GISH, Josephus A. – Bought the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 28, Greene Twp. January 31, 1853.

GISH, Rufus A. – An early Methodist, whose name is in their 1858 records of the Panola Circuit.

GLESSING, John M. and Mary Rehmann – John was born in 1821 and died December 10, 1893. He came from Germany to the U. S. A. around 1838 and into Woodford County in 1843 and worked as a carpenter, and cabinet maker. He bought a farm but a tenant actually operated it, this being the SE 1/4 of Section 27 in Panola Twp. There his daughters Emma and Anna were born, and sons Albert and Alfred. The family moved into El Paso in 1882 and there were born Dorothea, Barbara and Frederick, in the Adam Tompkins house at the edge of town. They later moved into the McClafferty house just south of the Jefferson Park.

GOEBEL, George – Came from Germany in 1858 and engaged in farming in El Paso Twp.

GOTTLEAF, Joseph – Name is in Methodist Church records of 1858, where his last name was spelled "Godlieaf."

GOUGH, William R. – Born October 21, 1821 in England. He followed the sea, coming to America in 1842, to Illinois in 1855, and to El Paso about 1858 or 1859. His father was Joseph Gough, who married a Sarah Rushton, and never came to America. William R. Gough lived in 1870 on the present day Paul North farm where Josephine (Barnard) was born. Other children were Rushton W. and Miss Sarah, who never married. The later Gough home was where H. C. Adams residence now is.

GRAFFT, David Sr. and Diana Grove – David was born in Eaton, Ohio, August, 6, 1829 and came into Woodford County near Eureka in 1850. He purchased land in El Paso Twp. in 1852, and was buyer of Lot 11, Block 39 from Gibson in El Paso October 13, 1856. He was living on the "west side" when he signed the Wathen petition to form the school district over there in 1858. David was a Civil War veteran who retired to Eureka in 1899. His son, David, again lived here in later years. The father was a Presbyterian and a Republican. He served in Company A., 129th Infantry Regiment in the War.

GRANT, Joseph and Mary A. – Joseph's name appears in the Methodist Church records at Panola when the church was in its second year. They probably lived in Palestine Twp. as they buried children in the Centennial Cemetery in 1854, and are themselves interred there.

GRAY, R. E. – Lived in Kappa area in the '50's. He has a baby buried in the Kappa Cemetery which died February 9, 1857.

GRUNDY, Thomas and Mary A. – Thomas was born October 3, 1822 and died November 19, 1890. He and Mary are buried in the Baughman Cemetery. Grundy children's names appear on the 1858 Methodist Church records in Panola church. They no doubt lived in that township.

GUARD, John and Elizabeth Bird – John migrated from England in 1851 and like many early settlers here, first lived near Kickapoo in Peoria County. He settled on the NW 1/4 of Section 34 in Panola Twp. in 1863. He was the father of Frank and James H. Guard, and grandfather of Arthur J. Guard.

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