MALONE, John
The history of John MALONE should find a place upon the
pages of the annals of
Marshall
county, for his life record was at all times creditable and
honorable and proved that energy and diligence may win success
in this land where labor is not hampered by caste or class. He
was born in County Down,
Ireland, about fifty-four
years ago and lived on the Emerald isle until his eighth year,
when he went to Scotland. He
acquired his education in that country and continued a resident
of the land of hills and heather until twenty-one years of age,
when thinking that he might have more advantageous opportunities
in the new world he sailed for the United States, going first to
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where for some time he worked in the
mines. After a few years, however, he came to Illinois and was employed in the mines on
Spoon river. Later, in connection with his brother Samuel, he
purchased a farm on section 30,
Saratoga
township, just northwest of the present town of Camp Grove. His
parents were Owen and Jane MALONE. The father continued a
resident of Scotland until called to his final home, and the
mother afterward came to the United States and had made her home
with our subject, but died at her daughter’s, Mrs. John KING, in
La Prairie. John MALONE, with a clear conception of the
opportunities offered by the new world, came to the
United States and here made
steady progress in business life.
On the 3d of July, 1858, in Peoria,
Mr. MALONE was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth MARSHALL, a
native of Northumberland, England, and a sister of Henry and
Frank MARSHALL. In 1839 she came to
America
with her parents, Francis and Jane (WILSON) MARSHALL, also
natives of England. The
young couple began their domestic life upon a farm which had
been purchased by Mr. MALONE and his brother, but afterward sold
that property and purchased the present home place on section
31, Saratoga
township, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, constituting a
fine farm about a mile from Camp Grove. The farm is now being
operated by two unmarried sons and the mother makes her home
with them, the property being owned by her. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
MALONE were born eleven children: Jane Elizabeth, the eldest, is
now the wife of G. A. WOLFE, a farmer and stock-raiser of Page
county, Iowa, who owns several
fine farms in that state. They have four children: John, Leona,
Eldon and Harry. Henry MALONE, who died about three years ago,
left a widow, who bore the maiden name of Willetta KING, and
four children, Glenn, John, Harry and Vera. William Francis, who
married Ada BOCOCK, is living upon his own farm in Saratoga township. John is
now operating the home farm and is joint owner with Samuel
MALONE, Mrs. RIEL and Mrs. SELEY, his brother and sisters, of a
sixty-six acre farm near the old homestead. James, who is
engaged in farming west of Wyoming,
Illinois, and
also practices veterinary surgery, married Sally HOCHSTRASSER
and has one child, Vivian. Mary Ann is the wife of John DORAN of Peoria, and has two children, Mary Celestine
and Ellen Edna. Samuel is also living on the old homestead.
Joseph, who follows farming four miles north of the home place
in Saratoga township, wedded Mary FAULKNER and
has two children, John Farrel and Addaline Elizabeth. Thomas,
who is a mechanic and lives at Wyoming, Illinois, married Carrie FAULKNER and has two
children, Irma and Pauline. Marguerite is the wife of a Mr.
SELEY, a resident farmer of
Saratoga
township, and they have one son, Kenneth. Lavina Isabelle is the
wife of Theodore RIEL of Wyoming, Illinois, and they have two children, Frank
and Vorris.
Mr. MALONE was a man of prominence in Saratoga township. He possessed a kindly
nature and a friendly and genial disposition, which made him
popular and gained him many warm friends. He was an enterprising
farmer, a good husband and father and his devotion to his family
was so marked that he considered no personal sacrifice on his
part too great if it would enhance the welfare or happiness of
his wife and children. He held friendship inviolable and was
ever faithful to the trust that was reposed in him. His
political support was given to the democracy and he was a
devoted and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
in the faith of which he passed away, his remains being interred
in the cemetery at Wyoming, Illinois. Mrs. MALONE still survives her
husband and is a most intelligent lady, who has done a mother’s
full part by her family. She, too, has a large circle of warm
friends in this county and is much esteemed wherever known.
Extracted 10 May 2011 by Norma Hass from
Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, 1907.
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