MORRIS, James T.-Came to Woodford County in 1842, and later settled on the farm still in Morris possession in the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10, Panola Twp. He was a farmer and stockman.
MOSHER, E. – Methodist preacher in El Paso-Panola Circuit in 1858. May not have actually resided in our area as the Circuit included Chenoa to Secor.
MURRAY, John – Attended First Methodist Conference in Panola on November 7-8, 1857. His name is mentioned in that Church's books again in 1858.
NAFFZIGER, Jacob (1798-1888) and Barbara Graebiel (1795-1876) – Early residents in northern Panola Twp. Date of settlement unknown.
NAFFZIGER, P. J. and M. – Lived in the north Panola Twp. area in 1859.
NEIFING, William – Came to Illinois from Germany in 1847 and to El Paso around 1858. He was a harness dealer and an undertaker. He was the election judge who decided to allow David A. Strother to vote after some debate, the first legal Negro vote in the U. S. as a result of the 15th Amendment. He buried Ludwig Chlopicki, El Paso's famous "Count." He made an addition on the west side of town called Neifing's Addition, January 30, 1867.
NEIGHBARGER, B. and M. (wife) – They lived along the Mackinaw in August, 1852 and possibly earlier.
NEIGHBARGER, G. W. and S. A. – Known to be in the Mackinaw area in the late 1850's.
NEIGHBARGER, Jacob and Phoebe – They lived in the Mackinaw area in the early 1850's. Phoebe died 2-19-55.
NESMITH, Jane – First public school teacher in Panola village in 1857. The building had cost $600.00.
NETHERCOTT, Robert and (1) Mary (Died 6-16-60, age 31), (2) Jane (Died in 1889, age 57) – Robert was born in September, 1833 and died in February, 1911. He settled his homestead in Panola Twp. about 1859 or possibly before. He owned one of El Paso's early automobiles, a real horseless carriage with regular buggy wheels and a rod for steering. His car may have been the fifth in town – the first was Dr. C. O. Patton's and the next were ordered by Dr. Gordon, Elmer Gray, Steve deVries, and then perhaps Nethercott and Fred Blumenshine. Charles Bailey in Panola Twp. also had an early auto. Too old to learn to drive, Nethercott gave up and stored his old car in a barn.
NETHERS, G. W. – Born September 20, 1810, died March 12, 1857. He lived near Kappa, and is buried in the Kappa Cemetery.
NEWELL, Rev. Isaac D. – The first Baptist Church in Kansas-Montgomery Twp. area was organized at the home of James Vance under Rev. Newell's direction in 1837.
NITWINE, John – A Bowling Green resident around 1840.
NORTH, Henry and Mary Hitch – Henry was an Englishman, who came from Tazewell County and purchased land in the SE 1/4 of Section 16, El Paso Twp. in 1855, where he and Mary lived. A brother of the John North, born November
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