Person:James Plew (2)

According to a WorldConnect database, James Plew [also spelled Plow, Plough, Plue, Phew, and Plugh] was the son of Elias Plough/Plew Jr. (1800-~1854) and Ursenah Anderson (also shown as 'Arner' Anderson). James married Emerine on 20 Aug 1852 and had four children: Mary Alice, 1854-1926; Sarah 'Sadie' D., 1857- ; James Ellsworth, 1864-1951; and Hattie, 1865-1943. {'Louks, Dimmitt and allied Families', by Joe Louks, <wc.rootsweb.com>, 10 Oct 2003}

 James Plew is recorded as leasing the county poor farm 1861-1866 in Brown Co.
 In the 1860 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, po Buckhorn, James Plew is a farmer, age 27 from Kentucky with $3,000 real estate and $500 personal, 'county farm'. 'Mrs. E' is 31, born Kentucky; and the children are Mary A. 6; and B. D. 3, female -- both born Illinois.  Also in the household, listed as 'paupers' are John (Tale?), 17; William Abbott, 18; and A. (Cisney?), 1 -- all born Illinois.  The household is listed as 'poorhouse'.  {#1460, 1398}
In the 1870 census for Lee, Brown Co., Illinois, po Mt. Sterling, Andrew Shankland is 65, farmer from Kentucky with $2000 real estate and $200 personal.  Wife Judith is 65 born Pennsylvania and David is 21, born Illinois.  James M. Plew is 37, farmer from Kentucky with $7,000 real estate and $1,000 personal.  Wife 'Emaline' is 40, and the children are Mary Ann 16; Sarah D. 13; James E. 8; and Hattie 5 -- all born Illinois.  Also in the household are John Linsey 60, born Ohio; James 27; Phoebe A. 21; and Chancy(?) 14 -- all born Illinois. {p.55} 
 In the Brown Co., Illinois USGenWeb archives, a file shows James W. and 'Emarine (Shankland)' Plew buried in Buckhorn Cemetery, Brown Co. {<http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilbrown/Cemeteries-html/bccemp2q.html>}
 According to a WorldConnect database, his sisters married brothers: Hannah 'Plew' or Pleugh married Robert S. Linn and Mary Ann Pleugh married Samuel T. Linn.  They are shown as daughters of Elias Pleugh and Ercena Anderson.  He may also be related to Martha who married Dr. Robert C. Davis.