and father, a faithful friend, and the respect and
confidence of the entire community were his. He
passed away on the 23d of October, 1883, his death
being deeply regretted by all who knew him, and
his remains were interred in Floral Hill Cemetery
in Hoopeston, where a beautiful mon uraent has been
erected to his memory.
Mrs. Gallovvay, who traveled life's journey by
his side for thirty-three years and shared with him
in its joys and sorrows, and proved herself a faith-
ful helpmate, still survives her husband and is yet
living on the old homestead, which is now managed
b3' her son Joshua.
I
if? EWlS E.. JONES, an enterprising agricul-
J (^ turist, has the honor of ])eing a native of
li^^ this count}', having been born on the 5lh
of May, 1854, on section 21, Stockland Townshij),
where he now resides. He is a son of Hon. John
H. and Hannah (Pugh) Jones, both natives of
Ohio. A sketch of his father is given elsewhere
in this work. The early life of our subject was
quietly passed in the usual manner of farmer lads
upon the old homestead. His education was ac-
quired in the district schools of the neighborhood,
where he conned his lessons through the winter
months, while in the summer season he worked at
farm labor.
An important event in the life of Mr. Jones oc-
curred on the 27th of April, 1879, when was cele-
brated his marriage with Miss Mary S. Wise,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Moore) Wise,
residents of Fountain Creek Township. Two
children have been born of their union, a son and
daughter, who brighten the home with their pres-
ence. Nellie IL, the eldest, was born September
27, 1883; and Ray J. was born on the 7th of June,
1885. Mr. Jones and his estimable wife are num-
bered among the leading citizens of this com-
munity. They rank high in social circles and
hold an enviable position in the high regard of
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their many friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Jones
is a member of the United Brethren Church.
Our subject now operates two hundred and
tliirtv-lwo acres of arable hind on sections 21 and
22, Siockland Township. He feeds nearly all of
the grain which he raises to his stock. He engages
quite extensively in stock dealing, and is very
successful in his undertakings. He has one of the
model farms of the county, its fertile land being
highly cultivated, while its many improvements
are well kept up. The neat and thrifty appearance
of .the place attests the supervision of a careful
manager. In politics, Mr. .Jones is a supporter of
the Republican party, with which he has affiliated
since attaining his majority.
isIIOMAS LOVELESS, an early settler and a
prominent, self-made man of this county,
who is now a resident of Jlilford, was born
in Ross County, Ohio, on the 4th of May, 1839. His
father, William Loveless, was a native of Tennes-
see, and was born April 15, 181.5. of English and
German descent. After attaining to mature years
he married ALirgaret Kerney, who was born in
Kings County, Ireland, July 12, 1816, and at the
age of fourteen years, bidding good-bye to the
Emerald Isle, emigrated to America. After a resi-
dence of some time in Ohio, they removed to Indi-
ana, in 184(1, settling on a farm near Prairieville,
Tippecanoe County, where their children were
reared. The mother died on the old homestead in
the lloosier State at the age of fifty-six years. Mr.
Loveless survived his wife for about ten yeai-s, and
died in the town of Clark's Hill, at the age of
about sixty-six years. Of their famil}' of eight
children, seven are yet living, fire sons and two
daughters, as follows: Frances, Thomas, John E.,
William W., Edwin Y., Sarah and Moses- All re-
side in the neighborhood of Clark's Hill, Ind.,
with the exception of our subject.
Thomas Loveless was reared to manhood in the
usual manner of farmer lads, and ere leaving In-
diana was married, on the 22d of .July, 1858, to
Miss Harriet Funk, daughter of Jacob and Eliza
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Funk. Her parents are both now deceased, having
departed this life when about seventy years of age.
The year following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
Loveless came to this county in the month of
September, and took up their residence on the
farm two miles southwest of Milford. He pur-
cliased fifty-one acres of land but afterward ex-
tended the boundaries of that farm until it now
comprises one hundred and seventy- acres on sec-
tion 21, Jlilford Township. He also owns two
hundred and thirty-seven acres of valuable land
on sections 26 and 27, two miles south of the vil-
lage, besides two hundred and ninety-two acres in
Indiana. For a number of years he carried on
general farming extensively and yet follows that
pursuit in a more limited degree. However, he
raises considerable stock, cattle, horses and hogs,
to which he feeds nearlj' all his grain. From
twenty to twenty-five years he has bought and
shipped cattle and hogs quite extensively.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Loveless were born nine
children, six of whom are now living: Elizabeth,
who was born November 12, 1859, died August
30, 1860; Margaret, who was born November 24,
1860. died on the 29th of the same month; George
R. B., who w.ns born October 6, 1862, is a farmer
near Clark's Ilill, Ind.. and was married May 4,
1885. to Miss Letitia Bryan, by whom he has had
three children. Pearl, Claude and Hannah H.;
William, who was born October 19, 1864. is a
farmer of Alliance, Neb.; Lj'dia, born February 6,
1866, became the wife of Andrew Dallstream, Oc-
tober 27, 1887, and with their one child they re-
side in lloopeston, III.; M. Oly, born February 29,
1868. became the wife of "Wilber T. Caldwell,
whose home is in Alliance, Neb., April 9, 1890;
Oly M., born November 4, 1869, was married
/Vugust 12, 1891, to Charles McMillen, a resident
of Milford; Jacob, born June 29, 1872, died Au-
gust 26, 1875; and Thomas T., born August 22,
1876, completes the family.
In politics, Mr. Loveless is a warm .idvocate of
Republican principles. About 1870,he was elected
Township Assessor, and for eleven years he served
as School Trustee. Socially, he is a member of
Milford Lodge No. 25.S, I. O. O. F., with which he
has been identified since 1868, and is now serving
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as Deputy. Mrs. Loveless is a member of the
Methoflist Episcopal CLurcli.
In 1880, our subject left his farm and removed
to Milford, where he has a comfortable home and
other property. He now rents most of his farm;
to the remainder he gives his personal supervision.
He has never liad a mortgage upon a piece of land
except on the first he purchased, and this was re-
leased when it became due. Every acre of 'this
land is to-day free from debt, and his farm now
yields him a good income. His property has been
.accumulated through his owu energy and industry
and he may well be termed a self-made man, as he
started out in life for himself dependent entirelj-
upon his own resources. He has met with some
difficulties, but these seemed only to give him a
new impetus and have been used as stepping-
stones to something higher. Steadily he has
worked his way upward until he is now numbered
among the wcalthj' citizens of Milford, and his
fair and honest dealings in all the relations of life
have won him universal confidence.
<* )^ILLIA:M S. BROWNE, M. D., a widely-
\/\/// known and prominent physician of "Wat-
'S^ seka, claims Indiana as his native State.
His birth occurred March 2, 1844, in Madison
County. He is a son of Lorenzo and Nancy (Har-
land) Browne. His father was born March 3, 1822,
in West Virginia, and at the age of six years went
to Indiana, which was the native State of his wife.
Throughout the greater part of his life, he followed
farming, but in his last years lived retired. He re-
moved to Illinois March 3, 1865, and spent his
lemaining da3'S 'n this State, his death occurring
on the 4th of March, 1888. The Doctor has in his
possession a dictionary owned by his great-grand-
father, to whom it was given by his great-great-
grandfather. The family is of English descent
and comes of a sturdy race of people, noted for
longevity. The maternal grandfather of our sub-
ject was one of the first settlers near Connersville,
lud. In 1862, a re-union of the Ilarland family
occurred at the home of Stephen Harland, having
been called by William Sparks. Twenty-six fam-
ilies were represented. There were thirteen of the
children of William Sparks, sevent3'-six grandchil-
dren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren. Several members of the
family attained to very advanced ages. The great-
grandmother of our subject was fatally injured by
a cow which she was milking, and soon after died
at the age of one hundred and two years, and sev-
eral others reached the centuiy milepost.
The Doctor is the eldest of eleven children, and
â– with the exception of two deceased, all are living
in Iroquois County. In the common schools, he
acquired his primary education, and, with his par-
ents, came to Illinois when twenty-one years of
age. He afterward attended the State Normal
School and later went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where
he pursued a medical course of study. In 1868,
he went to Cincinnati, where he attended a course
of lectures in the Eclectic College, and in 1878 he
was graduated from the Bennett Medical College.
Subsequentl}^, he took a course of stud^^ for the
treatment of diseases of the eye and ear in the
Chicago Medical College. During this time, he
made his home in Madison County, Ind., with his
uncle, who was engaged in the drug business. He
began practice in Woodland in 1875 and has pros-
ecuted ills profession continuously since. On the
28th .of March, 1892, he removed to Watseka,
where he now resides.
November 1, 1870, Dr. Browne was united in
marriage with Miss Kiziah E., daughter of A. D.
Erance,anative of South Carolina. She was born in
Mercer Count}', 111., where her father engaged in
merchandising. Five children have been born
unto the Doctor and his wife, all of whom are jet
living: Leonora, the wife of John A. Wilson, a
resident of Watseka, by whom she has one daugh-
ter, Vera; Frankie N., Anson L., Homer Marvin
and William A. L.
Socially, the Doctor is a Royal Arch Mason.
He also belongs to the subordinate lodge and en-
campment of the Independent Order of Odd P'el-
lows, and holds membership with the ISIodern
Woodmen of America. He and wife and daugh-
ter are members of the Christian Church of Wood-
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\mv\, in which he serves as Trustee. In politics,
he is a supporter of Kepublican principles and has
filled the office of Clerk and Justice of the Peace,
succeeding his father in tlie latter position. He is
also a member of the county and State medical
societies.
In 1886, tiie Doctor suffered considerable loss by
fire, which destroyed all his otlice furniture, his
books, instruments and many valuable specimens.
He also lost his diplomas and man}- other things of
value, his loss amounting altogether to 83,000. In
connection with his profession, he is interested in
farming, owning two farms in the county. The
Doctor is a skillful physician and surgeon who
reads extensive!}- in the line of his profession and
keeps well informed concerning ever3-thing per-
taining to the medical science. lie has an excel-
lent patronage in Woodland, and although iiis
residence in Watseka covers a very short period,
he has secured a good patronage. Those who know
him esteem him highly and he is popular as a citi-
zen and friend, as well as a physician and surgeon.
jlj!-^ ON. GKORGE 15. WINTER, one of the
rjji prominent and intluential citizens of Iro-
^^^ quois County residing in Onarga, wiierc he
(^^ has made his home for more than a quar-
ter of a century, cl.aims JIassachusetts as the State
of his nativity. He was born Ma}' 26, 1828, in
Ik'lchertown, Hampshire County, and is one of
eighteen children who were born unto Alpheus
and Prudence (Kenfleld) AVinter, tiie father a na-
tive of Connecticut and the mother of the Ba}'
State. Of their nine sons and nine daughters,
five sons and three daugliters are yet living. Mr.
Winter departed this life in Massachusetts in 1848,
and his wife, who survived him almost thirty
years, died in her native Slate in 1877.
No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood days of our subject, wiiich were
quietly |)assed under the parental roof. After at-
taining to years of maturit}-, lie wiis joined in
wedlock witii Miss Kate M. Ilawkes, daugiitcr of
Ichabod and Caroline (Porter) Ilawkes, both of
whom were natives of Massachusetts. Their union
was celebrated on the 10th of August, 1852, and
unto them were born two children, a son and
daughter: George B., born May 29, 1854; and
Julia P., born on the 3d of February, 1856.
At length Mr. Winter determined to try his for-
tune in the West, believing that better opportuni-
ties were furnished in the young and rapidly
growing States than in the old and more thickly-
.settled States of the East. In consequence, in
1854, .accompanied by his wife and son, he started
for Illinois, and made his first location in Prince-
ton. After a year the}- removed to Maiden, six
miles east of Princeton, where they spent two
years, and tiien went to Brenton Township, Ford
County, 111. For eight years Mr. Winter was there
engaged in farming and stock-raising with good
success, but at length he determined to turn his at-
tention to other pursuits, and the spring of
1866 witnessed his arrival in Onarga, where he
has since resided. On coming to this place, he
opened a general merchandise store, and continued
operations in that line for twenty-five years. He
is a man of good business ability, sagacious and
far-sighted, enterprising and progressive. He built
up an excellent trade, and by his well-directed ef-
forts secured a comfortable competency. In 1891, he
sold out, and has since lived a^etired life.
His fellow-townsmen, appreciating his worth
and ability, have frequently called upon Mr. AVin-
ter to serve in public positions of honor and
trust. He has served as A'illage Trustee for sev-
eral terms, w.<is Trustee of Grand Prairie Seminary,
and has been Chairman of the Executive Board of
that institution for a number of years. In 1880,
he was nominated and elected Representative from
the Sixteenth Senatorial District, comprised of
Iroquois and Kankakee Counties, to the Illinois
General Assembly. AA^hile a member of the House,
he labored earnestly and untiringly in the behalf
of tem[)erance, but his active interest along that
line jjroved unpopular, and he was afterward left
to remain at home, as were all the members who
worked for temperance in the Assembly of 1881.
He is to-day a stanch Prohibitionist. While in
Ford County, he also served as Supervisor sev-
eral terms, being a member of the first board after
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township organization. Mr. Winter is a public-
spirited citizen, and has ever borne his part in the
upbuilding and advancement of the community's
best interests. For a quarter of a century, he was
one of its leading business men, and formed a
wide acquaintance. He is held in the highest re-
gard by all with whom business or pleasure has
brought liim in contact, and his friends are many.
"^ ACOB LYMAN, a representative farmer of
Martinton Township, residing on section
25, was born on the 24th of January, 1832,
m Stark County, Olno. He comes of an
old Pennsylvania family of Dutch descent. The
great-grandfather was a native of Holland, and in
an eaily day, braving the dangers of an ocean
voyage, became one of the first settlers of the Ke} -
stone State. The grandfather, John Lj-man, was
a native of Pennsylvania, and the father of our
subject, Samuel Lj-man, was born in Buffalo Val-
ley, Union County, Pa., in 1810. In 1819 he
removed to Ohio with his parents, a lad of nine
summers, and is numbered among the early settlers
of tliat community. He grew to manhood in the
Buckeye State, and»there wedded Mar}' Schneider,
a native of German}', who came to America when
a young lady of sixteen years. They began their
domestic life upon a farm in Stark County, where
they remained for some time.
In 1837, Samuel Lyman came with his family
to Illinois, and was one of the first settlers of Iro-
quois County. Locating in what is now Iroquois
Townsliip, he entered and broke land, from which
he developed a good farm. In 1850 he removed
to Martinton Township, and entered a tract of one
hundred and twenty acres of land, where the sub-
ject of our sketch now resides. He made an excel-
lent farm, there reared his family, and at length
departed this life on the old homestead, his death
occurring in October, 1877. His wife died in Feb-
ruary, 1868. Their family numbered only two
sons, of whom Jacob is the elder. Jonatlian, his
brother, is now a farmer of Indiana.
The subject of this sketch came with his parents
to Illinois in 1837. He was then a lad of five
years. Amid the wild scenes of frontier life he
was reared to manhood, and with the family he
bore many of tlie hardships and privations of
pioneer life during the first few years of their re-
sideuee here. They had to go long distances to
market, and had to travel to Danville or La Fay-
ette. Ind., to get their milling done. Their trip
usually consumed about four days, and they
camped out both going and coming. The educ^a-
tional advantages of our subject were very limited,
for the schools in the new country are not gener-
ally noted for their excellence. Almost his entire
boyhood and youth were spent on the farm. For
four mouths he worked elsewhere in the neighbor-
hood, but returned, and in connection with his
brother took charge of the home farm. He cared
for his parents until their death. Himself and
brother succeeded to the estate, but Jacob bought
out his brother's interest, and still resides upon
the farm, which has been his home almost continu-
ously since 1850.
In 1867, Mr. Lyman wedded Miss Catherine A.
Gibson, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of
John Gibson, who on coming to this country
many years ago located in Crescent Township, but
is now living in Douglas Township. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman have been born four children:
Mary E., the eldest, is the wife of Abraham
Labounty, who aids in operating the home farm;
IMartha May, Rachel and Jessie Belle Blanche
complete the family. They lost one daughter,
Emma Bertha Snow, who died in infancy.
Since casting his first Presidential vote for
James Buchanan, Mr. L}man has been identified
with the Democratic party, and has supported all
its Presidential candidates. Himself and wife are
both members of the Christian Church, and are
highly respected people. For fifty-five years he
has been a resident of the county, and has wit-
nessed almost its entire growth from the days of
its early infancy. He has seen its wild lands
transformed into beautiful homes and farms,
towns and villages have sprung into existence,
churches and schools have been built, railroads
have been introduced, and the work of active civ-
ilization and progress has been carried forward so
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rapidly that liardly a landmark of pioneer days
yet remains, and the county has taken the front
rank amid the sister-counties of this great com-
monwealth. Mr. Lyman has ever borne his part
in this work of transformation, and well may be
numbered among the honored pioneers.
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'jj^AVID WARREN MILLER, a prominent
I JJ phj'sician and surgeon of (Oilman, was
(^A<^ born on a farm six miles west of Spring-
field, Ohio. He is a son of Harrison and
Sarah (Wise) Miller, and was born on the 1st
of September, 1854. On the paternal side our
sul\ject is of Scotch ancestrj% At an early day
the family emigrated from Virginia and settled
near Springfield. His father was born on the same
farm as our subject. The Wise family came from
Holland, and later emigrated fiom Pennsylvania
to Ohio, when Mrs. Miller was a small girl. The
[larents of our subject removed to Tazewell
County, HI., at the close of the war, the father
there carrying on agricultural pursuits. About
seven years ago they removed to Stanford. McLean
County, where they are still living. While in
Ohio, Mr. Miller entered the United States service
during the Civil War, and acted in guarding rail-
roads for some four months. He has been a life-long
Republican, and both he and his wife are members
of the Presbyterian Church. In their family were
four sons and two daugliters, five of whom are
still living.
David Warren Miller is the second in order of
birth of this family, and was reared on his father's
farm, receiving such a limited education as could
be gleaned at the common schools. When twenty
years of age he secured a certificate, and for two
years taught school. With the money which he
iiad carefully saved, he went to the Wesleyan
Iniversity, at Bloomington, where he attended
seven terms. Desiring to engage in the practice
of medicine as his life work, he then commenced
study with Dr. Little, of Bloomington. In the
summer of 1878, he entered Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, of Philadeljihia, and was graduated there-
from in the spring of 1880. He then located at
(Tilman, and has practiced here since that time.
He is a member of the Central Illinois Medical So-
ciety, the Illinois State Medical Society and the
National Association of Railroad Surgeons. He is
surgeon for the Illinois Central and for the Toledo,
Peoria tV Warsaw Railroad at (lilman.
A marriage ceremony performed on the loth of
May, 1884, united the destinies of Dr. Miller and
Miss Clara Raney. The lady is a native of Peoria
County, 111., born October 5, 1864, and is a daugh-
ter of Dr. II. A. Ranev, formerly' of Oilman. Her
father, a native of New York, was born in 1828,
and is yet living, his home being in Danville, 111.
He was educated for the medical profession, and
after pursuing a course of study was graduated
from Rush Medical College. He then engaged in
practice in Ford and Peoria Counties for a num-
ber of years. His wife, who bore the maiden name
of Susan Hunt, was born in North Carolina, in
18.30, and is also living. The Doctor and Mrs.
Raney became the parents of four children, a son
and three daughters, all of whom are living.
The eldest, Mary, is now the wife of Charles H.
Youmans, a leading attorney of Paxton, 111.; Nel-
lie is the wife of (ieorge T. Caldwell, a resident of
(iirard, Kan., who is engaged in the manufacture
of brick; Ben H. is a druggist of Danville, 111.; and
Mrs. Miller completes the family. The latter was
educated in the graded schools of Gibson City, and
pursued a course of study in music and elocution
in Evanston, 111., and was afterward for some
years a successful teacher of those arts in Ford
and Iroquois Counties. Two children, Mabel and
.lessie Fay, have gladdened the home of the Doctor
and his wife. The elder was born June 22, 1886,
and the younger on the Ifith of November, 1890.
The parents are both members of the Presbyterian
Church.
In politics, Dr. Miller atliliates with the Repul)li-
can party. He is one of the stanchest supporters
of all educational interests and is now serving his
third year as a member of the School Board. He
is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and
socially, holds a high position in the town, his
home being noted for its hospitality and good
cheer. Almost his entire time and attention are
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devoted to his profession, in which his standing
is high. As is every first-cslass member of his pro-
fession, he is still a student and keeps well in-
formed concerning the medical discoveries. He
is a liberal contributor to all worthy enterprises,
aiding in the support of any interest calculated to
advance the general welfare. He has won for
himself many friends in this community, who es-
teem him highly for his strict integrity and genial
kindness of heart.
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HJACOB E. DEEGANS, an honored i)ioneer
of Iroquois County and a veteran of the late
^^v 1 war, now engaged in farming on section
^^^ 34, Ash Grove Township, is a native of the
Buckeye State. He was born in Ross County,
October 18, 1837. His father, William Deegans,
was a native of the Emerald Isle, and during his
boyhood emigrated to America, locating in Ohio.