8 Generations of Cass County connections of Roger Bruce Whitaker
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        36. Reuben D. Bowers , born 1812 in Vermont. He married 37. Ama B..
        37. Ama B. , born in Rhode Island.
        
Children of Reuben Bowers and Ama B. are:
        18        i.         Dighton Bowers, born 1850 in Cass County, Illinois; married Sarah T. Underwood November 07, 1871 in Cass County, Illinois.
                ii.         Stephen Bowers, born 1846.


        38. Thomas A. Underwood , born 1828 in New York. He was the son of 76. Phineas Underwood and 77. Susan Sarah Ann Appleton. He married 39. Zadia W. Arnold May 11, 1848 in Cass County, Illinois.
        39. Zadia W. Arnold , born 1828 in Tennessee.

More About Thomas A. Underwood:
Residence: 1870, Chandlerville, Illinois
        
Children of Thomas Underwood and Zadia Arnold are:
                i.         Addison Underwood, born 1849.
        19        ii.         Sarah T. Underwood, born 1851 in Cass County, Illinois; married Dighton Bowers November 07, 1871 in Cass County, Illinois.
                iii.         Mary Jane Underwood, born Abt. 1852.
                iv.         Tabitha Ann Underwood, born 1854.
                v.         Charlotte Elizabeth Underwood, born March 17, 1857.
                vi.         Zadia F. Underwood, born 1860.
                vii.         Rachel Underwood, born 1862.
                viii.         Thomas Underwood, born 1864.
                ix.         Phineas Underwood, born 1867; married Anna E. Fishe January 04, 1887.


        50. Henry Schultz , born Abt. 1802 in Um, Germany.
        
Child of Henry Schultz is:
        25        i.         Dorothea Schultz, born November 29, 1833 in Germany; married Louis Timian.


        52. Carl Lange , born June 04, 1814 in Germany; died February 25, 1896 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He married 53. Sophia Walters.
        53. Sophia Walters , born in Germany; died in Jacksonville, Illinois.

More About Carl Lange:
Immigration: 1863, Came from Germany to Jacksonville, Illinois
        
Children of Carl Lange and Sophia Walters are:
        26        i.         Frederick Lange, born December 01, 1839 in Near Berlin, Germany; died March 24, 1906; married Minnie Schumacher February 06, 1864 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
                ii.         Fredricka Lange, born 1840; died 1865; married Louis Reiser; born 1837; died 1888.
                iii.         Charles Lange, married Lizzie Wegehaupt.


        54. Fredrick Schumacher , born 1815; died July 23, 1899. He married 55. Sophia Peters.
        55. Sophia Peters , born 1818; died 1902.

More About Fredrick Schumacher:
Burial: Pleasant Plains
        
Children of Fredrick Schumacher and Sophia Peters are:
        27        i.         Minnie Schumacher, born January 31, 1840; died May 15, 1920; married Frederick Lange February 06, 1864 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
                ii.         Fredericka Schumacher, born 1842; died 1931; married Louis Reiser; born 1837; died 1888.
                iii.         Louisa Schumacher, born Abt. 1846; married Fred Timian; born Abt. 1836 in Prussia; died Aft. 1910.
                iv.         Frederick Schumacher, born 1846; married Lena Mau.
                v.         Johanna Schumacher, born 1848; died 1926; married Nicholas Wullenwaber; born 1845; died 1922.
                vi.         Mary Schumacher, born 1850.
                vii.         Caroline Schumacher, born 1853; died 1928; married Fredrick Brinkmeyer; born 1837; died 1921.
                viii.         Sophia Schumacher, born 1856; died 1914; married William Wullenwaber; born 1855; died 1930.
                ix.         Augusta Schumacher, born 1860; died 1941; married Bernhardt Reiser; born 1850; died 1920.


        56. Patrick Lewis Caldwell , born 1810 in County Monaghan, Ireland; died April 23, 1878. He married 57. Mary Ann Reynolds in Maryland.
        57. Mary Ann Reynolds , born 1820 in ? 1880 census 68 y/o = 1812 In Ireland.

More About Patrick Lewis Caldwell:
Burial: Catholic cemetery, Beardstown, IL
Immigration: 1835, Arrived in Baltimore, Md
        
Children of Patrick Caldwell and Mary Reynolds are:
        28        i.         Charles Caldwell, born July 10, 1836 in Mt. Savage, Md.; died October 25, 1878; married Catherine Heaton December 10, 1860.
                ii.         James Caldwell, born 1841.
                iii.         John Caldwell, born 1843.
                iv.         Franklin Caldwell, born 1845.
                v.         Thomas Caldwell, born 1848.
                vi.         Patrick L. Caldwell, Jr, born July 18, 1853; died June 17, 1886; married Mary Miller; born April 16, 1858; died April 10, 1915.
                vii.         Elizabeth Caldwell, born Unknown.
                viii.         Mary Ann Caldwell, born Unknown.


        58. Capt. John Heaton , born January 01, 1810 in Wigan / Wiggin, Lancastershire, England; died June 22, 1899 in Virginia, Illinois. He was the son of 116. Dennis Heaton and 117. Kate Bartley. He married 59. Mary Jane Fullerton November 02, 1840 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England.
        59. Mary Jane Fullerton , born February 29, 1820 in Tower of London, England; died November 30, 1895 in Bluff Springs, Illinois. She was the daughter of 118. James Fullerton and 119. Martha Glen.

Notes for Capt. John Heaton:
CAPTAIN JOHN HEATON, a retired farmer residing in Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, was born in Wigan, Lancashire county, England, January 1, 1810.

Dennis Heaton, his father and Bartley Heaton, his grandfather, were also natives of Wigan, the family as far as known being of English ancestry. Grandfather Heaton was a Colonel in the Life Guards. He spent his whole life in England. Dennis Heaton was engaged in the mercantile business in Wigan, where he died about 1816. The maiden name of his wife was Kate Bartley, and she, too, was a native of Wigan. After the death of Mr. Heaton she married James Richardson. Her death occurred in Yorkshire about 1852. By her first husband she had nine children, all of whom reached adult years; by her second husband she reared four children.

The subject of our sketch was reared in Manchester. He was six years old when his father died, and from the time he was seven he earned his own living. From his seventh year till his thirteenth he worked in a cotton factory, after which he began learning the trade of tin and coppersmith with Mr. Moon in Oldham street, Manchester, with whom he worked seven years. He now has a kettle which he made in 1827 and presented to his mother. At the time of his marriage she gave it back to him, and it has been in daily use in his family ever since.

At the age of twenty-one Mr. Heaton enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Infantry, and was soon transferred to the Fifty-ninth Regiment, and marched across Ireland to Dublin, joining the regiment at Port Aa Bella Barracks, and served two years and eight months. He was in different parts of Ireland ten months and then made a forced march to Oldham, England, to quell a riot there; thence to Liverpool, where he embarked for Gibraltar, a year later to Malta, then to Carfew, and from there back to Gibraltar, where his discharge and that of nineteen others was purchased, supposed to have been by the Spanish Government. He then became a member of Shaw's brigade for the Spanish army during the war between Don Carlos and the Queen; was commissioned Captain of the Light Company and commanded that company in the different marches, battles, etc. incident to that war. He served a little more than seven years.

When peace was declared Captain Heaton was honorably discharged and returned to Manchester. There he began business on his own account as a tin and copper smith, remaining thus occupied until 1850. That year he came to America, sailing from Liverpool on the 27th of May and landing in Quebec after a voyage of seven weeks and three days. His father-in-law was at that time living four miles from Streetsville, Ontario. He joined him, and from there visited the Queen's Bush, a tract of timber land set aside for the soldiers. Not caring to have a farm in the wilderness, he came to the United States. After residing in St. Louis a few weeks, he sought a home in Cass county, Illinois, taking up his abode seven miles from Virginia, where he entered a tract of Government land. He erected a log house and commenced at once to improve his land. This was before the coming of the railroad and when Beardstown was the principal market for this section of the country. Deer and various kinds of wild game were plenty here. Captain Heaton improved fifty acres of land, and in 1854 sold it to John Fravey. He then moved to Beardstown in order to give his children the benefit of schools. He was employed by Horace Billings in his pork house for a time, and later was in the employ of Mr. Crea and Henry Chatsey. While a resident of that place he was sent for from Brooklyn, New York, to superintend a pork-packing establishment there for a Mr. Arris. He remained in Brooklyn one season. In 1863 he went to Decatur, Illinois, and established a packing house for Mr. Plato. He subsequently purchased a farm of Major Arnold, in Monroe precinct, and resided on it till 1870. The following two years he lived in Beardstown. His next move was to Virginia. He bought property on Gospel Hill, built a house, and resided there till 1884. He then rented that place, and bought and moved to his present home.

Captain Heaton was married at Bolton, Lancashire, England, November 2, 1840, to Mary J. Fullerton. She was born in the Tower of London, February 29, 1820, daughter of Major James Fullerton, a native of England. When a young man, her father enlisted in the Seventh Battalion, and was commissioned Major. He was in command of the tower at the time of her birth. He served in the army about twenty-two years, after which he was retired on half pay. He then emigrated to Canada, and settled twenty miles from Toronto, Ontario, where he bought a farm and resided till his death. The maiden name of his wife was Martha Glen. She was born in England and died in Canada.

To Captain Heaton and his wife eleven children have been born, viz.: Noble John, who was married by W. R. Whitehead to Flavila Yaple, December 24, 1873, and has three children, Charlie, Alford and Noble John; Catharine, who was married by R. C. H. Heimerling to Charles Caldwell, December 12, 1860, and has seven children, Patrick, John, Emma, Jennie, who became the wife of James Mead, of Virginia; Lizzie, Katie and Edward; Edward, who lost his life in a railroad accident on the Central Pacific Railroad; James, who was married in November, 1873, to Cora Seaman, has one child, Florence; Mary Jane, who was married by Benjamin Williams to W. B. Williams, August 7, 1871, and has two children, Eddie and Henry; William, who was married by John W. Shay to Hannah E. Seaman, November 10, 1875, and has five children, Mary, John, Willard, George and Eva; Charles, who was married January 5, 1885, to Sadie Bohman; Susan, who was married by John W. Allen to Reuben Lancaster, March 11, 1880, and has two children, Earl and Iva; Alice, who was married by John W. Allen to Edward E. Savage, May 10, 1877, and has four children, Henry, Walter, Bessie and Zella; Martha, who was married by J. E. Roach to Richard H. Payne, November 20, 1884, and has four children, Carey, Inis, Hazel and Irine; and Thomas, who is unmarried. They have twenty-nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Captain and his worthy companion are devout members of the Catholic Church.

The sword which this veteran carried in Spain he has presented to his son, Noble John, who values it beyond price.

Such is a brief record of one of Virginia's pioneers and highly respected citizens.

More About Capt. John Heaton:
Burial: June 25, 1899, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Immigration: May 27, 1850, Sailed from Liverpool to Quebec and traveled to his father-in-laws location, 4 miles from Streetsville, Ontario.
Military service: 1831, Enlisted in English 36th Regiment, transferred to 59th Regiment.

More About Mary Jane Fullerton:
Burial: December 02, 1895, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
        
Children of John Heaton and Mary Fullerton are:
                i.         Noble John Heaton, born January 17, 1842 in England; married Flavila Yaple December 24, 1873.
        29        ii.         Catherine Heaton, born October 18, 1844 in Manchester, England; died 1919; married Charles Caldwell December 10, 1860.
                iii.         Edward Heaton, born August 04, 1846 in Manchester, England; died March 15, 1868 in Killed at Montella, N..... ?.
                iv.         James Heaton, born April 29, 1848 in England; married Cora Seaman November 1873.
                v.         Mary Jane Heaton, born May 15, 1850 in England; died March 10, 1881 in Bluff Springs, Illinois; married W.B. Williams September 07, 1871.
                vi.         William Heaton, born August 04, 1852 in Illinois; married Hannah E. Seaman; born November 10, 1875.
                vii.         Charles Heaton, born November 23, 1854 in Beardstown, Illinois; died March 01, 1913 in Spangle, Washington; married Sadie Bollman / Bohman January 05, 1887 in Rock Island, Illinois.
                viii.         Susan Heaton, born March 01, 1857 in Illinois; died 1945; married Reuben Lancaster March 11, 1880; born June 14, 1842 in 12 Miles North of Georgetown, Kentucky; died January 10, 1917 in Virginia, Illinois.
                ix.         Alice Heaton, born May 04, 1859 in Illinois; married Edward E. Savage May 10, 1877 in Beardstown - The House of her father.
                x.         Martha Heaton, born November 06, 1862 in Illinois; died 1934; married Richard H. Payne November 20, 1884; born 1861 in Missouri; died 1924.
                xi.         Thomas Heaton, born April 14, 1865; died in Saidora, Illinois.
        60. John Edward Nix , born January 27, 1822 in Madison Co., Tennessee; died 1847 in Illinois. He was the son of 120. Obediah Nix and 121. Luvicy Bruce. He married 61. Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell June 11, 1846 in Mason County, Illlinois.
        61. Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell , born January 08, 1825 in Logan Co, Kentucky; died October 28, 1886 in Bath, Illinois. She was the daughter of 122. Isaac Mitchell, Jr and 123. Frances Stribling.
        
Child of John Nix and Mahala Mitchell is:
        30        i.         John Isaac Nix, born April 04, 1847 in Illinois; died January 10, 1934 in Illinois; married Ellen Frances McGehee May 15, 1872 in Mason County, Illlinois.


        62. Harvey McGehee , born 1814 in Illinois. He was the son of 124. Steven McGehee and 125. Olive McCrackin. He married 63. Harriett Levica Brant.
        63. Harriett Levica Brant , born 1822 in Old Town, MD.
        
Children of Harvey McGehee and Harriett Brant are:
                i.         Henrietta McGehee, born Unknown; married ? Riggins.
                ii.         Lenard McGehee, born 1837.
                iii.         Stephen McGehee, born 1838.
                iv.         Virginia McGehee, born 1842; married ? Witte.
        31        v.         Ellen Frances McGehee, born February 25, 1848 in Mason Co., IL; died December 01, 1905 in Ashland, IL; married John Isaac Nix May 15, 1872 in Mason County, Illlinois.
                vi.         Eva McGehee, born 1854; married John Horstman.