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Note: US Census
1860: Springfield Twp., PO Oakdale, Delaware Co., PA
1870: Kickapoo, PO Kickapoo, Peoria Co., IL
1880: Kickapoo Twp., Peoria Co., IL
1890: Was probably Kickapoo Twp., Peoria Co., IL
1900: Kickapoo Twp., Peoria Co., IL
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History of Peoria County, Illinois; 1880, Johnson & Co.; <http://www.peoriacountyillinois.info/bios/1880_kickapoobios.html> transcribed by Danni Hopkins
Kickapoo Township. (Pages 770-786):
VICARY HENRY, farmer and coal miner, Pottstown, P. O. Peoria. Son of Henry and Ann Vicary, nee Gipps, was born at Cornwall, England, May 23, 1853. He was educated as a wool-comber, and in 1851 he came to America and settled in Delaware county, Penn.; in 1864 he came to this township and settled on what is known as Jones' Prairie, engaging as a farmer and lime-burner two years. In 1866 removed to Pottstown and engaged in present business. July 3, 1857, he married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Alice Lonsdale, who was born in Lancashire, England, August 29, 1839. They have had nine children--Alice Ann, born in Delaware county, Pa., November 18, 1859, married Jacob Waits, December 25, 1877; John, born January 20, 1862; George Washington, born February 22, 1864; Ellen, born June 20, 1866; Mary, born July 5, 1868; James, born January 2, 1871, died in infancy; Henry, born August 28, 1873; William, born March 7, 1876; James Everett, born August 17, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Vicary are adherents of the Church of England. Politically Mr. Vicary is a Republican. He owns eighty-nine acres of land, a part of which is coal bearing, and a hotel property, the aggregate value of which is $10,000.
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Henry Vicary - Portrait and Biographical Album of Peoria County (1890), Pages 936-939
Transcribed by Danni Hopkins.
Henry Vicary. Cornwall is one of the fairest and richest counties of "merrie England" and has given many of her sons to aid in the development of the vast treasures contained in the soil or found in the mines of the New World. One of her brave sons who valiantly set out to try his fortunes in the New Country across the sea, is the one of whom we write in this brief biography. He was born in Cornwell, England, May 23, 1832, and left home when eighteen to see what he could do in America. For twelve years after reaching this country he lived in Delaware County, Pa., where he was employed in a woolen mill.
Upon leaving Pennsylvania Mr. Vicary came to Peoria County and settled in Kickapoo Township, where he has since resided engaged in coal mining and farming. He has given his attention chiefly to the former occupation, carrying on operations in Peoria County. His farm comprises about two hundred and sixty acres of good land upon which he has erected a comfortable house and other good buildings. His land lies close to Pottstown, on section 36, where he and his family live in comfortable independence surrounded by all the conveniences and many of the luxuries of modern civilized life. A view of their fine estate is presented elsewhere in this volume.
The father of our subject was also named Henry Vicary and was a native of England, where he spent a large portion of his life. The mother was Ann (Gipps) Vicary, also a native of England. Henry Vicary, Sr., came to America in 1862, and after remaining three years returned to England, and died soon afterward. The mother came to Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, where she made her home with her son, our subject, until her death in 1871.
Henry Vicary, of whom we write, was united in the bonds of matrimony July 3, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Miss Elizabeth Lonsdale. Mrs. Vicary is a native of Lancashire, England, where she was born in 1839. She is a daughter of John and Alice Lonsdale, and is an intelligent and pleasant lady, making friends everywhere. Of the children born to her and her husband seven are living, as follows: John, George W., Alice A., wife of Jacob Waite; Mary, wife of Edward Pepard; Ellen, wife of F. Wolstienhole; Henry and William. Those deceased are: Jennie, who died when about two years of age; and four who died in infancy.
Our subject takes an active part in all matters connected with the well-being of the township and is favorably disposed toward all plans calculated to advance the prosperity of the members of the community in which he lives. In politics he is a Republican and stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens of all political creeds; he has been honored with the office of highway Commissioner, in which position he gave unqualified satisfaction. Mr. Vicary is a genial, good-hearted man, ever ready to respond to the call of the needy and is beloved by not only the members of his own family, but also by the people with whom he is more or less intimately associated.
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