Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

Z. W. GATTON, banker; Virginia City.  Among those of the early
and sturdy pioneers of Cass County, was Thomas Gatton, a native
of the State of Maryland, and father of the subject of this brief
sketch.  He lived in Maryland until January, 1779, when he
emigrated to Kentucky, settled in Allen County, and engaged in
merchandising.  There he remained until he came to Illinois in
1824, and located about one quarter of a mile east of where
Little Indian Station is now located.  At this point he opened
the first store in what was then Morgan County, but now Cass. 
Thomas Gatton raised a family of six sons and four daughters. 
All but one, the youngest, were born in Kentucky.  Zachariah W.
was the fourth son, and was born Nov. 13, 1812, being about
twelve years old when they came to Morgan County.  It is well
known what the school advantages of those days were, and the
young Gattons shared the common lot of other young pioneers,
studied such books as were within their reach, and from stern
experience learned the common every-day lessons not found in
books, of how to earn a living, and get a start in the world. 
Our subject has, from the time of his advent into Illinois, been
closely identified with the agricultural interests of his county.
In 1847 he married Miss Sarah C., daughter of Arthur Saint Claire
Miller, a speculator, of Covington, Ky., and they have had six
children, all born in Virginia Precinct, of whom four are now
living:  Emma K., Kate A., Charles B., and William R.  Charles
B., the second of the family, is a resident merchant of Virginia;
was born April 14, 1850.  After attending the public schools of
his native town, he entered the grocery business, being at that
time nineteen years of age.  He continued in that business until
1879, and then entered the drug and hardware business, in which
he is still successfully employed.  He married Nov. 13, 1879,
Miss Mary Kemper, daughter of Thomas J. Kemper, now of
Springfield; and they have one daughter, Floy, and a son, Roscoe
B.

Gatton Miller Kemper
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