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Biography of Rufus Carey of Princeton, Illinois

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Of the public men in Bureau County who deserve mention in this work, and who have acquitted themselves honorably and creditably while in office, we are glad to note him whose name heads this sketch. Rufus Carey was born March 14, 1813, in Enfield, Mass. He died August 7, 1873, in Princeton. His parents were Thomas and Sarah (Packard) Carey. Rufus Carey was reared and educated in Massachusetts. In 1835 he came to Bureau County and settled in Wyanet Township, where the County Poor Farm now is. He lived in the country till 1854, when he removed to Princeton, where … Read more

Biography of Delila L. Carey of Princeton, Illinois

Mrs. Delila L. Carey, Princeton, was born April 2, 1818, in Onondaga County, N. Y. Her parents were John L. and Lucina (Rhodes) Carey. Mrs. Carey is a bright, cheerful lady with great force of character. She was borne up bravely amid trials and adversity which would have crushed any ordinary woman. She was reared in the State of New York, where she resided till the spring of 1835, when she went to Morgan County, Ill., where she married Amos Miner, who shortly afterward died. He was the son of Amos Miner, Sr., who was quite a genius, and invented … Read more

Biography of Thomas R. Capperrune of Milo, Illinois

Thomas R. Capperrune, Milo, was born August 11, 1816, in Kent County, Delaware. His parents, William and Rebecca (Row) Capperrune, were natives of Delaware. The former was a farmer by occupation, and died there in 1839. The latter died there also in 1817. She was the mother of seven children; of these only three are yet living. The grandfather of our subject was of Irish descent, and a teacher by profession. Our subject is principally self educated. He immigrated to Ohio in October 1835, and in 1841 removed to Knox County, Illinois. In 1850 he came to Milo Township, Bureau … Read more

Biography of Armstrong Campbell of Selby, Illinois

Armstrong Campbell, Selby, was born in Juniatta County, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1822. He is of Scotch descent, a son of John and Nancy (Bard) Campbell. His father was a native of Sherman’s Valley, Pennsylvania, and his mother of Miflin County. Both died in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; he in the fall of 1860, at the age of seventy-three; she in 1870, at the age of eighty-three. They were the parents of two sons and two daughters, viz.: William I., of Selby Township; Eliza, deceased; Armstrong, our subject, Celia Ann Stewart, deceased. When our subject was ten years old he removed with … Read more

Biography of Thomas C. Callinan of Berlin, Illinois

Thomas C. Callinan, Berlin, was born in Clare County, Ireland, December 22, 1844. He is a son of Frederick and Mary (Kane) Callinan, both of whom lived and died in Clare County, Ireland. The father died when his son Thomas was six weeks old. The mother died July 15, 1878. Of their family five are still living, three in Bureau County and two in San Francisco, California. One son, a Captain in the English Navy, died in the East Indies, and another, a clerk, died in Ireland. The early life of our subject was spent on the farm and in … Read more

Biography of Thomas J. Cahill of Westfield, Illinois

Thomas J. Cahill, Westfield, was born February 17, 1858, in Westfield Township. His father, Daniel Cahill, was a native of County Kerry, Ireland. He came to America when quite young, landing in Quebec. From there he went to New York and then to New Orleans. After living in the South several years he came to Illinois, where he was married to Mary McDonald, who died here. She was the mother of the following children: Cornelius (deceased), James, Michael, Johanna and Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald. Daniel Cahill was married a second time, to Mrs. Bridget Manning (nee Sheely), a native of County … Read more

Biography of Marcus Bryant of Princeton, Illinois

Marcus Bryant, deceased, Princeton, was born March 21, 1842, in Princeton, Ill. He was a son of Cyrus and Julia (Everett) Bryant. Cyrus Bryant was a brother of William Cullen Bryant, our American poet. The genealogy of the Bryant family appears in this work. Mrs. Julia (Everett) Bryant was a daughter of James and Phebe (Clark) Everett. Her brother, James S. Everett, is yet living in Princeton. Marcus Bryant was educated in the town of his nativity. His early life was spent on his father’s farm, and farming was his main occupation in life. As most of the Bryants, from … Read more

Biography of Nicholas C. Buswell of Neponset, Illinois

Col. N. C. Buswell, Neponset, the subject of the following biography, was born December 5, 1831, in Caledonia County, Vt. He is of Scotch descent, a son of James Buswell, a native of Caledonia County, Vt., where he was born in 1793; he died in 1875 six miles south of Neponset, in Stark County, Ill., to which he came in 1837. He came to Peoria County, Ill., in the fall of 1833, and the next year brought his family. He was a farmer by occupation, and dealt extensively in land while in the West. The grandfather of our subject, N. … Read more

Biography of Jeremiah Y. Burnett of Lamoille, Illinois

The subject of this biography is a native of Jefferson Schoharie Co., N. Y. His grandfather Joseph Burnett, was a native of New Jersey. He was a carpenter and jobber in New York City for many years and one of the pioneers of Schoharie County, N. Y., where he died. His son, Joseph Burnett, Jr. was born in New York City. He is the father of our subject, and came to Schoharie County when he was twelve years old. There he was a stage contractor by occupation till the railroad drove the stage further west. He was a soldier in … Read more

Biography of Thomas Burden of Fairfield, Illinois

Thomas Burden, Fairfield, was born in Queens County, Ireland, in the year 1831. His parents, Thomas and Mary (White) Burden, were natives of the same place, where the father died. The mother immigrated to Oswego, N. Y., in 1847, and was accompanied by the following children: Richard, John, Thomas, Dennis, William and Mrs. Julia Henricken. The last-named also came to Fairfield Township, Bureau County, where she died. The mother died in Oswego, N. Y. Our subject, Thomas Burden, worked one year in Oswego, and then came to Elgin, Ill., where he worked till about 1850, when he came to Bureau … Read more

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