Albert Maddison Townsend was born August 16, 1851 in Carroll County, Tennessee to Albert Townsend and Abigail Horn. According to the 1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County, “He was from staunch Union stock who dared and suffered much at the … Continue reading
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Periodically I run into printed biographies that don’t appear to match historical records and this is one case. A biography based on this subject was printed in the “1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County” and the interviews were composed about … Continue reading
John W. Spiller was born in Spillertown on February 21, 1872 the son of William J. Spiller and Susan E. Goodall. William J. and his wife produced 14 children, but 3 of them died in infancy. In the 1880 census, … Continue reading
George L. Brack was born on March 21, 1867, the son of George Brack and Malinda Youngkin in Wolf Creek, Grassy Township. When he was 3 years old, his father died and his mother remarried to Willis Hoover, a farmer, … Continue reading
William James Walker comes of Tennessee parentage, but was born near Arilla, Missouri in Jasper County to Louis D. and Sarah Walker on January 26, 1855. He came to Illinois with his parents in 1865 at the end of the … Continue reading