three children. Mary Elizabeth; Alexander M. C., Jennie Georgetta; Mrs. Scott's first husband was James Ewing, who left four children; her eldest son, Samuel Ewing, owns 87 acres of land, value $5,500, and lives with Mr. Scott.

SEAGLER FRANK, Orion; Dem; Lib.

SELLEN ERIC K, P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born Sweden. 1841; came to Ill. 1869.

SELLERS WM.Farmer, Sec. 18, P.O. Orion; born Warren Co. Ohio, July 11, 1827; came to county in ,1862; Rep; Luth; 136 acres, value $7.500; son of George Sellers, of Ohio, who was under Gen. Harrison in the'War of 1812; one of his most prominent battles was that in which Tecumseh was killed, name of wife was Sarah A. Surface, born Sept. 3. 1841, married Jan. 12, 1859; six children, five living, James M. born Dec. 3, 1859; Elmer E. born Nov. 21, 1862; Mary E. born April 9, 1865; Minnie and May (twins), born April 6, 1868, Minnie died in infancy; Stanley, born May 10, 1873.

SHEESLEY HIRAM, Sec. 28, P.O Orion; tenant; Rep; U. Brethren.

SHIVELEY JOHN, P.O. Orion; Rep; Christian; born Virginia.

SIVERLY JOHN, P.O. Orion; Rep; Luth; born Sweden, 1847; came to Ill. 1869.

SMITH ASA H. P.O.Orion; farmer; from N.Y.; val. prop. $500.

SMITH JNO. F.Farmer. Sec. 12, P.O. Orion; born Edford Township, Nov. 10, 1854; Dem; Luth; owns 320 acres of land, value $19,200; son of William Smith, who emigrated from Maryland direct to this county in 1849 Still lives on farm first purchased; only three houses in Tp. when Mr. Smith arrived, buying a farm on which one of these houses then stood; Mr. John F. Smith, grandfather on mother's side: Andrew Emert died Sept. 22; 1876, aged seventy-seven years; Mr. Smith has four sisters, Maggie A. who married Dr. Lawbaugh, of Phoenix, Mich; Carrie, Ella C. and Emma L; parents living in Edford.

SMITH WILLIAM L. Farmer, Sec. i; P.O. Orion; born in Alleghany Co. Maryland, April 29, 1842; came to this county in 1872; Dem; Lib; owns 170 acres of-land, value $8.000; son of Ernest H. Smith, W. Virginia; Vol. Co. B. 2d Iowa Inf.; was out about three years; was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth, in the latter received a severe wound in the right knee; name of wife was Maria E. Edwards, born May 14, 1849, , married Feb. 22, 1873; have one child, William Henry, born Nov. 30, 1873; Mrs. Smith has

one son by her first husband, Abram S. Byerrum, born Nov. 8, iS6S.

SNIDER DAVID T. Farmer, Sec. 31; P.O. Orion; born in Virginia, Dec. 25, 1835; came to Ill. in 1866; Rep; Meth; owns 242 acres, value $16,000; son of James C. whose grand­ father was captured by the Indians, when a small boy, and held by them about four years, and when regained by his parents could only remember the name of a mountain near by his father's house, and his book with the letter O in it; name of wife was Hannah Ramsey, daughter of Ira Ramsey, of Monoogalia County, W. Virginia, born Nov. 25, 1841, married March 4, 1860; three children, James Ira, born Jan. 31, 1861; Emery, born Nov. 25, 1864, and Luther, born July 25, 1867.

 

SNYDER ROBERT, Orion; blacksmith; Rep; Meth.

SPENCER WM. Sec. 17, P.O. Orion; tenant; Rep; Meth.

STATES CLAWSON, Sec. 21; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Meth.

STATES DAVID J. Sec. 16; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; U. Brethren.

STATES GEO. W. Sec. 21; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Meth.

STEARNS J. W. Sec. 12; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Lib.

STEINHOLAN JOHN, Sec. 22; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Meth.

STEVENS BENJAMIN F. Sec. 9; P.O. Orion; tenant; Dem; Lib.

STEVENS CHAS. Orion; carpenter; Lib.

STEVENS E. P. Orion; livery; Dem; Lib.

STEVENSON OTIS, Sec. 2; P.O. Orion; tenant; Luth.

STEVENSON THOS. Sec. 3; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Pres.

SULLIVAN A. W. Sec. 17; P.O. Orion; laborer; Rep; Lib.

SULLIVAN HENRY, Tenant. Sec. 17; P.O. Orion; born in Ontario Co. N.'Y. June S, 1832; came to this county in 1856; Rep; Lib; works 300 acres of J. S. Keater's land, value $20,000; son of Wm. whose father was all through the Revolutionary War; Win. Sullivan had five sons in the late war; one son (Marvin), was killed at Stone R'iver battle; Geo. and Solomon were nearly starved to death at Andersonville, were there nine months; name of wife was Lois McKLibben, born May 27, 1835, married June 2, 1850; had seven children, six living; Alba W. born May 15, 1852; Myron H. bom May 27, 1855; Sarah M. born May 30, 1858; Mary E. born Feb.'is, 1862; Samuel K. born May 7, 1866; Frank E. born April 23, 1871; Mrs. Sullivan had three brothers in the late war.

SULLIVAN W. H. Sec. 17; P.O. Orion; tenant; Rep; Lib.

SUTTON W. J. teacher; Dem; Lib; born Pa. 1851; came to Ill. 1870.

SWANSON CARLE M. Farmer, sec. 34; P.O. Orion; born in Sweden, 1809; came to this county in 1849; Rep; Luth; owns 56 acres, value $3,000; son of Charles G. of Sweden; wife was Ann Eliza Johnson, born 1817, married in 1837; have three children: Charles G. born 1838; Christina Charlotte, born 1843; Emma Matilda, born 1857; Charles G. married Christina Louisa Erickson; Christina C. married John Johnson; Emma Matilda married John Samuelson; Mr. Swanson was one of the earliest Swedish settlers.

SWANSON GUST. ALFRED, Farmer. Sec. 34; P.O. Orion; born in Sweden, 1839; . came to this county in 1853; Rep; Luth; owns 154 acres of land, value $10.000; son of John Swanson, who came direct to this county from Sweden, and died in 1869; Mr. Swanson's mother is still living in Lynn Tp.; name of wife was Carolina Christina Larson; married Jan. 25, 1869; have four children : Joseph Enoch, bom May 10, 1870; Lnther E. born Jan. 12, 1872; Christina Sophia, born May 29, 1873; Alfred Nathaniel, born June 17, 1875; Vol. Co. H,112th Ill. I. as Alfred Swanson; honorably discharged at Greensborough, N. C. from the U. S. service, June 20, 1865.

SWANSON C. G., P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Luth; born Sweden.

SWANSON JOHN VICTOR, Farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Orion; born in Sweden, Sept. 6. 1835; came to this county in 1853; Rep; Luth; owns 240 acres of land, value $14.400; elder brother of G. A ., with his parents, came direct from Sweden, Jan. 8, 1846; name of wife was Anna Maria Peterson, daughter of N. P. of this town; married March 28, 1863; six children : Hannah May, born Feb. I, 1864; Joseph Albert, born Jan. 25, 1866; John Nathan, born Oct. 13, 1863; Charlotte Amelia, born May 12,1871; Luther Edward, born Oct. 17, 1873; Charles Aaron, born Nov. 22, 1875.

SWANSON OSCAR, Sec. 29; P.O. Orion; tenant; Rep; Meth.

SWANSON OTTO, P.O. Orion: Rep; Luth; born Sweden, 1839; came to Ill 1868.

SWANSON SWAN, Sec. 16; P.O. Orion; tenant; Luth.

SWANSON S. J. Rep; Luth; farmer; born Sweden, 1847; came to Ill. 1870.

SWANSON S. P. Sec. 34; P-O. Orion; farmer; Luth.

TREGO B. F. Sec. 34; P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; Quaker.

TREGO EUGENE, Sec. 34; P.O. Orion; farmer; born Pa. 1851.

TALBOT ALFRED L. Tenant. Sec. 14; P.O. Orion; born Cambridge, in this county, Aug. 15, 1851; Dem; Bapt; rents 80 acres of land of A. Dyal; son of William Talbot, who was one of the pioneers of this county, and has nine children, six boys and three girls; the latter are married and live in this county; the elder Mr. Talbot has been a leading and official member :n the Baptist Church of Cambridge for thirty years; Mr. Alfred L. married Hannah H. Kane, of South Bend, Ind. Jan. 28, 1875; she was born Aug. 28. 1855; have one daughter, Edna May, born Nov. 13, 1876.