Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Hire located on Section 32 in 1847, butsubsequently purchased a tract on Section 28,upon which he resided until his death. George Hire, after whom the township wasnamed, settled in McDonougn County in was a man of ability, practically successfuland became a wealthy farmer. In 1856 he waselected to the Legislature, serving two Hire claimed that, when a small boy inVirginia, he saw George Washington. Among other ])rominent citizens was John , a native of McDonough County, who wasborn on the family homestead on Section 2,April 7, 1
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . Hire located on Section 32 in 1847, butsubsequently purchased a tract on Section 28,upon which he resided until his death. George Hire, after whom the township wasnamed, settled in McDonougn County in was a man of ability, practically successfuland became a wealthy farmer. In 1856 he waselected to the Legislature, serving two Hire claimed that, when a small boy inVirginia, he saw George Washington. Among other ])rominent citizens was John , a native of McDonough County, who wasborn on the family homestead on Section 2,April 7, 1836. Oliver P. Courtright settled onSection 16, and was among the first to enlistunder the call tor 75,000 men at the beginningof the Civil War. He was also quite active inobtaining volunteers. During the war he wasa member of tne Seventy-eighth Illinois Regi-ment, and at the close of the rebellion he re-turned home. Mr. Courtright died August 25,1878, his remains being interred in the South-ern Cemetery, near Blandinsville. In 1854 John. ^J firr^rJ^^^y f V IISTORV ()1- MtDOXOLliH COUXTY. 669 B. Murray settled on a tract in the southeast-ern part of the township, his family consistingof three daughters and one son. His descend-ants in this county are numerous andhighly respected. In 1S41 M. L. Phelpsemigrated from the State of New Yorkand became a settler of this was an industrious and successfulfarmer, amassing quite a fortune. He waskilled. .January 13, 1S72, near the railroad depotat Macomb, by a runaway team, which threwhim from his wagon, inflicting fatal 1905, shortly before her death, his widowfurnished the means to erect the MariettaPhelps Hospital, at Macomb, which is a welldeserved monument to her memory and willever be gratefully remembered by the citizensof the place. (For details, see Hospitals.) On April 7, 1857, at an election held underthe new township organization, Samuel Ix)ganwas elected Justice of the Peace, and ReubenMartin and Thoma
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