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JOHN W. FLESHMAN, farmer. Sec. 21; P. 0. Collins. Methodist; Republican. Owns 190 acres, valued at $40 per acre ; born in Vermilion Co., Ind., April 23, 1827; emigrated to this State in 1861; engaged in farming, which business he still continues to follow; for the past few years he has cultivated from 200 to 300 acres. Has been married three times; he married Margaret J. Lockett March 27, 1849; she was born June 18, 1828; died Oct. 21, 1850; one child was born to them from this union; married Nancy J. Lowe Feb. 26, 1852; she was born Oct. 19, 1833, died Oct. 3, 1858, leaving one child-Ida, born Sept. 8, 1858; married Mary M. Hoobler, his present wife, Oct. 2, 1859; she was born Dec. 27, 1834; have had seven children, five of whom are living-Flora B., born April 27, 1862, William, Jan. 29, 1864; Frank, March 14, 1866; Ira Hull, Jan. 31, 1868, died Oct. 15, 1868; Amos, July 2, 1870; Minnie Myrtle, Sept. 15,1872; Charles E., Nov. 10, 1874, died Oct. 9, 1875. Flora is a very fine musician, both vocal and instrumental ; although only 16 years of age, she has at present a large music class, which occupies most of her time. Mr. F. at one time owned one-third interest in the steam mill at Newtown ; held officeof Justice of the Peace four years; also offices of Town Clerk and Assessor.
The History of Livingston County, Illinois
Chicago: Wm Le Baron, Jr., & Co., 186 Dearborn Street. -1878
William Le Baron
Newton Township - Biographical Sketches, page 707
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Note N132 Index
Margaret Jane Lockett (Fleshman) died October 28, 1850. John's biography states that "one child was born to them from this union", this child would had to have been born before or on October 28, 1850.
John W Fleshman remarried to Nancy J Lowe February 26, 1852. On the 1860 Census a nine-year-old Sarah J Fleshman would have been too old to be Nancy J Lowe and John's daughter, therfore she must have been the daughter of Margaret Jane Lockett.
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F. M. McINTOSH, dry goods merchant, Blackstone; was born in Indiana Oct. 26, 1846. Married Sarah J. Fleshman; she was born in Indiana Oct. 3, 1850; they have had four children, all of whom are now living-Lizzie M., born Dec. 1, 1868; Elmie F., Oct. 3, 1871; Jessie L., Nov. 25, 1875; Jay, March 23, 1877. Mr. M. came to this State in 1847; entered the dry goods business in 1870 in this place, in which he still continues.
The History of Livingston County, Illinois
Chicago: Wm Le Baron, Jr., & Co., 186 Dearborn Street. -1878
Sunbury Township, Biographical Sketches, page 683
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Note N134 Index
The 1850 Federal Census was enumerated on October 26, 1850, Martha A Lockett, was listed as 8/12ths (8 months old) at the time. This makes her birth around February of 1850; however, her grave marker says:
Birth: unknown - Death: Jun. 28, 1851 - Daughter of D.G. and R.G. Lockett. She died age 1 yr 7 mos 23 days.
This makes Martha almost 1 year older than the census might indicate and makes her birth date approximately November 5, 1849.
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E. W. Eakin, Danville, county treasurer, was born in what was then known as Wythe county, Virginia, on the 12th of August, 1828, and is the son of Samuel and Sarah (Lockett) Eakin. His mother was a native of Virginia, and his father of Georgia. He was a tanner. In 1838 Mr. Eakin, with his parents, moved to Vermilion county. Illinois, and located on a farm in Georgetown township. Here Mr. Eakin was brought up, engaged in farming in the summer and in the winter months attending school. He received his principal education in the Georgetown Seminary, then one of the leading institutions of learning in eastern Illinois. He, when twenty years old, was engaged in teaching school. The first school which he taught was in Coles county, and of that county he was afterward appointed assistant county surveyor. From there he was engaged in stock-trading and farming. In 1859 he was married in Vermilion county, Illinois, to Miss Ellen M. Fairbank, of Vermont. He then moved to a farm in Carroll township, this countv, where he was engaged until 1862, when he enlisted for three years in the 125th 111. Vol. Inf., Co. D., as fourth sergeant. He did good service, and participated in some of the most prominent battles during the war. He was in the battle of Perrysville, Chickasaw Mountain, siege of Atlanta and Jonesborough. Georgia. Here Mr. Eakin received a very painful wound in the face while his company was making an assault on the enemy's works. He was honorably mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865, when he returned home to Vermilion county, where he was engaged in farming. In 1877 he was nominated and elected by the republican party treasurer of Vermilion county, which office he now holds. Mr. Eakin is a strong republican in politics, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the last forty years.
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 390-391