David Hervey

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

HERVEY, DAVID H.; Farmer; was born in Radnor Township, June 17, 1853, and there educated. He is the son of David G. Hervey, a native of Ohio, born in 1807, and Jane (Yates) Hervey, a native of West Virginia. His paternal grandfather was William Hervey, whose wife’s surname before marriage was Glenn. The maternal Grandfather was William Yates. David G. Hervey moved from West Virginia in 1849, came to Peoria by the water route, and then went to Radnor Township, where he bought two hundred acres of land in the northeast quarter of Section 10 adjoining, where he farmed till his death, October 29, 1889. At that time he owned two hundred and forty acres of land. He served as Commissioner of Highways. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Hervey were the parents of six children besides David H. Thomas Y. served for three years in the War of the Rebellion, as a member of the Forty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is married and lives in Chenoa, Illinois. The other children of this family are: Margaret I., widow of John Morrow; Mary J, wife of Wm. T. Brown, of Chenoa; Martha E., deceased; Sarah H., wife of Rev. George Dunlap, of Waltham, Illinois; and William A. William A. has been twice married; first to Alice Hildebrand, by whom he had a daughter, Ruby Glenn; and a second time with Lulu M. Adkins, by whom he has one child, Wilma Fern. He is School Trustee of Radnor Township. David H. occupies the old homestead with William. He is a “Granger,” a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics, a Prohibitionist. William A. is also a Prohibitionist, and for many years has been Elder in the Presbyterian Church at Dunlap.

Page 803