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Note N128 Index
The Westville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized on the 17th of June, 1871, by the veteran minister, Rev. W. O. Smith, with the following membership, most of whom had been members of Mount Pisgah : D. G. Lockett and wife. R. J. Black, John Cage and wife, Rachel Dukes, Sarah A. Graves, Susan J. Baldwin, Ann Sconce, Mary Lacey, Tabitha Cook, S. W. Black and wife, Sarah E. Walls, Elijah Timmons and wife. D. G. Lockett, R. J. Black and John Cage were elected elders.
from:
History of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest
Published in Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers, 1879
H. W. Beckwith
History of Georgetown Township, page 507
Notes
Note N129 Index
In "McCormick-Hamilton, Lord-Day Ancestral Lines", page 67, the fourth child of Daniel Gilbreath Lockett is listed as Walter C., this is the same for the reference "Genealogies and reminiscences (1897)".
In the census years (1860,1870) where Richard would be living in the household of his father, Daniel Gilbreath Lockett, his name appears as "Richard W". and "Walton" respectfully.
In the 1880 and 1900 census he is listed both times as "Richard W". While the name Walton does appear in the 1870 Census, the name engraved on his grave marker is Richard Walter Lockett.
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Note N130 Index
A. B. Smith, Danville, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Washington county, Tennessee. He was born on the 25th of December, 1817, and lived there eleven years. He then, with his parents, came to Illinois, and settled near Georgetown. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-three. On the 8th of October, 1840, he married Miss Eliza Lockett. She was born in Wythe county, Virginia. After his marriage he settled on his present place. He is no office-seeker, and has held no offices except those connected with the school and roads. He owns five hundred acres in this county, principally located nine miles southeast of Danville. In early days Mr. Smith made journeys by team to Chicago, making his first trip in 1832, and he has sold wheat there as low as forty-two cents per bushel. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Brown) Smith, were natives of Tennessee, where they were
married on the 15th of August, 1812. He was born on the 7th of March, 1793, and she was born on the 29th of May, 1793. Both died in this township.
History of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest.
Chicago: H. H. Hill and Company, Publishers, 1879
Georgetown Township, page 529
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Abram B. Smith, a retired farmer of Danville, was born in eastern Tennessee on Christmas Day. 1817. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Brown) Smith, both of whom were natives of eastern Tennessee and resided there until 1828, when they came to Vermilion county, Illinois, casting in their lot with its first settlers. Only ten years before had the state been admitted to the Union and this portion of Illinois was largely wild and unimproved, awaiting the awakening touch of the white race to transform it into one of the richest agricultural, industrial and commercial sections of this great commonwealth. Joseph Smith took up his abode in Georgetown township, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and improved a good farm, upon which he made his home until called to his final rest at the age of seventy-three years. His wife has also passed away. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom five are now living: Eliza, the widow of William Gantz and a resident of Georgetown township; Abram B., of this review: Amanda, the wife of Andrew Runnells. of Georgetown township; Michael E., who is engaged in selling farm implements in Brockstown, Illinois; and Catherine, the wife of Adam Kyger, of Missouri. The others were all reared here and most of them died in Vermilion county.
Like the other members of the family Abram B. Smith pursued a common-school education, the schoolhouse being five miles from his home. He was only eleven years
of age when with his parents he came to Vermilion county. In 1841 he settled on a farm in Georgetown township, where he lived until his removal to Danville, devoting his energies to the tilling of the soil. He married Eliza E. Lockett, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Richard Lockett, who was one of the early settlers of Georgetown township and of Danville. Throughout his entire life Mr. Lockett carried on agricultural pursuits and in early days he also conducted a grist mill in Danville township. His death occurred in Georgetown.
For many years Mr. and Mrs. Smith traveled life's journey together and were then separated by the death of the wife, which occurred December 6, 1898, while she was on a visit to a cousin in Chicago. Unto them were born nine children but Lockett R.. Sarah J., Dora E. and Mary Alice are all deceased and buried in the McKindree cemetery. David A. is engaged in farming in Georgetown township. Matilda A. is the wife of Hiram W. Ross, a resident of Danville. Joseph H. is a farmer of Edgar county. Illinois. Tilmon C. is engaged in the practice of law in Danville. Charles Newton was born in Georgetown township. January 25, 1860, and from the common schools of his native county he entered the State Normal School at Normal, Illinois, graduating from that institution in the class of 1882. Choosing the profession of medicine as a life work, he then matriculated at Rush Medical College of Chicago and was graduated with the class of 1885. For two years he successfully engaged in practice at Homer, Illinois, but on account of failing health he was compelled to give up the practice and is now living retired in Danville. He married Miss Mary L. Walker, a daughter of George Walker, deceased, who was an early settler and prominent citizen of Tazewell county, Illinois.
After his marriage Abram B. Smith engaged in farming in Georgetown township until his removal to Danville. He took up his abode here on the 4th of August, 1899, and has since lived retired, occupying a pleasant home at No. 509 Buchanan street. He also owns a house on Jackson street, another on Park street, and has two houses and lots in Homer, Illinois. He is likewise the owner of three hundred and forty acres of land in Georgetown township and the rental of his property brings him a good income. His success in life was due entirely to his own labor and diligence, together with the assistance of his estimable wife. By their frugality they became the owners of six hundred and sixty acres of choice
land in Vermilion county, a part of which has since been divided among his children, though Mr. Smith still retains the old homestead of three hundred and forty acres.
While residing upon his farm he served as school director but has never been an office seeker, his farming and stock-raising interests leaving him no time for political work. In early life he was a Whig, although his father was a Democrat. He cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison and after the dissolution of the Whig party became independent. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church of Georgetown township and is one of the leading retired citizens of Danville.
For seventy-four years Mr. Smith has resided in Vermilion county and its history is therefore familiar to him. He has been an eye witness of almost its entire growth and development ; has seen its wild lands claimed for farming purposes and developed into very rich and productive tracts; has seen the county crossed by a network of railroads so that it is supplied with splendid transportation facilities ; has seen hamlets grow into thriving towns and villages, while Danville has developed from a little country crossroads into a city of metropolitan proportions. Throughout all these years Mr. Smith has followed the even tenor of his way as a farmer, yet has kept in touch with the general progress and improvement, has kept informed concerning the leading questions of the day, and at all times he has been loyal and true to the best interests of his community, so that he well deserves representation in this volume as one of the representative men of Vermilion county.
The Past and Present of Vermilion County, Illinois
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1903
The Biographical Record - page(s) 248-254