• General Notes

  Obituary:
  One by one the pioneers of Stark County are dropping out of the ranks of the great procession of human life. On the 20th day of the present month died our well-known fellow citizen, Edward Trickle, ninety years.
  
  He was born in 1807 and came to Illinois in 1836 with his wife and two children. His destination was Rochester, in Peoria County, where his brother-in-law, Therigood Smith then lived. Mr. Smith was the father of John E. and Ephraim Smith, well known to the people in this county. He afterwards purchased land in Essex Township in this County, upon which he resided until the time of his death.
  
  In the spring of 1837 he built a cabin and moved his family upon the land he had purchased. There are few men who have lived so many years upon the same farm. He endured the inconveniences and hardship of a pioneer life and as well enjoyed its pleasures. Time and industry brought their fruits of competence and ease, which were reasonably enjoyed.
  
  Mr. Trickle was an intelligent, upright and honest man; well esteemed by all who knew him and was liberal and helpful, not only to his own family but to many others who will hold his memory in kindly remembrance.
  
  

Details of Edward's family with Smith