married in. Mason County, Oct. 14, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Rosanna (Adkins) Johnson. Mrs. Plaster was born in Cass County, on the 15th of March, 1838. Mr. Plaster was elected, and served the people four years, as Associate Justice.

A. M. PENDLETON, dealer in grain and agricultural implements, Chandlerville; was born in Monroe County, Mo., Dec. 28, 1840, to John and Elizabeth (Odell) Pendleton. John Pendelton was born in Culpepper County, Va., Aug. 1, 1805; emigrated to Missouri in 1830, where he is now residing, engaged in farming. His wife, the mother of our subject, was born in Rappahannock, Va., Aug. 22, 1812, and died in 1871. She was the mother of ten children, of whom Arthur M. was the third; of the ten children but four are now living. At about the age of twentyone years, he entered as clerk in a drug store in Paris, Mo., where he continued until about the time of the war. In 1861, he enlisted in the Third Missouri Reg. State Troops, and served for about fifteen months. After his return from the army, he again engaged as clerk in a dry goods store at St. Louis, and various other places. In 1867, he removed to Illinois, and engaged in teaching school in Menard and Cass Counties, and in Chandlerville High School, of which he was Principal for three years and a half. In 1879, he engaged in the grain and agricultural implement business. In 1869, he married Miss Hester Hewitt, a native of New Jersey; born Nov. 9, 1843; she is the mother of three children, two of whom are living: Stella, aged ten years, and Arthur M., jr., aged eight. Is a member of the A. F. and A. M.; is Secretary of the Lodge. He has held the office of Village Clerk for two years. Politically, Democratic.

N. S. READ, M. D., Chandlerville, was born in Ashtabula County, O., July 25, 1820, to Ira and Mary (Smith) Read; he, born in Tyring

ham, Mass., Feb. 25, 1790; he was a farmer; emigrated to Ohio about 1815, and died Oct. 21, 1861; she was born in Tyringham, Mass., July 23, 1790, and died April 21, 1869; was the mother of six children, four boys and two girls, N. S. being the third. Of the six children, five are now living. In 1811, our subject began the study of medicine, with his brother, A. N. Read, of Norwalk, O. In 1842 entered the medical college at Cleveland, O., and graduated in 1844. His first practice of his profession was in Ashtabula County, O. In 1846 he removed to Geauga County, O., where he remained until 1852, when he removed to Illinois and settled in Chandlerville, his present residence, where he has since remained. Oct. 1, 1844, in Geauga County, O., he married Miss Lydia C. Canfield, a native of Geauga County, born Jan. 11, 1826. She is the daughter of Orin and Anna (Beard) Canfield. Mr. and Mrs. Read are the parents of five children, two of whom are now living: Ira, and Lucy, wife of John Morse, of Chandlerville. He is an active member of the A. F. & A. M., and of the Chapter. Self and family are members of the Congregational Church, and he has acted as superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-nine consecutive years. Politically, he is a Republican. Is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society, the Illinois State Society, and the American Medical Association.

PETER W. RICKARD, farmer; P. O. Chandlerville; is a native of Windham County, Connecticut. He was born Aug. 26, 1823, and is the son of Peter and Mary (Heley) Rickard. His father was born in Massachusetts, in 1769, and died in July, 1823. He was killed in the Revolutionary war. His mother was also a native of Massachusetts. She was born in 1783, and died in 1852. Peter W. was educated in Connecticut in the Duley and Thompson Academies. His early life was spent at the

home of his brother-in-law, Erastus Childs. In 1844, he came to Cass County, where he has since remained, engaged in teaching school, merchandising and farming. At the present time he is tilling the soil of 220 acres of well improved land. In 1846 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Peas, who bore him one child, Henry, now living in Morgan County. He married a second time, Mary Harbison, who died a few years afterward, and in 1859 he married Mary C. Taylor, who has borne. him six children, viz.: Charles E., John T., Frank M., Emma and James A. Mr. Rickard is a Republican, and he and Mrs. Rickard are members of the Congregational Church.

JOSEPH RAWORTH, farmer; P. O. Chandlerville; was born in Sheffield, England, Dec. 20, 1820, and is the eldest of two children, born to Ebenezer H. and Sarah (Wing) Raworth, natives of England. Ebenezer H. Raworth, who was a grocer, died Aug. 11, 1858, aged sixty-six years, and was interred at the Cemetery Church, Sheffield, England; his wife, born in 1799, died in 1824. Joseph received his primary education in the parish schools, finishing at Mooregate Academy, near Rotherham, England. In 1844, he came to America, landed in New Orleans the fifth of April that year, engaged in steamboating two years, taught school three months in 1846, went to Scott County, Ills., and began farming, and in 1860 came to this county. He has since followed farming in this county, and now has 105 acres here and 320 acres in Nebraska, all of which has been made by his own labors, he having had only a crown in his pocket when he landed in New Orleans. He married in Mason County, Ills., in August 1857, Alice Tomlinson, a native of England, born in February, 1832. From this union six children have been born: Ebenezer, Mary, John, Emeline (deceased), Elizabeth, and Richard D. Mr. Raworth is a Greenbacker; he and his wife are Methodists.

ALFRED T. SMITH, miller, Chandlerville; was born in Chemung County, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1831, to Samuel and Anna (Roads) Smith. Samuel Smith was born in New York, November 27, 1790; removed to Illinois in fall of 1837, and settled in Menard County, where he followed the occupation of a farmer; in 1852 he removed to this county, where he also engaged in farming; he died Jan. 21, 1876; he was in the war of 1812. His wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Duchess County, N. Y., January 15, 1802, and died July 11, 1876; she was the mother of ten children, five boys and five girls, all of whom lived to maturity. Of the ten children, Alfred T. was the fifth child. When six years of age he came to Illinois with his parents, and at the age of twenty-two engaged as a farm hand; he continued in that occupation about three years; then followed the trade of house painting in this county, until 1879, when he engaged in the milling business with Mr. W. W. Baker, at Chandlerville; the present firm is Smith and Carr; their mill is called Chandlerville Mills, and makes the well known brand of "Gilt Edge," flour in which they have a large trade. The mill has now a capacity of fourteen barrels per day, and they intend enlarging and improving it. April 15, 1866, he married Miss Laura J. Chapman, a native of Illinois, born Sept. 24, 1842, daughter of Jesse M., and Margaret (McGahan) Chapman; he, born March 4, 1794, died November 5, 1871; she, born August 8, 1800, died April 27, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have five children: Albert, Charles C., Anna M., Laura and Edward. He is independent in politics.

B. H. SHANKLAND, retired farmer; P. O. Chandlerville; was born in Nicholas County, Ky., Nov. 23, 1843, son of A. G. and Judith (Stoops) Shankland. He, A. G., was a native of Nicholas County, Ky., and was married Dec. 29, 1825, moving to Brown County,

Ill., in 1853, where he remained till 1856, when he moved to his late residence, where he lived till death called him away, May 7, 1881, aged 74 years. He raised a family of nine children, four girls and five boys, all of whom are living, except one, Mrs. James Plew, who died three years ago. Mr. Shankland was a useful and consistent member of the Methodist Church for over fifty years, and was loved and respected by all who knew him. His wife, who is still living in Brown County, was also a native of Nicholas County, Ky., and was born within 11 days of the birth of her husband. At the age of 19, our subject left home, and began farming on his own account, but removed in 1874 to this county. In April, 1881, he retired from farming, and removed to Chandlerville. He owns about 600 acres of land. April 3, 1861, he married Miss Henrietta Briggs, a native of Brown County, who died in 1871, leaving five children, only one of whom is now living, Laura Belle, born Nov. 24, 1871. Feb. 2, 1876, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Dick, of Menard County, daughter of William and Jane Peak, natives of Kentucky. Two children are the result of this union: Lee, born May 30, 1878, and Ora, born May 20, 1881. Mr. Shankland served in the late war about six months, as a member of Company F, 135th Reg. Ind. Vol. He and wife are Methodists, and he is an A. F. and A. M., and a Democrat.

THOMAS P. TAYLOR, retired merchant, Chandlerville; was born in Lancashire, England, June 18, 1828, to Mark and Ann (Scott) Taylor; he, born in Lancashire, England, in 779, and died in 1844; she, born in Lancashire, England, in 1789, and died in 1864; she was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Thomas was the eighth. He began working in a cotton factory when eight years old, and was principally engaged in the factory until he was twenty-two years of age, when he came to America, and made his first stop in

In

Delaware County, Penn., and engaged in a woolen mill. In 1853, he went to Pottsville, Penn., and from there to Delaware, and then returned to Pennsylvania and remained about twelve months. In 1855, he removed to Illinois, and settled in Morgan County. March, 1856, he removed to Cass County, and settled on the bottom lands, and engaged with one Mr. Fielding upon a farm, until 1862, when he bought a farm of about 250 acres in Cass County, and began farming on his own account. In 1877 he removed to Chandlerville, and engaged in mercantile business, which he continued until April, 1882, when he sold his business to Mr. Morse, and retired from active labor. In July, 1862, he married Miss Ann Fielding, a native of England; born Feb. 28, 1821; a daughter of James and Betty (Bellfield) Fielding. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were the parents of one child, who is dead. Our subject and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Republican.

Z. A. THOMPSON, merchant; Chandlerville; was born in Petersburgh, Ill., Dec. 27, 1858, to Aaron and Amanda (Flinn) Thompson; his father was born in New Jersey, Jan. 28, 1810; was a sea captain and emigrated to Illinois about 1830, settling in Sangamon County, and removed to Menard County in 1835, where he is still residing, engaged extensively in stock raising and farming. His wife, the mother of our subject, was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Sept. 22, 1837, and is the mother of five children, of whom L. A. Thompson is the second child. In addition to the ordinary schools, he attended the Illinois College from 1874 to 1877, and in 1878 he entered the University of Ann Arbor, Mich., where he studied law. In 1879, he engaged in the mercantile business at Chandlerville, where he has since remained engag ed in the same business, and is at the present time considered one of the leading business