Interocean Newspaper
January 31, 1896Chatsworth, Ill., Jan. 30. -- Special Telegram. -- Job Haskell Megquire, one of the first settlers of Livingston County and a veteran of the Mexican war, was buried here yesterday, having died at his home in this city on Sunday evening at 10:10 o'clock. He was born in Wenham, Cumberland County, Me., Feb 10, 1827.
His father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was one of General Miller's brigade at Lundy's Lane, and his grandfather was a soldier in the revolutionary war.
When 18 years old he enlisted in the Eighth United States Infantry at Lowell, Mass., under General W. T. Sherman, and served through the Mexican war. He was at the erection of Fort Brown and was engaged at the captures of the Cities of Monterey, Relnosa, Camargo, Mier, Vera Cruz, Gerro Gordo, the bombardment of the City of Mexico, the storming of Chepultepee, and battles of Palo Alto, San Antonio, Contreras, Cherubusco, San Augustine, and Molina del Rey.
In the last battle he received two severe wounds, one of which proved almost fatal. When the gold fever was running high he took passage to California via the Isthmus of Panama, and engaged in digging gold with varied success. After returning to his native state he made another trip to California over the same route, and met with better success in mining.
He was married at East Corinth, Me.,to Miss Sarah Henrietta Young in 1856 and came to Illinois in 1857 and settled in Livingston Count, near Oliver's Grove, where he engaged in farming.
He then moved into the Village of Chatsworth where he has since resided and was the oldest citizen at the time of his death.
For a number of years he was engaged in the real estate business and laid out two additions to the Village of Chatsworth. He was one of the first school directors in the village and had been assessor of the Township of Chatsworth for many years prior to his death. His acquaintance in Livingston County was large and he had long been a member of the Masonic fraternity, under whose auspices the funeral was conducted today from the Baptist church, Rev. John Small officiating. His wife, eight sons, and one daughter survive him.
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46705. Samuel Franklin Megquier
Chatsworth Plaindealer
November 23, 1888SAMUEL FRANKLIN MEGQUIER died of consumption at the residence of his parents in this city, on Saturday evening, Nov. 17, aged 24 years, 6 months and 17 days.
Deceased was born on May 1, 1864, in the house now the home of Mr. B.L. Yates, this city, and passed his boyhood days here. He attended the public schools of this place, and before arriving at man's estate sought employment for himself.
Time and its changes found him employed at Little Rock, Arkansas, fourteen months ago, where his health gave way to the ravages of the disease which ultimately claimed him as its victim. He left Little Rock for the mountains and spent some time in New and Old Mexico in hopes that a change of climate might be the means of restoring his vital powers. But to his disappointment he found no relief -- in fact grew visibly worse, which caused him to retrace his steps eastward as far as Kansas City, where he spent some two months with his brother, William and wife, all of which time he was under treatment from on the most skilled physicians of that city, but with out the desired results. The physician despairing of all hopes, so informed the patient's brother, when at the earnest solicitation of those at the parental home he came on here, where he arrived on June 29 last. For a short time after his coming he was able to walk down the street and speak with many of his old acquaintances, but the ravages of disease, which makes no distinction between young or aged, soon caused him to be confined under the parental roof, where he continued to waste away until he slept peacefully away in the embrace of his fond father and mother, who had done all that the loving hearts and willing hands of parents could do for his comfort during his long and painful suffering.