. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . to Ohio the same year;in 1857 he came to LaHarj»e, Hancock Co., 111., where he remained22 years; he then located in (i ille, where he now carries on the coopering business; 30 ..ractice has made him a lineworkman. In 1S56 he married Eliza J. Findley, and of their 3children, 2 are living, Samuel and Freddie
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . to Ohio the same year;in 1857 he came to LaHarj»e, Hancock Co., 111., where he remained22 years; he then located in (i ille, where he now carries on the coopering business; 30 ..ractice has made him a lineworkman. In 1S56 he married Eliza J. Findley, and of their 3children, 2 are living, Samuel and Freddie, the former being nowin partnership with his father, and the firm is known as New-house cV: S«»n. Sinnxul A. Oliver is a native of Maine; emigmted to Missouriin 1859, and in 1865 he became a merchant in Hannibal; in Nov.,1878, he came to Griggsville and oi>ened a general stock of grocer-ies, queensware. glassware, lime, salt and oil, keeping on handabout $3,500 wi|ith. He has had much to contend with here, butby integrity and enterprise has won the confidence of the com-munity. In 1S61 he married Frances M. Davis, and their onlychild is Willie. T. W. Parker is a native of Indiana, and a son of James Parker,now of Griggsville. He engaged in the drug business here in 1867. ^4 HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY. 559 and now carries a stock of S4-,500, in druirs, medicines, stationery,fancy goods, books, etc.; keeping on hand a well selected variety ofarticles in all these branches of the trade, prosperity attends him. Otis Parsons was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1S12, the secondof 9 children; was a merchant in Grigijsville for several years, andfarmer for a time. He came to Alton, III., in 1835, and to Griggs-ville the next year. Ilis parents were also natives of Gloucester,Mass. His mother is still living (December, ls79) at the age of 97years. She remembers that at the time of George Washingtonsdeath, she saw the messenger proclaiming the sad news that Wash-ington, the Great, is de
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