Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . arity; honorable andupright in all his dealings; generous in histreatment of the poor and the distressed; lib-eral in the support of the church with whichhis family was identified—and his sudden andunexpected taking off was deplored by a largecircle of sorrowing friends, as shown by thehonors paid to his memory on the day of hisfuneral. WADDILL, Charles R.—Among the enterpris-ing farmers of Tennessee Township. McDon-ough County, 111., is the subject of this sketch,who was born in Tennessee Township March 8,1855. His father. Wesley Waddill, was born inE
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . arity; honorable andupright in all his dealings; generous in histreatment of the poor and the distressed; lib-eral in the support of the church with whichhis family was identified—and his sudden andunexpected taking off was deplored by a largecircle of sorrowing friends, as shown by thehonors paid to his memory on the day of hisfuneral. WADDILL, Charles R.—Among the enterpris-ing farmers of Tennessee Township. McDon-ough County, 111., is the subject of this sketch,who was born in Tennessee Township March 8,1855. His father. Wesley Waddill, was born inEast Tennessee, and his mother, Mary E. (Law-yer) Waddill, was a native of Ohio. WesleyWaddill came to Tennessee Township with hisparents, who were among the earliest settlers inthis vicinity. His father entered land in Sec-tion 32, and Wesley Waddill also bought landin the township at a later period. Charles R. Waddill is the second of four chil-dren. His only sister, Mrs. James R. Tabler,is older than he. He lived under the parental. S^a^^^t^^^^^ HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 1035 roof until he was twenty-four years old. Thenhe occupied a rented place for two years, afterwhich he moved to a farm of his own consist-ing of eighty-nine acres, in Section 30, wherehe has since lived, with the exception of theperiod between 189S and 1901, which he spentin Plymouth, 111., for the benefit of his .Tune 16, 1886, Mr. Waddill was marriedto Hannah E. Follin, who was born and schooledin Richland County, Ohio. The children bornof this union are: Louisa (Mrs. Erwin Ouster-hout). who lives near Des Moines, la.; also resides in that city; and Candice. whois with her parents. Politically, Mr. Waddillbelongs to the Republican party. WADDILL, Clarence E., who is engaged incoal-mining and lives at Tennessee, McDonoughCounty, 111., was born in Tennessee Township,that county. May 7, 1869. He is a son of Dan-iel B. and Mary E. (Dull) Waddill, natives,respectively, of the State
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