History of Woodford County . mpt to do bodily injurv. The ver-LOUIS H. VAN ALSTINE. dict was guiltyj and Gard_ ner was fined $30 and costs. One of the attorneys in thecase was Abraham Lincoln. In 1850 when Palestine town-ship (which then included ElPaso township) was organized,Mr. Hart was elected supervisor, which office he held forseveral terms. He was the first passenger to land at Kappafrom a passenger train, having returned from a visit to NewYork just in time to get on board the first passenger trainthat ever passed through Kappa, which was in 1854. died in 1879 very suddenly of
History of Woodford County . mpt to do bodily injurv. The ver-LOUIS H. VAN ALSTINE. dict was guiltyj and Gard_ ner was fined $30 and costs. One of the attorneys in thecase was Abraham Lincoln. In 1850 when Palestine town-ship (which then included ElPaso township) was organized,Mr. Hart was elected supervisor, which office he held forseveral terms. He was the first passenger to land at Kappafrom a passenger train, having returned from a visit to NewYork just in time to get on board the first passenger trainthat ever passed through Kappa, which was in 1854. died in 1879 very suddenly of heart disease. He wasa pleasant and very popular gentleman and his family areall highly respected. A son, John Hart, and Mrs. JudgeKennedy and his grand-children. Circuit Clerk Louis VanAlstine and Mrs. Wm. A. VanAlstine, still reside in Wood-ford county. Attorney Harvey Hart and Dr. Ed Hart withtheir two sisters and mother reside in Bloomington. WilsonA. Hart is in the banking and abstracting business at LaJaunta, MISCELLANEOUS. 243 Mrs. Nancy Kirk one of the oldest residents of Minonkwas born in Ireland in 1819. She came to America in 1845and two years later she was married to William Kirk. Shehas nine children living; Win. Kirk, of Woodford; Mrs. Ililsabeck, Minonk; Samuel Kirk, Iowa City; Mrs. J. , Hastings, Neb.; Mrs. C. A. Trunk, Chatsworth,Matthew Kirk, Minonk; Mrs. Anna Kindig, Burlington; T. Heath, Chicago, and James S. Kirk, Minonk. The Oldest Woman. The oldest woman inthe county is Mrs. VolkeUphoff, who was bornin Riepe, Germany, in1811. If she lives untilJune 4th, 1910, she willhave reached her 99thyear. She was the wifeof Wait Uphoff, whosedeath occurred a num-ber of years ago. Theycame to America in 1855and remained in Peoriatwo years. They thencame to Clayton town-ship and settled on thefarm in 1857. Thecountry was then wildand almost unsettled,MRS. NANCY KIRK. while the broad prairies were unbroken. They suffered the usual hard
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