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JOEL FINFROCK,
farmer, P. O. Altamont, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, Jan.
20, 1816, to Andrew and Susannah (Haines)
Frinfrock. His father was born in Lancaster County,
Penn. He was a farmer and in his younger days worked at
coppering. He died in Ohio in 1864. Was drafted in
Revolutionary war, but was not called on to serve. The
mother of our subject was born in Maryland, and died in
Effingham County, Ill., in about 1871. They were the
parents of five children - three boys and two girls - of whom
Joel is the second child. Catherine, the oldest
living child, is now living with her brother William, and
youngest living child of his parents. Joel spent
his boyhood days at home, receiving such an education as could
be obtained from ten log school-houses of his day, and assisting
in tilling the soil of his father's farm. He remained at
home until he was twenty-two years of age and embarked on his
career in life and a tiller of the soil in his native county,
and continued the same to Effingham County, Ill., and settled on
his present farm. He then bought sixty acres, and has
added to it until now he is the owner of ninety acres of
well-improved land. He commenced life a poor man, and, by
his studied economy and business habits, he has succeeded in
gaining a good property. Now, in the later years of his
life, he is surrounded with those comforts and enjoying those
pleasures that are ever the result of honesty, industry and
economy. In Muskingum county, born in 1819, Nov. 17, to
Joseph and Sarah (Birkhimer) Huffman. He was a native
of Pennsylvania, and she of Maryland. Mr. and
Mrs. Finfrock have had nine children, all of whom
are living - Susannah, wife of John Birkhimer, a
farmer of Jasper County, Ill., Ellen, wife of James
Defenbaugh a farmer of Effingham County, Catharine,
wife of Robert Ingram, a farmer of this county; John,
married and living near the home farm; Agnes, wife of
Frank Birkhimer, a farmer of this county; Julia wife
of Charles Collins farmer of Jasper County, Ill.;
George, at home; Charles, at home; Jane, wife
of David Armstrong, a farmer of this county.
Politically, Democrat. When they were married, they first
settled in Bridgeville, Ohio, where he worked out by the month
and day on a farm, and from his earnings was soon able to buy
one acre of land. When he came to this county, he was
compelled to work out by the month, and his farm was unimproved.
He took his earnings to build a log cabin, and he got timber to
farm it, and continued to save until he was able to add the
other thirty. Besides, he has helped his son to a
forty-acre farm.
Source: History of Effington Co., Illinois, publ.
Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lakeside
Building - 1883. - Mound Twp. - Page 93 |
WILLIAM H.
FINFROCK, farmer, P. O. Altamont, was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1823, to Andrew and Susannah (Haines)
Finfrock. His father was born in Pennsylvania, Lancaster
County, Nov. 30, 1782. He was a cooper by trade and worked
at the same in Pennsylvania. In about 1813, he emigrated
to Ohio and located in Muskingum County, where he principally
engaged in farming until the time of his death, which occurred
Feb. 24, 1864. He was a son of Tewalt Finfrock,
a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent. The mother of
our subject was of English descent, born in Maryland May 17,
1788, and died in Effingham County, with our subject, April 2,
1869. She was the mother of five children, of whom three
are now living, William being the youngest child.
He was raised on a farm in his native county and educated from
the subscription schools common in his day. He remained
with his parents to the time of their death. He engaged in
farming in Muskingum County, and continued the same until 1864,
when he came to Illinois and located on his present farm in
Mound Township, one and a half miles from Altamont, on the
National road. In Muskingum County, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1850,
he married Miss Rebecca Jane Morrison, a native of
Muskingum County, Ohio, born Dec. 21, 1830. She is a
daughter of John and Nancy (Dixon) Morrison. They
were natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Finfrock have
three children, viz.: Margaret, wife of Manuel Kepler,
a farmer on Mr. Finforck's farm; Mary, wife of
Ephraim Thrasher, a farmer of Jackson Township; Sarah J.,
at home. Self and wife are members of the Methodist
Church. Politically, a Democrat. He commenced life
very poor, and worked hard to pay for his farm. He is now
the owner of forty acres of prairie and ten acres of timber, and
has been generally successful. He brought a valuable team
with him from Ohio, that he had been offered $500 and refused
the same. He found one dead in the stable, and the other
was struck by lightning.
Source: History of Effington Co., Illinois, publ. Chicago:
O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lakeside Building -
1883. - Mound Twp. - Page 94 |
NOTES:
* Letter of Gen. Putnam to Dr.
Cutler.
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