HAAS, Joseph Sr. and Mary Simon – Joseph was born in Spring Bay September 9, 1843, the son of John and Anne Haas, very early Woodford County settlers (1836). Joseph Sr. moved onto a Panola Twp. farm in 1864. They were the parents of Joseph P., Andrew F., Arch S., Ralph B., Emma R. (Pfister), Angie E. (Fulton) and Tresa (Kinsella).

HAAS, Peter Sr. and Anna E. Reising – Peter was the son of John and Anne Haas, who came to Spring Bay in 1836. He was born February 14, 1848 and died in El Paso on February 16, 1942. He attented old Jubilee College 15 miles northwest of Peoria in 1866. He lived along the Illinois River in the west side of the county for some years, finally settling on the NW 1/4 of Section 27, Panola Twp. where Charles Bailey lives in 1953. This farmer and stockman came into El Paso in 1886 and engaged in the plumbing business for many years at 27 E. Front St. Peter and Anna were the parents of Peter Jr., Frank, J. Rolland, Louisa (O'Neil), Anna M. (Krones), Edwina M. (Brown), Clara J. (Clark), and Florence (Barclay). Peter Jr. and Frank joined the firm in 1905; and in 1917 the Haas How Co. became the Haas Plumbing Co. Peter Sr. retired in 1921, his two sons taking over. Finally on March 1, 1937 the business became Peter Jr.'s alone, and he continued it until January 20, 1947. It was 62 years in operation under the Haas name.

HAHN, Abram – Settled in Greene Twp. woods in 1833. He was a German from Ohio.

HALL, Henry and (1) Ann Hartley, (2) Jane Healy, (3) Mary A. Chadwick – Henry was born in England June 11, 1824 and died in Panola Twp. January 2, 1896. He migrated to America in 1850 and settled finally on prairie land in the SW corner of Section 10, Panola Twp. where he engaged (in 1865) in farming and raising livestock for many years. He was the father of Riley H. Hall (1860-1939); grandfather of Mrs. Edna Agnew, Mrs. Ella Kingdon and Ted Hall.

HALL, Zachary – His name is on Methodist records of 1857-58. He was the presiding elder of the first Methodist Conference ever held in out area, at Panola, November 7-8, 1857.

HAMM, Walter H. and Lucinda Allen (1847-1910) – Walter was born September 6, 1830 in Pine Plaines, New York and died September 13, 1908 in El Paso, Illinois. He came to Hennepin, Illinois in 1854 and to Panola, Illinois in 1859 where he ran a hay press. He was a landowner in 1861 in Panola Twp. He was the father of Ira L. Hamm, Susie (Pitman) and Miss Clara Hamm. Walter helped organize the United Brethern Church in Panola, and was its first Sunday School Superintendent.

HAMMERS, Isaac Sr. – Operated a store in "Gabetown" with William Crosley in 1853, moving it into Panola when the railroad came through there. Hammers sold his interest to Thomas Patterson.

HAMMERS, James – Early Greene Twp. settler; relative of others in this family.

HAMMERS, Jesse and (1) Eleanor Buckingham, (2) Ruah (Garrison) Buckingham – Jesse was born May 7, 1804 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Eleanor died in 1850. They were early Greene Twp. settlers, patenting the NW 1/4 of Section 13 on August 28, 1852, after buying land (E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 16) from James Hammers on March 7, 1851. In 1853 Jesse patented Section 16 land in El Paso Twp. with Edgar Babcock. From Greene County, Pennsylvania, they came to the Cazenovia area in 1835 and to Greene Twp., which they named after their home county sometime in the late 1840's. Jesse was the first President of the County Agricultural Society and a Vice-President of the Tonica & Petersburg Railroad, throwing the first shovel of dirt in its construction. He died September 3, 1881.

HAMMERS, Joseph S. and Ellen – Lived in Greene Twp. in 1857. Joseph was a son of Jesse Hammers, and father of Isaac B. Hammers, long time El Paso

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