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 ORTRAIT AND DI0GRAPHI6AL 
 
 RECORD 
 
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 HANCOCK, Mcdonough 
 
 ANiJ hendp:rson counties 
 
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 CONTAINING 
 
 Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
 
 Gitizens of the County 
 
 TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS OF AM. THB 
 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
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 preface:. 
 
 'he greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers of the 
 present centnr}-, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of 
 its people." In conformity with this idea, the Portrait and Biooraphical Album of this 
 county has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and taking therefrom drj- statistical 
 matter that can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone to the people, the men 
 and women who have, by their enterprise and industrj', brought the county to a rank second to 
 none among those comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips ha\-e the story of 
 their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelligent 
 public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of 
 coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, bj- industry- and economy 
 have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, 
 have become learned men and women, with an influence extending throughout the length and 
 breadth of the land. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as 
 statesmen, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in ever>- walk in life who 
 have striven to succeed, and records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells 
 also of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even 
 tenor of their way," content to have it said of them, as Christ said of the woman performing a 
 deed of mercy — "They have done what they could." It tells how that many in the pride and 
 strength of young manhood left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting- 
 room, left ever3' trade and profession, and at their countrj^'s call went forth valiantly "to do or 
 die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace once more reigned in the 
 land. In the life of everj' man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon 
 those who follow after. 
 
 Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from 
 the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which 
 would otherwise be inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work, and 
 every opportunity po.ssible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been 
 written; and the publishers flatter themselves that they give to their readers a work with few 
 errors of consequence. In addition to the biographical sketches, portraits of a immber of repre- 
 .sentative citizens are given. 
 
 The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For 
 this the publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, .some refused 
 to give the information necessarj- to compile a sketch, while others were indifTerent. Occasionally 
 some member of the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the 
 support of the interested one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be foinid, 
 though repeated calls were made at their residence or place of lousiness. 
 
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Portraits and Biographies 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PRESIDENTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 United States 
 

GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
 
 HE Father of our Country was bom in West- 
 moreland County, \'a., February 22, 1732. 
 His parents were Augustine and Mary (Ball) 
 Washington. The family to which he belonged 
 has not been satisfactorily traced in England. 
 His great-grandfather, John Washington, emi- 
 grated to Virginia about 1657, and became a 
 prosperous planter. He had two sons, Lawrence 
 and John. The former married Mildred Warner, 
 and had three children, John, Augustine and 
 Mildred. Augustine, the father of George, first 
 married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, 
 two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
 maturity. Of six children by his second mar- 
 riage, George was the eldest, the others being 
 Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and 
 Mildred. 
 
 Augustine Washington, the father of George, 
 died in 1743, leaving a large landed property. 
 To his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an 
 estate on the Potomac, afterwards known as Mt. 
 \'ernon, and to George he left the parental resi- 
 dence. George received only such education as 
 the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a 
 short time after he left school, when he received 
 private instruction in mathematics. His spelling 
 was rather defective. Remarkable stories are 
 told of his great physical strength and develop- 
 ment at an early age. He was an acknowledged 
 leader among his companions, and was early 
 noted for that nobleness of character, fairness and 
 veracity which characterized his whole life. 
 
 When George was fourteen years old he had a 
 desire to go to sea, and a mid.shipman's warrant 
 was secured for him, but through the opposition 
 of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two 
 
 years later he was appointed surveyor to the im- 
 mense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business 
 he spent three years in a rough frontier life, 
 gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
 essential to him. In 1751, though only nineteen 
 years of age, he was appointed Adjutant, with the 
 
 ! rank of Major, in the Virginia militia, then being 
 trained for active service against the French and 
 Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West 
 Indies with his brother Lawrence, who went there 
 to restore his health. They soon returned, and 
 in the summer of 1752 Lawrence died, leaving a 
 large fortune to an infant daughter, who did not 
 
 ; long survive him. On her demise the estate of 
 Mt. Vernon was given to George. 
 
 Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie as Lieu- 
 tenant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia 
 was reorganized, and the province divided into 
 four military districts, of which the northern was 
 assigned to Washington as Adjutant-General. 
 Shortly after this a ver>' perilous mission, which 
 others had refused, was assigned him and ac- 
 cepted. This was to proceed to the French post 
 near Lake Erie, in northwestern Pennsylvania. 
 The distance to be traversed was about six hun- 
 dred miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey 
 was to be made without militarj- escort, through 
 a territory occupied by Indians. The trip was a 
 perilous one, and several times he nearly lost his 
 life, but he returned in safety and furni.shed a full 
 and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
 of three hundred men was raised in Virginia and 
 put in command of Col. Joshua Fry, and Maj. 
 Washington was commissioned Lieutenant-Colo- 
 nel. Active war was then begun against the 
 French and Indians, in which Washington took 
 
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 GEORGE WASHINGTON 
 
 a most important part. In the memorable event 
 of July 9, 1755, known as "Braddock's defeat," 
 Washington was almost the only officer of dis- 
 tinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
 day with life and honor. 
 
 Having been for five years in the military serv- 
 ice, and having vainly sought promotion in the 
 royal army, he took advantage of the fall of Ft. Du- 
 quesne and the expulsion of the French from the 
 \'alle\' of the Ohio to resign his commission. Soon 
 after he entered the Legislature, where, although 
 not a leader, he took an active and important 
 part. Januarj' 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha 
 (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John 
 Parke Custis. 
 
 When the British Parliament had closed the 
 port of Boston, the cry went up throughout the 
 provinces, ' ' The cause ot Boston is the cause of 
 us all! " It was then, at the suggestion of Vir- 
 ginia, that a congress of all the colonies was 
 called to meet at Philadelphia September 5, 
 1774, to secure their common liberties, peaceably 
 if possible. To this congress Col. Washington 
 was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
 congress re-assembled, when the hostile inten- 
 tions of England were plainly apparent. The 
 t)attles of Concord and Lexington had been fought, 
 and among the first acts of this congress was the 
 election of a commander-in-chief of the Colonial 
 forces. This high and responsible office was con- 
 ferred upon Washington, who was still a member 
 of the congress. He accepted it on June 19, but 
 upon the express condition that he receive no sal- 
 ary. He would keep an exact account of ex- 
 penses, and expect congress to pa)- them and 
 nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch 
 to trace the military actsof Wa.shington, to whom 
 the fortunes and liberties of the people of this 
 country were so long confided. The war was 
 conducted by him under ever\- possible disadvan- 
 tage; and while his forces often met with reverses, 
 yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven 
 years of heroic devotion and matchless skill he 
 gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. 
 On December 23, 1783, Washington, in a parting 
 address of surpassing beauty, resigned his com- 
 mission as Commander-in-Chief of the- arnu to the 
 
 Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
 retired immediately to Mt. Vernon and resumed 
 his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning 
 all coiniection with public life. 
 
 In February, 1789, Washington was unani- 
 mou.sly elected President, and at the expiration 
 of his first term he was unanimously re-elected. 
 At the end of this term many were anxious that he 
 be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third 
 nomination. On March 4, 1797, at the expiration 
 of his second term as President, he returned to his 
 home, hoping to pass there his few remaining 
 years free from the annoyances of public life. 
 Later in the j'ear, however, his repose seemed 
 likely to be interrupted by war with France. At 
 the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
 take command of the army, but he chose his sub- 
 ordinate officers and left them the charge of mat- 
 ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
 home. In accepting the command, he made the 
 reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
 it was necessary. In the midst of these prepara- 
 i tions his life was suddenly cut off. December 12 
 he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, 
 which, settling in his throat, produced inflannna- 
 tion, and terminated fatally on the night of the 
 14th. On the i8th his body was borne with mili- 
 tarj- honors to its final resting-place, and interred 
 in the family vault at Mt. Vernon. 
 
 Of the character of Washington it is impossible 
 to speak but in terms of the highest respect and 
 admiration. The more we see of the operations 
 of our government, and the more deeply we feel 
 the difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common 
 interest, the more highly we must estimate the 
 force of his talent and character, which have been 
 able to challenge the reverence of all parties, 
 and principles, and nations, and to win a fame as 
 extended as the limits of the globe, and which we 
 cannot Init believe will be as lasting as the exist- 
 ence of man. 
 
 In person, Washington was unusually tall, erect 
 and well proportioned, and his nuiscular strength 
 was great. His features were of a beausilul sym- 
 metry'. He commanded respect without any ap- 
 pearance of haughtiness, and was ever serious 
 without being dull. 
 
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JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 ^OHN ADAMS, the second President and the 
 I first Vice-President of the United States, was 
 QD born in Braintree (now Quincy ) Mass. , and 
 about ten miles from Boston, October 19, 1735. 
 His great-grandfather, Henr>' Adams, emigrated 
 from England about 1640, with a family of eight 
 sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of 
 John were John and Susannah (Boylston) 
 Adams. His father, who was a fanner of limited 
 means, also engaged in the business of shoe- 
 making. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical 
 education at Han-ard College. John graduated 
 in 1755, and at once took charge of the school at 
 Worcester, Mass. This he found but a ' ' school 
 of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain 
 relief by devoting himself in addition, to the 
 study of law. For this purpose he placed himself 
 under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. 
 He had thought seriously of the clerical profes- 
 sion, but seems to have been turned from this by 
 what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesi- 
 astical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvin- 
 istic good nature, ' ' of the operations of which he 
 had been a witness in his native town. He was 
 well fitted for the legal profession, possessing a 
 clear, sonorous voice, being ready and fluent of 
 speech, and having quick perceptive powers. He 
 gradually gained a practice, and in 1764 married 
 Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a 
 lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
 marriage, in 1765, the attempt at parliamentan,- 
 taxation turned him from law to politics. He 
 took initial steps toward holding a town meeting, 
 and the resolutions he offered on the subject be- 
 came very popular throughout the province, and 
 were adopted word for word by over fort\- differ- 
 ent towns. He moved to Boston in 1768, and 
 became one of the most courageous and promi- 
 nent advocates of the popular cause, and was 
 chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
 islature) in 1770. 
 
 Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first dele- 
 
 gates from Massachusetts to the first Continent- 
 al Congress, which met in 1774. Here he dis- 
 tinguished himself by his capacitj' for business 
 and for debate, and advocated the movement for 
 independence against the majority of the mem- 
 bers. In May, 1776, he moved and carried a res- 
 olution in Congress that the Colonies should 
 assume the duties of self-go\-ernment. He was a 
 prominent member of the committee of five ap- 
 pointed June 1 1 to prepare a declaration of inde- 
 pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, 
 but on Adams devolved the task of battling it 
 through Congress in a three-days debate. 
 
 On the day after the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence was passed, while his soul was yet warm 
 with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter 
 to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to 
 have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. 
 "Yesterday," he says, "the greatest question 
 was decided that ever was debated in America; 
 and greater, perhaps, never was or will be de- 
 cided among men. A resolution was passed 
 without one dissenting colony, 'that these United 
 States are, and of right ought to be, free and in- 
 dependent states.' The day is passed. The 
 Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch 
 in the history of America. I am apt to believe it 
 will be celebrated by succeeding generations as 
 the great anniversary festival. It ought to be 
 commemorated as the day of deliverance by 
 solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It 
 ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, 
 sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations 
 from one end of the continent to the other, from 
 this time forward forever. You will think me 
 transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I 
 am well aware of the toil and blood and treas- 
 ure that it will cost to maintain this declaration 
 and support and defend these States; yet, through 
 all the gloom, I can .see the rays of light and 
 glorj'. I can see that the end is worth more than 
 all the means, and that posterity will triumph. 
 
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 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 although you and I may rue, which I hope we 
 shall not." 
 
 In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed 
 a delegate to France, and to co-uperate with Ben- 
 jamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then 
 in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in 
 arms and money from the French government. 
 This was a .severe trial to his patriotism, as it 
 separated him from his home, compelled him to 
 cross the ocean in winter, and exposed him to 
 great peril of capture by the British cruisers, who 
 were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
 1779. In September of the same year he was 
 again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold him- 
 self in readiness to negotiate a treaty of peace and 
 of commerce with Great Britain, as soon as the 
 British cabinet might be found willing to listen 
 to .such proposals. He sailed for France in No- 
 vember, and from there he went to Holland, where 
 he negotiated important loans and formed im- 
 portant commercial treaties. 
 
 Finally, a treaty of peace with England was 
 signed, January 21,1 783. The re-action from the 
 excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. 
 Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After 
 suffering from a continued fever and becoming 
 feeble and emaciated, he was advised to go to 
 England to drink the waters of Bath. While in 
 Ivngland, still drooping and desponding, he re- 
 ceived dispatches from his own government urg- 
 ing the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
 negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health 
 was delicate, yet he inunediately set out, and 
 through stonn, on sea, on horseback and foot, he 
 made the trip. 
 
 February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. 
 Adams envoy to the Court of St. James. Here 
 he met face to face the King of England, who 
 had so long regarded him as a traitor. As Eng- 
 land did not condescend to appoint a minister to 
 the United States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he 
 was accompli.shing but little, he sought permis- 
 sion to return to his own country, where he ar- 
 rived in June, 1788. 
 
 When Washington was first chosen President, 
 John Adams, rendered illustrious by his signal 
 services at home and abroad, was chosen Vice- 
 
 President. Again, at the second election of Wash- 
 ington as President, Adams was chosen ^'ice- 
 President. In 1796, Washington retired from 
 public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President, 
 though not without much opposition. Serving 
 in this ofl5ce four j'ears, he was succeeded by Mr. 
 Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 
 
 While Mr. Adams was Vice-President the 
 great French Revolution shook the continent of 
 Europe, and it was upon this point that he was 
 at issue with the majority of his countrymen, led 
 by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no S3"mpathy 
 with the French people in their struggle, for he 
 had no confidence in their power of self-govern- 
 ment, and he utterly abhorred the class of atheist 
 philosophers who, he claimed, caused it. On the 
 other hand, Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
 enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence 
 originated the alienation between these distin- 
 tinguished men, and the two powerful parties were 
 thus soon organized, with Adams at the head of 
 the one whose sympathies were with England, 
 and Jefferson leading the other in sympathy with 
 France. 
 
 The Fourth of July, 1826, which completed the 
 half-centurj' since the signing of the Declaration 
 of Independence, arrived, and there were but 
 three of the signers of that immortal instrument 
 left upon the earth to hail its morning light. 
 And, as it is well known, on that day two of 
 these finished their earthly pilgrimage, a coinci- 
 dence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For 
 a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly 
 failing, and on the morning of the Fourth he 
 found himself too weak to rise from his bed. On 
 being requested to name a toast for the cus- 
 tomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed 
 "Independence forever!" When the day was 
 ushered in by the ringing of bells and the firing 
 of cannons, he was asked by one of his attend- 
 ants if he knew what day it was ? He replied. 
 "O yes, it is the glorious Fourth of July — God 
 bless it — God bless you all!" In the course of 
 the day he said, "It is a great and glorious 
 day." The la.st words he uttered were, "Jeffer- 
 son survives." But he had, at one o'clock, 
 resigned his .spirit into the hands of his God. 
 
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THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
 
 "HOMAS JEFFERSON was born April 2, 
 1743, at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va. 
 His parents were Peter and Jane (Ran- 
 dolph) JefiFerson, the former a native of Wales, 
 and the latter born in London. To them were 
 born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas 
 was the elder. When fourteen years of age his 
 father died. He received a most liberal educa- 
 tion, having been kept diligently at school from 
 the time he was five years of age. In 1760 he 
 entered William and Mary College. Williams- 
 burg was then the seat of the Colonial court, and 
 it was the abode of fashion and splendor. Young 
 JefiFerson, who was then seventeen j-ears old, lived 
 somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and 
 going much into gay society; yet he was ear- 
 nestty devoted to his studies, and irreproachable in 
 his morals. In the second year of his college 
 course, moved bj- some unexplained impul.se, he 
 discarded his old companions and pursuits, and 
 often devoted fifteen hours a day to hard .study. 
 He thus attained very high intellectual culture, 
 and a like excellence in philosophy and the lan- 
 guages. 
 
 Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
 study of law. For the short time he continued 
 in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly, 
 and distinguished himself by his energy and 
 acuteness as a lawyer. But the times called for 
 greater action. The policy of England had awak- 
 ened the spirit of resistance in the American Col- 
 onies, and the enlarged views which Jefferson had 
 ever entertained soon led him into active politi- 
 cal life. In 1 769 he was chosen a member of the 
 Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1772 he mar- 
 
 ried Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beautiful, 
 wealthy, and highly accomplished young widow. 
 
 In 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress, 
 where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
 writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
 was placed upon a number of important com- 
 mittees, and was chairman of the one appointed 
 for the drawing up of a declaration of independ- 
 ence. This committee consisted of Thomas Jef 
 ferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger 
 Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, 
 as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper. 
 Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal 
 changes before it was submitted to Congress. On 
 June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by 
 Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 
 1776. 
 
 In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
 Patrick Henry as Governor of Virginia. At one 
 time the British officer Tarleton sent a secret 
 expedition to Monticello to capture the Governor. 
 Scarcely Hve: minutes elapsed after the hurried 
 escape of Mr. JefiFerson and his family ere his 
 mansion was in possession of the British troops. 
 His wife's health, never very good, was much 
 injured by this excitement, and in the summer 
 of 1782 she died. 
 
 Mr. JefiFerson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
 Two years later he was appointed Minister Pleni- 
 I potentiary to France. Returning to the United 
 States in September, 1789, he became Secretary 
 of State in Washington's cabinet. This position 
 he resigned January i, 1794. In 1797, he was 
 chosen Vice-President, and four years later was 
 elected President* over Mr. Adams, with Aaron 
 
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 THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
 
 Burr as Vice-President. In 1804 he was re- 
 elected with wonderful unanimity, George Clin- 
 ton being elected Vice-President. 
 
 The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second ad- 
 tuiiiistration was disturbed bj- an event which 
 threatened the tranquillity and peace of the Union; 
 tliis was the conspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated 
 iii the late election to the Vice-Presidency, and 
 led on by an unprincipled ambition, this extraor- 
 dinary man formed the plan of a militan- ex- 
 pedition into the Spanish territories on our south- 
 western frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
 a new republic. This was generally supposed 
 to have been a mere pretext; and although it has 
 not been generally known what his real plans 
 were, there is no doubt that they were of a far 
 more dangerous character. 
 
 In 1809, at the expiration of the second term 
 for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he de- 
 termined to retire from political life. For a period 
 of nearly forty years he had been continually be- 
 fore the public, and all that time had been em- 
 ployed in offices of the greatest trust and respon 
 sibility. Having thus devoted the best part of 
 his life to the .ser\'ice of his countr)-, he now felt 
 desirous of that rest which his declining years re- 
 quired, and upon the organization of the new ad- 
 ministration, in March, 1809, he bade farewell for- 
 ever to public life and retired to Monticello, his 
 famous country home, which, next to Mt. Vernon, 
 was the most distinguished residence in the land. 
 
 The Fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth an- 
 niversary of the Declaration of American Inde- 
 pendence, great preparations were made in every 
 part of the Union for its celebration as the nation's 
 jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to 
 the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jeffer- 
 son, as the framer and one of the few sur\'iving 
 signers of the Declaration, to participate in their 
 festivities. But an illness, which had been of 
 several weeks' duration and had been continually 
 increasing, compelled him to decline the invita- 
 tion. 
 
 On the 2d of July the disease under which he 
 was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
 state that his medical attendants entertained no 
 hope of his recovery. From Uiis time he was 
 
 perfectly sensible that his last hour was at hand. 
 On the next .day, which was Monday, he aske ; 
 of those around him the da\- of the month, and 
 on being told it was the 3d of Juh', he ex- 
 pressed the earnest wish that he might be per- 
 mitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth anniver- 
 sar^^ His praj-er was heard — that day whtse 
 dawn was hailed with such rapture through our 
 land burst upon his e\es, and then they were 
 closed fore\-er. And what a noble consummation 
 of a noble life! To die on that day — the birth- 
 day of a nation — ^the day which his own name 
 and his own act had rendered glorious, to die 
 amidst the rejoicings and festivities of a whole 
 nation, who looked up to him as the author, un- 
 der God, of their greatest blessings, was all that 
 was wanting to fill up the record of his life. 
 
 Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
 dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
 him company, left the sceneof his earthly honors. 
 Hand in hand the)- had stood forth, the cham- 
 pions of freedom; hand in hand, during the dark 
 and desperate struggle of the Revolution, they 
 had cheered and animated their desponding coun- 
 trymen; for half a centurj- they had labored to- 
 gether for the good of the countrj-, and now hand 
 in hand they departed. In their lives they had 
 been united in the .same great cause of libertj', 
 and in their deaths thej- were not divided. 
 
 In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
 above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
 were light, his hair, originally red, in after life be- 
 came white and silvery, his complexion was fair, 
 his forehead l)road, and his whole countenance 
 intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great 
 fortitude of mind as well as personal courage, and 
 his command of temper was such that his oldest 
 and most intimate friends never recollected to 
 have seen him in a passion. His manners, though 
 dignified, were .simple and unaffected, and his 
 hospitality was so unbounded that all found at 
 his house a ready welcome. In conversation he 
 was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic, aiid his 
 language was remarkalily pure and correct. He 
 was a finished classical scholar, and in his writ- 
 ings is discernible the care with which he formed 
 his style upon the best models of antiquity. 
 
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JAMES MADISON. 
 
 (Tames MADISON, "Father of the Consti- 
 
 I tutiou," and fourth Presidentof the Uuited 
 Qj States, was born March i6, 1757, and died 
 al his home in Virginia June 28, 1836. The 
 name of James Madison is inseparably connected 
 with most of the important events in that heroic 
 period of our country- during which the founda- 
 lions of this great repubhc were laid. He was 
 the last of the founders of the Constitution of the 
 United States to be called to his eternal reward. 
 
 The Madison family were among the early emi- 
 grants to the New World, landing upon the shores 
 of the Chesapeake but fifteen >-ears after the settle- 
 ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison 
 was an opulent planter, residing upon a very fine 
 estate called Montpelier, in Orange County, Va. 
 It was but twenty-five miles from the home of Jef- 
 ferson at Monticello, and the closest personal and 
 political attachment existed between these illustri- 
 ous men from their early youth until death. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Madison was con- 
 ducted mostly at home under a private tutor. At 
 the age of eighteen he was sent to Princeton Col- 
 lege, in New Jersey. Here he applied himself to 
 studj- with the most imprudent zeal, allowing him- 
 self for months but three hours' sleep out of the 
 twenty-four. His health thus became so seriously 
 impaired that he never recovered any vigor of 
 constitution. He graduated in 1 77 1 , with a feeble 
 body, but with a character of utmost puritj-, and 
 a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with 
 learning, which embellished and gave efficiency 
 to his subsequent career. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study 
 of law and a course of extensive and systematic 
 reading. This educational course, the .spirit of 
 the times in which he lived, and the society with 
 which he as.spciated, all combined to inspire him 
 with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for 
 his life-work as a state.sman. 
 
 In the spring of 1776, when twenty-six years of 
 
 age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Con- 
 vention to frame the constitution of the State. The 
 next year (.1777), he was a candidate for the Gen- 
 eral Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lov- 
 ing voters, and consequently lost his election; but 
 tho.se who had witnessed the talent, energy and 
 pubhc spirit of the mode.st young man enlisted 
 themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to 
 the Executive Council. 
 
 Both Patrick Henrj- and Thomas Jefferson were 
 Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison re- 
 mained member of the Council, and their apprecia- 
 tion of his intellectual, social and moral worth 
 contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence. 
 In the year 1780 he was elected a member of the 
 Continental Congress. Here he met the most il- 
 lustrious men in our land, and he was immediately 
 assigned to one ot the most conspicuous positions 
 among them. For three years he continued in Con- 
 gress, one of its most active and influential mem- 
 bers. In 1784, his term having expired, he was 
 elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 
 
 No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
 utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no 
 national government, and no power t) form trea- 
 ties which would be binding, or to enforce law. 
 There was not any State more prominent than 
 Virginia in the declaration that an efficient na- 
 tional goverinnent must be formed. In January, 
 1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through 
 the General Assembly of Virginia, inviting the 
 other States to appoint commissioners to meet in 
 convention at Annapolis to discuss this subject. 
 Fi\-e States only were represented. The conven- 
 tion, however, issued another call, drawn up by 
 Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
 delegates to Philadeli)liia in May, 1787, to draft 
 a Con-stitution for the United States, to take the 
 place of the Confederate League. The delegates 
 met at the time appointed. Everj^ State but 
 Rhode Island was represented. George Wa.shing- 
 
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 JAMES MADISON. 
 
 ton was chosen president of the convention, and the 
 present Constitution of the United States was then 
 and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind 
 and no pen more active in framing this immortal 
 document than the mind and the pen of James 
 Madison. 
 
 The Constitution, adopted by a vote of eighty-one 
 to seventy-nine, was to be presented to the several 
 States for acceptance. But grave solicitude was 
 felt. Should it be rejected, we should be left but a 
 conglomeration of independent States, with but 
 little power at home and little respect abroad. Mr. 
 Madison was elected by the convention to draw up 
 an address to the people of the United States, ex- 
 pounding the principles of the Constitution, and 
 urging its adoption. There was great oppcsition 
 to it at first, but at length it triumphed over all, 
 and went into effect in 1789. 
 
 Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became 
 the avowed leader of the Republican party. While 
 in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs. 
 Todd, a young widow of remarkable power of fas- 
 cination, whom he married. She was in person 
 and character queenly, and probaby no lady has 
 thus far occupied so prominent a position in the 
 very peculiar society which has constituted our 
 republican court as did Mrs. Madison. 
 
 Mr. Madison ser\'ed as Secretarj- of State under 
 Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
 was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
 ments of England had brought us to the verge of 
 war. British orders in council destroyed our com- 
 merce, and our flag was exposed to constant in.sult. 
 Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in 
 his taste, retiring in his disposition, war had no 
 charms for him. But the meekest .spirit can be 
 roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, to 
 think of an American ship brought to upon the 
 ocean by the guns of an Engli.sh cruiser. A 
 young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
 crew to be paraded before him. With great non- 
 chalance he selects any number whom he may 
 plea.se to designate as British subjects, orders them 
 down the ship's side into his boat, and places them 
 on the gundeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by 
 compulsion, the battles of England. This right 
 
 of search and impressment no efforts of our Gov- 
 ernment could induce the British cabinet to re- 
 linquish. 
 
 On the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison 
 gave his approval to an act of Congress declaring 
 war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the 
 bitter liostility of the Federal party to the war, the 
 country in general approved; and Mr. Madison, 
 on the 4th of March, 1813, was re-elected by a 
 large majority, and entered upon his second term 
 of office. This is not the place to describe the 
 various adventures of this war on the land and on 
 the water. Our infant navy then laid the found- 
 ations of its renown in grappling with the most 
 formidable power which ever swept the seas. The 
 contest commenced in earnest by the appearance 
 of a British fleet, earlj- in Februarj', 18 13, in 
 Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast 
 of the United States under blockade. 
 
 The Emperor of Russia offered his services as 
 mediator. America accepted; England refused. 
 A British force of five thousand men landed on the 
 banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into 
 Chesapeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of 
 Bladensburg, upon Washington. 
 
 The straggling little city of Washington was 
 thrown into consternation. The cannon of the 
 brief conflict at Bladensburg echoed through the 
 streets of the metropolis. The whole population 
 fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs. 
 Madison in the White House, with her carriage 
 drawn up at the door to await his speedy return, 
 hurried to meet the officers in a council of war. 
 He met our troops utterly routed, and he could not 
 go back without danger of being captured. But 
 few hours elapsed ere the Presidential Mansion, 
 the Capitol, and all the public buildings in Wash- 
 ington were in flames. 
 
 The war closed after two years of fighting, and 
 on February 13, 18 15, the treaty of peace was 
 signed at Ghent. On the 4th of March, 18 17, his 
 second term of office expired, and he resigned the 
 Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. 
 He retired to his beautiful home at Montpelier, and 
 there passed the remainder of his daj-s. On June 
 28, 1836, at the age of eighty-five years, he fell 
 asleep in death. Mrs. Madison died July 12, 1S49. 
 
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JAMES MONROE. 
 
 (Tames MONROE, the fifth President of the 
 I United States, was born in Westmoreland 
 G) County, Va., April 28, 1758. His early life 
 was passed at the place of his nativity. His an- 
 cestors liad for man}- years resided in the province 
 in which he was born. When he was seventeen 
 years old, and in process of completing his educa- 
 tion at William and Marj^ College, the Colonial 
 Congress, assembled at Philadelphia to deliberate 
 upon the unjust and manifold oppressions of Great 
 Britain, declared the separation of the Colonies, 
 and promulgated the Declaration of Independence. 
 Had he been born ten j-ears before, it is highly 
 probable that he would have been one of the 
 signers of that celebrated instrument. At this 
 time he left school and enlisted among the pa- 
 triots. 
 
 He joined the army when ever3-thing looked 
 hopeless and gloomy. The number of deserters 
 increased from day to day. The invading armies 
 came pouring in, and the Tories not only favored 
 the cause of the mother country, but disheartened 
 the new recruits, who were sufficiently terrified 
 at the prospect of contending with an enemy 
 whom they had been taught to deem invincible. 
 To such brave spirits as James Monroe, who went 
 right onward undismayed through difficulty and 
 danger, the United States owe their political 
 emancipation. The young cadet joined the ranks 
 and espoused the cau.se of his injured country, 
 with a firm determination to live or die in her 
 strife for liberty. Firmly, yet sadly, he shared in 
 the melancholy retreat from Harlem Heights 
 and White Plains, and accompanied the dispirited 
 army as it fled before its foes through New Jersey. 
 In four months after the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, the patriots had been beaten in seven 
 battles. At the battle of Trenton he led the van- 
 guard, and in the act of charging upon the enemy 
 he received a wound in the left shoulder. 
 
 As a reward for his braverj-, Mr. Monroe was 
 promoted to be captain of infantry, and, having re- 
 covered from his wounds, he rejoined the army. 
 He, however, receded from the line of promotion 
 by becoming an officer on the staff of Lord Ster- 
 ling. During the campaigns of 1777 and 1778, 
 in the actions of Brandywine, Germantown and 
 Monmouth, he continued aide-de-camp; but be- 
 coming desirous to regain his position in the 
 army, he exerted him.self to collect a regiment for 
 the Virginia line. This scheme failed, owing to 
 the exhausted condition of the State. Upon this 
 failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
 that period Governor, and pursued with consid- 
 erable ardor the study of common law. He did 
 not, however, entirely lay aside the knapsack for 
 the green bag, but on the invasion of the enemy 
 ser\'ed as a volunteer during the two years of his 
 legal pursuits. 
 
 In 1782 he was elected from King George 
 County a member of the Legi.slature of Virginia, 
 and by that bod}- he was elevated to a seat in the 
 Executive Council. He was thus honored with 
 the confidence of his fellow-citizens at twenty- 
 three years of age, and having at this early period 
 displayed some of that ability and aptitude for 
 legislation which were afterward employed with 
 unremitting energy for the public good, he was 
 in the succeeding year chosen a member of the 
 Congress of the United States. 
 
 Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of 
 the old Confederacj\ he was opposed to the new 
 Constitution, thinking, with many others of the 
 Republican party, that it gave too mucli power to 
 the Central Government, and not enough to the 
 individual States. Still he retained the esteem 
 of his friends who were its warm supporters, and 
 who, notwith.standing his opposition, secured its 
 adoption. In 1789 he became a member of the 
 United States Senate, which office he held for 
 
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 JAMES MONROE. 
 
 fovu years. Everj' month the line of distinction 
 between the two great parties which divided the 
 nation, the Federal and the Republican, was 
 growing more distinct. The differences which 
 now separated them la\- in the fact that the Repub- 
 lican party was in sympathy with France, and 
 also in favor of such a strict construction of the 
 Constitution as to give the Central Government as 
 little power, and the State Governments as much 
 power, as the Constitution would warrant; while 
 the Federalists sympathized with England, and 
 were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
 stitution, which would give as much power to the 
 Central Government as that document could pos- 
 sibly authorize. 
 
 Washington was then President. England had 
 espoused the cause of the Bourbons against the 
 principles of the French Revolution. All Europe 
 was drawn into the conflict. We were feeble and 
 far away. Washington issued a proclamation of 
 neutrality between these contending powers. 
 France had helped us in the struggles for our 
 liberties. All the de.spoti.snisof Europe were now 
 combined to prevent the French from escaping 
 from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse than that 
 which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more mag- 
 nanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
 whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
 their extremity. It was the impulse of a gener- 
 ous and noble nature, and Washington, who could 
 appreciate such a character, showed his calm, .se- 
 rene, almost divine, greatness, by appointing that 
 very James Monroe who was denouncing the pol- 
 icy of the Government, as the minister of that 
 Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
 Monroe was welcomed by the National Conven- 
 tion in France with the most enthusiastic dem- 
 onstration. 
 
 Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. 
 Monroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and 
 held the office for three years. He was again 
 .sent to France to co-operate with Chancellor Liv- 
 ingston in obtaining the vast territory then known 
 as the province of Louisiana, which France had 
 but shortly before obtained from Spain. Their 
 utiited efforts were successful. For the compara- 
 tively small sum of fifteen millions of dollars, the 
 
 entire territory of Orleans and district of Loui- 
 siana were added to the United States. This was 
 probably the largest transfer of real estate which 
 was e\er made in all the history of the world. 
 
 From France Mr. Monroe went to England to 
 obtain from that country some recognition of our 
 rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against 
 those odious impressments of our seamen. But 
 England was unrelenting. He again returned to 
 England on the same mission, but could receive 
 no redress. He returned to his home and was 
 again chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon 
 resigned to accept the position of Secretary of 
 State under Madison. While in this office war 
 with England was declared, the Secretary of War 
 resigned, and during these trying times the 
 duties of the War Department were also put upon 
 him. He was truly the armor-bearer of President 
 Madison, and the most efficient business man in 
 his cabinet. Upon the return of peace he re- 
 signed the Department of War, but continued in 
 the office of Secretary of State until the expira- 
 tion of Mr. Madi.son's administration. At the 
 election held the previous autumn, Mr. Monroe 
 himself had been chosen President with Ijut little 
 opposition, and upon March 4, 1817, he was in- 
 augurated. Four years later he was elected for 
 a second term. 
 
 Among the important measures of his Presi- 
 dency were the cession of Florida to the United 
 States, the Missouri Compromise, and the famous 
 " Monroe doctrine." This doctrine was enun- 
 ciated by him in 1823, and was as follows: " That 
 we should consider any attempt on the part of 
 European powers to extend their system to any 
 portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our 
 peace and .safety," and that " we could not view 
 any interpo-sition for the purpose of oppressing or 
 controlling American governments or provinces 
 in any other light than as a manifestation by 
 European powers of an unfriendly disposition 
 toward the United States." 
 
 At the end of his .second term, Mr. Monroe re- 
 tired to his home in Virginia, where he lived un- 
 til 1830, when he went to New York to live with 
 his son-in-law. In that city he died, on the 4th 
 of July, 1831. 
 
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 
 
 rtOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the sixth President 
 
 I of the United States, was born in the rural 
 C2/ home of his honored father, John Adams, in 
 Quincy, Mass., on the iithof Julj-, 1767. His 
 mother, a woman of exalted worth, watched over 
 his childhood during the almost constant ab- 
 sence of his father. When but eight 3'ears of 
 age, he stood with his mother on an eminence, 
 listening to the booming of the great battle on 
 Bunker's Hill, and gazing out upon the smoke 
 and flames billowing up from the conflagration of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 When but eleven j-ears old he took a tearful 
 adieu of his mother, to sail with his father for Eu- 
 rope, through a fleet of hostile British cruisers. 
 The bright, animated boy spent a year and a-half 
 in Paris, where his father was associated with 
 Franklin and Lee as Minister Plenipotentiary. 
 His intelligence attracted the notice of these dis- 
 tinguished men, and he received from them flat- 
 tering marks of attention. 
 
 John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
 countrj', in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. 
 Again John Quincy accompanied his father. At 
 Paris he applied himself to study with great dil- 
 igence for six months, and then accompanied his 
 father to Holland, where he entered first a school 
 in Amsterdam, then the University at Ley den. 
 About a year from this time, in 1781, when the 
 manly bo\- was but fourteen years of age, he was 
 selected by Mr. Dana, our Minister to the Rus- 
 sian court, as his private secretary. 
 
 In this school of incessant labor and of ennobl- 
 ing culture he spent fourteen months, and then 
 returned to Holland, through Sweden, Denmark, 
 Hamburg and Bremen. This long journey he 
 took alone in the winter, when in his sixteenth 
 year. Again he resumed his studies, under a pri- 
 vate tutor, at The Hague. Then, in the spring of 
 1782, he accompanied his father to Paris, travel- 
 ing leisurely, and forming acquaintances with the 
 most distinguished men on the continent, examin- 
 
 ing architectural remains, galleries of paintings, 
 and all renowned works of art. At Paris he 
 again became associated with the most illustrious 
 men of all lands in the contemplation of the 
 loftiest temporal themes which can engross the 
 human mind. After a short visit to England he 
 returned to Paris, and consecrated all his energies 
 to study until May, 1785, when he returned to 
 America to finish his education. 
 
 Upon leaving Harvard College at the age of 
 twenty, he studied law for three years. In June, 
 1794, being then but twenty-.sevea years of age, 
 he was appointed by Washington Resident Min- 
 ister at the Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in 
 July, he reached London in October, where he 
 was immediately admitted to the deliberations of 
 .Messrs. Jay & Pinckney, assisting them in nego- 
 tiating a commercial treaty with Great Britain. 
 After thus spending a fortnight in London, he 
 proceeded to The Hague. 
 
 In July, 1797, he left The Hague to go to Por- 
 tugal as Minister Plenipotentiarj'. On his way to 
 Portugal, upon arriving in London, he met with 
 despatches directing him to the court of Berlin, but 
 requesting him to remain in London until he 
 should receive his instructions. While waiting 
 he was married to an American lady, to whom he 
 had been previously engaged — Miss Louisa Cath- 
 erine Johnson, a daughter of Joshua Johnson, 
 American Consul in London, and a lady en- 
 dowed with that beauty and those accomplish- 
 ments which eminently fitted her to move in the 
 elevated sphere for which she was destined. He 
 reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797, 
 where he remained until Julv, 1799, when, hav- 
 ing fulfilled all the purposes of his mission, he so- 
 licited his recall. 
 
 Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen 
 to the Senate of Massachu.setts from Boston, and 
 then was elected Senator of the United States for 
 six years, from the 4th of March, 1804. His rep- 
 utation, his ability and his experience placed 
 
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 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 
 
 him immediately among the most prominent and 
 influential members of that body. 
 
 In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the 
 Presidential chair, and he immediately nominated 
 John Quincy Adams Minister to St. Petersburgh. 
 Resigning his professorship in Harvard Col- 
 lege, he embarked at Boston in August, 1809. 
 
 While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense 
 student. He devoted his attention to the lan- 
 guage and historj' of Russia; to the Chinese trade; 
 to the European system of weights, measures and 
 coins; to the climate and astronomical observa- 
 tions: while he kept up a familiar acquaintance 
 with the Greek and Latin classics. In all the 
 uni\'ersities of Europe, a more accomplished 
 scholar could scarcely be found. All through 
 life the Bible constituted an important part of his 
 studies. It was his rule to read five chapters 
 ever>' day. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took 
 the Presidential chair, antl immediately appointed 
 Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of 
 his numerous friends in public and private life in 
 Europe, he sailed in June, 1819, for the United 
 States. On the i8th of August, he again crossed 
 the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the 
 eight years of Mr. Monroe's administration, Mr. 
 Adams contiiuied Secretary of State. 
 
 Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's 
 second term of office, new candidates began to be 
 presentetl for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. 
 Adams brought forward his name. It was an 
 exciting campaign, and party spirit was never 
 more bitter. Two hundred and sixty electoral 
 votes were ca.st. Andrew Jackson received ninety- 
 nine; John Quincv Adams eighty-four; William 
 H. Crawford forty-one; and Henry Clay thirty- 
 seven. As there was no choice by the people, 
 the question went to the Hou.se of Representa- 
 tives. Mr. Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to 
 Mr. Adams, and he was elected. 
 
 The friends of all the disappointed candidates 
 now combined in a venomous and persistent as- 
 sault upon Mr. Adams. There is nothing more 
 disgraceful in the past hi.story of our country than 
 the abuse which was ]»)ureil in one uninterrupted 
 stream upon this high-minded, upright and pa- 
 
 triotic man. There never was an administration 
 more pure in principles, more conscientiously de- 
 voted to the best interests of the countrj', than 
 that of John Quincy Adams; and never, perhaps, 
 was there an administration more unscrupulously 
 and outrageously assailed. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
 from the Presidency, and was succeeded by An- 
 drew Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected 
 Vice-President. The slaver)' question now be- 
 gan to assume portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams 
 returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he 
 pursued with unabated zeal. But he was not 
 long permitted to remain in retirement. In No- 
 vember, 1830, he was elected Representative in 
 Congress. For seventeen years, or until his death, 
 he occupied the post as Representative, towering 
 abo\-e all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle 
 for freedom, and winning the title of "the Old 
 Man Eloquent." Upon taking his seat in the 
 House, he announced that he should hold him- 
 self bound to no party. Probably there never 
 was a member more devoted to his duties. He 
 was usually the first in his place in the morning, 
 and the last to leave his seat in the evening. 
 Not a measure could be brought forward and es- 
 cape his .scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adams 
 fought, almost singly, against the pro-slavery 
 party in the Government was sublime in its 
 moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
 presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery-, 
 he was threatened with indictment by the grand 
 jury, with expulsion from the House, with assas- 
 sination; but no threats could intimidate him, and 
 his final triumph was complete. 
 
 On the 2ist of February-, 1848, he rose on the 
 floor of Congress with a paper in his hand, to 
 address the .speaker. Suddenly he fell, again 
 stricken b)' paralysis, and was caught in the arms 
 of tho.se around him. For a time he was sense- 
 less, as he was con\e3'ed to the sofa in the ro- 
 tunda. With reviving consciousness, he opened 
 his e>es, looked calmly around and said "This 
 is the end of earth;' ' then after a moment's pause 
 he added, " I am content." The.se were the last 
 words of the grantl " Old Man Eloquent." 
 
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ANDREW JACKSON. 
 
 Gl NUREW JACKSON, the seventh President 
 LI of the United States, was born in Waxhaw 
 / I settlement, N. C, March 15, 1767, a few 
 dajs after his father's death. His parents were 
 poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their 
 abode in Waxhaw settlement, where they lived 
 in deepest po\-erty. 
 
 Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called, 
 grew up a ver\- rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
 features were coarse, his form ungainly, and there 
 was but verj- little in his character made visible 
 which was attracti\-e. 
 
 When only thirteen years old he joined the 
 volunteers of Carolina against the British invasion. 
 In 1 78 1, he and his brother Robert were captured 
 and imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British 
 officer ordered him to brush his mud-spattered 
 boots. "lam a prisoner of war, not your serv- 
 ant," was the reply of the dauntless boy. 
 
 Andrew supported himselfin various ways, such 
 as working at the saddler's trade, teaching school, 
 and clerking in a general store, until 1784, when 
 lie entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, 
 however, gave more attention to the wild amuse- 
 ments of the times than to his studies. In 1788, 
 he was appointed solicitor for the Western District 
 of North Carolina, of which Tennessee was then 
 a part. This involved many long journeys amid 
 dangers of every kind, but Andrew Jackson never 
 knew fear, and the Indians had no desire to re- 
 peat a skirmi.sh with "Sharp Knife." 
 
 In 1 79 1, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman 
 who supposed herself divorced from her former 
 hu.sband. Great was the surprise of both parties, 
 two years later, to find that the conditions of the 
 divorce had just been definitely settled by the 
 first husband. The marriage ceremony was per- 
 formed a second time, but the occurrence was 
 often used by his enemies to bring Mr. Jackson 
 into disfavor. 
 
 In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee 
 then containing nearlj' eighty thousand inhabi- 
 tants, the people met in convention at Knoxville 
 to frame a constitution. Five were sent from 
 each of the eleven counties. Andrew Jackson 
 was one of the delegates. The new State was 
 entitled to but one member in the National Hou.se 
 of Representatives. Andrew Jackson was chosen 
 that member. Mounting his horse, he rode to 
 Philadelphia, where Congress then held its ses- 
 sions, a distance of about eight hundred miles. 
 
 Jackson was an earnest ad\-ocate of the Demo- 
 cratic party, and Jeffenson was his idol. He ad- 
 mired Bonaparte, loved France, and hated Eng- 
 land. As Mr. Jackson took his seat, Gen. Wash- 
 ington, whose second term of office was then 
 expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress. 
 A committee drew up a complimentary address in 
 reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the 
 address, and was one of the twehe who voted 
 against it. He was not willing to say that Gen. 
 Washington's administration had been "wise, 
 firm and patriotic. ' ' 
 
 Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
 Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned 
 home. Soon after he was chosen Judge of the 
 vSuprenie Court of his State, which position he 
 held for six years. 
 
 When the War of 18 12 with Great Britain com- 
 menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
 Aaron Burr .sent word to the President that there 
 was an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jack- 
 -son, who would do credit to a commission if one 
 were conferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. 
 Jackson offered his ser\'ices and those of twenty- 
 five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted, 
 and the troops were assembled at Na.shville. 
 
 As the British were hourly expected to make 
 an attack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wil- 
 kinson was in command, he was ordered to de- 
 
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 ANDREW JACKSON. 
 
 scend the river with fifteen hundred troops to aid 
 Wilkinson. The expedition reached Natchez, 
 and after a delay of several weeks there without 
 accomplishing anything, the men were ordered 
 back to their homes. But the energ\- Gen. Jack- 
 .son had displaj-ed, and his entire devotion to the 
 comfort of his soldiers, won for him golden opin- 
 ions, and he became the most popular man in the 
 State. It was in this expedition that his tough- 
 ness gave him the nickname of "Old Hickor}'." 
 
 Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip 
 Col. Thomas Benton for a remark that gentleman 
 made about his taking part as second in a duel 
 in which a younger brother of Benton's was en- 
 gaged, he received two severe pistol wounds. 
 While he was lingering upon a bed of sufifering, 
 news came that the Indians, who had combined 
 under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes to ex- 
 terminate the white settlers, were committing the 
 most awful ravages. Decisive action became nec- 
 essary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone 
 just beginning to heal, his arm in a sling, and 
 unable to mount his horse without assistance, 
 gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
 army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Ala. 
 
 The Creek Indians had established a strong 
 fort on one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River, 
 near the center of Alabama, about fifty miles be- 
 low Ft. Strother. With an army of two thousand 
 men. Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilder- 
 ness in a march of eleven days. He reached their 
 fort, called Tohopeka or Hor.se-shoe, on the 27th 
 of March, 18 14. The bend of the river enclosed 
 nearly one hundred acres of tangled forest and 
 wild ravine. Across the narrow neck the Indians 
 had constructed a formidable breastwork of logs 
 and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with 
 an ample supply of arms, were assembled. 
 
 The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly 
 desperate. Not an Indian would accept quarter. 
 When bleeding and dying, they would fight those 
 who endeavored to spare their lives. From ten 
 in the morning until dark the battle raged. The 
 carnage was awful and revolting. Some threw 
 themselves into the river; but the unerring bul- 
 lets struck their heads as they swam. Nearly 
 every one of the nine hundred warriors was 
 
 killed. A few, probably, in the night swam 
 the river and escaped. This ended the war. 
 
 This closing of the Creek War enabled us to 
 concentrate all our militia upon the British, who 
 were the allies of the Indians. No man of less 
 resolute will than Gen. Jack.son could have con- 
 ducted this Indian campaign to so successful an 
 issue. Immediately he was appointed Major- 
 General. 
 
 Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
 men on a rushing march. Gen. Jackson went to 
 Mobile. A British fleet went from Pensacola, 
 landed a force upon the beach, anchored near the 
 little fort, and from both ship and shore com- 
 menced a furious assault. The battle was long 
 and doubtful. At length one of the ships was 
 blown up and the rest retired. 
 
 Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his 
 little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
 and the battle of New Orleans, which soon ensued, 
 was in reality a very arduous campaign. This 
 won for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. 
 Here his troops, which numbered about four 
 thousand men, won a signal victory over the 
 British army of about nine thousand. His loss 
 was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was 
 twenty-six hundred. 
 
 The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be 
 mentioned in connection with the Presidency, 
 but in 1824 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. 
 He was, however, successful in the election of 
 1828, and was re-elected for a second term in 
 1832. In 1829, just before he assumed the reins 
 of government, he met with the most terrible 
 affliction of his life in the death of his wife, whom 
 he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps 
 never been surpassed. From the shock of her 
 death he never recovered. 
 
 His administration was one of the most mem- 
 orable in the annals of our countrj- — applauded 
 by one party, condemned by the other. No man 
 had more bitter enemies or warmer friends. At 
 the expiration of his two terms of office he retired 
 totheHennitage, wherehe diedJuneS, 1845. The 
 last years of Mr. Jackson's life were those of a de- 
 voted Christian man. 
 
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MARTIN VAN BUREN. 
 
 iA ARTIN VAN BUREN, the eighth Presi- 
 y dent of the United States, was born at Kin- 
 (9 derhook, N. Y., December 5, 17S2. He 
 died at the same place,. July 24, 1862. His body- 
 rests in the cenieterj- at Kinderhook. Above it is 
 a plain granite shaft, fifteen feet high, bearing a 
 simple inscription about half-way up on one face. 
 The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded 
 by shrub or flower. 
 
 There is but little in the life of Martin Van 
 Bureu of romantic interest. He fought no battles, 
 engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life 
 was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, 
 and he gained many signal victories, his days 
 passed uneventful in those incidents which give 
 zest to biography. His ancestors, as his name indi- 
 cates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the 
 earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of 
 the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing 
 in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also 
 of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
 ligence and exemplary piety. 
 
 He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing 
 unusual activitj-, vigor and strength of mind. At 
 the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic 
 studies in his native village, and commenced the 
 study of law. As he had not a collegiate educa- 
 tion, seven years of study in a law-office were re- 
 quired of him before he could be admitted to the 
 Bar. Inspired with a lofty ambition, and con- 
 scious of his powers, he pursued his studies with 
 indefatigable indnstr>-. After spending six years 
 in an office in hi.s native village, he went to the city 
 of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the 
 seventh j-ear. 
 
 In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty -one years 
 
 of age, commenced the practice of law in his na- 
 tive village. The great conflict between the Federal 
 and Republican parties was then at its height. 
 Mr. Van Buren was from the beginning a politi- 
 cian. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while 
 listening to the many discussions which had been 
 carried on in his father's hotel. He was in cordial 
 sympathy with Jefferson, and earnestly and elo- 
 quently e-spoused the cause of State Rights, though 
 at that time the Federal party held the supremacy 
 both in his town and State. 
 
 His success and increasing reputation led him 
 after six years of practice to remove to Hudson, 
 the county seat of his county. Here he spent 
 seven years, constantly gaining strength by con- 
 tending in the courts with some of the ablest men 
 who have adorned the Bar of his State. 
 
 Ju.st before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr. 
 Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
 beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
 years .she sank into the grave, a victim of con- 
 sumption,. leaving her husband and four .sons to 
 weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. 
 Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous 
 lawyer. The record of those years is barren in 
 items of public interest. In 18 12, when thirty 
 years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate, 
 and gave his .strenuous support to Mr. Madison's 
 administration. In 18 15, he was appointed At- 
 torney-General, and the next year moved to Al 
 bany, the capital of the State. 
 
 While he was acknowledged as one of the most 
 prominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had 
 the moral courage to avow that true democrac>- did 
 not require that "universal suifrage' ' which admits 
 the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right 
 
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 MARTIN VAN BUREN. 
 
 of governing the State. In true consistency with 
 his democratic principles, he contended that, while 
 the path leading to the privilege of voting should 
 be open to every man without distinction, no one 
 should be invested with that sacred prerogative 
 unless he were in some degree qualified for it by 
 intelligence, virtue, and some property interests in 
 the welfare of the State. 
 
 In 1821 he was elected a member of the United 
 States Senate, and in the same year he took a 
 seat in the convention to revise the Constitution of 
 his native State. His course in this convention 
 secured the approval of men of all parties. No 
 one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to 
 promote the interests of all classes in the com- 
 munity. In the Senate of the United States, he 
 rose at once to a conspicuous position as an active 
 and useful legislator. 
 
 In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
 Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected 
 to the Senate. He had been from the beginning 
 a determined opposer of the administration, adopt- 
 ing the ' 'State Rights' ' view in opposition to what 
 was deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 
 
 Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governor 
 of the State of New York, and accordingly resigned 
 his seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the 
 United States contributed so much towards eject- 
 ing John Q. Adams from the Presidential chair, 
 and placing in it Andrew Jackson, as did Martin 
 Van Buren. Whether entitled to the reputation 
 or not, he certainly was regarded throughout the 
 United States as one of the most skillful, sagacious 
 and cunning of politicians. It was supposed that 
 no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret 
 springs of action, how to pull all the wires to 
 put his machinery in motion, and how to organize 
 a political army which would .secretly and stealth- 
 ily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these 
 powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. 
 Clay, and Mr. Web.ster, and .secured results which 
 few then thought could be accomplished. 
 
 When Andrew Jack.son was elected President 
 he appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. 
 This po.sition he resigned in 1831, and was im- 
 mediately appointed Minister to England, where 
 he went the same autumn. The Senate, however, 
 
 when it met, refused to ratify the nomination, and 
 he returned home, apparently untroubled. Later 
 he was nominated Vice-President in the place of 
 Calhoun, at the re-election of President Jackson, 
 and with smiles for all and frowns for none, he 
 took his place at the head of that Senate which had 
 refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador. 
 
 His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal 
 of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated 
 favorite; and this, probably, more than any other 
 cause secured his elevation to the chair of the 
 Chief Executive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. 
 Van Buren received the Democratic nomination 
 to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United 
 States. He was elected bj^ a handsome majority, 
 to the delight of the retiring President. ' 'Leaving 
 New York out of the canvass," says Mr. Parton, 
 "the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency 
 was as much the act of Gen. Jack.son as though 
 the Constitutio!! had conferred upon him the power 
 to appoint a successor." 
 
 His administration was filled with exciting 
 events. The insurrection in Canada, which 
 threatened to involve this country in war with 
 England, the agitation of the slaverj' question, 
 and finally the great commercial panic which 
 spread over the country, all were trials of his wis- 
 dom. The financial di.stress was attributed to 
 tlie management of the Democratic party, and 
 brought the President into such disfavor that he 
 failed of re-election, and on the 4th of March, 
 1841, he retired from the presidencj-. 
 
 With the exception of being nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats in 1848, 
 Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
 his death. He had ever been a prudent man, of 
 frugal habits, and, living within his income, had 
 now fortunately a competence for his declining 
 years. From his fine estate at Lindenwald, he 
 still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
 of the country. From this time until his death, 
 on the 241)1 of July, 1862, at the age of eighty 
 years, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of 
 leisure, of culture and wealth, enjoying in a 
 healthy old age probably far more happiness than 
 he had before experienced amid the stormy scenes 
 of his active life. 
 
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
 pCJlLLIAM HENRY HARRISON, the ninth 
 \A/ President of the United States, was born 
 YV at Berkeley, Va., February 9, 1773. His 
 father, Benjamin Harrison, was in comparatively 
 opulent circumstances, and was one of the most 
 distinguished men of his da)'. He was an inti- 
 mate friend of George Washington, was early 
 elected a member of the Continental Congress, 
 and was conspicuous among the patriots of Vir- 
 ginia in resisting the encroachments of the British 
 crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Ben- 
 jamin Harrison and John Hancock were both 
 candidates for the office of Speaker. 
 
 Mr. Harrison was subsequentlj- chosen Gov- 
 ernor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His 
 son William Henrj-, of course, enjoyed in child- 
 hood all the advantages which wealth and intel- 
 lectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
 ing received a thorough common-.school educa- 
 tion, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where 
 he graduated with honor .soon after the death of 
 his father. He then repaired to Pliiladelphia to 
 .study medicine under the instructions of Dr. Rush 
 and the guardianship of Robert Morris, both of 
 whom were, with his father, signers of the Dec- 
 laration of Independence. 
 
 Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and 
 notwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, 
 he abandoned his medical studies and entered the 
 army, having obtained a commission as Ensign 
 from President Washington. He was then but 
 nineteen years old. From that time he passed 
 graduall}' upward in rank until he became aide 
 to Gen. Wayne, after whose death he resigned 
 his commission. He was then appointed Secre- 
 tary of the Northwestern Territory. This Terri- 
 tory was then entitled to but one member in Con- 
 
 gress, and Harrison was chosen to fill that position. 
 In the spring of 1800 the Northwestern Terri- 
 tory was di\-ided bj' Congress into two portions. 
 The eastern portion, comprising the region now 
 embraced in the State of Ohio, was called ' ' The 
 Territory northwest of the Ohio. ' ' The western 
 portion, which included what is now called Indi- 
 ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was called "the Indi- 
 ana Territory." William Henry Harrison, then 
 twenty-seven years of age, was appointed by John 
 Adams Governor of the Indiana Territory', and 
 immediately after also Governor of Upper Loui- 
 siana. He was thus ruler over almost as exten- 
 sive a realm as aiij' sovereign upon the globe. 
 He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and 
 was invested with powers nearly dictatorial over 
 the then rapidly increasing white population. The 
 ability and fidelity with which he discharged 
 these responsible duties may be inferred from the 
 fact that he was four times appointed to this 
 office — first by John Adams, twice by Thomas 
 Jefferson, and afterwards by President Madison. 
 
 When he began his administration there were 
 but three white settlements in that almost bound- 
 less region, now crowded with cities and resound- 
 ing with all the tumult of wealth and traffic. 
 One of these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly 
 opposite Louisville; one at Vincennes, on the 
 Waba.sh; and the third was a French settlement. 
 
 The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison 
 reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. 
 About the year 1806, two extraordinary men, 
 twin brothers of the Shawnee tribe, rose among 
 them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or 
 "the Crouching Pai»ther;" the other Olliwa- 
 checa, or ' ' the Prophet. ' ' Tecumseh was not 
 only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagac- 
 
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 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
 ity, far-reaching foresight and indomitable perse- 
 verance in any enterprise in which lie might en- 
 gage. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator, 
 who could sway the feelings of the untutored In- 
 dians as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath 
 which they dwelt. With an enthusiasm unsur- 
 passed by Peter the Hermit rousing Europe to the 
 crusades, he went from tribe to tribe, assuming 
 that he was specially sent b.\- the Great Spirit. 
 
 Gov. Harrison made man}- attempts to con- 
 ciliate the Indians, but at last war came, and at 
 Tippecanoe the Indians were routed with great 
 slaughter. October 28, 18 12, his army began its 
 march. When near the Prophet's town, three 
 Indians of rank made their appearance and in- 
 quired why Gov. Harrison was approaching them 
 in so hostile an attitude. After a short confer- 
 ence, arrangements were made for a meeting the 
 next day to agree upon terms of peace. 
 
 But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted 
 with the Indian character to be deceived by such 
 protestations. Selecting a favorable spot for his 
 night's encampment, he took ever\- precaution 
 against surprise. His troops were posted in a 
 hollow square and .slept upon their arms. The 
 wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock 
 in the morning, had risen, and was sitting 
 in conversation with his aides by the embers 
 of a waning fire. It was a chill, cloud)- morning, 
 with a drizzling rain. In the darkness,' the In- 
 dians had crept as near as po.ssible, and ju.st then, 
 with a savage yell, rushed, with all the despera- 
 tion which superstition and passion most highly 
 inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 
 little army. The savages had been amply pro- 
 vided with guns and ammunition by the English, 
 and their war-whoop was accompanied by a 
 shower of bullets. 
 
 The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as 
 the light aided the Indians in their aim, and 
 Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as 
 the rocks around them until day dawned, when 
 they made a simultaneous charge with the bayo- 
 net and swept everything before them, completely 
 routing the foe. 
 
 Gov. Harri.son now had all his energies tasked 
 to the utmost. The British, descending from the 
 
 Canadas, were of themselves a ven,' formidable 
 force, but with their savage allies rushing like 
 wolves from the forest, burning, plundering, scalp- 
 ing torturing, the wide frontier was plunged into 
 a state of consternation which even the most vivid 
 imagination can but faintly conceive. Gen. Hull 
 had made an ignominious surrender of his forces at 
 Detroit. Under these despairing circumstances, 
 Gov. Harrison was appointed by President Madi- 
 son Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern 
 Army, with orders to retake Detroit and to protect 
 the frontiers. It would be difficult to place a man 
 in a situation demanding more energy, sagacity 
 and courage, but he was found equal to the 
 position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet 
 all the responsibilities. 
 
 In 1 8 16, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member 
 of the National House of Representatives, to rep- 
 resent the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved 
 an active member, and whenever he spoke it was 
 with a force of reason and power of eloquence 
 which arrested the attention of all the members. 
 
 In 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate of 
 Ohio, and in 1824, asoneof the Presidential Elec- 
 tors of that State, he gave his vote for Henry 
 Clay. The same year he was chosen to the Uni- 
 ted States Senate. In 1836 his friends brought 
 him forward as a candidate for the Presidency 
 against Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the 
 close of Mr. Van Buren 's term, he was re-nom- 
 inated by his part)-, and Mr. Harrison was unani- 
 mously nominated by the Whigs, with John Tyler 
 for the Vice-Presidency. The contest was very 
 animated. Gen. Jack.son gave all his influence to 
 prevent Harrison's election, but his triumph was 
 signal. 
 
 The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Web- 
 .ster at its head as Secretary of State, was one of 
 the most brilliant with which any President had 
 ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects 
 of an administration more flattering, or the hopes 
 of the countr>- more .sanguine. In the midst of 
 these bright and joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison 
 was seized by a pleurisy-fever, and after a few 
 days of violent sickness died, on the 4th of April, 
 just one month after his inauguration as Pre.sident 
 of the United States. 
 
JOHN TYLER. 
 
 30HN TYLER, the tenth President of the 
 United States, and was born in Charles 
 City County, Ya., March 29, 1790. He was 
 the favored child of affluence and high social po- 
 sition. At the early age of twelve, John entered 
 William and Mary College, and graduated with 
 much honor when but seventeen years old. After 
 graduating, he devoted himself with great assi- 
 duity to the study of law, partly with his father 
 and partly with Edmund Randolph, one of the 
 most distinguished lawyers of Yirginia. 
 
 At nineteen years of age, he commenced the 
 practice of law. His success was rapid and as- 
 tonishing. It is said that three months had not 
 elapsed ere there was scarcely a case on the 
 docket of the court in which he was not retained. 
 When but twenty -one j-ears of age, he was almost 
 unanimously elected to a seat in the State Legis- 
 lature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and wannl}- advocated the measures 
 of Jefferson and Madison. For five successive 
 years he was elected to the Legislature, receiving 
 nearly the unanimous vote of his county. 
 
 When but twenty-six years of age, he was 
 elected a Member of Congress. Here he acted ear- 
 nestly and abh- with the Democratic party, oppos- 
 ing a national bank, internal improvements by 
 the General Government, and a protective tariff; 
 advocating a strict construction of the Constitu- 
 tion and the most careful vigilance over State 
 rights. His labors in Congress were so arduous 
 that before the close of his second term he found 
 it necessary- to resign and retire to his estate in 
 Charles City County to recruit his health. He, 
 however, soon after consented to take his seat in 
 the State Legislature, where his influence was 
 powerful in promoting public works of great 
 utility. With a reputation thus constantly in- 
 creasing, he was chosen by a very large majority 
 of votes Governor of his native State. His ad- 
 ministration was a signally successful one, and his 
 popularity secured his re-election. 
 
 John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
 man, then represented Yirginia in the Senate of 
 the United States. A portion of the Democratic 
 party was displea.sed with Mr. Randolph's way- 
 ward course, and brought forward John Tyler as 
 his opponent, considering him the only man in 
 Yirginia of sufficient popularity to succeed 
 against the renowned orator of Roanoke. Mr. 
 Tyler was the victor. 
 
 In accordance with his professions, upon tak- 
 ing his seat in the Senate he joined the ranks of 
 the opposition. He opposed the tariff, and spoke 
 against and voted against the bank as unconsti- 
 tutional; he strenuously opposed all restrictions 
 upon slaven,', resisting all projects of internal im- 
 provements by the General Government, and 
 avowed his sympathy with Mr. Calhoun's view 
 of nullification; he declared that Gen. Jackson, 
 by his opposition to the nullifiers, had abandoned 
 the principles of the Democratic party. Such 
 was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress — a record in 
 perfect accordance with the principles which he 
 had alwaj-s avowed. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice 
 of his profession. There was a split in the Demo- 
 cratic party. His friends still regarded him as a 
 true JeflTersonian, gave him a dinner, and show- 
 ered compliments upon him. He had now at- 
 tained the age of forty-six, and his career had been 
 very brilliant. In consequence of his devotion to 
 public business, his private affairs had fallen into 
 some disorder, and it was not without satisfac- 
 tion that he resumed the practice of law, and de- 
 voted him.self to the cultivation of his plantation. 
 Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, for 
 the better education of his children, and he again 
 took his .seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 
 
 By the southern Whigs he was sent to the 
 national convention at Harrisbiirg in 1 839 to nom- 
 inate a President. The majority of votes were 
 given to Gen Harrison, a genuine Whig, much 
 to the disappointment of the South, which wished 
 
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 JOHN TYIvER. 
 
 for Henry Clay. To conciliate the southern 
 Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention 
 then nominated John Tyler for Vice-President. 
 It was well known that he was not in sympathj' 
 with the Whig party in the North; but the Vice- 
 President has verj^ little power in the Govern- 
 ment, his main and almost only duty being to 
 preside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it 
 happened that a Whig President and, in reality, 
 a Democratic \' ice- President were chosen. 
 
 In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice- 
 President of the United States. In one short 
 month from that time, President Harrison died, 
 and Mr. Tyler thus found himself to his own 
 surprise and that of the whole nation, an occu- 
 pant of the Presidential chair. Hastening from 
 Williamsburg to Washington, on the 6th of 
 April he was inaugurated to the high and re- 
 .sponsible office. He was placed in a position of 
 exceeding delicacy and difficulty. All his long 
 life he had been opposed to the main principles of 
 the party which had brought him into power. 
 He had ever been a consistent, honest man, with 
 an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had se- 
 lected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them, 
 and thus surround himself with counselors whose 
 views were antagonistic to his own ? or, on the 
 other hand, should he turn against the part\- 
 which had elected him, and select a cabinet in 
 harmony with himself, and which would oppose 
 all those views which the Whigs deemed essen- 
 tial to the public welfare ? This was his fearful 
 dilemma. He invited the cabinet which Presi- 
 dent Harrison had selected to retain their seats, 
 and recommended a day of fasting and prayer, 
 that God would guide and bless us. 
 
 The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for 
 the incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United 
 States. The President, after ten days' delay, re- 
 turned it with his veto. He suggested, however, 
 that he would approve of a bill drawn up upon 
 such a plan as he proposed. Such a bill was ac- 
 cordingly prepared, and privately submitted to 
 him. He gave it his approval. It was passed 
 without alteration, and he sent it back with his 
 veto. Here commenced the open rupture. It is 
 said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
 
 ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
 Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who se- 
 verely touched the pride of the President. 
 
 The opposition now exultingly received the 
 President into their arms. The party which 
 elected him denounced him bitterly. All the 
 members of his cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, 
 resigned. The Whigs of Congress, both the 
 Senate and the House, held a meeting and issued 
 an address to the people of the United States, 
 proclaiming that all political alliance between the 
 Whigs and President Tyler was at an end. 
 
 Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
 appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs 
 and Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong 
 party men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary 
 to resign, forced out by the pressure of his Whig 
 friends. Thus the four years of Mr. Tyler's un- 
 fortunate administration passed sadly away. No 
 one was satisfied. The land was filled with mur- 
 murs and \'ituperation. Whigs and Democrats 
 alike assailed him. More and more, however, he 
 brought himself into sympathy with his old 
 friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his 
 term he gave his whole influence to the support 
 of Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for his 
 successor. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, President Tyler re- 
 tired from the haras.sments of oiEce, to the regret 
 of neither party, and probably to his own unspeak- 
 able relief The remainder of his days were 
 passed mainly in the retirement of his beautiful 
 home — Sherwood Forest, Charles City County, 
 Va. His first wife, Miss Letitia Christian, died 
 in Washington in 1842; and in June, 1844, 
 he was again married, at New York, to Miss Julia 
 Gardiner, a young lady of many personal and 
 intellectual accomplishments. 
 
 When the great Rebellion rose, which the 
 State Rights and nullifying doctrines of John C. 
 Calhoun had inaugurated, President Tyler re- 
 nounced his allegiance to the United States, and 
 joined the Confederates. He was chosen a mem- 
 ber of their Congress, and while engaged in 
 active measures to destroy, by force of arms, the 
 Government over which he had once presided, he 
 was taken sick and soon died. 
 
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JAMES K. POLK. 
 
 (Tames K. polk, the eleventh President of 
 I the United States, was born in Mecklenburgh 
 Q) Count}^ N. C, November 2, 1795. His 
 parents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the 
 former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
 at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 
 1735. In 1S06, with his wife and children, and 
 soon after followed by most of the members of the 
 Polk family, Samuel Polk emigrated some two or 
 three hundred miles farther west, to the rich val- 
 ley of the Duck River. Here, in the midst of the 
 wilderness, in a region which was subsequently 
 called Maur\' Count}-, they erected their log huts 
 and established their homes. In the hard toil of 
 a new farm in the wilderness, James K. Polk 
 spent the early years of his childhood and youth. 
 His father, adding the pursuit of a surveyor to 
 that of a farmer, gradually increased in wealth, 
 until he became one of the leading men of the 
 region. His mother was a superior woman, of 
 strong common sense and earnest piety. 
 
 Very earl)- in life James developed a taste for 
 reading, and expressed the strongest desire to ob- 
 tain a liberal education. His mother's training 
 had made him methodical in his habits, had taught 
 him punctuality and industr\-, and had inspired 
 him with lofty principles of morality. His health 
 was frail, and his father, fearing that he might not 
 be able to endure a sedentary- life, got a situation 
 for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for 
 commercial pursuits. 
 
 This was to James a bitter disappointment. He 
 had no ta.ste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
 were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
 uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when, 
 at his earnest solicitation, his father removed 
 him and made arrangements for him to pros- 
 ecute his .studies. Soon after he sent him to Mur- 
 freesboro Academy. With ardor which could 
 scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his 
 
 studies, and in less than two and a-half years, in 
 the autumn of 1S15, entered the sophomore class 
 in the University of North CaroHna, at Chapel 
 Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
 .scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allow- 
 ing himself to be absent from a recitation or a 
 religious service. 
 
 Mr. Polk graduated in 18 18, with the highest 
 honors, being deemed the best scholar of his class, 
 both in mathematics and the classics. He was 
 then twenty-three years of age. His health was 
 at this time much impaired by the assiduity with 
 which he had prosecuted his studies. After a 
 short season of relaxation, he went to Nashville, 
 and entered the office of Felix Grundy, to stud}- 
 law. Here Mr. Polk renewed his acquaintance 
 with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his planta- 
 tion, the ' ' Hermitage, ' ' but a few miles from 
 Nashville. They had probably been slightly ac- 
 quainted before. 
 
 Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican 
 and James K. adhered to the same political faith. 
 He was a popular public sj^eaker, and was con- 
 stantlj' called upon to address the meetings of his 
 party friends. His skill as a speaker was such 
 that he was popularly called the Napoleon of the 
 stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, 
 genial and courteous in his bearing, and with that 
 sympathetic nature in the joys and griefs of oth- 
 ers which gave him hosts of friends. In 1823, 
 he was elected to the Legi.slature of Teimessee, 
 and gave his strong influence toward the election 
 of his friend, Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of 
 the United States. 
 
 In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
 Childress, of Rutherford County, Tenn. His 
 bride was altogether worth}- of him — a lady of 
 beauty and culture. In the fall of 1825 Mr. Polk 
 was chosen a member of Congress, and the .satis- 
 faction he gave his constituents ma}- be inferred 
 
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 JAMES K. POLK. 
 
 from the fact, that for fourteen successive \ears, 
 or until 1839, lie was continued in that office. He 
 then voluntarily withdrew, only that he might 
 accept the Gubernatorial chair of Tennessee. In 
 Congress he was a laborious member, a frequent 
 and a popular speaker. He was always in his 
 seat, always courteous, and whenever he spoke 
 it was alwaj's to the point, without any ambitious 
 rhetorical display. 
 
 During five sessions of Congress Mr. Polk was 
 Speaker of the House. Strong passions were 
 roused and stormy scenes were witnessed, but he 
 performed his arduous duties to a very general 
 -satisfaction, and a unanimous vote of thanks to 
 him was passed by the House as he withdrew on 
 the 4th of March, 1839. 
 
 In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, 
 as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. 
 He was elected by a large majority, and on Octo- 
 ber 14, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. 
 In 1841 his term of office expired, and he was 
 again the candidate of the Democratic party, but 
 was defeated. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was in- 
 augurated President of the United States. The 
 verdict of the country in favor of the annexation 
 of Texas exerted its influence upon Congress, 
 and the last act of the administration of President 
 Tyler was to affix his signature to a joint resolu- 
 tion of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, ap- 
 proving of the annexation of Texas to the Union. 
 As Mexico .still claimed Texas as one of her 
 provinces, the Mexican Minister, Almonte, im- 
 mediately demanded his passports and left the 
 country, declaring the act of the annexation to be 
 an act hostile to Mexico. 
 
 In his first message. President Polk urged that 
 Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be 
 received into the Union on the same footing with 
 the other States. In the mean time, Gen. Taylor 
 was sent with an army into Texas to hold the 
 country. He was first .sent to Nueces, which the 
 Mexicans said was the western boundary of Tex- 
 as. Then he was .sent nearly two hundred miles 
 further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected 
 batteries which commanded the Mexican city of 
 Matamoras, which was situated on the western 
 
 banks. The anticipated collision soon took place, 
 and war was declared against Mexico by President 
 Polk. The war was pushed forward by his ad- 
 ministration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, 
 whose army was first called one of ' ' observation, ' ' 
 then of "occupation," then of "invasion," was 
 sent forward to Monterey. The feeble Mexicans 
 in every encounter were hopelessly slaughtered. 
 The day of judgment alone can reveal the misery 
 which this war caused. It was by the ingenuity 
 of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was 
 brought on. 
 
 ' ' To the victors belong the spoils. ' ' Mexico 
 was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our 
 hands. We now consented to peace upon the 
 condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in 
 addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of 
 Upper and Lower California. This new demand 
 embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred 
 thousand square miles. This was an extent of 
 territory equal to nine States of the size of New 
 York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen ma- 
 jestic States to be added to the Union. There 
 were some Americans who thought it all right; 
 there were others who thought it all wrong. In 
 the prosecution of this war we expended twenty 
 thousand lives and more than $100,000,000. Of 
 this money $15,000,000 were paid to Mexico. 
 
 On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired 
 from office, having .ser\-ed one term. The next 
 day was Sunday. On the stb. Gen. Taj'lor was 
 inaugurated as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to 
 the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Tay- 
 lor, and the same evening, with Mrs. Polk, he 
 commenced his return to Tennessee. He was 
 then but fifty-four years of age. He had always 
 been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his 
 health was good. With an ample fortune, a 
 choice library', a cultivated mind, and domestic 
 lies of the dearest nature, it .seemed as though 
 long years of lran(|nillity and happiness were be- 
 fore him. lint the cholera — that fearful scourge 
 — was then sweeping up the Valley of the Missis- 
 sippi, and he contracted the disea.se, dying on the 
 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth year of his 
 age, greatly mourned by his countrjraen. 
 
ZACHARY TAYLOR. 
 
 G7ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of 
 j. the United States, was born on the 24th of 
 /^ November, 1784, in Orange County, Va. 
 His father, Col. Tajlor, was a Yirginian of 
 note, and a distinguished patriot and soldier of 
 the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant, 
 his lather, with his wife and two children, emi- 
 grated to Kentucky, where he settled in the path- 
 less wilderness, a few miles from L,oui.s\-ille. In 
 this frontier home, away from civilization and all 
 its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but 
 few social and educational advantages. When 
 six years of age he attended a common school, 
 and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
 rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of 
 character. He was strong, fearless and self-reli- 
 ant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the 
 army to fight the Indians, who were ravaging the 
 frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the 
 uneventful years of his childhood on his father's 
 large but lonely plantation. 
 
 In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for 
 him a commission as Lieutenant in the United 
 .States army, and he joined the troops which were 
 .stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. 
 Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Smith, 
 a young lady from one of the first families of 
 Maryland. 
 
 Immediately after the declaration of war with 
 England, in 18 12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then 
 been promoted to that rank) was put in command 
 of Ft. Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles 
 above Yincennes. This fort had been built in the 
 wilderness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to 
 Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of at- 
 tack by the Indians, led by Tecumseh. Its garri- 
 son con.sisted of a broken company of infantry, 
 numbering fifty men, many of whopi were sick. 
 
 Early in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians, 
 stealthily, and in large numbers, moved upon the 
 
 fort. Their approach was first indicated by the 
 murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade. 
 Capt. Taylor made every possible preparation to 
 meet the anticipated assault. On the 4th of Sep- 
 tember, a band of forty painted and plumed sav- 
 ages came to the fort, waving a white flag, and 
 informed Capt. Taylor that in the morning their 
 chief would come to have a talk with him. It 
 was e\'ident that their object was mereh- to ascer- 
 tain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
 Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, 
 kept them at a distance. 
 
 The sun went down; the savages disappeared; 
 the garrison slept upon their arms. One hour 
 before midnight the war-whoop burst from a 
 thousand lips in the forest around, followed by 
 the discharge of musketry and the rush of the 
 foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to hi 
 post. Every man knew that defeat was not 
 merely death, but, in the case of capture, death by 
 the most agonizing and prolonged torture. No 
 pen can describe, no imagination can conceive, the 
 scenes which ensued. The savages succeeded in 
 setting fire to one of the block-houses. Until six 
 o'clock in the morning this awful conflict con- 
 tinued, when the savages, bafBed at every point 
 and gna.shing their teeth with rage, retired. 
 Capt. Taylor, for this gallant defense, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of Major by brevet. 
 
 Until the close of the war, Maj. Taylor was 
 placed in such situations that he saw but little 
 more of active service. He was sent far away 
 into the depths of the wilderness to Ft. Craw- 
 ford, on Fox River, which empties into Green 
 Bay. Here there was little to be done but to 
 wear away the tedious hours as one best could. 
 There were no books, no .society, no intellectual 
 stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years 
 rolled on. (Gradually he rose to the rank of 
 Coloiiel. In the Black Hawk War, which re- 
 
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 ZACHARY TAYLOR. 
 
 suited in the capture of that renowned chieftain, 
 Col. Taylor took a subordinate, but a brave and 
 efficient, part. 
 
 For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged 
 in the defense of the frontiers, in scenes so re- 
 mote, and in employments so obscure, that his 
 name was unknown beyond the limits of his own 
 immediate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he 
 was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indi- 
 ans to vacate that region, and retire beyond the 
 Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty had prom- 
 ised they should do. The ser\'ices rendered here 
 secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
 the Government, and as a reward he was ele- 
 vated to the high rank of Brigadier-General by 
 brevet, and soon after, in May, 1838, was ap- 
 pointed to the chief command of the United 
 States troops in Florida. 
 
 After two years of wearisome employment 
 amidst the everglades of the Peninsula, Gen. Tay- 
 lor obtained, at his own request, a change of 
 command, and was stationed over the Department 
 of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, 
 Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing 
 his headquarters at Ft. Jessup, in Louisiana, he 
 removed his family to a plantation which he pur- 
 chased near Baton Rouge. Here he remained 
 for five years, buried, as it were, from the world, 
 but faithfully discharging everj' duty imposed 
 upon him. 
 
 In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the 
 land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the 
 latter river being the boundary- of Texas, which 
 was then claimed by the United States. Soon 
 the war with Mexico was brought on, and at Palo 
 Alto and Re.saca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won 
 brilliant victories over the Mexicans. The rank 
 of Major-Geiieral by brevet was then conferred 
 upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received 
 with enthusiasm almost everj'where in the na- 
 tion. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
 Buena Vi.sta, in which he won signal victories 
 over forces much larger than he commanded. 
 
 The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena 
 Vista spread the wildest enthusiasm over the 
 country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on 
 every one's lips. The Whig party decided to 
 
 take advantage of this wonderful popularity in 
 bringing forward the unpolished, unlettered, hon- 
 est soldier as their candidate for the Presidency. 
 Gen. Taylor was astonished at the announce- 
 ment, and for a time would not listen to it, de- 
 claring that he was not at all qualified for such 
 an ofiice. So little interest had he taken in poli- 
 tics, that for forty years he had not cast a vote. 
 It was not without chagrin that several distin- 
 guished statesmen, who had been long years in 
 the public service, found their claims set aside in 
 behalf of one whose name had never been heard 
 of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de 
 la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It is said 
 that Daniel Webster, in his haste, remarked, " It 
 is a nomination not fit to be made." 
 
 Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a 
 fine writer. His friends took possession of him, 
 and prepared such few communications as it was 
 needful should be presented to the public. The 
 popularity of the successful warrior swept the 
 land. He was triumphantly elected over two 
 opposing candidates, — Gen. Cass and Ex-Presi- 
 dent Martin Van Buren. Though he selected an 
 excellent cabinet, the good old man found himself 
 in a very uncongenial position, and was at times 
 sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental suf- 
 ferings were verj' severe, and probably tended to 
 hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was 
 pushing its claims with tireless energy; expedi- 
 tions were fitting out to capture Cuba; California 
 was pleading for admi.ssion to the Union, while 
 slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. 
 Taylor found the political conflicts in Washington 
 to be far more trying to the nen^es than battles 
 with Mexicans or Indians. 
 
 In the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor, 
 after he had occupied the Presidential chair but 
 little over a year, took cold, and after a brief 
 sickness of but little over five days, died, on the 
 9th of July, 1850. His last words were, "I am 
 not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeav- 
 ored to do my duty." He died universally re- 
 spected and beloved. An honest, unpretending 
 man, he had been steadily growing in the affec- 
 tions of the people, and the Nation bitterly la- 
 mented his death. 
 
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MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 y yi ILLARD FILLMORE, thirteenth President 
 y of the United States, was born at Summer 
 Hill, Cayuga County, N. Y., on the 7th of 
 January, 1800. His father was a farmer, and, owing 
 to misfortune, in humble circumstances. Of his 
 mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of 
 Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she pos- 
 sessed an intellect of a high order, united with 
 much personal loveliness, sweetness of disposi- 
 tion, graceful manners and exquisite sensibilities. 
 She died in 1831, having lived to see her son a 
 young man of distinguished promise, though she 
 was not permitted to witness the high dignity 
 which he finally attained. 
 
 In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
 means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender 
 advantages for education in his early years. The 
 common schools, which he occasionally attended, 
 were very imperfect institutions, and books were 
 scarce and expensive. There was nothing then 
 in his character to indicate the brilliant career 
 upon which he was about to enter. He was a 
 plain farmer's boj' — intelligent, good-looking, 
 kind-hearted. The sacred influences of home 
 had taught him to revere the Bible, and had laid 
 the foundations of an upright character. When 
 fourteen years of age, his father .sent him some 
 hundred miles from home to the then wilds of 
 Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
 Near the mill there was a small village, where 
 some enterprising man had commenced the col- 
 lection of a village librarj'. This proved an in- 
 estimable blessing to young Fillmore. His even- 
 ings were spent in reading. Soon every leisure 
 moment was occupied with books. His thir.st for 
 knowledge became insatiate, and the selections 
 which he made were continually more elevating 
 and in.stnictive. He read history, biography, 
 oratory, and thus gradually there was enkindled 
 
 in his heart a desire to be something more than a 
 mere worker with his hands. 
 
 The young clothier had now attained the age 
 of nineteen years, and was of fine personal appear- 
 ance and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so hap- 
 pened that there was a gentleman in the neigh- 
 borhood of ample pecuniary means and of benev- 
 olence, — ^Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck 
 with the prepossessing appearance of young Fill- 
 more. He made his acquaintance, and was so 
 much impressed with his ability and attainments 
 that he advised him to abandon his trade and de- 
 vote himself to the study of the law. The young 
 man replied that he had no means of his own, 
 no friends to help him, and that his previous edu- 
 cation had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood 
 had so much confidence in him that he kindly 
 offered to take him into his own office, and to 
 lend him such money as he needed. Most grate- 
 fully the generous ofier was accepted. 
 
 There is in many minds a strange delusion 
 about a collegiate education. A young man is 
 supposed to be liberally educated if he has gradu- 
 ated at some college. But many a boy who loi- 
 ters through university halls and then enters a 
 law ofiice is by no means as well prepared to 
 prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fill- 
 more when he graduated at the clothing-mill at 
 the end of four years of manual labor, during 
 which every leisure moment had been devoted to 
 intense mental culture. 
 
 In 1823, when twenty-three j-ears of age, he 
 was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. 
 He then went to the village of Aurora, and com- 
 menced the practice of law. In this .secluded, 
 quiet region, his practice, of course, was limited, 
 and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in 
 fortune or in fame. Here, in 1826, he married a 
 lady of great moral worth, and one capable of 
 
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 MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 adorning any station she might be called to fill, — 
 Miss Abigail Powers. 
 
 His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
 his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advo- 
 cate, gradually attracted attention, and he was 
 invited to enter into partnership, under highly ad- 
 vantageous circumstances, with an elder member 
 of the Bar in Buffalo. Ju.st before removing to 
 Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of 
 Assembly of the State of New York, as a Repre- 
 sentative from Erie County. Though he had 
 never taken a very active part in politics, his vote 
 and sympathies were with the Whig party. The 
 State was then Democratic, and he found himself 
 in a helpless minority in the Legislature; still the 
 testimony comes from all parties that his courtesy, 
 ability and integrity won, to a verj- unusual de- 
 gree, the respect of his associates. 
 
 In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a 
 seat in the United States Congress. He entered 
 that troubled arena in the most tumultuous hours 
 of our national history, when the great conflict 
 respecting the national bank and the removal of 
 the deposits was raging. 
 
 His term of two years closed, and he returned 
 to his profession, which he pursued with increas- 
 ing reputation and success. After a lapse of two 
 years he again became a candidate for Congress; 
 was re-elected, and took his seat in 1837. His 
 past experience as a Representative gave him 
 strength and confidence. The first term of service 
 in Congress to an}- man can be but little more 
 tlian an introduction. He was now prepared for 
 active duty. All his energies were brought to 
 bear upon the public good. Ever>' measure re- 
 celv'ed his impress. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, 
 and his popularity filled the State. In the year 
 1847, when he had attained the age of forty- 
 seven years, he was elected Comptroller of the 
 State. His labors at the Bar, in the Legisla- 
 ture, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given 
 him very considerable fame. The Whigs were 
 casting about to find suitable candidates for Presi- 
 dent and Vice-President at the apjiroaching elec- 
 tion. Far away on the waters of the Rio Grande, 
 there was a rough old soldier, who had fought 
 
 one or two successful battles with the Mexicans, 
 which had caused his name to be proclaimed in 
 trumpet-tones all over the land as a candidate for 
 the presidency. But it was necessary to associate 
 with him on the same ticket some man of repu- 
 tation as a statesman. 
 
 Under the influence of these considerations, the 
 names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore 
 became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their 
 candidates for President and Vice-Pre.sident. The 
 Whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the 
 4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
 President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, 
 of the United States. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, 
 about one year and four months after his inaugura- 
 tion, was .suddenly taken sick and died. Bj' the 
 Constitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus be- 
 came President. He appointed a verj- able cabi- 
 net, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was 
 Secretary of vState; nevertheless, he had serious 
 difficulties to contend with, since the opposition 
 had a majority in both Houses. He did all i:i his 
 power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavery- 
 party in the South felt the inadequacy of all 
 measures of tran.sient conciliation. The popula- 
 tion of the free States was so rapidly increasing 
 over that of the .slave States, that it was inevitable 
 that the power of the Government should soon 
 pass into the hands of the free States. The fa- 
 mous compromise measures were adopted imder 
 Mr. Fillmore's admini.stration, and the Japan ex- 
 pedition was sent out. On the 4th of March, 
 1853, he, having served one term, retired. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Know-Nothing" party, but 
 was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. 
 Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terri- 
 ble conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It 
 was generally supposed that his sympathies were 
 rather with those who were endeavoring to over- 
 throw our in.stitutions. President Fillmore kept 
 aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words 
 of cheer to one party or the other. He was thus 
 forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age, 
 and died in Buffalo, N. Y., March 8, 1874. 
 
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FRANKLIN PIERCE. 
 
 rTRANKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth Presi- 
 ly dent of the United States, was born in Hills- 
 I ' borough, N. H., November 23, 1804. His 
 father was a Revolutiouarj- soldier, who with his 
 own strong arm hewed out a home in the wilder- 
 ness. He was a man of inflexible integrity, of 
 strong, though uncultivated, mind, and was an un- 
 compromising Democrat. The mother of Frank- 
 lin Pierce was all that a son could desire — an in- 
 telligent, prudent, affectionate, Christian woman. 
 
 Franklin, who was the sixth of eight children, 
 was a remarkably bright and handsome bo}-, 
 generous, warm-hearted and brave. He won 
 alike the love of old and young. The boys on 
 the play-ground loved him. His teachers loved 
 him. The neighbors looked upon him with pride 
 and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman, 
 always speaking kind words, and doing kind 
 deeds, with a peculiar, unstudied tact which 
 taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
 veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
 devotion to books, he was a good scholar, and in 
 body and mind a finely developed boy. 
 
 When .sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, 
 he entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. 
 He was one of the most popular joung men in 
 the college. The purity of his moral character, 
 the unvarying courte.sj' of his demeanor, his rank 
 as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a 
 universal fa\'orite. There was something pe- 
 culiarly winning in his addre,ss, and it was evi- 
 dently not in the .slightest degree .studied — it was 
 the simple outgushing of his own magnanimous 
 and loving nature. 
 
 Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin 
 Pierce commenced the study of law in the office 
 of Judge Woodbur>-, one of the most distinguished 
 
 lawyers of the State, and a man of great private 
 worth. The eminent social qualities of the young 
 lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man, 
 and the brilliant political career into which Judge 
 Woodbur>' was entering, all tended to entice Mr. 
 Pierce into the fascinating yet perilous path of 
 political life. With all the ardor of his nature he 
 espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson for the Presi- 
 dency. He commenced the practice of law in 
 Hillsborough, and was soon elected to represent 
 the town in the State Legislature. Here he 
 served for four years. The last two years he was 
 chosen Speaker of the House by a very large 
 vote. 
 
 In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was 
 elected a member of Congress. In 1837, being 
 then but thirty-three 3'ears old, he was elected to 
 the Senate, taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren 
 commenced his administration. He was the 
 youngest member in the Senate. In the year 
 1834, he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a 
 lady of rare beauty and accomplishments, and one 
 admirably fitted to adorn everj' station with which 
 her husband was honored. Of the three .sons who 
 were born to them, all now sleep with their par- 
 ents in the grave. 
 
 In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing 
 fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up 
 his residence in Concord, the capital of New 
 Hampshire. President Polk, upon his accession 
 to office, appointed Mr. Pierce Attorney-General 
 of the United States; but the offer was declined 
 in consequence of numerous professional engage- 
 ments at home, and the precarious state of Mrs. 
 Pierce's health. He also, about the same time, 
 declined the nomination for Governor by the 
 Democratic party. The war with Mexico called 
 
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 FRANKLIN PIERCE. 
 
 Mr. Pierce into the army. Receiving the appoint- 
 ment of Brigadier-General, he embarked with a 
 portion of his troops at Newport, R I., on the 
 27th of May, 1847. He took an important part 
 in this w-ar, proving himself a brave and true sol- 
 dier. 
 
 When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his na- 
 tive State, he was received eiithusiasticall}- by the 
 advocates of the Mexican War, and coldly by his 
 opponents. He resumed the practice of his pro- 
 fession, very frequently taking an active part in 
 political questions, giving his cordial support to 
 the pro-slavery wing of the Democratic party. 
 The compromise measures met cordially with his 
 approval, and he strenuously advocated the en- 
 forcement of the infamous Fugitive Slave Law, 
 which so shocked the religious sensibilities of the 
 North. He thus became distinguished as a 
 ' ' Northern man with Southern principles. ' ' The 
 strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
 quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
 safely trust in office to carr>' out their plans. 
 
 On the 12th of June, 1852, the Democratic con- 
 vention met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate 
 for the Presidenc3^ For four days they contin- 
 ued in session, and in thirty-five ballotings no one 
 had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus 
 far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then tlie 
 Virginia delegation brought forward his name. 
 There were fourteen more ballotings, during which 
 Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at 
 the forty-ninth ballot, he received two hundred 
 and eighty-two votes, and all other candidates 
 eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the Whig can- 
 didate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with great una- 
 nimity. Only four States — Vermont, Ma.ssachu- 
 setts, Kentucky and Tennessee — ca.st their elec- 
 toral votes against him. Gen. Franklin Pierce 
 was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March, 1853. 
 
 His administration proved one of the most 
 stormy our country had ever experienced. The 
 controversy between slavery and freedom was 
 then approaching its culminating point. It be- 
 came evident tliat there was to be an irrepressible 
 conflict between them, and that this nation 
 could not long exist " half slave and half free." 
 
 President Pierce, during the whole of his admin- 
 istration, did everything he could to conciliate the 
 South; but it was all in vain. The conflict ever}' 
 year grew more violent, and threats of the disso- 
 lution of the Union were borne to the North on 
 every Southern breeze. 
 
 Such was the condition of afiFairs when Presi- 
 dent Pierce approached the close of his four- 
 years term of ofiice. The North had become 
 thoroughly alienated from him. The anti-slavery 
 sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been 
 rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and 
 social worth of President Pierce were forgotten in 
 deep reprehension of his administrative acts. The 
 slaveholders of the South also, unmindful of the 
 fidelity with which he had advocated those meas- 
 ures of Government which they approved, and 
 perhaps feeling that he had rendered himself 
 so unpopular as no longer to be able to accepta- 
 bly serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and 
 nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
 turned to his home in Concord. His three chil- 
 dren were all dead, his last surviving child hav- 
 ing been killed before his e}'es in a railroad acci- 
 dent; and his wife, one of the most estimable and 
 accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in 
 consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon 
 came, and he was left alone in the world without 
 wife or child. 
 
 When the terrible Rebellion burst forth which 
 divided our country into two parties, and two 
 only, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the prin- 
 ciples which he had always cherished, and gave 
 his .sympathies to that pro-slaverj' party with 
 which he had ever been allied. He declined to 
 do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen 
 the hand of the National Government. He con- 
 tiiuied to re.side in Concord until the time of his 
 death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was 
 one of the most genial and social of men, an hon- 
 ored communicant of the Episcopal Church, and 
 one of the kindest of neighbors. Generous to a 
 fault, he contributed liberally toward the allevia- 
 tion of suffering and want, and many of his 
 towns-people were often gladdened by his material 
 bounty. 
 
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JAMES BUCHANAN. 
 
 (Tames BUCHANAN, the fifteenth President 
 I of the United States, was born in a small 
 >2/ frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge 
 iif the AUeghanies, in Franklin County, Pa., on 
 the 23d of April, 1791. The place where the 
 humble cabin home stood was called Stony Bat- 
 ter. His father was a native of the north of Ire- 
 land, who had emigrated in 1783, with little prop- 
 erty save his own strong arms. Five jears after- 
 ward he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughter 
 of a respectable iarmer, and, with his young bride, 
 plunged into the wilderness, staked his claim, 
 reared his log hut, opened a clearing with his 
 axe, and settled down there to perform his obscure 
 part in the drama of life. When James was eight 
 years of age, his father removed to the village of 
 Mercersburg, where his son was placed at .school, 
 and commenced a course of study in Engli.sh, 
 Latin and Greek. His progress was rapid, and 
 at the age of fourteen he entered Dickinson Col- 
 lege, at Carlisle. Here he developed remarkable 
 talent, and took his stand among the first scholars 
 in the institution. 
 
 In the year 1809, he graduated with the high- 
 est honors of his class. He was then eighteen 
 years of age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, 
 fond of athletic .sports, an unerring shot, and en- 
 livened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits. 
 He immediately commenced the study of law in 
 the city of Lanca.ster, and was admitted to the 
 Bar in 1812, when he was but twenty-one j-ears 
 of age. 
 
 In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
 candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
 ten years he remained a member of the Lower 
 House. During the vacations of Congress, he 
 
 occasionally tried some important case. In 1831 
 he retired altogether from the toils of his profes- 
 sion, having acquired an ample fortune. 
 
 Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presi- 
 dency, appointed Mr. Buchanan Minister to Rus- 
 sia. The duties of his mission he performed 
 with ability, and gave satisfaction to all parties. 
 Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat 
 in the United States Senate. He there met as 
 his associates Webster, Clay, Wright and Cal- 
 houn. He advocated the measures proposed by 
 President Jackson, of making reprisals against 
 France to enforce the payment of our claims 
 against that country, and defended the course of 
 the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
 removal from office of those who were not the 
 supporters of his administration. Upon this 
 question he was brought into direct collision with 
 Henry Claj'. He also, with \'oice and \-ote, ad- 
 vocated expunging from the journal of the Senate 
 the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for re- 
 moving the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the 
 abolition of slaverj' in the District of Columbia, 
 and urged the prohibition of the circulation of 
 anti-slaverj' documents bj' the United States 
 mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery, 
 he advocated that they should be respectfully re- 
 ceived, and that the replj- should be returned 
 that Congress had no power to legislate upon the 
 subject. •" Congre.ss," said he, "might as well 
 undertake to interfere with slav^ery under a for- 
 eign government as in any of the States where it 
 now exists. ' ' 
 
 Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, 
 Mr. Buchanan became Secretarj- of State, and as 
 such took his share of the responsibility in the 
 
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 JAMES BUCHANAN. 
 
 conduct of the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed 
 that crossing the Nueces by the American 
 troops into the disputed territorj- was not wrong, 
 but for the Mexicans to cro.ss the Rio Grande 
 into Texas was a declaration of war. No candid 
 man can read with pleasure the account of the 
 course our Government pursued in that movement. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly 
 with the party devoted to the perpetuation and 
 extension of slavery, and brought all the energies 
 of his mind to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. 
 He gave his cordial appro\^al to the compromise 
 measures of 1850, which included the Fugitive 
 Slave Law. Mr. Pierce, upon hi.s election to the 
 Presidency, honored Mr. Buchanan with the mis- 
 sion to England. 
 
 In the year 1856, a national Democratic Con- 
 vention nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presi- 
 dency. The political conflict was one of the most 
 severe in which our country has e\-er engaged. 
 All the friends of slavery were on one side; all 
 the advocates of its restriction and final abolition 
 on the other. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of the 
 enemies of slaver\-, recei\-ed one hundred and 
 fourteen electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
 one hundred and seventy-four, and was elected. 
 The popular vote .stood 1,340,618 for Fremont, 
 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4, 1857, 
 the latter was inaugurated. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only 
 four years were wanting to fill up his three-score 
 years and ten. His own friends, tho.se with 
 whom he had been allied in political principles 
 and action for years, were .seeking the destruc- 
 tion of the Government, that they might rear 
 upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation 
 whose corner-stone should be human slavery. In 
 this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly 
 bewildered. He could not, with his long-avowed 
 principles, consistently oppo.se the State Rights 
 party in their assumptions. As President of the 
 United States, bound by his oath faithfully to 
 administer the laws, he could not, without per- 
 jury of the grossest kind, unite with those en- 
 deavoring to overthrow the Republic. He there- 
 fore did nothing. 
 
 The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administra 
 
 tion nominated Abraham Lincoln as their stand- 
 ard-bearer in the ne.xt Presidential canvass. 
 The pro-slavery party declared that if he were 
 elected and the control of the Government were 
 thus taken from their hands, they would secede 
 from the Union, taking with them as they retired 
 the National Capitol at Washington and the 
 lion's share of the territorj- of the United States. 
 
 As the storm increased in violence, the slave- 
 holders claiming the right to secede, and Mr. 
 Buchanan avowing that Congress had no power 
 to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions 
 of governmental imbecility was exhibited that the 
 world has ever seen. He declared that Congress 
 had no power to enforce its laws in any State 
 which had withdrawn, or \vhicli was attempting 
 to withdraw, from the Union. This was not the 
 doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand 
 upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed: "The LTnion 
 must and shall be preserved!" 
 
 South Carolina seceded in December, i860, 
 nearly three months liefore the inauguration of 
 President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in 
 listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in 
 Charleston: Ft. Sumter was besieged; our forts, 
 navy-jards and arsenals were seized; our depots 
 of military stores were plundered, and our cus- 
 tom-houses and post-offices were appropriated bj' 
 the rebels. 
 
 The energj^ of the rebels and the nnbecility of 
 our Executive were alike marvelous. The na- 
 tion' looked on in agony, waiting for the .slow 
 weeks to glide away and close the administration, 
 so terrible in its weakness. At length the long- 
 looked-for hour of deliverance came, when Abra- 
 ham Lincoln was to recei\-e the scepter. 
 
 The administration of President Buchanan was 
 certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
 perienced. His best friends can not recall it with 
 plea.sure. And .still more deplorable it is for his 
 fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled 
 its billows of flame and blood over our whole 
 land, no word came from his lips to indicate his 
 wish that our country's bainier should triumph 
 over the flag of the Rebellion. He died at his 
 Wheatland retreat, June i, 186S. 
 
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 (p\ BRAHAM LINCOLN, the .sixteenth Presi- 
 r 1 dent of the United States, was born in Hardin 
 l\ County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About 
 the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham 
 Lincohi left Virginia with his family and moved 
 into the then wilds of Kentuckj'. Only two years 
 after this emigration, and while .still a young man, 
 he was working one day in a field, when an Indian 
 stealthily approached and killed him. His widow 
 was left in extreme poverty with five little chil- 
 dren, three boys and two girls. Thomas, the 
 youngest of the boys, and the father of President 
 Abraham Lincoln, was four years of age at his 
 father's death. 
 
 When twenty-eight years old, Thomas Lincoln 
 built a log cabin, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
 daughter of another family of poor Kentucky 
 emigrants, who had also come from Virginia. 
 Their second child was Abraham Lincoln, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was 
 a noble woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created 
 to adorn a palace, but doomed to toil and pine, and 
 die in a hovel. " All that I am, or hope to be," 
 exclaimed the grateful son, " I owe to my angel- 
 mother. ' ' When he was eight years of age, his 
 father sold his cabin and small farm and moved 
 to Indiana, where two years later his mother died. 
 As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly 
 family was the usual lot of humanity. There 
 were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals. 
 Abraham's sister Sarah, to whom he was tenderly 
 attached, was married when a child of but four- 
 teen years of age, and soon died. The family 
 was gradually scattered, and Thomas Lincoln 
 sold out his .squatter's claim in 1830, and emi- 
 grated to Macon County, 111. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was then twent>'-one years 
 of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father 
 in rearing another log cabin, and worked quite 
 diligently at this until he .saw the family com- 
 fortably settled, and their small lot of enclosed 
 prairie planted with corn, when he announced to 
 
 his father his intention to leave home, and to go 
 out into the world and seek his fortune. Little 
 did he or his friends imagine how brilliant that 
 fortune was to be. He saw the value of educa- 
 tion and was intensely earnest to improve his 
 mind to the utmost of his power. Religion he 
 revered. His morals were pure, and he was un- 
 contaminated by a single vice. 
 
 Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired 
 laborer among the farmers. Then he went to 
 Springfield, where he was employed in building 
 a large flat-boat. In this he took a herd of swine, 
 floated them down the Sangamon to Illinois, and 
 thence by the Mississippi to New Orleans. What- 
 ever Abraham Lincoln undertook, he performed 
 so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his 
 employers. In this adventure the latter were 
 so well pleased, that upon his return they placed 
 a store ^nd mill under his care. 
 
 In T^2, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk 
 War, he enlisted and was chosen Captain of a 
 company. He returned to Sangamon County, 
 and, although only twenty-three years of age, was 
 a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated. 
 He soon after received from Andrew Jackson the 
 appointment of Postmaster of New Salem. His 
 only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
 received he carried there, ready to deliver to those 
 he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and 
 soon made this his business. In 1834 he again 
 became a candidate for the Legislature and was 
 elected. Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him 
 to study law. He walked from New Salem to 
 Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of 
 books, carried them back, and began his legal 
 studies. When the Legislature as.senibled, he 
 trudged on foot with his pack on his back one 
 hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here 
 it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 
 he removed to Springfield and began the practice 
 of la\V. His .success with the jurj- was so great 
 
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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 that he was soon engaged in almost every noted 
 case in the circuit. 
 
 In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
 Lincohi and Mr. Douglas on the slavery ques- 
 tion. In the organization of the Republican party 
 in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at 
 once became one of the leaders in that party. 
 Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator 
 Douglas in the contest in 1858 for a seat in the 
 Senate, form a most notable part of his historj'. 
 The issue was on the slaver}- question, and he 
 took the broad ground of the Declaration of In- 
 dependence, that all men are created equal. Mr. 
 Lincoln was defeated in this contest, but won a 
 far higher prize. 
 
 The great Republican Convention met at Chi- 
 cago on the 1 6th of June, i860. The delegates 
 and strangers who crowded the city amounted to 
 twenty-five thousand. An immense building 
 called " The Wigwam," was reared to accommo- 
 date the convention. There were eleven candi- 
 dates for whom votes were thrown. William H. 
 Seward, a man whose fame as a statesman had 
 long filled the land, was the most prominent. It 
 was generally supposed he would be the nomi- 
 nee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received the 
 nomination on the third ballot. 
 
 Election day came, and Mr. Lincoln received 
 one hundred and eighty electoral votes out of two 
 hundred and three cast, and was, therefore, con- 
 stitutionally elected President of the United States. 
 The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this 
 good and merciful man, especially by the slave- 
 holders, was greater than upon any other man 
 ever elected to this high position. In Februarj', 
 1861, Mr. Lincoln started for Washington, stop- 
 ping in all the large cities on his way, making 
 speeches. The whole journey was fraught with 
 much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
 already seceded, and several attempts at assassi- 
 nation were afterward brought to light. A gang 
 in Baltimore had arranged upon his arrival to 
 "get up a row," and in the confusion to make 
 sure of his death with revolvers and hand-gren- 
 ades. A detective unravelled the plot. A secret 
 and special train was provided to take him from 
 Harri.sburg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected 
 
 hour of the night. The tram started at half-past 
 ten, and to prevent ain- possible communicatior. 
 on the part of the Secessionists with their Con- 
 federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train 
 had started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. 
 Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was 
 inaugurated, although great anxiety was felt by 
 all loyal people. 
 
 In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
 to Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to 
 other prominent opponents before the convention 
 he gave important positions; but during no other 
 administration had the duties devolving upon the 
 President been so manifold, ai:d the responsibilities 
 so great, as those which fell to his lot. Knowing 
 this, and feeling his own weakness and inability 
 to meet, and in his own strength to cope with, 
 the difficulties, he learned early to seek Divine 
 wisdom and guidance in determining his plans, 
 and Divine comfort in all his trials, both personal 
 and national. Contrarj' to his own estimate of 
 himself Mr. Lincoln was one of the most cour- 
 ageous of men. He went directly into the rebel 
 capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with 
 no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
 had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had 
 been made for his assassination, and he at last 
 fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, 
 with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend 
 Ford's Theatre. It was announced that they 
 would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the 
 city. President Lincoln, feeling, with his char- 
 acteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a 
 disappointment if he should fail them, very re- 
 luctantly consented to go. While listening to 
 the play, an actor by the name of John Wilkes 
 Booth entered the box where the President and 
 family were seated, and fired a bullet into his 
 brain. He died the next morning at seven 
 o'clock. 
 
 Never before in the history of the world was 
 a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death 
 of its ruler. Strong men met in the streets and 
 wept in speechless anguish. His was a life which 
 will fitly become a model. His name as the 
 Savior of his countrj- will live with that of Wash- 
 ington's, its Father. 
 
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ANDREW JOHNSON. 
 
 Gl NDREW JOHNSON, seventeenth President 
 LJ of the United States. The early life of An- 
 / I drew Johnson contains but the record of pov- 
 erty-, destitution and friendlessness. He was born 
 December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. His par- 
 ents, belonging to the class of "poor whites" 
 of the South, were in such circumstances that they 
 could not confer even the slightest advantages of 
 education upon their child. When Andrew was 
 fi\-e years of age, his father accidentally lost his 
 life, while heroically endeavoring to save a friend 
 from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
 was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by 
 the labor of his mother, who obtained her living 
 with her own hands. 
 
 He then, having never attended a school one 
 da}', and being unable either to read or write, was 
 apprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gen- 
 tleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's 
 .shcp occasionally, and reading to the boj's at 
 work there. He often read from the speeches of 
 distinguished British statesmen. Andrew, who 
 was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary 
 ability, became much interested in these .speeches; 
 his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with 
 a strong desire to learn to read. 
 
 He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, 
 and with the assistance of some of his fellow- 
 workmen learned his letters. He then called upon 
 the gentleman to borrow the book of speeches. 
 The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave 
 him the book, but assisted him in learning to com- 
 bine the letters into words. Under such difficul- 
 ties he pressed onward laboriou.sly, spending usu- 
 ally ten or twelve hours at work in the .shop, and 
 then robbing himself of rest and recreation to de- 
 vote such time as he could to reading. 
 
 He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 
 
 Greenville, where he married a young lady who 
 possessed some education. Under her instructions 
 he learned to write and cipher. He became 
 prominent in the village debating society, and a 
 favorite with the students of Greenville College. 
 In 1828, he organized a working man's party, 
 which elected him Alderman, and in 1830 elected 
 him Mayor, which position he held three years. 
 
 He now began to take a lively interest in 
 political affairs, identifying himself with the work- 
 ing-class, to which he belonged. In 1835, he 
 was elected a member of the House of Represent- 
 atives of Tennessee. He was then just twent}'- 
 seven years of age. He became a very active 
 member of the Legislature, gave his support to 
 the Democratic party, and in 1840 "stumped the 
 State," advocating Martin Van Buren's claims to 
 the Presidency, in opposition to those of Gen. 
 Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
 readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
 his reputation. 
 
 In 1 84 1, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, 
 he was elected a Member of Congress, and by suc- 
 cessive elections held that important post for ten 
 years. In 1 853, he was elected Governor of Tenn- 
 essee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these 
 responsible positions, he discharged his duties 
 with distingui.shed ability, and proved himself the 
 warm friend of the working cla.sses. In 1857, Mr. 
 Johnson was elected United States Senator. 
 
 Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated 
 the annexation of Texas, .stating, however, as his 
 reason, that he thought this annexation would 
 probably prove "to be the gateway out of which 
 the sable .sons of Africa are to pass from bondage 
 to freedom, and become merged in a population 
 congenial to theni.selves." In 1850, he also sup- 
 ported the compromise measures, the two esseu- 
 
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 ANDREW JOHNSON. 
 
 tial features of which were, that the white people 
 of the Territories should be permitted to decide 
 for themselves whether they would enslave the 
 colored people or not, and that the free States of 
 the North should return to the South persons who 
 attempted to escape from slaver)-. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly 
 origin: on the contrary, he often took pride in 
 avowing that he owed his distinction to his own 
 exertions. "Sir," said he on the floor of the 
 Senate, "I do not forget that I am a mechanic; 
 neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and 
 sewed fig-leaves, and that our Savior was the son 
 of a carpenter. ' ' 
 
 In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, 
 he was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for 
 the Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of 
 the Southern Democracy became apparent, he took 
 a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held 
 that "slavery must be held subordinate to the 
 Union at whatever cost." He returned to Tenn- 
 essee, and repeatedly imperiled his own life to 
 protect the Unionists of that State. Tennessee 
 having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, 
 on March 4, 1862, appointed him Military Gov- 
 ernor of the State, and he estabUshed the most 
 stringent militarj' rule. His numerous proclama- 
 tions attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was 
 elected Vice-President of the United States, and 
 upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, 
 became President. In a speech two days later he 
 said, "The American people must be taught, if 
 they do not already feel, that treason is a crime 
 and must be punished; that the Government will 
 not always bear with its enemies; that it is strong 
 not only to protect, ])ut to punish. * •■■ The 
 people must understand that it (treason) is the 
 blackest of crimes, and will surely be puni.shed." 
 Yet his whole administration, the history of which 
 is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with, 
 and in the most violent opposition to, the princi- 
 ples laid down in that .speech. 
 
 In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
 amnest)', he was opposed by Congress, and he 
 characterized Congress as a new rebellion, and 
 lawlessly defied it in everything possible to the ut- 
 mo.st. In the beginning of 1868, on account of 
 
 "High crimes and misdemeanors," the principal 
 of which was the removal of Secretar>' Stanton in 
 violation of the Tenure of Office Act, articles of 
 impeachment were preferred against him, and the 
 trial began March 23. 
 
 It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
 months. A test article of the impeachment was 
 at length submitted to the court for its action. It 
 was certain that as the court voted upon that ar- 
 ticle so would it vote upon all . Thirty-four voices 
 pronounced the President guilty. As a two-thirds 
 vote was necessary to his condemnation, he was 
 pronounced acquitted, not^vithstanding the great 
 majority against him. The change of one vote 
 from the not guilty side would have sustained the 
 impeachment. 
 
 The President, for the remainder of his tenn, 
 was but little regarded. He continued, though 
 impoteutly, his conflict with Congress. His own 
 party did not think it expedient to renominate 
 him for the Presidencj'. The Nation rallied with 
 enthusiasm, unparalleled since the days of Wash- 
 ington, around the name of Gen. Grant. Andrew 
 Johnson was forgotten. The bullet of the assassin 
 introduced him to the President's chair. Not- 
 withstanding this, never was there presented to a 
 man a better opportunity to immortalize his name, 
 and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed 
 utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, 
 Tenn., taking no very active part in politics until 
 1875. On January 26, after an exciting struggle, 
 he was cho.sen by the Legislature of Tennessee 
 United States Senator in the Forty-fourth Congess, 
 and took his seat in that body, at the special ses- 
 sion convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
 March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-Presi- 
 dent made a visit to his daughter's home, near 
 Carter Station, Tenn. Whert he started on his 
 journey, he was apparently in his u.sual vigorous 
 health, but on reaching the residence. of his child 
 the following day, he was stricken with paralysis, 
 which rendered him unconscious. He rallied oc- 
 casionally, but finally passed away at 2 a. m., 
 July 31 , aged sixty-.seven years. His funeral was 
 held at Greenville, on the 3d of August, with 
 every demonstration of respect. 
 
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ULYSSES S. GRANT. 
 
 HLYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth Presi- 
 dent of the United States, was born on the 
 2gth of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in 
 a humble home at Point Pleasant, on the banks 
 of the Ohio. Shortlj- after, his father moved to 
 Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. In this re- 
 mote frontier hamlet, Ulj'sses received a common- 
 school education. At the age of seventeen, in 
 the year 1839, he entered the Military Academj' 
 at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, 
 sensible young man, of fair abilitj', and of sturdj', 
 hone.st character. He took respectable rank as a 
 scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated about the 
 middle in his class, and was sent as Lieutenant of 
 Infantrj- to one of the distant militar}^ posts in the 
 Mis.souri Territory. Two years he passed in these 
 dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond Indians. 
 
 The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
 sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His 
 first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no 
 chance here for the exhibition of either skill or 
 heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second 
 battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third en- 
 gagement, it is said that he performed a signal 
 service of daring and skillful horsemanship. 
 
 At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant 
 returned with his regiment to New York, and 
 was again sent to one of the military posts on the 
 frontier. The di.scovery of gold in California 
 causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to 
 the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a 
 battalion to Ft. Dallas, in Oregon, for the protec- 
 tion of the interests of the immigrants. But life 
 was weari.some in those wilds, and he resigned 
 his commission and returned to the States. Hav- 
 ing married, he entered upon the cultivation of a 
 small farm near St. Louis, Mo., but having little 
 
 skill as a farmer, and finding his toil not re- 
 munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering 
 into the leather business, with a younger brother 
 at Galena, 111. This was in the year i860. As 
 the tidings of the rebels firing on Ft. Sumter 
 reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting- 
 room, he said: "Uncle Sam has educated me 
 for the army; though I have served him through 
 one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the 
 debt. I am still readj' to discharge my obliga- 
 tions. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and 
 see Uncle Sam through this war too." 
 
 He went into the streets, raised a company of 
 volunteers, and led them as their Captain to 
 Springfield, the capital of the State, where their 
 services were offered to Gov. Yates. The Gov- 
 ernor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward 
 executive ability of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk 
 in his office to assist in the volunteer organiza- 
 tion that was being formed in the State in behalf 
 of the Government. On the isthof Jinie, 1861, 
 Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of 
 the Twenty-fir.st Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. 
 His merits as a West Point graduate, who had 
 served for fifteen years in the regular army, were 
 such that he was soon promoted to the rank of 
 Brigadier-General, and was placed in connnand at 
 Cairo. The rebels raised their banner at Padu- 
 cah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River. 
 Scarcely had its folds appeared in the breeze ere 
 Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled, their 
 banner fell, and the Stars and Stripes were un- 
 furled in its stead. 
 
 He entered the ser\'ice with great determina- 
 tion and immediately began active duty. This 
 was the beginning, and until the surrender of 
 Lee at Richmond he was ever pushing the enemy 
 
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 ULYSSES S. GRANT. 
 
 with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont, 
 a few days later, he surprised and routed the. 
 rebels, then at Ft. Henrj- won another victorj'. 
 Then came the brilliant fight at Ft. Donelson. 
 The nation was electrified by the victory, and the 
 brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately 
 made a Major-General, and the military district 
 of Tennessee was assigned to him. 
 
 Like all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well 
 how to secure the results of victory. He imme- 
 diately pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then 
 came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, 
 Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. 
 Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of 
 the city with over thirty thousand men and one 
 hundred and seventy-two cannon. The fall of 
 Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which 
 the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened 
 up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf 
 
 Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
 Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
 ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown 
 from his horse, and received se\-ere injuries, from 
 which he was laid up for months. He then 
 rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas 
 at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of 
 strategic and technical measures put the Union 
 army in fighting condition. Then followed the 
 blood}- battles at Chattanooga, Lookout Moun- 
 tain and Mi.ssionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
 were routed with great loss. This won for him 
 unbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of 
 February, 1864, Congress revived the grade of 
 lieutenant-general, and the rank was conferred 
 on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Washington to 
 receive his credentials and enter upon the duties 
 of his new office. 
 
 Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge 
 of the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed 
 National troops for an attack upon Richmond, 
 the nominal capital of the rebellion, and endeavor 
 there to destroy the rebel armies which would be 
 promptly assembled from all quarters for its de- 
 fense. The whole continent .seemed to tremble 
 under the tramp of the.se majestic armies, rushing 
 to the decisive battle-field. Steamers were crowd- 
 ed with troops. Railway trains were burdened 
 
 with closely-packed thousands. His plans were 
 comprehensive, and involved a series of cam- 
 paigns, which were executed with remarkable 
 energy and abilitj-, and were consummated at the 
 surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865. 
 
 The war was ended. The Union was saved. 
 The almost unanimous voice of the nation de- 
 clared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent in- 
 strument in its salvation. The eminent services 
 he had thus rendered the country brought him 
 conspicuously forward as the Republican candi- 
 date for the Presidential chair. 
 
 At the Republican Convention held at Chicago, 
 Maj" 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated 
 for the Presidencj-, and at the autumn election 
 received a majority of the popular vote, and two 
 hundred and fourteen out of two hundred and 
 ninety-four electoral votes. 
 
 The National Convention of the Republican 
 party, which met at Philadelphia on the 5th ot 
 June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for 
 a second term by a unanimous vote. The selec- 
 tion was emphaticalh' indorsed by the people five 
 mouths later, two hundred and ninety-two elect- 
 oral votes being cast for him. 
 
 Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. 
 Grant started upon his famous trip around the 
 world. He visited almost every country of the 
 civilized world, and was everywhere received 
 with such ovations and demonstrations of respect 
 and honor, private as well as public and official, 
 as were never before bestowed upon any citizen 
 of the United States. 
 
 He was the most prominent candidate before 
 the Republican National Convention in 1880 for 
 a renomination for President. He went to New 
 York and embarked in the brokerage business 
 under the firm name of Grant & Ward. The 
 latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune, 
 and for larceny was sent to the penitentiarj-. 
 The General was attacked with cancer in the 
 throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never 
 complaining. He was re-instated as General of 
 the Army, and retired by Congress. The cancer 
 soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885, 
 the nation went in mourning over the death 01 
 the illustrious General. 
 
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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 
 
 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, the nineteenth 
 President of the United States, was born in 
 Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822, almost 
 three months after the death of his father, Rutlier- 
 ford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and 
 maternal sides was of the most honorable char- 
 acter. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as 
 12S0, when Haj-es and Rutherford were two 
 Scottish chieftains, fighting side by side with 
 Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both 
 families belonged to the nobilitj', owned extensive 
 estates, and had a large following. Misfortune 
 overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scotland 
 in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Coini. His son 
 George was born in Windsor, and remained there 
 during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, 
 married Sarah I,ee, and li\-ed from the time of 
 his marriage until his death in Simsbur)', Conn. 
 Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was 
 a manufacturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. 
 Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather 
 of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in 
 August, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and 
 tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an 
 unknown date, settling in Braltleboro, where he 
 established a hotel. Here his son, Rutherford 
 Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was born. 
 He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia 
 Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors 
 emigrated thither from Connecticut, they having 
 been among the wealthiest and best families of 
 Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side is 
 traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one of the 
 principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grand- 
 fathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary' War. • 
 The father of President Hayes was an industri- 
 ous, frugal, yet open-hearted man. He was of a 
 
 mechanical turn of mind, and could mend a plow, 
 knit a stocking, or do almost anything else that 
 he chose to undertake. He was a member of the 
 church, active in all the benevolent enterprises 
 of the town, and conducted his business on Chris- 
 tian principles. After the close of the War of 
 1 81 2, for reasons inexpHcable to his neighbors, he 
 resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 
 
 The journey from Vemiont to Ohio in that day, 
 when there were no canals, steamers, or rail- 
 ways, was a ver}' serious affair. A tour of in- 
 spection was first made, occupying four months. 
 Mr. Hayes decided to move to Delaware, where 
 the family arrived in 181 7. He died July 22, 
 1822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three 
 months before the birth of the son of whom we 
 write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore bereavement, 
 found the support she so much needed in her 
 brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
 household from the day of its departure from 
 Vermont, and in an orphan girl, whom she had 
 adopted .some time before as an act of charity. 
 
 Rutherford was seven years old before he went 
 to school. His education, however, was not neg- 
 lected. He probably learned as much from his 
 mother and sister as he would have done at 
 school. His sports were almost whollj- within 
 doors, his plaj-mates being his .sister and her asso- 
 ciates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to 
 foster that gentleness of disposition and that del- 
 icate con.sideration for the feelings of others which 
 were marked traits of his character. 
 
 His uncle, Sardis Birchard, took the deepest 
 interest in his education; and as the boy's health 
 had improved, and he was making good progress 
 in his .studies, he proposed to send him to college. 
 His preparation commenced with a tutor at home; 
 
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 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 
 
 but he was afterwards sent for one year to a pro- 
 fessor in the \Vesle>- an University in Middletown, 
 Conn. He entered Kenyon College in 1838, at 
 the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head 
 of his class in 1842. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation he began the 
 study of law in the ofiSce of Thomas Sparrow, 
 Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities 
 for studj' in Columbus somewhat limited, he de- 
 termined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, 
 Mass., where he remained two years. 
 
 In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he 
 was admitted to the Bar at Marietta, Ohio, and 
 shortly afterward went into practice as an at- 
 torney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fre- 
 mont. Here he remained three years, acquiring 
 but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious 
 of distinction in his profession. 
 
 In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his am- 
 bition found a new stimulus. For several years, 
 however, his progress was slow. Two events 
 occurring at this period had a powerful influence 
 upon his subsequent life. One of these was his 
 marriage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter 
 of Dr. James Webb, of Cliillicothe; the other was 
 his introduction to the Cincinnati Literary Club, 
 a body embracing among its members such men 
 as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John 
 Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others 
 hardly less distinguished in after life. The mar- 
 riage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
 everybody knows. Not one of all the wi\-es of 
 our Presidents was more universally admired, 
 reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and 
 no one did more than she to reflect honor upon 
 American womanhood. The Literarj'Club brought 
 Mr. Hayes into cdhstant association with young 
 men of high character and noble aims, and lured 
 him to display the qualities so long hidden by his 
 bashfulness and modesty. 
 
 In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge 
 of the Court of Common Pkas, but he declined to 
 accept the nomination. Two years later, the of- 
 fice of Cit>- .Solicitor becoming vacant, the City 
 Council elected him for the unexpired term. 
 
 In 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he was 
 at the zenith of his professional life. His rank at 
 
 the Bar was among the first. But the news of 
 the attack on Ft. Sumter found him eager to 
 take up arms for the defense of his countrj'. 
 
 His military record was bright and illustrious. 
 In October, 1861, he was made Lieu tenant- Colo- 
 nel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of 
 the Seventy-ninth Ohio Regiment, but he refused 
 to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. 
 Subsequently, however, he was made Colonel of 
 his old regiment. At the battle of South Moun- 
 tain he received a wound, and while faint and 
 bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that 
 won admiration from all. 
 
 Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, 
 after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, 
 and placed in command of the celebrated Kanawha 
 division, and for gallant and meritorious services 
 in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and 
 Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. 
 He was also breveted Major-General, "for gallant 
 and distinguished services during the campaigns 
 of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his 
 arduous services, four horses were shot from un- 
 der him, and he was wounded four times. 
 
 In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress 
 from the Second Ohio District, which had long 
 been Democratic. He was not present during the 
 campaign, and after the election was importuned 
 to resign his commission in the army; but he fi- 
 nally declared, " I shall never come to Washing- 
 ton until I can come by way of Richmond." He 
 was re-elected in 1866. 
 
 In 1867, Gen. Hayes was elected Governor of 
 Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular 
 Democrat, and in 1S69 was re-elected over George 
 H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the 
 third term in 1875. 
 
 In 1876 he was the standard-bearer of the Re- 
 publican party in the Presidential conte.st, and 
 after a hard, long contest was chosen President, 
 and was inaugurated Monday, March 5, 1877. 
 He served his full term, not, however, with satis- 
 faction to his party, but his administration was an 
 average one. The remaining years of his life 
 were passed quietly in his Ohio home, where he 
 passed away January 17, 1893. 
 
JAMES A. GARFIELD. 
 
 (Tames a. GARFIELD, twentieth President 
 I of the United States, was born November 19, 
 (2/ 1 83 1, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga 
 Countj", Ohio. His parents were Abram and 
 Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, both of New England 
 ancestr\-, and from families well known in the 
 earl J- historj- of that section of our counti-j-, but 
 who had moved to the Western Resei"ve, in Ohio, 
 early in its settlement. 
 
 The house in which James A. was born was 
 not unlike the houses of poor Ohio fanners of 
 that da}-. It was about 20 x 30 feet, built of logs, 
 with the spaces between the logs filled with clay. 
 His father was a hard-working farmer, and he 
 soon had his fields cleared, an orchard planted, 
 and a log barn built. The household comprised 
 the father and mother and their four children, 
 Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and James. In May, 
 1823, the father died from a cold contracted in 
 helping to put out a forest fire. At this time 
 James was about eighteen months old, and 
 Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, 
 can tell how much James was indebted to liis 
 brother's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty 
 years succeeding his father's death. He now 
 lives in Michigan, and the two sisters live in Solon, 
 Ohio, near their birthplace. 
 
 The early educational advantages j'oung Gar- 
 field enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the 
 mo.st of them. He labored at farm work for 
 others, did carpenter work, chopped wood, or did 
 anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid 
 his widowed mother in her struggles to keep the 
 little family together. Nor was Gen. Garfield 
 ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot 
 the friends of his struggling childhood, youth and 
 manhood; neither did they ever forget him. 
 When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest 
 friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as 
 ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sym- 
 pathy of one who had known all the bitterness of 
 
 want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
 sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, 
 plain, modest gentleman. 
 
 The highest ambition of young Garfield until 
 he was about sixteen years old was to be cap- 
 tain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious 
 to go aboard a ves.sel, but this his. mother strongly 
 opposed. She finally consented to his going to 
 Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that 
 he should try to obtain some other kind of em- 
 ployment. He walked all the way to Cleveland. 
 This was his first vi.sit to the city. After making 
 many applications for work, and trying to get 
 aboard a lake vessel and not meeting with suc- 
 ce.ss, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
 Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. 
 He remained at this work but a short time, when 
 he went home, and attended the seminary at 
 Chester for about three years. He then entered 
 Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few 
 terms of school in the mean time, and doing other 
 work. This school was started by the Disciples 
 of Christ in 1850, of which body he was then a 
 member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in 
 order to help pay his way. He then became both 
 teacher and pupil. Soon " exhausting Hiram," 
 and needing a higher education, in the fall of 1854 
 he entered Williams College, from which he grad- 
 uated in 1856, taking one of the higliest honors of 
 his cla,ss. He afterwards returned to Hiram Col- 
 lege as its President. As above .stated, he early 
 united with the Christian, or Disciples, Church at 
 Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous 
 member, often preaching in its pulpit and places 
 where he happened to be. 
 
 Mr. Garfield was united in marriage, Novem- 
 ber II, 1858, with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, who 
 proved herself worthy as the wife of one whom 
 all the world loved. To them were born seven 
 children, five of whom are still living, four boys 
 and one girl. 
 
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 JAMES A. GARFIELD. 
 
 Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 
 1856, in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and 
 three years later he began to speak at county 
 mass-meetings, and became the favorite speaker 
 wherever he was. During this year he was 
 elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to 
 study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted 
 to the Bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the 
 early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once 
 resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to 
 defend the Old Flag. He received his commission 
 as Lieutenant- Colonel of the Forty-second Regi- 
 ment of Ohio Lifantry August 14, 1861. He 
 was immediately put into active service, and be- 
 fore he had ever seen a gun fired in action, was 
 placed in command of four regiments of infantrj' 
 and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
 work of driving out of his native State the able 
 rebel officer, Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky. 
 This work was bravely and speedily accomplished, 
 although against great odds, and President Lin- 
 coln commissioned him Brigadier-General, Janu- 
 ary 10, 1862; and "as he had been the youngest 
 man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now 
 he was the youngest General in the army." He 
 was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, in its 
 operations around Corinth and its march through 
 Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of 
 the general court martial for the trial of Gen. 
 Fitz-John Porter. He was next ordered to re- 
 port to Gen. Rosecrans, and was assigned to the 
 " Chief of Staff. " The military history of Gen. 
 Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chick- 
 amauga, where he won the rank of Major-General. 
 
 Without an effort on his part, Gen. Garfield 
 was elected to Congress in the fall of 1862, from 
 the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This .section of 
 Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty 
 years mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and 
 Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a strug- 
 gle that he resigned his place in the army. At 
 the time he entered Congress he was the youngest 
 member in that body. There he remained by 
 successive re-elections until he was elected Presi- 
 dent, in 1880. Of his labors in Congress, Senator 
 Hoar says: "Since the year 1864 you cannot 
 think of a question which has been debated in 
 
 Congress, or discussed before a tribunal of the 
 American people, in regard to which you will not 
 find, if j-ou wish instruction, the argument on 
 one side stated, in almost every instance better 
 than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
 the House of Representatives or on the hustings 
 by Mr. Garfield." 
 
 Upon January 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elect- 
 ed to the United States Senate, and on the 8th of 
 June, of the same year, was nominated as the 
 candidate of his party for President at the great 
 Chicago Convention. He was elected in the fol- 
 lowing November, and on March 4, 1881, was 
 inaugurated. Probably no administration ever 
 opened its existence under brighter auspices than 
 that of President Garfield, and every day it grew 
 in favor with the people. By the ist of July 
 he had completed all the initiatory and prelimi- 
 nary work of his administration, and was prepar- 
 ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Will- 
 iams College. While on his way and at the 
 depot, in company with Secretary Blaine, a man 
 stepped behind. him, drew a revolver, and fired 
 directly at his back. The President tottered and 
 fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second 
 .shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his 
 victim, but inflicting no further injurJ^ It has 
 been very truthfully said that this was ' ' the shot 
 that was heard around the world. ' ' Never before 
 in the history of the nation had anything occur- 
 red which so nearly froze the blood of the people 
 for the moment as this awful deed. He was 
 smitten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his 
 life, at the summit of his power and hope. For 
 eighty days, all during the hot months of July 
 and August, he lingered and suffered. He, how- 
 ever, remained nia.ster of himself till the last, and 
 by his magnificent bearing taught the country' 
 and the world one of the noblest of human les- 
 sons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of 
 death. Great in life, he was surpassingly great 
 in death. He passed .sereneh- away September 
 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of 
 the ocean, where he had been taken shortly be- 
 fore. The world wept at his death, as it rarely 
 ever had done on the death of any other great 
 and noble man. 
 
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CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
 
 E HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first Presi- 
 dent of the United States, was born in Frank- 
 lin County, Vt., on the 5th day of October, 
 1830. and was the eldest of a family of two sons 
 and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. 
 WilHam Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who emi- 
 grated to this country from County Antrim, Ire- 
 land, in his eighteenth j'ear, and died in 1875, in 
 Newtonville, near Albany, after a long and suc- 
 cessful ministry. 
 
 Young Arthur was educated at Union College, 
 Schenectad)', where he excelled in all his studies. 
 Alter his graduation he taught school in Ver- 
 mont for two years, and at the expiration of that 
 time came to New York, with $500 in his pocket, 
 and entered the ofiice of ex-Judge E. D. Culver 
 as a student. After being admitted to the Bar, he 
 formed a partnership with his intimate friend and 
 room-mate, Henr>- D. Gardiner, with the inten- 
 tion of practicing in the West, and for three 
 months they roamed about in the Western States 
 in search of an eligible site, but in the end re- 
 turned to New York, where they hung out their 
 shingle, and entered upon a successful career al- 
 most from the start. Gen. Arthur soon after mar- 
 ried the daughter of Lieut. Herndon, of the 
 United States Navy, who was lost at .sea. Con- 
 gress voted a gold medal to his widow in recog- 
 nition of the bravery- he displayed on that occa- 
 sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. 
 Arthur's nomination to the Vice-Presidency, leav- 
 ing two children. 
 
 Gen. Arthur obtained con.siderable legal celeb- 
 rity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon 
 suit, brought to reco\-er possession of eight slaves 
 w^ho had been declared free b>- Judge Paine, of 
 the Superior Court of New York City. It was in 
 
 1852 that Jonathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to 
 New York with his slaves, intending to ship them 
 to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. 
 The Judge decided that they could not be held bj- 
 the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl 
 of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia 
 Legislature authorized the Attorney-General of 
 that State to assist in an appeal. W'illiam M. 
 Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to 
 represent the people, and they won their case, 
 which then went to the Supreme Court of the 
 United States. Charles O' Conor here espoused 
 the cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was 
 beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and a long 
 step was taken toward the emancipation of the 
 black race. 
 
 Another great ser\-ice was rendered by Gen. 
 Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jen- 
 nings, a respectable colored woman, was put off 
 a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had 
 paid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued on her behalf, 
 and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next 
 day the company issued an order to admit colored 
 persons to ride on their cars, and the other car 
 companies quickly followed their example. Be- 
 fore that the Sixth Avenue Company ran a few 
 special cars for colored persons, and the other lines 
 refused to let them ride at all. 
 
 Gen. Arthur was a delegate to the convention 
 at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
 Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of 
 the Second Brigade of the State of New York, 
 and Gov. Morgan, of that State, appointed him 
 Engineer-in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was 
 made In.spector-General, and soon aftenvard be- 
 came Quartermaster-General. In each of these 
 offices he rendered great service to the Govern- 
 
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 CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
 
 ment during the war. At the end of Gov. Mor- 
 gan's term he resumed the practice of law, form- 
 ing a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then 
 Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney of New York, 
 was added to the firm. The legal practice of this 
 well-known firm was verj- large and lucrati\-e, 
 as each of the gentlemen composing it was an able 
 lawyer, and possessed a splendid local reputa- 
 tion, if not, indeed, one of national extent. 
 
 Mr. Arthur always took a leading part in State 
 and city politics. He was appointed Collector of 
 the Port of New York by President Grant, No- 
 vember 21, 1872, to succeed Thomas Murphy, 
 and he held the office until July 20, 1878, when 
 he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 
 
 Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
 ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the 
 famous National Republican Convention held at 
 Chicago in June, 1880. This was perhaps the 
 greatest political convention that ever assembled 
 on the continent. It was compo.sed of the lead- 
 ing politicians of the Republican part}-, all able 
 men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously 
 and with signal tenacity for his respective can- 
 didate that was before the convention for the 
 nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield received the 
 nomination for President, and Gen. Arthur for 
 Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
 was one of the most animated known in the his- 
 tory of our country. Gen. Hancock, the stand- 
 ard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular 
 man, and his party made a valiant fight for his 
 election. 
 
 Finally the election came, and the country's 
 choice was Garfield and Arthur. They were in- 
 augurated March 4, 1 881, as President and Vice- 
 President. A few months only had passed ere 
 the newly-chosen President was the victim of the 
 assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of 
 suffering — those moments of anxi(jus suspense, 
 when the hearts of all civilized nations were 
 throbbing in uui.son, longing for the recover}- of 
 the noble, the good President. The remarkable 
 patience that he manifested during those hours 
 and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible 
 suffering man has ever been called upon to en- 
 dure, was seemingly more than human. It was 
 
 certainly godlike. During all this period of 
 deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was 
 watched, and, be it said to his credit, that his every 
 action displayed only an earnest desire that the 
 suffering Garfield might recover to serv-e the re- 
 mainder of the term he had so auspiciously be- 
 gun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in 
 deed or look of this man, even though the most 
 honored position in the world was at any moment 
 likely to fall to him. 
 
 At last God in his mercy relieved President 
 Garfield from further suffering, and the world, as 
 never before in its history over the death of any- 
 other man, wept at his bier. Then it became the 
 duty of the Vice-President to assume the respon- 
 sibilities of the high office, and he took the oath 
 in New York, September 20, i88i. The position 
 was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so 
 from the fact that all eyes were on him, anxious 
 to know what he would do, what policy he would 
 pursue, and whom he would select as advisers. 
 The duties of the office had been greatly neglected 
 during the President's long illness, and many im- 
 portant measures were to be immediately decided 
 by him ; and to still further embarass him he did 
 not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
 became President, and knew the feelings of many 
 on this point. Under these trying circumstances. 
 President Arthur took the reins of the Govern- 
 ment in his own hands, and, as embarrassing as 
 was the condition of affairs, he happily surprised 
 the nation, acting so wisely that but few criticized 
 his administration. He ser\-ed the nation well 
 and faithfully until the close of his administra- 
 tion, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate 
 before his party for a second term. His name 
 was ably presented before the convention at Chi- 
 cago, and was received with great favor, and 
 doubtless but for the personal popularity of one 
 of the oppo.sing candidates, he would have been 
 selected as the standard-bearer of his party for 
 another campaign. He retired to private life, car- 
 rying with him the best wishes of the American 
 people, whom he had ser\-ed in a manner satisfac- 
 tory to them and with credit to himself. One 
 year later he was called to his final rest. 
 
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STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND. 
 
 (pTEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND, the 
 7\ twent}' -second President of the United States, 
 \~J was born in 1837, in the obscure town of 
 Caldwell, Essex Count}-, N. J., and in a little 
 two-and-a-half-storj' white house, which is still 
 standing to characteristicall)- mark the humble 
 birthplace of one of America's great men, in 
 striking contrast with the Old World, where all 
 men high in office must be high in origin and 
 born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject 
 of this sketch was three years of age, his father, 
 who was a Presbyterian minister with a large 
 family and a small salar}-, moved, by waj- of the 
 Hudson River and Erie Canal, to Fayetteville, N. 
 Y., in search of an increased income and a larger 
 field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
 straggling of country villages, about five miles 
 from Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour 
 was born. 
 
 At the last-mentioned place young Grover com- 
 menced going to school in the good, old-fashioned 
 way, and presumably distinguished himself after 
 the manner of all village boys — in doing the 
 things he ought not to do. Such is the dis- 
 tinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent 
 thinkers. When he arrived at the age of four- 
 teen years, he had outgrown the capacity- of the 
 village school, and expressed a most emphatic de- 
 sire to be sent to an academy. To this his fa- 
 ther decidedly objected. Academies in those 
 days cost money: besides, his father wanted him 
 to become self-supporting by the quickest pos- 
 sible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville 
 seemed to be a po.sition in a country store, where 
 his father and the large family on his hands had 
 
 considerable influence. Grover was to be paid 
 $50 for his services the first year, and if he proved 
 trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second 
 year. Here the lad commenced his career as 
 salesman, and in two years he had earned so good 
 a reputation for trustworthiness that his employ- 
 ers desired to retain him for an indefinite length 
 of time. 
 
 But instead of remaining with this firm in 
 Fayetteville, he went with the famil}- in their re- 
 moval to Clinton, where he had an opportunity 
 of attending a High School. Here he industri- 
 ously pursued his studies until the family re- 
 moved with him to a point on Black River known 
 as the "Holland Patent," a village of five or six 
 hundred people, fifteen miles north of Utica, N. Y. 
 At this place his father died, after preaching but 
 three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
 and Grover set out for New York Cit\- to accept, 
 at a small salary, the po.sition of under- teacher 
 in an a.syluin for the blind. He taught faithfully 
 for two years, and although he obtained a good 
 reputation in this capacity, he concluded that 
 teaching was not his calling in life, and, revers- 
 ing the traditional order, he left the city to seek 
 his fortune, instead of going to the cit>-. He first 
 thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some 
 charm in that name for him; but before proceed- 
 ing to that place he went to Buffalo to ask advice 
 of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock- 
 breeder of that place. The latter did not .speak 
 enthusia-stically. "What is it you want to do, 
 my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to .study 
 law," was the reply "Good gracious!" remarked 
 the old gentleman; "do you, indeed? Whatever 
 
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 STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND. 
 
 put that into your head ? How much money 
 have you got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I 
 haven't got any." 
 
 After a long consultation, his uncle offered him 
 a place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at 
 $50 a year, while he could look around. One 
 day soon afterward he boldly walked into the of- 
 fice of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and 
 told them what he wanted. A number of young 
 men were already engaged in the oiEce, but Gro- 
 ver's persistency won, and he was finally per- 
 mitted to come as an office boy and have the use 
 of the law library, receiving as wages the sum ol 
 $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his 
 board and washing. The walk to and from his 
 uncle's was a long and rugged one; and although 
 the first winter was a memorabh- severe one, his 
 shoes were out of repair, and as for his overcoat he 
 had none; yet he was, nevertheless, prompt and 
 regular. On the first day of his service there, his 
 senior employer threw down a copy of Black- 
 stone before him, with a bang that made the dust 
 fly, saying "That's where they all begin." A 
 titter ran around the little circle of clerks and 
 students, as they thought that was enough to 
 .scare young Grover out of his plans; but in due 
 time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
 Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleve- 
 land exhibited a talent for executiveness rather 
 than for chasing principles through all their 
 metaphj'sical po.ssibilities. "Let us quit talking 
 and go and do it," was practically his motto. 
 
 The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland 
 was elected was that of Sheriff of Erie County, 
 N. Y., in which Buffalo is situated; and in such 
 capacity it fell to his duty to inflict capital punish- 
 ment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was 
 elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, on the 
 Democratic ticket, with especial reference to bring- 
 ing about certain reforms in the administration 
 of the municipal affairs of that city. In this of- 
 fice, as well as in that of Sheriff, his performance 
 of duty has generally been considered fair, with 
 possibly a few exceptions, which were ferreted 
 out and magnified during his Presidential cam- 
 paign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
 a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an 
 
 iniquitous street-cleaning contract: "This is a 
 time for plain speech, and my objection to your 
 action shall be plainly stated. I regard it as the 
 culmination of a most bare-faced, impudent and 
 shameless scheme to betray the interests of the 
 people and to worse than squander the people's 
 money." The New York Sziti afterward very 
 highly commended Mr. Cleveland's administra- 
 tion as Mayor of Buffalo, and thereupon recom- 
 mended him for Governor of the Empire State. 
 To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and 
 his administration of the affairs of State was 
 generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, 
 if any, were made very public throughout the na- 
 tion after he was nominated for President of the 
 United States. For this high office he was 
 nominated July 11, 1884, by the National Demo- 
 cratic Convention at Chicago, when other com- 
 petitors were Thomas F. Bajard, Roswell P. 
 Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. 
 Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he was 
 elected by the people, b)- a majority of about a 
 thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Re- 
 publican statesman, Jamts G. Blaine. President 
 Cleveland resigned his office as Governor of New 
 York in January, 1885, in order to prepare for 
 his duties as the Chief Executive of the United 
 States, in which capacity his term commenced at 
 noon on the 4tli of March, 1S85. 
 
 The .silver question precipitated a controversy 
 between those who were in favor of the continu- 
 ance of silver coinage and those who were op- 
 po.sed, Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, 
 even before his inauguration. 
 
 On June 2, 18S6, President Cleveland married 
 Frances, daughter of his deceased friend and part- 
 ner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their 
 union has been blessed by the birth of two daugh- 
 ters. In the campaign of 1888, President Cleve- 
 land was renominated by his party, but the 
 Republican candidate. Gen. Benjamin Harrison, 
 was victorious. In the nominations of 1892 
 these two candidates for the highest position in 
 the gift of the people were again pitted again.st 
 each other, and in the ensuing election President 
 Cleveland was victorious by an overwhelming 
 majority. 
 
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BENJAMIN HARRISON. 
 
 gENJAMIN HARRISON, the twentj--third 
 President, is the descendant of one of the 
 historical families of this country. The first 
 known head of the familj- was Maj.-Gen. Harrison, 
 one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted followers and 
 fighters. In the zenith of Cromwell's power it be- 
 came the dut\- of this Harrison to participate in 
 the trial of Charles I., and afterward to sign the 
 death warrant of the king. He subsequently 
 paid for this with his life, being hung October 13, 
 1660. His descendants came to America, and 
 the next of the family that appears in history is 
 Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grandfa- 
 ther of the subject of this sketch, and after whom 
 he was named. Benjamin Harrison was a mem- 
 ber of the Continental Congress during the years 
 1774, 1775 and 1776, and was one of the original 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
 was three times elected Governor of Virginia. 
 
 Gen. William Henry Harrison, the son of the 
 distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a 
 successful career as a soldier during the War of 
 1812, and with a clean record as Governor of the 
 Northwestern Territory-, was elected President of 
 the United States in 1840. His career was cut 
 short by death within one month after his in- 
 auguration. 
 
 President Harrison was born at North Bend, 
 
 Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833. His 
 life up to the time of his graduation from Miami 
 University, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventftil 
 one of a countrj- lad of a family of small means. 
 His father was able to give him a good education, 
 and nothing more. He became engaged while at 
 college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of 
 a female school at Oxford. After graduating, he 
 determined to enter upon the study of law. He 
 went to Cincinnati and there read law for two 
 years. At the expiration of that time young Har- 
 rison received the onl}' inheritance of his life — his 
 aunt, dying, left him a lot valued at $800. He 
 regarded this legacy as a fortune, and decided to 
 get married at once, take this money and go to 
 some Eastern town and begin the practice of law. 
 He sold his lot, and, with the money in his pocket, 
 he started out with his young wife to fight for a 
 place in the world. He decided to go to Indian- 
 apolis, which was even at that time a town of 
 promise. He met with slight encouragement at 
 first, making scarcely anything the first year. 
 He worked diligently, applying himself closely to 
 his calling, built up an extensive practice and 
 took a leading rank in the legal profession. 
 
 In i860, Mr. Harrison was nominated for the 
 position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
 gan his experience as a stump speaker. He can- 
 
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 BENJAMIN HARRISON. 
 
 vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by 
 a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 
 Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its 
 Colonel. His regiment was composed of the raw- 
 est material, but Col. Harrison employed all his 
 time at first in mastering military tactics and drill- 
 ing his men, and when he came to move toward 
 the East with Sherman, his regiment was one of 
 the best drilled and organized in the arm)-. At 
 Resaca he especially distinguished himself, and 
 for his bravery at Peachtree Creek he was made 
 a Brigadier-General, Gen. Hooker speaking of 
 him in the most complimentar\- terms. 
 
 During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the 
 field, the Supreme Court declared the ofiice of 
 Supreme Court Reporter vacant, and another 
 person was elected to the position. From the 
 time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until 
 the fall of 1864 he had taken no leave of absence, 
 but having been nominated that year for the same 
 office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and 
 during that time made a brilliant canvass of the 
 State, and was elected for another term. He then 
 started to rejoin Sherman, but on the way was 
 stricken down with .scarlet fever, and after a most 
 trying attack made his way to the front in time to 
 participate in the closing incidents of the war. 
 
 In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined a re-election 
 as Reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 
 1S76 he was a candidate for Governor. Although 
 defeated, the brilliant campaign he made won for 
 him a national reputation, and he was much sought 
 after, e.specially in the East, to make speeches. 
 In 1880, as usual, he took an active part in the 
 campaign, and was elected to the United States 
 Senate. Here he .ser\-ed for six years, and was 
 known as one of the ablest men, be.st lawyers and 
 strongest debaters in that body. With the ex- 
 piration of his senatorial term he returned to the 
 practice of his profession, becoming the head of 
 one of the .strongest firms in the State. 
 
 The political campaign of i888 was one of the 
 most memorable in the history of our country. 
 The convention which as.sembled in Chicago in 
 June and named Mr. Harrison as the chief stand- 
 ard-bearer of the Republican party was great in 
 every particular, and on this account, and the at- 
 
 titude it assumed upon the vital questions of the 
 day, chief among which was the tariflF, awoke a 
 deep interest in the campaign throughout the 
 nation. Shortly after the nomination, delegations 
 began to visit Mr. Harrison at Indianapolis, his 
 home. This movement became popular, and from 
 all sections of the country societies, clubs and 
 delegations journeyed thither to pa\- their re- 
 -spects to the distinguished statesman. 
 
 Mr. Harrison .spoke daily all through the sum- 
 mer and autumn to these visiting delegations, 
 and .so varied, masterly, and eloquent were his 
 speeches that thej' at once placed him in the fore- 
 most rank of American orators and statesmen. 
 Elected by a hand,some majority, he ser\-ed his 
 country faithfully and well, and in 1S92 was nom- 
 inated for re-election; but the people demanded a 
 change and he was defeated by his predecessor 
 in office, Grover Cleveland. 
 
 On account of his eloquence as a speaker and 
 his power as a debater. Gen. HarrLson was called 
 upon at an early age to take part in the dis- 
 cussion of the great questions that then began to 
 agitate the country. He was an uncompromising 
 anti-slavery man, and was matched against some 
 of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his 
 State. No man who felt the touch of his blade 
 desired to be pitted with him again. With all 
 his eloquence as an orator he never spoke for ora- 
 torical effect, but his words always went like bul- 
 lets to the mark. He is purely American in his 
 ideas, and is a splendid type of the American 
 statesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logi- 
 cal mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the 
 most distinguished impromptu speakers in the 
 nation. Many of these speeches .sparkled with the 
 rarest eloquence and contained arguments of great 
 weight, and manj' of his terse statements have 
 already become aphorisms. Original in thought, 
 precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal 
 faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the 
 sound .statesman and brilliant orator of the day. 
 During the la.st days of his administration Presi- 
 dent Harrison suffered an irreparable loss in the 
 death of his devoted wife, Caroline (Scott) Har- 
 rison, a lady of many womanly charms and vir- 
 tues. They were the parents of two children. 
 
HANCOCK, McDONOUGH 
 
 AND 
 
 HENDERSON COUNTIES, 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
I NTRODUCTORY. 
 
 'HE time has arrived wlieii it becomes the 
 dut>' of the peo])le of this county to perpet- 
 uate the names of their pioneers, to furnish 
 a record of their early settlement, and relate the 
 storj- of their progress. The civilization of oui 
 day, the enlightenment of the age, and the duty 
 that men of the present time owe to their ances 
 tors, to themselves and to their posterity, demand 
 that a record of their lives and deeds should be 
 made. In biographical history is found a power 
 to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental 
 faculties, and to waft down the ri\-er of time a safe 
 vessel, in which the names and actions of the peo- 
 ple who contributed to raise this country from its 
 primitive state may be preserved. Surely and 
 rapidly the great and aged men, who in their prime 
 entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil 
 as their heritage, are passing to their graves. The 
 number remaining who can relate the incidents of 
 the first days of settlement is becoming small in- 
 deed, so that an actual necessity exists for the col- 
 lection and preservation of e\ents without delay, 
 before all the early settlers are cut down by the 
 scythe of Time. 
 
 To be forgotten has been the great dread of 
 mankind from remotest ages. All will be forgot- 
 ten soon enough, in spite of their best works and 
 the most earnest efFortsof their friends to preserve 
 the memorj- of their lives. The means employed 
 to prevent oblivion and to perpetuate their meni- 
 orj' has been in proportion to the amount of intel- 
 ligence they possessed. The pyramids of Egypt 
 were built to perpetuate the names and deeds of 
 their great rulers. The exhumations made by the 
 archaeologists of Egypt from buried Memphis indi- 
 cate a desire of those people to perpetuate the 
 memory of their achievements. The erection of 
 the great obelisks were for the .same purpose. 
 Comingdown to a later period, we find the Greeks 
 and Romans erecting mau.soleums and monu- , 
 
 ments, and carv^ing out statues to chronicle their 
 great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
 It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in pil- 
 ing up their great mounds of earth, had but this 
 idea — to leave something to show that they had 
 lived. All these works, though many of them 
 costl\- in the extreme, give but a faint idea of the 
 lives and characters of those whose memory they 
 were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anj-thing 
 of the masses of the people that then lived. The 
 great pyramids and some of the obelisks remain 
 objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monu- 
 ments and statues are crumbling into du.st. 
 ^ It was left to modern ages to establish an intel- 
 ligent, undecaying, immutable method of perpet- 
 uating a full history — immutable, in that it is al- 
 most unlimited in extent and perpetual in its ac- 
 tion; and this is through the art of printing. 
 
 To the present generation, however, we are in- 
 debted for the introduction of the admirable sys- 
 tem of local biography. By this system everj' 
 man, though he has not achieved what the world 
 calls greatness, has the means to perpetuate his 
 life, his history, through the coming ages. 
 
 The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of 
 the physical man is left. The monument which 
 his children or friends may erect to his memory in 
 the cemeter}' will crumble into dust and pass 
 away; but his life, his achievements, the work he 
 has accomplished, which otherwise would be for- 
 gotten, is perpetuated by a record of this kind. 
 
 To preser\e the lineaments of our companions 
 we engrave their portraits; for the same reason 
 we collect the attainable facts of their historj-. Nor 
 do we think it neces.sary, as we speak only truth 
 of them, to wait until they are dead, or until those 
 who know them are gone; to do this we are 
 ashamed only to publish to the world the history 
 of those whose lives are unworthy of public record. 
 
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 H. G. Ferris 
 
Biographical. 
 
 HIRAM G. FERRIS was for many years one 
 of the most prominent business men and 
 leading citizens of Carthage, and when 
 called to the home beyond, his loss was mourned 
 throughout the entire communit)-, for he had not 
 onlj' won many friends, but was ever interested in 
 those enterprises which were calculated to prove 
 of public benefit. His father was Stephen G. 
 Ferris, a pioneer of Hancock County, who emi- 
 grated with his family to the West, and settled in 
 Fountain Green, December i8, 1832, the journey 
 being made in a flatboat down the Ohio River to 
 Cincinnati, where they boarded a steamer. 
 
 Hiram was then a lad of ten years, for he was 
 born May 13, 1822, in Steuben County, N. Y. 
 In early life he attended the common schools, and 
 afterwards pur.sued his studies in Knox College 
 at Galesburg. In company with David D. Colton, 
 in 1850 he made the overland trip to California, 
 and took a leading part in public affairs. He 
 was appointed one of the Commissioners who or- 
 ganized Siskiyou County, of which he afterward 
 served for two terms as Circuit Clerk. At that 
 time Gen. Colton was Sheriff of the county, which 
 contained many rough characters among the min- 
 ers. On one occasion a mob tried to rescue one 
 of their number who was in jail, but Mr. Ferris 
 and Gen. Colton kept them back with drawn 
 revolvers. Our .subject also witnessed the Mor- 
 mon War, but did not take part in it. Heser\'ed 
 as Deputy Sheriff in 1842, and was highly spoken 
 of by his superior officer. In 1857 he returned 
 from California to Hancock County, and, having 
 previously studied law, was admitted to the Bar. 
 He formed a partnership with the firm of Hooker 
 & Edmunds, which continued until 1863, when 
 Mr. Edmunds withdrew. Mr. Ferris, however, 
 continued in the business until the following year. 
 In 1865 he embarked in the banking and real-es- 
 
 tate business with F. M. Corby, and established 
 what became the Hancock Count)- National Bank, 
 of which he was elected President, and continued 
 to serve as such until his death. 
 
 In McDonough Count}-, August 20, 1857, Mr. 
 Ferris married Mi.ss Julia E. Holton, and to them 
 were born nine children: Junius C; Esta Maude, 
 wife of Frank H. Graves, an attorney of Spokane, 
 Wash.; Julia, wife of L. P. Hubbs, of Clayton; 
 Ellen, wife of Ralph E. Scofield, an attorney -of 
 Kansas City; Phoebe, who was married October 
 4, 1893, to George W. Wooster, of Spokane, 
 Wash.; Hiram B., Joel E. and Harold G. , who 
 are still at home. Junius and Stephen are con- 
 nected with the bank in which their father's old 
 partner, Mr. Corby, was interested until his 
 sudden death in Chicago. His widow still holds 
 her husband's shares of stock in the same. 
 
 Mr. Ferris became a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity in 1850, and several times .served as 
 Master of the Blue Lodge. He also belonged to 
 the chapter, council and commandery. He was 
 honored with a number of city offices, having 
 sen-ed as President and Councilman, and for 
 many years was on the Board of Education. 
 The cause of temperance ever found in him a 
 most stalwart advocate, and he strongly opposed 
 the licensing of saloons in Carthage. He was al- 
 ways found on the side of right and justice, was 
 strictly honorable in all business dealings, and 
 his word was as good as his bond. He won suc- 
 cess not by over-reaching others, but by good 
 management, industry and enterprise. He was 
 always alive to the best interests of the city, and 
 was liberal in the support of everything which he 
 believed would prove of benefit totheconnnunity. 
 Those who had known him from early life were 
 numbered among his .stanche.st friends, a fact 
 which tells of an honorable record, well worthy 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 of emulation. He passed awaj' Augfust 20, 1893. 
 The funeral services were conducted by the 
 Masonic fraternity, and a large concourse of friends 
 gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to one 
 who had long been among them. He was a loyal 
 citjzen, a faithful and considerate friend, a kind 
 and loving husband and father, and left to his 
 family the priceless heritage of a good name. 
 
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 "SI 
 
 (TAMESON HAWKINS WETZEL, the genial 
 I and popular proprietor of the Adams House, 
 (2/ of Warsaw, is a native of the neighboring 
 State of Indiana. He was born in Marion Coun- 
 t}-, July 5, 1835, and is descended from good old 
 Revolutionary stock. His grandfather, John 
 Wetzel, served for four years under Washington, 
 and the maternal grandfather, John Symmonds, 
 bravely ser\-ed as a soldier in the War of 18 12. 
 Our subject now has in his possession se\-eral 
 Revolutionary relics. 
 
 The father of Jameson H., John Wetzel, was a 
 native of Pennsylvania. When a young man he 
 served a three-years apprenticeship to a cabinet 
 maker, and then worked for seven j-ears as a 
 journeyman. He became quite proficient in that 
 line, and manufactured some fine pieces of furni- 
 ture. Later in life he turned his attention to 
 farming. Havingrenioved to Ohio, he was there 
 united in marriage with Mary Synnnonds, a na- 
 tive of the Buckeye State, and to them were born 
 eleven children, as follows: Marion; John, who 
 died in 1845; Mahlon, whodiedin 1839; Jameson; 
 Nelson M., now residing in Elvaston, 111. ; Joanna, 
 who died at the age of fourteen years; Levi and 
 Benjamin Franklin, who died in infancy; Loyal 
 Fairman, of Hamilton; William S., ofBasco, Han- 
 cock County; and Perry LaFayette, of the same 
 county. The father of this family died Novem- 
 ber 12, 1858, and the mother, who survixed him 
 for manj' years, passed away in 1884. 
 
 Jame.son Wetzel, whose name heads this rec- 
 ord, was reared to manhood upon his father's 
 farm, and in his youth received such educational 
 advantages as the district .school of the neighbor- 
 
 hood afforded. After arriving at mature years he 
 followed farming for some time, and was fairly 
 successful in the undertaking. He was married 
 January- 16, 1859, the lady of his choice being 
 Mi.ss Martha J., daughter of William Kimbrough. 
 To them were bom eight children, but onlj- three 
 of the number are yet living, namely: Marj^ E. , 
 wife of James Biggs, of Basco; John W., of New 
 York ; and Charles. Their son Albert was drowned 
 on the 9th of August, 1892, and the following 
 touching memorial was written by Francis Marion 
 Wetzel: 
 
 "Albert, we bid thee a sad and silent farewell. 
 In thy youth thou wast laid to rest in the narrow 
 limits of the tomb, there to await the resurrection 
 morn. So quiet didst thou appear in thy sleep of 
 death that knows no earthly awakening, it seemed 
 almost mockerj- to weep over thy calm features. 
 Death stole in softness and touched th}- face with 
 angelic .sweetness, and stamped upon it the quiet- 
 ness of calm repose, which told that thj^ soul was 
 free from this earthly pri.son, and that thou hadst 
 passed away from the poor cares of life. Yes, AI 
 bert, thou hast crossed the dark stream of death 
 and hast gone from those who loved thee dearly. 
 In memorj- we see the suppressed grief of thy par- 
 ents, the touching affection of thy brothers and 
 thy .si.ster — hear their soft wail and see their 
 farewell look. What volumes of love they be- 
 spoke! But thy marble lips gave no kindred re- 
 sponses. As we gazed upon this sad and affecting 
 separation, manhood was moved to pity, and sor- 
 row claimed her due. We turned away, feeling 
 that we had parted, but not forever. Only a few 
 short years and we shall come and dwell in the 
 silent tomb by thy side. Thy faithful friends, true 
 from fir.st to last, all shall come and rest in their 
 silent beds, and with thee we shall sleep through 
 death's long dreamless night until the archan- 
 gel's trump shall awake us on that memorable 
 morn. May we awake in that paradise where 
 .sorrow, pain and death are unknown!" 
 
 Mr. Wetzel carried on agricultural pursuits un- 
 til chosen Deputy Sheriff of the county in 1878. 
 He thus served for four years and was then elected 
 Sheriff in 1882. He made a splendid record 
 while in that office, winning the commendation of 
 
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 all concerned. When his term had expired he 
 embarked in the liverj- bu.sine.ssin Carthage, and 
 continued operations along that line for two years, 
 when he sold out and took charge of the Adams 
 House in Warsaw, which he has now been con- 
 ducting for two years. This is a first -class hotel, 
 complete in all its appointments, and has found 
 favor with the traveling public. In his political 
 views, Mr. Wetzel is a Democrat and warmly ad- 
 vocates the principles of his partj-. He holds 
 membership with the Masonic fraternity, the In- 
 dependent Order of Mutual Aid and the Mutual 
 Benefit Association. His life has been well and 
 worthily pas.sed. and he well merits the high re- 
 gard in which he is held. 
 
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 NENRY WILLIAM RABE, pastor of the 
 Lutheran Church of Warsaw, was born 
 March 12, 1856, in Concordia, Mo., andisa 
 son of Frederick and Dorothea (Oetting) Rabe, 
 both of whom were natives of Hanover, German>-. 
 With their respective families they came to Amer- 
 ica in 1840. By occupation the father of our sub- 
 ject was a farmer, and followed that pursuit 
 throughout his entire business career. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Rabe were born seven children, of whom 
 Henry is the sixth in order of birth. Frederick, 
 the eldest, is located at Concordia, Mo. Mrs. 
 C. E. Marr resides in Buckley, 111. Mrs. Sophia 
 Brackmann is a resident of Concordia. Mrs. Marj- 
 Paar makes her home in Indianapolis, Ind., and 
 Mrs. Lydia Blanken resides in Buckley, 111. 
 
 Mr. Rabe whose name heads this sketch ac- 
 quired his education in the schools of St. Louis, 
 and was graduated from Concordia College of 
 Springfield, 111., in 1877, i" ^ cla.ss of fourteen. 
 Quite early in life it had become his earnest de- 
 sire to enter the ministry and devote himself to 
 the Master's work, and having fitted him.self for 
 that labor he accepted a call from a congregation 
 at Webster City, Iowa. He spent nearly six 
 years as pastor of the Lutheran Church at that 
 place, and built up a church which at the begin- 
 ning numbered only a few families. Under his 
 
 super\'ision a parsonage was there erected, and 
 the church, which was greatly increased numeri- 
 cally, was placed in a thriving condition. Through 
 his efforts a house of worship was also erected 
 in Alden, in Hubbard and in Eldora, Iowa. In 
 1875, when but a student, he built a church in 
 Waverl}', Iowa. He has always been quite suc- 
 cessful in this line of work and tliereb\- has done 
 much for the cause. 
 
 Ere leaving the Hawkeye State, Mr. Rabe was 
 married in Dubuque, on the 21st of Maj^ 1878, 
 to Miss Louise Weland, daughter of Frederick 
 Weland, who belonged to a family of Mecklen- 
 burg, Germany. Mrs. Rabe has proved to her 
 hu.sband a faithful helpmeet in the truest and 
 best sense of that word, and by her encourage- 
 ment and sympathy has greatly aided him in his 
 labors. Like her husband, .she wins friends 
 wherever she goes and has the high regard of all. 
 
 On the 6th of June, 1883, Mr. Rabe came to 
 Warsaw, in response to a call from the Lutheran 
 Church at this place, and has been its pastor 
 for eleven years. The church now numbers 
 three hundred and twenty- four members and has 
 a well-located property. In connection with the 
 church a parochial school is also conducted, now 
 under the charge of William A. Erdmann. Mr. 
 Rabe has accomplished much in getting the mem- 
 bership into good working order. There is now 
 a Young People's Society of sixty members which 
 was organized by him, and in 1886 was organized 
 a Ladies' Aid Society, which has a membership 
 of one hundred and six. He is indefatigable in 
 his labors for the advancement of the cause of 
 Chri.stianity, and is highly esteemed, not only by 
 the people of his own denomination, but by those 
 of other denominations as well. 
 
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 ^VSAAC BLISS has for many years resided in 
 I Hancock County, and is .so widely and fa\or- 
 X abl)- known that this work would be incom- 
 plete without the record of his life. He conies of 
 an old family of England, that belonged to that 
 class which considered coats of arms as indis- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 pensable appendages of gentlemen. At the time of 
 the Reformation coats of arms were treated in a 
 measure as idle trappings of aristocracy, and lost 
 the prestige originally attributed to them. In 
 America the>- soon began to be regarded as relics 
 of former family vanity, and the stanch old 
 Puritans would not allow themselves to tolerate 
 even a thought that could remind them of the 
 vain-glorious display and pomp of their persecu- 
 tors in England; and so their children and de- 
 scendants born in America grew up in ignorance 
 of the heraldic standard of their ancestors in the 
 mother country'. The coat of arms of the Bliss 
 family, as set forth in Edmundson's Heraldrj', is 
 thus described: " Gules a bend vaire between 
 two fieur de lis," and bore the inscription "Sew- 
 per Sursum , ' ' meaning ' ' Ever upward . ' ' 
 
 Ancient traditions represent the Bliss family 
 as living in the south of England and belong- 
 ing to the yeomanr)-. From time immemorial 
 they had been inclined to Puritanism, through ob- 
 serving the loose manners of most of the clergy 
 and laymen of the established church. This 
 led the family to undergo persecution, and their 
 goods were .seized, and some of their number were 
 thrown into pri.son. Such treatment led them to 
 look toward America with longing, and repre- 
 sentatives of the family emigrated hither. Thomas 
 Bliss and his brother George landed in Bo.ston in 
 the autumn of 1635. From the former in direct 
 line is descended our subject. His fourth child, 
 Nathaniel, was born in Springfield, Mass., and 
 married Catherine Chapin, by whom he had four 
 children. One of these, Samuel, was born No- 
 vember 7, 1647, and lived to the advanced age of 
 one hundred and one and a-half j-ears. He wed- 
 ded Sarah Stebbins, and the youngest of their 
 nine children, Ebenezer, who was born March 4, 
 1696, married Sarah Colton. They had ten chil- 
 dren. Isaac, the sixth in order of birth, was 
 born January 28, 1727, and became a prominent 
 citizen of Warren, Mass. He served as one of 
 the Selectmen and as a Deacon in the Congrega- 
 tional Church. He took part in the Indian War 
 ill 1758. He married Hannah Hubbard and they 
 had seven children, of whom Daniel was born 
 April 10, 1761. The latter became a prominent 
 
 physician in Chandlersville, Ohio, and married 
 Prudence Chandler, by whom he had twelve chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Their second child, Samuel, was born May 22, 
 1 79 1, and became the father of our subject. He 
 was united in marriage with Elizabeth Jordan, 
 and thej- became the parents of eleven children. 
 The Bliss family has furnished many men to the 
 country- who have been prominent in professional 
 and business circles, and the honored name has 
 remained untarnished through many generations. 
 
 Isaac Bliss of this sketch was the fifth in order 
 of birth in his father's family, and was born Sep- 
 tember 9, 1824, in Muskingum County, Ohio. 
 His father, however, was a native of Vermont, 
 and died in 1852, at the age of .sixtj'-one years. 
 His wife long sur\-ived him, and passed away at 
 the advanced age of ninetj'-eight. She was buried 
 on the anniversary of her birth, August 12, 1893. 
 Two grand-uncles of our subject were soldiers in 
 the Revolutionary War. Both were Englishmen, 
 but one fought in the British service, while the 
 other was in the Colonial army. The Jordan fam- 
 ily is probably of Irish lineage. 
 
 In the State of his nativity Isaac Bli.ss spent 
 the days of his boyhood and youth. In his early 
 years he enjoyed excellent educational advantages, 
 and, making the most of his opportunities, he be- 
 came a well-informed man. In 1848 he deter- 
 mined to try his fortune in the West and emi- 
 grated to Hancock Countj-, 111. For many years 
 he devoted his energies to teaching school during 
 the winter season, being thus employed for more 
 than a quarter of a century in the public schools 
 of Muskingum County, Ohio, and in this locality. 
 After his arrival in Hancock County, he was en- 
 gaged during the summer months in farming and 
 breeding Short-horned Durham cattle, of which 
 he had a large and valuable herd. He al.so taught 
 for a short time in Keitli.sburg, Mercer County, 
 111. He was an educator of recognized abilitj-, 
 and his success along that line made him well 
 known among other members of the profession in 
 this State. 
 
 On the 4th of October, 1849, Mr. Bliss wedded 
 Elizabeth M. Peairs, and to them were born four 
 children. The mother died April 17, 1878, and 
 
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 on the 23d of May, 1888, Mr. Bliss married Mrs. 
 Harriet M. Cherrj'. They have one daughter, 
 May Elizabeth. Mrs. Bliss is a daughter of Aloiizo 
 and Eliza (Lj'ons) Sanford. Her father came 
 from New York to Hancock County in 1837, ^'^^ 
 is now living in Wythe Township. The mother 
 came with her family in 1831. Her father estab- 
 lished a town that year which he called Mechan- 
 icsville. He was a blacksmith by trade, built a 
 smithy and a mill and opened a dry-goods store. 
 This undertaking, however, proved unprofitable 
 and he lost nearly everything he had. The town 
 was situated about four miles west of the present 
 site of Augusta. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bliss are members of the Presby- 
 terian Church. In 1853 he aided in organizing a 
 church of nine members and was Superintendent 
 of its Sunday-school for twenty-five years. He 
 continued his connection with it until 1892, and 
 lived to see it become a prosperous and flourish- 
 ing church. In politics, he is a stanch Republi- 
 can, but in exercising his right of franchise he is 
 guided not by party, but by principle. By virtue 
 of his integrity of character, by his adherence to 
 principle, and by his honesty of purpose he has 
 embodied in his life the motto on the old coat of 
 arms, " Semper Siirsum." 
 
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 yyiARTIN POPEL, the senior member of the 
 y firm of Popel & Giller, of Warsaw, claims 
 V9 Bohemia as the land of his birth, the date 
 of that event being the 22d of April, 1837. The 
 first fifteen years of his life were spent in his na- 
 tive land, and no event of special importance oc- 
 curred during that period. He then left his old 
 home for America, and on reaching the shores of 
 this country made his way to vSt. Louis. He 
 was dependent upon his own resources for a live- 
 lihood, and began working at the butcher's trade, 
 which he there followed for a number of j^ears. 
 In 1 86 1 he came to Warsaw and embarked in the 
 same line of business. 
 
 In 1863, Mr. Popel was joined in wedlock 
 with Mrs. Catherine Giller. He continued (iper- 
 
 ations along the old line of business for some time, 
 but afterwards embarked in the brewing business. 
 In 1 88 1 he was joined by his stepson, John Giller, 
 and the present firm was formed. They estab- 
 lished a brewery in this place on a small scale, 
 but have steadily increased it until it has reached 
 its present large proportions. The business has 
 continually grown, and employment is now fur- 
 nished to about eighteen men. Their sales amount 
 to about $50,000 per annum. The members of 
 the firm are enterprising and progressive men, and 
 their industry and perseverance have brought to 
 them a comfortable competence. 
 
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 |ILLIAM KUHNS HILL is Principal of 
 the Carthage public schools. He is well 
 capable of filling the responsible position 
 to which he has been called, for he is an educator 
 of recognized ability and has already won the 
 commendation and favorable criticism of those 
 concerned. He has under him eight assist- 
 ant teachers, and the scholars enrolled number 
 four hundred. The schools are well graded, the 
 corps of teachers efficient, and under the able 
 management of Prof Hill, the cause of education 
 is steadily advancing in Carthage. 
 
 Mr. Hill was born in Leechburg, Pa., Decem- 
 ber II, 1857, and is a .son of Salem and E.sther 
 (Kuhns) Hill, both of whom were also natives of 
 the Key.stone State. The mother was descended 
 from an old Huguenot family, and Capt. Mar- 
 chand, one of the commanders at Mobile, was her 
 cousin. Her grandfather, Michael Steck, was the 
 pioneer Lutheran minister west of the mountains 
 of Pennsylvania. Henry Steck, who is connected 
 with the Chicago Stock Yards, is one of the same 
 family. The Hill famih' is of English origin, 
 and settled in Philadelphia shortly after the found- 
 ing of that city. 
 
 Returning to the personal history of Prof Hill, 
 we note that at the age of seventeen years, he en- 
 tered Pennsylvania College, of Getty.sburg, Pa., 
 from which institution he was graduated in the 
 Class of '79, with the degree of A. B. When 
 
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 that course was finished he entered the Lutheran 
 Theological Seminary- , of Gettysburg, where he 
 studied for three years. He then engaged in 
 teaching in that place for a time, and in 18S4 
 came to Carthage, to take the Chair of Science in 
 Carthage College with Dr. E. F. Bartholomew. 
 He continued to acceptably iill that position for 
 eight years. He then spent the summer of 1 892 as 
 a season of rest, after which he accepted the posi- 
 tion of Principal of the Carthage public schools, 
 which place he yet fills. 
 
 On the 23d of December, 1887, Mr. Hill was 
 married to Miss Kate Griffith, daughter of 
 Dr. A. J. and Margaret (McClaughrj-) Griffith, 
 whom we will mention later on. The lady was 
 bom in this city and was graduated from Carthage 
 College in the Class of '82. Three children grace 
 their union: Esther Margaret, William Griffith 
 and Katharine. In the fall of 1884, before the 
 Iowa Synod of the Lutheran Church , Prof. Hill 
 was ordained as a minister, and has supplied vari- 
 ous pulpits, but has never regularly taken up pas- 
 toral work, although he takes a deep and active 
 .interest in everything that pertains to the promo- 
 tion and upbuilding of the church. 
 
 Dr. Andrew Jackson Griffith, father of Mrs. 
 Hill, was for some time a well-known physician 
 of Carthage, and it is but just that mention should 
 be made of him in this volume. He was born in 
 Highland County, Ohio, in February, 1822, and 
 was a son of Llewellyn App and Hannah (Hope) 
 Griffith. His parents came to Illinois in 1842, 
 locating in Fulton County. His father was a 
 wagon-maker, and the Doctor partially learned the 
 trade, but before he completed it, he began read- 
 ing medicine with Dr. P. S. Secor, of Fountain 
 Green. He pursued a course iu the Missouri 
 Medical College of St. Louis, and after a few years' 
 practice took a post-graduate course at the Jeffer- 
 son Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa. He 
 entered upon the pro.secution of his cho.sen pro- 
 fe.ssion in Fountain Green in 1846. 
 
 The following year, Dr. Griffith married Miss 
 Fidelia Ferris, the youngest daughter of Stephen 
 G. Ferris. She died in 1849, leaving one child, 
 William, who is connected with the Hancock 
 County National Bank. In 1850, the Doctor 
 
 crossed the plains to California, where he remained 
 two years. In 1854, he removed to Carthage, 
 where he engaged in practice some years. On 
 the lothofMay, 1854, he was joined in wedlock 
 with Miss Margaret McClaughry, who yet sur- 
 viv'es her husband. They became the parents of 
 twochildren: Kate, wife of Prof. W. K. Hill; and 
 Ralph, a bookseller and stationer of Carthage. On 
 retiring from practice he became the editor and 
 publisher of the Carthage Republican, and in 
 1865 became interested in banking, being elected 
 Vice-President of the Hancock National Bank. 
 To the work connected with the bank he devoted 
 much of his attention, and was thus emploj-ed un- 
 til his death, which occurred March 19, 1884, af- 
 ter a lingering illness. In politics the Doctor was 
 a Democrat, and for fort^'j-ears was a prominent 
 Mason. He possessed hosts of warm friends, who 
 esteemed him highly for his sterling worth and 
 many excellencies of character, and his loss was 
 deeply mourned throughout the community. 
 
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 HOMAS A. DAVIS, D. D. S., who is en- 
 gaged in the practice of dental surgerj' in 
 Warsaw-, claims Missouri as the State of his 
 nativit)-, his birth having occurred in Callaway 
 County, Mo., July 9, 1837. He is a son of David 
 B. and Rebecca Cynthia (Howe) Davis. His 
 father was a native of Kentucky. He was born 
 and reared near Mt. Sterling, and in his native 
 State married Miss Howe. Soon after his removal 
 to Missouri, the date of the event being 1832, he 
 joined the church under the preaching of "Rac- 
 coon" John Smith, a Chri.stian mini.ster, who 
 also performed the wedding ceremony. Mr. Davis 
 became a pioneer preacher of Missouri, and held 
 meetings throughout that State and in Illinois, 
 Kentucky and Indiana. He did much good in 
 the world and added many to the church. He 
 was born August 31, 1807, and died in Winches- 
 ter, 111., March 9, 1887. His wife passed away 
 in Taylors-ille, 111., November 7, 1864. This 
 worthy couple were the parents of eight children, 
 but the Doctor is the only one now living. Tlie 
 
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 Davis family was originally of Welsh extraction, 
 but the great-great-grandfather married a French 
 lady, and the great-grandfather married an Indian 
 maiden. The Howe family was of English lineage. 
 
 Dr. Davis was reared upon hi.s father's farm, 
 and early became familiar with the work of the 
 fields, plowing corn, raising tobacco, etc. When 
 he was sixteen j'ears of age his father removed to 
 Audrain County, Mo., and preached for many 
 years for the Salt River Church. During that 
 time our subject worked at carpentering for a 
 while, and in the winter months engaged in teach- 
 ing singing-school, but at length he determined 
 to give his attention to dentistrj-. In the year 
 1872 he began the study of the same with Dr. 
 D. G. Palmer, of McLean County, 111., and in 
 1874 he became associated with his preceptor as 
 a partner. This connection continued for two 
 years, when, in 1876, he went to Atlanta, Logan 
 County, where he spent four years. On the ex- 
 piration of that period, he removed to Jerseyville, 
 where the succeeding four years of his life were 
 passed. He also spent four years in practice in 
 Winchester, 111., and in 1888 came to Warsaw, 
 where he has since made his home. 
 
 Dr. Davis has been twice married. On the 
 2 1 St of September, 1861, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Mi-ss Sallie A. Broaddus, a daughter 
 of William G. and Amelia Broaddus. Her death 
 occurred June 8, 1883. They were the parents of 
 eleven children, but only five are now living: 
 Lucy E., wife of J. Hayes, a resident of Missouri; 
 Ada, wife of J. E. Baird, of Jersey Countj', 111.; 
 Ira J., who resides in Vandalia, Mo. ; Dollie, who 
 is living in Centralia, Mo.; and Myrtle, who 
 makes her home with her .sister, Mrs. Baird. 
 On the 19th of March, 1884, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Dr. Davis and Mrs. Mary E. White, 
 daughter of H. S. Rodgers. They have one 
 child, Viola. 
 
 Dr. Davis has devoted his entire time and at- 
 tention to dental work for the past twenty years, 
 and has become an expert in his profession. His 
 skill and ability secure him a liberal patronage, 
 and he now occupies an enviable place among his 
 profes.sional brethren. Socially, he is a member 
 of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid. He 
 
 belongs to the Christian Church, is a stanch sup- 
 porter of temperance principles, and takes an active 
 interest in all that tends to benefit and elevate 
 humanity. He is public-spirited and progressive, 
 and the best interests of the city ever find in him 
 a friend. 
 
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 HOMER JUDD, M. D., D. D. S., won great 
 prominence as a dentist, and occupied a 
 leading place in the ranks of his profes.sion. 
 He engaged for a time in practice in Warsaw, but 
 the last eight years of his life were spent in Upper 
 Alton. He was born in Otis, Berkshire County, 
 Mass., March 29, 1820, and was a son of Asa 
 and Adah Judd. His father was a farmer and an 
 influential citizen of the community in which he 
 lived. He several times represented his district 
 in the State Legislature of Massachusetts. The 
 son in the common .schools acquired his early 
 education, which was supplemented by study 
 in the Lee and Worthington Academies. Wish- 
 ing to fit himself for the medical profes.sioii, he 
 entered Berkshire Medical College of Pitt.sfield, 
 Mass., and was graduated therefrom in 1847. 
 Subsequently, he studied dentistry with Dr. Cone. 
 He displayed special aptitude in his studies and 
 was a thorough student, whose deep researches 
 along the line of knowledge in which he was in- 
 terested made him a more than well-informed 
 man. Not only did he confine his study to sub- 
 jects connected with his profession, but later he 
 reviewed his Greek and Latin, and acquired a 
 knowledge of the French, German, Spanish and 
 Italian languages, also became somewhat ac- 
 quainted with the Sanscrit. 
 
 Dr. Judd commenced the practice of medicine 
 and dentistry in Ravenna, Ohio, and three years 
 later removed to Santa Fe, N. M. He was the 
 first educated dentist to fill a tooth in that Terri- 
 tory. After a short time, however, he returned 
 to the Buckeye State, and sub.sequtntly came to 
 Warsaw, where he practiced his dual profession for 
 twelve years. While here residing, he served 
 for several years on the School Board, and for one 
 
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 3'ear was Superintendent. He was always inter- 
 ested in the cause of education, and in every en- 
 terprise calculated to prove of public benefit. In 
 1847 he became a member of the Odd Fellows' 
 Lodge of Ravenna, Ohio, and filled all the offices 
 in the lodge in Warsa 7^. He was chosen as its 
 representative to the Grand Lodge, which met in 
 Chicago in 1859. 
 
 In Pittsfield, 111., in March, 1853, Dr. Judd 
 was united in marriage with Miss Emily F. 
 Hodgen, of that city. Three children were born 
 to them, a son and two daughters, but the son 
 died at the age of six years. The daughters, 
 Adah May and Mary Emily, are .still living, and 
 reside with their mother. 
 
 In 1 86 1 the Doctor went to St. Louis, and en- 
 tered the United States service as Assistant Sur- 
 geon on a hospital steamer running to Vicksburg. 
 After the battle of Shiloh, he offered his services, 
 and was employed as one of the four surgeons 
 charged with the care of four hundred Union 
 soldiers. His labors were .so arduous that his 
 health became impaired, and he was compelled to 
 visit Minnesota for rest and recuperation. He 
 was subsequently made Surgeon of the Fortieth 
 Mi.ssouri Regiment, and with it served in the bat- 
 tles of Franklin, Na.shville and Spanish Fort. 
 For some months after the clo.se of the war, he re- 
 mained in the service, being stationed at Hunts- 
 ville, Ala. In Augu.st, 1865, he was honorably 
 discharged and returned to St. Louis, where he 
 engaged in dental practice. He was prominent 
 in his profes.sion, and was untiring in his efforts for 
 its advancement. His zeal in the cause led him to 
 enter heartily into the movement for the establish- 
 ment of a dental college founded on the basis of 
 a medical education, and in 1866 the Missouri 
 Dental College was organized, in connection witli 
 the St. Louis Medical College. Dr. Judd was 
 appointed to the Chair of Institutes of Dental Sci- 
 ence, and was made Dean of the college, which 
 position he filled for .several years. His fondness 
 for literary pursuits, and belief in the need of a 
 good dental journal, led him to establish one in 
 St. Louis, and in 1869 he became the editor-in- 
 chief of the Missouri Dental Joiintal, now the 
 Anliiirs of Dentistry. His connection therewith 
 
 made him well known in professional circles 
 throughout the country, and his magazine filled a 
 long-felt want and aided in the advancement of 
 his beloved science. As a journalist and teacher, 
 he has never been excelled, and his skill, merit 
 and ability won for him promotion, step by step, 
 until he occupied a place at the head of the pro- 
 fession. He was honored with its highest posi- 
 tion, being unanimously elected President of the 
 American Dental Association in 1869. His love 
 for scientific investigation led him to take an active 
 part in the work of the Academy of Science in St. 
 Louis, of which he was an active member. 
 
 In later years Dr. Judd was extensively inter- 
 ested in silver mining in Colorado, and became 
 the head of the Judd Mining Company, which 
 owns valuable property near Ouray. His health 
 failing in later years, he was compelled to aban- 
 don to a great extent his literarj- and professional 
 work, and in outdoor pursuits among the moun- 
 tains of Colorado the summer seasons were passed. 
 In 1882 he removed to Upper Alton, where he 
 established a dental office, and practiced his pro- 
 fession initil his death, which occurred May 20, 
 1890, at the age of seventy years. He posses.sed 
 tho.se sterling qualities of head and heart which 
 win the re.spect of all, and although he never had 
 many intimate friends, he was held in high es- 
 teem by everj' one with whom he was brought in 
 contact. His life was a noble one, well and 
 vi'orthily pa.s.sed, and he left behind a hallowed 
 memors'. 
 
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 jILLIAM R. FAIRCHILD is extensively 
 engaged in coal dealing in Warsaw, hav- 
 ing carried on tliat line of bu.siness in this 
 place for ten years. He comes from the Buckeye 
 State, his birth having occurred in Warrenville, 
 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 23, 1840. His 
 parents were Levi and Dyerdana (Barber) Fair- 
 child. The Fairchild family is of Scotch origin. 
 The father of our subject was a native of the Em- 
 pire State, and by occupation was a farmer and 
 carpenter. He emigrated to Illinois in June, 1849, 
 
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 and spent his last days in Augusta, where his 
 death occurred on the 3d of August, 1879. His 
 widow still survives him. To them was born a 
 famih- of seven children. 
 
 Mr. Fairchild of this sketch, who was the third 
 in order of birth, was reared in the usual manner 
 of farmer lads, no event of special importance oc- 
 curring during his boyhood and youth. He aid- 
 ed in the cultivation of the old homestead farm 
 until after the breaking out of the late war, when, 
 prompted by patriotic impulses, he responded to 
 the country's call for troops, enli.sting on the 7th 
 of August, 1862, as a private of Company H, 
 v'^eventy-second Illinois Infantrj'. His service 
 was principall}^ in the Department of the Missis- 
 sippi, and he participated in a number of import- 
 ant battles. During the latter part of his term 
 he served as Corporal. When hostilities had 
 ceased, and the Stars and Stripes once more waved 
 over a land of peace, he was honorably discharged, 
 on the 7th of August, 1865. 
 
 Returning to his old home in Augusta, Mr. 
 Fairchild there remained until 1867, when he en- 
 gaged in coal-mining and in running a construc- 
 tion train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 
 Railroad. In the same year he went to St. Louis, 
 and while there was united in marriage with 
 Miss Dora Ruger, daughter of Martin Ruger, 
 their union being celebrated on the 7th of August, 
 1867. 
 
 After going to the city, Mr. Fairchild entered 
 the employ of the Pacific Railroad Company, with 
 which he continued for about a year and a-half 
 His residence in Warsaw dates from 1868, at 
 which time he began dealing in threshing-ma- 
 chines and also commenced teaming. He success- 
 fully continued this dual occupation until 1884, 
 when he embarked in the coal trade. He now 
 handles about forty-five hundred tons of coal per 
 year, and receives a liberal patronage from the 
 surrounding farmers as well as the citizens ot 
 Warsaw. He possesses good business and execu- 
 tive ability, and by close attention to details, per- 
 severance and enterprise, he has won the success 
 which has crowned his efforts. Mr. Fairchild 
 takes some interest in civic societies and holds 
 membership with the Ancient Order of United 
 
 Workmen, the Modem Woodmen of America 
 and the Grand Army of the Republic. He exer- 
 cises his right of franchise in support of the Re- 
 publican party, and is a warm advocate of its 
 principles, but has never been a politician in the 
 sense of office-seeking, preferring to devote his en- 
 tire time and attention to his business interests. 
 
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 WELLINGTON LeROY WINNARD, M.D., 
 is an enterprising and leading young phy- 
 sician of Warsaw, and though not far ad- 
 vanced along life's journey, he has made rapid 
 strides along the pathway of his profession. A 
 native of Iowa, he was born in Greeley, Dela- 
 ware County, on the 7th of November, 1867, and is 
 a .son of James P. and Rose Linda (Holden) Win- 
 nard. His parents were both natives of Michigan, 
 and the father followed the occupation of farming. 
 The Doctor was the second child in their family. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the childhood and youth of our subject, which 
 was largelj' passed in his parents' home and in 
 the country .schools of the neighborhood. There 
 he acquired his primary education, which was 
 supplemented by a course of stud},- in Lenox Col- 
 lege, Iowa, from which in.stitution he was grad- 
 uated in the Class of '87. His ta.stes and ambi- 
 tion led him to enter the medical profession, and 
 to fit himself for that work he became a student 
 in the Homeopathic Medical College of Chicago, 
 from which he was graduated in the Class of '90, 
 with forty-two fellow-students. Having received 
 his diploma and the degree of M. D., he then 
 came to Warsaw to enter upon his life's work, 
 reaching this place on the 6th of April. Here he 
 has been engaged in active practice continuously 
 since. He makes a specialty of ruptures and the 
 diseases of women and children. He is now as- 
 sociated with Dr. Lawrence, under the firm name 
 of Winnard & Lawrence, which connection is 
 proving mutually pleasant and profitable. 
 
 Dr. Wiiuiard was married on the i8th of No- 
 vember, 1891, the lady of his choice being Miss 
 Laurine Ralston, a daughter of Rev. W. D. Ral- 
 
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 ston, a minister of the United Presbj'terian 
 Church, now located in Maroa, 111. Both the 
 Doctor and Mrs. Winnard are well known in the 
 communit}- and are held in high regard, for thej- 
 possess man\- excellencies of character. He gives 
 his entire time and attention to business, and the 
 success which has crowned his efforts is well mer- 
 ited. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and in religious belief is a Methodist. He 
 is a j'oung man with good prospects of a bright 
 future before him, and the industn,- and energj- 
 which are numbered among his chief character- 
 istics will undoubtedly win him prosperity. 
 
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 "DWARD P. BECKER, a prominent and 
 ^ well-known citizen and ex-Postmaster of 
 ^ Warsaw, is also numbered among the native 
 sons of this place, his birth having here occurred 
 on the i8th of February, 1857. He comes of a 
 family of German origin; his parents, Louis and 
 Philipena (Brehm) Becker, were both natives of 
 Germany, and spent the days of their childhood 
 and youth in that country. In 1851 they bade 
 adieu to their old home and crossed the Atlantic 
 to America, landing at New Orleans, from whence 
 the}- came to Illinois, after which they were mar- 
 ried. The father is a carpenter by trade, and fol- 
 lowed that pursuit as a means of livelihood for 
 some years, but he is now engaged in general mer- 
 chandising. In the Becker family are two chil- 
 dren, Rosetta E. and Edward P. They al.so lost 
 four children, who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Becker of this sketch has spent his entire 
 life in the county of his nativity. The days of 
 his boyhood and youth were quieth- passed, and 
 his education was acquired in the public schools 
 of Warsaw. His business training was received 
 as a clerk in his father's store, where he was em- 
 ployed from an early age. He was also engaged 
 in the milling business, continuing operations 
 along that line from 1885 until 1887, inclusive. 
 He then went upon the road to sell goods for the 
 Warsaw Milling Company, and continued his 
 
 labors as a traveling salesman until he became 
 Postmaster of Warsaw. He was appointed to 
 that position by President Harrison on the i8th 
 of July, 1889, and it was not long after he had en- 
 tered upon his duties that he demonstrated to the 
 public the fact that a faithful officer was in charge, 
 one who would fulfil his duties with promptness 
 and fidelity. 
 
 On the 6th of May, 1880, Mr. Becker was united 
 in marriage with Miss Addie G. Bristow, the 
 daughter of Henry G. Bristow, and a most esti- 
 mable lady. By their union have been bom three 
 children: Arthur; Lester, deceased; and Harr}-; 
 the first was born during President Arthur's ad- 
 ministration, and the last while Benjamin Harri- 
 son was the chief executive of the nation. In 
 politics, Mr. Becker is a stalwart Republican, an 
 inflexible adherent of the principles of his part}-. 
 Socially, he is connected with the Masonic fra- 
 ternity and is a member of the Modern Woodmen 
 of America. He is a pleasant, genial gentleman, 
 very popular with all, and his sterling worth has 
 won him high regard. His entire life has been 
 passed in Warsaw, and he well deser\xs mention 
 among its leading citizens. 
 
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 r"ATHER JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHURZ, 
 r^ who has charge of the Catholic Church of 
 I Warsaw, was bom in the city of Bonn, 
 Rhenish Prussia, January 6, 1843, and is a .son of 
 Henry and Anna M. (Sneider) Schurz, the fonner 
 of whom was a store-keeper. Our subject was their 
 sixth and youngest child. His education was ac- 
 quired in his native city, and he was graduated 
 from the famous Bonn University in 1866. With 
 a couple of fellow-students he then went to Eng- 
 land, but the father of one of his friends, a Cap- 
 tain in the anny, was ordered to the East Indies, 
 while the son died of consumption. Mr. Schurz 
 was left a stranger in a country whose language 
 he could hardly speak. He did not wish to re- 
 turn to Germany, for he would then have to serve 
 in the army. Having to provide for his own 
 maintenance, he began working in a Spanish 
 
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 bakery in Liverpool, where he remained for three 
 years, when he secured a \"ery good position as 
 Professor in a grammar school in that city. There 
 he engaged in teaching Latin, Greek, German 
 and geometn,", and was thus employed until the 
 .spring of 1865. In that year he was joined by 
 his eldest brother, and with him came to America. 
 The brother pleaded, "Let us go to the United 
 States, for our cousin, CarlSchurz. and his parents 
 are there and the advantages there are better than 
 here. ' ' So Father Schurz severed his connection 
 with the school, and in May, 1865, they landed in 
 New York, from whence they went toWatertown, 
 Wis. , the home of Carl Schurz. There they found 
 Jacob Jussen, a brother of Carl Schurz' mother, 
 who had formerly been Mayor of a German city, 
 and was then serving as Postmaster of Watertown. 
 A vacancy in the postoffice was offered John, 
 which he filled for two and a-half years, when a 
 change in administration caused him to lose his 
 position. 
 
 The successor to Jacob Jussen offered to con- 
 tinue him in the postoifice at an increase of wages, 
 making his income $60 per month, but the po.si- 
 tion he declined. He then went to Milwaukee, 
 and on to Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Kan- 
 sas City, and to the State of Kansas, where he 
 bought one hundred and sixty acres of land. He 
 knew nothing about farming, but he built a house, 
 had his land broken, and there began studying 
 with a view to entering the priesthood. He 
 prosecuted his studies under the tutelage of 
 priests in Topeka, and after a year and a-half be- 
 came a student in St. Francis Theological Semi- 
 nary, of Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Father Schurz was ordained February 18, 1874, 
 as a priest for the diocese of Leavenworth, Kan., 
 and was stationed at Emporia, as assistant to Rev. 
 Joseph Perr}-. After six months he was made 
 first resident priest at Wichita, and was in that city 
 during its great boom. He there remained for four 
 and a-half years, during which time the nearest 
 priest to him was ninety miles away. A large .scope 
 of territory- was under his supervision, including 
 thirty-two stations. In 1878 he was given an as- 
 sistant. About this time. Father Schurz, was 
 thrown from a buggy and dislocated his .shoulder. 
 
 besides sustaining internal inj uries. While in poor 
 health he took a trip to Europe, where he had two 
 conferences with Pope Pius IX., and brought 
 home with him as a relic an autograph and por- 
 trait of the Pope. After four months he returned 
 to this country. At Wichita he had many pleas- 
 ant experiences. He found only twenty families 
 there at first, but through his untiring labors he 
 built seven churches in a missionary district, two 
 presbyteries, two schoolhouses, laid out cemeteries 
 for each church, and organized three colonies, two 
 German and one Irish, called respectively St. 
 Mark's, St. Joseph's and St. John's. 
 
 In 1879, Father Schurz removed to St. Mark's, 
 where he remained until 1882. For two years he 
 had sought to sever his connection with the Leav- 
 enworth Diocese and join the Diocese of Peoria, 
 111., which he succeeded in doing in the spring of 
 1882. He was assigned by Bishop Spaulding to 
 Danville, Vermilion County. In 1885, he again 
 went to Europe to settle up the estate of his father, 
 who died in 1884. In October, 1886, he was sent 
 to Ottawa, 111., but the following June resigned 
 at that place and was appointed to take charge of 
 the church at Warsaw, where he has remained 
 since March, 1887. He also has charge of a mis- 
 sion at Hamilton, with fifteen families. He placed 
 the church in working order and it is now in a 
 thriving condition. Father Schurz is a great lover 
 of flowers, and has many rare specimens in his 
 collection. He is a social, genial gentleman and 
 has the high regard of all with whom he has been 
 brought in contact. 
 
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 (TAMES GUTHRIE JOHNSON, one of the 
 I prominent citizens of Carthage, 111., well de- 
 Q) serves mention in the history of his adopted 
 county, for besides being a man of enterprise and 
 activity, in whom the thriving spirit of the age pre- 
 dominates, he is a man of broad and liberal mind, 
 conversant on all questions of the day. He was 
 born in Jefferson County, Ky., about twelve miles 
 from Louisville, December 24, 1827, and is a son 
 of George and Eleanor (Guthrie) Johnson. His 
 
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 maternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth- 
 (Cooper) Guthrie. The former was one of the 
 pioneers of Kentucky, and made a home eleven 
 miles from Louisville, at the intersection of two 
 much-traveled roads, where he kept a tavern. He 
 built a stone house, which still stands, a relic of 
 former greatness. It was erected in 1774, and 
 became a popular resort with the traveling pub- 
 lic. There the numerous Catholic missionaries 
 were instructed to remain until an escort was sent 
 to conduct them safely further west. James Guth- 
 rie was a prominent character in his day and knew 
 all the prominent pioneers of the State. One of 
 his daughters, Margaret, lived for many long 
 years in the old stone house, and in speaking of 
 her death the Christian Observer said: "On 
 Thursday, December 22, 1892, Miss Margaret 
 Guthrie, of Ferran Creek, Jefferson County, Ky., 
 passed away in peace. She was ninety-two years 
 and nine months old, had been a devoted member 
 of the Presbyterian Church for sixty-eight j-ears, 
 and until past the age of eighty-eight had been a 
 regular attendant at Sabbath-school. There are 
 now living four generations of the family who 
 were instructed by her. vShe was the last of 
 twelve children who reached the average age of 
 seventy-six years. One of the most liberal givers 
 to the church while she lived, she bequeathed her 
 house and land to the church for a parsonage. 
 She was always to be found at the bedside of the 
 sick, walking miles in her old age to impart com- 
 fort to the afiQicted. At her death she was the 
 oldest subscriber of the Christian Observer, hav- 
 ing read it for upwards of fifty years." 
 
 When our subject was in his fourth year his 
 parents removed to Adams County, 111. , in Oc- 
 tober, 1 83 1, and the father entered land from the 
 Government and made a home. He was a black- 
 smith by trade, and carried on a smithy on his 
 farm. He was born December 15, 1799, in Ken- 
 tucky, and died on the old homestead in this 
 State March 5, 1867. His wife, who was born 
 in the old home mentioned, near Louisville, Jaii- 
 uar>^ 21, 1802, passed away April 10, 1887. Mr. 
 Johnson was the first nurserj^man of Adams 
 County, and set out trees in the hazel brush be- 
 fore he had broken any ground. He carried on 
 
 the nurserj' business until 1850. In the family 
 were nine children, and with the exception of one 
 who died at the age of three, all are yet living. 
 
 James Guthrie Johnson was reared on the home 
 farm, and from early boyhood was a great ad- 
 mirer of the changing beauties of nature, which he 
 studied closely. His love of the beautiful has 
 gone with him throughout his life, undimmed by 
 • business cares. On attaining his majority, he 
 left home and was married, on December 24, 1850, 
 to Miss Melvina Jane Thomas, who lived in the 
 same neighborhood. They began their domestic 
 life upon a farm in Adams County, and there re- 
 mained until 1855, when they settled on a par- 
 tially' improved farm of one hundred and sixty 
 acres in Durham Township, Hancock County. 
 There Mr. John.son carried on farming until the 
 fall of 1863, when he bought land near Elvaston. 
 Three years later he came to Carthage, where he 
 engaged in growing o.sage-hedge plants, and in 
 making contracts for setting out fences of the same, 
 for some years. In 1871 he secured patents for a 
 corn-husking peg, known as theJohn,son Hu.sker, 
 and established a factors- for its manufacture. 
 He has since given his time to this bu.siness, which 
 has proved very .succes.sful, yielding him a hand- 
 some competence, much of which he has invested 
 in farming lands. He has visited nearly all the 
 corn-growing States, making arrangements for 
 the sale of his invention, which is now largely 
 used. 
 
 In 1884, Mr. Johnson was called upon to mourn 
 the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 3d of 
 December. On the i8th of November, 1886, he 
 wedded Miss Minerva Hughes, of Ursa, Adams 
 County, 111. His family immbers two daugh- 
 ters: Rebecca Ella, wife of N. P. McKee, an artist 
 and teacher of painting of Carthage; and Alice 
 Geneva, wife of W. L. Aaron, an attorney of 
 Hays City, Kan. 
 
 The home of the Johnson family is one of the 
 most desirable residence properties in Carthage. 
 It is a commodious house, .standing in the mid.st 
 of well-kept grounds, that are adorned with beau- 
 tiful shrubbery. One has scarcely entered the 
 door before he is impressed by the atmosphere of 
 taste and refinement which pervades this home. 
 
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 For twenty-five years Mr. John.son has been col- 
 lecting rare and interesting works, both of men 
 and nature. We have before mentioned his love 
 for the beautiful in nature, which is equaled only 
 by his appreciation of the delicate and lovel)' in 
 art. The walls of his home are handsomely 
 adorned by many interesting and beautiful arti- 
 cles, many of which are the works of his own 
 hand. From polished honis taken from domestic 
 cattle and goats, he has made several valuable 
 ornaments. He also has a fine pair of deer horns; 
 a large hornets' nest, which hangs on a branch 
 where the busy insects placed it ; stuffed birds of all 
 sizes, from the humming-bird to the white crane; 
 the saw of the dangerous saw-fish, and many 
 Indian relics, including pipes, clothing, etc. In 
 a number of large gla.ss cabinets are thousands of 
 choice and valuable souvenirs. There are hun- 
 dreds of varieties of birds' eggs, varying in size 
 from that of the humming-bird and titmouse to 
 that of the ostrich, together with alligator, turtle 
 eggs, etc. Other cabinets contain fine specimens 
 of oceanic animals and sub-marine growths, to- 
 gether with all kinds of shells, wonderful for their 
 beauty and delicacy of tint. Sea-mosses and corals 
 add their loveliness to the collection, and the ad- 
 mirable arrangement of the specimens show how 
 carefully Mr. Johnson has studied designs and 
 colors. What so elevates one as the study of na- 
 ture unmarred by man ? This home is a delicate 
 curiosity-shop, which .speaks in no uncertain terms 
 of the cultured taste and keen appreciation of the 
 owner for all that is most beautiful and noble upon 
 this earth. 
 
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 EOL. CHARLES CHANDLER, decea.sed. 
 The name of Chandler is inseparably con- 
 nected with the hi,story of McDonough Coun- 
 ty, and the gentleman whose name heads this 
 record was connected with nearly all the important 
 industries and enterprises that tended toward its 
 advancement and further development. He was 
 6 
 
 born in Alstead, Cheshire County, N. H., August 
 28, 1809, and was a .son of James and Abigail 
 (Vilas) Chandler. His father was also born in 
 the old Granite State, but his mother was a na- 
 tive of Massachu.setts. Both reached an advanced 
 age, the mother passing away in 1854, at the age 
 of seventy-nine, while the father departed this 
 life in 1857, at the age of eighty-six. The latter 
 was an agriculturist, and his son was reared in 
 the usual manner of farmer lads. His training 
 at farm labor was not as meagre as was his 
 training in the district schools, which he attended 
 ill the winter season . 
 
 At the age of nineteen, Charles Chandler left 
 the parental roof and went to Boston, where for 
 two years he was employed as a clerk in a mer- 
 cantile establi-sliment. After two years he re- 
 turned home, and a year later emigrated to Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio. The .spring of 1834 witnessed his 
 arrival in Macomb, where his elder brother, 
 Thompson Chandler, had located a few years 
 previous. Here he again engaged in clerking, in 
 the store of which his brother was part owner, 
 and in 1836 he embarked in business for himself 
 along the same line. After three years he sold 
 out and engaged in the real-estate business. With 
 keen foresight, he bought land, which could be 
 obtained at a low figure, and as it .steadily rose in 
 value, he realized a handsome income from its 
 sales. His real-estate ventures proved a ver>- 
 profitable one, and his sagacity, enterprise and 
 well-directed efforts made his bu.sine.ss career one 
 of great success. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. ChancUer embarked in the bank- 
 ing business, e.stabli.shing a private bank, which 
 he successfully conducted until 1865, when he 
 merged this in the First National Bank of Ma- 
 comb. He became President of the latter insti- 
 tution, and held that position until his death. He 
 made it one of the .solid financial in.stitutions of 
 the county, and its safe and progressive, yet con- 
 ser\'ative, policy gained the cc^nfidence and sup- 
 port of the entire community. lie was also in- 
 terested in banking in Bu.shnell, establishing a 
 private bank, which afterward became the Farm- 
 ers' National Bank. Of this he became one of 
 the directors and largest stockholders, and con- 
 
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 tinued his connection with the same throughout 
 his life. 
 
 On the 15th of December, 1836, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Col. Chandler and Sarah K. 
 Cheatham, of Macomb, a most estimable lady, 
 who took an active interest in church and benev- 
 olent work. Her death occurred in 1855, and her 
 loss was mourned by manj" friends. In the fam- 
 ily were seven children, three of whom survived 
 the mother; Martha Abigail, widow of Henrj- C. 
 Twyman, of Macomb; Charles Vilasco, whose 
 sketch appears elsewhere in this work; and James 
 Edgar, of Bushnell. In his family, Mr. Chand- 
 ler was kind and considerate, and it seemed that 
 he could not do too much to enhance the welfare 
 or promote the happiness of his wife and chil- 
 dren . 
 
 In politics, the Colonel was a Whig in early 
 life, but became a stanch Republican, and always 
 took a great interest in politics, although he never 
 sought or desired political preferment. He was. 
 however, elected Coroner for two years, was Coun- 
 ty Commissioner four years, long serv'ed as Jus- 
 tice of the Peace, was also Aldennan, and for one 
 term ser\'ed as Mayor of Macomb. His lo^'alty 
 to the country was made manifest during the 
 Civil War by his active .sen-ice in behalf of the 
 Union. He spared neither time nor expen.se in 
 its aid. As he was too old to go to the front, he 
 did much toward encouraging others to enlist, 
 and his faithful and efficient .ser\-ice was recog- 
 nized by Gov. Yates, who commissioned him 
 Colonel of the State Militia, and authorized him 
 to raise a regiment for home service. Through- 
 out his life he maintained the greatest interest in 
 the welfare of his adopted town, and few enter- 
 prises or industries calculated to benefit this 
 commiuiity failed to receive aid at his hand. He 
 was popular with all cla.sses of people, for he was 
 a gentleman in the truest sense of the word, and 
 his well-.spent life won him high regard. For 
 some years before his death, he .spent the winters 
 in a more genial clime, visiting the States along 
 the Gulf, also Central America, Mexico and South 
 America. He passed away December 26, 1878, 
 and the country thereby lost one of its most valued 
 and honored citizens. 
 
 (TOHN W. BERTSCHI, who occupies the posi- 
 
 I tion of County Treasurer of Hancock County, 
 \Z/ and makes his home in Carthage, has the 
 honor of being a native of this localitj-, his birth 
 having occurred in Appanoose Township, on the 
 12th of February, 1852. He is a representative 
 of one of the honored pioneer families. His 
 father, William Bertschi, is still living on the 
 same farm to which he removed in the .spring of 
 1852. The mother, who bore the maiden name 
 of Elizabeth Walti, died on the 7th of October, 
 1 893, at the age of sixty-six \-ears, and was buried 
 the following day, Sunday, in Nauvoo Cemetery . 
 The parents were both natives of Switzerland. 
 The father crossed the Atlantic to America m 
 1S49, but the following year returned to his native 
 land. He was there married and then came with 
 his bride to his new home in 1851. Henowowns 
 a good farm of one hundred and forty acres and is 
 comfortably situated in life. 
 
 In the Bertschi family were ten children, of 
 whom eight are now living, five sons and three 
 daughters. Four of the number are now residents 
 of Hancock County, and most of them follow 
 fanning. John W. of this sketch was reared to 
 agricultural pursuits, and devotedhis time to farm 
 work until the fall of 1890. He became familiar 
 with the business in all of its details, for as .soon 
 as old enough to handle the plow, his labors in 
 the field began. 
 
 Mr. Bertschi continued upon the old homestead 
 farm until the age of twenty -six years, when, on 
 the 24th of October, 1877, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Margaret Porth, daughter of 
 Frederick Porth, one of the early settlers of Ap- 
 panoo.se Town.ship, where the birth of the daugh- 
 ter occurred May 28, 1856. Three children grace 
 the union of our subject and his wife: William 
 Tell, born August 19, 1878; Ro.scoe Ru.ssell, born 
 April 13, 1S83; and Wallace, bora May 14, 1887. 
 
 Upon his marriage, Mr. Bertschi secured a farm 
 near the old homestead, which he still owns. He 
 began its cultivation, and soon the well-tilled fields 
 yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the 
 care and labor he bestowed upon them. He gave 
 up farming in the autumn of T890, when he was 
 elected to the office of County Treasurer, being 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 the candidate of the Democratic party. He had 
 previously held township offices, having sen-ed 
 as Township Supervisor for three years, as Col- 
 lector for four years, and as Town Clerk for one 
 year. He has also ser\-ed as Central Committee- 
 man of his township. His entire time and atten- 
 tion are now given to his official duties, which are 
 discharged with a promptness and fidelity that 
 have won him high commendation. He is always 
 true to everj^ trust, whether public or private, and 
 has therefore won the confidence and high regard 
 of all with whom business or .social relations have 
 brought him in contact. 
 
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 QEV. FATHER MICHAEL PAUL O'- 
 Ul BRIEN, pastor of the Catholic Church of 
 p\ Carthage, is a native of County Waterford, 
 Ireland, but at the age of four years was taken by 
 his parents to England, where he was reared to 
 manhood, his boyhood days being spent in Darling- 
 ton, in Durham County. He was educated in 
 the public schools and by private study, and then 
 engaged in school teaching, being for two j'ears 
 a teacher in St. George's Academy, of London. 
 He was also employed in St. George's Industrial 
 School of Liverpool, and at St. Joseph's Academy, 
 Oxford Street, London. 
 
 Having resolved to devote his life to the work 
 of the mini.stry. Father O'Brien began studying 
 for the priesthood in a college in Turin, Italy, and 
 atMondovi, Piedmont, Italy. He was ordained by 
 Bishop Chadwick in St. Cuthbert's College, 
 U.shaw, Durham, England, in 1873, and .served 
 as priest in the Dioce.se of Hexham and New- 
 castle-on-Tyne until 1890, when he determined 
 to devote his life to church work in America. 
 Crossing the Atlantic, he landed on the shores of 
 this countrj-, and after a short time was appointed 
 to the Catholic Church at Carthage. This was in 
 July, 1890. 
 
 The parish over which Father O'Brien now 
 has charge includes four churches, namely, at 
 Carthage, La Harpe, Gidding's Mound and West 
 Point, with about fifteen hundred members. He 
 
 devotes his time entirely to the work of the church 
 and is laboring earnestly for its upbuilding and ad- 
 vancement. He has now had charge of his present 
 pari.sh for about four years. Under his manage- 
 ment the church has been considerably improved 
 and enlarged by the addition of a beautiful sanct- 
 uarv and the useful sacristies, or vestries. 
 
 HENDRICKS VEATCH, M. D., who 
 is numbered among the leading medical 
 practitioners of Carthage, where he has 
 built up an excellent business, claims Indiana as 
 the State of his nativity, his birth having occurred 
 in New Albany August 19, 1831. His father, 
 Rev. Isaac Veatch, was a Baptist minister, and 
 served in the State Legislature of Indiana as 
 Representative from Spencer County. He died 
 of cholera in Indiana in 1833, while visiting his 
 daughter, who also died of the same disease. 
 His son, James C. Veatch, is an attorney of 
 Rockport, Ind., and served as Deputy County 
 Auditor before he attained his majority. When 
 he had reached man's estate, he was elected 
 County Auditor. He was a candidate for Con- 
 gress on the Republican ticket in 1856, and has 
 represented his di.strict in the vState Legislature. 
 In i860 he was a delegate to the Republican Na- 
 tional Convention that nominated Abraham Lin- 
 coln for President, and was also a Representative 
 to the convention that nominated James A. Gar- 
 field for the presidency. During the war he 
 served as Colonel of the Twenty-fifth Indiana In- 
 fantry, and after the battle of Ft. Donelson 
 was made Brigadier-General. When the war 
 closed he was breveted Major-General. During 
 his service he was placed in command of the city 
 of Memphis, luider Gen. Hulburt, and later had 
 charge of the enlisting of the negro troops. At 
 the battle of Hatchie River he was wounded, and 
 was carried off the field for dead, but it was found 
 that life was not extinct, and he ultimately re- 
 covered. After his return home he was made 
 Collector of Internal Revenue at Evansville, Ind. , 
 under President Grant, and filled the position for 
 
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 fourteen years. After that time he gave his atten- 
 tion to law practice until about seven years ago, 
 when he retired from business. 
 
 The eldest .son of the Veatch family, John Al- 
 len, died in 1872. Before the birth of our subject 
 he left home, going to Louisiana, where he en- 
 gaged in teaching. He then went to Texas, and 
 took part in the Mexican War as a Captain of 
 a company of Texas Rangers. On the cessation 
 of that struggle, he went to Colorado, and the 
 last heard of him for twenty' years was that he 
 was in a mas.sacre of the Indians while on the 
 waj' to Texas. When two decades had passed, 
 and James C. \'eatch was serving in the Indiana 
 Legislature, he met a gentleman who said there 
 was a physician in California by the name of 
 John Allen Veatch, that he lived in San Fran- 
 cisco, and was the noted author of medical works, 
 and also works on the flora of that State. Trac- 
 ing him, it was found that he was the missing 
 brother of our subject. He died in Oregon, but 
 his family is .still living in California. He pre- 
 pared the first authentic record of the plants of 
 California, and attained eminence as a botanist 
 and physician. 
 
 Our subject is the youngest of fifteen children, 
 but only two are now living, our subject and the 
 brother before mentioned, who is now seventy- 
 five years of age. The mother of this familj- re- 
 moved to Schuyler County, 111., in 1S37, and 
 there died in 1874. 
 
 Mr. \'eatch whose name heads this record was 
 a boy of only .six years at the time of that re- 
 moval. He remained upon the home farm until 
 after the marriage of all his brothers and si.sters. 
 He took up the study of medicine with his broth- 
 er-in-law. Dr. McCa.skill, in Pawnee, Sangamon 
 Count}-, and pursued a course of lectures in the 
 Universitj- of Missouri at St. Louis, from which he 
 was graduated in the Class of '56. Among his 
 cla.s,smates was Dr. J. Miner, of Winchester, 111. 
 Dr. Veatch then joined his brother-in-law, who, 
 after two years, went to California, and our subject 
 continued in practice alone until 1877. He then 
 removed to Sciota, McDonough Countv , and in 
 1880 came to Carthage, where he has since suc- 
 ce.s.sfully engaged in practice. He is a member 
 
 of the Hancock County Medical Societ>% the Mili- 
 tan.- Tract Medical Society, and the State, and 
 American Medical Societies. He has been a con- 
 tributor to the Peoria Medical Monthly for some 
 time, and has written many able articles for that 
 .sheet. He has also been the author of a number of 
 articles of good literarj- merit which do not treat 
 of the medical science. For .six years he filled 
 the Chair of Hjgiene in the Carthage College, 
 and has delivered many lectures on the subject 
 before teachers' institutions. 
 
 In 1857 Dr. Veatch was united in marriage 
 with Miss Elizabeth Sweet, of Auburn, Sanga- 
 mon County, who died five years later, leaving 
 one child, Byron E., a merchant of Chicago. For 
 his second wife the Doctor married Martha E. 
 Klepper, of Schuyler County, .sister of Jacob 
 Klepper, the banker and horseman of Augusta. 
 They have one child, DeLaskie Miller, who was 
 named for Dr. De Laskie Miller, a prominent 
 professor of Rush Medical College of Chicago. 
 He is now in a dr3'-goods store in Quincy. Dr. 
 Veatch is a member of the Ev.angelical Lutheran 
 Church, but was reared in the faith of the Baptist 
 Church. In early life he was a Douglas Demo- 
 crat, but when the war broke out he joined the 
 Republican party, and has since been one of its 
 stanch supporters. The greater part of his time 
 and attention, however, is devoted to his profes- 
 sion, of which he has ever been a close student. 
 His .skill and ability have won for him a high and 
 well-merited reputation. 
 
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 (lOHN FRAZER SCOTT, of Carthage, occu- 
 I pies the position of County Clerk of Hancock 
 C2/ County, and in the faithful discharge of the 
 duties connected therewith has shown that he 
 well merits the confidence and tru.st repo.sed in 
 him by his fellow-citizens. He has the honor of 
 being a native of this county, his birth having 
 occurred in Warsaw on the ist of March, 1856. 
 His parents were John and Louisa (Frazer) Scott. 
 His father, a native of North Carolina, emigrated 
 westward in an early da>- and took up his resi- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 dence near Jacksonville, 111. He afterward came 
 to Hancock County, and was engaged in business 
 in Warsaw. In Adams County, this State, he 
 was united in marriage with Miss Louisa, daugh- 
 ter of James Frazer, a native of Kentucky, who 
 during the girlhood of his daughter came to Illi- 
 nois. Mr. Scott carried on business in Warsaw 
 until his death, which occurred in 1865. He was 
 .several times nominated for office, and took an 
 active interest in the anti-Mormon movement. 
 He was connected with the events which occurred 
 when Joseph Smith and others were killed. He did 
 not sympathise with this, howe\er, and, leaving 
 the company who were engaged in the matter, he 
 returned to his home in Warsaw. Mrs. vScott still 
 sur\-ives her hu.^)and, and is now living in Cartil- 
 age. In the family were two daughters: Mary 
 F.. widow of George J. Rogers, of Warsaw: 
 and Louisa J. , wife of A. W. Boscow, of Carthage, 
 with whom Mrs. Scott is living. An uncle of our 
 subject, Larkin Scott, resides near Denver, 111. 
 He and his wife have lived together for over sixt>- 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Scott of this sketch was only nine years of 
 age at the time of his father's death. He acquired 
 his education in the common schools of his nati\'e 
 town, and then began earning his own livelihood 
 by work as a farm hand. He was also employed 
 as a clerk in a clothing store. On the loth of 
 vSeptember, 1874, he came to Carthage and ac- 
 cepted a position as Deputy County Clerk, under 
 his brother-in-law, George J. Rogers, with whom 
 he served for three years. He then continued in 
 the same position under John R. Newton, ser\'ing 
 in all as Deputy- County Clerk for twelve years. 
 In 1886 he was elected to the superior office for a 
 four-\-ears term, and in 1890 was again elected, 
 so that when his present term expires he will have 
 served for eight years. He is the candidate on 
 the Democratic ticket, for he is a warm advocate 
 of Democratic principles, and in the campaign of 
 1892 served as Chairman of the County Demo- 
 cratic Committee. 
 
 On the 1 6th of November, 1882, Mr. Scott was 
 united in marriage with Miss Julia Stejjp, of 
 Carthage, daughter of Frank and Marv C. ( Pheil ) 
 Stepp. Her father, who was formerl\- engaged 
 
 in the restaurant business, is now deceased, but 
 her mother is yet living in this city, where Mrs. 
 Scott was born. She is a member of the Episco- 
 pal Church, and a mo.st estimable lady. In the 
 family of our subject and his wife are three chil- 
 dren: Mary L., John Frank and Eugenia. 
 
 Mr. Scott was made a Ma.son in Hancock Lodge 
 No. 20, A. F. & A . M . , and has iiUed all of its offices. 
 He was Worthy Ma.ster at the time of the build- 
 ing of the Masonic Hall. He also belongs to Al- 
 moner Commandery, of Augusta; and to Carthage 
 Chapter No. 33, R. A. M., of which he has been 
 High Priest, and lie holds membership with the 
 Knights of Pythias fraternity. He has frequently 
 been a delegate to the State Democratic Conven- 
 tions, and for fifteen years has attended the Na- 
 tional Democratic Conventions. He is a man 
 true to all trusts repo.sed in him, and throughout 
 tlie community in which he has so long made his 
 home is both widely and favorably known. 
 
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 pQlLLIAM RANSOM HAMILTON is the 
 \ A/ well-known and popular Postmaster of 
 V V Carthage. He was born in Johnstown, Ful- 
 ton Count)', N. Y., November 5, 1829, and is a 
 son of Artois Hamilton. The family has long 
 been prominently identified with the history of 
 this community, for it was founded in Hancock 
 County in pioneer days. Our subject was con- 
 cerned in the events which resulted in the death 
 of Joseph vSmith, the noted Mormon. He, in 
 company with the Deputy County Clerk, David 
 E. Head, took the county records in his father's 
 wagon to about eight miles east of Carthage, and 
 hid them in a cabin in tlie woods, for it was ex- 
 pected that the Mormons would sack the town. 
 Mr. Hamilton also remembers .seeing the body 
 of Hyruni Smith taken to Nauvoo in his father's 
 wagon, while that of Jo.seph .Smith was placed 
 in a wagon containing four Mormons who had 
 come to take the murdered men. Mr. Taylor, 
 who was wounded in sex'en places, was brought 
 to the hotel which was kept by Mr. Hamilton's 
 father, opposite the site of the Criss Hou.se, and 
 
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 William aided in caring for the injured man, who 
 was kept there for ten da)s. Those were excit- 
 ing times, and great dangers were often incurred. 
 
 On the 8th of June, 1854, Mr. Hamilton was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha H. Miller, 
 a native of Elmira, N. Y., and a daughter of 
 Warren Miller. To them were born six children, 
 but three are deceased. Ida A., Willard C. 
 and Herbert are yet living in Carthage. 
 
 The year following his marriage, Mr. Hamilton 
 entered upon official duties, being Census Taker 
 of the county, which then had a population of 
 twenty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-eight. 
 In 1858 he was elected Sheriff, which position he 
 filled for two jears. On his retirement from of- 
 fice in i860, he removed to his farm in Prairie 
 Township, now Carthage Township, and made 
 his home thereon initil 1882. His knowledge of 
 public affairs, however, caused him to be often 
 called upon to assist one or another of the county 
 officials, ajid he has always been more or less 
 connected with public interests. In 1882, he 
 took his family to California and Oregon, expect- 
 ing to make his home in the Northwe.st, but sick- 
 ness caused his return to Illinois in 1883. Soon 
 after he was chosen to fill a vacancy caused by 
 the death of his old friend, Justice John M. Fer- 
 ris, who was one of the honored and most highly 
 respected pioneers of the count}'. A special elec- 
 tion soon followed, and it seemed the universal 
 wish that Mr. Hamilton should .succeed to the 
 judicial honors. He acceptably filled the various 
 duties of the position for ten years, but about a 
 year ago he became Postmaster of Carthage, Pres- 
 ident Cleveland having appointed him to the posi- 
 tion in recognition of his fifty years of faithful 
 .serv'ice in the ranks of the Democracy, his good 
 business ability and popularity. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton has long been well known to 
 many of the leaders of his part}-, and faithfully 
 .served for some years as Chairman of the County 
 Democratic Connuittee. He is a man of broad and 
 liberal views and is highly regarded by all. for 
 o\'er forty years he has been a member of the Ma- 
 .sonic fraternity, having been made a Mason in 
 Hancock Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. M., when 
 twenty-three years of age, and for several years 
 
 served as Master. He also belongs to Carthage 
 Chapter No. 33, R. A. M.; Carthage Council 
 No. 47, R. & S. M.; and Almoner Commandery 
 No. 32, K. T., of Augusta, and has frequently- 
 been a representative to the Grand Lodge. Mr. 
 Hamilton is a pleasant, genial gentleman, of com- 
 manding presence, free from all ostentatious dis- 
 play, and possesses those social qualities which 
 make him a favorite with all. 
 
 (TESSE C. WILLIAMS, who for many years 
 I was prominently connected with the business 
 Q) interests of Carthage, but is 'now practically 
 living a retired life in that city, was born in Rich- 
 mond, Madi.son County, Ky., on the 22d of Au- 
 gust, 18 19. His father, Richard G. Williams, 
 was a native of Culpeper Countj^ Va., and in 
 1808 emigrated to Kentucky, where he met and 
 married Catherine Holder, who was born in that 
 State in 1797. Her father, John Holder, was a 
 native of \'irginia, and was a comrade of Daniel 
 Boone. Her mother was a daughter of Col. 
 Richard Calloway, who was prominent in the 
 French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. He 
 made his home for some jears in Kentuckj-. A 
 story of romantic interest is connected with the 
 marriage of his daughter, and is as follows: 
 
 Late on a Sunday afternoon, three young girls, 
 Betsy and Frances Calloway, daughters of Col. 
 Calloway, and Jemima Boone, a daughter of Dan- 
 iel Boone, ventured from the enclosure at Boones- 
 boro to amuse themselves with a canoe upon the 
 river that flowed by the fort. They drifted down 
 with the current, and before tliej- were aware of 
 danger they were seized by five Indian warriors. 
 Though the)- resisted with their paddles, they 
 were drawn ashore and hurried off to the Shaw- 
 nee tribe on the Ohio. Their screams were heard 
 at the fort, and the cause of the outcry was at 
 once imagined. The fathers were absent, but 
 soon returned and quickly started in pursuit. 
 Col. Calloway heading a mounted party, while 
 Boone, as was his custom, went on foot. His 
 party numbered eight, among whom were three 
 
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 young men, the girls' lovers, who shared in 
 the anxiety of the almost distracted fathers. 
 Betsy Calloway, the eldest girl, marked the trail 
 as she was hurried along by breaking twigs and 
 bending bushes, and when threatened with the 
 tomahawk if she persisted, tore small bits from her 
 dress and dropped them as she passed along. She 
 would also frequently plant the heel of her shoe 
 deeply in the soil to make distinct impres.sions to 
 guide those she knew would soon pursue. Ever\- 
 precaution was taken bj- the Indians to obliterate 
 any trace of their course, but keen eyes and anx- 
 ious hearts were following, and as day dawned on 
 Tuesday a film of smoke showed the vicinity of 
 the camp where the Indians were cooking break- 
 fast. Col. John Floj-d, who was afterwards 
 killed b}- the Indians, was one of the party, and 
 vividly described the rescue. "Our .study was to 
 get the prisoners without giving the Indians time 
 to kill them after the}- discovered us. Four of 
 us fired, and we all rushed on them, by which 
 the}- were prevented from carrying anything away 
 except one shotgun. The red men escaped, but 
 with no guns, clubs or provisions, and two of 
 them were severely wounded. The return of the 
 rescued girls was the occasion of great rejoicing. 
 The young lo\'ers had proved their skill and cour- 
 age under the eye of the greatest of all warriors 
 and woodsmen, Daniel Boone, and had fairly 
 won their sweethearts." Two weeks later the 
 first wedding on Kentucky soil was solemnized, 
 the parties being Samuel Henderson and Bet.sy 
 Calloway. The contract was witnessed by friends 
 and neighbors, the formal license was dispensed 
 with, and the vows were administered by Rev. 
 Boone, a Hardshell Baptist preacher. Within a 
 >ear Frances Calloway became the wife of the 
 gallant Capt. John Holder, who afterwards dis- 
 tinguished himself in Kentucky annals, and 
 Boone' s daughter married the son of Col . Calloway . 
 In tracing the ancestry of the Williams famil\', 
 we find that Je.sse Williams, grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in ea.stern Maryland in 1750. His 
 grandfather had emigrated from Wales and had 
 there located in 1720. Jesse Williams, Sr., emi- 
 grated to Kentucky in 18 17, and there died in 
 1835. His son Richard became a resident of that 
 
 State in 1808, and continued there to make his 
 home until called to his final rest in 1876, at the 
 age of ninety. By trade he was a saddler. His 
 wife died at the age of eighty-seven. In their 
 family were thirteen children, of whom twelve 
 grew to mature years, while eight are yet living. 
 Only two are residents of Illinois, J. C. and a 
 sister who lives in Bloomington. 
 
 The boyhood days of J. C. Williams were .spent 
 upon the old home farm. At the age of twenty 
 he left the parental roof and went to southea.stern 
 Tennessee, where, in 1839, he assisted in build- 
 ing the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, the 
 first road built into the former State. In 1840, 
 he went with his employer to Georgia, and was 
 engaged on the construction of the Georgia Cen- 
 tral Railroad. He ser\'ed as book-keeper for the 
 contractors, and in 1841 returned to Kentucky, 
 where he engaged in farming for a year. He 
 then followed .school-teaching until 1843, when 
 he began selling goods in Mt. Vernon, Ky. In 
 1848, he began business thereon his own account, 
 and continued to successfully carry on operations 
 along that line until 1856, when he removed to 
 Crab Orchard, Ky., where he spent eighteen 
 months. In the fall of 1857, he came to Carthage, 
 where for two years his brother, William H. Will- 
 iams, had been engaged in bu.sine.ss. In August 
 the latter had opened a large store, and in October 
 of the .same year Mr. Williams of this sketch 
 assumed control of the same. He carried a .stock 
 valued at $6,000, which included all kinds of 
 general merchandi.se. After two years his brother 
 retired and entered the army. Later he went to 
 Iowa, but is now li\ing in the northwestern part 
 of Mexico. 
 
 Mr. Williams had married ere leaving his na- 
 tive State. On the 5th of March, 1850, in Lin- 
 coln County, Ky., he wedded Mary Collier, 
 daughter of John and .Susan Collier, of Rock 
 Ca.stle, Ky. Unto them were born seven chil- 
 dren, five of whom are yet living. Oscar W., 
 who graduated from the law department of Har- 
 vard College, is now an attorne>- and the County 
 Judge of Pecos County, Tex. He is al.so a ranch- 
 man and is largely interested in Texas lands. 
 William I), graduated from Abingdon College, of 
 
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 Abingdon, 111., studied law with Judge Ireland, 
 of Austin, Tex., and is now a well-known attor- 
 nej- of Ft. Worth, where he is engaged in prac- 
 tice as a member of the firm of Williams & Butts. 
 Josiah J., who graduated from Carthage College, 
 is also a succe.ssful lawjer. He studied with the 
 firm of Scofield & Hooker, of this city, and is 
 now in practice in Kansas Cit)-, Mo., where he is 
 serving as A.ssistant Pro.secuting Attorney of 
 Jackson County, Mo. Susan, who graduated 
 from Carthage College, is successfully engaged in 
 teaching in the citj' schools. Jessie, a .stenog- 
 rapher and typewriter, is employed in the pub- 
 lishing house of Chapman Brothers, of Chicago. 
 
 Mr. Williams began business for him.self in 
 Carthage in Januarj', i860, and for two years 
 was alone, after which he admitted to partnership 
 A. M. Ossman. The following June Mr. O.ss- 
 nian was murdered, while assi-sting Sheriff Ing- 
 rahm to arrest a man named Ritter, who was 
 killed later in the day. The widow continued in 
 the business for two years, after which Mr. Will- 
 iams became sole proprietor. He did a good bus- 
 iness, building up an excellent trade, and his well- 
 directed efforts brought him a handsome compe- 
 tence. In March, 1892, he retired after a third 
 of a century spent in merchandising in Carthage. 
 He was always prominent in business circles and 
 honorable and straightforward in his dealings. 
 He has always paid one hundred cents on the 
 dollar, and his word is as good as his bond. He 
 had established two branch stores, but did not 
 continue their operation for any great length of 
 time. He is now interested to a considerable ex- 
 tent in Texas lands, having his cajiital well in- 
 vested. 
 
 When a young man in Kentucky, Mr. Will- 
 iams became a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 and he and his wife hold membership with the 
 Christian Church, taking an active interest in its 
 welfare. He has served as a member of the City 
 Council, and was President of the Board. In 
 1871 and 1872, he represented his district in the 
 State Senate, during which time the work of re- 
 con.struction was carried on. By his ballot he has 
 always supported the Democratic party. His 
 time, however, has been mo.stly given to commer- 
 
 cial interests, and through the legitimate channels 
 of business he has acquired a comfortable prop- 
 erty, which is the just reward of a bu.sy and well- 
 spent life. 
 
 "HOMAS F. DUNN, who is now serving his 
 second term as Circuit Clerk of Hancock 
 County, makes his home in Carthage, and 
 is recognized as one of its progressive and public- 
 ■spirited citizens, wide-awake to the best interests 
 of the community. He is also one of Hancock 
 Count)-'s native sons, and a representative of one 
 of her early families. He was born on the 21st 
 of April, 1858, and is of Iri.sh lineage. His par- 
 ents, John and Marj' (Cummings) Dunn, were 
 both natives of the Emerald Isle. The father re- 
 sided in that country during the days of his boy- 
 hood and )-outh, and when a young man of eigh- 
 teen years sailed for America. Hoping to better 
 his financial condition in a land where greater 
 privileges were afforded, he crossed the Atlantic 
 and took up his residence in Connecticut. 
 
 In the Nutmeg State, John Dunn was united in 
 marriage with Mary Cunmiings. They became 
 the parents of eight children, but three of the 
 number are now deceased. Mary still resides in 
 Hancock County; Edward J. is a prosperous 
 farmer of this county; John J. is also engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits; Ellen is the wife of Edgar 
 P. Hull, a resident of Hancock Count}-; and 
 William W. is clerk in the Exchange Bank of 
 Carthage. In 1857 John Dunn came to Illinois, 
 and took up his residence in Pilot Grove Town- 
 ship, Hancock County. There he purchased land, 
 and to its cultivation and improvement he has 
 since devoted his energies. He is recognized as 
 one of the leading agriculturists of the community , 
 and by his well-directed efforts has acquired a 
 comfortable i)roi)erty. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of Mr. 
 Dunn whose name heads this record. He was 
 reared on the old homestead in the usual maimer 
 of farmer lads. His days were passed midst play 
 and work, and in attendance at the common 
 
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 schools, where he acquired a good education. 
 He earlv began to labor in the fields, and became 
 familiar with fann life in all its details. It was 
 his desire, however, to engage in some other pur- 
 suit than that to which he was reared, and when 
 twenty-two years of age he left the parental roof 
 and came to Carthage. 
 
 It was at this time that the official life of Mr. 
 Dunn began. He was appointed Deputy Circuit 
 Clerk of Hancock County, and continued to fill 
 that position for six consecutive years. He was 
 then, in 1888, elected as Circuit Clerk for a term 
 of four years. So ably did he fill the office that 
 on the expiration of his term he was re-elected. 
 He is ever prompt and faithful in the discharge 
 of his official duties, and has won the high com- 
 mendation of all concerned. In 1881 he served as 
 Township Assessor. In his political views, he is 
 a Democrat, and the part}' has found in him a 
 stanch supporter since he attained his majority. 
 Like his parents, he is a member of the Catholic 
 Church. In this county, where his entire life has 
 been passed, he is both widely and favorably 
 known, and his friends throughout the community 
 are man v. 
 
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 SEN. OLIVER EDWARDS, Mayor of War- 
 saw, lives in an elegant home overlooking 
 the Mississippi Valley for many miles. He 
 is recognized as one of the most pi ominent citizens 
 of this place, and his name is inseparably con- 
 nected with many of its leading events. His an- 
 cestors were numbered among the Revolutionary 
 fathers, and his great-grandfather, who serv^ed in 
 the War for Independence, was made a pri.soner 
 in what was called the Black Hole at Quebec, but 
 succeeded in escaping to Albany, N. Y. His 
 widow afterward received a pension in recognition 
 of his ser\'ices. The family has always fur- 
 ni.shed representatives as defenders of the country. 
 John S. Edwards, who was in the War for Inde- 
 pendence, was born July II, 1764, in Dedhani, 
 Mass., and in 1775 removed to Norwich, Mass. 
 In April, 1781, he was drafted for six months' 
 
 service in the Colonial army under Capt. William 
 Forbes. With his command he marched into the 
 interior of New York, where the Indians were 
 harassing the settlers, and was stationed for three 
 months at Ft. Schuyler. He afterward spent 
 three months at Ft. Stannox, where he received 
 his discharge. He died in the ninety-third year 
 of his age. Capt. Oliver Edwards entered the 
 Colonial service in 1775, and valiantly aided in 
 the struggle to secure to the oppressed Colonies 
 release from the British yoke of tyranny. 
 
 Capt. Oliver and Rachel (Parsons) Edwards, 
 of Northampton, Mass., were the grandparents of 
 our .subject. Their son, Dr. Elisha Edwards, 
 father of the General, was born in Chesterfield, 
 Ma.ss., January 26, 1793. When a young man 
 he went to Northampton, and began learning the 
 apothecary's trade in the store of E. Hunt. In 
 1815, he emigrated to Springfield, 111., where he 
 embarked in business on his own account. Af- 
 terward he formed a partnership with Henry ' 
 Stearns, which continued from 1820 until 1825. 
 In 1828, he joined Charles J. Upham in business, 
 under the firm name of C. J. Upham & Co. Dr. 
 Edwards, who was a prominent citizen, was one of 
 the subscribers to the fund for the purchase of the 
 Court Square, and was one of the original Direc- 
 tors of the Chicopee Bank. In 1821, he married 
 Eunice Lombard, daughter of Daniel and Sylvia 
 ( Burt) Lombard, and to them were born five sons 
 and five daughters. The members of the famih- 
 now living are Mrs. Caroline L- Smith, of Spring- 
 field, Mass.; Mrs. Sophia Orne Johnson, of Bath, 
 N. H.; Mrs. Charlotte E. Warner, of Springfield, 
 Mass.; William, a prominent merchant of Cleve- 
 land, Ohio; Mrs. Julia E. Hurd, of Dorchester, 
 Mass.; Oliver, of Warsaw; and Mrs. Mar>- E. 
 Child, of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 We now take up the personal hi.story of Gen. 
 Edwards, who was reared in the expectation of be- 
 coming a master mechanic of Springfield, Mass. 
 In 1856 he emigrated we-stward, making his home 
 in Warsaw, IH., where he became a member of the 
 firm of Heberling, Edwards & Co., and occupied 
 the po.sition of ma.ster mechanic. To that work 
 he devoted his energies until the breaking out of 
 the Civil War, when, prompted by patriotic im- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 pulses, he responded to the country's call for 
 troops. He had studied the events previous to 
 the beginning of the struggle, and when the disso- 
 lution of the Union was threatened he resolved to 
 strike a blow in its defense. He donned the blue, 
 and like his ancestors of old fought valiantl}- for 
 his countrj'. 
 
 Gen. Edwards was a brave soldier. He entered 
 the ser\-ice as Fir.st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 
 Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, June 21, 1861; 
 was mustered in as Colonel of the Thirtj^-seventh 
 Massachusetts Regiment September 4, 1862; and 
 was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers 
 Maj' 19, 1865. He received the brevet rank of 
 Brigadier-General of Volunteers October 19, 1864, 
 for gallant and distinguished services in the battle 
 of Spott.sylvania Court House, Va., and Major- 
 General of \'olunteers April 5, 1865, for conspic- 
 uous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va. 
 He was honorably mustered out of service Januarj- 
 15, 1866. 
 
 When the war was over, Gen. Edwards re- 
 turned to Warsaw and for a year and a-half .served 
 as Postmaster of this place. In the mean time, he 
 was married. On the 3d of September, 1863, he 
 wedded Ann Eliza Johnson, daughter of the late 
 Gen. E. Johnson, of Warsaw. They became par- 
 ents of two children: John E., who is now general 
 superintendent in Montana for Cruse' s cattle and 
 sheep ranches; and Julia Kate at home. 
 
 Gen. Edwards resigned as Postma.ster to become 
 genera! agent for the Florence Sewing-machine 
 Company, of Northampton, Mass. His connec- 
 tion with that company continued for seven years, 
 during a portion of which time he was its man- 
 ager. In 1879, he returned to Warsaw, and re- 
 tired from business, but in 1882 he accepted an 
 appointment as General Superintendent of the 
 Gardner Gun Company in England. Thus his 
 time was occupied for two years, when he resigned 
 on account of ill health and returned home. The 
 best interests of the community have ever found 
 in him a friend, one ever ready to aid in the ad- 
 vancement of those enterprises which are calcula- 
 ted to prove of public benefit. He has been honored 
 with a number of local offices, and is now send- 
 ing his third term as Mayor of Warsaw. The city 
 
 has had no more competent official in that office 
 than Gen. Edwards, whose fidelity to duty is 
 everywhere known and recognized. In his polit- 
 ical views he is a stalwart Republican, and so- 
 cially, is connected with Arthur W. Marsh Post 
 No. 343, G. A. R., and with the Masonic fra- 
 ternity. 
 
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 "PHRAIM H. PORTER, the well-known 
 'S editor of the Hancock Comity Pilot, which 
 ^ is published in Warsaw, claims Alabama as 
 the State of his nativity, his birth having occurred 
 in Gadsden, November 24, 1858. His parents 
 were Ephraim and Sarah A. Porter, the former 
 a native of Connecticut, and the latter of North 
 Carolina. During his life the father engaged in 
 various pursuits, having been a .school teacher, 
 merchant, farmer and saddler. He spent about a 
 quarter of a century in the sunny South, but in 
 1865 removed from Georgia to the North, taking 
 up his residence in Danville, Iowa, where his last 
 days were passed. His death occurred on the 8th 
 of August, 1890, at the age of seventy-four years. 
 Mrs. Porter still survives her husband and is now 
 living with her son in Warsaw. The family- num- 
 bered eleven children, six of whom are yet liv- 
 ing. They are all married, but are widely scat- 
 tered. One resides in Gadsden, Ala.; the second 
 in Chicago; another in Triplett, Mo.; the fourth 
 in Alliance, Neb.; and another in Marble Mount, 
 Wash. 
 
 Mr. Porter of this sketch was only seven years 
 of age at the time of his parents" removal to Iowa. 
 His education was completed in the High School 
 of Danville, that State. He was reared on a farm, 
 and with his father learned the saddler's trade, 
 which he followed for a time, but, wi.shing to de- 
 vote his time and attention to other pursuits, he 
 decided to enter the newspaper field, and at the 
 age of eighteen years began learning the printer's 
 trade in an office in Danville. He was afterward 
 associated with his father in the puljlication of the 
 Danville News. He embarked in this enterprise 
 in 1881 and continued it until 1883, when he .sold 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 out and removed to Martinsville, Clark Count}', 
 111., where he formed a partnership with John 
 Shepherd, an old schoolmate, and established 
 the Martinsville Planet. This connection con- 
 tinued for a year, when Mr. Porter bought out 
 his partner's interest and continued the publica- 
 tion of his paper alone during the four succeed- 
 ing years. Then, selling out, in 1889, and coming 
 to Warsaw, he established the Hancock County Pi- 
 lot, a paper published in the interest of the Demo- 
 cratic party. He has been quite successful in this 
 undertaking, and it has now gained quite an ex- 
 tensive circulation. The paper is a bright, newsy 
 sheet, well edited, and is deserving of a liberal 
 patronage. 
 
 On the 9th of May, 1882, Mr. Porter was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mar>- Elizabeth Petzinger, 
 and to them has been born an interesting family 
 of six children. In his social relations, Mr. Por- 
 ter is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Hancock Lodge 
 No. 71, I. O. O. F. In his political views, he is 
 a stalwart Democrat. Public-spirited and pro- 
 gressive, he is ever alive to the best interests of 
 the community in which he lives, and does all in 
 his power to aid in its advancement. 
 
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 "HOMAS B. hunt, M. D., who is .success- 
 fully engaged in medical practice in War- 
 saw, and who is numbered among the lead- 
 ing physicians of Hancock County, is a native of 
 Kentucky. He was born in Fayette County 
 Jaiuiary 6, iS.^i, and is a son of Silas W. and 
 Elizabeth C. (Wil.son) Hunt, who were also 
 natives of the .same countw Their ancestors 
 removed thither from Virginia. It seems that 
 there were originally three branches of the family 
 in this country, one locating in New York, one 
 in Virginia, and the third in Alabama. The fa- 
 ther of our subject was a farmer by occupation, 
 and followed that pursuit throughout his entire 
 Hfe. He died in Kentucky, September 30, 1869, 
 at the age of .sixty-six years, and his wife died 
 April 15, 1846, at the age of forty-three. They 
 were the parents of eight children, but only three 
 
 are now living: A. S., proprietor of the Phoenix 
 Hotel, of Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hen- 
 dricks, of Georgetown, Ky.; and Thomas B. of 
 this sketch. 
 
 The Doctor acquired his literary education in 
 New Castle, Ky., and, taking up the study of 
 medicine, was graduated from the Medical Uni- 
 versity of Louisville, in the Class of '64. Pre- 
 vious to this time, he had practiced to a limited 
 extent, for he had taken his first course of lec- 
 tures in the winter of 1859-60. For twelve years 
 he engaged in the practice of his profession in 
 Bedford, Ky. In September, 1864, he became 
 Assistant Surgeon of the Fifty-fourth Regiment 
 of Kentucky Mounted Infantry, and served one 
 year, his duties calling him to southern and east- 
 ern Kentucky, East Tennessee and southwestern 
 Virginia. He was always in the field, working in 
 an improvised hospital. 
 
 When the war was over Dr. Hunt returned to 
 Bedford, in September, 1865, and there continued 
 to successfully engage in practice until 1872, when 
 he left his native State and came to Illinois. He 
 took up his residence in Tower Hill, Shelby 
 County, where he remained until 1880, when he 
 came to Warsaw, where he has since made his 
 home, devoting his time and attention to general 
 practice. His success has been a.s.sured from the 
 first, and he now enjoys a liberal patronage as the 
 result of his skill and ability. 
 
 On the 29th of September, 1862, Mr. Hunt 
 wasjoined in wedlock with Miss Mary H. Affleck, 
 the wedding being celebrated in Bedford, Ky. 
 The lady is a daughter of Alex and Marj- R. 
 (Bell) Affleck, and on her father's side is of 
 Scotch descent. To the Doctor and his wife have 
 been born nine children. Two died in Kentucky 
 and three in Illinois. Those living are Mollie 
 Gibson and MattieM., both of whom are engaged 
 in teaching; Sanuiel J., who is employed in the 
 machine .shops in Peoria; and Berenice, at home. 
 
 .Socially, Dr. Hunt is a member of the Ancient 
 Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Inde- 
 pendent Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, American Legion of Honor, and the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. In 1886 he was 
 electedCommander of Arthur W. Morris Post No. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 343, G. A. R., again served in 1890 and 1891, 
 and was elected for the fourth term in 1893. He 
 is a member of the Christian Church, and has 
 served as Trustee of the Warsaw public schools 
 for nine years, part of the time as President of 
 the Board. He takes an active interest in the 
 cause of education, and in everything that tends 
 to elevate humanity. He is President of the 
 Board of Pension Examiners of Carthage, with 
 which he has been connected for several years, 
 and for a time was President of the Board both in 
 Bushnell and Carthage. He received his first 
 appointment under President Cleveland, was re- 
 appointed by President Harrison, and then again 
 by Cleveland. By his ballot he always supports 
 the Democracy. He is a man of social nature 
 and generous disposition, and in the community 
 where he has now made his home for fourteen 
 years he is widely and favorably known. 
 
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 pCJlLLIAM P. RAICH, who is prominent in 
 \ A / busine.ss circles in Warsaw, represents 
 V V various insurance companies, and is doing 
 a good business along that line. One of War- 
 saw's native sons, he was born in the city which 
 is still his home on the 15th of November, 1858. 
 His parents, Frederick and Elizabeth (Ro.ss) 
 Raich, were both natives of German}-. The fa- 
 ther was a .stone mason by trade and fallowed 
 that pur.suit for many years. He bade adieu to 
 his native land in 1856, crossed the Atlantic to 
 America, and took up his residence in Louisville, 
 Ky., from whence he came to Warsaw. His 
 death occurred in 1882, and his wife died twenty 
 years previous, passing away in 1862. In their 
 family were five children, of whom three are yet 
 living, namely: William P. of this notice; Benja- 
 min A. , who is connected with the pickle works 
 of Warsaw; and Fannie M., who holds the po.si- 
 tion of book-keeper with the firm of Eckbohm, 
 Dross & Co. 
 
 Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth midst play and work, and his education 
 was acquired in the public schools of Warsaw. 
 
 He began earning his own livelihood at the age 
 of fifteen years, and whatever success he has 
 achieved in life is due to his own efforts. In 
 1873, he began working as delivery boy in the 
 grocery store of Stroh & Roth, and was thus em- 
 ployed for about three years. In 1876, he began 
 clerking for Mr. Stroh, and the following year en- 
 tered the emplo)- of the firm of Eckbohm, Dross 
 & Co. as book-keeper. He continued in that 
 capacity for fifteen years, a faithful and trusted 
 employe. In the mean time he had worked into 
 the insurance business, and in 1893 he opened 
 an insurance office. He now represents various 
 companies, including the Mutual Life Insurance 
 Companj- of New York; the Bankers' Life of Des 
 Moines, Iowa; the Northern Assurance Company 
 of London; Niagara Fire Insurance Company of 
 New York; the Detroit Fire and Marine; Traders' 
 of Chicago; and the American Fire Insurance 
 Company of New York. He has a good and 
 growing business, which has constantly increased 
 from the beginning, until it has reached fair pro- 
 portions, and yields to the proprietor a good in- 
 come. 
 
 The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Raich 
 was in her maidenhood Miss Lou.sia A. Schott. 
 The marriage of our subject and his wife was 
 celebrated on the nth of November, 1884, and 
 they have become the parents of four children, 
 two sons and two daughters, Clara, George, 
 Frederick and Carrie. Mrs. Raich is the daugh- 
 ter of John Schott, a resident of Warsaw. Mr. 
 Raich, who is a stockholder in the Warsaw Pickle 
 Company, assisted in organizing the company, 
 which was incorporated in February, 1887, and 
 was its first Secretary, holding that position for 
 one year. 
 
 In his social relations, Mr. Raich is an Odd 
 Fellow. He exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Democratic party, and has been 
 honored with a number of local and official pasi- 
 tions. He was elected Collector of Warsaw in 
 1887, was chosen Alderman in 1889, and in 1893 
 served as Assessor. His various duties he dis- 
 charged with promptness and fidelity, for he is al- 
 ways true to every trust, whether public or pri- 
 vate, that is reposed in him. He is well known 
 
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 in this community, where his entire life has been 
 passed, and his warmest friends are those with 
 whom he has been acquainted from boyhood, a 
 fact which indicates an honorable and straight- 
 forward career. 
 
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 HON. JOHN DEE STEVENS (deceased), 
 of Carthage, was prominently identified 
 with the history of Hancock County for 
 many years, and, in fact, his name is inseparably 
 connected therewith, for he was a leader in 
 main- enterprises and public movements which 
 have resulted in the growth and development of 
 the county and in promoting its best interests and 
 material welfare. Almo.st his entire life was here 
 passed, and so widely and fa\'orably was he 
 known that we feel assured our readers will re- 
 ceive with interest this record of his career. 
 
 Mr. Stevens was one of the native sons of Illi- 
 nois, his birth having occurred in Carrollton, 
 Greene County, February 8, 1826. His parents, 
 Joseph and Elmira (Dee) Stevens, were married 
 in Carrollton, in April, 1825. The maternal 
 grandfather, John Dee, was a native of Vermont, 
 and with his family removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 where Mr. and Mrs. Stevens became acquainted. 
 In 1818, her father's family went to St. Charles, 
 Mo. , and two years later removed to Carrollton, 
 111., where, in 1822, Joseph Stevens took up his 
 residence. He was born in New York City, and 
 in Cincinnati learned the hatter's trade. In 
 1828, he removed with his wife and son John to 
 Hazel Green, Wis., and for a few months was 
 connected with the lead-mining interests of that 
 region, but in the autumn he went down the 
 Mi-ssissippi on a keel-boat to where now .stands 
 the town of Louisiana, Mo. , which was then onh- 
 a hamlet. There he opened a hatter's shop, and 
 in connection with business along that line traded 
 extensively with the Indians, making various 
 trips to the several tribes in northwestern Illi- 
 nois, Iowa and Wisconsin. This he carried on 
 until his business was almost stopped by the 
 Black Hawk War, in 1832. The following year 
 
 he came to Hancock County, and secured Gov- 
 ernment land in Chili Township, about twelve 
 miles due .south of Carthage, being located on 
 the main line of travel between Quincy and the 
 East. He established the stage-house at Chili for 
 the accommodation of the public, and, .securing 
 the control of the line, continued to nni stages be- 
 tween Macomb and Quinc)- for some >'ears. His 
 place was noted for its cheerful hospitality, and 
 its most popular and companionable landlord be- 
 came a favorite with all who went his way. He 
 died on the old home.stead in 1846, at the age of 
 forty-six. His widow survived him about seven- 
 teen years, her death occurring in 1863. Car- 
 thage had ju.st been chosen the county .seat when 
 he located here, and he was present at the fir.st 
 sale of town lots, which occurred in 1832. He 
 was an anti-Mormon, and was called to aid in 
 suppressing that sect. Not long after he located 
 in this county, he was joined by his brother, 
 Moses Stevens, who also secured Government 
 land. He was a contractor, and erected the court 
 house which is .still standing. He completed the 
 building in 1839, and soon afterwards went to 
 Iowa. In 1850, he went to California, where his 
 death occurred the same year. 
 
 John Dee Stevens was the eldest in a family of 
 four sons and one daughter who grew to mature 
 years. George W. resides at Medicine Lodge, 
 Kan. ; J. O. is a farmer of Chili Township; Mrs. J. 
 S. Hatton resides in Carrollton, 111.; and Frank, 
 a Union soldier, was killed at the battle of 
 Jackson, Miss., in 1863. John remained at home 
 during his boyhood, and passed through the ex- 
 citing scenes which accompanied the Mormon 
 troubles. He was with the men who were called 
 out bj- Gov. Ford to aid in disbanding the Mor- 
 mons at Nauvoo. On the 27th of June, 1844, 
 Hyruni and Joseph Smith were killed by a squad 
 of men from Warsaw, who had been expected to 
 join Gov. Ford at Golden Point, but who after 
 disbandnient came to Carthage and committed 
 the atrocious murder. Mr. Stevens remembered 
 .seeing both men when they were brought into 
 the court house the following morning. Later 
 he was with the forces under Thomas Muckman, 
 of Mt. Sterling, who, with John Carlin. went to 
 
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 Nauvoo to ser\-e the papers on the Mormons. 
 This was in October, 1846. The army of about 
 five hundred camped three miles from the temple 
 at Nauvoo and awaited negotiations, which it was 
 hoped would end the affair peaceably, but these 
 were rejected, and hostilities commenced. The 
 battle was begun and raged for an hour and a- 
 quarter. when the supplies gave out, and the at- 
 tacking party withdrew. Mr. Stevens remained 
 with the army, doing the duty assigned him un- 
 til hostilities ceased, and Nauvoo was given into 
 the hands of the authorities. Soon after, the 
 Mexican War came on, and he was anxious to 
 enter the service, but the death of his father oc- 
 curred about that time and he felt that his sen-ices 
 were needed at home, although he had made 
 preparations to join a regiment at Ouincy. 
 
 In 1849, gold was discovered in California, and 
 the following year Mr. Stevens joined three 
 young men, who with a six-horse team started 
 overland to California. On reaching their de.sti- 
 nation, Mr. Stevens began work in the mines at 
 Placerville, but. being attacked by rheumatism, 
 he was disabled for that arduous labor. After 
 leaving the mines, he sought a warm climate, and 
 located near the old missions of Santa Barbara 
 and Los Angeles, where he .secured employment 
 with some Mormons who were engaged in the 
 lumber business. It is ver>- probable that he did 
 not tell his employers that he had acted as a sol- 
 dier against them in Hancock County, else he 
 would have lost his position, if nothing wor.se had 
 occurred. At length he turned his face toward 
 home, for he was tired of wild life in the West, 
 and determined to join a sur\-e>ing party which 
 was fixing the boundan,- line between Mexico and 
 the United States. In company with a Mr. Pea- 
 body from Ohio, and an old .sailor named Mor- 
 mon Bill, he started on the trip, the three travel- 
 ing on ponies. The journey was full of interest- 
 ing and sometimes dangerous adventures and was 
 one never to be forgotten by Mr. Stevens. His 
 companions were not men of the best class, and af- 
 ter a time he parted company with them, join- 
 ing a man who was going direct to Texas. 
 Mr. Stevens proceeded to Eltar, Mexico, where 
 he joined two Americans and .sixty native laborers. 
 
 who were building a substantial fort. Here Mr. 
 Stevens began raising tobacco, which sold for 
 $10 per pound in Mexico, but the Apache In- 
 dians coming to attack him, the camp and its fol- 
 lowers all fled to Eltar, and the crop was lost. 
 Our subject then set out to join the surveying 
 party. On the way he fell in with a band of 
 thieves, but at length reached the party, and later 
 found himself in San Antonio, Tex. 
 
 Mr. Stevens did not then at once set out for 
 Illinois, but. with the hope of retrieving his for- 
 tunes, made a trip to Ft. Clark. At length, after 
 an ab.sence of five years, he returned to the scenes 
 of his boyhood, poor in pocket, but rich in expe- 
 rience. The following year he visited Ft. Riley, 
 Kan., then the headquarters of all the wild spirits 
 of the border, but a few months spent there satis- 
 fied him, for he was in the company of gamblers, 
 and he returned to the prairies of Hancock Coun- 
 ty, and accustomed himself to the habits of a 
 more civilized life. 
 
 About this time he married Miss Julia Ann 
 Towler, of La Prairie, Adams County, and 
 after his marriage he began fanning on the old 
 home which he had left seven years before, and 
 there resided until 1870, when he was elect- 
 ed County Sheriff, and removed to Carthage. 
 In 1872, he was re-elected and eflScientlj- ser\'ed 
 for four years. During the succeeding ten years 
 he devoted himself to farming interests, but did 
 not remove to the countrj-. In 1882, he was 
 chosen to represent his district in the State Legis- 
 lature, and while thus serving always had the in- 
 terests of his constituents at heart, and took an 
 active part in advocating such legi.slation as 
 would cau.se the railroads to provide more ade- 
 quate ser\'ice for the people. This roused the op- 
 position of those connected with the railroads, and 
 when he was renominated the opposing part}' so 
 persistently worked against him that he was de- 
 feated. For years he was Chairman of the Coun- 
 tj- Democratic Committee, and did all in his 
 power to promote his party's interests. He was 
 the author of the "Aledo Letter,"which resulted in 
 the iniion of the Democrats and Greenbackers in 
 the district for the election to Congress of their 
 candidate, William H, Neece, much to the cha- 
 
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 grin and annoyance of the Republican leaders. 
 He was a man of keen obsen'ation, a close stu- 
 dent of human nature, and his great urbanity and 
 .suavity of manner made him a leader of men. 
 He became Postma.ster of Carthage under Cleve- 
 land, but resigned his office on the election of 
 President Harrison, not desiring to serve under a 
 political opponent. Though he was an advocate 
 of Democratic principles, he did not fully agree 
 with the President on all matters, as he was a 
 strong advocate of the free-coinage system. 
 
 Mr. Stevens took an active interest in every- 
 thing that pertained to the perpetuation of the au- 
 thentic history of the count}' in which he .so long 
 made his home. He was for ^-ears a member 
 of the Old Settlers' Association, and for two 
 years served as its President. He was a man of 
 broad and liberal mind, who believed in giving to 
 the pioneers who were the founders of the county 
 their just dues. Those who knew him esteemed 
 him highly for the many excellencies of his char- 
 acter, and certainly his name deserves an honored 
 place on the pages of his adopted county. 
 
 Mr. Stevens died at his home in Carthage Jan- 
 uan- 3, 1S94, after an illness of but a few days. 
 His children are Leona M., who is connected 
 with the educational interests of the county; Clara 
 B., wife of Thomas Jackson, a farmer of Hancock 
 Countv: and Elmira A., at home. 
 
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 iA C. ECKBOHM is acknowledged by many 
 
 y to be the leading business man of Warsaw. 
 
 CS He is connected with some of its leading 
 industries and interests, and thereby has aided 
 materially in the progress, prosperity and up- 
 building of this place. The various enterprises 
 with which he is connected have yielded to him a 
 good income and numbered him among the .sub- 
 stantial citizens of the community. 
 
 Mr. Eckbohm is a native of Germany. He 
 was born in Liebick, March 13, 1S46, and is a 
 son of Henry and Marie (Wohlbrand) Eckbohm. 
 The father was a ship carpenter by trade, and fol- 
 lowed that business in his native land. In i860. 
 
 he bade adieu to his old home and friends and 
 with his family cros.sed the briny deep to America. 
 On landing in this country he came direct to 
 Warsaw, where he made his home until his death, 
 which occurred about the year 1884. In the 
 family were three children, of whom two are now 
 living, namely: Mrs. Capt. Myers, and Martin C. 
 of this sketch. A brother, Charles, was drowned 
 at Mound City, 111., on the loth of June, 1881. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of our .subject. He at- 
 tended the public schools of his native land until 
 fourteen years of age, when he accompanied his 
 parents on their emigration to America. During 
 the past thirty-four years, he has been a resident 
 of Warsaw, and is familiar with the history' of its 
 upbuilding and advancement. In October, 1872, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Shafer, 
 of Warsaw, daughterof John Shafer. They have 
 one child, Clara. 
 
 In 1 88 1, Mr. Eckbohm established the firm of 
 Eckbohm, Dross & Co., dealers in hardware, ag- 
 ricultural implements and groceries. He had 
 formerly been engaged in the grain business for 
 several years. When the above-mentioned firm 
 was established, he labored assiduously to build 
 up a good business, and by his well-directed ef- 
 forts, his fair and honest dealing, and his earnest 
 desire to please his customers he soon secured a 
 liberal patronage. He also established a branch 
 house in Keokuk and one in Alexandria, and both 
 proved profitable investments, yielding to the 
 owner a good income. In 1888. he established 
 the pickle works at Warsaw. A company was 
 formed with a capital stock of $25,000. From 
 the beginning trade has constantl}' increased, and 
 the business in 1893 amounted to upwards of 
 $75,000. In that year they purcha.sed forty-two 
 thousand bushels of cucumbers. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Eckbohm is a Re- 
 publican, and has twice .served as City Alderman 
 of Warsaw with credit to himself and satisfaction 
 to his con.stituents. He manifests a commenda- 
 ble interest in ever^-tliing that pertains to the 
 welfare of the connnunity, and his hearty support 
 and co-operation ar^given to those enterprises 
 which are calculated to prove of public benefit. 
 
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 Socially, he is connected with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. Through the legitimate 
 channels of business he has won a success of which 
 he is well deserving — a success which has brought 
 to him a handsome income, and made him one of 
 Warsaw's substantial citizens. 
 
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 REV. HOLMES DYSINGER, D. D., Presi- 
 dent of Carthage College, is well known as a 
 leading educator throughout Illinois and 
 other Central States. He was born near Mifflin, 
 Pa., March 26, 1853, and was one of a family that 
 numbered six sons and a daughter. The family 
 is of German origin, his ancestors having set- 
 tled originally in York and Lancaster Counties, 
 Pa., more than a century ago. His grandparents 
 on both sides removed to that part of Mifflin 
 County which was afterwards cut off and forms 
 a part of Juniata County. There was celebrated 
 the marriage of Joseph Dysinger and Mary 
 Amelia Patterson, who became the parents of our 
 subject. They were not wealthy people and did 
 not leave to their children a handsome compe- 
 tency, but they gave to them what is oftentimes 
 far better — a good home training. They were 
 reared to habits of industry' and economy, and les- 
 sons of honor, obedience and consideration for 
 one another were instilled into their young minds. 
 Their parents po.ssessed true refinement, and sur- 
 rounded their children with only that which was 
 pure and good. 
 
 In the labors of the farm, Mr. Dy.singer of this , 
 sketch was also well developed. From an early 
 age he was very fond of study, and .soon man- 
 ifested a praiseworthy ambition to excel in the 
 country schools, which con\-ened for about three 
 months out of the year. He found in his parents 
 his principal teachers, and the older members of 
 the family often assisted the younger in their les- 
 sons, an experience which proved of benefit to 
 Mr. Dysinger in his after life. His love of good 
 books continued to grow, and he soon became fa- 
 miliar with the broad and elevating thoughts of 
 many master minds. He wished to enter profes- ' 
 
 sional life, and one of his first independent efforts 
 was at school-teaching, which he began at the 
 early age of seventeen. During the .spring and 
 summer he would aid in the labors of the farm, 
 and in the winter season take charge of the 
 school. He was thus employed for five years. 
 
 In the winter of 1871-72, under the preaching 
 of the Rev. D. M. Blackwelder, he united with 
 the Lutheran Church, and from that time has 
 been actively interested in its promotion. Be- 
 coming imbued with a strong desire to enter the 
 ministry, be began a course of preparation for the 
 sacred office, and his studies were cho.sen with 
 the view of fitting himself for college. In the 
 spring of 1873, he became a pupil at Airy View 
 Academy, at Port Royal, Juniata County, Pa., 
 where he took up the study of Latin and Greek 
 in connection with the academic course. As time 
 advanced, his desire to enter the niini.strj' grew 
 continually stronger, for he felt that his labors 
 were needed in the work of uplifting humanity. 
 With the exception of one term at the academy 
 and a few private lessons, he prepared himself for 
 college without the aid of a teacher, and in the 
 fall of 1875 was admitted to the Sophomore Cla.ss 
 of Pennsylvania College, at Getty.sburg, Pa., 
 where he applied himself assiduously to his stud- 
 ies. He was graduated from that school in the 
 spring of 1878, and had the honor of being vale- 
 dictorian of his class. The excellent work which 
 he did in the school, and the regard of the faculty, 
 were shown by his appointment as tutor and man- 
 ager-in-chief of the preparatorj- department of 
 his alma tiiaUr. While thus employed he .spent 
 all his .spare time in the .study of theology in the 
 seminar)- clas.ses, and at length completed the 
 course and was graduated from the .seminary in 
 June, 1 88 1. However, he continued his studies 
 along that line for the following year, and at the 
 termination of his post-graduate course in theol- 
 ogy, he received notice of his election to the Pro- 
 fessorship of Ancient Languages of North Carolina 
 College, where he remained for about a year. 
 He afterwards ser\-ed for a short time as supply 
 in a mi.ssion church in Mooresville, N. C. In the 
 spring of 1883, he accepted the Chair of Ancient 
 Languages in Newberrj- College, Newberry, S.C, 
 
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 151 
 
 and entered upon his duties in the following au- 
 tumn. He filled that position five years, and 
 during four years of that period also ser\-ed as 
 Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis 
 in the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Semi- 
 narj- of the South. 
 
 In August, 1886, was celebrated the marriage ot 
 Rev. Mr. Dysinger and Miss Ada Ray, a most es- 
 timable and accomplished ladj- of Blairsville, Pa. 
 While at Newberry College, the Professor became 
 a member of the American Institute of the He- 
 brew Language, an organization formed by Prof 
 \V. R. Harper, then of Yale College, but now 
 President of the Chicago University. During the 
 regular vacation months, he was employed one 
 season as a professor in that institute. He is a 
 man of earnest purpose, and his researches and in- 
 struction in Hebrew literature did nuich for the 
 advancement of knowledge along that line. His 
 connection with Carthage College began July 10, 
 1888. He was elected its President, and he and 
 his able corps of assistants form a mo.st excellent 
 faculty. He is capable of filling the most respon- 
 sible position, which he has now held for about 
 six 3'ears to the .satisfaction of all concerned. 
 
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 HON. WILLIAM HARRISON RANDOLPH, 
 deceased, who was one of the most public- 
 spirited and progressive citizens Macomb 
 has ever known, and who was a leading factor in 
 all that pertained to the upbuilding of the city, 
 was born in Lebanon, Ohio, on the 20th of Au- 
 gust, 1813, and was a son of David and Rebecca 
 (Sutphen) Randolph. Both were natives of New 
 Jersey, and from that .State they removed to 
 Kentucky, and thence to Ohio. Some members 
 of the family, however, are .still living in Lexing- 
 ton, Ky. The Randolph family was founded in 
 America in a ver>- early day, bj' ancestors who 
 crossed the Atlantic and settled in New Jersey 
 prior to the Revolution. 
 
 W. H. Randolph spent his early boyhood on 
 his father's farm, and in his youth he served an 
 apprenticeship in a woolen mill in Lebanon, Ohio. 
 
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 Wishing to tr\- his fortune on the broad prairies 
 of the West, and with the hope of thereby better- 
 ing his financial condition, he came to McDon- 
 ough County, 111., in 1834, and cast his lot 
 among the early settlers. He embarked in gen- 
 eral merchandi.sing in Macomb, and from a small 
 beginning he steadily increased his business until 
 it had assumed extensive proportions. His fel- 
 low-town.smen, soon recognizing his worth and 
 ability, called him to public office, and in 1838 
 he was elected County Sheriff, which po.sition he 
 filled for six years, or for three terms. In 1844, 
 he was sent to the House of Representatives, and 
 in 1846 was elected his own successor. Manj' 
 years passed before he was allowed to retire to 
 private life, for he was always found prompt and 
 faithful in the discharge of his public duties, and 
 the confidence and trust of the people were alwaj's 
 with him. In 1848, he was elected Circuit Clerk 
 of the county, and filled that position until 1856. 
 He very seldom, if ever, held an office to which 
 he was not re-elected on the expiration of his first 
 term. His popularity and the confidence repo.sed 
 in him were so great that he always ran far ahead 
 of his ticket, and on no occasion was he a defeated 
 candidate. 
 
 On the 26th of January, 1837, Mr. Randolph 
 was united in marriage with Matilda Jane Brook- 
 ing, daughter of Thomas Alexander and Mar}- 
 Louise (Thrushley) Brooking, the former a na- 
 tive of Richmond, Va., and the latter of Lexing- 
 ton, Ky. Her parents were honored pioneers of 
 McDonough County, who, in 1834, settled upon 
 a farm four miles north of Macomb. They had a 
 family of thirteen children, six of whom are yet 
 living, namely: Mrs. Randolph; William T. and 
 Alexander V., of Macomb; Robert S., of Ando- 
 ver, S. Dak.; Mrs. J. E. Randolph, of Ft. Scott, 
 Kan.; and August, a farmer of Dallas, Tex. 
 One of the number, Edward S., was killed near 
 Memphis, Tenn., upon the occasion of a raid by 
 Forest's men. He was taken pri.soner, and was 
 afterwards killed by his captors, August 21, 1864. 
 He was buried by the roadside, and all trace of 
 his grave was soon lost, so that his resting-place 
 is unmarked. A sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Upde- 
 grafF, died October 13, 1873. Mrs. Lucy Snyder, 
 
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 of CarroUton, Mo., died in August, 1889. Louise 
 died in May, 1852, and the others died in early 
 childhood. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Randolph began their dome.stic 
 life in Macomb, and always made their home in 
 this city. In 1854, he opened the first banking 
 house in McDonough County, in company with 
 Joseph M. Parkinson, Joseph W. Blount and M. 
 T. Winslow. During the first two j-ears they 
 were quite successful, but they were persuaded by 
 T. L. McCoy, of Galesburg, to invest $20,000 in 
 the Nemaha Valley Bank. The Macomb Bank 
 was to issue its own notes and to be held respon- 
 sible for the same, as was the case with ever\- 
 other bank interested therein, but afterwards an- 
 other arrangement was made whereby any notes 
 issued on the Nemaha Valley Bank could be pre- 
 sented to any bank connected therewith for col- 
 lection, and then sent to their respective banks 
 for final redemption. In 1858, the Nemaha Val- 
 ley Bank failed. Me.ssrs. Randolph & Co. re- 
 deemed their whole issue and over $5,000 of the 
 notes of other parties, for which the}- never ob- 
 tained compen.sation. This cau.sed their failure, 
 and Mr. Randolph alone lost over $too,ooo. 
 Here the honorable dealing which alwa>-s charac- 
 terized his business career was strongly shown. 
 He did not compromise with his creditors, pajing 
 a few cents on the dollar, but he began at once to 
 liquidate all debts, and labored earne.stl}- to pay 
 his creditors. At the time of his death he had 
 paid nearly the entire amount. No one doubted 
 his honest}- of purpose, for his word was as good 
 as his bond. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Randolph began the erection of 
 the well-known Randolph Hotel, which stands as 
 a monument to his enterprise and public spirit. 
 Not finding a suitable tenant, he took charge of it 
 in 1858, and continued to carry on the hotel busi- 
 ness until his death. He made the house a fav- 
 orite stopping-place with the traveling public, 
 and it was an honor to the city. During the 
 same year that work on the hotel was begun, he 
 laid off Oakwood Cemeter\', comprising a tract of 
 eleven acres, north of the city. It was the most 
 beautiful and eligible spot near Macomb, and he 
 set it aside as a resting-place for those who had 
 
 cros-sed the dark river. Mr. Randolph was also 
 interested in the real-estate business. In 1853, 
 he began business along that line under the firm 
 name of Randolph, Parkinson & Co., and this 
 connection was continued until November 3, 1856, 
 when the firm became McLean, Randolph & Co. 
 The\- confined their operations to a region known 
 as the "Military- Tract," comprising sixteen 
 counties, lying between the Illinois and Mi.s.sis- 
 sippi Rivers, and for a time did an extensive bus- 
 iness, which materially increased Mr. Randolph's 
 wealth. He was a man of keen sagacitj- and 
 foresight, which, combined with his thorough 
 knowledge of the countrj-, made his purchases 
 and sales profitable. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Randolph was first a Whig, 
 and on the organization of the Republican party 
 he at once joined its ranks. No one was ever 
 doubtful as to where he stood, for he was a man 
 of firm convictions, and neither fear nor favor 
 could make him withhold an opinion on questions 
 which he believed to be vitally important to the 
 country. When the Republican part}' was yet 
 new and its success seemed doubtful, he put forth 
 ever}' eifort in its behalf and labored untiringly 
 for its growth and upbuilding. In i860, he re- 
 doubled his efforts in support of Illinois' greatest 
 statesman, and his labors in this community did 
 much toward securing the large majority which 
 was given to the Martyr President. His loyalty 
 and patriotism were made manifest on the out- 
 break of the late war, and his time and means were 
 given freely to the support of the Union. The 
 boys in blue were ever welcome at his house, and 
 if they had no money to pay bills it mattered not, 
 for he gave to them freely. They were engaged 
 in the effort to preserve the Union, and the cause 
 was dear to his heart. 
 
 On the 15th of June, 1863, Mr. Randolph was 
 appointed Deputy Pro\ost-Marshal for McDon- 
 ough County, without his solicitation, and was 
 re-appointed September 28, 1864. His friends 
 urged him not to accept, for they knew that 
 many enemies would arise, anxious to take the 
 life of one whom they would regard as a foe; but 
 it was a question of dut}-, not of safety, with him, 
 and he accepted the appointment. His first act 
 
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 153 
 
 was to make an enrollment of the militia, report- 
 ing the names to the Provost-Marshal in Mt. 
 Sterling. At this time McDoiiough Count3- was 
 short in the quota, and a draft was ordered. The 
 number deficient was drawn, and among others 
 John Bond, of Hire Town.ship, was drafted. Mr. 
 Randolph at once notified him, and ordered him 
 to report at once at Mt. Sterling; but this not be- 
 ing done he proceeded to Blandinsville to arrest 
 Bond. The latter endeavored to escape, but Mr. 
 Randolph told him he was a prisoner. Bond 
 then took a step or two back and fired at Mr. 
 Randolph, after which he fled. The Marshal re- 
 turned the shots, and each fired again several 
 times. James Bond, a brother of the prisoner, 
 now came up in the rear of the Marshal and be- 
 gan firing, and inflicted a fatal wound, the death 
 of Mr. Randolph following within twentj'-four 
 hours. His loss was mourned throughout the 
 entire community, for he was one of the most 
 prominent, influential and highly-respected citi- 
 zens. His name is inseparably connected with 
 the history of the communitj% for he was one of 
 the important factors in its upbuilding. 
 
 Mrs. Randolph still surA'ives her luusband and 
 is yet living in Macomb. She is the possessor of 
 considerable valuable property, and the income 
 derived therefrom surrounds her with all the 
 comforts of life. 
 
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 Raw DAVID LOY TRESSLER was born 
 in Loy.sville, Pa., February 15, 1839, and 
 was a son of Col. John Tre.ssler, whose death 
 occurred in 1859. The father was a man of much 
 more than ordinary- ability, and was a prominent 
 citizen of the Keystone .State. He was a warm 
 friend to education, and with his own means 
 erected a school in Loysville, of which he was at 
 the head for several years. On his death his son 
 succeeded to his position. This academy was 
 later transformed into a Soldiers' Orphans' Home, 
 and stands to-day as the permanent Orphans' 
 Home of the Lutheran Church of Pennsylvania. 
 Others in the family evinced a talent for educa- 
 
 tional work, and a brother of our subject, who 
 died at the age of twenty-four, occupied the Chair 
 of Mathematics in the Capital University in Col- 
 umbus, Ohio. 
 
 The Rev. D. L. Tressler whose name heads 
 this sketch was educated in the public schools and 
 in Loysville Academy, of which he afterwards be- 
 came principal. In 1857 he entered the sopho- 
 more class of the Pennsylvania College, and was 
 graduated with honor in i860. The same year 
 he became principal of the academy which his fa- 
 ther founded, but in 1S62 resigned that position, 
 and largely among his students raised a company 
 of volunteers for service in the Civil War. He 
 was chosen Captain, and led his command in the 
 battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Fred- 
 ericksburg. In the last-named he was twice 
 wounded, but after recovering he resumed his com- 
 mand and took part in the famous battle of Chan- 
 cellorsville. He was tendered a Colonel's com- 
 mission, but declined this and returned home. 
 
 Capt. Tre.ssler then took up the study of law, 
 and in 1864 was admitted to the Bar. For five 
 years he continued practice, and was considered a 
 rising young lawyer, for his talents were such as 
 to make him well adapted for that profession; but 
 he had other aspirations, and as he expressed it, 
 " If I wish to be rich in this world's goods, I will 
 remain in the legal profession; if rich in the next 
 world, I will enter the ministrj'." Accordingl)-, 
 in 1870, having removed to Mendota, 111., he en- 
 tered the ministry of the Lutheran Church, and 
 was immediately called to Lena, where he labored 
 most assiduously and successfully until coming to 
 Cartilage in 1872, having been elected a professor 
 in Carthage College. After one year's work- in 
 the classroom he was called to the head of the in- 
 stitution, entering upon the duties of President in 
 1873. He also had charge of the financial affairs 
 of the college and was pastor of the Trinity Luth- 
 eran Church. It was largely through his in.stru- 
 mentality that the substantial house of worshi]i 
 was erected. 
 
 In 1865, Dr. Tressler wedded AdaJ. Mclntyre, 
 of Pennsylvania, who survives him and still makes 
 her home in Carthage, highly respected by all 
 who know her as a lady of refinement, possessed 
 
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 of many excellencies of character. She was a 
 faithful helpmate to her husband, and by her gen- 
 tle, vvomanl}- influence aided him greatly in his 
 work as an educator and minister. 
 
 Dr. Tressler was admirably fitted for the im- 
 portant position which he held. He was a man 
 of indomitable energy, quick intellect and fine 
 business tact, possessed a kind, generous and sym- 
 pathetic nature, was of a cheerful disposition, and 
 always looked upon the bright side of things. He 
 had a happy faculty of making every one feel at 
 ease in his presence, and with untiring zeal and 
 energj- he labored for the success of the college 
 and for the advancement of the cause of Christ. 
 He was a fluent and graceful writer, possessed 
 many of the qualities of a fine orator, and in man- 
 ner was easj' and free and void of all ostentation 
 and' display. His career was devoted to all that 
 was noble and best in life and to the elevation of 
 humanit)-. His death, which occurred Februarj' 
 20, 1880, in his fortj'-second year, was deeply 
 mourned, not only in this community, but 
 throughout the circles of the Lutheran Church. 
 
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 HENRY BOWER, of Carthage, who is now 
 practically living a retired life, is a native of 
 the Keystone State, his birth having oc- 
 curred in Carlisle, Pa., on the iith of March, 
 1825. His father, Daniel Bower, was also a na- 
 tive of Cumberland County. He was a farmer 
 by occupation, and married Martha Bishop, a na- 
 tive of York County. Their la.st j-earswere spent 
 in Cumberland County, and when death came 
 they were laid to rest in Carlisle Cemeterj-. 
 
 Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth in his parents' home, and ere he attained 
 his majority he served an apprenticeship of three 
 years and a-half to the black-smith's trade, which 
 he followed for a time. At length he determined 
 to seek a home in the West, and in 1855 started 
 for Kansas, but located instead in Hancock Coun- 
 ty. 111. In the spring of 1857, he came to Carth- 
 age, and, meeting old friends, decided to remain in 
 this place. He secured the position of Jailer, in 
 
 which capacity he served for three years. In 
 1865, he opened a blacksmith shop near the pres- 
 ent .site of the city water works, and continued 
 to work at his trade until 1878. He did a good 
 business and accumulated a comfortable compe- 
 tence. Part of his capital he invested in a one 
 hundred acre farm situated a mile and a-half west 
 of Carthage, on the Keokuk road. He rents his 
 land, which is under a high state of cultivation 
 and well improved, and therefore yields to him a 
 good income. 
 
 Mr. Bower was married ere leaving the State of 
 his nativity. On the 22d of March, 1849, in Mt. 
 Rock, Pa., he was joined in wedlock with Miss 
 Rachel Melinda David.son, who has been his 
 faithful companion and helpmeet along life's 
 journej^ for forty-five years. To them were born 
 the following children: John Davidson, who died 
 at the age of twenty-three; LiHie, who died at the 
 age of nineteen; William W., who is engaged in 
 the poultr}' business; Matthew B., who died at 
 the age of seven; and Addie, who passed away at 
 the age of one year. All died of typhoid fever in 
 1871. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Bower is a Republi- 
 can. He has long supported that party by his 
 ballot, but has never been an office-seeker. His 
 wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church, 
 and both are highly respected citizens, who well 
 deserve representation in this volume. 
 
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 I OTHAIRE BRUCE COCKERN is one of 
 I C the honored veterans of the late war, who 
 LJ went to the front and valiantly .stood for the 
 preservation of the Union. He now makes his 
 home in Carthage, 111., and for a year past has 
 been engaged in the publication of the Hancock 
 County Journal, of which he is now editor and 
 proprietor. He was born at Hillsboro, Ky., on 
 the 22d of December, 1838, and is a son of John 
 P. and Mary A. (Crawford) Cockern, who were 
 natives of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively. The 
 Cockern family came originally from England, 
 and settled in Pennsylvania. Later, its repre- 
 
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 sentatives became residents of the Panhandle Dis- 
 trict of West Virginia. The father of our subject 
 is a carpenter by trade, and has followed that pur- 
 suit through much of his life. He is now living 
 in California, whither he removed in March, 
 1863. The mother died in Carthage, 111., Jan- 
 uar>- 24, 1861. In the family were eight chil- 
 dren, six of whom are yet living, namely: L. 
 B., of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah A. Gilham, who 
 resides in Live Oak; Mrs. Eliza B. Gray, of 
 Marysville; Mrs. Zerelda A. Bartlett, of Suisun; 
 Mrs. Aramanda A. Creighton, of Glenburn; and 
 George \V., who is located in Fairfield, Cal. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who was reared in the usual manner of 
 farmer lads, spending hissummer months at labor 
 in the field, while in the winter season he attended 
 the public schools of the neighborhood. The 
 vear 185 1 witnes.sed his arrival in Hancock 
 County, where he has made his home continu- 
 ously since. At an early age he began working 
 as a farm hand at $8 per month, and was thus 
 employed for several seasons. 
 
 The Union found in Mr. Cockern one of its most 
 zealous defenders during the late Civil War. 
 Prompted by a spirit of patriotism , he enlisted on 
 the 6th of May, 1 861, in his country's ser\'ice, and 
 joined the boj-s in blue of Company D, Sixteenth 
 Illinois Infantry. His first season's service was 
 in northern Missouri. This was light .serv-ice — 
 he lia\ing only to chase the rebel cavalr}- j ust 
 enough to keep the horses poor. In 1862 he was 
 under the command of Gen. Pope until after the 
 siege of Corinth. He participated in that siege, 
 was later stationed atTuscumbia, Ala., until that 
 line was abandoned, and then went to Nashville, 
 where with his command he lay for ten months. 
 He later did service under Gens. Rosecrans and 
 Thomas, and went with Sherman as far as Rome, 
 Ga., in the campaign against Atlanta, just prior 
 to the ever memorable march to the sea . His term 
 of service expired while at Rome, Ga. He was a 
 non-commissioned officer, having been made Cor- 
 poral on the day of his muster in, while later he 
 was promoted to be .Sergeant. He was ever found 
 at his post of duty, faithful to the trust and confi- 
 dence reposed in him. Through the heroic efforts 
 
 of the private soldiers, the Union was preserved, 
 and to them the country owes a debt of gratitude 
 which can never be repaid. 
 
 After his return to Hancock County, Mr. Cock- 
 ern was engaged in the recruiting service until 
 the close of the war. He was married on the 
 28th of March, 1866, to Miss Emily A. Symonds, 
 daughter of Frederick W. Symonds, a native of 
 New Hampshire. Five children were born to 
 them, but two of the luunber, Robert and an in- 
 fant sister, are at rest. Tho.se still living are 
 Mary, Isabel and John. 
 
 In 1869, Mr. Cockern was appointed Postmas- 
 ter at Carthage, 111., by President Grant, and held 
 that position for five years, proving a capable and 
 efficient officer. He now devotes his entire time 
 and attention to the publication of his paper. In 
 politics, he was first a Democrat, following in the 
 political footsteps of his father, and on attaining 
 his majority voted for Stephen A. Douglas. Dur- 
 ing the war, however, he became a Republican, 
 and has generally supported its men and meas- 
 ures. Socialh-, he is connected with the Masonic 
 fraternity, and is an honored member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. He is a valued citizen of 
 the community, who manifests the same loyalty 
 to his duties of citizenship in days of peace as he 
 did in dajs of war. Through the columns of his 
 paper he exerts his influence for all that promotes 
 the best interests of the comnuuiity, and his co- 
 operation is given to all worthy and commendable 
 enterprises. 
 
 PTdWARDM. ROBBINS, D. D. S.,isthelead- 
 rp ing dental surgeon of Carthage, where for 
 I eighteen years he has been continuou.sly 
 and successfully engaged in the practice of his 
 chosen profession. A native of Indiana, he was 
 born in LaGrange County, Ajiril 11, 1842, and 
 is a son of Dr. Eppaah and Mary (Clarke) Rob- 
 bins. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 but was reared in Ohio, and the mother claimed 
 New York as the State of her nativity. They con- 
 tinued to re.side in LaGrange Count_\- until 1850, 
 
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 when they emigrated with their family to Fayette 
 County, 111., and the Doctor continued in prac- 
 tice in this State until 1871. He then removed 
 to Osage Mission, Kan., where he resided until 
 his death, in February, 1892, at the age of seventy- 
 three years. He made his home in Hancock 
 County from October, 1861, until 1871, residing 
 in Nauvoo and Pontoosuc. The only brother of 
 our subject, George E., a dentist, was drowned 
 in the Walnut River, at Arkansas City, Kan., in 
 June, 1893. The only sister became the wife of 
 R. D. Cogswell, M. D. They lived in Hancock 
 County from 1861 until 1868. 
 
 Doctor Robbins of this sketch was a lad of only 
 eight years when he came with his parents to 
 Illinois. He acquired his education in the com- 
 mon schools, and in an acadeni}' at Alton, which 
 is now known as Shurtliff College. He then began 
 the study of medicine with his father, but in Au- 
 gust, 1862, prompted by patriotic impulses, he 
 enlisted as a member of Company H, Seventy- 
 eighth Illinois Infantry-, and was mustered in at 
 Quincy on the 20th of the month, with John K. 
 Allen as Captain, George T. Bear as Lieutenant, 
 and Samuel Simmons as Second Lieutenant. He 
 served under Gens. Buell and Rosecrans, and 
 the first hard-fought battle in which he partici- 
 pated was at Chickamauga, where his company 
 suffered a heavy loss. His division, however, 
 under Gen. Steadman, saved the entire army. 
 Later, he was in the battles of Chattanooga, Mis- 
 sion Ridge, Sweet Water, and was then with his 
 command sent to Knoxville to relieve Banks. 
 He took part in the first battle of the Atlanta 
 campaign at Tunnel Hill, and the engagements 
 at Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Peach Tree 
 Creek. His divi.sion was also in the battle of 
 Jonesboro, which resulted in the evacuation of 
 Atlanta. They were then sent back to Hunts- 
 ville and Mt. Forest, and afterwards again went 
 to Atlanta, and on the celebrated march to the 
 sea under Gen. vShennan. The Doctor then 
 marched to Richmond and on to Washington, 
 where he participated in the Grand Review. He 
 received his di.scharge in Chicago. In the spring 
 of 1863, he had been detailed to act as a,s.sistant 
 hospital steward in the medical department, but 
 
 was always with the regiment and on the field 
 taking care of the wounded. 
 
 When the country no longer needed his serv- 
 ices, Mr. Robbins returned to Illinois, and re- 
 sumed the study of medicine, but soon after be- 
 gan dealing in stock and later took up farming. 
 In 1869 he resumed his studies and entered a 
 dental college in Chicago, from which he was 
 graduated in 1871. The following year he re- 
 moved to Osage Mission, Kan., but after two 
 years returned to Illinois, and in 1875 came to 
 Carthage, where he has since been actively en- 
 gaged in practice. He is a member of the Cen- 
 tral Illinois Dental Society, of which he has 
 served as President, and of the State Society, in 
 which he is now serving as a member of the execu- 
 tive council. 
 
 Dr. Robbins was married March 24, 1870, to 
 Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mar>' (Con- 
 ner) Brownlee, who were pioneers of Hancock 
 County, where Mrs. Robbins was born. They 
 have three children: Eulalie, a j^oung lady of 
 twenty, who is now studying music under Prof 
 Liebling, of Chicago; and Eddie and Samuel, who 
 are at home. 
 
 The Doctor served as a member of the Town 
 Council for a number of years, and was then 
 called upon by the people of Carthage who were 
 in favor of anti-licen.se and the support of public 
 enterprises calculated to promote the interests of 
 the community to become a candidate for Mayor. 
 This he did, and he is now acceptably and credit- 
 ably filling that office. He is indeed always 
 found on the side of progress and advancement. 
 The Doctor is one of the incorporators of the 
 Hancock County Agricultural Board, which owns 
 a forty acre-park, finely arranged for fairs and pic- 
 nics. He is Secretary of the company, which has 
 given twelve public exhibitions. He has alwaj's 
 been a great lover of fine horses, and is now en- 
 gaged in breeding trotters. He bred "Combina- 
 tion , ' ' with a record of 2 : 1 8 >^ ; " Sebasco, ' ' a three- 
 year-old, with a record of 2:10: and he now owns 
 "Eulalie," by "Egmont," full sister of "Combi- 
 nation." He also has one mare sired by "Jerome 
 Eddy," the famoushor.se that sold for $30,000. 
 
 In his .social relations, the Doctor is connected 
 
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 157 
 
 with the Odd Fellows' society and the encamp- 
 ment, and also the Knights of Pythias fraternity, 
 which he has represented in the Grand Lodge. 
 He belongs to the Lutheran Church, and is ranked 
 among the best and most valued citizens of the 
 community, his name being inseparably con- 
 nected with all that pertains to the general wel- 
 fare and to the promotion of its best interests. 
 Carthage has had no better Mayor, or one who is 
 more universally esteemed. 
 
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 \A ILTON T. HUNT, who is engaged in the 
 y dry-goods business in Warsaw, as a mem- 
 (^ ber of the firm of Elhebe, Hunt & Co., 
 was born in this place on the loth of October, 
 1 86 1, and is a representative of one of the early 
 families of the county. His parents, M. T. and 
 Helen M. (Baldwin) Hunt, came to this place in 
 1854, and the father became prominently con- 
 nected with the business intere.sts of this place. 
 He was a native of North Carolina, and his wife 
 was born in New York. He came from his native 
 State to Illinois, and took up his residence in Mc- 
 Donough County, where he made his home until 
 his removal to Warsaw, as before .stated. For a 
 time he followed farming, but later turned his at- 
 tention to the pork-packing business, in which he 
 continued for about seven years. He was a man 
 of good business and executive ability, and his 
 enterprising and well-directed eiforts won for him 
 .success, and secured for him a comfortable com- 
 petence. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Hunt was called upon to mourn 
 the loss of his first wife. In their family were 
 the following children: Mrs. Jennie Withers, who 
 resides in Henderson County; Carrie, who is now 
 decea.sed; Henry, who is living in Texas; and El- 
 len, of Warsaw. After the death of his first wife, 
 Mr. Hunt was again married, his second union be- 
 ing with Mrs. Helen (Baldwin) Wilson. Their un- 
 ion was graced by three children: Mrs. Eugenia A. 
 Dallam, Milton T. of this sketch, and Kate, now- 
 deceased. The father of this family was called to 
 his final rest March 8, 1879, and his wife pa.s.sed 
 
 away on the 6th of December, 1886. Mr. Hunt 
 whose name heads this record has known no 
 other home than Hancock County. Here the 
 days of his boyhood and youth were pa.ssed, and 
 it has been the scene of his business career. Dur- 
 ing his earlier years he followed farming to some 
 extent, and also worked in a grocer)^ .store at va- 
 rious intervals, but in 1892 he embarked in the 
 business as a member of the firm of Elhebe, Hunt 
 & Co. He is now in charge of the store, which 
 is a well-appointed one, tastefully arranged and 
 stocked with everything found in an establish- 
 ment of this kind. He is enjoying a good trade, 
 for his courteous and gentlemanly treatment of 
 his patrons, and straightforward, honorable deal- 
 ing, always retain the trade of those whose cus- 
 tom he once secures. He is wide-awake and enter- 
 prising, and his .success is well merited. 
 
 Mr. Hunt is a member of the Masonic frater- 
 nity, and has taken the Knight Templar Degree. 
 In religious belief he is an Episcopalian. He ex- 
 ercises his right of franchise in support of the Re- 
 publican party, for he is a .stalwart advocate of 
 its principles, and does all in his power to pro- 
 mote the growth and insure the success of Repub- 
 licanism, and he takes an active interest in everj- 
 thing pertaining to the welfare of the city. 
 
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 ^OHN GILLER is extensively engaged in the 
 I brewing business in Warsaw. A native of 
 G/ Canada, he was born in thecit\- of Hamilton, 
 Wentworth County, Ontario, on the 8th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1859. His father, Rudolph Giller, was a 
 native of Switzerland, and there spent the days 
 of his childhood. In the year 1848, he bade 
 adieu to home and friends and crossed the broad 
 Atlantic to America. Taking uj) his residence in 
 Loui.sville, Ky., he embarked in the brewing 
 business, and there carried on operations for souk- 
 years. At length he left that State, and in 1854 
 removed to Canada. He was the first manufac- 
 turer of lager beer in Canada, ale having been the 
 only product of the kind made hitherto. Mr. 
 Gilkr was united in marriage with Miss Catherine 
 
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 Bauer, who was born in the grand duchj- of 
 Baden, and in 1852 he came with his family to 
 Illinois. 
 
 Our subject was a child of only two years when 
 his parents came to this State. His early boy- 
 hood days were quietly passed. During his 
 youth he went to New York, and in Rochester 
 learned his trade in Bartholomew's brewer5\ 
 There he continued until 1879, when he returned 
 home. Two years later he entered into partner- 
 ship with Martin Popel, his stepfather. His own 
 father had died in 1861. 
 
 On the 4th of October, 1886, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Oilier and Miss Anna Wolf, 
 daughter of the late Charles Wolf. Their union 
 has been blessed with three children, a son and 
 two daughters: Florentine, Olivia and Walter 
 John. 
 
 Mr. Oilier is a member of the Turners' Society, 
 is one of the firemen of Warsaw, holds member- 
 ship with the Independent Order of Mutual Aid 
 and the Odd Fellows' fraternity, and belongs to 
 Ft. Edward Encampment. He is a man of good 
 business ability and has made a success of his un- 
 dertakings. 
 
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 (D]lCTOR DORY was for many years promi- 
 \ / nently connected with the mercantile inter- 
 V ests of Warsaw, but is now living a retired 
 life, having placed his busine.ss in the hands of 
 his sons, who are now conducting it under the 
 name of Dory Brothers. He is a man of deter- 
 mined effort, enterprising and energetic, andiu his 
 undertakings he won a well-merited success. As 
 he is so widely and favorably known in this com- 
 munity, we feel assured that this record of his 
 life will prove of interest to many of our readers. 
 Mr. Dory was born in the department of the 
 Moselle, France, May 7, 1827, and is a son of John 
 and Barbara (Laluette) Dorj-. He remained on 
 his father's farm during the days of his boyhood 
 and youth, but in 1848, having attained his ma- 
 jority, he left the old home and sailed for America. 
 He took passage on the vessel "Pyramid, ' ' which 
 
 after a \oyage of fifty-three days, dropped anchor 
 in the harbor of New Orleans. Mr. Dory then 
 had a cousin living in the Crescent City, who ad- 
 vised him to go North on account of the cholera 
 which raged in the Southern States. On the fol- 
 lowing day, therefore, he took passage on the 
 "Southern" for a trip up the Mississippi. Three 
 days later cholera broke out on board the ship, and 
 each evening the boat would go to land to bury 
 the victims of that disease, numbering from ten to 
 sixteen in a single day. One entire family of 
 seven members died, save a boj' of fifteen. Mr. 
 Dory was taken with the cholera at Louisville, 
 the fifth da}' after his arrival in this countrj-, and 
 for six weeks he was unable to walk. He then 
 went to Bloomington, Ind., where his brother 
 Sylvester was living, and with him remained for 
 three years. 
 
 In 1852, Mr. Dor>- and his brother came to 
 Warsaw, and, purchasing a .stock of goods, opened 
 a store on the present site of the store now con- 
 trolled by Dory Brothers. There he carried on 
 business continuous!)- until his retirement, with 
 the exception of two j-ears spent in his native 
 land. In 1858, on account of impaired health he re- 
 turned to France, where he spent two years, again 
 coming to Warsaw in i860. In 1872, his brother 
 Sylvester left this place and went to Louisville, 
 Ky . Later, he removed to Dakota, where he now 
 resides. 
 
 On the 9th of April, 1866, Mr. Dory wedded 
 Miss Mar>' A. Festor, of St. Louis, who was of 
 French extraction. They became the parents of 
 eleven children, five of whom are yet living, 
 namely: Firmin, Albert, Victor, Estella and Ce- 
 celia. They have given their children all liberal 
 educational advantages and thus fitted them for 
 the practical and responsible duties of life. The 
 children now deceased are Victor S., who died 
 May 8, 1869; Amy, who died June 19, 1884; 
 Vitaline A., who died Augu.st 27, 1886; Eugene, 
 who died September 12, 1886, at the age of eigh- 
 teen; Joseph, who died September 17, 1890; and 
 August, who died September 24, 1892. 
 
 Mr. Dory is a member of the Catholic Church, 
 and is one of its earnest and ardent supporters, do- 
 ing all in his power for its promotion and upbuild- 
 
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 ing. When he came to the West he spent some 
 time in looking over the countr>', visited Quincy, 
 Keokuk, Burlington and Warsaw, and finally de- 
 cided to locate at the last-named, for it then seemed 
 to present excellent advantages and gave evidence 
 of rapid growth. Although the town has not be- 
 come as large as some of the others, Mr. Dory 
 need have no occasion to regret his choice of it as 
 a home, for he has here found friends and pros- 
 perity . 
 
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 HON. JOHN B. RISSE is a prominent at- 
 torney, and ex-County Judge of Hancock 
 County. This locality has been the scene 
 of his entire professional career, and on life's 
 .stage he has played well his part. For seventeen 
 years he served as County Judge, and his long 
 continuance in office well indicates his fidelity to 
 duty and the high commendation which he re- 
 ceived from his fellow-townsmen. In the ranks 
 of the legal profession, he occupies a foremost 
 place, and as one of its most prominent representa- 
 tives we gladly place his historj- in this volume. 
 
 Judge Risse was born on the 28th of October, 
 1835, in Donsten, West Prus.sia, Germany, and 
 was the third in a family of four children, num- 
 bering three sons and a daughter. The two 
 brothers of our subject, however, died in infancy. 
 The .sister, Frances, is now the wife of James Og- 
 den, a prosperous farmer residing in Hancock 
 County. The parents, Laurenz and Wilhelmina 
 (Punzmann) Ris.se, were both natives of Ger- 
 many. The father was born in Dorsten, and be- 
 came a shoe- maker by trade. In 1844, he cros.sed 
 the Atlantic to America in company with his 
 family, and located at Galena, 111., where he re- 
 mained until 1847. In that year he removed to 
 Nauvoo, where he embarked in business as a 
 .shoe-dealer. He continued in that business until 
 his death and met with a fair degree of success in 
 his undertakings. In 1870, he was called to the 
 home beyond, having reached the allotted age of 
 three-score and ten years. His wife, who was in 
 Cologne, survived him for a number of years and 
 
 departed this life in 1887, at the advanced age of 
 eighty -seven years. 
 
 The Judge .spent the first eight years of his life 
 in the land of his birth, and then accompanied his 
 parents on their emigration to America. The 
 days of his youth were spent in his father's 
 home. In the public schools of the neighbor- 
 hood he acquired a good English education. He 
 began reading in a law office in Nauvoo, and af- 
 ter thorough and diligent preparation passed an 
 examination and was admitted to the Bar in 
 1856. Mr. Risse at once began practice in 
 Nauvoo, and there remained until December, 
 1869, when he was elected County Judge of Han- 
 cock County, and removed to Carthage. For 
 seventeen years he continued to fill that position 
 with credit to himself and satisfaction to his 
 constituents. At length, on his retirement from 
 public life, he opened a law office, and has since 
 devoted his energies to private practice. 
 
 On the 1 6th of April, 1861, Judge Risse was 
 united in marriage with Miss Ursula Reimbold, 
 who was born in Cologne, Germany, a most es- 
 timable lady, who has been to her husband a 
 faithful companion and helpmate. They have be- 
 come the parents of six children, four sons and 
 two daughters. The eldest, William B., is now 
 an attorne3'-at-law, as.sociated with his father; 
 Minnie is the wife of John J. Rheinberger, a wine 
 grower of Nauvoo; Chri.stina is the wife of Au- 
 gust J. Beger, who is engaged in the drug busi- 
 ness in Nauvoo; Henry C. is engaged in merchan- 
 di.sing in Parsons, Kan. ; and the two 30Unge.st 
 members of the family, Edward J. and Ferdinand 
 L., are .still with their parents. The family is 
 one of prominence in the community, and its mem- 
 bers are widely and favorably known. 
 
 In his political views. Judge Ris.se is a Demo- 
 crat, who warmly advocates the principles of 
 his party and always supports by his ballot its 
 men and measures. He is recognized as one of 
 the leaders of Democracy in Hancock County, 
 and does all in his power to promote his party's 
 interests and insure its success. He and his fam- 
 ily are members of the Catholic Church, and con- 
 tribute liberally to its support. He is now en- 
 joying an extensive law practice and is recognized 
 
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 as one of the leading attorneys of this part of the 
 State. His record on the bench is one of which 
 he maj' well be proud. In his rulings he was 
 ever just, unbiased by fear or favor, and the high 
 opinion in which he was held by all the voters of 
 the county is indicated by his frequent re-election. 
 He is a man of deep research, of studious and 
 thoughtful habits, and by earnest application he 
 has won the prominent place which he now oc- 
 cupies. Since his twelfth year Judge Risse has 
 resided in Hancock County and has a large cir- 
 cle of warm friends. 
 
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 r\HILIP DALLAM, editor and publisher of the 
 L/^ Bulletin^ of Warsaw, was bom in St. Louis, 
 \!i Mo., May 22, 1853, and is a son of Frank A. 
 and Anna M. (McKee) Dallam, who were na- 
 tives of Kentucky and New York respectively. 
 The father was a new.spaperman, and it was thus 
 very natural that his son should take up the line 
 of work in which he is now engaged. During 
 the War of the Rebellion, Frank Dallam wore 
 the blue, enlisting as Captain of Companj' E, 
 Tenth Illinois Infantry. He afterwards ser\-ed 
 on the .staff of Gen. Ross, and continued in the 
 army for about two years, when on account of ill 
 health he was forced to resign. After being mus- 
 tered out, he located in Cahfornia, and thence re- 
 moved to Nevada. He served as a member of 
 the Constitutional Convention when the State 
 was admitted to the Union, and in his business 
 relations was connected with the Virginia City 
 Enterprise, doing editorial work. His next 
 place of residence was in Quinc)-, where he served 
 on the staff of the Whig until 1867. In that year 
 he came to Warsaw, where his death occurred on 
 the 17th of March, 1868. After coming to this 
 city, he purchased the Bulletin, which is now 
 managed by his son. 
 
 Philip Dallam was the third child in his fa- 
 ther's family. His elder brother, Frank, is now 
 Receiver of Public Moneys at Waterville, Wash., 
 to which position he was appointed by President 
 Harrison. Philip spent his boyhood days in 
 
 Quincy and Oquawka, and acquired a fair educa- 
 tion in the public schools. He was practically 
 brought up in the newspaper ofBce, and to the 
 work connected therewith has devoted his entire 
 attention throughout his business career. He 
 became the publisher of the Bulletin in 1875, and 
 has one of the neatest ofiBces in the State, the work 
 which he turns out possessing the same charac- 
 teristic. 
 
 On the 17th of March, 1880, Mr. Dallam led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Eugenie A. Hunt, 
 daughter of Milton T. Hunt, one of the pioneer 
 settlers of Hancock Count}'. They now have a fam- 
 ily of four children and have lost one child. The 
 parents are widely and favorablj' known in this 
 community, where thej- have manj' warm friends 
 and pleasant acquaintances. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Dallam is connected with the 
 Masonic fraternity and the Ancient Order of 
 Modern Woodmen. He is a member of the 
 Library Board of Warsaw, and gives his support 
 and co-operation to all enterprises which are cal- 
 culated to elevate the community and promote 
 the general welfare. In politics, he is a stanch 
 supporter of the Republican part}-, and his pa- 
 per advocates its principles. 
 
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 HON. ORVILLE F. BERRY, "who is now 
 representing the Twenty-fourth District of 
 Illinois in the State Senate, is one of the 
 leading and influential citizens of Carthage, prom- 
 inent in its political and business affairs. A na- 
 tive of Illinois, he was boni on the i6th of 
 February, 1852, in Table Grove, McDonough 
 County, and is the eldest in a family of three chil- 
 dren whose parents were Jonathan L. and Martha 
 (McConnellj Berry. The only daughter of the 
 family died in infancy, and the two brothers are 
 partners in the practice of law in Carthage. 
 
 The father of this family was born in Teiuiessee, 
 and there spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth. When a young man he came to Hancock 
 County, 111. , and in 1840 purchased land, whereon 
 he remained for several ^ears, successfuUv en- 
 
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 gaged in its cultivation. He came of a family 
 of Scotch origin, but for several generations 
 past its members have resided in this country. 
 The father, who was a soldier in the Mex- 
 ican War, was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary Brewer, of Hancock County, who died in 
 1847, leaving two children: Charles L., who is 
 now a contractor of Wichita, Kan.; and John, who 
 was in the naval ser\-ice during the late war, and 
 was killed during that struggle. In 1850, Mr. 
 Berry was joined in wedlock with Miss McConnell, 
 and removed to McDonough County, where he 
 puichased a farm, making his home thereon until 
 his death, which occurred at the age of forty-eight 
 years. He served as Deputy Sheriffof McDonough 
 County for two years, and was a highl}- respected 
 citizen of the neighborhood in which he made his 
 home. A well-educated man, he followed teach- 
 ing for a time, and was thus employed both in 
 Hancock and McDonough Counties. His brother, 
 Harrison Berrj-, was one of the pioneer ministers 
 and physicians of the latter county. The mother 
 of Senator Berry was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and during her early girlhood came with her par- 
 ents to Hancock County, in 1844. Her death 
 occurred in McDonough County when she was 
 about forty years of age. Her father was one of 
 the honored pioneers of Hancock Count)-, and 
 on his arrival here purchased a farm in Foun- 
 tain Green Township, on which he resided 
 until his death, which occurred at the very ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-four years. He was of Scotch 
 and Irish extraction. In the development and 
 upbuilding of this county he ever bore his part, 
 and was numbered among its leading and valued 
 citizens. 
 
 We now take up the personal liiston,- of Orville 
 F. Berry, who was onh' five year.s of age when 
 his father died. Three years later, in i860, his 
 mother departed this life, and he was left an orphan 
 when a lad of eight summers. He and his brother, 
 Melvin P., then went to live with their grand- 
 father, Francis McConnell, in Fountain Green 
 Township. There they worked at farm labor and 
 attended the country schools. Mr. Berry of this 
 sketch thus spent his time until sixteen years of 
 age, when he left his grandfather's home and be- 
 
 gan earning his own livelihood. He was thus 
 early thrown upon his own resources, but thereby 
 developed a self-reliance and independence of 
 character which have proven of incalculable ben- 
 efit to him in later 3'ears. He began working as 
 a farm hand by the month, and after spending the 
 summer in the fields he would enter the district 
 schools and pursue his studies through the win- 
 ter season. The last three years he attended the 
 High School at Fountain Green. 
 
 On starting out in life for himself, Mr. Berry 
 secured as a companion and helpmate on the jour- 
 ney Miss Anna M. Barr, of Fountain Green 
 Township, their marriage being celebrated on the 
 5th of March, 1873. Having inherited a small 
 amount of monej' from his father's estate, Mr. 
 Berry then purchased a farm in Fountain Green 
 Township, and continued its cultivation for a year, 
 but, as his taste lay in another direction, on the ex- 
 piration of that period he came to Carthage, where 
 he began reading law in the office of Mack & 
 Baird. In January, 1877, he was admitted to the 
 Bar, and immediately thereafter formed a partner- 
 ship with Judge Thomas C. Sharp, of Carthage. 
 This connection has since continued, covering a 
 period of seventeen years. In 1879, Melvin P. 
 Berrj- was admitted to the firm, and the style was 
 changed to Sharp & Berry Brothers. The .senior 
 member has now been an invalid for several j'ears, 
 and the bu.siness is thus left to the care of his 
 partners. Our subject has won prominence in his 
 chosen profe.ssion, and is recognized as one of the 
 leading members of the Hancock County Bar, a 
 reputation which is well merited, as it has been 
 won through skill and ability. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Berry were born five children, 
 but three of the number died in infancy, and 
 one son was drowned at the age of fourteen years. 
 Orville F. , the only surviving child, is now a lad 
 of ten summers. 
 
 Mr. Berry affiliates with the Republican party, 
 and is a most stalwart advocate of its principles. 
 On attaining his majority he was elected Assessor, 
 and when nineteen years of age he served as a 
 delegate to the State Convention. He has always 
 taken an active part in everything that tends to 
 advance Republican interests. When Carthage 
 
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 was changed from a village to a citj', he was 
 elected its first Mayor, and was twice re-elected. 
 In 1888, he was elected State Senator, and when 
 the returns were received in 1892 it was found 
 that he was again the people's choice for that 
 position. During the first session he sers'ed as 
 Chainnan of the Committee on Education and 
 Educational Institutions. During that time the 
 compulsorj' school law was passed. Mr. Berry 
 has ever been a warm friend to the public schools, 
 and his labors in the Senate resulted in great good 
 to the cause of education. He was strongly op- 
 posed to throwing out the English language from 
 the public schools, and in 1892 made an open fight 
 in behalf of the mother tongue. The friends of ed- 
 ucation rallied to his support, and he was re-elected 
 bj^ a large majority. Believing that good schools 
 are the foundation of a good government, neither 
 fear nor favor would cause him to waver in sup- 
 port of that view. Mr. Bern- was also a member 
 of the Committees on Judician,-, Judiciary Depart- 
 ment, Railroad Corporations, Charitable Institu- 
 tions, Canals and Rivers, and World's Fair. He 
 was also chainnan of the Republican Steering 
 Committee. His record in the Senate is one of 
 which he may well be proud, for he labors to ad- 
 vance the best interests of the people, and has 
 their confidence and high commendation. He 
 was also appointed as one of five Commissioners 
 to revise the statutes, on a committee composed 
 of two members from the Senate and three from 
 the House. 
 
 Mr. Berry also takes great interest in civic so- 
 cieties, is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the 
 Modern Woodmen Lodge, the Knights of Pythias, 
 and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of 
 which he was Grand Master of Illinois in 1883 
 and 1884. He has been a representative to the 
 Supreme Lodge of the United States and Canada 
 for ten years, and was twice a delegate to the 
 Congress of the Fraternal Societies of the United 
 States. He also delivered the oration for Illinois 
 on A. O. U. W. Day at the Columbian E.xposi- 
 tion in Festival Hall. He was the first Secretary 
 of the County Fair A.ssociation , held that position 
 for six years, and for three years was General 
 Superintendent. In religious belief he is a Pres- 
 
 byterian, and has .ser\-ed as Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school for eight years. He is an 
 able attorney, and the large practice which he 
 receives attests his skill and ability. He has risen 
 to his prominent position by his own efforts; 
 with no special advantages, he has steadily 
 worked his way upward, until he has become a 
 leader in political and professional circles in his 
 native State. 
 
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 (Tames sample, who resides in Carthage, 
 I was born in Maytown, Lancaster County, 
 (2/ Pa., and is a son of Robert and Jane (Haw- 
 thorne) Sample. The days of his boyhood and 
 youth were spent upon his father's farm, where he 
 remained until twenty-one years of age. He 
 then started out in life for himself, and leaving 
 the East emigrated to Illinois in 1847. He spent 
 three years in traveling and working at his trade 
 in New Orleans and other places, and in 1850 
 came to Hancock County, settling near Fountain 
 Green, where he entered land from the Govern- 
 ment. In his early life he had learned the trade 
 of a carpenter and joiner, and his brothers, John 
 and Frank, also followed the same pursuit until 
 the war. The parents both died in 1887, at the 
 age of eighty-four. 
 
 After coming to Hancock County, Mr. Sample 
 was associated with his brothers in business until 
 he entered the service of his countrj- as a defen- 
 der of the Union. He was a valiant soldier, al- 
 ways found at his post of duty, and was wounded 
 in the .ser\'ice. The injuries he sustained were 
 .such as to unfit him for further work in the line 
 of his trade, and after his return home he em- 
 barked in the furniture business, which he suc- 
 ces.sfully carried on until the summer of 1893, 
 when he retired. He not only built up a good 
 trade in this place, but also established branch 
 houses at Fountain Green and Ferris. He is a 
 man of excellent business and executive abilitj-, 
 and his well-directed efforts brought him a hand- 
 some competenc}'. 
 
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 with Miss Elizabeth Delia Spangler, of Hancock 
 County. They have an adopted daughter, Katie, 
 now the wife of W. S. Huckins, a traveling sales- 
 man, and Mr. and Mrs. Huckins have one son. 
 The Sample home is a comfortable and substan- 
 tial residence, and in addition to this property our 
 subject owns a busines.s block and is interested in 
 farm lands. 
 
 Mr. Sample has always been a supporter of the 
 Republican party since its organization, and for 
 manj^ terms has ser\'ed on the Town Board. He 
 has been closely identified with the interests of the 
 city, was partly instrumental in securing the es- 
 tablishment of the college in this place, and has 
 done all in his power toward aiding in those en- 
 terprises which are calculated to prove of public 
 benefit, and which advance the best interests of 
 the community. Socially, he is connected with 
 the Masonic fi-atemity of Carthage, and is a char- 
 ter member of the Grand Army post. He is one 
 of the ruling Elders in the Presbyterian Church, 
 and has been active in church and benevolent 
 work. His life has been well and worthily spent, 
 and he is now enjoying a well-earned rest. 
 
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 Gl LBERT FULLER was born in Sandisfield, 
 Ll Mass. , on the 5th of September, 1804, and 
 I I died in Warsaw, III., Februar}' 6, 1880, in 
 the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was re- 
 spected by all who knew him, and his loss was 
 deeply mourned. His father, Joseph Fuller, was 
 a farmer, but the son was reared to mercantile 
 pursuits, and in his native State followed mer- 
 chandising for some time. In 1850, he left his 
 old home and removed to Vermont, becoming 
 proprietor of a paper-mill in Fair Haven. He 
 continued its operation for five years, and in 1855 
 removed to Granville, N. Y., where he spent one 
 year. 
 
 During the succeeding year, Mr. Fuller severed 
 all business relations in the East and emigrated 
 to Illinois, taking up his residence in Warsaw, 
 where he spent his remaining da}'s. He became 
 one of the leading stockholders in a foundry, and 
 
 continued in that line of business with excellent 
 success for many years. 
 
 On the 8th of September, 1840, Mr. Fuller was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Julia May, a daugh- 
 ter of Asa and Adah Judd. She came from an 
 old Massachusetts family, which was founded in 
 America during early Colonial days. Her father 
 was a farmer and also engaged in the manufacture 
 of paper. She was born in Otis, Berkshire 
 County, Mass., January 21, 181 5, and is now the 
 only sur\dving member of her father's family. 
 Her brother, Dr. Homer Judd, came to Warsaw in 
 1853, and engaged in the practice of medicine and 
 dentistry here for a number of years. He became 
 one of the most prominent men in the dental pro- 
 fession, and was known throughout the country. 
 His death occurred in Upper Alton, 111., May 20, 
 1890. Another brother, Orson Judd, resided in 
 Shalersville, Ohio. Riley was a fruit-grower 01 
 Kansas, and a sister was the wife of Dr. J. B. Mer- 
 n^nian, a physician now of Dixon, 111. 
 
 Previous to her marriage with our subject, Mrs. 
 Fuller was the wife of Charles May. Their wed- 
 ding was celebrated on the 21st of June, 1837, ^"^ 
 they became the parents of one son, Charles, who 
 was bom May 10, 1838. He graduated from a 
 medical and al.so a dental college of Cincinnati. 
 During the late war he entered the army, and his 
 service so impaired his health that his death oc- 
 curred on the nth of March, 1867. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were born three chil- 
 dren. Dr. A. H. is now engaged in the prac- 
 tice of dentistrj' in St. Louis, and holds a fore- 
 most place in professional ranks. Dr. Briggs 
 Judd, who was born December 8, 1843, became 
 a physician, but entered the army as a mem- 
 ber of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty- 
 seventh Illinois Infantn,-. He was captured by 
 Gen. Forest near Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1864, 
 and was incarcerated for a year in Cahaba 
 Prison, Ala. His was the regiment that started 
 home on the ill-fated "Sultana," but fortunately 
 for the Doctor he had taken passage on the 
 "Magenta" the day previous. Helen A. is the 
 youngest member of the Fuller family, and resides 
 in Warsaw. 
 
 Mr. Fuller was possessed of excellent business 
 
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 ability, was enterprising and industrious, and his 
 energA" and perseverance made his business career 
 one of success. He took an active interest in the 
 upbuilding of Warsaw and was long numbered 
 among its leading and progressive citizens. The 
 history of his life well deserves a place in this 
 volume. 
 
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 (Joseph AVERY white, Jr., has during 
 I the past six years made his home in Warsaw, 
 (2/ where he carries on business as a lumber 
 merchant, enjoying a good trade, which he has 
 secured through well-directed efforts and straight- 
 forw-ard, honorable dealing. The record of his 
 life is as follows: A native of Massachu-setts, he 
 was born on the 3d of November, 1857, and is a 
 .son of J. A. and Jane Elizabeth (Fisher) White, 
 who were also natives of the old Bay State. The 
 White family is of English extraction, and the 
 original American ancestors crossed the Atlantic 
 from England to Boston in the year 1630, just 
 one decade after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth 
 Rock. J. A. White, Sr. , was an importer of West 
 India goods, and followed that business in Boston 
 for about thirtj- years. He was a well-known 
 merchant of that cit>'. His wife died March 25, 
 1868. In their family were four children: Henrv- 
 F., who now resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ed- 
 ward Ir\4ng, who is located in Chicago; George 
 Allen, who is living at the old home in Mas.sa- 
 chu.setts; and J. A. of this sketch. 
 
 In taking up the personal histon,- of Mr. White 
 whose name heads this record we note that his 
 boyhood days were spent midst play and work in 
 his native State, and that his education was ac- 
 quired in the city schools of Boston. After com- 
 pleting his literarj- course, he was graduated from 
 the Comers Business College, of Boston, in 1876. 
 He then went to Minnesota, where, in the em- 
 ploy of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- 
 em Railroad Company, he was engaged in sur- 
 veying for a period of three years. Later, he re- 
 moved to Knox County, Mo., where he was em- 
 ployed in a lumber-yard at Knox City for two 
 
 j-ears. The succeeding two years were spent in 
 La Belle, and subsequently he made his home for 
 a short time in Alexandria, Mo. His next place 
 of residence was in Kansas City, where he en- 
 gaged in business as a dealer in feed, hay, grain, 
 etc. The year 1888 witnessed his arrival in War- 
 saw. Here he opened a lumber-yard, and has 
 since conducted the same with good success. 
 
 On the 15th of November. 1884, Mr. White 
 was united in marriage with Miss Marj- Kennedy. 
 Tlie lady is a daughter of John and Sarah ( Mason) 
 Kennedy. Her father was a native of Belfast, 
 Ireland, and after emigrating to this country mar- 
 ried Miss Mason, a native of Georgia. They re- 
 sided for some time in Mobile, Ala., and thence 
 removed to Kirksville, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. White 
 are widely and favorably known in this com- 
 munity, where they have many warm friends. 
 Mr. White exercises his right of franchise in sup- 
 port of the Republican party, but has never sought 
 or desired the honors or emoluments of public of- 
 fice. He is a man of good business and executive 
 ability, and is a loyal and public-spirited citizen, 
 who manifests a commendable interest in every- 
 thing pertaining to the welfare of the communitj- 
 in which he makes his home. 
 
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 (Fames E. manifold was for many years 
 I a prominent citizen of Hancock Count}', and 
 G/ will be remembered by the greater part of 
 the citizens of this community. A native of Tenn- 
 e.s.see, he was born in Roane County on the 30th 
 of July. 1822. His parents were George and 
 Mary (Persley) Manifold, and their family num- 
 bered eight children, five sons and three daugh- 
 ters, who in order of birth were as follows: Sarah, 
 deceased, wife of W. Wheeler, a resident of Jeffer- 
 son County, Iowa; Nancy, who is now the wife 
 of John McCord, a resident of La Harpe Town- 
 ship, Hancock County; Elizabeth, now deceased; 
 William F.; Joseph N.; James E., of whom we 
 write; Benjamin J., who is living in Durham 
 Town.ship; and John, who makes his home in La 
 Harpe Township. 
 
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 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the bo3'hood and j-outh of our subject save his 
 removal to Illinois. When a lad of fourteen years 
 he left his native State and accompanied his par- 
 ents on their emigration to Illinois. The family 
 located in Hancock County, and the education of 
 James Manifold, which was begun in his native 
 State, was completed in the district schools of this 
 locality. He shared in the trials and hardships 
 of life on the frontier, and was familiar with the 
 historj- of pioneer life of Hancock County, for he 
 saw this region when it was wild and unimproved, 
 and was an eye-witness of its development and 
 advancement . 
 
 After arriving at 3'ears of maturity, Mr. Mani- 
 fold was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth 
 Logan, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of 
 William and Elizabeth (McCarty) Logan. The 
 lady was born on the 28th of November, 1830, 
 and was educated in the district schools. She 
 has pro\-ed to her husband a faithful companion 
 and helpmate, aiding him in his work by her 
 thrifty ways, her good management, encourage- 
 ment and sympathy. Mr. Manifold always fol- 
 lowed the occupation of farming. He first pur- 
 chased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 Durham Township, eight miles west of the Mani- 
 fold homestead, and there resided for forty-seven 
 years. He placed the entire tract under the plow, 
 and transformed the once wild land into rich and 
 fertile fields, which yielded to the owner a good 
 income. He then purchased an eighty-acre farm 
 adjoining his first tract, and afterward bought two 
 hundred and forty acres additional. 
 
 Subsequently, he bought his present homestead 
 of one hundred and sixty acres, and having made 
 upon this farm some valuable improvements, it be- 
 came one of the best country homes in Hancock 
 County. Altogether he owned seven hundred and 
 ninety acres of valuable land, of which all was 
 arable, with the exception of a thirty-acre timber 
 tract. 
 
 For twenty-six years Mr. Manifold was a mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Dur- 
 ham, and took an active interest in all that per- 
 tained to its upbuilding and growth, and gave 
 liberally to its support. He was also a friend to 
 
 benevolent and charitable in.stitutions, and the 
 needy were never turned from his door empty- 
 handed. In his political views, he was a Repub- 
 lican, but never sought or desired official distinc- 
 tion, preferring to devote his entire time and at- 
 tention to business interests. Whatever he un- 
 dertook he carried forward to a successful com- 
 pletion, undeterred by any obstacles that might 
 arise in his path. His death occurred August 
 28, 1892. His widow now manages the estate. 
 
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 HOMAS H. BOSCOW, M. D., who is suc- 
 cessfully engaged in the practice of medi- 
 cine at Kirksville, Mo. , but resides in War- 
 saw, is a native of England, his birth having oc- 
 curred in Liverpool on the 27th of April, 1819. 
 His parents were Nicholas and Alice (Newell) 
 Boscow. The father engaged in merchandising 
 in his native land until 1842, when with his fam- 
 ily he immigrated to America. He took up his 
 residence in Hancock County, 111., but his death 
 occurred in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1824, while visit- 
 ing a daughter in that city. 
 
 The Doctor is one of twelve children. He 
 bade adieu to home and friends in 1842, and 
 sailed for New Orleans, from whence he made 
 his way to Peoria, and thence to Hancock Coun- 
 ty, 111. Here he purchased a fann and carried 
 on agricultural pursuits for about ten years. Ere 
 leaving his native land, he had studied medicine, 
 and embarked in his profession on the Isle of 
 Man. In 1853, he came to Warsaw and opened 
 a store, dealing in drj' goods. He carried on 
 operations along that line with fair success until 
 1868, when he sold out and resumed the practice 
 of medicine. He is a skilled physician, and 
 makes a specialty of chronic diseases. He has 
 an office in Kirksville, Mo., and for a time also 
 had a branch office in Quincy, 111. 
 
 On the 17th of June, 1840, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Dr. Boscow and Miss Anna F. 
 Bonnyman, a native of the Isle of Man. Her 
 mother, Mrs. Jane Maria (Radcliffe) Bonnyman, 
 was also born on the Isle of Man, at the old 
 
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 homestead which had been in possession of the 
 Radcliffe family for three hundred years. After 
 the death of her husband she managed the affairs 
 of the estate. She reached the very ad\-anced 
 age of ninety-two years, and up to the ven.- last 
 retained her mental and physical faculties to a re- 
 markable degree. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boscow were born nine 
 children, of whom four are still living. Hard- 
 ing, Alexander and Thomas are all residents of 
 California. Maria is living in Warsaw. One son, 
 Charles S. , became a physician of California. He 
 graduated from the High School of Warsaw 
 when only sixteen years of age, the youngest 
 pupil who had ever graduated here up to that 
 time. He was graduated from the Keokuk 
 Medical College in 1884, and in 1886 removed to 
 California, where he became an active and promi- 
 nent member of the State Medical Society. His 
 death occurred on the 21st of January', 1888. A 
 daughter, Mrs. Fannie Wolf died in New York, 
 July 15, 1864. Sarah was the wife of Dr. Bull, 
 ofKahoka, Mo., and died January 29, 1894. 
 
 Dr. Boscow votes with the Republican part.\ 
 and keeps well informed on all the issues of the 
 day, ' but has never sought or desired political 
 preferment. In rehgious belief he is an Episco- 
 palian. The greater part of his life has been de- 
 voted to the practice of medicine, and he has ever 
 been a close student of the profession. He has 
 made a specialty of chronic diseases, and in this 
 line has won prominence. He receives from the 
 pul)lic a liberal patronage, which is well merited 
 by his skill and ability. 
 
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 ©EYMOUR L. McCRORY, attorney-at-law 
 2S and Notary Public of La Harpe, is a native 
 Q) of Liberty Township, Adams County, 111. 
 He was born on the 9th of March, 1867, and is a 
 son of James McCrory, who was born in Wash- 
 ington County, Pa., on the ist of Januarj', 1820. 
 The latter was the eldest child of Samuel and 
 Hannah McCrory. On the 6th of November, 
 1843, in his native county, was celebrated the 
 
 marriage of James McCrory and Miss Letitia Job, 
 who was the youngest in a family of ten children, 
 nine daughters and a son. Her mother died 
 when she was only nine days old, and .she is now 
 the only sun'ivor of the entire family. Until .she 
 was seven years of age her elde.st sister cared for 
 her, and from that time until her marriage she 
 made her home with a Quaker family by the 
 name of Sutherland. On the 6th of November, 
 1893, Mr. and Mrs. McCrory celebrated their fif- 
 tieth wedding anniversary. For a-half century 
 they had traveled life's journey together, .sharing 
 with each other its joys and sorrows, its adver- 
 sity and prosperity. Their union was blessed with 
 a family of eight children, all of whom are yet 
 living, namely: Minerva E., wifeof Alvin Harts- 
 horn, of Richfield Town.ship, Adams County, 
 where he is now .serving as Township Supervisor; 
 Zoula Myrtle, wife of N. P. Mclntyre, a resident 
 farmer of Carrollton, Mo.; Martin R., a physi- 
 cian and surgeon of Pueblo, Colo.; John K., a 
 real-estate broker of Trinidad, Colo.; Charlotte 
 L., wife of J. E. Worrell, Jr., who carries on 
 farming in Bowen, Hancock County; George B.. 
 a blacksmith residing on the old farm in Liberty, 
 111.; H. Geneva, at home; and Seymour L., our 
 subject. The father of this family emigrated to 
 Adams County, 111., in 1850, and for some time 
 followed the plasterer's trade, which he had 
 learned in early life. He is now living retired 
 on the old farm which he purchased in 1 85 1 . 
 
 We now take up the personal history of Mr. 
 McCrory whose name heads this sketch. He 
 attended the district schools near his old home 
 until he was seventeen years of age, and then en- 
 tered Chaddock College, of Quiucy, 111., where 
 he remained for a year. After leaving that insti- 
 tution at the age of eighteen, he taught for four 
 years in the district schools of Adams County, 
 and at the expiration of that period he again en- 
 tered Chaddock College as a teacher of stenog- 
 raphy. At the same time he entered upon a lit- 
 erary course of study, which he continued for 
 three years. During the second year of that 
 course he al.so entered the law department ot 
 Chaddock College, where he continued his studies 
 for a time. Later he became a student in the law 
 
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 office of Shannon & Lenimon, of Quinc)', 111., 
 and under tlieir direction completed his course. 
 Pa.ssiiig the State examination, he was admitted 
 to the Bar on tlie 9th of March, 189,^, and since 
 that time has been .successfully engaged in prac- 
 tice. On the i.st of !Ma\ following, he came to 
 ha Harpe and opened an office, and on the 8th 
 of the same month he was commi-ssioned Notarv' 
 Public. 
 
 On the 20tli of .September, 1893, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. McCrory and Miss Fainiie 
 B. Gillies, only daughter of Rev. John and Fan- 
 nie (Bartholow) Gillies, of Kirksville, Mo. The 
 young couple are both members of the Methodist 
 Protestant Church and take an active part in its 
 work and upbuilding. Their home is a hospita- 
 ble one, and the\- are favorabh' known through- 
 out this community. In politics, Mr. McCrory is 
 a Democrat, and his first Presidential vote was 
 cast for Grover Cleveland in 1888. He is still a 
 young man, but has given evidence of ability in 
 his profession that will rapidl>- win him a fore- 
 most place at the Bar. 
 
 Mr McCrory, who has a bright future before 
 him, is making marked progress in his profession. 
 He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, belonging to Gem City Lodge No. 357, 
 of (juincy. 111. 
 
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 EHARLES VILASCO CHANDLER has for 
 many years been prominently identified with 
 all that pertains to the upbuilding of Ma- 
 comb, with its leading enterprises, with its 
 industries, and with those interests which are 
 calculated to promote the general welfare. In 
 manner, he is ])lain and unassuming, yet ])rob- 
 ably no man is better known in McDonough 
 County. The family of which he is a mem- 
 ber traces its ancestry back thnjugh .several 
 generations to William Chandler and his wife 
 Annis, who came from England U) America, and 
 located in Roxbury, Mass., in 1637. They be- 
 k)nged to the nobility of Ivigland, and the coat of 
 8 
 
 arms bore the family motto, ". I c/ .I/or/em Fide/is." 
 The crest borne on the clo.sed helmet above the 
 coat of arms is that of a pelican in her ne.st wound- 
 ing her breast in order to feed her young with her 
 own blood — an emblem of parental affection. The 
 mantle, cut and jagged, hanging from the hel- 
 met indicates the faithful service of the warrior; 
 the gauntlet, his prowess; and across the check- 
 ered ba.se of blue and red is a belt ornamented by 
 three lions passant. 
 
 To William and Annis Chandler were born five 
 children, one of whom, Capt. Thomas Chandler, 
 was seven yearsof age when his parents emigrated 
 to America. He became one of the jiroprietors 
 and early pioneers in the .settlement of Ando\-er, 
 and was a Representative to the General Court 
 in 1678 and 1679. He died in 1703. A tradition 
 tells of the existence of iron works owned liyone 
 of his sons, and the story is .supported by a record 
 of a bill of sale of a half-interest in the same in 
 1 7 18. The works were located where Marland 
 Village now stands. Henry, the .sixth child born 
 to Thomas and Hannah ( Brewer ) Chandler, was 
 born May 28, 1667, and was married November 
 26, 1 69 1, to Lydia Ai)bott. He was a man of 
 prominence, who took a leading part in public 
 affairs. Having purchased seventeen hundred 
 acres of land, .situated on the lianks of the Con- 
 necticut River, for X70O' l^s^ removed thither in 
 1723, and there spent his remaining days, his 
 death occurring August 27, 1737. He had thir- 
 teen children and ninety-nine grandchildren. The 
 fifth child, Nehemiah Chandler, was l)orn in 1703, 
 and in Augu.st, 1733, he wedded Man,- Burroughs, 
 who died at the advanced age of ninet\-five years, 
 five months and nine days. His death occurred 
 September 9, 1756. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler were 
 the parents of ten children. Their son Samuel 
 was born October i i, 1737, and married Margaret 
 Thomp.son, of Alstead, N. H. He was a Lieu- 
 tenant of the first company of militia, formed in 
 1773, in Alstead. James Chandler, who was the 
 sixth in order of birtli in their family of eight 
 children, was born Ajjril 23, 1771, and on the 
 29tli of September, 1795. was joined in wedlock 
 with Abigail Vilas. This worthy- c<mple were 
 the grandparents of our stiliject. Mr. Chandler 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ser\'ed as Justice of the Peace, and died Novem- 
 ber i8, 1857, at the age of eighty-seven years. 
 
 The father of our subject, Charles Chandler, 
 was the .sixth in a family of nine children, and 
 was born May 28, 1809. Having arrived at years 
 of maturity, he was married December 15, 1836, 
 to vSarah K. Cheatham, who was born October 15, 
 1819, and was a daughter of Samuel G. Cheatham, 
 of Macomb. Her death occurred in this city Sep- 
 tember 29, 1855. Charles Chandler held the office 
 of School Commissioner of the count\-, was Justice 
 of the Peace and Notary Public. He also .serA-ed 
 as Colonel in the Illinois State Militia. In March, 
 1858, he establi.shed a private bank, which, on the 
 8th of February, 1865, was merged in the First 
 National Bank of Macomb. He embarked in this 
 line of business during the hard times that fol- 
 lowed the financial panic of 1857, but the people 
 reposed the utmost confidence in him, and knew 
 that he would make good all promises. Never a 
 dollar was deposited with him that was not re- 
 turntd when called for. In 1865 he organized 
 the Finst National Bank, with a capital .stock of 
 $50,000. Among its stockholders were Joseph 
 Anderson, Joseph Burton, J. W. Mcintosh, C. V. 
 Chandler, A. E. Hoskinson, S. F. Lancey, Henr>- 
 C.Twyman, J. H. Cummings and J. B. Cummings. 
 Its fir.st officers were Charles Chandler, President; 
 J. H. Cummings, Ca.shier: C. \'. Chandler, Teller: 
 and Joseph Burton, Joseph Anderson, S. F. Lan-- 
 cey, A. E. Hoskin.son and Charles Chandler as Di- 
 rectors. The last-named gentleman continued his 
 connection witli the business interests of the city 
 until his death in 1878. 
 
 C. \'. Chandler was born in the Fir.st Ward of 
 Macomb, January 25, 1843, and still resides in 
 his native city. After attending its public schools, 
 he pursued his studies for a time in Danbury, 
 Conn., and later was a student in Lake Forest 
 Academy, (jf Illinois. It was his intention to en- 
 ter Williams College in 1862, but Invc of country 
 shaped his cour.se otherwise, and with an earnest 
 desire to aid in the defen.se of llic Union, he 
 joined the boys in blue of Company I, Seventy- 
 eighth Illinois Infantr\'. After nine months, he 
 was promoted to the rank of vSecond Lieutenant. 
 At the- baltk- (if Chirkaniau;.;a, .Sc-pli-niber 2u, 1863, 
 
 he was wounded by a rifle-ball, which passed 
 through both thighs, and again by a ball which 
 passed through one thigh. Ju.st before the injury, 
 he had taken hold of a small hickory tree, and re- 
 marked to the First Lieutenant, "I guess we will 
 pull through all right." Almo.st inunediately 
 the ball struck him, and he added, "I guess we 
 will not." Mr. Chandler now has in his posses- 
 sion a cane made from the tree to which he was 
 holding at the time. Obtaining a furlough, he 
 returned home, but after recovering his health and 
 strength he rejoined his regiment March i, 1864. 
 In the mean time he had been made Adjutant, but 
 he soon found that he would have to resign his 
 commission and return home, for the injuries he 
 had sustained unfitted him for active service. 
 
 The business career of Mr. Chandler has been 
 an honorable, straightfoi^ward one, which has 
 gained for him the confidence and good-will of all 
 with whom he has been brought in contact. On 
 his return from the war, he became Teller in the 
 Fir.st National Bank, and continued to fill that 
 position until the death of his father, December 
 26, 1878, at which time he became President of 
 the institution. He then continued at the head 
 for a number of years, but afterward .sold out to 
 the firm of Hungate, Ward & Co., who changed 
 the name to the Bank of Macomb. In 1893, how- 
 ever, Mr. Chandler re-purchased it, and is now 
 its President. His bu.siness interests have been 
 extensive. He erected and is still owner of the 
 Opera Hou.se Block, and in connection with this 
 he has a number of other fine brick business 
 blocks in the cit.\-. 
 
 On the 28th of August, 1866, Mr. Chandler 
 was united in marriage with Miss Clara A. Baker, 
 daughter of Judge J. H. I5aker, a well-known citi- 
 zen of Macomb. Their union has been blessed 
 with six children: Charles J., who diedin iufanc\-: 
 Clara, wife of F. II. Mapes: Mary, Ralph, George 
 and Isabella, who are _\et at home. The Chandler 
 household is the abode of hospitality, and the 
 members of the famil_\- rank high in social circles. 
 
 Mr. Chajuller is connected with several civic 
 societies. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, 
 the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a 
 Royal Arch Mason and » Knight Templar. He 
 
 
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 is also a member of the Odd Fellows and of Mc 
 Donough Post No. 183. G. A. R., having served 
 as Comniaiuler of the latter order. He votes 
 ill support of the Republican part\-. and is a 
 stalwart advocate of its principles. In the year 
 1870 he was appointed City Treasurer, and held 
 the office for si.xteen years. He has also repre- 
 .sented his di.strict in the Twent\-se\eiith General 
 A.s,seiiibly, and is now .serving as a nieinber of the 
 City Council. By his connection with business 
 interests, he has aided materialh' in the pro.sperity 
 of his native city. His hearty support and co- 
 operation are given to all worthy public enter- 
 prises and charities, and in no .small degree is 
 Macomb indebted to him for its advanceineiit and 
 progress. He is free from all ostentation and dis- 
 play, and does not take credit to himself yet his 
 fellow-townsmen recognize that he has been a 
 mo.st important factor in everything pertaining to 
 the good of McDonough County. 
 
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 30HN H. HUNGATE is a banker of La 
 Harpe, and is recognized as one of the most 
 prominent and progressive business men of 
 this place. He has also taken a leading part in 
 politics, and has been an important factor in the 
 U]ibuilding of this jslace. A native of Hancock 
 Couiitx', lie was born June 2, iS.^.S, and is a son of 
 Adonijah Hungate, who was born in Wa.shington 
 County, Ky., September 15, 1 Soy, and died in La 
 Harpe, August 14, 1891, at the age of eighth- 
 three years and eleven months. When he was 
 but eight years old he lo.st his father, Col. John 
 Hungate, who was an officer in the War of 18 12, 
 and died shorth- before the declaration of peace. 
 Adonijah Hungate, deprived of the means of 
 modern education, and in a ^par.->ely settled region, 
 grew to manhood among the jiioneers of his native 
 .State, receiving but limited privileges. He was 
 married August 27, 1829, to Ivlizabeth Ward, 
 daughter of Capt. Nathan Ward. 
 
 In 1833, with his wife and two children, Mr. 
 Hungate removed to the new and sparsel\- settled 
 State of Illinois, locating near what is now I'ouii- 
 
 tain Green. He is therefore numbered among the 
 pioneers of this county. In 1S3S, however, here- 
 moved to McDonough Count\', where he s])ent 
 the greater part of his life on a farm. Uniting 
 with the Baptist Church at New Hope, he re- 
 mained ever after a faithful worker in the cau.se 
 of Chri.st. At a time antedating the church and 
 .schoolhou.se, his hunilile home was frequentl\' 
 opened for public worship, and thus it became a 
 rendezvous for the itinerate evangelist, and the 
 people who there gathered for service became tlie 
 nucleus for the organization of a new church. It 
 was at his hou.se, February 20, 1849, that the 
 HilLsboro Baptist Church was organized, he and 
 his devoted wife becoming charter members. A 
 short time after, largely through his liljerality and 
 eiforts, a house of worship was erected near liis 
 home and a Sunday-school formed. In 1873, he 
 retired from active life and removed to La Harpe, 
 where he resided until his death. He was ever 
 found faithful in the discharge of his duties, 
 whether public or private. He endeavored to fol- 
 low closely in the footsteps of the Master, and his 
 philanthropic and patriotic virtues well deserve 
 emulation. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hungate were born .sixteen 
 children: Charles G., of Blandinsville; William 
 J., who died at the age of two \ears; Natlian 
 Ward, who, with his wife and two children, was 
 murdered by the Indians in 1864, eighteen miles 
 from Den\-er, Colo., at the' l)eginning of the Indian 
 War which resulted in the extenninaticMi of that 
 band of red men at Saiid\- Creek by Gen. .Schiving- 
 ton; Harrison H., a verv extensive farmer of Walla 
 Walla, Wash., e.x-inembeidf llie Legislature from 
 his di.strict, and the present Treasurer of Walla 
 W'alla County; John IL, of this sketch; Mar\- .S., 
 widow of Samuel RuVierts, of McDonough County; 
 Martha A., deceased, wife of Peter Calder, of Cal- 
 ifornia; Cynthia J., wife of Isaac N. Reed, of Den- 
 ver, Colo.; James A., a miller and fanner of Pull- 
 man, Wash., .'ind a nieinber of tlie Constitutional 
 Convention of th.'il .State; Laura J,, who died in 
 187 I, while visiting in California; .Samuel C, who 
 was graduated from Abingdon College, and died 
 in Macomb in 1873; Nancy Iv, wife of Campbell 
 Robinson, of Wa.shington; Cabin A., wlio died 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 leaving a wife and four children in Washington; 
 Levi L., who died in Hancock County, in 1882; 
 Lucy W., who died in infancy; andLillieB., wife 
 of C. H. Ingram, of La Harpe. 
 
 We now take up tlie personal historj- of John 
 H. Hungate, uho in the public schools of Mc- 
 Donough County acquired his early education, 
 which was supplemented by study in the Burling- 
 ton l^niversity, of Burlington, Iowa. After teach- 
 ing for a year and a-half, he entered the law de- 
 partment of the University of Chicago, and was 
 graduated therefrom in 1S61. He immediately 
 embarked in the practice of his profession, form- 
 ing a partnership with Judge Bailey, of Macomb, 
 which was contiiuied until 1864, when Mr. Hun- 
 gate was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court for 
 four \ears. During his term of office he framed 
 the law providing for the indexing of all the Cir- 
 cuit Court Records throughout the State of Illi- 
 nois. The bill was drawn originally to apply only 
 to McDonough County, but was taken up by the 
 Judiciar,\- Committee of the Legislature and ap- 
 plied to the .State at large. 
 
 At the expiration of his tenn of office, Mr. Hun- 
 gate removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he was en- 
 gaged in legal practice for five years. He then 
 took a trip through the West, and on his return 
 bought out the bank in La Harpe formerl\- owned 
 by the firm of C. F. Gill & Co. This was in 1874, 
 ^nd since that time he has l)een successfully en- 
 gaged in the banking bu.siness in this place. Un- 
 til quite recently he was also connected with the 
 Bank of Macomb. In 1876, he was nominated for 
 Congress l)y the Democratic |)arty, but as the dis- 
 trict had a Republican majority of two thousand, 
 he was defeated by Benjamin F. Marsh, who, 
 howe\er, won the election by only .seven hundred, 
 a fact which indicated the popularity of Mr. Hun- 
 gate. In 1868, he was a candidate for the Senate 
 from the district com])rising McDonough, Mercer, 
 Warren and Henderson Counties, but could not 
 overcome the strong opposition of the other ])arty. 
 He was a member of the convention that nomina- 
 ted Gro\er Cleveland for the Presi(lenc>- in Chi- 
 cago in 1884, and during tliat \ear made some 
 .speeches in support of his party. 
 
 In 1877, Mr. Hungate made a Irij) to Kurope, 
 
 visiting various points of intere.st in England, Ire- 
 land and France. After his return he was mar- 
 ried, on the 8th of May, 1878, to Miss Florence E. 
 Matthews, of Moimiouth, 111., daughter of James 
 H. and Nancy (Steward) Matthews. Her grand- 
 father was a Presbyterian minister, and organized 
 the fir.st church in Macomb. Her father was a 
 graduate of Hanover College, and for a time was 
 President of McDonough College. A brilliant and 
 scholarly man, his many excellencies of character 
 made him greatly beloved. Five children have 
 graced the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hungate: 
 QuintinWard, Edith Clare, John M., Jeane (who 
 died in infancy) , and Harold G. The family is one 
 ofprominence in the community, and Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hungate are held in high esteem by all who know 
 them. He is a member of La Harpe Lodge No. 
 195, A. F. tS: A. M. His life has been well and 
 worthily .spent, and his bu.sine.ss career has been 
 one of success. 
 
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 ffl MITH F, BRYAN, who for years has followed 
 /\ farming, now lives retired in La Harpe, 
 C*y enjoying the rest which he has .so truly earned 
 and richly deserves. His energy and enterprise 
 in former years brought to him a competency, 
 which supplies him with all the comforts and 
 many of the luxuries of life, and his declining 
 years will be plea.santl\- pa.ssed among his old 
 friends and acquaintances in this communit>-. 
 
 A nativeof Mercer County, Pa., Mr. Bryan was 
 born No\ember 17, 18-^2, and is a son of Jacob 
 Bryan, who was also born in the same county and 
 was of Iri.sh e.Ktraction. The familv re.sided in 
 New Jerse\- jirior to 1819. The father received 
 but limited .school privileges, but through read- 
 ing, experience and ol)servation. he became a well- 
 informed man. t)n the 14th of May, 1S24, he 
 was joined in marriage with Mary Bagley, daugh- 
 ter of Daniel and F'li/.abeth (Showerman) Bagley, 
 the ceremony being performed in Crawford Coun- 
 ty, Pa. Seven children were born to them, four 
 sons and three daughters, but the eldest daughter 
 died in infancv. Rice B. is also deceased. Han- 
 
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 nah was killed by a runaway in La Harpe Town- 
 ship in I S50. Cowden M. , a jeweler of La Harpe, 
 died December 9, i<S.S4. Smith F. is the next 
 younger. John F., a soldier of the late war, died 
 of exposure at Port Hudson, La., March 9, 1S64. 
 Elizabeth B., decea.sed, was the wife of J. W. Cas- 
 .singhani, a re.sident farmer of La Harpe Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Smith F. Bryan was reared on the old home- 
 stead in Mercer County Pa., and upon the farm 
 in Hancock County, whither he came with his 
 parents May 15, 1840. The trip westward was 
 made bj- boat from Beaver down the Ohio River 
 to Cairo, and up the Mi.s,sis,sippi toWar.saw. On 
 landing at that place they loaded their household 
 effects on wagons, and in this way completed their 
 trip to what is known as the James Gittings 
 farm, three miles north of La Harpe. The father 
 purchased four hundred acres of land on section 
 p,. La Harpe Township, one hundred and si.xty 
 acres in Henderson County, and one hundred and 
 twenty acres of timber-land. The son. Smith ¥., 
 was educated in the subscription schools of La 
 Harpe Town.ship, but he too is mostly self-educa- 
 ted, for altogether his attendance at the common 
 .schools would pnibabh- not cover a period of more 
 than fifteen months. He became familiar with 
 all the duties of farm life, however, and aided in 
 the cultivation of the old homestead until about 
 twenty-seven years of age. 
 
 On the 28th of Januar\-, 1859, Mr. Bryan was 
 united in marriage with Miss Delina Painter, 
 daughter of Joseph T. and Phoebe (Rea) Painter, 
 a native of La Harpe Township, born November 
 '3i '83^- Her family had located in that town- 
 ship on the 4th of May previous. Our subject 
 and his wife became the parents of nine children, 
 namely: Emma Y., wife of James Brown, of La 
 Harpe; Ida May, who died October 25, 1S65; Jo- 
 .seph P., who died August 10, 1S91; John F., a 
 farmer of La Harpe Township; William E. and 
 James R., who both carry on agricultural pursuits 
 in that township; Mary A., wife of Elmer M. 
 Spiker; Charles C, at home; and one son who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 In i860 Mr. Bryan purchased two hundred acres 
 of land on section 9, La Harpe Township, and still 
 
 owns this farm. He continued its cultivation un- 
 til the 14th of August, 1862, when he enlisted in 
 Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illi- 
 nois Infantr}-, under Capt. Jo.seph Shaw. He 
 faithfully .served for three years, and was then 
 mustered out in Davenport, Iowa, June 5, 1865. 
 His first battle was with Sherman in the three- 
 days fight at Yazoo River. He al.so participated 
 in the engagement at Arkansas Po.st, and the 
 battle of Thompson's Hill, and was under fire at 
 Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of 
 Yicksburg, and the battle of Jackson. For 
 three months he was confined in the hospital at 
 Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Bryan is now a member of Geddes Post 
 No. 142, G. A. R., and takes an active interest in 
 the organization, which perpetuates the fraternal 
 feeling which existed among the bojs in blue. He 
 cast his finst Presidential vote for John C. Fre- 
 mont in 1856, and lias since been a .stalwart sup- 
 porter of the Republican part)- and its principles. 
 He has served as Township Assessor, and for 
 twenty consecutive 5'ears was School Director. 
 Both he and his wife are members of the Chris- 
 tian Church, and their well-,spent lives entitle 
 them to the high regard in which they are held, 
 and make them well worthy a place in this vol- 
 ume, among the best and most prominent citizens 
 of Hancock County. 
 
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 (Tames E. MARKLAND, who is engaged in 
 I the livery business in Blandinsville, claims 
 Q) Indiana as his native State. He was born in 
 Decatur County, on the ist of January, 1844, 
 and is the .seventh in order of birth in a family of 
 twelve children, whose parents were Zadock and 
 Delilah (Williams) Markland. Six of their chil- 
 dren died in infancy, and those still living be.side 
 our subject are, Richard J., a farmer and stock- 
 rai.ser of Clay County, 111.; William, who fol- 
 lows the same pursuit in Wabash County, Ind.: 
 Elizabeth, wife of John Duvall, a farmer and 
 stock-rai.ser of Cumberland County, 111.: Oliver, 
 who carries on agricultural pursuits in Jasper 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 County, 111.: and vSurrilda, wife of John Courson, 
 a farmer of Jasper County, 111. 
 
 When a lad of six summers, James E. Mark- 
 land accompanied his parents on their emigration 
 to Jasper County, 111. The father purchased a 
 farm, and our subject was thereon reared, remain- 
 ing under the parental roof until nineteen years 
 of age, when he left home and began farming in 
 his own interest. He worked as a farm hand 
 for two years, and thus made a start in life. He 
 acquired a good English education in the district 
 schools, and is now a well-informed man. 
 
 When he had attained his majority, Mr. Mark- 
 land was united in marriage with Miss Lucy A. 
 Bonham, daughter of Levi and Mar>- (Hunt) 
 Bonham, the wedding being celebrated on the 
 1 6th of July, 1S63. They have become the par- 
 ents of four children, namely: Frances I., wife of 
 George N. Fife, a teamster of Blandinsville; Will- 
 iam L., w'ho is now attending .school in Chicago; 
 Cora E., wife of James B. Mann, who is en- 
 gaged in teaming in Blandinsville; and Roy, at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Markland began their domestic 
 life upon a rented farm in Jasper County, 111., 
 which our subject contiiuied to cultivate until the 
 spring of 1865, when he left the State and came 
 with his family to Blandinsville. Here he made 
 his home until the spring of 1866, when he em- 
 barked in farming in Sciota Township, there car- 
 rving on agricultural pursuits for two years. In 
 1868 we find him engaged in farming in Logan 
 County, 111.; and in the spring of 1870 he re- 
 moved to Henderson County, where he continued 
 agricultural pursuits until 1874. In that year he 
 returned to Blandinsville and began trading in 
 stock, a pursuit which he followed until i88o, 
 when he removed to a farm in Blandins- 
 ville Township. In 1885 he again took up 
 his residence in town, where he engaged in 
 the butchering business for two \ears, and 
 during the following four years he engaged 
 in teaming in Blandinsville. In 1889 he em- 
 barked in the livery bu.sine.ss, and in 1890 built 
 his present stables. 
 
 Mr. Markland, who exercises his right of fran- 
 chise in support of the Democracy, has twice .served 
 
 as Constable, and has been a member of the Town 
 Board for two years. Socially, he is a member 
 of Hardin Lodge No. 25, A. O. U. W. : New- 
 Hope Lodge No. 263, I. O. O. F. ; and Aten 
 Lodge No. 22, L- H. He also belongs to the 
 Christian Church, and is a valued and enterpris- 
 ing citizen, who manifests a commendable interest 
 in everything pertaining to the welfare of the 
 community. He is a man of sterling worth and 
 strict integrity, and is both widely and favorably 
 known in this communitv. 
 
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 Gl DDISON F. HELMS is now .ser\ing as Sher- 
 LA iff of Hancock County, and makes his home 
 I I in Carthage. The record of his life is as 
 follows: A native of \'irginia, he was born in 
 Floyd County on the ist of November, 1844, and 
 is a son of Hamilton and Aurena (Slusher) Helms, 
 who were also natives of Virginia. The father 
 was a farmer, and in 1859 he left his native State, 
 emigrating westward to Hancock County, 111., 
 for he believed he might better his financial con- 
 dition by removing to the broad prairies of the 
 We.st. Taking up his residence in Carthage Town- 
 ship, he there resided for .seven years, after which 
 he returned to Virginia, where his death occurred 
 at the age of .seventy-two. His wife pas.sed away 
 at the age of .seventy-three. They had two sons 
 and one daughter, who are yet living in Han- 
 cock County. 
 
 Our subject returned to the Old Dominion with 
 his parents in the autumn of 1866, but the follow- 
 ing spring again came to Illinois, where he began 
 farming upon rented land. He contiiuied to carry 
 on agricultural pursuits until 188 1, when became 
 to Carthage, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff, 
 holding the office under William Dam.son. He 
 al.so served in the .same capacity under James H. 
 Wetzel, and when the latter's term had expired, 
 in 1886, he became a candidate on the Demo- 
 cratic ticket for the office. The election returns, 
 however, showed that M. V. Riley, his opponent, 
 was the .succe.ssful candidate, and during the four 
 succeeding years Mr. Helms served as Constable 
 
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 of Carthage Township. In iScjn it was again 
 time to elect a .sheriff, and in that \ear he ran 
 against Z. T. Starkey. This time he received a 
 good majority, and in December entered upon 
 his duties as County Sheriff, with Charles Weis- 
 mann as Deputy. He has done considerable pri- 
 vate detective work, and possesses a keen eye and 
 retentive memory, which well fit him for that 
 service. 
 
 In Hancock County, in July, 1867, was cele- 
 brated the marriage of Mr. Helms and Miss Au- 
 relia Printy, step-daughter of John \\'. Cox, of St. 
 Mary's, and a native of this county. Their union 
 has been blessed with three children, two sons 
 and a daughter, namely: Emma, wife of John 
 Moore, formerly of Carthage, but now of Quinc}-; 
 Jay H. and Clay Vaughn. The family is well 
 known in the community, where its members have 
 many warm friends. 
 
 Mr. Helms is a member of the Masonic frater- 
 nity, belonging to Hancock Lodge No. 20, A. F. 
 & A. M. He has made his home within the 
 borders of this county since fifteen years of age, 
 and has therefore witnessed much of its growth 
 and development. He has led a bu.sy life, and is 
 now acceptably and creditabl>- filling the respon- 
 sible position to which he has been called liv his 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
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 (lAMES C. COULvSON, the popular and suc- 
 I ce.ssful editor of the La Harper, which is pub- 
 O lished in La Harpe, Hancock County, is a 
 well-known resident of this community. He is 
 living in his native town, his birth having here 
 occurred on the 24th of September, 1846. His 
 father, George Coul.son, was born in \'irginia in 
 1800. With a view to bettering his financial 
 condition, he emigrated w'estward in 1835. and 
 ca.st his lot among the early settlers of La Harpe. 
 He was the first physician of this place, and was 
 wideh- and favorably known throughout this sec- 
 tion of the State. His wife bore the maiden 
 name of Nancy A. Cos.sitt. She was boni in 
 Hartford, Conn., December 27, 1802, and was a 
 
 daughter of vSilas Cossitt. They became the par- 
 ents of nine children, five .sons and four daugh- 
 ters, namely: vSarah F., wife of E. M. Sanford, a 
 resident of La Harpe; Henry C, who died in Vic- 
 toria, Tex., in 1864; Mar>- E., wife of H. H. 
 Barnes, of La Harpe; Nancy J., wife of J. R. R. 
 Morford, who is living in this place; Epaphroditus 
 C, who died in La Harpe in 1867; Caroline A., 
 wife of D. D. Smalle}', who is located in Raritan, 
 111.; Thomas, who died in 1854; George, a hard- 
 ware merchant of La Harpe; and our subject. 
 
 James C. Coul.son, the youngest member of the 
 family, acquired his education in the public 
 schools of his native city, and ,started out for him- 
 self as a clerk in the general merchandise store of 
 William Tharp, of Raritan. There he continued 
 for two years, after which he accepted a position 
 as .salesman with C. H. Stansbury, of Raritan, 
 with whom he remained for fourteen j-ears, a 
 tru.sted and faithful employe. 
 
 During this time, Mr. Coulson was united in 
 marriage with Miss Anna B., daughter of C. H. 
 and Sidney- E. (Humes) Stansbury. Their wed- 
 ding was celebrated on the 25th of June, 1868, 
 and was bles.sed with two children, Efiie M. and 
 Charles S., both of whom are at home. The 
 mother died April 8, 1883, and her lo.ss was 
 motirned by many. On the 28th of October, 1885, 
 Mr. Coulson was again married, his second union 
 being with Mrs. Alice M. Corzatt, of Blandins- 
 ville. 111. Three children have been born unto 
 them, a son and two daughters: Margie C, 
 George and Edna. 
 
 Mr. Coulson entered upon his newspaper ca- 
 reer in Raritan in 1876, as editor of the Raritan 
 Ihilltiin, of which the firm of Barnes & Butler 
 were publishers. In 1878, he removed to La 
 Harpe, and began the publication of the then de- 
 funct Lallarpcr. He has since been at its head 
 and has made it one of the leading papers of the 
 county. Although his office and its contents 
 were destroyed by fire on the 15th of October, 
 1893, he did not miss an issue of the paper, but 
 with characteristic energy he made arrangements 
 to continue the work without interruption. The 
 paper is devoted to the interests of the communit\- 
 and to the publication of local and general news. 
 
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 Mr. Coulson is much interested in civic socie- 
 ties and holds membership with various organiza- 
 tions, including Bristol Lodge No. 656, I. O. O.F. ; 
 Hardin Lodge No 28, A. O. U. W.; LaHarpe 
 Camp No. 42S, M. W. A.; and the Independent 
 Order of Mutual Aid. He has for eight terms 
 served as repre.sentative to the Grand Lodge of the 
 Odd Fellows' fraternity, and three terms to that 
 of the Woodmen. In politics, he is a Democrat, 
 but his paper is publi.shed independently. He 
 ser\ed as Po.stmaster of La Harpe for four years, 
 under President Cleveland, and as Assessor of 
 LaHarpe Township in 1890 and 1891. His life 
 has been well and worthily passed, and he has the 
 high regard of all. 
 
 "lias M. BRANDON, who .since August, 
 'e) 1886, has occupied the position of telegraph 
 operator and .station agent at Blandinsville, 
 claims Illinois as the State of his nativity, his 
 Vjirth having occurred in Fountain Green Town- 
 .ship, Hancock County, March 7, 1851. His fa- 
 ther, Richard Brandon, was born in Peini.sylvania, 
 in 1809, and was a farmer by occupation. Dur- 
 ing his early childhood he accompanied his par- 
 ents to Ohio, and was reared to manhood on a 
 farm in the Buckeye State. Having arrived at 
 years of maturity, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary M. Favorite, who was born in Mc- 
 Connelsburg, Ohio, June 3, 18 14. The wedding 
 was celebrated January 6, 1836, and their union 
 was blessed with eleven children, .seven .sons and 
 four daughters: Teresine C, deceased, wife of 
 David Cratsenberg; James F., a canvas.ser resid- 
 ing in I'ountain Green; Galbraith L., a retired 
 farmer residing in Bloomington. Ind. ; George M., 
 an agriculturist of Fountain Green Township, 
 Hancock County; lilizabeth M., wife of Robert 
 Geddes, also a farmer of Hancock County; Elias 
 M., of this sketch; Julia A., wife of John Miller, 
 who carries on farming in Fountain Green Town- 
 ship; Edward B., who is proprietor of the Phoe- 
 nix Hotel, of Hampton, Iowa; Edward A., who 
 died in infanc>-; Richard B., who was a soldier 
 
 in the late war and died in the .ser\'ice of his 
 coiuitry, from exposure; and Mary, who died in 
 infancy in Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 Richard B. Brandon emigrated westward in 
 1838 and located near Macomb, McDonough 
 County, where for ten years he engaged in farm- 
 ing. In 1S48, he removedto a farm in Fountain 
 Green Township, Hancock County, purchasing 
 one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land 
 on section 13. In an unpretentious frame house 
 on this farm our subject was born. His father 
 died of cholera in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1854, and 
 thus at the age of three years our subject was left 
 dependent upon his mother for support. He was 
 reared on the old homestead, and in the winter 
 .season conned his lessons in the district .schools of 
 the neighborhood, while in the summer months 
 he followed the plow and aided in the other labors 
 of the farm. His early educational privileges 
 were .supplemented by one year's attendance at 
 Monmouth College, which he entered in the au- 
 tumn of 187 1. In 1870, he taught one term of 
 school in his home township, and in 1S72 he was 
 employed as teacher of the Eagle School, anil 
 again in 1873. Until 1880 his time was alternately 
 pas.sed in teaching and farming, but in October of 
 that j'ear he entered the store of J. M. Springer, 
 of La Cros.se, where he was employed as a clerk 
 for two years, leaving that position in January, 
 1882. During this time he also .studied telegra- 
 phy, and in 1882 was made agent on the Toledo, 
 Peoria & Warsaw Railroad at La Cros.se. There 
 he continued until August, 1886, when he came 
 to Blandin.sville. 
 
 The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. 
 Brandon was in her maidenhood Su.san C. Hay, 
 daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (King) Hay, 
 of La Crosse. The marriage of our subject and 
 his wife was celebrated October 5, 1876, and their 
 union has been blessed with .seven children, but 
 Gertie, William, Charles and Freddie died in in- 
 fancy. Bes.sie, Bertha and Nellie are .still at 
 home. 
 
 vSince casting his first Presidential vote for Gen. 
 Grant in 1872 Mr. Brandon has been a warm ex- 
 ponent of the principles of the Republican party, 
 and in 1881 he was appointed Postmaster of La 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 Crosse, whicli position he afterwards resigned. 
 He is now sen^ing as vSchool nirector. and is an 
 efficient and capablenieniberof the Town Council. 
 Socially, he is a member of P>lan(lins\ille Lodge 
 No. 233, A. F. & A. ^L and of Cam]) No. 396, 
 M. \V. A. One of the leading and prominent 
 members of the Christian Church, he is now serv- 
 ing as one of its Elders, and for fi\'e years he has 
 been Superintendent of the vSunda\-school, He 
 is an untiring worker in the interests of the same, 
 and does all in his power for the promotion and 
 advancement of the cause. His life has been 
 well and worthily pa.s.sed, and his honorable, 
 ujiright career has gained him universal confi- 
 dence and esteem. He is a popular, genial gen- 
 tleman, and in the communitj- where he lives he 
 has made man>- friends. 
 
 |ILLL\M HOOTON TWADDLE, who .since 
 1876 has been successfully engaged in the 
 practice of law in Macomb, and is num- 
 bered among the leading attorneys of McDonough 
 County, claims Ohio as the State of his nativity. 
 He was born in Jefferson Count\-, June 2, 1833, 
 and is a son of Capt. William and Hannah (Hoot- 
 on) Twaddle. The father was also born in the 
 Buckeye State, and was one of a family of fifteen 
 children. He commanded a company of Ohio 
 militia, made farming liis life occupation, and in 
 1844 came to McDonough County, where he car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits until his death. A 
 year after coming here he was elected Justice of 
 the Peace, and continued to fill that position until 
 called to the home beyond, in 1879. He also 
 served as Town Treasurer, Supervisor, and vSchool 
 Treasurer. His life was an honorable, upright 
 one, and made him a highly respected citizen of 
 the community. His wife pa.ssed away in Au- 
 gust, 1864, and was laid to rest in Scott Cemetery. 
 Three brothers of the Twaddle family are yd li\- 
 ing: John W., a resident of Tennessee Township; 
 Marcena, who resides in Bethel Townshi]); and 
 William H. A .sister, Minerva E., is the wife of 
 William Lawyer, of Tennessee Township. One 
 
 brother, George W., died September 18, 1889, 
 leaving a widow and foiu" children, two sons and 
 two daughters. He was a jirominent farmer and 
 owned some \alual)le land. He also .ser\X'd as 
 Justice of the Peace and .Supervisor of Bethel 
 Township. 
 
 William Twaddle and his family made the 
 journey to Illinois from Steubenville down the 
 Ohio River, and then up the Mississippi and Illi- 
 nois Rivers to Frederick, where they landed April 
 6, 1S44. They at once came to McDonough 
 County and settled on a quarter-section of land in 
 Bethel Township, which had been purchased by 
 the maternal grandfather, William Hooton. The 
 early history of the Twaddle family in America is 
 not known, but the name is of Scotch derivation, 
 and is a contraction of the name of the place where 
 their ancestors lived, Tweed Dale. 
 
 William H. Twaddle of this .sketch has spent 
 almost his entire life in McDonough County, hav- 
 ing accompanied his parents on their emigration 
 thither when eleven years old. He is almost 
 wholly self-educated, as the connnon .schools of 
 the neighborhood during his youth afforded but 
 meagre advantages. In early life he became fa- 
 miliar with the arduous task of developing new 
 land, for he aided in opening up several farms. 
 He continued to engage in agricultural jnirsuits 
 until about forty years of age, and when incapac- 
 ited by ill health for further manual labor, he 
 turned his attention to law. After considerable 
 private study, he entered the office of William H. 
 Neece, of Macomb, and afterwards was with Jacob 
 H. Folts. In 1X76 he was admitted to the Bar in 
 Springfield, and has since devoted the greater 
 part of his time and attention to the management 
 of estates and to the interests of minor heirs. He 
 has done a good business along this line, for the 
 people have the utmost confidence in him, and 
 therefore give him a liberal patronage. 
 
 Since ca.sting his first Presidential \ote for 
 Franklin Pierce, Mr. Twaddle has been a sup- 
 porter of the Democracy, and warmly advocates 
 its principles. He is a generous, benevolent and 
 kind-hearted man, and as the result of his friendl\' 
 dispo.sition, he has done much work without com- 
 pensation, especially aiding those who were una- 
 
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 ble to hire counsel. He now owns a good farm 
 in Bethel Township, besides being agent for other 
 landed interests, which he carefully guards. He 
 has taken quite an active interest in political af- 
 fairs, and has served l)oth as A.s.se.s.sor and Col- 
 lector. A well-spent life has won him high re- 
 gard, and it is with pleasure that we present to 
 our readers this record of his life. 
 
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 r^RESTON HUSTON, a retired farmer re.sid- 
 L/ ing in Blandinsville, well deser\-es mention 
 f^ among the honored pioneers of McDonough 
 County, for here his entire life has been pa.ssed. 
 He was born in Blandinsville Town.ship Septem- 
 ber 14, 1S37, and is a son of John Huston, who 
 was one of the very earliest settlers of this locaHty , 
 and aided in opening it up to civihzation. The 
 father was born in White County, Tenn., May 17, 
 1808, and on attaining his majority he emigrat- 
 ed to Morgan County, 111,, in 1829. Eighteen 
 months later he came to this county and took up 
 his residence on .section 19, Blandinsville Town- 
 ship. The first land which he here owned was a 
 one hundred and sixty acre tract, which he entered 
 from the Government. To this he added from 
 time to time, until at his death he was one of the 
 nio.st extensive land-owners of the county. He 
 made the journey from Tenne.ssee to Illinois with 
 an ox-team, and on his arrival his po.sses.sions 
 were fifty cents in money and a blind mare. The 
 half-dollar was .spent for salt soon after his arrival. 
 His uncle, who had accompanied him on thejour- 
 ney, loaned him a yoke of oxen, and with these he 
 plowed fortv acres of land, which he planted in 
 corn. During the first winter he split the rails nec- 
 es.sar\- to fence this tract, and also built a log cabin, 
 in which the family lived for eighteen months. 
 The nearest mill was at Jacksonville, and it re- 
 quired eight days to make the trip to and from 
 that place. In 1S32 Mr. Huston removed to a 
 larger log cabin, which he had built about a half 
 mile from his first home, and making additions to 
 this he soon afterwards had what at that time was 
 considered a very pretentious log residence. 
 
 In White County, Tenn., on the 2d of October, 
 1828, John Hu.ston married Miss Ann, daughter 
 of William and Mary (Duncan) Melvin, and to 
 them were born the following children: William 
 M., a practicing physician of Blandinsville: Wal- 
 ter, Rigdon and Crockett, all decea.sed : Preston, of 
 this sketch: Thomas, a farmer and .stock-raiser of 
 Columbus, Kan.; Mary, wife of Strather Givens, 
 a retired fanner of Abingdon, 111. : and John, who 
 carries on farming and .stock-raising in Blandins- 
 ville Township. The father of this family was 
 called to his final rest July 8, 1854, and the 
 mother, who long sur\Mved him, passed away 
 January 22, 1892. 
 
 Upon his father's farm, Preston Huston spent 
 the days of his boyhood and youth, and during 
 the winter season he attended the subscription 
 .schools of the neighborhood, to which he walked 
 a distance of three miles. He is largely a self- 
 educated man, for his advantages in youth were 
 rather meagre. He remained at home until he 
 had attained his majority, when he started out in 
 life for him.self, beginning the cultivation and im- 
 provement of a one hundred and sixty acre farm 
 on section 23, Blandinsville Township, which he 
 had inherited from his father. As his financial 
 resources were increased, he made additional pur- 
 chases, and at one time was the owner of eight 
 hundred acres of valuable land, which yielded to 
 him an excellent income, and made him one of 
 the prosperous citizens of the community. He 
 continued to successfully engage in agricultural 
 pursuits until 1890, when he laid aside all busi- 
 ness cares and came to Blandinsville, where he 
 has since made his home. He has remodeled his 
 residence and now has a comfortable and ta.sty 
 dwelling, in which he will probably spend his re- 
 maining da\s. 
 
 On September 12, 1861, Mr. Hu.ston married 
 Miss Elmira Berry, daughter of Col. William and 
 Patsy (Givens) Berry. Five children were born 
 of their union: John, who died in infancy: Ma- 
 rion W., who has also pas.sed away: Robert, a 
 clothier of Havana, 111.: George B., who went 
 west for his health, and is now living in Delta, 
 Colo. : and Donna Martha, deceased. The mother 
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 15th of May, 1874, Mr. Hu.stoii married Martha 
 M. Berry, whcse maiden name was Martha M. 
 Campbell, daughter of Eli and .Martha 1 Wren- 
 .shaw) I'aniphell. By thi.s marriage wa.s horn a 
 daughter, who died in infancv . Both Mr. and 
 Mrs. Huston are faithful members of the Chri.stian 
 Church, in which he is now serxiug as Elder, and 
 take an active interest in church and benevolent 
 work . 
 
 By his first Presidential ballot, cast in 1864, our 
 subject supported George B. McClellau, and has 
 since been an advocate of the Democracy. Public 
 office, however, has had no attraction for him. 
 Socially, he is a member of Blandinsville Lodge 
 No. 233, A. F. d' A. M., and is an enterprising 
 and progressive citizen, who contributes liberally 
 to the support of all worthy public enterprises. 
 The hi.story of McDonough County is familiar to 
 him from its earliest day. He has borne all the 
 hardships and experiences of frontier life, and has 
 aided in the upbuilding and development of the 
 community, taking a commendable interest in 
 everything pertaining to its progress and advance- 
 ment. 
 
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 *]rSAAC LATHROP, who is now .serving as 
 I Police Magistrate of La Harpe, is one of the 
 X honored citizens of Hancock County, one of 
 its pioneers, and one of its oldest native sons. 
 He was born in Fountain Green Township, on the 
 22d of Augu.st, 1833, and is a representative of 
 one of the first families in this locality. His 
 father, John Lathrop. was a native of London, 
 England, and was a farmer by occupation. Hav- 
 ing emigrated to this country-, he lived for a time 
 in Leavenworth, Mo., and thence came to Illinois, 
 locating in Hancock Couiity in 1831. He mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Coffman, and they became the 
 parents of nine children, four sons and five daugh- 
 ters, namely: Adaline, who was born and died in 
 Mi.s.souri; William, who was born in 1830, and is 
 now living in Nebraska; Julia Ann, deceased; 
 Isaac, whose name heads this record; George, 
 who enlisted as a soldier duriilg the late war and 
 died in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, as the result 
 
 of exposure; Marian T.. who died in Knox 
 County, 111., in 186;,; .Mary Ellen, who died in 
 Blandinsville, III., in 1858; Mary, widow of Zall- 
 den Baldwin, and a resident of Nevada, Mo.; and 
 Phcebe E.. wife of Edward Ta\lor, of Topeka, 
 Kan. 
 
 In the county of his nativity Lsaac Lathrop 
 spent the greater part of his life. At an earh- 
 age he began work upon his father's farm, and 
 became inured to all the hardships of pioneer life. 
 The di,strict .schools of the community afforded 
 him his educational privileges, but his training in 
 that direction was much more meagre than in 
 farm labor. During the late war he was found 
 among the defenders of his country, for in Au- 
 gust, 1862, he entered the I'uion .service as a 
 member of Company A, One Hundred and Eigh- 
 teenth Illinois Infantry. For one year he served, 
 and then re-enli.sted in the same company, in 
 1865. On the ist of October following he re- 
 ceived his discharge at Baton Rouge, La. He 
 was a loyal .soldier, ever found at his post of dutv, 
 and participated in a number of important en- 
 gagements. During his first term he was con- 
 fined in the ho.spital by sickness for some time as 
 the result of exposure. 
 
 On the 27th of December, 1860, Mr. Lathrop 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mildred E. 
 Me.secher, and to them have been born five chil- 
 dren, two sons and three daughters, namely; 
 Alice, wife of R. P. Martin, of Birch Tree, Slian- 
 non County, Mo.; Stephen H., who carries on 
 farming in Henderson County; Viola, who died 
 in infancy; Martha J.; and Daniel, who is still 
 living in La Harpe. The mother of this famiK- 
 was called to her final re.st on the 6th of February, 
 1891, and her loss was deeply mourned through- 
 out the community, for she had a large circle of 
 friends and acquaintances who esteemed her 
 highly for her many excellencies of character. 
 She was a very zealous and efficient worker in 
 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as 
 well as in the Christian Church, of which her Hi- 
 ther was a minister. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Lathrop is a Prohi- 
 bitionist. He has held a luimber of local offices, 
 the duties of which he has ever discharged with 
 
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 promptness and fidelity. While residing in Hen- 
 derson Count>- he ser\-ed as Justice of the Peace 
 and as Constable, and held several school offices. 
 He is now serv'ing as Police Magistrate of La 
 Harpe, and is a capable and efficient officer. 
 Socially, he is a member of Geddes Post No. 142, 
 G. A. R., and is a member of the Christian 
 Church. His life has l>een well and worthily 
 passed, and in the community where he has so 
 long resided he has won and retained the high 
 regard and confidence of all with whom he has 
 l)een brought in contact. He has witne.s,sed the 
 growth and development of the county, and has 
 ever borne his part in its upbuilding and advance- 
 ment. 
 
 'JJl'lORGE \V. SOULE, who is carr\ing on a 
 _ good restaurant in La Harpe, was born in 
 ^ the city which is still his home, on the 15th 
 of February, 1844, and is a worthy representative 
 of one of the honored pioneers of the county, his 
 father, Isaac Soule, having here located in 1837. 
 He was born in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, 
 .September 13. 1820, and was by occupation a 
 tanner. He was married on the i.st of Febman,-. 
 1843, to Mi.ss Eunice P. Ricker, daughter of 
 Timothy and Mary Ann i Hill ) Ricker. who 
 were natives of the Pine Tree State. 
 
 George W. Soule is the elde.st of a family of 
 eight children. No event of special importance 
 occurred during his bo\hood and youth, which 
 were pas.sed midst pla>- and work and in attend- 
 ance at the public schools, where he acquired a 
 good education. He remained with his father 
 until he had attained his majority, and then 
 started out in life for himself to make his own 
 way in the world. In 1863, he embarked in the 
 harness business in La Harpe, and for nine \ears 
 was in the employ of Mr. Claycomb. In 1S72. 
 however, he left his old employer and began busi- 
 ness in his own interest, in connection with N. W. 
 Montgomery, who .sold his interest to Edward 
 Ro.ss. He in turn sold to George Coulson. and he 
 again to William Kirkpatrick. They opened a 
 grocer}-, and Mr. Soule continued his connection 
 
 therewith for .si.K years, when, in 187S, he liegan 
 farming in La Harpe Township, about two miles 
 southwest of the city. For fifteen years he car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits with good success 
 on a well-cultivated and highly improved farm. 
 
 Mr. Soule was married on the 29th of Novem- 
 ber, 1 868, to Miss Harriet C. Bainter, who is 
 now deceased. They had one daughter, Hattie 
 E., but her death occurred at the age of six 
 years. Mr. Soule was again married, on the 27th 
 of May, 1877, his second luiion being with Laura 
 E. Sperry. Two children graced this union: 
 Clara Bess, at home; and Minnie, who died in 
 infancy. In 1S80, Mr. Soule was again called 
 upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who pa.ssed 
 away, leaving many friands to mouni her death. 
 
 In his political views, our subject is a Repub- 
 lican, andca.sthis first Presidential vote for Abra- 
 ham Lincoln in 1864. He takes considerable in- 
 terest in the Masonic fraternity, and is a member 
 of La Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M.; La 
 Harpe Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.; and the Order 
 of the Ea.stern Star. He holds membership with 
 the Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is 
 one of the Trustees, and in the work of the .same 
 is deeply interested. The cause of education also 
 finds in him a wann friend, and for one term he 
 served on the School Board. Lea\'ing his farm 
 in 1893, f" the ist of August of that year he 
 formed a partnership with W. H. Strong, and 
 opened the Bon Ton Restaurant, of La Harpe. 
 The members of the finn are men of good busi- 
 ness and executive ability, and their enter|>rise, 
 industry and perseverance have brought to them 
 a lilieral patronage. 
 
 (ILLIAM E. GRIGSBV. M. I)., one of the 
 enterprising young physicians of McDon- 
 ough County, »vho is now .successfully en- 
 gaged in the practice of medicine in Blandin.sville. 
 is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred 
 on the i6th of February, 1862, in Wa.shington 
 Comity, where his father, Redman Grigsby, was 
 also born. The paternal grandfather, WiUiam 
 
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 Grig.sby, was a native of Virginia, and came of an 
 old faniil\- of that State. The Doctor's father was 
 a farmer by occupation, and carried on agricultural 
 jnirsuits throughout the greater part of his life. 
 On the 27th of September, i860, he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Susan M., daughter of 
 William A. Seay, a native of \'irginia. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Grig.sby were born six children, three 
 sons and three daughters, namelx': William IC. 
 of this sketch: Francis M., a ph\sician and sur- 
 geon of Mautl, Ky.: Annie R., who died on the 
 old homestead in Kentuckx ; Walter C, a jeweler 
 and watchmaker of Stronghurst, 111.: Lena E., 
 who died in infancy; and Martha Z., wife of 
 William Moore, a planter of Washington County, 
 Ky. 
 
 Dr (irig.sby was reared as a farmer's lad, and 
 his earl\- educational advantages were tho.se af- 
 forded Ijy the di.strict schools of the neighborhood, 
 w iiich he attended through the winter season un- 
 til nineteen years of age. He then entered Pleasant 
 Gro\'e Academs', where he pursued his studies 
 for a year, after which he -engaged in teaching for 
 a year in his nati\e county. In 1S84 he changed 
 his work, securing a position as salesman with 
 the firm of A. H. McCord & Co., of Springfield, 
 Ky., continuing clerking for a year. 
 
 On the expiration of that period. Dr. Grigsby 
 came to McDonough County, 111., and in 1S85 
 began farming, which pursuit he followed during 
 the succeeding five years. He then took up the 
 study of medicine, in 1S90, under Dr. T. J. Crum, 
 of Rlandinsville. under whose direction he con- 
 tinued his reading for six months. During the 
 winter of iSgo-91 he was a student in the Keokuk 
 Medical College, of Iowa, and in the winter of 
 1891-92 he attended the Louisville Medical Col- 
 lege, of Louisville. K\'., from which institution 
 he was graduated in the following spring. In 
 1892-9;, he again attended the Keokuk Medical 
 College, and was graduated from that .school in 
 the latter year. Immediately afterward he oi)ened 
 an office in Hlan<linsville, where he has since suc- 
 cessfully engagetl in practice. 
 
 On the 2dof Jul\-, 1887, Dr. Grigsby was unittil 
 in marriage with Mrs. Mary L. Hnshnell, daughter 
 of William 11. and Elizabeth (Seybold) Grig.sbw 
 
 They have a pleasant home in this place, and are 
 highly esteemed people of the comminhty. Both 
 the Doctor and his wife hold meml)ership with 
 the Baptist Church, and he is a memlierof Bland- 
 insville Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M.: Chap- 
 ter No. 208, R. A. M.; Blandinsville Chapter 
 No. 108, O. E. vS.; and Hardin Lodge No. 25, 
 A. O. U. W. In politics, he is a supporter of the 
 Democracy. A close student of his profession, 
 he has already secured a good practice, and will 
 un(loul)tedl\- win success in his chosen vocation. 
 
 ~DW.\RD A. MESECHER carries on agri- 
 ^ cultural pursuits on section 34, La Harpe 
 __ Township, Hancock County. He is num- 
 bered among the native sons of this county, his 
 birth having occurred in Pilot Grove Tow'nship 
 on the 13th of June, 1867. He is also a repre- 
 sentative of one of the pioneer families of the 
 community. His father, Elkanah Mesecher, is 
 likewise a native of Hancock County, and he too 
 is a farmer by occupation. .\ sketch of his life 
 is given elsewhere in this work. The mother of 
 our .subject liore the maiden name of Rebecca M. 
 Butler, and is a daughter of .Sanuiel Baxter and 
 Lucinda (Younger) Butler. 
 
 Edward A. Mesecher is the eldest in a family 
 of four children. The educational privileges 
 he received were those afforded )i>- the common 
 .schools. He early became familiar witli all the 
 duties of farm life, and to his father he gave the 
 benefit of his .services, and aided in the labors of 
 the farm, until his marriage. On the 6lh of I'eb- 
 ruary, 1889, he was joined in marriage with Miss 
 Amanda James, daughter of William Iv aiul Su- 
 san (Wright) James. Tlieir union has Ijeen 
 blessed with three daughters, Pearl lulna. Lena 
 Esther and Bertha lunilv. 
 
 The parents liaxe manv warm friends in this 
 connnunit\- and 1i(j1<1 an enx'iable jiosition in so- 
 cial circles. Their home is also noted for its hos- 
 pitality. Mr. Me.sec-her is a memlier of the Chris- 
 tian Church of La Harpe, and his wife holds mem- 
 bership with the Methodist Ivpiscopal Church of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Libertj-, McDonough Countj'. In politics, he is a 
 stalwart advocate of the Republican party and its 
 principles, and his first Presidential vote was cast 
 for Benjamin Harrison in 1S88. He has never 
 sought or desired the honors or emoluments of 
 public office, but has .ser\-ed as School Director. 
 He is a wide-awake and progressive citizen, and 
 one who takes an active interest in all that per- 
 tains to the welfare of the connnunity and its up- 
 building. Throughout his life he has followed 
 agricultural pursuits, and his industry- and good 
 management have brought him success in his 
 chosen vocation. He is a worthy representative 
 of an honored pioneer family, and it is with pleas- 
 ure that we present to our readers this record of 
 his life. 
 
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 jILLIAM N. BVLHR is a worthy represen- 
 tative of the agricultural interests of Han- 
 cock County, and now carries on general 
 fanning in Durham Townsliip. He was born in 
 this county on the 4th of August, 1862, and has 
 known no other home, l-'rom an early age he 
 has been familiar with all the duties of farm life, 
 for as .soon as old enough to liandle the plow he 
 began work in the fields, and soon became fa- 
 miliar with everything connected with his chosen 
 vocation. His early educational advantages, 
 wliich were those afforded by the connnon schools, 
 were supplemented by study in Oittings Semi- 
 narw In 1880, he entered the seminar_\-, and af- 
 ter pursuing a lliree-\ear course was given a de- 
 gree b\- that institution. 
 
 On leaving school, Mr, I{\ Icr eml)arked in 
 farming in his (i\\ n interest, renting land from 
 his father, wliich he operated for se\en years. 
 With the capital he had acquired iluring this 
 period as the result of his enterprise and industr\', 
 he purchased in the aulunni of 1889 sevenly-.six 
 acres of land in Durham Town.ship. Here he has 
 since made liis honic, and now has a well-devel- 
 oped farm, which in its thrifty api)earance indi- 
 cates to the passer-by the enterpri.se which is 
 among the chief characteristics of the owner. 
 
 On the nth of February, 1886, in Hancock 
 County, was celebrated the marriage of William 
 N. Byler and Miss Clara B. Layton, daughter 
 of James B. and Margaret (Rose) Layton, who 
 were natives of Delaware and Maryland, respec- 
 tively. The union of the young couple has been 
 blessed with two children, a son and daughter: 
 Bessie L. and Charles L. 
 
 Mr. Byler is an honored and respected citizen 
 of his native county. In i8gi, he was elected 
 Ju.stice of the Peace to fill a vacancy, and .so well 
 did he discharge the duties of the position, that 
 in 1893 he was re-elected for a term of four 
 years, and is now filling that office with credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He 
 is connected with the Masonic fraternity, having 
 been made a Mason on the 24th of June, 1886, in 
 Dallas City Lodge No. 235, A. F. & A. M. In 
 1887, he was elected Junior Warden of the lodge, 
 and in the .succeeding year was chosen Senior 
 Warden. In 1889, he was elected Master, and 
 four years later was re-elected to that office. He 
 has been kept continually in office since joining 
 the lodge, and it will thus be seen that he is one 
 of its valued and leading members. In politics, 
 he is a Democrat, and his first Presidential vote 
 was cast for Gro\er Cleveland in 1884. Mr. By- 
 ler is a member of the Baptist Church. 
 
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 III.LIAM A. TOWLER is one of the enter- 
 ])rising and successful business men of La 
 Harpe. He now deals in groceries, queens- 
 ware and agricidtural implements, and is enjoying 
 a fine trade, which is due to his fair and honest 
 dealing, his cuinteous treatment of liis customers, 
 and his earnest desire to please his patrons. His 
 well directed efforts bring to him a success of 
 which he is entirely worthy. 
 
 On the ifith of August, 1844, Mr. Towler was 
 born in Oreenu}) County, Ky. His father, Will- 
 iam Towler, .Sr., was a nati\e of Virginia, and 
 was a farmer by occupation. In an early day he 
 removed to Kentuckw and in 1855 came with his 
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 subject bore the maiden name of Frances Barker. 
 By the union of this wortliy couiile were born 
 eight children, two sons and six daughters, as 
 follows: Susan, who died in infancy; I'"rances, de- 
 ceased, wife of John Xelst)n: Amanda, wife of 
 Samuel Fortne>', of Kirksville, Mo.; Arematliv , 
 wife of Roswell Cooley, of Nemaha Countx', Kan. ; 
 William A,; Adelaide, wife of Aaron Fogel, a 
 farmer of La Harpe Township; Jose])h, who died 
 in infancy; and a daughter who also died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 Mr. Towler of this sketch when a lad of eleven 
 summers accompanied his parents on their emi- 
 gration to Illinois. His father died during the 
 year of their arrival, and he was thus thrown upon 
 his own resources. He not only provided for his 
 own maintenance, but also aided in the support of 
 the family. His education was acquired in the 
 connnon schools of the countw but his pri\ileges 
 in that direction were limited, as he had to spend 
 his time in farm work. 
 
 After arriving at years of maturit\', Mr. Towler 
 was united in marriage with Miss Martha Sautter. 
 Her adopted fiither, William Alton, gave them a 
 farm of one hundred and six acres in La Harpe 
 Townshii). Two years later the>' removed to that 
 farm, which was mostly unimproved; but with 
 characteristic energy Mr. Towler began its devel- 
 opment, and in course of time the once wild land 
 was made to yield to him a golden tribute in re- 
 turn for the care and labor he bestowed u])on it. 
 He made it one nf the be.st farms of the neighbor- 
 hood, and its neat and thrift)' ajipearance indica- 
 ted to the pa.sser- by the careful supervision of the 
 owner. Nine children came to bless the home: 
 William B., who is now in partnership with his 
 father; .Sarali iM'ances, wife of Charles White, of 
 La Har])e Township; Elmer, wIhj is living in La 
 Harpe; Lillian and Edward, both at home; Eva, 
 who died in infancy; Mary and Henry, at home; 
 and one son who died in infancw 
 
 Mr. Towler continued agricultural pursuits until 
 October, 1890, when he removed to La Har])e, and 
 with his son ])urchased the store of Gill, Ginna- 
 ven & Co. With the superior judgment and ex- 
 perience of the elder partner are combined the en- 
 terjjn.sc and jjrogressive spirit ol' the voungcr, and 
 
 the firm therefore po.s,sesses the re<iuisites of suc- 
 cess. In politics, Mr. Towler has always voted 
 with the Republican party since casting his first 
 Pre.sidential ballot for Gen. U. S. Grant. During 
 the war, a man who had been drafted having run 
 away, Mr. Towler was chosen in his place, Inil 
 ere he was .sent to the front, the escaped man re- 
 turned. Our subject, his wife and three children 
 are members of the Christian Church. The fam- 
 ily is one of prominence in the community, and 
 its members hold an enviable position in social 
 •circles. 
 
 EEORGE W. BRADSHAW, who carries on 
 general farming and stock-raising on section 
 25, Durham Township, has the honor of be- 
 ing a native of Hancock County, his birth having 
 occurred in La Harpe Town.ship on the ist of 
 January, 1841. He is a worthy repre.sentative of 
 an honored pioneer famil}-, his parents being Joel 
 and Catherine (Dixon ) Bradshaw, natives of Tenn- 
 essee. They emigrated to Illinois in 1819, and a 
 sketch of their lives is given elsewhere in this 
 volume. The di.strict .schools of the neighborhood 
 afforded our .subject his educational privileges in 
 early life, but later his studies were supplemented 
 by one term's attendance at the La Harpe Acad- 
 em\- . 
 
 Mr. Bradshaw early became familiar with all 
 the duties of farm life, for as soon as old enough 
 he began to handle the plow, and to agricultural 
 pursuits he has de\-oted his energies throughout 
 his bu.siness career. At length he took charge of 
 the old home farm, which he continued looperate 
 until thirty-nine \ears of age. Under his super- 
 \ision it was alwaxs highly cultivated and im- 
 proved, and the rich and fertile fiekls were made 
 to yield him a good income. 
 
 On the tst of January, 1880, was celebrated the 
 marriage which united the destinies of Mr. Brad- 
 shaw and Miss Mar_\- D. Manifold, daughter of 
 Jasper and Pernielia ( Hutton 1 Manifold, of Dur- 
 ham Township. Their union has been blessed 
 with three children, a .son and tw(j tlaughters, 
 
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 Mar>' Ellen, Cornelia Catherine and George 
 Cleveland, all of whom are still with their parents. 
 The family is one of prominence in the commnni- 
 ty, its members being widely and favorably 
 known. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Bradshaw comprises two hun- 
 dred and forty acres of valuable land, and with 
 the exception of thirty acres the entire amount is 
 in Durham Township. It is neat and thrifty in 
 appearance, and the well-tilled fields and man\- 
 improvements upon the place tdl that the owner 
 is a man of progres.sive and enterprising views. 
 He also makes a specialty of raising and feeding 
 fine cattle, and .ships quite extensively to Chicago. 
 In politics, he has been a Democrat since casting 
 his first Presidential vote for Gen. George B. Mc- 
 Clellan, and has served as School Director for 
 about twelve years. He has always lived within 
 a mile of his present home, and therefore has a 
 wide acquaintance throughout the county. Tliat 
 liis stanchest friends are tho.se who have known 
 him from Ijoyhood is a tact that bespeaks a well- 
 spent life. 
 
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 IILLIAM M. Hl^vSTON, M. I)., who f.ir al- 
 mo.st a quarter of a century has been engaged 
 in the practice of medicine in Blandin.sville, 
 was born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, 111., 
 on the 6th of August, 1S29, and is one of a family 
 of eight children, whose jxirents were John and 
 Annie (Mel\-in) Huston. The father and mother 
 were l»olli natives of White Count\-, Tenn., and 
 their marriage was there celebrated. The lady 
 was a dan.nhler of William antl Mar\- (Duncan) 
 Melvin. In iS;,o John Huston renun ed with his 
 family to Mel )onough County, 111., and, locating 
 upon a farm, was for man\- \ears here engaged in 
 agricultural jiursuils. Of the children, William 
 M. of this sketch is the elde.st; Walter L. died at 
 the age of twenty-two years; Rigdon, a farmer 
 and stock-rai.ser of McDonongh Count\-, is now 
 deceased: Preston is a retired farmer living in 
 Blandinsxille; Thomas B. is living a retired life 
 in Columbus, Kan.: Marv ]',. is the wife of S. 
 
 Givens, who formerlj' followed agricultural pur- 
 suits, but is now living retired in Abingdon, 111.: 
 John carries on general farming and stock-raising 
 in Blandinsville Township: and Crockett, de- 
 ceased, was a farmer and stock-raiser of McDon- 
 ongh County. 
 
 We now take up the personal hi.story of Dr. 
 Huston whose name heads this record. He was 
 reared to manhood under the parental roof, .spend- 
 ing his boyhood days on his father's farm in this 
 county, whither the family came when he was 
 less than a year old. His father entered one 
 hundred and .sixty acres of laud from the Govern- 
 ment in Blandinsville Town.ship, and added to 
 that from time to time until he had an extensive 
 farm. Dr. Huston began his literar\- education 
 in the subscription schools of the neighborhood, 
 which he attended through the winter .season, a 
 time when the work upon the farm was not press- 
 ing. During the summer months he aided in the 
 labors of the fields, plowing, planting and har- 
 ve.sting. To his father he gave the benefit of his 
 services until twenty-two years of age, when he 
 left home to begin life for himself During the 
 years 1848 and 1849 he attended Kno.x College, 
 of Gale.sburg, 111., and on leaving that institution 
 he began reading medicine with Drs. McMurphy 
 ^c Parkins, of Rushville, 111., under whose direc- 
 tion he continued his studies for eighteen months. 
 In 1852 he entered the Cincinnati Eclectic Medi- 
 cal Ct)llege, which he attended for two terms, and 
 in December, 1853, he opened an office and began 
 ])ractice in Monmouth, 111., where he remained 
 for three years. 
 
 During that time Dr. Huston was married. On 
 the i9tli of June, 1855, he wedded Sarah Cole- 
 man, daughter of James and Lucy O. (Hawkins) 
 C(jleman, of Hopkinsville, Ky. Three children 
 were born of their union: Lucy A., wife of lilder 
 M. .Stevenson, of Canton, 111.; Arman Lee, wife 
 of L> nian I. Henry, an attorney-at-law of Ouray, 
 Colo.; and Hardin C, of Blandins\ille, who died 
 of fever in I'lorida, Ma\- 4, 18X7. 
 
 On leaving ^^>nlnoulh. 111., Dr. Huston re- 
 mpxed to Mexico, Mo., where lie spent two years, 
 and then returned to Rushville, where he engaged 
 in practice until 1S62. In tliat year he look up 
 
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 his residence upon a farm in Henderson Cotinty, 
 but still continued in practice, and in 187 1 he 
 came to Blandinsville, where he has since made 
 his home. The liberal patronage he recei\es at- 
 tests his .skill and ability and the confidence re- 
 posed in him. He has steadily worked his way 
 upward, and now occupies a prominent place 
 among his professional brethren of the county. 
 In politics, he is a Democrat, and .socially is a 
 member of Blandinsville Lodge No. 233, A. F. 
 & A. M. 
 
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 r\HUAV K. ELTING, arising young attorney 
 W^ of Macomb, 111., has the honor of being a 
 ^5 native uf McDonough County, having been 
 born on January 2,^. 1862, in Enimet Township. 
 His grandfather, John Elting, was a native of 
 Holland, the Elting family ha\ing emigrated to 
 America about the time of the Revolution, in 
 which war the elder brothers took part. When 
 John grew to manhood he engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business in the city of New York, the old 
 homestead lieing in Dutchess County, N. V. 
 
 In 1S40 he emigrated westward, locating in 
 Quincy, 111., and afterwards removed to Peoria, 
 111., where he engaged extensively in the real- 
 estate business. By diligence and industrj- he 
 became one of the wealthiest men in the West. 
 His death occurred March 21, 1861. His wife, 
 who was a native of France, died wliile on a visit 
 to New York. 
 
 The father of the subject ol'lliis sketch, Philip 
 H. Elting, was born in the Empire State, Febru- 
 ary M, 1814. After acquiring a collegiate educa- 
 tion, he took a position as Injok-keeper in his 
 father's store. His father, appreciating his pecu- 
 liar fitne.ss for positions of tru.st and confidence, 
 .sent him West in 1834, to look after his e.\tensi\e 
 landed interests in McDonough and surrounding 
 counties, 
 
 Philip II. lilting was a farmer, and was fairl_\ 
 successful in the avocation of his choice. He was 
 married January 24, 1834, to Margaret, daughter 
 of Francis McSperitt, who came to McDonough 
 
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 County in 1837, They were the parents of twelve 
 children, of whom eight are now living, all being- 
 residents of this count\ . Mr. Pelting died July 
 22, 1876. His widow, who is a native of Ireland, 
 .still survi\es him, and resides on the old home- 
 stead on .section 12, in Emmet Township. 
 
 We now take up the personal hi.stor>- of Phili]) 
 p;. Pelting, who is widely and favorabl\ known in 
 his native count)-. He acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the common schools, and by careful appli- 
 cation laid a good foundation for the superstruc- 
 ture of a u.seful life. 
 
 Later, he was graduated fnmi the Macoml) Nor- 
 mal and Commercial College, in the Cla.ss of '84. 
 Returning to the farm, he gave careful attention 
 to farming until 1889, when, wishing to follow 
 .some other profession, he began reading law in 
 the oflfice of Sherman & Tunnicliff, attorneys of 
 Macomb, with whom he studied one year. He 
 then entered the law department of the North- 
 western University at Chicago. After pursuing 
 a thorough course of study, he was graduated with 
 the Class of '92, as Bachelor of Laws. After leaving 
 school he returned to Macomb, where he opened 
 an office and has since been successfully engaged 
 in practice. He pos.sesses a worthy ambition, is 
 enterprising and progressi\'c, and strictly profes- 
 sional in his practice, and has a bright future be- 
 fore him. 
 
 In earh- life .Mr. Elting became identified with 
 the political interests of his native township. He 
 is an uncompromising Republican and has the 
 courage of his convictions. For >'ears the pre- 
 cinct had been strongly Democratic, when, in 1SS4, 
 he accepted the nomination for Township Clerk 
 on the Republican ticket, and he was the onI\- one 
 elected on that ticket, receiving a majoritv of two 
 votes. The party of his choice ap]>reciated his 
 efforts to make a faithful officer, and gave him a 
 unanimous call for a ,second race. After an un- 
 usualh s]jirited fight, he was again successful, 
 though the nuijorit\' of the ])revious year was re- 
 duced fifty i)er cent., and now numbered one. 
 His faithfulness in the discharge of his duties, and 
 the \igorous campaigns that he made, brought 
 about a change in the political sentiment of the 
 township, and lie was twice again elected his own 
 
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 successor, with a majority of twenty-three votes in 
 each instance, and the Democratic supremacy of 
 the precinct has never been regained. 
 
 Mr. Elting is connected with the Kniglits of 
 Pythias Lodge at ^L'lcomb, and in religions belief 
 is a Methodist. At the Bar he has already won a 
 reinitation which might well be envied by many 
 an older attorney. 
 
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 3 AMES H. GRIGSBY is a prominent repre- 
 sentative of the bu.siness interests of Blandins- 
 ville, where he is now engaged in banking. 
 He embarked in this enterprise in 1S82, and has 
 since contiiuied it as a member of the firm of 
 Grigsby Brothers & Co. Theirs is one of the solid 
 financial institutions of the county, and the .safe 
 and conservative policy of the bank has won the 
 confidence of the people throughout the commun- 
 ity. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record is 
 a native of Blandin.sville, his birth having here 
 occurred on the 5th of January, 1S51, and he is a 
 representative of one of the honored pioneer fami- 
 lies of the count)-. His parents, William H. and 
 Elizabeth ( vSeybold j Grig.sby, were both natives 
 of Kentucky, and on leaving that State in 1830 
 they emigrated northward to Illinois, and cast in 
 their lot with the early settlers of McDonough 
 County. This localitx- then was an almost un- 
 broken wilderness, the count> .seat contained but 
 few inhabitants, and many of the now thriving 
 towns and villages had not then .sprung into exist- 
 ence. The Grig.sby family numbered six chil- 
 dren, of whom four are yet living, namely: Nancy 
 J., wife of Newton Gordon, a resident of Bland- 
 insville; John E. , who also makes his home in 
 this place: James H., of this sketch: and Mary L., 
 wife of Dr. W. E. Grig.sby. Those decea.sed are 
 Charles and Alice. 
 
 Our subject was reared in his nati\e town, and 
 acquired his early education in the jniblic schools, 
 but he afterward continued his studies for five 
 \ears under the instruction of a private tutor, 
 William l'"<iresl. He remained luuler the parental 
 
 roof until twenty-fi^x years of age, and for four- 
 teen years he was employed to a greater or less 
 extent in hi.s father's mill, becoming familiar with 
 all tlie details of the business. In 1882, he em- 
 barked in the banking business, as before stated, 
 and has .since devoted his time and attention to 
 the same. 
 
 On the 2d of October, 1875, Mr. Grigsby led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Lillian C. Mason, daugh- 
 ter of Horatio N. and Loui.sa (Gruberi Ma.son. 
 Three children have been born of their union: 
 William Ehnnan, Harr\- M. and Roy, all of whom 
 are still under the parental roof The parents 
 and the eldest son hold membership with the Bap- 
 tist Church of Blandin.sville. 
 
 Mr. Grigsb)- takes an active interest in civic 
 societies and is an honored member of various or- 
 ganizations. He belongs to Blandinsville Lodge 
 No. 233, A. F. & A. M.: Blandinsville Chapter 
 No. 108, O. E. vS.: New Hope Lodge No. 263, 
 I. O. O. F.: Hardin Lodge No. 25, A. O. I'. W.: 
 and the Modern Woodmen of America. He cast 
 his first Presidential v.ote for Horace Greeley, and 
 since that time has been a .supporter of the Dem- 
 ocratic part)-. He has been elected to a number 
 of local offices, including that of Alderman, Town- 
 ship Treasurer and Village Trea.surer. He dis- 
 charges his pulilic duties with a promptness and 
 fidelity that have won him the commendation of 
 all concerned. He is true to every public and 
 private trust, and is a man of sterling worth and 
 .strict integrity, who is held in high regard by all 
 who know him. 
 
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 ^EOkc;i-; M. ()AK^L\N is one of the wide- 
 l_ awake and enterprising citizens of Blandins- 
 ^_>| \ille, who is ufiw editing the Blandin.sxMlle 
 daicUc. Almost his entire life has been passed 
 in McDonough County and he is numbered among 
 its native .sons. He was born in Hire Townshij), 
 on the 17th of April, 1862, and is a son of Isaac 
 A. and Elizalieth M. Oakman, His father, a na- 
 tive of Himtingdon County, Pa., came to Mc- 
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 followed fannino:, hut at length retired from that 
 jiur.siiit and renio\e(l to Maconih. At this writing 
 he is serving as Treasurer of the count\-. The 
 mother of our subject bore the maiden name of 
 Elizabeth M. Campbell, and was a daughter of 
 James and Eliza (McCollough) Campbell, who 
 were natives of Franklin Count>-, Pa. 
 
 The Oakman fomily numbered nine children, 
 .six .sons and three daughters; James F., a farmer 
 and stock-rai.ser residing in Bardolph, 111.: Mar\- 
 E., wife of X. Swigart, a farmer and stock-rai.ser 
 residing in Macomb; John Orr, who is engaged in 
 the grocery business in Rlandinsville; Robert W., 
 a furniture dealer of Macomb; George M., whose 
 name heads this record; Isaac N., who is living 
 in Fountain Green, Hancock County, where he 
 follows farming and stock-rai.sing; Margaret B., 
 at home; Bert, who is local editor of the Macomb 
 Eag/c; and a daughter who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Oakman who.se name heads this record 
 spent the dass of his boyhood and youth on his 
 father's farm, aiding in the labors of the fields 
 through the summer months, while in the winter 
 .season he attended the district .schools of the home 
 township. Thus his time was passed initil sixteen 
 years of age, when he entered the public schools 
 of La Harpe, there pursuing his .studies for two 
 \ears. On the expiration of that period he began 
 teaching in Durham Township, Hancock County, 
 and followed that profession for ten years, being 
 emplox ed in Henderson. Hancock, McDonough 
 and Morgan Counties. During this time he was 
 I)rincipal of the schools in Terre Haute, Colches- 
 ter and Meredosia, remaining m the la.st-named 
 place for four years. He was successful as a 
 teacher, his work along that line always proving 
 very satisfactory. 
 
 On Christmas Day, 1883, Mr. Oakman led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Adelia St. Clair, of Dur- 
 ham Township, Hancock County, daughter of 
 Joel and Nancy P. (^Barr) St. Clair. One child 
 graces their union, Edna Pearl, born January 31, 
 1888. Socially, Mr. Oakman is connected with 
 Good Will Lodge No. 91, K. P., of Colchester; 
 Blandin.svile Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Blandinsville Chapter No. 108, O. E. S. ; Mere- 
 dosia Chapter No. 11, R. A. M.; Hardin Lodge 
 
 No. 25, A. O. U. W.; Aten Lodge No. 22, D. 
 H.; Meredosia Camp No. 705. M. \V. A.: and 
 
 the N. B. of J. 
 
 Mr. Oakman cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Groxer Clexeland. and is an advocate of the Dem- 
 ocratic party and its ])rinciples. Its men and 
 measures he supports throughout the columns of 
 his paper. On the 17th of Januarv', 1S90, he 
 ]nircha.sed the Blandinsville Cranilc. which he has 
 since continued to publish. He did not remove 
 to this place, however, mitil May of that year. 
 The (iaiftlt- has a good circulation, and is well 
 worthy of a liberal patronage. 
 
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 JOSEPH FRY. Jk.. one of the leading farmers 
 I i)f La Haqie Town.ship, Hancock County, 
 G/ residing on section 19, was born on the 6th 
 of Augu.st, 1S60, in Missouri, and is the second 
 son of Joseph FVn-. The father was a native of 
 Bourbon County, Ky., born on the 16th of Oc- 
 tober, 1806. His education was acquired in the 
 district schools of his native State, and when a 
 young man he learned the trade of a bricklayer 
 and stone-mason, which pursuits he followed for 
 a number of years. In 1865 he emigrated with 
 his family to Illinois, and located in Hancock 
 County. 
 
 Our subject was at that time a child of only five 
 years. The di.strict schools of La Harpe Town- 
 ship provided him his earlier educational jirix i- 
 leges, but later he attended the ]niblic .schools of 
 La Harpe. Throughout his life he has followed 
 fanning. As soon as old enough to handle the 
 plough, he began work in the fields, and has since 
 devoted his time and attention, to the tilling of 
 the soil. His farm is well stocked with a good 
 grade of horses, cattle and hogs. Here he has 
 lived since 1890. Previous to this time he spent 
 two years in Blandinsville Township, McDonough 
 County, where he worked in a brickyard. 
 
 Mr. Fry has been twice married. On the i8th 
 of January, 1883, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary M. Harris, of La Harjie Township, 
 Hancock County, and a daughter of Isaac and 
 
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 Mary ( Atwater) Harris. One child was born to 
 them, Leoniie. The mother was called to the home 
 beyond on the ist of June, 1892, and Mr. Fry was 
 again married, on the ist of February, 1893, Miss 
 Freddie B. Duncan, daughter of John and Marga- 
 ret A. (Chapin) Duncan, becoming his wife. Botli 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fry hold membership with the 
 Christian Church of East Durham, and take an 
 active part in its upbuilding. In politics, he has 
 been a Democrat since attaining his majority. 
 His first Presidential vote was ca.st for Grover 
 Cleveland in 1884. He is a public-.spirited and 
 progressive citizen, and the best interests of the 
 community find in him a warm friend. He may 
 truly be called a self-made man, for his success in 
 life is all due to his own efforts, as he started out 
 in life empty-handed, and by his own industr\ has 
 .steadily worked his way upward. 
 
 |ILLIAM K. TOWLER, dealer in groceries, 
 i;lassware. queensware, farm implements 
 and general fanners' supplies, is a well- 
 known resident of EaHarpe, who is recognized 
 as one of its leading and influential citizens. He 
 was born in HireTownshiji, McDonough County. 
 111., on the 27tli of September, 1865, and mention 
 of his family is made in the sketch of \V. A. Tow-" 
 ler on another page of this work. During his 
 first year, our subject Tcmoved with liis parents 
 to a farm in La Harpe Township, Hancock County, 
 two and a-quarter miles from this place, and there 
 he was reared to manhood, spending the days of 
 his boN'hood and \outh in the usual manner of 
 farmer lads. His educational pri\ileges were 
 those afforded by the district schools of the neigh- 
 borhood. He conned his le.s.sons through the 
 winter .season, and in the summer nu)nths aided 
 in the labors of the farm. However, he entered 
 Gittings .Seminary in 1885, and there pursued 
 his studies for two years. 
 
 On leaving school, Mr. Towler returned to the 
 farm, where he coutiiuied for one sunnner, and in 
 the autunui of i88,s la- removed to La Harpe, 
 where he eiul)arked in ihe i;rocer\ business in 
 
 connection with R. B. Hetrick. This partnership 
 existed only about one year and nine months, 
 after which Mr. Towler bought out his partner's 
 interest and conducted the business alone until the 
 loth of October, 1890, when his store and con- 
 tents were de.stroyed by fire. Immediately after 
 this disaster, he formed a partnership with \V. A. 
 Towler and bought out the store of Gill, Ginna- 
 van & Co. They carried on this business success- 
 fully for about three years and a-half but are now 
 rapidlv disposing of their goods, preparatory to 
 closing out their trade. 
 
 On the 27th of September, 1892, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Towler and Miss Fannie J. 
 Brizendine. daughter of John Bvizendine, a well- 
 known citizen of La Harpe. Their union has 
 been blessed with one child, William C. The 
 parents are widelx' known in this community, 
 where the\' have many warm friends and agree- 
 able acquaintances, who esteem them highly. 
 Their home is a hospitable one, and a warm greet- 
 ing is alwax s extended to their guests. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Towler are members of the 
 Christian Church, and take an active interest in 
 its work and upliuilding. He is now serving as 
 Deacon of the church, which position he has held 
 for about six years. In politics, he advocates 
 Republican principles, and his first Presidential 
 vote was ca.st for Gen. Benjamin Harri.son. He 
 has never been an aspirant for public office, but 
 in the spring of 1892 he was elected Township 
 Clerk for a term of two years. He is a young 
 man of good bu.sine.ss ability, and his enterpri.se 
 and industrii- have won for him succe.ss thus far in 
 his undertakings. 
 
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 (T.VMICS M. BRADSHAW, one of the enter 
 I prising, progressive and represt.iitati\e citi- 
 G/ zens of La IIari>e, was born in the townshij) 
 of the same name on the ioth of December, 1855, 
 and is a .st)n of Joel Bradshaw, a native of White 
 County, Tenn., born September 15, 1812. The 
 familx numbered ten children, four sons and .six 
 daughters, but three of the hitter died in infancy. 
 
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 William Di.xou is now a fanner on section 31.1, La 
 Harpe Township: Mary Jane became the wife of 
 PVank Hine, of Jacksonville. 111., and died in 
 p-ebrnary. iSSt; George W. is living on section 
 23, Dnrham Townshij). Hancock Count>-; .Sarah 
 Loui.sa, deceased, was the wife of William C. 
 Hainter; Emma E. is the widow of James W. P. 
 Davis: and Joel D. is deceased. 
 
 Our subject is the youngest child of the family. 
 He acquired his early education in the district 
 .schools of La Harpe Township, but afterwards 
 .supplemented it by stud>- in the Jacksonville Bus- 
 ine.ss College, which he entered in the fall of 1875. 
 On completing his course he was graduated there- 
 from in March. 1876. He entered a class in arith- 
 metic of seventy-five pupils, which was reduced 
 in number to fifteen on account of their deficiency. 
 Mr. Brad.shaw, however, remained with the class. 
 After leaving college, he became a stock-dealer, 
 and in coiuiection with that business, which he 
 has carried on extensively, he has also been largely 
 engaged in farming. He now owns a farm of four 
 hundred and fifty acres, of which two hundred and 
 thirty acres are hjcated on section 30, La Harpe 
 Town.ship. while the remainder is acrcss the line 
 in Durham Township. His farm is one of the 
 best in the neighborhood, and its well-tilled fields 
 and excellent improvements indicate the careful 
 super\'i.sion of the owner and his thrifty and pro- 
 gre.ssive s])irit. 
 
 On the 13th of February, 1878, Mr. Bradshaw 
 was united in marriage with Miss Tillie E. Mani- 
 fold, daughter of Benjamin J. and Cornelia ( Hut 
 ton) Manifold. Their union has been ble.s.sed 
 with three children, two sons and a daughter, but 
 Lillian E. died at the age of four weeks. The 
 others. James F. and Quinton M., are still with 
 their parents. 
 
 Mr. Bradshaw exerci.ses his right of franchise 
 in support of the Democracy, and his first Presi- 
 dential vote was cast for W. vS. Hancock in 1876. 
 He has served as .School Director for several years, 
 and was also Road Overseer for several terms, but 
 has nex'er sought or desired public office, prefer- 
 ring to give his entire time and attention to his 
 business interests. He has been a Director of the 
 La Harpe District Fair since its organization, and 
 
 was Auditor for the first three years. The fol- 
 lowing year he was Superintendent of Booths, 
 and during the fifth year was elected Director, 
 and .Superintendent of the Beef Cattle De])artnient. 
 which position he has held for four years. He 
 was aLso one of the Building Connnittee.. He takes 
 an active interest in worthy public enterprises, 
 and is recognized throughout the community as 
 one of its leading citizens. 
 
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 REV. CONRAD KUHL, pastor of Zion's 
 Lutheran Church, of Carthage, is one of the 
 able ministers of the denomination. He was 
 born in Bindsachsen, in the grand duchy of Darm- 
 stadt, Germany, October 21, 182 1. His father. 
 Christian Kuhl, was an inn-keeper and baker 
 of that country, and married Elizabeth Gantz. 
 In 1 834 he came with his family to the United 
 States, locating in Zane.sville, Ohio. In the spring 
 of 1836 he removed to Beardstown. 111., making 
 the journey in the old-style moving wagon, known 
 as a "prairie schooner. " In Beard-stown the par- 
 ents spent their remaining days, both pa.ssing the 
 eightieth milestone on life's joiu'ney. In this 
 country the father followed the occupation of 
 farming. Their family numbered .six children, 
 who reached mature years and reared families of 
 their own. but all are now decea.sed with the ex- 
 ception of Conrad. The eldest brother, George, 
 died recently at his home in Beardstown, at the 
 age of eighty-six. One brother, Philip, was a 
 Methodist Episcopal preacher, and died in Bur- 
 lington, Iowa: and other members of the family 
 were merchants and teachers. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who at a very early age began to earn 
 his own livelihood by working as an errand boy. 
 He was thus employed in Zane.sville, and in 
 Beardstown. Later for three years he entered the 
 drug -Store of Dr. Hoffman, who was the origi- 
 nator of the method of making glucose. There 
 he became acipiainted with the .science of chemi.s- 
 try, but at the age of twenty he left the mercan- 
 tile business, having decided to enter the ministry. 
 
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 He stiuuevi iwo ,i:u; a-iuill' years at a private 
 schcol at Springfield, and afterwards entered 
 Pennsylvania College, of Gett>sburg. Pa., and 
 was graduated from its theological seminary in 
 1S4S. He was now fitted for his chosen profes- 
 sion, and was soon placed in charge of a church 
 in Quincy. 111. His ordination as a minister oc- 
 curred in 1850. in Oregon. Ogle Count>-. 111., by 
 the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois. In 
 the fall of I S 50 he entered the western missionary- 
 work, and was employed in western Illinois and 
 eastern Iowa for a year, supphing pulpits and 
 establishing new churches. In 1851 and iS53he 
 was pastor of a church in Springfield, 111. 
 
 On the J 2th of September. 1S49. our subject 
 was united in marriage with Miss E\-aline M. 
 Sell, of Gettysburg. Pa. To them have been 
 bom three children, who are yet li\nng: Clemen- 
 tine E.. wife of C. M. Banks, of Boardman. 
 Fla.: Manha S.. \\4te of J. W. Hunter, of Cali- 
 fornia, Mo. , who is a member of the Legislature 
 of tliat State: and Abby A., a college graduate. 
 whc> is now teaching in the public schools. 
 
 On lea\-ing Springfield, 111.. Rev. Mr Kuhl 
 went to Mt. Canuel. where he remained tor three 
 vears. He then spent a year and a-half as agent 
 in Pennsylvania for the Illinois Uni\-ersity at 
 Springfield, atter which he returned to Quinc>- to 
 take charge of a new church, of which he was 
 pastor three years. The three succeeding years 
 were spent in Liberty. 111., and later he was in 
 Perr>-. Pike Count>-. and in Pittsfield for six years. 
 It was in t868 that he came to Carthage to take 
 charge of a small church, then paying a salary of 
 only about $250. The condition of his coming 
 was that the church should build a parsonage. 
 He las since remained as a Lutheran minister in 
 Carthage, and has done a gcuxl work in this place. 
 
 During the latter part of 1S69, at a synod held 
 in Hillsboro. a \nsiting member urged that steps 
 be taken to found a Lutheran cv^llege somewhere 
 in Illinois, Mr. Kuhl. who was President of the 
 synod, was favorably impressed with the idea, and 
 was made Chairman of the committee to consider 
 the same, and take steps toward its fulfillment. 
 Later a convention met in Dixon, in 1S69. to con- 
 sider this subject. It ad\4sed the appointment of 
 
 a Board of Commisssioners of twelve, rejjresenting 
 the four synods. These couvened at Carthage, 
 deliberated u{x>u several overtures, and accepted 
 one made by Carthage, which amounted to a fine 
 building site and $20,000 toward the erection of 
 the present building. In prosecuting this work, 
 Mr. H. Draper acted a§ financial agent and attor- 
 ney for the citizens. Carthage College was char- 
 tered and organized by the citizens, and a Board 
 of Trustees was chosen to conduct afiairs. P'rom 
 the beginning. Mr. Kuhl has taken a prominent 
 part in this enterprise, and has always ser\-ed on 
 the Board of Trustees until lately. He has also 
 been prominent and active in Sunday-school work, 
 and was an agent of the American Bible Society. 
 For several years he served as President of the 
 s>-nod. and has frequently been a delegate to the 
 General Synod. The greater part of his time and 
 attention has been devoteti to church work, and 
 his efforts have not been unavailing, but have re- 
 sulted in much good. 
 
 ROBERT TARMAN. who died January 17. 
 1894. was a well-known agriculturist of 
 Hancock County, residing on section 28, 
 La Harpe Towniship. He was a native of Rappa- 
 hannock Count>-. Va.. bom May 19, 1S27. Hisfe- 
 ther, George Tarman. was bom in Mar>-land. but 
 in early life remove«.l to Virginia, from whence he 
 enlisted in the War of 1812. While residing in 
 the Old Dominion, he served as overseer or slave- 
 driver for Samuel Chancellor, but he did not like 
 this occupation, and in consequence removed to 
 Ohio, in 1S36. accompanies! by his family. All 
 the protUice raised on the one thousand acre plan- 
 tation was hauled to Falmotith, and Mr. Tarman 
 handled all the money for the same. He was 
 married in February. 1817, to Mar>- Spicer, 
 daughter of William Spicer. of Rappahannock 
 County, \'a.. and unto them were bom nine chil- 
 dren in all. He took his wife and eight children 
 in a one-horse cart to their new home in Ohio. 
 Their joumey. which lasted four weeks, was 
 made iu December. 1S36, the weather being 
 
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 bitterly cold. When llie\' reaclietl .Muskiii^iiin 
 Couiit\- lliev jnit what household eflfect.s they had 
 into a rented cabin, and the father worked at 
 whatever he could find to do. The mother .spun 
 and wove all the wearing apparel for the faniilx , 
 and in those early days lhe\- suffered many trials 
 and hardships. Their children were as follows; 
 Martha Ann, deceased, wife of Philip Barnes, a 
 fanner of Muskingum County, Ohio; Mar>- Kliz- 
 abeth, widow of Phili]) Parker, a farmer of P'a)- 
 ette County, 111.: William, who was a farmer of 
 Muskinj.jum County, but is now deceased; Al- 
 fred, who carries on agricultural pursuits in Mus- 
 kingum County; Robert, of this sketch; Mahala 
 Jane, deceased, wife of Michael Dolan, who was 
 captain of a boat on the Ohio Canal and subse- 
 quently became a physician in Allen County, 
 Ind., where he died; Sarah, decea.sed, wife of Ma- 
 thias Farman, of Hancock County; Samuel, who 
 died in this county; and Archibald, of La Cro.sse, 
 111. 
 
 Robert Tarman accompanied his parents to 
 Ohio, and received the rudiments of an educati<jn 
 in the district schools of Muskingum County, but 
 his privileges were very meagre. He worked on 
 various farms for his father luitil he had attained 
 his niajotity, when he began working in his own 
 interest as a farm hand. His first indeiJendent 
 effort in life brought liim the nuniificent sum f)f 
 twenty-five cents per day. He had man\- obsta- 
 ^ cles to overcome, but by industry and persever- 
 ance he worked his wa\ u])ward to success. 
 
 On the 1st of May, 1851, Mr. Tarman was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Ph(fbe Cassingham, 
 daughter of Richard and Margaret ( Morri.son ) 
 Cassingliam. vSix children were born unto them, 
 a son and five daughters, namely; Minerva, wife 
 of I'eter Peck, a farmer of Page County, Iowa; 
 Maltie, at home; Laura, wife of Judson Fannan, 
 an agriculturist of McLean Count\ , 111.; Celia, 
 deceased; Ollie, at home; and Lullier, who has 
 also passe<l away. 
 
 -Mr. Tarman came from Ohio to Hancock 
 County in i8s,^, and purcha.sed fifty acres ol land 
 in La Harpe Township, upon which he at once 
 located. To this he added, however, from time 
 to time, luitil at his death his farm comprised one 
 
 hundred and twenty acres of good land, which 
 yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the 
 care and labor he bestowed upon it. He was a 
 man of good business ability, and his well-directed 
 efforts brought him a comfortable competence, 
 which his family now possesses. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Tarman was a Republican. In 
 earlv life he supported the Whig party, but on 
 the organization of the Republican party he 
 joined its ranks, and afterward fought under its 
 banner. He .served as School Director for about 
 .sixteen years, and during his term the cause of 
 education found in him a stalwart supporter, ever 
 read\- to promote its interests. He held meniber- 
 shij) with the Methodist Protestant Church of La 
 Harpe. During the past four years he had been 
 in poor health, and in 1892 he made a trip to the 
 We.st, hoping to be benefited therel)y. For 
 twenty -eight years, Mr. Tarman cared for his par- 
 ents and made their declining days happy. His 
 mother passed away April 9, 1892, at the very 
 advanced age of ninety-five years. Mr. Tarman 
 was a man of upright principles, and one always 
 honorable and .straightforivard in his dealings, and 
 his well-spent life gained him the confidence and 
 high regard of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Mr. Tarman died January 17, 1894, on his 
 farm, and sliortly afterwards the famil)- removed 
 to La Harpe, where they now reside. Of him 
 the /.a Ilarfxi said upon the occasion of his 
 death : 
 
 "For a long time he was seriously afflicted, 
 but during all his afflictions he was patient and 
 hopeful. His e.x])res.sed desire to live was from 
 intense love for his family. But though desirous 
 to live, he became fully reconciled to the Divine 
 Providence that called him away. His faith and 
 hope rested uf>on the Rock of Ages. It is blessed 
 to die the death of the righteous. Though con- 
 scious that he had not lived up to the privileges 
 afforded him — conscious of failure to live a jjerfect 
 Christian life — yet such was his faith in the mercy 
 and love of God, so clearly manifested in the gift 
 of His Son to redeem a lost world, that he calinl>- 
 rested at the foot of the Cross, and for many days 
 before his death, as he thought of that hymn en- 
 titled, Take Me as I Am,' requested that it be 
 
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 suug at his funeral. It was a great comfort to 
 the bereaved that Mr. Tannan was conscious and 
 able to converse with them to within a few min- 
 utes of his death. In the death of Mr. Tannan 
 the community has lost an excellent citizen, the 
 church a devoted member, and the family a loving 
 husband and father." 
 
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 0SCAR W. HUSTON is one of the prominent 
 and highly respected citizens of Blandins- 
 ville. He was formerly connected with the 
 business interests of this place, but is now living 
 a retired life. He has the honor of being a na- 
 tive of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Hen- 
 derson County on the i8th of May, 1858. His 
 parents were Walter and Mary Ann (John.son) 
 Huston. His father was born in White County, 
 Tenn., in 1823, and in 1830 became a resident of 
 Illinois, locating in Henderson County. His 
 wife was a native of Ohio. In their family were 
 .seven children: Nancy J., wife of Hugh Hodgins, 
 a contractor and builder residing in Omaha, Neb. : 
 Matthew, who carries on farming in Henderson 
 County; Margaret, who is also living in Omaha, 
 Neb.; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Leinbach, an ag- 
 riculturist of Henderson Comity; Joel B., fore- 
 man of an importing firm of Georgetown, Tex,; 
 and Mary E. , who is now decea.sed. 
 
 Oscar W. Huston whose name heads this record 
 is the voungest child of the faniil\-. No event of 
 special importance occurred during his boyhood 
 and youth, which were quietly passed upon his 
 mother's farm. Through the winter season he 
 attended the di.strict schools of the neighborhood, 
 and thus acquired a good Engli.sh education. In 
 the sunnner months he aided in the labors of the 
 field, and early in life became familiar with all 
 kinds of farm work. Remaining upon the home 
 farm, he gave his mother the benefit of hisservices 
 until he had reached the age of thirty years. In 
 Februaiy, 1892, he came to Blandinsville and 
 opened a .shoe-store, which he successfully con- 
 ducted for a year and a-half, doing a good busi- 
 ness in that line, but on the i6th of November, 
 
 1893, he .sold out, and is now awaiting develop- 
 ments in .some business line. 
 
 On the 5th of February, 1880, Mr. Huston was 
 united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Green, 
 daughter of Edward and Eliza J. (Howard) 
 Green, and a native of Iowa. Three children 
 have come to bless their union: El.sie L., who was 
 born November 16, i88o; Ola E., June 22, 1883; 
 and Edna B., March 20, 1888. 
 
 Mr. Huston is a supporter of the Prohibition 
 party. He was formerly a Democrat, but on ac- 
 count of his strong temperance principles he joined 
 the political party which embodied his views on 
 that subject. He has never sought or desired 
 public office, but served as School Director, and 
 the cause of education has found in him a warm 
 and faithful friend. Sociallv, he is a member of 
 Blandinsville Lodge No, 233, A. F. &A. M.; 
 Blandinsville Chapter No. 208, R. A. M.; and 
 the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his 
 wife are both members of the Order of the Eastern 
 Star, and both are leading members of the Chris- 
 tian Church. They are prominent people of this 
 conmiunity, who occupy an envialile position in 
 social circles and have many warm friends, who 
 esteem them highly. 
 
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 yyiRS. MARY B. URBAN is the youngest^ 
 Y daughter of Daviil and Elizabeth ( Thomp- 
 (3 son I Byler, who are numbered among the 
 honored pioneer settlers of Hancock County. Lo- 
 cating here in an earl\- day, the\- not only wit- 
 nes.sed the growth and de\'elopment of this locality, 
 but were ijrominently identified with its ujjbuild- 
 ing, and were actively interested in its progress. 
 F'urther mention of the parents is made on another 
 page of this work. 
 
 Mrs. Urban was born in Hancock Comity on 
 the 3d of October, 1869, and acquired her early 
 education in the district .schools near her home. 
 .She thus became familiar with all the rudimentary 
 branches. In the winter of 1891-92 she pursued 
 a more advanced course in the Gittings Seminary 
 of La Harpe. Her maidenhood days were quietly 
 
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 passed in tlie usual manner of gfirls of this period, 
 
 and May 24, 1893, she was united in marriage 
 with Albert I'rlian, an enterprising and wide- 
 awake young farmer, who is now operating the old 
 Byler home.stead on section 9. Durham Township. 
 He too is a native of Hancock County, born Feb- 
 ruary 7, 1S72, and the district .schools afforded 
 him his educational privileges. In his political 
 views, he is a Republican. Although a young 
 man. he displays in the management of the farm 
 good business and executive ability, and will un- 
 doubtedly win .succe.ssin life. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Urban are well-known people of Hancock Count\-, 
 where their entire lives have been passed, and 
 throughout this community they have many warm 
 friends. 
 
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 ROLAND M. PARKER, M. D., is a medical 
 practitioner of recognized ability in War.saw. 
 and receives from the public a liberal patron- 
 age, which is well merited. He was born in Madi- 
 son County, N. V.. March 21, 181S. and is a son 
 of Leonard C. and Betsy T. ( Bennett ) Parker, 
 the former a native of Massachusetts, and the lat- 
 ter of Coiniecticut. Tradition says that the Par- 
 kers are descendants of .Sir Peter Parker. The 
 father of our subject carried on merchandising and 
 farming for man\ years. Removing to the Em- 
 pire State in an earl\ day, he there spent the re- 
 mainder of his life, reaching the ripe old age of 
 eighty-two years. 
 
 In taking up the history of the Doctor, we learn 
 that he was educated, in the connnon schools of 
 his native county. His first \X'nture in bu.siness 
 life was as a hotel clerk in theemplox' of his uncle. 
 Subse(iuently he became superintendent of the 
 hotel, and in 1.S4;, he embarked in the lumber 
 business, which he carried on for a time. He wa^ 
 also engaged in the study of medicine, A\d after 
 having acquired a certain i>roficiency he engaged 
 in its practice as a member of the allopathic school. 
 Later, he took up the study of homeopathy and 
 embarked in the exclusive practice of medicine in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1846. There 
 
 he was employed luitil 1863, when he went to St. 
 Louis, spending four \ears in that city. In 1867 
 he came to Hancock County, and purchased a 
 very fine farm in Nauvoo. Subsequently he be- 
 came the possessor of the old Brigham Young 
 property, and continued its improvement and the 
 cultivation of his land until his removal to War- 
 .saw in 18S.S. .Since that time he has resided in 
 this city. 
 
 Dr. Parker was married in i.S(')3, the lady of his 
 choice being Mi.ss Jennie .Swan. She died in 
 1878, leaving two children, a son and daughter. 
 James W. graduated both from the .scientific and 
 medical departments of the State Universitj' of 
 Iowa, and is now engaged in medical practice 
 with his father. On the iithofjuly, 1888, he 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Donna M. T. 
 Bennett, who is also a graduate of the Iowa Uni- 
 versity, and is engaged in practice with her 
 husband. B&ssie G., the daughter of the Parker 
 family, is a highly educated \-oung lady, who was 
 also graduated from the .State Uni\-ersity of Iowa. 
 
 Dr. R. M. Parker is a member of the Ma.sonic 
 fraternity, and in politics is an inflexilile adherent 
 of the principles of Republicanism. He does all 
 in his power to promote the growth and insure 
 the success of his party, and was a delegate to the 
 National Convention in 1884. His residence of 
 more than a quarter of a century in Hancock 
 County has brought him a wide acquaintance, 
 and by all who know him he is held in high re- 
 gard. The firm of Parker & Son is a well known 
 one. and deser\-es mention on the pages of this 
 history . 
 
 3ACOB REISELT. who carries on general 
 farming on section 23, Durham Township, is 
 a native of Germanx . born March i, 1829. 
 In that counlrx he spent the first fourteen years 
 of Ins life, and in accordance with the laws of the 
 land attended tli« public schools. In 1843, how- 
 ever, he bade adieu to friends and country, and 
 sailed for America in compan\ with his parents, 
 Jacob and Vieima (Spoon) Reiselt. His father 
 
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 owned a farm in Germany, but in the year above 
 mentioned he disposed of his propert\- and crossed 
 the briny deep to tlie New World. Making his 
 way to Ohio, he purchased a farm in FrankHn 
 County, and there spent his remaining days. He 
 carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, 
 which occurred at the ripe old age of eighty-four 
 years. 
 
 Not long after coming to the United States, Mr. 
 Rfciselt .started out in life to make his own way in 
 the world. In 1845-46 be worked as a farm hand 
 for Jeremiah Clark, of Franklin County, Ohio, 
 receiving onlv Si i per month for his services. 
 After two years, however, his wages were in- 
 crea.sed to Si 5 per month. He has driven cattle 
 to Philadelphia and New York at a time when it 
 required three months to make the trip, and has 
 al.so borne other hardships of frontier life. 
 
 It was in 1866 that Mr. Rei.selt came to Illi- 
 nois and located upon the farm which is now his 
 home. He first bought one hundred and twent\- 
 acres of land on the .southea.st quarter of section 
 23, Durham Township, and later he added to 
 this an additional tract of forty acres. He has 
 made substantial improvements upon the place, 
 and has good buildings and fences and all the 
 other accessories of a model farm. The tields are 
 well tilled and the place is neat and thrifty in ap- 
 pearance. To some e.xtent he deals in stock, sell- 
 ing generally to local buyers. 
 
 On the 18th of December, 1851, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Reiselt and Miss Elizabeth 
 Weatherington, a native of Franklin County, 
 Ohio. They have become the parents of five 
 children, namely: Henry, who is now li\-ing in 
 Nebra.ska; William, a resident i)f this couiitv; 
 Effie. at home; Mrs. Mary Kradfield, of Han- 
 cock Count>-: and Rettie, who is still at liome. 
 
 Since casting his first Presidential vote for 
 Franklin Pierce in 1852, Mr. Rei.selt has been a 
 supporter of the Democracy. He has held some 
 local offices, having served as Town.ship Trustee 
 for lourteen years and as Comiiiis.sioner for six 
 years. His frequent re-election to these offices 
 well indicates his fidelity to duty. At the age of 
 fourteen years he joined the Lutheran Church, 
 and has since been one of its active and faithful 
 
 members, working earnestly for its upbuilding 
 and advancement. His business career has been 
 a prosperous one. He carries forward to a suc- 
 cessful completion whatever he undertakes, un- 
 deterred by the difficulties and obstacles in his 
 ])atli. Enterprise and industry are numbered 
 among his chief characteristics, and as the result 
 he has become the posses.sor of a neat home and 
 comfortable propert\-. 
 
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 (TOSEPH T. PAINTER, deceased, was born 
 I on the 25th of March, 1800, in Philadelphia. 
 Q) Pa., and came of a family of German origin. 
 His father, William Painter, was also a native of 
 the Keystone State, and was one of the heroes of 
 the Revolution. He married Martha Torton, in 
 1785, and the lady was also a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania. They became the parents of nine chil- 
 dren; Charles; Sarah, who became the wife of 
 Henry Reynolds, and emigrated to Hancock 
 County in 1836; William, who came to this county 
 two years later; Philip, who became one of the 
 early settlers of Missouri, of 1816; John; Mary 
 Ann, wife of John Bryan, who came to Hancock 
 County in 1839; Joseph; Martha, wife of John 
 Reynolds; and Lydia, wife of Lsaac Pier.son, who 
 came to this county in 1850. None of the family 
 are now living. 
 
 Joseph T. Painter, an honored pioneer of this 
 locality, act|uired his education in New Ca.stle, 
 Mercer County, Pa. His school privileges, how- 
 ever, were limited to ninety days' attendance at 
 the sulxscription .schools. When a young man of 
 nineteen years he left home, with the intention of 
 trying his fortune in the West, and went on a flat- 
 boat to Mi.ssouri, taking with him a carding-ma- 
 chiiie. He made the return trip on liorsei)ack in 
 1823, reaching his destination after twenty -eight 
 da\s oflravel. He then purcha.sed a farm of one 
 hundred acres in Mercer County, Pa., and, turn- 
 ing his attention to its cultivation, continued to 
 engage in agricultural pursuits for about thirteen 
 years, when, in 1836, he again left the East. It 
 was in thai year that he cast his lot among the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 pioneer settlers of Illinois. On the 4th of June 
 he reached what was then called Spillnian's Land- 
 ing, now Pontoosuc. and made his way hither. 
 Here he purchased the northwest quarter of sec- 
 tion V' I<^ Harpe Township, and began the de- 
 velopment of a farm. 
 
 Ere his removal West, Mr. Painter was mar- 
 ried. On the 3d of January, 1828, he wasiuiited 
 in marriage with Jane Graham, and to them were 
 born three children, Angeline, Charles and 
 Thompson, but all are now deceased. The 
 mother of this family died August 13, 1833, and 
 Mr. Painter was married October 18, 1834, to 
 Phoebe Rea, daughter of John and Ann (White) 
 Rea. They also became the parents of three chil- 
 dren: Plemon, deceased; Delina, wife of vS. F. 
 Bryan, of La Harpe: and Arion, who was killed 
 at the battle of Pitt.sburg Landing, while aiding 
 in the defense of the I'nion during the late war. 
 He was a member of Coni]5an\ I), Twent\-eighth 
 Illinois Infantry. Charles was also in the service, 
 being one of the boys in blue of Company G, One 
 Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantrw He 
 served for three years, and was nuistered out in 
 the fall of 1865. He was First Lieutenant of his 
 company. 
 
 In 183S Mr. Painter went to Pennsyh'ania, 
 where he purchased material for a gristmill, which 
 was put up by Henry Reynolds on the southwest 
 quarter of section 9. La Harpe, also for a saw- 
 mill, which he erected himself on section 10, La 
 Harpe, and which he operated about two \ears, 
 although he owned it ten or tvveh'c years, when 
 it pa.s.sed out of his hands. The.se were among 
 the pioneer mills of this section of country. 
 
 Mr. Painter continued to engage in agricultural 
 pursuits until 1S60, when he retired from active 
 life, and went to live witli his daughter, Mrs. S. 
 F. Bryan, with whom he remained until his death, 
 which occurred on the 9th of Se])tend)er, 1875. 
 In politics, he was originally a Whig, and on tJie 
 organization of the Republican party joined its 
 ranks. He .ser\-ed as Constable for se\eral \ears, 
 and was A.sse.ssor and Collector for fourteen years. 
 For the long period of thirt\ \ ears he served as 
 School Director, and the cause of education ever 
 found in him a warm friend. He was a faithful 
 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 was a charitable and benevolent man, who aided 
 in the upbuilding of all enterpri.ses calculated to 
 promote the best interests of the community. He 
 was a valued and prominent citizen of Hancock 
 County for almost fort\- \ears, and this history 
 would be incomplete without the record of his 
 life. 
 
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 QACOB BRYAN, deceased, was one of the 
 I early settlers of Hancock County, and one 
 KZ) who was widely and favorabh- known in this 
 localit}'. A native of Hunterdon, N, J,, he was 
 born on the 15th of August, 1794, and was a son 
 of William and Mary (Suphen) Bryan. His 
 father was born in New Jersey, F"ebruar\- 12, 
 1 761. Of their children, Mary became the wife 
 of .Samuel 'Hutton, of La Harpe T<nvnship, and 
 both she and her husband are deceased. Rachel 
 married Rol^ert Simonton, of Pennsylvania, and 
 they are now deceased; Eleanor became the wife of 
 James Burns, and both died in Peinis>lvania: 
 Hannah married Thomas Painter, and both pas.sed 
 away in the Key.stone State: Jane, Eliza, John, Ja- 
 cob, Isaac and William are also decea.sed. 
 
 Jacob Br\-an of this sketch was reared on his 
 father's farm in New Jersey, and during his youth 
 attended the .subscription schools of his nati\e 
 State. In 1819, he removed to Mercer County, 
 Pa., and, purchasing a farm of one hundred acres, 
 there began life as a farmer. He followed agri- 
 cultural pursuits throughout his remaining days, 
 and met with good success in liis undertakings. 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey 
 he cho.se Mary Bagley, daughter of Daniel and 
 Elizabeth (Showerman ) Bagley. Their marriage 
 was celebrated in Crawford County, Pa., on the 
 14th of Ma>-, 1824, and unto them were born 
 .seven children, one of wliom died in infancy. 
 
 The \ear 1S40 witnessed the remo\al of Mr. 
 Bryan and his family to Hancock Counlx . He 
 took up his residence in La Harpe Township, and 
 purcha.sed one hundred and sixty acres ofland on 
 section 3, La Harpe Townshij), where he began 
 the development of a farm. B\- additional pur- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 chase he added to this from time to time until he 
 became the owner of six hundred acres of vahiable 
 land, which yielded to him a golden tribute in re- 
 turn for the care and labor he bestowed upon it. 
 He successfully carried on farming until the 2d of 
 November, 1857, when he retired from active life 
 and removed with his wife and two children to 
 La Harpe. He died on the 28th of March, 1880. 
 His wife, who still snr\-ives him, is now in her 
 eighty-ninth year. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Bnan was originally 
 
 December 1, 1729, aged sixt\-three years; his 
 wife died March 14, 1740, aged .seventy three 
 >ears. Zachariah. son of Benjamin, born March 
 21, i'i94, was married June g, 1720, to Mary 
 Eaton. Zachariah died May ;,, 1751, aged fiftv- 
 seven vears. Ephraim. his son, born May 11, 
 1729, was married Februar\- 10, 1757, to Rebecca 
 Whitmarsh, daughter of Richard W'hitmarsh, and 
 died January- 24, 1817, aged eighty-seven yeai^s; 
 his wife died September 5, 1805, aged seventy- 
 five years. Daniel Soule, his son, born Novem- 
 
 a Whig, but when the Republican party was ber 16, 1757, was married May i, 1783, to Sarah 
 
 formed he joined its ranks, and was e\-er afterward Cu.shman, seventh daughter of Josiah Cushman, 
 
 one of its stalwart supporters. He never aspired of Plymouth, a lineal descendant of the fourth 
 
 to public office, nor would he accept political pre- generation from Elder Thomas Cushman, one of 
 
 the " Mayflower " Pilgrims. Daniel died in 1836, 
 aged eighty-one years. 
 
 Josiah, the father of our subject, born January 
 13, 1794, married Sally Young, ofWarehani, 
 Mass., and died March 9, 1872. The .sons of 
 Josiah Soule were Josiah, Lsaac, George, Plymp- 
 ton, James, Harri.son and Warren. The daugh- 
 ters were Julia, Clari.ssa, Eniil\- and Clara. All 
 are dead but Lsaac and Julia. Julia, who li\es at 
 Warren, Ohio, attended the golden wedding of 
 her brother in 1893. 
 
 At the age of seventeen years Isaac Soule left 
 his boyhood home to find one in the then far 
 
 ^VSAAC SOULE, one of the honored pioneers of West, and in 1837 came to La Harpe. Here lie 
 I Hancock County, who through a long period secured employment with a Mr. .McFarland, a 
 
 X has witnessed the growth and development of tanuL-r, to whom lie engaged for n seven-year 
 
 this region, and has aided in its progress and ad- apinenticeship. 
 
 ferment. He was originally a member of the 
 Methodist Church, but afterward, when the Meth- 
 odist Protestant Church was organized, he joined 
 the same and was one of its consistent and faithful 
 members until his death. He was always found 
 on the .side of right, a supporter of all that would 
 benefit and elevate humanit>-. His career was 
 ever honorable, and his example is one well worthy 
 of emulation. 
 
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 vancement, was born in Warren, Trumbull Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, September 13, 1820, and is the second 
 son of Josiah and Sarah Soule. The .Soule fam- 
 ily trace back their ancestry to the lime the " Ma\ - 
 flower" made its way across the Atlantic, in 1620. 
 Among the passengers on that vessel was George 
 Soule. He ca.st in his lot with the Pilgrim Fa- 
 thers, and lived to an advanced age, d>ing in 
 1679. To him was born John Soule. who li\ed 
 in Duxbury, Mass. His wife's given name was 
 Man,-. The settlement of his estate was dated 
 March i, 1707 or 1708, so that it is probable he 
 died in 1707. Renjamin_ Soule, his son, married 
 Sarah Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish, 
 a son of Capt. Miles Standish. Benjamin died 
 
 On the 1st of February, 1843, Mr. Soule was 
 uniU-d in marriage with Mi.ss Eunice Richer, tht- 
 ceremoiiN' being performed by John Hicok. a 
 Justice of tlie Peace. The lady was born near 
 Fortland. Me., Januar\- 19, 1S26, and was the 
 eldest child of Timothy and Mary A. Richer. 
 About 1S3S her parents left the rnck-iibbed land 
 of Maine and started westward. Tlicy traveled 
 b\- rail from Dover to Boston; by water from Bos- 
 ton to New York; again by rail from New York 
 to Pittsburgh, and then on a boat went down the 
 Ohio and up the Mis.si.ssippi River to vSpillman's 
 Landing, now called Pontoosuc. There they 
 hired a team, and after three weeks' travel reached 
 La Harpe on the 2d of June, 1838. Mr. Richer 
 
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 at once began the erection of a home, which is 
 stili known as the Ricker house, but his death 
 occurred before it.s completion. His famih' wa.s 
 thus left in a new country, with few ac(|uaintances, 
 to battle with the world, and overcome as best 
 they could the difficulties b\- which tliey were 
 surrounded. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Soule l)egan their domestic life in 
 a small frame house on the north end of the lot 
 on which their residence now stands. It contin- 
 ued to be their home for two years, during 
 wliich time their first son, George W., was born, 
 February 15, 1844. In 1S45 the family located 
 on a farm two miles east of La Harpe. The other 
 children are Charles \\ . , who was born May 5, 
 1.S46, and died Augu.st 7, 1S47; Charles \V., born 
 March 31, 1S48: James J., born October 17, 1850; 
 luigene N., born January 8, 1861; Ernest C 
 who was born July 25, 1866, and died .September 
 25, i,s6.S: Elbert I., who was born .September 3, 
 1868; and Mary E., who was born November i, 
 iX-u. and died on the 14th of April following. 
 
 After two \ears spent ui)on the farm, Mr. .Soule 
 returned to La Harpe, and in 1850 he purchased 
 his present home. In compan>' with John and 
 Luther Warren, he crossed the jilains in 1852 
 with ox-teams, Ijound for the gold fields of Cali- 
 fornia. The\- were four months u])on the way, 
 and during a part of the time thev passed in Cali- 
 fornia they .suffered greatlx' for the necessaries of 
 life, es])eciall\- for bread. At one time a great snow- 
 storm pre\'ailed, snow being fifteen feet deep on 
 the mountains. They were thirty-four days with- 
 out bread. The first flour to get into the settle- 
 ment brought $1.25 a ])ound. Two years were 
 passed by Mr. Soule on the Pacific .Slope, after 
 which he returned home b\- wa\' of the Isthmus 
 of Panama and New York. He was rich in ex- 
 perience if not in gohl, and has niau\ interesting 
 .stories to relate of that trip. For a number of 
 \ears tliereafter he was employed in the store of 
 J. & H. Warren. 
 
 On the isl of February, 1893, Mr. and Mrs, 
 .Soule celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniver- 
 sary. During the fifty \ears in whic li thex' have 
 traveled life's journey together the\- ha\e uil- 
 nc.s.sed man>' important changes, both in the com- 
 
 munity in which they live and the lives of those 
 around them. Sorrow has come into their own 
 home, but the greater jiart of their lives has been 
 ble-ssed with happiness, which we tru.st may be 
 theirs for nianv years to come. 
 
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 JOHN N. HURDLE, decea.sed, was born Feb- 
 ruar>- 15, 1831, in Muskingum Countx, Ohio. 
 His education was confined to the district 
 schools of his native countv. and was obtained 
 during his attendance through the winter .season 
 for a few years. At the age of eighteen he began 
 business for him.self by planting crops on rented 
 tracts of land, wlien liis services were not required 
 f)n his father's farm. He did this work on 
 shares, and in this way accumulated about $600 
 at the time he was twenty-three \ears of age. 
 
 On the 15th of I)eceml)er, 1853, Mr. Hurdle 
 wedded Mi.ss Mary Wolf and immediately there- 
 after removed to Illinois, making the journey with 
 a two-horse team. After twenty-six days of tra\el 
 he reached Henderson County, and ]nirchased a 
 quarter-section of land for $1,900. He had to go 
 in debt $1,500 for the same, but he paid off his 
 indebtedness in three years, on selling the farm 
 for $4,600. In F^ebruary, 1857, in connection 
 with his father, he bought a half-section of laiul 
 in La Harpe Township, Hancock Countx-, for 
 $7,875. In 1861 he purchased his father's inter- 
 est, giving a mortgage on the same for nearl\- 
 $4,000. Hard times came on as the result of the 
 financial crash in 1857, and he offered to sell .six 
 thousand bushels of corn for ten cenlsa bushel, in 
 order to pay the interest on the mortgage, but 
 tliis was not accepted. The mortgagee sued for 
 his interest, l)Ut finallx- comiiromiscd. :nul .Mr. 
 Hurdle was to pa\- the following June. In the 
 mean time the price of corn was rai.sed to seventy 
 cents ])er busliel, and he casil\- ji.iid off his in- 
 debtedness. 
 
 In i<S6o our subject was called upon to mourn 
 the lo.ss of his wife, who died on the 9lh of A])ril, 
 leax'ing two children: IvdgarF., a farmer of F'aton, 
 ColfJ. ; and Ennna F'., wife of Jolni A. Goodan, a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 lumber dealer of the same place. They also lost 
 one child. Laura J., vvlio died in infancy. Mr. 
 Hurdle was again married. May 28, 1861, his 
 second union being with Elmira A. Barr, a na- 
 tive of Breckenridge County, Ky., and a daugh- 
 ter of Elias and Sallie A. (Beauchamp) Barr. 
 ])oth of whom were nati\-es of that State. Her 
 grandfather, Adam Barr. who was a native of 
 Man-land, .served in the Revolution under Wash- 
 ington, and died in Kentuck\-. 
 
 After coming to Hancock County, Mr. Hurdle 
 added to his possessions, until at his death he 
 owned nine hundred and five acres of valuable 
 land in the home farm. His large residence, one 
 of the finest country dwellings in the county, was 
 erected in 1872. The barns and outbuildings on 
 the place are models of convenience, and there is 
 an air of thrift and prosperity about the whole 
 ])lace. Eight children came to bless the home, 
 born of the .second marriage, namel\-: Lula B., 
 wife of Dr. T. W. Bath, of Ohio, 111. ; Sarah Olive, 
 wife of L. S. James, a fanner of La Harpe Town- 
 ship; Maggie C, wife of C. 1). Rice,, a farmer of 
 Durham Tow-n.ship: Carrie A., deceased; William 
 E., Dora K., Henry A. and John F. 
 
 In 1873 and 1S74, Mr. Hurdle lost about $40,- 
 000 by indorsing notes for others. He was one 
 of the mast .substantial and enterprising citizens 
 of the county, and with time and means aided in 
 eveni- work calculated for the upbuilding and the 
 permanent good of tlie connnunity. He was a 
 conscientious Christian gentleman, and was identi- 
 fied with the Methodi.st Protestant Church from 
 the age of eighteen. At the age of .seven he be- 
 came a menilier of the W'ashingtonian Temper- 
 ance vSociet\- and c\er adhered to tht- stricte.st 
 temperance ])rinciples. His honestx was above 
 (|uesli()n, and his word was as good as his bond. 
 In early life he was a Whig, but on the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party joined its ranks. 
 
 Mr. Hiudle's ancestors were of Scotch lineage. 
 The first of whom we ha\c any authentic account is 
 John Hurdle, who was born near Baltimore, Md., 
 and there lived many years. He afterward re- 
 nu)ved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he 
 died in 1842. He was an Abolitionist, and voted 
 that ticket when there were onlv three others of 
 
 the same political views in his precinct. His son. 
 William \'. Hurdle, was born in Virginia, and 
 was reared on his father's farm, but on attaining 
 manhood he studied medicine, and engaged in 
 practice for twent\ years in Ohio. About 1S26 
 he wedded Mary Kiiniey, daughter of William 
 and Margaret (Mahan) Kinney, of Huntingdon 
 County, Pa. In 185.^ William V. Hurdle re- 
 moved to Illinois, where, in compau}- with his son 
 John, he purcha.sed a farm, to which we have 
 previousls- referred. 
 
 Mr. Hurdle of this sketch died October 28, 
 1887, and the county thereby lo.st one of its be.st 
 citizens, his family a loving hu.sband and father, 
 and the connnunity a wi.se counsellor, who.se ex- 
 ample may be copied by coming generations with 
 profit. 
 
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 r~RANCIS L. FULLMER, dealer in hard and 
 j^ soft coal, lime and cement, is one of the 
 I wide-awake and progressive business men of 
 Hamilton. He is a Canadian bj- birth, a native 
 of Lincoln County, in the province of Ontario. 
 Canada, born September 16, 1840. The family, 
 however, is of- German origin, and his parents, 
 Jacob and Jane (Merrill) Fullmer, were natives 
 of Peuu.sylvania and New York, respectivel)-. 
 Thtir family numbered eight children, as follows; 
 Merrill, now an attorney-at-law and preacher of 
 Wiscon.sin; Leander, a traveling .salesman of Cal- 
 ifornia; Francis L., of this .sketch; Mary, deceased, 
 wife of Rev. George Reynolds; Reuben, a lawyer 
 of South Dakota; Alvira-, wife of Joseph vSawyer, 
 who resides in Beaver Dam, Wis.; Almira, de- 
 ceased, twin sister of x\lvira; and one child who 
 died in infancy. The father of this family in an 
 earl\ <la\ removed to Canada and located on a 
 larm in the province of Ontario. In 1845, he 
 tiii)k liis family to Dodge County, Wis., where he 
 secured land and made a homestead. 
 
 Mr. F'ullnier whose name heads this record was 
 only five \ears of age at the time of the removal. 
 His education was acquired in the district schools 
 of Dodge County, and he also attended a sul)- 
 scription .school for three terms. When attend- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 ing school at that early period, it was a frequent 
 occurrence for liim to pass three or tour Indian 
 wig"\vanis, when going to and fro from school. 
 The red men were very numerous, and white set- 
 tlers rather scarce. On one ix:casion, when his 
 mother was at home with lier children, a squaw 
 made an attempt to steal one of her twins, and 
 succeeded in getting the child rolled uj) in her 
 blanket, and on her hack. When Mrs. Fullmer 
 saw what she was doing, a li\'el\- skirmish en- 
 sued between the two women, and the mother 
 succeeded in recovering her child. During his 
 boyhood he worked on his father's farm and early 
 became inured to the hard labors of the field, but 
 at length he determined to give his time and at- 
 tention to other pursuits, and on attaining his ma- 
 jorit.\ , in 1861, he was engaged as an employe of 
 the insane as\lum at Jacksonville, 111., where he 
 remained for two years. In 1863, he returned to 
 Dodge Countx-, and continued farming for a few 
 years, ibr his health had failed and he belie\-ed 
 that outdoor exercise would greatly re.store hiin. 
 
 During this time, Mr. I'ullmer was married. 
 On the 24th of November, 1S64, he was joined in 
 marriage with Mi.ss Mary Bayless, of Jack.son- 
 ville. l^nto them have been born two children: 
 Lee, an empkne of the Wabash Railroad, resid- 
 ing in Springfield, 111.: and Maud, at home. In 
 1866, Mr. Fullmer came with his family to Han- 
 cock County, locating at West Point, and engaged 
 in farming for about eight years. On the expi- 
 ration of that period he renio\-ed to Keokuk, Iowa, 
 where he .secured a position as a toll-collector o;i 
 a bridge. In 1876, he was elected Sui)erinten- 
 dent of the Hancock County Poor Farm, at 
 Carthage, and held that position for a \ear. In 
 1877, he returned to the farm in St. Albans 
 Township, and for .seven years devoted his time 
 and attention to the cultivation and improve- 
 ment of his land, making the well-tilled fields 
 \iuld to him a good income. In 1886, he came 
 to Hamilton, and has since been engaged in the 
 business which now occupies his attention. He 
 has a good trade and is meeting with well-de- 
 .served success. 
 
 Mr. Fullmer holds membership with the Melli 
 odist ICpi.scopal Church, and exerci.ses his right 
 
 of franchise in support of the Republican party. 
 He has served as School Director, but has never 
 aspired to public office. He also belongs to Rapid 
 City Lodge No. 2S6, K. P., and to Montebello 
 Lodge No. 697, I. O. O. F. ; and also to the Mod- 
 ern \\'oodmen of America. He has led a busy 
 and u.seful life, and his .success is due to his own 
 efforts. 
 
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 ATRICK JOSEPH HESSIOX, .M. D.,oneof 
 llie leading young physicians of Hancock 
 Count\', now successfully engaged in prac- 
 tice in Hamilton, is a native of vSt. Louis, Mo., 
 born May 26, 1863. His fatlier, Thomas Hession, 
 was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and traced 
 his ancestry to Usham the Great. Crossing the 
 Atlantic to America in the .steamer "Constella- 
 tion," in 1849, belauded at Ca.stle Garden, and 
 thence went to Greene County, Pa. He became 
 a contractor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 
 and worked along that line to Memphis, Tenn. 
 He was a member of the One Hundred and Fiftx- 
 fourth Regiment of vState Militia, and was C(^n- 
 nected with the United States .standing army 
 which aided in the protection of the city of Mem- 
 phis. In 1862 he removed to St. Louis, Mo., 
 where he wedded Mi.ss Mary B. Laffe_\-. Thev 
 were the parents of six children: Mary, now- 
 deceased; the Doctor; John P., of Hamilton; 
 Catherine, at home; Thomas S., also a practicing 
 ])hysician of Hamilton: and Mar>- B., wlio died in 
 infancy. 
 
 When our subject was an infant his parents left 
 St. Louis and removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and in 
 that city and in Ilaniiltun lie was reared. His 
 education was acquired in tin- pul)lic .schools of 
 Hamilton, and his first indL-pcndent effort in life 
 was as a bridge car])enter. He tlien worked at 
 bridge-building and railroading for two years, 
 and in 1884 began the stud>- of medicine under 
 the direction of Dr. J. C. Hughes, of Keokuk, 
 Iowa, with whom he continued liis studies for 
 three years. On the ist of March, 1S87, he was 
 graduated from the College of Pln-sicians and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa, and, with the excep- 
 tion of seven months spent in Hickory Ridge, has 
 since been engaged in practice in Hamilton. In 
 1893 he took a position with his alma mater as 
 demonstrator of anatomy. The fact that this po- 
 sition was offered him by the school of which he 
 was once a pupil, is a high testimonial to his skill. 
 He at present fills the position of Company Sur- 
 geon for the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad 
 Company. 
 
 On the 27th of Xcneniber, 1890. Dr. He.ssion 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Ro.sa A. Young, 
 daughter of Absalom and Emily (Palmer) Young. 
 Their union has been blessed with one son, 
 Thomas Joseph. The Doctor and his wife hold 
 an enviable position in .social circles, and have the 
 warm regard of many friends in the comnuuiity. 
 He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of 
 America; of Montebello Eodge No. 697, I. O. O. 
 F.; and of Puckechetuck Encampment No. 7, of 
 Keokuk, Iowa. In religious belief he is a Catho- 
 lic, and in political .sentiment he is a Democrat. 
 In November, 1892, he was elected Coroner of 
 Hancock County, and is now filling that position. 
 For four vears he was also Health Officer of 
 Hamilton. He is one of the proprietors of the 
 Palace Drug Store, and that branch of hislnisine.ss 
 al.so yields him a good income. 
 
 Dr. Thomas Stephen Hession, who is also en- 
 gaged in practice in Hamilton, has the honor of 
 being a native of this city, his birth having here 
 occurred on the 26th of April, i ,S7u. ( For .sketch of 
 parents see biography of P. J. Hession on another 
 page.) In its common and high .schools he ac- 
 (|uiretl his education. His hii\lu)od days were 
 quietlv passed. He worked on his father's farm 
 until he was si.xteen years of age, when he began 
 railroading, being emjjloyed with the construction 
 crew on the Santa P'e Road. Six months later, in 
 the fall of 1887, hel)egan clerking for his brother 
 in the drug store, and also took \\\i the slud>- of 
 medicine. He was graduated from tJie Keokuk 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons on the loth of 
 March, 1891, and then, returning to Hamilton, 
 joined his brother in practice and in the drug bus- 
 iness. He was registered as a pharmacist on the 
 4tli of March, 1S94. In politics, he is a supporter 
 
 of the Democratic part\' and its principles, and is 
 a member of the Catholic Church. The firm "f 
 Hession Brothers has a finely appointed and well- 
 kept drug store, complete in everything found in 
 that line of trade, and by courteous treatment and 
 straightforward dealing they have .secured a lib- 
 eral patronage. They are also doing well in the 
 practice of medicine. 
 
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 HOEL BRADSHAW. deceased, was one of 
 I Hancock County's honored pioneers, and this 
 Qj history would be incomplete without the 
 record of his life. He was born near .Sparta, in 
 White County, Tenn., on the 15th of Sejnember, 
 181 2, and when a lad of seven summers accom- 
 panied his parents on their emigration to Illinois, 
 the family settling in Madi.son County, where 
 they resided for a year. His father was a native 
 of Teiuies.see; his mother of Kentucky. To them 
 were born ten children, five sons and five daugh- 
 ters. In 1820, Mr. Brad.shaw went with his par- 
 ents to Morgan County, where his father entered 
 seven hundred acres of land from the Government. 
 The unsettled condition of the county at that time 
 mav be imagined from the fact that what was 
 once wild land comprised within the Bradshaw 
 homestead is now the .site of tlie city of Jackson- 
 ville. 
 
 Joel Hradshaw attended the district .schools of 
 Morgan Count\-, and acquired an e.xcellent edu- 
 cation. He then embarked in farming, which he 
 followed in that count)- until iS.^,7, which >-ear 
 witnessed his removal to Hancock County. Soon 
 after his arrival he purchased one thou.sand acres 
 of land in LaHarpe Town.ship, and for many years 
 extensively engaged in farming. He bore all the 
 hardships and trials of pioneer life, aiidtuok part 
 in the Mormon War, which occurred near Camp 
 Point and Nauvoo, and which resulted in driving 
 the Mormons from the State. When he came 
 here nuich of the land was in pos,session of the 
 Government, and the .settlements were widely 
 scattered, for the work of ci\ili/ation and progress 
 seemed scarcely begun. 
 
John H. Catlin 
 
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 Joel Cat li n 
 
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 Mrs. JOEL Catlin 
 
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 On the 20th of March, 1834, Mr. Bradshawwas 
 united in marriage with Miss Catherine Dickson, 
 daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Libe) Dick.son. 
 They became the parents of a family of ten chil- 
 dren: Jane, who was born on the 14th of March, 
 1835, and is now decea.sed; William D., who was 
 born March 30, 1837: Mar\- J., who was born 
 January- 3. 1839. and has now passed away: 
 George W'., born January- i, 1S41 ; vSarah L., who 
 was born January 14, 1845, and is now decea.sed: 
 Su.sanna S., who was born December 18, 1842, 
 and has been called to the home beyond ; Emma 
 E., who was born Febniary 8, 1847, 'i"<^l ^^ the 
 widow of James W. P. Davis; AlvinaC, who was 
 born May 20, 1849, and is now deceased; J. D., 
 who was born October 2, 1852, and has departed 
 this life; and James M., who was born December 
 20, 1855. and is represented elsewhere in this 
 work . 
 
 Mr. Bradshaw was an advocate of Democratic 
 principles, but never was an office-seeker. The 
 hi.story of Hancock Coinit\- was familiar to liiiii 
 for more than half a century, and he could relate 
 many interesting incidents of frontier life. He 
 always bore his part in the work of upbuilding 
 and de\-elopment, and was much respected b\- his 
 friends and neighbors, who deeply mourned his 
 death. He passed away in La Harpe Township, 
 November 5, 1890, at the age of .seventy-eight 
 \-ears. 
 
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 (TOHN HAWLEV CATLIX, a farmer now 
 I residing in Augu.sta, is one of the honored 
 G/ jiioneers of Hancock Counl\ , and this work 
 would be incomplete without the record of his 
 life. He was born in Augusta, Ga., on the 23d 
 of May, 1 82 1, and is a son of Joel and Cali.sta 
 ( Hawley I Catlin, both of whom were natives of 
 Connecticut, .\uthentic records have been se- 
 cured of the ancestr\- of both families, and as the 
 data will prove of interest to all members of the 
 family and their descendants, we gladly give it a 
 place in this volume. 
 
 The first of the Catlin famil> in America was 
 Thimias, of Hartford, Conn. A deposition of his 
 10 
 
 is on record in the office of the Secretary of State 
 of Connecticut, dated October 19, 1687, in which 
 he is said to have been .seventy-five years of age. 
 Consequently, he mu.st have been born about 1612, 
 and may have come from England as early as 
 1632, but perhaps earlier. Tradition says he 
 came over as a cabin-boy on a ship, and then left 
 his employment, running away. A record of his 
 in 1646 .says he was appointed "viewer of lad- 
 ders and chimneys." He was a Con.stable in 
 1660, and he and his son John were made free- 
 men in 1669. The same record speaks of Mary 
 Catlin, then forty-six years old, who was prob- 
 ably his wife. He had a daughter Mary bap- 
 tised May 6, 1649. The Catlin name seems to 
 have been of Norman origin, as appears from its 
 form in old records; thus " Rymeis Federa " 
 mentions Bevenge de Cateloiger, authorized to 
 levy certain moneys for King Edward III., 
 A. D. 1335. John de Catelaine also appears 
 on record. ,Sir Robert Catlyn is named Lord 
 Chief Ju.stice of England in the time of Edward 
 \'I., in a case of law recorded in " Decatur Lan- 
 castrise. Pais In.seta," Calendar of Pleadings from 
 the fourteenth year to the end of the reign of 
 Queen Elizabeth. Sir Nevil Catlyn and Sir 
 Robert Catlyn were baronets of England. A 
 work published by Hon. James .Savage, of Bo.s- 
 ton, given our subject in 185 1. mentions the Cat- 
 lin family in America. It tells of Thomas Cat- 
 lin, who was the first ancestor of the family in 
 America, and had John and Mary baptised May 6. 
 1649. He died in 1690, leaving onh- John. The 
 latter was a writing master of Bartiadoes. He 
 died in Cape Cod Harbor in December, 1685, 
 leaving a cargo of a vessel to his onl>- .son, Charles. 
 John Catlin went to Deerfield, Mass., before 1684. 
 with his mother Isabel, a widow. They had re- 
 moved from Connecticut to Newark, N. J., and 
 thence to Massachusetts. She was afterward 
 twice married. Her son John, with his sons, 
 Joseph and Jonathan, and his daughter, Ivliza- 
 beth, were killed in the Deerfield ma.s.sacre, Vtb- 
 ruary 29, 1704. He left a son Jolm, and one of 
 Joseph's children, who also bore the name of John. 
 I'hilip Catlin was at Hadk\', Mass., A]>ril 7, 1676, 
 and served in King I'liilip's War, These four 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 names appear on the old Colonial records, and in- 
 dicate that John Catlin of Hartford was a con- 
 temporary of John of Barbadoes and John of Deer- 
 field, while Philip lived at the same time as 
 Thomas of Hartfoid. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of onr subject, Isaac 
 Catlin, was born in Harwinton, Conn., in 1757, 
 and was there reared. He followed farming, and 
 married Ruth Carter, by whom he had nine chil- 
 dren. His death occurred in 1S33, at the age of 
 seventy-six. His wife, who was born in 1761, 
 pas.sed away in 1831. Joel Catlin, tlie father of 
 John H., was a watchmaker in early life. He 
 removed from Connecticut to Georgia in 1818, 
 and subsequently, after visiting the old home, 
 made the journe>- to Georgia with a team and 
 carriage. He dro\-e one of the same horses from 
 Georgia to Illinois in 1831, and made a location 
 in Jacksonville the next year. In 1835 he came 
 to Hancock County, again driving the .same horse, 
 and located on the present site of Augusta, which 
 town was named for his previous home in Georgia, 
 Here he engaged in farming until 1849, when he 
 returned to Jacksonville, and was Station Agent 
 for the Jacksonville & Naples Railroad for main- 
 years. He died in that city in 1879, at the age 
 of eighty-four years and seven months. His wife 
 passed away several years previously, in March, 
 1874. In early life they were members of the 
 Congregational Church, but were afterward mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Catlin 
 .served as Elder, both in Augu.sta and in Jack.son- 
 ville. In the family were seven children, four 
 sons and three daughters, of whom three are now 
 living: John H.; William E., of White vSulphur 
 Springs, Mont.; and Charles Augustus, of Jack- 
 sonville, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Catlin was a daughter of Rufus F. Haw- 
 ley, a native of Northington, C<inn. He drove 
 across the country three times from Connecticut 
 to Illinois before locating here in 1837. From 
 that year until 1847 he made his home in Au- 
 gusta. He was then called to his final rest. His 
 wife, who bore the maiden name of Betsy Rich- 
 ards, was also a native of Connecticut. In direct 
 descent, the Hawley family comes from Samuel 
 
 Hawle)-, the first known ancestor in America. 
 The name of the second is unknown, and Joseph 
 Hawley is the third. He was followed by Tim- 
 othy Hawley, who married Rachel For^vard ; Rev. 
 Rufus Hawley, who wedded Deborah Kent; and 
 Rufus Forward Hawley, grandfather of our sub- 
 ject. This account was obtained by Rev. Will- 
 iam E. Catlin from his uncle. Rev. James A. 
 Hawley. Maj. Joseph Hawley, of Northampton, 
 Ma.ss., was a cousin of Jonathan Edwards, Presi- 
 dent of one of the leading colleges of this country. 
 The Richards family is descended from Thomas 
 Richards, who emigrated to America between 
 1600 and 1605. John Richards was born in 1631, 
 and married Lydia Stocking. Thomas Richards 
 was born in 1666, and wedded Marj- Parsons. 
 Thomas Richards, born in 1694, married Abigail 
 Turner. .Samuel Richards, born in 1726, mar- 
 ried Lydia Buck; and Betsy Richards became the 
 wife of Rufus F. Hawley, of Farmington, Conn. 
 They removed to Augusta, 111., in 1837, and her 
 death occurred at Payson, in 1853. 
 
 John Hawley Catlin was a youth of eleven years 
 when his parents removed from Georgia to Illi- 
 nois. He acquired his education in .A.ugusta, 
 and in the winter of 1840-41 taught the first 
 school ever held in Newton, Adams Comity. He 
 was reared on the farm where he now lives, and 
 where he has made his home since 1835. The 
 town of Augusta has grownup around him, but he 
 has never left his old home. 
 
 On the 5th of March, 1S45, Mr. Catlin marriei 
 Miss Lydia R. Hawley, daughter of Chauncey 
 and Sophia (Austin) Hawley. Three children 
 were born to them, namely: Ella .Sophia, who 
 became the wife of James W. .Stark, by whom 
 .she had four children, three yet living, Cornelia, 
 Clifford and luliia; Cornelia Hawley, wife of N. 
 N. Tyner; and Nettie Augu.sta, wife of Benjamin 
 B. Crane. They also have three children, Jen- 
 nie, Charlotte and Alice. Mrs. Catlin died in 
 January, 1S60, and Mr.' Catlin was again mar- 
 ried, December 25, i860, his second union being 
 with Miss Alice E. Adams, daughter of Chaun- 
 cey and Mary (Benedict) Adams, of Galesburg, 
 111. Her death occurred June 7, 1892. She was 
 
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 a member of the Congregational Church of Gales- 
 burg, but united with the Presbyterian Church 
 of Augusta. 
 
 Mr. Catlin has long been an honored and faith- 
 ful member of the Presbyterian Church, and since 
 1854 has sen-ed as one of its Elders. In politics, 
 he is a Republican. Throughout his life he has 
 followed the occupation of farming with excellent 
 success, and now owns seven hundred and ninety 
 acres of valuable land, a part of which lies within 
 the city limits of Augusta. The house in which 
 he lives was the first frame dwelling erected in 
 Hancock County, and is still in a good state of 
 preser\-ation. The old Mormon trail, which was 
 made in 1832, when that .sect was going from 
 Ohio to the promised land in Missouri, ran through 
 his father's farm. Lincoln and Douglas .spoke in 
 the grove upon his land in the campaign of 1858, 
 and many incidents of interest are connected with 
 his home. In September, 1840, when the first 
 census of Chicago was taken, he made a trip to 
 Chicago with John Baldwin, a Mr. Perry and O. 
 K. Hawley, who were on their way back to Con- 
 necticut, where they were going for their sweet- 
 hearts, whom they had left behind. They started 
 in a two-horse Yankee wagon on Monday morn- 
 ing, reached Chicago on Saturday afternoon, and 
 the following Friday arrived at home. For this 
 trip Mr. Catlin received $25. The history of 
 pioneer life in Hancock County is familiar to him, 
 for few have longer resided within its borders than 
 he. He has always been actively interested in its 
 welfare, and his name is inseparably connected 
 with much of its upbuilding and development. 
 He is one of the mo.st valued citizens, and has the 
 high regard of young and old, rich and poor. 
 
 E. MANIFOLD, who is interested in the 
 banking business in I<a Harpe as a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Manifold & Kirkpatrick, 
 was born in La Harpe Township, Hancock Coun- 
 ty, on the 6tli of February, 1S56. He is a worthy 
 representative of an honored pioneer family, 
 which located here in the early days in the his- 
 
 tory of the community. His father, John Mani- 
 fold, was a native of Tennes.see, born on the 8th 
 of April, 1829. When a lad of seven years he ac- 
 companied his parents to Illinois, the family set- 
 tling in La HarjX' Township, Hancock County, 
 where the grandfather of our subject entered land 
 from the Government and opened up a form. John 
 Manifold was reared to agricultural pursuits and 
 has made farming his life work. Since 1836, he has 
 lived upon the old homestead, and the place is 
 dear to him from the associations of his boyhood 
 and from those of his mature years. In 1854, he 
 was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Miller, 
 daughter of William and Margaret CDixon) Mil- 
 ler. She has been to her husband a faithful com- 
 panion and helpmate and is a most estimable 
 lady. 
 
 W. E. Manifold, their only child, began his ed- 
 ucation in the district schools of La Harpe Town- 
 .ship, and in order to further complete his educa- 
 tion he entered Abingdon College, where he pur- 
 sued a three-year cour.se, finishing the same in 
 1873. In the succeeding winter he attended the 
 Gem City Busine.ss College of Quincy, 111., tak- 
 ing a special course in peinnanship. Returning 
 to the farm, he then devoted his time and ener- 
 gies to stock-raising for a number of years, and 
 met with good success in this undertaking, but at 
 length he determined to engage in connnercial 
 pursuits. Carrying out this resolution, he rented 
 his farm in February, 1890, and established the 
 Bank of La Harpe, in connection with R. B. Kirk- 
 patrick. Their partnership still continues, and 
 has proven mutually pleasant and profitable. 
 During the past four years, Mr. Manifold has 
 also been extensively engaged in the raising of 
 fine horses. 
 
 On the 27th of October, 1874, our subject led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Eleanor Ray, who 
 died in February, 1890. He was again married, 
 on the 22d of October following, his second union 
 being with Miss Louella Franks, daughter of Job 
 Franks. He and his wife have many friends 
 throughout the connnunit>- and hold an enviable 
 position in socijfl circles. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Manifold is a supporter of 
 Democratic principles. In 1881, he was elected 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Commissioner of Highwaj-s for La Harpe Town- 
 sliip, and held that position for six years, or un- 
 til 1887. His prompt and faithful discharge of 
 the duties of the office won him re-election and 
 gained him the high commendation of all con- 
 cerned. In 1888, he was elected Township vSu- 
 per\-isor, and has held that office continuous!}- 
 since. He is a leading member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, and belongs to La Harpe Lodge No. 
 195, A. F. & A. M.; Royal Arch Chapter No. 
 184, R. A. M.; and Macomlj Coinmanden,' No. 
 61, K. T. 
 
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 30HN W. McCORD, who is now living a re- 
 tired life in La Harpe, is numbered among 
 the honored pioneers of Hancock County, 
 having since an early day not only been an eye- 
 witne.ss of the growth and development of this 
 community, but having also aided in its progress 
 and dexelopment. As he is .so widely and favorably 
 known throughout the county, we feel assured 
 that this record of his life will prove of interest to 
 many of our readers. His father, John McCord, 
 was a farmer of Overton County, Tenn., whither 
 he removed from South Carolina, his nati\e 
 State. His father in turn was a Colonial soldier, 
 and was killed in the Revolutionary War. John 
 McCord acquired his education in the di-strict 
 schools of Overton Count.\-, and was married in 
 Tennessee to Mary Willard. The\- liecanie the 
 parents of nine children. Nancy, the eldest, be- 
 came the wife of John Ledgerwood, of McDon- 
 (mgh County, but both are now deceased; Will- 
 iam, who lived in McDonough County, is also 
 deceased; Jane became the wife of Henry Hardin, 
 of Keokuk, Iowa, and both have passed awa\-; 
 Mary, deceased, was the wife of Moses Foster, 
 of McDonough County; John W. is the next 
 younger; Thomas is a retired fanner of McDon- 
 (jugh County ; Margaret is the widow of James 
 Welsh, of Kan.sas; Elizabeth is decea.sed; and 
 .Alexander Y. is a farmer of McDiMiough County, 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was born in ( )\erton Couiily, Tenn., Jnl\ 1, 
 
 1815, and when a youth of fifteen years accom- 
 panied his parents on their emigration to Morgan 
 County, 111,, in 1830. After one year spent in 
 that place he removed to McDonough County, in 
 1831, His education was acquired in the district 
 schools of Tennessee and Illinois, but his privi- 
 leges in that direction were very meagre. In the 
 .school of e-xperience, however, he was an apt pu- 
 pil, and acquired a knowledge sufficient to enable 
 him to successfully conduct his business interests. 
 He was one of the honored pioneers of McDon- 
 ough Count>-, and remembers the time when 
 within its borders there were innumerable wolves 
 and deer. He remembers many incidents of life 
 on the frontier, and while talking to the historian 
 recalled to mind the loss of a four-year-old boy, 
 who one Sunday evening iti 1S32 wandered away 
 from his home, about six miles north of Macomb. 
 He remained in the woods for four days and four 
 nights. A thunder-.storm came on the night be- 
 fore he was rescued, and he went into a hollow 
 tree for safety. He subsisted on blackberries, 
 which at that time were ripe. As soon as his ab- 
 sence was discovered parties started out in .search 
 of him in all directions, and when he was once 
 more restored in safety to the arms of his parents, 
 their joy can better be imagined than described. 
 
 Mr. McCord continued to work on his father's 
 farm until he had attained his majority, when he 
 started out in life for him,self He chose as a 
 companion and helpmate on life's journey Mi.ss 
 Nancy, daughter of George and Man,- (Persley) 
 Manifold, and a native of Temie.ssee. Their mar- 
 riage was celebrated March 15. 1838, and they 
 became the parents of eight children; William, 
 who died in La Harpe Township; Mary Louisa, 
 who died in McDonough County ; Fllizabeth, wife 
 of Israel Moore, of Osborne, Kan.; George, a farm- 
 er of La Harpe Township; Sarah, deceased, wife 
 of William Reed, now at Oklahoma: John, a 
 farmer of Fountain Green Township, Hancock 
 County; Noah, who carries on agricultural \nn- 
 suils in La Harpe T(nvnship; and Ida, decea.sed, 
 wife of Charles White, of the same townshiii. 
 
 In 1840. John W, McCord came to La Harjjc 
 Township, Hancock County, and purchased forty 
 acres of land. He afterwards purcha.sed a seven- 
 
Gen. R. F. Smith 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 219 
 
 ty-acre tract from a Morniou. and later houijht a 
 tract of eighty acres, and another of iiiiiely-four 
 acres in Fountain Green Township. He was a 
 successful farmer, and in cour.se of time the once 
 wild land was transformed into rich and fertile 
 fields. Mr. McCord took part in the Mormon 
 War in 1S44. With about one hundred men he 
 went to Golden's Point and thence to Nauvoo, 
 where a .skirmish occurred. The effect of this 
 was to drive the Mormons out of the State. This 
 section of Illinois at that time was one va.st 
 prairie and fore.st, almo.st undotted by settlers' 
 cabins. Game of all kinds was to be had in 
 abundance, and the work of civilization and 
 progress seemed .scarcely begun. He has e\-er 
 taken a commendable interest in the county and 
 the rapid progress it has made. Since casting 
 his first Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren 
 in 1836, he has been a stalwart Democrat, but 
 has never a.spired to public office. He and his 
 e.stimable wife are both members of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church, and this worthy couple 
 well deserve representation in the history of the 
 community in which they have ,so long made 
 their home, and where the>- have so many warm 
 friends. 
 
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 0EN. ROBP:rT F. smith was a native of 
 I— I Philadelphia, Pa., born on the 2d of August, 
 \^ 1806. His death occurred in Hamilton, Han- 
 cock County, April 25, 1892, and his loss was 
 deeply mourned by all who knew him. He first 
 came to this county in 1833, and was one of the 
 mo.st notable pioneers of this part of the vState. 
 He was ever prominent in i)u!)lic affairs that 
 tended to promote the best interests of the com- 
 munity, and, public-spirited and progressive, was 
 recognized as a valued citizen. In 1834 he re- 
 turned to Philadelphia, where he was married on 
 the 19th of June to Mi.ss Amanda Benton. He 
 then brought his l)ride to the new home which he 
 had prepared in the We.st, and they began their 
 domestic life in Hancock Comitv. Fourteen cliil- 
 
 dren were born to them, all of whom are yet 
 living. 
 
 Throughout his life Gen. Smith was connected 
 with niilitar\- affairs. He was a born soldier, and 
 his record during the Civil War was an honorable 
 one, of which his famil\' may feel justly proud. 
 Ivre leaving Philadelphia, he Ijelonged to a local 
 military organization, known as the Cumberland 
 Guards, and after his removal hither he became 
 Captain of the Carthage Greys, being in charge 
 of that company at the time of the killing of Joseph 
 and Hyrum Smith by the mob at the Carthage jail, 
 June 27, 1844. He took a leading part in the Mor- 
 mon War, and was in command of the troops at the 
 battle of Nauvoo, in September, 1846. There he 
 received a severe wound, a ball passing through 
 his throat and just mis.sing a vital part. He was 
 taken to the home of Mrs. Susan Stevenson, and 
 by her careful nursing and kind attention, his 
 long hours of suffering were made more endurable. 
 
 When the di.ssolution of the Union was threat- 
 ened in 1 86 1, and the flag he loved so well seemed 
 destined to be trampled in the dust by a rebellious 
 •South , he raised and was elected Captain of what 
 became Company D, Sixteentli Illinois Infantry. 
 Afterward going to Quincy, he was then made 
 Colonel of the regiment, and later was promoted 
 for gallantry on the field of Ijattle to the rank of 
 Brigadier-General, and the following letter was 
 written recommending his promotion: 
 
 J.\CKSONVILLE, Il,L., July l8, 1865. 
 
 Hon. E;. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. 
 
 De.\r Sir: — I recommend that Col. R. F. 
 Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, be pro- 
 moted to the rank of Brigadier-General. He has 
 been on duty in the field since 1S61, and during 
 almost the whole of the time has lieen in command 
 of a brigade. He has been in nearly all the bat- 
 tles of the We.st and Southwest, and is a mo,st 
 gallant, deserving and competent officer, and I 
 sincerely hope he may receive the promotion to 
 which he is .so justly entitled. 
 
 \'ery respectfully, 
 
 RiCiiARn Yatks. 
 
 Gen. Smith's regiment was composed of com- 
 panies from the counties of Adams, Pike, Schu>-- 
 ler, Henderson, Hancock and McDonough, and 
 was organized and equipped at Quincy, and sent 
 from that ])lace into active service in Missouri on 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 the i2th of June, 1861. The regiment was or- 
 dered to Hannibal, Mo., and on its arrival the 
 following notice was published in the Hannibal 
 Daily Evening Ncd's. Its editor, A. C. Apler, 
 suddenly left for the South the next morning. 
 The article was headed, "Arrival of Re-enforce- 
 ments for the Abolition Railroad Battalion," and 
 read: "The cowards who compose the most in- 
 famous body of men, and particularly the scoun- 
 drels who command them, sent this morning to 
 Quincy for re-enforcements. In response, the 
 military commander at Quincy despatched on the 
 'Blackhawk' four hundred or more of the Abolition 
 army of Illinois. They were landed at noon to- 
 day, and after parading ostentatiously on the 
 levee at the foot of Hill Street, marched with 
 drums beating and colors flying to South Hanni- 
 bal. Two or three companies were well uni- 
 formed and officered; the balance were a set of 
 dirty, filthy, cowardly-looking fellows, without 
 uniforms or competent officers. This evening or 
 to-morrow morning we are promised six hundred 
 more. What does Missouri want? How long, 
 O God of ju.stice and right! how long are these 
 things to continue?" 
 
 Notwithstanding the assault of this paper, the 
 brave boys of Col. Smith's regiment, undaunted, 
 went to the front. They were at length ordered 
 to St. Joseph, Mo., thence to Reed's Point, and 
 on to New Madrid, where the>- were attached to 
 the Army of the Mis.si.ssippi. Going to Tennessee, 
 they participated in the siege of Corinth, marched 
 on into Alabama, took part in the battle of An- 
 derson's Gap, and were then transferred to the 
 Fourteenth Arnn- Corps. They went with Sher- 
 man on the celel)rated march to the sea, and on 
 to Richmond and Washington, participating in 
 the Grand Review in the Capitol City. Going 
 then to Louisville, Ky., they were mustered out, 
 July 8, 1865. 
 
 After returning home at the close of the war. 
 Gen. Smith was tendered a connni.ssion as Major 
 in the regular anny by Secretary Stanton, but did 
 not accept, preferring a peaceful, quiet home 
 life to a military career, unless his country's 
 safety called him. In 1892, accompanied by his 
 daughter. Miss Clara, he attended a brigade re- 
 
 union in Quincy, where he met one hundred and 
 seven of his old regiment, some of whom he had 
 not seen since the close of the war. In Septem- 
 ber, 1892, accompanied by his daughter, Miss 
 Nettie, he attended the reunion of the Tenth 
 and Sixteenth Illinois Regiments at Jacksonville. 
 While there he was taken seriou.sly ill, but after 
 a few days recovered sufficiently to return home. 
 He told his comrades, however, that this would 
 be the last time he would meet with them, and 
 his prediction proved true, as his death occurred 
 April 25, 1893, his wife having pa.ssed awaj- Jan- 
 uary 9, 1892. At the reunion in Bushnell in 
 September, 1887, "the boys" of his regiment pre- 
 sented him with a beautiful gold-headed cane as a 
 slight token of their regard and esteem. In an 
 account of the presentation, the Bushnell Record 
 said: "Maj. McClaughry presented the cane with 
 a neat .speech, and Rev. Richard Haney, who was 
 Chaplain of the regiment, responded in behalf of 
 the recipient, while the latter wiped the salt tears 
 from his venerable cheeks. ' ' 
 
 After .serving throughout the war. Gen. Smith 
 took up his residence at his country home, "Maple 
 Avenue," near Hamilton, where he continued 
 until 1S88, when he removed to the city. In 1861 
 the family of father, mother and fourteen chil- 
 dren were first separated, and since that time 
 they have never all been assembled together. On 
 the 19th of June, 1884, Gen. Smith and his mo.st 
 estimable wife celebrated their golden wedding. 
 For fifty years had they faithfully kept their mar- 
 riage vows, striving to make .smooth, each for the 
 other, the rough and rugged spots along life's 
 pathway. Gen. Smith was a personal friend of 
 Gens. Sherman, Rosecrans, Logan, Howard, and 
 many others of the leading commanders of the 
 Civil War. On the 4th of July, 1875, he enter- 
 tained Gen. Sherman and his staff officers at his 
 country- home. Socially, Gen. Smith was a char- 
 ter member of Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. 
 & A. M., and was also an honored member of 
 Ru.ssell Post No. 86, G. A. R. In politics, he 
 was a most stalwart Republican, and in religious 
 belief was a Presbyterian. He enjoyed the ut- 
 most love and respect of his soldiers and superior 
 officers. His character and integrity were unim- 
 
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 peachable. In his everyday life he fulfilled the 
 scriptural injunction, "Be hmnble, that >oii may 
 be exalted." In social and business circles he 
 was an honorable gentleman, on the field of bat- 
 tle a valiant hero, but through all and above all, 
 lie was a Christian, who hath "fought the good 
 fight." 
 
 We append the following, which gives a fuller 
 account than is given previouslj' of Gen. Smith's 
 connection with the Civil War: 
 
 THE FIRST FEDER.VL TROOPS. 
 
 When it was certain that Missouri would be 
 one of the States wherein the battles of the Civil 
 War would be fought, the immense importance 
 of preserving and holding the Hannibal & ,St. 
 Jcseph Railroad was early realized by the au- 
 thorities of the Federal Government. If it were 
 kept intact, troops could be moved from one .side 
 of the State to the other, supplies and munitions 
 of war sent, and all of north Missouri kept under 
 Federal or Union dominion. The great thorough- 
 fare would also be of incalculable service in keep- 
 ing open communication with the first line of of- 
 fense adopted by the Union commanders — the 
 Missouri River. It was of the utmost importance, 
 therefore, that the road should be well guarded 
 from the actual and threatening assaults of the 
 Seces.sioni.sts, and kept in running order contin- 
 ually . 
 
 The authorities of the railroad were all loyal, 
 and the Secessionists regarded it as the great 
 enemy to the Southern cause, to be assailed when- 
 ever practicable, and, when troops were pas.sing 
 upon it, to beattacked vigorously and with deadly 
 intent. Time and again threats had been made by 
 the zealous Seces.sioni.sts of destroying the vSouth 
 River bridge on the Hannibal & St. Joseph, and 
 the bridges over the Fabius and North Rivers, on 
 the Quincy & Palmyra, to prevent Federal troops 
 from being sent into the State "to subjugate the 
 people;" and President John W. Brooks, of Bos- 
 ton, and President Joshua Gentry, of Hannibal 
 (the latter the fir.st Sheriff of this county), ap- 
 pealed to the military authorities for protection. 
 It came in due time. 
 
 On the i8th of June the Sixteenth Illinois In- 
 
 fantry, Col. R. F. vSmith commanding, landed at 
 Hannibal, being the first Federal troops to tread 
 the .soil of Marion Count\-. In the command 
 were eighteen men who had been warned out of 
 Hannilial by the Secessionists, and had gone to 
 yuincy and enli.sted. One piece of artillery was 
 with the regiment. A large crowd met the sol- 
 diers on the levee, but there was no hostile 
 demonstration made against them, and the greater 
 portion of them soon encamped on "Lover's Leap." 
 A few days later the vSecond and Third Iowa In- 
 fantry came to Hannibal and went West over the 
 Hannibal & St. Jo.seph. 
 
 On the 2oth of June two companies of the .Six- 
 teenth Illinois came from Hannibal to Palmyra, 
 disembarked from the cars, and went into camp 
 near and just west of the Hannibal & St. Joseph 
 depot, where was then a piece of commons. The 
 two companies numbered about seventy-five men. 
 On the 22d they marched into town, raised the 
 Stars and Stripes over the court house, and sang 
 "The Star .Spangled Banner." 
 
 A few days later — sa}- aboutjuh- i — the Col- 
 onel of the Sixteenth Illinois, Robert F. Smith, 
 came to Palmyra in person with two more com- 
 panies of his regiment, the Hancock Guards, 
 Capt. Cahill, and the Union Rifles (Adams 
 County), Capt. Petrie. The four companies went 
 into camp in Sloan's Addition, west of the (juincy 
 & Palmyra Railroad. Pickets were put out on 
 the principal roads, and one company was sent 
 down to the South River bridge. 
 
 In a short time Col. .Smith had arrested a num- 
 ber of active .Sece.ssionists about Palm\ra. In 
 Hannibal, also, .some persons were arrested. 
 
 On the 3d of July, Col. .Smith issued the follow- 
 ing proclamation: 
 
 COI,. smith's I'ROCI-.'VM.VTIGN. 
 
 HiiADQrARTERS CAMP SMITH. ( 
 
 Pai.mvra. July ,% 1S61. I 
 
 To the Citizens of Palmyra and Marion Count>-: 
 The head(iuarters of the Sixteenth Regiment 
 of Illinois \'()lunteers is in your cit\'. 
 
 We came into your midst with no hostile intent 
 toward Union-loving and jieaceful citizens. To 
 all such the appearance of United .States .soldiers 
 on such a mission as ours should rather be liailed 
 with gladness than viewed with suspicion and 
 mistrust. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 In so large a body of men as constitutes a regi- 
 ment, there must of necessity be some less refined 
 than we could wish; but it shall be the earnest 
 endeavor of the officers of this regiment to curb 
 the passions and to punish with the utmost se- 
 verity the excesses of any such. 
 
 Your hearthstones shall be held inviolate, your 
 families protected from insult and injury, and 
 your ladies treated with civility and politeness. 
 No one shall be molested unle.ss known to enter- 
 tain treasonable sentiments toward the Govern- 
 ment, and to be aiding and abetting its enemies. 
 
 It is earnestly desired by the Colonel command- 
 ing that the most friendly relations should exi.st 
 between those who love the in.stitutions and Gov- 
 ernment of our country and the soldiers who have 
 volunteered to protect them. 
 
 He would, therefore, respeclfulls invite every- 
 one who may have misconstrued our motives to 
 return to the peaceful occupation of their hou.ses 
 and the resumption of their dail\- business, confi- 
 dently believing that a better acquaintance and a 
 freer interchange of .sentiment will conduce to the 
 welfare of both citizen and soldier. 
 R. F. Smith, 
 
 Colonel Commanding vSi.vteenth 
 
 Regiment Illinois \'olunteers. 
 
 The proclamation was well received, and, in- 
 deed, fairly ob.ser\-ed by the soldiers, who con- 
 ducted themseh'es with as seemly behavior as 
 could have been expected. 
 
 On the 4th of Juh- Col. vSmith's command, 
 nearly four hundred strong, marched into Pal- 
 myra with muskets and bayonets glistening in 
 the sun, and drums beating, fifes and bugles 
 blowing, and banners waving in the air. There 
 was a celebration after a fashion. The troops had 
 just been paid off in gold, and were feeling jolly. 
 They paraded the principal streets, cheered the 
 Stars and Stripes, President Lincoln, Col. Smith, 
 and the Union men of Mis.souri. Then they re- 
 turned to camp. There was no disturbance. All 
 the saloons and many of the business houses were 
 closed. 
 
 The previous day the soldiers had hoisted a 
 fine flag over the court house in the room of the 
 one raised by Capt. Fritz, which had been dam- 
 aged by a wind storm. 
 
 THE KIGHT AT MONROK CITY. 
 
 The war clouds hovering over northeast Mis- 
 
 souri grew blacken and blacker, and the rum- 
 blings of the battle-thunder louder and louder, and 
 at last the storm broke. 
 
 The State Guard companies flocked to Gen. 
 Harris in such numbers that by the 5tli of July 
 he had probabl\- five hundred men in his camp, 
 near Florida. By their .scouts and spies the Fed- 
 eral military connnanders were informed of his 
 doings, and Col. Chester Harding, at St. Louis, 
 under authority from Gen. Lyon, ordered Col. 
 Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois, to march upon 
 him and his fellow-.Seces.sionists and break up his 
 camp. Col. Smith had himself re-enforced at Pal- 
 myra by four companies of the Third Iowa, one 
 company of the Hannibal Home Guards, and a 
 piece of artillery (a six-pounder), and got ready 
 for the work. 
 
 On Monday evening, Juh- .S, Col. Smith 
 marched from Palm\ra against Tom Harris. His 
 force consisted of Companies A, F, H and K, of 
 the Third Iowa Infantry; Companies F and H, of 
 the Sixteenth Illinois; Capt. Loomis' company of 
 the Hannibal Home Guards, and the six-pounder 
 cannon — in all about five hundred men, or not 
 more than six hundred. The expedition went by 
 rail to Monroe Citv, where it arrived in an hour 
 and disembarked. It was intended to make a night 
 march on Florida, about tweh'e miles a little 
 west of .south of Monroe, and attack Harris' cam]) 
 at daylight, but a severe .storm coining up pre- 
 vented this plan. 
 
 Tuesday morning Col. vSniith with his entire 
 command set out towards Florida to encounter 
 Gen. Harris. Passing out of the prairie, through 
 the "Swinkey Hills, " the Federal troops reached 
 the farm of Robert Hagar, three or four miles 
 north of Florida. Here, in the thick timber and 
 bru.sh, and on the top of an eminence known 
 as Hagar' s Hill, they encountered perhaps fifty 
 mounted vSece.ssionists under Capt. Clay Price, 
 who had been .sent out by Gen. Harris to recon- 
 noitre. These at once, and without warning, 
 opened fire from their ambu.sh at close range, .se- 
 verely wounding four persons. The fire was re- 
 turned, and the Missourians retreated, leaving 
 one man mortally wounded, and perhaps half a 
 dozen horses. This affair took place at about 4 
 
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 o'clock in the afternoon. Not caring to go on, 
 and not daring to retreat through certain bodies 
 of timber in the night on his \va\- back to Monroe, 
 Col. Smith went into cam]) on Hagar's farm, 
 near the .scene of the fight. 
 
 During the afternoon and night of the gth Col. 
 Smith learned that he had .stirred up a hornets' 
 nest, and that the Secessionists were .swarming 
 all about him : that the\ had gotten in his rear, 
 and were plax'ing havoc at Monroe City, and that 
 their numbers were constantlx' increasing. Ivarly 
 on Wedne.sda\- morning, the loth, he began his 
 retreat to Monroe City. On the "Swinkey Hills" 
 his advance guard was attacked, but no serious 
 damage done. Emerging from the timl)er north 
 of Swinkey, or Elizabethtown, and coming in 
 sight of Monroe Cit\-, the Federal discovered the 
 station hou.se, outbuildings, six passenger coache.s 
 and ten or twelve freight cars in flames. The 
 Missourians, Capt. Owen's company, could be 
 seen a mile or two away to the left, or west, 
 watching the fire and the Federals. Col. vSmith 
 opened on them with his cannon, and fired half a 
 dozen or more round shot at them, which killed 
 several horses. 
 
 The station house and train had been fired by 
 about one hundred mounted Secessionists, under 
 command of Capt. John L. Owen, of Warren 
 Township, this county. The same morning the 
 train from Hannibal was fired on a few miles ea.st 
 of Monroe City, it is said by some of Capt. Owen's 
 men, and by his orders. The engineer was. slightl)- 
 wounded b\' a rifle-ball in the arm. 
 
 Reaching the town, and finding himself sur- 
 rounded. Col. Smith marched his men into a fine, 
 large, two-stor>' brick academy building in the 
 place, known as the Seminary, and took full jKis- 
 se.ssion of it and the grounds adjoining, around 
 wliich he began throwing up breastworks, having 
 despatched a messenger to the nearest telegraph 
 office to ask for re-enf(jrcements. 
 
 Meantime the greate.st excitement had arisen in 
 the surrounding country. The news that five 
 or six hundred were "holed up" or "treed" at 
 Monroe City spread like wildfire. Hundreds of 
 persons living within ten or tweh-e miles of the 
 scene, roused bj- the messengers that went gal- 
 
 loping over the country by order of Gen. Harris, 
 mounted horses and rode to the battle, some 
 actuated b>- mere curiosit_\-. others determined to 
 participate in the fight. By noon of \\'ednesdav 
 Gen. Harris had collected around him probably 
 one thousand effecti\e men. who were rea.sonably 
 well armed, and eager to take a pop at the 
 "cooped-up" F'ederals. His skirmishers crawled 
 up as close to the aca(lem\- building as they dared, 
 and fired away at the windows and breastworks 
 very briskly, with Init little effect, however. The 
 Union troops returned the fire at every good op- 
 portunity. The main portion of Harris' forces 
 were at a safe distance, watching their enemies, 
 and taking pains that they should not escape. 
 
 The night of the loth Gen Harris .sent off for a 
 cannon, the nine-pounder which had been cast 
 by Cleaver & Mitchell, of Hannibal, for Drescher's 
 artillery compan>-, and which was then hidden 
 under a haystack on a farm a few miles north of 
 Palmyra. The nine-pounder was serviceable, 
 and with this Gen. Harris hoped to compel the 
 Federals to surrender, or el.se batter down the 
 building and tumble the walls about their ears. 
 That night a close watch was kept on the be- 
 sieged that they might not make either a bold sortie 
 or a .stealth\- attempt to escape. Thursday, the 
 14th, the cannon came, to the great delight of 
 the Secessionists, and the bombardment began 
 about I o'clock. There were only a few nine- 
 pound balls, however, and these were soon shot 
 away. Nothing was then left for use but the 
 smaller balls, and artiller\- practice with six-pound 
 balls from a nine-pound gun is not certain to be 
 accurate. Some amusing in.stances were narrated 
 of the cannonading by Capt. Knei.sley's gun. It 
 was said the f)uly safe place within its range when 
 it was discharged was inimediatelv in front of it. 
 One .shot, it is stated, struck in the road thirty 
 feet from the muzzle of the gun, and ricocheted 
 o\er to the left a-(juarter of a mile, .struck a black- 
 smith .shop, and dispersed a crowd of .Sece.ssionists, 
 who fled in dismay, declaring that they could not 
 stand it to be fired on by their own men and the 
 Federals too! The Academy was struck but a 
 few times, and no damage done. 
 
 Meanwhile, the number of Missourians gath- 
 
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 ered around had increased to twelve or fifteen 
 hundred, many of whom were not warriors pro 
 1(1)1. , but mere spectators, who had come to see 
 "the fun." Even ladies and children had ridden 
 up in carriages and wagons, and, seated in their 
 conveyances, under the shade of parasols and um- 
 brellas, watched the battle, the first, perhaps, 
 ever graced by the presence, as spectators, of the 
 fair sex, out of deference to whose sensibilities, it 
 is to be presumed, the occasion was made as 
 bloodless as possible. Not a man was killed or 
 badly wounded on either side by an enemy's ball. 
 
 Gen. Harris was a "great speech-maker." He 
 could not let this occasion pass without making 
 one of his noblest efforts. At noon on Thursday, 
 he assembled some of his troops, and addressed 
 them. His cannon had not yet arrived, and 
 without it, he told his men, he could not take the 
 Academy, unless at a sacrifice of many noble 
 lives. He further said, that a large re-enforce- 
 ment for Col. Smith was hourly expected, and he 
 thought the best thing that could be done under 
 the circumstances was to retreat. He then di- 
 rected his troops to disperse. This, however, 
 they refused to do. Then the cannon came up 
 amid great cheering, and the fight was resumed, 
 without a leader, really, on the part of the Seces- 
 sionists — every man fighting "on his own hook." 
 
 Meantime Col. R. F. Smith was not a little dis- 
 turbed at the situation. He had unwiseh' allowed 
 a greater part of his ammunition to be captured 
 or destroyed, and he had but few cannon balls or 
 shells, or other artillery ammunition, and so his 
 six-pounder was not of much ser\4ce. He saved 
 his ammunition, in expectation of an assault, by 
 firing boltings, gathered from the ashes of the 
 burnt railroad cars Tnie, his enemies were do- 
 ing him no damage. Out of twenty-fi\-e or more 
 of their cannon .shots, only three had hit the 
 building, and the shot-guns and squirrel rifles 
 could avail but little against strong breastworks 
 and brick walls. Yet he feared that another and 
 more efficient piece of artillery might be brought 
 up, and Gen. Harris' already large force would 
 be made larger before his own re-enforcements 
 could come up. 
 
 Gen. Harris failed to tear up the railroad track 
 
 east and west of the town as thoroughty as he 
 could have done, and as he had no force in either 
 direction, there was nothing to prevent the ar- 
 rival of re-enforcements for Col. Smith from either 
 Ouincy, Hannibal or Hudson, at all of which 
 points it was known that Federal troops were 
 stationed. True, Salt River bridge, to the west 
 ten miles, had been burned, but a transfer could 
 easily be made and the distance soon compassed. 
 
 At last tliej' came. 
 
 At about half-past four a train was seen slowly 
 approaching from the East, and as it came well 
 into view, it was discovered to be crowded with 
 Federal .soldiers, and upon a flatcar a brass can- 
 non gleamed ominously in the slanting rays of 
 the declining sun. The beleaguered Federals set 
 up a loud cheer, the cannon on the car opened 
 with grape, and Gen. Harris and his troops, to 
 use an expression common in the Ci\il War, 
 "skedaddled" in short order, or rather in no or- 
 der at all. Eye-witnesses describe the scene as 
 highly ludicrous. Many of the would-be soldiers 
 hid their guns and sought .safety in the carriages 
 of the ladies and children. Others galloped wildly 
 away. The prairie was covered with buggies, 
 carriages, wagons, horsemen and footmen, all flee- 
 ing for dear life, and becoming more terror- 
 stricken ever}- rod the}' traversed. The picnic 
 was over, and it had ended in a stampede. 
 
 The Federal re-enforcement proved to be Com- 
 panies A, B and D, of the Sixteenth Illinois, un- 
 der Maj. Hays of that regiment, accompanied by 
 a nine-pounder field piece, manned by volunteer 
 artillerymen. The whole force numbered about 
 two hundred and seventy-five men, and had come 
 from Palmyra and Hannibal to relieve their com- 
 mander and comrades from their predicament. 
 
 While these events were progressing, the most 
 painful and exaggerated nimors were flying 
 through the countr}-, reaching not only Palmyra 
 and Hannibal, but Quincy, vSpringfield, Chicago, 
 and even New York and Washington. One re- 
 port was that a desperate battle was taking place 
 at Monroe City, and that Col. Smith's regiment 
 was surrounded, and had been cut to pieces. The 
 Fourteenth Illinois, Col. John M. Palmer, and the 
 Twenty-first Illinois, Col. U. S. Grant, and other 
 
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 Illinois troops in camp at Springfield andQuinc}-, 
 were ordered to the rescue. Palmer reached 
 Monroe City on the morning of the i2tli, and re- 
 mained two days, returning to Quincy. Grant 
 came up a daj- later and went on to Mexico. By 
 Friday morning two thousand troops, infantn,-, 
 cavalry and artillery, had reached Palmyra, the 
 seat of war. 
 
 One body of re-enforcements for Col. Smith, 
 under ex-Gov. Wood, of Illinois, came from 
 Quincy down the river, and landed at Marion 
 City, and from thence marched to Palmyra, and 
 then on to Monroe Citj*. 
 
 About tweh-e hundred troops started down from 
 St. Joseph on the nth, and were joined at Macon 
 Cit}- by seven hundred more. These were de- 
 tained, however, by the burning of Salt River 
 bridge, which locality they reached on the 12th. 
 The evening of the nth, the greater portion of 
 Smith's command, including some of those who 
 had been in the Seminary, returned to Palmyra. 
 
 The Federal troops soon scattered out. Grant 
 and Palmer went down on the North Mis.souri. The 
 Iowa troops from St. Joseph returned, and Col. 
 Smith remained in this quarter. Gen. Tom Har- 
 ris, with a portion of his command, went south- 
 ward, in the direction of Jefferson City. 
 
 The following was Col. Smith's official report 
 to Gen. Lyon: 
 
 Headquarters Sixteenth ") 
 
 RE(iiMENT Illinois Volvnteers. 
 
 Monroe Station, MO-, July 14, 1S61. \ 
 
 Sir; — In accordance with your order on the 
 8th of this month, I left my headquarters at Pal- 
 myra, Mo., with Companies F and H of the Six- 
 'teenth Illinois Regiment, and Companies A, F, 
 H and K of the Third Iowa Regiment, Company 
 A of the Hannibal Home Guards, and one six- 
 pounder, and proceeded to this place. A heavy 
 rain-storm coming on retarded our further prog- 
 ress. Early on the morning of the 9th, I started 
 south in search of the rebel force under Harris. 
 At 4 o'clock, p. M., when about twelve miles 
 south of Monroe, our advance guard was fired 
 into by the enemy, concealed in a clump of timber 
 and bru.sh, the first volley severely wounding 
 Capt. McAllister, of Company G, Sixteenth Illi- 
 nois Regiment; al.so Private Prentiss, of Company 
 A, same regiment, and slightly wounding a pri- 
 vate of the Iowa Regiment. I innnediately or- 
 dered a charge, and drove the enem)' from their 
 
 cover. As they were all mounted, it was impossi- 
 ble to follow them further to advantage. We 
 found one of their men mortally wounded, and 
 have reason to belie\'e that several more were shot 
 and carried off by their friends, and captured sev- 
 eral horses saddled and bridled. We made camp 
 near this place for the night. 
 
 On the morning of the loth, having heard ru- 
 mors of trouble at Monroe Station, moved my 
 command back. On coming in sight of Monroe, 
 found the station, outhou.ses, seventeen passen- 
 ger and freight cars, and other railroad property, 
 in flames, and found the enemy collected to the 
 number of three or four hundred to our left. On 
 Hearing them, they began to move off, when I 
 brought forward the field-piece and sent a few 
 round-shot into their ranks, scattering them in 
 all directions. The onl}' damage done here, that 
 I know of, was one horse killed. 
 
 After coming into Monroe, I took possession of 
 a brick building known as "The Seminary," and 
 enclosed grounds adjoining, its position answering 
 my purpose for defense, if necessary, and the 
 apartments good quarters for the men, who were 
 without tents. During the day we made several 
 advances on the enemy without being able to get 
 near enough to do much damage. 
 
 On the morning of the iith the enemy began 
 to collect from all quarters, and bj' noon we were 
 surrounded by from fifteen hundred to two thou- 
 sand men. At i o'clock, p. m., they opened fire 
 upon us from one nine-pounder and one six- 
 pounder at a distance of about a mile. Their fir- 
 ing was very inaccurate, only three shots out of 
 the first twent3--seven striking the building, and 
 they did very little damage, my men being well 
 covered by a breastwork they had thrown up. Af- 
 ter throwing their first six shots, they moved their 
 cannon some four hundred yards nearer and 
 opened fire. I immediately answered with the six- 
 pounder, dismounting their smaller gun, which 
 made a general scattering, and caused them to 
 carry their nine-pounder to a safer distance. 
 Their firing from this time had little or no effect. 
 
 Much credit is due Capt. Fritz, of Company F, 
 Sixteenth Regiment, for the able maimer in which 
 he led his men throughout our expedition. Also 
 to Gunner Fishbourn, who planted his shot among 
 them every time, but who had to deal sparingly, 
 as he was almost out of shot when we were re- 
 lieved. I was al.so much pleased with the officers 
 and men generally for their coolness and obedi- 
 ence to orders throughout. 
 
 At 4:30 o'clock, I'. M., of the i itli, a train was 
 seen coming from the Hast with re-enforccments. 
 It proved to be Maj. Hays, of my regiment, with 
 
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 Companies I), B and A, of the Sixteenth Illinois, 
 and one nine-pounder field-piece. The enemy now 
 l)egan to move off, and by dark had left the field 
 entireh', since which time they Iiad been skulkint;; 
 al)ont the c(juntr\- in squads, burning woodpiles, 
 small bridges and culverts when ojiiiortunity of- 
 fered of doing so without danger. 
 
 On the morning of the 12th, we were again 
 re-enforced by Col. Palmer's Fourteenth Regi- 
 ment, who returned to Quincy to-day, leaving us 
 in a worse position than ever, with the exception 
 that we have more amnumition. 
 
 Col. Palmer brought two brass field-pieces with 
 him, which he has again taken away. vSome- 
 lliing of the kind would be very acceptable here 
 just now, as there is a .slight probabilit\- of their 
 l)eing u.seful. 
 
 I have the honor to be >our obedient .servant, 
 
 Robert F. Smith. 
 
 To Brig.-Geu. Lyon. 
 
 =^m-^-^^m= 
 
 EHARLES W. BALDWIN, who for many 
 years .succe.ssfull.v engaged in farming and 
 .stock-raising in Hancock County, but is 
 now living a retired life at Hamilton, is a native 
 of Orleans County, N. V., his birth having oc- 
 curred on the 19th of April, 1827, The family 
 is of German lineage, and the parents of our sub- 
 ject, Abram and Bridget (Van Waggonner) Bald- 
 win, were both natives of New Jersey. The fa- 
 ther was a farmer by occupation, and was also a 
 hatter by trade, Init during the latter part of his 
 life he devoted his time and attention exclusively 
 to agricultural pursuits. In the Baldwin family 
 were seven children, three sons and four daugh- 
 ters: Mary A., who married Otis Malcolm, a 
 farmer of Warren County, 111., bnth being de 
 ceased; John M., who was a ranchman of Bitter 
 Water, San Bernardino Ccmnty, Cal., and died on 
 the i.stofMay, 1893; Abram W., deceased, who 
 was a fanner of Warren County, 111.: Emeranda, 
 who was married and died in Kansas; Charles 
 W., of this .sketch; Sarah M., wife of Charles W. 
 Mather, a farmer of Le Roy, Kan.; and Myra, wife 
 of Jacob Brake, an agriculturist of Jasper County, 
 
 Mo. 
 
 When our subject was a child of four years his 
 
 parents removed to Upper Canada, now called 
 Ontario, where thev remained for seven years. 
 In the spring of 1838, the family remo\-ed to Or- 
 leans County, N. Y., where they remained for a 
 year, and in 1839 emigrated to southern Michi- 
 gan, where the succeeding three years were 
 pa.ssed. The year 1842 witnessed the arrixal of 
 Charles W. Baldwin in Illinois. He took up his 
 residence in Warren County, where he made his 
 home until 1848, when he came to Hancock 
 Count}-, settling near the site of Basco. The 
 town of that name was laid out b}' him. Mr. 
 Baldwin enjoyed only a district-.school education. 
 He worked on the farm during the summer 
 months, and attended .school through the winter 
 season. At the age of twenty-one he began 
 farming in his own interest on a one hundred and 
 sixty acre tract of land, which he purchased on a 
 tax title. This farm was located in Bear Creek 
 Town.ship, just east of Basco. 
 
 In his business, Mr. Baldwin won a high de- 
 gree of success and was ranked among the lead- 
 ing agriculturists of the connnunit\-. His land 
 was under a high state of cultivation, and the 
 fields were made to yield to him a golden trilnite 
 in return (ov the care and cultivation he bestowed 
 upon them. He also made a specialty of stock- 
 dealing, raising, feeding and shipping .stock quite 
 extensively. This also jiroved for him a profita- 
 ble .source of income. His untiring and enter- 
 ])rising labors at length acquired for him a 
 comfortable competence, and in the spring of 1889 
 he laid aside Inisiness cares and remo\ed to Ham- 
 ilton, where he erected an elegant residence and* 
 has since made it his home. He still retains the 
 ownership of two farms, one in Montebello Town- 
 ship, and one in Wythe Tnwnshi]). 
 
 On the 6th of April, 1852, Mr. Baldwin wedded 
 Miss Mar\- A., daughter of Isaiali and vSarali Wi- 
 ley. They became the parents of six children, 
 namely: La\iua, now deceased: Alice, wife of 
 M. C. Girard, a grain and stock dealer of Klvas- 
 ton; Emma, wife of C. A. Denton, an attorney- 
 at-law of Butler, Mo.; Ida, wifeof R. A. Piggott, 
 who is engaged in farming near Bruning, Neb.; 
 Charles, who carries on agricultural pursuits in 
 Wythe Township: and Mattie, wife of J. H. 
 
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 Guckert, a tailor engaged in busiiitss in Keokuk, 
 Iowa. The mother of this l'aniil\- was called to 
 her final rest July 16, 1892. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat, and 
 has served as Super\-i.sor, A.sses.sor and Road 
 Commissioner of Bear Creek Townshi]i. He has 
 never aspired to jiublic office, Init has been called 
 to these positions by his fellow-townsmen, who ap- 
 preciated his worth and ability and knew that he 
 would prove true to his duties and to the tru.st re- 
 posed in him. In the spring of 1890. he was 
 elected Alderman of Hamilton for a term of two 
 vears, and on the expiration of that period he 
 was elected for a second term, so that he is now 
 filling that office. Socially, he is a member of 
 Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M. 
 He manifests a commendable interest in every- 
 thing; pertaining to the welfare of the community 
 and to the advancement of public enterprises. 
 For f(irl\ -five years he has resided in Hancock 
 Counlx-, and has therefore witnessed the greater 
 part of its growth and development. In the his- 
 tory of the connnunit\- he well deserves represen- 
 tation as one of the honored pioneers. 
 
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 BLIVP:R CRAIG, of Hamilton, is a native of 
 Ohio, his 1)irth having occurred in Cham- 
 paign Countv, August 5, 1S44. The Craig 
 family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. The father, 
 Vincent Craig, was a native of \'irginia, and a 
 farmer by occupation. In an early day he emi- 
 grated westward and purchased land near Urbana, 
 Champaign Count\-. Ohio. In the Bucke\e State 
 he was luiited in marriage with Miss Ann .Sinnns, 
 a nati\e of \'irginia, and by their union were born 
 fourteen children, seven .sons and seven daughters, 
 wlio in order of birth are as follows: Mary, wife 
 of Jonas Fay, a trader of IV'xas, Champaign 
 County, Ohio; William, wlio is living in the same 
 county, and who was a soldier of the late war; 
 ()li\'er, of lliis sketch; An<hew, who al.so wore the 
 blue in defense of his eountr\-, and now carries on 
 agricultural pursuits in Cliamjiaign Count\; John, 
 whose liistorv is simil.ar to that of his brother An- 
 
 drew; Alfred, deceased; Eliza, deceased, wife of 
 Benjamin Cage, of Champaign County; Nancy, 
 who has also passed away; Lucy, wife of John 
 Rock, the well-known Treasurer of Champaign 
 County; Henry, decea.sed; Martha, wife of Lem- 
 uel Bayless, an agriculturist residing in Cherokee, 
 Logan Countx', Ohio; vSusan, wife of Oliver Chat- 
 man, a farmer of Chamjiaign C<nint\'; George, a 
 painter of the same county; and La F'axette, a 
 trader of that county. 
 
 Oliver Craig was reared on his father's farm in 
 the county of his nativity, and acquired his edu- 
 cation in the district schools of the neighiiorhood, 
 but liis [irivileges in that direction were meagre, 
 for his services were reijuired in the fields during 
 the' summer months, and during much of the win- 
 ter in clearing timber-land. At lengtli he lel'l 
 home and began working as a farm hand bj- the 
 month in the neighljorhood, being thus emplo\ed 
 until after the l)reaking t)ut of the Ci\il War. 
 
 The Craig famih- furnislied a number of repre- 
 sentatives to the Ihiiou Arm\', and among the 
 number was our subject, who on the 5th of Octo- 
 ber, 1861, offered his ser\-ices to tlie Government 
 and enrolled his name among the boys in blue of 
 Company I, Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantr\ . At Port 
 Republic, W. Va., he was wounded, on the 9th of 
 June, 1862, being hit just below llie shoulder- 
 blade by aminie-ball, which came out on the right 
 side of the breast. His wound unfitted him for 
 furtlier dut\-, and he was di.scharged at Columbus, 
 but after several months spent in rest and recup- 
 eration he re-enlisted in January, 1S6;;, becoming 
 a member of Compan\- K, One Hundred and 
 Thirteenth Ohio Infantr\. He tlien remained in 
 the .service until after the clo.se of tlie war, wlieu 
 he was mustered out, Jul\- 8, 1865, at Louisville, 
 Ky. During the sann- month he received his dis- 
 charge at Columlnis. As his wound unfitted him 
 lor field service, he did si>eeial dut\- :\{ brigade 
 head(|narlers. His li>\alt\-, liowe\er, was mani- 
 fest by the faithfulness with wliii Ii lie diseliarged 
 everv task allotted to him. 
 
 Al'ler liis return home, Mr. Craig was eni])io\ ed 
 as a farm hand bv the month until i86,S, when lie 
 went to Macon Count\-, Mo., wliere he s])ent five 
 ye;us. He pureha.sed a farm of eiglil\- acres, .and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 in connection with agricultural pursuits he bought 
 and sold stock. In 1873, he came to Hamilton 
 and purchased a farm in Hancock County, on 
 which he made his home until 1877. He then 
 leased a farm, and on this tract of land lived for 
 four years, then leased another farm, remaining on 
 it for six years. In 1887, he bought a farm of 
 eighty acres in Montebello Township, and contin- 
 ued its cultivation and impro\-ement for over two 
 years, but in 1892 he sold out and purcha.sed 
 property in Hamilton, removing to this city. In 
 September, 1893, he embarked in the grocery 
 business, but sold out in January, 1894, and is 
 now living retired. 
 
 The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Craig 
 was formerl\- Mrs. Eliza Millage, widow ' of 
 George Millage. Their wedding was celebrated 
 June 15, 1867, and to them have been born three 
 children: Myrta, wife of William Scannell, a 
 farmer and stock-raiser of Hamilton; and Frank 
 and Fred, who are still with their parents. 
 
 Since casting his first Presidential vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln, in 1864, Mr. Craig has been a 
 stanch supporter of the Republican party and 
 warmly advocates its principles. He has al.so 
 been honored with several local oiSces, the duties 
 of which he has discharged with promptness and 
 fidelity. He ser\'ed as Constable of Montebello 
 Town.ship for eight years, has been Deputy Sheriff 
 for the .same length of time, and is now filling that 
 office. He has also .served as School Director. 
 Socially, he is a member of Black Hawk Lodge 
 No. 228, A. F. & A. M.; Russell Post No. 86, 
 G. A. R. ; and belongs to the Christian Church 
 of Hamilton. 
 
 -^-^HjH^e 
 
 ROBERT R. WALLACE, the efficient and 
 popular Cashier of the State Bank of Hamil- 
 ton, and one of the wide-awake and progress- 
 ive young business men of the city, was born in 
 Montebello Township, Hancock County, July 2, 
 1867. He comes of a family of Scotch-Irish ex- 
 traction, and his grandfather, Washington R. , and 
 his great-grandfather, Henry Wallace, were both 
 
 natives of Ohio. The father, Francis M. Wallace, 
 married Miss Susanna Davis, a native of Keokuk, 
 Iowa, and the>- became the parents of seven chil- 
 dren, the eldest of whom is Robert R. Nettie is 
 now the wife of Lovell J. Foster, Station Agent 
 of Clatonia, Neb.; Grace is engaged in teaching; 
 Walter is now deceased; William A. is a telegraph 
 operator in Clatonia, Neb. ; Kate is living in 
 Weaver, Iowa; and Harry is now deceased. 
 
 Mr. Wallace of this sketch left home at the age 
 of seven years. He probably never attended 
 school more than a year altogether in his life, but 
 through his own efforts, bj' reading, study and ob- 
 servation, he has become a well-informed man, 
 and now holds teacher's certificates. In 1882 he 
 began business as a peddler, and was thus em- 
 ployed one summer. He then resumed work as 
 a farm hand by the month, and continued to de- 
 vote his time to agricultural pursuits for five j'ears. 
 In 1887 he made an engagement to teach school, 
 but before entering upon his term cancelled the 
 contract and entered the employ of M. B. Lane 
 & Co., of Hamilton, druggists, insurance agents 
 and bankers. He took charge of the books of 
 this concern, and was with this company until 
 1889, when Mr. Lane was taken ill and Mr. Wal- 
 lace took charge of the insurance business, and 
 al.so became Assistant Cashier in the bank. In 
 October, 1889, the State Bank of Hamilton was 
 organized, and Mr. Wallace was made its first 
 Cashier, a position he has held continuou.sly since, 
 with credit to himself and satisfaction to his em- 
 ployers. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1890, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Robert R. Wallace and Miss Lizzie 
 Denton, a daughter of Edmund P. and Jemima 
 E. (Whitney) Denton, both of whom were natives 
 of Kentucky. The young couple are widely 
 and favorably known in this community and hold 
 an enviable position in social circles. Their home 
 is noted for its hospitality. Mr. Wallace takes 
 considerable interest in civic .societies, and holds 
 membership with Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, 
 A. F. & A. M.; Tecumseh Chapter No. 152, 
 R. A. M. ; Montebello Lodge No. 697, I. O. O. F. ; 
 Genevieve Lodge, D. R. ; Rapid City Lodge No. 
 286, K. P. ; and the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
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 He was also the first Captain of George O. Felt 
 Camp No. 183, S. V., and is a member of the 
 Sisters Pythias. In politics, he is a .stalwart Re- 
 publican, and is now serving as a member of the 
 City Council. The best interests of Hamilton 
 ever find in him a friend, and one ever ready to 
 aid in the promotion of those enterprises calculated 
 to prove of public benefit. 
 
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 HENRY K. McLELLAN, who carries on a 
 billiard hall in Hamilton, is a native of the 
 Pine Tree State, his birth having occurred 
 in Lincoln County, Me., on the istof May, 1838. 
 His father, Thomas McL,ellan, who was also born 
 in the same county, was a .sea captain. In 1S48 
 he removed to New Orleans, and after remaining 
 in the Crescent City one 3'ear came to Hancock 
 County, III., in 1849. He settled in Carthage, 
 and gave his attention to the distilling business 
 and to farming. In 1850 he returned to Maine, 
 and brought our subject back with him to Illi- 
 nois. In connection with A. Hamilton, Thomas 
 McLellan laid out the present city of Hamilton, 
 and was otherwise prominent in the upbuilding 
 and development of the connnunity. 
 
 Henrj- K. McLellan whose name heads this 
 sketch is the youngest in a family of nine chil- 
 dren. Man- A. , the eldest, became the wife of Ben- 
 jamin Davis, and died at their home in New York 
 City; Lydia C, deceased, was the wife of Crock- 
 ett Wil.son, of Carthage; Adeline F. is the wife of 
 H. F. Emery, a ranchman residing near Hoxie, 
 Kan.; William T. is a railroad conductor on the 
 \Vaba.sh Road, and makes his home in Hamilton; 
 and Adelia H., deceased, was the wife of Frank- 
 lin Bell, of this place. 
 
 Our subject spent the first twelve years of his 
 life in his native State, and acquired his educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Lincoln County. 
 When a youth of twelve summers he was brought 
 by his father to Hancock County, where he con- 
 tinued for four years, when, possessed with the 
 spirit of restlessness which is often characteristic 
 of youth, he ran away from home. Making 
 
 his way south to New Orleans, he there secured a 
 position as cabin-boy on a steamboat on the Miss- 
 issippi. For one season he followed the river, 
 and then engaged in the lightning-rod business for 
 two years. 
 
 Soon after the breaking out of the Civil War. 
 Mr. McLellan was found among the defenders of 
 the Union. In May, 1861, he donned the blue, 
 enlisting as a member of Company D, Sixteenth 
 IlHnois Infantry, for one hundred days' ser\-ice. 
 After having been at the front for twenty days he 
 re-enhsted for a term of three years. He remained 
 with his old company for one year, and was then 
 discharged, on the 2i.stofMay, 1863. Immedi- 
 ately after, he returned home, where he spent a 
 week, but feeling that his country still needed his 
 services, he then re-enlisted, becoming a member 
 of Company G, Twelfth Iowa Cavalry, and 
 with his old command took part in the battles 
 of Monroe vStation and New Madrid. After be- 
 coming a cavalryman he engaged in the battles of 
 Harper's Ferr>-, Antietam, and in numberless 
 skirmishes. For one month he was ill in the 
 hospital at Martin.sburgh, Va. 
 
 After his return home in 1863, Mr. McLellan 
 began dri\ing team and .stages on the western 
 plains, and was al.so steward in diflFerent hotels in 
 the West. In Oakland, Cal., he learned the 
 painter's trade, whicli he followed for about three 
 years. He then returned home and took up his 
 residence in Canada, but later he went to Indiana, 
 where he engaged in canvassing for some time. 
 He also worked at his trade of painting in the 
 Hoosier State for a considerable period, and sub- 
 .sequently embarked in the fire-insurance business, 
 which he continued for a year. After abandoning 
 that enterpri.se he became connected with a hotel 
 in Bunker Hill, Ind., .serving as day clerk. The 
 succeeding two years of his life were thus passed, 
 after which he engaged in the show business, 
 which took him all over the United States and 
 Canada. In this way he continued his travels 
 until 189 1, when he returned to Hamilton, and 
 opened the billiard hall of which he is now ]iro- 
 prietor. 
 
 On the 14th of May, 1850, in New York City, 
 Mr. McLellan was luiited in marriage with Miss 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Mar)- A. Violet, daughter of Monsieur A.. Violet, 
 a native of France. In politics, our subject is a 
 Republican, and has supported that party since 
 he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham 
 Lincoln, in i860. He has never aspired to public 
 office, however, preferring to give his time and 
 attention to other interests. Socially, he is con- 
 nected with Russell Post No. 86, G. A. R., and 
 Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P. 
 
 0EORGE C. WAGGONER, of Hamilton, is 
 l_l one of the oldest native sons of Hancock 
 y^ County who still reside within its borders. 
 He was here born on the 20th of May, 1 839, and is a 
 worthy representative of an honored pioneer fam- 
 ily. His father, Isaac N. Waggoner, was one of 
 the earliest settlers in the county, the date of his 
 arrival being 1824. He pre-empted three hun- 
 dred and twent>- acres of land four miles nortli of 
 Hamilton, known as the Waggoner Tract, and was 
 one of the successful farmers of the neighborhood. 
 He had removed to this .State from Pennsylvania. 
 He was also one of the earliest pilots on the river, 
 and was captain of a keel-bt)at, propelled 1)\- poles 
 and sails, before the days of .steamers. He after- 
 wards owned and built several .steaml)oats, and 
 followed the river luUil abciut four years prior to 
 his death. 
 
 In Nauvoo, Mr. \\'agg< mcr married Miss Mary 
 White, daughter of Capt. James White, a jiioneer 
 .settler of Hancock Count)', who bought land from 
 the Indians where the town of Nauvoo now stands, 
 giving them seven bushels of corn for each wig- 
 wam, and recei\ing an Indian deed on wampum 
 for the same. On this tract he erected a stone 
 house, the first one in Nauvoo. He al.so followed 
 the river, whereon he owned two keelboats. .Mr. 
 and Mrs, Waggoner began their domestic life 
 ni)on tile land whiih lie had pre-empted, and 
 wliich he Iransfoiined into a well-cidtivated tract. 
 Their union was blessed with .se\en children, three 
 sons and four daughters. Martha, the eldest, 
 is the widow of Henry ]i. Parsons, of Hamilton; 
 deor^ic C. comes ne.\l: Austin and Milton are 
 
 both residents of Hamilton; Luella and Eleanor 
 are deceased; and Clara is the wife of Ed Curr)-, 
 a farmer of Montebello Township. The mother 
 of this family, who is still living, resides in Hamil- 
 ton, and is .said to be the oldest settler now living 
 in tlie county. 
 
 Our subject was reared to manhood on his fa- 
 ther's farm, and acquired his education in the old- 
 time district schools. With the family, he shared 
 in all the hardships and experiences of frontier 
 life, and was early inured to the hard labors of 
 developing wild land. He knew the county when 
 it was a part of the western frontier, and when 
 much of the land was still in the po.s.session of the 
 Government. He has been an eye-witne.ss of its 
 growth and development, and has also aided in 
 its progress and advancement, taking an active 
 intere.st in all that pertained to the public welfare. 
 
 Mr. Waggoner continued farm work until 1855, 
 when he began work on the river. He spent four 
 )ears in learning all about the stream, its chan- 
 nels, its sandbars, etc., and in 1859 li^ secured 
 a license to act as a pilot from St. Louis to St. 
 Paul. During the war he served on a United 
 States giHiboat in that capacity for tiiree \ears, 
 participating in a number of na\-al engagements. 
 He enlisted in Conipau)- C, One Hundred and 
 Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, in 1862, and on the 
 lothofjul)', 1863, was transferred to the navy. 
 When the war was o\-er he was mustered out, 
 Jul\- 8, 1865. Returning home, lie then engaged 
 in the milling business for six years on tlie old 
 homestead, l)ut in 1871 he returned to the ri\-er. 
 and has since served as master and pilot. He has 
 been in ever)- jiacket trade from ,St. Louis to St. 
 Paul. During the winter months he is engaged 
 ill the real-estate business. 
 
 On the 17th of Jul)-, 1867, Mr. Waggoner was 
 united in marriage with Miss Emerilla I'"orney, 
 and to llieiii has been born a family numbering 
 tliiee sons; Isaac N., who is now an attorne)-at- 
 law of Keokuk, Iowa; Herbert, who is employed 
 as telegraph operator in Hamilton; and Willard, 
 wlio is engaged in the jewelry Inisiiiess. 
 
 Ill his political views, Mr. W'aggoner is a Dem- 
 ocrat, and is a member of the Christian Church. 
 Sociall)-, he is connected with Rn.ssell Post No 
 
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 233 
 
 68, G. A, R.: and with Moiitebello Lodge No. 
 697, I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member 
 for twenty j-ears. Mr. Waggoner i.s widely known 
 throughout hi.s native county, and all along the 
 river. He makes friends wherever he goes, and 
 his man}- excellencies of character have gained for 
 him the confidence and good-will of those with 
 whom he has been brought in contact. 
 
 EHARLES DORM AN, who .since 1865 has 
 made his home in Hamilton, was for manj- 
 years prominently connected with its busi- 
 ness interests as one of its leading merchants, 
 but is now living a retired life. A native of New 
 Jersey, he was born in Gloucester County, on the 
 28th of November, 18 17. He traces his ancestry 
 back to Revolutionar}- days, his maternal grand- 
 father being one of the heroes in the War for In- 
 dependence. His parents, James and Amy E. 
 (Parker) Dorman, were both natives of New Jer- 
 sey, and to them were born four children, but 
 Charles, the elde.st, is now the only sur\-ivingone. 
 Those who have passed away are Josiah F. , 
 Annie and Daniel H. 
 
 The father of our subject died when Charles 
 was only about seven years old; therefore the 
 care of the children devolved upon the mother, 
 who did her best for theni, although she was left 
 in ver>' limited circumstances. All the school 
 privileges which Mr. Dorman received were ob- 
 tained prior to his tenth year, in the subscription 
 schools of the neighborhood. At that time he 
 began earning his own livelihood b}- work upon 
 the farm, and has since been dependent upon his 
 own resources. He may trul}' be called a self- 
 made man, for the success of his life is due en- 
 tirely to his untiring labors and perseverance. 
 At the age of twelve years, he began learning the 
 blacksmith's trade in a .shop at Good Intent, 
 N. J., and .served a .seven-year ap])renticeship. 
 When his term was ended he was nineteen years 
 of age. He then began working as a journey- 
 man, and after a time, in 1839, he left the East 
 with the (kttrmination of trying his fortune on 
 
 the broad prairies of Illinois. He emigrated to 
 Alton, where he followed blacksmithing for six 
 months, and in 1840 he removed to Kane, 
 Greene County, where he worked at his trade for 
 three years. 
 
 In the year 1843, Mr. Dorman removed to a 
 farm in Macoupin County, where he carried on 
 agricultural pursuits for two years, in connection 
 with the blacksmith's trade. In 1845, we find 
 him in Carlinville, where he continued his labors 
 at the anvil for eleven years. From 1856 until 
 1858, he was again engaged in farming in Macou- 
 pin County. His next place of residence was in 
 Woodburn, 111., where he resided until 1865, 
 when he came to Hamilton, where he has since 
 made his home. He embarked in merchandising, 
 and for many years did a most successful busi- 
 ness, thus acquiring a competence which enabled 
 him to lay aside bu.siness cares and live retired. 
 
 An incident illustrating his courage and fear- 
 lessness is worthy of mention here. On the even- 
 ing of July 29, i88g, two masked men entered his 
 store, and one of them presented a revolver and 
 demanded his money, threatening to shoot if he 
 did not comply with his request. Mr. Dorman 
 stooped down to get a pi.stol from under the 
 counter, replying, ".Shoot, and I'll .shoot too." As 
 he rai.sed his head above the counter, the robber 
 discharged his pistol, the ball taking effect in Mr. 
 Dorman's mouth, striking the artificial teeth in 
 his upper jaw, and lodging in his neck on the 
 right .side, near his ear, being taken out .some 
 days later by a surgeon. The day after the 
 shooting the robbers were arrested, and Mr. Dor- 
 man being able to identify them, they were con- 
 victed and sent to the .State penitentiary. By 
 this daring act the old gentleman was enabled to 
 retain his money, and at the same time rendered a 
 valuable service to the public, by ridding the city 
 of two worthless characters. 
 
 Mr. Dorman has been twice married. On at- 
 taining his majority he was married, in April. 
 1838, to Anna M. Northrop, a native of Phila- 
 delphia. .Seven children were born to them, as 
 follows: Albert J., deceased; James P., a black- 
 smith and farmer now living in Centralia, Kan. ; 
 Harriet W., wife of E. M. Grubb, a merchant of 
 
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 Hamilton; Amy and Charles, who are both de- 
 ceased; Anna, wife of Jesse Middleton, of Cam- 
 den, N. J.; and Emily, who died in infancy. Mr. 
 Dorman was again married, on the 28th of June, 
 1882, his second union being with Miss Rebecca 
 C. Hoopes. They have a plea.sant home in 
 Hamilton, .supplied with the comforts and con- 
 veniences of life, and are surrounded by many 
 friends. 
 
 During the late war, Mr. Dorman enlisted in 
 his country's service, in May, 1864, becoming a 
 member of Company F, One Hundred and Thirty- 
 third Illinois Infantry. He did guard duty, and 
 in the autumn of the same year received his dis- 
 charge. He cast his first Presidential vote for 
 William Henry Harrison, and was a supporter of 
 the Whig party and its principles until the Re- 
 publican party was formed, when he joined its 
 ranks. He has since been one of its advocates, 
 and has a firm belief in its measures. He served 
 as Justice of the Peace at Woodburn for four 
 years, and has also filled the office of School Di- 
 rector. He holds membership with Russell Post 
 No. 86, G. A. R., and for some years was an El- 
 der in the Presbyterian Church, with which he 
 held membership while a resident of Carlinville. 
 He is true to every public and private tru.st, and 
 is a man whose word is as good as his bond, for 
 by an honorable, upright life, he has gained the 
 confidence of all, as well as their high regard. 
 
 EHARLES P. CRUM, deceased, was born in 
 Cass County, 111., on the nth of April, 1853. 
 His father, James Crum, was a native of 
 Kentucky, and followed agricultural pursuits as a 
 means of livelihood. His wife bore the maiden 
 name of Christina Ream. James Crum's father was 
 Matthias Crum, a Virginian, and his father in turn 
 bore the same name and was a native of Germany, 
 whence he came to America before the Revolu- 
 tion. Their son Charles acquired the rudiments 
 of his education in the district schools of his na- 
 tive county, and when he had thoroughly mas- 
 tered the branches of learning there taught, he 
 
 entered the State Normal University, of Bloom- 
 ington, 111., where he pursued his studies for 
 three years. He next entered Adrian College, of 
 Adrian, Mich., and after two years was gradu- 
 ated from that in.stitution, on the 24th of June, 
 1875, with the degree of B. S. 
 
 When his life as a pupil was ended, Mr. Crum 
 removed to Henderson County, 111., where he 
 purchased a farm, at once turning his attention 
 to the further development and cultivation of his 
 land. He there carried on agricultural pursuits 
 for two j-ears, when, in 1877, he came to Han- 
 cock County, and purchased an interest in a gen- 
 eral store in Disco. His connection therewith, 
 however, was continued only until the following 
 year. In 1878, he purchased a farm on section 
 6, La Harpe Township, comprising two hundred 
 and fifty acres, and again took up agricultural 
 pursuits, which he successfully carried forward 
 until 1883. 
 
 Mr. Crum was married on the 14th of Decem- 
 ber, 1875, the lady of his choice being Miss Lina 
 James, daughter of Andrew J. and Sidney (Pig- 
 man) James, of La Harpe. Five children came 
 to bless their union, four sons and a daughter, 
 Ray, Charles, James, Mabel and Virgil, all of 
 whom are still with their mother. Mrs. Crum is 
 a most estimable lady and one who has many 
 friends thoroughout the communitj-. 
 
 In 1883, Mr. Crum left the farm and, removing 
 to La Harpe, accepted a professorship in Gittings 
 Seminary. His school work was earnest and ef- 
 ficient, and he took great interest in educational 
 matters, doing all in his power to advance the 
 cause. He was recognized as a most able instruc- 
 tor, and his place will be hard to fill. He was a 
 teacher of mathematics and science, and his con- 
 nection with the seminary at La Harpe continued 
 up to the time of his death, which occurred 
 March 25, 1885, the result of a wreck on the 
 Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad. 
 
 In his social relations, Mr. Crum was a Royal 
 Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. He held mem- 
 bership with La Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & 
 A. M.; La Harpe Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.; 
 and Bri.stol Lodge No. 653, I. O. O. F., of which 
 he was Noble Grand at the time of his death. He 
 
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 was also a member of the Methodist Protestant 
 Church, and his honorable, uprig^ht life made him 
 a valued and highly respected citizen of the com- 
 munity. He was a patron of all those interests 
 which tend to elevate humanity, and his loss was 
 deeply mourned in this connnunit\-. 
 
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 III.LIAM PIERCE BARRETT, deceased, 
 was born in the .shadow of Westminster 
 Abbey, in England, on the i8th of March, 
 1820, and was a .son of William and Sarah (Ray- 
 ner) Barrett, who were also natives of England. 
 The paternal grandfather, Thomas Barrett, was 
 born in the .same country, and throughout his 
 business career was a dealer in dry goods. He 
 died at the age of eighty. The maternal grand- 
 father, Isaac Rayner, was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion. His entire life was spent in England, where 
 he died at an advanced age. The father of our 
 subject became a dry-goods merchant, and carried 
 on business until his death, in 1819. He was a 
 member of the Church of England, and his wife 
 held membership with the Congregational Church. 
 vShe survived him for a quarter of a century. Tliis 
 worthy couple were the parents of five children, 
 three sons and two daughters, but none are now 
 living. 
 
 Mr. Barrett whose name heads this record 
 grew to manhood in the land of his birth, and 
 when twenty-three years of age sailed for America. 
 With the hope of bettering his financial condition 
 in the New World, he crossed the Atlantic in 
 1843, and took up his residence in McDonough 
 County, where he engaged in farming. Later he 
 bought a tract of land in Macomb, and was eni- 
 plojed in various ways for a time. In 1857 ^'^ 
 was elected Constable, which position he filled for 
 eight years. During that time he also served as 
 Deputy Sheriff. When his term of office had ex- 
 pired, he purclia.sed a forty -acre tract of land south- 
 west of Macomb, and to its cultivation and im- 
 provement devoted his energies for eighteen years. 
 This ended his career as a farmer. He came to 
 Macomb, and was again officially connected with 
 
 its interests. For about eight years he served as 
 Deputy CouiUy Clerk, and was then appointed 
 Deputx- County Treasurer, which jiosition he was 
 filling at the time of his death. 
 
 On June 6, 1S46, Mr. Barrett was united in 
 marriage with Miss Margaret Roberts, a daughter 
 of Thomas and Ann (Roberts) Roberts, and to 
 them were born si.x sons and two daughters, only 
 four of whom are now living: Sarah Iv, wife of 
 Charles Combs, of Chariton, Iowa; William T., 
 of Chalmers, McDonough County; Maggie; and 
 Edward, of Grafton, Cal. Mrs. Barrett's parents 
 were natives of Denbigh, Wales, and during her 
 infancy she was brought by them to America. 
 
 In his political \iews, Mr. Barrett was always 
 a stalwart Democrat, and took a warm interest in 
 the growth and success of his party. As an offi- 
 cer, he was alwass true to the trust reposed in him, 
 and di.scharged his duties with a promptness and 
 fidelity that won him the confidence of all con- 
 cerned. His life was well and worthily spent, and 
 the ugh he lived quietly, he had the high respect 
 of all with whom liusiness or .social relations 
 brought him in contact. He held membership 
 with the Clnirch of England, and Mrs. Barrett 
 belongs to the Cumberland Pre.sbyterian Church. 
 During the la.st years of his life he served as No- 
 tary Public, and was engaged in the insurance, 
 real-estate and loan business. He passed away 
 February 14, 1893, and his death was deeply 
 mourned b}- manj- friends. 
 
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 HOMAS McCLURI-:, an attorney-at-law of 
 Macomb, who is successfully engaged in 
 practice at the Bar of McDonough County, 
 claims Illinois as the .State of liis nativity. He 
 was born in Augusta Township, Hancock County, 
 July 5, 1848, and comesof an old Virginia family. 
 His grandfather, John McClure, was a native of 
 \'irginia and a, saddler l)y trade. Soon after mar- 
 rying he moved to Kentucky, and spent his re- 
 maining da>s in Adair County, that State. In 
 his family were four sons and three daughters. 
 The great-grandfather of our subject, John Mc- 
 
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 Clure, was a native of Scotland. He married an 
 Irish lady, and crossing the Atlantic to America, 
 located in Albemarle County, \'a., but soon after 
 located in Beaver County, Pa., where he spent 
 his remaining days. 
 
 The father of our .subject, Thomas McClure, 
 Sr., was born in Adair County, Ky., and through- 
 out the greater part of his life followed the occu- 
 pation of farming. With the hope of bettering 
 his financial condition, he removed to Illinois prior 
 to 1839, and after a few years' residence in St. Ma- 
 ry's Township, Hancock County, 111., located 
 three and a-half miles northwest of Augu.sta, at 
 Mechanicsville, where he purchased one hundred 
 and twenty acres of land. This he at once began 
 to cultivate and improve. Subsequently he added 
 to it a tract of eighty acres, and his energies were 
 devoted untiringly to its development. Thus he 
 accumulated a competency, and left his family in 
 comfortable circum.stances. He married Mary 
 Ellen Samuels, a native of Virginia, who emigra- 
 ted prior to 1840, with her father, Moses Samuels, 
 to Illinois. Her grandfather, a Polish Hebrew, 
 spent his last days in Richmond, Va. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. McClure were born eleven children, of 
 whom seven are living, four .sons and three daugh- 
 ters, namely: John W., who sen'ed in the late 
 war as a member of the Thirty-sixth Illinois In- 
 fantry-, and is now a Christian preacher of Iowa; 
 Elzy, who was a member of the One Hundred and 
 Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantrs", and is a merchant 
 now living in Carthage, 111.; Thomas, of this 
 sketch; Mary F., wife of James Garwood, of Au- 
 gusta Township, Hancock County, 111. ; Ulysses 
 G., baggage-master on the Atchi.son, Topeka & 
 Santa Fe Railroad at Kansas City, Mo.: Eliza 
 Ellen, wife of A. W. Byers, of Carthage, 111.; and 
 Ida Helen, wife of Leslie C. Richards, a druggist, 
 now postal clerk on the Illinois Central Railway, 
 residing in Centralia, 111. The father of this 
 family, by exposure contracting typhoid fever, 
 passed away May 4, 1863, at the age of forty- 
 six years, two months and one day. His wife 
 died April 21, 1874, at the age of fifty years, six 
 months and seven days. In early life they united 
 with the Christian Church, and were ever faithful 
 and devoted members. Mr. McClure was a man 
 
 of integrity and strong convictions, being well 
 liked and highly esteemed by all who knew him. 
 Politically, he was a Whig, and prior to the Civil 
 War becoming a Republican, ca.st his last vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln. Loyal to the Union, he was 
 deeply interested in its successes up to the day of 
 his death. 
 
 Thomas McClure of this sketch early became 
 familiar with all the duties of fann life, and re- 
 mained upon the old homestead with his mother 
 until her death. His early education was ac- 
 quired in the district schools, and supplemented 
 by stud}- in the public schools of Augusta, and in 
 Abingdon College. He then embarked in teach- 
 ing, and followed that profession for fourteen years 
 in Adams, Hancock, McDonough and Fulton 
 Counties. Later he began reading law in the of- 
 fice of Judge L. Y. Sherman, of Macomb, and was 
 admitted to the Bar in August, 1890, since which 
 time he has been practicing on his own account. 
 
 On the 25th of October, 1893, Mr. McClure 
 was united in marriage with Miss Myra E. Cris- 
 sey, daughter of Charles D. and Samira C. Cris- 
 sey, of Macomb, 111. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are 
 members of the Christian Church. Socially, Mr. 
 McClure is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 and also a Knight of Pythias. In politics, he is a 
 supporter of the Republican party and its princi- 
 ples, and is now serving as City Attorney of Ma- 
 comb, 111., to the satisfaction of all concerned. 
 Although he has been in practice for little more 
 than three j-ears, he has already won a place at 
 the Bar and acquired a good patronage, and his 
 future labors in the line of his profession will un- 
 doubtedly be successful. 
 
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 r)ORTER K. SUTTLE, senior member of the 
 Ly firm of vSuttle «& Williams, proprietors of 
 fS the Macomb Steam Laundr>', is a native of 
 the Buckeye State. He was born in Knox Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, on the 23d of January, 1846, and is a 
 son of Wilford and Ann Eliza (Milhorn) Suttle, 
 who were also natives of Ohio. Their family 
 numbered four children, two sons and two daugh- 
 
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 ters, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Alberson 
 Moore, a resident of Bushnell; Rosa, wife of L. 
 Aiighinbaiigh, of Bushnell; Porter K., of this 
 sketch; and Shannon, who is now deceased. In 
 early days the father was a stage-driver for many 
 years in Ohio. His death occurred about 1848. 
 His wife, who .still suiA-ives him, is yet living in 
 Bushnell, lU., and is a member of the Methodi.st 
 Epi.scopal Church of that place. 
 
 Porter K. Suttle spent the first fourteen years 
 of his life in his native State, the year 1859 wit- 
 nessing his arrival in Illinois. He has since that 
 time made his home in McDonough County. For 
 a short time he was a resident of Bushnell, but 
 later he learned the marble-cutter's trade in 
 Prairie Citj-, following that business for three 
 years. On the expiration of that period he went 
 South and engaged in clerking in a clothing 
 store for two years. Sub.sequently he followed 
 railroading for a similar length of time, and then 
 opened a grocery, boot and shoe store in Good 
 Hope, which he carried on for nine years. Com- 
 ing to Macomb, he then conducted a billiard hall 
 in this city until May, 1893, when he formed a 
 partnership with L. M. Williams, and established 
 the Macomb Steam Laundry, which is conducted 
 under the firm stj-le of Suttle & Williams. They 
 furnish employment to nine hands, and are doing 
 a good bu.siuess, which is constantly increasing, 
 owing to the excellent quality of work which they 
 turn out. 
 
 In September, 1874, was celebrated a marriage 
 which united the destinies of Mr. Suttle and Miss 
 Luella Monger, daughter of Alexander Monger. 
 One child was born unto them, Wilford Alexan- 
 der. The mother was a member of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, and died in 1877. For 
 his second wife Mr. Suttle cho.se Miss Ella Ans- 
 tine. Four children grace this union, a son and 
 three daughters, namely: Claudia, Ray, Ethel 
 and Lila. 
 
 Mr. Suttle, .socially, is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows' Society and of the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. His wife holds membership in the 
 Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a .sup- 
 porter of the Republican party and its principles, 
 and while residing in Good Hope he served as a 
 
 member of the Village Board of Trustees. His 
 
 time and attention, however, have been devoted 
 largely to business interests. He is meeting with 
 good success in his undertakings, and the liberal 
 patronage which he receives is well deserved. 
 
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 nOHN SMITH BARKICR, the efficient Sheriff 
 I of McDonough County, now living in Ma- 
 G/ comb, is a native of this .State. He was born 
 in Fulton County on the 1 6th of November, 1852, 
 and is a son of John W. and EHza S. (Brand) 
 Barker, the former a native of Ohio, and the lat- 
 ter of Virginia. The father was thrice married, 
 there being no i.ssue of the third marriage. By 
 the first union he had two children: Harriet, 
 wife of Alexander Barnes, of Sumner County, 
 Kan.; and Warren, who resides in the same 
 county. By the .second marriage were born 
 eight children, six sons and two daughters, of 
 whom six are yet living, as follows: Lafayette, 
 who is located in Kansas City, Mo.; Mary J., 
 wife of R. A. Miner, of McDonough County; 
 John S.; George M. and Franklin, who reside in 
 Fulton County; and Sarah E., wife of George 
 Hefner, of this county. The father of this family 
 was a farmer by occupation, and followed that 
 business throughout his entire life. The year 
 1S32 witne.ssed his arrival in Illinois. He lo- 
 cated in Fulton County, near the present site of 
 Table Grove, and there made his home until his 
 death, which occurred in 1888, at the age of sev- 
 enty years. His wife passed away in 1883. They 
 were both members of the Baptist Cluirch. and 
 were highly-respected people. 
 
 Little is known concerning the origin of the 
 family. The paternal grandfather, John 15arker, 
 was a native of Ohio, and served in the Mexican 
 War. As a means of livelihood he followed both 
 farming and black.smithing. His death occurred 
 at the age of eighty years, in Fulton County, 
 where he had located at a very early day. His 
 family numbered four sons and two dauglitcrs. 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject claimed 
 Virginia as the State of his nativity, and he too 
 
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 was one of the honored pioneers of Fulton Coun- 
 ty. For many long years he there carried on 
 farming, and at an advanced age departed this 
 life. 
 
 In the county of his nativity our subject was 
 reared to manhood, and the common schools of 
 the community afforded his educational privi- 
 leges. Under the parental roof he remained until 
 twentA'-five j-ears of age, when he left home, and 
 on the ist of Januar}-, 1878, was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary G. Miner, daughter of 
 John F. and Susanna (Ward) Miner, who reside 
 near Adair. Three children blessed their union, 
 but a .son died in infancy. Their daughters are 
 Mary E. and Susanna S. 
 
 In the spring of 1879, Mr. Barker came to Mc- 
 Donough County and located in Bethel Town- 
 ship, where for three years he engaged in farming. 
 During the succeeding year he carried on agri- 
 culture in Lamoine Town.ship, and then removed 
 to Colchester Township, where he made his home 
 until 1886, when he came to Macomb. For four 
 years he .served as Deputy Sheriff under Theodore 
 Huston, and was then elected to his present of- 
 fice, which he is now filling in a creditable and 
 acceptable manner. He served as Town Clerk of 
 Bethel Town.ship for one term, and in that posi- 
 tion di.scharged his duties with the .same prompt- 
 ness and fidelity that now characterize his ad- 
 mini.stration. In jxilitics, he is a supporter of the 
 Democracy, and, socially, is connected with the 
 Knights of Pythias fraternity. 
 
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 ISAIAH 0DENWF;LLER is now doing a good 
 livery business in Macomb. He has an ex- 
 tensive stable, of which he has been proprietor 
 since 1888, and keeps on hand a inimber of good 
 horses and carriages; in fact, he has one of the best 
 appointed establishments in his line in Mc- 
 Donongh Count)-. He was born near Industry, 
 in this county, November 29, 1856, and is a .son 
 of Leonard and Elizabeth (Danley) Odenweller, 
 the former a native of Baden, Germany, and the 
 latter of Ohio. His paternal grandparents lived 
 
 and died in Germany. The maternal grandfather, 
 Thomas Danley, was for many years a resident 
 of Ohio, and followed farming in the Buckeye 
 State. In 1850 he removed to Illinois, locating 
 in McDonough County, and improved a good farm 
 south of Macomb. There he spent his remaining 
 days, passing away in 1870, at an advanced age. 
 
 The father of our subject also carried on agri- 
 cultural pursuits. He began earning his liveli- 
 hood in that way, but in 1843 came to Illinois, 
 and spent two years in Macomb. He then re- 
 moved to a farm two miles southeast of the city, 
 but in 1S47 again came to Macomb. Two years 
 subsequently, he once more took up agriculture, 
 and continued the cultivation and improvement of 
 his land until 1878, when he came to the city, and 
 here spent his remaining days, being called to the 
 home beyond in Februar>-, 1887, at the age of 
 .seventy-two years. His wife survived him until 
 1889, and pas.sed away at the age of sixty-four. 
 They were both members of the Christian Church, 
 and were prominent workers in its interest. Of 
 their family often children, seven are yet living, 
 namel)-: Thomas F., a Christian preacher of Des 
 Moines, Iowa; John L. , who resides in Schuyler 
 County; Simon P., of Macomb; Richard A., of 
 Pleasanton, Kan.; Isaiah; Mary M., wife of James 
 Miller, of Graham, Mo.; and Lucy H., widow of 
 H. D. Grider, a resident of Windsor, 111. 
 
 As a typical farmer's son, Lsaiah Odenweller 
 was reared to manhood upon the old homestead 
 in Scotland Township, and in the district schools 
 his education was acquired. He remained at 
 home until 1879. When he was married he con- 
 tinued farming until 1887, when he came to 
 Macoml), and embarked in the butcher's business. 
 A year later he purcha.sed the livery stable of R. 
 D. Merchon, and has since conducted the business. 
 He also owns a good home property. 
 
 On the 2d of October, 1879, Mr. Odenweller led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Lizzie M. Ellis, daugh- 
 ter of John and Susan M. ( Breckenridge) Ellis, 
 who were natives of Peinisylvania. Two children 
 were the fruit of their union, a daughter and .son, 
 M. Bertha and Walter Leonard, the fonner now 
 deceased. The parents hold membership with 
 the Christian Church, and Mr. Odenweller is a 
 
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 239 
 
 member of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fel- 
 lows' Societies and the Patriotic Order of Sons of 
 America. He exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Republican party, and is now serv- 
 ing his second term as Aldennan of the Third 
 Ward. He has also ser\-ed for several years as 
 School Director, while residing in the countn,-. 
 
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 r"RANCIS M. JACKSON, M. D., who is suc- 
 r^ cessfully engaged in the practice of medicine 
 I in Hamilton, is one of the honored veterans 
 of the late war, who risked his life in defense of 
 the Union, and valiantly aided in its preser\-ation . 
 The record of his career will prove an interesting 
 one to many of our readers, for he is widely 
 known in this locality. A native of Knox Coun- 
 ty, 111., he was born July 31, 1841, and is of 
 Scotch-Iri.sh extraction. His father, Obediah 
 Jackson, was a native of Otsego County, N. Y., 
 but when about'ten years of age went with his 
 father's family to Pennsylvania, and in 1839 left 
 the Keystone State for Illinois, locating in Knox 
 County, where he engaged in fanning. Before 
 leaving Pennsylvania he wedded Mary Kings- 
 burj', a native of that State, and unto them were 
 born nine children, as follows: Cassandra D., wife 
 of E. M. Wright, who is engaged in tlie jewelry 
 bu.sine.ss in Marj'sville, Cal.; Lj-man A., a fruit- 
 grower of Knoxville, 111.: Nancy J., Ruth A. 
 and Ebenezer, deceased; Francis M., of this 
 sketch; Julius, of Hamilton: Mary A., now the 
 wife of George Wilson, a resident of California; 
 and Lucy D., who is decea.sed. 
 
 As Dr. Jackson emerged from earl)- boyhood, 
 he was put to work upon the farm, and be- 
 came familiar with all the duties of that life. He 
 early began to follow the plow, and by his serv- 
 ices aided greatly in the development of the old 
 home farm. When harvests were over and the 
 winter had come on, he would enter the public 
 schools of Knoxville, and there pursue his studies 
 until spring again called him to the fields. 
 
 Dr. Jackson remained at home until 1861, 
 when, on the 14th of December, he responded to 
 
 the countrj-'s call for troops and was assigned 
 to Company C, Fifty-fir.st Ilhnois Infantry. He 
 .saw much hard service, participated in the bat- 
 tle of New Madrid and the siege and capture of 
 Island No. 10, went with the fleet to Ft. Pillow, 
 and participated in the siege of Corinth. On the 
 22d of August, 1862, at Decatur, Ala., he was 
 captured and sent to Libby Prison, where he re- 
 mained for three months. He was then ex- 
 changed and taken to Camp Carroll, at Annapo- 
 lis, Md., where he remained for one month, when 
 he was ordered to Camp Butler, 111. When he 
 reached Chicago, he was taken quite sick and 
 was forced to remain there for a time. He then 
 obtained a furlough and returned home. Later 
 he was ordered to Keokuk, Iowa, and on account 
 of physical disabilit\- was di.scharged from the 
 service on the 24tli of March, 1863. He was a 
 loyal defender of the Old Flag and the cause it 
 represented, and well deserves mention among his 
 country's patriots. 
 
 On the 26tli of March, 1863, Dr. Jackson mar- 
 ried Catherine Yaryan, daughter of William Yar- 
 yan. Unto them was born a son, William B., a 
 fanner of Hamilton. The mother died July 29, 
 1873, and our subject was again married, Novem- 
 ber 26, 1877, his second union being with Kate 
 G. Davis, by whom he has two children, Frank 
 D. and Sallie. 
 
 During the first year after his return from the 
 army, the Doctor engaged in farming in the coun- 
 ty of his nativity, but in 1864 he embarked in 
 business in Colche.ster, McDonough County, 111., 
 as a dealer in drugs and groceries. There he re- 
 mained until 1866, and the last year was spent 
 largely in the study of medicine midcr Dr. Yar- 
 yan. When he had become thoroughly proficient 
 in the .science, he began practice in Colche.ster, 
 but in 1867 he went West, spending about three 
 years in Missouri and Iowa. In the year 1870, 
 he returned to Knoxville, Knox County, and 
 took charge of his father's farm, which he contin- 
 ued to operate for a year. In 187 1, he went to 
 Gladstone, where he was successfully engaged in 
 the practice of medicine until 1872, when he re- 
 moved to Colchester. We afterwards find him in 
 Hopper's Mills, Henderson County, where he 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 continued to make his home until 1881, during 
 which time he was elected to sen-e as Coroner of 
 the county. 
 
 Thirteen years have now passed since Dr. Jack- 
 son came to Hamilton, and during this time he 
 has been continuoush- engaged in general prac- 
 tice. He does a good business in the line of his 
 profession, and the liberal patronage he receives is 
 well merited. In politics, he has been a Repub- 
 lican since the time when he cast his first Presi- 
 dential vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864. He is 
 now serving as Mayor of Hamilton, and is a ca- 
 pable and efficient officer, faithful in the dis- 
 charge of all public duties. He has also served 
 one term as Supervisor of Montebello Township, 
 and as School Director. Sociall>-, he is a member 
 of Russell Post No. 86, G. A. R., and is a char- 
 ter member of Montebello Lodge No. 697, I. O. 
 O. F. The Doctor is a public- spirited and pro- 
 gressive citizen, who gives his hearty support to 
 all worthy public interests that are calculated to 
 upbuild and benefit the community. He pos- 
 se.sses many excellencies of character, is a faith- 
 ful officer, a skilled physician, and is highly re- 
 spected by all. 
 
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 |ILLL\M T. McLELLAN, of Hamilton, a 
 conductor on the Waba.sh Railroad, is one 
 of the honored veterans of the late war, who 
 in the days when the dis.solution of the Union was 
 threatened responded to the call for troops, and 
 valiantly aided in its defen.se. He was born on 
 the i6th of April, 1835, in Thomaston, Me., and 
 is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His father, Capt. 
 Thomas McLellan, was a native of the same place, 
 and was one of a family which numbered three 
 sons and a daughter. His educational privileges 
 were very meagre, being such as the district 
 .schools of the neighborhood afforded. At the 
 age of twelve years, he made his first sea voyage, 
 going on a whaler. He was thus employed for 
 two years, receiving $12 per month. When a 
 youth of fifteen, he shipped on a sailing-vessel be- 
 fore the mast, and won promotion from time to 
 
 time, until, at the age of twenty-one years, he was 
 Captain and owned a third-interest in the sailing- 
 vessel ' ' The Four Brothers, ' ' plying as a freight- 
 er throughout the world, with Xew York as its 
 main port. He was afterwards Captain of the 
 sailing-vessels " William Henrj-," " Brigg Lud- 
 wig," and several others. The last ship he com- 
 manded was the " European," of which he had 
 charge many years. 
 
 In 1848 Capt. McLellan removed with his 
 family to New Orleans, where he remained for one 
 year, having abandoned the sea; but the cholera 
 drove them from the Crescent City northward. 
 After a short time spent in St. Louis, they re- 
 moved to Alton, 111., where they continued to re- 
 side until their removal to Hancock County in 
 1849. Carthage was chosen as their place of 
 abode. Capt. McLellan had married Nancy Ful- 
 ler, a native of Bangor, Me. , and to them were 
 born five children; Adeline, now the wife of H. 
 F. Emery, a farmer of Hoxie, Kan.; William T., 
 who.se name heads this record; Henry K., a resi- 
 dent of Hamilton; Adelia, deceased, wife of Frank 
 Bell; and Joseph, who is also deceased. The father 
 of this family was an old line Whig in early life, but 
 afterwards became a Republican. 
 
 William T. McLellan acquired his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools, and afterwards attended 
 Jubilee College, of Peoria County, 111., where he 
 pursued his studies for a year. He began busi- 
 ness for himself as a teamster in Hamilton, but 
 afterwards went on a farm, where he was employed 
 for three years. In this way he got a start in life. 
 He also worked in a planing-mill in Keokuk for 
 a short time. 
 
 After the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. 
 McLellan, prompted by patriotic impulses, re- 
 .sponded to the call for troops in February-, 1862, 
 enlisting as a member of Company D, Sixteenth 
 Illinois Infantry. He .served for more than three 
 years, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., 
 on the 8th of July, 1865. He participated in all 
 the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was 
 with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. 
 He was also in the campaign from Savannah to 
 Washington, and participated in the Grand Re- 
 view in the Capitol City, the mo.st brilliant mili- 
 
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 tary pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere. 
 He took part in the battles of Kennesaw Mountain, 
 Peach Tree Creek, Big Shantj% Buzzards' Gap, 
 Jonesboro, and numerous other skirmishes. He 
 was always found at his post, and his army rec- 
 ord is one of which he may well be proud. 
 
 Shortly after his return from the ser\-ice in 1865, 
 he began railroading for the Wabash line. He 
 was first employed in the freight house, later was 
 made baggageman, then served as fireman on an 
 engine for a time, aftenvards became brukeraan 
 on a freight train, and was then made conductor 
 on a freight train. In this capacity he has ser\-ed 
 for twenty-five years, a trusted and faithful em- 
 ploye of the road. 
 
 On the 15th of October, 1858, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. McLellan and Miss Mary R. 
 Debitt, daughter of William and Rosetta (Si- 
 mons) Debitt. To them have been born four 
 children, three sons and a daughter, but the latter, 
 Bertha, is now deceased. The three sons, Arthur, 
 Edward and William, all reside in Hamilton. 
 Mrs. McLellan is a member of the Presb5terian 
 Church, and a most estimable lad}-. In politics, 
 Mr. McLellan is a Republican, but has never 
 sought or desired the honors or emoluments of 
 public office. Socially, he is a member of Black 
 Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M.; Rapid 
 City Lodge No. 286, K. P. ; and Russell Post 
 No. 86, G. A. R. His long continuance w'iththe 
 railroad service indicates his faithfulness to duty, 
 and the trust reposed in him by the company. 
 He has for many years made his home in Hamil- 
 ton, and is well liked, having many warm friends 
 throughout the community'. 
 
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 r"REDERICK WILLIAM HASELWOOD, 
 JM editor and proprietor of the Register, of Ham- 
 I ilton, and one of the enterprising and pro- 
 gressive citizens of Hancock County, has the hon- 
 or of being a native of Illinois, for his birth oc- 
 curred on his father's farm in Henderson County, 
 on the 25th of June, 1867. He is of GermaTi and 
 Scotch descent. His father, J. R. Haselwood, 
 
 was born near Louisville, Ky., and came of a fam- 
 ily of German origin. His wife, who bore the 
 maiden name of Mary Jane Duncan, was born in 
 Tenne.s.see, and was of Scotch lineage. With the 
 Huston family she removed to McDonough Coun- 
 ty, 111., during the early settlement of that lo- 
 cality. On leaving his native State, Mr. Hasel- 
 wood went first to Indiana, and thence removed to 
 Adams County, 111. At length he took up his 
 residence in Henderson County, where he has 
 since made his home. He is an enterprising and 
 progressive man, and as the result of his untir- 
 ing industr>', his career has been a prosperous 
 one. He is now the owner of two hundred and 
 forty acres of land, and is recognized as one of the 
 successful farmers of the community. 
 
 F. W. Haselwood of this sketch was reared in 
 the usual manner of farmer lads, and acquired his 
 early education in the district schools of the 
 neighborhood. Later he attended the graded 
 schools in Blandinsville, 111., and subsequently 
 completed his education in Eureka College, a 
 school of the Christian Church in Eureka, 111., 
 his parents both being members of that denomina- 
 tion. During the summer months, he aided in 
 the labors of the farm, but his taste lay in another 
 direction than that of agricultural pursuits. At 
 the age of eighteen years, he began school 
 teaching. He then took up the business to which 
 he has since devoted his time and energies. He 
 entered the Gazette office at Blandinsville, then 
 conducted by Fred Aldrich, to learn the "art 
 preservative. ' ' He there worked for about a year, 
 and then went to the We.st, spending some time 
 in Kansas and Nebraska, where he was employed 
 on the Mi-S-souri Pacific Railroad as brakeman. 
 
 It w^as in 1890 that Mr. Haselwood returned 
 to his native State and took charge of the } lustier, 
 owned by Paul Hume, and published at Bland- 
 insville, continuing there until the plant was sold, 
 when, in March, 1891, he came to Hamilton. 
 Here he secured employment in the Press office. 
 About eight months later he left that position and 
 established the Register, on the3i.st of December, 
 1 89 1. This is a bright, newsy sheet, all home 
 print, and in size is a seven-colunni folio. It has 
 a liberal patronage, which has constantly increased 
 
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 from the beginning. A large business is well de- 
 served by its editor, who ever takes an active in- 
 terest in the best welfare of the community, and 
 does all in his power to aid in its upbuilding. 
 
 In his social relations, Mr. Haselwood is a 
 Knight of Pythias, belonging to Rapid City Lodge 
 No. 286, K. P., of Hamilton. In politics, he is a 
 .stalwart Democrat, who warmly advocates the 
 principles of his party, and is an admirer of Gro- 
 ver Cleveland. He takes great interest in athle- 
 tic sports, is fond of boxing, and delights in foot 
 and base ball and bicycle-riding. He is a pleas- 
 ant, genial and accommodating gentleman, and 
 throughout the community in which he lives is 
 held in high regard. 
 
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 0OLOMON TWIDWELL, a retired farmer 
 2\ now residing in Macomb, is a native of North 
 Q) Carolina, born January 20, 1818. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather, George Twidwell, was a na- 
 tive of Virginia, and was reared in that State bj- 
 his grandfather. Both reached an advanced age. 
 The father of our .subject, Thomas Twidwell, was 
 born in the Old Dominion, and in early life learned 
 the cooper's trade, but afterward became a farmer. 
 Having arrived at years of maturity, he married 
 Miss Polly Way man, daughter of John Way man, 
 and a native of Maryland. Her father was a black- 
 smith by trade, and .spent the greater part of his 
 life in North Carolina. 
 
 In 1834, Thomas Twidwell brought his family 
 to Illinois, and took up his residence in Apple 
 Creek, in Morgan County, where he made his 
 home for eighteen months. He then came to Mc- 
 Donough County, and moved into a little cabin 
 built of hickory logs and minus a roof It was 
 located in Lamoine Township, three miles ea.st of 
 Plymouth. There Mr. Twidwell took up two 
 eighty-acre tracts of land from the Government, 
 and afterward added to this from time to time by 
 purcha.se, but ere his death he sold allof his land. 
 He passed away February 16, 1883, at the very 
 advanced age of ninety-four years. His wife had 
 long since departed this life, having died of small- 
 
 pox in 1865. In early life, she was a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, but later she 
 and her husband joined the United Brethren 
 Church. After the death of his first wife, Mr. 
 Twidwell married Mrs. Sarah (vSapp) Smith. 
 Nine children were born of the first union, five 
 .sons and four daughters, namely: John, a resi- 
 dent of Plymouth and a twin brother of our sub- 
 ject; William, who is living at Elma, Wash.; 
 Martha, wife of Jo.siah Morris, a re.sident of Nor- 
 ton, Kan.; Nancy, who makes her home in Iowa; 
 and Absalom, who is living in Jewell County, 
 Kan. The other children are now deceased. 
 
 In the State of his nativity, Solomon Twidwell 
 was reared to manhood. At the age of eighteen, 
 he left North Carolina and accompanied his par- 
 ents on their westward emigration to Illinois. 
 For about five years he then resided in McDon- 
 ough County, and in 1841 went to Schuyler 
 County, where, in connection with his father, he 
 purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on 
 Round Prairie. He still owns his share of that 
 tract, and also .sixt\'-seven acres of that which 
 formerly belonged to his father. He was suc- 
 cessful in his business dealings, and from time to 
 time he added to his po.ssessions, until he had 
 over seven hundred acres of valuable land. He 
 .still retains pos.ses.sion of two hundred and seven 
 acres, and derives a good income therefrom. 
 
 On the 19th of December, 1839, Mr. Twidwell 
 was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Mor- 
 ris, daughter of Simeon and Hannah Morris. 
 Three children were born to them, two sons and 
 a daughter, Thomas B. , George W. and Eveline. 
 The first-named weddetl Mar>- House, by whom 
 he had three children, Manlove, Carolina and 
 Mary. The mother died, and he married Leonora 
 Smith. With their two children, Solomon W. 
 and Mattie May, they reside in Lamoine Town- 
 ship. Eveline is the wife of Thomas Curtis, who 
 resides near St. John, in Stafford County, Kan. 
 They have six children: Delia May, Charles Solo- 
 mon, Myrtle Maud, Jes.se F. and Inez Pearl. 
 Mrs. Rebecca Twidwell died in February, 1873. 
 On the 8th of September, following, Mr. Twid- 
 well was again married, his second union being 
 with Mrs. Lucinda Graham, widow of William 
 
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 A. Graham, and a daughter of John and Leah 
 (Gordon) Shuler, natives of North Carolina. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Twidwell has alwajs been a 
 Democrat of the Jaclcsonian tj-pe, but ha.s had 
 little time or inclination to seek public office, pre- 
 ferring to devote his entire attention to his busi- 
 ness interests. He sen-ed three j'ears as Super- 
 visor, and eight jears as Ju.stice of the Peace, in 
 Birmingham Township, Schuyler County, probab- 
 bly the strongest Republican township in that 
 county. His life has been a busy one, and his 
 industry, and good management have brought to 
 him the handsome competence which now en- 
 ables him to live retired. He owns besides his 
 farm a residence and other real-estate in Macomb. 
 On laj-ing aside agricultural pursuits, he came to 
 this cit3', where he has since resided. He has 
 made his home in Schuyler and McDonough Coun- 
 ties for fifty-eight years, and well deserves men- 
 tion among the honored pioneers of this locality. 
 
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 "DWIN lee DALLAM, the .senior member 
 ^ of the well-known firm of Dallam & Wiley, 
 __ dealers in clothing in Macomb, is a wide- 
 awake, enterprising and representative business 
 man, who, as the re.sult of his well-directed effiarts, 
 is meeting with success in his undertakings and 
 now enjoys a liberal patronage. As he is widely 
 and favorably known in this community, we feel 
 assured that the record of his life will prove of in- 
 terest to many of our readers. 
 
 Mr. Dallam is a native of Macomb, his birth 
 having here occurred October 16, 1855. H e comes 
 of an old family of Maryland, in which .State his 
 grandfather was born. The latter was a cabinet- 
 maker by trade. Emigrating westward, betook 
 up his residence in this city, where he died at the 
 age of sixty years. Among his family of two 
 sons and three daughters was Charles W. Dallam, 
 father of our subject. He too was a native of 
 Maryland, and with his parents came to the West. 
 In an early day he engaged in business as a dealer 
 in threshing-machines, in coiuiection with John 
 Wiley, under the firm name of Dallam & Wiley. 
 
 He then embarked in the milling business in con- 
 nection with N. P. Tinsley, and they built the 
 North Side Mill, with which he continued his con- 
 nection for a few years. He then removed to a 
 farm six miles ea.st of Macomb, and engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits, which he successfully car- 
 ried on until his death in 1885, at the age of sixty- 
 nine years. He was united in marriage with 
 Mary Plotts, a native of Pennsylvania, and a 
 daughter of Thomas Plotts, a farmer of the Key- 
 stone State, who came to Macomb in pioneer days, 
 but afterward removed to Lucas County, Iowa, 
 where he lived for about twenty years. He was 
 called to the home beyond in 1884, at the ripe old 
 age of eighty-five. Mrs. Dallam still survives 
 her husband. Both were members of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, to which she still 
 belongs. In their family were four children, three 
 ■sons and a daughter: Edwin L. ; Frank W., of 
 Washington County, Iowa; Charles T., of Colby, 
 Kan.; and Amanda, wife of L. L. Wilson, of Mc- 
 Donough County. Mr. Dallam had been twice 
 married, his first wife being in her maidenhood 
 Rebecca Swain. They had four children, of whom 
 three are yet living: Samuel W.; Margaret, wife 
 of S. Moore, of Macomb; and Josephs., of San 
 Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Edwin L. Dallam was reared to manhood upon 
 his father's farm, and lived at home until his mar- 
 riage. On the loth of May, 1878, he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Ella Hill, daughter of Dr. 
 Hill. Their union has been bles.sed with five 
 children, a son and four daughters, and the fam- 
 ily circle yet remains unbroken. In order of birth 
 they are as follows: Dai.sy, P'rcd Clifton, Alice, 
 Edith and Helen. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dallam began their domestic life 
 upon a farm, and he continued to engage in agri- 
 culture for eleven years, but in 1887 he came to 
 Macomb and purchased the clothing store of J. C. 
 McClellan & Son. The firm then became Mc- 
 Clellan & Dallam, and this connection was con- 
 tiiuied for two and a-lialf years, when Mr. Dallam 
 bought out his partner's interest and adniitte<l to 
 partnership J. V. Wiley. They carry all kinds 
 of gents' furnishing goods and have a good trade, 
 which they well merit. Mr. Dallam is a member 
 
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 of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and 
 the Modern Woodmen of America. His wife holds 
 membership with the Presbyterian Church. In 
 politics, he is a Republican. His entire'life has 
 been passed in his native county, and those who 
 have known him from boyhood are his stanchest 
 friends. 
 
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 pGJiLLIAM M. CAMP, the senior member of 
 \ A / the firm of Camp & Chatterton, liverymen 
 Y Y of Macomb, has the honor of being a native 
 of McDonough County . He was born in Chalmers 
 Township, on the 6th of May, i860, and is the 
 third in order of birth in a family of four children 
 born to Daniel A. and Elizabeth (Kellough) 
 Camp. His father was born in Connecticut, and 
 spent his youth upon a farm in that State. At 
 an early age, he accompanied his parents to Illi- 
 nois, where he lived until August, 1861. He 
 then enlisted in the service of his country, as a 
 member of the Tenth Mis.souri Infantry, and died 
 of the measles after seven months in the field. 
 His parents were natives of the United States, but 
 the family is of German extraction. The mother 
 of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, and came 
 to McDonough Count}- with her parents when 
 only two years of age. She is now living in Plym- 
 outh, Hancock County, at the age of fifty-six 
 years. Sarah Anna, the youngest child, is now 
 deceased. vShe married William King, and left a 
 child. Posy Ethel. Andrew, the eldest, is a farm- 
 er of Warren County; and Louis makes his home 
 in Macomb. 
 
 Our subject lost his father when he was quite 
 young, and at the early age of thirteen years he 
 began to earn his own livelihood by working as a 
 farm hatid by the month. He was thus employed 
 until twenty years of age, when he began farming 
 in his own interest. As he had no capital with 
 which to purchase property, he rented land for 
 eleven years, but at length abandoned agricultural 
 pursuits, and removed to Macomb. This was in 
 1891. He then embarked in the livery business, 
 which he has followed continuously since. In 
 
 1893, he formed a partnership with O. W. Chat- 
 terton, and under the firm name of Camp & Chat- 
 terton they are doing a successful and constantly 
 increasing business. 
 
 On the 3d of December, 1886, Mr. Camp was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Alice (Askew) Mur- 
 ray, and three children ha^•e been born of their 
 union: Gracie Askew, Mabel and Arthur L. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Camp is a stanch 
 Republican, having supported that party since at- 
 taining his majority. Socially, he is connected 
 with the Odd Fellows' Society, and with the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America. His wife holds mem- 
 bership with the Christian Church, and although 
 he is not a member, he contributes to the support 
 of the same. He is a self-made man, whose pos- 
 sessions represent his own earnings. He has 
 steadily worked his way upward, and by his in- 
 dustry and enterprise is now at the head of one of 
 the leading livery establishments of Macomb. 
 
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 REV. J. G. LIBERT, who has charge of the 
 Catholic Church of Macomb, is a native of 
 Belgium, his birth having occurred on the 
 2oth of July, 1849. He was the fourth in order 
 of birth in a family of .seven children, whose par- 
 ents were Charles and Mary (Lemaire) Libert. 
 They too were natives of Belgium, and in 1856 
 they came to America, settling in Kankakee, 111., 
 where the father died in the seventy-fourth year 
 of his age. His widow still survives him, and 
 has now reached the age of eighty years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was a child of seven 
 summers when, with his parents, he crossed the 
 broad Atlantic to America. He remained at home 
 until about twenty years of age, and became fa- 
 miliar with all the duties of farm life, for as soon 
 as old enough he began work in the fields. His 
 early education was acquired in the common 
 .schools, and in 1869 he entered St. Viateur's Col- 
 lege in Bourboiniais, 111. There he continued 
 his studies initil he had completed the cour.se and 
 was graduated from that institution. Later, he 
 began the study of theology in Grand vSeminary, 
 
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 of Montreal, Canada, where he was ordained as a 
 priest of the Catholic Church in 1885, by Arch- 
 bishop Fabre. 
 
 After his ordination, Father Libert was sta- 
 tioned at Peoria, where he did pastoral duty for a 
 short time. He was next transferred to Ivesdale, 
 where he did duty as an assistant for a limited pe- 
 riod, and was then placed in charge of the Catho- 
 lic Church in Lewiston. There he continued for 
 three years and a-half and in 1891 he came to 
 Macomb and took charge of the congregation in 
 this place. This church has been in existence 
 for about thirt\- years, and has a membership of 
 one hundred. Father Libert is an earnest and 
 faithful worker and has the respect and love of all 
 his people. 
 
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 0AVID H. HAMPTON is the editor and pro- 
 prietor of the Macomb By-Standcr, and 
 throughout his business career has been 
 connected with the newspaper interests of this 
 city. He was born in Macomb on the 26th of 
 June, 1850, and is a son of Benjamin Randolph 
 and Angeline E. (Hale) Hampton. His father 
 was a native of Ohio, and his mother of Ken- 
 tucky, but both are now deceased. The former 
 resided in the Buckeye State during the days of 
 his boyhood and youth, and when a young man 
 he there conducted a sawmill and a woolen- 
 mill. The year 1840 witnessed his arrival in 
 Illinois. Coming to Macomb, he served as deputy 
 in the office of his uncle, William II. Randolph, 
 who was then serving as Circuit Clerk. He also 
 took up the study of law, and afterwards prac- 
 ticed at the Bar of McDonough County for some 
 years. About 1850, he established the first news- 
 paper in Macomb, called the luilcrprisc, and con- 
 tinued its publication for a number of years. In 
 1859, he removed to a farm in Macomb Township, 
 which is known as the Runkle l-'arm, and which is 
 celebrated for the clay used in making the fine 
 potteryware manufactured in this locality. There 
 Mr. Ham]3ton resided until 1865, when he .sold 
 out and removed to Abingdon, there engaging in 
 
 law practice for three years. On the expiration 
 of that period he returned to Macomb and pur- 
 chased the Macomb Journal, with which he was 
 connected until 1880, when he .sold to W. H. 
 Bainline, the present proprietor. He then began 
 the publication of the By-Standcr. and was its 
 editor up to the time of his death, which occurred 
 in 1886, at the age of sixty-three years. His wife 
 survived him until the autumn of 1893, when she 
 too passed away, at the age of .sixty-eight. They 
 were both faithful members of the Christian 
 Church, and were numbered among its leading 
 workers. Mr. Hampton took quite a prominent 
 part in politics, and was a stalwart supporter of 
 Republican principles. He served as Supervisor 
 of Macomb for se\-eral years, served as Representa- 
 tive to the State Legislature, and for four years was 
 State Senator. Those interests which were calcu- 
 lated to benefit and upbuild the community al- 
 ways found in him a friend, and Macomb num- 
 bered him among its best and most valued citi- 
 zens. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Van 
 Culeu Hampton, was a native of New Jersey, and 
 was one of the pioneer settlers of this city. Here 
 he engaged in operating a carding-mill for some 
 time. He also owned land northeast of the city, 
 on which he had another carding-mill. He reared 
 a large family, was one of the prominent men of 
 the county in his day, and reached an advanced 
 age. The maternal grandfather of D. H. Hamp- 
 ton was Durham Hale. He was a native of 
 Kentucky, and alwa\-s made his home in that 
 State, but in an early day he owned large tracts 
 of land in Illinois, and made frequent trips 
 hither. He also was well advanced in years at 
 the time of his death. 
 
 Our .subject is the eldest of three children, and 
 the only .surviving one. His brothers, William 
 R. and Durham V,, being now deceased. There 
 were al.so three children who died in infancy. His 
 boyhood days were spent in Macomb and upon 
 his father's farm. He began his education in 
 the district schools, afterwards pursued his studies 
 in Abingdon, later attended tlie public .scliools of 
 Macomb, and subsequently was a student in the 
 Macomb Noimal College. In 1868, he began 
 
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 learning the printer's trade, which he has fol- 
 lowed continuously since. In 187 1 and 1872 he 
 published a paper in Marshall, Mo., called the 
 Saline Republican. In the latter year he shipped 
 his outfit to Macomb, and sold the material, 
 which was taken to another town. Mr. Hamp- 
 ton then entered the Journal office and continued 
 to work with his father on that paper and the 
 By-Stander. Two years after the establishment 
 of the latter, he was taken into partnership with 
 his father, and this business relation was main- 
 tained until the death of Mr. Hampton, Sr. , since 
 which time the son has conducted it on his own 
 account. It is a weekly journal of eight pages, 
 and is a favorite with many of the residents of 
 McDonough County, and those who are interested 
 in this locality. It now has a large circulation, 
 which has steadily increased. 
 
 On the ist of January, 1874, Mr. Hampton 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daugh- 
 ter of Henry and Elizabeth (Throop) Bowles. 
 Their union was blessed with five children, three 
 sons and two daughters, Benjamin B., Lucie E., 
 Jesse D. , Joseph B. and Mary E. The last two 
 were twins and died at the age of eleven months. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hampton hold membership with 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have 
 many friends throughout the community and are 
 highly respected by all. Mr. Hampton votes 
 with the Republican party, and is now serving as 
 a member of the School Board. He belongs to 
 the Modern Woodmen of America, and to the In- 
 dependent Order of Mutual Aid. He is a pro- 
 gressive and public-.spirited citizen, in touch with 
 the best interests of his native city, and through 
 the columns of his paper has done much for its 
 promotion. 
 
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 0R. JOHN WRIGHT, of Hamilton, is one of 
 the honored pioneers of Hancock County, 
 who has been prominently identified witli 
 the growth and upbuilding of the community for 
 many long years. He located within its borders 
 before the city of Hamilton had an existence. 
 
 when the greater part of the land was wild and 
 unimproved, and when the work of civilization 
 and progress seemed hardly begun. He has al- 
 w'ays been connected with every enterprise for 
 the good of the count}', and has taken a just 
 pride in its advancement. 
 
 The Doctor was born in Banffshire, in the 
 north of Scotland, February- 11, 1819. His fa- 
 ther, William Wright, a native of the same lo- 
 cality, was born on the 24th of Februarj-, 1780, 
 acquired his education in the public .schools, and 
 was a farmer by occupation. In 1802, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Ann Wilson, who 
 was born Januar}- 4, 1780. They became the 
 parents of nine children: Alexander, now de- 
 ceased; Ann, deceased, wife of William Donald, a 
 resident of Hamilton; Isabel, deceased; James, 
 whose death occurred in this city; William, who 
 died in England; Jane, widow of John Spence; 
 John, whose name heads this record; Robert, who 
 has also pa.s.sed away; and Marj-, wife of A. 
 Horsper, of Hamilton. 
 
 Dr. Wright spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth in the land of his birth, his time being 
 passed midst play and work. In the summer 
 months, he was busy in the fields, aiding in the 
 cultivation and improvement of his father's farm. 
 In the winter season he comied his lessons in the 
 public schools of the neighborhood, and thus ac- 
 quired a good education. In 1842, he bade adieu 
 to his old home and accompanied his parents on 
 their emigration to America. They crossed the 
 Atlantic to New Orleans, and then started up the 
 Mississippi. They resided in St. Louis and Alton 
 until the spring of 1843, when they removed to 
 Keokuk, but after a few weeks they came to 
 Hamilton. It took them a whole day to cross 
 the river from Keokuk, there being no ferry at 
 that time. 
 
 Dr. Wright aided in laying out this town, and 
 is therefore numbered among its founders. He 
 has watched w'ith interest its growth, and has 
 ever given his hearty support and co-operation to 
 what tended toward its further development. Af- 
 ter coming to the count}-, he worked for some 
 time upon his father's farm, aiding in transfonn- 
 ing the wild land into rich and fertile fields. He 
 
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 is a magnetic healer, and for some years was 
 identified with the Riverside Saiiitariuni. He 
 makes a specialty of the treatment of cancers and 
 tumors, and has healed many who were suffering 
 from diseases of that kind. 
 
 In politics, the Doctor is a Republican. He ca.st 
 his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, and 
 was a supporter of the Whig party until the or- 
 ganization of the Republican part\-, when he 
 joined its ranks. He is a member of the Anti- 
 Horse Thief Association, and in his religious be- 
 lief is a Congregationali.st, holding membership 
 with the church at this place. He served as Road 
 Commissioner for one term, and has been School 
 Trustee for more than fortv Nears. 
 
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 jILLIAM H. FRANKLIN, one of the hon- 
 ored pioneers of McDonough County, who 
 for many years has served as Justice of the 
 Peace of Macomb, was born in Mercer Count)-, 
 K3-., on the 13th of June, 1813, and is one of 
 thirteen children whose parents were James and 
 Nancy (Whitton) Franklin, natives of Virginia. 
 The maternal grandfather was also born in the 
 Old Dominion, and there died in 1800, when about 
 seventy years of age. He followed farming in 
 Amherst County. James Franklin was also an 
 agriculturist. He was born on the 18th of May, 
 1776, and died June 12, 1826, at the age of fifty- 
 two years. His wife survived him until 1861, 
 and pa.ssed away at the age of .seventy-.seven. 
 She was first a member of the New-Light Church, 
 and afterward joined the Christian Church. Of 
 their eight sons and five daughters only three are 
 now living, the subject of this sketch being the 
 eldest. Elizabeth became the wife of Harmon 
 Mclntyre, and is now the widow of Daniel Moore. 
 She lives with a daughter in Van Buren, Ark. 
 Hamilton G. is a resident of Corsicana, Tex. 
 
 W. H. Franklin came to Macomb, 111., on the 
 25th of October, 1839, and for nineteen years en- 
 gaged in the practice of law. He then abandoned 
 the profession to engage in the nursery business. 
 For some time his trade along that line was quite 
 
 extensive, and he made considerable money, but 
 he afterward lost several thousand dollars during 
 the panic of 1857. Since that time he has con- 
 tinuously served as Justice of the Peace, having 
 filled the office for forty-four years. During his 
 residence in Macomb, the accumulated distance 
 which he has walked in going to and from busi- 
 ness is over forty thou.sand miles, or nearly twice 
 the circumference of the globe. 
 
 On the I St of April, 1841, Mr. Franklin mar- 
 ried Mi.ss Maria J. Clarke, daughter of James and 
 Mary (Lewis) Clarke, pioneer settlers of Mc- 
 Donough County. Here her father served as 
 County Judge for a number of years, and was a 
 prominent and influential citizen. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Franklin were born ten children, six sons 
 and four daughters. Maria is deceased. Will- 
 iam J. , who wedded Mary S. Gibbs, is a success- 
 ful lawyer of Junction City, Kan., and has three 
 living children: Maude, Dean and Ray. Nancy 
 Jane, Mary Mahala and Samuel B. are all now 
 deceased. John II. married Irene Hudgins and re- 
 •sides in Macomb. He was Second Deputy Audi- 
 tor of the Treasury' in Wa.shington, D. C. , for four 
 years, under President Harri.son, and then ac- 
 cepted the position of local attorney of the Santa 
 Fe Railroad at Toluca, III. He and his wife have 
 six children: Mabel, Blake, Wirt, Delia, Junia 
 and Harrison. Ben has also pa.s.sed away. George 
 A. married Mi.ss Annie Pulford, by whom he had 
 one child, Maria. After the death of his first wife 
 he wedded Mrs. Ida Head, widow of Henry Head. 
 Harrison, the j'oiuigest of the family, married 
 Miss Louisa Mun.son, and resides in Beeville, 
 Tex.; they have a daugliter. Pearl. The mother 
 of this family, who was born May 7, 182 1, died 
 September 5, 1886. vShe was a devoted member 
 of the Christian Church, and possessed many ex- 
 cellent traits of character. 
 
 Mr. Franklin has served as Elder of the Chris- 
 tian Church for forty-eight years. He obeyed the 
 Go.spel in Missouri, and was baptized in Locust 
 Creek by Elder Thomas Thompson, July 9, 1843, 
 more than half a century ago. He was one of the 
 prime movers in organizing the Christian Church 
 in Macomb, forty-eight years ago. During all 
 this time he has never nii.ssed attending church 
 
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 services on Sunday more than six or seven times, 
 unless absent from the cit>-. Twice during this 
 time he was detained on account of death in the 
 family, and twice bj' sickness. He has always 
 been faithful to the cause of Christ, and has ever 
 been one of the leading members of the church to 
 which he has belonged for nearly half a century-. 
 In politics, he was first a Whig and then became 
 a Republican, but he now votes with the Prohibi- 
 tion party. For three years he served as Master 
 in Chancery. He came to McDonough County 
 when it contained only about twenty-two hundred, 
 people, not half as many as are now in the city of 
 Macomb. He has seen the many changes which 
 have since taken place, has witnessed its develop- 
 ment, and has always taken an active interest in 
 its growth and upbuilding. 
 
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 rNROF. THOMAS J. DUDMAN, who is now 
 Ly editor and proprietor of the Macomb Eagle, 
 \p has the honor of being a native of Illinois, 
 his birth having occurred on the 19th of Septem- 
 ber, 1850, near Chili, Hancock County. He was 
 the fourth in order of birth in a family of eight 
 children, born to Robert Jack.son and Phoebe 
 (Mills) Dudman. His father was born March 
 13, 182 1, in Indiana. During his youth the lat- 
 ter learned the cooper's trade in his native State, 
 but later became an officer on a steamboat on the 
 Ohio River. Thus his time was occupied until 
 1849, when he came to Illinois and took up his 
 residence in Adams County. After a short time, 
 however, he removed to Hancock Coiuity and 
 purchased a farm, which he continued to culti- 
 vate and improve until his death. He pas.sed 
 away on the 28th of January, 1873. He came of 
 a family of English origin, and his parents were 
 both natives of England. While residing in Chili 
 Township, Hancock County, he served as Super- 
 visor. With the Methodist Church he held mem- 
 bership. Mr. Dudman was married in 1S42 to 
 Miss Phoebe Mills, a native of Pennsylvania, born 
 March 13, 1818. She was of German lineage, and 
 died near West Point, in Hancock County, May 
 
 25, 1861. Two years later, Mr. Dudman was 
 again married, his second union being with Miss 
 Rachel Ogden, by whom he had a daughter, Mrs. 
 Martha Jane Lyberger, a resident of Eagle Grove, 
 Iowa. 
 
 The eight children born to Robert J. and Phoebe 
 Dudman were as follows: Samuel, who died in 
 infancy; Mary Frances, wife of Henrj' Garner, 
 of Bowen, 111.; William H., who also died in in- 
 fancy; Thomas J., of this sketch; Anna E., wife 
 of James A. Veach, of Bentley, 111.; Lorain R. , 
 who died in infancy; Rev. William Finley, a 
 Methodist Episcopal mini.ster, now living in Bent- 
 ley; and Elizabeth M., wife of Conrad Koehler, 
 who resides in Hancock County. 
 
 Prof. Dudman spent the days of his boyhood 
 and youth upon his father's farm in the county 
 of his nativit}', and in the summer months he 
 aided in the labors of the field, wliile in the win- 
 ter season he attended the di.strict schools of the 
 neighborhood. He also spent two years as a 
 student in the High School of Bowen, 111. At 
 the age of eighteen he left home and began teach- 
 ing, which profe.ssion he followed in Hancock 
 County and in Missouri until he had attained his 
 majority. He then entered tlie High School of 
 Carthage, Mo., where he completed the teacher's 
 course, after which he resumed teaching, being 
 employed in both Missouri and Illinois. 
 
 On the 2 2d of October, 1874, Prof Dudman 
 was united in marriage with Miss Marietta Lons- 
 don, of Augusta, who was born in Adams County, 
 111., May 24, 1856. Their union has been blessed 
 with .seven children, but Leila Annetta died in 
 infancy. Tlio.se .still living are William Ernest, 
 who was born September 9, 1877, and is now 
 pressman in the Eagle office; Louis Arthur, born 
 March 6, 1879; Clarence Albert, April 4, 1881; 
 George Otto, December 19, 1882; Robert Lloyd, 
 March 10, 1885; and LilHe Ethel, August 30, 
 1887. 
 
 The year 1879 witnessed the arrival of Mr. 
 Dudman and his family in McDonough County. 
 He became Princiiial of the public schools at Col- 
 chester, and after a year was offered and accepted 
 a similar position in Industry. He then became 
 connected with Prof M. Kennedy, as one of the 
 
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 Principals of the Macomb Normal and Commer- 
 cial College. Mr. Dudmaii took charge of the 
 mathematics and science departments, continuing 
 liis connection with the school until 18S1. In the 
 fall of that year he was elected County Superin- 
 tendent of Schools, on the Democratic ticket, for 
 a term of four years, and in 1885 was chosen his 
 own succes-sor. He was one of the most efficient 
 and capable superintendents that McDonough 
 County has ever had, and under his administra- 
 tion the excellence of the schools was greatly ad- 
 vanced. In 1890, immediately after the expira- 
 tion of his second term, he purchased the plant of 
 the Macomb Eagle from Charles H. Whitaker, 
 who had conducted the paper for twent\-fi\-e years. 
 During the four )-ears in which Prof Dudman has 
 had control, the subscription list has increased 
 from one thou.sand to two thousand, and the pa- 
 tronage received in the job department has like- 
 wise grown. He has one of the best equipped 
 newspaper offices in this section of the State, and 
 the Eagle is a neat and well-edited sheet. In 
 politics, it is strongly Democratic, for its editor 
 has always been a stanch .supporter of the princi- 
 ples of Democracy. He is coiniected with the 
 Masonic fraternity and with the Modern Wood- 
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 (cJiMON WEINBERG, who for many years 
 /\ has been numbered among the prominent 
 \l~) and enterprising citizens of Hancock County, 
 is now living a retired life in Augusta. His bus- 
 iness career was an active and successful one, and 
 he is now resting in the enjoyment of the fruits 
 of his former toil. A native of Germany, he was 
 born in Harmon, Hanover, February 15, 181 7, 
 and comes of an old family of that country. His 
 paternal grandfather, Simon Mo.ses Weinberg, 
 reared a family of seven sons, and died in his na- 
 tive land. His maternal grandfather, Jacob 
 Meyer, w'as a wealthy citizen and money-loaner 
 of Germany, and died in Harmon at an advanced 
 age. Mo.ses Simon Weinberg, father of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Rehburg, in the same country, 
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 and served as a soldier under Napoleon in his 
 \ounger years. He afterwards followed the 
 butchering business, and his death occurred in 
 1840, at the age of fifty -eight years. His wife, 
 who bore the maiden name of Pearlie Jacobs, died 
 in 1851, at the age of sixty-nine. They were 
 both members of the Presbyterian Church, and 
 had a family of two sons and two daughters: 
 Fredericka, wife of Jacob Reutz, of New York 
 City; Mrs. Regina Herweg, of Hoboken, N. Y.; 
 Jacob, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Simon, of this 
 sketch. 
 
 Simon Weinberg is a self-made man, who, in 
 early life, started out to make his own way in the 
 world,. and has since been dejiendent upon hisown 
 resources. At the age of thirteen he began work- 
 ing for a traveling merchant for his board and 
 clothes, three hundred miles from his home, and 
 was thus employed for four and a-half years. 
 Later he spent five years and a-half in working 
 for a trader and drover. With the view of bet- 
 teri.ig his financial condition, he bade adieu to 
 the Fatherland in 1841, and boarded a sailing- 
 vessel bound for America. They were upon 
 the water ninetN'-two days, and long before 
 they reached port the ves.sel, with its seven 
 hundred pas.sengers, was given up as lost. 
 They encountered some very severe storms, but 
 at length reached harbor in safety at Baltimore. 
 Mr. Weinberg has .since crossed the ocean six 
 times. He first located in Cincinnati, where he 
 worked at pork-packing. He was also employed 
 at a .stone (piarry and as a farm hand at Cincin- 
 nati for about four years. During tliat time he 
 was sick for nine months. About 1845, he 
 rented seventy acres of land, and, keeping bach- 
 elor's hall, engaged in farming for him.self Dur- 
 ing the first year he cleared $300. 
 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey 
 Mr. Weinberg chose Mi.ss Louisa Juergens, a 
 daughter of Henrich and Mary (Meyers) Juer- 
 gens, natives of Germany, where the daughter 
 was also born. The marriage was celebrated 
 December 30. 1845, and they became the parents 
 of nine .sons and nine daughters. Of these, Re- 
 gina is the wife of John Tarr, of Moravia, Iowa, 
 by whom she has eight children, Edward Burt, 
 
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 Louis Frederick, Nannie Louise, Simon Wein- 
 berg, Frederick Augustus, Joseph Weinberg, 
 Robert Lincoln and Mamie Deena. Jacob is now 
 deceased. Jo.seph, of Plymouth, married Cor- 
 nelia Holt, and they have four children, Ernest, 
 Louise, Joseph and I^eo. Elizabeth is the wife of 
 Enos Bacon, of Tacoma, Wash., and their chil- 
 dren are Frank, Alma, Jennie and Leonard. Fred- 
 ericka is the wife of F. M. King, of Augusta, and 
 they have four children, Jacob Weinberg (called 
 Bergie), Harry Milton, Gertrude Louise and Ed- 
 son. Deena married George S. Stark, of La 
 Porte, Tex., and has a daughter. Pearl Elizabeth. 
 Wilhelmina is the wife of C. M. Allensworth, 
 of Augusta, by whom she has four children, 
 Arabel Louise, Myrtle, Rollo and Leslie. Mo.ses 
 wedded Mrs. Flora Hobble, daughter of Rev. Dr. 
 Boulton, and with their four children, Nina, 
 Margie, Simon and Flora, they reside in Augusta. 
 She had one child bj- a former marriage, Arthur. 
 Mary is the wife of G. W. Worman, of Augusta, 
 and the mother of six children. Flora, Ray, Fred- 
 erick, Daniel, Ru.ssell and Bernice Elizabeth. 
 Pearlie wedded F. A. Reich, of Moravia, Iowa, 
 and has three children, Henry Claude, Clarence 
 Percival and Gladys Pearl. Abraham wedded 
 Mary Worman, and with his wife and daughter, 
 Catherine, resides in Gale.sburg. Aaron is living 
 in Augusta. La Fayette married Mabel Bab- 
 cock, and with their daughter, Helen Louise, 
 they make their home in Galesburg. Selina mar- 
 ried Ir\-ing K. Wright, of Rose, Monroe County, 
 N. Y. Adolph and Simon complete the family, 
 .save two who died in childhood. The mother of 
 this family passed away in Augu.sta, November 
 21, 1893, at the age of sixty-three years, nine 
 months and thirteen days. She was a faithful 
 member of the Presbyterian Church, and was 
 highly esteemed by all. 
 
 In 1857, Mr. Weinberg left Cincinnati and 
 came to Augusta, where he has since made his 
 home. He engaged in the butchering bu.sine.ss 
 for ten years, after which he dealt in dry goods 
 for a similar period. On the expiration of that 
 time he gave his business to his son Jacob, who 
 died two years later, while he turned his atten- 
 tion to agricultural pursuits, living upon a farn; 
 
 for six years. At one time he owned several 
 large farms, but has sold and divided his property 
 among his children. In politics, he is a Demo- 
 crat: sociall)', is connected with the Odd Fellows' 
 society; and in religious belief is a Presbyterian. 
 Although he has reached the age of seventy-six, 
 he is still hale and hearty, his years resting light- 
 ly upon him. His life has been well and worth- 
 ily pa.ssed. Industry and enterprise have brought 
 to him a hand.some competence, and his .sterling 
 worth and many excellencies of character have 
 won him the love of his family and the high es- 
 teem of the entire community in which he lives. 
 His example is in many respects well worthy of 
 emulation, and it is with pleasure that we present 
 to our readers this record of his life work. He 
 has made his way in the world without any as- 
 sistance, his parents being poor and unable to 
 educate him, and he has given to each of his 
 twelve married children a home. 
 
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 j AFAYETTE M. WILLIAMS, who is suc- 
 I C cessfully engaged in the laundn,- busine.ss in 
 |_f/ Macomb, claims Ohio as the State of his na- 
 tivity, his birth having occurred in Muskingum 
 County on October 18, 1S53. His parents were 
 Washington and Jane (Dailey) Williams, the 
 former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virgin- 
 ia. By occupation the father was a fanner, and 
 followed that business throughout his entire life. 
 When our subject was a child of four years, 
 Washington Williams left the Buckeye State, and, 
 accompanied by his famih-, emigrated westward 
 to Illinois, taking up his residence in McDonough 
 County. This was in 1857. Here he gave his 
 attention to agriculture, which he successfully 
 followed for some years. His death occurred on 
 the 28th of August, 1891, and his widow is now 
 living with her son, L- M. Williams. W'illiam 
 I), is successfully engaged in farming near Adair, 
 111. There were three children in the Williams 
 family, but one of the number is now deceased. 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, William 
 Williams, was a native of Connecticut, and spent 
 
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 the greater part of his life in Ohio. During the 
 Revolutionary War, he aided the colonies in their 
 struggle for independence. The family traces its 
 ancestry back to Roger Williams, the noted pi- 
 oneer and apostle of freedom in Rhode Island. 
 
 No event of .special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youtli of our subject, who in the 
 usual manner of farmer lads was reared and edu- 
 cated. The di.strict .schools afforded him a fair 
 Engli.sh education, and work in the fields aided 
 in his phy.sical development. After arriving at 
 years of maturit\', Mr. Williams was united in 
 marriage with Miss Dora Adcock, daughter of 
 Thomas Adcock. Their union was celebrated on 
 the 25th of October, 1876, and was blessed with 
 two children: Clarence and Gleini. Mrs. Will- 
 iams, who was a member of the Christian Church, 
 was called to her final rest on the 28th of March, 
 1889. 
 
 After the death of his wife, Mr. Williams en- 
 gaged in driving a hack until 1893, w-lien, form- 
 ing a partnership with Mr. vSuttle, he embarked 
 in the laundry business, which he now carries on. 
 From the beginning their trade has constantly in- 
 crea.sed, and they now enjoy a liberal patronage, 
 which is well de.served. Mr. Williams votes with 
 the Republican part\-, with which he has been 
 identified since casting his first Presidential ballot 
 for Gen. U. S. Grant, in 1872. He holds mem- 
 bership with the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and 
 belongs to the Knights of Pythia.s fraternity, and 
 to the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
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 "TLMER ELLSWORTH GREER, part own- 
 ^ er and manager of the City Flouring Mills of 
 ^ Macomb, claims McDonough as the county of 
 his nativity, his birth having occurred within its 
 borders on January 8, 1862. He is a worthy 
 representative ofau honored pioneer family, wliich 
 was here established at a very early day. His 
 father, Alfred W. Greer, a native of Kentucky, 
 born in 1834, went to Industry, 111., in 1856. 
 The next year he married Miss Annie E. Kemper, 
 a native of this State, born in Cass County, March 
 
 29> 1835. a"fl for many years they have resided in 
 Industry, where he is now engaged in merchan- 
 dising. To Mr. and Mrs. Greer were born eight 
 children, all of whom are yet living: James, a 
 resident farmer of .Scotland Township, McDon- 
 ough County: Harry, who is engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits in York County, Neb.; Ivlmer E.; 
 John L. , who also resides in York County; Charles, 
 who makes his home in Indu.str>-; Albert, who is 
 living in Peoria, 111. ; Thomas L. , who is employed 
 in a dr\-goods store in Macomb; and William, 
 who is also located in Peoria. A. W. Greer is 
 the third in a family of .seven brothers, all of 
 whom are now living. 
 
 Asa Greer, grandfather of our subject, was a 
 native of Logan County, Ky., where he dwelt all 
 his life, and lived to the age of sixty-five years. 
 Nanc}- Phelps, his wife, was also born in that 
 county, and reached the age of seventy-four years. 
 The maternal grandfather, J. M. Kemper, was 
 born in Virginia, March 10, 1815, and is still liv- 
 ing, making his home in Indu.stry, 111. He mar- 
 ried Kitty Ann Cole, a native of the same State, 
 in 1832, and she died eight years later. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of Elmer 
 I{. Greer, who is engaged in the milling business, 
 which pursuit he has followed throughout the 
 greater part of his life. When a boy of ten years 
 he began work along that line in the employ of 
 E. Fish & Son. He remained for ten years in 
 Industry, and al.so learned to run the engine of a 
 mill. He .served as mill engineer both in Quincy 
 and in Macomb, and in 1892 he formed a partner- 
 ship with Mr. Kirkbride, becoming interested in 
 the City Mills of Macomb, of wliich he is now 
 manager. This is a leading industry of the place, 
 and they are doing a good business, having worked 
 up a fair trade, which is const.intI\- increasing. 
 The flour which thc>- turn out is an excellent 
 grade, and in consecjuence they have secured 
 many new customers. In his political affiliations, 
 our subject is connected with the Democracy, but 
 has never sought or desired ]>ublic office, and is a 
 member of the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 He possesses good business ability', and well de- 
 serves prosperity. 
 
 On the 5th of March, 1885, Mr. Greer was 
 
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 married, the ladj- of his choice being Miss Lotiisa 
 Wilcox, daughter of Thomas R. Wilcox. Two 
 children bless their union, both boys: Carl and 
 Thomas. 
 
 Thomas R. Wilcox, father of Mrs. E. E. Greer, 
 is a native of Kentucky, born in 1833. He left 
 his native State when three >-ears old, coming 
 with his parents to McDonough County, 111., 
 where he now resides. Phcfibe Greenup, his wife, 
 was born in the same State and jear as himself 
 coming with her family to Schuyler County, 111., 
 at the age of two j-ears. They were married in 
 icS54, and had thirteen children, seven sons and 
 six daughters, all of whom are living. Mrs. Greer 
 is one of twin sisters, succeeding the fourth. 
 
 Benjamin, father of Thomas R. Wilcox, was 
 born in Kentucky in 1792, and died in the same 
 State forty-four years later. His wife. Flora Mc- 
 Cormick, was born in Kentucky in 1803. and im- 
 mediately after the death of her husband came to 
 McDonough County, 111. , with her two sons and 
 five daughters. She died in 1880, in her seventy- 
 seventh year. Her marriage to Mr. Wilcox took 
 place in 1819. 
 
 The parents of Phoebe Greenup were John 
 Greenup and Elizabeth Harland. The former 
 was boniin Virginia in 1799, and died in Illinois 
 in 1874. The latter was a native of Kentucky, 
 and died in 1S44, nine years after they came to 
 Illinois. 
 
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 lILLIAM HENRY INGRAM, who nowre- 
 .sides in Macomb, is a native of Maryland. 
 He was born on the 2d of February, 1S4S, 
 and is a son of Ivvan Ingram. The latter was 
 born in Wales, and during his youth emigrated 
 to America, settling in Maryland, on the banks of 
 the beautiful Potomac. His father jiurchased a 
 flouring-mill, and Evan learned the milling busi- 
 ness, which he followed as a means of livelihood 
 for many years. He was united in marriage with 
 Mary Miller, and to them were born five children: 
 John and Mar\- Jane, who are now deceased; 
 Sarah, who became the wife of G. W. Morris, by 
 
 whom she has one child, and resides in Omaha, 
 Neb. ; Ellen, wife of U. S. Camp, of Omaha, Neb., 
 by whom she has five children; and Elizabeth, 
 wife of C. H. Given, who has one child, and re- 
 sides near Republic City, Neb. Mr. Ingram hav- 
 ing pa.ssed awa\', his widow was afterward mar- 
 ried, and removed with her second husband (James 
 Ingram, a brother of her first) to Guernsey Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, where they are still living. They have 
 two children, Evan and J. Hamilton. 
 
 The subject of this sketch accompanied his 
 mother and .step-father to the Buckeye State, and 
 the family located on a farm, whereon he was 
 reared to manhood. The educational privileges 
 which he enjoyed were those afforded by the dis- 
 trict schools of that time. During his earliest 
 years, he lived with his paternal grandfather. 
 At the age of seventeen he left his old home in 
 Ohio and came to Illinois, with a view to trj-- 
 ing his fortune on the broad prairies of this State. 
 He had only thirty-five cents in monej' and a lit- 
 tle bundle of clothes, when, in company with J. 
 W. Sheley, he came to McDonough County, and 
 for four years and three months he worked for 
 Mr. Sheley as a farm hand. He received for his 
 services during that time $250 in money, his board, 
 and the privilege of attending school during a 
 short period in the winter sea.son. His early life 
 was not an easy one, but the obstacles which he 
 had to surmount developed in him a self-reliance 
 and force of character which ha\-e proven of in- 
 calculable benefit to him in later years. 
 
 On the 9th of February, 1871, Mr. Ingram was 
 united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Allen, 
 daughter of Tliomp.son and Rhoda Allen, who are 
 residents of Mound Township, McDonough Coun- 
 ty. Their union has been blessed with three chil- 
 dren, but one of the number died in infancy. 
 Those .still living are, Allen T., who was bom 
 February 9, 1878, and Jessie Lee. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ingram began their domestic life 
 upon a rented farm, and in 1874 he made his first 
 purchase of land, buying an eighty-acre tract of 
 his father-in-law. This he at once began to clear 
 and improve, and in course of time the wild land 
 was transformed into rich and fertile fields. The 
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 purchase of two hundred and forty acres ad- 
 ditional. He has good buildings upon his farm, 
 and in appearance it is neat and thrifty. In the 
 .spring of 1894, however, Mr. Ingram laid aside 
 agricultural pursuits, and is now living a retired 
 life, resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his 
 former labor. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Ingram are members of the 
 Free-Will Baptist Church, in which he is serving 
 as Trustee and Deacon. He has al.so been Treas- 
 urer of the yearly meeting and Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school. He takes an active interest 
 in church and benevolent work, and has lived an 
 honorable and upright life, which has gained for 
 him the high regard of all. In politics, he is a 
 Republican, has .ser\-ed as School Trustee and 
 Road Commissioner, and is the present Super- 
 visor of his town.ship. He may well be called a 
 self-made man, for his success in life is due to his 
 own efforts, and his example is well worthy of 
 emulation. 
 
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 IJNOAH N. TYNER, the subject of this sketch, 
 I / ser\'ed in the United States Volunteers dur- 
 \lD i",? the late Rebellion, from April 14, the 
 day Ft. Sumter was fired upon, until the dis- 
 banding of the right wing of the Sixteenth Army 
 Corps at Montgomery, Ala., in the latter part of 
 1865; and was thence transferred to the Indian 
 service, being in the Commissary of Subsistence 
 Department for Iowa and Dakota, continuing 
 therein until 1868. During his term of service 
 he held all positions, having started as a private 
 soldier in the First Iowa, three months' service: 
 later he was made Adjutant of the Fourteenth 
 Iowa Infantrj', and left the volunteer service with 
 the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the volunteer 
 staff, he having been on the staff of Gens. Buford 
 and Asboth, but chiefly and for over one year on 
 the staff of Gen. A. J. Smith as Assistant In.spec- 
 tor-General. Col. Tyner was born in Lexington, 
 Ky., July 2, 1839, and is the .son of Richard and 
 Martha W. Tyner. His paternal grandfather. 
 Rev. William Tyner, was a Bapti.st minister. 
 
 whose earlier pulpit duties were performed in 
 South Carolina. The latter part of his life was 
 devoted to church work in .southeastern Indiana. 
 His death occurred at Decatur, Ind., at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-five years. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject. Dr. 
 T. W. Noble, was a native of Virginia, who re- 
 moved to Kentucky when twenty-five years old, 
 where he practiced medicine, and represented his 
 county in the earlier Legislature and Senate of 
 that State. He died at Frankfort, Ky., at the 
 age of seventy-one years. 
 
 Richard Tyner was a banker, merchant and 
 manufacturer at Brookville, Ind., where Col. 
 Tyner was reared, and where his father died in 
 vSeptember, 1872, at the age of seventy-four. Mrs. 
 Martha W. Tyner, the mother, died in Iowa while 
 with her daughter, in May, 1864. In religious 
 belief the family were Methodists, Mrs. Tyner 
 having taken an active part in church work. She 
 was a sister of James W. Noble, Indiana's second 
 United States Senator; Gov. Noah Noble, of 
 Indiana, another brother, was a Congressman from 
 the -same State; while a fourth was a Captain in 
 the United States Navy. 
 
 In the Tyner faintly were eleven children, seven 
 sons and four daughters. Of the four living chil- 
 dren, Hon. James N. Tyner, ex-Postmaster- 
 General in Grant's cabinet, resides at Washing- 
 ton ; Richard H . , a retired merchant, lives near his 
 old home in Indiana; George N. is President of 
 the Holyoke (Mass.) Envelope and Paper Com- 
 pany; Noah N. is our subject. The latter was 
 educated at his old Indiana home, attending one 
 term at Miami College, Oxford, Ohio. Thence he 
 went to Iowa, from which State he entered the 
 .service, participating in all the principal engage- 
 ments of the Army of the Tennessee, commenc- 
 ing at Ft. Donelson, and ending at Spanish Fort. 
 Ala. He also was with Gen. Smith in the 
 Red River campaign. .Since the close of the war 
 Col. Tyner has been engaged iniiewspaper woik, 
 chiefly as correspondent for New York and Chi- 
 cago papers until 1880, when he went to Fargo, 
 N. Dak. While there he was Postmaster for four 
 years, and at one time editor of the Dakota daily 
 edition of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. While in Da- 
 
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 kota, Col. Tyuer was made Adjutant-General of 
 that State, occupying the office for two years, dur- 
 ing which time he received his commission as 
 Brigadier-General of Militia. Subsequently, he 
 received an offer, which he accepted and held for 
 four years, on the editorial staff of the Daily Ore- 
 gonian, Portland, Ore., and thence was assigned 
 to the bu.siness department, as Assistant Manager 
 of that paper. 
 
 On October i, 1877, Col. Tyuer was united in 
 marriage with Miss Cornelia H. Catlin, daughter 
 of John H. and Lydia (Hawley) Catlin, of Augus- 
 ta. His wife holds membership in the Presbyterian 
 Church. He is a member of the Masonic order. 
 Loyal Legion, and the Grand Anny of the Repub- 
 lic, the former and latter membership being held 
 in Augu.sta by transfer, since his location here two 
 years ago. Army wounds, that have increased 
 in severity with age, have forced Col. Tyner 
 from active work, and hence he regards Augusta, 
 where he has built a comfortable residence, as his 
 permanent home. 
 
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 GlRTOIS HAMILTON, a pioneer settler of 
 r 1 Carthage, was born in Tolland, Mass., Au- 
 / I gu.st 15, 1795. He removed to Montgomery 
 County, N. V., in 1822, and on the 22d of Feb- 
 ruary, 1827, married Miss Alva Bentley, of that 
 county. In 1835, he came with his family, then 
 consisting of four children, to Hancock County, 
 111. He traversed the entire distance with horse- 
 teams, and the journey lasted nearly two months. 
 He arrived at Carthage on the 22d of July, and 
 the family on the 14th of August. During the 
 first two weeks spent in Carthage, they .slept in 
 their wagons and prepared their food hard by on 
 the prairie. He fed his horses on grass which he 
 cut on the open prairie where the court house 
 now stands. At the end of two weeks, Mr. Ham- 
 ilton lea.sed a dwelling, in which he lived about 
 three months. In the following spring he pur- 
 chased a .small log house, and afterwards added to 
 it other rooms, until it was large enough to enter- 
 tain travelers, and his dwelling thereafter became 
 
 by common consent the village hotel, which he 
 carried on until 1851. He also entered and im- 
 proved five or six quarter-sections of land in the 
 vicinity of his new home. Close attention to his 
 accumulating interests, and prudent management, 
 .soon made him the wealthie.st citizen of the 
 county. 
 
 During the eventful period of the Mormon 
 War, Mr. Hamilton was necessarily a spectator 
 of most of the stirring events of that time. His 
 hotel being the general headquarters for the 
 traveling public of Carthage, he ven,- frequently 
 was compelled to entertain at the same hour 
 guests holding the mo.st antagonistic views on the 
 Mormon question. When Jo.seph and Hyrum 
 Smith were killed at the Carthage jail, Mr. Ham- 
 ilton, as soon as he heard of it, went to the jail 
 with a wagon and conveyed the bodies to his 
 house, where he constructed rude coffins, in 
 which they were placed. On the following morn- 
 ing, accompanied by two of his sons and two 
 neighbors, he convened the bodies in a wagon to 
 Nauvoo, and delivered them to their friends. For 
 this humane act he was cordially thanked b>- the 
 Mormon people, who also offered substantial to- 
 kens of their gratitude, which last, however, he 
 declined. During the hostilities that followed be- 
 tween the Mormons and anti-Mormons, an artil- 
 lerj- company at Carthage had for some cause dis- 
 banded, and a six-pound iron camion belonging 
 to it had, to .some extent, become public property. 
 Mr. Hamilton, learning that a Mormon .squad, 
 headed by one Jo Backenstos, a ''Jack Mormon" 
 leader, was coming to take away the cannon, un- 
 linibered the gun and hid it in a cornfield, where 
 it remained until the arrisal of the State forces, 
 to which he gave it up. 
 
 In July, 1851, a great calamity fell on Mr. 
 Hamilton in the loss of five members of his fam- 
 ily by cholera. One sister and a daughter died 
 on the i6th, his wife on the i8th, his eldest .son, 
 Marvin, on the 19th, and his remaining .si.ster on 
 the 23(1. In 1S52, he married Mrs. Susan Smith, 
 who survived him some years, and died in Carth- 
 age, August 24, 1880. In 1855, Mr. Hamilton 
 laid out the town of Hamilton, opposite Keokuk. 
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 His reticence during his life relative to the un- 
 dertaking necessarilj- abridges what would 
 doubtless have been a valuable and interesting 
 portion of the histor\- of the city of Hamilton. 
 
 It was said by some that Mr. Hamilton never 
 had but one hobby in his life, and that was the 
 celebration of July 4. It was his habit from child- 
 hood to regard the da}- as one of peculiar signifi- 
 cance to Americans, a day to be observed and hon- 
 ored in the ceremonies appropriate to its patri- 
 otic inspirations. He was a leading and directing 
 spirit in every Fourth of July celebration taking 
 place in the town or vicinity. The day was to be 
 celebrated in Carthage in 1873, and for this Mr. 
 Hamilton had spent much time, labor and money. 
 The program was mostly gotten up by him, and 
 was to consist, in large part, of a military dis- 
 play and mock battle by the "Army of the Revo- 
 lution,' ' as he delighted to call it. This consisted of 
 some three hundred boys, for whom military hats 
 and wooden guns had been provided b}' Mr. 
 Hamilton. The military parade took place, the 
 mimic battle was fought to the satisfaction of all, 
 and the general program for the day was carried 
 out as the old veteran had devised. The troops 
 were then mustered into line and marched to his 
 residence, after which arms were stacked and the 
 little soldiers dismissed. While there assembled 
 at his well, he made them a little speech, saying, 
 "Boys, you have done nobly to-daj'; you have 
 acted like patriots and gentlemen, and I am proud 
 of you. This is the la.st Fourth of July I will 
 ever celebrate, boys, and I want you to remember 
 this. Mind your parents, and remember the 
 Fourth of July, and you will make good men and 
 be an honor to the country." The boys then 
 dispersed to their homes. 
 
 Mr. Hamilton soon after sat down on the porch 
 of his home to converse with his family and visit- 
 ing friends. In a short time he complained of 
 feeling sick. He went into the hou.se and lay 
 down, while his daughter fanned him. Shortl.\- af- 
 ter he said he felt better. His sons, William and 
 lilisha, were with him, and he conversed with 
 them easily and cheerfully .some minutes. vSoon 
 he ceased talking and lay with his eyes closed, as 
 if asleep. It was then di.scovered that his limbs 
 
 were quite cold, and that he was unconscious. 
 Physicians were sent for and restoratives applied, 
 but he was beyond the aid of medical skill or the 
 kind offices of friends. The old patriot was dead. 
 He passed away as peacefully as an infant falls 
 a.sleep in its mother's arms. The preci.se mo- 
 ment of his death is not known, but it could not 
 have been far from half-past six p. m., or about 
 one hour after he had dismissed the boy soldiers 
 at his home. Thus lived and died the patriot 
 citizen. Doubtless had he been permitted to se- 
 lect the hour of his death he would not have 
 wished it different. The celebration he had 
 planned and labored for with .such zeal had hap- 
 pih- pas.sed off to his complete satisfaction. He 
 had said, "B03S, this is my last F'ourth of July." 
 He evidently thought it was, and thus feeling, he 
 doubtless welcomed the snnnnons to rest. 
 
 Of his four children who survived him, three 
 are now living: William Ransom, whose sketch 
 appears on another page of this work; Mary B., 
 who resides in (Juincy with her brother, Elisha 
 B., who is a prominent lawyer of that city. He 
 ser\-ed as a .soldier in the War of the Rebellion, 
 and was First Lieutenant of Company B, One 
 Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry. John 
 D. served as Sergeant- Major in the .Sixteenth Illi- 
 nois Infantry during the Ci\il War, and was after- 
 wards clerk in the Illinois penitentiary in Chester, 
 111., where he died August 13, 1892. 
 
 WILLIAM ALBERT MAXWELL, connnon- 
 ly known as Bert Maxwell, is but a young 
 man, yet he is now editor and proprietor of 
 the Bardolph A'eu's, and displays e.xcellent busi- 
 ness ability, bidding fair to make his life a .suc- 
 cess. He was born in Bardolph, where he yet 
 makes his home, on the 9th of January, 1877, 
 and is a son of H. A. and Mary E. (Kee) Max- 
 well. The family is of Scotch origin, and was 
 founded in America in the eighteenth century. 
 
 The father of our subject was liorn near Cadiz, 
 Ohio, in 1845, and there spent the first twelve 
 years of his life, attending the district schools of 
 
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 the neighborhood. After he had attained a suffi- 
 cient age, about 1857, ^^ became a resident of 
 Industrj', McDonough County, 111., and again 
 entered school, pursuing his studies until eighteen 
 years of age, when he began teaching. His first 
 position was in Eldorado Township, this county. 
 He has now successfulh- followed that profession 
 for twenty years, and has won a high and envia- 
 ble reputation as an educator. From 1877 to 
 1882 he served as County Superintendent of 
 Schools of McDonough County, and by his prompt 
 and faithful discharge of the duties of the office 
 won for himself great commendation. He has al.so 
 held other offices, having been Town.ship Clerk 
 for about five terms, while for one term he was 
 Supervisor. He is now serving his seventeenth 
 \ear as Ju.stice of the Peace in Macomb Township, 
 a position he has filled with credit to himself and 
 satisfaction to his constituents, as is indicated by 
 his long retention in office. He has served as 
 President of the Village Board of Trustees, and 
 at this writing, the .spring of 1894, is Clerk of the 
 Village Board, and Po.stmaster at Bardolph. So- 
 cially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternit\- 
 and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and 
 in his religious views he is a Methodist. His 
 political support is given to the Democracy. 
 
 Prof and Mrs. Maxwell now reside in Bar- 
 dolph, where they have a pleasant home and many 
 warm friends, who esteem them highly for their 
 sterling worth. Their family numbers twelve 
 children, who, in order of birth, are as follows: 
 Ella Gertrude, Inez Adell, Thomas, Frederick, 
 William Albert, Walter Kee, Harry Victor, Anna 
 Mary, Bes,sie Blanche, GroverC, Nellie Cleo and 
 John Robert. All are living at home with their 
 parents except Thomas, who is now in Duncombe, 
 Iowa, where he has charge of a lumber e.stabli.sh- 
 lishment. 
 
 Mr. Maxwell of this sketch has always lived in 
 Bardolph. The record of his life is not extensive, 
 yet he manifests traits of character that will have 
 a bearing on his entire future career, and will un- 
 doubtedly make his bu.sine.ss life one of success. 
 He acquired his education in the public schools 
 of Bardolph, and though only seventeen years of 
 age is now editing and publishing the Bardolph 
 
 A^cu's, a paper which is not only a credit to him- 
 self, but also to the town. It is neat in appear- 
 ance, is ably conducted, and well de.ser\-es a liberal 
 patronage. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a young man 
 highly esteemed for his sterling worth. 
 
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 0ANIEL LOVITT, who for a number of years 
 has been a resident of Augusta, is now living 
 a retired life. His attention to business 
 in former years, combined with industrj- and well- 
 directed efforts, brought him prcsperity, and he is 
 now resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his 
 former toil. He claims Ohio as the State of his 
 nativity, his birth having occurred in Muskingum 
 County May 20, 18 12. He is a son of Daniel 
 and Mary (James) Lovitt, natives of Maryland. 
 On the paternal side he is of Dutch descent, and 
 on the maternal side he is of Welsh and Scotch 
 lineage. His father was a farmer and a minister 
 of the Missionary Bapti.st Church. He died in 
 1 82 1, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his wife 
 passed away about twenty >ears later. She was 
 a member of the Christian Church. Of their 
 family of twelve children, .six .sons and six daugh- 
 ters, only two are now living: Daniel, and Sarah, 
 now the wife of Law.son Carter, of Hancock 
 County. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was reared in the Buckeye State, and made Ohio 
 his home for fifty-seven years. His father was 
 one of its pioneer settlers. On the 7th of Jaiuiary, 
 1835, he married Miss Deborah Birch, daughter 
 of William Birch, and to them were born seven 
 children, three .sons and four daughters. Mary 
 Elizabeth, the eldest, is the wife of David Waters, 
 of northwestern Kan.sas, by whom .she has eight 
 children. Eveline is the wife of Jo.seph Dorsey, 
 ofAugu.sta, by whom she had six children, two 
 yet living. Rca.son married Miss Stots, and after 
 her death wedded Mary Horn, by whom he had 
 seven children. Maria J. is now the wife of John 
 Beal, of .southeastern Nebra.ska, and has three 
 sons. Minerva, deceased, was the wife of Alex- 
 
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 ander Davis, and thej' had four children, two yet 
 living. Andrew, of Nebraska, married Miss 
 Ellen Stots, and they became the parents of seven 
 children. Daniel Walter married Miss Ida Lyons, 
 and died, leaving a wife and two children. 
 
 Mr. Lovitt of this .sketch continued his residence 
 in Ohio until 1869, when he came to Illinois, lo- 
 cating on a farm three and a-half miles northwest 
 of Bowen, where he spent eight years. He then 
 came to Augusta, and has since made his home 
 in this place. In 1885, he was called upon to 
 mourn the loss of his wife, who died in the month 
 of Februar}', in the faith of the Christian Church. 
 On the nth of October, 1888, he was again mar- 
 ried, his second union being with Mrs. Marj' E. 
 Butler, widow of George J. Butler, and a daughter 
 of William and Sarah A. (Smith) Pierce, who were 
 natives of Baltimore Count}-, Md. Mr. Lovitt 
 for some years has lived retired, and his rest is 
 well deserved, for his life has been a busy and use- 
 ful one. He still owns some property, however, 
 including one hundred and sixty acres of fine 
 farming land in Chili Township, and his pleasant 
 residence in Augu.sta. In politics, he was in early 
 life a Free-Soil Democrat, but since the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party he has been a stanch 
 supporter of its principles. He is now well ad- 
 vanced in 5-ears, having reached the age of eight- 
 ty-two, but is yet quite well pre.sen'ed, and we join 
 with his many friends in wi.shing that he may 
 be spared for years to come. He holds member- 
 ship with the Chri.stian Church, and his life, 
 which has been in harmony with his professions, 
 is well worth v of emulation. 
 
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 (TOHN M. WILCOX, a lumber-dealer, is rec- 
 I ognized as one of the leading business men 
 (2/ of Bardolph. He was born on the 19th of 
 March, 1826, in Carrollton, K)'., and is a son of 
 Benjamin and Flora (McCorniickj Wilcox. His 
 father was born in vShelbyville, Ky., in 1796, 
 was there reared to manhood, and became a brick- 
 mason by trade. That business he followed as a 
 means of livelihood until his death, which occur- 
 
 red at the age of forty years. He was a well- 
 known citizen, and served as Captain of a com- 
 pany of militia in his native town. The mater- 
 nal grandfather of our subject was born oti the 
 Emerald Lsle, and on emigrating to America lo- 
 cated in Lexington, Ky., where he worked at the 
 shoemaker's trade. Our subject has one brother 
 and four si.sters who are yet living, namely: Mary 
 Ann, wife of A. O. Webb, a resident of Kansas; 
 Sarah E., wife of John Trimble, who makes his 
 home in Iowa; Elvira, widow of Daniel Milton 
 and a resident of Fairfield, Iowa; and Flora, wife 
 of Robert C. Pointer, of McDonough County. 
 
 The first ten years of his life John M. Wilcox 
 pa.ssed in his native State, and his early education 
 was acquired in the public schools of Carrollton. 
 His father having died in Kentucky, he accompa- 
 nied his mother in 1836 to McDonough County, 
 111., and the family locating upon a farm he gave 
 his time and attention to the cultivation of the 
 land until his nineteenth year. He bore all the 
 hardships and trials of pioneer life, for the family 
 lived in true pioneer style during those early 
 days, and he also aided in the arduous task of 
 opening up a new farm. Attracted by the dis- 
 covery of gold in California, he cros.sed the plains 
 with an ox-team to the Pacific Slope in 1849, and 
 spent three years ranching on Cash Creek and in 
 the mines at Rich Gulch, returning in 1852. 
 With the capital he had thus acquired, he then 
 purcha.sed one hundred and twenty acres of land 
 in Mound Town.ship and began farming in his 
 own intere.sts. 
 
 On the 13th of March, 1855, Mr. Wilcox was 
 joined in marriage with Mary C. V. Yocum. Six 
 children , four .sons and two daughters, were bom 
 of their union, of whom the three eldest are de- 
 ceased. George T. died at Bardolph, February 21, 
 1894; he married Nancy H. Darr, and unto them 
 were born a son and daughter, Elvira J. and Will- 
 iam F. Of the survivors, Mary A. is the wife of 
 E. L. Lindsay, of Wilcox, Neb., by whom she has 
 had two daughters and a son. but the latter is now 
 deceased. Roliert C. married Carrie M. Portlock, 
 and with their three daughters they reside in 
 Bardolph; and John R., of Bardolph, was joined 
 in marriage with Nancy E. Portlock, by whom 
 
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 he has one daughter. The mother of this family 
 was called to her final rest in 1882, at the age of 
 forty-eight years, and was laid to rest in the cem- 
 etery at Pennington's Point. 
 
 On his return to McDonough County, Mr. 
 Wilcox resumed farming, which he successfully 
 followed for a number of years. He placed his 
 land under a high state of cultivation, and made 
 manv excellent improvements thereon, until his 
 farm became one of the best in the neighborhood, 
 its well-tilled fields and neat appearance indicat- 
 ing the thrift and enterprise of the owner. About 
 1886, however, he laid aside all agricultural cares 
 and removing to Bardolph established a lumber- 
 vard, which he has since conducted. He is a con- 
 ser\-ative and practical business man, and by his 
 straightforward, honorable dealings he has won 
 the confidence of the communib,- and secured a 
 liberal patronage. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Wilcox is a Demo- 
 crat, and was for about eighteen years School Di- 
 rector in Mound Township. He was also Treas- 
 urer of Bardolph for about four years, and dis- 
 charged his duties with promptness and fidelity. 
 For more than half a century he has resided in 
 McDonough County, and the growth and devel- 
 opment of the community he has witnessed from 
 almost the beguniing. He has al.so ever borne 
 his part in the work of public advancement, and 
 well deserves mention among the honored pio- 
 neers. 
 
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 ^EBULON A. FOSTER, who is one of the 
 /, leading merchants and pioneers of Prairie 
 /Q City, has been protninently connected with 
 the interests of this place and with its develop- 
 ment for a long period. As he is widely and fav- 
 orably known in the community, we feel assured 
 that the record of his life will prove of interest 
 to many of our readers, and gladly give it a place 
 in this volume. 
 
 Mr. Foster was born in Fulton County, 111., on 
 the lotli of September, 1845. and is the younger 
 of two sons, who.se parents were Milton and Abi- 
 gail (Mills) Foster. The family is of English 
 
 origin, but at an early day in the historj' of 
 America was founded in this countrj-. Milton 
 Foster was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, 
 and resided upon a farm in that locality until his 
 father's family removed to southern Indiana. 
 There he lived until about 1833, when he came 
 with his parents to Illinois, settling in Fulton 
 County, where he made his home until 1857. In 
 that year he removed to Prairie City, where he en- 
 gaged in the lumber and grain business for three 
 years. Later he purchased a farm in Prairie City 
 Township, adjoining the corporation limits of the 
 village, and there engaged in agricultural pursuits 
 until 1874, when he again took up his residence 
 in the town and made it his home until his death. 
 He passed away at the advanced age of seventy- 
 seven — a highly -respected citizen, who had the 
 warni regard of all who knew him. He held 
 membership with the Methodist Church. His 
 father served in the War of 18 12. The mother of 
 our subject was also bom in Hamilton County, 
 Ohio, and her last days were spent in this county. 
 The brother of our subject, Algernon S., entered 
 the army during the late war, as a member of the 
 band of the Fifty-fifth Regiment. While in the 
 service he was taken sick and sent to the hospital 
 in St. Louis, Mo., where his death occurred at 
 the early age of twenty -three years. 
 
 Under the parental roof Z. A. Foster was 
 reared to manhood, and the days of his boyhood 
 were quietly pa.ssed, unmarked by any event of 
 special importance. He continued at home until 
 his marriage, which was celebrated in April, 
 1872, the lady of his choice being Miss Hettie E. 
 White, of Prairie City. Their union was blessed 
 with three children, but one of the number died 
 in infancy. Abbie Estelle is now the wife of 
 Sanford C. Love, who is in the employ of a rail- 
 road company and resides in Lincoln, Neb; and 
 Mamie is yet at home. 
 
 In 1857, Mr. Foster came to Prairie City and 
 embarked in the grocery business. Here he has 
 carried on operations as a merchant continuously 
 since. For a time he was not alone in business, 
 but in 1892 he purchased his partner's interest 
 and is now sole proprietor of a general store. He 
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 and shoes, groceries, etc., and has a good store 
 and is doing a nice business. From the begin- 
 ning he has enjoyed a fair trade, and a liberal 
 patronage is now accorded him. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Foster ii a stanch 
 Republican, and is now ser\'ing as Supervisor of 
 the township, and has served as Town Clerk and 
 as a member of the Scliool Board. His wife holds 
 membership with the Bapti.st Church, and he 
 contributes liberally to its support, as well as to 
 other worthy interests and enterprises. He has a 
 wide acquaintance throughout this communit}-, 
 and is recognized as one of its leading and influ- 
 ential citizens. 
 
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 (Tames p. GUTHRIE, who is extensively en- 
 I gaged in the insurance business, is a repre- 
 (2/ .sentative of the Bankers' Life Insurance Com- 
 pany, and has charge of its interests in fourteen 
 counties. He is a well-known citizen of this com- 
 munity, where he has resided since the age of 
 seven years, and on account of his extensive ac- 
 quaintance we feel assured that the record of his 
 life will prove of interest to many of our readers, 
 and therefore gladly give it a place in this volume. 
 Mr. Guthrie was born in Adams County, 111., 
 Februarj' 26, i860, and is of Scotch-Irish ex- 
 traction. His great-grandfather was a native of 
 Scotland, and, emigrating to America, became the 
 founder of the family in this country . The grand- 
 father, John P. Guthrie, was a native of Virginia, 
 and from that State removed to Kentucky, where 
 William L. Guthrie, the father of our subject, was 
 born. The latter emigrated to Adams County, 
 111., with his parents in an early day and was there 
 reared and educated. On the 13th of September, 
 1855, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Amanda Breckbill, of Adams County, and by 
 their union were born eight children, six sons and 
 two daughters, namely: Dorman, who died in in- 
 fancy; James P., of this sketch; William E., who 
 is engaged in the butchering business in Hamil- 
 ton; Laura M., who resides at Iiome; George W., 
 who died in infancy; Ida M., wife of James Hurst, 
 
 a farmer; and Charles and Harry L., both of whom 
 died in infancy. 
 
 The subject of this sketch accompanied his par- 
 ents on their removal to Hamilton in 1867, and 
 was educated in the public schools of this city, 
 where he pursued his studies until a youth of six- 
 teen. He began earning his own livelihood at the 
 age of twelve years, at which time he engaged in 
 buying old rags and iron. He continued this 
 work for two seasons, and thereby provided for 
 his own support. At the age of fourteen, he be- 
 gan working on a farm, and was thus employed 
 through the summer months, while in the winter 
 season he attended .school. He contimied to work 
 as a farm hand for three years, when, at the age 
 of seventeen, he began to learn the butcher's trade 
 at a salary of ^5 per month. He served a three- 
 years apprenticeship, and when he had completed 
 the same he purcha.sed a half intere.st in the shop 
 of Casley & Guthrie. This partnership was con- 
 tinued for two years, when he sold his interest in 
 the business and opened a .shop of his own, which 
 he conducted alone until 1889. 
 
 Since that time Mr, Guthrie has been engaged 
 in the life-insurance business. He became con- 
 nected with the Hartford Life Insurance Com- 
 pany, but after four months became agent for the 
 Fidelity, with which he continued six months. 
 On the expiration of that period, he entered into 
 relations with the Bankers' Life In.surance Coni- 
 panv, and is now Superintendent of the district, 
 comprising fourteen counties. He is well adapted 
 for this work, for he is plea.sant and entertaining 
 in manner and possesses good business ability. 
 
 On the 2oth of October, 1886, Mr. Guthrie was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Harriet M. Poling, a 
 native of Hancock County, and a daughter of 
 Charles and Ann (Lakin) Poling. To them have 
 been born two children, both daughters, Hazel 
 A. and Ruby L. The parents are well known in 
 this community and have a wide circle of warm 
 friends and agreeable acquaintances. 
 
 Mr. Guthrie exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Democratic parl.w He has .served 
 as Assistant Postmaster of Hamilton, but has 
 never been a politician in the sense of continuously 
 seeking office; he lakes, however, a deep interest 
 
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 in political questions, and is always well informed 
 on the issues of the da\-. He is also interested in 
 civic societies, and holds membership with Monte- 
 bello Lodge No. 697. I. O. O. F. He also be- 
 longs to Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. 
 M.; to Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P., and is a 
 member of the Christian Church. Mr. Guthrie 
 may truly be called a self-made man, for at the 
 age of twelve years he was thrown upon his own 
 resources, and since that time has made his own 
 waj- in the world. His success, therefore, may be 
 attributed entirely to his own efforts. 
 
 Mr. Guthrie has always used his influence for 
 the advancement of the best interests of the city. 
 In 1889, with the assistance and encouragement 
 of the late Ed Ruggles, he was instrumental in 
 getting the first newspaper, the Hamilton Press, 
 established here. It was started by a Mr. Sher- 
 man, who, in June, 1890, was succeeded by Mr. 
 A. L. McArthur, the present able and efficient 
 proprietor. To Mr. Guthrie also belongs the 
 credit for gettiiTg two merchant-tailoring establish- 
 ments located here. To the.se achievements must 
 be added the honor of inciting the monied men of 
 the city to establish the Canning Factory, which 
 is now running on a paying basis. The boom the 
 city enjoyed at that time, and its somewhat rapid 
 development and improvement, which have stead- 
 ily gone forward since, are in a large measure due 
 to his enterprise and public-spiritedness. 
 
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 I EWIS WHETSEL CAMP, second son of 
 I C Daniel A. Camp (see biography of W. M. 
 t2f Camp), was born in Chalmers Township, 
 McDonough County, 111., October 3, 1858. He 
 had not >et reached the completion of his fourth 
 year when cruel war robbed hitn of his father. He 
 remained with his mother on the home farm un- 
 til the spring of 1S77, attending the countrj- 
 school for a few years while small. When twelve 
 years old, he went out to work by the month 
 through the summer on a farm, and after that 
 spent but one summer at home. He is largely 
 self-educated, as he never attended school after he 
 
 was sixteen years of age. At the age of twenty 
 years he engaged in farming on his own account, 
 on rented land, making a success of the undertak- 
 ing, and continued operations in that manner un- 
 til the spring of 1888. 
 
 At the last-named date, he moved to Hubbell, 
 Thayer County, Neb., where he conducted a liv- 
 ery business one year. Returning to Illinois, he 
 located in Macomb, and has since continued to 
 reside here. During this time, he has carried on 
 a dray line, and now employs six teams. In ev- 
 ery undertaking of his life, Mr. Camp has made 
 a success by his energy and attention to his own 
 business, leaving others to care for theirs without 
 his interference. He owns a comfortable home in 
 Macomb, and town property beside. 
 
 Mr. Camp is a member of the Universalist 
 Church, of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pj-thias, 
 and Independent Order of Mutual Aid. He ad- 
 heres to the principles of the Republican party, 
 without any sign of wavering. December 15, 
 1880, he married Miss Carrie Goodwin, a native 
 of Macomb, and daughter of Washington and 
 Mary (Dolan) Goodwin, of English and Irish de- 
 scent. Ray Elwin is the only offspring of this 
 marriage, and is now eight years old. 
 
 ROBERT C. WILCOX, one of the representa- 
 tive merchants of Bardolph, who is actively 
 engaged in business as a dealer in hardware 
 and groceries, has spent his entire life in McDon- 
 ough County, being numbered among her native 
 sons. He was born September 21, 1862. His 
 parents were John M. and Mary Z. V. (Yocum) 
 Wilcox. His maternal grandfather .served in the 
 Black Hawk War and held an officer's commis- 
 sion. 
 
 John M. Wilcox is a native of Kentucky, and 
 resided in that State until after the death of his 
 father, when, with his mother and her family, he 
 came to Illinois, and ca.st in his lot with the early 
 settlers of McDonough County. He continued to 
 engage in agricultural pursuits until 1849, when 
 the gold excitement in California caused him to 
 
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 make a trip to that State. A few years later, 
 however, he returned to McDonough County, 
 where he has since made liis home. Much of his 
 life has been spent as a farmer, and he is recog- 
 nized as one of the successful and enterprising ag- 
 riculturists of the community, hut about seven 
 years since he removed to Bardolph and em- 
 barked in the lumber business, which he still con- 
 tinues. The children of the family were; George 
 T., recently deceased, who married Hettie Darr, 
 and with his wife and two children resided in 
 Bardolpli: Elvira, who died at the age of twelve 
 years; William F., who died in 1884; Mary A., 
 wife of E. T. Lindsay, of Nebraska, by whom .she 
 has three children; and John R.,who married 
 Nancy E. Portlock. They have one child and 
 re.side in Bardolph. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox whose name heads this record was 
 born on his father's farm in this county, and .spent 
 the days of his boyhood and youth in the usual 
 manner of farmer lads. The summer months 
 were passed in work in the fields, and in the win- 
 ter season he conned his lessons in the connnon 
 schools, thus acquiring a good Engli.sh education, 
 which fitted him for the practical and responsible 
 duties of life. He remained on the old home- 
 stead until 1892, when he left the farm and came 
 to Bardolph. where for a year and a-half he was 
 employed in his father's lumber yard. He then 
 determined to engage in business for himself, and 
 became proprietor of the hardware and grocery- 
 Store which he now carries on. 
 
 On the 3d of September, 1885, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Robert C. Wilcox and Miss Car- 
 rie M. Portlock, a most estimable lady. Three 
 children grace their union, all daughters: Leah 
 M., .seven years of age; Maude G., aged five 
 years; and Eva M., a baby of three years. The 
 parents hold membership with the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and take an active interest in 
 its work and upbuilding. Their pleasant home 
 is the abode of hospitality, and they have many 
 friends throughout this conununity who esteem 
 them highly. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox is a member of the Modern Wood- 
 men of America, and in politics is a supporter of 
 the Democratic party and its principles. The 
 
 cause of education has ever found in him a warm 
 friend, and for two years he served as School Di- 
 rector. He is a man of good business ability, sa- 
 gacious, enterprising and persevering, and is 
 well entitled to the liberal patronage which he 
 
 now receives. 
 
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 (John PAUL ROARK, M.D.,oneofthe lead- 
 I ing physicians and .surgeons of Bushnell, 111., 
 (2/ vvas born on the 5th of July, 1864, near Ma- 
 comb, McDonough County, and was the eldest 
 in a family of ten children, six sons and four 
 daughters, whose parents were James and Cath- 
 erine (McGinnis) Roark. On both the paternal 
 and maternal sides our subject is of Irish descent. 
 His father was a native of the Emerald Isle, where 
 he resided until 1861, when he crossed the broad 
 Atlantic to America. Coming west to Illinois, he 
 purchased a farm in Chalmers ^Township, Mc 
 Donough County, where he still resides. He was 
 only about nineteen years of age at the time of his 
 emigration. Since his arrival here he has suc- 
 cessfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is 
 now ranked among the substantial farmers of the 
 neighborhood. In politics, he is a supporter of 
 the Democratic party. His wife was born in Mc 
 Donough County, but her parents were natives of 
 Ireland, and came to this country in 1840. 
 
 The children of the Roark family' are: John 
 Paul, of this sketch; Patrick D., who is now en- 
 gaged in the drug business in Macomb; Mary, 
 who is still at home; Michael E., who is engaged 
 in teaching school and in reading law in his na- 
 tive county; and Susie, Jo, Kate, Nell, Jinunie 
 and Louis, who are still under the parental roof. 
 The subject of this sketch remained upon the 
 home farm and attended the di.strict schools of the 
 neighborhood until about seventeen years of age. 
 He then supplemented his early educational ad- 
 vantages by study in the Macomb Normal College. 
 Later, he embarked in teaching, which profession 
 he followed for two years, but it was his desire to 
 enter the medical profession, and to this end he 
 entered Ru.sh Medical College of Chicago, where 
 
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 for three years he pursued his studies, graduating 
 from that institution on the expiration of that 
 period. He also attended and was graduated 
 from the Cook Count}- vSchool of Surgen,-. 
 
 When his college course was completed, Dr. 
 Roark came to Bu.shnell, in uSSg, and, opening an 
 office, began the practice of his profession, to 
 which he has since devoted his energies. On the 
 iSth of October, 1893, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Mary G. Stanton, of White Hall, 111. 
 Both are members of the Catholic Church. So- 
 cially, the Doctor is a member of Chevalier Lodge 
 No. loi, K. T., of Bushnell; and also of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. On subjects of 
 national importance, he votes with the Democratic 
 party, but at local elections supports the candi- 
 dates whom he thinks best qualified, regardless 
 of party affiliations. He has sen-ed as a member 
 of the Board of Health since locating in Bushnell. 
 Recogtiized as a skilled physician, he receives 
 a liberal patronage, which is well merited. He al- 
 ways keeps abreast with the times, and is a thor- 
 ough .student of everything connected with the 
 science of medicine, so that this success is the re- 
 sult of his earnest efforts. The Doctor has always 
 Uved in McDonough Count}-, and is both widely 
 and favorabh- known. 
 
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 ~ LI BROWN is one of the honored pioneers of 
 ^ McDonough Count}-, and in this volume he 
 ^ well deserves representation. He resides on 
 section 25, Bushnell Township, where he is suc- 
 cessfully engaged in farming. A native of Penn- 
 sj-lvania, he was born in Crawford County in 
 1828, and is a son of Jacob and Elmira (Hicker- 
 nell) Brown. His parents were both born in the 
 Keystone State, and were of German origin, but 
 they died during the early boyhood of our sub- 
 ject, and hence he knows little concerning his 
 ancestry. In the family were two sons, and he 
 was the elder. 
 
 Eli Brown was only four )-ears of age at the 
 time of his mother's death, and when a lad of ten 
 he was left an oqihan. Thus early in life he was 
 
 thrown upon his own resources to make his way 
 in the world as best he could. He went to live 
 with a farmer, with whom he remained for seven 
 years, during which time he attended the com- 
 mon schools to a limited extent. His training at 
 farm labor, however, was not meagre. He earlj' 
 began work in the fields, and as soon as old 
 enough to handle the plow he began turning the 
 furrows, where in course of time would be gar- 
 nered plentiful harvests. At the age of seven- 
 teen he left Pennsylvania, and, emigrating west- 
 ward, took up his residence in Fulton County, 111. , 
 only a short distance from where he now lives. 
 He began work at the carpenter's trade, which 
 he followed continuously until i860, when he 
 made his first purchase of land. He had worked 
 earnestly and untiringly, and with the capital he 
 had thereb}- acquired he purchased fortj- acres in 
 Bushnell Township, McDonough County. He 
 at once began to improve the tract, and has since 
 made his home thereon. With characteristic en- 
 ergy he began its cultivation, and the wild land 
 was soon tran.sformed into rich and fertile fields. 
 He has erected good buildings, and all of these 
 improvements stand as monuments to his thrift 
 and enterprise. As time passed and his earnest 
 labors increased his financial resources, he ex- 
 tended the boundaries of his farnj, which com- 
 prises two hundred acres of land, and in addition 
 to this he owns a section (six hundred and forty 
 acres) of land in Gosper County, Neb. The place 
 is neat and thrifty in appearance, and the well- 
 tilled fields yield to the owner a golden tribute in 
 return for the labor he bestows upon them. 
 
 On the 27th of April, 1857, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Brown and Miss Perfenia Buck, 
 a native of Pennsylvania, who during her infancy 
 was brought to Illinois by her parents, Peter and 
 Polly (Gaube) Buck, who are mentioned else- 
 where in this work in connection with the sketch 
 of Joseph Buck. Two children were born unto 
 our subject and his wife, James F. and Charles 
 W., who are wide-awake and enterprising young 
 men, extensively engaged in the foundry business 
 in Bushnell. 
 
 The best interests of the connnunity have ever 
 found in Mr. Brown a warm friend. He has 
 
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 done much to advance the cause of education, 
 and for fifteen years has faithfully ser\-ed as 
 School Director in his district. Throughout his 
 life he has endeavored to folhnv the Golden Rule, 
 and his career has e\'er been an honorable and 
 straightforward one, which has gained him the re- 
 spect and confidence of alF with whom he has 
 been brought in connection. In politics, he has 
 ever been a stalwart Democrat, and has the cour- 
 age of his convictions. 
 
 'OM H. B. CAMP, the well-known, genial 
 and gentlemanly editor of the Bushnell Rec- 
 ord, published in Bushnell, 111., needs no 
 special introduction to the readers of this volume, 
 for few men have a wider acquaintance in Mc- 
 Donough County and this part of the State than 
 he. He was born in the county which is .still his 
 home, August 16, i860, and is a son of Sterling 
 P. and Samantha (Hains) Camp. His father 
 came of an old family of East Tenne.ssee which 
 strong!}- supported the Abolition cau.se, and his 
 mother was a native of Pennsylvania. Sterling 
 Camp came to McDonough Count}- in the early 
 '50s and settled in Walnut Grove Township, 
 where he followed farming until his death, in the 
 .spring of 1870. His widow .still survives him. 
 Their children were as follows: Tom, of this 
 sketch; John R., who was born February 6, 
 1862; William, who was born November 2, 1863, 
 and is now living in Jacks(Miville, III.: Frank, 
 born No\-ember4, 1865; and Anna K., born April 
 6, 1870. 
 
 The fir.sl ancestor of our subject of whom we 
 have any certain knowledge was Sterling Camp, 
 a country .squire and a .soldier of the Revolution 
 from South Carolina. He was of English origin, 
 and his wife was of full Welsh blood. Their son 
 John, the paternal grandfather of oursubject,was 
 an East Tennessee planter, who was the owner of 
 a number of slaves. He gave to his son Sterling 
 one of the negroes, a colored preacher. As Ster- 
 ling could not free him under the laws of the 
 State of Tennessee, he did the next best thing. 
 
 allowing him liberty to go and come as he 
 plea.sed. The old man long outlived his ma.ster. 
 The sympathies of the Camp family were all on 
 the side of the Union, and Tom Camp, an uncle of 
 our subject, served throughout the late war among 
 the boys in blue. He is now living in Beebe, 
 Ark. His brother, John B., was drafted into the 
 Confederate service when but a boy, but on ac- 
 count of an injured foot he was unable to go to 
 the front. He then managed to evade the pro- 
 vost officers until enabled to make his way through 
 the lines to the North. After coining to the 
 North, he attended school for a time, and then 
 went to California. He is now engaged in fruit- 
 culture in Pomona. Three sisters of the familv 
 married and live in the South. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who in the usual manner of farmer lads 
 spent his early boj-hood days. Later he attended 
 the High School of Macomb, and suliseejuently be- 
 came a member of the first class which was grad- 
 uated from the High School of Bushnell. He 
 then engaged in teaching, also worked in a brick- 
 yard for a tiuie, and later gave his attention to 
 farming. His connection with the printing busi- 
 ness began in 1889, when he commenced learning 
 the trade in the office of T/ir Gleaner. Two years 
 later, in connection with Charles W. Taylor, he 
 purchased the Bushnell Record, a paper founded 
 in 1868 by Capt. Epperson. On the ist of Jan- 
 uary, 1893, John Camp purcha.sed the interest of 
 Mr. Taylor, who became an editorial writer on 
 the Chicago Tribune, and the firm of Camp 
 Brothers has since continued the publication of 
 the Bushnell Record. 
 
 On the 23d of December, 1882, Tom Camp was 
 united in marriage with Jes.sie Fremont Baker, 
 daughter of Frank N. Baker, of Hannibal, Mo., 
 and a native of Connecticut. Three children have 
 been born unto them: Howard Sterling, Frank 
 Baker and Marj- Inez. 
 
 On the ist of January, 1885, John R. Campled 
 to the marriage altar Lura C. Keral, and one 
 child graces their union, Lura Zolene. The jun- 
 ior member of the firm of Camp Brothers learned 
 his trade in the office where he is now a partner. 
 He began work therein on the ist of April, 1S78, 
 
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 and has served in its various capacities from er- 
 rand-boj' up to proprietor. The Bushnell Record 
 is a bright and newsj' sheet, well edited, and the 
 liberal patronage which it receives is well de- 
 sen'ed. The proprietors are both supporters of 
 the Republican party , and the paper is published 
 in the interests of that organization. 
 
 John Camp has served as Town Collector, and 
 is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America 
 and of the Subordinate Lodge and Encampment, 
 I. 0. O. F. He has been several times Secretarj- 
 and Chief Patriarch in the latter order, and has 
 represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Tom Camp has been elected to several local of- 
 fices and takes quite a prominent part in politics, 
 but his influence is generallj- used for the support 
 of a friend. When the Republican County Con- 
 vention convened in 1892 to nominate a candi- 
 date for Representative, several ballots were 
 taken without any person receiving a majority. 
 No great enthusiasm was shown for any candi- 
 date. At length the Colchester delegation gave 
 sixteen votes for Mr. Camp, and the Blandinsville 
 delegation followed with seven. Other delegations 
 which had previously voted tried to recall them, 
 and it was moved that Mr. Camp be nominated 
 by acclamation. The motion was seconded from 
 all parts of the house, and it was soon seen that 
 Mr. Camp was the popular candidate, but he had 
 helped place Mr. Kaiser, of Bushnell, before the 
 convention, and in view of this fact, together 
 with other reasons, he declined the honor confer- 
 red upon him. The Colchester Independent, 
 speaking of the incident, said: "It was a splen- 
 did tribute to a splendid man," and this senti- 
 ment was largely echoed throughout the county. 
 Our subject has served as Alderman for two 
 terms, and is now serving his second term as 
 President of the Board of Education. The best 
 interests of the community always receive his 
 supi)ort, and he is enthusia.stic in the promotion 
 of those enterprises calculated to advance the gen- 
 eral welfare. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, and is an honored member of the Knights 
 of Pythias. 
 
 Mr. Camp is an ardent follower of Isaac Wal- 
 
 ton and takes great delight in the use of the 
 rod and line. Of a social disposition, he is friendly 
 and genial in manner, enjoys good humor, and is 
 an entertaining conversationalist. His friends 
 throughout the county where his entire life has 
 been passed are indeed many. 
 
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 pCJlLLIAME. LEWIS, editor and pubhsher 
 \ A/ of the Prairie Cit}- Herald, and a representa- 
 V V tive citizen of that place, was born in Pied- 
 mont, Va., on the 2d of August, 1852, and is a son 
 of Benjamin F. and Jane (Johnson) Lewis. His fa- 
 ther was a native of Augusta County, \'a., and 
 there resided for many years. In early life he em- 
 barked in merchandi.sing, and .successfully contin- 
 ued operations along that line until after the break- 
 ing out of the late war, when on account of the hard 
 times he lost the most of his property. Reared to 
 southern principles and views, he entered the 
 Confederate army and served with Stonewall 
 Jackson during the entire war. When the struggle 
 was ended he came to Illinois, in 1866, locating in 
 Lewistown, where his death occurred at the age of 
 seventy-four years. His parents were both na- 
 tives of America, but were of Scotch- Irish ex- 
 traction. The mother of our subject was also of 
 Scotch-Irish descent. She too was a native of 
 the Old Dominion, and died in Lewistown. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the younger of two 
 children. The first fourteen years of his life were 
 spent in his native State, and he then accom- 
 panied his parents on their emigration to Illinois, 
 where he has since made his home. The public 
 schools afforded him his educational privileges, 
 and his service in the printing-office has also 
 added greatly to his knowledge, making him a 
 well-informed man, who is well posted on all the 
 interests and issues of the day. Soon after locat- 
 ing in Lewistown, he began learning the printer's 
 trade, and was employed in an office at that place 
 for about four years. He then began to read law, 
 and was admitted to the Bar in 1886. 
 
 Mr. Lewis first came to Prairie City in 1876. 
 Here he engaged in the publication of a newspa- 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 per for some time, and also continued his legal 
 studies. After his admission to the Bar he be- 
 gan practice here, and has .since continued the 
 pro.secution of his profession in connection with 
 the publication of his paper, his time being de- 
 voted to the two business interests. 
 
 Mr. Lewis took for his wife Mi.ss Ida Steach, 
 of Prairie Citj-, and by their union has been born 
 a daughter, Hazel. In politics, our subject is a 
 supporter of the Democracy, and is a .stalwart ad- 
 vocate of its principles. His paper is published 
 in the interests of that party, and he does all in his 
 power to advance the cau.se. 
 
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 HENRY C. TWYMAN, deceased, was for 
 many years numbered among the leading 
 business men of Macomb, and no one's his- 
 torj' is more deserving of a place in this volume 
 than is his. He was born in Hodgensville, 
 K3-. , on the nth of June, 1832, and spent the 
 days of his youth in his native State. He was a 
 .son of Elijah and Mar>- (Bell) Twyman, natives 
 of Virginia. At the age of eighteen years, how- 
 ever, he started out in life for himself, and came to 
 Macomb, where he ever afterwards lived. He 
 became a leader in business circles and worked his 
 way upward to a position of affluence. He was 
 first employed as clerk in the store of Iverson 
 Twyman and D. P. Wells. The former was his 
 elder brother, who had come to Macomb in 1836. 
 This gentleman was also an influential citizen of 
 Macomb, and filled various responsible positions. 
 He served as County Assessor, and twice held the 
 office of County Treasurer. He was also col- 
 lector for the North Cro.ss Railroad during the 
 time of its construction. He possessed most ex- 
 cellent business and executive ability and those 
 traits of character which win success. 
 
 Henry Clay Twj'man remained in his brother's 
 employ for several years, where he became famil- 
 iar with business methods, acquiring a knowl- 
 edge which he applied to his own dealings when 
 he had entered into business for himself In 1854, 
 he became proprietor of a drug store, which he 
 
 carried on for many years. He met with excel- 
 lent success in that venture, and enjoyed a con- 
 stantly increasing trade, which in course of time 
 yielded him an excellent income. He had no 
 special advantages in his youth, and he worked 
 his waj- upward by his own merit. 
 
 On the 9th of October, 1856, Mr. Twyman was 
 joined in marriage with Mi.ss Martha Chandler, 
 daughter of Col. Charles Chandler, who for many 
 years was one of the leading spirits in the up- 
 building and development of Macomb. Eight 
 children were born unto our subject and his wife, 
 and five of the number are yet living, namely: 
 Belle, who was born November 5, i860, and is 
 the wife of Charles Mapes, a resident of Hutchin- 
 son, Kan.; Willis F., who was born July 30, 
 1865, and is now engaged in the real-estate busi- 
 ness in Macomb; Catherine, who was born Octo- 
 ber 2, 1870, and is the wife of Ross C. Hall, an 
 attorney of Chicago; Marj- King, who was born 
 February 9, 1873, and is the wife of Dr. C. H. 
 McLean, of Spokane, Wash.; and Franklin, who 
 was born October 21, 1876, and is now a student 
 in the State University at Champaign, 111. Those 
 decea.sed are: Charles E., who died January 28, 
 i860, at the age of twenty months; Henrj' Iver- 
 son, who was born September 2, 1863, and died 
 at the age of ten months; and Vila.sco C, who 
 died Februarj- 20, 1889, a short time before his 
 twenty-first birthday. 
 
 For many years Mr. Twyman engaged in mer- 
 chandising in Macomb, first as a dealer in drugs 
 and later in dry goods. He was straightforward 
 and honorable in all dealings, was enterprising 
 and industrious, and progressive though conser\-- 
 ative. His success came to him as the result of 
 well-directed efforts and careful attention to the 
 details of his business. He became largely inter- 
 ested in real estate and was the owner of a fine 
 farm, besides consideral)le valuable town i)roperty. 
 He was also one of the original stockholders in 
 the Fir-st National Bank of Macomb. He died 
 October 18, i8gi, in the faith of the Chri.stian 
 Church, of which he had long been a member. 
 
 Mrs. Twyman also holds membership with the 
 Christian Church, and takes a deep interest in 
 church and charitable work. She still resides in 
 
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 Macomb, in the comfortable home left her by her 
 husband, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of 
 a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Al- 
 most her entire life has here been passed, for she 
 belongs to one of the honored pioneer families of 
 the countj-. 
 
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 pQlLLIAM G. RICH, who is engaged in 
 I A/ SS"^''^^ farming on section 28, Mound 
 YY Township, McDonough County, is a na- 
 tive of Germany , his birth having occurred in Wur- 
 temberg on the 17th of June, i860. His par- 
 ents, Frederick and Catherine (Muelberger) Rich, 
 were also natives of that country. The father 
 was born about 1834, and was reared as a Ger- 
 man farmer. Throughout his life he has carried 
 on agricultural pursuits, and has met with good 
 success in his work. Crossing the Atlantic to 
 America in 1866, he landed on the .shores of the 
 New World, and at once made his way to Knox 
 County, 111. Some time afterwards he removed 
 to Mercer County, and bought one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, to which he has since added a 
 tract of eighty acres. He now has a good farm, 
 which is under a high .state of cultivation. He is 
 a member of the Odd Fellows' society, and since 
 coming to Illinois has held several township of- 
 fices. 
 
 In the Rich family are eight children, three 
 sons and five daughters, of whom William G. of 
 this sketch is the elde.st. The others are Anna, 
 Frederick, Katie, Paul, Mary, Rosa and Carrie. 
 The family circle yet remains unbroken by the 
 hand of death, and the children younger than our 
 .subject are .still living with their parents in Mer- 
 cer County. 
 
 William G. Rich was only six years old when 
 he left the Fatherland and accompanied the fam- 
 ily to the United States. He attended the dis- 
 trict schools of the neighborhood until thirteen 
 years of age, and then went to Galesburg, 111., 
 where he entered a private German school, and 
 pursued a German and English course of studj- 
 for two years. The succeeding three years of his 
 
 life were passed in learning the business of a florist 
 and landscape gardener under the direction of 
 E. H. Miller, of Galesburg. In 1877, he went 
 to Elmwood, where, in the employ of Mr. McCoe, 
 he learned the business of finishing furniture. 
 One year was spent in that place, after which he 
 came to McDonough County, where he has since 
 engaged in farming. 
 
 On the 2ist of February, 1884, Mr. Rich led to 
 the marnage altar Miss Ida M. Scott, and by 
 their union have been born five children, all of 
 whom are still at home, namely: Bernice Estella, 
 Card L. , Lloyd S. , Harrison R. and Jennie Grace. 
 The parents of Mrs. Rich were Harrison R. and 
 Annie M. Scott. They were numbered among 
 the earl)- settlers of McDonough Count}-, and 
 here resided for many years. The father was 
 called to his final rest September 4, 1889, but the 
 mother is now living in New Philadelphia, 111. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rich reside upon a good farm of 
 eighty acres, forty acres of which Mrs. Rich in- 
 herited from her father, while the remainder was 
 purchased bj- our subject in 1883. He has placed 
 the entire amount under a high state of cultiva- 
 tion, and it yields to him a golden tribute in return 
 for the care and labor he bestows upon it. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rich are members of the Free- Will 
 Baptist Church, in which they take an active in- 
 terest, and he also holds membership with the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He exercises 
 his right of franchise in support of the Republi- 
 can party, with which he has affiliated since at- 
 taining his majority. 
 
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 "HOMAS T. HULEN, the genial and pleas- 
 ant proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, of 
 Augusta, was born in Randolph County, 
 N. C, October 30, 1837^. His grandfather, Will- 
 iam Hulen, was a farmer of that State, and reached 
 an advanced age. He reared a family of three 
 sons one of whom, George P., became the father 
 of our subject. He was also born in North Caro- 
 lina, and followed agricultural pursuits. After 
 arriving at j-ears of maturity, he married Jane 
 
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 Hardister, a native of the same State, and a daugh- 
 ter of Elisha Hardister, who was bom in Mary- 
 land . The last-named served in the War of 1 8 1 2 . 
 B}- occupation he was a hatter and farmer, and 
 owned a number of slaves. 
 
 In 1845, George P. Hulen left the South and 
 made his way to Illinois. He located in Elm 
 Grove, where he purchased eight}' acres of land, 
 to which he afterward added a tract of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres. This farm he greatly im- 
 proved, continuing its cultivation until his death 
 in 1862, at the age of fifty-six j-ears. His wife 
 sur\'ived him about twenty years, and died at the 
 advanced age of eighty-four. They were both 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 were highly respected citizens. Their family 
 numbered three children, a son and two daugh- 
 ters, but the former is the only one now living. 
 
 T. T. Hulen was a boy of eight years when, 
 with his parents, he removed to Adams County, 
 111., where he was reared to manhood. The dis- 
 trict schools of the neighborhood afforded him his 
 educational privileges. After he had attained 
 mature \-ears his father gave him a start in life, 
 and he began farming in his own interest. He 
 was married on the 3d of March, 1859, to Miss 
 Mary E., daughter of Je.sse and Martha (Shoe- 
 maker) Burke, of Schuyler County, and they be- 
 came the parents of two children. The elder, 
 Cora M., married Rev. J. F. Horney, a Method- 
 ist minister of the Illinois Conference, and died, 
 leaving a daughter, Mary E. George B. mar- 
 ried Miss Ida Jones, and resides in Augusta. The 
 mother died November 7, 1SS5. She was a mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and her 
 loss was deeply mourned, as she had man\- friends 
 throughout the community. 
 
 On the 22d of July, 1888, Mr. Hulen married 
 Mrs. Hester A. Skelley, widow of James Skelley. 
 She was born in Randolph County, Ind., July 14, 
 1842, and is a daughter of William B. and Mary 
 (Rash) Doty, the former a native of Penasyl- 
 vania, and the latter of Maryland. Her father, 
 however, was reared in Ohio until the age of 
 eighteen years, when he became a resident of 
 Randolph County, Ind. Although too old to go 
 to the war himself, he raised two companies, 
 
 drilled them for service, and placed the first com- 
 pany in charge of Capt. William Burroughs. 
 The second company was commanded by Capt. 
 William Macy. When it went South, Mr. Doty 
 was also determined to enter the service, and went 
 to Nashville, but was not accepted on account of 
 his age. He was numbered among the honored 
 pioneers of Randnl])h County, and after locating 
 there walked forty miles in order to enter his land, 
 camping one night with the Indians, who were 
 ver>- numerous in that locality. His wife was 
 fifteen days his senior, and they were but eighteen 
 years of age at the time of their marriage. His 
 death occurred June 20, 1873, at the age of fifty- 
 eight years, and Mrs. Doty is .still living, at the 
 age of .seventy-nine. They were both members 
 of the Christian Church. 
 
 In the Dot>- family were five .sons and eiglit 
 daughters, nine of whom are yet living: Eevi M., 
 of Dallas County, Iowa; He.ster Ann, wife of T. 
 T. Hulen; Sarah Ellen, wife of Allen Yo.st. of 
 Randolph County, Ind.; Mary E., wife of Laban 
 Tunes, of Kokomo, Ind. ; Delilali, wife of J. F. 
 Fulton, of Muncie, Ind. ; Enuna, wife of James 
 R. Davidson, of Frankfort, Ind.; Melvina, wife 
 of David Rowe, of Kokomo; John M., of Marion, 
 Ind.; and Benjamin F., of Decatur, 111. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hulen, P'razy 
 Dot}-, was a native of Penn.sylvania, and served 
 in the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the 
 Indian War. He also lived to see the War of the 
 Rebellion. He was a farmer, and for forty-eight 
 years was a minister of the United Brethren 
 Church. At the age of eighty-nine >-ears he was 
 murdered for his money, having drawn a pension 
 of $800 the day previous. His wife reached the 
 advanced age of ninety-two years, and died of 
 paralysis, July 20, 1892. The maternal grand- 
 father of Mrs. Hulen. Henry Rash, was a native 
 of Ireland, and at the age often years he came to 
 America, ha\ing hidden in the hull of a vessel, 
 where he remained for three days without food. 
 He grew to manhood in New Jersey, and there 
 married a lady who was born and reared in Maine. 
 His death occurred at the age of sixty-five, and 
 his wife passed away at the age of forty-eight. 
 They were buried near Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. 
 
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 Hulen's first husband, James A. Skelley, ser\-ed 
 for three j-ears and three months as a Union sol- 
 dier during the late war. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are both members of 
 the Methodist Church, and he belongs to the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity and the Home Forum. In poli- 
 tics, he is a Republican, and ser\-ed as Postmaster 
 of Elm Grove, 111. , for twenty years. He also has 
 held a number of township offices, and discharged 
 their duties with promptness and fidelity. For 
 many years he followed farming, and now owns 
 two hundred and seventy acres of \aluable land 
 in Adams County, which yield to him a good in- 
 come. In July, 1893, he came to Augusta, and 
 has since been proprietor of the Commercial Hotel. 
 His house is well conducted, and has found favor 
 with the traveling public, which gives him a lib- 
 eral and well-deserved patronage. 
 
 gENJAMIN GOULD, who is now living re- 
 tired, is the oldest resident of Augusta. He 
 was born in Pomfret, Windham County, 
 Conn. , June 2, 1 808, and is a son of John and Olive 
 (KeachJ Gould, the former a native of Massa- 
 chusetts, and the latter of Rhode Island. The 
 father was a cooper b}- trade, and followed that 
 business through the winter seasons, while in the 
 summer he worked at farming. He died in Pom- 
 fret, Conn., in 1863, at the age of ninety years, 
 and his wife died six days previously at the age 
 of eighty-nine. The\' were members of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, and their family numbered 
 thirteen children, only two of whom are living, 
 Benjamin and William. The latter resides in Ox- 
 ford, Chenango County, N. Y., at the age of 
 seventy-seven. Their .sister Nancy, wife of John 
 Griggs, died in 1890, when ninetj--seven years of 
 age. The Gould family in America .sprang from 
 three brothers, natives of England, who, in early 
 Colonial days, crossed the Atlantic to Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 Benjamin Gould was reared in Connecticut, 
 and in 1832 he emigrated to Illinois, by way of 
 the canals and the lakes, and by stage and horse- 
 
 back. He made a .settlement in what is now 
 Augusta Township, Hancock County, and on 
 Christmas Day of 1833 he married Miss Rebecca 
 Jones, daughter of Cassandra Jones. Six days 
 later the young couple removed to Northeast 
 Township, Adams County, and lived upon a farm 
 there for forty-seven years. Mr. Gould first pre- 
 empted one hundred and sixty-se^•en acres of 
 Government land, and afterwards bought and 
 sold several tracts. In his seventN'-fourth year 
 he abandoned farming, and for the past tweh-e 
 jears has been living in Augusta. 
 
 Ten children were born to our subject and his 
 wife, four sous and six daughters. Olive C. , the 
 eldest, is the wife of Frank McGinnis, of Cam- 
 eron, Mo.; Eliza A. is now deceased; John Henry- 
 makes his home in Obelisk, Kan. ; Elizabeth has 
 passed away; Ellen is the wife of William Bacon, 
 of Huntsville, 111. ; Benjamin is now deceased; 
 Benjamin Leslie is living in Kansas Cit}-, Mo. ; 
 Cynthia has departed this life; Hattie is the wife 
 of William Edwards; and one child died in in- 
 fancy. The mother of this family, who was a 
 member of the Christian Church, died in 1873. 
 Mr. Gould afterwards married Mrs. Hester 
 Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and a 
 daughter of Philip Harney, of North Carolina. 
 Her death occurred in 1884. She too was a mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church. In April, 1884, Mr. 
 Gould wedded Mrs. Abigail Bacon, widow of 
 Abner E. Bacon, and a daughter of Joseph and 
 Rhoda (Hamilton) Bowker, natives of Vermont. 
 By her first hu.sband Mrs. Gould had three 
 daughters and two sons: Ann Virginia, wife of 
 William Mead; Enos, of Tacoma, Wash.; Nettie 
 Almira, deceased, wife of Leander Browning; Eu- 
 gene, decea.sed; and Carrie R., wife of William 
 Swartz, of Augu.sta Township. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are faithful and con- 
 sistent members of the Christian Church, in 
 which he ser\-ed as Elder for man\- years. In 
 politics, he was first a \\'hig, and has been a Re- 
 publican since the organization of the party. In 
 Adams County he served as School Treasurer for 
 thirty -seven consecutive years, was Justice of the 
 Peace seventeen years, and during that time no 
 appeal was ever taken from his docket. He has 
 
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 been Supervisor, Assessor and Collector. An 
 honored pioneer of Hancock County, he is fam- 
 iliar with its history- from the days of its early 
 infancy. He built the first cabin in Augusta, 
 and was the first white man married in the town- 
 ship. He is now nearly eighty-six years of age, 
 and is still remarkably active for one of his years. 
 He is quietly spending his declining days in Au- 
 gusta, where he is surrounded by a host of warm 
 friends. 
 
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 '3EORGE HAVEN EASTMAN, who carries 
 _ on general farming on section 15, Augusta 
 J Township, Hancock County, was born in 
 Meridian, N. H., March 3, 1863, and is a son of 
 Prosper L,ee and Eleanor (Haven) Eastman, who 
 were also natives of the old Granite vState. They 
 had only two children, George and Frank Hemen- 
 way. The father for about thirty years has en- 
 gaged in dealing in live stock, and now makes his 
 home in Albany-, N. Y. In early life he followed 
 farming. On leaving New Hampshire, he re- 
 moved to New York City, and later spent a few 
 years in Wisconsin. He has purchased .stock all 
 through Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and other 
 Western States, and for many years was in part- 
 nership with his brother, Timothy C. Eastman, 
 who died in September, 1893. Many years ago 
 he came to Illinois, and purchased seven hundred 
 acres of land, which he gave to his sons. After- 
 wards he bought an adjoining tract of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, and built a fine residence 
 upon his farm. His wife, who was the daughter 
 of a Universalist preacher, died May 5, 1874. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph 
 Ea.stman, was also a native of New Hampshire, 
 and was a carpenter by trade. He reared a fam- 
 ily of three sons, Timothy, Stephen and Prosper, 
 and died in middle life. The maternal grandfa- 
 ther, Moses Haven, was also born in the Granite 
 State, and devoted the greater part of his life to 
 the work of the Gospel. 
 
 George Eastman whose name heads this rec- 
 ord spent the first three years of his life in the 
 
 State of his nativity, and then accompanied his 
 parents on their removal to the Empire State. 
 The greater part of his youth was spent in Al- 
 bany, N. Y., where he attended the public 
 .schools. Later he entered Williams College, of 
 Williamstown, Mass., and was graduated from 
 that institution in 1886. Soon after he started 
 for the West, and on the 9th of July of that year 
 arrived in Augusta, where he worked under his 
 father's instructions until 1888, when the latter 
 presented him and his brother with their beauti- 
 ful homes. 
 
 On the 2ist of October, 1889, Mr. Eastman led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Jennie Estelle, daugh- 
 ter of Nixon and Keziah Lamar f Robbins) Bal- 
 four, who were nati\-es of North Carolina. The 
 young couple hold membership with the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, take an active part in its 
 work and upbuilding, and contribute liberally to 
 its support. Mr. Eastman is now .serving as one 
 of the Church Trustees. Socially, he is a Knight 
 Templar Ma.son, and holds membership with 
 J. L. Anderson Lodge No. 318, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Augusta Chapter No. 72, R. A. M., of which he 
 was High Priest; and Almoner Commandery No. 
 32, K. T., of which he is now Past Commander. 
 In politics, he is a .stalwart supporter of the Re- 
 publican party and its principles, but has never 
 sought or desired political preferment. Tlie 
 cause of education has ever found in him a warm 
 friend, and he is now the capal)le and efficient 
 President of the School Hoard. The best in- 
 terests of the community ever find in him a warm 
 friend, and his hearty support and co-0])erati()n 
 are always given to those enterpri.ses which he 
 believes will prove of public benefit. 
 
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 0RRIN W. CHATTERTON, who is engaged 
 in the livery business in Macomb, as a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Camp & Chatterton, was 
 born on the i6th of April, 1864, in Ennnet Town- 
 ship, McDonougli County. His ]>arents were 
 Orrin and Permelia J. ( Crabbj Chatterton. The 
 father was a native of the Empire State, and re- 
 
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 maiiied upon a farm in New York until his emi- 
 gration to the West. Locating in Illinois, he 
 purchased a farm in Emmet Township, Mc- 
 Donough County, and there engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits until his death, which occurred at 
 the age of fifty-six years. He was one of the pio- 
 neer settlers of the county, and witnessed much of 
 its growth and development. His parents were 
 also natives of New York, and the family was 
 probably founded in America during Colonial 
 days. The father served in the War of 1812. 
 Mrs. Chatterton, mother of our subject, was a na- 
 tive of Virginia, and came to McDonough County 
 with her parents during the days of early maiden- 
 hood. She is now living on the old homestead in 
 Macomb Township, at the age of sixty-six years. 
 In the family were the following children: Lucy, 
 now the wife of Joseph McGinnis, of Kenosha 
 County, Kan.; Charles, who is engaged in farm- 
 ing in McDonough County; Josie, wife of Riley 
 Sutton, of this county ; Sanuiel, also an agricul- 
 turist of this county ; and Orrin W., of this sketch. 
 
 Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth upon the old homestead farm, remaining 
 with his parents until he had attained his major- 
 ity. He acquired his education in the common 
 schools of the neighborhood, which he attended 
 through the winter season, while in the summer 
 months he aided in the labors of the farm. He 
 inherited from his father some land, and on start- 
 ing out in life for himself began the further de- 
 velopment and cultivation of this tract, which he 
 continued to successfully operate until 1S93. He 
 then sold out and came to Macomb, purchasing a 
 half-interest in the livery barn with which he is 
 still connected. 
 
 On the 15th of February, 18S3, Mr. Chatterton 
 led to the marriage altar Miss Lydia M. Walker, 
 of McDonongh County, and their union has been 
 blessed with three children; Walter W., Lucian 
 B. and Willie. The youngest, however, died in 
 infancy. Mr. Chatterton is a young man of good 
 business and executive ability, and the firm with 
 which he is now coiniected receives from the pub- 
 lic a liberal patronage. Their barn is complete 
 in all its appointments, and by their earnest en- 
 deavors to please their customers, they have se- 
 
 cured the confidence and best wishes of the entire 
 community. Socially, Mr. Chatterton is a mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, belong- 
 ing to Montrose Lodge Xo. 104, K. P. He ex- 
 ercises his right of franchise in support of the 
 Democratic party. 
 
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 NENRY M. HARRISON, M. D., occupies a 
 foremost place in the medical fraternity of 
 the "Military Tract." He is now located 
 in Bushnell, 111., but has an extensive practice, 
 which extends throughout central Illinois. A 
 native of Alexandria, Licking County, Ohio, he 
 was born July 26, 1852, and is a son of Spencer 
 and Georgiana (Hall) Harrison, the former a na- 
 tive of Bartholomew County, Kj-., and the latter 
 of Greenwich, Prince William County, Va. The 
 grandfather of our .subject, Gambriel Harrison, 
 removed from Virginia to Kentucky, and thence 
 to Ohio, where he died when his son Spencer was 
 a small boy. He was an own cousin of Gen. 
 William Henry Harrison, President of the United 
 States. The Harrisons are an honored family. 
 The great-grandfather of our subject was Carter 
 Harrison, and the name of Carter is frequently 
 found among his descendants. 
 
 Spencer Harrison was a carpenter by trade and 
 for many years also followed merchandising. In 
 1853, he emigrated westward to Cuba, Fulton 
 County, 111., and the following year made a per- 
 manent location there. To him and his wife 
 were born four children, namely; Henry M., of 
 this sketch; George, who died in infancy; Frank 
 M., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in 
 Bryant, 111.; and John R., a practicing physician 
 of Glassford, 111. The mother of this family was 
 called to her final rest April 4, 1866, her last 
 days being spent in Cuba. 
 
 Dr. Harrison of this sketch attended the High 
 Schools of Cuba and Canton, and was graduated 
 from the latter. He taught school in Ohio one 
 winter, when only sixteen years of age, and at the 
 age of fourteen he successfulh' passed an exami- 
 nation entitling him to a first-grade teacher's cer- 
 
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 tificate. On his return from the Buckeye State 
 he engaged in teaching school in Knox County 
 until 1871, when he entered the Missouri Medical 
 College, of St. Louis, Mo., attending the winter 
 and spring course. He embarked in the practice 
 of his chosen profession in Marietta, Fulton 
 County, where he remained two years, and then 
 went to Deland, Piatt County. In the winter of 
 1876-77, he was a student in the College of Phy- 
 sicians and Surgeons in Keokuk, Iowa, and was 
 graduated therefrom in the spring of the latter 
 year. 
 
 In August, 1S77, Dr. Harrison came to Bush- 
 nell, where he has since continued in t^eneral 
 practice. In 1883, he took the physician's cour.se 
 of study in the College of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons of Chicago, and after^vards attended the 
 Chicago Ophthalmic College, making a specialty 
 of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, 
 and graduating in 1887. In 1883 he spent some 
 time in the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He 
 has since made a specialty of diseases along this 
 line. He began fitting himself for this branch in 
 1872 by private study under Dr. Charles E. 
 Michel, of St. Louis. He also took a private 
 course with Prof John E. Harper, of Chicago, 
 and was his assistant in 1885. In 1890, he 
 erected the infirmary at Bushnell, of which he is 
 the head. It was built at a cost of about $8,000, 
 is heated by steam throughout, and the appoint- 
 ments are excellent. 
 
 On the 19th of July, 1873, Dr. Harrison wed- 
 ded Miss Mary Louretta McCauce, and unto them 
 have been V)orn three children, Clara Leona, Flor- 
 ence Myrtle and Henry Benjamin. The son was 
 named in honor of President Harri.son, who 
 wrote a letter of congratulation to the parents at 
 the time. The young ladies have been most 
 highly educated. Both arc graduates of the 
 High School of Bushnell, and Clara graduated in 
 music from the Western Normal College, at Bush- 
 nell, 111., having studied vocal music for two 
 years under Prof Phelps, and instrumental music 
 under Miss Ingersoll, of Chicago, 111. The fam- 
 ily is one of prominence in Bushnell, and its mem- 
 bers hold an enviable position in social circles. 
 
 Dr. Harrison is a member of the Ma.sonic or- 
 
 der, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He has been repeat- 
 edly elected Secretary- and Treasurer of the "Mil- 
 itary Tract" Medical Association, and has been a 
 leader in promoting the interests of that organ- 
 ization. He is a member of the Illinois State 
 Medical vSociety, and was a member of the Ninth 
 International Medical Congress, which con- 
 vened in September, 18S7, in Wa.shington, D. C, 
 when were present about seven thou.sand dele- 
 gates, the largest medical congress ever held. He 
 is a recognized leader in his profession, and in 
 practice is enjoying a well-de.served success. 
 
 In politics. Dr. Harri.son has always been a 
 stalwart Republican, un.swerving in his allegiance 
 to the party and its principles. For two consec- 
 utive terms of two years each he held the office of 
 Mayor of Bushnell, and declined a renomination 
 in 1893. He received the largest majority ever 
 given to a candidate for that office, and on ac- 
 count of his advocacy of public improvements he 
 won the support of all progres.sive and public- 
 spirited citizens. 
 
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 QTEPHEN L. BABBITT, M. D., a retired 
 ?\ physician residing in Bu.shnell, claims Con- 
 VlJf necticut as the State of his nativity. He was 
 born in Fairfield County, June 29, 1814, and 
 was the youngest in a faniil>- of eleven children, 
 whose parents were Abiel and Al)igail (Sturges) 
 Babbitt. William, the eldest of the family, was a 
 prominent attorney and graduate of Yale College. 
 When a young man he went to Indiana, and re- 
 ceived the nomination for Governor of that State, 
 but died of typhus fever before the election. Abi- 
 gail, Andrew S., Eliza M., Ambrose and Julia A. 
 are all now deceased, while Francis L. is liv- 
 ing in Arizona, at the age of eighty -three years. 
 Edwin was a General in the Ignited States Army 
 and a man of prominence. The Habbitt family 
 was founiled in America at a very early day, and 
 the grandfather of our subject sen-ed in the Revo- 
 lution. The Doctor's father was a native of Con- 
 necticut, and was a farmer by occupation. His 
 
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 death occurred in the Nutmeg State, when about 
 seventy-six }-ears of age. His wife was also a na- 
 tive of Connecticut, as were her parents. Her 
 death occurred at the home of her daughter in 
 Galesburg, 111., at the ripe old age of ninety-five 
 years. 
 
 Dr. Babbitt spent his early bojhood days upon 
 the home farm and in attendance at the district 
 schools of the neighborhood. Wishing to acquire 
 a better education than he could there obtain, he 
 entered Yale College at the age of seventeen and 
 later was graduated from Columbia College, of 
 New York. During the succeeding three years 
 of his Hfe he traveled quite extensively through 
 the West, and was engaged in loaning money for 
 his father and others. 
 
 The Doctor entered upon the practice of his pro- 
 fession in Centreville, Mich., where he spent 
 about two years, and then removed to Schoolcraft, 
 where he continued the prosecution of his profes- 
 sion for a period of four years. His next place of 
 residence was in Mattawan, Van Buren County, 
 Mich., and later he removed to Pine Grove Mich., 
 where he opened an office and soon built up an 
 extensive practice. He there enjoyed a most ex- 
 cellent business and for eighteen years was one of 
 the acknowledged leaders of the medical profession 
 in that localitj'. On the expiration of that period 
 he came to Bushnell, 111., where he practiced for 
 three years. He then removed to the southern 
 part of the State, but in 1883 returned to Bush- 
 nell, where he has since lived a retired life. 
 
 In 1S60, Dr. Babbitt was united in marriage 
 with Miss Myra H. Farr, a native of New York, 
 and a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (St. Law- 
 rence) Farr. Her father was a native of Massa- 
 chu.setts, and for some years engaged in the 
 jewelry business. His death occurred when he 
 had reached the allotted age of three-score jears 
 and ten. His wife was a native of Ireland, and 
 was distantly connected with the royal family of 
 Great Britain. Mrs. Babbitt is the youngest in a 
 family of eleven children, and is the onlj' one liv- 
 ing. The others were Mary A., Joseph G. , Fran- 
 cis E., Melvin S., Amanda E., Harriet H.. Ed- 
 ward, and three who died in infancy-. 
 
 Dr. Babbitt and his wife have traveled life's 
 
 journey together for about thirty-five years, and 
 faithfully shared with each other the joys and 
 sorrows, adversity and prosperity of life. As the 
 days pa.ssed, their mutual confidence and lo\-e 
 have increased, and they have won the esteem of 
 all with whom they have been brought in con- 
 tact. They possess many excellencies of char- 
 acter, and have always been benevolent and 
 generous with the poor and needy. All worthy 
 enterprises have received their support, and the 
 best interests of the community always find in 
 them a friend. In his political views. Dr. Bab- 
 bitt is a Democrat. He has now reached the age 
 of eighty years, but is well preserved, and we join 
 with his friends in wishing that he may yet be 
 spared for some time to come. 
 
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 r^EV. THOMAS AARON CANADY is one 
 1^ of the leading ministers of the Methodist 
 p\ Episcopal Church in Illinois, and is now 
 .serving as pastor of the congregation in Augusta. 
 He has many friends in J;his community, and we 
 feel assured that the record of his life will prove 
 of interest to many of our readers. He was born 
 in Clarke County, Ohio, July 30, 1846, and is a 
 son of Thomas and Eva (Huffman) Canady, the 
 former a native of the Buckeye State, and the lat- 
 ter of Virginia. Samuel Canady, the grandfather, 
 was born in the East, and was a farmer by occu- 
 pation. He served as a soldier in the War of 
 1 81 2, and reached an advanced age. His family 
 numbered nine .sons and two daughters. The 
 maternal grandfather, Aaron Huffman, was of 
 German parentage, and he, too, served in the 
 War of 18 1 2. In an early day he made Iiis home 
 in Virginia, but afterward removed to Ohio, and 
 spent his last days in Cedar\ille, where his death 
 occurred in 1865, at an advanced age. 
 
 Thomas Canady, Sr., also engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits as a means of livelihood. He was 
 three times married. His first wife died when 
 our subject was only five years of age. He after- 
 ward wedded Mrs. Towne, and subsequently was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Joanna Miner. In 
 
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 1866, he emigrated to Missouri, and his death oc- 
 curred near Mill Grove, that State, in 1885, at 
 the age of sixty-eight years. A member of the 
 United Brethren Church, he lived an honorable, 
 upright life, and was highlj- esteemed by all. 
 The children of Thomas and Eva Canady were 
 six in number, but only three are now living; 
 Joshua, of Mercer County, Mo.; Cynthia, wife 
 of Philip Nagley, of Clarke County, Ohio; and 
 Rev. Thomas A., of this sketch. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this notice 
 was a lad of tweh-e years when he came with his 
 parents to Illinois. In 1865 he accompanied them 
 on their emigration to Missouri. His education 
 was acquired in the schools of Ohio, and the Mis- 
 souri University, of Columbia, Mo. A year after 
 leaving that school he began preaching in the 
 Methodist Church, and has since been engaged in 
 the work of the ministrj-. 
 
 During the late war, Mr. Canady was found 
 among the defenders of the Union, sending for 
 two years and a-half as a member of Company F, 
 One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry. 
 He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs 
 and Arkansas Post, and was captured at the battle 
 of Guntown. For nine months he was held a 
 prisoner and incarcerated at Andersonville, Savan- 
 nah, Milan, Blackshear, Florence, S. C, and 
 Salisbury-, N. C. He was ever found at his post 
 faithfully performing his duty, and was a valiant 
 defender of the Stars and Stripes and the cause 
 which the Old Flag represejited. He is now a 
 member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 After his return from the army, Mr. Canady 
 took up his residence in Missouri until his re- 
 moval to Augusta. He served as pastor of the 
 churches in Albanj-, Savannah, Maryville and 
 Brookfield, was presiding Elder of the Kirk.sville 
 District, and was pastor of the Broadway Church 
 in Hannibal for two years. In 1892 he .served as 
 a delegate to the General Conference held in 
 Omaha, Neb. The degree of A. M. has been 
 conferred upon him. 
 
 On the 26th of March, 1875, Rev. Mr. Canady 
 was united in marriage with Miss Margaret D. 
 L/indsey, daughter of John C. W. and Elizabeth 
 (Rhea) Lindsey, of Mercer County, Mo. The 
 
 wedding was celebrated in Princeton, and by 
 their union have been born a son and two daugh- 
 ters: Laura E., Eva E. and Earl L. Mr. Can- 
 ad}' now devotes his entire attention to pastoral 
 work, laboring untiringly in the vineyard of the 
 Master, and for the advancement of the cause upon 
 earth. He has the high regard of this commu- 
 nity, and is well liked by his congregation. 
 
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 *ySAAC A. OAKMAN, a retired farmer, now 
 I living in Macomb, and Treasurer of the 
 X, county, claims Pennsylvania as the State of 
 his nativity. He was bojn in Bedford County 
 on the 22d of April, 1827, and is a son of Ebe- 
 nezer and Ami (Ansley) Oakman, the former a 
 native of Ma.ssachusetts, and the latter of Penn- 
 .sylvania. The Oakman family is of Irish lineage, 
 and it is probable that all of the name in America 
 sprang from a common stem. Leaving the old 
 Bay vState, Ebenezer Oakman went to Philadel- 
 phia, where he became acquainted with and mar- 
 ried Miss Anslej', who was his second wife. By 
 trade he was a shoemaker, and followed that pur- 
 suit during his early life in the East. He re- 
 moved from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Pa., and 
 subsequently traded his shoe .store for a large 
 tract of land in Bedford Comit}'. Locating thereon, 
 he began clearing and improving the same, and in 
 that valley built two sawmills. His home was 
 in the midst of the forest, where were seen few 
 evidences of civilization and progress. He there 
 died in 1840. By his finst wife he had five chil- 
 dren, and by the second union were born seven 
 children. 
 
 After the death of her husband, Mrs. Oakman, 
 mother of our subject, came to Illinois, and six 
 of her children ultimately located in Hancock and 
 McDonough Counties. The journey was made 
 by way of Pilt.slnirgh, where thej- took a steamer 
 for Warsaw. On reaching the Mississippi, they 
 boarded a stern-wheel boat, thus saving about 
 three hours in starting, but the other boat over- 
 took them and the two vessels engaged in a race. 
 This was a rather dangerous affair, and our sub- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 ject thought that the end had come. The onl}- 
 thing for the passengers to do was to get their 
 guns and command the officers of the boat to stop 
 putting on more steam. At length they reached 
 their destination in safety. Mrs. Oakman con- 
 tinued to reside in McDonough County until her 
 death, which occurred at the home of her son 
 Isaac in 1881. 
 
 During his youth, Mr. Oakman of this sketch 
 learned the tanning business in Huntingdon Coun- 
 ty, Pa., ser\-ing a four-years apprentice.ship to 
 the trade. He then followed the same pursuit 
 for five jears in his own interest near Chambers- 
 burg, Franklin County, Pa., and it was during 
 his residence at that place that he met and mar- 
 ried IMiss EHzabeth M. Campbell. The wedding 
 ceremony was performed on the 17th of June, 
 1 85 1. They became the parents of eight chil- 
 dren, and seven of the luimber are yet living. 
 All reside in McDonough Count}-, and five of 
 the number are now married. Frank is engaged 
 in farming near Bu.shnell: Mar>- Emma is the wife 
 of Nicholas Swigert; William is engaged in the 
 furniture business in Macomb; George is now edi- 
 tor of the Blandinsville (hizcttc: Maggie Belle is 
 at home; and Bert is employed in the /fsj^/f print- 
 ing office in this city. 
 
 On his emigration to Illinois, Mr. Oakman first 
 took up his residence in Fountain Green, Han- 
 cock County, where he arrived on the 12th of 
 May, 1853. A year later he removed to Mc- 
 Donough County, purchased a farm in Hire 
 Town.ship, and turned his attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits, which he followed for many years. 
 He was very successful in the work, and was the 
 owner of a neat and well-kept farm, whose thrifty 
 appearance indicated the careful super\-ision of 
 the owner. Ere leaving his old home, Mr. Oak- 
 man was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, 
 who died on the 2d of July, 1890. 
 
 In politics, our subject has always been a sup- 
 porter of the Democracy, and on that ticket has 
 been elected to a number of public offices. He 
 served for three terms as Super\isor, and was a 
 member of the County Board during the erection 
 of the court house. In 189 1 he was elected 
 County Treasurer, which position he still fills. 
 
 Removing to Macomb, he has here since made 
 his home. He at once entered upon the duties of 
 hir office, and by his fidelity to the trust reposed 
 in him he has won the commendation of all con- 
 cerned. His business career has been one of suc- 
 cess, and by his well-directed efforts, his industry 
 and perseverance, he has acquired a comfortable 
 competence, which numbers him among the sub- 
 stantial citizens of the community. 
 
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 0AVID CHAMBERS, an attorney -at-law of 
 Bushnell, was born in Harrison County, 
 Ohio, on the 2 2d of November, 1846. His 
 parents, John and Hannah (Manleyj Chambers, 
 w^ere both natives of the Buckeye State. The 
 paternal grandfather, David Chambers, was born 
 in \'irginia, but died in Ohio, when his son John 
 was a small boy. The maternal grandfather, 
 Allen Manley, was an Ohio farmer, and, emigrat- 
 ing to Illinois, he located near New Philadelphia, 
 in McDonough County, where he spent his re- 
 maining days, passing away at the advanced age 
 of eighty-two. The father of our subject carried 
 on farming in Ohio until 1852, when he came to 
 Illinois, and located in Harris Township, Fulton 
 County, where he carried on agricultural pursuits 
 until called to his final rest, in April, 1882, at the 
 age of sixty-five years. His wife sur\-ived him 
 until March, 1892, and died at the age of seventy- 
 two. They were both members of the United 
 Brethren Church. 
 
 Mr. Chambers whose name heads this record 
 was a lad of onlj' six summers when his parents 
 emigrated to Fulton County. He remained upon 
 the old home farm, nine miles southea.st of Bush- 
 nell, until sixteen years of age, when he responded 
 to the country's call for troops and joined the 
 boys in blue of Company I, One Hundred and 
 Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantr>% for one hundred 
 days' service. During that time he was captured 
 and sent to Castle Morgan Pri.son, at Cahaba, 
 Ala., the old capital. After the war, he returned 
 to Fulton County, where he engaged in teaching 
 school until 18S1, when he began reading law 
 
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 with A. E. Banies, who was the first white male 
 child born in Fulton Count}-. Under his direction, 
 Mr. Chambers continued his studies until he en- 
 tered the State University of Iowa, from which he 
 was graduated in 1882. The following jear he 
 was admitted to the Bar in Illinois, and at once 
 opened a law office in Bushnell, where he has 
 since been engaged in his profession. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1873, Mr. Chambers 
 was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Bevans, 
 daughter of Milton and Eliza (Williams ) Bevans, 
 the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of 
 Mar],-land. Two children grace the union of this 
 worthy couple, a son and daughter, Milton J. and 
 Nellie M., who are still at home. They have a 
 pleasant residence in Bu.shnell, and their home is 
 noted for its hospitality. 
 
 In his social relations, Mr. Chambers is con- 
 nected with the Masonic fraternity, and with Car- 
 ter Van Vleck Post No. 74, G. A. R. In his 
 political views, he is a Democrat, and for seven 
 years has sened as Prosecuting Attorney for the 
 city, a position he has filled with credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to his con.stituents, as is indicated 
 bj' his long retention in office. He is a lawyer of 
 skill and ability, a man of keen judgment and quick 
 discernment, and an able advocate. His earnest 
 effijrts in the interests of his clients have gained 
 for him an enviable reputation and a liberal pat- 
 ronage. 
 
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 gILES C. HAWLEY, a retired farmer of Au- 
 gusta, is a native of the Buckeye State, and 
 comes of an old New England family. His 
 paternal grandfather, Gad Hawley, was a native 
 of Farmington, Conn., and the house in which 
 he lived one hundred and six years ago is still 
 standing. By occupation, he was a farmer. His 
 familj' numbered two sons and two daughters, 
 one of whom, Chauncey Hawley, became the fa- 
 ther of our subject. He removed from Connect- 
 icut to Ohio in 1806, when the Buckeye State 
 was an almost unbroken wilderness, and, locating 
 in Austinburgh, purchased land of the Govern- 
 
 ment. There he spent his remaining days. He 
 was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a ver}' 
 devout man, and aided in building the first house 
 of worship in northern Ohio. When this church 
 was completed, Mrs. Judge Austin went back to 
 Connecticut on horseback, alone through the 
 wilderness, and brought back Rev. Giles H. 
 Cowles, after whom the subject of this sketch was 
 named, who, with his family, came all the way 
 by private conveyance in 18 13 to Ohio, where he 
 reared his family. Alfred Cowles, of the Chicago 
 Tribune, and Edwin Cowles, of the Cleveland 
 Leader, were members, all of whom are now dead. 
 Chauncey Hawley married Sophia Austin, daugh- 
 ter of Judge Eliphalet Austin, who was the first 
 settler of Austinburgh, Ohio, where he located in 
 1798. In 1891, Giles Hawley and wife went back 
 to the old place on a visit, and brought home fruit 
 from the trees which were planted by his grand- 
 father in 1799. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Hawley became the 
 parents of eight children, among whom were Mrs. 
 John H. Catlin, E. P., Albert D. and Erastus A. 
 Hawley, all of whom lived in Augusta, and are 
 now deceased. Those living are Ursula, widow 
 of William M. Dexter, of Augusta; Chauncey G., 
 of Girard, Kan., who during the late war was 
 Colonel of the First Regiment of Heavy Artillerj- 
 of Ohio, and during the last two years of his serv- 
 ice acted as Brigadier-General; and Giles C. of 
 this sketch. The father followed farming through- 
 out his entire life, and died in Austinburgh, Ohio, 
 in 1853, at the age of seventy -three. His wife 
 sur\'ived him until i860, and died in Augusta, at 
 the age of sixty-nine. She was a devoted mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church, and took an act- 
 ive part in its work. Her father, Eliphalet Austin, 
 was one of the leading citizens of northern Ohio, 
 and serv^ed in the Legislature from 181 2 to 18 14. 
 His death occurred at the age of seventy -seven. 
 He was a farmer and Judge, and had two broth- 
 ers who ser\'ed in the Revolutionarj- War. His 
 family numbered five sons and five daughters. 
 
 Giles Cowles Hawley was born in Austinburgh, 
 on the 2d of April, 1830, and there made his home 
 until eighteen years of age, when he emigrated 
 westward and became a resident of Augusta, 111. 
 
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 Here he embarked in merchandising in company 
 with his brother, E. P. Hawley, who was a lead- 
 ing citizen of Augusta from 1847 to 1887, when 
 he died. In this business, which was carried on 
 under the firm name of Hawley Bros., our subject 
 continued until 1856. He then established a liv- 
 er)' stable, which he conducted until the outbreak 
 of the late war. After Ft. Sumter was fired upon, 
 busine-ss interests no longer proved attractive to 
 Mr. Hawley, for his sympathies were all with the 
 Union, and he enlisted in its defense as a member 
 of Company L, Second Illinois Cavalry, under 
 Capt. Delano. He ser\-ed on detached duty with 
 Grant's brigade for several months, traveling 
 through Missouri and Kentucky, his company 
 acting as Gen. Grant's bodyguard. On account 
 of becoming deaf, however, he was forced to leave 
 the .service after about a year. He, with a num- 
 ber of others, was taken prisoner by Jeif Thomp- 
 son in Missouri. After being robbed of every- 
 thing but what they wore upon their persons, they 
 were allowed to go. In 1 862, our .subject returned 
 to Augusta and embarked in farming, which he 
 followed continuously until his retirement from 
 active life. 
 
 On the 9th of September, 1858, Mr. Hawley 
 wedded Miss Mace Fosdyck, and their union was 
 blessed with two children: Sophia and Edwin 
 Hurd. The former became the wife of George 
 W. Gardner, of Warsaw, and died a true Chris- 
 tian and active member of the church, leaving a 
 daughter, Mace, who is living with her grand- 
 father. For several years Edwin has been a 
 commercial traveler in the employ of a Minneap- 
 olis house. Mrs. Hawley, who was a member of 
 the Presbyterian Church, was called to the home 
 beyond September 26, 1872. On the i8th of 
 April, 1878, Mr. Hawley married Miss Harriet, 
 daughter of \Vad.sworth and Harriet (Ingensol) 
 Mead. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are both members of 
 the Presbyterian Church, and, in politics, he is a 
 supporter of the Republican party. He also holds 
 membership with the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic. He owns a pleasant home in Augusta, and 
 in addition to this until recently owned some 
 good land along the river bottoms near Warsaw. 
 
 There are only thirteen citizens in Augusta who 
 were living here when Mr. Hawley came to the 
 West in 1848. For years after he came to Illinois 
 there were from thirty to forty of his name, and 
 now he is the only Hawley living in Augusta, 
 all but he having passed to the beyond. He has 
 witnes.sed nearly the entire growth and develop- 
 ment of the county, has seen its wild lands trans- 
 formed into beautiful homes and farms, and where 
 once roamed the deer domestic animals are now 
 seen. Progress and development have placed 
 Hancock County in the lead in the State, and Mr. 
 Hawley has ever borne his part in the work of 
 public advancement. 
 
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 (TjTERLING P. LEMMON, an attomey-at- 
 7\ law, who is engaged in practice in Augusta, 
 Vy has the honor of being a native of Illinois, 
 his birth having occurred in Lima Township, 
 Adams County, September 27, 1865. His par- 
 ents, William D. and Elizabeth F. (Tout) Lem- 
 mon, were also natives of Adams Count}-. They 
 had a family of five daughters and a son, but 
 only three are now living: Sterling P., our sub- 
 ject; Anna, wife of J. W. Cunningham, station 
 agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- 
 road at We.st Point, 111.; and Frankie, a j'oung 
 lady engaged in teaching in West Point. The 
 father was a farmer in earlj- life, but in later 
 years he has engaged in grain-dealing, and now 
 makes his home in West Point. The greater 
 part of his life has been passed in Adams County, 
 and he removed to his present home in 1891. 
 His wife passed away in 1882, in her thirty-ninth 
 year. She was a member of the Christian Church 
 and a most estimable lady. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Rud- 
 ien Lemmon, was a native of Tennessee, and em- 
 igrated to Illinois about 1823, when Quincy 
 was a small village. He followed farming as a 
 means of livelihood. He was one of the pioneer 
 settlers of Adams County, and there .served as 
 Collector for a number of terms. His death oc- 
 curred at about the age of seventy-five years. 
 
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 His family numbered seven children. The ma- 
 ternal grandfather, John S. Tout, was born in 
 Ohio, and came to this State at an early day, lo- 
 cating in Galena, where he served as manager of 
 the tanners- belonging to the father of Gen. 
 Grant. When the General was a boy, Mr. Tout 
 three times whipped him for disobedience, and 
 when Grant became President, whether in return 
 for the favor or not, we cannot say, he tendered 
 Mr. Tout the position of Po.stmaster of Quincy. 
 The latter, however, preferred to remain upon 
 his farm, where he died of a cancer in Januan,-, 
 1893, at the age of eighty-three years. 
 
 Sterling P. Lemmon has spent the greater part 
 of his life in this section of the State. His .school 
 privileges were verj- meagre in earlj- life, but he 
 afterward attended Chaddock College, of Quincy, 
 from which in.stitution he was graduated in 1884. 
 His parents did not wish him to become a lawyer, 
 but as he felt that he could succeed in this branch 
 of business, he began studying at home in 1882, 
 and by faithful and persistent effort he fitted him- 
 self for admission to the Bar, which event occur- 
 red in 1889. The date September 11 has been 
 an important one in his life. He began the study 
 of law on that day, left the farm on that da)-, was 
 married, and was admitted to the Bar on that 
 da J'. 
 
 The year of Mr. Lemmon's marriage was 18S7. 
 He wedded Miss Alice M. Akins, daughter of 
 Dr. J. S. and Jo.sephine (McFarland) Akins, of 
 Loraine, 111. Two children grace their union, a 
 son and a daughter, Chester A. and Edna Marie. 
 
 Mr. Lemmon is a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
 and the Modern Woodmen of America, and in 
 politics he is a supporter of the Democracy. In 
 January, 1893, 1^^ embarked in the practice of his 
 profession in Augusta. Prior to that time he 
 was a member of the firm of vShannon, Lemmon 
 & Duval, of Quincy. During that time he was 
 one of the defenders of E. J. Sullivan, who was 
 accused of the murder of his sweetheart in Quincy 
 in 1890. The young man was acquitted after a 
 hotly -contested trial. He was also connected 
 with the celebrated case of Sloniger versus Sloni- 
 ger, on which eleven lawyers were employed. 
 
 His firm won the case, setting aside the will, and 
 cutting off an alleged heir from any rights in the 
 estate. Mr. Lemmon now has a good practice, 
 receiving patronage from Schuyler, McDonough, 
 Adams and Hancock Counties. His office was 
 destroyed by fire in May, 1893, but he is now 
 nicely located, and a short time since he added 
 one hundred and fort>--eight new volumes to his 
 library. He is yet a young man, but has steadily 
 risen in his profession, and now occupies a prom- 
 inent place at the Hancock County Bar. 
 
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 (TOHN YOUNG. Among those who have 
 I cro.ssed the Atlantic, founded homes in Amer- 
 G/ ica, and won the success attendant upon ear- 
 nest effort, may be mentioned the gentleman whose 
 name heads this record. He was born in Koenigs- 
 bach, in the grand duchy of Baden, Germany, 
 October 15, 1810, and passed the first twenty 
 years of his life amid familiar home scenes in his 
 native land. Attending the common .schools, he 
 obtained a fair education. Having lost his father 
 when but a small lad, he was obliged to go out to 
 .service among strangers as a .shepherd. America 
 possessed for him great attractions, and he gath- 
 ered all the information possible relative to the 
 country, climate and ad\antages. Of money, he 
 possessed but little. His capital stock, as he says, 
 ' 'was a good pair of arms, a good body and a 
 good will," and with these as a foundation on 
 which to build a fortune he left the Fatherland, 
 and on the 20th of June, 1830, landed in New 
 York City. 
 
 The first work which Mr. Young did was as a 
 mower on a farm on Long I.slaiid. He had been a 
 proficient hand at the .sc\lhe in the Old Country-, 
 but here he found the blade longer, and saj-s he 
 .spent the first half-day learning to "swing the 
 thing. ' ' He noticed the exchange of glances be- 
 tween the others in the field, and, although ignor- 
 ant of their language, believed they were laugh- 
 ing at his awkwardness. This determined him to 
 show them that he could do the work, and in the 
 afternoon he accomplished more than any of the 
 
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 others. This little incident is characteristic of 
 Mr. Young's whole course through life. He 
 o\-ercomes all obstacles and carries forward to a 
 successful completion whatever he undertakes. 
 He remained in New York City and vicinity luitil 
 1836. 
 
 During this time, Mr. Young was made an Odd 
 Fellow, December 26, 1834, so that he is one of 
 the oldest members of the order in the United 
 States, and in all probability the very oldest in Illi- 
 nois. His long connection with the fraternity 
 has led him to be frequently called upon to address 
 lodges throughout the country, and he has spoken 
 in the interest of the order in New Jersey, New 
 York, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis- 
 souri, Kansas, Nebra.ska, Colorado and California. 
 
 Another important event occurred during Mr. 
 Young's residence in New York. He there met, 
 wooed and won his wife, Catherine Ehrhardt, the 
 marriage taking place June 20, 1835. For fifty- 
 six years she was his faithful companion and 
 helpmate, and all who knew her held her in the 
 highest esteem for her exemplary life. She was 
 a seamstress, and came from Alsace, France, in 
 1833. Her death occurred March 16, 1891, and 
 was deeply mourned. 
 
 On the 28th of August, 1836, Mr. Young started 
 westward to find a home, leaving his wife in the 
 care of a sister. He traveled by stage to Phila- 
 delphia, thence by rail to Columbia, and on by 
 stage to Pittsburgh, where he took boat to Louis- 
 ville. The river being too low to .shoot the falls, 
 he had to transfer to another boat at Rockford, 
 from which place he went to St. Louis, and on 
 to Burlington, which was then a village in the 
 Territory of Iowa. From that place he walked 
 to Warren County, 111. He had not a friend or 
 acquaintance in the locality. He hired out to 
 John Huston as a farm hand at $8 per month, and 
 .soon afterwards he was joined by his wife, who in 
 company with her brother-in-law and sister had 
 come west. Mr. and Mrs. Young enjoyed few of 
 the luxuries of life in tho.se early years, and even 
 were sometimes without the neces-saries, but they 
 made the best of everything and had soon acquired 
 a sufficient sum to purchase a farm. 
 
 In the spring of 1837, Mr. Young bought fifty 
 
 acres of land at $1.62 '-2' per acre, and this tract 
 became the nucleus of his extensive possessions. 
 Soon after locating upon that farm, he made a 
 trip to Oquawka, thirty miles distant, with an ox- 
 team. The historj- of pioneer life in this locality 
 is verj- familiar to him. He hauled the first rails 
 across the Peoria and Burlington stage road, on 
 the big prairie northwest of Greenbush, and broke 
 the first forty acres of land on that prairie. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Young were born seven 
 children, five of whom are j'et living: Mary, the 
 widow of Thomas Lewis, who is now keeping 
 house for her father; Julia A., wife of Charles 
 Hayes, who once served as Sheriff of McDonough 
 County, but is now living in South Dakota; John 
 Frederick, who resides on the old homestead in 
 Ro.seville Township, Warren County; Sarah, 
 widow of George W. Thomas; and Emma, the 
 wife of S. H. Tuttle, of Rcseville, 111. 
 
 For many years Mr. Young remained engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits, and success attended his 
 well-directed efforts. He worked hard, and as the 
 result of his industry and enterpri.se acquired a 
 hand.some competency, which now enables him to 
 spend his declining years in retirement, surround- 
 ed by all the comforts of life. He makes his home 
 in Bushnell and is one of its honored citizens. He 
 is a courteous, kindly old gentleman, and all who 
 know him esteem him highlv. 
 
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 HENRY R. AND WILLIAM L. HAMPTON, 
 of Augusta, are the editors and proprietors 
 of the Augusta Courier. These gentlemen 
 were both natives of McDonough County, the 
 former born on the 3d of March, 1859, and 
 the latter on the 2d of Augu.st, 1868. Their 
 parents were William L. and Rachel A. (Jones) 
 Hampton, both of whom were natives of Ohio. 
 In their family were three children, the two men- 
 tioned above, and one who died in infancy. The 
 father was an engineer. During his earlj' boy- 
 hood he came to Illinois with his parents, the 
 family locating near Macomb. His father. Van 
 C. Hampton, was a native of New Jersey, and a 
 
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 woolen manufacturer. After his emigration to 
 McDonougli County, he built and operated the 
 first woolen-mill within its borders. William L. 
 Hampton, Sr., grew to manhood under the pa- 
 rental roof and spent his remaining dajs in Mc- 
 Donougli County. During the late war he re- 
 sponded to the country's call for troops, and, 
 donning the blue, became a member of Company 
 C. Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantr}-. W'hile en- 
 gaged in building breastworks of logs he was in- 
 jured, and on account of disabilitj' occasioned 
 thereby was honorably- discharged from the serv- 
 ice. Both he and his wife were members of the 
 Baptist Church, and were people whose excel- 
 lencies of character made them highly respected. 
 Mr. Hampton passed away in Colchester in 1884, 
 at the age of fifty-four years. His first wife had 
 died many years previous, and he had married 
 Mrs. Annie Butterfield, widow of William But- 
 terfield. 
 
 Both Henry and William Hampton were reared 
 in Macomb, spending their earh- boyhood days 
 midst play and work. They attended the public 
 schools of that city, acquiring a good English ed- 
 ucation, and when quite young they began learn- 
 ing the printers' trade. Since that time, they 
 have been connected with newspaper work in one 
 capacity or another, and they are thoroughh- con- 
 versant with the work in all its departments. In 
 February, 1892, they came to Augusta and es- 
 tablished the Augusta Courier, which" they are 
 still publishing. The paper is .stronglj- Republi- 
 can in politics, and is a neat and interesting 
 journal, which is meeting with hearty support. 
 Its circulation has steadily increa.sed as its merits 
 have become known to the people. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1882, H. R. Hamp- 
 ton was united in marriage with Miss Mary L. 
 Butterfield, daughter of William and Annie But- 
 terfield, and to them has been born a son, Harry. 
 On the 29th of March, 1892, was celebrated the 
 marriage of William L. Hampton and Miss Lizzie 
 Becker, daughter of Henry and Hannah Becker. 
 One child graces this union, Edna. The families 
 are well known in this community, and rank high 
 in social circles. 
 
 The publishers of the Courier .spent ten years 
 
 of their lives in Colchester, during which time 
 the senior partner of the firm held the office of 
 Assessor, and also served as a member of the 
 Board of Health. Socially, he is connected with 
 the Home Forum, as is his lirother, who is also 
 a member of the Knights of Pythias. They 
 are both men of good business ability, pleasant 
 and genial in manner, and have the high regard 
 of many friends in this locality. 
 
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 EHARLES C. CHAIN is the editor and pub- 
 lisher of the McDonough Demoerat, which 
 is published in Bushnell, 111. As he has 
 a wide acquaintance throughout this section of 
 the State, we feel assured that the record of his 
 life will prove of interest to many of our readers. 
 A native of Fulton County, he was bom on the 
 nth of November, 1863, in Lewistown, and is a 
 son of William H. and Amelia (Smith) Chain. 
 On the father's side he is of Irish and German 
 descent, and on the mother's side he is of Welsh 
 and New England extraction. William H. Chain 
 was a native of Ohio. He came to Illinois about 
 i860, and embarked in the drug business in 
 Lewistown, where he engaged in the wholesale 
 grocery trade. He was thus engaged until 1871, 
 when he removed to Lincoln, Neb., and began 
 in business as a commission merchant. After a 
 short time, however, he returned to Fulton Coun- 
 ty, where he made his home until 1881, when he 
 came to Bushnell. Here he engaged in the real- 
 e.state business until his death, which occurred in 
 Februarj-, 1891. His wife was also a native of 
 Ohio, and during her maidenhood went with her 
 parents to Fulton County, 111. She is still liv- 
 ing in Bushnell, where she has many friends and 
 acquaintances. In the Chain family were six 
 children, Ijut only our subject and his sister 
 Nellie H. are now living. 
 
 Charles C. Chain spent the first ten years of 
 his life under the parental roof, and during that 
 time he made not a little money by selling news- 
 papers. When a lad of ten years he returned 
 to Fulton Count)' and lived ^\^th his grand- 
 
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 mother upon a farm for about ten j-ears. He be- 
 came familiar with all the duties of farm life, and 
 aided in the labors of the field until 1881, when 
 he decided to come to Bushnell and learn the 
 printer's trade. He at once entered upon that 
 work, and continued in the employ of others for 
 about four years, when, on the 4th of July 1884, 
 he established the McDonoiigh Democrat, which 
 he has since published. He was associated with 
 a partner for about two years, and then became 
 ■sole proprietor. Since 1887, he has been alone in 
 business. He owns a well-appointed printing of- 
 fice, and the McDonough Democrat is a neat and 
 well-edited paper. It has a good circulation, and 
 a liberal patronage is well deserved. 
 
 On the i2th of March, 1889, Mr. Chain led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Anna Oblander. To 
 them has been born a son, W. H., who is now 
 four years old. In his political views, Mr. Chain 
 is a stalwart Democrat, unswerving in his alle- 
 giance to the party and its interests. He takes 
 quite a prominent and active part in political af- 
 fairs, and has .served as a member of the County 
 Central Committee and of the Congressional Com- 
 mittee. Public-spirited and progressive, he is 
 recognized as one of the valued citizens of Bush- 
 nell, for he manifests a commendable interest in 
 everj'thing pertaining to the welfare of the com- 
 munity. Mr. Chain may truly be called a self- 
 made man, for he started out in life for himself at 
 an early age and has steadily worked his way up- 
 ward through his own efforts. His possessions 
 are the just reward of his labors. He was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster under President Cleveland in 
 1894. 
 
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 0ARIUS JONES, who is now engaged in gen- 
 eral farming on section 26, Bushnell Town- 
 ship, is one of the honored pioneer settlers 
 of McDonough County, having for many years 
 made his home in this locality. His farm com- 
 prises two hundred and thirteen acres of valuable 
 land, which is under a high state of cultivation, 
 and well improved with all modern accessories 
 and conveniences. His home is a beautiful coun- 
 
 trj^ residence, and is pleasantly located within a 
 mile of Bushnell. In connection with the cultiva- 
 tion of the fields, he also engages in stock-raising, 
 and this branch of his business has likewise proved 
 profitable to him. 
 
 Mr. Jones is a native of Ohio. He was born in 
 Hocking County August 17, 1828, and comes of 
 a family of English lineage. His paternal grand- 
 parents were both natives of \'irginia, but his fa- 
 ther, John Jones, was born in the Keystone State. 
 His mother, however, who bore the maiden name 
 of Rebecca De Moss, was born in the Old Domin- 
 ion. When a young man, John Jones left Penn- 
 sylvania, and, emigrating westward, took up his 
 residence in Ohio, where he engaged in farming 
 until 1 85 1. That year witnessed his arrival in 
 McDonough County, where he carried on agri- 
 cultural pursuits until his death, which occurred 
 at the age of seventy-two years. His wife passed 
 away at the age of seventy years. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record is 
 the second in order of birth in a family of nine 
 children. The common schools afforded him his 
 educational privileges, and upon the home farm 
 he was reared to manhood. He early began to 
 work in the fields, plowing, planting and harvest- 
 ing, and soon became familiar with all the duties 
 of farm life. At length he began to work in his 
 own interest, and for three years was employed as 
 a farm hand in the neighborhood. He then oper- 
 ated rented land until 1859, when, with the cap- 
 ital he had acquired, he made his first purchase, 
 becoming the owner of a tract of eighty acres, 
 which has ser\^ed as the nucleus around which have 
 been gathered his present extensive possessions. 
 
 On the 1 5th of February, 1853, Mr. Jones mar- 
 ried Miss Elizabeth Snapp, who was born Sep- 
 tember 22, 1830, in Wa.shington County, Teim., 
 and was a daughter of John and Mary Ann ( Kep- 
 ple) Snapp, who were natives of Teimes.see. They 
 came to McDonough County in 1833, and here 
 the father followed farming for .some time. His 
 death occurred in Missouri, at the allotted age of 
 three-score years and ten. His wife passed away 
 in McDonough County, when about forty years of 
 age. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were bom nine 
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 ceased. Mary is the wife of Emerson Huffman, 
 a farmer of McDonough County ; Caroline is the 
 wife of David Mowery, also an agriculturist: 
 John L. follows farminjj in Fulton County: Laura 
 is at home; and William G. and p-ratik nrt- still 
 living on the old homestead. 
 
 The Republican party has ever found in Mr. 
 Jones a stalwart supporter, who takes an active 
 interest in its growth. His wife is a member of 
 the Methodist Church, and he contributes liberally 
 to the same. The cau.se of education has always 
 found in him a warm friend, and he has ser\ed 
 bf>th as School Director and School Trustee, and 
 is also Road Commis-sioner. In addition to his 
 other property, he owns four hundred and fifteen 
 acres of land in Fulton County. His poissessions 
 have all been acquired through his own offorts, 
 and the handsome competence which he now pos- 
 sesses is but the just reward of his honest labors. 
 
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 (Tf)HX TWIDWELL. a retired farmer now 
 I living in Plymouth, has since 1836 been a 
 (2/ resident of this .section of Illinois. He has a 
 wide acquaintance in this locality, and we feel as- 
 sured that the record of his life will prove of in- 
 terest to many of our readers. A native of North 
 Carolina, he was born in Davidson County Jan- 
 uary- 20, 1818, and is one of a family of five sons 
 and four daughters, whose parents were Thomas 
 and Polly < Wayman ) Twidwell. Only six of 
 the children are now living, namely: John and 
 Solomon, twins, the latter residing in Macomb; 
 William, who is living in Wa.shington, fortj- 
 miles from Olympia: Martha, widow of Josiah 
 Morris, and a resident of northeni Kansas; 
 Nancy, widow of Bartlet Whittington, of Peoria; 
 and Absalom, of Kansas. 
 
 The father of this family was a native of Vir- 
 ginia, and was a cooper by trade. In 1834, he 
 started westward and, kxrating in Morgan County, 
 111. . there spent about two years. In 1 836, he came 
 to McDonough County, where he purcha.sed land 
 and improved a fine farm of three hundred and 
 twenty acres, three miles east of Plymouth, upon 
 
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 which he made his home until called to his final 
 rest. He died in 1883, at the advanced age of 
 ninetj'-four years and two days, and his wife 
 passed away twenty years pre\-iously. She was 
 a native of Maryland. In early life they were 
 members of the Methodist Church, but later 
 joined the United Brethren Church. The mater- 
 nal grandfather of our subject, John Wayman, was 
 a native of Marj-land and a minister of the Meth- 
 odist Church. Removing to North Carolina, his 
 death occurred in that State when well advanced 
 in years. 
 
 John Twidwell was in his seventeenth year 
 when he preceded his parents on their emigra- 
 tion to Illinois. After aiding in building a cabin for 
 the family, he was left there with his sister to keep 
 house, and shot two deer from the cabin within a 
 few days. He acquired his education in the old- 
 time subscription schfx)ls, and remained at home 
 until his marriage. October 10, 1839, he was 
 joined in marriage with Miss Henrietta E., 
 daughter of John A. Shelton, and eight children 
 were born of their . union. John Thomas, the 
 eldest, married Miss Josie Lanterman, by whom 
 he had eleven children, and they reside in Hays 
 County, Tex. Nancj- J. is the wife of Samuel 
 Myers, of Brown County, Kan., and they have 
 four children. Sarah E. died at the age of five 
 years. David is the next in order of birth. Ma- 
 rion wedded Miss Mar\'in, and with his wife and 
 three children makes his home in McDonough 
 County. George A. married Miss Ran Smith, 
 and with their two children they also reside in 
 McDonough County. William F. is married and 
 lives in Iowa. Solomon P. is located in Wash- 
 ington. The mother of this family having died, 
 Mr. Twidwell aftenvards married Mrs. Barbara 
 Keziah daughter of John Janis. They had 
 born to them a daughter, Martha, wife of Hugh 
 Banks, a fanner of McDonough County, On the 
 4th of June, 1892, Mr. Twidwell was again called 
 upon to mourn the loss of his wife, and on the 21st 
 of September, 1893. he married Mrs. Sarah J. 
 Rhea. 
 
 Throughout the greater part of his life, Mr. 
 Twidwell has follower! farming. In 1836, he be- 
 came a resident of Lamoine Township, McDon- 
 
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 ough County. He is a self-made man, and by 
 chopping wood acquired the capital with which 
 he made his first purchase of land. He has pros- 
 pered in his undertakings, and has accumulated 
 a valuable property. He became owner of eight 
 hundred acres of rich land in McDonough Coun- 
 ty, and three hundred and thirty-five acres in 
 Texas, and has given to each of his children land 
 or property to the value of $1,000. He j-et owns 
 one hundred and fifteen acres in McDonough 
 County, and derives therefrom a good income. 
 In connection with this he has five acres in the 
 city of Hiawatha, Kan. For many years he car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits, but in October, 
 1 89 1, came to Plymouth, where he has since 
 lived retired. He here owns a good residence 
 and fifteen acres in town lots. 
 
 For the long period of forty years, Mr. Twid- 
 well has served as Justice of the Peace, and the 
 promptness and fidelity with which he has dis- 
 charged his duties are well indicated by his long 
 retention in office. He is alwaj's just in his de- 
 cisions, which are reached after carefully weigh- 
 ing the evidence. He has also ser\-ed as Town- 
 ship Super\'isor for one term, and for thirteen 
 years was Assessor in McDonough County. 
 Whether in public or private life, he is always 
 true to everj' trust reposed in him, and he has 
 the confidence and high regard of all with whom 
 business or social relations have brought him in 
 contact. 
 
 (Joseph buck, who is succe.ssfully engaged 
 I in farming on section 26, Bushnell Township, 
 v2/ McDonough County, was born in Crawford 
 County, Pa., on the 23d of April, 1836, and is next 
 to the eldest of a family of five children, whose 
 parents were Peter and Polly (Gable) Buck. The 
 family is of German origin, and was founded in 
 America by Jacob Buck, the great-great-grand- 
 father of our subject, who braved the dangers of an 
 ocean voyage to make a home in the New World. 
 He located in Pennsj'lvania and became the first 
 settler of what is now Bucks County, which was 
 
 named in his honor. He was a tinker, and did 
 general repair work along that line. The mem- 
 bers of the family were all good mechanics. 
 
 The grandfatlier and father of our subject were 
 born in Bucks County, and the latter there re- 
 mained until about seventeen years of age. He 
 learned the black.smith's and gunsmith's trade, 
 and followed those pursuits until 1837, when, in 
 company with his brother Daniel, he started west- 
 ward for Illinois. Reaching his destination, he 
 cast in his lot with the early settlers of Cuba, 
 Fulton County, where he followed the blacksmith 
 and gunsmith's trade and also engaged in farm- 
 ing until 1855. In that year he purchased the farm 
 on which our subject now resides, then a tract of 
 wild prairie land; but he at once began to improve 
 and cultivate the same and continued its develop- 
 ment until his death. He was killed by accident 
 in 1865, at the age of sixty-three years. Mr. Buck 
 was twice married. He first wedded .Sallie Foust, 
 who died in Pennsjdvania, leaving a family of 
 seven children. Later he married Polly Gable, 
 and they became the parents of five children. 
 The mother of our .subject was also born in Penn- 
 sylvania, and is still living. She has reached the 
 advanced age of eighty-two, but is yet well pre- 
 ser\'ed. Her parents were natives of the Keystone 
 State and were of German lineage. 
 
 Under the parental roof Joseph Buck remained 
 until seventeen years of age, when he left home 
 and began w'orking on the construction of the 
 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Henry 
 County, 111. After six months spent in that waj', 
 he went to Chicago, where he followed the car- 
 penter's trade for about five years, when, in the 
 spring of i860, he left for Pike's Peak. There he 
 engaged in mining, and also worked as a carpenter 
 and millwright for a year. On the expiration of 
 that period we find him in Leavenworth, Kan., 
 where he engaged in carpentering until the fall of 
 1862. 
 
 On the 25th of September of that year, Mr. 
 Buck responded to the country's call for troops, 
 enlisting as a member of Company F, One Hun- 
 dred and Third Illinois Infantry, in which he 
 ser\-ed for two years and eleven months. He was 
 with Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and took 
 
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 part in the battles of Missioiiar}' Ridge, Marietta, 
 Chattanooga and Atlanta. At the first-named 
 engagement he received a gnn.shot wound in the 
 right jaw and shoulder. Two inches of the lower 
 jaw bone were shot away, leaving a .scar which he 
 will carrj- with him through life. After being 
 wounded he was taken to the field- hospital, where 
 he remained for twelve daj-s, when he was per- 
 mitted to return home on a furlough. Three 
 months later he rejoined his regiment, and con- 
 tinued in the service until the close of the war. 
 He participated in twenty-three battles, together 
 with many skirmishes, and was ever a faithful and 
 valiant soldier. He was promoted to the rank of 
 Corporal, and was offered a commission as Second 
 Lieutenant, but did not accept it. 
 
 When his countr>- no longer needed his services, 
 Mr. Buck returned home and began dealing in 
 stock, which enterprise proved very successful. 
 The following year he took charge of the home 
 farm, and for nine years he engaged in operating a 
 threshing-machine. On the 9th of January, 1868, 
 he wedded Miss Mar>- C. McGrew, of Fulton 
 County, who died four years later, leaving a 
 daughter, Carrie E., who is now the wife of 
 George Angle, who resides in Bushnell. 
 
 When first Mr. Buck was married he removed 
 to Bushnell, where he began work at the carpen- 
 ter's trade. A year later he removed to Knox 
 County, where he carried on farming for two years. 
 In 1 87 1, he purchased the old homestead, and has 
 since engaged in its cultivation. On the 12th of 
 March, 1875, he w-as again married, the lady of 
 his choice being Miss Maria Myers, of Bushnell, 
 who was born July 17, 1841. They became the 
 parents of five children, but three died in infancy. 
 William Allen and Bessie May are still with their 
 parents. 
 
 Mr. Buck is a stanch Republican in his political 
 views, but has never aspired to public office. So- 
 cially, he is a member of Van Vleck Post No. 
 174, G. A. R. , of Bu.shnell and the Modern Wood- 
 men of America. He and his wife hold mem- 
 bership with the Chri.stian Church, and their lives 
 are in harmony with their professions. Mr. Buck 
 is a natural mechanic, who can turn his hand to al- 
 most any work. His privileges in early life were 
 
 limited, but through his own efforts he has become 
 a well-informed man and has won success in his 
 business dealings. He now owns one hundred 
 and eighty-five acres of land in the homestead in 
 McDonough County and eight acres in Fulton 
 County. He has al.so been extensivel}' engaged 
 in breeding Shorthorn cattle and Norman horses. 
 His life has been an honorable and upright one, 
 and his sterling worth and strict integritj' have 
 gained for him the confidence and high regard of 
 all. 
 
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 ~ LNATHAN KEMPER WESTFALL,M. D., 
 'S the popular and efficient Postmaster of Bush- 
 _ nell, and one of the leading physicians of 
 that city, claims Indiana as the State of his na- 
 tivity. He was born in Boone County, on the 
 8th of January, 1839. The family is of German 
 origin, and the paternal grandfather, Jacob West- 
 fall, was a native of Westphalia. Three brothers 
 came to America, one settling in the western por- 
 tion of Virginia, another in New York, and a 
 third in New Orleans. Jacob Westfall, who lived 
 for a time in West Virginia, .served as a soldier in 
 the Revolutionary War, and held a Colonel's com- 
 mission, was a son of one of these three brothers, 
 and was a child when he came to America. In an 
 early day he removed to Indiana with his family, 
 and, settling in Montgomery- County, there fol- 
 lowed farming throughout his succeeding years. 
 His death occurred at an advanced age. Corne- 
 lius Westfall, father of the Doctor, was born on 
 the site of Beverly, W. Va., when that was a 
 stockade fort on the extreme frontier of civiliza- 
 tion, and ser\^ed as a Surveyor in the employ of 
 the Government for many years. His duties called 
 him to Indiana, but he made his home in Ohio. 
 He taught the first .school in Dayton, Ohio, and 
 was the finst .settler of Troy, Ohio. He was also 
 its first Postmaster, Collector and Assessor, its 
 first County Clerk, and for twenty-four years was 
 Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. For many 
 years he engaged in merchandising and traded 
 largely with the Indians. In 1830 he removed to In- 
 diana, locating on the present site of Thorntown 
 
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 after the Miami Indians had left that reservation. 
 In 1854 he came to IHinois, settling in Macomb, 
 where he died the following Acar, at the age of 
 seventy-eight years. His wife bore the maiden 
 name of Sarah Davis, and was a daughter of John 
 Davis, a native of New Jersey, a shoemaker by 
 trade, who removed to Thorntown, Ind., where 
 he died many years ago at an advanced age. Mrs. 
 Westfall passed away in 1873, at the age of sev- 
 ent>-two. The parents of our subject were both 
 members of the Presbyterian Church, and the 
 father was for fifty-years one of its Ruling Elders. 
 During the Ft. Wayne campaign, he was ap- 
 pointed Purchasing Commissioner under Gen. 
 Harrison. 
 
 Dr. We-stfall is one of a family of nine children, 
 three sons and six daughters, five of whom are 
 now living: Mary E., widow of Dr. A. W. Arm- 
 strong, who died at the age of eighty-five years; 
 Meli.ssa, wife of Joseph Otterman, of Adel, Iowa: 
 Loui.sa M., widow of Durham C. Harris, of Bar- 
 dolph; Harriet S., wife of George S. Cogswell, of 
 Saline County, Neb.; and our subject. 
 
 The Doctor remained in Thorntown until six- 
 teen years of age, when with his parents he came 
 to Macomb. On the breaking out of the late war, 
 he enlisted in 1861, as a member of Company B, 
 Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, and served for a year 
 and a- half, when he was honorably di.scharged on 
 account of disability. He served as Orderly-Ser- 
 geant, and won promotion to the rank of First 
 Lieutenant. Before the war he had engaged in 
 teaching school, and after his return from the 
 South he entered the office of his brother. Dr. B. R. 
 Westfall, of Macomb, with whom he studietl med- 
 icine for some time. He then became a student in 
 the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, 
 from which he was graduated in the Cla.ss of 
 '67. On the 2d of May of that year, became to 
 Bu.shnell, opened an office, and has since been con- 
 stantly engaged in practice here. From the be- 
 ginning he has enjoyed a good business, and is 
 recognized as one of the best physicians of the 
 community. 
 
 In January, 1873, Dr. Westfall was united in 
 marriage with Miss Emma Curl, who died eight 
 months later. On the i6th of October, 1879, he 
 
 wedded Miss Irene Wann, a native of Pennsylvan- 
 ia, of which State her parents, Curtis and Eliza 
 Jane (Maxwell) Wann, were also natives. Four 
 children have been born to them: Mary H. ; Clara 
 E. , who died at the age of three and a-half years; 
 Curtis C. ; and Beverh' K. 
 
 The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights 
 of Honor, the Modern Woodmen of America, and 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife holds 
 membership with the Methodist Church. In pol- 
 itics, he is a stalwart Republican, and has held 
 several offices. He ser\'ed as Alderman of Bush- 
 nell two terms, was Supervisor two terms, and 
 represented his district in the Twenty-eighth and 
 Thirtieth General Assemblies of Illinois. In the 
 spring of 1878 he was appointed Postmaster of 
 Bushnell, and has filled that office for three terms 
 in a creditable and acceptable manner. He is a 
 leading and influential citizen of this place, and 
 has man}- warm friends throughout the county in 
 which he has so long made his home. 
 
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 0ANIEL HAMILTON SWISEGOOD, one 
 of the enterprising and progressive farmers 
 of Augu.sta Township, Hancock County, 
 now living on .section 12, was born in David.son 
 County, N. C, March 18, 1822, and is one of ten 
 children, whose parents, John and Elizabeth 
 (Delap) Swi.segood, were also natives of North 
 Carolina. Of their two sons and eight daughters, 
 only five are now living: Daniel H., of this sketch; 
 William Henry, of Birmingham, 111. ; John Frank- 
 lin, of Schuyler County, 111.; Ro.sanna, widow of 
 Franklin Collins, a resident of Floj-d County, 
 Ind.; and Abigail, wife of William B. Manlove, 
 of Birmingham Township, Schuyler County. 
 The father was a cabinet-maker and fanner. 
 F^migrating westward to Illinois, he landed in 
 Schuyler County June 22, 1846, and purchased 
 one hundred and twenty acres of wild land, 
 which he at once began to improve and culti- 
 vate. He was very successful in his business 
 dealings, and accumulated twelve hundred acres 
 
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 of good land, which he divided among his children. 
 His success was due entirely to his own efforts. 
 He made his home in that county until his death, 
 which occurred in 1885, at the age of seventy-four 
 years. His wife had pa.ssed away some years 
 previou.sly. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, John 
 Swisegood, was a native of North Carolina, and 
 he too carried on agricultural pursuits as a means 
 of livelihood. His family numbered three daugh- 
 ters and one son. The maternal grandfather, 
 John Delap, was a North Carolina farmer, who 
 reached the advanced age of more than .seventy 
 years. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the childhood and youth of our subject, his boy- 
 hood days being quietly passed in his parents' 
 home. Soon after coming of age he hired out to 
 work on a farm, receiving $6 a month for about 
 a year and a-half At the age of twent\--four 
 years he came to Illinois and engaged in agricul- 
 ture. He has lived upon his present farm since 
 1847, and is one of the oldest settlers in the com- 
 munity. His land is well impro\ed and highh- 
 cultivated, and his home is pleasantly situated 
 about three and a-half miles from Augusta. 
 
 On the 4th of January, 1S47, -^Ir. Swisegood 
 married Miss Anna C, daughter of George and 
 Sarah (Crouch) Haines. Their union has been 
 blessed with four sons and six daughters. John F. , 
 of Richardson County, Neb., married Stella Sel- 
 don, and has six children; George P., who is living 
 on the old homestead, wedded Ennna Larkin, and 
 they have three children: Earl, Pearlie and Guy; 
 Thomas Lee, the next \ounger, died in 1888; 
 Lurette is the wife of Joseph Ogle, of Richardson 
 County, Neb., by whom she has five living chil- 
 dren; Cornelia is the wife of Robert White, a 
 farmer of Hancock County, and they have one 
 child; Eliza B. died in 1892; Nora is tliewifeof 
 Edgar Spence, and with their five children they re- 
 side in Putnam County, Mo.; Lenora and Adarine 
 are now deceased; and one child died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Swisegood is a Knight Temi)lar Mason, 
 and in politics is a stalwart Democrat. He is num- 
 bered among the early settlers of I lancock County , 
 for when he located in this region there was not 
 
 a fence or house for twelve miles on the prairie 
 we.st of Augusta, and almost the entire county was 
 still in a primitive condition. He has succeeded in 
 his busine-ss, and after giving considerable valu- 
 able property to his children, he is .still the owner 
 of one hundred and .seventy acres of good land, 
 which yields to him a comfortable income. He 
 is recognized as one of the substantial citizens of 
 the county, not alone because he has prospered in 
 his vocation, but also on account of his genuine 
 worth. He is a man of his word, modest and un- 
 pretentious in manner, of a quiet disposition, and 
 has the respect and confidence of his many friends 
 and acquaintances. He has .seen much of the 
 country, having traveled in twenty-two States of 
 the Union, and has made the tiest of life as he has 
 found it. 
 
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 HON. RICHARD G. BREEDEN, senior mem- 
 ber of the law firm of Breeden, Painter & 
 Switzer. of Macomb, is not only a leading 
 lawyer of this city, but has also been prominent in 
 the political history of McDonough County dur- 
 ing the past decade, and will undoubtedly be 
 found in the front rank among the valued citizens 
 of the vState for many years to come. His life 
 record is as follows: A native of Iowa, he was 
 born in Appanoose County on the 28th of Au- 
 gust, i860, and is a son of the Re\-. William and 
 Damaris E. (Lawyer) Breeden, the former a na- 
 tive of Kentucky, and the latter of Ohio. Tlie 
 father of our subject was a minister of the Baptist 
 Church, and also engaged in farming. He was a 
 remarkable man physically, with strong traits of 
 character. In i.S.^9 he decided to try his fortune 
 on the broad prairies of Illinois, and became a 
 resident of McDonough County. He was born 
 February 7, 1815, and came of an old Virginia 
 family, which was founded in America l)y Scotch 
 ancestors, who left that laud and took up their resi- 
 dence in the New World prior to the Revolution. 
 There were three brothers who made the voyage, 
 and all .served in the Colonial Anny during the 
 struggle for independence. One of the number 
 
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 was killed, and the ancestor of our subject, at the 
 close ofthe war, migrated to Kentucky. A love 
 for hunting and fishing has always been manifest 
 in the Breeden family, and it is supposed that it 
 indicates a trace of Indian blood. Rev. William 
 Breeden was twice married. He first married 
 Nancy Driscol, b>- whom he had seven children. 
 He after^vards married Miss Lawj-er, and they had 
 seven children. Of the fourteen, seven were boys 
 and seven were girls, and seven of the number are 
 yet living. Our subject and Amanda, wife of H. 
 N. Post, of this county, are the only ones now liv- 
 ing ofthe last family of children. His mother was 
 a woman far above the average in intelligence and 
 womanly qualities. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of Richard G. Breeden, for 
 his days were quietly passed in the usual manner 
 of farmer lads. He early began work in the fields, 
 and became familiar with the duties of farm life. 
 His primarj' education, gained in the district 
 schools of the neighborhood, was followed by a 
 course in the Macomb Normal College, from which 
 he graduated in the Class of '84. He afterwards 
 pursued his studies for a time in the Monmouth 
 College, in the mean time teaching school to ob- 
 tain the means for securing his education. He 
 was a thorough .student, and in his early manhood 
 he was respected for his firm decision of purpose, 
 his fidelity to duty, his high ideas of honor, his 
 sympathy for the oppressed or afflicted, his enter- 
 prise and worthy ambition. While a boy he be- 
 came noted as a forcible speaker and ready debater, 
 and in the literary societies of which he was a 
 member he was considered invincible. When a 
 candidate for the Legislature, at the early age of 
 twenty-six years, he stumped his district in a man- 
 ner that won him the highest compliments, both 
 from his political friends and opponents. 
 
 Mr. Breeden entered on his political career in 
 1886, when he was elected from this di.strict to 
 the State Legislature as the candidate of the Re- 
 publican party. He was at this time the young- 
 est member on the Republican .side of the House. 
 During that term he served as Chairman of the 
 Committee on Education, and was a member of 
 the Judiciary Committee, the most important com- 
 
 mittee in the House of Representatives. He was 
 the champion ofthe " Coal Screen Bill, " intro- 
 duced in the interests of the coal miners in the 
 State, and, although the measure was defeated, all 
 acknowledged that the young member made a 
 gallant fight. So well did he fill the office, that on 
 the expiration of his first term he was re-elected, 
 in 1888. During the Thirty-sixth Session of the 
 General Asisemblj- he was Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on County and Township Organization, 
 and a member of the Judiciary and Appropriation 
 Committees. He secured the passage of what 
 was known as the ' ' Frisbee-Breeden Pharmacy 
 Bill." He also took part in the senatorial con- 
 test at the time of the election of Senator Farwell, 
 and afterwards helped elect Senator Cullom. In 
 1 89 1 he was elected County Judge of McDonough 
 County, and is now filling that office with credit 
 to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. 
 
 On the 2 2d of December, 1888, Mr. Breeden 
 was united in marriage with Miss Grace Gilchrist, 
 daughter of Van B. and Sarah A. (Robinson) Gil- 
 christ, residents of McDonough County. Their 
 union has been blessed with three children, two 
 sons and a daughter: Richard Gilchrist, Ralph 
 Ballard and Helen. Judge Breeden is a member 
 of the Odd Fellows' society, and is one ofthe hon- 
 ored and prominent citizens of Macomb. He has 
 won a foremost place at the McDonough County 
 Bar, and, in addition to his duties as Count>- 
 Judge, he is enjoying a large and lucrative law 
 practice, which is well deserved, for his knowl- 
 edge of the law and his skill and ability have 
 made him an able advocate. 
 
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 [^EORGE W. PACE is one of the representa- 
 l_l tive and enterprising business men of Ma- 
 V^ comb. He is now the senior member of the 
 firm of G. W. Pace & Sons, dealers in groceries, 
 and proprietors of the Williams House of this 
 city. McDonough County numbers him among 
 its native sons, his birth having occurred in Scot- 
 land Township on the 13th of May, 1835. His 
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 of Virginia, and removed thence to Cumberland 
 County, K}-., where he died at the age of seventy 
 years. His wife reached the advanced age ot 
 one hundred and four j-ears, and was then killed 
 by a door blowing against her. Their family 
 numbered three .sons and five daughters, one ot 
 whom, William I. Pace, became the father of our 
 subject. By occupation he was a farmer, and fol- 
 lowed that pursuit throughout his life. Having 
 resolved to emigrate to Illinois, he came to this 
 State in 1830, making the journey from Kentuck}' 
 with a two-wheeled ox-cart and a joke of cattle. 
 He was a half-owner of this conveyance. Before 
 his death he accumulated a handsome property. 
 Locating five and a-half miles south of Macomb, 
 he there purchased fifty-seven acres of wild land 
 at the Government price of $1.25 per acre, and 
 to this he added from time to time until five hun- 
 dred acres of rich land paid to him a golden trib- 
 ute in return for the care and labor he bestowed 
 upon it. He served as Captain of a militar)- com- 
 pany in the earlj- daj's, and aided in arresting 
 Jo.seph Smith, the Mormon. For a number of 
 years he also engaged in peddling clocks, and for 
 some time he served as Assessor of the county. 
 
 William I. Pace was united in marriage with 
 Sallie Sparks \'awter, daughter of Beverh- Vaw- 
 ter, a Kentucky farmer, who on leaving his na- 
 tive State came to Illinois, in 1832, and located on 
 a farm nine miles south of Macomb. There he 
 died in 1848, at the age of sixty-three years. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pace were born nine children, four 
 sons and five daughters: Ingram A., deceased; 
 Thomas J., of Scotland Township; Susan E., 
 wife of William H. Dameron, of Macomb; George 
 W., of this sketch; Permelia J., wife of George 
 W. Porter; A. J., of Macomb; Annie, widow of 
 Joseph T. Adcock; Man- Amanda, wife of Henry 
 K. Smith; and Fannie Belle, wife of Prof De 
 Witt Roberts, of Denver, Colo. The mother of 
 this family died in 1S51, and Mr. Pace was again 
 married. His death occurred in 1855, at the age 
 of forty-six, and his second wife passed away 
 three months later. 
 
 Upon his father's farm in Scotland Township, 
 G. W. Pace was reared to manhood. At the age 
 of nineteen, he left the parental roof and came to 
 
 Macomb, where for two jears and a-half he en- 
 gaged in the postoffice as clerk, under J. W. Ad- 
 kinson. He also served in the same capacity 
 with J. W. We.stfall for two and a-half years. 
 Later, he embarked in the grocery business, and 
 subsequentlj- he was for thirteen years a dry- 
 goods merchant. In 1875, however, he again 
 opened a grocer)- and has .=ince continued in 
 that line of trade. 
 
 On the 5th of September, i860, Mr. Pace mar- 
 ried Sallie J. Sweeney, daughter of Milton and 
 Ann (ClarkeJ Sweeney, who were natives of 
 Kentucky. Six children have been bom to them, 
 two .sons and four daughters: James M., who is 
 represented elsewhere in this volume; Henry J., 
 who is a member of the firm of Pace & Sons; 
 Nettie J., who died at the age of two and a-half 
 years; Lona E., who died at the age of seven 
 months; Lizzie and Hattie. 
 
 Mr. Pace is a member of the Universalist 
 Church, and his wife of the Christian Church. 
 Socially, he is connected with the Odd Fellows' 
 society, and in politics, he is a stalwart Republi- 
 can, unwavering in his support of the men and 
 measures of that party. Mr. Pace is a self-made 
 man, for he started out in life empty-handed, and 
 has steadily worked his way upward by industry, 
 perseverence and determination to a position of 
 afiluence. 
 
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 (TACOB L. BAILY, attorney-at-law of Ma- 
 I comb. 111., was born in Fulton County, this 
 Q) State, August 29, 1851, and is a son of 
 Thomas and Nancy (Bottenburg) Baily, both of 
 whom were natives of Virginia. The grandfather, 
 Evan Baily, was al.so a native of the Old Domin- 
 ion, and was of Irish descent. The Bottenburgs 
 came of Pennsylvania stock. The Bailys are 
 noted for longevity, and the daughter of our sub- 
 ject has seen four of her great-grandmothers, two 
 of whom are past ninety years of age. Evan 
 Baily was killed by being thrown from a car- 
 riage in Fulton County, 111., in 1877, at the age 
 of seventy -nine years. His wife bore the maiden 
 
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 name of Elizabeth McHenry. In their family 
 were fourteen children, namely: Naucj-, deceased; 
 Thomas; Mary A., deceased; Margaret, wife of 
 E. D. C. Haines, a banker of Bushnell; Johnson, 
 deceased; James, who was a Lieutenant in the 
 late war, and was killed in battle in 1863; John, 
 who has been called to the home beyond; Robert, 
 a merchant of Lewistown, Fulton County, 111.; 
 Lizzie, wife of Dr. John Bacon, of Texas; Alex- 
 ander, who re.sides on the old homestead in Ful- 
 ton County; Sallie, wife of Jolni Barker, of Gir- 
 ard, Kan.; Mrs. Mattie O.sborn, of Texas; and 
 Douglas, a merchant of Montana. In 1835, 
 Evan Baily removed with his family to Fulton 
 Coimty, 111., and entered one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land from the Govennnent in Vermont 
 Township, for which he paid $1.25 per acre. He 
 there erected a log cabin and began life in true 
 pioneer style. He was a prominent man, and 
 represented his di.strict in the State Legislature 
 for two terms. He also ser\ed as Treasurer of 
 Fulton County from 1866 until 1874, and held 
 other local offices. At the time of his death he 
 was a candidate for County Judge on the Demo- 
 cratic ticket. In religious belief he was a Uni- 
 versalist. His busine.ss career was one of .success, 
 and he became a prosperous farmer of the com- 
 munity. Both he and his wife were laid to rest 
 in the old Baily Cemetery, near the old home- 
 stead . 
 
 Thomas Baily, father of our subject, was born 
 in Virginia June 19, 1829, and when five years 
 old was brought by his parents to Illinois, where 
 he was reared to manhood. Remaining under the 
 parental roof until twenty -two years of age, he 
 then rented a part of the old homestead, which he 
 cultivated for three years, after which he came to 
 McDonough Comity. After renting land for six 
 years in Eldorado Township, he purcha.sed a 
 tract of sixty acres, mo.stly covered with timber, 
 but with rharacteri.stic energy he began its de- 
 velopment and transformed it into rich and fertile 
 fields. In 1883, he sold that farm and purchased 
 one of one hundred and twenty acres in Bethel 
 Tovvn.ship, which he yet owns, although in 1892 
 he removed to Table Grove, where he is now liv- 
 
 ing a retired life. He was married October 15, 
 1850, to Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth 
 Bottenburg. Thej- ha\'e become the parents of 
 fifteen children, of whom fourteen are now living, 
 viz.; Jacob; FUizabeth, wife of John Ayres; La- 
 vina, wife of Edward Fleury; Ella, wife of Wes- 
 ley Harri.son; Mattie, wife of W. H. Foster; 
 Jane, wife of Alonzo F^jster; Mar)-, wife of Orrin 
 Dunsworth; Belle, wife of Douglas Dunsworth; 
 Myrtle, wife of Harrj' Robin.son; Evan, a dentist 
 of Vermont; William K., a school teacher; Quen- 
 ton, who is clerking; Frederick and May, at 
 home; and Ida, who died Januarj' 16, 1865. The 
 mother of this family died December 25, 1891, 
 and was laid to rest in Bethel Cemetery. She 
 was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, as is Thomas Baily. He is a Democrat 
 in politic^ and has served as Supervisor, Assessor, 
 Collector and School Treasurer. As he takes an 
 active interest in all public enterprises, he is 
 numbered among the valued citizens of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Jacob L, Baily whose name heads this record 
 acquired his early education in the public schools 
 of the neighborhood, and in the winter pf 1871- 
 72 attended college in Oberlin, Ohio. The fol- 
 lowing )-ear he was a student in Evan.ston, 111. 
 At the age of eighteen he embarked in the pro- 
 fession of teaching, which he followed alto- 
 gether for four years. Wishing to take up the 
 study of law and make its practice his life work, 
 he spent the winter of 1873-74 in fitting him.self 
 for his chosen profession in Lincoln Univensity. 
 He afterwards read law with W. H. Neece, of 
 Macomb, and in 1876 was admitted to the Bar. 
 At the same time William Prenti-ss was admitted 
 to the Bar and the two gentlemen formed a part- 
 nership, which continued until i89i,when Mr. 
 Prentiss removed to Chicago. In October of the 
 same year, Mr. Baily was joined in bu.siness by 
 W. H. Holly, and the firm of Baily & Holly has 
 since had a continuous existence. 
 
 On the 1 2th of August, 1875, Mr. Baily led to 
 the marriage altar Mi.ss Lois C. Foster, daughter 
 of John N. and Jane Foster, early settlers of Mc- 
 Donough County. Their family now numbers 
 
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 two children, Jessie and Frances. They hold 
 membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and are well-known people of this connnunity. 
 
 In his social relations, Mr. Baily is connected 
 with the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and is a 
 Knight Templar Mason. He cast his first Pres 
 idential vote for Samuel J. Tilden, and has since 
 been a stalwart advocate of the Democracy. He 
 takes quite a prominent part in campaign work. 
 In his profession he has been eminently success- 
 ful, having secured a very large practice. 
 
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 ""LDER JAMES SMITH GASH, ex-Po.st- 
 ^ ma.ster of Macomb, is one of the most popu- 
 ^ lar and best known citizens of McDonough 
 Count}', where for many years he has lived, hav- 
 ing the acquaintance of almost every individ- 
 ual in the city and that of many others through- 
 out this part of the vState. He is a native of Mer- 
 cer County, Ky. , his birth having there occurred 
 on the 30th of May, 1833. His parents, John J. 
 and Man,- Thomas (Jackson) Gash, were both na- 
 tives of Kentucky, and tradition says that the 
 family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His grand- 
 parents, John and Ami (Wood) Gash, lived in 
 Kentucky, being descended from \'irginian fami- 
 lies. The father was a farmer by occupation. 
 Bringing his wife and children to Illinois, he took 
 up his residence in Rushville, Schuyler County, 
 in 1S35, and in 1S52 removed thence to McDon- 
 ough County. In March, 1856, in connection 
 with Messrs. Anderson and, Strong, he established 
 the first lumber-yard in Macomb, but he did not 
 long continue in that busine.ss, for death termi- 
 nated his earthly career in November following. 
 He passed away on the old home farm a mile and 
 a-half from the citj-. Among the early settlers 
 of the county he is numbered, and he was also 
 recognized as one of its valued citizens. His wife 
 survi\-ed him for some years, and was called to 
 the home beyond on the gth of December, 1873. 
 They were the parents of thirteen children, of 
 whom .seven are yet living. The elde.st, John J., 
 is a resident of La Grange, 111. ; James S. is the .sec- 
 
 ond in order of birth; Henry Wood, George B. 
 and Edgar, all make their home in Macomb; and 
 Oscar and Hattie (wife of Samuel Jameson) re- 
 side in Topeka, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Gash of this sketch was but two years of 
 age when he left the State of his nativity and ac- 
 companied his parents on their emigration to Illi- 
 nois. He acquired his early education in a log 
 .schoolhouse, but later attended the McDonough 
 College, which was conducted under the auspices 
 of the Presbyterian Church, where he pursued his 
 .studies for twenty mouths. He is now a well- 
 informed man, who keeps versed on all the ques- 
 tions and i.ssues of the day. He began earning 
 his own livelihood as a salesman in a retail mer- 
 chandising establishment, and attheageof thirtj'- 
 three years he became agent for the American 
 Express Company. For a long period he filled 
 that position, discharging his duties in a prompt 
 and faithful manner, that won him the confidence 
 of the company and of all with whom he came in 
 contact. After twenty-three years' service he 
 left the employ of the express company to ac- 
 cept the appointment of Postmaster of Macomb, 
 which was tendered him by President Harrison. 
 The .same fidelit\- to duty was here displayed dur- 
 ing his term of four years, which has recently ex- 
 pired, he being succeeded by a man of the same 
 political views as the present Chief Executive of 
 the nation. 
 
 On the 7th of August, 1856, Mr. Gash was 
 united in marriage with Mary E. Sweeney. They 
 are both members of the Christian Church, and 
 take a prominent and active part in its work. Mr. 
 Gash united with the church in 1866, and has 
 since engaged in preaching to a considerable ex- 
 tent, being an ordained mini.ster of the denomina- 
 tion. He has accepted pa.storates with several 
 different churches, Inil other bu.siness duties have 
 largely occupied his time, and his ministerial 
 work has been confined greatly to supplying pul- 
 pits throughout this part of the vState. He is a 
 great lover of music, in which he is quite pro- 
 ficient. His voice is a fine proftindo basso and 
 he is a most excellent choir leader. In nearly all 
 public gatherings where music forms one feature 
 of the entertainment his voice is heard. For 
 
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 many years he has been a member of the glee 
 clubs which have been engaged in campaign 
 work. In politics, he has ever been a Republi- 
 can since casting his 6rst Presidential vote for 
 John C. Fremont, and the principles of his party 
 find in him a stalwart advocate. The Odd Fel- 
 lows' society, the Knights of Pythias lodge, and 
 the Patriotic Sons of America number him among 
 their leading and valued members. His life has 
 been well spent, and it is safe to say that few, if 
 any, have more friends in McDonough County 
 than James S. Gash. 
 
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 0R. RALPH HARRIS is probably the oldest 
 physician in this part of the State. He is 
 now living retired, but for many years he 
 was successfully engaged in practice in Illinois. 
 He now makes his home in Macomb, and is one 
 of its highly respected and honored citizens. A 
 native of Charlotte County, Va. , his birth occurred 
 April 6, 1 812. His parents, Robert and Mary 
 (Bailey) Harris, were both natives of Virginia, 
 and the grandparents on both sides came from 
 Ireland, though of Scotch ancestrj-. In his na- 
 tive State, Robert Harris followed farming and 
 blacksmithing. He ser\'ed as a soldier through- 
 out the Revolutionarj' War, and held the rank of 
 Captain in the Virginia troops. He was never 
 wounded in battle, but on one occasion a bullet 
 passed through his queue. At one time a num- 
 ber of men in his regiment were taken prisoners, 
 Mr. Harris among the number, but he and two of 
 his comrades made their escape. They traveled 
 by night through the woods, and slept in the day- 
 time, for fear of detection. For some days they 
 subsisted on nothing but roots and buds. One of 
 the men fainted from want, and was resuscitated 
 with water that was caught in the brim of the hat 
 of one of his comrades, a shower ha\'ing oppor- 
 tunely fallen. 
 
 Robert Harris was twice married. He first 
 wedded a Miss Jack.son, of Charlotte, Va., by 
 whom he had seven children, and after her death 
 he married Marj* Bailey. His family altogether 
 
 numbered eight sons and six daughters. Two of 
 the seven children born of the second marriage 
 are now living: Cornelia, who is the widow of 
 Philip Anderson, residing with her daughter in 
 North Carolina, and the Doctor. The latter was 
 but four years old when his father died, and he lost 
 his mother at the age of fourteen. 
 
 In the county of his nativity. Dr. Harris spent 
 the days of his boyhood and 3'outh. When he 
 was a lad of twelve his guardian told him that he 
 had learning enough; but he did not think so. 
 He had been bound out to learn the cabinet- 
 maker's trade, and after serving for five years he 
 paid $100 for his indentures. He then entered col- 
 lege at Danville, K)-. , where he remained for a little 
 more than two years, when his health failed him 
 and he was forced to leave school. Some years 
 later, however, the degree of A. M. was conferred 
 upon him. He had completed nearly the entire 
 course of Greek and Latin in two years. 
 
 Young Harris then took up the studj' of medi- 
 cine at home, and also studied theologj'. He en- 
 tered upon the work of the ministry as a member 
 of the Pennsylvania Presbytery in 1838, and was 
 ordained in 1842. For a quarter of a century 
 thereafter he engaged in preaching. His health 
 then broke down, and he began the practice of 
 medicine. In 1869, he was graduated from 
 Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, and was 
 then successfull)- and continuously engaged in 
 practice until 1884, when he retired to private life. 
 He also during that time filled various pulpits, 
 but never accepted a regular pastorate, as his 
 health would not permit the additional labor. 
 
 Dr. Harris first came to Macomb in 1849, and 
 took charge of McDonough College. He con- 
 tinued in this city for six j^ears, as pastor of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and as a teacher in the col- 
 lege. In 1855, he removed to Mi.ssouri, and set- 
 tled upon a farm near Cameron, DeKalb Count}-. 
 He had charge of various country churches in 
 that locality, and while there was injured in a 
 railroad disaster, caused by the rebels having 
 burned the bridge over the Platte River, nine miles 
 east of St. Joseph. Out of one hundred and four 
 persons there were twenty-four killed. The Doc- 
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 thought that he was dead, but after a time con- 
 sciousness returned to him. He knew nothing of 
 the accident, however, until it was all over. In 
 1861, he again came to Macomb, and in 188 1 he 
 made a permanent location here. 
 
 On the 2d of October, 1834, Dr. Harris married 
 Miss Martha P. Hughes, who lived near Danville, 
 Ky., and was a daughter of William and Jane 
 (Sneed) Hughes. They became the parents of a 
 daughter, Ellen Amanda, now the wife of Ed Ma- 
 guire, of Macomb, by whom she has six children, 
 namely: Martha Rosalind, Mary Rachel, Sarah 
 Isadora, Hattie Thomas, James Ralph and Edward 
 Calvin. On the 31st of May, 1837, the Doctor 
 wedded Miss Mary P. Wilson, daughter of James 
 and Elizabeth (Stewart) Wilson, of Kentuck)-. 
 Their marriage was celebrated in Rock Castle 
 County, and was bles.sed with a family of six sons 
 and four daughters, but James H. R. is now de- 
 ceased. The latter married Harriet Maguire, and 
 they had one child, Frank W. Robert Campbell, 
 the second child of the Doctor, was a soldier of 
 the Union army, and was taken prisoner by the 
 guerrillas in Missouri, tied up bj- the thumbs, dis- 
 emboweled and thrown into the Platte River. 
 William Thomas, who is engaged in the practice 
 of medicine in Keosauqua, low'a, married Miss 
 Lottie Herrick, and they have a daughter, Lenna 
 Pearl; Ralph Erskine, a machinist and plumber 
 of Macomb, wedded Martha Jack,son, and they 
 have four children: Florence Ellen, Ralph C, 
 Mary Isadore and Lela. John G. is decea.sed. 
 Mary E. became the wife of William Carter, and 
 they had four children: Jessie, Dollie, Ruby and 
 William. After the death of her first husband, 
 she married Jesse York, and they became the par- 
 ents of one son, Harris. Mrs. York died in Feb- 
 ruary, 1892. Sarah C. is the wife of J. J. Mc- 
 Dannold, of Mt. Sterling, Congressman from the 
 Twelfth District, by whom she has two children, 
 Malcolm and Helen. Charles, anattorney-at-law 
 of Galesburg, married Miss Addie Anderson, and 
 to them have been bom two children: Nina and 
 Lillian. Dollie, who complets the family, is the 
 wife of Ira Pillsbury, of Macomb, and they have 
 three sons, George M., Ira H. and Walter E. 
 
 During the late war, Dr. Harris served as Chap- 
 
 lain of the Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry for six 
 months, and was then discharged on account of 
 physical disability. His son Thomas was a soldier 
 of the same regiment, and after being shot through 
 the jaw at the battle of Stone River was mustered 
 out of service. In his political views, the Doctor 
 is a stalwart Republican. He is numbered among 
 the oldest residents of Macomb, and is a man 
 wlio.se upright life and sterling worth have made 
 him one of the most highly esteemed citizens of 
 the communit}'. 
 
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 r"RANK H. MAPES, who is now connected 
 r^ with the Bank of Macomb, was born in Bu- 
 I reau Count}', 111., on the 25tliof June, 1865, 
 and is a son of Elder George W. and Martha E. 
 (Dennison) Mapes, both of whom were natives of 
 New York. His father w-as born April 30, 1825, 
 his mother in May, 1827, and their marriage was 
 celebrated in August, 1850. They became the 
 parents of a family of six children, four sons and 
 two daughters, but one of its number, Ella, died 
 at the age of nine years. Wheeler M., the eldest, 
 is now a railroad conductor, and resides in Des 
 Moines, Iowa. Charles is a traveling salesman in 
 the employ of a boot and shoe house, and makes 
 his home in Hutchinson, Kan. George G. is 
 cashier in a bank and proprietor of a hotel in 
 Moran, Kan. Franchetie is the wife of M. A. 
 Hitchcock, a prominent dry-goods merchant of 
 Macomb. Frank H. completes the family. 
 
 Elder Mapes is largely a self-made man. He 
 had no special advantages in his j-outh; indeed, 
 his privileges were meagre, and while following 
 the plow he studied the Bible. He began preach- 
 ing in Walnut, Bureau County, 111., in 1857, and 
 later was pastor of the Christian Church in 
 Princeton, 111. Subsequently, he preached in 
 Putnam and Washington, and then came to Ma- 
 comb, where he remained for five years. During 
 this time, and largely through his instrumentality, 
 the present house of worship of the Christian 
 Church was erected. At length failing health 
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 in Bureau Count}', whence he afterward went to 
 Clarksville, Mo. Later, he made his residence in 
 Montezuma, Iowa, and in 1S90 he again ac- 
 cepted a call from the church in Macomb, where 
 he remained two jears. He is now pastor in 
 Fairfield, Iowa. Throughout this community he 
 has a wide acquaintance, and by all who know 
 him he is most highly respected. 
 
 Mr. Mapes whose name heads this record at- 
 tended the public .schools in the different locali- 
 ties where his parents resided, and completed his 
 literarv education in Painesville Academy. Wish- 
 ing to engage in the drug business, he entered 
 the .store of John M. Keefer, of Macomb, and at 
 length became a licensed pharmacist. For seven 
 years he was engaged in business along that line, 
 and for two years of that time he was the propri- 
 etor of a drug store. 
 
 On the i.st of March, 1892, Mr. Mapes led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Clara Chandler, of Ma- 
 comb. They are well-known young people of 
 this cit}- who rank high in social circles, and their 
 friends are man\-. The\- have one son, George 
 Chandler, born in 1893. 
 
 After continuing in tlie drug busine.ss in his 
 own interest for two \ears, Mr. Mapes disposed 
 of his store and entered the Bank of Macomb, 
 with which he is now connected. In his social 
 relations, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and also 
 holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. In politics, he is a Republican, and 
 cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Benjamin 
 Harrison. 
 
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 HON. JONATHAN HASKELL BAKER, a 
 prominent early citizen of Macomb, who 
 ser\-ed his fellows in various official capaci- 
 ties, and was a leader at the Bar, was born in 
 Walpole, N. H., May 8, 18 17. He came of New 
 England lineage, hi.s ancestors having settled in 
 that portion of the countrj' at so early a date that 
 the exact time is not now discoverable. When 
 only seven years of age he was left fatherless, and 
 bound out to a fanner, with whom he remained ten 
 
 years. At the expiration of that time, his "mas- 
 ter" permitted him to enter a dry -goods store in 
 Walpole as clerk, where he remained until he at- 
 tained his majority. 
 
 In the year 1838 he became thoroughly imbued 
 with the idea that the then far western country 
 known as Illinois was a proper field for a young 
 man like him, full of energy and industry, and 
 accordingly he made his way hither and .settled 
 in Macomb. The journey consumed twenty-seven 
 days. He was not backward about the em- 
 ployment which he might obtain, so long as it af- 
 forded him an honest maintenance and an oppor- 
 tunity for advancement, and he set to work at the 
 first thing offered, which was labor in a brickyard, 
 where he continued nearly a year. His natural 
 ability and his bu.siness education brought him to 
 the notice of James M. Campbell, who offered him 
 a position as clerk, and this he accepted. He re- 
 mained with Mr. Campbell two years, and then 
 formed a partnership in the grocery business with 
 Jo.seph P. Updegraff, which continued a number 
 of years. 
 
 In the year 1845, Mr. Baker received the ap- 
 pointment of Postma.ster at Macomb, and held that 
 position four years. He engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business with Charles Chandler in 1S46, and 
 during the remainder of his term as Po.stmaster 
 the office was kept in their store. Mr. Baker re- 
 mained in this busine.ss nine years, and at the 
 expiration of that time ( 1855) went into the real- 
 estate, or ' ' land office, ' ' business, as it was then 
 called. He was appointed County Clerk in 1858, 
 to fill a \-acancy occasioned by the death of Isaac 
 Grantham, and served until 186 1 . After the close 
 of his term as Clerk, he engaged in the grocery- 
 business with Joseph Burton, and remained in that 
 line until 1865. 
 
 Having given considerable time to the .study of 
 law, at the last-named date he formed a co-part- 
 nership with W. H. Neece for the practice of law, 
 which continued until 1877, at which time he was 
 elected County Judge. He .served the four-years 
 term to which he was elected, and was re-elected 
 in 1 88 1, and .served a second term. He was out 
 of office four years, l)ut was again nominated and 
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 therein until the time of his death, which occurred 
 on the 31st day of August, i8go. 
 
 Mr. Baker was married to Miss Isabelle Hemp- 
 stead on the 14th da)- of March, 1843, at Macomb. 
 Of this marriage four children were born, who 
 survive him, viz.: Clara A., the wife of C. V. 
 Chandler, whose biography will be found else- 
 where in this work; Mary C, wife of E. h- Wells, 
 of Macomb; Lsabelle, wife of George A. Tunni- 
 cliff, a prominent lawyer of Macomb; and Jo.seph 
 H., who resides with his mother. Mrs. Baker is 
 a daughter of Stephen Hempstead and Mary L. 
 LeFevre, and was born in St. Charles, Mo., to 
 which place her parents had mo\-ed from New 
 London, Conn., a short time previous to her birth. 
 At the age of eight or nine years, .she was made 
 an oq^han by the death of her mother, who per- 
 ished in the cholera epidemic of 1S33. She was 
 soon after sent by her brother ( the father being 
 absent) to McDonough County, where she made 
 her home with her si.ster, Mrs. James M. Camp- 
 bell, until the time of her marriage. 
 
 The Macomh /oiima/, in .speaking of Judge Ba- 
 ker, pays the following just tribute to his memory: 
 ' ' He has always been a faithful and efficient offi- 
 cial, and, though a. strong Democrat, never carried 
 partisanship into official life. He was a useful 
 member of society. Indu.strious, .sober, quiet and 
 unobtru.sive of demeanor, he was a pattern that 
 young men may well follow. His life was full of 
 years. As husband and father, neighbor and 
 friend, he was a model. He leaves behind the 
 record of a life well spent." 
 
 Rev. L. J. Dinsmore, formerh- pastor of the Uni- 
 versali.st Church of Macomb, speaking of Judge 
 Baker's death, says: "This comes as a severe 
 blow to the friends of our church in Macomb, 
 where Judge Baker had been an honored and use- 
 ful resident for more than fifty-three years. He 
 was an honest and capable business man, widely 
 known and universally respected. He had held 
 important public offices for many years, and at the 
 date of his death was Judge of Probate for Mc- 
 Donough County. His name was intimately as- 
 sociated with the early hi.story of our church in 
 that portion of the State, and his personal char- 
 acter illuminated his Universalist profession. He 
 
 was a thorough gentleman of the old school, dig- 
 nified in his bearing, but kindly-hearted and good 
 to the poor. It was said b\- one who knew what 
 he was talking about that Judge Baker had done 
 more good to the people of McDonough County, 
 for less money, than any other man who ever lived 
 in it. * * ^ He was a man of strong 
 convictions, and fearless in their expression. He 
 lived and died on the high grade of thoughtful, 
 .sincere and outspoken Universalism." 
 
 HON. WILLIAM H. NEECE is probably one 
 of the best known members of the Democracy 
 in Illinois. For many years he has been 
 prominent in politics, not as a politician in the 
 commonly accepted .sense of the term, but as a rep- 
 resentative of the people, true to their interests and 
 their welfare. He was born Februan- 26, 1831, 
 near Springfield, in what is now Logan, but was 
 then a part of Sangamon County, 111. , and is a 
 son of Jesse and Mary D. (Maupin) Neece, the 
 former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of 
 Virginia. The Neece family is of Gennan origin, 
 but was founded in America prior to the Revolu- 
 tionary War, for Peter Neece, the grandfather of 
 our subject, valiantly aided in the struggle for 
 independence. Mr. Neece now has in his po.sses- 
 sion a Continental bill, the denomination of which 
 is ^,250, equal to $1,250 in our currency, and 
 payable in Spanish milled dollars. 
 
 After his marriage, which was celebrated in 
 Kentucky, Jesse Neece removed to Greencastle, 
 Ind., in 1824. There he remained for .six years, 
 and in 1830 became a resident of Sangamon 
 Comity, 111., but after a short time he came to 
 McDonough County, reaching his destination in 
 April, 1 83 r . The journey was made with wagons, 
 drawn by horses and oxen, and the trip proved a 
 laborious one. In the early spring, the rich soil 
 of Illinois is deep mud, through which they had 
 to make their way slowly. The family bore many 
 of the hardships of pioneer life, and became fa- 
 miliar with all the experiences of the frontier. 
 To Jes.se and Mary Neece were born ten children. 
 
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 of whom four are yet living: Mrs. Icabinda West- 
 fall, of Beatrice, Neb.; Artenuis V., of Colches- 
 ter, 111.; George W., of Brookfield, Mo.; and Will- 
 iam H., of this sketch. The mother of this fam- 
 ily died in November, 1837, after which Mr. 
 Neece was again married. By his second mar- 
 riage he had three children. He became a well- 
 known farmer of McDonough County, and in 
 connection with agricultural pursuits he for many 
 years engaged in the practice of medicine. His 
 death occurred on the i6th of October, 1S69, when 
 the community felt that it had lost one of its best 
 citizens. 
 
 William H. Neece acquired his education in 
 the common .schools of this county, and in early 
 life was inured to hard labor. Dunng his youth, 
 he engaged in breaking the prairie with an ox- 
 team. Later he engaged in boating on the Illi- 
 nois River, and worked at pork-packing. He also 
 added to his income by running a threshing-ma- 
 chine, and during the gold excitement in Cali- 
 fornia, he crossed the plains to the Pacific Slope, 
 in 1853. The journey was made with an ox- 
 team. After five months, he reached Oregon, and 
 another month was spent on the road to San 
 Francisco, from whence he went to the Decosnus 
 River. He was accompanied by his brother, 
 George W. Mining, however, proved an un- 
 profitable investment for Mr. Neece, and, going to 
 Sacramento, he there secured a position as cook. 
 In 1854, he went to Grass Valley, and engaged 
 in mining in the gulches, but at length he re- 
 turned home by way of the Panama route and 
 New Orleans, having found that fortunes were 
 not always so easily secured in California as rep- 
 resented. At odd inten'als and in leisure mo- 
 ments in the mean time, he had been reading law, 
 and now entered regularly upon its study in the 
 office of Bailey & Van Fleck. In 1858 he was 
 admitted to the Bar. He also engaged in pur- 
 chasing land for the firm of Baker & Co. , secur- 
 ing the same through soldiers' titles. 
 
 On the 3d of May, 1857, Mr. Neece was united 
 in marriage with Miss Janette Ingals, daughter 
 of Thompkins and E.sther Ingals. The lady is a 
 native of Otsego County, N. Y. To them were born 
 three children: Jesse T., who was educated in the 
 
 Macomb High School and in the Northwestern 
 University of Chicago, and is now engaged in 
 the practice of law with his father; Dr. William 
 A., a denti.st of Macomb; and Orson B., who 
 died October 5, 1888. 
 
 After his admission to the Bar, Mr. Neece 
 opened a law office in Macomb, and has since 
 been successfully engaged in practice. He is 
 recognized as one of the best criminal lawyers in 
 this part of the State, and has won a reputation 
 at the Bar of which he may well be proud, for he 
 stands at the head of his profe.ssion in this locality. 
 He defended Miles Bond, who was charged with 
 the killing of William H. Randolph, United 
 States Mar.shal , and was one of the attorneys for 
 Tom Johnson, arrested for the murder of Owen, of 
 Henderson County. He was also retained in the 
 defen.se of Albert Head, who was charged with 
 the murder of his cousin, Charles O. Head, and 
 defended Gick, Payne and Davis, the murderers 
 of Thomas Edmund.son. Dr. Saunders was also 
 tried for the same offense, and Mr. Neece assisted 
 in defending him. Gick was sent to the peni- 
 tentiary for life, Payne for eight years, Davis for 
 one year, and Dr. Saunders was cleared. He also 
 defended Frank and William Butler, of Prairie 
 City, charged with the murder of a brother, and 
 the decision of "guiltj'" pronounced by the Cir- 
 cuit Court was reversed by the Supreme Court, 
 and the defendants discharged. In connection 
 with his extensive legal practice he has also been 
 continuouslj- engaged in farming and stock-rais- 
 ing, and operates one of the largest farms in Mc- 
 Donough County. 
 
 The official life of our subject began in 1861, 
 when he was elected Alderman of Macomb from 
 the Fir.st Ward. In 1863 he was dected to the 
 State Legislature, and in 1869 was made a mem- 
 ber of the Constitutional Convention. Grant had 
 carried the county by a large majoritj- the previous 
 year, but Neece, running far ahead of his ticket, 
 was sent to the convention. In 1869 he was again 
 cho-seti as Representative, and took an active part 
 in framing the laws under the new constitution. 
 In 1872 he was nominated for the po.sition of 
 State Senator. The Republican party had a ma- 
 jority of about one thousand, and that he could 
 
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 overcome this strong opposition indicates his great 
 personal popularity and the confidence and trust 
 reposed in him. In 1882 he was elected to Con- 
 gress from the Eleventh District, comprising Rock 
 Island. Mercer, Henderson, Hancock, Schuyler, 
 McDonough and Warren Counties, and was chosen 
 his own successor in 1884. In 1886 he was again 
 the candidate of the Democrac\-, but was defeated 
 by William Gest, of Rock Island, although he 
 ran nineteen hundred and thirty -four votes ahead 
 of the Democratic ticket in the district. In 1892 
 he was prominently talked of for Governor. His 
 course in public office has alwaj-s been straight- 
 forward. He has the courage of his convictions, 
 and one who cares to a.scertain can easily find out 
 on which side he stands. He is a man of the 
 people, in touch with the people, and has their 
 confidence and respect, for he has labored for 
 their interests and done all in his power to pro- 
 mote the general welfare. 
 
 vSociall}-, Mr. Neece is connected with the Odd 
 Fellows' society. His first Presidential vote was 
 cast for Franklin Pierce, and since that time he 
 has never wavered in his support of the Democ- 
 racy. He is void of ostentation and displaj-, be- 
 ing plain and unassuming in manner — a practical 
 man, with a large amount of common sense. He 
 does not win friends rapidly to lose them, but al- 
 waj-s retains the high regard of those with whom 
 he has been brought in contact, and in the com- 
 munity where he is best known his friends are the 
 most numerous and of the stanchest kind. His 
 life has practically been passed in McDonough 
 County, and its historj- would be incomplete 
 without his record. 
 
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 pCJlLLIAM A. COMPTOX, an ambitious and 
 
 \ A / rising young lawyer, who is now success- 
 V Y fully engaged in practice in Macomb, was 
 bom in Scotland Township, McDonough County, 
 on the 5th of March, 1864. He is a son of Henry 
 and Sarah J. (Smith) Compton, the former a na- 
 tive of Ohio, and the latter of Illinois. They were 
 the parents of nine children, seven of whom are 
 
 yet living, two sons and five daughters. Eliza 
 J., the eldest, is the wife of Frank Starns, of Can- 
 ton, 111. Mary C. is the wife of William L. Har- 
 vey, of Stanberrj-, Mo. Ella \'. is the wife of 
 George A. Walker, who also resides in Stanbern,-; 
 Rosa A. is the wife of William F. Kelley, of Adair, 
 111. John W. is located in Des Moines, Iowa. 
 Ollie M. is at home. Edward and Arabel died in 
 infancy. 
 
 The paternal great-grandfather of the subject 
 of this sketch was born in Ireland, about the j-ear 
 1750, and his wife, whose family name was Hill, 
 was born in Germany, about 1757. About 1790, 
 they emigrated to this country and settled in 
 Hazeltown, \'a., where their son, Henrj' Comp- 
 ton, was born soon afterward. The latter was a 
 shoemaker, and worked at his trade for a number 
 of years in Virginia. He migrated from Virginia 
 about the year 1820, and settled on a farm near 
 Royalton, Fairfield County, Ohio, where his son 
 Henry, the father of William A. Compton, was 
 born November 10, 1828. 
 
 Mr. Compton's maternal great-grandfather, 
 Thomas Delap, was the son of a Frenchman. He 
 was bom in 1781, in Kentucky, lived to a great 
 age, and died in 1873, at his home near Burling- 
 ton, Iowa. The maternal grandfather, David 
 Smith, followed both agriculture and broom-mak- 
 ing. He also reached a ripe old age, and his wife 
 is still living. 
 
 Henrj- Compton and his wife, grandparents of 
 the subject of this notice, moved from Ohio about 
 1846, and settled on a farm in Madison County, 
 111., where the balance of their days was spent. 
 In 1849, their son Henrj- returned to Ohio and 
 remained one year. After living two years in 
 Schuyler Countj', 111., he moved, in the fall of 
 1852, to Iowa, and married Sarah J. Smith at 
 Burlington, in that State, on the 25th of Septem- 
 ber of that year. He remained in Burlington un- 
 til the spring of 1856, and at that time moved to 
 McDonough County, 111. After living one year 
 en a farm near Indu.stry, he spent a year on 
 what is known as the " Milton Knight farm," in 
 Scotland Township. From there he moved to 
 Muscatine, Iowa, where he purchased a farai, 
 upon which he lived until the spring of 1861. 
 
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 when he finallj' returned to McDonough County. 
 He lived on the farm of his father-in-law, David 
 Smith, until 1864, at which time he bought the 
 eighty-acre farm which he still owns in Scotland 
 Township, and whereon he dwelt up to March, 
 1893, when he laid aside business cares and has 
 since lived retired in Macomb. He and his wife 
 have for many years been members of the Method- 
 i.st Episcopal Church, and are highly respected 
 people. 
 
 W. A. Compton who.se name heads this record 
 was reared to manhood upon his father's farm, 
 and acquired his early education in the district 
 .schools. He afterward attended the Macomb 
 Normal College, and was graduated therefrom in 
 1885. His first independent eiFort in life was as 
 a school teacher. He followed that profession for 
 five terms, but, wishing to make the practice of 
 law his life work, he studied the principles and 
 standards of that profession, and was admitted to 
 the Bar November 21, 1888, in .Springfield. Dur- 
 ing the same winter he was filling the position of 
 Principal of the public .schools of Bentley, Han- 
 cock County, 111. 
 
 On the close of the .school year, Mr. Compton 
 came to Macomb, where he opened a law office 
 and also began dealing in real estate. A vear 
 later he was married to Mi.ss Pearl vShriner, the 
 .second daughter of Levi and Harriet ('Collins) 
 vShriner, of Macomb Township. Their union was 
 celebrated on the 5th of March, i S90, on the twen- 
 ty-.sixth anniversary of his birth. Mrs. Compton 
 is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and is a most estimable lad\-, who has many friends 
 throughout the connnunity. 
 
 Mr. Compton holds memljership with the 
 Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He is the owner of a fine farm of one 
 hundred and forty acres, .situated on sections 22 
 and 28, Lamoine Town.ship, besides his residence 
 at No. 432 S. Randolph .Street, a block of ground 
 in the Sinnnons' Addition, a house and lot in the 
 Eastern Addition, and three lots in Twyman'sAd- 
 ditioti. In politics, he is a stalwart supporter of 
 the Democratic party and its pri!icii)les and is one 
 of the most popular and useful members of the 
 party. He served as First Assistant Clerk in the 
 
 House of Representatives during the Thirty-.sev- 
 enth General As.semlily, to which position he was 
 nominated by acclamation. Wlien oidy twenty- 
 four years of age he was a delegate to the State 
 Convention, took an active part in the deliliera- 
 tions of that body, and seconded the nomination 
 of Andrew J. Bell, of Peoria, for Governor. He 
 is a man of splendid address and a brilliant talker, 
 and stumped McDonough and adjoining counties 
 for the Democratic ticket in the campaigns of 1888 
 and 1892, gaining an enviable reputation as an 
 orator. He is recognized as a leading young pol- 
 itician of McDonough County. He was a candi- 
 date for the nomination of County Judge, and also 
 for Representative on two occasions. Though de- 
 feated, he nevertheless gained a large following, 
 and is recognized as a leader of the Democracy. 
 He possesses more than ordinary ability, and his 
 keen mind and quick perceptive faculties make 
 him well adapted for his cho.sen ]irofession. 
 
 0LIN EMERY, editor and publi.sher of the 
 Augusta /;'<7 ;'/(•, is one of the enterprising 
 and progressive citizens of Augusta, alwaxs 
 alive to the be.st interests of the place. He was 
 born in Blandinsville, III., on the ist of December, 
 1868, and is a .son of Dr. James H. and Rhoda K. 
 (Hardisty) Emer\-. His paternal grandfather, 
 Henr\- Emery, was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 was a farmer by occupation. He reared a large 
 family, and lived to the age of seventy-two years. 
 The maternal grandfather, J. V. M. Hardisty, 
 was born in Kentucky, and about 1830 emigrated 
 to Illinois, locating in McDonough Count\'. He 
 is now living in Blandinsville, and has reached 
 the age of more than three-.score years and ten. 
 
 Dr. Emery, father of our subject, is a native of 
 Richland County, Ohio. He is numbercil among 
 the early .settlers of Ihinois, whither he came in 
 1840. He located near Galva, Henry County, 
 and there made his home until i860. Having 
 studied medicine, he began tlie practice of his 
 chosen profe.s.sion in 1863, in Blandin.sville, and 
 has there .since made his home. He is a success- 
 
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 ful phj-sician, who has a high reputation, and, 
 therefore receives a liberal patronage. In June, 
 1893, he began the publication of the Blandins- 
 ville S/ar, which he has since edited in connec- 
 tion with his other business. He married Mi.ss 
 Hardist}', who was born in Blandinsville, and to 
 them were born eight children, five sons and three 
 daughters, seven of whom are yet living, namely: 
 Olin; James H. ; Lois E., wife of Elmer L. Wise; 
 Otto; Roscoe D. ; Daisy R. and Mamie O. 
 
 'ur subject is the eldest child of the family. 
 
 .c days of his boyhood and youth were spent in 
 Blandinsville, and his education was acquired in 
 the public schools of his native city. He was 
 reared upon his father's farm, but not wishing to 
 make agricultural pursuits his life work, he turned 
 his attention to other interests, and began learn- 
 ing the printers' trade. In the year 1891, he 
 came to Augusta and purchased the Augu.sta 
 Eagle, a Democratic journal, of which he is 
 both editor and publisher. This is a bright and 
 newsy sheet, ably edited and conducted, and 
 frcm the public it receives a liberal patronage, 
 which is constantly increasing, and which is well 
 deserved. In his political views Mr. Emery is a 
 Democrat, and warmly advocates the principles 
 of that party. He is still a young man, yet is 
 recognized as one of the valued citizens of this 
 community, for he is always found on the side ot 
 what pertains to the best interests of the county, 
 and to its upbuilding and advancement. 
 
 EHARLES JOSIAH SCOFIELD is one of the 
 most prominent attorneys in the State, and 
 is now ser\-ing as Judge of the Sixth Judicial 
 District of Illinois. Hancock County has no more 
 highly-respected citizen, and that he has won a 
 foremost place among his professional brethren is 
 shown by the fact that when he was elected to his 
 present office, he was the youngest Circuit Judge 
 in tl '_ countn,-. He was born in Carthage, Han- 
 cock County, on Christmas Day, 1853, and is a 
 son of Charles R. and Elizabeth Scofield. His 
 father was born in De Wittville, Chautauqua 
 
 County, N. Y., and was a son of Darius and 
 Sallie (Glenny) Scofield, the former a native of 
 Stamford, Conn., and the latter of the city of 
 Newry, Ireland. The mother of our subject was 
 born in Kentucky, was of vScotch-Irish lineage, 
 and was the daughter of Harrison and Alice Craw- 
 ford. 
 
 Charles R. Scofield died when his son Charles 
 was onlj- three 5-ears of age, being then in the 
 prime of life. He had studied law, and about 
 1 85 1 began its practice. His ability and talent 
 were rapidly wiiuiing for him prominence in his 
 profession, but after five years of successful prac- 
 tice he was cut off by the hand of death. After 
 losing her husband, Mrs. Scofield with her two 
 children went to live with her father. The sec- 
 ond son is Hon. T. J. Scofield, now Assistant At- 
 torney-General of Illinois. He, too, has won 
 success as a lawyer, and has a large practice in 
 Ouincj', where he lives with his wife and six 
 children. 
 
 The Judge spent the greater part of his child- 
 hood and youth upon his grandfather's farm, 
 about a mile from the city. His early education 
 was acquired in the common schools, but he after- 
 ward pursued a three-years course in a college, 
 from which he was graduated at the age of seven- 
 teen. When he was twenty years of age, the de- 
 gree of A. M. was conferred upon him. Soon 
 after his literar>- education was completed, he be- 
 gan teaching, and for three years had charge of 
 the High vSchool in Carthage. The profession to 
 which his family had furnished several repre- 
 sentatives attracted him, and during vacations he 
 .studied law in the office of his uncle, the Hon. 
 Bryant T. Scofield, one of the ablest lawyers of 
 the Bar of Hancock County. In the same office 
 were William C. Hooker and George Edmunds. 
 At the age of twenty-one, he was admitted to the 
 Bar, and a few months thereafter was appointed 
 Ma.ster in Chancery, which office he held for 
 nearlv ten years, or until his election to the Bench. 
 When thirty-one years of age, he became one of 
 the Judges of the Si.xth Judicial Circuit, and on the 
 expiration of his first term of six years was elected 
 his own successor. He has also held court at 
 many points outside of his circuit, among them 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Chicago, Galesburg and Morrison. In June, 
 1893, he was appointed by the Supreme Court 
 as one of the Judges of the Appellate Court for 
 the Fourth District. 
 
 On the i2th of September, 1876, Mr. Scofield 
 was united in marriage with Miss Ro.se Spitler, 
 an adopted daughter of Dr. Adam Spitler, of 
 Carthage. Mrs. Scofield is a woman of more 
 than ordinary intelligence, and is an active worker 
 in the cause of Christ. As President of the Dis- 
 trict Christian Woman's Board of Missions, she 
 has done very efficient and satisfactory work in 
 arousing and developing an interest in the mis- 
 sionary field. 
 
 Judge Scofield is a member of the Christian 
 Church, and in connection with his labors as 
 lawyer and Judge, he has sen-ed as pastor of the 
 church in Carthage for fifteen years, his labors 
 being performed without remuneration. His time 
 and talent he gives to the cause, and during his 
 pastorate the church membership has been in- 
 creased from fifty to three hundred. He has also 
 engaged to some extent in literary work, and is 
 the author of an able volume, which was written 
 to show some of the evils arising directly and in- 
 directly from the liquor traffic. It was published 
 in November, 1891, under the title of "A Subtle 
 Adversary," and has had a large sale. It is fre- 
 quently spoken of as "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of 
 temperance reform, " and has been classed with 
 Dickens' "David Copperfield" and Wallace's "Ben 
 Hur," as among the greatest works of fiction in 
 the English language. 
 
 As a jurist, the Judge ranks among the best in 
 the entire country. Few decisions of his are ever 
 reversed, and he has the entire confidence of the 
 Bar, not only in his own district, but wherever 
 known. As a minister of the Gospel, he is elo- 
 quent, forcible and logical. His legal studies 
 have helped in the last direction. A firm believer 
 in the Divine revelation, he does not hesitate to 
 express his views fearlessly and intelligently upon 
 disputed points among the higher and other 
 critics. His Christianity none doubts, and he has 
 the confidence and friend.ship of all of his religious 
 neighbors without regard to creed. As a citizen, 
 no one is held in higher esteem. His advice and 
 
 counsel are sought by political friend and foe, by 
 rich and poor, by the ignorant and learned, be- 
 cause they know their confidence will never be 
 betrayed, and any advice given will come from an 
 honest heart. Socially, Mr. Scofield is a mem- 
 ber of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, and 
 of the Knights of Pythias. In his political views, 
 he is a Democrat, and on that ticket was elected 
 to the Bench, although he received the votes of 
 many of other parties. 
 
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 pQlLUAM H. HAINLINEisoneofthelead- 
 \A/ ing citizens of Macomb. He is now serv- 
 Y V i"g as its Mayor, and is the editor and 
 proprietor of the Macomb Journal. He is also 
 one of the honored veterans of the late war, and 
 his loyalty to his country is as manifest in days 
 of peace as it was when he followed the Old Flag 
 on the field of battle. Born in Emmett Town- 
 ship, McDonough County, on the 29th of July, 
 1841, he is a son of John D. and Margaret A. 
 (Douthitt) Hainline, both of whom were natives of 
 Kentucky. The grandfather, George W. Hain- 
 line, was also born in that State, and the great- 
 grandfather of our subject removed from North 
 Carolina to Kentucky in company with Daniel 
 Boone. He was of German descent. He fought 
 in the Indian wars with Boone, and lived to the 
 ripe old age of eighty-five years. In 1838 the 
 grandfather came to Illinois, where his death oc- 
 curred in 1867. The maternal grandfather of 
 W. H. Hainline was Lewis Douthitt. He, too, 
 was a native of Kentucky, but because he was a 
 Union man, he was driven out of that State dur- 
 ing the war, and came to McDonough County. 
 Later, however, he returned to his old home, 
 where his last days were passed. He was a farmer 
 and tanner, and owned about twenty .slaves, which 
 were freed through the emancipation proclama- 
 tion. His death occurred when about ninety 
 years of age. 
 
 John D. Hainline, father of our subject, came 
 to Illinois in 1838, and located in what was then 
 known as the Spring Creek settlement, where he 
 
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 has since made his home. Throughout life he 
 has followed the occupation of farming, and there- 
 by acquired a comfortable competence. During 
 the time of the Mormon troubles he aided in driv- 
 ing them from Nauvoo. An honored pioneer of the 
 county for more than fifty -five years, he has wit- 
 nessed its growth and upbuilding, and has ever 
 borne his part in its development. His wife died 
 in November, 1869, at the age of fifty-one, in the 
 faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
 They had a family of eleven children, five sons 
 and six daughters, but only six of the number 
 are now living, namely: \V. H., of this sketch; 
 Flora A., wife of Marcellus Shryack, of Warren.s- 
 burg, Mo.; Isabel, wife of Capt. B. A. Griffith, 
 of Sciota; JohnQ., of Hire Township; Andrew 
 J., of Macomb; and May, wife of William Stick- 
 lenx, also of Hire Township, McDonough Count>-. 
 His eldest brother, George L,. Haiiiline, fell dead 
 by his side, shot through the head, at the battle 
 of Bentonville, N. C. , March 21, 1S65. 
 
 In taking up the personal history of our sub- 
 ject, we present to our readers the life record of 
 one of the native .sons of McDonough County. 
 He was reared to manhood under the parental 
 roof, and the common schools afforded him his 
 educational privileges. He continued at home 
 until 1859, when, at the age of seventeen years, 
 attracted by the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak, 
 he made a trip to that place, returning in the 
 autumn. He then continued to engage in farm 
 labor upon the old homestead until the beginning 
 of the late war. Scarcely had the echo of Ft. 
 Sumter's guns ceased to reverberate, when he 
 offered his services to the Government, enlisting 
 April 19, 1861, as a member of Company A, Six- 
 teenth Illinois Infantry. After about three years 
 he re-enlisted, Januarj' i, 1864, and continued in 
 the .ser\-ice until after the close of the war. He 
 participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island 
 No. 10, the siege of Corinth, Buzzard's Roost, 
 Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, 
 Sherman's celebrated march to the sea, and the 
 Carolina campaign, ending in the engagement at 
 Bentonville, which was the last and most terrible 
 battle in which his regiment participated. He 
 was captured at Peach Tree Creek, and was in 
 
 Andersonville Prison for sixty days, but by a 
 special exchange he was returned to his regiment. 
 During the last three years of his service, he held 
 the rank of Corporal. Always faithful to his duty, 
 he was a valiant defender of the Old Flag and the 
 cause it represented. On the 8th of July, 1865, 
 he was mustered out. 
 
 When the country no longer needed his serv- 
 ices, Mr. Hainline returned home, and was soon 
 afterward elected County Treasurer. The office 
 was entirely unsought by him, and he was the 
 first Republican ever elected to that office in the 
 county. On the expiration of his two-years term, 
 he became interested in the drug business with 
 P. H. Delaney, but after four years he sold out, 
 and in June, 1870, purchased a half-interest in 
 the 'M.acomh /o/tma/, owned by B. R. Hampton. 
 This connection continued until 18S1, when he 
 bought out Mr. Hampton's interest. He was 
 then alone in business until 1884, when a stock 
 company was formed, but Mr. Haiidine has con- 
 tinued as its editor and publisher. 
 
 On the 1 6th of June, 1866, our subject was 
 united in marriage with Miss Victoria, daughter 
 of Jacob and Mary (Miller) Shleich, of Wurtem- 
 berg, Germany. Two children were born to 
 them, Maud L. and Mildred D. The former is 
 the wife of Wade W. Meloan, a lawyer of Ma- 
 comb, and they have one child, William. Millie 
 is the wife of E. T. Walker, Cashier of the Citi- 
 zens' Bank of Macomb, and they have a daughter, 
 Caroline. Mrs. Hainline, who was a member of 
 the German Reformed Church, died on the 24th of 
 February, 1S74. Mr. Hainline was again mar- 
 ried, January 24, 1879, his second union being 
 with Miss Catherine L. Vorhees, daughter of 
 Francis and Jane (Leslie) \'orhees, of King.ston, 
 N. Y. They have two children, Jean L. and 
 Andrew L. 
 
 Mr. Hainline takes considerable interest in civic 
 societies, and belongs to Macomb Lodge, A. F. 
 & A. M.; the Knights of Pythias fraternity; Mc- 
 Donough Post No. 103, G. A. R.; the Independ- 
 ent Order of Mutual Aid; the Modern Woodmen 
 of America; and the Home Fonnn. In politics, 
 he is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party 
 and its principles, is a member of the State Cen- 
 
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 tral Committee, and does all in his power to aid 
 in the growth and insure the success of the Re- 
 publican partj'. He has been honored with vari- 
 ous offices. He ser\'ed as Alderman of the First 
 Ward in 1868 and 1869, was a member of the 
 Board of Supervisors for three years, and in 1893 
 was elected Ma\or of Macomb, which position he 
 is now filling with credit to himself and satisfac- 
 tion to his constituents. The standing of the 
 Macombyi3?/r««/ is well known, it being recog- 
 nized as one of the best papers in this part of the 
 State. Its editor is also well known, and few 
 citizens of McDonough County- have more friends 
 than Mr. Hainline, a popular and genial gentle- 
 man, who has gained the respect and good-will of 
 all with whom business or social relations have 
 brought him in contact. 
 
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 ^ E. LANE is one of Macomb's well-known 
 I citizens. He is now ser\-ing as Count}- Clerk 
 (2/ of McDonough Count}', a position which he 
 has filled for some time. His life record is as 
 follows: A native of Kentuckj', he was born in 
 Russell County, on the ist of October, 1834, and 
 is a son of Gholson and Mary (Janes) Lane, both 
 of whom were also natives of the same State. He 
 was only one year old when, in 1836, his parents 
 emigrated to Illinois, and took up their residence 
 in Industry Township, McDonough Count}-. The 
 days of his boyhood and youth were quietly 
 passed, and the public schools afforded him his 
 educational privileges. 
 
 Mr. Lane watched with interest the course of 
 events which threatened to culminate in war, and 
 after Ft. Sumter had been fired upon and the 
 dissolution of the Union was threatened, he re- 
 sponded to the call for troops, enlisting in April, 
 1861, as a private of the Sixteenth Illinois In- 
 fantry. He served in the ranks until 1862, when 
 he was appointed First Sergeant of Company A, 
 and contiiuied in that capacity until June 20, 
 1864, when, his three-years term having expired, 
 he was honorabh- discharged and returned to Ma- 
 comb. He was a faithful soldier, and for a long 
 
 period did arduous service at the front. His first 
 campaign was in Missouri, and included many 
 skirmishes, and the siege of Bird's Point and battle 
 at New Madrid. At the latter point, the Tenth 
 and Sixteenth Illinois Regiments captured five 
 thousand men, with their entire equipment and 
 munitions. The Sixteenth was in the reser\-e 
 forces at Ft. Donelson and Pittsburg Landing, 
 and marched from the latter point to Nashville, 
 Tenn., where it spent the winter of 1862-63; it 
 continued as a part of the Fourteenth Army 
 Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. 
 Lane was mustered out at Rossville, Ga., June 
 20, 1864, having taken part in the battles of Buz- 
 zard's Roost and vicinity, embracing a week's 
 fighting in northern Georgia. 
 
 Shortly after Mr. Lane's return, he was mar- 
 ried, on the 2oth of October, 1864, to Miss Josie 
 A. Kendrick, daughter of W. H. Kendrick, of 
 this city. Unto them has been born a son, Frank 
 A., who is now engaged in the practice of den- 
 tistr}' in Macomb. 
 
 Mr. Lane has been honored with various offi- 
 cial positions .since his residence here. In May, 
 1865, he was appointed City Marshal, Assessor 
 and Collector, and was re-appointed the next 
 year, serving two years. In December, 1866, he 
 received the appointment of Deputy Sheriff under 
 Col. Sam. Wilson, and continued to fill that of- 
 fice two years, and in the fall of 1868 he was 
 elected County Sheriff for a term of two \-ears. 
 When that term had expired, he left Illinois and, 
 in the fall of 1870, purcha.sed a farm in Carroll 
 County, Mo., which he operated until 1872. On 
 the 24th of December of that year, he returned 
 to Macomb, and on the i6th of January following 
 purchased the interest of S. L. Babcock in a gro- 
 cery store. Having fonned a partnership with 
 Joseph Updegraff, the firm of Updegraff & Lane 
 continued in the grocery business for about a 
 year, when the .senior partner retired. Mr. Lane 
 was then alone for about a year, when he admit- 
 ted G. W. Pace to partnership. The new firm 
 successfully carried on operations until the fall of 
 1877, when they sold out. 
 
 In the spring of 1866 Mr. Lane was elected 
 Constable, and was re-elected, holding the posi- 
 
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 tion continuously until 1890, except during the 
 two years he was Sheriff. In December, 1870, 
 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Fred New- 
 land, and was re-appointed in 1882 to serv'e four 
 j-ears. He is now holding the office of County 
 "Clerk, to which he was elected in November, 
 1890. Mr. Lane has a wide acquaintance through- 
 out McDouough County, and has many friends 
 in Macomb. 
 
 (TOHN M. DUNSWORTH, Jr., deceased, was 
 I born in McDonough County, 111., near Col- 
 Q) Chester, March 5, 1849, and died May 3, 1892, 
 respected by all who knew him. He was a son 
 of Wesley and Angeline (Vest) Dunsworth, his 
 father being a well-known farmer, who settled in 
 McDonough County in 1830. Our subject spent 
 the days of his boyhood and youth near Colchester, 
 no event of special importance occurring during 
 that period of his life. He acquired a good edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Macomb, and when 
 his life as a student was ended he embarked in 
 teaching, which profession he followed for years. 
 His indomitable energy and penseverance are 
 shown b\- the fact that he continued his teaching 
 for some time, although he was forced to almost 
 crawl to the school, being a cripple. He also 
 sen,'ed as County Superintendent of .Schools four 
 years, and in tliat position proved a capable and 
 efficient officer, who by his faithful discharge of 
 duty won the high commendation of all concerned. 
 About 1882, he removed to Plymouth and estab- 
 li.shed \.)\ft Enterprise, an independent paper, which 
 he published for nine years. 
 
 On the 3d of September, 1885, in IJoweu, 111., 
 Mr. Dunsworth was united in marriage with Miss 
 Rosa A. Adams, daughter of Charles G. and 
 America E. (Taylor) Adams, who were natives 
 of Kentucky, from which .State they remo\ed to 
 Whitcomb, Ind.. where Mrs. Dunsworth was born 
 and reared. Two children graced the union of 
 our subject and his wife, Leroy and Glen A., but 
 the latter died at the age of eight months. 
 
 Mr. Dunsworth was a member of the Presby- 
 
 terian Church, and his wife holds membership 
 with the Methodist Church. He was one of the 
 organizers of the Old Settlers' Association of Han- 
 cock, McDonough and Schuyler Counties, and 
 served as its Secretarj' for some time. After his 
 death, his wife filled the office for one year. He 
 continued the publication of the Enterprise for 
 some time and met with good success in the un- 
 dertaking. His paper was ably edited, and was 
 a neat, interesting sheet, which received hearty 
 support throughout the community. Mr. Duns- 
 worth was pleasant and genial in manner, and was 
 a warm-hearted, w^hole-souled gentleman, who had 
 a host of friends. He died May 3, 1892, from an 
 accidental gunshot wound, at the age of forty-three 
 years, one month and twenty-two daj-s. 
 
 By the request of her husband, Mrs. Dunsworth 
 has continued the publication of the Enterprise 
 since his death. She is a lady of good business 
 ability, and possesses the necessary qualifications 
 for a successful career in the journalistic field. 
 She is now ablj' assisted by James E. Ewing, who 
 is ser\-ing as the local editor of the paper. He was 
 born and reared in Plymouth and is well known 
 throughout the county. 
 
 Q YRON PONTIOUS, of Macomb, is recog- 
 1^ nized as one of the leading members of the 
 d^ McDonough County Bar. For the past four- 
 teen years he has been engaged in practice in this 
 city, and has rapidl\- worked his way upward, un- 
 til he now stands in the front rank in his profes- 
 sion in the county seat. He has a pleasant deliv- 
 ery, and is a faithful, earnest and able advocate, 
 who works untiringly for the interests of his cli- 
 ents, and has therefore won their confidence and 
 esteem. 
 
 As Mr. Pontious has a wide acquaintance 
 throughout this part of the State, we feel assured 
 that his life record will prove of interest to man>' 
 of our readers. A native of the Buckeye State, 
 he was born in Ross County May 25, 1851, and 
 is a son of Simon and Elizabeth (Bunn) Pontious, 
 who were al.so natives of Ohio. The Pontious 
 
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 family originated in Holland. At an early day 
 some of its representatives emigrated to Pennsyl- 
 vania, and later some of its members removed to 
 Ohio. In 1853, Simon Pontious came with his 
 family to Illinois, and located upon a farm in Mc 
 Donough County, where he carried on agricul- 
 tural pursuits for a number of years. Of his five 
 children, Leroy, the eldest, is now engaged in the 
 lumber business in Lewistown, 111.; Lyman carries 
 on merchandising in Adair; Anna M. is at home; 
 Byron is the next younger; and Austin is engaged 
 in farming near the old homestead. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, 
 and early became familiar with all the duties of 
 farm life. In his younger years he attended the 
 district schools, but his early educational privi- 
 leges were supplemented by study in Lombard 
 University of Galesburg. On leaving that school 
 in 1872, he engaged in teaching for a year, and 
 then began clerking in a store in Adair. At 
 length, with the capital he had acquired through 
 industry and economy, he purchased an interest 
 in the store, and finally became sole proprietor and 
 carried on business along that line for a period of 
 six years. In the mean time he began the study 
 of law, reading under the instruction of Capt. 
 Epperson and Maj. Barnes, of Bushnell, and in 
 March, 1880, he was admitted to the Bar. In De- 
 cember of the same year he opened an office in 
 Macomb. 
 
 On the 2d of April, 1873, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Pontious and Miss Ambrosia 
 Woods, daughter of Morilla and Martha Woods, 
 of McDonough County . Two children were born 
 to them, a daughter and a son, but the former, 
 Arah, died at the age of fifteen months. The 
 latter, Ralph W., is now a student in Lombard 
 University. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pontious hold 
 membership with the UniversalLst Church, and in 
 his social relations he is connected with the Ma 
 sonic fraternity. 
 
 In his poHtical views, Mr. Pontious is a sup- 
 porter of Democratic principles, and during his 
 residence in Adair he served as Township Treas- 
 urer for four years. He has continuously en- 
 gaged in practice in Macomb since coming to this 
 
 city in 1880, and is now doing a large and lucra- 
 tive business. In February', 1888, he was ap- 
 pointed Master in Chancery by Judge Schofield. 
 In 1 89 1 he became associated in business with J. 
 Ro.ss Mickey, and this partnership still continues. 
 Mr. Pontious is a pleasant and genial gentleman, 
 who has many friends throughout the community 
 and is highly respected b)' all. 
 
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 G] BSALOM G. BOTTS is the proprietor of a 
 LI feedmill in Plymouth. For many j-ears he 
 / I carried on farming in Hancock Countj-, and 
 is one of its leading agriculturists. He has long 
 been recognized as one of its representative and 
 valued citizens, and is numbered among the hon- 
 ored pioneers who, since an early day, ha\-e aided 
 in the growth and development of the county and 
 in the promotion of the general welfare. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Seth 
 Botts, was a native of Virginia, and throughout 
 life followed farming. His death occurred in 
 Kentucky at an advanced age. Among his fam- 
 ily of five sons and three daughters was Joseph 
 Botts, the fatherof our subject. He too was born 
 in Virginia, but the greater part of his life was 
 spent in other States. In i836heemigrated to Illi- 
 nois, locating in St. Mary's Township, Hancock 
 County, where throughout his remaining days 
 he engaged in farming and preaching, for he was 
 also a minister of the Baptist Church. His hon- 
 orable, upright life won him the confidence and 
 esteem of all, and his death was mounied by manj' 
 warm friends. He pa.ssed away in 1882, at the 
 advanced age of ninety years and six months, 
 and his wife died in 187 1, at the age of seventy- 
 nine years. The lady bore the maiden name of 
 Sabra Wilkes, and was born in Virginia, as was 
 her father. He was one of the heroes of the Rev- 
 olution, and had a .son who ser\'ed in the War of 
 181 2. His death occurred in Kentucky at an ad- 
 vanced age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Botts were 
 born twelve children, six sons and six daughters, 
 but only five of the number are now living: Ab- 
 salom G.; James D., of Carthage; Ann, wife of 
 
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 Ira G. Rhodes, of Brighton, Iowa; Jane, wife of 
 John Logan, of McDonough County; and Louisa, 
 wife of Daniel Bariclo, of Nebraska. 
 
 When a child of eight }-ears, A. G. Botts ac- 
 companied his parents on their emigration to Illi- 
 nois, and was reared upon his father's farm in 
 Hancock Count}', remaining at home until twenty- 
 four years of age. He then started out in life for 
 himself, and the occupation to which he was 
 reared he resumed as a means of livelihood. His 
 school privileges were such as were afforded by 
 the old-time subscription .schools. 
 
 On the 8th of October, 1852, Mr. Botts wedded 
 Sarah J. White, daughter, of Joseph and Maria 
 (Armstrong) White, natives of Ohio. They be- 
 came the parents of a family of four sons and two 
 daughters, the eldest of whom is Robert. Joseph, 
 who is living on St. Mary's Prairie, married Mrs. 
 Gould, widow of Lewis Gould and a daughter of 
 John T. Johnson. Jaj- married Miss Vernie Can- 
 non, and lives on the old homestead. Ira is the 
 next younger. Maria is the wife of Frank Yates, 
 of Cawker City, Kan., by whom she has the fol- 
 lowing children; Josie, Ivan, Ollie, Inez, Harrj- 
 and Belle. Arabel completes the family, and is 
 the wife of Robert Cloud, of St. Mar\-'s Prairie. 
 The mother died June 4, 1890, and Mr. Botts was 
 again married, November 25, 1892, his second 
 union being with Mrs. Rachel Crump, widow of 
 Dr. Morris Crump, and a daughter of Joseph and 
 Maria (Armstrong) White. She is a member of 
 the Presbyterian Church, and is a most estimable 
 lady. 
 
 Mr. Botts holds membership with the Farmers' 
 Alliance. He voted the Republican ticket from 
 1856 to 1892, since which time he has affiliated 
 with the People's party. He has ser\'ed as Town- 
 ship Assessor and Treasurer, was Justice of the 
 Peace two terms, and is now one of the Village 
 Trustees. Prompt and faithful in the discharge 
 of his public duties, he has proved an efficient 
 officer. For fifty-seven years he has been a resi- 
 dent of Hancock Count)-. When he came here 
 one could ride for miles acro.ss the prairie, with no 
 fences to intercept his progress. Much of the 
 land was still in possession of the Go\-ernment, 
 and the work of progress and advancement was 
 
 largely a labor of the future. Mr. Botts has 
 always borne his part in the upbuilding of the 
 county, atid well deserves mention among its hon- 
 ored pioneers. 
 
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 (Tames Alexander anderson, dealer 
 
 I in hardware and agricultural implements of 
 v2/ Hamilton, was born in Botetourt County, 
 Va., August II, 1840, and is descended from old 
 Scotch, Irish, Holland-Dutch and English fam- 
 ilies. He comes of good old Revolutionary stock, 
 as no less than eight of his ancestors served the 
 Colonies as soldiers in their struggle for independ- 
 ence. On his mother's side he traces his ancestry 
 back to James Paxton, of County Armagh, Ire- 
 land, whose ancestors were English, and whose 
 son, Samuel Paxton, emigrated to America in 
 earl)' Colonial times, and settled in Pennsylvania, 
 but afterward removed to Virginia. The latter's 
 son, Thomas Paxton, married Betsy McClung 
 for his first wife, and after her death wedded Polly 
 Woods. William Paxton, a son of Thomas and 
 Betsy Paxton, was the great-grandfather of the 
 gentleman whose name heads this notice. He 
 was a Revolutionary soldier, and married Jean 
 Grigsby. The Grigsb)- farail)- removed from 
 Penn.sylvania to Rockbridge County, Va., in 
 1680. They were of Irish lineage. Elizabeth, 
 daughter of William and Jean (Grigsby) Paxton, 
 was the grandmother of Mr. Anderson. She 
 married Alexander McClure, whose parents came 
 from old Scotch families, the McClures and Trim- 
 bles, who settled in \'irginia prior to the Revolu- 
 tion. Mar)- Ann, the mother of our subject, was 
 a daughter of Alex and Elizabeth (Paxton) Mc- 
 Clure, and was born in Rockbridge County, \'a., 
 three miles from the famous Natural Bridge, in 
 18 1 3, while her father was ser\-ing as a soldier in 
 the War of 18 12. 
 
 On his father's side, Mr. Anderson traces his 
 ancestry to James Anderson, who emigrated from 
 Scotland and settled in Lancaster, Pa., about 
 1750. In 1787 the family removed to Botetourt 
 County, \'a. About 1790, James Anderson, son 
 
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 of the above, married Ann Shirkej', daughter 
 of Patrick and Ann (Pogue) Shirkej-, the former 
 a native of Ireland, and the latter of Holland. 
 Patrick Shirkey sen-ed in the War for Independ- 
 ence James and Ann (Shirkey) Anderson had a 
 family of ten children, namely: James, who was 
 drowned in 1839, in Craig's Creek, near where 
 that stream empties into the James River; Mar- 
 garet, who became the wife of Elisha Bollinger, 
 both being deceased; John, who died at the age 
 of eighteen years; Elizabeth, wlio married W. A. 
 Williamson, and both are deceased; George R., 
 who died near Indianapolis, Ind., at the age of 
 seventy-nine; Sallie, who became the wife of a 
 Mr. Moten, and both died in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 
 Amelia, who is the widow of Thomas Paxton, 
 and is living near Troy, Iowa; William, who died 
 ill the Confederate service during the Civil War; 
 Ann, who is the widow of Joseph Lane, of Abing- 
 don, Va.; and Matthew, who died November 22, 
 1876. The last-named was the father of our sub- 
 ject. On the 5th of October, 1839, he wedded 
 Mary Ann McClnre, and they became the parents 
 of seven children: James Alexander: William P., 
 a lumber dealer and farmer of Norcatur, Kan. ; 
 Elizabeth A., the wife of John Daw, a farmer of 
 Montebello Township, Hancock County; Sallie 
 G., who died in 1S61, at the age of fourteen 
 years; Mary A., who died in 1874, at the age of 
 twenty-eight; Emma F., the widow of Harrison 
 C. Minnick, of Hamilton; and George A., an 
 attorney-at-law, of Quincy, and a member of the 
 Fiftieth Congress. 
 
 When a lad of thirteen years, James A. Ander- 
 son left Virginia with his parents, the family emi- 
 grating to Pendleton, Ind., where they remained 
 one year. In 1854, they came to Hancock County, 
 settling near Basco, where the father purchased a 
 farm. The educational a<lvantages which our 
 subject received were limited to those afforded 
 by the district schools. He pursued his studies 
 during the winter season, and in the suiiimcr 
 mouths worked on a farm, aiding in the de\-elop- 
 ment and cultivation of the land. At the age of 
 fourteen he began clerking, which he followed for 
 a year, but at the expiration of that period he re- 
 turned to the farm, where he continued until the 
 
 spring of i860. Attracted by the discovery of 
 gold at Pike's Peak, he determined to make an 
 expedition to that place, and with tw^o yoke of 
 oxen started on the journey. He arrived in Den- 
 ver on the 23d of May of that year, and thence 
 went to Fair Play, to the gold mines, where he 
 remained until the ist of October. He then went 
 to New Mexico, and spent the winter near Taos. 
 On the nth of May, 1861, in company with three 
 other men, he packed all his po.ssessions on the 
 back of a Mexican burro, and w^alked back to 
 Fair Play, a distance of one hundred and ninety 
 miles, arriving there nine days after leaving Taos. 
 On the waj' back he met with other men who 
 were also returning, but although they had not a 
 dollar, the)- had plenty of provisions, and these 
 they shared between them, so that when they 
 reached Fair Play they had neither money nor 
 food, only their camp uten.sils. Mr. Anderson then 
 began to work for other miners who had their 
 claims opened up, and was thus employed until 
 he had saved enough to go to work on his own 
 claim, of which he had obtained possession the 
 year previous. 
 
 There Mr. Anderson continued until August, 
 
 1862, when he abandoned mining, and, going to 
 a place near Denver, became a cow boy. On the 
 back of a bronco he lived for about sixteen 
 months, and at length, on the 29th of December, 
 
 1863, started home on a visit, reaching his desti- 
 nation on the 3d of February, 1864. At several 
 places on the way home he could see evidences of 
 Indian hostilities, graves of victims, .smoking 
 wagons, etc. This was the outbreak of the Sioux, 
 Cheyenne and Arrapahoe War. After remaining 
 at home for a short time and .seeing old friends. 
 Mr. Anderson returned to the West, and through 
 the influence of William Paxton, the Omaha mil- 
 lionaire, then a poor man, he took charge of a 
 mule train across the plains. He made several 
 trips, and at one time went as far as Ft. Laramie. 
 On the 24th of June, 1865, he returned to Omaha, 
 abandoned frontier life, and again went home. 
 He then took up farming, which he continued 
 until 1875, when he purchased a halfinterest 
 in Doty & Gordon's store at Basco, succeeding 
 Mr. Dotv in the bu.siness. He retained his inter- 
 
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 est until December 20, 1877, when, on the death 
 of his father, he purchased the home farm, selHng 
 his share in the store to his brother Wilham P. 
 With good success he carried on agricultural 
 pursuits until August, 1881, when, in connec- 
 tion with John Daw, he bought out Alex Watt, 
 of Elvaston, and carried on general merchandising 
 until February 5. i88g, when he sold out and 
 came to Hamilton. Here he embarked in business 
 as a dealer in hardware and agricultural imple- 
 ments, and still contiinies the same. In 1890 
 he built his fine residence in Hamilton, and re- 
 moved into it on the 3d of December of that year. 
 
 Mr. Anderson has been twice married. On the 
 5th of October, 1875, he wedded Marj- E., daugh- 
 ter of Samuel and Nancy ( Lyons) Mourning, who 
 were natives of Adair County, Ky., but removed 
 to this State in 1854. The union of the young 
 couple was blessed with four sons, namel)-: Matt 
 Mourning, George Clyde, Frank James and John 
 Carroll, all of whom are at home. The mother 
 died August 12, 1885. On the ist of Januar)', 
 1889, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Ander- 
 son and Miss Nellie Jolidon, daughter of Francis 
 J. and Dorcas (Thompson) Jolidon, who emi- 
 grated to Illinois in 1S47. Her father's people 
 were from France, and her mother's from Tennes- 
 .see. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson has been born 
 a son. Burns Jolidon, born October 27, 1892. 
 
 In his political views, our subject is a stanch 
 Democrat. He has been honored with a number 
 of local offices, having served as Supervisor of 
 Bear Creek and Prairie Townships. He was 
 Chairman of the County Board of Super\'isors 
 while representing the latter town.ship in 1885. 
 He was appointed Po.stmaster of Hamilton in 
 February, 1894, and on the 19th of March his 
 appointment was confirmed, and he is now per- 
 forming the duties of that office. He was made 
 a Mason, December 10, 1867, in Ba.sco Lodge No. 
 618, A. F. & A. M., in which he served as Wor- 
 .shipful Master for several years, a position which 
 he also filled in the lodge at Elva.ston while he 
 affiliated there. He also belongs to Tecumseh 
 Chapter No. 152, R. A. M.; Damascus Conuuand- 
 er\- No. 5, K. T., of Keokuk; Montebello Lodge 
 No. 697, I. O. O. F. : Puckechetuck Encamp- 
 
 ment No. 7, of Keokuk; and the Modem Wood- 
 men of America; and he is a charter member of 
 Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P. In religious 
 belief, he is a Presbyterian. In his various busi- 
 ness pursuits he has won success, and by a straight- 
 forward, upright cour.se has gained the confidence 
 and esteem of a large circle of friends. 
 
 ^OHN BLAZER, who for many years followed 
 I fanning in McDonough County, is now liv- 
 (*) ing retired in Macomb, resting in the enjoy- 
 ment of the fruits of his former toil. He began 
 life in limited circumstances, but by well-directed, 
 efforts, energy and perseverance, steadih- worked 
 his way upward and acquired a comfortable com- 
 petence. 
 
 Mr. Blazer was born in Washington County, 
 Pa., May 12, 1814, and is a son of David and 
 Sarah (Hoy) Blazer. His father was born on the 
 old homestead, which came into possession of 
 George Blazer, the grandfather of our subject, 
 who obtained it before the Revolution from the 
 Government. The last-named participated in the 
 Indian wars, and erected what was known as Dil- 
 lon's Fort, an old blockhouse, which was built for 
 protection against the red men. 
 
 On the 1st of Januar}-, 1836, John Blazer and 
 his brother Charles left the old homestead and 
 made their way to Steubenville, where they took 
 a flatboat to WHieeling. At the latter place they 
 boarded a steamer for St. Louis, and thence went 
 up the Illinois River on the "Helen Marr" to 
 Beardstown, where they landed on the 15th of 
 January. Making their way to Rushville, they 
 .staid for a time with Dr. Teal, an old Revolu- 
 tionar}- soldier, and then worked on the farm of 
 William J. Frazer, a pioneer preacher of Mc 
 Donough County. As soon as they acquired a 
 sufficient capital, the Blazer brothers purchased a 
 farm of Saunders Campbell, and the following 
 year the father brought the other members of the 
 family to the new home. He survived the re- 
 mo\-al only six weeks, however, his death here 
 occurring in February, 1837. J^'S wife survived 
 
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 him for sometime, and, with two of her children, 
 removed to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where her death 
 occurred just after the War of the Rebellion. 
 Charles Blazer, who accompanied John to Illinois, 
 afterward went to New Mexico, where he died in 
 the month of June, 1879. 
 
 More than half a century has passed since John 
 Blazer became a resident of McDonough Count j', 
 and with its historj- he is familiar from almost the 
 beginning. He has been twice married, his first 
 union being with Mar\- Montgomery. The wed- 
 ding was celebrated Februar>- 15, 1S52, and they 
 became the parents of two children. The elder, 
 James M., was born March i, 1854, was reared 
 on the home farm, and in 1874 was graduated 
 from the Illinois Western University, at Bloom- 
 ington. For two years thereafter he continued 
 to aid his father in the cultivation of the home 
 farm, and in 1875 began the study of law. In 
 June, 1877, he was admitted to the Bar, and for a 
 number of years successfully engaged in law prac- 
 tice in Macomb, but is now engaged in the real- 
 estate and insurance business in Chicago. He 
 was married November 20, 1878, to M. Ada 
 Laughlin, of Bloomington, and they have one 
 child, Marj' L. Charles H., the second son, is 
 now living in East Liverpool, Ohio. The mother 
 died when Charles was only six months old. 
 He was then reared by an aunt in the Buckeye 
 vState. Our subject was again married, on the 1 9th 
 of Februar>-, 1857, his second union being with 
 Marj' Ann Phillip.s. Her father, William Phil- 
 lips, of Columbiana County, Ohio, was a repre- 
 sentative of a pioneer family of that region. He 
 was born in England, and when a child of twelve 
 years came to America with his mother and step- 
 father, the latter purchasing land where the town 
 of East Liverpool now stands. Mrs. Phillips was 
 a member of the Granville family, and was cast 
 off because she married out of the nobility. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Blazer are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and their lives have 
 been in harmony with their professions. They 
 be^an their domestic life upon a farm, and for 
 many years the luusband gave his time and atten- 
 tion exclusively to agricultural pursuits. His 
 land was always under a high state of cultivation, 
 
 the fields well tilled, and excellent improvements 
 indicated to the passer-bj- that the owner was a 
 thrifty and enterprising farmer. At length he 
 left the old home, and, in 1889, came to Macomb, 
 where he has since lived retired. He has a pleas- 
 ant residence on South Randolph Street, and still 
 owns two hundred and fifty acres of valuable land 
 in Industry Township. His possessions have all 
 been acquired through his own efforts, and he 
 may truly be called a self-made man. 
 
 In early life, Mr. Blazer was an Abolitionist, 
 and voted for James G. Birney. Upon the organ- 
 ization of the Republican party he supported Fre- 
 mont, and continued to affiliate with that party 
 for some time, but is now a Prohibitionist. He 
 served as School Director for many years, and 
 was also Trustee, but has never been an office- 
 seeker. The cause of education, however, has 
 always found in him a friend, and he gave a cor- 
 ner of his farm on which to build a schoolhouse. 
 He is a typical and honored pioneer citizen, a man 
 of integrity and sterling worth, and it with pleas- 
 ure that we present to our readers this record of 
 his life. 
 
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 WILLIAM HUEY, a representative fanner 
 and valued citizen of Hancock County, re- 
 sides on section 14, St. Mary's Township. 
 He was bom in Boone County, Ky., October 19, 
 1832, and is a son of John and Matilda (Rice) 
 Huey, who were also natives of the same locality. 
 The father was a farmer by occupation, and in 
 1834 emigrated to Illinois, accompanied by his 
 family. He located in Schuyler County, near 
 Rush\411e, where he made his home for three 
 years, and then came to Hancock Count}', pur- 
 chasing eighty acres of land on section 18, St. 
 Mary's Township. To the original tract he added 
 from time to time as his financial resources were 
 increased, until at the time of his death his landed 
 possessions aggregated six hundred and fifty acres. 
 The greater part of this was richly improved, and 
 yielded to him a good income. He lived in St. 
 Mary's Township throughout his remaining days, 
 
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 his death occurring in 1872, when more than sixty 
 years of age. His wife passed away a short time 
 previous. They held membership with the Mis- 
 sionary Baptist Church, and for many years Mr. 
 Huey served as one of its Deacons, fiUing the of- 
 fice at the time of his death. He aided in the ex- 
 pulsion of the Mormons from the county, and held 
 a number of township offices. He was one of the 
 honored pioneers and had the confidence and high 
 regard of all who knew him. . 
 
 In the Huey family were ten sons and two 
 daughters, and nine of the number are now living, 
 namely: Erastus; William; Frances Jane, wife of 
 Dr. Turner; Robert; Agnes, wife of Reuben Gar- 
 nett; James; George; Perry and Frederick. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel 
 Huey, was a native of Virginia, and removed 
 thence to Kentucky, becoming one of the pioneer 
 settlers of Boone County. His death was occas- 
 ioned by injuries cau.sed by a tree falling upon 
 him. He sensed as a soldier in the War of 1812, 
 and always followed fanning as his life work. 
 The maternal grandfather, Ezekiel Rice, was a 
 .southern gentleman, and for many years followed 
 farming in Boone County, Ky., where he died at 
 a ripe old age. 
 
 Our subject was only eighteen months old when 
 he was brought by his parents to Illinois. He was 
 reared in St. Man,-'s Town.ship, acquired his ed- 
 ucation in its common schools, and remained at 
 home with his parents until after he had attained 
 his majority. B}- his first purchase of land he be- 
 came the owner of a tract on section 14, where he 
 has since made his home. His farm formerly was 
 quite extensive, but he gave eighty acres to his 
 son and has sold a considerable portion, but still 
 retains possession of one hundred and fifty acres. 
 This is a valuable tract, which is highly cultivated 
 and improved, being supplied with all accessories 
 and conveniences of a model farm. 
 
 On the 28th of October, 1855, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Huey and Miss Margaret, 
 daughter of Benjamin and Cynthia (Johnson) Tal- 
 bott, natives of Champaign County, Ohio. Seven 
 children have been born to them, as follows: 
 Miriam M., wife of Rev. J. F. Foley, a Baptist 
 minister, by whom she had two children, one 
 
 yet living, William. Mrs. Foley is now deceased. 
 L,ucy A., Sj'lvester and Cynthia have also passed 
 away. Sheridan married Miss Lula Scott, and 
 they became the parents of two children, one yet 
 living, Blanche. For his second wife he married 
 Leona Ruggles, and they make their home in St. 
 Marj-'s Township. Alfred Pearlie completes the 
 family. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Huey and their two sons are 
 members of the Baptist Church, and in politics he 
 is a stalwart Republican. A representative of an 
 honored pioneer family, he has witnessed almost 
 the entire development of this county and is one of 
 its best citizens. He is plain and unostentatious 
 in manner, but possesses a noble mind, and his 
 example is well worthy of emulation. Such men 
 are of inestimable value to a communitv. 
 
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 (lOHN W. SHAFFER is one of the enterpris- 
 I ing and progressive citizens of Plj-mouth, 
 0/ and occupies a prominent position in busi- 
 ness circles. He has been connected with the 
 commercial interests of this town since 1855, and 
 since 1869 he has been proprietor of the drug 
 store which he still carries on. He is also owner 
 of the brick and tile works of this place, and his 
 energy and well-directed efforts have done not a 
 little for the advancement and prosperitj' of his 
 adopted city. 
 
 Mr. Shaffer was born in Page County, Va., 
 near Luray, October 15, 1831, and is a son of 
 John A. and Mary Catherine (Woods) Shaffer, 
 who were also natives of the Old Dominion. The 
 paternal grandfather, who was born in the same 
 State, was of German descent, and was a black- 
 smith and fanner by occupation. He ser\-ed as a 
 .soldier in the War of 18 12, reared a large family, 
 and lived to an advanced age. The maternal 
 grandfather, Benjamin Woods, was a forger in a 
 large iron foundry. He al.so attained a ripe age. 
 The father of our subject was a native of Virginia, 
 but in an early day removed to Ohio, where for 
 many years he followed farming. His death there 
 occurred in 1888, at the age of seventy-seven 
 
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 j'ears, and his wife passed away in 1889. He 
 held membership with the Lutheran Church, and 
 she was a member of the Baptist Church. Their 
 family numbered eight children, seven of whom are 
 yet living: John W.; Sarah, wife of Fletcher 
 Furrow, of St. Paris, Ohio; Rebecca, wife of 
 James Lar gent, of Shawnee County, Kan.; Mary 
 Catherine, wife of John Brown, of Champaign 
 Count>% Ohio; Abram, who is living in the same 
 county; Allen, of Clarke Count}-, Ohio; and 
 Philip, of Champaign County. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was in his thirteenth year at the time of his par- 
 ents' emigration to Ohio. In that State and in 
 Virginia he acquired his education. When a 
 young man he learned the carpenter's trade, which 
 he followed for some years, doing contract work. 
 With the hope of bettering his financial condi- 
 tion, he emigrated to Illinois in the autumn of 
 1855, and located in Plymouth, where he has 
 made his home continuously since, with the ex- 
 ception of a few months spent in Galesburg. He 
 embarked in the lumber business, which he fol- 
 lowed for some years, and in 1869 bought out the 
 interest of James Carl in the drug firm of Carl & 
 Wade. Subsequently he purchased his partner's 
 interest, and has since been sole proprietor of the 
 store. He is doing a good business, and receives 
 a fair share of the public patronage. He is also 
 engaged in the operation of a brick and tile fac- 
 tor>', and employs from five to ten men. 
 
 On the 3d of September, 1854, Mr. Shaffer was 
 united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ann 
 Proctor, daughter of William and Phoebe (Allen) 
 Proctor, who were natives of Virginia. Ten chil- 
 dren have been born to them, five sons and fi\e 
 daughters: Arthur E., who married Abbie Cor- 
 field; Edgar, now decea.sed; Theodore, of Wy- 
 oming, 111., who married Florence Hoagland, by^ 
 whom he has a daughter, Grace; Elnora, wife of 
 David Wade, of Plymouth, by whom she has a 
 daughter, Florence; Mar>- and Lillie Florence, 
 both deceased; Mort C, who married Nellie Mi- 
 chaels, and has a son, Randolph Clinton; Melvin, 
 at home; Blanche, deceased; and Cecelia, still _ 
 at home, who completes the family. 
 
 Mr. Shaffer is a member of the Ancient Order 
 
 of United Workmen, and his wife belongs to the 
 ISIethodi.st Church. In politics, he is a supporter 
 of the Democracy, and his fellow-townsmen, ap- 
 preciating his worth and ability, have called upon 
 him to fill various offices. He has served as As- 
 sessor, Collector, Town Clerk and Village Trus- 
 tee, and is now ser\-ing as Township School 
 Trustee. He owns a good home and other vil- 
 lage property, and in his business dealings has 
 met with excellent and well-merited success. He 
 has been identified with the best interests and 
 prosperity of Plymouth since 1855, and is one of 
 its most substantial citizens. 
 
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 pQESLEY WALTON, Sr., who for many 
 
 \ A / y^^^s ^^^ engaged in farming, but is now 
 Y V living a retired life in Plymouth, claims 
 Kentucky as the State of his nativity. He was 
 born in Boone Count}-, September 20, 1831, and 
 is a son of Frederick M. and Emily (Rice) Wal- 
 ton. This worthy couple were the parents of 
 eight children, five sons and three daughters, of 
 whom the following are yet living: Wesley; John, 
 of Latimer, Kan.; Frances, wife of Charles O. 
 Walton; Matilda A., wife of S. E. Haniest; and 
 Simeon M., of Plymouth. William C, of Har- 
 mony Township, Hancock County, died Februar}- 
 16, 1894. 
 
 The father of this family was born in \'irginia. 
 After residing for some time in Kentucky, he 
 came to Illinois, in the autumn of 1835, and spent 
 one winter in Adams County. He then located 
 two and a-half miles west of Plymouth, where he 
 purchased two hundred and forty acres of land, 
 .subsequently placing the same under a high stale 
 of cultivation. He also extended the boundaries 
 of his farm until it comprised three hundred acres, 
 and to his children he gave a considerable amount, 
 helping them all to start in life comfortably. He 
 was a generous and kind-hearted man, and the 
 many excellencies of his character won him high 
 regard. He held a number of local offices, served 
 as Supervisor several terms, and was also County 
 Commissioner. He held membership with the 
 
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 Missionan- Baptist Church of Pljinouth, and 
 passed away April 10, 18S0, at the age of seventy- 
 one years. His wife still survives him, and is 
 now living on the old homestead, at the age of 
 eight3--two. She is also a member of the Mission- 
 ars' Baptist Church. The paternal grandfather, 
 William Walton, was a native of A'irginia, and 
 one of the honored heroes of the Revolution. He 
 reared a large family, and followed farming as a 
 means of livelihood. His death occurred at the 
 age of four-score years. The maternal grand- 
 father, Ezekiel Rice, was also a A'irginian farmer, 
 and lived to the age of seventy-five years. 
 
 Wesley Walton whose name heads this record 
 is one of the honored and highly respected citizens 
 of Ph'mouth. He was a child of only four jears 
 when his parents came to Illinois, and in this 
 State he has since made his home. Reared in 
 Hancock County, its public schools afforded him 
 his educational privileges. He remained on the 
 old homestead until twenty-three years of age, 
 and then continued farming in his own interest, 
 following that pursuit throughout his bu.siness 
 career. He owns a valuable farm of two hundred 
 and forty acres, pleasantly located six miles west 
 of Plymouth, on section 31, St. Mary's Township, 
 but in 1886 ill health forced him to abandon the 
 farm, and he has since lived retired in Plymouth. 
 
 On the 14th of September, 1854, Mr. Walton was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha L,. Brown- 
 ing, daughter of Absalom and Nancy (Davis) 
 Browning. The lady was to him a faithful com- 
 panion for many years, but at length thej- were 
 separated by death, Mrs. Walton being called to 
 the home beyond on the lothof May, 1893, ^^ the 
 age of fifty-six years. vShe was a member of the 
 Christian Church, and a most estimable lady. 
 
 Mr. Walton is also a faithful member of the 
 Christian Church, in which he has .served as Elder 
 for about twenty years, and is one of its active 
 and untiring workers. His life has always been 
 an honorable and upright one, and whatever tends 
 to elevate humanity receives his support. The 
 cause of temperance finds in him a warm friend, 
 and he is a member of the Independent Order of 
 Good Templars. In politics, he is a Republican, 
 and has served as Tax Collector for one year. 
 
 He is numbered among Hancock County's hon- 
 ored pioneers, having for fifty-eight years resided 
 within its borders. When a little boy he was one 
 day found playing with )oung wolves, thinking 
 they were puppies, for those wild animals were 
 very numerous in the locality. He has seen deer 
 in great herds, and all kinds of wild game could 
 be obtained in abundance in his youth. Much of 
 the land was still in jjossession of the Government, 
 and the work of progress and civilization seemed 
 .scarcely begun in this localit}-. In the work of 
 development, Mr. Walton has ever borne his part, 
 and has felt a commendable interest and just pride 
 in the growth and upbuilding of the county. He 
 is plain and unostentatious in manner, kind- 
 hearted and true, and is highlj' esteemed by his 
 neighbors and many friends throughout the 
 county. 
 
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 IJ^EHEMIAH FRANKEIN NEWMAN, who 
 yl is now living a retired life in Plymouth, 
 I IS claims New York as the State of his nativ- 
 ity, his birth having occurred in Delaware Coun- 
 ty on the ytli of May, 1824. He comes of an 
 old family of the Empire State, his grandfather, 
 Abner Newman, having been a New York farm- 
 er. The latter reared a large family, and there 
 died at the age of seventy-eight years. On the 
 maternal side, our subject is of French descent, 
 his great-grandfather, a native of France, being 
 the founder of the family in America. His grand- 
 father, Jesse Palmer, who was boni in New York, 
 made farming his life occupation, and ser\-ed as a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War. In 1824, he 
 was called to the home beyond, passing away at 
 the age of sixty-six. 
 
 The father of our subject, Jonas Newman, was 
 born in Orange County, N. Y. , and he, too, en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits. After arriving at 
 mature years, he wedded Rebecca Palmer, a na- 
 tive of Westchester County, N. Y., and they be- 
 came the parents of four sons and two daughters. 
 Our subject is now the only surviving member of 
 the family. The father died at the age of fifty- 
 
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 two years, while visiting relatives in Michigan, 
 and the mother, who survived him two 3"ears, 
 passed awaj- in New York, at the age of fifty-two. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads, N. F. New- 
 man spent the days of his boyhood and j-outh 
 in the Empire State. His parents died before he 
 was sixteen years of age. He learned the cooper's 
 trade in his youth, but did not long follow it, 
 turning his attention to other pursuits. Having 
 acquired a good education in the public schools, 
 he engaged in teaching through the winter sea- 
 son, and in the summer months worked upon a 
 farm. In 1848, when a young man of twenty- 
 four, he emigrated westward. He went to Chi- 
 cago to see the western country, but after a time 
 he returned to New York , where he remained un- 
 til 1 85 1. In that year he again came to this 
 State, and was engaged in teaching school in 
 Adams County until the autumn of 1855. In the 
 following spring, he went to California, for it 
 seemed that he was threatened with consumption, 
 and he hoped that the western trip would prove 
 beneficial to his health. After six months spent 
 upon the Pacific Slope, he returned to Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Newman was married October 14, 1858, 
 to Miss Mar}? R., daughter of William and Mar- 
 garet (Kellough) Maxwell. Six children were 
 born to them, but only one is now living, Wal- 
 lace Maxwell. The mother pass>id away June 6, 
 1867, and Mr. Newman was again married, April 
 14, 1869, his second union being with Miss Alida 
 Chamberlain, daughter of William and Mary 
 (Doau) Chamberlain, natives of New York. 
 There were born to them three children, only 
 one of whom, Jennie P., the wife of John W. 
 Ralston, now survives. The son, Wallace, mar- 
 ried Miss Laura E. Carr, and is a stenographer. 
 Four children grace this union, Mary M., 
 Florence A., Carl M. and Sarah Louise. 
 
 About 1858, Mr. Newman whose name heads 
 this record embarked in the livery business, and 
 later engaged in farming west of Plymouth for a 
 short time. He then purchased fifty acres of 
 land in McDonough County, but subsequently re- 
 turned to Plymouth, where he again engaged in the 
 livery business, and for a year or more carried on 
 general merchandising. His next venture was as 
 
 a lumber dealer, and for a number of years he 
 successfully carried on operations along that line, 
 but in 1 88 1 he laid aside business cares, and is 
 now living a retired life, enjoying the rest which 
 he has so truly earned and so richly deserves. In 
 politics, he is a Prohibitionist, and his wife is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Newman are held in the highest re- 
 gard throughout the community, where they 
 have many friends and acquaintances. 
 
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 . STA BIDWELL, who is now engaged in 
 ^ business as a dealer in agricultural imple- 
 _ ments at Plymouth, has for thirtj^-nine years 
 been a resident of this locality, and has therefore 
 witnes.sed the greater part of Hancock County's 
 development. He was born in Madison County, 
 Ohio, on the 19th of December, 1830. His grand- 
 father, Jo.seph Bidwell, was anativeof New York, 
 and, having studied medicine, engaged in the 
 practice of his chosen profession near Cleveland, 
 Ohio, for many years. His death occurred in 
 that locality at an advanced age. Rus.sell Bid- 
 well, father of our subject, was also born in the 
 Empire State, and became a stock-dealer. In 
 an early day he removed to Ohio, locating near 
 Cleveland, and in 1837 ^^ entered Government 
 land in Illinois. Subsequently, however, he re- 
 turned to the Buckeye State, where his death oc- 
 curred soon after. His wife, who bore the maiden 
 name of Mary Blout, survived him less than a 
 year. She was probably a native of Virginia, 
 and was a member of the Episcopal Church. 
 Their family numbered seven children, five .sons 
 and two daughters, but our subject is now the 
 only survivor. One son died in the Mexican 
 War, and one in the late Civil War. 
 
 E.sta Bidwell, the well-known and highly-re- 
 spected citizen of Plymouth, was reared on a farm 
 in his native State, and acquired his education tn 
 its public .schools. Believing that better oppor- 
 tunities were afforded in the West, he came to Ill- 
 inois in 1848, at the age of eighteen, and took 
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 he made his home until 1855, when he came to 
 Plymouth. Here he has since resided, and with 
 the best interests of the community he has always 
 been identified. At the age of fourteen he began 
 learning the blacksmith's trade, and in the years 
 which have since come and gone has steadily fol- 
 lowed that vocation. Being an expert workman, 
 and slighting no ta.sk entrusted to him, he soon 
 secured a liberal patronage, which has con.stantly 
 increased and yielded to him a good income. Be- 
 fore coming to Plymouth, he was for .several years 
 connected with the Canton Plow Manufacturing 
 Company, and after his arrival in this village, 
 he was extensively engaged in the manufacture 
 of plows at this place for some years. He now 
 carries a full line of plows and agricultural imple- 
 ments, and enjoys a fine trade. 
 
 In 185 1 Mr. Bidwell married Miss Hannah 
 Whaley, and by their union have been born nine 
 children, four sons and five daughters. Mary 
 Effie became the wife of Erasmus Ellis, and to 
 them were born two children, but both the chil- 
 dren and the father are now deceased. William 
 H. and Thomas L. have also passed away. Liz- 
 zie B. is the wife of Mort Monk, of Plymouth. 
 Ann Eliza became the wife of George Ralston, by 
 whom she had a son, Blaine, and after the death 
 of her first husband she married Samuel Talbot, 
 by whom she has two children. John J. married 
 Emma Mourning, and they have one son, Hugh. 
 Homer L. is now studying medicine in Chicago. 
 Hattie, twin sister of Homer, is the wife of Charles 
 McLaren, of Macomb, and they have three chil- 
 dren. Charlotte completes the family. 
 
 Hannah (Whaley) Bidwell, wife of Esta Bid- 
 well, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., and is a 
 daughter of Henr\- Whaley and Effie Ramsay. 
 Her paternal grandfather was a Scotchman. On 
 the mother's side she is connected with the Grants, 
 and is a distant relative of the hero of Appomat- 
 tox. She came to Illinois at two years of age, 
 and resided at Canton, Fulton County, until her 
 marriage. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bidwell are faithful and consist- 
 ent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which 
 he has served as an Elder for many years. They 
 have a pleasant home in Plymouth, and in addi- 
 
 tion to this he owns several business houses here, 
 and eighty-five acres of good farming land in Mc- 
 Donough County. In politics, he is a Republi- 
 can, and has served as a member of the Village 
 Board for several terms. Ever alive to the best 
 interests of the town, and ready to aid in its pro- 
 motion, he has done all in his power to bring it 
 back from the dilapidation into which it had fallen 
 during Mormon times. He is recognized as one 
 of its valued and substantial citizens, well worthy 
 of representation in this volume. 
 
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 (Tames M. pace, proprietor of the Willlams 
 I House of Macomb, is so well known through- 
 G/ owt McDonough County that he needs no 
 special introduction to our readers. He was 
 born in Scotland Township, on the 29th of June, 
 1861, and is a son of George W. and Sallie 
 (Sweeney) Pace, a .sketch of whom appears else- 
 where in this work. His parents removed to Ma- 
 comb when he was only a year old. When he 
 attained a sufficient age he entered the public 
 schools, and there continued his studies until he 
 graduated from the High School of this city in 
 1879. Mr. Pace then took up the study of med- 
 icine under the direction of Dr. Garretson, of Ma- 
 comb, but abandoning this he turned his attention 
 to school teaching, which profession he followed 
 for fourteen years, being Principal of the Prairie 
 City Schools for seven consecutive years. He 
 was a capable instructor and very successful, as is 
 shown by his long-continued ser\'ice in the above- 
 mentioned place. 
 
 In 1892, our subject came to Macomb and 
 joined his father and brother Henr\' in the groc- 
 ery business. He still owns an interest in their 
 store, which is one of the leading establishments 
 of the kind in the county seat. On the 6th of 
 March, 1893, he and his father and brother leased 
 the hotel known as the Williams House, and he 
 is now acting as its landlord. This is the most 
 popular hotel in the city, and is a favorite with the 
 traveling public. Mr. Pace looks after the inter- 
 
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 ests and comfort of his guests, aiul has therefore 
 secured a liberal patronage, which is well merited. 
 
 On the 4th of October, 1883, was celebrated the 
 marriage of our subject and Miss Lyde Jennings, 
 daughter of James M. and Catherine (Davis) 
 Jennings. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and 
 her father is now deceased. One child blesses 
 this union, a daughter, Lona Zoe. They have a 
 pleasant home in Macomb, and are both widely 
 and favorably known, their friends being many in 
 the conmiunity. 
 
 Mr. Pace also has other city property. He 
 has made his own way in life, and his success 
 therefore is the just reward of his own labors. 
 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the 
 Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. He is quite in- 
 terested in civic societies, and is a leading member 
 of these various organizations. In politics, he is 
 a Republican, and is now serving as clerk of the 
 City School Board. The cause of education has 
 always found in him a warm friend, one ever 
 ready to aid in its advancement and progress. 
 
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 0AVID P. COFFMAN is one of the prominent 
 and influential citizens of Augusta, and the 
 high position he occupies in business and so- 
 cial circles is well merited, for his life has been an 
 upright and honorable one. He is now serving 
 as Super\-isor, and is succes.sfully engaged in gen- 
 eral merchandising. Being both widely and fav- 
 orably known in Hancock County, we feel as- 
 .sured that the record of his life will prove of in- 
 terest to many of our readers. 
 
 Mr. Coffman is a native of Jacksonville, 111., 
 born December 4, 1835. On the father's side he 
 conies of an old Virginian family, which was 
 founded in that vState at an early day. His grand- 
 father died in the Old Dominion at an advanced 
 age. His father, Philip Cofiinan, was born in 
 Virginia, and throughout his business career fol- 
 lowed general merchandising. In 1828 he came 
 to Illinois, locating in Jacksonville, where he 
 opened a store and carried on business for many 
 
 years. His death occurred in that city in 1869, 
 at the a.ge of .seventy. He married Mi.ss Susan 
 Eckels, a native of Kentucky, whcse father spent 
 his entire life in that State. Mrs. Coffman died 
 many jears previous to the death of her husband. 
 Both were faithful and consistent members of the 
 Christian Church, and the father served as one of 
 its Elders for twenty years. Their family num- 
 bered eight children, four .sons and four daugh- 
 ters, but oidy two are now living: our .subject 
 and Catherine, wife of Robert C. Bruce, of Jack- 
 ■sonville. 
 
 David P. Coffman made his home in his native 
 city until twenty-eight years of age. In its pub- 
 lic schools he acquired a good education, and re- 
 ceived good business training in his father's store, 
 where he acted as clerk. At the age of twenty- 
 five he was married, on the ist of October, i860, 
 the lady of his choice being Miss Helen M. Stark, 
 daughter of James and Mary Jane (York) Stark, 
 of Augusta. The}' have Isecame the parents of 
 six children: Jcseph H., who married Miss Fan- 
 nie Leach; Susan, wife of James Working, of 
 Grant City, Mo., by whom she has two children, 
 Sarah Helen and James Paul; James S. ; Marj' H. ; 
 Anna K. and David P., all of whom are still at 
 home. 
 
 Mr. Coffman has been engaged in general mer- 
 chandising in Augusta since February, 1864, at 
 which time he became a member of the firm of 
 J. & G. Stark. In 1889 he bought out his part- 
 ners and associated with him his sons, Jo.seph H. 
 and James S., under the firm name of D. P. Coff- 
 man & Sons, and now carries on a growing and 
 prosperous business. In 1842 James Stark came to 
 Augusta and founded what is probably the oldest 
 store in the county. Mr. Coffman also owns 
 good farming land in Hancock County, and a 
 pleasant home and business property in Augusta. 
 Prosperity has attended his well-directed efforts, 
 and he is now numbered among the substantial 
 citizens of the community. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Coffman is a Repub- 
 lican. Socially, he is a Knight Templar Mason, 
 and for many years he has been a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. Both Mr. 
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 Christian Church, and in church and benevolent 
 work take an active interest. He has ser\-ed as 
 Elder for many years, and does all in his power 
 for the growth and upbuilding of the church. 
 His life is in harmony with his profession, and 
 he is recognized as one of Augu.sta's mo.st highly- 
 respected citizens. 
 
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 eA\'ID KEMP, who follows general fanning 
 on .section 9, Chili Township, Hancock 
 County, is a native of the Keystone State, 
 his birth having occurred in Wa.shington County 
 on the loth of May, 1844. His parents were 
 Matthew and Nanc)' (Peoples) Kemp, both of 
 whom were natives of Ireland. On the Emerald 
 I.sle the father spent the days of his childhood, 
 and when a young man, bidding adieu to friends 
 and native land, sailed for the New World. Set- 
 tling upon a farm in Pennsylvania, he there car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits until 1853, when he 
 came to the West, hoping thereby to improve his 
 financial condition. He took up his residence 
 upon a farm in Adams County, where he made 
 his home until 1866, when he went to Iowa. His 
 death occurred in the Hawkej-e State at the age 
 of sixty-two, and his wife passed away in Penn- 
 sylvania at the age of forty years. 
 
 David Kemp, our subject, was reared upon the 
 old home farm until eighteen years of age, but on 
 the breaking out of the Civil War he was no longer 
 content to follow the plow, for he felt that his 
 coujitn,- needed him at the front. Bidding adieu 
 to home and friends, he enlisted, and was assigned 
 to Company B, Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, in which 
 he served for about four years, or after the South 
 had laid down its arms. He participated in the 
 engagements at Pitt-sburg Landing, Corinth, 
 Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson and Bentonville. He 
 escaped without being wounded or taken pris- 
 oner, but on several different occa.sions the bullets 
 penetrated his clothing. 
 
 After being mustered out, Mr. Kemp came to 
 Hancock County, and went to work by the day 
 in the harvest fields. During the succeeding win- 
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 ter he worked by the month as a farm hand, and 
 in the spring of 1866 he began farming for him- 
 -self on rented land. At length, when he had ac- 
 quired sufficient capital, he purchased a partially 
 improved farm in Chili Town.ship. That he af- 
 terwards sold, and in 1890 bought the farm on 
 which he now resides. It is a valuable tract of 
 land of two hundred and forty acres, under a high 
 state of cultivation, and well improved with good 
 buildings and with all modern accessories and 
 conveniences. In connection with general farm- 
 ing he carries on stock-raising, making a specialty 
 of fine hogs. 
 
 On the 5th of April, 1866, Mr. Kemp wedded 
 Miss Mar)- J. Cannon, a native of Brown County, 
 111. Seven children have been born to them: 
 Eva A., at home; Aldo L. , a farmer of Chili 
 Township, Hancock County; Thomas R., Melvin 
 D., Elbert William, Clarence C. and Marcus E., 
 all of whom are still with their parents. 
 
 On all questions of national importance, Mr. 
 Kemp is a stalwart Republican, and by his ballot 
 supports that party, but at local elections where 
 no issue is involved he votes independent of 
 party affiliations. Socially, he is connected with 
 Tobias Cutler Post No. 428, G. A. R., of Bowen. 
 He and his estimable wife hold membership with 
 the Methodi.st Church, and are highly respected 
 people of the comnuinity, who have a large circle 
 of warm friends. 
 
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 •^EORGE WASHINGTON YETTER owns 
 _ and operates a valuable farm of four hundred 
 J acres on section 15, Carthage Township, 
 Hancock County. As he is both widely and fa- 
 vorably known in thisconnnunit\-, we feel assured 
 that the record of his life will be interesting to 
 many of our readers, and therefore gladly give it 
 a place in this volume. He was born in Lancas- 
 ter Count}-, Pa., on the 26th of Januarj-, 1835, 
 and is a son of William G. Yetter, who was also a 
 native of the Keystone State, and of German de- 
 scent. The mother of our subject bore the maid- 
 en name of Lydia Rock. In the family were nine 
 
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 children, three sons and six daughters: Caroline, 
 widow of James Booze; Samuel, a farmer of 
 Carthage; Mary A. and Amanda, both deceased; 
 Calvin, a resident of California; George \V.; Sa- 
 rah, wife of J. R. Goodrich, of this township; 
 Margaret, the widow of James Russell, now re- 
 siding in Carthage; and Matilda, who died in child- 
 hood. 
 
 Mr. Yetter whose name heads this sketch was 
 
 only two years old at the time of the emigration 
 of his parents from Pennsylvania to Illinois. The 
 trip westward was made by water and team. 
 Amid the wild scenes of the frontier George W. 
 was reared to manhood, and early became famil- 
 iar with the hardships and difficulties, as well as 
 the pleasures, known only to pioneer life. His 
 education was acquired in the subscription schools, 
 which were held in a log schoolhouse, to which 
 he had to walk a distance of three miles. He 
 continued his studies at various inter\^als, mostly 
 in the winter season , until sixteen years of age. 
 During the summer months he was always em- 
 ployed at farm work, for he began his labors in 
 the fields as soon as old enough to handle the 
 plow. At the age of eighteen he began working 
 in his own interest, but continued at home for a 
 year as a farm hand. He then began learning 
 the carpenter's trade, but followed this for only 
 about six months, when, tiring of his new voca- 
 tion, he returned to farm work and was employed 
 by the month for a year. 
 
 On the 2 2d of December, 1862, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Yetter and Miss Mary Briley. 
 To them have been born five children, and the 
 family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of 
 death. Calvin and Louis follow farming in Han- 
 cock County; \\'illiam is at home; Elizabeth is 
 the wife of A.shford Perry, a resident farmer of 
 Carthage Township; and Stella is the wife of 
 Charles Kimbrough, a farmer of Carthage Town- 
 ship. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Yetter rented land and 
 engaged in farming in his own interest. He made 
 his first purchase in 1865, when he bought eighty 
 acres of the farm on .section 1 5 where he yet re- 
 sides. To this he has added from time to time, 
 until the farm now comprises four hundred acres. 
 
 and elsewhere he owns a tract of fiftj' acres. This 
 is all valuable land, and the greater part of it is 
 under a high state of cultivation, his pleasant 
 home being situated in the midst of well-tilled 
 fields, which indicate to the passer-by the thrift and 
 enterprise of the owner. Mr. Yetter also engages 
 in stock-raising, and has found this branch of his 
 business likewise profitable. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Yetter is a stalwart 
 Republican, who warmly advocates the principles 
 of his party, and keeps well informed on the is.sues 
 of the day. He has ser\-ed as Commissioner of 
 Highways, and for twentj'-one years has filled the 
 office of School Director. The cause of education 
 has found in him a warm friend, and he has done 
 effective service in its interest. He is always 
 found in the front rank, ready to aid in the promo- 
 tion of all worthy enterprises. Socially, he is 
 connected with the Mutual Aid Society, and, re- 
 ligiously, with the Methodist Church. 
 
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 (TAMES RUPPLE GOODRICH, who carries 
 I on general farming and stock-raising on sec- 
 Q) tion 23, Carthage Township, Hancock Coun- 
 ty, was born on the 30th of August, 1830, in 
 Greenbrier County, Va. His father, Misheck 
 Goodrich, was born in Massachusetts, and was of 
 Engli.sh descent. He married Rebecca Ruddle, 
 and they became the parents of fourteen children, 
 five sons and nine daughters, all of whom grew 
 to mature years. They were: Diana, who mar- 
 ried Christopher Artz, and is deceased; Susanna 
 and Sarah, who reside in California; George, 
 Elizabeth, Tirzah and Marilla, who are deceased ; 
 James R. , the next in order of birth; Amanda, the 
 wife of William Raleigh, of Chicago, 111.; Har- 
 riet, deceased; Robert and John, residents of San 
 Francisco, Cal.; Ellen, who is dead; and Charles, 
 the youngest, who is farming in Carthage Town- 
 ship. 
 
 The father of this family emigrated westward 
 in 1839, making the journey by team, and located 
 on a part of the farm upon which our subject now 
 resides. He had purcha.sed this tract in 1818 
 
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 from a soldier of the War of 18 12, paying for it 
 $1.25 per acre. It was located on .section 23, 
 Carthage Township, and was wild prairie land, no 
 improvements having been made thereon. After 
 a time Mr. Goodrich bnilt a log cabin upon his 
 farm, and in true pioneer style began life in the 
 West. He devoted his time anxl attention to the 
 cultivation of his land, and made his home upon 
 his farm until his death, which occurred on the 
 24th of December, 1880, at the advanced age of 
 eighty -six years. He was laid to rest in Frank- 
 lin Cemeten,-. With the Christian Church he 
 held membership, and in politics he was a Dem- 
 ocrat. His wife, who was born in 1797, survived 
 him for a few years and died in 1888. She was a 
 faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and was buried in the same cemetery- as 
 her husband. 
 
 James R. Goodrich was only in his ninth year 
 at the time the family came to Hancock County. 
 On the journey he walked across the Alleghany 
 Mountains and carried a rifle. The history of 
 pioneer life in this locality is familiar to him. He 
 grew to manhood amid the wild scenes of the 
 frontier, and acquired his education in the old- 
 time subscription schools, which were lield in a 
 log schoolhouse. There he pursued his studies 
 at inter\'als until eighteen years of age, but his 
 advantages were not of the best, and he is largeh- 
 a self-educated man. He aided in the arduous 
 duties of opening up a new farm, breaking prairie, 
 and cultivating hitherto unimproved fields. To 
 his father he gave the benefit of his services un- 
 til twenty-three years of age, when he rented a 
 part of the old homestead. This he operated for 
 a few years, when, with the capital he had ac- 
 quired as the result of his indu.stry and per.sever- 
 ance, he purchased forty acres of land, a part of 
 his present farm. He now has eighty-two acres 
 under a high state of cultivation and well im- 
 proved. 
 
 In March, 1854, Mr. Goodrich married Miss 
 Sarah Yetter, and by their union have been born 
 ten children, na«iiely: William, who lives in Car- 
 thage; Marj-, deceased; Matilda, wife of William 
 White; Eliza, wife of Silas Stowe; Lydia, wife 01 
 Alvin Swing; George, a farmer of Harmony 
 
 Township; John, who is fanning in St. Mary's 
 Township; Harvey, who is farming with his 
 brother George ; Anna, the wife of Edward Fletch- 
 er, a farmer of Harmony ; and Susie, who is with 
 her parents. 
 
 Mr. Goodrich is a member of the Methodist 
 Church and takes an active interest in church 
 and benevolent work. In politics, he is a Demo- 
 crat, and has served as School Director. For 
 about fifty-five years he has resided in Hancock 
 County, and has witnessed the greater part of its 
 upbuilding. He has seen the wild lands trans- 
 formed into beautiful homes and farms, towns and 
 villages spring up, and has aided the progressive 
 civilization which has made this one of the lead- 
 ing counties of the State. In the work of up- 
 building and development he has ever borne his 
 part, and well deserves mention among the hon- 
 ored pioneers who were the founders of the coun- 
 ty and to whom much of her prosperity is due. 
 
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 BENJAMIN BURWELL BUTLER, who car- 
 ries on general farming and .stock-raising on 
 section 34, Harmony Township, Hancock 
 County, where he owns and operates a good farm 
 of two hundred and ten acres, was born in Todd 
 County, Ky., February 7, 1824. His father. 
 Collier Butler, was a native of Virginia, and was of 
 Irish descent. The mother bore the maiden name 
 of Nancy Hale. Both parents died in Kentucky, 
 and our .subject is the only surviving member in 
 the family of ten children. Those who have 
 passed away are James, Martha, Lucy, Sarah, 
 Needham, Polly, Elliott, Andrew and Rebecca. 
 Midst play and work our subject spent his boy- 
 hood days upon the old home farm in his native 
 State. The subscription schools of the neighbor- 
 hood afforded him his educational privileges. His 
 was not "the flowery path of learning, " for he 
 had to walk about four miles to .school, and then 
 could attend only through the winter .season, for 
 his services were needed at home through the 
 summer months. He early began work in the 
 fields, plowing, planting and harvesting, and ere 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 many 3-ears no department of farm work was un- 
 known to him. He began life for himself on at- 
 taining his majority, but remained at home until 
 1850, when he bade adieu to friends and native 
 State and in April of that year came to Illinois. 
 The trip was made by team. On reaching Han- 
 cock County, he settled in Pilot Grove Township, 
 where he rented land for two years. On the ex- 
 piration of that period he removed to Harmoin- 
 Town-ship, where he rented land until 1865, when 
 with the capital he had acquired through his la- 
 bors he purchased a tract of one hundred and 
 forty acres. Later he purchased two hundred 
 acres, upon which he lived until 1869, when he 
 removed to his pre.seiit farm, buying a tract of 
 two hundred acres on .section 34, Harmony 
 Township. 
 
 On the 20th of April, 1850, Mr. Butler married 
 Miss Amanda Black, daughter of James and Mar>- 
 (Martin) Black, both of whom were natives of 
 Virginia. In early life, however, they removed 
 to Kentucky. On the paternal side the family is 
 of German and Iri.sh origin. Mrs. Butler was 
 one of eight children, namely; William, of Cali- 
 fornia, who formerly engaged in prospecting, 
 mining and stock-raising, but is now living a re- 
 tired life; Amanda, wife of our subject; Joseph, a 
 resident farmer of Brown County, 111.; John, de- 
 cea,sed; Esther, who died in infancy; Henry, who 
 is engaged in the real-estate busine.ss in the city 
 of Oklahoma; Charlie, an agriculturist of Ottawa 
 County, Mo. ; and Barbara, now deceased. Mr. 
 Black came to Hancock County in 1850, and both 
 he and his wife spent their last days in this lo- 
 cality. 
 
 Four children have been born of the union of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Butler, as follows: Marj-, wife of 
 D. C. Barber, a resident of Denver, 111.; Henrs-, 
 who died in Newton, Kan., November 29, 1893; 
 Nancy, wife of Paul Bowen, Principal of the pub- 
 lic schools of Alameda, Cal. ; and Eva, wife of 
 Charlie Davis, a farmer of Chili Township. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Butler has always 
 been a supporter of Democratic principles, and 
 has held the offices of Road Commissioner and 
 .School Director. He and his wife hold membership 
 with the Christian Church, and are actively in- 
 
 terested in its work and upbuilding. His busi- 
 ness career has been one of success, and although 
 he started out in life a poor boy, he has steadily 
 worked his way upward, and now occupies a posi- 
 tion among the substantial farmers of the county. 
 He is a man of sterling worth and .strict integrity, 
 and those who know him e.steem him highly. 
 
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 HOMAvS HARDY, who resides on section 9, 
 Harmony Township, is one of the extensive 
 land-owners of Hancock County, his pos- 
 sessions aggregating between six hundred and 
 seven hundred acres. This has all been acquired 
 through his own efforts, and the improvements 
 thereon stand as monuments to his thrift and en- 
 terprise. He is a type of a self-made man, who 
 through energy and well-directed efforts has ac- 
 quired a handsome property, and won a place 
 among the wealthy citizens of his adopted county. 
 Mr. Hardy was born near Mendon, Adams 
 County, 111., June 11, 1833, and is a son of Bap- 
 ti.st and Tamer (Pallerson) Hardy. His father 
 was a native of Tennessee, and was of Ger- 
 man descent; and his mother, who was born in 
 North Carolina, was of Irish lineage. By occu- 
 pation the former was a farmer. He grew to 
 manhood in his native State, was there married, 
 and continued to make his home in Tennessee 
 until 1829, when he emigrated with his family to 
 Illinois, making the journey by team. He lo- 
 cated in Morgan County, but in the spring of 1830 
 removed to Adams County. The following year 
 he entered from the Govennnent a tract of prairie 
 and timber land, and upon the farm which he 
 there developed he made his home throughout 
 his remaining days. He was very successful in 
 his business dealings, and his prosperity is well 
 deserved. At an early age he was thrown upon 
 his own resources, and began to earn his own live- 
 lihood. He lived frugally, was industrious and 
 enterprising, and by his well-ditected efforts he 
 not only won a comfortable home, but became 
 the owner of extensive landed possessions. He is 
 lumibered among the honored pioneers of that 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 locality, for he came to this State when the Indi- 
 ans were still in the neighborhood, and when 
 Quincy was the nearest trading-post. In politics, 
 he was a Democrat, and .served as the first Super- 
 visor of Keene Township, Adams County. He 
 also held other local ofRces. In his religious be- 
 lief he was a Bapti.st. His death occurred in 1872, 
 at the age of .sixty-five years, and his wife pa.s.sed 
 away in 1875, when about the same age. 
 
 The Hardy family numbered nine children, four 
 sons and five daughters: Sarah, wife of Jackson 
 Witt; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Fletcher; Thomas, 
 of this sketch; Nancy, wife of Henry \V. Strick- 
 ler; Joseph, who is living on the old homestead in 
 Adams County; Frank M.; Louisa, wife of Jack- 
 son Harris; Marj' M., wife of William Felder; 
 and Baptist. All are yet living and have families 
 of their own. 
 
 Mr. Hardy whose name heads this notice was 
 reared on his father's farm in Adams County, and 
 attended the district schools of the neighborhood 
 until twenty-one j'cars of age, thus acquiring a 
 good English education. When twenty-two years 
 of age he began business for himself and was en- 
 gaged in teaching through the two succeeding 
 winters. He then took up the occupation to 
 which he had been reared, and carried on farming 
 in other localities until the spring of i860, when 
 he located upon the farm which has since been his 
 home. His first purchase compri.sed a quarter- 
 section of land, but onl}- fifty acres had been 
 broken, and a small house constituted tlie im- 
 provements upon the place. He at once began 
 the development of the farm, and as his financial 
 resources were increased he extended its bound- 
 aries from time to time. He owns nearly seven 
 hundred acres, and with the exception of aliout 
 ten acres the entire amount is in Harmony Town- 
 ship. The improvements upon the farm have all 
 been placed there by Mr. Hardy. The.se include 
 a good residence, barns and outbuildings, and all 
 the accessories and con\eniences which go to make 
 up a farm that meets tlie requirements of modern 
 civilization. 
 
 On the 24th of February, 1S58, Mr. Hardy was 
 united in marriage with Miss Margaret S. Rog- 
 ers, a native of the Empire State. To them have 
 
 been born twelve children, four sons and eight 
 daughters: Zuleika, Margaret T. (who died in 
 infancy), Emma F., Clement V., Baptist, Sarah 
 E., Delia, Mary J., Thomas, Martha E., Joseph 
 and Louisa. In politics, Mr. Hardy has always 
 been a supporter of Democratic principles. He 
 has served as Assessor of his township, and for 
 many years has been a School Director. He is a 
 member of the Baptist Church, and his well-spent 
 life has gained for him the confidence and esteem 
 of all with whom bu.sine.ss or social relations have 
 brought him in contact. He is widely known 
 throughout Hancock County, and his friends and 
 acquaintances are many. 
 
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 (Tames M. groves, a blacksmith and dealer 
 I in agricultural implements in Plymouth, was 
 (2/ born in Licking County, Ohio, November 
 27, 1840, and is a son of Richard T. and Susan 
 (Evans) Groves, who were natives of Virginia. 
 The paternal grandfather was also a native of 
 Virginia, and served as a soldier in the War of 
 1812, as did the maternal grandfather. He, too, 
 was born in Virginia, and there engaged in hotel- 
 keeping for some time. Richard T. Groves was 
 one of a family of eight sons and two daughters. 
 In an early day he removed to Ohio, and in 1858 
 emigrated to Mercer County, Mo., settling near 
 Princeton, where he spent the remainder of his 
 life. His death occurred in 1872, at the age of .sev- 
 enty-two years, and his wife pa.s.sed away only a 
 few days previous. They were both members of 
 the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and their lives 
 were in harmony with tlicir professions. Mr. 
 Groves served as one of tlie church officers for 
 several years, and while living in Ohio he served 
 as Deputy Sheriff. In the family were three sons 
 and two daughters: John C, of Richland County, 
 111.; Mary Jane, wife of William Bridge, of Mer- 
 cer County, Mo.; James M., of this .sketch; Dan- 
 iel H., of Mercer County; and Leah C. wife of 
 Charles Booth, of the same county. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads our subject 
 spent the days of his l)oyhood and youth. His 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAI, RECORD. 
 
 educational privileges were those afForded by the 
 common schools. He was reared as an agricul- 
 turist, but, not wishing to follow that pursuit, he 
 learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he 
 worked until after the breaking out of the late 
 war. In 1862 he enlisted in his country's service 
 as a member of Company A, Seventy -eighth Illi- 
 nois Infantrj-, aiding in the defense of the Union 
 until June, 1865, when, the war having closed, 
 he was honorably discharged. He was twice 
 slightly wounded in skirmishes, and at the battle 
 of Chickamauga he received a \-ery severe wound. 
 He took part in the engagements at Kennesaw 
 Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Rome, 
 Jonesboro, Chickamauga and Bentonville, and 
 went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the 
 sea. He also participated in the Grand Review in 
 Washington, and received his discharge in tlie 
 Capitol City. 
 
 Before entering the ser\-ice, Mr. Groves was 
 married to Miss Elmira B. Myers, daughter of 
 Jacob and Harriet (Wagle) Myers, the former a 
 native of New York, and the latter of Pennsyl- 
 vania. They have become the parents of seven 
 children. James Madison married Miss Clara 
 Black, and with their two children, Ida and Pearl, 
 they are now living in Plymouth. Ida May and 
 Freddie both died when about two years of age. 
 Hattie, Maude, Charles and Ernest complete the 
 family. 
 
 On his return from the South, Mr. Graves lo- 
 cated in Birmingham, Schuyler County, 111., pur- 
 chasing a farm of eighty-five acres, to the devel- 
 opment and cultivation of which he devoted his 
 energies until 1876. He then embarked in busi- 
 ness as a bridge contractor, and carried on bu.siness 
 along that line for about eight years. He is now 
 doing business in Plymouth as a blacksmith and 
 dealer in agricultural implements, and along both 
 lines of trade receives liberal patronage, which is 
 well deserved. In addition to his business, he 
 owns a good residence in Plymouth. Socially, he 
 is a member of Plymouth Lodge No. 246, A. F. 
 & A. M.; the Odd Fellows' society; and Augusta 
 Post, G. A. R. In politics, he is a stalwart 
 Republican, and while in Birmingham ser\-ed as 
 Constable, Commissioner and Collector. His suc- 
 
 cess in business is due to his own efforts. He 
 started out in life empty-handed, but by industry, 
 perseverance and enterprise has steadily worked 
 his way upward, securing a comfortable compe- 
 tence. 
 
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 ~RASTUS HUEY now follows farming on 
 v) .section 17, St. Marj-'s Township, Hancock 
 ^ County. The name of Huey is inseparably 
 connected with the history of this community, for 
 the familj- of our subject came here in early pio- 
 neer days, and its members have borne a promi- 
 nent part in the work of advancement and public 
 improvement. His parents, John and Matilda 
 ( Rice) Huey, were both natives of Boone County, 
 Ky., and came of old southern famihes, of whom 
 further mention is made in connection with the 
 .sketch of William Huey, on another page of this 
 work. The father was one of twelve children, 
 and was reared as a farmer. Throughout life he 
 followed agricultural pursuits, and for many years 
 was a leading farmer of this locality. He came 
 to Illinois in 1833, and after three years spent in 
 Schuyler County, took up his residence in Hancock 
 County, where his remaining days were pa.ssed. 
 All who knew him respected him for his sterling 
 worth and excellencies of character, and his death, 
 which occurred at the age of seventy-two years, 
 was deeply mourned by many friends. His wife, 
 a most estimable lady, pa.ssed away four \ears 
 previous, dying at the age of sixty-two. Of 
 their family of ten .sons and two daughters, the fol- 
 lowingareyet living: Erastus; William; Frances, 
 wife of Dr. James H. Turner; Robert, of Mc- 
 Donough County; Agnes, wife of Reuben Garnett; 
 James, of St. Mary's Township; Perry C. and 
 George, who also live in the .same township; and 
 Frederick Gilmore, of Clarke County, Mo. 
 
 Our subject was a lad of six summers when, 
 with his parents, he became a resident of this lo- 
 cality. Upon the old Huey farm he was reared, 
 and his entire life has been passed within four 
 miles of his present home. When a young man 
 he studied medicine, but never engaged in the 
 practice of his profession, preferring to follow the 
 
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 pursuit with which he had been familiar from 
 earliest boyhood. After arriving at years of ma- 
 turity, he began farming in his own interest, and 
 his well-directed efforts have been crowned with 
 success, for he is now owner of two hundred acres 
 of valuable land, constituting one of the finest 
 farms of the township. 
 
 Mr. Huey was joined in wedlock February i, 
 1858, with Martha vSusan Dale, daughter of Luns- 
 ford Dale, a native of Kentucky. Seven children 
 have been born to them. Ida is the wife of I. N. 
 Jeffries, by wiiom .she has two children, Ormer 
 and Ra3\ Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries make their home 
 with her father. John R., who married Mi.ss 
 Helen Holbert, by whom he has three children, 
 resides near Colmar, in McDonougli County. 
 William E. married Miss Ryle, and is located in 
 Hancock County. Fannie is the wife of Walter 
 Cannon, and they live on a farm in St. Mar},-'s 
 Township with their daughter Nellie. Walter and 
 Olivia are yet at home; and one child died in in- 
 fancy. The mother died June 10, 1891, in the faith 
 of the Baptist Church, of which .she was a member. 
 Mr. Huey belongs to the same church, as do his 
 brother and three of his children. In politics, he 
 is a Democrat, but has never been an office-seeker. 
 He came to Hancock County fifty-seven j'ears ago, 
 when it was an unbroken wilderness, and when 
 there were only three houses between his father's 
 home and Carthage. He has taken a ju.st pride 
 in the growth and development of his adopted 
 county, and by his support and co-operation he 
 has aided in its advancement and upbuilding. 
 
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 jILLIAM FIELDING BAYNE, M. D., has 
 for nearly half a century been engaged in 
 the practice of medicine in Macomb, and 
 for many years has been numbered among the 
 most prominent physicians of McDonough Coun- 
 ty. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., on the 
 2d of January, 1827, and is a .son of William and 
 Barbara (Blankcnbaker) Bayne, the former a na- 
 tive of Culpeper County, Va., and the latter of 
 Bourbon County, Ky. His maternal grandfa- 
 
 ther, Nicholas Blankenbaker, was one of the 
 heroes of the Revolution who served under 
 Washington during the struggle for indepen- 
 dence. The Bayne family was founded in Amer- 
 ica about 1660, by five brothers of that name, 
 natives of Scotland, who cro.ssed the Atlantic and 
 settled along the Potomac. The representatives 
 of the family in America are their descendants. 
 The grandfather of our subject bore the name of 
 George Bayne. 
 
 The Doctor's father, William Bayne, followed 
 the vocation of farming throughout the greater 
 part of his life, and was quite successfiil as an 
 agriculturist. At length he left Kentucky to be- 
 come a resident of the new State of Illinois. The 
 journe}- hither was made by wagon, and the 
 territor}- through which they passed was so un- 
 improved that in order to cross the streams they 
 had to build rafts on which to float their goods 
 across. The)- first took up their residence in 
 Adams County, and thence removed to Han- 
 cock County, settling near Augusta, where the 
 father died in 1854. In the family were nine 
 children, of whom six grew to mature years, 
 while three of the number are yet living, the Doc- 
 tor and two sisters. 
 
 In the usual manner of fanner lads William F. 
 Bayne spent the days of his boyhood and youth. 
 He remained under the parental roof mitil he had 
 attained his majority, when, wishing to engage in 
 some other pursuit than that of farming, he be- 
 gan working at the carpenter's trade. With 
 a view to entering the medical profession and 
 making its practice his life work, he began study- 
 ing with Dr. G. H. Young, of Adams County, 
 and when he had become quite proficient he 
 opened an office in Barry, Pike County. This 
 was in March, 1854. In the following September 
 he came to Macomb, where he has .since engaged 
 in practice, with the exception of that period 
 which he spent among the boys in blue during 
 the late war. 
 
 Dr. Bayne has been twice married. He first 
 wedded Martha Herndon, who sur\'ived their 
 marriage a little less than a year. On the 24th 
 of October, 1854, he wedded Lydia J. Fream, 
 who has been to him a faithful companion and 
 
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 helpmeet on life's journey. They became the 
 parents of se\en children, but only two are now- 
 living, George Grant, and Nellie May, wife of 
 Frank Knight, who follows farming near Ma- 
 comb. 
 
 After the breaking out of the late war, the 
 Doctor expressed a wish to enter the ser\dce, and 
 his wife loyally responded that if he felt his coun- 
 trj' needed him, and that it was his duty to go, 
 she would put forth no effort to prevent it. He 
 enlisted on the 2d of August, 1861, and became 
 Captain of Company B, Tenth Missouri Infan- 
 try. He was engaged in service in Missouri, 
 Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, and partici- 
 pated in the battles of Corinth, luka, Jackson, 
 Champion Hill, Thompson Hill and Vicksburg. 
 At the battle of Corinth a piece of his ear was 
 shot away. On the 26th of June, 1863, Capt 
 Bayne resigned on account of failing healtli, and 
 crossed the mountains in the hope of being bene- 
 fited thereby. He was greatly improved, and 
 during his western trip his weight was increased 
 from one hundred and twenty-nine to one hun- 
 dred and eighty-four pounds. He returned home 
 in the fall of 1864. 
 
 Dr. Bayne is one of the most prominent citizens 
 of Macomb, and has been closely identified with 
 its upbuilding and development for half a cen- 
 tury. He has aided in the promotion of a num- 
 ber of its leading enterprises, and thus added 
 materially to the prosperity of the city. He was 
 one of the leading factors in the organization of 
 the Tile and Sewer Pipe Works, and is now Presi- 
 dent of the company, which position he has held 
 for eleven years, having been elected in 1883. 
 This is an important indu.stry, which constantly 
 employs from forty to sixty-five men. Shipments 
 are made chiefly to the We.st, from Manitoba to 
 Kansas City, Denver and other points. The 
 largest shipments, however, are made to St. Paul 
 and Minneapolis. 
 
 In politics, the Doctor has taken an active in- 
 terest. In the campaign of i860, he labored un- 
 tiringly in the interest of the Republican party, 
 and was Captain of a company of Wide- Awakes. 
 He was well fitted for the drill work connected 
 therewith, for he had studied tactics with his fa- 
 
 ther, who was a leader of militia in Kentucky. 
 The Doctor continued to vote with the Republi- 
 can party until 1884, since which time he has 
 been a Prohibitionist, and was a delegate to the 
 National Prohibition Convention of 1892. He 
 served as Major of Macomb for one term. For 
 about twelve years he has filled the office of Alder- 
 man, and for manj- years has been a member of 
 the School Board. Socially, he is connected 
 with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and 
 is a faithful and consi,stent member of the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church. 
 
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 I ARKIN SCOTT, one of the honored pioneers 
 I C of Hancock County, now living on section 
 |_y 31 , Harmony Township, has since 1835 been 
 a resident of this community. Almost sixty years 
 have since passed, and during this long period he 
 has not only witnessed the growth and develop- 
 ment of the community, but has also aided in its 
 advancement and progress. The community rec- 
 ognizes in him a valued citizen, and it is there- 
 fore with pleasure that we present to our readers 
 this record of his life work. 
 
 Mr. Scott is a native of Ashe County, N. C. He 
 was born Januarj- 3, 18 12, and comes of a family 
 of Scotch origin. His parents were Samuel and 
 Mary (Edwards) Scott, both natives of North 
 Carolina. In their family were ten children, five 
 sons and five daughters: Levi, John, Solomon, 
 Larkin, Sibert, Sallie, Frances, Susan, Nancy and 
 Margaret. 
 
 Our subject is now the onl\' surviving member 
 of the family. He spent the first four years of 
 his life in North Carolina, and then accompanied 
 his parents on their removal to Kentucky. A 
 year later they came to Illinois, making the jour- 
 ney by team in the autumn of 181 7. This State had 
 not been admitted to the Union, and it was con- 
 sidered in the far West. The father located in 
 Madison County, but after twoyears removed to 
 Morgan County, in 1820. The land was not then 
 surveyed, but he made a claim near where the 
 city of Jacksonville now stands, and when it came 
 
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 into market purchased it from the Government. 
 He erected thereon a log cabin, i6xi6 feet, and 
 they lived in true pioneer style. They had been 
 in Morgan Couuty for three months before Larkin 
 Scott saw a white person save the members of his 
 own family. The Kickapoo and Pottawatomie 
 Indians still lived in the neighborhood, but they 
 were usuall}' peaceable, occasioning the settlers 
 little trouble. Thus amid the wild scenes of the 
 frontier, surrounded by few of the evidences of 
 progress and civilization, our subject was reared 
 to manhood. 
 
 Two and a-half miles from his home was the 
 .subscription school which Mr. Scott attended. 
 His educational privileges, however, were meagre. 
 He was onlj- fourteen years of age when his father 
 died, and much of the farm work devolved upon 
 him. He continued to engage in the cultivation 
 of the old homestead and remained with his mother 
 until about twenty years of age, when he rented 
 land in Morgan County and began farming for 
 himself. There he continued until 1835, when 
 became to Hancock County, and purchased eighty 
 acres of land on section 31, Harmony Township, 
 paying the usual Government price of $1.25 per 
 acre. He erected a log cabin, i6xiS feet, but the 
 primitive home has long since been replaced by a 
 commodious and substantial residence, and other 
 good improvements have been made. The farm 
 now comprises two hundred and eight3'-fi\-e acres 
 of valuable land and is one of the best in the 
 neighborhood. 
 
 On the 4th of December, 183 1, Mr. Scott was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Sarah Foreman, and 
 to them have been born eleven children, namely: 
 William W. ; Samuel; Rebecca, decea.sed; L,ouisa; 
 Hettie; Mary, who died January 23, 1894; Larkin; 
 John A. ; Sarah, deceased; Joshua V., and Walter, 
 al.so deceased. The family is one of prominence 
 in the communitj', and its members have many 
 warm friends. The parents are both members of 
 the Second Adventist Church, and Mr. Scott 
 serA^ed as a local preacher of the same for a quar- 
 ter of a century. In politics, he has been a stanch 
 Republican since the organization of the party. 
 He has sensed as Overseer of the Poor and High- 
 way Commi.ssioner, di.scharging his duties with 
 
 promptness and fidelity. He enli-sted in the Black 
 Hawk War in 1831, and did service as Corporal 
 during that struggle. Mr. Scott is one of the 
 oldest residents of Illinois, having since Territorial 
 days been numbered among its citizens. He lived 
 within its borders before many of the leading cities 
 of the State had sprung into existence, when Chi- 
 cago was known onlj- as Ft. Dearborn, and when 
 the State was thought to be on the extreme western 
 frontier. He has seen the advent of the railroad, 
 the telegraph and telephone and has witnessed the 
 onward march of progress which has brought with 
 it an advancement and prosperity which make 
 Illinois one of the leading States of the Union. 
 
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 ^ACOB KRIEG, who carries on general farm- 
 I ing on section 16, Carthage Township, is 
 Q) numbered among the early settlers of Han- 
 cock County. He has here resided since 1856, 
 and during all these years has made his home 
 upon his present farm. He now owns one hun- 
 dred and two acres of good land, and is engaged 
 in general farming and stock-rai.sing. The place 
 is neat and thriftj' in appearance, and the practical 
 and progressive spirit of the owner has made him 
 one of the leading agriculturists of the commu- 
 nity. 
 
 Mr. Krieg is a native of the Keystone State, his 
 birth having occurred in Euphrates, Lancaster 
 County, on the 1 6th of March, 1815. He is ason 
 of John Krieg, who ivas born in Peimsylvania, 
 and was of Genuau descent. The mother bore 
 the maiden name of Sarah Gorgas. In the Krieg 
 family were eleven children: Cyrus and John, 
 both of whom are now deceased; Jacob, our sub- 
 ject; Allen, who is extensively engaged in farm- 
 ing in Miami County, Ind.; Mary, decea.sed; Sam- 
 uel, a retired farmer, now living in Manchester, 
 Ind.; Martin, who has also passed away; Levi, 
 a mechanic residing in Indianapolis, Ind.; Will- 
 iam, deceased; Benjamin, who follows agricultu- 
 ral pursuits near Disco, Ind. : and Philip, a farm- 
 er of the same locality. 
 
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 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of Jacob Krieg. He spent 
 his early days in the usual manner of farmer lads, 
 and acquired his education in the district schools 
 of the neighborhood, which he attended at vari- 
 ous inter\-als until sixteen j-earsof age. He con- 
 tinued upon the old homestead until the age of 
 nineteen, when he began working at the carpen- 
 ter's trade, serving a two-years apprenticeship. 
 He followed that business in the Keystone State 
 until 1836, when he removed to Stark County, 
 Ohio, where he engaged in carpentering until 
 1839. In that year he went to Cincinnati, but 
 remained only a short time in that city. Going 
 to Seven Mile, Butler County, Ohio, he there con- 
 tinued until 1S56, during which time he followed 
 carpentering and fanning. 
 
 In the mean time, Mr. Krieg was married. On 
 the 13th of October, 1842, he was joined in mar- 
 riage with Miss Jane Ray, a native of Ohio. Six 
 children have been born of their union, namely: 
 Laura M., wife of Francis M. Haines, a farmer 
 residing near Colchester, 111.; Francis R., who is 
 proprietor of the Carthage Flouring Mills, and a 
 leading business man of that city; John C, who 
 is still living on the old home farm; Thomas B., 
 an agriculturist of McDonough County; Charles 
 O. , who is engaged in farming in Hancock Coun- 
 ty; and Elanor vS., who completes the family. 
 
 As before stated, the year 1856 witnessed the 
 arrival of Mr. Krieg in Hancock County. He 
 has seen much of the growth and progress made 
 in this locality, and has always aided in its devel- 
 opment, for he takes a w^arm interest in every 
 thing pertaining to the welfare of the community. 
 He has always followed farming, and in his un- 
 dertakings has met with a well-merited prosper- 
 ity. When he started out in life he determined 
 to secure for himself, if possible, a comfortable 
 home and property. He began making his own 
 way in the world empty handed, but he has stead- 
 ily pressed forward, overcoming the difficulties 
 and obstacles in his path, until he reached the 
 goal which was before him. He is now in comfort- 
 able circuin.stances, and is supplied not only with 
 the necessities, but with many of the luxuries of 
 life. He cast his first Presidential vote for Will- 
 
 iam Henrj' Harrison, and was an advocate of the 
 Whig party until its dissolution, since which time 
 he has been a stanch supporter of Republican 
 principles. 
 
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 *ySAAC S. BARTHOLOMEW, one of the rep- 
 I resentative and leading agriculturists of Han- 
 X cock County, who resides on stction 20, 
 Prairie Township, is a native of Adams County, 
 111. He was born near Camp Point, on the 21st 
 of October, 1838, and is a son of Gillead and Sa- 
 rah (Roseberry) Bartholomew. His father was a 
 native of Virginia, and was of English descent. 
 By trade he was a millwright. Emigrating west- 
 ward in an early day, he became one of the pio- 
 neer settlers of Adams County, and there spent 
 the remainder of his life. He passed awa}' in 
 March, 1861, and his wife, who sur\-ived him 
 about twenty-three years, was called to her final 
 re.st in 1883. This worthy couple were the par- 
 ents of seven children, namely: Lenuiel and Eliz- 
 abeth, both deceased; Martha, wife of Joseph 
 Hanks, a farmer of Adams Count)-; Isaac S., of 
 this notice; and Emma, Gillian and Johnnie, also 
 deceased. 
 
 Mr. Bartholomew whose name heads this rec- 
 ord is a self-educated and self-made man. His 
 school privileges were quite limited, and his ad- 
 vantages in other directions were also meagre. 
 Much of his boyhood was spent at work in his fa- 
 ther's flouring and saw mill, and he became thor- 
 oughly familiar with the milling business. At 
 the age of twenty-two he left home and began life 
 for himself. After his father's death he took 
 charge of the mills, which he operated until the 
 spring of 1S65, when he sold out and removed to 
 Hancock County, locating in Durham Township, 
 where he purchased a farm. For two years he 
 devoted his time and energies to the cultivation of 
 that land, and then purcha.sed the farm on which 
 he now lives, an eight>-acre tract on section 20, 
 Prairie Township. Here he carries on general 
 farming and stock-raising. 
 
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 1861, he was joined in marriage with Miss Annie 
 Adams, and they became the parents of five chil- 
 dren, three sons and two daughters: Annie, who 
 is now deceased; Gillead, a resident farmer of 
 Prairie Township; Isaac, a minister of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, who is now located in 
 Livermore, Iowa; Mattie, wife of Otis French, 
 who is engaged in farming in Bear Creek 
 Township, Hancock County; and Addie, who is 
 now deceased. The mother of this family passed 
 away April i, 1872, and for his second wife Mr. 
 Bartholomew chose Miss Sarah J. Gib.son, a most 
 estimable lady. Three children grace this luiion, 
 namely: Josie, who is still living at home; Ed- 
 ward and Grace, who are also under the parental 
 roof. The family has a wide acquaintance in this 
 community, its members rank high in social cir- 
 cles, and the home is noted for its hospitality. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Bartholomew is a 
 Democrat, but has never sought or desired the 
 honors or emoluments of public office, his time 
 being devoted to the enjoyments of the home and 
 to his business interests. He is a thrifty and 
 progressive farmer, who always keeps abrea.st 
 with the times and has a well-developed and 
 highly-cultivated tract of land. His place is well 
 improved with good buildings, and its neat ap- 
 pearance indicates the careful supervision of the 
 owner. Although Mr. Bartholomew has led a 
 busy life he has yet found time to devote to pub- 
 lic interests, and his support is ever given to those 
 enterprises which are calculated to prove of pub- 
 lic benefit. 
 
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 ELAYTON McGILL, a representative farmer 
 of Chili Township, Hancock County, resid- 
 ing on section 34, is one of the worthy citi- 
 zens that Ohio has furnished to this community. 
 He was born in Clermont County, of the Buckeye 
 State, December 17, 1842, and is the only child 
 of Alexander and Sarah (Carpenter) McGill. 
 His father was a native of New York, and when 
 a young man removed to Ohio, where he followed 
 agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he em- 
 
 igrated with his family to Illinois, locating in 
 Adams County, four and a-half miles northwest 
 of Camp Point. This was in 1852. There he 
 remained until his death, which occurred at the 
 age of sixty years. He was of Irish descent, for 
 his parents were both born on the Emerald Isle. 
 The mother of our subject was a native of Cler- 
 mont County, Ohio, and there died at the early 
 age of twenty-two. 
 
 In taking up the personal history of our sub- 
 ject we present to our readers the life record of 
 one of the well-known and highly-respected 
 farmers of this locality. He was a lad of only 
 eight years when he became a resident of Adams 
 County, 111., and upon the old home farm in that 
 count}- he remained until the nth of August, 
 1862. Although he had not then attained his 
 majorit}-, he could no longer resist the impulse to 
 enter his countrj-'s service, and enlisted among the 
 boys in blue of Company G, Seventy -eighth Illi- 
 nois Infantry. He followed the Old Flag until 
 its supremacj^ was acknowledged throughout the 
 vSouth, when, the war having closed, he was 
 honorably discharged, on the 7th of June, 1865. 
 He participated in the battles of Mission Ridge, 
 Resaca, Rome, Ga., and Atlanta, and at the last- 
 named received a wound in the right leg, which 
 caused him to be taken to the hospital, where he 
 was confined for four months. After the battle 
 of Nashville, he returned to his regiment and 
 served as a private until the close of the war. 
 
 Returning to his home in Adams Countv, Mr. 
 McGill engaged in farming with his father until 
 1869, when he came to Hancock County and pur- 
 chased the farm upon which he now resides. He 
 has placed his land under a high .state of cultiva- 
 tion and has one of the valuable farms in the 
 neighborhood. He owns altogether six hundred 
 and fortj- acres of rich land in Hancock and Ad- 
 ams Counties, and the well-tilled fields yield to 
 the owner a golden tribute in return for the care 
 and labor bestowed upon them. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1869, Mr. McGill mar- 
 ried Miss Sophrona A. Gay, of Adams County, 
 and by their union were born nine children. 
 With the exception of one who died in infancy, 
 all are still under the parental roof and in order 
 
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 of birth are as follows: Sidnej' A., Lola V., Ettie 
 and Hattie (twins), Vienna, Eunice, Ava and Fay. 
 In his political views, Mr. McGill is a stanch Re- 
 publican and takes an active interest in everj-- 
 thing pertaining to the welfare of his partj- and 
 its upbuilding, being always well informed on the 
 issues of the day. He has been honored with 
 several local offices, having served as Road Com- 
 missioner for two terms and as School Director, 
 while at this writing, in the spring of 1894, he is 
 ser\'ing his fifth year as Supervisor of Chili 
 Township. He is a member of Tobias Butler 
 Post No. 428, G. A. R., of Bowen, and though 
 not a member of any church he contributes to the 
 support of the same and to all worthy public en- 
 terprises calculated to advance the general wel- 
 fare. Aside from his agricultural interests Mr. 
 McGill has other business connections, and is 
 now the efficient President of the Farmers' Bank 
 of Bowen, in which he is a stockholder. The 
 greater part of his po.ssessions has been acquired 
 through his own efforts. He is a man of good 
 business and executive ability, and his keen judg- 
 ment and sagacity, supplemented by an enter- 
 prising spirit, have brought him prosperity and 
 made him one of the substantial citizens of Han- 
 cock Countj'. 
 
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 (pIMEON B WALTON, one of the progressive 
 ?\ and public-spirited citizens of Hancock 
 VS' County, is now living a retired life in Den- 
 ver. As he is so widely known in this commun- 
 itj- we feel assured that the record of his life will 
 prove of interest to many of our readers, and 
 therefore gladly give it a place in this volume. 
 Mr. Walton was born in Ma.son Count}-, Kj'., in 
 the year 1818, and is a son of William and Bar- 
 bara Walton, both of whom were natives of Vir- 
 ginia. The Walton family is of Scotch- Irish 
 lineage. His mother's people were among the 
 first families to locate in Mason County, Ky., 
 settling there when the Indians still lived in the 
 neighborhood. When a young man William 
 Walton removed to Kentucky, and was there 
 
 married. He ser\-ed as a private in the War of 
 18 12. As a means of livelihood he followed 
 farming during the greater part of his bu.siness 
 career, and he also practiced medicine to a limi- 
 ted extent in his own neighborhood. On leaving 
 Mason County, Ky., he removed to Boone Coun- 
 tj-, that State, where his death occurred in 1864, 
 at the age of seventy-six years. His wife passed 
 away in 1838. 
 
 This worthy couple were the parents of thir- 
 teen children, namely: John, Meredith, Fred- 
 erick, Marj-, Ann, Su.san, Tabitha, Simeon B., 
 Amanda, Eliza, William, Mis.souri and Lucy. 
 Our subject is now the onh- one living. No event 
 of special importance occurred during his child- 
 hood. He was reared upon his father's farm, and 
 attended the subscription schools, which were held 
 in the old-time log schoolhou.se, with its slab .seats, 
 puncheon floor and huge fireplace. The .school 
 was four miles from his home, so that the path of 
 learning did not alwa\s seem to liim a flowery 
 one. He remained at home and to his father 
 gave the benefit of his services until twenty-three 
 years of age, when he started out in life for him- 
 self and began working for $9 per month. He 
 was thus employed for two 3-ears. 
 
 Mr. Walton continued to make his home in 
 Kentucky until 1840, when he started on horse- 
 back for Illinois. With the exception of two days 
 when a companion rode with him, he traveled the 
 entire distance alone. At length he arrived in 
 Hancock County, and worked in Augusta Town- 
 ship for his brother the first summer. After his 
 marriage he took up his residence in Harmony 
 Township. For one season he worked by the 
 month as a farm hand, and then on horseback 
 he returned to his native State; but after a short 
 time he fitted up a wagon aiid team and again 
 came to the We.st. This time he made a perma- 
 nent location. He purchased two hundred and 
 forty acres of land in Harmony Township, part 
 timber and part prairie, and began opening up a 
 farm. The land was all wild, and the only im- 
 provement upon the place was a small log cabin. 
 From sunri.se to sunset, Mr. Walton in those 
 early days could be found in the fields, clearing 
 and developing his land, which in course of time 
 
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 was placed under the plow. The new and fer- 
 tile soil yielded a ready return for his labors, and 
 his financial resources were thereby greatly in- 
 creased. He made many excellent impro^•e- 
 nients upon his farm, and it became one of the 
 valuable and desirable places of the neighborhood. 
 
 As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey, 
 Mr. Walton chose Miss Elizabeth Stark, daugh- 
 ter of James and Jessie (Drone) Stark. Their 
 marriage was celebrated January 20, 1842. The 
 ladj- was born in Auchtermechty, Scotland, 
 March 24, 1823, and came to America with her 
 parents in 1836 on a sailing-ves.sel, which after a 
 ^"oyage of seven weeks dropped anchor in the har- 
 bor of New York. The}- at once came west to 
 Illinois, and the father made a claim near Au- 
 gusta, Hancock County, entering land from the 
 Government. His death occurred in July, 1837, 
 and his wife died when Mrs. Walton was only 
 eleven years of age. There were no schools in 
 the neighborhood when Mrs. Walton came here, 
 and the nearest trading-point was at Rushville. 
 She well deserves mention among the pioneer set- 
 tlers of the county, for since a very early day she 
 has watched the growth and development of the 
 entire community. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Walton were born seven chil- 
 dren. WiUiam, George and David are all engaged 
 in farming in Harmony Township: Ezekiel is now 
 living on the old homestead; Margaret is the wife 
 of Dr. Rayburn, a practicing physician of Den- 
 ver, 111.; Mary E. is the wife of William Black, 
 a farmer of Harmony Township; and Ella is the 
 wife of Joel H. Todd, a practicing physician of 
 Marj-ville, Mo. 
 
 For many years Mr. Walton engaged in gen- 
 eral farming and .stock-raising. His landed pos- 
 sessions now aggregate three hundred acres, in- 
 cluding the old homestead. He continued upon 
 the farm until 1890, when he removed to Denver, 
 where he has since lived a retired life. He and 
 his wife are both members of the Christian 
 Church, and their many excellencies of character 
 have gained for them the high regard of all with 
 whom they have been brought in contact. Their 
 friends are many throughout the community, and 
 all who know them respect them. Mr. Walton 
 
 cast his first Presidential" vote for William Henry 
 Harrison, and since the organization of the Re- 
 publican party has been one of its stalwart .sup- 
 porters. He started out in life for himself with 
 about a thousand dollars given him by his father 
 and a determination to succeed. That he has 
 succeeded is due not to favorable circumstances, 
 but to industry and enterprise. He has made the 
 most of his opportunities, and in his declining 
 years, surrounded by all the comforts of life, he is 
 enjoying a rest which he has so truly earned and 
 richly deserves. 
 
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 |ILLIAM A. VANCE, deceased, was born 
 in Washington County, Pa., on the i8th 
 of April, 1835, and died on his farm in Han- 
 cock County, in June, 1884, respected b}- all who 
 knew him. He was a leading citizen of the com- 
 munity, and his sterling worth and excellencies 
 of character won him the high regard of all. 
 
 Mr. Vance was a son of Joseph Vance, and was 
 reared on his father's farm. His school privileges 
 were somewhat limited, but through experience, 
 reading and ob.servation he gained a practical 
 business knowledge. He started out in life for 
 himself on attaining his majoritjs and, bidding 
 good-bye to his old home in the Keystone State, 
 he emigrated westward to Illinois, taking up his 
 residence in Hancock County. Locating in Chili 
 Township, he purchased between three and four 
 hundred acres of partially improved land. With 
 characteristic energy he began its cultivation and 
 development, and continued the operation of that 
 land until 187 1, in which year he removed to 
 Harmony Township. Here he purchased three 
 hundred and twenty acres of good laud, upon 
 which he made his home until his death. He was a 
 successful farmer, who thoroughly understood 
 his business, and by clo.se attention to all details, 
 combined with industry and good management, he 
 won a well-d«:served and comfortable competence. 
 
 On the 1 8th of May, 1863, Mr. Vance was uni- 
 ted in marriage with Miss Lydia Dick, and by 
 their union were born five children, namely: 
 
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 Joseph, who died on the 21st of August, 1864; 
 Sherman D., who carries on general farming in 
 Harmony Township, Hancock County; Adeline, 
 whe died in infancy on the 7th of January, 187 1; 
 Thomas, at home; and James H., who died on 
 the 9th of May, 1877. 
 
 Throughout life, Mr. Vance was a supporter of 
 the Republican party and its principles, and al- 
 though never an office-seeker he was deeply inter- 
 ested in what pertained to the welfare of his party, 
 and did all in his power to promote its growth and 
 insure its success. He was ever a valued and pub- 
 lic-spirited citizen, and the best interests ever 
 found in him a warm friend. His loyalty to the 
 Government was manifested during the late war 
 by a year's service in the Union army. He was 
 a prominent and influential citizen of Harmony 
 Township, and all who knew him esteemed him 
 highly, for his life was a straightforward and hon- 
 orable one. He passed away in June, 1884, and 
 his death was deeply mourned by many friends. 
 
 After the death of her hu.sband, Mrs. Vance was 
 again married, and is now the wife of Jacob F. 
 Sliger. They reside on the old home farm in Har- 
 mony Township, and are well-known and repre- 
 sentative people of the community. 
 
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 ~ NOCH RAMSEY, one of the wealthy farm- 
 ^ ers of Hancock County, has largely through 
 ^ his own efforts won his well-deserved pros- 
 perity. He now lives on section 34, Harmony 
 Township, where he moved about 1 85 1 . He then 
 owned only a quarter-section of land, but to this 
 he has since added until his landed pos.se.ssions 
 now aggregate about two thousand acres. Young 
 men would do well to .study the methods which 
 he has pursued, and his habits of diligence, in- 
 dustry and enterprise. 
 
 Mr. Ramsey was born near Charleston, Clarke 
 County, Ind., Januarj- 30, 1824, and is a son of 
 Samuel and Eleanor (Kime) Ramsey, who were 
 natives of KeiUucky. The father was of Scotch- 
 Irish descent, and his mother was of German 
 lineage. Nine children blessed their union: Han- 
 
 nah, who is now the widow of George Browning, 
 a resident farmer of Harmony Township; Enoch, 
 of this sketch; Henry, who died October i, 1875; 
 Betsy A., who died March 8, 1S30; James M., who 
 died Juty 17, 1834; Samuel F., who passed away 
 September 8, 1886; Sarah J. and Eleanora, who 
 are still living; and Adeline, who died August 
 27, 1847. 
 
 On leaving his native State Samuel Ramsey 
 removed to Clarke County, Ind., where he was 
 married and made his home until 1836. He then 
 removed to Logan County, but in the autumn of 
 that year he came to Hancock County, 111., and 
 settled in Chili Township. Here he purchased 
 sixty acres of land, but after a year he removed 
 to Harmony Township, and bought a partially 
 improved tract of one hundred and sixty acres on 
 section 25. He at once began opening up a farm, 
 and soon furrows were turned upon the hitherto 
 unbroken land, and fertile fields took the place of 
 the once wild prairies. He continued to engage 
 in agricultural pursuits until his death. A man 
 of excellent business and executive ability, he was 
 highly successful in his undertakings, and al- 
 though he started out in life a poor boy he became 
 one of the substantial farmers of his adopted 
 county. In politics, he was a Democrat until the 
 campaign of i860, when he supported Abraham 
 Lincoln, and continued to affiliate with the Re- 
 publican party throughout his remaining days. 
 He was one of the first vSupervisors of Harmony 
 Township, aided in organiziiig the school districts, 
 and took a prominent part in ever\tliing that 
 pertained to the welfare of the community and its 
 upbuilding. Both he and his wife were members 
 of the Christian Church, and the poor and needy 
 found in them faithful friends. Mr. Ramsey, who 
 was born Novembers, 1797, died on the old home- 
 stead on the 23d of March, 1861, and his wife, 
 who was born October 5, 1800, was called to her 
 final rest December 19, 1873. 
 
 The family to which Enoch Ramsey belongs 
 was one of prominence in the conmiunity. 
 He spent the greater part of his life in Hancock 
 County, and has .seen much of its growth and up- 
 building, for he was a lad of thirteen years at the 
 time of the emigration westward. Upon the old 
 
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 homestead farm he was reared to manhood, and in 
 the subscription schools he acquired an education. 
 He had to walk a distance of a mile and a-half to 
 the schoolhouse, which was a log structure and was 
 furnished in the primitive manner of those days. 
 He earl)- began work in the fields, and soon be- 
 came familiar with farm life in all of its details. 
 He worked on his father's farm until twenty-seven 
 j^ears of age, and then began life for himself, hav- 
 ing received very liberal assistance from his father, 
 who gave each of his children a good .start in life. 
 He purchased one hundred and sixtj' acres of land 
 on section 34, Harmony Township, a tract of raw 
 prairie, and with the exception of one 3ear has 
 .since made his home thereon. The farm when it 
 came into his possession was entirely unimproved, 
 but he at one began its development and soon had 
 placed it under a high state of cultivation. He 
 placed upon it good buildings, divided it into 
 fields of convenient size by well-kept fences, and 
 all the accessories of a model farm were there sup- 
 plied. His efforts were attended with success, and 
 as his financial resources were increased the bound- 
 aries of his farm were extended, until it now com- 
 prises six hundred acres. He has altogether in 
 Harmony Township thirteen hundred and sixty 
 acres, and is the owner of nineteen hundred and 
 ninety acres in the county, the greater part of 
 which is highly improved. In connection with 
 its cultivation he has also been extensively en- 
 gaged in stock-raising. 
 
 On the Sth of May, 1853, Mr. Ramsey was 
 united in marriage with Miss Marj' J. Bettisworth, 
 daughter of Evan and Rosalia Bettisworth, and a 
 native of Virginia. To them have been born 
 seven children: Samuel, who died September 20, 
 1855; Enoch M., a farmer residing in Hutchinson, 
 Kan.; Eleanora E., who became the wife of Henry 
 J. Butler, and died December 10, 1879, leaving a 
 daughter, Jennie; Tazvvell T., who died May 22, 
 1864; Hattie R., at home; Mary J., who died Au- 
 gust 27, 1866; and Maltie H., who is still under 
 the parental roof. The granddaughter, Jennie 
 Butler, is also living with them. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Ramsej- has always been a sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party, and has served 
 his township as Super\-isor, Treasurer, Collector 
 
 and Road Commissioner. A prompt and efficient 
 officer, he has ever discharged his duties in a faith- 
 ful manner, that has won the commendation of all 
 concerned. In his business career he has pros- 
 pered greatly, his success coming to him as the 
 result of judicious management, industrj- and en- 
 terpri.se. He has always been generous with his 
 means in .support of public interests which are 
 calculated to prove of public benefit, and is re- 
 cognized as one of the valued citizens of the com- 
 munit}-. Almo.st his entire life has been passed 
 in Hancock County, where he has manj- friends, 
 and in its history he well deserves mention as one 
 of the honored pioneers. 
 
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 (lOSEPH MOCK, who carries on general farm- 
 I ing on section 4, Chili Town.ship, is a native 
 G/ of Kentucky, his birth having occurred on 
 the 5th of April, 1835, in Bourbon County. His 
 parents, Abraham and Cynthia (Wilson) Mock, 
 were also natives of that State, and the father was 
 of German and French descent. Their family num- 
 bered six children, three sons and three daugh- 
 ters: Emily, now the wife of E. Rice; Samuel, who 
 died in 1859; Joseph, of this sketch; Henr>'; Mar- 
 garet, wife of John Robinson; and Cynthia, wife of 
 Cain Hummel. The father of this family followed 
 the vocation of farming, and both he and his wife 
 always resided in their native State. 
 
 Joseph Mock was reared under the parental roof 
 in the usual manner of farmer lads. Through the 
 winter he attended the subscription .schools, 
 which were held in a log schoolhouse, three miles 
 from his home. In the summer he worked upon 
 the farm. He was only eleven years of age at the 
 time of his father's death, and thus earlj' in life 
 he was cast adrift upon the world to make his own 
 way as best he could. He began earning his live- 
 lihood by work as a farm hand, receiving $5 per 
 month for his services. He continued his resi- 
 dence in Kentucky until 1851, when he came to 
 Adams County, 111. During the succeeding eleven 
 years of his life he engaged in fanning in that lo- 
 cality, and in 1862 he came to Hancock County, 
 
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 locating upon land in Chili Township, which he 
 had previously purchased. This was an eighty- 
 acre tract on section 4, and though wild and unim- 
 proved he soon transformed it into rich and fertile 
 fields. He now owns one hundred and twenty 
 acres of valuable land, and his place is well im- 
 proved with all modern accessories and conven- 
 iences. 
 
 In 1862, Mr. Mock was united in marriage 
 with Miss Eleanora Kennedy, daughter of Charles 
 and Cornelia (Gates) Kennedy. The lady was 
 born in Ohio, on the 23d of Januarj-, 1834. Three 
 children graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mock, 
 namely: Elmer, who now carries on farming in 
 Chili Township; Ona, at home; and Wilson, who 
 died July 28, 1884. The first-named married 
 Theresa Cunningham. 
 
 Since attaining his majorit\-, Mr. Mock has been 
 a supporter of the Democratic party and its prin- 
 ciples, but the greater part of his time and atten- 
 tion has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, in 
 which he has met with good success. Though 
 he has not amassed wealth, he has won a comfort- 
 able competence and a plea.sant home, and is now 
 numbered among the substantial and representa- 
 tive citizens of the communitv. 
 
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 |ILLIAM WILSON, a farmer residing on 
 section 9, Carthage Township, Hancock 
 County, was born in Rock Castle County, 
 Ky., near Mt. Vernon, November 22, 1835. The 
 Wilson family is of Irish origin, and was founded 
 in America during Colonial days. The father of 
 our subject, James Wilson, was a native of \'ir- 
 ginia. After arriving at j-ears of maturity he was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Elizabeth Stewart, a 
 native of Kentucky. By this union were born 
 fifteen children, seven sons and eight daughters. 
 Twelve of the number grew to mature years, and 
 nine of the family are yet living. Sarah is now 
 the widow of Stephen Thompson, who was a 
 resident of Texas; Mary is the wife of Dr. Ralph 
 Harris, a retired minister living in Macomb, 111. ; 
 Delphia is the wife of Sidney Proctor, a farmer of 
 
 South Mound, Kan.; James carries on agricultural 
 pursuits in Mi.s.souri; Allen is a retired grocery 
 merchant of Carthage: Annie L. is the wife of 
 William Williams, a merchant of Colorado; Will- 
 iam of this sketch is the next younger; Martha is 
 the wife of Harry Taylor, a farmer residing in 
 Ferris, 111. ; Joshua is an agriculturist of Webb 
 City, Mo.; and Samuel is a farmer living near 
 Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads William 
 Wilson spent his boyhood days. He remained in 
 his native State until fourteen years of age, and 
 then accompanied his parents on their emigration 
 to Illinois in 1849. The family located in Carth- 
 age Township, Hancock County, where the par- 
 ents spent their remaining days, the death of the 
 father occurring in 1852, while the mother passed 
 away in 1S62. 
 
 In this county our subject grew to manhood, 
 and in the district .schools of the connnunity his 
 education was acquired. He remained with his 
 father until his death, after which he took charge 
 of the home farm and cared for his mother until 
 .she too was called away, in 1862. He then em- 
 barked in the li\'ery business in Carthage, where 
 he remained until 1869, when he purchased the 
 farm on which he now resides. He first bought 
 one hundred and forty-five acres on section 9, 
 Carthage Township, and to this he has since add- 
 ed, until now two liundred acres of rich land yield 
 to him a good income. He carries on general 
 farming and stock-rai.sing, and his well-directed 
 efforts are crowned with succe.ss. The many im- 
 provements upon his place, and the valuable land 
 under a high .state of cultivation, make this one 
 of the best farms in the neighborhood. 
 
 On the 1 2th of May, 1864, Mr. Wilson was unit- 
 ed in marriage with Mi.ss Lydia Deuel, and to them 
 were born eight children, namely: Ida, wife of 
 Frederick Soules, who is living in Keokuk, Iowa; 
 George C, Ellen, Eva, William, May and Lulu, 
 all of whom are still with their parents; and Alice, 
 who died on the 2i.st of July, 1881. She was the 
 youngest of the family. The mother passed away 
 on the 19th of July of the same year, and was 
 laid to rest in Moss Ridge Cemeterj- in Carthage. 
 She was a member of the Methodist Church, and 
 
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 a most estimable woman, whose loss was deeph- 
 mourned throughout the community. 
 
 We find in Mr. Wilson a public-spirited and 
 progressive citizen, who, through the long years 
 of his residence in Hancock Comity, has been al- 
 ways interested in the development of the com- 
 munity and the promotion of those enterprises 
 which are calculated to prove of public benefit. 
 In politics, he supports the Republican party and 
 its principles, but has never been an office .seeker. 
 
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 RUFUS LEACH, who is now occupying the 
 responsible position of Postma.ster of Ma- 
 comb, was born six miles north of this city, 
 on the 6th of September, 1851, and is a represent- 
 ative of one of the pioneer families of the county. 
 His father, Rufus Leach, ,Sr., was born in New 
 Jersey, but in early childhood, with the family of 
 his father, John H. Leach, born July 18, 1786, 
 and Sally (Parkist) Leach, born November 12, 
 1786, and the families of two uncles, emigrated to 
 Trumbull County, Ohio, where he grew to man- 
 hood. In 1838, he came to McDonough County, 
 111., and engaged in fanning, locating on fine 
 prairie land about six miles north of Macomb. 
 April 9, 18-10, he was united in marriage with 
 Lois Sarles, and to them were bom four children, 
 nam^ely: Harriet, widow of W. M. Lipe: John H., 
 Albert J. and Rufus. The father died August 
 14, 1 85 1, about one month before the subject of 
 this .sketch was born. The mother still survives. 
 She was the second time married, March 15, 1853, 
 this time to William McDaniel, and to them three 
 children were born: Mary A. , James H. and Will- 
 iam C. The daughter died in 1858. Lois (McDan- 
 iel) Leach has been for many years a member of 
 the Christian Church, and is widely known, loved 
 and respected in the community in which she has 
 so long made her home. She came to Illinois 
 when a little girl from New Albany, Ind. At 
 the date given above, she was married at the home 
 of her sister, Mrs. Lewis Spangler, in Fulton 
 County, 111., the Rev. W. K. Stewart, of the 
 Presbyterian Church of this city, performing the 
 
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 ceremony, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Spangler and 
 George Boughman signing the marriage certifi- 
 cate as witnesses. 
 
 Abner Leach, the father of John H. Leach, 
 was a native of Su.ssex County, N. J., and was a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War, up to the time 
 of his death being on the pension roll of the Gov- 
 ernment, in recognition of valiant services ren- 
 dered in those trying times. James H. Sarles, 
 maternal grandfather of Rufus Leach, Jr., was 
 also in the service of his country, in the War of 
 181 2. Mr. vSarles was a shingle-maker by trade, 
 and in the early days of McDonough County 
 shaved many thousand shingles for the pioneers 
 who came to this spot to build new homes for them- 
 .selves and their children. Mr. Sarles died about 
 1861, and his remains were interred in the Stickle 
 Graveyard. The remains of Rufus Leach, Sr., 
 rest in the same cemetery. The family of Rufus 
 Leach, Sr. , was a large one, consisting of father, 
 mother and eleven children, as follows: John H. 
 Leach, Sally (Parkist) Leach, Charles, Abra- 
 ham, Rufus, Nancy, David, Mary Ann, Hiram, 
 Celia, Caroline, Betsey and Margaret. Lois Sarles 
 was one of a family con.sisting of father and moth- 
 er, James Har\'ey and Ruth (Parsels) Sarles, 
 and the following children: Abelard, Harriet, 
 Sarah Ann, Man,\ Lois, James Har\-ey and Nancy 
 Jane. 
 
 From the time he was eight years of age, Rufus 
 Leach has resided in Macomb. He began earn- 
 ing his own livelihood when fourteen years old, 
 and has since been dependent on his own efforts. 
 It was in October, 1865, that he entered the office 
 of the Macomb Eagle, to learn the printer's trade, 
 which he has followed more or less continuously 
 since. He afterward worked in the office of the 
 Western Light for about two years, and was en- 
 gaged in Monmouth and Gale.sburg for two years 
 more, when he entered the office of the Macomb 
 Journal, with which he was connected seventeen 
 years. His faithfulness to his employers' inter- 
 ests was manifested by his long-continued service. 
 
 In December, 1890, with Thomas J. Dudman, 
 he purchased the Macomb Eagle establishment, 
 and continued in partnership one year, at the end 
 of which period he retired from the business, but 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 remained with the Eagle in the capacity of fore- 
 man until his appointment as Postmaster. He 
 took charge of the postoffice February 20, 1894. 
 
 On the 8th of January, 1879, Mr. Leach was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Hannah J. Inman, 
 widow of Randolph Inman, and a daughter of 
 Felix and Abigail Navert. By their union have 
 been born four children, two sons and two daugh- 
 ters: Arthur S., Ernest R., Lois A. and Lena B. 
 The parents are both members of the Christian 
 Church, and Mr. Leach is now serving as Church 
 Clerk. They have a pleasant home in Macomb, 
 and have many friends in thecomnuuiity. 
 
 In his political affiliations, Mr. Leach is a Dem- 
 ocrat, and by President Cleveland was appointed 
 Postmaster. He has but recently entered upon the 
 duties of the office, yet his course thus far gives 
 evidence that his administration will be satisfac- 
 tory to the public. He also served as President 
 of the School Board for one year, to which posi- 
 tion he was appointed by C. I. Imes, Maj'or of 
 the city, and it was during his incumbency of this 
 position that the First Ward school building was 
 erected. He is an honored and active member of 
 the Knights of Pythias, having served three terms 
 as Chancellor Commander, and twice as delegate 
 to the Grand Lodge; and of the Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen, in which he has passed all the 
 Chairs, and is a popular citizen of Macomb, where 
 the greater part of his life has been passed. 
 
 61 NDREW JACKSON DALE, who now re- 
 Ll .sides on section 13, Carthage Township, 
 I I Hancock Count\-, claims Kentucky as the 
 State of his nativity. He was born in Woodford 
 County, on the 28th of October, 1818, and is 
 a son of James B. and Polly (Dawson) Dale. 
 When Andrew was only two years of age his 
 parents removed to Indiana, making the jour- 
 ney by team, and located in Fayette County. 
 Later they removed to Elkhart County, where 
 the father entered land from the Government and 
 began the development of a farm. The year 1834 
 witnes.sed his arrival in Illinois. For a year he 
 
 operated rented land in Morgan County, and in 
 1835 he came to Hancock County, settling on a 
 farm on section 24, in what is now Carthage 
 Township. He here made a claim of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, partly timber and partly 
 prairie land, and with characteristic energy be- 
 gan opening up a farm. 
 
 In the Dale family were eight children, six 
 sons and two daughters, but only two of the num- 
 ber are now living: George W. , who is engaged 
 in mining in Nevada; and our subject. The latter 
 was a young man of seventeen when he came to 
 Illinois. His educational privileges were limited 
 to those afforded by the district schools, and his 
 advantages in other directions were likewise mea- 
 gre. His training at farm labor, however, was 
 not limited. He early began work in the fields, 
 and soon became familiar with all the details of 
 farm life. He continued under the parental roof 
 until twenty-five years of age, and then started out 
 in life for himself 
 
 In February, 1845, Mr. Dale was united in 
 marriage with Miss Nancj' N. Davis, and by that 
 union were born eight children, namely : Sylvester, 
 Wesley and Thomas, all of whom are now de- 
 ceased; William, who is living in Kansas City, 
 where he is serving on the police force; Mary, 
 wife of Reuben Jacoby, a resident of Carthage; 
 Lillie, wife of J. C. Jacoby, who is also living in 
 Carthage; Squire; and Maretta, who completes 
 the family. The mother was called to her final 
 rest November 17, 1871, and her remains were 
 interred in Webster Cemetery. Her loss was 
 deepl}' mourned, for .she was a most estimable lady, 
 and had the high regard of all who knew her. 
 The family is one of prominence in the conunu- 
 nity, and its members have many friends through- 
 out the county. 
 
 Mr. Dale has led a busy and useful life, devot- 
 ing the greater part of his time and attention 
 to agricultural pursuits. He has also aided in 
 the development of this community, and is num- 
 bered among the honored pioneers who laid the 
 foundation for the present prosperity and advanced 
 condition of the county. The best interests of 
 the community have ever found in him a friend, 
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 those enterprises which are calculated to prove of 
 public benefit. He cast his first Presidential vote 
 for William Henry Harrison, and supjiorted the 
 Whig candidates until the organization of the 
 Republican party, when he joined its ranks. 
 
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 (TJAMUEL P. McGAW, who is successfully 
 /N engaged in merchandising in Elvaston, was 
 \~/ born on the 5th of October, 1827, in Abbey- 
 ville, S. C. His parents were John and Agnes 
 McGaw. They too were natives of vSouth Caro- 
 lina, and Mr. McGaw was of Irish descent. 
 Their family numbered six children. Sarah, who 
 is now decea.sed: vSamuel P., our subject; John 
 B., a fanner who resided in Wllsonville, Xeb., 
 where he died in February, 1894; Louisa, widow 
 of Wilson Hopkins, and the Matron of the Buf- 
 falo Orphan A.sylum, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Rev. 
 James A. P., who is pastor of a Presbyterian 
 Church in Kansas City, Mo.; and Agnes, who 
 died in 1838. 
 
 In taking up the history of Samuel P. McGaw 
 we present to our readers a sketch of one of the 
 best- known citizens of Hancock County. He 
 was reared upon a farm, and received onlj- such 
 educational advantages as were afforded by the 
 district schools of the neighborhood. In 1835, 
 his parents emigrated westward with their family 
 and took up their residence in Oquawka, Hender- 
 son County, 111. The father and mother both 
 died when our subject was only eleven years of 
 age. He then went to live with his grandfather 
 in Warren County, 111., and there continued to 
 make his home until the fall of 1842, when he re: 
 turned to Henderson County, and for three years 
 lived with an uncle. During this period he en- 
 gaged in farm work through the summer months, 
 while in the winter season he worked at the tailor's 
 trade. 
 
 On the expiration of that period, Mr. McGaw 
 returned to Oquawka, and was employed in a 
 tailoring establishment for a year. He then 
 bought out his employer and engaged in business 
 along that line in his own interest until 1852, 
 
 when he disposed of his store, for in the autumn 
 of that year he had been elected Sheriff of Hen- 
 derson County for a term of two years. On his 
 retirement from office he purchased land and 
 embarked in farming, which he followed until 
 1862, when his farm labor was interrupted by his 
 .sen^ice in the Union army. 
 
 In that year, in connection with his brother 
 John, Mr. McGaw raised and organized what be- 
 came Company K of the Eighty-fourth Regiment 
 of Illinois \^olunteers. His brother was cho.sen 
 Captain of the company, but our subject went to 
 the front as a private. The first engagement of 
 importance in which he participated was at 
 Prairieville, Ky. This was followed by the bat- 
 tles of Stone River and Chickamauga. At the 
 latter, which occurred September 20, 1863, he was 
 wounded by a minie-ball in the left arm, and was 
 taken to the field hospital, but for five days after 
 receiving the injury no medical aid was given 
 him. In the following November he was re- 
 moved to Nashville, and on the ist of January, 
 1864, he returned to his home in Henderson 
 County, having been granted a thirty-days fur- 
 lough. On the expiration of that period he was 
 discharged, being mustered out with the rank of 
 Sergeant, February 25, 1864. 
 
 While residing in Oquawka, Mr. McGaw 
 served as clerk in the post-office for a jear, and 
 he also had charge of the Poor Farm of Hender- 
 son County for a year. In the spring of 1866 he 
 came to Hancock County, and purchased one 
 hundred and .sixty acres of land in Montebello 
 Township; but the following year he purchased a 
 quarter-.section in Prairie Township, and upon 
 that tract made his home for twenty years. He 
 was a successful agriculturist, and his well-kept 
 farm was one of the best in the neighborhood. 
 In 1887, he purchased a store in Elvaston, and 
 has since been engaged in general merchandising. 
 He carries a good .stock, and by his fair and hon- 
 est dealings, his courteous treatment, and his 
 earnest desire to please his customers, he has 
 built up an excellent trade. 
 
 In 1851, Mr. McGaw was united in marriage 
 with Miss Elvira J. Hopkins, who died April 15, 
 1855. They were the parents of two children; 
 
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 Sarah L., wife of Thomas J. Rudell, the present 
 Postmaster of Elvaston; and John, who died in 
 infancy. Mr. McGaw was again married, in No- 
 vember, 1856, his second union being with Eliza- 
 beth P. Leslie. They have had a family of eight 
 children: Francis, who is now pastor of the Pres- 
 byterian Church of Augusta, 111.; James W., a 
 resident farmer of Prairie Township, Hancock 
 County; Alice A., wife of George Hersman, a 
 farmer of Brown County, 111.; Albert G., who is 
 now attending college; Mary A., at home; Clar- 
 ence and Clara, twins, who died in infancy; and 
 Grace E., who is a student in a college in Rock- 
 ford, 111. 
 
 Mr. McGaw exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Republican party, and has been 
 honored with a number of local offices. He has 
 served as Justice of the Peace and Supervisor, was 
 Collector and School Trustee, and in April, 1889, 
 was appointed Postmaster of Elvaston, which po- 
 sition he held through the Republican adminis- 
 tration. He holds membership with the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and is an Elder and lead- 
 ing member of the Presbyterian Church of Elvas- 
 ton. Mr. McGaw well deserves the high regard 
 in which he is held, for his career has been a 
 straightforward and honorable one, well worthy 
 of emulation. He is true to every public and 
 private trust, has always been foithful to his 
 official duties, and is a man of firm convictions. 
 
 REV. JACOB SHULL, a local minister of the 
 United Brethren Church, and one of the 
 substantial farmers of Hancock County, now 
 living on section 19, Prairie Township, claims 
 Ohio as the State of his nativity. He was born 
 on a farm in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati, 
 on the 2 1 st of December, 18 15, being a son of Sam- 
 uel P. and Catherine (Shupe) Shull. The family 
 is of German origin, and was probablj' founded in 
 America during early Colonial days. The father 
 of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania. The 
 Shull family numbered eight children, six of 
 whom, three sons and three daughters, grew to 
 
 mature years. They were Elizabeth, John M., 
 David, Rebecca, Jacob and Mary A. 
 
 Our subject is now the only surviving member 
 of the family. He was born and reared on the 
 old home farm in the Buckeye State, and the ed- 
 ucational privileges he received were those af- 
 forded by the subscription schools. His father 
 died when he was twelve years of age, and by the 
 death of his mother he was left an orphan at the 
 age of sixteen. Thus thrown upon his own re- 
 .sources to make his way in the world unaided, he 
 .started out as a farm hand, and during the first 
 nine months of his service received only $50. He 
 continued working b}- the month for four years, 
 and then rented land, which he operated until 
 the spring of 1 84 1. That year witnessed his re- 
 moval to Switzerland, Ind. He there purchased 
 a tract of partially improved land, and continued 
 its further development and cultivation until 1862, 
 when he removed to Decatur County, Ind., where 
 he remained for a few years. His next place of 
 residence was in Dearborn County, Ind., and he 
 there continued until his removal to Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Shull has been three times married. On 
 the 5th of March, 1835, he wedded Miss Lucinda 
 Cale, and to them were born twelve children, 
 namely: Rebecca, George W., Ilinda, Fabius, 
 Alonzo, William J., Mar\- K., Lucinda, Azia (de- 
 cea.sed), Azia (the second of that name), Ulys.ses 
 P. and Erasmus. The mother of this family was 
 called to her final rest in 1858, and the following 
 year Rev. Mr. Schull was united in marriage with 
 Miss Elizabeth Kile. They became the parents 
 of two children: Emily E., and Lavina A., who 
 is now deceased. Mrs. Shull passed away in 
 1863, and in 1867 Mr. Shull led to the marriage 
 altar Mrs. Nancy E. (Smith) Ludwig. Their 
 family numbered six children: Eveline, Simon P., 
 Albert E., Isalene, William J. and Isadore. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Shull continued to reside in Indiana 
 until 1867, when became to Hancock County, 111., 
 and located in Prairie Township upon the farm 
 which has since been his home. He purchased 
 three hundred and twenty acres of arable land on 
 section ig, and now has his place under a high 
 -state of cultivation. This is one of the valuable 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 tilled, and it is improved with all modern acces- 
 sories and conveniences. Mr. Sluill carries on 
 general farming, and has been very successful in 
 his undertakings. He maj' trul)- be called a self- 
 made man, for he started out in life empty-handed, 
 with nothing to depend upon save a determina- 
 tion to succeed. He has steadily worked his way 
 upward, overcoming the difficulties and obstacles 
 in his path by enterprise and industry, and now 
 occupies a place among the substantial citizens of 
 his adopted county. In politics, he is a Prohibi- 
 tionist, and while living in Indiana held the office 
 of County Commissioner. For many years he has 
 been a member of the United Brethren Church, 
 and is now ser\'ing as one of its local mini.sters. 
 He has long taken a prominent part in church 
 and temperaiice work, and his influence is ever 
 exerted in behalf of the right. His life has indeed 
 been an honorable and upright one and worthy 
 the emulation of all. 
 
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 ^EORGE M. BROWNING, deceased, was 
 l_l born in Davidson County, Tenn., on the 
 \^ 25th of March, 1820, and was a. son of David 
 and Vashti Browning. He was born and reared 
 upon his father's farm, and the first fifteen years 
 of his life were spent in the State of his nativit)'. 
 He then accompanied his parents on their re- 
 moval to Illinois. They made the journej' west- 
 ward with ox-teams, and after many long days 
 upon the road they reached Hancock County, 
 locating in Augusta Township. This was in 
 1835. The county was then new and unimproved, 
 and it seemed that the work of civilization and 
 progress had hardly been begun. Much of the 
 land was still in the possession of the Govern- 
 ment, and the settlements were widely scattered. 
 
 Mr. Browning acquired a verj^ limited educa- 
 tion. He conned his lessons in a log schoolhou.se, 
 the school being conducted on the subscription 
 plan, but this he attended only through the winter 
 season, for his labors were needed upon the farm 
 during the summer months. His father died soon 
 after coming to this county, and he operated the 
 
 homestead for his mother until twenty-one years 
 of age. He then remo\'ed to the farm which con- 
 tinued to be his home throughout his remaining 
 da}-s. He located on one hundred and sixty 
 acres on section 35, Harmony Township, of which 
 only twenty acres had been broken, while a small 
 house constituted the only improvenient thereon. 
 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, 
 Mr. Browning chose Miss Hannah Ramsey. 
 Their marriage was celebrated on the 25th of No- 
 \eniber, 1841, and was blessed with a familj' of 
 eleven children. Four of the number, however, 
 died in infancj-. Adeline became the wife of 
 Benjamin F. Spicer, and died August 15, 1865, 
 leaving a daughter. Rose Browning. The mother 
 was laid to rest in the Browning Cemetery. 
 George M. is a farmer of Harmony Township. 
 Hannah J. is the wife of James A. Thompson, 
 also an agriculturisst of Harmony Township. Me- 
 linda A. is the wife of Eldridge Mayberry, a resi- 
 dent of Kansas. Eleanora V. is the wife of 
 Thomas M. Orton, and they make their home in 
 Denver, 111. Sarah is the widow of John J. Black. 
 John J. carries on agricultural pursuits in Shelby 
 County, Mo. 
 
 In the year following their marriage, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Browning removed to the farm upon which 
 the lady now resides. He at once began its fur- 
 ther development, and soon the greater part of the 
 land was placed under the plow. He made it a 
 highly cultivated tract, and placed thereon many 
 excellent improvements, which stand as monu- 
 ments to the thrift and enterprise of the owner. 
 He carried on general farming and stock-raising, 
 and both branches of his business proved to him 
 a profitable source of income. Thus he acquired 
 a comfortable competence and left to his family a 
 pleasant home. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Browning is connected with the 
 Masonic fraternit}-, and was a member of tke 
 Christian Church. In politics, he was a suppor- 
 ter of Democratic principles, and served as Town- 
 ship .Supervisor, Road Commissioner, Assessor 
 and School Director. Always faithful to the trust 
 repo.sed in him, he proved a capable and efficient 
 officer, and was a public-spirited and valued citi- 
 zen. The cau.se of education found in him a warm 
 
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 friend, and other enterprises and interests of merit 
 received his heart}- support and co-operation. All 
 who knew him respected him for his sterling 
 worth and strict integrity, and his loss was deeply 
 mourned throughout the community. He passed 
 away November 22, 1893, and was laid to rest in 
 the home cemeten-. 
 
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 y yiOSES SCOTT, a retired farmer, now resid- 
 y ing on section 25, Harmony Township, 
 (9 Hancock County, claims Kentucky as the 
 State of his nativity. He was born in Boone 
 County, near Burlington, on the 2d of February, 
 18 16, and is a son of William and Mary (Kyle) 
 Scott. He was the eldest, and is the only .sur- 
 viving member of their family, which numbered 
 three children, the others being William and Lu- 
 cinda. 
 
 Our subject was born and reared on the old 
 homestead farm, and acquired his education in 
 the subscription schools of the neighborhood. 
 Although his privileges in that direction were 
 limited, his training at farm labor was not meagre, 
 for in early life he began work in the fields and 
 soon became familiar with everjthing connected 
 with agricultural pursuits. He continued under 
 the parental roof until he had attained his ma- 
 jority, and then began farming in his own inter- 
 ests. He lived in Kentucky until 1850, when he 
 determined to seek a home elsewhere, believing 
 that he might thereby better his financial condi- 
 tion. Bidding adieu to his native State he started 
 for Illinois, making the journey by water. 
 
 At length, Mr. Scott arrived in Hancock Coun- 
 ty, where he has since made his home. He lo- 
 cated on section 25, Harmony Township, on the 
 farm where he now li\'es, and purchased three 
 hundred and twenty acres of prairie land, then 
 but partially improved. The only buikling then 
 upon the place was a small log cabin, which 
 furnished him .shelter for .several years until he 
 could replace it by a more modern residence. 
 The land he placed under the plow, and in course 
 of time gathered abundant harvests in return. 
 
 As the years passed the once wild land took on 
 the appearance of a highly cultivated tract, and 
 his farm became one of the best in the neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
 On the 20th of October, 1836, Mr. Scott was 
 united in marriage with Miss Harriet Rice. Unto 
 them have been born a family of thirteen chil- 
 dren, seven of whom are yet living, while six 
 have passed away. They are: William, who is 
 now deceased; Mary, wife of Morrison B. Baker; 
 Matilda, wife of Joseph Black, a resident of Brown 
 County, 111.; Perry A., who resides in Harmony 
 Township; Taylor, who makes his home in St. 
 Mary's Township, Hancock County; Lucy, wife 
 of David Walton; Elijah, who carries on agri- 
 cultural pursuits in this locality ; David, who is 
 living in Chili Township; Calvin, Bird and Martha 
 H., all of whom are now deceased; and one child 
 who died in infancy. The mother of this family 
 passed away Februarj- 2, 1886, and was laid to 
 rest in Scott Cemeterj-. 
 
 vSince the organization of the party, Mr. Scott 
 has been a stalwart Republican, and does all in his 
 power to advance the growth and insure the .suc- 
 cess of his party. He has served both as School 
 Director and Super\-isor. He is a public-spirited 
 and progressive citizen and manifests a com- 
 mendable interest in everything pertaining to the 
 welfare of the community. His life vocation has 
 been that of farming, but he is now living a re- 
 tired life, .spending his declining days in the en- 
 joyment of the fruits of his former toil. He pos- 
 sesses a comfortable competence, which has been 
 acquired through his own industry and enter- 
 prise. 
 
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 "HOMAS NEWTON GILLIS, who is en- 
 gaged in grain-dealing in Bovven, is num- 
 bered among the early settlers of Hancock 
 County, having for many years made his home 
 within its borders. He was born December 9, 
 1835, in East Tennessee, near Greenville, and 
 was the youngest in a family of six children, 
 whose parents were John and Mary (Register) 
 
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 Gillis. The father was a native of Delaware, and 
 in that State spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth. When a young man he removed to Ten- 
 nessee, and in 1844 removed to Keokuk County, 
 where his death occurred in August, 1845. He 
 had taken a claim and partially improved it. 
 His wife sur\-ived him only about six weeks, and 
 thus the five orphan children were left largely de- 
 pendent upon their own resources. One of the 
 sous, however, was at that time a young man, and 
 he kept the family together for several years. 
 Only two of the children are now living, a brother 
 of our subject being a resident of California. 
 
 Thomas N. Gillis was a boj- of only ten years 
 at the time of his parents' deaths. He made his 
 home with his brother in Iowa until 1852, when 
 they went to Adams County, 111., locating upon 
 a farm, to the cultivation and development of 
 which they devoted their time and attention for 
 two years. During the two succeeding years 
 they engaged in merchandising in Coatsburg, 111., 
 after which they again resumed farming, follow- 
 ing that pursuit until the spring of 1865. In 
 that year, our subject opened a general mercan- 
 tile store in Denver, but after four j-ears he sold 
 out on account of failing health. Coming to 
 Bowen, in connection with his brother he pur- 
 chased a flouring-mill here, which he operated for 
 two years, when he al.so dispo.sed of that. He 
 then again resumed farming, which he carried on 
 until 1877, since which time he has been engaged 
 in grain-dealing in Bowen. He built a good el- 
 evator and is now doing a most successful busi- 
 ness. 
 
 In August, 1859, Mr. Gillis was joined in 
 marriage with Miss Rebecca E. Hayworth, who 
 resided in Adams County, just across the line 
 from Hancock County. Two children have been 
 born unto them, a son and daughter. William 
 T., the elder, has for twelve years engaged in the 
 hardware business in Bowen, and is recognized as 
 one of the leading merchants and most progre.ss- 
 ive citizens. May is now the wife of Thomas E. 
 Morgan, a resident of Peoria, 111. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Gillis was formerly 
 a Republican, but is now a supporter of the Pro- 
 hibition party. He has served as Town Clerk, 
 
 but has never been an office-. seeker, preferring to 
 give his entire time and attention to his business 
 interests. He has met with excellent success in 
 his undertakings, his industry and well-directed 
 efforts bringing him a comfortable competence. 
 He holds membership with the Methodist Church, 
 and has been one of its active members for many 
 years. He has long served as Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school Association of the township, 
 and is now one of the Church Trustees. His hon- 
 orable, upright life has won him universal confi- 
 dence and esteem, and his friends throughout the 
 community are many. 
 
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 GlUGUST J. BEGER, one of the representa- 
 Ll tive young business men of Nauvoo, is now 
 / I a member of the firm of Atchinson & Beger, 
 dealers in drugs, books, stationery, wall paper, 
 paints and oils. This firm now has a good trade, 
 which has constantly increased from the begin- 
 ning. They carry a full and complete stock of 
 everything found in their line, and by straight- 
 forward dealings and courteous treatment of their 
 customers they have secured a liberal patronage. 
 Our subject was born on the 17th of April, 
 1862, in this city, and is the seventh in a family 
 of nine children whose parents were August C. 
 and Wilhelmina { Mester; Beger. His father was 
 a native of Hanover, Germany, and remained in 
 that country with his parents until twenty years 
 of age. In his youth he learned the barber's 
 trade, which he followed for some years. He 
 left his native land in 1846, and crossing the briny 
 deep landed at New Orleans, where he worked at 
 his trade for about two years. Leaving the 
 Crescent City on the expiration of that period, he 
 then made his way to St. Louis, where he en- 
 gaged in business as a barber until 1850. That 
 year witnessed his arrival in Nauvoo, where he 
 opened a shop, but conducted the same only for a 
 short time. Removing to Burlington, Iowa, he 
 there engaged in business, and also in San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. In 1855, however, he returned to 
 this city and, planting a large vineyard, has since 
 
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 devoted his entire time and attention to its cul- 
 tivation. He now makes about ten thousand 
 gallons of wine annually. He is a well-read and 
 intelligent man, and has a large circle of friends 
 in this community. His wife is also a native of 
 Hanover. 
 
 The childhood and youth of our subject were 
 spent in his parents' home, and in the common 
 schools he acquired an education. Wishing to 
 become a druggist, he began learning the busi- 
 ness in a store in Nauvoo, and later attended the 
 School of Pharmacy of Chicago. At the age of 
 seventeen he began clerking in a drug store, and 
 was thus employed until 1885, when he purcha.sed 
 a half-interest with Robert Atchinson in his pres- 
 ent store. 
 
 On the i6th of May, 1886, Mr. Beger was uni- 
 ted in marriage with Miss Christina Risse, daugh- 
 ter of Hon. John B. Ri.s.se, of Carthage, whose 
 sketch will be found elsewhere in this work. 
 Three children have been born to them, two sons 
 and a daughter, Oscar L., Frank B. and Ursalina. 
 
 In hii political views, Mr. Beger is a Republi- 
 can, and socially is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He is now serving as 
 Treasurer of the Nauvoo Fruit Company, which 
 was established in 1.893, and is now doing a good 
 business. He is still a young man, but he pos- 
 sesses business and executive abilitj- of a high or- 
 der, and as a result is enjoying a lucrative trade. 
 
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 HENRY TUCK, who is engaged in farming 
 on section 32, St. Mary's Township, Han- 
 cock County, is a native of England. He 
 was born in Bradford January 23, 1821. His fa- 
 ther, Solomon Tuck, was born in the same coun- 
 trj', and was a son of Solomon Tuck, Sr. , a native 
 of England, who died at the age of eight3--five 
 years. In early life lie was a clothier, but after- 
 wards became a broker. His famih- numbered 
 eight daughters and two sons, and his son Solomon 
 also became a clothier. The latter always made 
 England his home, although he .spent one year 
 with his son Henry in America. He was joined 
 
 in wedlock with Anna Henton, a native of Eng- 
 land, and they became the parents of seven chil- 
 dren, six of whom grew to mature years, while 
 three are now living: George, who makes his 
 home in Adelaide, South Australia; Eliza, of 
 London; and Henry, of this sketch. The father 
 died in Bradford at the age of seventy years, and 
 his wife passed away in 1825. She was a mem- 
 ber of the Baptist Church, and he held member- 
 ship with the Congregational Church. Their son 
 John served for about fourteen j-ears in the reg- 
 ular army of England. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, one of the highly-respected fanners of 
 Hancock County. He spent his boyhood and 
 youth in his native land, and there learned the 
 shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a num- 
 ber of years. In 1845, he bade adieu to home and 
 friends and crossed the broad Atlantic to America, 
 landing in New York, where he spent a few 
 months. He then removed to Boston, and in 
 that and other eastern cities made his home until 
 his marriage. 
 
 In October, 1848, Mr. Tuck wedded Mi,ss Eu- 
 nice Perr>-, daughter of Jo.shua and I'rsula 
 (Wight) Perry, who were natives of Norway and 
 Sweden, Me. Ten children have been born of 
 this union: George Henrj-, of Plymouth, who 
 married Anna Bell; Alice Jane; Nathan Hazen, 
 who married Alice Moore, and resides on .section 
 28, St. Mary's Township, with their four children: 
 Edness Fern, Lawrence Herbert, Horace and 
 Marj' L. ; Charles Sumner, deceased; Angela 
 Maria; Ida, deceased; Charles Sunnier, the sec- 
 ond of the name; Edward Paysoii, who married 
 Anna Mara Newman, and is living in Redland, 
 Cal. ; William O.sgood, a practicing physician of 
 Plymouth, who married Cora A. Sapp, by whom 
 he has one child, Newell H.; and Benjamin F. 
 Perry. 
 
 Mr. Tuck has been a resident of Illinois since 
 1855. In that year he located in Jacksonville, 
 but in 1S56 came to Plymouth, where he worked 
 at his trade, and also engaged in business as a 
 shoe dealer. He continued operations along that 
 line until 1879, when he sold his store and re- 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 349 
 
 where he is now living a retired life. He owns 
 three hundred and ten acres of good laud, and in 
 connection with its cnltivation is engaged in cat- 
 tle-raising. Starting out in life for himself emptj'- 
 handed, he has steadily worked his way upward, 
 and by his well-directed efforts has acquired a 
 handsome competence. He is a member of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his 
 wife holds membership with the Congregational 
 Church. He exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Republican party, but has never 
 been an office-seeker, preferring to give his entire 
 time and attention to his business interests. Such 
 is the record of one of Hancock County's leading 
 farmers and representative citizens. 
 
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 (Joseph M. duns worth, one of the self- 
 I made men of Hancock County, who now 
 Q) owns and operates a good farm of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres on section 17, Harmony 
 Township, was born near Middletown, McDon- 
 ough County, 111., September 4, 1833. His fa- 
 ther, Thomas Dunsworth, was a native of Ten- 
 nessee, and was of Irish descent. After arriving 
 at years of maturity, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Nancy Hall. He continued to make 
 his home in his native State until 1827, when he 
 removed to Johnson County, 111., becoming one 
 of its pioneers. The year 1830 witnessed his ar- 
 rival in McDonough County. There he entered 
 one hundred and twenty acres of land from the 
 Government, built a log cabin, and began life in 
 true pioneer style. His nearest trading-posts 
 were at Quincy and Keokuk. It was long dis- 
 tances to market and mill, and the homes of the 
 settlers were widely scattered. Mr. Dunsworth 
 at once began to cultivate and improve his land, 
 and transformed much of tlie raw prairie into 
 rich and fertile fields. His death occurred quite 
 early, however, he passing away in 1843. He held 
 member.ship witli the Ma.sonic fraternity. His 
 wife survived him about twenty years, and was 
 called to her final rest in 1863. 
 
 In the Dunsworth family were thirteen chil- 
 
 dren, seven sons and six daughters: James (de- 
 ceased), Soockey, Wealthy, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, 
 Abigail, John, Nancy, Thomas, Joseph, Martha 
 (widow of John M. Reans, and a resident of Chris- 
 tian County, 111.), and one child who died in in- 
 fancy . 
 
 Joseph M. Dunsworth spent the days of his 
 boyhood and youth in the usual manner of farmer 
 lads. He was educated in a log schoolhouse, 
 furnished in primitive style, to which he had to 
 walk a distance of three and a-half miles. The 
 school was conducted on the old sub,scription 
 plan. His father died ere he was ten years of 
 age, but he remained at home with his mother 
 until the age of twenty-six. He is familiar with 
 the history of pioneer life in this section of the 
 State, for his was a frontier home, and with his 
 family he shared in all the hardships and difficul- 
 ties of such a life. He began fanning for himself 
 in McDonough County, and there remained until 
 1876, which year witnessed Iiis arrival in Han- 
 cock Count}-. Here he purchased a tract of 
 eighty acres on section 17, Harmony Township. 
 The only impro\-ement upon the place was a small 
 house.- The boundaries of his farm he has since 
 extended, until it now comprises one hundred and 
 sixty acres. He carries on general farming and 
 stock-raising, and his business has proven a prof- 
 itable one. 
 
 On the 2 1st of June, 1861, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Dunsworth and Miss Elizabeth 
 Timberlake, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth 
 (Russell) Timberlake. The lady was born in 
 Dorr County, Ky., and when a maiden of twelve 
 summers was brought by her parents to McDon- 
 ough County. Thirteen children were born of 
 this union, but six of the number died in infancy. 
 Those .still living are, William, Daniel, Walter, 
 Maggie, Clarence, Arthur and AUetta. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Dunsworth are members of 
 the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and they take 
 an active interest in all charitable and benevolent 
 work. The poor and needy find in them friends, 
 and they encourage and aid all worthy enter- 
 prises. Since ca.sting his first Pre.sidential vote 
 for Franklin Pierce, Mr. Dun.sworth has been a 
 supporter of the Democracy. He started out in 
 
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 life for himself a poor boy, but has overcome the 
 
 difficulties and obstacles in his path, and his ear- 
 nest labors and well directed efforts have achieved 
 for him a success of which he is well deserving. 
 
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 EONRAD NAGEL, deceased, was formerly a 
 resident of Warsaw. Germany gave to Han- 
 cock Coiuity many of her best citizens, 
 among whom is numbered the gentleman whose 
 name heads this record. He was born in Ober 
 Be-ssengen, September 13, 1837, and died in War- 
 saw June 7, 1893. He was a lad of only thirteen 
 years when he came to this country with liis fa- 
 ther, John Nagel, and the family. The father 
 died shortly after his arrival here, leaving the 
 care of the family to his widow and older children. 
 In his youth our subject learned the baker's 
 trade. During the war, when what is known as 
 the Black Hawk Cavalry was stationed near 
 Warsaw, it fell to his lot to bake bread for the 
 troops, the largest contract he had had up to that 
 time. During the latter part of the war he was 
 engaged in the grocery business, and in 1864 he 
 located in the premises until recently occupied by 
 his son. He ranked among the most successful 
 business men of Warsaw, and became one of her 
 wealthiest citizens, his fortune having been 
 ama.ssed by his own endeavors. In any enter- 
 prise that had the promise of reasonable success, 
 he was always willing to venture his means, and 
 to .such public projects he was willing to give his 
 hearty support. When it was proposed^ to locate 
 the soldiers' home at Warsaw, the project found 
 in him an advocate ; when it was proposed to .se- 
 cure any manufacturing plant, he was ready to 
 aid. His good will was always manifest toward 
 such undertakings, and none regretted more sin- 
 cerely than he that Warsaw was not chosen as 
 the place for the building of the Soldiers' Home. 
 On the 28th of July, 1858, Mr. Nagel married 
 Magdeleua Brehm, and to tliem were born eight 
 children, but only one is now living. Five of the 
 number died in infancy, and Helen, who became 
 the wife of Hen.son Simp.son, died May 3, 1893. 
 
 The son, Frank L., who was born November 29, 
 1870, graduated from the Conservatory of Music 
 in Moberly, Mo., and then engaged in teaching 
 for about two years in Pueblo, Colo. He comple- 
 ted his studies in Dresden, Germany, in 1891, 
 and is now a teacher of music in Ogden, Utah. 
 Helen, before mentioned, was born June 13, 1874, 
 and after attending Rockford Seminary, she also 
 studied music in Dresden, Gennany, becoming 
 very proficient both in instrumental and vocal 
 music. She became the wife of Henson Simpson, 
 July 6, 1891, and died in 1893, in York, Neb., 
 leaving one child, who is now cared for b\- Mrs. 
 Nagel. Otto E., who was born November 17, 
 1865, and was educated in Elmhur.st, 111., and 
 Canton, Mo., went to Leavenworth, Kan., in 
 1882, spending about a year in that place. The 
 succeeding year was passed in his old home in 
 Warsaw, after which he returned to Leavenworth, 
 but later returned to this place. For a time he 
 engaged in the milling business, but afterwards 
 opened a grocery, which he conducted until his 
 death, which occurred at Warsaw March 19, 1894. 
 In 1889, he was elected City Marshal, and filled 
 the position for two years. In politics, he was a 
 Republican. On the 21st of October, 1890, he 
 led to the marriage altar Louisa Berlin, and to 
 them were born two children, but one died in in- 
 fancy. The other bears the name of Mabel. Mrs. 
 Nagel, widow of the subject of this notice, is a 
 daughter of Daniel Brehm, who lived and died in 
 Germany. After his death his widow and two of 
 her children sought homes in America, whither 
 three of her family had previoush- emigrated. 
 Mrs. Nagel here grew to womanhood. She is a 
 most estimable lady, and her many excellencies of 
 character have brought her the high regard of all 
 with whom she has come in contact. 
 
 Mr. Nagel was a member of the Evangelical 
 Church, and was most zealous in church 
 work. He contributed most liberally to its sup- 
 port, and if ever there was not enough money 
 rai.sed to pay the pa.stor he made up the deficit. 
 It seemed that he could not do too much for the 
 church, and charities and benevolences found him 
 alike generous. In politics, he was a stalwart 
 Republican, and he twice served as a member of 
 
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 the City Council. In 1875, he served as Mayor 
 of the city, and for several years was its Treasurer. 
 In all of these positions he discharged his duties 
 with a promptness and fidelity that won him 
 high commendation. In the home circle he was 
 a kind and indulgent husband and father, and did 
 everything in his power to enhance the happi- 
 ness and promote the welfare of his wife and 
 children. His loss throughout the community 
 was deeply mourned, and his memory will ever be 
 a hallowed one while liis friends and familj- live. 
 
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 (lOSEPH F. OCHSNER, who carries on mer- 
 I chandi.sing in Nauvoo, is a wide-awake and 
 V2/ enterprising business man, who is now enjoj-- 
 ing a good trade in the hardware and implement 
 business. He has one of the largest stores in 
 the city, well stocked with a full line of general 
 hardware, and bj' his fair and honest dealing and 
 courteous treatment he has secured a liberal 
 patronage. 
 
 Mr. Ochsner has the honor of being a native of 
 Hancock County. He was born in Warsaw, April 
 27, 1865, and is the sixth in a family of nine chil- 
 dren whose parents were Jo.seph and Helen 
 (Schenk) Ochsner. His father was born and 
 reared in Germany, and there learned the black- 
 smith's trade. At the age of nineteen, he bade 
 adieu to friends and native land, and, emigrat- 
 ing to America, settled in War.saw, where he 
 made his home until 1828. The year of his ar- 
 rival was 1822. At that time the Indians .still 
 lived in this locality, the greater part of the land 
 was yet in possession of the Government, and the 
 work of progress and civilization seemed hardly 
 begun. In 1848, Mr. Ochsner went to California, 
 where he engaged in mining for a time, and then 
 carried on the hotel business. He left his family 
 in Warsaw, and made five trips home, four of 
 them overland and one by water. His business 
 ventures proved ver>' successful in the West. 
 Later he engaged in blacksmithing in Sacra- 
 mento, and was one of the founders of that city. 
 He built the first hotel and blacksmith-shop there, 
 
 and was also the builder of several other structures. 
 He was well acquainted with Capt. Sutler, who 
 discovered the first gold in thcState. His labors 
 were very successful and at one time he was worth 
 a million dollars, but in the later years he lost 
 some of his property. He continued on the Pa- 
 cific Slope for seven years, and then returned to 
 his family in Wansaw, where his death occurred 
 at the age of seventy-five. He took an active part 
 in driving out the Mormons from this region, for 
 his stock had been stolen by that people and other 
 property destroyed. He was a prominent and 
 influential citizen, and all who knew him held him 
 in high regard. 
 
 Joseph Ochsner, Sr. , was twice married, the 
 mother of our subject being his second wife. She 
 was born in Germany, and is still living at the age 
 of sixty-three years, her home being in Nauvoo. 
 Five of the children are also living: Marj', who is 
 in a large establishment in Chicago; Theodore, 
 who is engaged in the grocery business in Nauvoo; 
 Ernestine; Gertrude and Joseph F. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 spent his early boyhood days under the parental 
 roof, and the public schools of the neighborhood 
 afforded him his educational privileges. At the 
 age of sixteen he began learning the cooper's 
 trade, and afterward engaged in the bakerj- and 
 confectionery- business. Coming to Nauvoo about 
 1881, he began clerking in a general store, and 
 two years later he brought his mother and the 
 family to Nauvoo. He not only supported them, 
 but educated his younger .sisters, who were thus 
 well fitted for the practical duties of life, and are 
 now holding responsible positions in Chicago. 
 Our subject continued to act as salesman in a 
 general store for five years, and then opened a 
 hotel, which he placed in the care of his brother, 
 while he continued to act as clerk for a year. He 
 then devoted his time to the hotel business for a 
 year, after which, with the capital he had acquired, 
 he opened an implement store. In 1892, he added 
 a stock of hardware, and has since been engaged in 
 business along that line. 
 
 On the loth of January, 1889, Mr. Ochsner led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Julia Moffitt, daughter 
 of J. J. Moffitt, who was the first white child born 
 
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 in Hancock County, and is now one of the oldest 
 settlers. In his political views, Mr. Ochsner is a 
 Democrat, and in religious belief is a Catholic. 
 He started out in life for himself at an earlj- age, 
 empty-handed, and not only provided for his own 
 maintenance, but supported the family. He has 
 steadily worked his way upward, overcoming the 
 difficulties and obstacles in his path, and his pros- 
 perity is certainly well deser\^ed. 
 
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 (TOHN TANNER, of Nauvoo, is one of the 
 I honored pioneer.s of Hancock County, whose 
 (2/ residence here, dating from November, 1847, 
 covers a period of forty-seven years. He has, 
 therefore, witnessed the greater part of the growth 
 and development of the county, and in the work 
 of public advancement he has ever taken an act- 
 ive interest. He is a friend to all worth)- enter- 
 prises, giving his support to whatever he believes 
 will prove of benefit to the community. 
 
 A native of Switzerland, Mr. Tanner was born 
 January- i, 1826, unto John and Ferrena (Lew) 
 Tanner, both natives of Switzerland. In that 
 country they spent their entire lives, and the father 
 followed farming. His death occurred at the age 
 of seventy j'ears, and his wife passed away at the 
 age of forty-eight. Their family numbered four 
 children, of whom John is the youngest. He re- 
 mained at home until seventeen years of age, and 
 then began learning the turner's and wagon- 
 maker's trades, which he followed for three years 
 in his native land. At the age of twenty, he de- 
 termined to seek a home in the New World, 
 hoping thereby to better his financial condition, 
 for he had heard much of the privileges and op- 
 portunities here afforded young men. Accord- 
 ingly he set sail, and after a voyage of forty-three 
 days landed at New Orleans. 
 
 On reaching this country', Mr. Tainier came at 
 once to Illinois, and made his first location in 
 Highland, Madison County, where he worked in 
 a wagon-shop for a time. As before stated, he 
 came to Nauvoo in November, 1847, and during 
 the succeeding five years of his life he worked at 
 
 his trade in the employ of others. On the expira- 
 tion of that period he built a .shop of his own, and 
 has since been engaged in the manufacture of 
 wagons in Nauvoo, with the exception of the time 
 spent in the late war. 
 
 On the loth of March, 1865, he enlisted in re- 
 sponse to the call for troops, and was assigned to 
 Company G. Fifty-eighth Illinois Infantry-, in 
 which he served one year. He was a valiant sol- 
 dier, and did dutj- with his command until after 
 the cessation of hostilities, when he was honorably 
 discharged and returned to his home in Nauvoo. 
 He is now a member of Nauvoo Post No. 207, 
 G. A. R., and thus keeps up his friendship with 
 many of his comrades of the days gone by. 
 
 On the 17th of August, 1852, Mr. Tanner was 
 united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Stauder, 
 of this cit\', and to them have been born six chil- 
 dren, but three died in infancy. Those living 
 areJohnF. , a business man of Ferris, 111.; George, 
 who resides in Nauvoo; and Sophia, at home. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Tanner is a stalwart 
 Democrat, and has been honored with a number 
 of local offices. He was Alderman of the city for 
 several years, served as Maj'or for three years, 
 and has been a member of the School Board for 
 nine years. He has led a busj- and useful life, 
 and in the community where he has so long re- 
 .sided has made many warm friends. 
 
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 QHINEAS KIMBALL, one of the honored 
 L^ pioneers of Hancock County, and a repre- 
 ss sentative citizen of Nauvoo, claims Vermont 
 as the State of his nativitj'. He was born May 
 I, 1822, and is of Scotch and Irish lineage. The 
 family was founded in America during Colonial 
 days, the grandfather of our subject crossing 
 the Atlantic in 1747. The father, Capt. Phineas 
 Kimball, was a native of the Green Mountain 
 State and there spent his entire life. By trade, 
 he was a tanner, and in connection with that pur- 
 suit he al.so followed farming. He served as 
 Captain of a militia company, and started with 
 his troops for Plattsburg during the War of 1812, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 353 
 
 but ere reaching the field was ordered to return. 
 A prominent and influential citizen, he was hon- 
 ored with several offices, and was sent as a Repre- 
 sentative to the State Legislature. A devout 
 Christian, his upright life was one well worthy of 
 emulation. He married Abigail Coulton, who 
 was born in \'ermont in 1788, and came of a New 
 England family of English extraction, which for 
 several generations had resided in this countrJ^ 
 Her death occurred in 1858, at the age of seventy 
 years, and Captain Kimball passed away when 
 about eighty-seven years of age. 
 
 Our subject was the eighth in order of birth in 
 their family of ten children. He remained at 
 home until nineteen years of age, and with his 
 father learned the tanner's trade. The 5-ear 1842 
 witnessed his emigration westward. Leaving 
 Vermont, he traveled toward the setting sun un- 
 til he had reached Hancock County, 111., which 
 he chose as the stage for future action, locating 
 here in the month of September. His brother 
 Hiram had come to the West in 1837, and was a 
 merchant at this place. Phineas began clerking 
 for his brother, and was thus employed until 1849, 
 when, attracted bj' the discovery of gold in Cali- 
 fornia, he crossed the plains with an ox-team and 
 engaged in mining and trading on the Pacific 
 Slope. He also kept a hotel in Sonora, and in 
 his different ventures met with good success. He 
 returned from the West in 1851, and, going to his 
 old home in Vermont, bought the homestead which 
 had formerly belonged to his father, and built a 
 flouring and saw mill. That enterprise proved 
 a profitable one, but later he lost heavily through 
 the Mormons, who, when forced to leave here, 
 were unable to pay him. He had sold to them 
 about $20,000 worth of goods on credit, and the 
 bill was never paid. A portion of his time he 
 spent here, and the remainder in looking after his 
 business interests in Vermont, until his marriage, 
 when he located permanently in Nauvoo. 
 
 On the ist of October, 1855, Mr. Kimball wed- 
 ded Miss Louisa Bartholomew, daughter of Eras- 
 tus Bartholomew, of Vermont. She died April 
 13, 1865, leaving one child, May Louisa, now 
 the wife of J. B. Swartz, of Ft. Madison, Iowa. 
 Mr. Kimball was again married, July 25, 1867, 
 
 his second union being with Miss Bernardine Ick- 
 ing, daughter of Bernard and Antoinette (Spiek- 
 erman) Icking, who were natives of Germany, 
 but are now deceased. Seven children have been 
 born of this union: Augusta B.; Phineas; Ethan; 
 Ida; Annie E., who died at the age of .seven; 
 William B. and Eva, who is known as Latta. 
 
 On questions of national importance, Mr. Kim- 
 ball supports the Democratic ticket, but at local 
 elections votes for the man whom he thinks best 
 qualified for the office, regardless of party affilia- 
 tions. He has never sought, nor will he accept, 
 political preferment. He is a member of no 
 church, but his family are members of the Catho- 
 lic Church. In his business career, Mr. Kimball 
 has met with reverses, but he has overcome these 
 by enterprise and determination, and, making the 
 most of his opportunities, he has steadily worked 
 his way upward to a position of wealth and afflu- 
 ence. He now owns about seven hundred and 
 forty acres of valuable land, a part of which lies 
 within the corporation limits of Nauvoo, while 
 the remainder is adjacent to the town. He deals 
 quite extensively in horses and cattle, and this 
 branch of the bu.siness also yields to him a good 
 income. He owns a large estate at the old home 
 in Vermont, and his home in Nauvoo is one of 
 the most beautiful residences on the banks of the 
 Mississippi. He may truly be called a self-made 
 man, for his success in life is due to his own 
 efforts. 
 
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 REV. ALBERT BLASBERG, the pastor of 
 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Nauvoo, 
 is a western man, claiming Iowa, as the 
 State of his nativity. He was born in Maxfield, 
 Bremer County, February 24, 1859, and is a 
 son of William and Caroline Blasberg. His fa- 
 ther was a native of Prussia, and on emigrating 
 to this country, about 1857, located in Bremer 
 County, Iowa, upon a farm. He has since been 
 a resident of that locality, and has now reached 
 the age of seventy-three years. His wife was 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 also bom in Prussia, and is still living in Iowa. 
 This worthy couple were the parents of ten chil- 
 dren, of whom our subject is the sixth in order 
 of birth. 
 
 Early in life Albert Blasberg became familiar 
 with all the duties and labors of the farm. He 
 remained at liome until fourteen years of age, and 
 then entered the college of the German Iowa 
 Synod, at Galena, 111., where he pursued his 
 studies for two years. The college was then re- 
 moved to Mendota, 111., where he remained as a 
 student for a similar length of time, and was then 
 graduated. Later he was for four years a stu- 
 dent in Wartburg Seminary^ in Mendota, and was 
 then graduated from that institution. It was his 
 desire to enter the work of the ministrj' and de- 
 vote his life to the cause of Christianity, so when 
 his educational preparations were completed he 
 accepted a call and became assistant pastor of the 
 church in Mitchell, Iowa. A year later he went 
 to Shell Rock, Iowa, where he had charge of a 
 church, and also taught school for one year. 
 During the five succeeding years of his life, he 
 was stationed at Council Bluffs, Iowa, having 
 charge of three congregations, and then went to 
 Brazilton, Crawford County Kan., where he re- 
 mained for three years. At that place there were 
 two congregations under his care, and he was 
 also instrumental in establishing a church in 
 Lehigh, Kan. In December, 1891, he came to 
 Nauvoo as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran 
 Church, and also took charge of the parochial 
 school at this place. The church was organized 
 about 1 860, and the present hou.se of worship was 
 erected in 1875. The church now numbers about 
 thirty members. There is an average of about 
 fifteen pupils in the .school and thirty in the Sun- 
 day-school. 
 
 On the 2d of August, 18S3, Mr. Blasberg led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Rosie Schuetz, a na- 
 tive of Mendota, and to them have been bom five 
 childreti, but Paul, the eldest, died at the age of 
 six years. Those still living are Aurelia \V. B., 
 Emanuel W. E., Esther J. M. and Ruth E. G. 
 Mrs. Blasberg is a daughter of Simon and Mar- 
 garet (Kes.sel) Schuetz. Her parents were na- 
 tives of Bavaria, Germany, and in that country 
 
 their marriage was celebrated. In 1854, the^' 
 emigrated to the New World, and after living for 
 a year in New York, removed to Mendota, 111., 
 where thej- .still reside. The father has now 
 reached the age of eighty-two years, and the 
 mother is seventy-three years of age. He was a 
 stone-mason bj- trade. 
 
 On subjects of national importance. Rev. A. 
 Blasberg votes the Democratic ticket. His entire 
 time and attention are given to the work of the 
 ministry, and his influence for good is widely felt 
 in this locality. He has not only the love of his 
 congregation, but has also gained the respect of 
 those of other denominations. 
 
 "^ 
 
 (JUSTUS R A HN (decea.sed), was one of the 
 I worthy citizens that Germany furnished to 
 G/ Hancock County. He was born on the 6th 
 of October, 18 10, in Hes.sen, on the banks of the 
 Rhine, and was the second in a family of four 
 children, whose parents were John and Madeline 
 (Stump) Rahn. They too were natives of Ger- 
 many, and the father was a carpenter by trade. 
 He .spent his entire life in his native land, his 
 death there occurring at the age of thirty-five 
 years. His wife afterwards came to the United 
 vStates, and her last days were spent in La Harpe, 
 where she died at the age of sixty-eight years. 
 
 Our subject was onl)' about three years old at 
 the time of his father's death. He reniained at 
 home with his mother, and in early life became 
 familiar with all the duties and labors connected 
 with the farm. After he had attained to years of 
 maturity, he was married, Mi.ss Elizabeth Sabel, 
 of Germany, becoming his wife. Their wedding 
 was celebrated in February, 1835, and ten years 
 later they bade adieu to the Fatherland and .sailed 
 for America, but Mrs. Rahn died while en route, 
 and was buried in the .sea. She left a family of 
 four children to mourn her loss: George, who died 
 at the age of fifty-six years; Frederick C, who is 
 now engaged in farming and stock-raising in Col- 
 orado; John, who died in Iowa in 1882; and Myra, 
 wife of J. Ort, a retired farmer of Nauvoo. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 355 
 
 On landing, Mr. Rahn at once made his way to 
 Hancock County, 111., and settled upon a farm 
 near La Harpe, where he carried on agricultural 
 pursuits for four years. He was again married, in 
 1843, his .second union being with Mi.ss Clara 
 Weigel, of Philadelphia, who died in Sonora 
 Township, Hancock County, in 1854. In 1S56 
 Mr. Rahn led to the marriage altar Miss Barbara 
 Goodman, a native of Germany, who died in 1881. 
 By their union were born five children: Joseph, 
 who now carries -on farming in Lyons, Neb.; Ad- 
 die, who is employed as a clerk in a general mer- 
 cantile store in Nauvoo; Eliza, at home; Albert, 
 who is also clerking in Nauvoo; and Edward, who 
 completes the family. 
 
 Removing from La Harpe to Sonora Township, 
 Mr. Rahn there cultivated and improved a farm, 
 continuing its development for many years, but at 
 length he laid aside business cares and removed 
 to Nauvoo, where he lived retired until his death, 
 which occurred February 9, 1894. His well-di- 
 rected efforts, his industry and perseverance, 
 brought him a comfortable competence. For many 
 years he supported the Democratic party, but for 
 some years prior to his death was an advocate of 
 the People's party. He never had occasion to 
 regret his emigration to America, and Hancock 
 Count}' numbered him among its best citizens and 
 honored early settlers. 
 
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 PjR. ARCHIBALD ELLIOTT McNEALL, 
 jnl one of the leading physicians and honored 
 iQ) pioneer .settlers of Bowen, was born near 
 Go.shen, in Clermont County, Ohio, on the 20th 
 of October, 1827, and is a son of Arthur McNeall. 
 His father was a native of Lancaster County, and 
 was a descendant of the Scottish Highlander of 
 the same name who was a leader of the Rebel- 
 lion of 1745, in the struggle of the house of Stuart 
 against the British crown. The Doctor's mother 
 bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Boyer, and 
 was born in Washington County, Md. , of Ger- 
 man parentage. The parents emigrated to Ohio 
 in 181 1, and settled in the then small town of 
 
 Cincinnati, where they made their home until 
 1828, in which year they removed to the town of 
 Goshen. There the father engaged in merchan- 
 dising until advanced years forced him to retire 
 from active business life. He and his wife were 
 ardent followers of John We.sley in their religious 
 belief, and all of the children accepted the same 
 faith save the Doctor. During their last years 
 the parents came to Illinois, where their remain- 
 ing days were passed amidst the loving care and 
 attention of their children. The mother was called 
 to the home beyond July 3, 1865, and the father 
 pa.ssed away the following April. They died in 
 the faith which had been their hope and comfort 
 through life, firmly relying upon the promises of 
 an eternal home and happiness. 
 
 There were four sons and five daughters in the 
 family. Dr. A. B., who was a physician of Col- 
 umbus, Adams County, 111., died at the age of 
 .seventy-three; Rev. M. M. is now living in Bowen, 
 at the age of eighty-two; Mrs. Elizabeth Brunson 
 makes her home in Bowen, at the age of seventy- 
 nine; Mrs. Matilda Myer died in Chicago, at the 
 age of seventy-six; Mrs. Permelia Hall is living 
 in Barry, 111., at the age of seventy ; Arch E. is 
 the next in order of birth; David F. is living in 
 Bowen, at the age of sixty; Mr.s. Susan Belt died 
 in 1844, at the ageof twenty-.seven; and the ninth 
 child died in infancy. 
 
 Dr. McNeall whose name heads this record was 
 educated in the common .schools of Ohio, and in 
 a private select school conducted by Prof. Gaines, 
 near Goshen. He began the .study of medicine 
 in 1846 with Dr. Isaac N. Thacker, and com- 
 pleted a college medical course of lectures in the 
 spring of 1850 at the vStarling Medical College of 
 Columbus, Ohio. In February, 1868, he was the 
 recipient of an honorary degree of medicine con- 
 ferred upon him by the faculty of the Iowa Medi- 
 cal College of Keokuk. 
 
 Before Dr. McNeall began practice, however, 
 he was married. In Dayton, Ohio, September 
 22, 1849, he wedded Mi.ss Martha A. Deal, a na- 
 tive of West Charleston, Miami County, Ohio, 
 who died October 20, 1867. There were three 
 children born of that union, two sons and a daugh- 
 ter, but all are deceased. On the iilhof No- 
 
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 vember, 1868, in Keokuk, Iowa, the Doctor was 
 united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Hutchin- 
 son, of that city, and a native of Washington, 
 Pa. Four children graced this union, three sons 
 and a daughter, all of whom are yet living. 
 
 Our subject began the practice of his profession 
 in the .spring of 1850, in the place of his nativity, 
 but in October, 185 1, removed to Adams County, 
 111. The following year he located in New Hart- 
 ford, where he successfully engaged in practice 
 until vSeptember, 1862, when he enlisted in the 
 Ninety-ninth Illinois Infantry. At the organiza- 
 tion of the regiment he was chosen bj* the unani- 
 mous vote of men and officers as Surgeon, and 
 subsequently was commissioned as such by Gov. 
 Richard Yates. In that capacity he labored un- 
 tiringly, and that he acquitted himself with credit, 
 is shown by the complimentary resolutions which 
 were passed, when, on account of physical disabil- 
 ity, he was forced to resign. The fjllowing paper 
 was then drawn up: 
 
 Fourteenth Division Ho.spital of the Thirteenth 
 Army Corps of Mis.si-ssippi, in the rear of Vicks- 
 burg, July 4, 1863. 
 
 Arch E. McNeall, M. D., 
 
 Senior Assi.stant Surgeon Ninety-ninth 
 
 Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry-. 
 Dear Sir: — 
 
 It is with pleasure that I hand you the en- 
 closed resolution. It is with the prompting of 
 friends and surgeons who appreciate your worth. 
 You leave us with the respect and confidence of 
 every surgeon belonging to the division, as well 
 as their regrets. Hoping to hear of your restora- 
 tion to health, I am your .sincere friend, 
 
 William H. White, 
 
 Surgeon of the Twenty-second Iowa Infantry 
 and Chairman Division Operating Board of Sur- 
 geons. 
 
 The resolution read: 
 
 Having learned that our associate. Arch E. 
 McNeall, .Senior Assistant Surgeon of the Ninety- 
 ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, owing to 
 causes beyond his control, finds it necessary to 
 leave the army, therefore, 
 
 Rcsolird — That we consider him a gentleman 
 of fine feelings, of noble sympathies, a true friend, 
 and one of the most accomplished surgeons and 
 physicians of the army. That we regret his de- 
 parture and his loss to the department. 
 
 H. P. Strong, Medical Director; William H. 
 White, Surgeon Tvveuty-second Iowa Infantry; 
 
 George P. Rex, Surgeon Thirty-third Illinois In- 
 fantry; Alfred B. Lee, Assi.stant Surgeon Twen- 
 t)'-second Iowa Infantry; William L. Orr, Sur- 
 geon Twenty-first Iowa Infantry; J. H. Ledlie, 
 vSurgeon Ninety-ninth Illinois Infantry; Henry 
 Tantis, Assistant vSurgeon Thirty-third Illinois 
 Infantry; O. Peabody, Surgeon Twenty-third 
 Iowa Infantry; Elwin May, Senior A.ssistant Sur- 
 geon Thirty-third Illinois Infantrj-; J. P. Bigelow, 
 Senior Assistant Surgeon in charge of the Eighth 
 and Eighteenth Indiana Regiments. 
 
 After the Doctor's return to civil life, he re- 
 moved to Hancock County, in 1865, and pur- 
 chased the farm which was originally owned by 
 Peter C. Bowen, a part of the original town 
 of Bowensburg. Locating thereon, he has made 
 it his home the greater part of the time since, and 
 has engaged in the practice of his profession. 
 With the hope of benefiting his health, however, 
 in 187 1 he went to Greenwood County, Kan., 
 where he engaged in farming and stock-raising, 
 but after four years' experience, with unsatisfac- 
 tory results, he returned to his fonner home in 
 Hancock County. He now has a large practice, 
 to which he devotes his entire time and atten- 
 tion. 
 
 In 1845 the Doctor became a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, and in 1875 joined the Odd 
 Fellows' lodge, but has withdrawn from both. 
 He thinks for himself on all subjects and is a man 
 of broad and liberal views. In politics, he has 
 ever been a stalwart Republican since the organi- 
 zation of the party. In the days when the sub- 
 ject of abolition was much agitated, he began vot- 
 ing in the interests of humanity against oppression, 
 and has ever labored in the interests of the peo- 
 ple against the monopolists. In 1864 he was the 
 Republican candidate for the Legislature in the 
 district composed of Pike and Greene Counties, 
 111., and although not elected he ran far ahead of 
 his tjcket. In 1874 he was the Republican candi- 
 date for the Legislature of Kansas, but he with- 
 drew his name, for the nominating convention 
 pas.sed resolutions instructing him how to vote on 
 certain i.ssues, and he did not wi.sh to accept an 
 office where he was not perfectly free to follow 
 the dictates of his own good judgment. He is 
 ever a zealous worker for those interests which 
 he believes will prove of public good, and this 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 357 
 
 element of his character led hira to secure the ele- 
 gant and commodious school building of Bowen. 
 This was greatly opposed by many, but his un- 
 tiring labors were successful, and Bowen now has 
 a school which is a credit to the town. The Ex- 
 celsior Flouring Mills of this place were for twelve 
 years or so an unprofitable investment, but at 
 length Dr. McNeall became interested in them, 
 and as the result of his good business ability, en- 
 terprise and well-directed efforts, he made of this 
 one of the leading industries of the place, which 
 paid to the proprietors a good income. They were 
 recently destroyed b\- fire, however, and the Doc- 
 tor thereby suffered a heavy loss. His untiring 
 industry- and perseverance, and the progressive 
 .spirit which characterizes everything he under- 
 takes, makes him a most valuable factor in the 
 realm of citizenship. 
 
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 QrOF. AMOS HENRY WORTHEN, the 
 U' celebrated geologist of Illinois, was for manj- 
 fD years a citizen of Warsaw, and this volume 
 would be incomplete without a sketch of his life. 
 The result of his deep researches, given to the 
 world in many volumes, made him known through- 
 out the countn-, and gave him a prominence 
 among the leading professional men of the United 
 States. His childhood was quietly passed. He 
 was born October 31, 18 13, in the town of Brad- 
 ford, Orange County, Vt., and was the eleventh 
 in a family of twelve children, whose parents were 
 Thomas and Susanna (Adams) Worthen. The 
 father came of an old Massachusetts family, and 
 shortly after his marriage he removed to Bradford, 
 purchasing a farm upon what was known as the 
 South Road, where he continued to reside through- 
 out his remaining days. He was born August 24, 
 1765, and died October 21, 1851. His wife, who 
 was born December 24, 1768, was the eldest child 
 of Abraham Adams, who was descended from 
 Henrj- Adams, a native of England. The latter 
 crossed the Atlantic to America, and, locating in 
 what is now Quincy, Mass., became the founder 
 of the family which numbered among its members 
 
 many celebrated personages, including two Pres- 
 idents of the United States. Mrs. Worthen pos- 
 sessed more than average ability, was a woman 
 of great energy- and force of character, and through- 
 out her life the closest .sympathy existed between 
 her and her son Amos. Her influence was un- 
 doubtedly one of the potent factors in the life of 
 the geologist. The parents and their children 
 are all now deceased. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads Amos 
 Worthen spent his youth. Through the winter 
 season he attended the district schools, and in the 
 summer months he aided in the labors of the farm. 
 Through his work and the .sports which the sur- 
 rounding fields and forests afforded, he was well 
 de\-eloped physically, and in the public schools he 
 laid the foundation for an excellent mental devel- 
 opment. His literary education was completed 
 in Bradford Academy, which has since been 
 merged into the Bradford High School. While 
 there, pursuing his studies, he lived with his sister 
 Mary, wife of Capt. Ellis Bliss, an extensive 
 farmer of the Connecticut Valley. Shortly after 
 leaving school, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Sarah B. Kimball, of Warren, N. H., the 
 event being celebrated Januar}- 14, 1834. Forfifty- 
 three years they traveled life's journey together, 
 and the help and support which the husband gave 
 the wife were equaled by her encouragement and 
 sympathy for him. They became the parents of 
 a daughter and six .sons. The fonner died in 
 childhood, but the sons are all yet living, namely: 
 Fay S., George B., Thomas A., Amos H., 
 Charles K. and John B. 
 
 vShortly after his marriage, Mr. Worthen de- 
 cided to seek a home in the then far West. His 
 brother Enoch had already removed to C\-nthiana, 
 Ky., and thither he resolved to go; but his resi- 
 dence in that place was of .short duration, for in 
 the year following he was employed as a school 
 teacher in Cumminsville, near Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 There he remained until June, 1836, when he 
 came to Illinois, and cast in his lot with the early 
 settlers of Warsaw. In 1842 he went to Charles- 
 town, Mass., and there .spent two years, but with / 
 the exception of this period he was a continuous 
 resident of Warsaw from 1836 until his death. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Forming a partnership with Mr. Kimball, a brother 
 of his wife, Mr. Worthen engaged in merchan- 
 dising, following that pursuit until 1855. As a 
 merchant, his career was not as successful as 
 
 I many, although he managed to provide well for 
 his familj'. The reason for this was that his at- 
 tention had been largely attracted to the rich 
 geological deposits of the Mississippi Valley, and 
 
 L he began the study of the same. Through life 
 he was a lover of natural science, and the taste 
 which had hitherto lain comparatively dormant 
 was now called into action. 
 
 A limitless field for study and observation was 
 afforded Mr. Worthen in the Mississippi Valley 
 forests, and the broad prairies of this locality, 
 which is especially rich in the rocks and fossils of 
 the lower carboniferous age. He began at once 
 the study of the geologic formation of this great 
 region, and the collection of its fossils and miner- 
 als. As his vision broadened, his love for the 
 study increased, and resulted in giving to the 
 world some of its most valuable works on geology. 
 He soon established a system of exchanges with 
 correspondents in the East, and thereby received 
 books and minerals and zoological specimens nec- 
 essary for the prosecution of his studies. Trans- 
 portation between the East and West was then in 
 its incipiency, and the postage on letters was 
 twenty-five cents. All of his exchanges, there- 
 fore, had to be sent down the Mississippi, around 
 the Gulf and Atlantic to Boston and the East. 
 The books which are now of such valuable assist- 
 ance to students were not then in existence, and 
 few aids could be obtained in the study of natural 
 science, but Mr. Worthen, undaunted, prosecuted 
 his studies, and his home and store were filled with 
 collections very valuable to a naturalist. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Worthen began attending the 
 meetings of the American Association for the Ad- 
 vancement of Science, and was one of its mem- 
 bers until his death. In this and in other ways 
 he became acquainted with the geologists through- 
 out the country, and thus secured able assistance 
 in his work. In 1853 he was invited by Dr. J. G. 
 Norwood, then State Geologist, to assist him in 
 his work; and in 1855 he was appointed Assistant 
 to Prof. James Hall, then State Geologist of Iowa, 
 
 with whom he continued his labors until 1857. 
 He aided largely in constructing the geological 
 section along the Mississippi River from Lansing, 
 Iowa, to St. Louis, Mo. On the 22d of March, 
 1858, he was appointed State Geologist of Illinois 
 by Gov. Bissell, and at once entered upon the 
 duties of the office. His previous labors were the 
 school in which he was fitted for this work — a 
 work for which he was eminently adapted, and to 
 which he gave the best years of his life. The 
 magnitude of the task before him he quickly com- 
 prehended, and he sought the assistance of men 
 skilled in various branches of scientific work. 
 From then on he labored untiringly in his chosen 
 field, his only recreation being his attendance 
 upon scientific meetings. His outdoor sports in 
 early life, however, had given him the physical 
 strength to meet the demand which he now placed 
 upon his resources. His whole soul was wrapped 
 up in his work, and he desired no greater happi- 
 ness than was afforded him by study of this 
 chosen theme. He met with difficulties, and it 
 often seemed that the work must be suspended, 
 because the Legislature was loath to make the 
 appropriation necessary for its prosecution. On 
 one occasion there were no funds provided, but 
 he continued his work with such evident sincerity 
 of purpose that the appropriation was again made 
 when the Legislature once more convened. His 
 reports were published from time to time, and sci- 
 entific men accepted them gladly as valuable con- 
 tributions to their literature. More than twenty 
 years ago the Academy carefully investigated the 
 results of his labors, and decided the question of 
 their merit in his favor by electing him to its 
 membership. His works now have an acknowl- 
 edged place among the standard volumes. One 
 of the most important subjects which he has 
 treated is the paleontology of this region. His 
 works are now considered indispensable to every 
 .student of this theme. Fossils were collected by 
 him from all the formations, from the Potsdam 
 sandstone to the upper coal measures, and his 
 work embraces the description and illustration of 
 two hundred and ninety-seven species of verte- 
 brates, ten hundred and seventy-three species of 
 invertebrates, and two hundred and fifty-six spe- 
 
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 cies of plants. Xearlj- fifteen hundred of these 
 species were first made known to the scientific 
 world through the publications enumerated in 
 his works. Only the scientist can readily appre- 
 ciate how priceless are his volumes. 
 
 As his work was being completed Mr. Worthen 
 found that old age was coming upon him, but he 
 retained his mental vigor, and his health was also 
 unusually good until his final sickness. He 
 passed away May 6, 1888, and his death was 
 mourned throughout the country, for he had 
 many friends, even among those whom he had not 
 met personall}-. He was of a kindl}' and generous 
 disposition, and his manner was free from all os- 
 tentation and display. His six sons acted as pall- 
 bearers at the funeral, and the remains of the 
 honored State Geologist were laid to re.st in Oak- 
 land Cemeten.', two miles south of Warsaw. 
 
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 ■^EORGE .\ND MICHAEL BAUMERT are 
 __ the members of the firm of Baumert Bros. , 
 ^ editors and publishers of T/ie Independent, 
 of Nauvoo. The former was born in this city, 
 April 20, 1858, and the latter was born May 20, 
 1869. The parents were Michael and Mar\- 
 ( Schini) Baumert. The father was a native of 
 Germany, and in 1852, bidding adieu to his old 
 home, he sailed for America. Locating in St. 
 Louis, Mo., he there spent two years, and in 1854 
 came to Nauvoo. He is a .stone-mason and brick- 
 layer by trade, and, embarking in business along 
 those lines, he thus carried on operations until 
 1890, when he became interested in the real-es- 
 tate and loan business which he .still conducts. 
 He serv'ed in the late war for se\-eral months, and 
 has long been a loyal and highly-respected citi- 
 zen of this community. His wife, who was also 
 born in Germany, is yet living in Nauvoo. 
 
 George Baumert was reared and educated in 
 this city, and here learned the printer's trade, 
 which he has followed throughout his business 
 career. In 1876, he went to St. Louis, where he 
 was employed in a printing-office for three and 
 a-half years, after which he returned to Nauvoo, 
 
 and formed a partnership with W. D. Hibbard, of 
 this place. They purchased The Indepcndenl, 
 and Mr. Baumert has since been a half-owner in 
 this paper. In May, 1884, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Fannie Knaust, daughter of Con- 
 rad Knaust, now a retired lumber merchant. 
 
 The junior member of the firm spent his boy- 
 hood days midst play and work, and the public 
 schools afforded him his educational privileges. 
 At the age of thirteen he began learning the 
 printer's trade in the office of T/ie Independent, 
 and since that time he has been continuously con- 
 nected with newspaper work. In i886, he went 
 to Ft. Madison, Iowa, where he was employed in 
 a printing-office until 1889. In the autumn of 
 that year he became half-owner of The Independ- 
 ent, which has since been conducted by the firm 
 of Baumert Bros. As the name indicates, the 
 paper is independent in politics. The office is 
 supplied with the latest steam pres.ses and all 
 modern improvements. This is the largest pa- 
 per published in the county, being an eight-col- 
 umn, eight-page folio. It is well edited, the 
 publishers being men of ability in their line. 
 
 The Baumert family is one of prominence in 
 this community. The father, who enli.sted in 
 March, 1865, as a member of Company G, 
 Twentj'-third Illinois Infantry, and was stationed 
 at Richmond, Va., guarding Libby Prison, is 
 now Commander of the Grand Army post of this 
 place. The sons are wide-awake and enterpris- 
 ing citizens, and the best interests of the commun- 
 ity receive their hearty support and co-operation. 
 
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 ^OHN M. KENDALL, one of the honored 
 I pioneers of Hancock County, and the pro- 
 (2/ prietor of the leading hotel in Nauvoo, ranks 
 among the best citizens of this place, and it is 
 with pleasure that we present to our readers this 
 record of his life. A native of England, he was 
 born in Liverpool, on the 12th of December, 1836, 
 and is a son of John and Elizabeth ( Miniken) 
 Kendall, who were also natives of the same coun- 
 try. The father was killed in Liverpool when 
 
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 our subject was a small child, after which the 
 mother brought her family to America. They 
 bade adieu to their native land in 1842, crossed 
 the Atlantic, and took up their residence in Nau- 
 voo, where Mrs. Kendall spent her remaining 
 days, her death occurring in 1850. 
 
 Our subject is the eldest of three children. He 
 was only six years of age when he became a resi- 
 dent of this city, and when a youth of thirteen he 
 was left an orphan. Thus thrown upon his own 
 resources, he has made his own waj^ in the world, 
 and whatever success he has achieved is due en- 
 tirely to his own efforts. He was reared in Xau- 
 voo, and during his youth played with Joseph 
 Smith and Brigham Young, and other boys who 
 afterward became leaders of the Mormons. He 
 was quite intimately acquainted with the widow 
 of Joseph Smith, who returned to Nauvoo in 1850, 
 and here made her home until her death. 
 
 John M. Kendall began earning his own liveli- 
 hood by working as a farm hand, and in that ca- 
 pacity was employed in Hancock County until 
 the autumn of 185 1, when he went to Henry 
 County, where he again worked on the farm b_\- 
 the month. His educational privileges were quite 
 meagre. He could attend school only through 
 the winter season, when there was not much 
 work upon the farm. He is therefore largely 
 self-educated, but through business experience, 
 reading and observation, he has become a well- 
 informed man. In the spring of 1855 he returned 
 to Hancock County, and here worked until 1858. 
 He then began following the river, and was em- 
 ployed during the greater part of the time in the 
 Government service until November, 1864, when 
 he enli.sted in the Union anny, becoming one of 
 the boys in blue of Company E, One Hundred 
 and Eighteenth Illinois Infantrj-, in which he 
 ser\-ed until the close of the war. He was always 
 found at his post of duty, faithfully defending the 
 Old Flag and the cause it represented, and was 
 never wounded or taken prisoner. When the war 
 was over and the South had laid down its arms, 
 he returned to Hancock County, and in Nauvoo 
 Township began fanning, which pursuit he suc- 
 cessfully followed until the autumn of 1892, when 
 he became proprietor of the hotel. 
 
 On the 9th of December, 1868, Mr. Kendall 
 was united in marriage with Miss Katie Smith. 
 of Nauvoo, and to them have been born three 
 daughters: Lulu K., Maud M. and Atha R., all 
 of whom are still with their parents. 
 
 Mr. Kendall holds membership with the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen, and also with 
 Nauvoo Post No. 207, G. A. R. In politics, he 
 is a Democrat, and warmly advocates the princi- 
 ples of his party. He has ser\'ed as Tax Collector, 
 but has devoted the greater part of his time and 
 attention to his business interests. His close at- 
 tention to the details of his business and his en- 
 terprise and perseverance have won for him suc- 
 cess. He has ever been a loyal and public-spir- 
 ited citizen, and in the community where he has 
 so long resided he is both widely and favorabh- 
 known. 
 
 (TOSEPH NELSON, one of the leading lum- 
 I ber-dealers of Nauvoo, occupies a prominent 
 (2/ position in business circles. He has been 
 connected with the interests of this place for some 
 years, and his straightforward career has won 
 him the confidence and esteem of all with whom 
 he has been brought in contact. He has the 
 honor of being a native of Nauvoo, for he was 
 born here September 15, 1849. His father, George 
 Nelson, was a native of Canada, and was of French 
 and Irish extraction. He came to Illinois about 
 1841, and located in Nauvoo Town.ship, Hancock 
 Countj-, where he engaged in farming until his 
 death. Although he was not regularly a Mor- 
 mon, he was well po.sted on the scriptures of that 
 sect, and on account of his sympathies with that 
 people he was called Jack Mormon. His death 
 occurred in 1850, at the age of fifty-seven years. 
 His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Nelson, was a na- 
 tive of England, and on crossing the Atlantic lo- 
 cated in Hancock County at an early day. Her 
 death here occurred in 1849, 0"b' 3 ^w days 
 after the birth of our subject. In the family were 
 only two children, Jo.seph being the younger. 
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 only about a j-ear old when bj' the death of his 
 father he was left an orphan. He then went to 
 live with a Mr. Landis, who was a friend of his 
 parents, and who took onr snbject and his elder 
 brother to his home, for they had no relatives in 
 this locality who were in a po.sition to care for 
 them. After a short time, however, Joseph was 
 taken to the home of Mr. Landis' father-in-law, 
 with whom he lived for about fifteen years on a 
 fann near La Harpe. There he worked at farm 
 labor during the greater part of the j-ear, attend- 
 ing school for only a short period during the win- 
 ter season; his education, therefore, was verj- lim- 
 ited. When a j-outh of sixteen he started for the 
 army, intending to become a Ihiion soldier, but 
 before he enlisted word was recei\-ed that Lee had 
 surrendered and the war was therefore practically 
 over. He had only $5 in money and a sack con- 
 taining a small amount of clothing. With his 
 gun, dog and grip he started on foot from La 
 Harpe to Nauvoo, and on reaching this place 
 hired out as a farm hand, being thus employed 
 for a year and a-half On the expiration of that 
 period he went to Missouri, where he was em- 
 ployed as engineer in a sawmill. He purchased 
 a part interest in a mill, and continued his con- 
 nection therewith for two years, being mostly en- 
 gaged in cutting railroad ties. Being injured by 
 heavy timber falling upon him, he abandoned 
 the sawmill business and returned to Nauv^oo, but 
 for about two months he was incapacitated for 
 any labor. 
 
 As soon as able, with the desire to obtain a bet- 
 ter education, Mr. Nelson entered Ft. Madison 
 (Iowa) Academy, where he pursued his studies for 
 three years. When his money gave out he worked 
 his way through school by manual labor in the 
 mornings and evenings. On leaving the academy 
 he engaged in teaching for two terms in Hancock 
 County, after which he spent a term in pursuing 
 a teacher's course in the Normal College of Car- 
 thage. Forming a partnership with Dr. Hamil- 
 ton, he then purchased the Nauvoo Independent, 
 and a year later he bought out his partner, be- 
 coming sole proprietor. For six years he edited 
 and published the Independent, and the invest- 
 ment proved a profitable one, but at length he 
 
 sold out, and for one year carried on a livery 
 business in this place. He then engaged in the 
 lumber business, and although he began opera- 
 tions on a small .scale, he is now enjoying an ex- 
 tensive trade. 
 
 On the 2d of October, 1879, Mr. Nelson was 
 united in marriage with Miss Catherine Knaust, 
 and to them have been bom six children: Letitia, 
 born July 6, 1880; Nellie, December 20, 1881; 
 Orvil, November 9, 1883; Joseph, April 21, 1887; 
 Jesse, July II, 1889; and Ralph, May 15. 1893, 
 all of whom are still with their parents. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Nelson is a Repub- 
 lican, and warmlj- advocates the principles of his 
 partj-. His fellow-townsmen, appreciating his 
 worth and ability, have frequently called upon 
 him to serve in positions of public trust. He has 
 been Citj' Clerk of Nau\-oo for three years, and 
 has served as School Director for the long period 
 of nine years, and still occupies that position. He 
 has ever taken a warm interest in the cause of 
 education, and does all in his power for its ad- 
 vancement. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. In his bus- 
 iness he has prospered, and his success is certainly 
 well deserved, for he is honorable and upright in 
 all his dealings. His many excellencies of char- 
 acter, and his sterling worth, have gained him the 
 high regard of the entire community. 
 
 Mr. Nelson possesses considerable mechanical 
 genius, and on the 8th of August, 1893, was 
 granted a patent on a very useful invention known 
 as the " Deadfall Animal Trap," which is meet- 
 ing with a very ready sale. 
 
 nOHN J. RHEINBERGER. of Nauvoo. who 
 I is extensively engaged in the cultivation of 
 (2/ grapes, is numbered among the native citi- 
 zens of this place. He was born on the 8th of 
 April, 1861, and is a representative of one of the 
 early and leading families of Hancock County. 
 His father was born in F'uerstein, Lichtenstein, 
 Germany, June 4, 1S27, and bears the name of 
 Alois Rheinberger. In his native land he ac- 
 
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 quired a good education in the common schools 
 and college, and at the age of seventeen he 
 crossed the Atlantic in a sailing-vessel. He made 
 his first location in Dayton, Ohio, where he 
 worked for about three years. He then returned 
 to Germany, and was married to Margaret Pros- 
 ser, who was a native of the canton of Graubuentm , 
 Switzerland. Bringing his bride to the New 
 World in 1850, he located in Nauvoo, and em- 
 barked in agricultural pursuits, which he still fol- 
 lows. He and his estimable wife are well-known 
 residents of Nauvoo, and are held in high regard 
 by all. 
 
 The Rheinberger family numbered ten children: 
 Jo.sepha, wife of Arnold Masberg, of Nauvoo; 
 Alois J., who is living in Winona, Minn,, Ferdi- 
 nand J., who is engaged in the drj'-goods busi- 
 ness in partnership with his brother in Winona; 
 Christina, who died in infancy; There.sa, wife of 
 T. V. Moffit, who is a member of one of the old- 
 est families of Hancock County; John J., of this 
 sketch; Frank D., who is employed as a com- 
 mercial salesman in the New England States; 
 Mary F. A., wife of Henry J. Blake, of Warsaw; 
 Charles Augustus, an attorney, who died at the 
 age of twenty-two years; and Anna, wife of Will- 
 iam J. Heintz, of Quincy. 
 
 John J. Rheinberger acquired his education in 
 the public schools, and remained at home until 
 twenty years of age. He then learned the cabi- 
 net-maker's trade, and after mastering the busi- 
 ness followed the pursuit in Des Moines, Iowa, 
 St. Paul, Minn., and at other points. He was 
 thus employed until 1887, when he returned to 
 Nauvoo and became owner of a large vineyard. 
 
 On the 28th of Januar\-, 1889, Mr. Rheinberger 
 led to the marriage altar Mi.ss Wilhelmina A. 
 Risse, daughter of Hon. John B. Risse, who is 
 represented on another pa,i;e of this work. Two 
 children grace the union of this young couple, 
 Joseph B. and Harold A. 
 
 Mr. Rheinberger takes quite an active intere.st 
 in politics, and by his ballot supports the Dem- 
 ocratic party. He and his family are members of 
 the Catholic Church. He is recognized as one of 
 the leading young business men of Nauvoo, and 
 his thrift and industry are bringing him prosper- 
 
 ity. He has many friends in the community, 
 including many who have known him from boy- 
 hood, a fact which indicates an honorable and 
 well-spent life. 
 
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 (DGJlLLIAM HERRING, a retired farmer who 
 I A/ ^^'^^ "°^^ ^^'"^ a.side business cares, and is 
 V V enjoying the comforts which a carefully 
 acquired competence brings him, makes his home 
 in Denver. He was born in Brown County, 111., 
 on the 7th of December, 1835, and is a son of John 
 G. and Lucinda (Rusk) Herring. The Herring 
 family is of Irish extraction. The paternal grand- 
 father of our subject served in the War of 181 2. 
 The father was born in Alabama, was reared upon 
 a farm, and when a young man came to Illinois, 
 locating in Sangamon County. He there married 
 Miss Rusk, a native of Kentucky, who accompan- 
 ied her parents to this State during her girlhood. 
 She came of a family of German lineage. After his 
 marriage, Mr. Herring removed to Brown County, 
 and there engaged in farming until 1859, when he 
 came with his family to Hancock County. Pur- 
 chasing a farm in Chili Township, he there car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which 
 occurred in 1876. His wife sur\-ived him some 
 j-ears, and passed away April 19, 1889, at the age 
 of seventy-eight years. Their family numbered 
 ten children. 
 
 Wdliam Herring, who was the second in order 
 of birth, remained under the parental roof until a 
 j'oung man of twenty-three, when he began farm- 
 ing for himself in Pike County, 111., where he con- 
 tinued to reside until 1865. He then sold that 
 farm and came to Hancock County, where he pur- 
 chased a tract of land, upon which he made his 
 home luitil 1889. He was an enterprising and 
 successful agriculturist, and the neat and thrift}- 
 appearance of his place indicated the careful sup- 
 ervision of the owner. He placed many improve- 
 ments upon his land, and the farm was complete 
 in all its appointments. 
 
 On the 22d of April, i860, Mr. Herring wedded 
 Miss Rachel Ingram, who was born November 
 
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 14, 1839, in Pike Count}-, 111., and is the eldest 
 in a family of six children, whose parents were 
 Emerj' and Perlina (Kingston) Ingram. Her 
 father was born and reared in Tennessee upon a 
 farm, and when fifteen j-ears of age removed with 
 his parents to Pike Count}-, where he embarked 
 in agricultural pursuits for himself He then 
 gave his time and attention to the cultivation of 
 his land until his death, which occurred in 1890. 
 He was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and his wife was 
 of English lineage. She was born in Virginia, 
 and died October 7, 1891. By their marriage, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Herring became the parents of three 
 children, two sons and a daughter: Nelson, who 
 died at the age of twenty-two; Frances Ann, wife 
 of George T. Harrison, a farmer of Hancock 
 County; and Harvey, who is engaged in the oper- 
 ation of a farm, and is a resident of Denver, 111. 
 
 Mr. Herring of this sketch, who is a supporter of 
 the Democratic part}-, served as School Director 
 for a number of years, and has also filled the office 
 of Pathmaster. He holds membership with the 
 Second Adventi.st Church, and his wife is a mem- 
 ber of the Christian Church. Having carried on 
 agricultural pursuits until 1889, he then rented 
 his farm to his son and has since lived retired in 
 Denver. He yet owns, however, one hundred 
 and eighty-four acres of valuable land in Chili 
 Township, besides his pleasant village home. 
 
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 61 BRAHAM SHOUP, one of the practical and 
 Ll enterprising fanners of Harmony Township, 
 / I Hancock County, now lives on section 10, 
 where he owns and operates one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land. This farm is under a high state of 
 cultivation, and well improved. Its owner is a 
 native of Crawford County, Pa., born on the 27th 
 of April, 1808. His parents were Michael and 
 Mary (Kaler) Shoup, and he was one of their 
 family of eleven children, lunnbering six sons 
 and five daughters. 
 
 In the usual maimer of farmer lads, Abraham 
 spent the days of his boyhood and youth, and his 
 education was acquired in the .sub.scription schools, 
 
 which were held in the old-time log schoolhouse, 
 with its puncheon floor, slab seats and huge fire- 
 place. He continued under the parental roof un- 
 til he had attained his majority, when he pur- 
 chased a small farm and began life for himself. 
 There he lived until 1837, which year witnessed 
 his emigration westward. The trip from Penn- 
 .sylvania to Illinois was made by team, and after 
 many days of travel he located in Fulton County. 
 
 Previous to his removal from the East, Mr. 
 Shoup was married. On the 7th of January-, 1829, 
 he wedded Miss Elizabeth Plank, and to this 
 worthy couple were born six children: Mary, 
 John, Ellen, Michael P., Walter and Elizabeth. 
 In 1842 Mr. Shoup was again married, his sec- 
 ond union being with Sarah A. Crittendon, by 
 whom he had eleven children: Elizabeth (de- 
 ceased), Abraham M., Henry W., Solomon J., 
 Julia, Martha, Eva, Franklin P., Lillie and 
 Stephen S. (twins), and William. 
 
 On coming to Illinois, Mr. Shoup rented land 
 near Canton, Fulton County, and there engaged 
 in farming for two years. He then remo\-ed to 
 Cuba, in the same county, and purchased a farm 
 of eighty acres of ■ unimproved prairie land, upon 
 which he erected a log cabin. He lived in true 
 pioneer .style, and from morning till night devoted 
 his time and energies to the cultivation and de- 
 velopment of the hitherto barren tract. Much of 
 it was transformed into rich and fertile fields, and 
 he lived upon that farm until 1851, when he came 
 to Hancock County. Here he purcha.sed eighty 
 acres of land in Carthage Township. This was 
 also wild, not a furrow having been turned or an 
 improvement made thereon, but with character- 
 istic energy he began its improvement. In 1867 
 he purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty 
 acres in Harmony Town.ship, but after living upon 
 it for two years, bought one hundred and sixty 
 acres on section 10 of the same township, and re- 
 moved to the fann which has .since been his home. 
 Industry and enterprise have been numbered 
 among his chief characteristics through life, and, 
 as the result of his perseverance, good manage- 
 ment and well-directed efforts, he has won a com- 
 fortable competence. His success is well de- 
 served, for he .started out in life a poor boy, and 
 
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 has depended oiilj' upon his own resources. In 
 his political views, Mr. Shoup has always been a 
 Democrat, having supported that part)- since cast- 
 ing his first Presidential votefor Andrew Jackson. 
 He has held the offices of School Treasurer, Town- 
 ship Trustee and School Director, and in all has 
 discharged his duties with a promptness and 
 fidelity that have won for him high commenda- 
 tion. 
 
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 QORNELIUS MATTHEW ERWIN, one of 
 I ( the leading merchants of Bowen, who is now 
 \J dealing in lumber and agricultural imple- 
 ments, has the honor of being a native of Illinois, 
 for he was born in Littleton, on the 24th of May, 
 i860. He was the third in order of birth in a 
 family of eight children, whose parents were 
 George \V. and Agnes (Corey) Erwin. The 
 family dates its ancestry back to the time when 
 the Pilgrim Fathers landed in America. 
 
 George \V. Erwin was a native of the Empire 
 State, and was reared on a farm, there remaining 
 until eighteen years of age, when he decided to 
 .seek a home in the West, believing that he 
 might thereby better his financial condition. He 
 made his way to Schuyler County, where he lived 
 for half a century upon a farm, where his death 
 occurred January 24,' 1894, he having attained 
 the age of seventy-four years. He served as a 
 soldier in the Mexican War, and was ever a 
 loyal and faithful citizen. His wife was born in 
 Schuyler County, and there died at the age of 
 forty-eight years. Her father was a native of 
 Scotland, but when a j'outh of fourteen left that 
 land and in company with a cousin cro.ssed the 
 briny deep to the New World. In the early days 
 of its history, he located in Schuyler County, and 
 for a number of years was a prominent and lead- 
 ing merchant of Rushville. He then purchased a 
 farm near that city, upon which he spent his re- 
 maining days, his death occurring on the old 
 homestead at the advanced age of ninety-two. 
 He was one of the honored pioneers of the county , 
 and was highly respected by all who knew him. 
 
 C. M. Erwin whose name heads this notice 
 supplemented his earlj- education, which was ac- 
 quired in the common schools, by a course in the 
 High School of Rushville. He remained under 
 the parental roof until he had attained his major- 
 ity and then started out in life for himself His 
 first business venture was in milling. He also 
 established and carried on a tile factory, success- 
 fully operating the .same until 1884, when he re- 
 moved to Bowen and established a lumber-yard 
 and agricultural-implement store. He carries a 
 good stock of everything found in his line, and by 
 straightforward and honorable dealing has gained 
 the confidence and trust of the community. 
 
 On the 26th of October, 1882, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Erwin and Belle Taylor, of 
 Adams County. Five children have been bom 
 unto them. Alma, Charles N., Ray, Forrest C. 
 and Clinton, and the family circle yet remains 
 unbroken, the children being still under the par- 
 ental roof. 
 
 Mr. Erwin takes an active interest in political 
 afi"airs, and is a stalwart advocate of the Dem- 
 ocracy. He was twice nominated for Supervisor 
 of his township, but as the tow-nship is strongly 
 Republican, he was defeated. He keeps himself 
 well informed on the issues of the day, and is also 
 conversant with other topics of general interest. 
 Socially, he is a Knight Templar Mason, and his 
 wife is a member of the Methodi.st Church, to the 
 support of which he contributes liberally. He is 
 recognized as one of the leading business men of 
 Bowen, is enterprising and progressive, and as 
 one of the representative citizens well deserves 
 mention in the histoiy of his adopted county. 
 
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 Gl NDREW JACKSON FISH owns and oper- 
 1 I ates eighty acres of good land on section i , 
 / I Sonora Township, Hancock County, and in 
 connection with general farming carries on stock- 
 raising. His close attention to busine.ss, and his 
 industry and perseverance, have made him one of 
 the substantial citizens of the community. He 
 was born in Lawrence Countv, Ind., on the 8th of 
 
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 Maj', 1824, and is one of a family often children, 
 six sons and four daughters, whose parents were 
 William and Sarah (Cailej Fish. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads our subject 
 spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He 
 acquired his education in a log schoolhouse, 
 where school was conducted on the subscription 
 plan. He often had to walk a distance of two 
 miles to and from the place of learning. His 
 physical development was not neglected, for he 
 had plenty of exercise in the shape of farm work, 
 his labors in the fields beginning as soon as he 
 was old enough to handle the plow. Under the 
 parental roof he remained, and to his father gave 
 the benefit of his .services, until he had attained 
 his majority, when he started out in life for him- 
 self During the first year he worked as a farm 
 hand for $S per month. At the end of two 
 years he rented land and began farming in his 
 own interest. A j'car later, with the money 
 which he had thereby acquired, he purchased a 
 tract of eight}- acres in Jackson County, Ind., 
 and was engaged in its cultivation for two years, 
 when he returned to his native comity. There he 
 again rented land until 1853, which year wit- 
 nessed a change in his place of residence. 
 
 Mr. Fish then came to Hancock County, and 
 after spending one year in Fountain Green Town- 
 •ship, and another in Sonora Township, he pur- 
 chased forty acres of land in Rock Creek Town- 
 ship, where he made his home for two years. He 
 then bought a farm in Sonora Township, the 
 .same on which he now resides, and has since de- 
 voted his time and attention to its further culti- 
 vation. 
 
 In 1846, Mr. Fish was united in marriage with 
 Miss Victoria A. , daughter of Jonas and Marj- 
 (Cupps) Ikerd. Ten children have been born to 
 this union, as follows: Almeda C. ; Erasmus D.; 
 Mary M., now deceased; Logan J.; Clara I.; 
 Thaddeus E.; Sarah M.; Elvira J., who is al.so 
 deceased; Araminta V., and Myrtle M., who has 
 passed away. 
 
 In 1865, Mr. Fish left his family and farm to 
 enter the service of his country. On the 29th of 
 February, he enlisted as a private of Company B, 
 One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, 
 
 and was mustered in at Springfield. He served 
 until the close of the war, and was then honor- 
 ably di.scharged, in October, 1865, after which he 
 returned to his home and again took up farming. 
 His life has been a busy and useful one, and is 
 worthy the high regard in which he is held. In 
 politics, he is a supporter of the People's party, 
 and "he and his wife are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. 
 
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 r"RANK FORESTER WORTHEN, D. M. D., 
 r^ of Warsaw, was born in this city on the loth 
 I ^ of March, 1874, and is the only son and the 
 elde.st child in a family of four children born unto 
 Charles K. and Clara (Waugh) Worthen. A 
 sketch of his honored grandfather, Amos Henry 
 Worthen, is given elsewhere in this work. After 
 acquiring a liberal education in the public schools 
 of his native cit)-, our subject attended Washing- 
 ton Universitj- of St. Louis, and was graduated 
 from that institution in 1892, receiving the degree 
 of D. M. D. on the anniversary of his birthday. 
 On leaving college, he accepted a position in the 
 office of Dr. Granuu, of Keokuk, Iowa, where he 
 remained for three months. He then opened an 
 office in Warsaw, where he has since successfully 
 engaged in the practice of his profession. The 
 Doctor is a j'oung man of good habits and pleas- 
 ing presence, is thoroughh- conversant with every 
 branch of his profession, and de.ser\-es and re- 
 ceives a liberal patronage from the citizens of 
 Warsaw and the surrounding country. 
 
 y/lARSHALL LUTHER CLARKE, a grain 
 Y dealer and merchant residing in Denver, 
 (S occupies a most prominent place in the bus- 
 iness circles of this town. He was born Febru- 
 ary' 14, 1837, in New York, and was a son of 
 Henry and Sarah (Lyon) Clarke. During his 
 infancy, his parents came to Illinois, and since 
 1842 he has been a resident of Hancock County. 
 
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 His father was a fanner by occupation, and fol- 
 lowed that pursuit until his death, which here 
 occurred about 1844. Both he and his wife sur- 
 vived their removal to Hancock Count}- only a 
 short time, and at their death they left a family 
 of four children: Charles H., who is now engaged 
 in farming in Nebraska; Marshall L., of this 
 sketch; Ralph W., who died at the age of thirty- 
 five; and Sarah Jane, wife of C. C. Bedow, of 
 Hancock County. 
 
 At the early age of seven years our subject was 
 left an orphan, and went to live with Albert Cloud, 
 a farmer of the neighborhood, with whom he re- 
 mained until he had attained his majority. He 
 was early inured to the arduous labors of farm life, 
 and soon became familiar with agricultural pur- 
 suits in all their details. He worked in the fields 
 during the summer months, and in the winter 
 season attended the district schools, thus acquir- 
 ing a fair English education. When he had at- 
 tained man's estate, he began working as a farm 
 hand by the month, and was thus employed for 
 several years, when he rented land and began 
 farming in his own interest. At length, when he 
 had acquired sufficient capital, he bought a farm 
 in St. Mary's Township, Hancock County, which 
 he cultivated about one year. After that he 
 bought and sold several farms in the county. 
 
 In 1866, Mr. Clarke was united in marriage 
 with Miss Nancy A. Summers, of Missouri, and 
 their union has been blessed with three children: 
 Lawrence R., who is now engaged in business in 
 Denver, as a dealer in farm implements; William 
 L., who is interested in business with his father; 
 and Iva, a maiden of eleven summers, who is still 
 with her parents. 
 
 For some years Mr. Clarke engaged in buying 
 land, which he would then cultivate and improve 
 for a time, and later sell. In 1872 he came to 
 Denver and embarked in general merchandising 
 and in grain and stock dealing. He formed a 
 partnership with E. McClure, and this connection 
 continued for several years, after which Mr. 
 Clarke sold his interest. In 1892 he purchased 
 Mr. McClure's interest in the store formerly owned 
 by McClure & Barber, and the firm of Barber & 
 Clarke is now doing a good business. They carry 
 
 a full line of general merchandise, and by courte- 
 ous treatment and earnest efforts to please their 
 customers, thej- have secured an excellent trade. 
 Mr. Clarke has been extremely successful in his 
 business dealings, and is now the only grain- 
 buyer of Denver. He also owns three hundred 
 and forty acres of valuable land, and has large 
 property interests in Denver. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Clarke is a stalwart 
 Democrat, and for four jears he served as Post- 
 master. His partner is now filling that position, 
 and the postoffice has been located in their store 
 for over twenty years. Mr. Clarke has also been 
 School Director, and the cause of education finds 
 in him a warm friend. Socially, he is a member 
 of Denver Lodge No. 464, A. F. & A. M. He 
 may truh' be called a self-made man, for he began 
 life empty-handed, and what he has represents 
 his own earnings. He had no relatives or wealthy 
 friends to aid him, but has steadily worked his 
 waj' upward, and by his indomitable energj- and 
 per.severance has become one of the prosperous 
 citizens of Hancock County. 
 
 (TOHNT. McKOWN, M. D., a practicing phy- 
 I sician of Bowen, claims West Virginia as the 
 (2/ State of his nativity. He was born in Berke- 
 ley County, January 11, 1850, and is the eldest 
 in a family of five children, four sons and a daugh- 
 ter, whose parents were Morgan and Rebecca 
 (Vanmater) McKown. Ida, the .second of the 
 famih', is now the wife of Edward D. Powell, of 
 Hancock County. Alexander S. is a telegraph 
 operator. Newton I. makes his home in Han- 
 cock Count)'. Louis is a Methodi.st minister, now 
 located in Fulton County, 111. The father was 
 also a native of West Virginia, and in that State 
 was reared to manhood upon a farm. After his 
 marriage he engaged in farming for himself in 
 West Virginia until 187 1, when he came to Han- 
 cock County, III., and purchased a farm in Har- 
 mony Township. Here his death occurred at the 
 age of seventy years. The McKown family is of 
 Irish origin, and was founded in America by John 
 
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 McKown, the grandfather of our subject, who was 
 a native of the Emerald Isle, and when a young 
 man crossed the Atlantic to the United States. 
 The Doctor's mother was born in Ohio, and was 
 of English extraction. She was reared, however, 
 in West Virginia, and her death occurred in Han- 
 cock County, at the age of fifty-six years. Her 
 ancestors took part in the Revolutionar>' War, 
 and for five generations the family has lived in 
 America. 
 
 In the usual maimer of farmer lads, Dr. Mc- 
 Kown spent the days of his boyhood and youth, 
 remaining with his parents until twenty-two years 
 of age, when he began teaching school. That 
 profession he followed for eight years, and was an 
 able and successful instructor. In the mean time 
 he began studying medicine with a view to 
 making its practice his life work, and later en- 
 tered the Chicago Medical College, which he at- 
 tended for one term. On the 7th of Februarj-, 
 1880, he was graduated from the Medical Col- 
 lege of Indiana in Indianapolis. In the same year 
 he opened an office in Bowen, where he has since 
 been engaged in practice. 
 
 On the 5th of October, 1881, Dr. McKown was 
 united in marriage with Miss Belle Davis, of 
 Hancock County, and their union has been blessed 
 with one son, Paul, who is now a lad of eleven 
 years. The parents have a wide acquaintance in 
 this community, and are inimbered among the 
 most highly respected citizens of Bowen. The 
 Doctor takes quite an active interest in political 
 affairs, and is an ardent advocate of the principles 
 of the Republican party . He is now serving as 
 President of the School Board, and was a member 
 of the Town Board of Trustees of Bowen for two 
 years. The cause of education has ever found in 
 him a warm friend, and he does all in his power 
 for its advancement. Socially, he is a member of 
 the Masonic fraternity, and at the age of seventeen 
 years became a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church, but during his residence in Bowen he has 
 been a member of the Congregational Church. 
 He is now .serving as Clerk of the church, was Su- 
 perintendent of the Sunday-school for eight years, 
 and for five years was Vice-President of the Sun- 
 day-school Association of the township. He has 
 
 always taken an active part in church and benev- 
 olent work, and is a generous and liberal man, in 
 whom the poor and needy find a true friend. The 
 Doctor came to Bowen in limited circumstances, 
 for his father's home and property in West Vir- 
 ginia were destroyed during the war, leaving him 
 with little. By close attention to business, and 
 by .skill and ability, he has, however, won a large 
 and lucrative practice, and gained a high reputa- 
 tion among his professional brethren. 
 
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 Qj M. IRWIN, the editor and publisher of the 
 /\ Bowen Chronicle, a weekly newspaper pub- 
 \z) hshed at Bowen, claims Ohio as the State of 
 his nativity, his birth having occurred in Green, 
 on the 26th of February, 1845. The family is of 
 Irish origin, and the grandparents of our subject 
 emigrated from the Emerald Isle to America. 
 Wesley Irwin, father of our subject, was a native 
 of Ohio, and in that State spent his entire life, 
 following the occupation of farming. He married 
 Miss Mary Boone, a native of Pennsylvania, who 
 was also of Irish lineage. His death occurred in 
 Ohio, at the age of fifty-six years, but his widow 
 is still living on the old homestead, at the age of 
 seventy-six. 
 
 No event of .special importance occurred during 
 the early youth of our subject, who attended the 
 common schools through the winter months and 
 aided in the labors of the farm in the summer 
 season until sixteen years of age. He then left 
 home to enter the ser\-ice of his country, for war 
 had begun and, prompted by patriotic impulses, he 
 entered the Union service. On the 14th of Sep- 
 tember, 1861, he was enrolled as a member of the 
 Sixth Iowa Cavalry, but afterward was transferred 
 to the Second Ohio Cavalry, and later to the 
 Twenty-fifth Ohio Battery. He served for four 
 years and three months, or until after the South 
 had laid down its arms and the preservation of the 
 Union was an assured fact. He was always found 
 at his post of duty, and was recognized as a valiant 
 and faithful soldier. 
 
 When the country no longer needed his serv- 
 
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 ices, Mr. Invin returned to his home in Ohio, and 
 began teaching school. The jear 1867 witnessed 
 his removal westward. He located in Adams 
 Count}-, and was one of its successful and capable 
 teachers for many years, following that profession 
 until 1888, when he embarked in the newspaper 
 business. Going to Golden, he there became con- 
 nected with a newspaper, and worked in its inter- 
 est for some years, when he came to Bowen, and 
 established the Chronicle, which he still edits. 
 
 On the 8th of January, 1867, Mr. Ir^vin led to 
 the marriage altar Mi.ss S. E. Ross, a native of 
 Warren, Pa., and by their union has been born a 
 daughter, Ora M., who is still with her parents. 
 During their residence in Bowen the members of 
 the family have become both widely and favorably 
 known and have gained many warm friends in 
 this locality. 
 
 Mr. Irwin holds membership with the Masonic 
 fraternity. In his political views, he is a Democrat, 
 but publishes his paper independent of politics. 
 The Chronicle now has a good circulation in Han- 
 cock and Adams Counties, and is well worthy of 
 a liberal patronage, for it is a bright and interest- 
 ing sheet, ably conducted. Mr. Irwin takes an 
 active interest in everything pertaining to the wel- 
 fare of the community in which he makes his 
 home, and through the columns of his paper and 
 in other ways he aids in the advancement of those 
 enterprises which tend to the prosperit>- and prog- 
 ress of the town. 
 
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 yyi ORGAN R. LEWIS, who resided on .section 
 y II, Sonora Township, Hancock County, 
 (i was for many years prominently coiniected 
 with the agricultural interests of this community. 
 He was born in Che.ster County, Pa., on the 21st 
 of April, 1814, and wasa son of Henry and Ellen 
 (Evans) Lewis, who were also natives of the Key- 
 stone State. Their family numbered ten children, 
 five sons and five daughters, but all have passed 
 away. 
 
 Mr. Lewis spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth in his native State, in much the same man- 
 
 ner as all farmer lads pass their time, and in the 
 subscription schools of the neighborhood he ac- 
 quired a fair Engli.sh education. At the age of 
 seventeen he entered upon a two-years apprentice- 
 ship to the trade of a harness-maker and saddler, 
 and as compensation for his services during that 
 period he received his board and clothes. When 
 his term had expired, he returned to the old home- 
 stead and engaged in its operation for three years. 
 About that time he began buying cattle and driv- 
 ing them across the country to Philadelphia and 
 New York City. For twelve 3'ears he was en- 
 gaged in that line of business, and found it a 
 profitable one. 
 
 Februan- 2, 1841, Mr. Lewis was united in 
 marriage with Miss Ann Thomas, who died 
 March 22, 1842. December 26, 1844, lie was 
 again married, his second union being with Miss 
 Mary A. Downing. Nine children were born to 
 them, but four of the number are now deceased, 
 namel)': Francis, Marian, Evan and Florence. 
 Those still living are Ellen, wife of Washington 
 Webb, a farmer of Appanoose Township; Ann, 
 the wife of Farnham Whilcomb, who carries on 
 agricultural pursuits in Rock Creek Township, 
 Hancock County; Isaac, who married Miss Sarah 
 Wilson, and is living on the old homestead; Lu- 
 anna, wife of William Thornber, a resident farm- 
 er of Sonora Township; and Edith, who com- 
 pletes the family. The mother died February 6, 
 1875, and many friends mourned her loss, for she 
 was a most estimable woman. 
 
 It was in the spring of 1853 that Mr. Lewis left 
 his old home in the Keystone State and started 
 westward. He traveled through Illinois, Mich- 
 igan and Iowa, and in the autumn of that year 
 located in Hancock County. He spent about a 
 year in Nauvoo, and in the spring of 1855 took 
 up his residence upon the farm which continued 
 to be his home until his death. He first pur- 
 chased two hundred acres of land, but subse- 
 quently disposed of all but eighty acres. For 
 many years he successfully carried on general 
 farming, and his place was always well developed, 
 while its neat and Ihriftj- appearance told the 
 passer-by a story of the careful supervision of the 
 owner. In 1886 he retired from business, having 
 
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 369 
 
 acquired a comfortable competence, which enabled 
 him to lay aside business cares and rest in the 
 enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. 
 
 Mr. Lewis cast his first Presidential vote for 
 William Henr\- Harrison, and by his last ballot 
 supported Gen. Benjamin Harrison, for after the 
 organization of the Republican party he was 
 one of its warm advocates. He served as High- 
 way Connnissioner and School Trustee, and was 
 School Director for a period of fourteen years. 
 The cau,se of education ever found in him a warm 
 friend, and the best interests of the community 
 always received his hearty support and co-opera- 
 tion. His life was well spent, and an honorable, 
 upright career gained him universal confidence 
 and esteem. He died at his home in Sonora 
 Township, February 3, 1S94, and his remains 
 were interred in Nauvoo Cemetery. 
 
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 y /| AX REIMBOLD, who is one of the leading 
 y merchants of Nauvoo, and a representative 
 \S and enterprising business man, claims Ger- 
 many as the land of his birth. He was born in 
 Cologne, Pru.ssia, on the 25th of August, 1846, 
 and is a son of Peter and Ernestine (Baum ) 
 Reimbold, who were al.so natives of Prussia. In 
 1848, the father, accompanied by his family, 
 sailed for the New World, and took up his resi- 
 dence in Nauvoo, where he engaged in the prac- 
 tice of medicine throughout his remaining days. 
 He was one of the early settlers of this place, and 
 was a highly-re.spected citizen. His death occur- 
 red in 1857, and his wife, who survived him 
 nmny years, passed awa}' in 1871. They were 
 the parents of eight children, of whom Max was 
 the fifth in order of birth. 
 
 Our subject was only two years old when he 
 left the Fatherland and with his family crossed 
 the briny deep. Since that time he has made his 
 home in Nauvoo, and has become one of its lead- 
 ing citizens. No event of .special importance oc- 
 curred during his boyhood and youth. He ac- 
 quired a good education, and during a part of his 
 minority he was engaged in clerking, thus pro- 
 
 viding for his own maintenance. When he had 
 attained to man's estate, he embarked in busi- 
 ness for himself as a general merchant, carrying 
 on a store in which his mother owned a half in- 
 terest. vSince that time he has continued in the 
 same line of business with good success. 
 
 On the 1 2th of July, 1870, Mr. Reimbold was 
 united in marriage with Miss Julia McCafferty, a 
 native of Nauvoo, and four children were born 
 unto them. Three of the number are now de- 
 ceased. The only surviving member of the fam- 
 ily is Frank, a lad of fourteen summers. 
 
 Mr. Reimbold exercises his right of franchise 
 in support of the Republican party, but has never 
 sought or desired political preferment. He and 
 his family are members of the Catholic Church. 
 He is now the owner of one of the largest stores 
 in Nauvoo, and carries a full line of clothing, drj- 
 goods, boots and shoes, notions, etc. The public 
 gives to him a liberal patronage, for he earnestlj' 
 desires to please his customers, and is straightfor- 
 ward and honorable in all business dealings. He 
 is al.so a stockholder of the State Bank of Nauvoo, 
 and holds the office of President. He is sagacious, 
 enterprising and persevering, and his good man- 
 agement has made him one of the substantial cit- 
 izens of the community. From early boyhood he 
 has made his home in Nauvoo, and now has many 
 warm friends in Hancock Countv. 
 
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 QOHN McAllister was a prominent citi- 
 I zen of Hancock County. He was born in 
 (2/ County Antrim, Ireland, on the 17th of Sep- 
 tember, 1818, and was the only child of Randall 
 and Nancy McAllister. His boyhood days were 
 spent on the farm, and he acquired a good practi- 
 cal education in the conunon schools. When a 
 youth of sixteen, he began working at the carpen- 
 ter's trade, serving a five-years apprenticeship at 
 the same. He followed that vocation on the Emer- 
 ald Isle until 1846, when he determined to tr\- his 
 fortune in America, believing that he might bet- 
 ter his financial condition in the New World. 
 Crossing the Atlantic in a sailing-vessel, Mr. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 McAllister, after a voyage of fourteen weeks, 
 landed in New York, and then he at once came 
 to Illinois, Hancock County being his destination. 
 He located in Harmony Township, where he be- 
 gan working at his trade, which he followed for 
 about three years. In 1850 he turned his atten- 
 tion to farming, and in 1851, with the capital he 
 had acquired through his industrj', economy and 
 good management in former years, he purchased 
 the farm on which his widow now resides, becom- 
 ing owner of a one hundred and sixty acre tract 
 on section 16, Harmony Township. It was then 
 wild and uncultivated, but he at once began its 
 development, and in course of time the raw 
 prairie was made to yield to him a golden tribute. 
 All of the improvements upon the place are the 
 work of his hands, and stand as monuments to 
 his thrift and enterprise. 
 
 Mr. McAllister was married April 10, 1851, to 
 Miss Jane Langford, daughter of George and Jane 
 Langford, and a native of New York, born Jan- 
 uary 24, 1833. They became the parents of eight 
 children, four sons and four daughters, namely: 
 George R., who died in 1872; Nancy J., whose 
 death occurred the same year; Samuel, a farmer 
 of Harmony Township; Mary A., wife of George 
 James, who carries on agricultural pursuits in 
 Harmony Township; John C. and William, who 
 died in 1872; Sarah A., who died in 1871; and 
 Emma F., wife of Henr>' James, a resident farmer 
 of Harmony Township. The four children who 
 passed away in 1872 were all victims of the small- 
 pox. 
 
 Mr. McAllister was a man of excellent business 
 and executive ability. He was sagacious and far- 
 sighted, and by his well-directed efforts he won a 
 handsome property. He always carried on gen- 
 eral farming and stock-raising, and at the time of 
 his death he owned between eight and nine hun- 
 dred acres of valuable land, which he had ac- 
 quired through his own efforts. In politics, he 
 was a supporter of the Democratic party and its 
 principles, and was a public-spirited and pro- 
 gressive citizen, who manife,sted a commendable 
 interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of 
 the community and its upbuilding. His support 
 was never withheld from any worthy charity or 
 
 enterprise, and his sterling worth and many ex- 
 cellencies of character won for him the confidence 
 and high regard of all with whom he was brought 
 in contact. He held membership with the Meth- 
 odist Church, to which his wife also belongs. On 
 the 4th of July, 1886, he was called to his final 
 rest, and his remains were interred in the ceme- 
 tery in Harmony Township. 
 
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 REV. FATHER H. J. REIMBOLD, who is 
 pastor of the Catholic Church of Nauvoo, 
 was born in Cologne, Germany, on the ji.st 
 of May. 1842, and is the eldest in a family of four 
 .sons, whose parents were John and Gertrude 
 (Broicher) Reimbold. His father and mother 
 were both natives of Cologne. In 1848, accom- 
 panied by their famih-, they bade adieu to friends 
 and home and sailed for the New World. They 
 first located in Cincinnati, Ohio, but after a short 
 time resumed their westward journey and came 
 to Nauvoo. Here the father began business as a 
 grain-dealer, and carried on operations along that 
 line until his death, which occurred at the age of 
 thirty-nine years. His widow still surv-ives him, 
 and now makes her home with our subject, at the 
 age of seventy-seven years. She is a devout 
 member of the Catholic Church, to which her 
 husband also belonged. 
 
 Father Reimbold was reared under the parental 
 roof, and in early boyhood attended the public 
 schools. He afterward became a student in Notre 
 Dame University, and after being graduated from 
 that institution, was ordained in Chicago in 1866 
 as a priest of the Catholic Church. For one year 
 he remained in that city, and on the 4th of July, 
 1867, came to Nauvoo, to take charge of the 
 church at this place. Under his super^•ision, and 
 largely through his instrumentality, their present 
 house of worship, the finest in the comity, was 
 erected at a cost of $24,000. The congregation 
 now numbers one hundred and ten families. 
 They also have a convent school, which is well 
 attended by the children of Catholic parents 
 throughout this locality. Father Reimbold is a 
 
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 371 
 
 good man, and beloved by all who know him. 
 He devotes his entire time and attention to the 
 work of the chnrch, and the fact that he has been 
 stationed in Nauvoo for almost twenty-seven years 
 indicates his efficient service in this place, and 
 also tells of the love and respect which his con- 
 gregation bears him. 
 
 (3 AMUEL H. NIMRICK, one of the early set- 
 /\ tiers of Hancock Countj-, who now makes his 
 Cfj/ home in Nauvoo, has the honor of being a 
 native of Illinois, for he was born in the town of 
 Edwardsville, this State, on the nth of Januarj-, 
 1843. Hisparents were John G. and Mary (Mor- 
 gan) Nimrick, the former a native of Virginia, 
 and the latter of Maryland. The Nimrick fam- 
 ily is of German origin, and was founded in 
 America at an early da}'. The father of our sub- 
 ject came to Nauvoo in 1848. He was a wagon- 
 maker by trade, but for a number of years he en- 
 gaged in the hotel business in this place. At 
 length he retired from active business life, having 
 acquired a comfortable competence. His death 
 occurred in 1869, at the age of seventy -nine 3'ears, 
 and his wife passed awaj- at the advanced age of 
 eighty-four. 
 
 Samuel H. Nimrick was a lad of only five sum- 
 mers when he came with his parents to Nauvoo. 
 His education was acquired in its public schools, 
 and he remained under the parental roof until he 
 had attained his majority, when he began life for 
 himself, securing a position as engineer on a Miss- 
 issippi steamer. Since that time he has followed 
 the river, running from St. Paul to New Orleans. 
 
 On the loth of December, 187 1, Mr. Nimrick 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mary Smith, 
 daughter of William S. and Rebecca (Taylor) 
 Smith. Her father was a native of Toronto, On- 
 tario, Canada, and in 1841 came to Nauvoo. Dur- 
 ing the later years of his life, he was engaged in 
 horticultural pursuits, making a specialty of the 
 cultivation of grapes. His death occurred in 
 1866, at the age of sixty-two years, and his wife, 
 who survived him for several years, passed away 
 
 in Nauvoo in 1878, at the age of fifty-six years. 
 She was a native of Kentucky. Her paternal 
 grandfather, who was of English extraction, served 
 as a soldier in the War of 18 12, and was killed in 
 one of its battles. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Nimrick were born two sons: 
 Nathaniel, who is now a printer of Nauvoo; and 
 Mark, who died in childhood. In his polit- 
 ical views, our subject is a Democrat. His wife 
 holds membership with the Presbyterian Church. 
 For thirty years our subject has followed the riv- 
 er, and all along the way from St. Paul to New 
 Orleans he has many friends, who, appreciating his 
 sterling worth and many excellencies of character, 
 give him their high regard. He has made his 
 home in Nauvoo since early childhood, and here 
 also has many warm friends. 
 
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 EHARLES SCANLAN, dealer in agricultural 
 implements in Nauvoo, is numbered among 
 the native .sons of Hancock Count}-. He 
 was born in Niota, October 14, 1857, and is of 
 Irish descent. His parents, John and Mary 
 (Kennedy) Scanlan, were both natives of the Em- 
 erald Isle, and during childhood came to America. 
 The father took up his residence in Hancock 
 County about 1854, and for a time was foreman 
 of a rock quarrj'. He afterwards engaged in 
 farming in this county, but subsequently removed 
 to Cheyenne Count)', Neb., where he now carries 
 on agricultural pursuits. 
 
 In the count}' of his nativity our subject was 
 reared to manhood, the days of his boyhood and 
 }'Outh being passed in the usual manner of farmer 
 lads. In the common schools he acquired a good 
 English education, and when he had attained his 
 majority, he began life for himself by working on 
 a farm. He also engaged in railroading for a 
 time, both on construction work and as brake- 
 man on a train. He was also employed on a 
 steamer on the Missis.sippi for .some time, and 
 through these various labors he acquired the cap- 
 ital necessary to start in business for himself. In 
 1889, he became proprietor of an agricultural-im- 
 
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 plement store and has since conducted the same. 
 He is now doing a good business, for his enter- 
 prising and well-directed efforts have secured him 
 a liberal patronage, and his straightfonvard and 
 honorable dealing has gained him the confidence 
 and good-will of the entire communitj'. 
 
 On the 24th of December, 1885, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Scanlan and Mis. H. Dank- 
 ameyer, of Nauvoo. The}' began their domestic 
 life in this city, and have since made it their 
 home. They hold membership with the Catholic 
 Church, and Mr. Scanlan is a member of the Mod- 
 em Woodmen of America. He exercises his 
 right of franchise in support of the Democratic 
 party on questions of national importance, but at 
 local elections votes independently. He is a well- 
 known citizen of Nauvoo, and has the high re- 
 gard of all with whom business or social relations 
 have brought him in contact. 
 
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 QOHN M. J. COX, who is .successfully en- 
 I gaged in merchandising in Webster, has car- 
 (2/ ried on business along this line since 1872. 
 He has worked up a good trade, and by his fair 
 and honest dealing and courteous treatment, he 
 wdl merits the liberal patronage which he re- 
 ceives. Numbered among the representative citi- 
 zens of this communit)', he well deserves repre- 
 sentation in the history of his adopted count}-. 
 
 Mr. Cox is a native of Breckenridge County, 
 Ky., born April 5, 1824. His father, Benjamin 
 Cox, was a native of Washington County, Pa., 
 born March 19, 1775. By occupation, he was a 
 farmer. Emigrating to Kentucky in 1806, he 
 located in Breckenridge County, and was there 
 married, Februar\- 5, 1807, to Elizabeth Midcap, 
 daughter of John and Sarah (Crume) Midcap. 
 Six children were born of their union, three .sons 
 and three daughters. Sarah M., who was born 
 December 22, 1807, became the wife of James E. 
 Roberts, of Fountain Green Township, and died 
 in June, 1845. Her husband is also deceased. 
 Ralph E., who was born October 9, 1809, and 
 died on the 14th of March, 1893, was a merchant 
 
 in Pine Grove, Ky. John M. J., of this .sketch, is 
 the next j-ounger. I.etitia Ann, who was born 
 March 17, 1826, is the wife of H. H. McElvain, 
 a farmer and dealer in fine blooded stock of Scotts- 
 burg, McDonough County. Benjamin E., who 
 was born April 9, 1829, and died March 12, 1855, 
 was a mason of Web.ster. Mary W., who was 
 born December 11, 1830, and became the wife of 
 George W. McElvain, of Prairie City, 111., died 
 December 26, 1886. The father of this family 
 was called to his final rest on the 24th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1838, and Mrs. Cox departed this life 
 September 21, 1872. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who worked upon his father's farm until 
 he had attained his majority. The first fifteen 
 years of his life were .spent in his native vState, 
 and he then came with the family to Hancock 
 County, reaching Fountain Green Township on 
 the 22d of October, 1839. The journey hither 
 was made by team. Their household effects, 
 with the exception of the bedding and cooking 
 utensils, were shipped by steamboat to W^arsaw, 
 and then brought across the country to their des- 
 tination. Mr. Cox acquired a good education in 
 the public .schools, and embarked in the profession 
 of teaching, which he successfully followed for 
 about ten years during the winter season, while 
 in the summer months he engaged in farm labor. 
 
 On the 19th of November, 1S54, Mr. Cox was 
 united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth E. Welch, 
 daughter of James and Elizabeth (Perkins) Welch. 
 She has been to him a faithful companion and 
 helpmate during the forty years which have passed 
 .since they started out on life's journey together. 
 In his political views, our subject was originally 
 a Whig, and cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Henry Clay in 1844. but on the organization of 
 the Republican party he joined its ranks and has 
 since been an advocate of its principles. He has 
 never aspired to public office, but served as Jus- 
 tice of the Peace for twenty-two years, and was 
 one of the most efficient and faithful incumbents 
 of that office, as is indicated by his long .scr\'ice. 
 He has also been School Director and Village 
 Trustee of Webster. He contributes liberally to 
 churches and charitable organizations, and his 
 
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 hearty support and co-operation are ever given 
 to those enterprises which are calculated to bene- 
 fit the community. He is progressive and public- 
 spirited, and is recognized as a valued citizen of 
 his adopted county. 
 
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 (f OSEPH S. KING, who carries on general 
 I farming and stock-raising on section 3, Rari- 
 C2/ tan Township, Henderson County, is one of 
 the most extensive land-owners in this locality, 
 and for the past fifteeen years he has been exten- 
 sively engaged in the raising of draft horses. He 
 was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, on 
 the 22d of July, 1824, and his parents, James and 
 Margaret (Sharp) King, were also natives of the 
 same countrj-. Their family numbered eleven 
 children: Ehzabeth, who died in 1891; John, who 
 died in 1822; Sarah; Joseph; Susan, who died in 
 1889; Jane; Mary; Alexander; Sanuiel; James; 
 and John, who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. King of this sketch attended the public 
 ^schools of his native land, and was for a time a 
 student in a select school and in an academy. He 
 thus acquired a good education, which fitted him 
 for the practical duties of life. On attaining his 
 majority he started out to make his own way in 
 the world, and, believing that he could benefit his 
 financial condition by emigrating to America, he 
 crossed the Atlantic in a sailing-vessel, which, af- 
 ter one month spent on the bosom of the deep, 
 dropped anchor in the harbor of New York City. 
 Mr. King then went to Washington County, 
 N. Y., where he began work as a farm hand for 
 $7 per month, and half (jf his wages were paid in 
 cloth for about five years. On the expiration of 
 that period he rented land and began farming in 
 his own interest. It was in 1855 that he came to 
 Henderson County, settling in Walnut Grove 
 Township, where he purchased ninety-five acres 
 of prairie land, a small portion of which had been 
 broken. There was also a log cabin upon it. 
 After a year, however, Mr. King sold this farm 
 and rented land for a year. He then bought one- 
 hundred and eighty-nine acres on section ,3, Rari- 
 
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 tan Township, where he has made his home con- 
 tinuousl}- since. As time has passed and his finan- 
 cial resources have been increased, he has made 
 other purchases, until he now owns eight hun- 
 dred acres of land, all in one body. It is well 
 cultivated, and the well-tilled fields yield to him a 
 good income. During the pa.st fifteen years he 
 has also made a specialty of the raising of draft 
 horses. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1858, Mr. King wedded 
 Miss Julia A. McLain, a native of Ohio, and a 
 daughter of James McLain. Five children graced 
 their marriage: Margaret, wife of Robert Rankin, 
 a farmer of Raritan Township; Ross, who also 
 follows farming in the same township; Ira A., 
 who died in 1862; and Joseph J. and Darius A., 
 both farmers in Henderson County. 
 
 Since its organization, Mr. King has always 
 been a stanch advocate of the Republican party. 
 He holds membership with the United Presby- 
 terian Church. When he came to America he had 
 a cash capital of twenty-five cents, but, undaunted 
 by the trials and difficulties in his path, he began 
 to work his way upward, and has risen steadily, 
 step by step, to a position of affluence. His suc- 
 cess is certainly well deserved, for it is the reward 
 of honest and untiring labor. Truly he may be 
 called a self-made man. 
 
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 MARDLS ANDREWS, who carries on general 
 /\ farming on .section 8, Fountain Green Town- 
 \Z/ ship, owns and operates a valuable and ara- 
 ble tract of land of one hundred and seventy acres. 
 His place, which is under a high .state of cultiva- 
 tion and neatly improved, is supplied with good 
 buildings, and its thrifty appearance indicates that 
 the owner is a practical agriculturist. 
 
 The life record of Mr. Andrews is as follows: 
 He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, on the 
 6th of April, 1820, and is a son of Richard An- 
 drews, who was a native of New York, and served 
 in the War of 181 2. In the family were eight 
 children, three .sons and five daughters, uamely: 
 Sophia, deceased, wife of G. Dame, of Omaha, 
 
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 Neb. ; Lavina, deceased, wife of William Dame, of 
 Salt Lake City, Utah; Elsie and Amanda, who 
 died in childhood; Pluma, widow of Charles Lib- 
 bey, of McDonough County; Sardis, whose name 
 heads this record; Albert, a resident of Pilot 
 Grove Township; Timothy, who makes his home 
 in Carthage; and Silas, deceased. 
 
 Sardis Andrews left the Buckeye State when a 
 youth of thirteen years, and in April, 1833, be- 
 came a resident of Illinois, settling in Adams 
 County.- There he remained until the following 
 August, when he located in Fountain Green 
 Township, Hancock County. He is one of the 
 ver)' oldest settlers of this locality, for his resi- 
 dence here covers a period of almost sixty-one 
 years. He was educated in the subscription 
 schools of this locality, which he attended through 
 the winter season, while in the .summer months 
 he worked upon his father's farm. He early be- 
 came inured to the arduous duties of developing 
 land, and he continued to aid in the cultivation 
 of the old homestead until thirty years of age. 
 
 In 1844 Mr. Andrews was united in marriage 
 with Miss Marj- Ann Cottle, daughter of James 
 Cottle, a native of England. vShe came to Han- 
 cock County in 1843, and the following year be- 
 came the wife of Mr. Andrews. They have trav- 
 eled Hfe's journey together for fifty years, sharing 
 with each other its joys and its sorrows, its pros- 
 perity and adversity. Their union was blessed 
 with a family of .six children, as follows: Wesley, 
 who is now deceased; Sarah, wife of Henry Par- 
 rish, a resident of Kirksville, Mo.; Minen'a, wife 
 of G. Dorothy, a resident of McDonough County; 
 Phoebe, wife of Charles Dorothy, a farmer of Pilot 
 Grove Township; and George and James, who 
 are at home. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Andrews is a Re- 
 publican. He cast his finst Pre.sidential vote for 
 William Henry Harrison, and supported the \\'liig 
 party until its dissolution, when he joined the 
 ranks of the new Republican party. Few citizens 
 have longer resided in Hancock County than our 
 subject, who has therefore witnessed almost its 
 entire growth and development. He has seen the 
 wild lands transformed into beautiful homes and 
 farms, has seen towns and villages spring up, and 
 
 the work of progress and civilization carried for- 
 ward, until the county of to-day bears little re- 
 semblance to that of half a century ago. Mr. 
 Andrews has ever borne his part in the work of 
 public improvement, and is recognized as a valued 
 and substantial citizen, as well as one of the hon- 
 ored pioneers of Hancock County. 
 
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 HERMAN BERGER, one of the honored pio- 
 neers of Hancock Count)', and one of the 
 most prominent citizens of Nauvoo, where 
 he is filling the office of Mayor, was born on the 
 24th of March, 1827, in Hildesheim, Hanover, 
 Germany, and was the eldest in a family of six 
 children, whose parents were Ernest and Mary 
 (Diedrick) Berger. In the spring of 1846 Mr. 
 Berger brought his family to America. Cros.sing 
 the Atlantic, he at once came to Illinois and lo- 
 cated in Nauvoo, where he worked at his trade of 
 shoemaking until his death, which occurred in 
 1862, at the age of fifty-four 3-ears. Learning 
 that the Mormons were going to draft him into 
 their service during the war which occurred be- 
 tween that sect and their opponents, he left his 
 family in Nauvoo, and, joining the anti-Mormon 
 soldiers, fought against the party and aided in 
 driving them from the place. In politics, he was 
 a stalwart Democrat. His wife pas.sed away in 
 Nauvoo in 1857, at the age of forty-six, and they 
 lie buried side by side in the Catholic Cemetery, 
 both having been memliers of the Catholic Church. 
 In the family were the following children: Her- 
 man, of this sketch: Henry, a horticulturist of 
 Nauvoo; Joseph, who served in the Union army, 
 and was killed at Dallas Woods; Elizabeth, wife 
 of George Baumgarden, of Nauvoo; and Charles, 
 who died at the age of twenty-six years. 
 
 When Mr. Berger was a lad of nine summers, 
 he left his native land and came with his parents 
 to America. He attended the public schools of 
 Nauvoo, and remained at home until sixteen 
 years of age, when he went to St. Louis, where 
 he worked at the butcher's trade for a year. In 
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 and was stationed at Ft. Loraiiia. He partici- 
 pated in three Indian expeditions, and was con- 
 nected with the Mormon troubles at Salt Lake. 
 With his regiment he crossed the plains to Cali- 
 fornia, where he took part in an expedition against 
 the Indians, and aided in rescuing two children, 
 who were from Hancock Count\- and had been in 
 capti\-ity two years, but the remainder of the peo- 
 ple who had been captured were killed by the sav- 
 ages. His term of service expiring while he was 
 in California, Mr. Berger was mustered out, and 
 embarked in the wholesale wine business in San 
 Francisco. After six months, however, he sold 
 out his interest, and in iS6o returned to Nauvoo, 
 where he became the owner of a large vineyard. 
 His father had died in the mean time, and the 
 care of his younger brothers and sisters devolved 
 upon him — a trust to which he was ever faithful. 
 
 In October, 1864, feeling that his country need- 
 ed his services, Mr. Berger enli.sted as a member 
 of Company G, Fiftieth Illinois Infantrj-, and 
 served until the clo.se of the war. He took part 
 in the battles of Nashville, Savannah, Columbia 
 and Bentonville, and participated in the Grand 
 Review in Washington, the most brilliant military 
 pageant ever seen in this country. He then went 
 to Louisville, Ky., where he was mustered out. 
 He was not wounded during the Civil War, but 
 when a member of the regular army, in 1855, he 
 was wounded in the hip at A.sh Hollow, near 
 where North Platte is now .situated, during an en- 
 counter with the Indians. 
 
 Returning to the North, Mr. Berger has since 
 made his home in Nauvoo, where he has been 
 quite extensively engaged in raising grapes, .straw- 
 berries and raspberries. This business, being 
 well managed, has yielded to him a good income, 
 and his well-directed efforts have made him one 
 of the substantial citizens of the community. He 
 often employs as many as one hundred and forty 
 people in gathering berries during their sea.son, 
 and, as he raises fine varieties, the fruit finds a 
 ready sale on the market. As his financial re- 
 sources have increased, he has also made judicious 
 investments in real estate, and now owns consid- 
 erable valuable property in Nauvoo. 
 
 On the nth of August, 1863, Mr. Berger mar- 
 
 ried Miss Ursalena E. Welner, of Nauvoo, and 
 their union has been blessed with eight children: 
 Joseph, a resident of Denver, Colo.; Catherine, 
 Louisa, Herman, Ursalena and Edna, all at home; 
 and two who died in infancy. They have a 
 pleasant home in Nauvoo; the Berger household 
 is the abode of hospitality, and the members of 
 the family rank high in social circles. 
 
 Mr. Berger is coiniected with Nauvoo Post No. 
 207, G. A. R. He has endeavored to follow 
 through life the Golden Rule, and therefore has 
 the confidence and warm regard of all with whom 
 he has been brought in contact. In politics, he 
 takes an active interest, and on questions of na- 
 tional importance is a .stanch Democrat. His 
 worth and abilit}- have been recognized b)' his 
 fellow-citizens, and he has frequently been called 
 upon to ser\-e in public offices. For twelve years 
 he was Coroner of Hancock County, has been 
 Justice of the Peace nine years, was School Direc- 
 tor fifteen years, and is now .serving his second 
 term as the able and popular Mayor of Nauvoo. 
 
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 I UCIEN S. REID. editor and publisher of 
 I C the J?r:'/e'a\ of Dallas City, has the honor of 
 l~J being a native of Illinois, his birth having 
 occurred in Lamoine Township, McDonough 
 County, November 12, i860. His father, Lewis 
 G. Reid, was born and reared in Kentucky, and 
 in 1834 came to Illinois, locating in Sangamon 
 County. He afterward returned to his native 
 State, and brought his father's family to the new 
 home which he had selected for them. In 1838, 
 he removed to Winnebago County, 111., where he 
 carried on farming until 1841, when he became a 
 resident of Stephenson County, 111. In 1853, ^'^ 
 again went to Kentucky, where he remained un- 
 til 1858, which year witne.s.sed his arrival in Mc- 
 Donough County. Purchasing land in Lamoine 
 Township, he there carried on farming until 1882, 
 when he removed to Colchester. About i8go, he 
 spent a few months in Kansas, and on his return 
 he built a home a few miles south of Colchester, 
 where he remained until his death. In 1862, he 
 
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 was admitted to the Bar, but never engaged in 
 law practice to any great extent. In 1 863, he was 
 elected to represent his district in the State Leg- 
 islature, and in i860 he was elected County Sup- 
 ervisor from Lamoine Township. So ably and 
 faithfully did he discharge the duties of that office, 
 that he was re-elected at each succeeding election, 
 until he had been a member of the Board for 
 twenty-one years. This record is one of which 
 the family may feel justly proud. Upon the con- 
 struction of the court house of McDonough 
 County, he served as Superintendent of the work. 
 He was honored and respected by all who knew 
 him for his sterling worth and many excellencies 
 of character. Possessing those high attributes 
 which won him the esteem of all with whom he 
 came in contact, he was a true gentleman of the 
 old school, whose courteous demeanor was never 
 forgotten under any circumstances; and, incapable 
 of baseness, he was the soul of honor. He gen- 
 erally carried for\vard to a successful completion 
 whatever he undertook, and nothing could tuni 
 him from the path of right. As an attorney his 
 advice was frequently sought, but his name was 
 seldom found upon the court records, for he always 
 advised his friends to settle matters peaceably and 
 not by litigation. His friends gave him the name 
 of "Old Compromise," on account of his very un- 
 lawyerhke manner of adju.sting suits. He was 
 also known as Capt. Reid, although he was never 
 identified with any militar\^ organization. 
 
 In 1843, Mr. Reid was united in marriage with 
 Miss Sarah H. Moore, a native of Kentucky. 
 Two of their children are yet living: Mrs. Annie 
 Monteith, of Concord, Ky . ; and Lewis N. , of Mor- 
 rill, Kan. In 1857, Mr. Reid wedded Mi.ss Cyrena 
 Fristo, whose death occurred in 1875. They be- 
 came the parents of six children, three of whom 
 now survive: Lucien, our subject; Edward, a res- 
 ident of Riverside, Cal. ; and Harry, who is living 
 in Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Reid was again mar- 
 ried, in 1879, Miss Lucy Tandy becoming his wife. 
 She still survives her husband and is yet living in 
 McDonough County. 
 
 Lucien S. Reid whose name heads this sketch 
 remained upon the old home farm until about 
 nineteen years of age, and acquired his early ed- 
 
 ucation in the public schools of the neighborhood. 
 He afterward pursued a course of study in Knox 
 College of Galesburg. On leaving home he went 
 to the West, and for a time worked at the printer's 
 trade in Hiawatha, Kan. He afterward went to 
 Beatrice, Neb. , where he was employed in a print- 
 ing-office for about two years. He then worked 
 in the job department of the Omaha //cra/o' for 
 about a year, and in 1884 he formed a connection 
 with a show, with which he continued for four 
 seasons. He then again resumed his trade, which 
 he followed in Chicago until 1885, when he pur- 
 chased a paper in Blandinsville, 111. After there 
 publishing the same for two years and a-half, he 
 removed his plant to Dallas City, and has since 
 been engaged in the publication of the Review. 
 
 On the i6th of January, 1887, Mr. Reid led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Fannie Roberts, a most 
 estimable young lady of Colchester, 111., and in 
 their new home the young couple have already 
 won many friends. In his political views, Mr. 
 Reid is Democratic, and socially is connected 
 with the Masonic lodge of Blandinsville, the 
 Knights of Pythias of Dallas City, Hancock 
 Lodge No. 56, and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He now edits the only indepen- 
 dent paper of Dallas City, and it has a large and 
 constantly increasing circulation. Through the 
 columns of his paper and in other ways, our subject 
 aids in the advancement of all enterprises calcu- 
 lated to prove of public benefit, for the best in- 
 terests of the community ever find in him a friend. 
 He has twice served as Mayor of Dallas City and 
 proved a capable and efficient officer. 
 
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 I S. BLISS, who is numbered among the ear- 
 I C lie.st settlers of Dallas City, is now serving 
 It) as Postmaster. He was born on the 1 5th of 
 February-, 1840, in Du Page County, 111., and is 
 a son of Moses and Polly (Carpenter) Bliss. The 
 family is of English extraction, and the ancestors 
 of our subject were among the prominent people 
 of England. The father was born in Berkshire, 
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 youth upon a farm in that localitj'. At the age 
 of eighteen he joined the army and served through- 
 out the War of 1812, holding the rank of Cor- 
 poral. When his countrj- no longer needed his 
 services, he returned to his home in the old Bay 
 State, and there married Miss Carpenter, who was 
 also a native of Massachusetts, and of English 
 extraction. Her father was one of the first set- 
 tlers of Chicago, and her great-grandfather, Maj. 
 Nathaniel Carpenter, was a prominent officer in 
 Washington's army during the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 The parents of our subject began their domestic 
 life in the State of their nativitj', where Mr. Bliss 
 carried on farming until 1838, when he came with 
 his family to Illinois. Settling in Winfield Town- 
 ship, Du Page County, he there pre-empted land, 
 and engaged in its cultivation for a number of 
 years. At length he removed to Warrenville, in 
 the same county, where he spent his remaining 
 days in retirement from active business life. His 
 death occurred at the ripe old age of seventy-four, 
 after which his wife came to Dallas City, where 
 she departed this life at the age of eighty-four. 
 In their family were nine children, but four of 
 the number died in infancy. 
 
 L. S. Bliss was the youngest of the family. He 
 was reared upon the old home farm in his native 
 county, and remained with his parents until sev- 
 enteen years of age, when, wishing to follow 
 some other pursuit than that of agriculture, he 
 went to Chicago and clerked in a hardware store 
 for a number of years. Later he spent four years 
 in farming in southern Michigan, and in 1868 
 he came to Dallas City, where he has since re- 
 sided. For many years he has been engaged in the 
 insurance business, and has met with most excel- 
 lent succe.ss along this line. He now owns a 
 pleasant home in this place, and also .some good 
 property in Chicago, all of which represents his 
 own parnings and stands as a monument to his 
 thrift and enterprise. 
 
 On the 27th of March, 1864, Mr. Bliss was 
 united in marriage with Miss Lucy Downey, of 
 Michigan, and unto them have been born a 
 daughter and a son: Carrie May, who is now the 
 wife of William Shain, of Dallas City; and Will- 
 
 iam H. , who is employed as a book-keeper in the 
 bank at this place. The family is one widely 
 known in the community, and its members hold 
 an enviable position in social circles. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Bliss is a stanch Democrat, and 
 does all in his power for the advancement and 
 growth of his party. He has been honored with 
 several local offices, has served as Town Clerk, 
 Assessor and City Clerk, and for ten years was 
 School Director. For the long period of twenty- 
 four years he has been Justice of the Peace, and 
 his fidelit}' to duty has won him the commenda- 
 tion of all concerned. His life has been well and 
 worthily passed, and he possesses those qualities 
 which command the respect and esteem of all. 
 He has done nuich for the upbuilding of the city, 
 and well deserves mention among its early set- 
 tlers. 
 
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 MILAS W. PRENTISS is engaged in general 
 ?\ farming and stock-raising in Hancock Coun- 
 ijy ty, his home being located on section 33, 
 Fountain Green Township. Here he owns and 
 operates one hundred and fifty-two acres of arable 
 and valuable land, the greater part of which is 
 now under a high state of cultivation. There are 
 good buildings upon the place, and the neat and 
 thrifty appearance of the farm indicates the care- 
 ful supervision of the owner. In connection with 
 the raising of grains adapted to this climate, Mr. 
 Prentiss is also engaged in the breeding of fine 
 trotting horses. 
 
 Our subject is a native of the community in 
 which he still makes his home, his birth having 
 occurred on .section 35, Fountain Green Township, 
 vSeptember 21, 1842. His father, Daniel Prentiss, 
 was a native of Vermont, and by occupation lie 
 was a farmer and railroad contractor. In early 
 life he followed those pursuits, but after his re- 
 moval to Canton, N. Y., he engaged in the lum 
 ber business, and also did business as a contractor. 
 In 1834 he left the Empire State, and, emigrating 
 westward to Illinois, ca.st in his lot with the pio- 
 neer settlers of Hancock County. He first made 
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 railroad building, but subsequently removed to 
 Warsaw, where he did business as a contractor. 
 In 1S40 he purchased two hundred acres of laud 
 in Fountain Green Township, and was there en- 
 gaged in farming until 1848, when he again went 
 to Carthage. During the succeeding four years 
 of his life, he occupied the position of Superin- 
 tendent of the County Poor Farm. From 1852 
 until 1866, he carried on agricultural pursuits 
 upon his own farm, and then took up his residence 
 upon the farm which is now the home of our sub- 
 ject. Here he spent his remaining days. His 
 death occurred December 29, 1882, and his re- 
 mains were interred in Fountain Green Cemeterj-. 
 He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and 
 a prominent and influential citizen, who.se loss was 
 deeply mourned throughout the communit>'. 
 
 After coming to the west, Mr. Prentiss was 
 united in marriage with Miss Nancy Hughes. 
 She survived her hu.sband for about ten years, and 
 passed away at the age of seventy-four years. 
 Her death occurred October 17, 1892, and she 
 was laid to rest in Fountain Green CemeterJ^ Mr. 
 and Mrs. Prentiss were the parents of five chil- 
 dren. George W., the eldest, died November 24, 
 1 886. He enlisted in the Second Illinois Cavalry 
 during the late war, and served throughout the 
 struggle, during which time he was promoted to 
 the rank of First Lieutenant. Laura is the wife of 
 E. E. B. Sawyer, who is engaged in the insurance 
 business at Camp Point. Fannie, twin sister of 
 Laura, is now the wife of A. W. McCanlass, a 
 jewelrj'man of Moberly, Mo. William R. died in 
 December, 1885. 
 
 Silas W. Prentiss, whose name heads this rec- 
 ord, has always been a resident of Hancock 
 County. He grew to manhood under the paren- 
 tal roof, and was still at home at the time of his 
 enlistment for sen-ice in the late war. Prompted 
 by patriotic impulses, on the yth of October, 1861, 
 he became a private of Company D, Sixty-fourth 
 Illinois Infantry, for a term of three years. He 
 was mustered into servdce at Camp Butler, and at 
 once went to the South, but in May, 1862, he was 
 mustered out on account of physical disability. 
 He then returned to his home, but on the ^th of 
 March, 1865, he re-enlisted, becoming a member 
 
 of Company D, Eighteenth Regiment of Illinois 
 Volunteers. He was sent to Little Rock, Ark., 
 where he spent most of the summer, after which 
 he was again discharged on account of disability. 
 On the 22d of November, 1870, Mr. Prentiss 
 was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Mull. 
 They have a pleasant home in Fountain Green 
 Township, and are surroiuided with all the com- 
 forts of life, Mr. Prentiss having gained a hand- 
 some competence as the result of his enterprise 
 and well-directed efforts. In politics, he has al- 
 ways been a stalwart supporter of the Republican 
 party and its principles, and keeps himself well 
 informed on all the issues of the day, but has never 
 sought or desired political preferment. He is in- 
 terested in everything pertaining to the welfare 
 of the community, and all worthy public enter- 
 prises receive his support. Mr. Prentiss has spent 
 his entire life in Hancock County, and those who 
 have known him from boyhood are numbered 
 among his warmest friends, a fact which indicates 
 an honorable career. 
 
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 REUBEN GARNETT, who carries on 
 general farming on section 12, St. Mary's 
 Township, has the honor of being a native 
 of Hancock County. He was born in the town- 
 ship which is .still his home June 30, 1839, and is 
 a representative of one of the honored pioneer 
 families of this section of the State. His paternal 
 grandfather, William Garnett, was a native of 
 Virginia, and of Welsh descent. For many years 
 he resided in Kentuck\', where he engaged in 
 farming and milling. His death occurred at the 
 age of about seventy years. His family num- 
 bered five sons and five daughters, including Joel 
 G. Garnett, the father of our subject. The lat- 
 ter was born in Boone County, Ky., about twen- 
 ty miles below Cincinnati. After arriving at ma- 
 ture years, he married Ann E. Graves, a native 
 of the same locality, and a daughter of Reuben 
 Graves, who was born in Virginia, but went to 
 Kentucky with his parents at the age of seven 
 years. His father was one of the pioneers of that 
 
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 State, and Reuben there grew to manhood. He 
 served as Major of the Kentucky Riflemen in the 
 War of 18 1 2, and lived to the advanced age of 
 more than ninety years, his death occurring in St. 
 Mar\''s. The Graves family was also of Welsh 
 origin. 
 
 Joel G. Garnett came to Illinois in 1834, and 
 made his home near Quincy until the spring of 
 1835, when he took up his residence in St. Mary's 
 Township, Hancock County, where he has since 
 made his home. He is now in the eightj'-second 
 year of his age, but is still enjoying good health. 
 While in Kentucky he operated a flourmill for 
 some time, and after coming to this State carried 
 on a sawmill. He also engaged in general mer- 
 chandising in St. Marj''s for a number of j^ears, 
 and was Postmaster at that place for a consider- 
 able period. His first purchase of land in St. 
 Man,-'s Township comprised one kundred and 
 sixty acres, to which he afterwards added two 
 hundred and forty acres, much of which he entered 
 from the Government. The greater part of this he 
 has improved, making it a valuable tract. Being 
 one of the pioneers, he is numbered among the 
 founders of the county, to whom a debt of gratitude 
 is due for the help which they have given in open- 
 ing up this locality to progress and civilization. He 
 is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, as 
 was his wife, who died August 14, 1890, at the 
 age of seventy -three years. Their family num- 
 bered eight children: Mary Elizabeth, wife of B. 
 F. Willis, of Reno County, Kan.; W. Reuben; 
 Alvira, living with her father; Robert K., of St. 
 Mary's Township; James E., of the same town- 
 ship; Sarah L., deceased, wife of F. G. Huey; 
 Martha O., wife of S. M. Walton, of Plymouth; 
 and Willie H., of Furnas County, Neb. 
 
 Our subject was born and reared amid the wild 
 scenes of frontier life, and is now living on a farm 
 adjoining that on which his birth occurred, and 
 which, in fact, was a part of the original tract. He 
 remembers seeing the Indians in great numbers 
 in St. Mary's, and was at Plymouth when it con- 
 tained not more than five hou.ses. There was 
 only one house between Carthage and Warsaw, 
 and the greater part of the land was still in pos- 
 session of the Government. He has witnessed 
 
 almost the entire growth of the county from a wil- 
 derness to its present proud development, with 
 churches, schools, business interests and a large 
 population of intelligent people. 
 
 Mr. Garnett aided in the arduous task of de- 
 veloping wild land, and soon became familiar 
 with farm life in all of its branches. He gave his 
 father the benefit of his services until twenty-four 
 \-ears of age, when he was married and started 
 out in life for himself On the 22d of October, 
 1863, he wedded Miss Agnes, daughter of John 
 and Matilda (Rice) Huey. Seven children have 
 been born to them: Carrie O., wife of Joseph I. 
 Botts, of Plymouth; George F., who married 
 Jennie A. Powell, and lives in St. Mary's; Joel A., 
 deceased; John E.; Annie M.; William J.; and 
 Robert P., deceased. 
 
 The parents are both members of the Missionary 
 Baptist Church, take an active interest in its up- 
 building, and contribute liberally to its support. 
 Mr. Garnett has served as one of the Deacons of 
 the church for twenty-seven years. Socially, he is 
 connected with the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, and in politics is independent, hold- 
 ing himself free to support the man whom he 
 thinks best qualified to fill the office, regardless of 
 party afliliations. During his entire life he has 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, and his home 
 farm comprises two hundred acres of valuable 
 land. His land is under a high .state of cultiva- 
 tion and well improved with good buildings, 
 which stand as monuments to his thrift and en- 
 terprise, for he is a self-made man, who.se pros- 
 perity is the reward of his own efforts. 
 
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 Gl RGAST .S: BOSSLER are the editors and 
 lJ proprietors of The Rustier, of Nauvoo. This 
 / I is one of the leading newspapers of the 
 cimnty. The junior member of the firm claims 
 this as his native city, his birth having occurred 
 here on the 4th of June, 1868. His parents were 
 Edward and Margaret (Scherer) Argast. His 
 father was a native of Germany, and when a 
 >oung man came to the United States, locating in 
 
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 St. Louis, Mo., where he made his home until 
 the 7th of May, 1861. He then responded to the 
 country's call for troops to aid in crushing out the 
 rebellion, and enlisted for three months' sendee 
 in Company I, Third Mis.souri Reser\'e Corps. 
 In July, 1862, he re-enlisted as a member of Com- 
 pany F, Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry, was 
 made Orderly-Sergeant, and in May, 1863, was 
 commissioned Second Lieutenant, which rank he 
 held until the close of the war. He participated 
 in the engagements at Chickasaw, Arkansas Post, 
 Big Black River, the siege of Vicksburg, and the 
 battles of Jackson, Lookout Mountain, Missionary- 
 Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw 
 Mountain, Atlanta, Ga., Jonesboro, the famous 
 march with Sherman to the sea, and the siege of 
 Savannah. In the last-named he received a gun- 
 shot wound through the left foot, and was taken 
 to a hospital in Cincinnati, where he was forced 
 to remain for about three months. His wound 
 disabling him for field service, he then went to 
 Columbus, Ohio, where he was engaged in light 
 duty. He was afterwards ordered to Washing- 
 ton, where he took part in the Grand Review and 
 then returned to his home. His wife, who was 
 also a native of Gennany, is yet living in Nau- 
 voo. 
 
 Mr. Argast whose name heads this record ac- 
 quired his education in the public schools of his 
 native town, and there learned the printer's trade, 
 since which time he has continued his connection 
 with newspaper work. In 1886, he leased the 
 Bhiff Park Journal, of Montrose, Iowa, which he 
 conducted for about six months, after which he 
 returned to Nauvoo, where he was employed in a 
 printing-office until 1887. In the spring of that 
 year he again went to Montrose, where he worked 
 on a paper for about three months. He was 
 next employed in The News office, of Hamilton, 
 for a short time, and then attended the Commer- 
 cial School of Quincy, until the spring of 1890. 
 On the 13th of May of that year, he entered into 
 partnership with Mr. Bossier, of Nauvoo, and has 
 since been engaged in the publication of The 
 Rustler. 
 
 The senior member of the firm was born in this 
 city July i, 1863, and is a son of Stephen and 
 
 Anna (Diel) Bossier. His parents were natives 
 of Germany, and on coming to America the fa- 
 ther located in New Orleans, where he worked at 
 the tailor's trade for a time. His next place of 
 residence was in St. Louis, and in i860 he came 
 to Nauvoo, where his death occurred in 1889. 
 His wife is still living in this place. Their son 
 was reared under the parental roof, and until four- 
 teen years of age attended the common .schools, 
 but much of his education has been acquired in a 
 printing-office. He began learning his trade in 
 Keokuk, and was there emploj-ed for about four 
 years, after which he spent six j-ears working 
 at his trade in various places. He then re- 
 turned to Nauvoo, and the partnership with Mr. 
 Argast was formed. Their office is supplied with 
 all the latest improved machiner5% steam presses, 
 steam folders, etc., and in connection with the 
 printing of the paper they do a large job business. 
 The editors are wide-awake and enterprising 
 young business men, who are rapidly pushing 
 their way to the front, and in this, their native 
 cit}-, they are held in high regard by a large cir- 
 cle of friends. 
 
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 ROBERT MILLER, who is successfully en- 
 gaged in general farming and stock-raising 
 on section 21, Fountain Green Township, 
 was born in Hancock County on the i6th of Au- 
 gust, 1844. As his entire life has here been passed, 
 he has seen much of the growth and upbuilding 
 of this region, and has aided in its development 
 and progress. He has always taken an active in- 
 terest in those things pertaining to the welfare of 
 the community, and may well be numbered among 
 the valued citizens, as well as earlj- settlers, of his 
 native county. 
 
 Mr. Miller acquired his education in the sub- 
 scription and district .schools, to which he had to 
 walk a distance of a mile and a-half; but his ad- 
 vantages along that line were somewhat limited. 
 His training at farm labor, however, was not 
 meagre. At an early age he began work in the 
 fields, plowing and planting, and in course of tinie 
 
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 383 
 
 became familiar ^vith all the departments of farm 
 labor. To his father he gave the benefit of his 
 services until after the breaking out of the late 
 war, when, at the age of seventeen years, he re- 
 sponded to the country's call for troops. On the 
 1 8th of July, 1861, he enlisted as a private of 
 Company G, Second Illinois Cavalry, and was 
 mustered into the United States service at Quincy. 
 His first active engagement was at Harrison City, 
 Ky. This was followed by the battle of Bolivar, 
 Tenn., and the siege of Vicksburg, where he was 
 under fire for forty-two days. He also partici- 
 pated in the battle of Jackson, Miss., and many 
 other engagements of lesser importance. At the 
 battle of Holly Springs, on the 20th of December, 
 1862, he was wounded by a minie-ball in the right 
 arm, above the elbow, the ball lodging in the joint 
 of the elbow. He was then placed upon ahorse, 
 and, after riding nine miles, spent the night in a 
 log cabin, getting no medical assistance until the 
 following day. For about four weeks he was 
 forced to remain in the regimental hospital at 
 Holly Springs. In January, 1863, he was given 
 a furlough and returned home, where he re- 
 mained until March of that year, when, having 
 sufficiently recovered from his wound, he rejoined 
 his regiment in L,ouisiana. After the surrender 
 of Vicksburg, the troops went to Jackson, Miss. 
 On account of disability he was discharged from 
 the ser\'ice August 12, 1863. A few months be- 
 fore his discharge he was promoted to the rank of 
 Corporal . 
 
 Returning to Hancock County, Mr. Miller 
 aided in the cultivation of the home farm for 
 about fifteen months, and then rented land of his 
 father. In 1 87 1 , he removed to the farm on which 
 he now resides. It comprises one hundred and 
 sixty acres of good land, and he is successfully 
 engaged in its cultivation and in stock-raising. 
 The place is well improved, for he devotes the 
 greater part of his time and attention to its culti- 
 vation. 
 
 In 1863, Mr. Miller was united in marriage 
 with Miss Frances Grotte. In politics, he is a 
 supporter of the Republican party and its princi- 
 ples, but is not an office-seeker, preferring to give 
 his entire time to business interests. He is, how- 
 
 ever, a friend to all public enterprises which are 
 calculated to advance the best interests of the com- 
 munity and promote the general welfare. He is 
 the same loyal citizen in days of peace as he was 
 in the time of war, when he faithfully followed 
 the Old Flag that now proudly floats over the 
 united nation. 
 
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 r~REDERICK A. WIESENER, proprietor of 
 r^ a furniture store at Nauvoo, is a young man, 
 I but is recognized as one of the enterprising 
 and progressive merchants of the place. He is a 
 native of the city, born June 11, 1869. His par- 
 ents were Philip and Catherine (Gethelman) 
 Wiesener, and their family numbered seven chil- 
 dren, of whom Frederick A. is the eldest. Four 
 of the number are now decea.sed, and the others are 
 Mar3% who resides in Iowa; and Annie, still at 
 home. 
 
 The father of this family was born in Gasloe, 
 Germany, June 15, 1830, and in his youth there 
 learned the cabinet-maker's trade. He located in 
 Missouri in 1852, having in that year emigrated 
 to America. His first business undertaking in 
 this countrj' was as a dealer in furniture, and he 
 carried on operations along that line until i86i, 
 when he entered the serv'ice of his country. At 
 the first call for troops to aid in crushing out the 
 rebellion, he donned the blue and enlisted for three 
 months' sen'ice. In 1862, he came to Nauvoo, 
 where he worked at the cooper's trade, making 
 wine ca.sks, imtil the .spring of 1863, when he em- 
 barked in the furniture and undertaking business, 
 which he successful!}- conducted until October, 
 1893. He then sold out to his son and has since 
 lived a retired life. His wife, who was a native 
 of Nauvoo, died in this city on the ist of July, 
 1882. 
 
 In the common .schools, Frederick A. Wiesener 
 acquired a good English education, and then pur- 
 sued a business course of study in Quincy, 111. 
 At the age of twenty he left home and went to 
 Chicago, where he secured a position as stockman 
 with the Empire Bedstead Company. He steadily 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 worked his way upward with that company until 
 he became assistant manager, and his connection 
 with that firm was continued until their failure in 
 the spring of 1893. He then became general 
 salesman in the employ of A. H. Revell & Co., 
 of Chicago, with whom he continued until the ist 
 of October, 1893, when he came to Nauvoo and 
 succeeded his father as proprietor of a furniture 
 store in this place. 
 
 On the i6th of April, 1891, Mr. Wiesener and 
 Miss Annie Cyrtmus, of Chicago, were united in 
 marriage, and by their iniion has been born a 
 daughter, Hazel Annie. The young couple have 
 a pleasant home in Xauvoo, and are numbered 
 among the leading peoijle of the community. 
 
 Mr. Wiesener now carries quite a large line of 
 furniture and carpets, and does an undertaking 
 business. He pos.ses.ses energj-, industry and 
 perseverance, qualities essential to success, and 
 we predict for him a pro.sperous future. He also 
 has the respect of all who know him. 
 
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 (TOHN H. BULLOCK, who is engaged in 
 I farming on section 10, Fountain Green 
 O Township, and who is now serving as Justice 
 of the Peace, was born in Ontario, Canada, on 
 the i5tli of Februarj', 1838, and is one of five 
 children whose parents were William and Chris- 
 tina (McDougal) Bullock. Catherine, the eldest 
 child, died in Denver, Colo. ; Thomas A. is now 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fountain 
 Green Township, Hancock County; John H. is 
 the next younger; Andrew R. is a dealer in fine 
 racehorses in La Harpe; and James S. is a farmer 
 of Hancock Township, Hancock County. 
 
 When our subject was a child of only four 
 years, his parents left their Canadian home and 
 with their family emigrated to Illinois, settling in 
 Nauvoo, Hancock County. In the spring of 1843 
 they removed to Fountain Green Township, and 
 John H. Bullock has here since made his home. 
 He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier, 
 and with the family shared in the hardships and 
 experiences of a pioneer life. His education was 
 
 acquired partly in the district schools, and, to a 
 limited extent, he attended a private .school. He 
 thus became familiar with the common branches, 
 and by reading and observation he has become a 
 well-informed man. He continued to engage in 
 the cultivation of the home farm until after the 
 breaking out of the late war, when, prompted by 
 patriotic impulses, he responded to his countr>-'s 
 call for troops. 
 
 It was on the 19th of July, 1861, that Mr. 
 Bullock enlisted, becoming a member of Company 
 G, Second Illinois Cavalrj-. He was sworn into 
 service on the 1 2th of August following, and in 
 the autumn he went to the front with his regi- 
 ment, which was engaged in scouting and forag- 
 ing duty during most of the time. He participated 
 in the siege of Vicksburg under Gen. Grant, to- 
 gether with all of the engagements of that cam- 
 paign, and after the surrender of Pemberton he 
 was transferred to the command of Gen. Banks. 
 He took part in the expedition into western 
 Louisiana, where several battles occurred, and 
 went on the Red River expedition, after which he 
 returned to Baton Rouge, where his regiment did 
 scouting duty throughout the summer. At that 
 place he was mustered out on the nth of August, 
 1864, after three years of faithful and meritorious 
 ser\'ice. 
 
 Returning to his home, Mr. Bullock then con- 
 tinued farming until the autumn of 1874, when 
 he started westward and went to California, spend- 
 ing a year on the Pacific Slope, in the hope of 
 benefiting his health, which had become impaired. 
 In the summer of 1875 he returned, and in 1877 and 
 1878 he worked on the Chester Penitentiarj', be- 
 ing thus employed until its completion, when he 
 was appointed one of its keepers. That position 
 he filled for some time, but at length resigned and 
 came home. 
 
 On the loth of February, 1887, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Bullock and Miss Linda J. 
 McConnell, a native of Hancock County. Three 
 children were born to them: Mary E., John H., 
 and one sim who died in infancy. In politics, 
 our subject has always been a stalwart Republican 
 since casting his first Presidential vote for Abra- 
 ham Lincoln in 1S61. He warmly advocates the 
 
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 principles of his party, and has the courage of his 
 convictions. He has been honored with a num- 
 ber of local offices, having ser\-ed for ten j-ears as 
 Township Supervisor, for one term as Tax Col- 
 lector, and for one term as Assessor. In the 
 spring of 1893 he was elected Justice of the 
 Peace, which position he is now creditably and 
 acceptably filling. He has always been true to 
 his public duties as well as to private trusts, and 
 has therefore won the high commendation of all 
 concerned. Socially, he is connected with the 
 Masonic fraternity, holding membership with La 
 Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M.; and La 
 Harpe Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.; together with 
 Augusta Commandery, K. T. For a half-century 
 Mr. Bullock has resided in Fountain Green Town- 
 ship. He has witnessed the greater part of the 
 growth and development of the county, and in all 
 po-ssible %vays he has aided in its development, 
 taking a commendable interest in everything that 
 pertains to its welfare. We are glad to give liim 
 a place in this volume among the honored pio- 
 neers. 
 
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 (Tames M. glass, one of the honored vet- 
 I erans of the late war, who is successfully en- 
 G/ gaged in general farming on section 19, 
 Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, is 
 a native of the Keystone State. He was born 
 near Path Valley, in Franklin County, Pa., June 
 26, 1836, and is a son of Samuel and Rachel 
 (Marshall) Glass. In their family were seven 
 children, six sons and a daughter, namely: Robert, 
 James M., George W., John, Sarah, Wesley and 
 Silas. 
 
 When our .subject was only a year old, his par- 
 ents left the Ea.st and emigrated with their familj- 
 to Hancock County, 111., settling in Fountain 
 Green Township, where he grew to manhood on 
 the farm. The educational advantages which he 
 received were those afforded by the subscription 
 schools of the neighborhood. He had to walk 
 two and a-half miles to school, and was then 
 permitted to attend only through the winter .sea- 
 son, for his labor was needed upon the farm dur- 
 
 ing the summer months. He attended school 
 until twent)- years of age, and remained with his 
 father until twenty -tivo years of age, when he be- 
 gan working in his own interest as a fann hand. 
 Later he rented land, which he operated until en- 
 tering the service of his countn,-. during the late 
 war. 
 
 On the 20th of July, 1861, Mr. Gla.ss re.sponded 
 to President Lincoln's call for troops, being one of 
 the first volunteers to become a member of Com- 
 pany G, Second Illinois Cavalry. At Quincy, 
 111., he was mustered into .service, and from there 
 he was sent to the front. He participated in a 
 number of important engagements, including the 
 battle of Holly Springs, the siege of Mcksburg, 
 and the battles of Memphis and Jackson. He 
 then returned to Vicksburg, whence he went to 
 New Orleans, took part in the Red River Cam- 
 paign, and then returned to the Crescent City. 
 He rose from the ranks to the position of Corporal, 
 and was afterwards made a Sergeant. When his 
 three-years term had expired he was honorably 
 discharged, on the nth of August, 1864, and was 
 mustered out at Springfield, on the 24th of the 
 same month. 
 
 Mr. Glass then returned to his home in Han- 
 cock County, and purcha.sed thirty acres of land 
 on section 19, Fountain Green Township, where 
 his house now stands. By additional purchase, 
 however, he has added to the tract from time to 
 time, until he now owns one hundred and twenty- 
 seven acres of rich and arable land, which is 
 under a high state of cultivation and well im- 
 pro\ed. He now carries on general farming, and 
 has been quite successful in his business dealings. 
 
 On the 15th of April, 1866, Mr. Glass was 
 united in marriage with Miss Martha B. Kerr. 
 Their union was ble.ssed with one child, Marion 
 B., who died in infancy-. The mother was called 
 to her final rest on the 13th of June, 1867. On 
 the iSth of August, 1S71, Mr. Glass was again 
 married, his second union being with Miss Sarah 
 E. Parker, daughter of William and Mary M. 
 (Young) Parker. Two children grace this union: 
 Lula A., wife of I. F. Robinson; and Grace M., 
 who is .still with her parents. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Glass is a stalwart 
 
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 Republican, and warmlj^ advocates the principles 
 of that party, but has never sought or desired 
 public office. Socially, he is connected with the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and with La Harpe 
 Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M. His wife holds 
 membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 This worthy couple are well-known people of the 
 community, and in social circles they hold an en- 
 viable position. Mr. Glass is a faithful citizen, 
 who manifests the same loyalty to his country in 
 days of peace as he did when following the Old 
 Flag on southern battlefields. 
 
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 0COTT G. LIONBERGER, who owns and 
 Ny operates two hundred and forty-six acres of 
 Q) valuable land on section 6, Fountain Green 
 Township, Hancock Countj-, is a worthy repre- 
 sentative of one of the honored pioneer families of 
 this locality. The farm upon which he now re- 
 sides is one which his father located at a verj' 
 earl}^ day. His parents were Hamilton and Eliza 
 Lionberger, and their family numbered four chil- 
 dren: John, who died on the ist of January, 
 1854; Scott, who was the second in order of birth; 
 Carlos A., a farmer residing in Memphis, Mo.; 
 and Carolina, wife of George Schacklett, who is 
 living in Memphis. The mother of this family 
 was called to her final rest on the 30th of April, 
 1890. 
 
 Scott G. Lionberger is a native of Hancock 
 County, his birth having occurred on section 4, 
 Pilot Grove Township, on the 2 2d of November, 
 1854. He was born and reared on the old home 
 farm, attended the district schools of the neigh- 
 borhood and completed his education in the schools 
 of Carthage. When twenty- four years of age he 
 left the parental roof and .started out in life for 
 himself. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, 
 and has always given his time and attention to 
 farm work. He rented the old homestead and 
 continued its cultivation until after his father's 
 death, when he purchased a farm of two hundred 
 and forty -six acres, upon which his father had 
 located shortly after coming to this count)-. It is 
 
 a rich and valuable tract on section 6, Fountain 
 Green Township, and in return for his care and 
 cultivation the well-tilled fields yield to him 
 a golden tribute. He carries on general farming 
 and stock-raising, and in his undertakings is very 
 successful. 
 
 An important event in the life of Mr. Lionber- 
 ger occurred on the 24th of March, 1880, when 
 was celebrated his marriage with Miss Fannie 
 Parker, daughter of William and Mary M. 
 (Young) Parker. Three children have been 
 born of this union, Loj*, Hubert E. and Mary, 
 and the family circle yet remains unbroken. The 
 parents are well-known people of this commu- 
 nity. Their home is noted for its hospitality, and 
 they have many warm friends in the neighbor- 
 hood. Socially, Mr. Lionberger is a member of 
 the Odd Fellows' society, and his wife holds mem- 
 bership with the Presbyterian Church. He ex- 
 ercises his right of franchise in support of the 
 Democratic party, but has never sought or de- 
 sired the honors or emoluments of public office. 
 The best interests of the community ever find in 
 him a friend, one who is ready to aid in the pro- 
 motion of all enterprises which are calculated to 
 prove of public benefit. Having always lived in 
 Hancock County, Mr. Lionberger is widely 
 known, and those with whom he has been ac- 
 quainted since his youth are numbered among his 
 stanchest friends, a fact which indicates a well- 
 spent life. 
 
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 "" LKANAH MESECHER. The agricultural 
 ^ interests of Hancock County are well repre- 
 __ sented by this gentleman, who is recognized 
 as one of the leading farmers of La Harpe Town- 
 ship. He resides on section 33, where he owns a 
 good fann, well improved and cultivated. He 
 was born in Durham Township on the 20th of Au- 
 gust, 1843, and is a son of James Mesecher, who 
 was born in Ohio County, W. Va., on the nth 
 of October, 1809. Upon leaving his native State, 
 he removed to Athens County, Ohio, and thence 
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 387 
 
 cock County, and settled in Durham Township. 
 On the I ith of Januan-, 1839, he married Panthea, 
 daughter of WilHam Huston, and to them were 
 boni five children, but one died in infancy. Those 
 still living are: Elkanah, of this sketch: Paralee, 
 wife of Martin A Bright, a farmer residing near 
 Fall City, Richardson County, Neb. ; William R., 
 a resident farmer of Henderson County; and Al- 
 gernon, who also carries on agricultural pursuits 
 in Henderson Countj'. 
 
 Elkanah Mesecher spent the days of his boy- 
 hood and youth in work upon the home farm, and 
 in attendance at the di.strict schools of the neigh- 
 borhood, where his education was acquired. Dur- 
 ing the late war his father enlisted in Company 
 A, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, 
 under Capt. T. J. Campbell, September 15, 1861, 
 and with the troops went to Camp Butler, where 
 he contracted pneumonia. He was then granted 
 a furlough, and returned home, but as soon as he 
 was better he started to rejoin liis regiment, and 
 died at Memphis, Tenn., March 30, 1862. His 
 wife passed away on the 23d of October, 1864, 
 and as our subject was the eldest of the family, the 
 care of the younger children devolved upon him. 
 
 Mr. Mesecher resided on the old homestead un- 
 til 1866, when he removed to a farm in Pilot 
 Grove Township, which he continued to operate 
 for four years. In 1870 he purchased the north- 
 west quarter of section 34, La Harpe Town.ship, 
 and upon that farm he resided for twenty-two 
 years. In 1882 he purchased one hundred and 
 ten acres on section 33, and in 1891 purchased 
 eighty acres on the same section. To this farm 
 he removed in the latter year, and still makes it 
 his home. 
 
 On the 2 2d of February, 1866, Mr. Mesecher was 
 united in marriage with Rebecca M. Butler, daugh- 
 ter of Samuel Baxter and Lucinda (Youngerj 
 Butler, of Durham Township. They were natives 
 of Muskingum County, Ohio, the former born 
 June 5, 1818, and the latter August 3, 1822. The 
 wedding ceremony was performed January 12, 
 1843, and they became the parents of three chil- 
 dren: Rebecca, who was born February 5, 1844; 
 Aman O., who was born September n, 1847, 
 and died March 13, 1849; and Jane, who was 
 
 born May 12, 1850, became the wife of Isaac 
 Sears, of Durham Township, Hancock County, 
 and died in April, 1868. Mr. Butler was a car- 
 penter by trade, but later in life lie turned his at- 
 tention to farming. In the spring of 1863 he 
 purchased two hundred and thirty acres of land 
 in Durham Township, and in October following 
 moved his family to the new home. Here he re- 
 sided until his death, which occurred June i, 1876. 
 His wife died in Muskingum County December 
 20, 1 85 1. He was a Whig in politics until 1856, 
 when he joined the ranks of the new Republican 
 party. A well-educated man, and one who was 
 deeply interested in the welfare of the comnuuiity, 
 he was recognized as a valued citizen of Hancock 
 County. 
 
 Four children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. 
 Mesecher, two sons and two daughters: Edward 
 A., who is engaged in farming on section 34, La 
 Harpe Town.ship; Lulu B., Samuel H. and Daisy 
 D. The family has a plea.sant home, and its mem- 
 bers are leading people of the community. All 
 save one hold membership with the Christian 
 Church. Our subject is a member of Bristol 
 Lodge No. 653, I. O. O. F., of La Harpe, and of 
 the Mutual Aid Society. He cast his first Pres- 
 idential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and 
 has since supported the men and measures of the 
 Republican party. For nine years he has ser\-ed 
 as School Director, but has never been an office- 
 seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention 
 to his business interests, in which he has met 
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 (TOHN CALVIN BROWN, who carries on 
 I general fanning and stock-raising on section 
 (2/ 3, Sonora Township, Hancock County, claims 
 Pennsylvania as the .State of his nativity, for he 
 was born in Dayton County, on the 27th of No- 
 vember, 1833. On the paternal side the family 
 is of German lineage. His parents, John and 
 Sarah (Sipherdj Brown, were both natives of the 
 Keystone State, and there lived until after attain- 
 ing to mature years. In 1844, accompanied by 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 his family, the father removed to Ohio, locating 
 in Summit, where he owned and operated a large 
 stoneware factory. There he made his home 
 until i860, when he removed to Knoxville, 111. 
 In 1861, he came to Hancock County, andlocated 
 on section 3, Sonora Township, where he pur- 
 chased a good fann of three hundred and twent}' 
 acres. He then carried on agricultural pursuits 
 until his death, which occurred July 10, 1879. 
 He was laid to rest in Nauvoo Cemetery and many 
 friends mourned his loss. Mr. Brown held mem- 
 bership with the Masonic order, and in politics 
 was a Democrat. He was elected and served as 
 Justice of the Peace and School Treasurer, and 
 was also President of the Appanoose and Sonora 
 Fire Insurance Companies. His wife still sur\-ives 
 him, and has reached the ripe old age of eighty- 
 six years. In their family were six children; 
 Michael, who died in 1880; John C. of this sketch; 
 Catherine, who died in 1875; I^uther A., a farmer 
 of Sonora Township; Sipherd, a lumber-dealer of 
 Des Moines, Iowa; and William H., who is living 
 near Wichita, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Brown whose name lieads this notice was 
 only about eleven years of age when with his 
 parents he removed to Ohio. Under his father's 
 direction he learned the potter's trade, and with 
 the family he came to Hancock County in 1861. 
 At the age of twenty years he began life for him- 
 self, and has since been dependent upon his own 
 resources, so that whatever success he has achieved 
 is due entirely to his own efforts. The educational 
 privileges which he received were those afforded 
 by the subscription and district .schools. 
 
 On the 13th of November, 1853, Mr. Brown 
 was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Schrop, 
 daughter of Michael and Maria (Geesler) Schrop. 
 Three children have been born to them: George 
 W. , who is now living in Des Moines, Iowa ; Alice, 
 wife of William Dayton, of Des Moines; and Min- 
 nie, wife of William Couloy, of Nauvoo. 
 
 Mr. Brown has long been numbered among the 
 honored and highly respected citizens of this com- 
 munity, and has frequently t)een called to posi- 
 tions of public trust. For fourteen years he serv^ed 
 as Township Clerk, and for fifteen years has ser\'ed 
 as Justice of the Peace. His long continuance in 
 
 these offices indicates his fidelity to duty and the 
 confidence reposed in him. He supports the 
 Democratic party. He was also President of the 
 Appanoose and Sonora Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company, and is a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity. A public-spirited and progressive citizen, 
 his hearty support and co-operation are given to 
 all enterprises which are calculated to prove of 
 public benefit. 
 
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 'HOMAS G. WRIGHT, one of the extensive 
 land-owners of Hancock County, who is 
 now living on section 34, Fountain Green 
 Tovvnship, is one of the honored pioneers of the 
 community, for his birth occurred in the township 
 which is still his home, on the 9th of May, 1836. 
 His father, Hickerson Wright, was a native of 
 Tennessee, and was of vScotch-Irish descent. He 
 married Leatha Donahue, and they became the 
 parents of twelve children, eight sons and four 
 daughters, namely: Arizela, S. A., Martha, S. M., 
 H. P., Ba.sil, H. D., Thomas G., Leatha J., 
 Charlie G., Cynthia, and one who died in infancy. 
 The father of this family followed agricultural 
 pursuits throughout life. He was reared to man- 
 hood on the old homestead farm in Kentucky, 
 and there remained until coming to Illinois, in 
 1830. Hoping to benefit his financial condition, 
 he emigrated to this State, and cast in his lot 
 with the early .settlers of Hancock County, locat- 
 ing on section 29, Fountain Green Township, 
 where he secured eighty acres of land from the 
 Government, paying the usual price of $1.25 per 
 acre. He at once erected a log cabin and began 
 the develoi)ment and cultivation of the hitherto 
 wild land. He spent his remaining days upon 
 that farm, and as his financial resources were in- 
 creased he extended its boiuidaries, until three 
 hundred and eighty acres were comprised within 
 its borders. Aprominent and influential citizen, he 
 took an active and leading part in all that per- 
 tained to the development of the county and its 
 best interests, aiding in organizing Fountain Green 
 Township and in laying out the roads. The .sue- 
 
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 cess which attended his business career is due to 
 his own efforts, for he began life empty-handed, 
 and b}' perseverance and good management 
 steadily worked his way upward. He exercised 
 his right of franchise in support of the Demo- 
 cratic party. On the 8th of January, 1877, he 
 passed away, and was laid to rest in the family 
 burj^ing-ground on the old homestead. He long 
 sur\-ived his wife, who died on the loth of May, 
 1846, and was buried in the same cemetery. 
 
 Mr. Wright whose name heads this record was 
 reared on the old home farm, and with the family 
 shared in all the experiences and hardships of life 
 on the frontier. His education was acquired in 
 the old-time log schoolhouse, and he often had to 
 go seven miles to school, making the journey on 
 horseback. He continued under the parental 
 roof until twenty-two years of age, when he left 
 home and started for New York Citj-, from 
 whence he made his way by steamer to San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. Locating in Scott's Vallej-, he was 
 there engaged in mining, and also in the liverj' 
 business and in blacksmithing. He spent about 
 three )-ears on the Pacific vSlope, and returned to 
 Illinois in 1861. After a short time, however, he 
 again went to the Golden State. This time the 
 trip was made overland, he reaching his destina- 
 tion after four months of travel. He has made 
 the journey to California twice by water and 
 twelve times across the country. In the Golden 
 State he continued to make his home until 1874, 
 when he returned to the county of his nativity. 
 
 In 1869, Mr. Wright had purchased the farm 
 upon which he now resides, a tract of two hundred 
 and forty acres, and locating thereon he has since 
 devoted his time and attention to its cultivation. 
 Other purchases he has made, and his landed pos- 
 sessions now aggregate five hundred and fifty - 
 seven acres. He carries on general farming and 
 stock-raising, and is recognized as one of the suc- 
 cessful agriculturists of the connnunity. Prac- 
 tical and jirogressive, his farm is well developed 
 and improved with all modem accessories and 
 conveniences. 
 
 In the month of October, 1861, Mr. Wright 
 was united in marriage with Miss Adeline Ford- 
 ham. Bv this union two children were born: 
 
 Eva, the wife of Charles B. Coleman; and Bennett, 
 who is now deceased. Mr. Wright's second wife 
 was Kitty Wi.se, by whom he had two children, 
 Thomas and Grace, who are living with their fa- 
 ther, their mother having died November 4, 
 18S9. The present wife of our subject was for- 
 merly Miss Ada Parker. Their marriage was 
 celebrated July 2, 1890. By this union two chil- 
 dren were born. One died in infancy, and the 
 other, Henrj- by name, completes the family. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Wright has always 
 been a supporter of Democratic principles, but has 
 never sought or desired public ofiRce, preferring to 
 devote his entire attention to his business inter- 
 ests. His trips to tlie West proved very success- 
 ful. He possesses good business and executive 
 ability, and as a result he has acquired a hand- 
 some property. Coming back, he took up farm- 
 ing in his native county, and is now recognized 
 as one of the substantial agriculturists of the com- 
 munity. 
 
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 ^5^^TH HOWD, who carries on general farm- 
 rSk ing on .section 15, Pilot Grove Town.ship. 
 IjJ/ Hancock County, has here made his home 
 .since 1864. When he first located upon his pres- 
 ent farm, it comprised only ninety acres, but he 
 has extended its boundaries from time to time un- 
 til now two hundred and ten acres of arable land 
 pay to him a golden tribute in return for the care 
 and cultivation he bestows upon it. He also owns 
 one hundred and forty acres elsewhere. 
 
 Mr. Howd was born in Oneida Count}-, N. Y., 
 December 18, 1827, and is a son of Isaac C. and 
 Annie (Johnson) Plowd, both of whom were na- 
 tives of Connecticut. The father was of Scotch, and 
 the mother was of Gennan and Scotch, lineage. 
 Their family numbered nine children, si.x sons 
 and three daughters, namely: An.son, who died in 
 infancy; Edmund, who died in 1849; Joel, who 
 died March 2, 1888; Otis, who died in childhood; 
 Betsy, who died in 1855; vSmith, of this sketch; 
 Julius C, a ranchman living near Salem, Ore.; 
 Julia C, twin sister of Julius, wife of E. B. 
 
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 Huckins, of Carthage, 111.; and Eveline A., who 
 died in 1862. In early life the father of this fam- 
 ih' engaged in school teaching, but afterward fol- 
 lowed the occupation of farming as a means of 
 livelihood. He passed away in 1856, and his wife 
 departed this life in 1832. 
 
 Born and reared on his father's farm, our sub- 
 ject early became familiar with the duties of agri- 
 cultural life. He accompanied his parents on 
 their removal to Pennsylvania, from whence they 
 came to Hancock County in 1837. The trip 
 westward was made by an ox -team, and inconse- 
 quence their progress was very slow. Smith was 
 then a lad of ten years. He grew to manhood 
 amid the \vild scenes of the frontier, and is very 
 familiar with the historj' of pioneer life in this lo- 
 cality. His education was acquired in the old- 
 time subscription schools, which were held in a 
 log cabin, and to which he had to walk a distance 
 of two and a-half miles. Although his advantages 
 were not of the best, he has made himself a well- 
 informed man by reading and observation, and in 
 the school of experience has acquired a practical 
 knowledge. On attaining his majority he started 
 out to make his own way in the world, and began 
 working as a farm hand, in which capacity he was 
 employed for a few months. He then began farm- 
 ing in his own intere.st, and purchased forty acres 
 ofland on section 16, Pilot Grove Township, which 
 he still owns, and upon which he lived until the 
 spring of 1854. 
 
 In that year, Mr. Howd started for California. 
 He left Pontoosuc, crossed the Missouri River at 
 Council Bluffs, and then with ox-teams continued 
 on his journey. He had left home on the 25th of 
 April, and on Christmas Eve reached his destina- 
 tion, San Bernardino. The next year he went to 
 San Joaquin, where he began prospecting and 
 mining. Thence to Mariposa, where he followed 
 mining. He succeeded in gathering together not 
 a little of the precious dust, and altogether the trip 
 was a successful one. He remained on the Pacific 
 Slope until 1863, when he returned home by way 
 of the ocean route and New York City. Since 
 that time he has continuously made his home in 
 Hancock County. In the year after his return 
 he purchased a part of his present farm, and has 
 
 since made his home thereon. In connection with 
 the cultivation of his land he engages in stock- 
 raising, and his business is proving to him a prof- 
 itable source of income. 
 
 On the 4th of Julj-, 1864, a marriage ceremony 
 was performed which united the de.stinies of Mr. 
 Howd and Miss Catherine Yetter. Their union 
 has been bles.sed with seven children: Olive J. , who 
 died in 1865; Emma, wife of Albert Houseman, 
 who resides in Burnside; Martin C, who is en- 
 gaged in school teaching, and who married Edith 
 Thornburg; Flora B., engaged in teaching, at 
 home; and Joel J., John B. and Albert O., all of 
 whom are still with their parents. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Houseman one child, Smith, Mr. Howd's 
 only grandchild, has been born. 
 
 Mr. Howd holds membership with the Masonic 
 fraternity, belonging to the Blue Lodge of Burn- 
 side. The best interests of the community always 
 find in him a friend, one ever ready to aid in the 
 promotion of all enterprises calculated to advance 
 the general welfare. His career has been a pros- 
 perous one, owing to his industry, resolute char- 
 acter and good management. He has met with 
 obstacles, but by determined effort has overcome 
 these, and has steadily worked his way upward to 
 success. Those who know him esteem him highly 
 for his sterling worth, and we feel assured that 
 tliis sketch will prove of interest to his many 
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 gEORGE C. WAGGENER, a retired farmer 
 now residing on section 31, Pilot Grove 
 Township, has been one of the industrious 
 and enterprising citizens of Hancock County, and 
 as the result of his perseverance and well-directed 
 efforts acquired a competence which now enables 
 him to lay aside business cares. His success is 
 well deserved, for it is the just reward of his la- 
 bors. 
 
 As Mr. Waggener is widely and favorably 
 known in this community, we feel assured that the 
 record of his life will prove of interest to many of 
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 in Jefferson County, near Louisville, April 6, 
 1817, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (O'Neil) 
 Waggener. The father was a native of \'irginia, 
 and as a means of livelihood he ahva\-s followed 
 farming. His death occurred in Kentucky, and 
 his wife also passed away in that State. They 
 were the parents of three children, a son and 
 two daughters: George C, of this sketch; Marj- 
 E., deceased: and EUesif, wife of B. G. Ander- 
 son. 
 
 ITpon his father's farm, Mr. Waggener, our 
 subject, spent the days of his boyhood and youth. 
 His education was acquired in the old-time sub- 
 scription .schools, which were held in a log school- 
 house, to which he walked a distance of three and 
 a-half miles. He has added greatly to his knowl- 
 edge, however, by reading and business experi- 
 ence, becoming a well-informed man. He con- 
 tinued under the parental roof until seventeen 
 j'ears of age, and in 1837 he emigrated to Illinois. 
 The trip westward was made by team, and he 
 chose Hancock County as the scene of his future 
 labors. After renting land in Carthage Town- 
 ship, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land on section 31, Pilot Grove Township, a 
 wild and unimproved tract, whereon not a furrow 
 had been turned. He erected a log cabin 18x26 
 feet, and in that primitive home lived for several 
 years in true pioneer style. This connnunity was 
 then but sparsely settled. There was only one 
 house between his home and the Mississippi 
 River, and the Indians often visited the neigh- 
 borhood, but they were usually friendly in their 
 relations with the white people. Warsaw was 
 the nearest market-place, and the prices that 
 could be obtained for farm produce were very low, 
 corn selling for six cents per bushel and wheat for 
 twenty-five. Mr. Waggener was also actively 
 interested in the Mormon War, being a strong 
 opponent of that sect. He lived upon the farm 
 where he first located until 1851, when he re- 
 moved to another tract of unimproved land, where 
 he resided until 1872. The succeeding year he 
 passed in Burnside, and then purchased the farm 
 on which he now resides, an eighty-acre tract on 
 section 31, Pilot Grove Town,ship. 
 
 On the 6th of Augu.st, 1835, Mr. Waggener 
 20 
 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mar>- F. An- 
 derson, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (Bullock) 
 Anderson. The lady is a native of Kentuckj% 
 and there spent the days of her maidenhood. 
 Six children have been born unto our subject and 
 his wife, namely: James N., who now resides in 
 Carthage; William J., who is living in Mis.souri; 
 Jasper B., who is engaged in the banking busi- 
 ness in Missouri; George, who died in infancy; 
 Sarah, wife of Charles Thompson, a pro.sperous 
 agriculturist of Pilot Grove Township; and Marj- 
 O., who is living at home. 
 
 Mr. Waggener cast his first Presidential vote 
 for Heiir}- Clay, and since the organization of the 
 Republican party has been one of its stanch .sup- 
 porters. He has served in the ofiice of Justice of 
 the Peace, but has never sought political prefer- 
 ment. He and his wife are members of the Bap- 
 tist Church, and this worthy couple have the high 
 regard of all who know them. Mr. Waggener 
 may truly be called a self-made man, for he started 
 out in life a poor boy, and is now the possessor of 
 a handsome competence. 
 
 QOSEPH MORRIS MARTIN, who for many 
 I years was one of the most prominent and 
 (2/ best-known citizens of Macomb, was boni 
 near Troy, Miami Count}', Ohio, on the 6th of 
 January, 1823, and was a son of Abia and Sarah 
 Martin. When he was only four years old his 
 parents removed to Indiana, settling in Mont- 
 gomery County. His educational privileges were 
 very limited, being confined to two years' atten- 
 dance at the district schools; but he read exten- 
 sively and became familiar with the be.st literature, 
 as well as with all the current topics of the day. 
 Few men of the community in which he made his 
 home had a better general knowledge. He 
 worked upon a farm until seventeen years of age, 
 when, with the family, he removed to Thorntown, 
 Ind. At the age of eighteen he went to Craw- 
 fordsville, Ind., where he began learning the car- 
 penter's trade, which he followed throughout the 
 remainder of his life. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 On the loth of February, 1845, in Indiana, Mr. 
 Martin married Miss Henrietta Gerard Westfall, 
 who was born near Troy, Ohio, March 18, 1823, 
 and is a daughter of Levi and Margaret Westfall. 
 For almost fifty years they traveled life's journey 
 together. Unto them were born eight children: 
 Harriet L., wife of S. J. Clarke, who is engaged 
 in the publishing business in Chicago; Edgar P., 
 a contractor and builder of Macomb; Edwin, who 
 was a twin brother of Edgar, and died in infancy; 
 Fielding O., who is now engaged in farming near 
 Lincoln, Neb.; Isaac M., who is engaged in the 
 practice of medicine in La Harpe; Henrietta, wife 
 ofT. B. Campbell, of Bushnell; Charles, who is 
 engaged in farming near Lincoln; and Mary E., 
 who died on the 20th of May, 1881. 
 
 In 1848, Mr. Martin started with his family for 
 Illinois, and on the i st of November reached Ma- 
 comb, where he made his home throughout the 
 remainder of his life. He engaged in contracting 
 and building in that city, and his excellent work- 
 maiLship and his fidelity to the terms of his con- 
 tracts soon won him a large share of the business 
 of the place. He did much toward building up 
 the town, both in the line of his trade and in other 
 ways. He was always recognized as one of its 
 leading and best citizens, and held a number of 
 its offices. On several different occasions he 
 served as Mayor of the city, and for a number of 
 years was a member of the Board of Education. 
 His public duties were discharged in a prompt 
 and able manner, that won him the respect of even 
 tho.se oppo-sed to him politically. In his early life 
 he was a Democrat, and then became a Whig. 
 In 1856, he supported John C. Fremont, and from 
 that time was ever a stalwart Republican, who 
 took a deep interest in the issues of the day. Few 
 men were better informed on political questions 
 than he. Socially, Mr. Martin was a prominent 
 Mason, and attained to a high degree in that or- 
 der. For many years he ser\'ed as Secretary of 
 the Royal Arch Chapter of Macomb, and contin- 
 ued his membership with it until the last. In re- 
 ligious belief, he was a Universalist, and did much 
 for the upbuilding and support of the church with 
 which he held membership. He died at the old 
 home where he had so long resided Februarj- 2 1 , 
 
 1893, and with the honors of Masonry he was laid 
 to rest in Oak wood Cemetery. He was noted for 
 his justice, and his strict adherence to what he be- 
 lieved to be right, and his honorable, straightfor- 
 ward career won him the respect of all with whom 
 he was brought in contact. Mrs. Martin now 
 makes her home in Bushnell with her daughter, 
 Mrs. Campbell. 
 
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 WILLIAM W. Mcculloch, one of the 
 self-made men of Hancock County, who is 
 now engaged in general farming and stock- 
 raising on sections 18 and 19, Fountain Green 
 Township, has the honor of being a native of this 
 county, for his birth occurred in Pilot Grove 
 Township, January 20, 1845. His parents were 
 William H. and Mary (Nicholson) McCuUoch, 
 tlie fonner a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and 
 the latter of England. The father was reared in 
 his native city, acquired a good education in 
 the common schools, and remained in Scotland 
 until 1830, when, bidding adieu to friends and na- 
 tive land, he sailed for America, landing in Bos- 
 ton, Mass. For .some time he there made his 
 home, earning his living by work in the cotton 
 factories. After .seven years spent in Boston, he 
 left the Bay State for Illinois, making the trip 
 westward by water. At length he reached Han- 
 cock County, and cast in his lot among the early 
 settlers of Pilot Grove Township. 
 
 Here Mr. McCulloch took up agricultural pur- 
 suits. Purchasing a tract of unimproved land, 
 he erected thereon a log cabin, and began the de- 
 velopment of a farm. Upon the once raw prairie 
 the furrows were soon turned, crops were planted, 
 and in course of time abundant har\-ests were 
 garnered. Mr. McCulloch continued the culti- 
 vation of that farm until 1855, when he sold out 
 and purchased land in Pilot Grove Township, 
 where he continued to make his liome until 1864. 
 In that year he came to Fountain Green Town- 
 ship, and within its borders he carried on agricul- 
 tural pursuits until his deatli, which occurred on 
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 years. He was laid to rest in La Harpe Ceme- 
 ten,-, and nianj- friends mourned his loss, for he 
 was a valued citizen of the comnumity. His wife 
 still sur\-ives him, and is now living with onr sub- 
 ject, in the ninet3-first year of her age. They 
 were mamed in Illinois in 1839, and for thirty 
 years traveled life's journey together. Their fam- 
 ily numbered only two children: Elizabeth J., 
 who is now the widow of Calvin Westfall, and a 
 resident of Burnside; and William W., of this 
 sketch. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of onr subject. He lived 
 quietly upon tlic home farm, and attended tlie dis- 
 trict schools of the neighborhood until sixteen 
 j-earsofage. He started out in life for himself 
 at the age of nineteen years by working on a farm 
 bj- the month. He was thus employed for a pe- 
 riod of five years, after which he rented land — a 
 part of the farm on which he now resides. He 
 continued its cultivation for five years, and then 
 pnrcha.sed sixty acres of land. This was his first 
 property, but he has since made additional pur- 
 chases, until his farm now compri.ses one hundred 
 and sixty-seven acres. 
 
 Mr. McCulloch was married October 28, 1869, 
 the lady of his choice being Miss Anna M. 
 Miller, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Miller. 
 Three children graced this marriage: Fanny J., 
 who was born October 6, 1870; Lena M., who 
 died on the 4th of August. 1879; and Ethel M., 
 who.se death occurred on the 2d of February, 
 1884. On the loth of Februan,-, 1892, Fanny J. 
 became the wife of Dennis Sharp, a resident of 
 LaCro.sse, and to them one child, Skxles M. by- 
 name, was born March 5, 1893. 
 
 Mr. McCulloch is a supporter of the Democratic 
 party and its principles, and has been honored 
 with the office of Assessor of his township, which 
 he filled in an efficient and capable manner. He 
 is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging 
 to Burnside Lodge No. 681, A. F. & A. M. He 
 is recognized as one of the practical and progress- 
 ive fanners of the neighborhood, and the neat and 
 thrifty appearance of his place indicates the care- 
 ful supervision of the owner. He is a good busi- 
 ness man, for he started out in life empty-handed, 
 
 and has steadily worked his way upward, acquir- 
 ing a handsome competence. He is also a repre- 
 sentative of one of the pioneer families of the 
 county, and for many years has been a witness of 
 the growth and development of this community. 
 
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 0A\'ID BYLER, who pa.ssed away April 2, 
 1S94, was an honored pioneer of Hancock 
 County, who lived on section 9, Durham 
 Township. He was a native of East Tennessee, 
 and was a .son of John and Sarah ( Hayworth) 
 Byler. They too were natives of Tennessee, and 
 the father, who was born April 19, 1798, died in 
 1875. The mother was born in 1797, and was 
 called to her final rest in 1862. 
 
 During the boyhood of our subject, he left his 
 native State and accompanied his parents on their 
 removal to Adams County, 111. He acquired his 
 education in the schools of that locality, and con- 
 tinued his residence in Adams Count}' from 1836 
 until 1851. In the .spring of the latter year he 
 purchased the homestead now occupied by his 
 widow, and removed to Hancock County, where 
 he made his home. He fir.st bought one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land, but as his financial re- 
 .sources increased, he from time to time made ju- 
 dicious investments in real estate, until his landed 
 posses.sions aggregated twelve hundred and sev- 
 enty acres. This comprises some of the richest 
 prairie land for which Illinois is famous. 
 
 Mr. Byler was married in 1840 to Gracey J. 
 Levi, and to them were born four children: Joel. 
 who is now deceased; John P., vSilas H., and one 
 who died in infancy. The mother of this family 
 was called to her final rest on the 31st of August, 
 
 1850, and Mr. Byler was again married, May 4, 
 
 1 85 1, his second union being with Matilda C. 
 Cunningham, of Adams County. She died April 
 12, 1857, leaving a family of four children: Gracey 
 J., Joseph, Henry C. and George W. On the 
 14th of February, 1858, in McDonough County, 
 Mr. Byler was joined in wedlock with Miss Eliz- 
 abeth Thompson, and three children graced this 
 marriage, a son and two daughters: Sarah A., 
 
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 William N. and Marj- B. The familj^ is one of 
 prominence in this county, and its members rank 
 high in social circles. 
 
 For a period of thirty -one years David Byler 
 was a member in good standing of Dallas 
 City Lodge No. 235, A. F. & A. M., and had 
 filled nearly all of its offices. In politics, he was 
 a Democrat. He cast his first Presidential vote 
 for William Henry Harrison, and was a supporter 
 of the Whig party until 1852, when he joined the 
 Democracy, of which he was always afterward a 
 warm advocate. He was a member of the Old- 
 School Bapti-st Church for over fifty years, becom- 
 ing connected with that denomination in Adams 
 County in 1840. He was honoied with a number 
 of public offices, having served as Township Su- 
 pervisor for about fourteen years, and as County 
 Supen-isor for fifteen years. For the long period 
 of thirty years he held the office of Justice of the 
 Peace, and for twenty-eight years was Township 
 Treasurer. During all this time the school fund 
 did not lose a cent. In his public duties he was 
 ever faithful and true to the trust reposed in 
 him, and no higher testimonial of his service could 
 be given than his long retention in office. It also 
 indicates the confidence and high regard reposed 
 in him by his fellow townsmen. 
 
 In connection with general farming, Mr. Byler 
 was engaged in stock-raising for ten years, and 
 was one of the leading .stock-dealers of this com- 
 munity. He made a .specialty of raising hogs, 
 and .sold about one hundred and fifty head each 
 year. This added not a little to his inconie. His 
 excellent success in business was not the result of 
 chance or fortunate combination, but resulted from 
 w^ell-directed efforts, careful attention to all details, 
 judicious investment, and good management. 
 
 On the 20th day of June, 1892, Mr. Byler was 
 stricken with paralysis, which affected his right 
 side, and for weeks his life was despaired of, but 
 he recovered sufficiently to be able to walk about 
 by the aid of a chair, but suffered more or less 
 pain all the time. His last illness was only of a 
 week's duration. He bore his sufi'ering with pa- 
 tience, although it .sometimes .seemed unbearable. 
 He seldom, if ever, complained. 
 
 He united with the regular Baptist Church in 
 
 1840, and was a devoted member to his death. It 
 was his delight to talk of the goodness and mer- 
 cies of God. His trust and faith in Him were a 
 help and consolation, and he had no fear of death. 
 He was always ready to help the needy, and no 
 one hungn,- ever went from his door mifed. 
 
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 IILLIAM D. HIBBARD, an attorney-at-law 
 of Nauvoo, was born in the city which is 
 still his home, on the22d of October, 1848, 
 and is the only child of William T. and Gertrude 
 (Yates) Hibbard. His father was also a native of 
 this city, and a representative of one of the hon- 
 ored pioneer families of the county. The grand- 
 father, Davison Hibbard. was born in the Green 
 Mountain State, and emigrated westward in 1829, 
 taking up his residence on the site of Nauvoo. 
 Here he entered land from the Goverimient and 
 carried on farming throughout the remainder of 
 his life. He was also a mechanic. He lived here 
 through all the Mormon trouble, but took no part 
 in it. His death occurred in 1852, at the age of 
 sixt)'-six years. 
 
 William T. Hibbard was reared in his father's 
 home, and when a young man studied medicine, 
 but never engaged in the practice of his profession, 
 for in 1850, attracted by the discovery of gold in 
 California, he crossed the plains to the Pacific 
 Slope, and there died in the same year, at the age 
 of twenty-two years. His wife is a native of New- 
 York, and came to Nauvoo with her parents dur- 
 ing her earl>- girlhood. She is still living here, 
 and has reached the age of sixty-three years. Her 
 father, Christopher Yates, was one of the early 
 settlers of this locality, and one of its most prom- 
 inent citizens. He and his wife were both natives 
 of New York. 
 
 In the public schools of Nauvoo, and at Notre 
 Dame University, Ind., our subject acquired his 
 literary education, and at the age of seventeen he 
 began the study of law. After pursuing a thor- 
 ough cour.se, he was admitted to the Bar on at- 
 taining his majority, and at once began practice 
 in his native town. In connection with his legal 
 
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 work, he was also manager of a newspaper for 
 about eleven years, and was its proprietor for a 
 period of five j-ears. He spent much of the year 
 1884 in Kansas, after which he returned to Nau- 
 voo and opened a law, insurance and loan office, 
 which he still conducts. He now does a good 
 business in the courtroom, and also along other 
 lines, receiving from the public a liberal patronage, 
 which he well desen-es. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1868. Mr. Hibbard 
 was united in marriage with Miss Mittie C. Whit- 
 field, of Nauvoo, and to them have been born 
 three children, two sons and a daughter, but 
 William, the eldest, died in 1890, at the age of 
 twenty years. Posie E. is engaged in teaching, 
 and also does some work as an artist. Robert I. 
 is still attending the home .school. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Hibbard is a stanch 
 Democrat, and takes quite an active interest in 
 local politics, doing all in his power to aid in the 
 growth and insure the success of his part}-. He 
 has served for two terms as Mayor of Nauvoo, and 
 also as City Clerk. He has been Supervisor of 
 his township, which office he is now filling, and 
 at this writing he is serving as City Attornej-, and 
 is a member of the High School Board. In all 
 the offices which he has filled he has di.scharged 
 his duties with a promptness and fidelitj- which 
 have won him high commendation. Socialh-, he 
 is a member of the Odd Fellows' Society, the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen, and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. 
 
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 (3TEPHEN JACOBS, one of the .self-made 
 /\ men of Hancock County, and one of itshon- 
 Ji*J/ ored pioneers, is now living on section 3, 
 Pilot Grove Township. He came to this county in 
 the spring of 1837, and for fifty-four years has been 
 one of its citizens. He has therefore witnessed 
 the greater part of its growth and development, 
 has seen its wild land transfonned into beautiful 
 homes and farms, has witnessed the introduction 
 of the railroads, and has watched with interest the 
 progress of civilization, which by its advancement 
 
 has made Hancock one of the leading counties in 
 the State. The pioneers laid the foundation for 
 the county's prosperity, and to them all honor is 
 due. As one of the early settlers, Mr. Jacobs 
 well deserves mention in this volume. 
 
 A native of the Empire State, our subject was 
 born July 30, 181 1, and is a son of Udney H. and 
 Elizabeth (Hubbard) Jacobs. The former was a 
 native of Massachusetts, and was of German de- 
 scent, while the latter was of English lineage. 
 Their family numbered the following children: 
 Norton, Jason K. and Prosper, who are now de- 
 ceased; Stephen, of this sketch; Elisha, deceased; 
 Eliza, widow of M. Andrews, and a resident of 
 Colorado; and Mary, wife of Milton Hamilton, of 
 Washington. Of the four sons of the family who 
 are now deceased, three of them were ministers. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads Stephen 
 Jacobs spent his boyhood and youth. His edu- 
 cational privileges were those afforded by the old- 
 time subscription schools, but his advantages in 
 that direction were meagre. When twenty-three 
 years of age, he left home and began life for him- 
 self. He remained in New York until 1836, when 
 he came West, making the journey by water, and 
 located in what is now Durham Township, Han- 
 cock County, 111. In the autumn of that year, 
 however, he returned to his native State, but in 
 the .spring of 1837 lie came West with his family. 
 He was married on the 8th of July, 1834, to Miss 
 Minerva Ostrander, and to them were born nine 
 children: Margaret A., who is now engaged in 
 the millinery bu.sine.ss in La Harpe; Mary, wife 
 of William H. Grove, a resident farmer of Pilot 
 Grove Township; Abraham, a dentist of Earned, 
 Pawnee County, Kan.; Marvin, who is living on 
 a farm in Pilot Grove Township; Emma C, who 
 is at home; Edward P., an agriculturist and 
 farmer of Dallas Township, Hancock County: 
 Eliza, who died in 1878; Prosper H., who aids in 
 the operation of the home farm: and vStephen, 
 who died in 1878. 
 
 On coming to this county, Mr. Jacobs located 
 in Durham Township, but after a year removed 
 to a farm in Pilot Grove Township, purchasing a 
 forty-acre tract of unimproved prairie land on 
 .section 3. He erected a .small log cabin, and with 
 
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 characteristic energy began the development of 
 his farm, upon which he has since lived. It now 
 comprises one hundred acres of rich and arable 
 land, and is cultivated by the sons of our subject, 
 for he is practically living a retired life. In all 
 of his labors he has found in his wife an able 
 helpmate, who has assisted him by her thrifty 
 ways, and by her encouragement. She was born 
 in Saratoga County, N. Y. , in the town of Still- 
 well, October 6, i8i i, and their marriage was cel- 
 ebrated in Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Since casting his first Presidential vote for An- 
 drew Jackson, Mr. Jacobs has been an advocate 
 of the Democracy, and by his ballot has supported 
 its men and measures. He has been elected to a 
 number of local offices, the duties of which he has 
 performed with promptness and fidelity. He 
 sen-ed as Justice of the Peace, was Highway 
 Conunissioner and School Treasurer, and helped 
 to lay out the roads in an early day. He also 
 took an active part in the Mormon troubles. He 
 has always favored those enterprises which are 
 calculated to prove of public benefit and to ad- 
 vance the general welfare, and is recognized as a 
 valued citizen of tlie community. 
 
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 r^ARKHURST WARD CUTLER is a worthy 
 L/^ representative of the agricultural interests of 
 t^ Hancock County, and resides on section 28, 
 Carthage Township, where he is successfully en- 
 gaged in fanning. Numbered among the nati\e 
 sons of Illinois, he was born in Fulton County, 
 near Canton, on the 27lh of February, 1848, and 
 is a son of Nathan and Hannah (Ward) Cutler. 
 His father is a native of the Empire State, and is 
 descended from an old Englisli family founded in 
 America about 1636 by John Cutler. The mother 
 was born in Pennsylvania. The family of this 
 worthy couple numbered five sons and two 
 daughters, as follows: Amanda, who died in in- 
 fancy; Parkhurst, of this sketch; Atwood and 
 Ebenezer, who also died in infancy; James C, 
 whf) is engaged in farming in Carthage Town- 
 
 ship; Francis M., a grain-buyer in the city of 
 Carthage; and Martha E., wife of M. F. Turner, 
 of Tyler, Tex. 
 
 The father of this family has made farming his 
 life occupation. He remained in the Empire 
 State until nineteen years of age, and then emi- 
 grated westward, locating in Fulton County, 111., 
 in 1838. He .settled upon a farm near Canton, 
 and there made his home until 1853, when he 
 came to Hancock Count}-, and took up his resi- 
 dence in Pilot Grove Township. Purchasing 
 land, he made his home thereon for a year, and 
 then bought one hundred and seventj'-three acres 
 of wild prairie land on section 28, Carthage 
 Township. This he at once began to develop 
 and improve, and made it a highlj' -cultivated and 
 valuable tract, which is still in possession of the 
 family. Mr. Cutler is yet living, and has reached 
 the age of seventy-four years. He has served as 
 Township Supervisor, and is recognized as one of 
 the leading and influential citizens of the com- 
 munity. He is now a member of the Baptist 
 Church. His wife passed away in May, 1886, 
 and was laid to rest in Moss Ridge Cemetery, of 
 Carthage. 
 
 The subject of this sketch came to Hancock 
 Count)- when five years of age. He was reared 
 to manhood upon the old homestead, spending 
 the days of his boyhood and youth as most fanner 
 lads do. He had to walk three and a-half miles 
 to the subscription schools, and it was in this way 
 that he acquired his education. His training at 
 farm work began at an earh- age, and ere many 
 years had passed he was familiar witli it in all of 
 its departments. He continued at home for two 
 years after he had attained his majority, and then 
 began forming for himself, on a tract of land of 
 one hundred and twenty acres on section 28, 
 Carthage Township. Here he has made his home 
 continuously since, with the exception of four 
 years spent in the city of Carthage. 
 
 On the 27th of February-, 1871, Mr. Cutler led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Fannie G. Barker, 
 daughter of Judge Francis A. and Catherine 
 Barker. Mrs. Cutler comes of good old Revolu- 
 tionary stock, her grandfather, Samuel A. Bar- 
 ker, having served as aide-de-camp to Gen. La 
 
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 Fayette, during the War for Independence. Her 
 father, Francis A. Barker, was born in Dutchess 
 Countj', N. Y., and there received a good educa- 
 tion for those times. His paternal ancestors were 
 EngHsh, and his mother was of French origin. 
 
 About 1826, Mr. Barker renio\-ed to Washing- 
 ton County, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile 
 business, and two years later married Mi.ss Cath- 
 erine Barker, who was born at Marietta, Ohio, of 
 parents who came from New England. He con- 
 tinued his residence in the Buckeye State until 
 1844, when he removed with his family, consist- 
 ing of seven children, to central Iowa, settling in 
 what afterwards became Marion County, where 
 he bought land and engaged in farming. Being 
 an intelligent, public-spirited man, he soon rose to 
 prominence in that part of the State, and was 
 called upon to fill various important public offices. 
 On the organization of Marion County he was 
 elected its first County Judge. He was Chief 
 Clerk of the Iowa State Legislature for two years 
 in Iowa City, and for one j-ear after the capital 
 was moved to Des Moines, and was Warden of 
 the State Penitentiary at Ft. Madison during 
 1855 and 1856. On the expiration of that period 
 he became a resident of Kuoxville, Marion Coun- 
 ty, and lived retired until his death, which occur- 
 red in 1 87 1. His faithful wife survived him sev- 
 eral years, and died at the home of her daughter, 
 Mrs. Cutler, of Carthage, 111., in 18S5. In this 
 family were four sons and three daughters, but 
 onh- four are living at this writing. Emma C. 
 married Mr. McVa)-, and died at Knoxville, Iowa; 
 Edward C. enlisted in the Union army during the 
 rebellion, and died in Texas, in the .service of 
 his country; Francis C. was also a Union soldier 
 during the Civil War, and is now in the employ 
 of the Government in Washington, D. C; Fan- 
 nie G. is the wife of Mr. Cutler of this notice; 
 William H. ser\-ed in Company K, Third Iowa 
 Cavalry, for four years, and is now a dentist of 
 Huron, S. Dak.; Mary A. is the wife of J. C. 
 Cutler, of Carthage Township; and George W., 
 who fought for the preservation of the Union, 
 died in Knoxville in 1869, from disease contracted 
 while in the army. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cutler have two sons: Nathan 
 
 B., who was born April 24, 1873, and Ward A., 
 born on the 4th of November, 1875. Both are 
 attending college in Chicago. Mr. Cutler is a warm 
 friend to education and is determined that his 
 children should have good advantages along that 
 line. In politics, he votes with the Prohibition 
 party, for he warmly advocates the cause of tem- 
 perance, and does all in his power to gain the sup- 
 port of the people for temperance measures. In 
 religious belief, he is a Baptist. The poor and 
 needy find in him a warm friend, as he is a char- 
 itable and bene\-olent man. His life has been 
 well spent, and his upright career has gained 
 for him universal confidence and e.steem. In his 
 business dealings he has been very successful, 
 and has become the owner of five hundred and 
 twentv acres of valuable land. 
 
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 r^UDOLPH ANTON has been prominently 
 ki connected with the official interests of Nau- 
 n\ voo for a luimber of years, and is now ser\'- 
 ing as the efficient Postma.ster. He w-as born on 
 the 22d of September, 1854, in St. Louis, Mo., 
 and was the third in order of birth in a family of 
 six children, five sons and a daughter. The par- 
 ents were John and Elizabeth (Wagner) Anton, 
 both natives of Bavaria, Germany. The father 
 was reared and educated in his native land, and 
 when a young man sailed for the New World, for 
 he believed that he might thereby better his finan- 
 cial condition. Having crossed the Atlantic, he 
 took up his residence in St. Louis, where for a 
 short time he worked at the barber's trade. The 
 year 1855 witnessed his arrival in Nauvoo, where 
 he continued to make his home until his death, 
 which occurred in 1864, at the age of forty-one 
 years. His wife survived him for several years, 
 and departed this life in Nauvoo, in 1877, *t the 
 age of forty-eight years. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of our subject. He re- 
 mained quietly at home, and attended the public 
 sch(Jt)ls until sixteen years of age, at which time 
 he .started out in life for himself Going to St. 
 
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 Louis, he there learned the barber's trade, which 
 he followed for four years, after which he returned 
 to Nauvoo, and, opening a barber shop, conducted 
 the same for a period of ten years. His next un- 
 dertaking was fruit-culture. He became owner 
 of a good vineyard, and gave his time and atten- 
 tion to its cultivation until March, 1886, when he 
 was appointed Postmaster. He filled the position 
 until June, 1889, and then during President Har- 
 rison's administration was out of office, but in Ju- 
 ly, 1893, he was again appointed. His capable 
 administration of the affairs of the office has won 
 him high commendation, and that he is an accept- 
 able officer is shown by the fact that he was again 
 given the position. 
 
 On the 21 st of January-, 1879, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Anton and Miss Lizzie Boe- 
 decker, who was born in Germany. Their union 
 has been blessed by two children: Annie M., born 
 November 15, 1879, and George E., born Febru- 
 ary 22, 1888, who are still with their parents. 
 
 Since attaining his majority, Mr. Anton has 
 been a supporter of the Democracy, and warmly 
 advocates its principles. He has ser\-ed as Tax 
 Collector for two terms, was Superintendent of 
 Highways for two terms, was Alderman for two 
 terms, was Mayor of the city for two terms, and 
 City Clerk for the .same length of time, and is now 
 serving as a member of the Board of Education. 
 Whether in official, business or private life, he is 
 ever true to the trust reposed in him, and has the 
 esteem and confidence of the entire community. 
 He holds membership with the Catholic Church. 
 
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 ^OHN SIBERT, who is now engaged in farm- 
 I ing on section 21, Fountain Green Town- 
 O ship, Hancock County, is one of the honored 
 veterans of the late war, who for three years wore 
 the blue and valiantly aided in defense of the Old 
 Flag and tlie cause it represented. He claims 
 Virginia as the State of his nativity, for he was 
 born near Furrisville, on the 17th of March, 1841. 
 On the paternal side he is of German descent, 
 his father, John Sibert, having been a native of 
 
 Germany. In that countrj^ he lived until 1838, 
 when, in a sailing-vessel, he crossed the Atlantic 
 to America, and after a voj-age of six weeks 
 reached the shores of the New World. He lo- 
 cated in Baltimore, Md., where he made his home 
 until 1849, in which year he emigrated to Ohio. 
 Settling in Ross County, he there continued to 
 reside until 1854, when he removed to McDon- 
 ough County, 111. Five years later he came to 
 Hancock County and made a settlement in Foun- 
 tain Green Township, where he spent his remain- 
 ing days, his death occurring on the 14th of Jan- 
 uary, 1892. He was one of the leading citizens 
 of the communitj-, and during his long residence 
 here became both widely and favorably known. 
 His wife, who bore the maiden name of Catherine 
 Cuba, is still living, at the age of seventy-two. In 
 their family were nine children, of whom John is 
 the eldest. The others are, Lizzie; Gabriel; 
 Christian; Mary J. and Betsy A., twins; Aman- 
 da and Fannie, twins; and Sarah. 
 
 Mr. Sibert whose name heads this record spent 
 the first eight years of his life in his native State, 
 and then accompanied his parents on their re- 
 moval to Ohio. He was a youth of thirteen when 
 he came to Illinois, and since the age of eighteen 
 he has lived in Hancock County. His educa- 
 tion was acquired in the district schools, but his 
 advantages in that direction were quite meagre. 
 He was still at home on the breaking out of the 
 late war. Prompted by a spirit of patriotism, he 
 enlisted as a private on the 15th of August, 1862, 
 joining Company A, of the One Hundred and 
 Eighteenth Illinois Infantn.-. He was mustered 
 into service at Camp Butler, and the first active 
 engagement in which he participated was in Ar- 
 kansas. He was in the long-fought siege of 
 Vicksburg, and participated in a number of other 
 important engagements. On the 13th of October, 
 1865, he received his discharge, having been in 
 the mean time elected Corporal. He was always 
 found at his post, faithful to his duty, and is de- 
 ser\-ing of the honor which is paid to the brave 
 boys in blue who went to the front in the defense 
 of their country in her hour of peril. 
 
 On his return from the war, Mr. Sibert began 
 working for his father on the home farm, but after 
 
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 a short time he removed to his present farm on 
 sections 16 and 21, Fonntain Green Township. 
 Here he owns one hundred and twenty acres of 
 rich land, which is under a high state of cukiva- 
 tion and well improved. In addition to this he 
 has one hundred and twenty-seven acres else- 
 where in the county, and from his property he de- 
 rives a good income, for it is well kept up, and the 
 cultivation he bestows upon his land makes it 
 very fertile. 
 
 On the ist of November, 1866, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Sibert and MissS. Ellen Mil- 
 ler. To them was born a son, Henry Guy. The 
 mother died on the 14th of November, 1890, and 
 Mr. Sibert was again married, October 6, 1-891, 
 his second union being with Mrs. Mary (Walker) 
 Yoinig, an estimable lady, who has many friends 
 in the communitN'. 
 
 Mr. Sibert takes quite an active interest in po- 
 litical affairs, keeps himself well informed on the 
 issues of the da}', and votes with the Republican 
 party. He has held the oiSces of Road Commis- 
 .sioner and Assessor, and discharged his duties 
 with a promptness and fidelity that won him high 
 commendation. He holds membership with the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he and 
 his wife belong to the Presbyterian Church. In 
 this community, which has so long been their 
 home, they have a wide acquaintance, and by all 
 who know them are held in high regard for their 
 many excellencies of character and sterling worth. 
 
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 (31NDERSON D. WILLIAMS, who devotes 
 r I his time and attention to agricultural pur- 
 I I suits on .section 27, Fountain Green Town- 
 ship, is a native of Hancock County, and a repre- 
 .sentative of one of its pioneer families. He was 
 born in Hancock Township, on the i6th of Feb- 
 niar}', 1840, and is a son of Lemuel and Cassan- 
 der (Simmon.s) Williams. His father was a na- 
 tive of South Carolina, and the family is of Irish 
 origin. Our subject was the second of ten chil- 
 dren. Edna, the eldest, is the wife of James V. 
 Nelson. Seth T., an honored veteran of the late 
 
 war, is now living in Kansas. Amanda is the 
 wife of John H. Tyler. Sheba is the wife of 
 James R. Shields. Robert M. died in Texas in 
 1890. John F. is the next younger. Ava is the 
 widow of William Redman. Two children died 
 in infancj'. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of our 
 subject, who in the usual maimer of farmer lads 
 spent the daj's of his boyhood and youth. In 
 the common schools of his neighborhood he con- 
 ned his lessons and gained a fair English educa- 
 tion. He began life for himself upon rented land, 
 and continued its cultivation until after the break- 
 ing out of the late war, when, feeling that his 
 country needed his sen-ices, he abandoned the 
 plow and, donning the blue, enlisted on the 20th 
 of July, 1861. He was assigned to Company G, 
 Second Illinois Cavalrj', and was mustered into 
 service at Springfield. Going to the South, he 
 participated in the long-fought siege of Vicksburg 
 and took part in the battle of Holly Springs, but 
 during the greater part of the time was engaged 
 in scouting duty in Kentucky, Mississippi, Ten- 
 nessee and Louisiana. From New Orleans he 
 went to Pensacola, Fla., then back through Ala- 
 bama to Vicksburg. He was very fortunate, in 
 that he was never wounded or taken prisoner, 
 although he .saw some arduous and difiicult serv- 
 ice. After four years spent in the South as a 
 faithful defender of the Old Flag and the cause it 
 represented, he was honorably discharged with 
 the rank of Orderly-Sergeant, on the 6th of July, 
 1865. 
 
 Mr. Williams then returned to Hancock County , 
 and has .since made his home in Fountain Green 
 Township, with the exception of three years spent 
 in Missouri. He was married on the 29th of 
 October, 1866, the lady of his choice being Miss 
 Louisa Bryant. Nine children have graced their 
 union, namel)-: Nellie G., now the wife of 
 Thomas J. Latherow, a farmer of Fountain Green 
 Township; Cora G. ; Hiram; Katie, who died in 
 November, 1872; George E.; Mary A., whodied 
 on the 3d of April, 1892; Roy, F'thel and Edith. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Williams is connected with the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and is a member of 
 the Methodist Church. In politics, he is a .sup- 
 
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 porter of Republican principles, and has held the 
 offices of Township Collector and Commissioner, 
 discharging his duties with a promptness and fi- 
 delity that won him high commendation. He is 
 a loyal and faithful citizen, who supports the best 
 interests of the community, and during the late 
 war he was a valiant defender of the Union. 
 
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 ^ILAS H. BYLER, who carries on general 
 Ny farming on section i6, Durham Township, 
 Q) Hancock County, has the honor of being a 
 native of Illinois, his birth having occurred in 
 Adams County, this State, on the 20th of Janu- 
 ary, 1847. He is a son of David Byler, whose 
 sketch appears elsewhere in this work. The fam- 
 ily came to this county at an early day, and the 
 education of our subject was acquired in the dis- 
 trict schools of the community, where he obtained 
 a fair knowledge of the common English branches, 
 and thus fitted himself for the practical duties of 
 life. 
 
 On the 29th of January, 1872, Mr. Byler was 
 united in marriage with Miss Alexina B. Moyes, 
 eldest daughter of David and Mary A. (Ross) 
 Moyes, both of whom were natives of Scotland. 
 Mrs. Byler was also born in that country, the 
 date of the event being December 4, 1845. By 
 the union of our .subject and his wife were born 
 four children, two sons and two daughters, but 
 one son died in infancy, and Mary E. is also de- 
 ceased. Grace E. and David E. are still with 
 their parents. 
 
 Mr. Byler whose name heads this record con 
 tiinied upon the old home farm until he had at- 
 tained his majority, when he started out in life 
 for himself. He purchased eighty acres of land 
 in the southern part of Durham Township, and, 
 locating thereon, turned his attention to its culti- 
 vation and development. The farm was divided 
 into fields of convenient size by good fences, a 
 pleasant re.sidence was erected, and other improve- 
 ments necessary to a model farm of the nineteenth 
 century were made. For five years he lived 
 there, and then removed to his present home on 
 
 section 16, Durham Township. Here he lives on 
 eighty acres of rich and arable land, and the neat 
 and thrifty appearance of the farm indicates the 
 careful supervision of the owner and his practical 
 and progressive spirit. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Byler is a supporter 
 of the Democracy, and is a firm believer in its 
 principles. He has held the office of School Di- 
 rector for four 3'ears, and was Township Collector 
 for one year. The cause of education finds in 
 him a warm friend, and he has ever labored to 
 secure good schools for the community. Socially, 
 he has been connected for four years with Dallas 
 City Lodge No. 235, A. F. & A. M., and for 
 two years has been its Treasurer. In 1880, he 
 united with the Friendship Church, of Durham 
 Township, a church of the Baptist denomination. 
 Mr. Byler has spent the greater part of his life in 
 Hancock County, where he is both widelj' and 
 favorably known, and it is with pleasure that we 
 present to our readers this record of his life 
 work. 
 
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 I EVI LONG, who for a half-centurj^ has re- 
 I C sided upon his present farm on section 8, 
 V^J Hancock Township, is numbered among the 
 honored pioneers of Hancock County. He was 
 born in Lancaster County, Pa., near Lancaster 
 City, March 17, 1832, and is a son of William 
 and Mary (Yetter) Long, natives of the Keystone 
 State. The Long family is of German descent. 
 The father remained in Pennsylvania until 1835, 
 when, accompanied by his family, he emigrated to 
 Sangamon County, 111. A few months later he 
 came to Hancock County, 111., settling in Bear 
 Creek Township, where he lived until 1844. In 
 that year he removed to Hancock Township, pur- 
 chasing eighty acres on section 8, the present farm 
 of our subject. Not a furrow had been turned or an 
 improvement made upon the place. He erected 
 a log cabin, 14x28 feet, and upon that farm made 
 his home until his death. He became the owner of 
 one hundred acres, which he cleared and improved, 
 making it a valuable tract. Mr. Long took an act- 
 ive part in the development of this region, aided 
 
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 in laj-iiig out the roads, and filled the offices of Tax 
 Collector, Assessor, Township Trustee, Commis- 
 sioner and Justice of the Peace, discharging his 
 duties with promptness and fidelity. In politics, 
 he was a Democrat, and in religious belief was a 
 Lutheran. He died Januar}- 26, 1886, in his 
 seveutj-ninth j-ear, and his remains were laid to 
 rest in the Yetter Cemeterj-. His wife passed 
 away in 1S35. They were the parents of two 
 children, but Marj' died at the age of five years. 
 
 Our .subject, who is now the only sur^'ivor of 
 the family, was a child of only threa summers 
 when lie came with his father to Illinois. He was 
 reared to manhood upon the old homestead farm 
 in Hancock Township, and acquired his educa- 
 tion in the subscription schools, which were held 
 in a log schoolhouse, a mile and a-half from his 
 home. The furniture in that structure was very 
 primitive, consisting of slab seats, rough desks and 
 a huge fireplace. In 1850, Mr. Long entered 
 from the Government forty acres of land, and at 
 once began its development, transforming the raw 
 prairie into a rich and fertile tract, which was made 
 to yield him a golden tribute in return for the 
 care and labor he bestowed upon it. He now owns 
 two hundred and eighty acres of valuable land, 
 and is successfully engaged in general farming and 
 stock-raising. 
 
 Mr. Long has been twice married. On the 26th 
 of January, 1858, he wedded Miss Susan Peiitz, 
 who died on the 22d of October of the same year. 
 On the i8th of October, 1862, he married Miss 
 Sarah Callahan, and eleven children were born of 
 their union, namely: Mary E., William L., Reu- 
 ben H., Margaret F., Sarah B., John H., Charles 
 F., LenaE., Ethel G., Harvey C. and Samuel. 
 The family circle yet remains unbroken by the 
 hand of death. The Longs are people of promi- 
 nence in the community, and parents and children 
 are held in high regard bj' all who know them. 
 
 Mr. Long is a supporter of the Democratic party 
 and its principles, and has been honored with 
 some local offices. He ser\'ed as Commissioner 
 for the long i)eriod of twelve years, and for fifteen 
 years was School Director. His continuance in 
 office well indicates his fidelity' to dut\- and the 
 confidence reposed in him by his fellow-town.smen. 
 
 He holds membership with the Farmers' Alliance, 
 and is a public-spirited and progressive citizen, 
 who manifests a commendable interest in every- 
 thing pertaining to the welfare of the connnunity, 
 and does all in his power for the promotion of its 
 leading enterprises. He has been an ej-e-witness 
 of almost the entire growth of the county, and well 
 deserves mention among the honored pioneers. 
 
 ■JJEORGE THOMAS PEARCE, one of the 
 __ prominent farmers and extensive property 
 ^ owners of Henderson County, now living on 
 section 35, Gladstone Township, was born in 
 Warren County, 111., on the ist of July, 1855, and 
 is a representative of one of the earliest families of 
 that county. His father, Andrew G. Pearce, was 
 born in Champaign County, Ohio, in 1816. The 
 latter' s father, Thomas Pearce, was a native of 
 Holland, and his mother of Ireland. Emigrating 
 to this country, they lived for a time in the Buck- 
 eye State, but afterwards settled in \\'arren Coun- 
 ty, where they spent their remaining days. They 
 lived to quite an advanced age, and were buried 
 at Berwick. 
 
 A. G. Pearce became a resident of Warren 
 County in 1832. At the age of twenty-two he 
 began preaching, and continued in the work of the 
 ministry until 1837, when he was forced to aban- 
 don it, for his voice had failed him. He married 
 Eliza Powers, daughter of Aaron Powers, who, 
 with his wife, emigrated to Warren County, 
 where they both li\'ed to a ripe old age, and when 
 they passed away were laid to rest in Greeubush 
 Cemetery. By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce 
 were born four children: Mrs. Mattie J. Lattimer, 
 Theodore C, Mrs. Mary C. Brooks and George 
 T. of this sketch. 
 
 Upon the old home farm in his nati\e county 
 our subject spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth, attending the common schools through the 
 winter .sea.son, and aiding in the labors of the farm 
 during the sunnner niontlis. After arriving at 
 years of maturit\-, he was married, on the 13th 
 of June, 1882, the lad}- of his choice being Miss 
 

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 Mar>' A. Brook, who was born in Henderson 
 County, July 24, 1853, and is a daughter of Isaiah 
 J. and Jennie Brook. Her father was a native of 
 Ohio, and in an early day emigrated westward. 
 He took up his residence in Henderson County, 
 and entered the land on which our subject now 
 resides. Here he successfully carried on farming 
 until his death, which occurred in August, 1891. 
 His wife still sun-ives him, and has reached the 
 age of seventy- five years. 
 
 Five children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pearce: Jessie B., born May 26, 1884; Edwin G., 
 January i, 1886; Jennie E., June 30, 1887; Hugh 
 M., June 6, 1889; and Lora M., September 29, 
 1892. 
 
 Mr. Pearce is recognized as one of the progress- 
 ive and enterprising farmers and .stock-raisers of 
 Henderson County, and this reputation is well 
 deserved. He is now the owner of five hundred 
 and twenty acres of valuable land all in one body, 
 and one hundred and sixty acres in Warren 
 County. This is under a high state of cultivation, 
 and, in consequence, yields to him a good income. 
 
 He has engaged in the raising of cattle on 
 quite an extensive scale, and this has to him 
 proved a profitable venture. In his political 
 views, Mr. Pearce has always been a stalwart 
 Republican, and warmly advocates the principles 
 of his party. He has always lived either in War- 
 ren or Henderson County, and has therefore a 
 wide acquaintance throughout this part of the 
 State. His well-spent life has gained him uni- 
 versal confidence and esteem, and throughout the 
 community he has many friends. 
 
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 (TOHN A. BARR, M. D., who is exten.sively 
 I engaged in the practice of medicine in Foun- 
 G) tain Green, claims Kentucky as the State of 
 his nativity, his birth having occurred in Breck- 
 enridge County on the 17th of February, 1849. 
 He comes of an old family of that State. His 
 grandfather, Adam Barr, was a resident of Ken- 
 tucky, and his father, Elias Barr, was there born 
 and reared. The latter, who owned considerable 
 
 propert}', became a planter, and was a member of 
 the State Legislature for eighteen consecutive 
 years. His wife bore the maiden name of Sallie 
 Beauchamp. This worthy couple were the parents 
 of twelve children: Daniel T. and Newell R., de- 
 ceased; Elmira A., widow of J. N. Hurdle; Mary 
 L., wife of Thomas Ray; Luford B., who makes 
 his home in Prescott, Iowa; George W., a resi- 
 dent of Colusa, 111.; Sarah E., widow of David 
 Wright; Kittie A., deceased, wife of S. T. Tur- 
 ney; John A., of this sketch; Martha J., wife of 
 Merrill Bross, of Prescott, Iowa; Franklin P., 
 who is living in Clarinda, Iowa; and Amanda 
 M., wife of D. C. Sowers, of Nebraska. 
 
 Dr. Barr .spent the first ten years of his life in 
 the State of his nativity, and then accompanied 
 his parents on their emigration to Hancock Coun- 
 ty, 111., in 1859, the father purcha.sing land in 
 Rock Creek Township. John A. was reared on 
 the old homestead farm, and in his youth at- 
 tended the district schools of the neighborhood; 
 but his early educational privileges were after- 
 wards supplemented by a course of study in La 
 Harpe Seminary, from which institution he was 
 graduated in 1870. Wishing to enter the medi- 
 cal profession and make its practice his life work, 
 when his literary course was completed he en- 
 tered on the study of medicine, and in 1875 was 
 graduated under Prof Carpenter from the Keokuk 
 Medical College. Two years later he was grad- 
 uated from the Jefferson Medical College of 
 Philadelphia in the Class of '77. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation. Dr. Barr lo- 
 cated in Burnside, Hancock Countj', opened an 
 office, and began the practice of his chosen pro- 
 fession. There he remained for five years, when, 
 in 1882, he removed to Fountain Green, where 
 he has since made his home. He now has an ex- 
 tensive practice, which has come to him as the re- 
 sult of his skill and ability. He always keeps in 
 advance of the recognized standard in the pro- 
 fession, and makes a constant study of this, his 
 life work. He has therefore won success, and his 
 prosperity is well deserved. In connection with 
 his other interests, he also superintends his farm 
 of three hundred acres. 
 
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 405 
 
 Febniarj', 1882, united the destinies of Dr. Barr 
 and Miss Mollie W. Walker, daughter of Capt. 
 Samuel and Sallie (MrGinley) Walker. Their 
 union has been blessed with one child, Tressler. 
 The Doctor and his wife have a wide acquaintance 
 in this community, and are numbered among its 
 prominent and influential citizens, their many ex- 
 cellencies of character having gained them the 
 high regard of their friends. In his political 
 views. Dr. Barr is a Democrat, and has .sensed 
 as Super^nsor. Socially, he is connected with 
 Fountain Lodge No. 50, A. O. U. W.; with the 
 I. O. M. A., and holds membership with the 
 Christian Church of Burnside. His residence in 
 Hancock County covers a period of thirtj--five 
 years, and he therefore well deserves mention 
 among its earlv settlers. 
 
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 y^RS. EMILY M. MITCHELL, who for 
 y many years has resided upon the farm 
 (9 where she now makes her home, on section 
 16, Gladstone Township, Henderson County, was 
 bom in Washington County, Ind., on the 27th of 
 August. 1832. Her father was John Salladay. 
 He died about 1S55, and his wife, Nancy (Dris- 
 coU) Salladay, survived him for many years, 
 passing away about 1873. In their family were ten 
 children, eight sons and two daughters, namely: 
 John W., Elisha D. and Jacob (twins), Mark O., 
 Mrs. Parthenia Crutchfield, Isaac M., Mrs. Emily 
 Mitchell, Isaiah R., Milton and Elijah. 
 
 Mrs. Mitchell spent the days of her girlhood in 
 her parents' home, becoming familiar with all the 
 duties of the household. There she remained 
 until her marriage, on the 14th of November, 
 1849, when she became the wife of Sanuiel Mit- 
 chell, a son of Joseph Mitchell. He was born in 
 Philadelphia, Pa., and was one of a family of ten 
 children. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mit- 
 chell was bles.sed with a family of five children, 
 namely: Emma C, who was born November 19, 
 1861, and is now the wife of J. P. Scully; John C, 
 who was born August 27, 1864; lona Amelia, 
 December 3, 1867; Ida O., June 10, 1871: and 
 one who died in earlv childhood. 
 
 When a young man, Samuel Mitchell came to 
 Henderson County, and here spent his remaining 
 days. In his youth good school privileges had 
 been afforded him, and he had acquired an excel- 
 lent education. He located in the southern part 
 of this count}', and soon began teaching, which 
 profession he followed for several years. While 
 still quite young, he was elected County Clerk of 
 Henderson County, and proved a faithful and 
 efficient officer, discharging his duties with 
 promptness and fidelity. Before his marriage he 
 purchased the home farm, and to this place 
 brought his bride. He there carried on agricul- 
 tural pursuits throughout the remainder of his 
 life, placing the land under a high state of cultiva- 
 tion, and making many improvements, so that his 
 fann became one of the valuable ones of the neigh- 
 borhood. Mr. Mitchell lived a quiet and una.ssum- 
 ing life, devoting the greater part of his time and 
 attention to his business interests. He always had 
 the respect and confidence of those with whom he 
 came in contact, for he was honorable and upright 
 in all things. He held membership with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and, in politics, was 
 a supporter of the Republican party and its prin- 
 ciples. He passed away February- 2, 1882, at the 
 ageof sixty-four years, and his death was deeply 
 mourned by many friends. 
 
 Mrs. Mitchell yet li^•es upon the home farm 
 with her children, and .since her husband's death 
 has managed its affairs, displaying good business 
 and executive ability. She is a nio.st estimable 
 lady, and with her children ranks high in social 
 circles. Her eldest daughter is a member of the 
 Catholic Church, and the two youngest children 
 hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 (lOSEPH A. JAMES, M. D., who is success- 
 I fully engaged in the practice of medicine in 
 (2/ Bentley, 111., is a native of Scott County, Ind. 
 He was born near Lexington, April 13, 1832, and 
 is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Parks) James, 
 the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 South Carolina. On the paternal side he is of 
 Welsh descent, and on the maternal side is of 
 Irish lineage. The father was engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits throughout his life. He re- 
 moved from his native State to Kentucky, and 
 thence to Indiana, locating in Scott County in an 
 early day. There he spent the remainder of his 
 life, passing away on the 24th of August, 1834. 
 His wife also died on the same day. They were 
 the parents of eight children, five sons and three 
 daughters, as follows: Elizabeth, who died in 
 1890; George W., who died about two years later; 
 Mar>- A., wife of Samuel Staples, a resident of 
 Pratt Center, Kan.; Rebecca, who died in infancy; 
 Hugh, who was accidentally shot in 1852, and 
 died from the effects of the injur>^ in 1854; Jona- 
 than, a retired farmer living in Boone, Iowa; Jo- 
 seph A., of this sketch ; and William, who died in 
 1872. 
 
 Dr. James was born on his father's farm, but 
 his parents having died when he was a child, he 
 was reared in Jefferson County, where he attend- 
 ed the subscription schools, which were held in a 
 log schoolhouse, and where he received but a 
 meagre education. Afterwards he went to Green- 
 castle, Ind., and entered the Asbur>-, nowDePauw, 
 University, where he pursued his studies for two 
 years. This completed his literarj' course. In 
 1853 he began teaching, and followed that pro- 
 fession until 1856. In the mean time he began 
 reading medicine with a view to entering the 
 profession, and in 1857 he became a student in 
 the Keokuk Medical College. On leaving that 
 institution he opened an office in Terre Haute, 
 111., where he continued in practice for five years, 
 when he abandoned that work to enter his coun- 
 tr\-'s .service. 
 
 In 1862, Dr. James organized what became 
 Company B of the Ninety-first Regiment of Illi- 
 nois Volunteers, and was cho.sen Captain. The 
 troops were mustered into service in September, 
 1862, and the first active engagement in which he 
 participated was at Bacon Creek. Ky., where they 
 built a stockade and were stationed to guard the 
 railroad and bridges. His command consisted of 
 only sixty-three men when they were attacked 
 by Morgan, commanding about nine thousand 
 
 soldiers. They were under a steadj- fire for six 
 hours, but so secureh- were the\- protected that 
 he did not lose a man, and had only five slightly 
 wounded, while Morgan lost fifteen, and had a 
 number injured. Among the killed Morgan lost 
 one of his most daring officers, Capt. Wolfe, a 
 Texas ranger, who lost his life while trying to 
 set fire to the bridge. As it was useless to con- 
 tinue the struggle against such overwhelming 
 numbers, Capt. James agreed to surrender, with 
 the understanding that all private property rights 
 of hinrself and men should be respected, and that 
 they should be paroled at the earliest opportunity. 
 This was in the afternoon or evening of December 
 27, 1862, and they were paroled about ten o'clock 
 that night. They then went to Atchafalaya Riv- 
 er, where Capt. James was wounded by a musket- 
 ball. After being confined for three weeks on a 
 boat hospital , he went to Brownsville, Tex., and 
 down the Gulf. He .spent one 3-ear on the Gulf, 
 then returned to New Orleans, from whence he 
 went to Mobile. For twelve days he was engaged 
 in the siege of Spanish Fort, and also took part in 
 the siege of Ft. Blakely . He aided in the capture 
 of Mobile, and followed the enemy to Mcintosh's 
 Bluffi When the war was over and the countrj- 
 no longer needed his services, he was honorably 
 discharged. July 24, 1865. 
 
 Dr. James then came to Illinois, and located in 
 Bentley. He purchased a fann of one hundred 
 and sixty acres in this locality. The greater part 
 of his time and attention, however, has been given 
 to the practice of medicine, which he still contin- 
 ues with good .success. His knowledge of the 
 science, and his skill and ability, have won him a 
 foremost place among his professional brethren, 
 and gained him the confidence and patronage of 
 the community. 
 
 Dr. James has been three times married. In 
 1854 he wedded Mi.ss Mary J. Jones, who died the 
 same year, and in 1858 he married Miss Cynthia 
 M. Paul, who.se death occurred in 1859. In 1867 
 Miss Elizabeth J. Allison became his wife. Six 
 children have been born of this union, namely: 
 Maggie, who died in infancy; Austin F., who is 
 engaged in the practice of dentistrj- in Oak Park, 
 111.; Charles W., who is attending a dental school; 
 
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 Clarence A., who is still at home; Eula L., who 
 is yet under the parental roof; and one child who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 In coinifcction with the practice of medicine, Dr. 
 James has carried on general farming and stock- 
 raising for a number of years. He is the owner 
 of three hundred acres of valuable laud, and the 
 farm yields to him a good income in return for the 
 care and cultivation which are bestowed upon it. 
 In politics he has always been a stalwart advocate 
 of Republican principles, but has never sought or 
 desired public office. He holds membership with 
 the Masonic fraternit}- and the Grand Army of 
 the Republic, and with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Churcli. He and his family have a wide acquaint- 
 ance in this community, and occupy an enviable 
 position in .social circles. Few men are better 
 known in this locality than Dr. James, the physi- 
 cian, honored veteran, and valued citizen. 
 
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 5JEORGE M. BRANDON, a farmer living on 
 _ .section 33, Fountain Green Township, Han- 
 (_>| cock County, is numbered among the native 
 sons of Illinois. He was born in Macomb, Mc- 
 Donough County, on the 17th of Januan*-, 1842, 
 and comes of a familj' of Scotch descent. His 
 parents, Richard and Magdelene (Favorite) Bran- 
 don, were botli natives of Pennsylvania. The 
 former continued in the Keystone State during 
 the early years of his life, and then removed to 
 Dayton, Ohio, where he continued to make his 
 home until 1S39, when he emigrated westward 
 to Macomb, 111. Soon after he settled upon a 
 farm in McDonough County, and there carried on 
 agricultural pursuits until 1846, which year wit- 
 nessed his arrival in Fountain Green Township, 
 Hancock County. Here his remaining da>s were 
 passed, and the community numbeied him among 
 its best citizens. He was actively interested in 
 the Mormon War, and bore his part in many pub- 
 lic enterprises. His death occurred in October, 
 1857, and he was laid to rest in Iowa City Ceme- 
 terj-. His wife long surA'ived him, and departed 
 this life May 29, 1891. 
 
 In the famib of Richard and Magdelene Bran- 
 
 don were ten children, six sons and four daugh- 
 ters. The eldest, T. C, died in 1889; James F. 
 is now living in Fountain Green Township; G. 
 Linn, a veteran of the late war, makes his home 
 in Bloomington, Ind.; George M. is the next 
 younger; Richard B., who .served during the late 
 war as a private of Company A, One Hundred 
 and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, died from dis- 
 ea.se contracted in the service, March 15, 1863; 
 Mar}- is also decea.sed; Elizabeth is the wife of 
 Robert P. Geddis, a farmer of Fountain Green 
 Township; Elias M. is station agent on the Tole- 
 do, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad at Blandinsville; 
 Edward B. is proprietor of a hotel in Hampton, 
 Iowa; Julia A. is the wife of John Miller, an ag- 
 riculturist of Fountain Green Township; and one 
 child died in infancy. 
 
 George M. Brandon was only four years of age 
 when he came with his parents to Hancock Coun- 
 ty. In the common .schools of the neighborhood 
 he acquired his education, and in the fields he was 
 developed physically. He early became familiar 
 with all the duties of farm life, and to his father 
 gave the benefit of his services until after the 
 breaking out of the late war, when, on the 15th of 
 August, 1862, he donned the blue and became a 
 member of Company A, One Hundred and Eigh- 
 teenth Illinois Infantry. He was mustered into 
 service at Camp Butler, in Springfield, 111., and 
 the first active engagement in which he partici- 
 pated was at Arkansas Post. This was followed 
 by the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Cham- 
 pion Hills, after which his regiment was largely 
 engaged in doing guard duty. In 1863 Mr. Bran- 
 don was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and 
 thus .served until receiving his discharge in Spring- 
 field, on the 15th of September, 1865. 
 
 When the country- no longer needed his .services 
 and the victorious armies returned home, Mr. 
 Brandon again came to Hancock Count}', and re- 
 .sumed work upon his father's farm, where he re- 
 mained until 1 87 1. On the 28th of December of 
 that >ear, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Laura A. Geddis, and their union was blessed 
 with six children: Maud, w-ho is attending school 
 in Galcsburg; Royal B., Robert P., Linn G. and 
 two w^ho died in infancv. 
 
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 Since attaining his majoritj-, Mr. Brandon has 
 been a stalwart supporter of the Republican party, 
 but has never sought political preferment for 
 himself. He has, however, held the office of Com- 
 missioner and School Director. Sociall)-, he is a 
 member of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men, and of the Grand Army of the Republic, and 
 also belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He has 
 resided upon his present farm .since 1873. It is 
 located on section 33, Fountain Green Township, 
 and comprises one hundred and .'^ixty acres of rich 
 and arable land, which he has placed under a 
 high state of cultivation. 
 
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 [~RANCIS WHEATLEY, one of the early 
 r^ settlers of Henderson County, who now car- 
 I ries on general farming on section 1 1 , Glad- 
 stone Town.ship, was born in Breckenridge 
 County, Ky., on the 29th of January, 1824. His 
 parents, Thomas and Susan (Mattingley) Wheat- 
 ley, were also natives of the same county. The 
 former was born about 1791, and the latter in 
 1787. Their childhood days were spent in the 
 State of their nativity, and after attaining to ma- 
 ture years the)' were united in marriage, in 1814. 
 Nine children were born to them, three sons and 
 six daughters, namely: Austin, Ignatius, Francis, 
 Maria, Mrs. Nancy Lewis, Mrs. Jane Coons, Mrs. 
 Amelia Wheatley, Sarah A. and Lucy. The 
 father was a cooper bj' trade, and in coiniection 
 with that pursuit followed farming. He remained 
 in Kentucky until his death, which occurred in 
 August, 1841. The mother was then left with a 
 family of nine children to support. 
 
 Francis Wheatley, who was a joung man of 
 seventeen years at the time of his father's death, 
 remained at home until twenty -eight years of age, 
 and aided his mother in the care of the family. 
 She was called to the home beyond in 1867. Thus 
 to farm work Francis Wheatley gave his time and 
 attention from early life. He unselfishly devoted 
 his labors to the interest of the family, and the 
 mother placed much dependence on her son. At 
 length he left home, and on the iSth of April, 
 1865, was united in marriage with MissMarj' Ef- 
 
 fort, a daughter of James and Melinda (Stemper) 
 Effort, who were numbered among the early set- 
 tlers of this locality. The daughter was born in 
 Tennessee, 011 the 23d of January, 1841, and when 
 a maiden of eight summers came with the family 
 to Illinois. They settled in Henderson Count}-, 
 and were soon recognized as leading citizens of 
 the community. 
 
 Mr. Wheatley dates his arrival here from the 
 spring of 1856, at which time he located a mile 
 east of his present farm. He there remained for 
 eleven years, after which he purchased his present 
 farm, and when married began his domestic life 
 thereon. He now has twenty-three acres of good 
 land and a comfortable home, and although he 
 started out in life empty-handed he has always 
 managed to live well. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wheatlej' were boni five 
 children, two sons and three daughters, namely: 
 Cora A., born November 30, 1866; Laura J., Au- 
 gust 20, 1869; Edgar W., December 18, 1873; 
 Mary F., November 20, 1876; and Charles A., 
 April I, 1879. 
 
 Mr. Wheatley is a Democrat in politics, but has 
 never sought or desired political preferment, de- 
 siring rather to give his entire time and attention 
 to his business interests. He has lived in Hender- 
 son County for thirty-five jears, and has seen 
 much of its growth and upbuilding. He has also 
 aided in its advancement, and gives his support 
 to all interests which are calculated to promote 
 the general welfare. Although his life has been 
 quiet and unassuming, it has been an honorable 
 one, and has gained him universal confidence and 
 esteem. 
 
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 NENRY C. BYLER owns and operates a good 
 farm on .section 32, Durham Towiisliip, 
 Hancock County. He here owns one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of good land, the greater 
 part of which is under a high .state of cultivation. 
 There is a comfortable home, good barns and 
 outbuildings, and well kept-fences, which divide 
 his farm into fields of convenient size. In con- 
 nection with the raising of crops suitable to this 
 
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 411 
 
 climate, he also is engaged in stock-raising to a 
 
 limited extent. He ships mostly to the towns in 
 this locality. 
 
 Mr. Byler has spent his entire life in Hancock 
 County, for he was born on the old homestead in 
 Durham Township, on the 30th of August, 1855. 
 He conned his lessons in the district schools of 
 the neighborhood, and thus acquired a good 
 practical English education. His training in 
 farm work was received under the instruction of 
 his father, to whom he gave the benefit of his 
 ser\-ices until he had attained his majority. He 
 then started out in life for himself, and has since 
 made his own way in the world. He first rented 
 eighty acres of his father, and operated that for 
 five years. He next purchased a tract of eighty 
 acres on .section 16, Durham Township, and for 
 eleven years made his home thereon, engaged in 
 the cultivation of his land. From that farm he 
 removed to the one on which he now resides. 
 
 On the 15th of April, 1S77, a marriage cere- 
 mony was performed which united the destinies 
 of Mr. Byler and Miss Emma J. Toof, daughter 
 of Benjamin and Marj' A. (Atherton) Toof, the 
 former a native of Vermont, born in Franklin 
 County February' 29, 1820. The latter, a native 
 of Ohio, was bom July 24, 1823. Mr. and 
 Mrs Byler have become the parents of three chil- 
 dren, two sons and a daughter, Frankie L. and 
 Ressie V. , who are at home, and J. Iven, who died 
 at the age of three years. The parents both hold 
 membership with the Old-School Baptist Church, 
 belonging to what is known as the Friendship 
 Church of Durham Township. For six years 
 Mr. Byler has been a Master Mason, belonging to 
 Dallas City Lodge. In politics, he is a Democrat. 
 
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 rTRANCIS A. MATTHEWS, deceased, was a 
 1^ native of Rhode Island, born in Providence 
 I on the 22d of November, 1816. His father, 
 Arthur Matthews, was a native of England, born 
 in 1764. He married Lucretia Bartlett, who was 
 born on the Island of Nantucket in 1779, and 
 they became the parents of eight children, six sons 
 
 and two daughters. When our subject was a 
 child of only two years, they removed with their 
 family to South Carolina, making the journey by 
 v.ater to Charleston, thence going to Spartanburg. 
 There Francis Matthews remained until fourteen 
 years of age. He acquired a limited education in 
 the public schools, and when a youth of fourteen 
 years went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained 
 until 1838. In that year he located near Law- 
 renceburg, Ind. , where he with his brothers estab- 
 lished a saw and grist mill. For eight years he 
 carried on business along that line, after which he 
 came to Illinois. 
 
 Hoping to benefit his financial condition thereby, 
 Mr. Matthews removed to Henderson County 
 in the year 1843. He located in Rozetta Town- 
 ship, purchasing eighty acres of unimproved land 
 on section 10. A log cabin was the only building 
 upon the place, and the greater part of the land 
 was still in its primitive condition, but he at once 
 began its cultivation, and as the result of his plow- 
 ing and planting the wild tract was soon trans- 
 formed into rich and fertile fields. He added 
 one hundred and sixty acres, and there carried on 
 agricultural pursuits until 1876, when he removed 
 to Ft. Madison, Iowa, where he lived a retired life 
 during the succeeding five years. 
 
 On the loth of November, 1859, our subject was 
 united in marriage with Miss Charlotte M. Dean, 
 daughter of George L. and Irene (Wheeler) Dean, 
 the former a native of Massachusetts, and the lat- 
 ter of Connecticut. Mrs. Matthews was born in 
 Athens, Ohio, and by her marriage became the 
 mother of three children; Charles Dean, who mar- 
 ried Maud M. Wilson, and is now operating the 
 old home farm; Grace T. ; and Harry L., who 
 completes the family. All are well known in this 
 community, and Mrs. Matthews and her children 
 occupy an enviable position in social circles. 
 
 Mr. Matthews continued to make his home in 
 Ft. Madison until the autumn of 1881, when he 
 returned to Henderson County, and purchased 
 the farm on which his widow yet resides. At his 
 death he owned a valuable tract of four hundred 
 acres, well improved. He carried on general farm- 
 ing and stock-raising, and in his dealings met with 
 prosperity, becoming one of the substantial citizens 
 
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 of the community. Although his life was a busj' 
 one, he always found time to take a commendable 
 interest in those enterprises which are calculated 
 to prove of public benefit. He voted the Repub- 
 lican ticket, but never sought or desired political 
 preferment for himself All who knew him re- 
 spected him for his sterling worth and integritj-, 
 and during his long residence in Henderson 
 County he made many warm friends. He passed 
 away on December 27, 1886, and was laid to 
 rest in Rozetta Cemetery. To his family he left 
 an untarni.shed name, and his memory will ever l^ 
 cherished bv his children. 
 
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 IILLIAM W. BALDWIN, who carries on 
 general farming on section 23, township 
 12 north, range 4 west, has been a resident 
 of Henderson County since 1865. He was born 
 in Fayette County, Ind., on the i8th of August, 
 1844, and comes of a family of Scotch origin. His 
 parents were Louis M. and Sarah (Cooper) Bald- 
 win. They had a familj- of only two children, 
 the si.ster of our subject being Rebecca A., wife of 
 John Spencer, a resident of Cambridge City, Ind. 
 The father was a farmer by occupation, making 
 that pursuit his life work. He died when our 
 subject was only three years of age. 
 
 William W. Baldwin then went to li\e with an 
 uncle. In- whom he was reared. Midst play and 
 work his bovhood days were spent. He early 
 became familiar with all the duties of farm life, 
 for at an early age he began work in the fields. 
 His education was acquired in the district schools 
 of the neighborhood, but his privileges in that 
 direction were rather meagre; however, practical 
 business experience and ob.servation have made 
 him a well-informed man. He remained in the 
 Hocsier State until he had attained his majority, 
 when, in 1S65, he bade adieu to his old homeand 
 came to Illinois, locating in Henderson County. 
 He took up his residence near where he now re- 
 sides and has since lived in this locality. 
 
 On the 5th of October, 1867, Mr. Baldwin was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Crawford, 
 
 and by their union have been born eleven chil- 
 dren, six sous and five daughters: Mary, who is 
 now the wife of Newton Gordon; William, de- 
 ceased; and Ella, James, Frank, Eh, Louis, Mar- 
 tha, Amos, Ida and Lena, who are still at home. 
 In his political views, Mr. Baldwin is a Repub- 
 lican, supporting the men and measures of that 
 party. He has once filled the office of Super- 
 visor and has also been School Director. He was 
 true and faithful to his official duties, but the 
 greater part of his time and attention has been 
 devoted to his business interests. He is an en- 
 terprising and industrious man, and his life has 
 been a busy and useful one. He has therefore 
 provided comfortablj' for his family, and has 
 gained a pleasant home and good farm. He pos- 
 sesses many excellencies of character, and all who 
 know him esteem him highly for his sterling 
 worth. 
 
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 (PAMUEL MILLAN DAVENPORT, who is 
 
 /\ engaged in farming on section 26, township 
 VjJ/ II north, range 5 west, was born July 21, 
 1 841, in Wayne County, Ohio, and is of Scotch- 
 Irish descent. He is one of a family of nine chil- 
 dren, who.se parents were William S. and Emily 
 (Poulson) Davenport, the former a native of 
 Ohio, and the latter of \'irginia. When our sub- 
 ject was only three months old the father brought 
 his family to Henderson County, 111., locating at 
 Oquawka. The six sons and three daughters of 
 the famil)' are as follows; William, now living in 
 Montana; Thomas, deceased; Samuel M.; Mar>' 
 J., wife of D. A. Campbell, a fanner of Oquawka; 
 Marion W., who carries on fanning in Oquawka 
 Precinct, Henderson County; John W., an agri- 
 culturist living in Rozetta, 111.; Charlotte, wife 
 of William Welsh, who carries on fanning in Fall 
 Creek Precinct, Henderson County, 111.; and 
 Perry and Ellen, who died in infanc>'. 
 
 Mr. Davenport of this sketch has lived in Hen- 
 derson County since his early infancy, and was 
 reared to manhood amid the wild .scenes of the 
 frontier. The family experienced many of the 
 hard.ships and trials of pioneer life. His educa- 
 
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 413 
 
 tion was acquired in the district schools of the 
 communitj-, and at the age of seventeen he be- 
 gan earning his own liveUhood by working as a 
 farm Iiand, receiving in compensation for his serv- 
 ices $20 per montli. He was thus employed 
 until he entered the army. 
 
 On the 5th of August, 1862, Mr. Davenport 
 enlisted, and was assigned to Company G, Eighty- 
 fourth Illinois Infantry, under the command of 
 Col. L. H. Waters. He participated in the bat- 
 tles of Perrj'ville, Stone River, Woodbur3%Chick- 
 amauga, Lookout Mountain, Mi,s.sionary Ridge, 
 Dalton, Buzzard's Roo.st, Re.saca, Burnt Hickory, 
 Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna, Atlanta, Jonesboro, 
 Franklin, Nashville, and many skinnishes. He was 
 in the hospital at Pulaski for two weeks, but with 
 the exception of this short period he was always 
 found with his regiment, faithful to the Old Flag 
 and the cause it represented. He enlisted as a 
 private, but was afterwards made Corporal , and 
 later became vSergeant. When the war was over, 
 he was honorably discharged in Springfield, 111., 
 June 19, 1865. 
 
 After his return home, Mr. Davenport pur- 
 chased forty acres of land in Pottawattamie Coun- 
 ty, Iowa, and began farming. To this tract he 
 added until he had sixty acres, to the cultivation 
 of which he devoted his time and attention until 
 1876, when he returned to Henderson County, 
 111. He was then employed as a laborer until 
 1893, when he resumed farming. He now has 
 thirty-five acres, pleasantly located a mile and a- 
 half to the southeast of Oquawka, and his farm is 
 well cultivated. 
 
 On the 14th of Jaiuiary, 1876, Mr. Davenport 
 was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Talford, 
 daughter of William Talford, and by their union 
 have been born four children, three .sons and a 
 daughter, namely: Jessie, wife of Burke Logan, of 
 Oquawka Precinct; Paul, decea.sed; and John and 
 Cephas, who are still at home. The parents and 
 their daughter hold membership witli the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Davenport is a 
 member of Ellsworth Post No. 172, G. A. R., of 
 which he has served as Junior Connnander. He 
 exercises his right of franchise in support of the 
 Republican party, with which he has affiliated 
 
 sinc^asting his first Presidential vote for Abra- 
 ham Lincoln. He is now serving as School Di- 
 rector, and for six years has filled the office of 
 vSupervisor. He is a valued and highly-respected 
 citizen of the community, and his many excel- 
 lencies of character and sterling worth have 
 gained for him the warm regard of a large circle 
 of friends and acquaintances. 
 
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 OSEPH HOLLINGSWORTH, a worthy rep- 
 resentative of the agricultural interests of 
 Henderson Coiuity, who is now living a re- 
 tired life on section 36, township 12, range 4 
 west, has probably the honor of being the oldest 
 citizen of this community. He was born on the 
 22d of August, 1805, in South Carolina, but dur- 
 ing his infancy was taken by his parents to Ohio. 
 His father, John Hollingsworth, was a native of 
 Maryland, and when a young man left that State, 
 emigrating to South Carolina, where he became 
 acquainted with and wedded Miss Rachel Wright. 
 By their union were born nine children, namely: 
 James, Henry, Jane, Charity, John, Nathan, 
 George, Hannah and Joseph. 
 
 Our subject, who is the only one now living, 
 acquired his education in Lebanon, Ohio, but his 
 advantages in that direction were ver>- limited. 
 In 18 17, when twelve years of age, he went with 
 the family to Indiana, locating in Wayne County 
 upon a farm, where he continued to make his 
 home until 1844. In that year he came to Illi- 
 nois, and ca.st in his lot with the early settlers of 
 Henderson County. This localit\- was then a 
 wild and spar.sely .settled region, which was just 
 opened up to civilization. Mr. Hollingsworth is 
 one of its honored pioneers, and for half a cen- 
 tury has been prominently identified with its 
 growth and development. On his arrival he lo- 
 cated upon a farm, and built a mill in town.ship 
 12, range 4 west. From that lime until 1876, 
 he carried on general farming and also engaged 
 in the operation of his mill. His business career 
 was marked by energy and industry, his life be- 
 ing a busy and useful one. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 In 1828, Joseph HoUingsworth married-*Miss 
 Rachel Vestal, and to them were born seven chil- 
 dren: Erwin, who is now living in Kansas; Ad- 
 dison and Lonis, both deceased; Enoch, who 
 makes his home in Lyndon, Kan.; Allen, a resi- 
 dent of Henderson County; Nelson, who is also 
 located in Lyndon, Kan. ; and Willard, of Burling- 
 ton, Iowa. The mother of this family was called 
 to her final rest February 9, 1858, and on the 
 15th of September, 1859, Mr. Hollingsworth was 
 again married, his second union being with Mrs. 
 Adeline (Tahaferro) Bell. They became the par- 
 ents of three children: Elizabeth J., now de- 
 ceased; Brady, of Burlington, Iowa; and Joseph, 
 deceased. 
 
 Jo.seph Hollingsworth has since the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party been one of its stanch 
 supporters. He was originally a Whig, and cast 
 his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay. Few 
 men have lived through more administrations 
 than he. He has witnessed the most important 
 events which have occurred in the histoiy of this 
 country, has lived through three of its wars, and 
 has seen the rapid strides of progress which have 
 placed this country on a par with those of Eu- 
 rope in many lines, while in others it takes the 
 lead. He is a member of the Friends' Church, 
 and, in harmony with his profession, has lived a 
 quiet and honorable life, well worthy of emula- 
 tion. vSince 1876 he has made his home with his 
 .son, resting after the toil of former years. 
 
 EAPT. JOHN A. PENCE, a well-known citi- 
 zen of Oquawka, and one of the honored vet- 
 erans of the late war who wore the blue in 
 defen.se of the Union, is numbered among Hender- 
 .son County's native sons- He is not only one of 
 the honored pioneers, but also bears the distinc- 
 tion of being the first white child born in the 
 county, the date being August 12, 1830. His 
 father, John Pence, was born in the Shenandoah 
 Valley, in \'irginia, and during the greater part 
 of his life followed fanning, but at different times 
 was interested in other business enterprises, in- 
 
 cluding that of milling. In 1827 he emigrated 
 westward to Illinois, locating near Rock Island, 
 where he lived in a bark house for a year. In 
 1828 he came to Henderson County and purchased 
 a farm three and a-half miles northeast of Oquaw- 
 ka, on the Hender.son River, where he carried on 
 agricultural pursuits for thirteen years, his death 
 occurring in 1841. He had married Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth (Heaton) Record, and to them were born 
 three sons and two daughters: Andrew J., who 
 died in California in 1854; John A., of this sketch; 
 William H., deceased; Caroline, wife of George 
 vShores, of Swan Creek, 111.; and Charlotte, wife 
 of John Madden, a Government employe located in 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Upon the old homestead farm in Judge Pence's 
 fort, which was erected for the protection of the 
 .settlers against the Indians, Capt. Pence of this 
 sketch was born. In 1843 his mother died, leav- 
 ing him an orphan at the age of thirteen years. 
 He then went to live with some older half-broth- 
 ers, and later spent about four years in Jackson 
 County, Iowa. His mother had left a farm to be 
 divided among the five children, but Mr. Pence 
 turned his attention not to agricultural pursuits, 
 but to tailoring, which he began at the age of 
 eighteen. After a short time, however, he em- 
 barked in the carding business in Mercer County, 
 111., having charge of the carding-machines in a 
 woolen-mill owned by Joseph Glancey. 
 
 On the 20th of March, 1850, Capt. Pence start- 
 ed for California, making the trip with ox- teams, 
 and on the i8th of Augu.st reached Placer\nlle, 
 then called Hangtown. He there engaged in 
 mining for about a year, after which he spent two 
 years in prospecting on the American River, at 
 Sha.sta City and elsewhere. In 1853 he went to 
 Pescadero, Cal., about forty miles below San 
 Francisco, where he engaged in raising potatoes 
 for three years. In 1855 he returned to the mines 
 and was engaged in freighting with a team in the 
 mountains until June, 1859, when he returned 
 home by way of the Panama route and New York. 
 The following winter was to him a season of re,st, 
 but in i860 he embarked in the livery business, 
 which he carried on until the spring of 1865. 
 
 In the mean time, however, he entered his 
 
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 country's service, enlisting September 1, 1861, as 
 a member of Company D, Seventh Missouri Cav- 
 alry. He enlisted as a private, but was elected 
 Second Lieutenant before going into ser\-ice. At 
 Independence, Mo. , he was wounded in the right 
 thigh by a minie-ball, and for more than a month 
 was unfitted for service. At the time of the bat- 
 tle he was ser\-ing as Post Quartermaster and 
 Commissani- of Subsistence, .so that his duties did 
 not call him to the field; but nevertheless he en- 
 tered the engagement and was wounded, cap- 
 tured and paroled. When he had recovered he 
 went to St. Louis and was mustered out, for a 
 person captured by guerrillas could not be ex- 
 changed, the guerrillas not being recognized as 
 Confederate troops; so in the fall of 1862 he re- 
 turned home. 
 
 On the 19th of December of the same year, Mr. 
 Pence wedded Miss Marj- A. Chapin, a daughter 
 of Ebenezer and Catherine (Dagget) Chapin. 
 They have no children of their own, but reared 
 an adopted daughter. On his return from the war 
 Capt. Pence resumed the liver>' business, which 
 he carried on until the spring of 1865, when he 
 began farming, having purchased land three miles 
 northeast of Oquawka. He carried on agricult- 
 ural pursuits until 1871, when he became a travel- 
 ing salesman. In the fall of 1874, he embarked 
 in the greenhouse and nursery *bu.siness in 
 Oquawka, and continued the same until the spring 
 of 1884, when he accepted a position as manager 
 of the springs owned by the Kirkwood Mineral 
 Springs Company. The succeeding four seasons 
 were thus pa.s.sed, and in the sunnner of 1888 he 
 went to Biggsville, 111., spending one year in a 
 store in that place. 
 
 Capt. Pence has also traveled to a considerable 
 extent in the West. In March, 1877, he started 
 for the Black Hills, making the trip from Chey- 
 enne by the " Fa.st Freight Line " of mule-teams. 
 He spent .some five months prospecting in the 
 Black Hills, and, returning by way of Ft. Pierre, 
 reached home in August, 1877. In 1873, he 
 made an extensive trip through Texas and pur- 
 chased and shipped to Kansas thirty-five hundred 
 head of cattle. In the winter of 1889, Capt. 
 Pence was in Springfield, and had cliarge of the 
 
 janitors in the House of Representatives. Shortly 
 after he returned to his old home in Oquawka, and 
 has since been in the employ of Robert Hodson. 
 
 Our subject ca.st his first Presidential vote for 
 Winfield Scott, and was a Whig until i86o, since 
 which time he has been a .stanch supporter of the 
 Republican party and its principles. He has served 
 as a member of the Town Board three terms, and 
 was elected Justice of the Peace, but after a few 
 months resigned on account of pressing business 
 interests. He belongs to Oquawka Lodge No. 
 122, A. F. & A. M.; and to Ellsworth Post No. 
 172, G. A. R., in which he has filled nearly all 
 the offices, including that of Commander. He 
 well deserves representation in this volume, for he 
 has witnessed the entire growth and development 
 of the county, and has long been numbered among 
 its valued citizens. 
 
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 0ANIEL W. MUMEY, one of the prosperous 
 farmers of Henderson County, who owns and 
 operates three hundred and thirty-eight acres 
 of valuable land on section 19, township 12 north, 
 range 4 west, claims Ohio as the State of his na- 
 tivity, for his birth occurred in Pickaway County, 
 on the 14th of June, 185 1. His father, Solomon 
 Mumey, was a native of Penn.sylvania. Having 
 attained to years of maturity, he maiTied Lucinda 
 Winsted, and to them were born seven children, 
 six sons and a daughter, namely: William: David, 
 who resides in Wiscon.sin ; Daniel W. of this sketch ; 
 Joseph, a resident of Nebraska; Solomon, who is 
 located in the same State: Samuel, deceased: and 
 Man,-, who died in infancy. 
 
 Daniel W. Mume\ was a child of only six sum- 
 mers when he was l)rought by his parents to Illi- 
 nois. The family located in Henderson Connt\-, 
 upon the prairie, but after a short time removed 
 to a farm four miles norlhea.st of Oquawka, where 
 the father purcha.sed one hundred and twenty 
 acres of land, and began the cultivation and de- 
 velopment of the farm. Our subject acquired his 
 education in the district schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, which he attended through 'the winter sea- 
 
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 son, while in the summer months he aided in the 
 labors of the farm. He was reared to manhood 
 upon the old homestead, and has carried on agri- 
 cultural pursuits throughout his entire life. He 
 was early inured to the arduous labors of the field, 
 and became familiar with all the departments of 
 farm work; so that when he began business for 
 himself he had a stock of practical experience, 
 which proved of much \alue to him. 
 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, 
 Mr. Mumey cho.se Miss Katie Welsh, a daughter 
 of John Welsh, their marriage being celebrated 
 on the 4th of June, 1870. By their union were 
 born seven children, five sous and two daughters: 
 John, Solomon, Mary, Ella, Daniel, Michael and 
 Peter, and with the exception of Daniel, who is 
 now deceased, all are with their parents. The 
 Mumey hou.sehold is the abode of hospitality, and 
 the family is held in high regard throughout the 
 community. 
 
 In 1884, Mr. Mumey purchased a part of his 
 present farm, a tract of one hundred and twenty 
 acres, to which he has added from time to time, 
 until he now has three hundred and thirty-eight 
 acres of rich land, constituting oneof the vaUiable 
 farms of this locality. Everything about the 
 place is neat and thrifty in appearance, and the 
 well-tilled fields and good improvements indicate 
 to the passer-by the careful supervision of the 
 owner. In his political views, Mr. Mumey is a 
 Democrat, and by his first Presidential vote sup- 
 ported Samuel J. Tiklen. He has served as Town- 
 ship Supervisor and as Scliool Director, and the 
 cause of education finds in him a warm friend. 
 
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 GlSA JACKSOX, who is numbered among the 
 r 1 early settlers of Henderson County, his home 
 l\ now being on section 4, Rozetta Township, 
 was born on the 28th of January, 18 17, in Jack- 
 son County, Ind., and is a son of Willington and 
 Elsie (Davis) Jackson. The father was born in 
 Virginia, and was of luiglish descent. In the 
 family were thirteen children, twelve sons and a 
 daughter, and,- with one exception, all grew to 
 
 mature years, but only three are living at this 
 writing (in the spring of 1894), namely: Asa of 
 this sketch; Elisha, who now follows farming in 
 Kansas; and Lewis, who is an agriculturist of the 
 same State. The father contiiuied to live in the 
 Old Dominion until about thirty years of age, 
 when he emigrated westward to Indiana, making 
 the journey by team. He became one of the pio- 
 neer settlers of Jackson County, and there entered 
 land from the Government, his claim being located 
 near Brownstown. After erecting a log cabin, 
 he began to clear and improve the farm, and in 
 the midst of the forest de\-eloped a good home. 
 The Indians were still in the neighborhood, and 
 the white settlers, therefore, were frequently com- 
 pelled to seek protection in forts. Mr. Jackson 
 remained in the Hoosier State until his death, 
 which occurred in 1840. He was a member of 
 the Methodist Church, and a highly-re.spected 
 citizen. His wife passed awa>- several years pre- 
 vious. 
 
 Asa Jackson was reared upon the old homestead 
 farm in the county of his nativity, and attended a 
 subscription school, which was held in a log 
 schoolhouse two miles from his home. He is 
 largely self-educated, however, for he could at- 
 tend school only through the winter season, when 
 there was a lull in the farm work. He began to 
 earn his o\tn livelihood at the age of eighteen 
 years, by working as a farm hand at $8 per 
 month. He was thus employed for two years, 
 after which he rented land and began farming in 
 his own interest. He continued the cultivation 
 of property belonging to others until 1849, when 
 he left his native State and came to Illinois. 
 
 Previous to his removal, Mr. Jackson was mar- 
 ried, having in 1836 led to the marriage altar 
 Miss L- Henlider. By their union have been 
 born .seven children: Michael, who is nowdeceased; 
 Adeline, widow of John Mor.se; Eveline, wife of 
 Eli Beaty; Lavina, wife of George Brown; Eliza, 
 wife of Alexander Smith; Mahala, wife of Hugh 
 Haines; and Ellen, wife of David Penro.se. 
 
 It was in 1849 that Mr. Jack.son came to Hen- 
 derson Count>-, and purchased eighty-one acres 
 of land on section 8, Rozetta Town.ship. Only a 
 few acres had been broken, the greater part of it 
 
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 being still in its primitive condition: but he at 
 once began to cultivate it, and soon the entire 
 amount was placed under the plow. Good build- 
 ings and other improvements were made, and in 
 cour.se of time the farm became one of the best in 
 the neighborhood. Mr. Jackson continued tu 
 make his home thereon until 1893, when he sold 
 his first property, and removed to the farm on 
 which he now resides. His life has been a busy 
 and useful one, and as the result of his industr\- , 
 perseverance and good nianagenient he has ac- 
 quired a comfortable competence. In his political 
 views, Mr. Jackson has long been a supporter of 
 the Republican party, and is a member of the 
 Christian Church. During his long residence in 
 this county he has made many warm friends, and 
 it is with pleasure that we present this record nf 
 his life to our readers. 
 
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 (I AMES MADISON THOMAS, who since 
 I 1854 has been engaged in farming on the old 
 (2/ Thomas homestead, on .section 14, town.ship 
 1 1 north, range 5 west, in Hender!5on County, 
 here ow'ns and operates two hundred acres of 
 valuable land. He is recognized as one of the 
 leading agriculturists of the community, and is 
 also numbered among the honored early settlers. 
 He claims Kentucky as the State of his nativity, 
 his birth ha\nng occurred in Nelson County, De- 
 cember 20, 18 19. He is of Welsh and German 
 extraction, and is a son of Eleazor and Annie 
 (Garrett) Thomas, who were also natives of Ken- 
 tucky. The paternal grandfather, Isaac Thomas, 
 was born in Loudoun County, Va., and his wife, 
 Elizabeth, was a native of the same State. The 
 maternal grandfather, Robert Garrett, was born in 
 the same State where his daughter's birth oc- 
 curred. His wife was of Scotch descent and bore 
 the name of McDowell. The parents had a fam- 
 ily of six children, four sons and two daughters, 
 namely: Shelby, who is now deceased ; James M., 
 of this sketch; Lsaac, a farmer of Henderson 
 County; Rea.son, who is living in Pottawattamie 
 Countj', Iowa; and Ellen and Elizabeth, who are 
 deceased. • 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads James 
 M. Thomas spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth. He worked in the fields during the sum 
 nier months, and in the winter sea.son attended 
 the subscription .schools of Kentucky, thus acquir- 
 ing a limited education. When he was about 
 sixteen years of age, his father died, and he then 
 bound himselfout to Hemy Arned, whom he served 
 until he had attained his majority, working as a 
 tarm hand. After reaching man's estate, he con- 
 tinued with Mr. Arned for another \ear. Wlten 
 twenty-two years of age, he began farming on the 
 old homestead, and was thus employed until the 
 age of twenty-five. In the .spring of 1849, he 
 emigrated to Illinois, landing in Oquawka, hav- 
 ing made the journey by .steamer. For a year he 
 worked on a farm near the county seat, and then, 
 in 1S50, went to California, driving an ox-team 
 acro.ss the plains to the Pacifi6 Slope. He started on 
 the 14th of April, and after a long and tedious 
 journey reached Hangtown (now Placer\ille) on 
 the 17th of August. There he engaged in pros- 
 pecting and mining until December, when he 
 started for home by way of the Panama route and 
 New Orleans. On the 29th of Januarj-, 1851, we 
 again find him in Oquawka, and .soon after he be- 
 gan farming on the Judge Pence place, where he 
 remained until 1854. Since that time he has 
 lived on the farm which is now his home. It 
 compri.ses two hundred acres of land, and in ad- 
 dition to this he owns one hundred and twenty 
 acres elsewhere. 
 
 On the 5th of October, 1S45, Mr. Thomas was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of 
 Andrew and Catherine (Holmes) Figg. The 
 former was a son of John Figg, a native of 'Vir- 
 ginia, of Irish lineage, and the latter was a 
 daughter of William Holmes, a native of England, 
 who emigrated to America in an earh" day, and 
 .served as a drummer in the Revolutionary War. 
 Ten children have been born to our .subject and 
 his wife, namely: Henry, now of Oquawka Pre- 
 cinct: Craven, a farmer of Henderson County: 
 Joseph, who carries on farming in Mercer Coun- 
 ty; James, an agriculturist of Plainville, Kan.; 
 Halleck, a farmer of Henderson County; Char- 
 lotte, wife of A. Martin, of Perkins, Okla. : Susan. 
 
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 wife of William Figg, a Captain in the Fire De- 
 partment of Chicago: Kate, wife of Walter Cha- 
 pin, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in 
 Rooks County, Kan.; Alice, wife of J. C. Bentley, 
 an attorney of Wichita, Kan.: and Eliza A., who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Thomas was originally a Whig, 
 but since the dissolution of that party has been a 
 Democrat. He has ser\-ed as School Director and 
 School Trustee, and the cause of education finds 
 in him a warm friend. He belongs to Tran- 
 quil Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F., and he and his 
 wife hold membership with the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. They are honored and worthy 
 citizens of the community, and by his well-di- 
 rected efforts Mr. Thomas has risen from a hum- 
 ble position to one of affluence. 
 
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 IILLIAM H. SNODGRASS, a farmer of 
 Henderson County, now living on section 
 15, township 12 north, range 4 west, claims 
 Illinois as the State of his nativity, his birth hav- 
 ing occurred in Warren County on the gth of 
 June, 1856. He was one of twelve children born 
 unto Daniel and Mary E. (Wimmer) SnodgTa,ss. 
 The fatherwas a native of Tennessee, and through- 
 out his life followed the occupation of farming. 
 The mother was a daughter of Jacob Wimmer. 
 The children of the family are: John, who now 
 makes his home in Kansas; George W., a farmer 
 of Nebraska; Jacob, a resident of Monmouth, 111. ; 
 William H.; Thomas, who is located in Kirk- 
 wood, 111.; Mary, deceased; Lynn, now of Ne- 
 braska; Hattie, widow of James Hanley, of Chi- 
 cago; Charles, who resides in Nebraska; Martha, 
 wife of N. Bitterman; and Daniel, deceased. 
 
 William H. Snodgrass spent the first six years 
 of his life in his native county, and then came 
 with the family to Hender.son County, where his 
 time was passed in work upon the farm or in con- 
 ning his lessons in the district schools of the 
 neighborhood. Thus his education was acquired. 
 He lived at home until twenty-two years of age, 
 and then, starting out in life for himself, he began 
 
 farming in Des Moines County, Iowa. For four 
 years he made his home in the Hawkeye State, 
 after which he returned to Illinois, and since 
 1882 he has lived upon the farm which is now his 
 place of residence. 
 
 On the 9th of October, 1879, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Snodgrass and Miss Laura 
 L- Rozell, daughter of James and Sarah (Hovey) 
 Rozell. Eight children have been born to them, 
 two sons and six daughters: Ida M., Pearl E., 
 Sarah A., Maude E., Jennie M., Henry E., Rob- 
 ert J. and Minnie R. The family circle yet re- 
 mains unbroken, and the children are .still with 
 their parents. 
 
 Mr. Snodgrass votes with the Republican party, 
 and holds membership with the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. He is a public-spirited and pro- 
 gressive citizen, who takes an active interest in 
 ever>'thing pertaining to the welfare of the com- 
 munity. He has lived a quiet and unassuming 
 life, giving the greater part of his time and atten- 
 tion to farm work, yet is recognized as a valued 
 citizen of the community, and therefore it is with 
 pleasure that we present to our readers this record 
 of his life work. 
 
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 NIRAM SYLVESTER TWEED, who now 
 carries on general farming on section 12, 
 Glad.stone Township, has the honor of being 
 a native of Henderson County, for his birth here 
 occurred on the 15th of May, 1837. ^^^ is there- 
 fore a pioneer of the county, and is a worth>- rep- 
 resentative of one of its first families. His father. 
 Abraham Tweed, was born in Virginia, in 1800, 
 and when he had reached mail's estate he married 
 Miss Eliza Reed, who was also born in the Old 
 Dominion. They became the parents of eight 
 children, namely: John, Mrs. Elizabeth Learj-, 
 Thomas, William, Mrs. Marj- Lusk, Hiram (who 
 died in infancy) , and Hiram S. , of this sketch. The 
 mother of this family died when our subject was 
 only three years old, after which Abraham Tweed 
 was again married, and by the second union had 
 a daughter, Mrs. Jane A. Bell. About 1835, the 
 
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 father emigrated westward and cast his lot among 
 the early settlers of Henderson County, 111. He 
 entered land on section 28, township 10 north, 
 range 5 west, and at once began the development 
 of a farm, which he continued to cultivate and 
 improve until his death, which occurred in 1845. 
 He was well known throughout thecountj-, being 
 one of the leading and influential citizens in that 
 early day. 
 
 Amid the wild scenes of the frontier, Hiram S. 
 Tweed was reared to manhood. He shared in the 
 hardships and trials of pioneer life, and early be- 
 came inured to hard labor. He was only eight 
 years of age when his father died, and from that 
 time he had to make his own way in the world, 
 striving hard to secure a livelihood in the days of 
 his youth and earl}- manhood. He has always 
 worked hard, being an industrious and energetic 
 man. His school privileges were limited, but he 
 has made the mcst of his opportunities through 
 hfe. 
 
 On the 7th of January, 1862, Mr. Tweed was 
 united in marriage with Miss Luc}- E. Sage, 
 daughter of Gideon and Mary ( Clarke) Sage, who 
 were numbered among the early settlers of this 
 community. Mr. Sage laid out the present town 
 of Glad.stone, which was for many years called 
 Sagetown, in his honor. He Uved to be nearly 
 ninet\-six years old. Seven children have been 
 born to our subject and his wife, six sons and a 
 daughter: John W., born November 2, 1862; 
 James T., March 12, 1864; Hiram L., September 
 16, 1865; Edd Ray, November 30, 1867; Gideon 
 A., January 9, 1869; Charles E., August 29, 1871 ; 
 and Katie M., May 17, 1873. Three of this num- 
 ber are now deceased. Mrs. Tweed and her 
 daughter hold member.ship with the United Pres- 
 byterian Church. Their home is the abode of 
 hospitality, and the members of the family rank 
 high in the social circles in which they move. 
 
 Throughout his entire life, Mr. Tweed has car- 
 ried on general farming, and he now raises all 
 kinds of stock. Long acquaintance with the busi- 
 ness has made him a ma.ster of it, and he is now 
 meeting with success, although in his earlier j-ears 
 he had to overcome many obstacles and diiTiculties 
 in the path to prosperity. His own energy and 
 
 good management have been ably assisted by that 
 of his wife, who has proved a true helpmate 
 to him. Socially, Mr. Tweed is a Mason, belong- 
 ing to Oquawka Lodge No. 123, A. F. & A. M. 
 In politics, he usually .supports the Democratic 
 party, but occasionally voles the Prohibition 
 ticket. In the history of his native county he 
 well deserves representation, for he has long been 
 numbered among its best citizens. 
 
 gP. WILLIAM FROEHLICH, pension attor- 
 ney and Notan,- Public of Oquawka, is one 
 of the worthy citizens that Germany has 
 furnished this locality, for he was born in the 
 Rhine Province in Prussia. The date of this 
 event was March 21, 1835. His father, Peter 
 Froehlich, was a tanner by trade, and lived and 
 died in Germany. The family numbered seven 
 children, but four of the number died in infancy, 
 and another, Francis, is also now deceased. Jo- 
 .seph, a ranchman of San Diego, Cal., and Gott- 
 fried Frederick William, of this .sketch, are the 
 only ones now living. 
 
 Our subject lost his mother when he was only 
 four days old, and was reared by his grandmother. 
 He acquired his early education in the village 
 schools, but afterwards pursued his studies in the 
 High School of Bonn. In iSsi.he entered the 
 chemical factory of that place, where he was em- 
 ployed as clerk for a j'ear, and in 1852 he emi- 
 grated to America. The voyage was made in a 
 sailing-vessel, and after fifty-two days .spent upon 
 the bo.som of the Atlantic, anchor was dropped in 
 the harbor of New Orleans, and the human cargo 
 was landed in the Crescent City. Mr. Froehlich 
 did not tarry long in the South, however, but by 
 boat he at once proceeded up the Mississippi and 
 located in Oquawka. For a year after his ar- 
 rival, he was clerk in the store of F. Odendahl, 
 which position he filled until he began learning 
 the harness-maker's trade in Warsaw. There he 
 remained from 1853 until 1856, when he went to 
 Carthage, where he was employed as a journey- 
 man until 1857. The following year was spent 
 
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 ill working at his trade through Illinois and Iowa, 
 and in 1S58 he returned to Oquawka, where he 
 engaged in harness-making and in teaching school 
 until 1 86 1. 
 
 Mr. Froehlich had given considerable time to 
 the study of the questions which brought on the 
 Civil War, and, warml>- advocating the Union 
 cause, he at once responded to the President's 
 first call for seventy-five thousand volunteers. 
 On the 23d of April, 1861, he enlisted as a mem- 
 ber of Company D, Tenth Illinois Infantn,-, and 
 at Cairo, 111., was mustered out, July 29, 1861. 
 On the 1 1 th of September of the same year, how- 
 ever, he again entered the service as a member of 
 Company G, Tenth Missouri Infantry, and par- 
 ticipated in the battles of luka, Corinth, Yazoo 
 Pass Expedition, Raymond, Jackson, Cham- 
 pion Hills, the siege of Vicksburg and the bat- 
 tle of Mission Ridge. At Corinth, on the 4th 
 of October, 1862, he was wounded in the fore- 
 head, and at the battle of Champion Hills was 
 wounded in the right leg. His injuries were 
 quite serious, bnt, nevertheless, he remained with 
 his company until honorably discharged, Septem- 
 ber 29, 1864. He was then employed in the 
 civil ser\-ice in Nashville, as clerk in the Ordi- 
 nance Department. At his own expense, he re- 
 turned home to vote for Lincoln, and then again 
 went to Nashville, where he remained until Sep- 
 tember, 1865, when we once more find him at 
 Oquawka, where he has since made his home. 
 
 Mr. Froehlich's eye-sight having failed him, .so 
 that he could no longer follow his trade, he en- 
 gaged as clerk for a time, and was then elected 
 Constable, in 1866, filling the office for two years. 
 He served as Deputy Assessor in 1867, 1868 and 
 1869, having half of the county in charge, and in 
 1868 became Deputy County Clerk, which office 
 he filled until 1877, with the exception of one 
 year. He was then elected County Clerk, which 
 position he continuously filled until 1890, when 
 he became pension attorney and Notary Public. 
 Other offices he has filled, having served as Dep- 
 uty Circuit Clerk and as Deputy Sheriff, and 
 for five terms he has been \'illage Clerk, a position 
 which he now occupies. When first elected 
 County Clerk he received a majority of one hun- 
 
 dred and ten. At the second election he carried 
 the county by three hundred and .seventy-nine; 
 and at the third election by a majority of eleven 
 hundred and twenty-five. No higher testimonial 
 to his efficient and faithful service could be given. 
 The prompt and able manner in which he dis- 
 charged his duties has gained him the confidence 
 and trust of the entire community, and, feeling 
 that no better officer could be secured, many of 
 the opposing part}- gave him their votes. 
 
 Mr. Froehlich was married November 2 1 , 1865, 
 to Mrs. Margaret Herbertz, who was also a na- 
 tive of Germany. There are four children bj- Mrs. 
 Froehlich's former marriage, namely: Charles 
 Herbertz, a miner in Colorado; Sophie, residing 
 with her mother; William P., a travehng insur- 
 ance and building association agent; and Her- 
 man J., editor of the '/Vwct at Roseville, Warren 
 Coiuity, 111. 
 
 Our subject has ne\'er had occasion to regret 
 the fact that he sought a home in the New 
 World about the time he started out in life for 
 himself, for here he has made for himself a good 
 living, and has won many friends, who give him 
 their high regard. In politics, he has been a 
 stanch Republican since casting his first Presi- 
 dential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He belongs to 
 Ellsworth Post No. 172, G.A.R., and has served 
 as its Commander, as Adjutant, Quartermaster, 
 vSergeant-Major and as Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
 
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 pQlLLIAM CORADEN HOVEY, who is 
 \ A / now practically living a retired life on his 
 VY for"! in Henderson County, on section 24, 
 township 1 1 north, range 5 west, is a native of the 
 Buckeye State. He was born in Raccoon County, 
 Ohio, September 21, 1 844, and is of Welsh lineage. 
 His father, Lorenzo Hovey, was a native of Con- 
 necticut, and by occupation was a ship carpenter 
 and miller. He married Harriet Stevens, and 
 they became the parents of nine children, four 
 sons and five daughters: Marinda, wife of E. 
 Wyckoff, of Iiidianola, Neb. ; George L. and Sarah 
 M., who are now deceased; Charlotte L., of Indi- 
 
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 auola; Jasper A., who was killed at the battle of 
 Chickamauga during the late war; William C; 
 Deborah F. , deceased; Lorenzo D., who makes 
 his home in Nebraska; and Harriet A., wife of 
 Calvin Newberry, of Red Willow County, Neb. 
 
 William C. Hove>- was a lad of only seven 
 summers when, with his parents, he came to 
 Hender.son County, 111. His education was ac- 
 quired in the district schools, and under his 
 father's direction lie became familiar with all the 
 departments of farm labor. He continued to en- 
 gage in the cultivation of the home farm until 
 eighteen years of age, when, on the nth of Aug- 
 ust, 1862, he responded to the country's call for 
 troops, and was assigned to Company C, Ninety- 
 first Illinois Infantry, under the command of Col. 
 Day. With his regiment he participated in 
 the battles of Mobile, Whistler, Mt. Vernon Ar- 
 senal and Brownsville, Tex., as well as many 
 minor engagements. He was captured by Morgan 
 in Kentucky, but was paroled the same night and 
 had to walk home. This was on the 24th of De- 
 cember, 1862, and he reached his home on the 
 12th of January, 1863. In May, following, he 
 was exchanged and rejoined his regiment. When 
 the war was over he was honorably discharged, 
 on the 28th of May, 1865, at the Mobile hospital, 
 where he had remained for about a month pre- 
 vious. 
 
 During the time he spent at home Mr. Hovey 
 was married to Miss Charlotte Smith, daughter of 
 John and Amanda (Gilbert) Smitli. The mar- 
 riage was celebrated January 22, 1863, and was 
 blessed with three children, but two died in in- 
 fancy. John A., who is still living, now follows 
 fanning in Rock Island County-, 111. 
 
 On his return from the South Mr. Hovey re- 
 sumed farming, which he carried on until 1867, 
 when he embarked in the milling business, wliicli 
 he continued for fifteen years. In 1882 he went 
 to Gladstone, and for one year was employed in a 
 sugar refinery, but in 1883 he returned to his 
 farm, where he has since practically lived a retired 
 life. Mr. Hovey has acquired a comfortable com- 
 petence through indu.stry, perseverance and good 
 management, and is now enabled to surround 
 himself with the comforts of life. He is a leading 
 
 citizen of the community, and takes an active in- 
 terest in all those enterprises which are calculated 
 to promote the general welfare. He has voted 
 with the Republican party since casting his. first 
 presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln, and is a 
 member of Ellsworth Post No. 173, G. A. R. In 
 all positions of trust, whether public or private, 
 he is as true to his duty as when, in days gone 
 by, he followed the Stars and Stripes on .southern 
 battlefields. 
 
 (lOHN H. RICKETTS, who is engaged in 
 I the operation of a good farm on section 24, 
 Q) town II north, range 5 west, has spent his 
 entire life in Henderson County, and is a repre- 
 sentative of one of its early families. Mention is 
 made of his parents in connection with the sketch 
 of Samuel A. Ricketts on another page of this 
 work. Our subject was born on the old home- 
 stead, April 29, 1852, and midst play and work 
 his boyhood days were passed. His educational 
 privileges were quite limited, being confined to 
 tliose afforded by the common schools of the 
 neighborhood, and the schools of that day were 
 not of the be.st. His physical training, however, 
 was ample, for as soon as old enough he began 
 work on his father's farm, and .soon took his place 
 in the fields as a regular hand. 
 
 Mr. Ricketts remained with his parents until 
 he had attained his majority, when he left home 
 to begin life for himself. He took up the pursuit 
 to which he had been reared, and has made it his 
 life occupation, following it continuously until 
 1888, when he engaged in the butchering busi- 
 ness. He was thus employed for about a year, 
 when he returned to his fother's farm, which he 
 has since operated. The land is now under a 
 high state of cultivation, and there are good im- 
 provements upon the place. liverything is neat 
 and thrifty in appearance and well indicates the 
 careful supervision of Mr. Ricketts. 
 
 On the 2d of October, 1879, our subject was 
 married, tlie lady of his choice being Miss Delia 
 Forgey, who has been to him a faithful companion 
 
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 and helpmeet. Their union has been blessed 
 with four children, all daughters: Jessie, Marj', 
 Sadie and Annie. 
 
 Mr. Ricketts cast his first presidential vote for 
 Samuel J. Tilden, and has since been an advocate 
 of the Democratic part}- and its principles, but 
 has never had time or inclination to seek public 
 office. He holds membership with the Method- 
 ist Episcopal Church, and has led an honorable, 
 upright life, worthy the esteem and confidence 
 which are his. 
 
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 (TOHN W. GOFF, who devotes his time and 
 I attention to agricultural pursuits, owning a 
 (*/ farm of seventy-five acres on section 31, 
 township 12 north, range 4 west, Henderson 
 County, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., 
 on the 1 8th of December, 1850, and is of Scotch 
 lineage. His father, James R. Goff, was also 
 born in the Hoo.sier State, and he too carried on 
 farming as a means of livelihood. When he had 
 arrived at years of maturity he married Miss Lu- 
 cinda, daughter of John and Betsy E. (Crouch) 
 Crose, and to them were born eight children, 
 five of whom are yet living: George A., a farmer 
 residing in Iowa; John W.; Elizabeth, deceased; 
 one who died in infancj^; Andrew F., who has 
 aLso passed away ; Sarah C. , wife of E. P. McNall, 
 a farmer of Mercer County, 111.; James W. , who 
 carries on farming in Henderson Count\-; and 
 William G., who follows the same pursuit in Mer- 
 cer County. 
 
 When Mr. Goff of this sketch was only two 
 years old, his parents came to Henderson County, 
 111. He was reared amid the wild scenes of fron- 
 tier life, for the country was then but .slightly im- 
 proved. He acquired his education in the dis- 
 trict schools, and remained upon the home farm 
 until twenty-five years of age, giving his father 
 the benefit of his .services. He then left the par- 
 ental roof, and began farming for himself on 
 rented land, for he had no capital with which to 
 purchase property. The following year he worked 
 by the month as a farm hand, and in 1877 again 
 
 rented land. In this way he carried on farming 
 until 1880, when he once more began working by 
 the month. He saved his monej', and when he 
 had acquired a sufficient sum he purchased, in the 
 spring of 1882, the farm upon which he now re- 
 sides, comprising seventy-five acres. The entire 
 amount he has placed under a high state of culti- 
 vation, and the well-tilled fields are thus made to 
 yield to him a good income. 
 
 Asa companion and helpmate on life's journey, 
 Mr. Goffcho.se Miss Nancy E. Forgey, daughter 
 of Amos and Elizabeth (Lannin) Forgey. Their 
 marriage was celebrated on the 20th of January, 
 1876, and has been blessed with a family of five 
 children: Annie M., wife of James M. Smith, a 
 farmer of Henderson County; William W., at 
 home; two who died in infancy; and John F., 
 who is still with his parents. The Goff household 
 is the abode of hospitality, and the members of 
 the family rank high in the social circles in which 
 they move. 
 
 Socially, Mr. Goff is a member of Oquawka 
 Camp No. 1037, M. W. A. He has served as 
 School Director, and on the jury, but the greater 
 part of his time and attention has been devoted to 
 private interests. He cast his first Presidential 
 vote for Horace Greeley, but has since .supported 
 the Republican party, and is a .stanch adherent of 
 its principles. The greater part of his life has 
 been spent in Henderson Count.\-, and here he is 
 both widely and favorably known. 
 
 gREENUP vSTILLWELL, who now carries on 
 farming on section 4, Rozetta Township, 
 Henderson County, is a native of the Hoosier 
 State, having been born in Clarke County, on the 
 2C)th of October, 1817. He is the only child of 
 Isaiah and Nancy (Huckleberry; Stilhvell. His 
 father died when he was an infant, and he was 
 reared by his mother's people. In his youth he 
 received no special advantages. At the age of 
 eighteen he started out in life for himself and has 
 since been dependent on his own resources, .so 
 that whatever success he has achieved is due en- 
 
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 tirely to his own efforts. He began as a cabinet- 
 maker, working at that trade for two years. He 
 then followed the river for about two years, serv- 
 ing as pilot on the United States mail line be- 
 tween Louisville and Cincinnati. 
 
 At length Mr. Stillwell determined to seek a 
 home in Illinois, and in 1S40 came to Henderson 
 County, which was just being opened up to civil- 
 ization. He is therefore numbered among its pio- 
 neer settlers, and may also be classed among its 
 founders, for in the fifty-four years which have 
 passed since his arrival he has ever borne his part 
 in its upbuilding and development. He began 
 work at the carpenter's trade, which he has fol- 
 low^ed more or less ever since that time. In 1846, 
 he purchased eighty acres of land on section 4, 
 Rozetta Township, and is now making his home 
 upon that farm. 
 
 Mr. Stillwell has been twice married. In 1835, 
 he was joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret 
 Metheny, and to them was born a daughter, 
 Susan. For his second wife, Mr. Stillwell chose 
 Mrs. Pereann Morris, and their union was cele- 
 brated Januarj' 24, 1847. The lady is a daughter 
 of Thomas and Joanna Adams. The father was 
 a native of Wales, born in 18 12. When young, 
 he came to America, crossing the Atlantic in a 
 sailing-vessel, and located in Pennsylvania, where 
 he lived for several years. He later removed to 
 Ohio, and afterward came to Illinois, locating in 
 Henderson County in 1840. Purchasing a farm 
 in Rozetta Township, he there made his home un- 
 til 1875, when he removed to Kansas, where his 
 death occurred in his ninety-third year. He fol- 
 lowed farming throughout his entire life, was a 
 member of the Baptist Church, and in political 
 belief was a Democrat. His wife passed away in 
 1877, in the eighty -eighth year of her age. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Stillwell have been born 
 nine children: Alonzo, who died in infancy; Ger- 
 trude, wife of Harry Van Winkle; Clara J., wife 
 of J. B. Reynolds; Greenup O. ; Nathaniel, who died 
 in infancy; Luna F., who died in 1893; MelvinT.; 
 William H. H. ; and Helen, who completes the fam- 
 il\-. The parents and their children are widely and 
 favorably known in this locality and occupy an 
 enviable position in social circles. Mr. Stillwell 
 
 oast his lirst Presidential vote for William Henry 
 Harri.son, but since the organization of the Re- 
 publican party has been one of its .stanch .support- 
 ers. He holds membership with the Methodist 
 Church, and has lived an honorable, upright life, 
 that has not only gained him many friends, but 
 has won him the respect and esteem of all with 
 whom business or social relations have brought 
 him in contact. 
 
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 (TOHN WALTERS, who owns and operates a 
 I fine farm of two hundred and forty acres on 
 \Z/ section 12, township 12 north, range 4 west, 
 is one of the worthy citizens Britain has fur- 
 nished to Henderson County. He was born in 
 Lanitian Parish, Monmouth.shire, on the 12th of 
 February, 1820, and is a son of John and Eliza- 
 beth (Baldwin) Walters. Of their family of sev- 
 en children, he is the eldest, and was followed 
 by Thomas and Amelia, who are now- deceased; 
 Charlotta; Elizabeth, deceased; and Marj', widow 
 of Alex Christie. 
 
 John Walters was reared by his grandfather, 
 with whom he remained until sixteen years of 
 age, during which time he attended the common 
 schools. When he had attained that age he 
 .started out in life for himself, working as a farm 
 hand, and has since been dependent on his own 
 resources, so that the .success which he has 
 achieved in life is the ju.st reward of his own la- 
 bors. During his entire residence in England 
 he worked for wages. Believing that he could 
 better his financial condition by emigrating to 
 America, he made arrangements to cross the At- 
 lantic. On the 4th of May, 1852, he boarded a 
 sailing-vessel at Liverpool, England, and after 
 forty-three days spent upon the briny deep landed 
 in New York on the 20th of June. Coming at 
 once to the West, he took up his residence in 
 Henderson County, locating in Oquawka. 
 
 Mr. Walters was married ere leaving his native 
 land, having in 185 1 wedded Miss Frances Ed- 
 wards. On the 13th of May, 1858, he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Olive Jenkinson, and by 
 
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 their union were born eight children, five sons 
 and three daughters: Thomas; Frances, wife of 
 L. Lauver; Wesley; George; William; Nettie, 
 wife of S. Simons; Joseph, deceased; and Amanda, 
 wife of W. Brock. 
 
 Mr. Walters made his first purcha,se of land in 
 Henderson Count}- in 1853, becoming owner of a 
 farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he 
 operated for a year and then sold. In 1855, he 
 bought the farm on which he now lives, com- 
 prising one hundred and sixtj' acres, but its 
 boundaries he has .since extended, until two hun- 
 dred and forty acres of rich land now pay tribute 
 to his care and cultivation. It is a well-improved 
 place, supplied with all the accessories and con- 
 veniences of a model farm, and the buildings 
 thereon stand as monuments to the enterprise and 
 progressive spirit of the owner. Mr. Walters is 
 independent in politics, preferring to support the 
 men whom he thinks best qualified for the office, 
 regardless of party affiliations. He has served as 
 School Director, and the cause of education finds 
 in him a warm friend. For thirty-five years he 
 has been a faithful and consistent member of the 
 Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and during nearly 
 all this period he has held some church office. 
 He is a charitable and benevolent man, whose 
 many excellencies of character have won him 
 high esteem, and his example is well worthv of 
 emulation. 
 
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 JOSEPH HURKA is a well-known farmer of 
 I Henderson County, residing on section 24, 
 O township 1 1 north, range 5 we.st. Here he 
 has lived since 1866, and his fanu of ninety -one 
 acres is now under a high state of cultivation, 
 and well improved with all modern accessories 
 and conveniences. He is a native of Schwehan, 
 Bohemia, hi.s birth having occurred on the ist of 
 April, 1836. His father, Ignatz Hurka, was born 
 in the same locality, and was a weaver by occu- 
 pation. His mother bore the maiden name of 
 Mary Loyda. In the family were .seven children, 
 five of whom are yet living: Joseph, whose name 
 
 heads this record; Annie, at home; Jacob, who is 
 living in St. Genevieve, Mo.; Ignatz, still living 
 in Schwehan; and Maggie, wife of Franz Byer, 
 of Vienna, Austria. 
 
 In the common schools of his native land our 
 subject acquired his education, and there re- 
 mained until fifteen years of age, when, in 1852, 
 he .sailed for America. The voyage consumed 
 seven weeks, but at length he landed in New Or- 
 leans, and made his way up the Mississippi River 
 to St. Louis, where he remained for two years, 
 learning his trade of cigar-making. In 1854 he 
 came to Oquawka, where he followed that business 
 for a period of seven years, and then entered the 
 Union army. 
 
 Opposed tosla\-er}' and to secession, Mr. Hurka 
 responded to the country's call for troops, enlist- 
 ing in October, 1861, as a musician of the Tenth 
 Illinois Infantry; but when regimental bands were 
 dispensed with, he was mustered out, on the i.st 
 of January, 1862. He then returned to his home 
 in Oquawka, where he remained for about a year, 
 and in 1863 went to Mu.scatine, Iowa, where he 
 spent two years, working at his trade. In 1865 
 he became a resident of Burlington, where he 
 again engaged in cigar-makiiig until 1866, when, 
 his health preventing him from working longer 
 at his trade, he returned to Henderson County. 
 Here he purchased a farm of thirty acres, and has 
 since made his home thereon, but its boundaries 
 he has .since extended until ninet\'-one acres of 
 land now pay tribute to his care and cultivation. 
 
 On the 2 1st of November, i860, Mr. Hurka 
 was united in marriage with Gertrude Kes.sel, a 
 daughter of Joseph Kes.sel, of Burlington, Iowa. 
 She died Deceniljer 13, 1886. By that luiion were 
 born four .sons and five daughters, and eight of 
 the number are now living: Josephine, wife of A. 
 Boden, a farmer of Oquawka; Annie, at home; 
 Carrie, wife of Henrj- Johnson, an agriculturi.st 
 of Oquawka; Lottie, wife of Charles Knox, who 
 carries on farming in Rozetta, 111. ; John, of 
 Oquawka; and William A., Robert and Luzetta 
 B., at home. Joseph, the third child, is deceased. 
 
 By his first Presidential vote, Mr. Hurka sup- 
 ported Abraham Lincoln, and has since been a 
 warm advocate of the Republican party and its 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 425 
 
 principles, but has never sought or desired poHti- 
 cal preferment for himself. He is a member of 
 Ellsworth Post No. 172, G. A. R., and has filled 
 a number of its offices. He is now successfully 
 engaged in farming, and is recognized as one of 
 the leading and enterprising citizens of the com- 
 munity. He need never have occasion to regret 
 that he left his native land for America, for here 
 he has met with prosperity, and has gained a 
 pleasant home and many friends. 
 
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 (TOHN THOMAS GARRETT, who .since 1885 
 I has resided upon his present farm of one hun- 
 (z) dred and sixty acres on section 25. Raritan 
 Township, Henderson County, has spent the 
 greater part of his life in this section of the State. 
 He was born in Schuyler County, 111., September 
 20, 1843, and is one of ten children whose parents 
 were Coleman and Mildred (Willis) Garrett. The 
 father was a native of Virginia, and was of Irish 
 de.scent. On leaving the Old Dominion, he re- 
 moved to Kentucky, settling near Elizabethtown, 
 where he made his home until 1837. In that 
 year he came to Illinois, locating in Schuj-ler 
 County, near Augu.sta. There he purchased one 
 hundred and .sixty acres of land, which was largely 
 covered with timber, and after erecting a log cabin 
 began to clear and improve his farm, on which he 
 made his home until 1848. In that year he came 
 to Henderson County, and purchased eighty acres 
 of wild prairie land on .section 36, Walnut Grove 
 Township. To this he added from time to time 
 until he had three hundred and twenty- acres, con- 
 stituting one of the best farms of the community. 
 In connection with its cultivation, he was also 
 extensively engaged in horse-rai.sing. He pos- 
 .sessed good business ability, and the success 
 which crowned his undertakings made him a well- 
 to-do farmer. He held membership with the 
 Methodist Church, and died July 6, 1878. His 
 wife, who survived him several years, passed 
 away November 22, 1888. 
 
 In the Garrett family were the following chil- 
 dren: James, a farmer of Nebraska: Elijah, who 
 
 died in 1887; Harvey, a fanner and stock-rai.ser 
 of Walnut Grove Township, Henderson County; 
 Isaac and William, who carry on agricultural 
 pursuits in Maha,ska County, Iowa; Other S., a 
 farmer of Henderson County; Susan, wife of John 
 F. Pendarvis, of Nebraska; Amanda, wife of 
 George Gilmore, who is living near Biggsville, 
 111.; and Marj- E., who died in infancy. 
 
 In taking up the personal history of J. T. Gar- 
 rett we present to our readers the life record of 
 one who is widely and favorably known in Hen- 
 derson County, for here he has made his home 
 since the age of ten years. During his boyhood 
 he had to walk four miles to a log schoolhouse, 
 and the school was conducted on the sub.scription 
 plan. He was still at home at the breaking out 
 of the late war, but in July, 1862, he responded to 
 the President's call for volunteers, and became a 
 member of Company B, Ninety-first Illinois In- 
 fantry. After being niu.stered in at Camp Butler, 
 he was sent to the front, and at the battle of Ba- 
 con Creek, Ky., was taken prisoner with all his 
 regiment, which was engaged in guarding rail- 
 roads. The following day, however, he was pa- 
 roled and returned to St. Louis, where after six 
 months he was exchanged. He then went with his 
 regiment down the Mississippi River, took part in 
 the battle of Red River, for two weeks was in the 
 siege of \'icksburg, and then went to New Orleans, 
 where he did guard duty for three months. Cross- 
 ing the Gulf, he took part in the battle of Brazos 
 Island, Tex., after which he marched to the mouth 
 of the Rio Grande, and thence to Brown.sville, 
 Tex., where his regiment built forts and did guard 
 duty for several months. Subsequently, Mr. Gar- 
 rett took part in the battles of Mobile and Ft. 
 Blakel}', and was at the fonner place when the 
 war closed. He was wounded at the siege of 
 Mobile by a shell that burst over his head. In 
 Springfield, 111., he received his final discharge, 
 Jul}' 12, 1865, and at once returned home. 
 
 For two years, Mr. Garrett engaged in operat- 
 ing rented land, and then purcha.sed a tract of 
 eighty acres in Walnut Grove Town.ship. He was 
 married October 11, 1867, to Miss Emma Thomp- 
 son, and their home was blessed with three chil- 
 dren, but one died in infancw Mazie and Nellie, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 however, are still with their parents. The family 
 lived in Walnut Grove Township until 1 885, when 
 tliey came to Raritan Township, where they have 
 a very pleasant home, which is the abode of hos- 
 pitality and good cheer. Mr. Garrett now owns 
 two hundred and twenty-four acres of rich and . 
 valuable land, and is succes.sfully engaged in gen- 
 eral farming and stock-raising. In politics, he is 
 a stalwart Republican, and is a member of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. A faithful and 
 loyal citizen, he discharges all duties, whether 
 public or pri\'ate, with the same fidelity which he 
 manifested while following the Old Flag, which 
 now floats so triumphantly over the united nation. 
 
 HARRY F. McAllister, of Oquawka, has 
 for many years been prominently connected 
 with business and official interests in Hen- 
 derson County, and is widely and favorably known 
 in this locality. He was born in Westmoreland 
 County, Pa., April 27, 1840, and is of Scotch 
 descent. The family was probably founded in 
 America at a verj- early day in the history of this 
 country'. The grandfather of our subject, Archi- 
 bald McAUi.ster, who was one of the heroes of the 
 Revolutionary- War, lived for many years near 
 Philadelphia, Pa., and the father, James McAl- 
 lister, was born in the Keystone vState. Having 
 attained to mature years, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Mi.ss Christina Baker, who was also 
 born in Westmoreland County, Pa., and they be- 
 came the parents of seven children, five sons and 
 two daughters, as follows: Mary, now deceased; 
 Robert, of St. Louis, Mo., general agent of the 
 American Refrigerator Car Line; William A., a 
 grain merchant of Reinbeck, Iowa; Harry F., 
 whose name heads this record; two sons who bore 
 the name of John, and died in infancy; and Nancy 
 J., who died in infancy. The father was for some 
 years prothouotary of Westmoreland County, Pa., 
 and died when our subject was quite young. 
 
 Harry Fo.ster McAllister was educated in the 
 public .schools of Greensburg and New Alexan- 
 dria, Pa., and upon his father'sdeath was thrown 
 
 on his own resources, so that whatever success he 
 has achieved in life is due to his own eiforts. In 
 1854, when fourteen years of age, he left the Key- 
 stone State and became a resident of Rock Lsland 
 County, 111. He began to provide for his own 
 maintenance by clerking in a dry-goods store in 
 Rock Island, where he was employed for about 
 three years. He then entered the Circuit Clerk's 
 office in that city, and learned the bu.siness of 
 making abstracts and titles, after which he went 
 to Milwaukee, Wis., where he engaged in the 
 abstract business. He was also employed in a 
 similar way in Waukesha County, and in Mc- 
 Henry Countj-, 111., remaining in the three places 
 for a period of Ihree years. In 1859, he took up 
 his residence in Geneseo, Henn,' County, 111., 
 where for two years he was engaged in the dry- 
 goods business. 
 
 The year 1861 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Mc- 
 Allister in Oquawka, where he has since made 
 his home. In that j'ear he was given a clerical 
 position in the Circuit Clerk's office, with which 
 he has been connected continuously since. He 
 served as chief deputy from 1861 until 1868, and 
 in the latter year was elected Circuit Clerk. The 
 term of office is four j^ears, and he was re-elected 
 in 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892. He is 
 therefore filling the office at this writing, and has 
 .ser\'ed as the superior officer for about twenty-six 
 years, while for seven years he serv^ed as deputy. 
 No higher testimonial of efficiency could be given 
 than the fact that he has .so long held the office, 
 for his continuous .service could only be secured 
 through merit, ability and fidelity to duty. 
 
 On the 30th of August, 1866, Mr. McAllister 
 married Miss Esther Root, a daughter of Chris- 
 tian and Sarah (Nye) Root, of Williamsville, 
 N. Y. Mr. McAllister is a warm advocate of 
 Republican principles, and does all in his power 
 for the advancement of the party . He has served 
 as Master in Chancerj' and Notary Public, hold- 
 ing the latter office since 1867, when he was 
 commi.ssioned by Richard J. Oglesby, then Gov- 
 ernor of the State. He has al.so been Town.ship 
 Trea-surer of Oquawka for .several years, and has 
 been a member of the Village Board of Trustees. 
 He has .served as a member of the State Re- 
 
Joseph Dixon 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 429 
 
 publican Central Committee for ten years. His 
 wife, a most estimable lady, holds membership 
 with the Presbyterian Church, and he is a mem- 
 ber of Oquawka Lodge No. 123, A. F. &: A. M. 
 He is also President of the Monmouth Miltona 
 Club, a fishing and boating club of Lake Miltona, 
 Minn., at which place he and his family spend a 
 part of each summer. 
 
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 (TOSEPH DIXSON, deceased, was for many 
 I years a prominent and enterprising citizen of 
 C2/ Henderson County. He was born in Greene 
 County, Ind., on the 5th of August, 1841, and 
 was a son of Stephen and Joan (Lewis) Dixson. 
 The parents were both natives of Tennessee, and 
 in 1849 they removed with their family from In- 
 diana to Henderson County, 111. Joseph was at 
 that time eight years of age. His educational privi- 
 leges were limited to those afforded by the common 
 schools, but he always made the most of his op- 
 portunities through life. 
 
 On the 3d of June, 1869, Mr. Dixson was united 
 in marriage with Mi.ss Mary Dean, daughter of 
 Michael and Susan (Cummings) Dean, the 
 former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of 
 Scotland. During her girlhood the mother came 
 from her native land to America with her parents, 
 in 1829, and located in Maine, but after a few 
 j'ears became a resident of Warren County, 111. 
 On the loth of Marcli, 1842, in Fulton County, 
 111., she became the wife of Michael Dean. Eleven 
 children were born of their union, eight of whom 
 are yet living, as follows: Susan, wife of \V. T. 
 Boyd, of Roseville, 111. ; Mary, wife of our .subject; 
 Meli.ssa, wife of J. C. Perrj^ who is now living in 
 Hamilton County, Neb.; Charles E. , who follows 
 farming in McDonough County, 111. ; Cora, wife 
 of Elijah Lemmon, who is living near Good Hope, 
 111. ; William, a resident farmer of Seward County, 
 Neb.; Bessie, wife of Earl Byers, who is living 
 near Good Hope; and Clara, wifeof Lambert Rati- 
 can, a resident of Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Mr. Dixson had few advantages in his youth, 
 l)ut always made the most of his opportunities and 
 privileges, and was regarded as one of the best 
 financiers of the count}'. At the time of his mar- 
 riage he owned four hundred and eighty-eight 
 acres of land, but by his industry- and well-directed 
 efforts he added to this until at one time he had 
 thirteen hundred acres. At the time of his death 
 he owned seven hundred and twenty' acres of fine 
 farming land, besides considerable valuable prop- 
 erty in Stronghurst. He was the honored founder 
 of Stronghurst, and with the best interest of that 
 place was ever prominently identified, doing all 
 in his power to aid in its upbuilding and advance- 
 ment. Mr. Dixson was local agent for the sale 
 of the Town Lot Company, of Stronghurst. He 
 put in eightj- acres of laud in the business, while 
 the company put in one hundred acres. He wias 
 the leader of all the enterprises of the place. 
 
 Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dix- 
 son: Willis E., who was born January 31, 1871, 
 but is now deceased; Cora, born February 17, 
 1873; Lula, born July 5, 1875; George, born June 
 7, 1880; Delbert, born December 11, 1882; Joseph, 
 born January 29,. 1885; and Laverna, born June 
 19, 1890. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Dixson was a Dem- 
 ocrat, but never sought or desired the honors or 
 emoluments of public office. All who knew him 
 respected him for his sterling worth and strict in- 
 tegrity, and his friends were many throughout the 
 community. On the ist of January, 1893, he was 
 run over at the crossing of the Santa Fe Railroad. 
 He lived only si.xteen hours, and after the acci- 
 dent was unable to sp?ak to his family. Death 
 brought him release from his sufferings, but sor- 
 row came to the entire community, for he was a 
 valued citizen, a kind and faithful friend and 
 neighbor, and a loving and tender husband and 
 father. Mrs. Dixson and her children still reside 
 in Stronghurst. He left them an estate valued at 
 $50,000, including the farm property before men- 
 tioned, most of the vacant lots in Stronghurst, and 
 two business houses of that place. Mrs. Dixson 
 is a most estimable lady, and like her husband 
 shares in the high regard of all who know her. 
 
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430 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 'HOMAS COKE SHARP was born Septem- 
 ber 25, 1818, at Mt. Holly, N. J., and died 
 at his home in Carthage, Monday, April 9, 
 1 894. Services were conducted at the family resi- 
 dence, Wednesday aftenioon, by Rev. Barton, as- 
 sisted by Rev. Wirick. The Methodist choir 
 rendered some sweet and appropriate music; the 
 floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. Rev. 
 Barton preached an excellent discourse, taking 
 for his text the first ^•erse of the fifth chapter of 
 Second Corinthians, and then the procession 
 moved slowly to Moss Ridge Cemeterj-, and all 
 that was mortal of Judge Sharp was laid away in 
 its narrow and windowless home. Deceased was 
 the son of Rev. Solomon Sharp, a pioneer Meth- 
 odist minister of the Philadelphia Conference, his 
 mother being a member of the Budd famih- of 
 Pemberton, N. J. He became an orphan at an 
 early age, and had to struggle with the battles of 
 life alone. In 1835 he entered Dickinson Col- 
 lege at Carhsle, Pa. , and took the scientific course. 
 In 1837 he entered the law school in Carlisle, and 
 in 1840 was admitted to the Bar. During the 
 course of his legal .studies he taught the male 
 High School in Carlisle, and for six months was 
 a tutor of mathematics in the college. As soon 
 as he was admitted to the Bar, he started West to 
 seek his fortune in the then new country of Illi- 
 nois. On August II, 1840, he landed at Quincy, 
 111., and determined to locate there. He at once 
 opened an office and began the practice of his 
 chosen profession, but for some reason he only 
 remained there about two months, and on Sep- 
 tember 24, 1840, removed to Warsaw, where he 
 opened a law office and "l^egan real active life. 
 Even at that early period of life he was affected 
 with a dullness of hearing that greatly interfered 
 with his legal duties, and largely on account 
 thereof he changed his business the first year, and 
 on November 6, 1840, when only twenty-two 
 years of age, he bought and began to publish in 
 Warsaw The Wcdcrii World, and from the be- 
 ginning achieved great success. In 1841 he 
 changed the name of his paper to the Warsav: 
 Signal, and published it until 1842, when he sold 
 it, and for a year or two tried farming. In 1844 
 he again purchased the Signal, and for several 
 
 years republished it. Tho.se were stormy Mor- 
 mon times, and the Signal became the most noted 
 paper in the We.st, its editorials on the Mormon 
 question being extensively copied all over the 
 country. After the Mormon troubles were settled, 
 in 1846, he again sold the Signal, and for a year 
 or two was out of business. In 1847 he was 
 elected as a member of the Constitutional Con- 
 vention, and as.sisted in drafting the Constitution 
 of 1 848. In 1851 he was elected Justice of the 
 Peace in Warsaw, then quite an important office, 
 and returned to office work. In 1853 he was 
 elected the first Mayor of the city of Warsaw, and 
 held this office for three successive terms. In 
 1854 he again embarked in what seemed to be 
 his favorite calling, journali.sm, purcha.sed the 
 ]Varsa~a' Express, which was neutral in politics, 
 and began its publication. At that time railroads 
 were being warmly discussed, and the Express 
 strongly advocated their construction. In 1856, 
 having sold the Express, he was nominated for 
 Congress on the Republican ticket, and although 
 the district was largely Democratic, he made a 
 canvass of the entire district, and a very credit- 
 able race. 
 
 In 1864 the Union League of Hancock County 
 desired a new paper, and it invited him to take 
 charge of it. In response to this request he started 
 in Warsaw the IVarsatv New Era, which he 
 conducted verj- successfully for over a year, when 
 it was thought best to remove the paper to Carth- 
 age, which was done, and it was taken charge of 
 by F. E. Fowler, June 29, 1865, and named the 
 Carthage Gazette. In the fall of 1864 he was 
 elected County Judge of Hancock County on the 
 Republican ticket, and the same fall removed 
 with his family to Carthage, where he has since 
 resided. At the expiration of his term of office 
 as Judge, he formed a partnership with the late 
 Henry W. Draper, and again went into the prac- 
 tice of law, he and Mr. Draper remaining to- 
 gether three years. In December, 1869, he again 
 took charge of the Gazette, and, finding editorial 
 work congenial to his nature, he kept it, and gave 
 it his personal attention for many years, making 
 it one of the very best and ablest Republican pa- 
 pers in the State of Illinois. About theyear 1878, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 431 
 
 he formed a partnership with O, F. and M. P. 
 Berrj-, for the practice of law. and remained the 
 head of thi.'s firm until the date of his death. Oc- 
 tober 20, 1890, he had a paralytic stroke, which 
 substantially rendered him unable to do any work, 
 but left his mind clear and his general health 
 good. Since that time the Ga sef/ehasheen under 
 the control and management of his son, W. O. 
 Sharp. After his affliction, deceased was not 
 able to walk, but was convej-ed from place to 
 place in an invalid's chair on wheels; but he did 
 not lose any of his interest in the events of the 
 day, nor in the companionship of his friends, and 
 seemed to enjoy life reasonably well, under the 
 faithful and loving care of his devoted wife, 
 adopted daughter, and other relatives and friends. 
 A few davs ago he received two other slight para- 
 13'tic strokes, under which he gradually sank into 
 the sleep of death, peacefully and quietly passing 
 through the valley and over the Jordan to the 
 "other side, ' ' and the news went forth that Thomas 
 C. Sharp was dead, bringing tears to many an eye 
 and sorrow to many a heart. 
 
 In September, 1842, deceased was united in 
 marriage to Mrs. Hannah G. Wilcox, widow of 
 John R. Wilcox, who was one of the original 
 proprietors of Warsaw. As the fruit of this mar- 
 riage five children were born, three of whom are 
 still living: W. O. Sharp, now editor of the (/a- 
 zettc; Guilford Sharp, who now resides in Ne- 
 braska; and Mrs. Kate Bennett, whose home is in 
 Nebraska. Mrs. .Sharp was a very excellent 
 woman, and was highly respected by all who 
 knew her. She lived with decea.sed in Carthage 
 until the time of her death, which occurred Oc- 
 tober 3, 1879. 
 
 On November 24, 188 1, deceased was married 
 to Mrs. Anna E. Hewitt, in Hannibal, Mo., at 
 the residence of her son, S. E. Worrell. Mrs. 
 Sharp survives her hu.sband, and has during all 
 these years of his affliction been to him a devoted, 
 faithful and con.stant companion, scattering rays 
 of -sun.shine and gladness into each of his dark 
 hours, and surrounding his daily life with the 
 .sweet influences of love, and kind and .sympathetic 
 words. A few years ago. Judge and Mrs. Sharp 
 took to raise a little girl, now known as Ella Sharp, 
 
 who has proven to be a great blessing to them, 
 and who was dearly beloved by decea.sed. She, 
 too, did much to lighten the burdens of his 
 afflictions, and had for him alwaj'S a smile and 
 gracious word. Will O. Sharp, the only child of 
 deceased residing in Carthage, has been the duti- 
 ful companion of his father in his afflictions, and 
 could very often be seen wheeling him in his com- 
 fortable chair over the city, and .stopping to greet 
 almo-st every one they met. He loved to meet 
 and greet his old neighbors, friends and acquaint- 
 ances, and everybody loved Judge Sharp. The 
 la.st four years of his life he was fortunately sur- 
 rounded, and everything was done that could be 
 done to make his life pleasant and cheerful. His 
 hours were filled with frequent visits of sympathiz- 
 ing friends, with loving words, and many deeds of 
 kindness from those who loved him most, all of 
 which he highly appreciated, and of which he 
 often spoke, while tears of gratitude coursed their 
 way down the cheeks of this grand old man. 
 Judge Sharp grew old in years; time silvered his 
 locks and wrinkled his face, and even paralyzed 
 his limbs, but in heart and .spirit he remained 
 young until the day of his departure. As long as 
 he remained conscious he loved the company of 
 his friends and took peculiar delight in the pres- 
 ence of some Noung people that were his favorites. 
 His heart was always warm, cheerful and bright, 
 as if it were in the enjoyment of the spring-time 
 of life: his clear, loud and hearty laugh was heard 
 even in his affliction, and sounded as sweet and 
 joyful as the .song of the birds at earh- dawn. 
 Even when old age had dimmed the lustre of his 
 bright mind, when the zenith of his capacity had 
 been reached and passed, and he began to descend 
 the other side of tlie hill, he still retained the 
 same sweetness of disposition, the .same serenity 
 of .soul, the .same sweet smile on his face, the same 
 kind words on his lips, that characterized his early 
 life. He grew old beautifully. 
 
 Judge vSharj) was a resident of Hancock Coun- 
 ty for more than half a century — more than 
 sixty years. When he first saw it, and as a >oung 
 man ca.st his lot here, it was not what it is to- 
 day. There were many acres of raw prairie, many 
 forests of heavy timber, ven,' few towns, no rail- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 roads and no telegraphs, but, having cast his lot 
 in a new countr)-, he at once entered upon an ac- 
 tive life, doing all in his power, both by precept 
 and example, to develop it; not only in material 
 things, but in all those things which tend to make 
 a countrj' prosperous and happy. With his pow- 
 erful pen he vigorously fought wrong and injus- 
 tice, and warred against vice in all its forms. The 
 influence of his life, of his every editorial, from 
 his first in the Warsaw Signal to his last in the 
 Carthage Gazette, was pure and clean. He was 
 always on the right side of ever>' moral question, 
 and no one, either for love or money, could per- 
 suade him to publish what he did not believe to 
 be true. The influence of such a life, beaming 
 down through all these years, cannot be expressed 
 in words. It cannot die. 
 
 ■' Were a star quenched on high. 
 
 For ajies would its light. 
 Still traveling downward from on high. 
 
 siiine on our mortal sight; 
 So wiien a good man dies. 
 
 For years, beyond our ken. 
 The light he leaves behind him lies 
 
 Upon the path of men." 
 
 Hearts, not books, contain and preserve the 
 story of such a life; the record of a noble life is 
 that life's best eulogy; the history of the deeds of 
 good men, their most lasting epitaph. "He has 
 done the work of a true man; crown him, honor 
 him, love him." 
 
 Judge Sharp was a partisan in the best sense of 
 that term. He believed in the principles of his 
 party with all his soul, and at all times defended 
 them with all his powers. He was courageous 
 and firm, yet generous. Ever>' true man admires 
 a partisan, — one who has earnest convictions and 
 the courage to proclaim them ; one who defends 
 his principles with honesty and enthusiasm; such 
 a man is a u.seful citizen, no matter to what party 
 he belongs. Such a man was Thomas C. Sharp. 
 As a lawyer he ranked high among the members 
 of the Bar, and was always held in the highest 
 esteem by his as.sociates. He was not an able 
 trial lawyer; the trial of cases, the wrangling with 
 witnes.ses, and contention over .small matters, were 
 not congenial to his nature, but he delighted in 
 the study of a case, in its preparation for trial, in 
 the examination of the rules of the law that ap- 
 plied to it. The rules of law and the principles 
 
 of justice were a delight to him, and rendered 
 him at all times a wise counselor and an able 
 judge of the law. His well-known honesty and 
 integrity in his profession brought him into con- 
 tact with the best class of citizens who desired 
 counsel and advice, and he always had many 
 clients who relied implicitly on his judgment and 
 trusted their all to him, and not a single voice 
 was ever heard to say that Thomas C. Sharp ever 
 betrayed a tru.st that was repo.sed in him. He 
 was by nature and education an honest, pure- 
 minded, upright and honorable man. He was 
 quiet in manner, pure in character, upright in all 
 his dealings with his fellow-men, kind hearted, 
 charitable, and a devoted father, husband and 
 friend. "His life was gentle, and the elements .so 
 mixed in him, that nature might stand up and 
 .say to the world, 'This was a man."' His hand and 
 purse were ever open to the needy, and his heart 
 was a great temple, in which daily thronged myr- 
 iads of tender thoughts and kindly emotions. 
 His generosity prevented him from ever becoming 
 a rich man, and he only sought to accumulate a 
 competency, which he .succeeded in doing. In a 
 long, personal, and close business acquaintance 
 and relationship with deceased, the writer can 
 testify to his exalted character, his ptirity of 
 thought and motive, his .sweet, even-tempered 
 disposition, and his kind and sympathetic nature; 
 and in .sorrowing over his death the writer wants 
 to add the deep feeling of his own heart, and drop 
 a tear of .sympathy and sorrow with those who 
 loved him be.st. Judge Sharp's life and history 
 from boyhood down to old age should be an in- 
 spiration to every young man. He did not rise 
 rapidly into an exalted position, nor jump from 
 obscurity into prominence. His ri.se was not sud- 
 den, but slowly and surely he won his way into 
 public confi-dence, and won an enviable reputa- 
 tion for honesty and noble manhood. 
 
 Whether as a lawyer, journalist, judge or citi- 
 zen, he kept on the even tenor of his way, a faith- 
 ful, industrious, energetic, conscientious worker, 
 day after daJ^ week after week, and year after 
 year, never for one moment wavering from the 
 path of rectitude and right. In his private life, 
 in his family and with his friends, he wore always 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 433 
 
 the same kindlj- disposition that carried with it 
 the respect, the esteem, and love of all who knew 
 him; but husband, father, grandfather, friend and 
 citizen has passed from earth to the great beyond; 
 his face, his voice, his presence, have vanished 
 from earth forever. He knew several days be- 
 fore the end came that soon the final summons 
 would come to him to go, and he patiently waited 
 the hour; he was not afraid to die. The inexor- 
 able message brought no dismay to him. He 
 seemed in his last days to possess that ' 'peace that 
 passeth understanding;" he knew his life's work 
 was done; he was ready and willing, even an.x- 
 ious, to go to his reward. The thought of leav- 
 ing his patient, loving, faithful and devoted wife 
 and family no doubt was painful to him, but his 
 un.selfishness was even greater than his love of 
 life or fear of death. He wanted to be a burden 
 to no one: he wanted to relie\e all those so dear 
 to him from the constant, cheerful and loving 
 sacrifices they were making for him day by day, 
 and on Monday afternoon the Lord granted his 
 request and took him home, where now we hope 
 and believe his paralyzed tongue has been loosened 
 in order that he may sing the songs of the re- 
 deemed. ' 'Peace to his ashes, reverence to his 
 memory-, and all honor to his fair name." 
 
 Well may the citizens of Carthage and of Han- 
 cock County mourn the lo.ss of this good man; 
 well may his family weep over the desolation of a 
 home his loving, thoughtful care made happy; 
 but for him we should not mourn. His was a 
 long, full, well-rounded, noble life, a sweet, peace- 
 ful and painless ending. Earth's loss is his gain, 
 and whatever the rewards of having lived a life 
 of purity, honesty and goodness are, they will 
 certainly be his. — M. P. B., in Carthage Gazette. 
 
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 ["RANK McFARLAND is one of Oquawka's 
 r^ native sons. He was born on the gth of 
 I October, 1861, and is a representative of 
 one of the early families of the conununity. His 
 father, John McFarland, was a native of Knox 
 County, Ohio. Immigrating to Illinois, he took 
 
 up his residence in Oquawka, where for a num- 
 ber of years he engaged in business as a lumber 
 merchant, but at this writing is living retired. 
 He was united in marriage with Miss Ellen King, 
 a native of Kentucky, and to them were born six 
 children, three .sons and three daughters, as fol- 
 lows: Laura, deceased, wife of T. C. Allen; Don- 
 zela, who has also passed away; Frank of this 
 sketch; Harvey, a cutter by trade, living in 
 Oquawka: Walter, a cutter of ladies' garments, 
 now employed in Washington, D. C. ; and Maude, 
 yet at home. 
 
 Midst play and work the boyhood and youth 
 of our subject were pa.s.sed, unmarked by any 
 event of special importance. His education was 
 acquired in the public .schools of Oquawka, which 
 he attended until sixteen years of age. In 1887, 
 he began clerking for R. D. Stanley, in whose 
 employ he remained for a period of three years. 
 On the I ith of October, 1893, he accepted a posi- 
 tion as salesman with the well-known mercantile 
 firm of McFarland & Allen, and has since con- 
 tinued with them. He has always lived in 
 Oquawka, save in 1889, when he made a trip to 
 the We.st, and was employed in a dry-goods store 
 for a time. He also engaged in painting, but 
 during the latter part of the year he returned to 
 his native city. 
 
 On the ist of June, 1882, Mr. McFarland was 
 united in marriage with Miss Carrie Cunning- 
 ham, of Oquawka, and their union has been 
 bles.sed with six children, five of whom are yet 
 living: Chester, Bernice, Harvey, Gladys and 
 Frank. Ida, the second child, died in infancy. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. McFarland have a wide ac- 
 quaintance in this community and have many 
 warm friends, who hold them in high esteem. 
 
 On attaining his majority, Mr. McFarland 
 proudly ca.st his first Presidential vote for Gen. 
 James A. Garfield, and has since supported the 
 Republican party, for he is a warm advocate of its 
 principles. He has served as Alderman of the 
 city for two years, and is now a member of the 
 School Board. The be.st interests of the com- 
 munity ever find in him a friend, ready to aid in 
 their advancement and progre.ss. Mr. McFar- 
 land's career has not been a brilliant one, in the 
 
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 sense of attracting extended public notice, but 
 his life has been honorable and upright, and has 
 gained him the confidence and high regard of all 
 with whom he has been brought in contact. 
 
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 REV. ADAM BLUMER, pastor of the Evan- 
 gelical Church of North America of Oquaw- 
 ka, and one of the highly esteemed citizens 
 of that place, claims Switzerland as the land of 
 his birth. He was born in Engi, Canton Glarus, 
 on the 27th of November, 1827, and was the 
 sixth in a familj- of eight children born unto 
 Fridolin and Magdelene (MartjO Blumer. The 
 father was one of the high officers in the French 
 army under Napoleon I., and for some years 
 carried on a large hotel in Engi, where his death 
 occurred in 1845. His wife had passed away in 
 1840. Since 1446 the first-born .son of this family 
 has borne the name of Fridolin. This name was 
 borne by an Irish missionary in the fourth cen- 
 tury, who traveled up the Rhine into Switzerland, 
 where he died. 
 
 Our subject spent the days of his lx)yhood and 
 >-outh in his native land, and acquired his educa- 
 tion in the Pilgrim Mission at St. Chrischona, 
 near Basle. At the age of twenty -.seven, he bade 
 adieu to home and friends, and in 1854 .sailed for 
 America as a missionary. He first located in 
 Muscatine, Iowa, where he was ordained to the 
 ministry by the Congregational Church. He or- 
 ganized churches throughout the .Stale, under the 
 auspices of the Home Mi.ssionarj- Society, being 
 thus employed for two years. He then received 
 a call to Stillwater, Minn., and, accepting the 
 same, organized a church at that place, remain- 
 ing as its pastor for two jears. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Blumer was united in marriage 
 with Mrs. Augnstina Stock, who has l)een to her 
 husband a faithful companion and heliimate on 
 life's journey, aiding him in his labors and en- 
 couraging him b>- her warm .sympathy. Their 
 union has been ble.ssed with one daughter, Mary. 
 
 On leaving the Congregational Church in Still- 
 water, the Rev. Mr. Blumer united with the 
 
 Lutheran Church, and was sent to Shakopee, 
 where he remained as pastor for seven years. He 
 also worked throughout the State during that 
 time, and on the expiration of that period he was 
 sent to Reed's Landing, where he remained for 
 eighteen months, after which he went to Rock 
 Island, 111., on account of his health. Although 
 physically unfitted for duty, he was not content 
 to remain idle, and organized a church in the 
 southern part of Rock Island County, where he 
 remained for about twelve years. The succeed- 
 ing two years of his life were passed in Winona 
 Countj', Minn., after which he was called back to 
 Rock Island County, and also worked in Henrj" 
 County for two years. He was then sent to Sut- 
 ter, Hancock County, where he remained for nine 
 years. In 1889, he came to Oquawka, and took 
 charge of the church in this place. On account 
 of the infirmity of partial deafness, he is now on 
 the retired list, though still active in pastoral la- 
 bors, and continues in charge of the parish at 
 Oquawka. His entire life has been devoted to the 
 work of the rainistrj', and his untiring labors and 
 his earnest words, strengthened by a consistent 
 life, have made him a power for good in church 
 work. 
 
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 ©WANSON ESSEX, a carpenter and builder, 
 r\ now engaged in business in Oquawka, claims 
 V,*y this place as his native city. He was born 
 on the 3d of October, 1857, and is the fifth in a 
 family of six children, whose parents were Camp- 
 bell and Emzy (Smith) Essex. They were num- 
 bered among theearh' settlers of this community, 
 and were prominently identified with its history 
 and pioneer days. Mr. Essex was born in Chilli- 
 cothe, Ohio, on the 19th of December, 18 15, and 
 was of German extraction. In his native city he 
 was reared and educated, and there worked in a 
 store until he had attained his majority-. In 
 1834, he came West, and, locating in Oquawka, 
 engaged in freighting from this place to Peoria 
 for a number of years. He also owned a stone- 
 quarry, and furnished .stone for a great many of 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 435 
 
 he worked at the carpenter's trade A great 
 many Indians still lived in the count}- at the time 
 of his arrival, and on one occasion, when he was 
 riding along the bluff three miles east of Oquawka, 
 he had the horn shot off his saddle by one of the 
 red men. His death occurred in Oquawka in 
 1882, at the age of sixty-seven years, and was 
 mourned by many friends. His wife was born in 
 Somerset, Ohio, June 16, 1828, and when a 
 maiden of five summers came to this county with 
 her parents. They were also natives of the Buck- 
 eye State, and were of English extraction. In 
 1833 they took up their residence near Oquawka, 
 where thej- spent their remaining days. Mrs. 
 Essex was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and died in that faith on the 20th of 
 December, 1892, at the age of sixty-four years. 
 
 Swanson Essex remained with his parents until 
 he had attained his majority, and in the common 
 .schools he acquired a good English education. 
 He, himself, is familiar with many incidents of 
 frontier life, and can also relate many interesting 
 stories of pioneer days told him bj- his parents. 
 On attaining his majority, he began working at 
 the carpenter's trade in Oquawka, where he has 
 made his home continuously since, although he 
 has done business in the surrounding towns. He is 
 an expert workman, and now, as a contractor and 
 builder, is enjoying a large and lucrative trade. 
 He always faithfulh- performs his part of the con- 
 tract, and therefore has the confidence of all. 
 
 On the 2 1 St of September, 1876, Mr. Es.sex was 
 united in marriage with Miss Margaret Hess, a 
 native of Iowa. She was born March 24, 1857, 
 and when quite young came with her parents to 
 Oquawka. Six children grace the union of our 
 subject and his wife: Clyde, Frederick, Eva, Efiie, 
 Enuna and Verna, all of whom are still at home 
 with their parents. 
 
 In his j)olitical views, Mr. Es.sex is a Democrat, 
 but has never sought or desired the emoluments 
 of public office. He is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen of America, and his wife belongs to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, to the support of 
 which he contributes liberally. He now owns a 
 pleasant home in Oquawka, and has become one 
 of its substantial citizens, as the result of his own 
 
 enterprise. He has always lived in Oquawka, 
 and here has many friends, including people who 
 have known him from boyhood and those whom 
 he has met in maturer )-ears. 
 
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 |ILLIAM CALDWELL, a retired farmer 
 residing on section 24, Raritan Township, 
 is numbered among the earh' settlers ot 
 Henderson County, dating his residence here from 
 1S55. In the many years which have since come 
 and gone, he has witnessed many great changes. 
 He has seen the wild land transfonaied into beau- 
 tiful homes and farms, and has watched the growth 
 and upbuilding of towns and villages. In the 
 work of public improvement he has ever taken a 
 commendable interest, and has always borne his 
 part in the work of advancement. 
 
 Mr. Caldwell is a native of Ireland. He was 
 born in County Antrim, December 18, 1826, and 
 is a son of John and Annie (Robb) Caldwell, who 
 were both natives of the Emerald Isle, but were 
 of Scotch descent. Their family numbered nine 
 children, three sons and six daughters. William 
 spent the first twelve years of his life in Ireland, 
 and then accompanied his parents in their emi- 
 gration to America, in 1838. They boarded a 
 sailing-ves.sel, which, after a voyage of .six weeks, 
 landed them .safely in New York City. They 
 took up their residence in Greene County, N. Y., 
 where our subject remained until eighteen years 
 of age, when he went to New Jersey. He there 
 began working by the month as a farm hand, re- 
 ceiving $7 per month for his services, and, in con- 
 nection with farm labor, he also followed the car- 
 penter's trade. 
 
 It was in 1855 that Mr. Caldwell left llie Ea.st 
 and came to Illinois. He first located near Glad- 
 stone, Henderson County, where he followed car- 
 pentering and farm work until 1S58. He then 
 began farming in his own interest, and in 1865 he 
 purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unim- 
 proved prairie land, constituting a part of the 
 farm upon which he now resides. His agricul- 
 tural labors, however, were interrupted on the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 14th of May, 1864, by his enlistment for service 
 among the boys in bUie. He became a member 
 of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth 
 Illinois Infantry, was mustered in at Quincy, and 
 ser\^ed for five months and fourteen days, after 
 which he was honorably discharged. 
 
 On the 1 2th of March, 1866, Mr. Caldwell led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Sophia Gould. He 
 and his wife together now own seven hundred 
 and sixty acres of valuable land. All is well im- 
 proved, and yields to the owners a good income. 
 Mr. Caldwell has become one of the substantial 
 citizens of the county, and his career demonstrates 
 what can be accomplished through industr\-, per- 
 .severance and judicious management, for he 
 started out in life a poor boy. He exercises his 
 right of franchise in support of the Republican 
 party, and for seventeen years has faithfully served 
 as Township Trustee. He is a consistent and 
 active member of the Baptist Church, and is a 
 highly-esteemed citizen, who well deserves repre- 
 sentation in the history of his adopted county. 
 
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 (Tames G. CHALFANT, one of the honored 
 I veterans of the late war, and a prominent and 
 Qj highly respected citizen of Oquawka, where 
 he is now engaged in the practice of law, claims 
 Ohio as the State of his nativity, for he was born 
 in Co.shocton County, Augu.st 30, 1837. His 
 father, John R. Chalfant, was a native of the same 
 county, and by occupation was a farmer. Hav- 
 ing attained his majority, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Delilah Hayes, daughter of 
 Joseph and Hannah Hayes, and their union was 
 blessed with six children. David Y., who was a 
 physician, is now deceased; James G. is the sec- 
 ond in order of birth; Henry M. is living in Co- 
 .shocton County, Ohio; Phoebe E. is the wife of 
 George lilliott, a resident of Forest City, Mo.; 
 Nancy J. is the widow of Israel McConnell; and 
 Mary E., twin sister of Nancy J., is now de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Mr. Chalfant whose name heads this record 
 acquired his early education in the district .schools. 
 
 and afterward completed the scientific course of 
 study in the Ohio Wesleyan University of Dela- 
 ware, Ohio. He then engaged in farm work for 
 a time, and devoted his leisure hours to the stud>- 
 of law, for he did not wish to follow agricultural 
 pursuits throughout his life. In September, 1859, 
 when twenty-two j-ears of age, he left the Buck- 
 eye State and came to Illinois, locating in Mor- 
 gan County, where for two years he engaged in 
 teaching. He then responded to the country's 
 call for troops, enlisting with the hundred-day 
 men of the Eleventh Regiment of Illinois Volun- 
 teers. When this term had expired he returned 
 home, and on the ist of August, 1862, joined the 
 boys in blue of Company D, One Hundred and 
 Sixth Illinois Infantry. He participated in the 
 siege of Vick.sburg, the battles of Yazoo River 
 and Helena, and the Red River expedition. Near 
 Moscow, he was taken prisoner, and, though un- 
 mounted, he was compelled to keep up with his 
 captors, who were on horseback. He continued 
 in the service until August i, 1865, when he was 
 honorably discharged. For three years he had 
 been at the front, and was ever found faithful to 
 the Old Flag and the cause it represented. 
 
 After his return, Mr. Chalfant took up his resi- 
 dence in Lincoln, Logan County, 111., and in Sep- 
 tember, 1865, he was nominated as County Super- 
 intendent of Public Instruction for a term of four 
 years. He won the election, and during that 
 period faithfully discharged the duties of the office. 
 Having in the mean time studied law, he was ad- 
 mitted to the Bar on the 9th of March, 1870, and 
 engaged in the practice of the legal profession un- 
 til November, 1873, when he was re-elected Coun- 
 ty Superintendent of Schools. From 1877 initil 
 1883 he again practiced at the Bar of Logan 
 County, but in the latter year went to Pierre, vS. 
 Dak., where he made a claim of one hundred and 
 sixty acres of Government land, wliicli he still 
 owns. He made his home upon it for four years, 
 and then, in 1887, cama toOquawka,wherehehas 
 since resided. His time and attention have been 
 gi\'en to the cause of education and to the prac- 
 tice of law, and along both lines he has met with 
 good success. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 437 
 
 wedded Mary A. Carroll, a daughter of Thomas 
 Carroll, of Aiuboy, 111. They became tlie par- 
 ents of four children: Hallie S. and May E., both 
 of whom are engaged in teaching in Moinnouth; 
 William P., who is serving as Police Magistrate 
 of Oquawka; and Frank, who is attending school 
 in Monmouth. Mr. Chalfant is independent in 
 politics, supporting the man whom he thinks best 
 qualified for the office, regardless of party affilia- 
 tions. He holds membership with the Method 
 ist Episcopal Church, and belongs to Ellsworth 
 Post No. 172, G. A. R., in which lie has held 
 various offices, including that of Commander. 
 During his service as County Superintendent he 
 organized the Institute of Logan County, and in 
 many ways advanced the educational interests of 
 the community. The cau.se has ever found in 
 him a warm friend, and he has done much for its 
 upbuilding. He has now become quite widely 
 known in Henderson County, and is highly es- 
 teemed bv his many warm friends. 
 
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 mEORGE W. NOBLE, who resides on section 
 |_ 14, township 12 north, range 4 west, is one 
 ^J of the honored pioneers of Henderson Coun- 
 t\ . Few, if any, have longer resided in this coun- 
 ty than he, for he dates his arrival from 1836. 
 When he came to the W'est, the land was wild 
 and uncultivated, much of it still being in pos- 
 .session of the Government. There were very 
 few settlements, and many of the now thriving 
 towns and villages were umnarked by even a 
 single building. In the transformation which has 
 placed Henderson County among the best in the 
 State, he has borne his part, and well deserves 
 mention. 
 
 A native of Virginia, Mr. Noble was born in 
 Che.sterfield County on the 6th of May, 1815, and 
 is of Engli.sh descent. His parents were John and 
 Mary (Walthall) Noble. Their family numbered 
 seven children, but James, John, Thomas, Mark, 
 Jefferson and Baker are all deceased. Our sub- 
 ject is now the only living representative of the 
 family. He acquired his education in the Mrs. 
 
 Falkner .School of his native county, and during 
 the days of vacation worked upon the home farm, 
 thus receiving a good physical and mental train- 
 ing. On attaining his majority he left the State 
 of his nativity and started westward for Illinois. 
 He began the journey on the 1 2th of September, 
 1S36, and after eleven weeks of travel across the 
 country by team he reached Henderson County 
 on the 27th of Novemljer. Since that time he 
 has always made his home here. Wild game of 
 all kinds was plentiful, including deer, which 
 frequently roamed o\er the prairie. Mr. Noble 
 began life in the West with a cash capital of only 
 fifty cents, but he pos.se.ssed a young man's 
 bright hope of the future and a determination to 
 succeed, and soon began work as a farm hand. In 
 this way he made a start in life, and soon, as the 
 result of his industrj', perseverance and economy, 
 he had accumulated enough capital to purchase 
 eighty acres of land. After a time he .sold that 
 tract and purchased one hundred and sixty acres, 
 in 1864, The following year he located thereon 
 and has since made that farm his home. With 
 characteristic energy he began its development, 
 and in the course of time the richly cultivated 
 fields yielded to him abundant harvests, and he 
 thereby- secured a good income. 
 
 On the 13th of July, 1842, Mr. Noble and Miss 
 Julia A. Morehead were united in marriage, the 
 lady being a daughter of William A. and Lucretia 
 (Spires) Morehead. Six children were born of 
 their union: Mary L., now deceased; Cyrus O., 
 of Holton, Kan. ; James, who is living in Hender- 
 .son County; George, who resides in Bridgeport, 
 Cal.; Thomas, deceased; and Alice, who com- 
 pletes the family. 
 
 Mr. Noble ca.st his first Presidential vote for 
 James K. Polk, and has since supported the men 
 and measures of the Democracy. He has served 
 as Supervisor, but has never been a politician in 
 the .sen.se of office-seeking. With the Baptist 
 Church he holds membership, and, in harmony 
 with his profession, his life has been an honor- 
 able and upright one. Although he has attained 
 the age of seventy-nine years, he is .still hale and 
 hearty, and bids fair to live for .some time to come. 
 In the work of de\eloping the county he has ever 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 borne his part, and has aided in its progress and 
 advancement. He has ever taken a commend- 
 able interest in the general welfare, and gives his 
 support to all enterprises calculated to prove of 
 public benefit. 
 
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 0AMUEL A. RICKETTS, who carries on 
 /\ agricultural pursuits on section 24, township 
 Q) 1 1 north, range 5 west, has long made his 
 home in Henderson County, and has resided 
 upon his present farm since 1866. He is num- 
 bered among the earlj- .settlers of 1849, and has 
 therefore witnessed much of the growth and de- 
 velopment of the county. He has taken a com- 
 mendable interest in its progress, has aided in its 
 advancement, and has given his support to its 
 most worthy enterprises. 
 
 Mr. Ricketts was born in Bullitt County, Ky., 
 September i, 1822, and comes of a family of 
 Engli-sh origin. He is the elder of two children 
 who were born to Jonathan and Nancy t Steven- 
 son) Ricketts. His brother, William, is now de- 
 ceased. He lost his father when he was quite 
 young, and was reared on his grandfather's farm, 
 spending the days of his youth in the usual man- 
 ner of farmer lads. The public schools of his 
 native county afforded his educational privileges. 
 He continued to engage in farm labor until after 
 the lireakiug out of the Mexican War, when he 
 enlisted in the .service, as a member of Capt. 
 Hardin's company. His regiment was the la.st 
 sent to the field. They went to the City of Mex- 
 ico, where they remained until peace was declared, 
 when they were discharged and returned home. 
 
 Mr. Ricketts continued his residence in Ken- 
 tucky until the .spring of 1849, when he decided 
 to seek a home in Illinois, and came to Hender- 
 son County, reaching Oqnawka in the early part 
 of March. Soon alter his arrival, he began farm- 
 ing on rented land, and has since engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. For some time he cultivated 
 land belonging to others, but at length purchased 
 the farrii on which he now resides, having ac- 
 quired the necessary capital through his own in- 
 
 dustry and perseverance. His farm is now well 
 developed, the fields are highly cultivated, and the 
 many good improvements upon the place attest 
 the thrift and enterprise of the owner, who is 
 recognized as one of the practical and progressive 
 farmers of the community. 
 
 Ere coming to this State, Mr. Ricketts was 
 married, on the 29th of October, 1848, the lady of 
 his choice being Mi.ss Louisa Hamilton, daughter 
 of Thomas and Mary (Stickels) Hamilton. Eight 
 children were born of their union, and six of 
 the number are yet living, namely; Thomas, 
 who makes his home in Nebraska; John H., at 
 home; Mary J., wife of John Ross, who is living 
 in Denver, Colo.; Douglas, residing in Colorado; 
 Susan, wife of Charles Grassmiller, of Henderson 
 County; and Charles, who completes the family. 
 Those who have passed away are Sarah F. and 
 Ehza A. 
 
 Mr. Ricketts cast his first Presidential vote for 
 James Buchanan, and has .since supported the 
 men and measures of the Democracy. He keeps 
 well informed on the questions of the day, but has 
 never aspired to public office, preferring to give 
 his entire time and attention to his business in- 
 terests. With the United Brethren Church he 
 holds membership. Whatever success he has 
 achieved in life is due to his own efforts, for he 
 started out to make his own waj- in the world 
 empty-handed, and the success which has come 
 to him is the ju.st reward of his own labors. 
 
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 Gl DAM AUGUSTUS GOEMPLER, whoisen- 
 Ll gaged in business in Oquawka as a mason 
 I 1 and contractor, was born on the 27th of July, 
 1S50, in Philipsdale, Hessen, Germany, and is a 
 son of Peter and Amelia (Bohn) Goempler, who 
 were al.so natives of that country. The father 
 was a stone-cutter and mason by trade, and fol- 
 lowed that pursuit in his native land until late in 
 the year 1853, when he bade adieu to home and 
 friends and, with his family, started for America. 
 He crossed the briny deep in a sailing-vessel, which 
 after a voyage of nine weeks reached Castle Gar- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 439 
 
 den, N. Y. From the eastern metropolis he went 
 to Pittsburg, and thence down the Ohio, and up 
 the Mississippi River, finally reaching Oquawka 
 in the month of March, 1854, and here he still 
 resides. The family numbered ten children, two 
 sons and eight daughters, of whom Augustus and 
 Gertrude died in infancy. Adam A. is the next 
 younger; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of 
 Jacob Gayer, of Monmouth, 111. ; Louisa has, since 
 the death of her sister, married Mr. Gayer, of 
 Monmouth; Emeline is the wife of George Rade- 
 niacher, a brick manufacturer of Monmouth; Mary 
 is the wife of Joseph Wiegand, who is engaged in 
 the manufacture of cigars in Oquawka; Christina, 
 Helena and Caroline are at home. 
 
 Mr. Goempler of this sketch was less than four 
 years old when, with his parents, he crossed the 
 Atlantic and became a resident of Oquawka. He 
 was educated in its public and German schools, 
 which he attended until fifteen years of age, when 
 he began earning his own livelihood by working 
 at the .stone-cutter's and mason's trade, learning 
 the same with his father. He finished his term 
 of apprenticeship at the age of twenty, and then 
 began business in his own interest. He first went 
 to Chicago, where he was employed from 1872 
 until 1874, and then returned to Oquawka, where 
 he has since been engaged in business. He is an 
 expert workman, and now enjoys a good trade in 
 his line. 
 
 On the loth of August, 1875, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Goempler and Miss Caroline 
 Schell, a daughter of Leonard Schell. Her death 
 occurred March 16, 1876, and on the22dof May, 
 1879, our subject was again married, his second 
 union being with Mi.ss Loui.sa Braun, a daughter 
 of John Braun, of West Point, Iowa. Four chil- 
 dren graced this union, of whom three are yet 
 living: Elsie, Arthur and Willis, who are still at 
 home. Elizabeth, the first-born, died in infancy. 
 The parents are well-known people of this com- 
 nuinity, hold a high position in .social circles, and 
 have many warm friends. Their residence, in the 
 eastern part of the town, is a model home, and is 
 the abode of hospitality. 
 
 Mr. Goempler is a Republican in politics, and 
 by his first Presidential vote, ca.st in 1872, sup- 
 
 ported Gen. Grant. He has never sought or de- 
 sired political preferment, desiring rather to give 
 his entire time and attention to his business inter- 
 ests. Both he and his wife hold membership with 
 the German Evangelical Church of Oquawka, and 
 he is a member of Tranquil Lodge No. 193, I. O. 
 O. F.,and Oquawka Camp No. 1037, M. W. A. 
 He is an enterprising and progre.s.sive citizen, 
 whose support is given to anything that will re- 
 doiuid to the good of the community. He is now 
 enjoying a good business, as the result of his in- 
 dustrj' and well-directed efforts. 
 
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 WILLIAM BENJAMIN ROSE, a farmer of 
 Henderson County since 1880, has lived 
 upon his present farm on section 1 1 , town- 
 ship 1 1 north, range 5 west. Here he has one 
 hundred and sixty acres of good land, which his 
 care and cultivation have transformed into one of 
 the valuable places of the neighborhood. Its 
 fields are well tilled, and, together with the good 
 improvements upon the place, indicate the careful 
 super\'ision of the owner. 
 
 Our subject is a native of Kentucky. He was 
 born in Garrett County, in 1842, and is a son of 
 George W. and Eliza (Champ) Rose. Their fam- 
 ily numbered only two children: William B., and 
 George, who is now deceased. The father was 
 also a native of Kentucky, and was a carpenter 
 and wagon-maker by trade. When William was 
 a lad of fourteen years, he began earning his own 
 livelihood, and has since been dependent upon his 
 own resources, so that whatever success he has 
 achieved in life is due entirely to his own efforts. 
 For five years he worked at carding wool, and 
 then engaged in teaming for a year, but, the war 
 having broken out, he no longer felt content to 
 remain at home, and in March, 1863, responded 
 to the country's call for troops, enlisting as a 
 member of Company H, Seventh Kentucky Cav- 
 alry. He participated in various engagements, 
 including the battles of Mill Springs, Wild Cat, 
 Richmond, Perryville, Gallatin and Franklin, 
 and under Burn.side took part in the battle and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 siege of Knoxville. When the war was over and 
 the Stars and Stripes floated victoriously over a 
 still united nation, he was mustered out in Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., on the 8th of July, 1865. He was 
 a valiant soldier, brave and fearless in the dis- 
 charge of duty, and was always found at his post. 
 
 After receiving his discharge, Mr. Rose returned 
 to his Kentucky home and there remained until 
 1866, when he removed to Illinois, becoming a 
 resident of^ Henderson County in November of 
 that year. * On the 4th of August, 1867, he was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. AmeHa S., widow 
 of Andrew Erwin. She was born in England, and 
 is a daughter of William and Amelia (Ellis) 
 Smith, with whom she crossed the broad Atlantic 
 to America in 1844. Five children have been 
 born to our subject and his wife, of whom Amelia 
 and Clyde are now deceased; Newton Benjamin, 
 Samuel Robert and Flora complete the family, the 
 last two residing at home. 
 
 On coming to Henderson County Mr. Rose be- 
 gan farming upon his present place, renting the 
 land until 1880, when he purchased one hundred 
 and sixty acres. He thoroughly understands his 
 business, and by his well-directed efforts he has 
 won success. In politics, he is a Demociat, but 
 his first Presidential vote was cast for Abraham 
 Lincoln. Mr. Rose possesses many excellencies 
 of character, and his sterling worth has won him 
 the high regard of his many friends and acquaint- 
 ances in this community. 
 
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 [ALTER PRESTON MARTIN, who is 
 now serving as Deputy County Sheriff of 
 Henderson County, and resides in Oquaw- 
 ka, is a native of Biggsville, in the same county. 
 He was born on the ist of August, 1854, and is 
 the second in a family of five children, whose par- 
 ents were Benjamin H. and Cynthia F. (Downey) 
 Martin. The paternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, Preston Martin (see biography elsewhere), 
 was a native of Kentucky, and, emigrating to Ill- 
 inois, became a resident of Morgan Countj', where 
 Benjamin Martin was born and reared. The latter 
 
 has followed farming throughout the greater part 
 of his life, carrying on that pursuit for many 
 years in Biggsville, Henderson Countj-, whither 
 he removed at an early day. For twelve years, 
 he was engaged in the grain business in Biggs- 
 ville. He married Miss Downey, daughter of 
 Peter Downey, and their union was blessed with 
 three sons and two daughters, namely: Edwin, 
 now deceased; Walter P. ,the subject of this sketch; 
 Jessie and F'lorence, who died in infancy; and 
 Karl, who is engaged in .school teaching in Biggs- 
 ville. 
 
 W. P. Martin was reared on his father's farm, 
 and in early life enjoyed the advantages afforded 
 by the district schools, which he attended through 
 the winter season, while in the summer months 
 he aided in the labors of the field. At the age of 
 seventeen, he entered Monmouth Business Col- 
 lege, and after attending that institution one 
 term, spent two terms pursuing a literary course 
 in the school known as Monmouth College. On 
 attaining his majority, he began farming for him- 
 self on his father's land, and for fourteen years 
 carried on agricultural pursuits. He was rec<ig- 
 nized as one of the practical and progressive 
 farmers of the neighborhood, and his place was 
 always neat and thrifty in appearance. 
 
 During this time, Mr. Martin was married. 
 On the i4tli of December, 1875, he led to the 
 marriage altar Miss Laura A. Francis, a daugh- 
 ter of William Francis, of Monmouth, 111. Four 
 children grace this marriage, all daughters, Bes- 
 sie, Jessie, Jean and Helen. The family is well 
 known in the community and its members rank 
 high in social circles. 
 
 Mr. Martin is a member of Oquawka Lodge 
 No. 123, A. F. & A. M.; and Osage Lodge No. 
 346, K. P., of which he is the first Past Chancel- 
 lor. He cast his first Presidential vote for R. B. 
 Hayes, but since that time has been a Democrat. 
 While in Bigg.sville, he ser\-ed as Justice of the 
 Peace for one year, and since 1890 he has filled 
 the office of Deputy Sheriff of Henderson County, 
 being acting Sheriff and Collector. He is fear- 
 less and true in the discharge of the duties de- 
 volving upon him, and his faithful service has 
 given general satisfaction. Having always lived 
 
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 in this county, Mr. Martin is quite widely known 
 within its borders and has many warm friends 
 among its citizens. 
 
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 lILLIAM N. SPECK, Jr., has the honor of 
 being a native of Henderson County. He 
 was boni on the old homestead September 
 II, 1850, and now resides on section 4, township 
 II north, range 4 west. His father. William N. 
 Speck, Sr., who is niuubered among the honored 
 pioneers of this locality, is a native of North Car- 
 olina, born August 10, 1823. Throughout his 
 busiueas career he followed farming, but in 1884 
 laid aside business cares and afterward lived a re- 
 tired life. He was numbered among the self-made 
 men of the county, for bj- his well-directed efforts, 
 his enterprise and perseverance, he acquired the 
 capital which later enabled him to spend his de- 
 clining days free from toil and labor. He came 
 to Henderson County in the spring of 1837, and 
 was therefore one of its oldest .settlers. .Securing a 
 tract of wild land, he transformed it into rich and 
 fertile fields, and the once barren prairie was made 
 to bloom and blos.som as the rose. He also lived 
 in Warren Count)-, 111. , for four years, and on the 
 discovery of gold in California, he crossed the 
 plains to the Pacific Slope, where he remained for 
 eighteen months engaged in mining. He then 
 returned to Henderson Coimty, in 1851, where 
 he remained until his death, which occurred March 
 18, 1894. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of Sarah A. Rice. She married Mr. Speck, 
 and they became the parents of five children, but 
 four of the number died in infancy. Mrs. Speck 
 having died, the father was afterwards again mar- 
 ried, his second union being with Mi.ss Olive Sewel, 
 by whom he had two children: Lura C, at home; 
 and Carrie, now the wife of A. Marshall, of Hop- 
 per's Mills. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of Mr. 
 Speck, who has .spent the greater part of his life 
 in Henderson County, and is widely and favora- 
 bly known within its torders. His education was 
 
 acquired in the district .schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, which he attended through the winter sea- 
 son. He early began work upon the home farm 
 and was thus employed until twenty-eight years 
 of age. In 1881 he went to Georgia, spending 
 four years in that State, but since his return to 
 Henderson County in 1885, he has made his home 
 continuously in this neighborhood. 
 
 On the 24th of April, 1883, Mr. .Speck was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Dearth, a 
 daughter of Neal and Mima (Maples) Dearth. 
 Their union has been blessed with two children, 
 both sons: Robert W. and Walter C. Mr. Speck 
 votes with the Democratic party, but has never 
 .sought or desired political preferment. He holds 
 membership with the Methodist Church, and is a 
 man of .sterling worth and .strict integrity, who.se 
 upright life has won him the high regard of his 
 many friends throughout the countv. 
 
 ROBERT HODSON, of Oquawka, is one of 
 the oldest merchants in years of continuous 
 business in this place. In the spring of 
 185S, he began dealing in drugs, groceries and 
 hardware, and has since carried on operations 
 along that line. He began on a small .scale, but 
 his business has .steadil\- increased, and he now 
 receives a generous share of the public patronage, 
 which is given him on account of his fair and 
 honest dealings and his courteous treatment of 
 his customers. Oquawka would sadly miss this 
 honorable merchant, who is now so widely known 
 throughout the county. 
 
 Mr. Hodson was born in Yorkshire, EIngland, 
 April II, 1830, and is a .son of Thomas and Sarah 
 (Atkin.son) Hodson, who were aLso nativesofthe 
 same country. The family numbered five chil- 
 dren: James, who is now living a retired life in 
 Caiuionsburgh, Pa.; John A., a grocer of Peoria: 
 Robert: Thomas, who follows farming in Mis- 
 souri; and Mary A., deceased. 
 
 In 1835, accompanied by his mother and broth- 
 ers, Mr. Hodson came to America, making the 
 voyage in a .sailing-vessel, which, after four weeks, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 landed them at Philadelphia. They first located 
 in Wellsville, Ohio, and during about three months 
 of the year our subject pursued his studies in a 
 log schoolhouse in Carroll County, Ohio, Dur- 
 ing the remaining nine months he worked upon 
 tlie home farm, and soon became familiar with all 
 the duties of farm life. In 1845 he became a resi- 
 dent of Martin County, Ind., but after two years 
 returned to Carroll County, where he spent one 
 year at work as a farm hand. It was in 1847 
 that he first came to Henderson County, 111., 
 where he .secured work on the farm of Obediah 
 Edmunds, spending about a year in that place. 
 In the autumn of 1848 he went to the pineries of 
 Wisconsin, where he engaged in logging until the 
 fall of 1 85 1. 
 
 Mr. Hodson then returned to Henderson Coun- 
 ty and embarked in merchandising in Shokokon, 
 where he continued business until April i, 1852, 
 when he started across the plains to California, 
 making the journey with an ox-team. He en- 
 gaged in mining on the Pacific vSlope until the 
 fall of 1856, meeting with excellent success, and 
 then went by way of the Panama route to New 
 York, from whence lie made his way to Peoria, 
 111., and on to Oquawka. Here he engaged in 
 the lumber business for about a year; but finding 
 it an unprofitable venture, he embarked in his 
 present line of business in the .spring of 1858. 
 His dealings have been eminently successful, and 
 as his financial resources have increased he has 
 made judicious investments in real estate, until 
 he is now the owner of fifteen hundred acres of 
 fanning land in Henderson County. 
 
 In January, 1859, was celebrated the marriage 
 of Mr. Hod.son and Miss Adeline T. Phelps, a 
 daughter of Sumner S. and Phrtl)e (Chase) 
 Phelps. Her father, who was one of the earlie.st 
 settlers of Oquawka, serv'ed as an Indian agent for 
 the Government, and was a Major in the Black 
 Hawk War. His daughter was born in this city. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hodson had two children, but both 
 are deceased, Louis Arthur, liaving died in in- 
 fancy, while Hattie Belle died at the age of six- 
 teen years. 
 
 Mr. Hodson is the oldest living Mason in 
 Oquawka, having been identified with the fra- 
 
 ternity since 1858. He cast his first Presidential 
 vote for Winfield Scott, has supported the Repub- 
 lican party since its organization, and for the past 
 ten \-ears has ser\-ed as Deputy Treasurer. Mr. 
 Hodson has traveled quite e.xtensively, has sailed 
 on the Atlantic and the Pacific, has made the 
 journe>' from New York acro.ss the continent to 
 San Francisco, and has lived for a time in the 
 pine woods of Wiscon.sin. His life has been a 
 successful one. Knowing that he started out 
 empty-handed, and with a knowledge of the re- 
 sults he has attained, we know that his career 
 must have been one of enterprise and industry, 
 or his present prosperity would not have come to 
 him . 
 
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 I EON LEMAIRE, dealer in grain and agri- 
 I C cultural implements of Oquawka, has here 
 |_2/ built up a good trade, receiving from the 
 public a liberal patronage. A native of Paris, 
 France, he was born November i, 1862, and is a 
 son of Edward Leinaire, who was al.so born in 
 France. The grandfather, Julian Lemaire, was a 
 French soldier, who served as an officer under 
 Napoleon. The father of our subject kept a ho- 
 tel in Paris until 1S65, when he cro.ssed the At- 
 lantic to America. Afterwards, however, he re- 
 turned to France, but in i86g we again find him 
 in the New World, living upon a farm near Bas- 
 co, Hancock County, where he still resides. He 
 married Mi.ss Emily Juglard, daughter of Jo.seph 
 Juglard, and their only child is our subject. Mrs. 
 Lemaire died at the birth of her son, and the fa- 
 ther was afterwards again married, his second 
 union being with Elvina Hiegel, by whom he 
 had four children, a .son and three daughters, 
 Edward, Clemence, Emma and Mary, all at 
 home. 
 
 Our subject was brought by his father to Amer- 
 ica and was reared as an American citizen. He 
 spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon his 
 'father's farm, and in attendance at the district 
 .schools of the neighborhood, where he acquired a 
 fair English education. As soon as old enough, 
 he began work in the fields, and remained upon 
 
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 the old homestead until twenty -six years of age, 
 at which time he began business for himself. His 
 first independent effort in life was as a buyer and 
 shipper of hay, which enterprise he carried on for 
 one year in Hancock Count}". In 1889 he came to 
 Oquawka, and began buying and shipping grain, 
 which he has followed continuou.sly since. In 
 1 89 1, he also began dealing in agricultural im- 
 plements, and has met with good success in this 
 line. 
 
 It was on the 5th of December, 1889, that Mr. 
 Lemaire led to the marriage altar Miss R. May 
 Overman, a daughter of Charles and Martha 
 (Garner) Ovennan. One child graces this union, 
 a daughter, Emily Marthena. The parents hold 
 an enviable position in social circles, being widely 
 and favorably' known in this community. 
 
 Mr. Lemaire votes with the Democratic part\-, 
 and by his first ballot supported Grover Cleve- 
 land. He sen-ed as School Director while living 
 in Hancock County, but has never sought public 
 oiBce. Socially, he is connected with the Masonic 
 fraternity. He was made a Mason in Basco 
 Lodge, Hancock County, but now holds member- 
 ship with Oquawka Lodge No. 123, A. F. & A. 
 M. He also belongs to Oquawka Camp No. 
 1037, M. W. A. He is a wide-awake and pro- 
 gressive young business man, and his undertak- 
 ings deserve success. 
 
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 ROBERT P. GEDDES, a representative and 
 well-known farmer of Fountain Green Town- 
 shi]), Hancock County, resides on .section 20, 
 and upon this farm he was born, the date of that 
 event being Januarj' 8, 1840. His parents lo- 
 cated here in pioneer days, and are numbered 
 among the honored early settlers of the commu- 
 nity. He shared with the family the trials and 
 hardships of frontier life, for the county was still 
 greatly undeveloped during his earlier years. No 
 event of special importance occurred during his 
 childhood. He attended the subscription and dis- 
 trict schools at various intervals until twenty years 
 
 of age, and in the winter of i860 lie attended the 
 .seminary in Oquawka, 111. 
 
 When the war broke out. Mr. Geddcs aban- 
 doned the plow for the rifle, and entered the .service 
 of his country. He enli.sted on the 24th of May, 
 1861, becoming one of the first volunteers of Com- 
 pany D, Sixteenth Illinois Infantr}-. He was mus- 
 tered into service at Quinc}-, and from tliere went 
 to Hannibal, Mo., and thence to the front. The 
 first active engagement of importance in which he 
 participated was at Monroe City, and later he 
 took part in the battles of New Madrid, Mo., 
 Corinth, Nashville and the Atlanta campaign. 
 He was under Sherman in all the engagements in 
 Georgia, and took part in the battles of Dalton, 
 Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, .Savan- 
 nah and Bentonville, together with other engage- 
 ments of lesser importance. He was very fortu- 
 nate, in that he was never wounded or taken pris- 
 oner, yet he was often found in the verj- thickest 
 of the fight and was always at his post, faithful 
 to the duty intrusted to his care. He was mus- 
 tered out of service in Louisville, Ky., and re- 
 ceived his discharge in Springfield, 111., on the 
 17th of July, 1865. 
 
 When his country no longer needed his .sen-ices, 
 Mr. Geddes returned home, and the following fall 
 went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., entering Ea.stman's 
 Business College of that city, where he pursued a 
 commercial course of study during that winter. 
 In the .spring he returned to Illinois, and on the 
 2ist of March, 1871, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Lizzie M. Brandon. Seven children 
 have been born to them: Paul; Eddie; Linn; 
 Charles, deceased; Mary Grace; and one who died 
 in infancy. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Geddes is a stalwart advocate 
 of the Republican party and its principles. He 
 has filled the position of Assessor, yet has never 
 been a politician in the sense of office-seeking. 
 Socially, he is connected with the Ma.sonic fra- 
 ternity and the Grand Army of the Republic, and 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Upon 
 his marriage, Mr. Geddes purchased a farm of 
 eighty acres on section 29, Fountain Green Town- 
 ship, and there made his home until 1891, when 
 he removed to the old homestead farm. Here he 
 
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 owns one hundred and forty-four acres, and in 
 addition to this he has one hundred acres else- 
 where in the township. His land is under a high 
 state of cultivation, and his farm is well improved 
 with good buildings and all modern accessories 
 and conveniences. The owner is both practical 
 and progressive, and' is recognized as one of the 
 leading agriculturists of the community. 
 
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 0UMNER H. McMillan, who is now serv- 
 Ny ing the people as County Clerk of Hender- 
 j2/ son County, is a native of the said county, 
 his birth having occurred in vSouth Henderson 
 Precinct, on the 13th day of June, 1862. The 
 family is of Scotch-Irish lineage, the .second gen- 
 eration back having emigrated to this country 
 from the North of Ireland in an early day. The 
 father, William L- McMillan, was a native of 
 South Carolina, but moved to this county in 1837, 
 at the age of three years, and here he has since 
 continued to reside. On the ist day of April, 
 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Susan 
 Small, daughter of James Small, who had emi- 
 grated from Ohio to this county in the early '50s. 
 By their union were born nine children, four sons 
 and five daughters, who, in the order of their 
 births, are as follows: Carrie D., wife of Frank 
 Graham, a farmer of Biggsville Township; Jennie 
 F., wife of John Weir, a machinist residing at 
 Stronghurst; Sumner H., the subject of this 
 sketch; Mary E., who died in 1868, at the age of 
 four years; Charles W. and James S., who are 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits in Biggsville 
 Township; Zettie J., wife of O.scar Sanderson, 
 also a farmer of Bigg.svilleTown.ship; Jessie May, 
 who died in 1874, in infancy; and Herbert I., the 
 youngest of the family, who yet resides at home 
 with the parents. 
 
 Sumner Horace, the subject of this .sketch, was 
 reared at home upon his father's farm, and being 
 the eldest of the .sons, was imired to much hard 
 and patient labor from early boyhood. His edu- 
 cation was acquired mainly in the district school, 
 well known in that locality as Coloma, one of the 
 
 be.st countr}- schools of the county. Having 
 finished the common- school branches and being 
 desirous of a business education, in the fall of 
 1883 he entered Elliot's Bu.sine.ss College, at 
 Burlington, Iowa, where he took a .six-months 
 course in the business training of this well-known 
 institution. Having finished his education and 
 being anxious to begin business on his own ac- 
 count, he now began prospecting for an opening 
 somewhere. Always having a desire for news- 
 paper and literary work, he soon found an oppor- 
 tunity for a beginning in this direction. In the 
 .spring of 1886, in partnership with C. W. Brels- 
 ford, they began the publication of the Gladstone 
 Aru's, which was, in June of the same year, re- 
 moved to Biggsville, they continuing its publica- 
 tion under the name of the Biggsville jVctcs. But 
 after a year spent in this work, journalism in a 
 small country town, and in a county already over- 
 stocked with newspapers, having demonstrated 
 itself non-remunerative in a financial way, and 
 his health having failed, he sold out his interests 
 here and went back to the country home. In a 
 couple of months thereafter, viz., in April, 1887, 
 he went west for his health and a vi.sit with rela- 
 tives, and while at Lyons, Rice County, Kan., 
 was employed for a time in the revenue depart- 
 ment of the County Clerk's office at that place. 
 Returning to Illinois in July of that year, he again 
 remained at home until the following .spring, 
 when he was elected Clerk and Treasurer of the 
 Conuni.ssioners of Highways of Road District 
 No. 2, of his county, which office he held until 
 in the fall of 1890, when he was elected County 
 Clerk of Henderson County, for a term of four 
 years. On Januarj- 24, 1889, he was appointed 
 by Hon. J. O. Anderson, a member of the Legis- 
 lature from this, the Twenty-fourth Senatorial 
 Di.strict, to a Committee Clerk.ship in the Thirty - 
 sixth General As.sembly of Illinois, where he 
 .serv'ed the Legi.slature of that session in this 
 capacity, having charge of four of the important 
 committees of the house, viz.: "Penal and Re- 
 formatory Institutions," "Miscellaneous Sub- 
 jects," "Drainage," and Vi.siting Conunittee on 
 " Penal and Reformatory Institutions. " At the 
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 with many pleasant recollections of the time thus 
 spent at the State capital. 
 
 Mr. McMillan is a Republican in politics, cast- 
 ing his fir.st vote for James G. Blaine, in 1884, 
 and, while not a fierce partisan, is always ready to 
 defend the principles and advocate the doctrines 
 fearlessly which he believes. In religion, he 
 holds an active membership in the United Pres- 
 byterian Church of South Henderson, which was 
 " the church of his fathers," and of whose con- 
 fession of faith and rules of church governflient 
 and practice he is a warm supporter, as Ijeing the 
 "church of his choice." Quiet and una.s.suming 
 in manner, he considers friendship the first con- 
 sideration of life; and honesty, .sobriety and 
 industry the fulfilling purposes for which man 
 was created. The best interests of the community 
 ever receive his hearty support, and all worthy 
 enterprises are sure of his co-operation. 
 
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 r^A\'ID A. BEATV, who owns and operates 
 I ^ I one hundred and thirty -five acres of good land 
 \q) on .section g, Rozetta Township, is one of 
 the early settlers of Hender.son County, and .since 
 1 85 1 has resided upon his present farm. His 
 time and attention are given to the cultivation of 
 his land and to .stock-rai.sing, and by his well- 
 directed efiforts he has become one of the well-to- 
 do citizens of the community. 
 
 Mr. Beaty is a native of Champaign County, 
 Ohio, born October 4, 1818. The family is of 
 Irish lineage. His father, William Beaty, was a 
 native of Berkeley- County, Va. The mother 
 bore the maiden name of Mary Pence. They had 
 three children: David; Rachel, who is living in 
 Oquawka; and Israel, who died in 1S70. The 
 mother of this family having passed away, Mr. 
 Beaty was again married, and by his second 
 union had seven children: George, who died in 
 Illinois; Ira; Sarah, now deceased; and four who 
 died in early childhood. The family came to the 
 West about 1830, making the journey by team, 
 and William Beaty entered one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land from the Government in Hen- 
 
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 derson County, pa>ing the usual price of $1.25 
 per acre. He then built a log cabin, and in true 
 pioneer .style those earl\- days were pa.ssed. He 
 was a member of the Presbj-terian Church, and 
 in early life was a Democrat, but after the organi- 
 zation of the Republican party he joined its ranks. 
 He sen-ed in the War of 1812, and wasalwaj-s a 
 valued citizen. He sen'ed as one of the first Su- 
 pervisors of his town.ship, helped to lay out the 
 roads, and aided in the organization of the school 
 district. On the farm which he had developed 
 his death occurred May 18, 1869. 
 
 David Beaty whose name heads this record 
 grew to manhood in the township which is now 
 his home, and attended its subscription schools, 
 which were held in a log schoolhouse. Although 
 his advantages in this direction were quite limited, 
 his training at farm labor was not meagre, for at an 
 early age he began to follow the plow, and soon 
 became familiar with farm work in all its depart- 
 ments. He continued under the parental roof 
 until twentj'-two years of age, when he began to 
 earn his own livelihood by chopping wood and 
 making rails. The following year he rented land, 
 and then purcha.sed eighty acres of land, a part 
 of the farm on which he now resides, the purchase 
 price being $200. There were no impro\ements 
 uyxm the place, but he at once began its develop- 
 ment and continued its cultivation initil 1850, 
 when he went to California, making the overland 
 journe>- with ox-teams. There were seven teams 
 in the jjarty and twenty-eight men. They cro.ssed 
 the river at the site of the present city of Omaha, 
 and after five months of travel reached Hang- 
 town. 
 
 Mr. Beaty then engaged in prospecting and 
 mining, and remained on the Pacific Slope for 
 about a year. He then started on the return 
 trip, traveling by steamer to Mexico. He made 
 the journey on foot from the City of Mexico to 
 Vera Cruz, where he again boarded a ve.s.sel. On 
 once more reaching Henderson County, he re- 
 .siuned farming, and has .since made it his exclus- 
 ive occui)ation. 
 
 On the 20th of December, 1842, Mr. Beaty was 
 united in marriage with Miss Abigail Roberts, 
 and to them were born eight children, but only 
 
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 three are now living: Adolphus, a blacksmith 
 residing in Rozetta; Florence, wife of Harry 
 Patterson, editor of the Democrat, of Oquawka; 
 and Phoebe, wife of Jacob Kirkhart, of Warren 
 County, Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Beaty cast his first Presidential vote for 
 William Henrj- Harrison, and since the organiza- 
 tion of the Republican party has been one of its 
 stanch advocates. He has tra\-eled over much of 
 this country', and his life has been an eventful one, 
 filled with many interesting experiences. His 
 career, too, has always been upright and honor- 
 able, and in this connnunity he has man\' warm 
 friends. 
 
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 EOLEMAN J. EADS, M. D., is one of the 
 younger menil)ers of the medical profession 
 of Oquawka, but during the three years of 
 his residence here his skill and ability have won 
 recognition by a liberal and lucrative practice, 
 which is well deserved. The Doctor was born in 
 Wayne County, Ky., on the 19th of April, 1866, 
 and is a son of Jacob H. and Nancy (Tuttle) 
 Eads. His mother is now deceased. His father, 
 who was born in Wayne County, Ky., October 
 9, 1829, has carried on agricultural pursuits 
 throughout his entire life. In the faniih' were 
 eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, 
 as follows: Martha J., wife of vS. I). Foster, a 
 planter of Wayne County, Ky.; William O. and 
 Charles M., who are also planters of that county; 
 Henderson M., who is proprietor of a grocery and 
 market in Chicago; Joseph, who died in infancy; 
 Amanda F., wife of O. T. Stringer, a miner of 
 Ardmore, Mo.; Coleman, of this sketch; John P., 
 a planter of Wayne County; James M. and Leslie 
 J., who are living at home; and Nannie E. , wife 
 of John Bond, a farmer of Wayne County, Ky. 
 
 The Doctor spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth on the old plantation in the county of his 
 nativity, and until .seventeen years of age he at- 
 tended the conunon schools. He then entered 
 the Southern Normal College of Bowling Green, 
 Ky. , where he j)ursucd a literary course, there 
 
 remaining for a year and a half. On leaving 
 school in 1887, he began teaching, which profes- 
 sion he followed for two years, when, in 1889, he 
 entered the medical department of the University 
 of Kentucky at Louisville. For two years previ- 
 ous he had studied medicine during his leisure 
 hours, and in 1890 was graduated from that in- 
 stitution with the degree of M. D. Immediately 
 after he opened an office and began practice in 
 Parnell, Wayne County, Ky., where he remained 
 for d year and a half 
 
 It was in 1891 that Doctor Eads came to Oquaw- 
 ka, 111., where he has since been engaged in the 
 prosecution of his profession. He is one of the 
 busiest men of Hender.son County to-day, and 
 has succeeded in building up a very exten.sive 
 practice. He cast his finst presidential vote for 
 Grover Cleveland, and is a supporter of Democ- 
 racy, l)ut has never aspired to public office. In 
 religious belief, he is a Baptist. Sociall}', he is 
 connected with Tranquil Lodge No. 193, I. O. 
 O. F., of which he is now serving as Noble Grand, 
 and also belongs to Oquawka Camp No. 1037, 
 M. W. A. He came here a young man, po.ssessed 
 of an excellent knowledge of the science of medi- 
 cine, but with little practical experience, yet his 
 aptitude for his cho.sen profession was soon made 
 manifest, and as the result of the success which 
 he has secured he will probably make Oquawka 
 his permanent home. 
 
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 <ySAAC McCOY MARTIN, M. D., who is 
 I now engaged in the practice of medicine in 
 X La Harpe, and is also editing the La Harpe 
 Quill, was born in Macomb, 111., on the 9th of 
 September, 1853, and is a son of Joseph M. and 
 Henrietta G. (Westfall) Martin, a sketch of whom 
 appears elsewhere in this work. He acquired a 
 good literarj- education in the public schools of 
 his native city, and at the age of sixteen was 
 graduated from the High vSchool, on the 20th of 
 June, 1870. He early began work, for when 
 only ten years old he sawed wood for a neigh- 
 boring widow, receiving his pay from the county. 
 
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 From that time he usually earned his spending 
 money, and at the age of twenty years he began 
 supporting himself entirely. He secured a posi- 
 tion as teacher of the Oakwood School, McDon- 
 ough County, commonly known as Rabbit Town, 
 and followed teaching until 1875 through the 
 winter season, while in the summer months he 
 worked at the carpenter's trade. 
 
 With the desire of entering the medical profes- 
 sion, Dr. Martin began study in 187 1, tnider Dr. 
 B. R. \^'estfall, of Macomb, and continued his 
 reading during leisure hours until 1875, when he 
 entered Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago. 
 At the clo.se of that term he went to Eyota, Minn., 
 where he engaged in practice until 1877. He 
 then returned to Illinois, where it was his inten- 
 tion to practice, but he was prevented from carry- 
 ing out this resolution bj- the Medical Practice 
 Act, when he resumed teaching. During the 
 winter of 1880-81 he again attended Hahnemann 
 Medical College, and after his graduation located 
 in Macomb, in March of the latter year. There 
 he at once opened an office and soon secured a 
 fair share of public patronage. In 1887 he came 
 to La Harpe, where he has since made his home, 
 and from the beginning he has enjoyed a most 
 lil)eral patronage. 
 
 On the 5th of September, 1883, in Macomb, Dr. 
 Martin was united in marriage with Miss Elsie, 
 a daughter of Col. Sanuiel E. Taylor, comman- 
 der of the One Hinidred and Nineteenth Illinois 
 Infantn,- during the late war. Mrs. Martin was born 
 in Mt. Sterling, 111., and died July 30, 1888, leaving 
 two sons: Morris Carl, born July 27, 1884; and 
 Edgar Scott, born June 4, 1886. The Doctor 
 was again married, December 5, i88g, his .second 
 union being with Mi.ss Clara A. Locke, of La 
 Harpe, who was born in Blandinsville, May 8, 
 i860, and is a daughter of George and Mary 
 (Webster) Locke, who are still living in this 
 place. By the second union has been born a 
 daughter, Mary Etta, born Augu.st 17, 1891. 
 
 In politics. Dr. Martin has always been a sup- 
 porter of the Republican party, and while living 
 in Macomb .served as City Clerk from 1881 until 
 1887, being three times re-elected. He proved a 
 popular and competent officer. In religious be- 
 
 lief he is a Universalist, and .socially he is con- 
 nected with the Odd Fellows' .society, the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen and the Modern Wood- 
 men of America. He is now meeting with good 
 success in his business, having a con.stantly in- 
 creasing practice, and the publication of his paper 
 has also proved a profitable investment. The 
 Doctor has many friends throughout McDonough 
 County, where he has spent the greater part of 
 his life, and in Hancock County he is also widely 
 and favorablv known. 
 
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 (TOHN H. WELCH, deceased, was born in 
 I Erie County, N. Y., October 29, 1814, and 
 Q) was of English descent. He was reared in 
 the usual manner of farm lads, and in the com- 
 mon .schools acquired a fair education. In his 
 native State he learned the mason's trade, which 
 he followed during his residence in New York. 
 At length he determined to come to the West, 
 and in the spring of 1849 started for Illinois. At 
 length he reached Henderson County, and cast his 
 lot among the early settlers of Rozetta Town.ship. 
 He had previously purchased one hundred and 
 .sixty acres of land, of which eighty acres were an 
 unimproved timber tract on section 17, and, loca- 
 ting thereon, he began the development of a farm. 
 He plowed and planted his land and continued its 
 further cultivation and improvement until 1864, 
 when he purchased one hundred and .sixty acres 
 on section 28, Rozetta Township, where his son 
 now resides. There he carried on agricultural 
 pursuits until 1868, when he went to Oquawka, 
 spending two and a-half years in the city, after 
 which he returned to the old homestead. 
 
 In Hender.son County, Mr. Welch was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary L. Lathrop, and to 
 them were born five children, namely: Harriet 
 Iv, wife of Sanuiel Reed: Nelson Q.; Nancy, 
 wife of Andrew B. Cochran; E.sther, wife of 
 Howard Ha.stings; and vSarah E., wife of Riley 
 Moorhead. After his return to the farm, Mr. 
 Welch there continued to make his home until 
 called to his final rest. He died on the 6th of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 March, 1888, and his remains were interred in 
 the Reed Cenieter\'. He was a member of the 
 Methodist Church, and was an honorable, up- 
 right man, who had the high regard of all with 
 whom he was brought in contact. His wife still 
 survives him and is now living in Arkansas. 
 
 The only son of the family, Nel.son Q. Welch, 
 was reared to manhood upon his father's farm, 
 and in the summer months aided in the plowing, 
 planting and har\-esting, while in the winter 
 season he continued his lessons in the district 
 .school of the neighborhood. Being an only son, 
 he always remained at home with his parents and 
 to his father gave the benefit of his .ser\'ices. On 
 his father's death he took charge of the old farm, 
 which he still owns and operates. He carries on 
 both general farming and .stock-raising, and is re- 
 garded as one of the leading agriculturists of the 
 community. 
 
 On the 5th of November, 1879, Mr. Welsh 
 was imited in marriage with Miss Elizabeth 
 Hamel, and to them have been born four children: 
 Ralph, Annie M., John Clinton and Fred H. 
 
 In his political views Mr. Welch is a Repub- 
 lican, and is now serving as School Director of 
 his district. The best interests of the community 
 receive his support and co-operation, and he is a 
 wide-awake and enterpri.sing man. His entire 
 life has been passed in Henderson County, and 
 those who have known him from boyhood are 
 mnnbered among his stanchest friends, a fact 
 which indicates an honorable career. 
 
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 Gl MOS HAINES, deceased, was born in Bel- 
 l\ mont County, Ohio, on the 5th of December, 
 / I 18 13, and the days of his boyhood and youth 
 were spent upon a fann. His education was ac- 
 quired in the old-time subscription schools, which 
 were held in a log schoolhouse, the exercises 
 being conducted in a primitive style. On attain- 
 ing his majority he started out in life for him- 
 self, working as a farm hand, and in compensa- 
 tion for his .ser\-ices he received $10 per month, 
 lie al.so learned the carpenter's business, which 
 
 he followed for about six years, when, with the 
 capital he had acquired through indu.stry and 
 economy, he purchased eighty-eight acres of land 
 in Pickaway County, Ohio. This was entirely 
 unimproved, being covered with heavy timber. 
 In the mid.st of the forest, however, he built a log 
 cabin, and at once began the development of his 
 farm. There he lived until 1840, when he sold 
 out, preparatory to mo\ing westward. He came 
 to Henderson County, 111., and cast in his lot with 
 its early settlers, for the connty at that time was 
 just being opened up to civilization. Purchasing 
 one hundred and sixtj^-seven acres of land on .sec- 
 tion 27, Rozetta Township, at $4.40 per acre, he 
 at once began the development of a farm, for the 
 land was still in a primitive condition, not a 
 furrow having been turned or an improvement 
 made thereon. His enterprising and industrious 
 labors, however, greatly changed the appearance 
 of the place. The boundaries of the farm he 
 also extended, until it comprised two hundred and 
 sixty-seven acres. 
 
 On the 4th of April, 1839, Mr. Haines was 
 united in marriage with Mi,ss Catharine Miller, a 
 native of Madison County, Ohio, bom December 
 17, 18 19. They became the parents of seven 
 children: Mary J., now deceased; Sarah, wife of 
 George Palmer; Hugh, a farmer residing in Hen- 
 derson Count\'; Newton, who is now engaged in 
 the operation of the old homestead; John M., 
 who carries on agricultural pursuits in Rozetta 
 Township; Emma, who is living with her mother; 
 and one child who died in infancy. The father 
 of this family passed away August 15, 1855, 
 and was laid to rest in Reed Cemetery. He was 
 a member of the Christian Church, and was one 
 of the most highly respected citizens of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 After the death of her first husband, Mrs. 
 Haines, on the 17th of September, 1857, became 
 the wife of William C. Mitchell. Two children 
 v^'ere born to them: Edward B., who is now liv- 
 ing near Waverly, Neb.; and William H., who 
 resides on the home farm. Mr. Mitchell was 
 also a native of the Buckeye State, and his death 
 occurred in August, 1881. He held membership 
 with the Chri.stian Church, and was held in high 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 449 
 
 esteem for his many excellencies of character. 
 Mrs. Mitchell also belongs to the same church. 
 She is now living on the old homestead, and in 
 this neighborhood she owns three hundred and 
 sixty-five acres of valuable land, which is under 
 a high state of cultivation, and therefore yields to 
 her a good income. Her long residence in the 
 county has made her widely known, and her 
 friends in the community are many. 
 
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 "HOM AS DIXON, one of the extensive land- 
 owners and also one of the large stock-deal- 
 ers of Henderson Count\-, now makes his 
 home on section 5, township 9, range 5 west. He 
 was born in Adams County, 111., August 29, 1854, 
 and is of English descent. His father, James 
 Dixon, was born in England in 1819, and after 
 attaining mature years was there married to Ann 
 Bladan, a native of the same countrj'. Four 
 children were born to them in their native land. 
 On emigrating to America, they located near Cin- 
 cinati, Ohio, where Mr. Dixon carried on fanning 
 for a few years. He then took up his residence 
 in Adams County, 111., where he carried on agri- 
 cultural pursuits for a year. His next place of 
 residence was in the southern part of Henderson 
 County, where he rented land for a time. It was 
 in 1863 that he purchased his present farm, 
 becoming the owner of one hundred and sixty 
 acres in township 9, range 5. To this he added 
 from time to time, until he now owns six hundred 
 acres of as fine land as can be found in the county. 
 His propert)- has all been acquired through his 
 own efforts, with the assistance of his estimable 
 wife and .sons, who were always ready to aid 
 him. In the Dixon family were nine children, 
 namely: James, Mrs. Mary A. Perrj-, William, 
 Richard, Joseph, John ("now deceased), Thomas, 
 Henry and Margaret J. 
 
 Thomas Dixon of this sketch was reared to 
 manhood under the parental roof, and to his 
 father gave the benefit of his services until he had 
 attained his majority. He early became inured 
 to the ta.sk of developing new land, and all the 
 
 departments of farm work were familiar to him 
 from an early age. When he reached man's 
 estate he was the owner of a team of horses, and 
 with these he began operating his father's farm 
 on shares. He continued to cultivate it for a few 
 years, until, having acquired some capital, he 
 purchased a farm, in coiniection with his brother. 
 After a time this partnership was discontinued, 
 Thomas Dixon .selling out. He then purchased 
 two hundred acres of land south of his present 
 farm, and about 1883 moved to the farm on which 
 he now resides. 
 
 On the 7th of March of that year, Mr. Dixon 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Hannah C. 
 \'aughn, daughter of Matthew and Mary Ann 
 (Marsden) Vaughn, both of whom are natives of 
 England. Her father crossed the Atlantic in 
 the .spring of 1849, and located in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio. In 1 85 1 he came to Henderson County, 
 settling near Carman, where he still lives. He has 
 always followed farming, and is now one of the 
 largest land-owners in the county. He was born 
 November 10, 1829, in Monmouthshire, England. 
 On the nth of April, 1854, he married Miss 
 Marsden, who had come to the United States 
 during her early girlhood. At that time he had 
 only forty acres of land, but his well-directed ef- 
 forts have made him one of the wealthiest citizens 
 of the county. Eleven children were born unto 
 Mr. and Mrs. \'aughn: William J., born Augu.st 
 20, 1855, now deceased; Anna C, wife of Thomas 
 Dixon, June 10, 1857: George A., July 14, 1S59: 
 Arthur T., March 30, 1862: Alice N., September 
 8, 1864; Miles M., November 25, 1866; James 
 N., December 2, 1868; Mark N. and Luke M., 
 twins, October i, 1870; Charles R., May 9, 1S73; 
 and Manford R., May 16, 1876. 
 
 One child graces the home of our subject and 
 his wife, Edna W, born October i, 1885. The 
 parents began their domestic life upon the farm 
 which is still their home. In 1889, Mr. Dixon 
 built a very large barn, and in 1892 erected one of 
 the most beautiful country residences in Henderson 
 County. It is the abode of hospitality, and the 
 friends of the family are always sure to there 
 receive a hearty welcome. Mr. Dixon devotes 
 his time to general farming and stock-raising. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 dealing verj' extensively- in stock. His home 
 farm comprises three hundred and twentj- acres, 
 and in addition to this he has a considerable 
 amount elsewhere in the county. In politics, 
 Mr. Dixon is a Republican, and both he and his 
 wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 All who know them hold them in high regard, 
 and they have a wide acquaintance in the com- 
 munity. 
 
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 pQlLLIAM E. SMITH, deceased, was a na- 
 \KI tive of London, England, born on the 31st 
 YY of January, 1832. His parents, William 
 and Amelia Smith, were also natives of that coun- 
 try. They had a family of fi\-e children, of whom 
 our subject was the eldest. Charles is now en- 
 gaged in merchandising in Avoca, Iowa; James 
 makes his home near Oquawka; Susan is the wife 
 of W. B. Rose; and George is also living in 
 Oquawka. 
 
 In the common schools of his native land, Will- 
 iam E. Smith acquired his education, living in 
 that countrj' until 1849, when, at the age of sev- 
 enteen years, he bade adieu to the home and 
 friends of his childhood, and boarded a we.stward- 
 bound .sailing-vessel. He landed at Quebec, 
 Canada, and immediately afterwards made his 
 way to Henderson County, 111., where he located 
 upon a farm. Here throughout his remaining 
 years he carried on agricultural pursuits. He was 
 a man of con.siderable mechanical genius, and 
 invented a plow. The land which he purchased 
 he transformed into rich and fertile fields, and in 
 return for the care and cultivation which he be- 
 stowed upon them they yielded to him a golden 
 tribute. The boundaries of his farm he extended 
 until it comprised three hundred acres of land. 
 
 On the 12th of April, 1859, Mr. vSmith was 
 united in marriage with Miss Susan A. Ranney, 
 a native of Mi.s.souri. Their union was ble.s.sed 
 with a family often children, eight of whom are 
 yet living, namely: Emma M., wife of Albert 
 Hawkins; Royal E.; Nathan W.; Esroni X.; 
 Mary E. ; Samuel J. ; Araminta A. , wife of IL F. 
 
 Fair; and William E. Martha E. and George O. 
 are deceased. The familj- is one of prominence 
 in the community, its members being held in 
 high regard. 
 
 Mr. Smith held the office of Justice of the Peace 
 for three years, and in his political views was a 
 Democrat. He held membership with the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, and took an active inter- 
 est in church and benevolent work. He won suc- 
 cess in his business career by his well-directed 
 efforts, and became the owner of a good home and 
 fine farm. He was never prominentl)- connected 
 with public affairs, preferring to live a quiet and 
 retired life, but he had the confidence and good 
 will of all with whom he was brought in contact. 
 His wife, who possessed manj' excellencies of 
 character and was a most estimable lady, passed 
 away on the 14th of April, 1889, and he was called 
 to his final rest on the 15th of May following. 
 Thus the worth}' couple who had traveled life's 
 journey together for thirty years were separated 
 only a short time by the hand of death. They will 
 long be remembered by many friends, and their 
 memory will ever be green in the hearts of their 
 children. 
 
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 |ILLIAM M. MALEY, deceased, was a na- 
 tive of the Buckeye State, his birth having 
 occurred near Da\ton, on the 29th of De- 
 cember, 1820. His parents were Thomas and 
 Elizabeth (Starrj Maley. Upon their farm he 
 was born and reared, and in Ohio he remained 
 until fourteen years of age, when he accompanied 
 his parents on their removal to Illinois, the family 
 locating in Warren County, where they spent two 
 years. They then came to Henderson County, 
 locating near Pleasant Green, where a farm of one 
 hundred and sixtj- acres was purchased. Only a 
 few acres had been broken, and the log cabin was 
 the only improvement upon tlie place. 
 
 At the age of seventeen, Mr. Maley started out 
 in life for himself, and from that time was depend- 
 ent upon his own resources; therefore, his success 
 was due entirelv to his own efforts. He continued 
 
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 to make his home in Henderson County until 
 1839, when he went to Keokuk County, Iowa. 
 Two years later he made a claim of one hundred 
 and sixty acres. Four years he resided upon that 
 farm, after which he returned to this county, in 
 1845. The following year he purchased a part of 
 the fann on which his widow now resides, be- 
 coming owner of a tract of eighty acres, of which 
 twenty acres had been broken. There he lived 
 until his death. He was very successful in his 
 undertakings, and as his financial resources in- 
 creased he made other purchases, until his landed 
 possessions aggregated three hundred and twen- 
 ty-nine acres, all in Oquawka and Rozetta Town- 
 ships. 
 
 On the 31st of Augu.st, 1841, Mr. Maley led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Elizabeth vStevens, a 
 native of Switzerland County, Ind., born on the 
 3d of December, 1816, and a daughter of Harvey 
 and Olive (May nard) Stevens, who were married 
 in 1814, near Worthington , Ohio, the latter being 
 a native of Mas.sachu,setts, and the former of Con- 
 necticut. Mrs. Maley's father's people moved 
 to the State of New York in an early day, when 
 he was only three years old. Both her grand- 
 fathers were in the Revolutionar>- War, grand- 
 father Stevens having .served in the battle of 
 White Plains, and grandfather Maynard in the 
 battle of Long Island. The latter, who was only 
 a small boy, served as a fifer. 
 
 Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Maley. Heniy H., who was a veteran of the 
 late war, died March 14, 1892. He had married 
 Kmma C. Rice, and to them were born five chil- 
 dren: Olive, Thomas, Maude, Lee and William. 
 Charles H., who is now a farmer of Lincoln 
 County, Neb., wedded Mary Bailey, and they 
 became the parents of three children: Nellie, 
 Margaret and Charles. His present wife bore 
 the maiden name of Amanda Burr. They have 
 a son and daughter, Robert and Hazel. Thomas 
 married Lucinda J. France, and is living on the 
 old homestead. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Maley was a Repub- 
 lican. He pcssessed good business and executive 
 ability, and his well-directed efforts brought him 
 a good property, which enabled him to leave his 
 
 wife in comfortable circumstances. He was true 
 and faithful to all trusts, whether public or private, 
 and was a man of sterling worth and strict integ- 
 rity. He passed away on the 26th of June, 1884, 
 and was laid to rest in the Green Hill Cemetery, 
 amid the deep regrets of many friends. 
 
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 I EWIS DUKE, one of the most extensive 
 I C land-owners of Henderson County, who now 
 l_2f carries on general farming and stock-raising 
 on .section 15. Rozetta Township, is one of the 
 worthy citizens that England has furnished to this 
 connnunity. He was born in Devonshire, on the 
 30th of December, 1831, and is a son of Lewis and 
 Elizabeth (Holloway) Duke, who were also na- 
 tives of the .same land. They had only two 
 children: James, a retired fanner, now living in 
 Monmouth, 111., and Lewis. Accompanied by 
 his family, the father came to America in 1844, 
 and took up his residence in Rozetta Township, 
 Henderson County, where he purcha,sed an eighty- 
 acre tract of land, on which he lived until called 
 to the home bejond. He pas.sed awa>- on the 
 13th of April, 1883, and his remains were interred 
 in the Bapti.st Cemetery. His wife survived 
 him a number of \ears, and died April 10, 1892. 
 Quietly did our subject pass the days of his 
 bovhood and \outh upon his father's farm. He 
 attended the public .schools of England until the 
 emigration of the family to the New World in 
 1844. At that time he, too, bade adieu to the 
 home and friends of his childhood, and on a .sail- 
 ing-vessel crossed the briny deep, landing in New 
 York Cit)- after a voyage of six weeks and three 
 days. He was reared to manhood in his parents' 
 home, and when twenty years of age started out 
 in life for himself He began operating his 
 father's farm, and continued the cultivation of the 
 old homestead until i860, when he removed to 
 the house on the same farm which has for thirty- 
 four years been his home. Here he owns two 
 hundred acres of good land, and altogether his 
 possessions aggregate eight hundred and seventy- 
 eight acres. The greater part of it is under a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 high state of cultivation, and therefore yields to 
 the owner a golden tribute. It is a valuable 
 property, and has been acquired through his own 
 efforts, being therefore a monument to his enter- 
 prise and good management. He carries on 
 general farming and stock-raising, and along 
 both lines is meeting with a well-merited success. 
 
 On the 1st of March, i860, Mr. Duke was 
 united in marriage with Miss Fannie K. Coghill, 
 daughter of Benjamin and Mar>' (Elliott) Cog- 
 hill. Nine children grace this union, namely: 
 Clyde E., now a farmer of Rozetta Township; 
 MoUie K., wife of Francis M. Buck, a resident of 
 Chicago, who is connected with the telephone 
 business of that city; George L., a farmer of Ro- 
 zetta Township; Grace, an artist of no mean 
 abihty; Benjamin C: Annie; Victor L.; Blanche 
 and Cleo. 
 
 The Duke household is the abode of hospitalit\-, 
 and the members of the family rank high in the 
 social circles in which they move. Mr. Duke is 
 a member of the Baptist Church, and votes with 
 the Prohibition party, being a warm advocate of 
 temperance principles. He has ser\-ed as Super- 
 visor of his township, and takes an active intere.st 
 in all public enterpri.ses which are calculated to 
 benefit the comnuuiity. Thus has he won a place 
 among the valued citizens of the town.ship. as well 
 as among its substantial farmers. 
 
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 RICHARD A. WOODS, who carries on gen- 
 eral farming on .section 26, Kozetta Township, 
 Henderson County, has the honor of being 
 a native of Illinois, for his birth occurred in Mor- 
 gan County, in 1839. His parents were John and 
 Mar>- (Gilbreath) Woods, and the family num- 
 bered eight children, namely: Henry, Elizabeth, 
 Richard, Fatima, William, Mary, Emily and 
 Martha. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the childhood and youth of our subject, whose 
 boyhood days were quietly passed on his father's 
 farm. He was ten years of age when the family 
 came to Henderson County. During the .sunmier 
 
 months he worked upon the home farm, and in 
 the winter season he attended the subscription 
 schools, which were held in a log schoolhouse. 
 When twentj--two years of age he started out in 
 life for hini-self with no capital save a young man's 
 bright hope of the future and a detenuination to 
 succeed. He began to earn his own livelihood by 
 working as a farm hand, and was thus employed 
 until the breaking out of the late war, when, 
 prompted by a spirit of patriotism, he responded 
 to the country's call for troops and on the 12th of 
 August, 1862, became a member of Company 
 K, Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry. He was mus- 
 tered into sen-ice at Quincy, and then went to the 
 South. He was never wounded or taken prisoner, 
 but was always found at his post, faithfully de- 
 fending the Old Flag and the cause it represen- 
 ted. When his term had expired he received an 
 honorable discharge at Camp Butler and at once 
 returned to his home. 
 
 Mr. Woods than began farming for himself on 
 rented land, for he had not the capital with which 
 to buy property-. At the end of three years, how- 
 ever, he had saved a sufficient sum to purchase a 
 farm in Warren County, and there he lived for six 
 years. On the expiration of that period he rented 
 the farm on which he now resides, and as soon as 
 possible he purchased it, becoming owner of a 
 tract of one hundred and sixty acres, which he has 
 placed under a high state of cultivation. In con- 
 nection with general farming he carries on stock- 
 raising. He has a well-improved place, supplied 
 with all modern accessories and conveniences, and 
 is regarded as one of the practical and progressive 
 agriculturists of the community. 
 
 Mr. Woods was married on tlie 19th of Septem- 
 ber, 1867, thelady of his choice being Miss Calista 
 A. Reed. Their union has been blessed with a 
 family of .seven children, namely: George, Ada 
 L. , Ida L- , Jesse L. , Otto, Earl, and one who died 
 in infancy. The family is widely known in this 
 community, and the members of the houshold have 
 many warm friends. In his political views, Mr. 
 Woods is a Republican, and has served as School 
 Director. He holds membership with the Meth- 
 odist Church, and is a warm friend to all worthy 
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 the general welfare. The greater part of his life 
 has been spent in Henderson Countj\ and he is 
 numbered among its early settlers, having wit- 
 nessed much of its growth and development. The 
 agricultural interests of the community find in him 
 a worthy representative, and it is with pleasure 
 thai we present this record of his life to our readers. 
 
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 (TOSEPH ESSEX, one of the early settlers of 
 I Henderson County, who since 1858 has car- 
 C2/ ried on general farming on section 12, town- 
 ship 10, range 5 west, is a native of Chillicothe, 
 Ohio. His father, Isaac Essex, was a native of 
 Marjland. He was born below Baltimore, on 
 the bank of Chesapeake Bay, and in that local- 
 ity spent his early childhood. At the age of 
 seventeen he left his native State and removed to 
 Virginia. Later he started westward, and took 
 up his residence in Ro.ss County, Ohio, whence 
 he went to Indianapolis, Ind., about 1830. Four 
 years later he came to Illinois, settling in Rock 
 Island. The remainder of his life was passed in 
 this State, where his death occurred in 1850. In 
 the Essex familj' were eight children, four sons 
 and four daughters, namely: Mrs. Sarah Van 
 Pelt, Mrs. Eleanor Peckham, Mrs. Maria Call, 
 Mrs. Marj- Chapin, Francis Campbell, Joseph, 
 James Doolittle and Solomon Bush. 
 
 The subject of this sketch received but limited 
 educational advantages, his knowledge having 
 been acquired largely through business experi- 
 ence, reading and ob.sen'ation, and not through 
 school-room drill. At the earlj' age of fifteen he 
 started out to make his own way in the world, 
 and has since been dependent upon his own re- 
 .sources, so that whatever success he has achieved 
 in life is due entirely to his own efforts. He be- 
 gan work on a canal-boat, and in this way pro- 
 vided for his own maintenance for some time. At 
 length he turned his attention to farming, and as 
 .soon as possible became the owner of a farm. 
 
 In 1850, Mr. Essex was married, the lady of 
 his choice being Miss Julia A. Bailey, who came 
 of an old Connecticut famil)-, and who has been to 
 
 him a faithful companion and helpmate along life's 
 journey. Their union has been blessed with two 
 children, a son and daughter: Charles H. and 
 Mary L,., the latter being now the wife of George 
 Miller, of Biggsville. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. Essex purchased a tract of land 
 on section 12, township 10 north, range 5 west, 
 and has since made his home thereon, giving his 
 entire time and attention to the cultivation and 
 improvement of his land. It is now a rich and 
 fertile tract, and everj- department of the farm 
 is characterized by an air of neatness and thrift. 
 The owner has led a busy and useful life, yet has 
 found time to devote to public interests, especially 
 to those calculated to prove of public benefit. He 
 votes with the Republican party, and has served 
 as School Director for about six terms. During 
 his long residence in Henderson County he has 
 become widely known, and is held in high regard 
 by all, for he possesses many excellent character- 
 istics. 
 
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 QAMUEL MATTHEWS STANSBURY, one 
 r\ of the enterprising and highly respected 
 Sz/ farmers of Henderson County, who now re- 
 sides on section 12, township 10 north, range 5 
 west, is a native of Tennessee, born April 25, 
 1832. His parents were Solomon and Sarah 
 (Willheight) Stansbury. The father was born 
 in Jefferson, Tenn., in 1790, and made farming 
 his life work. His wife was born in the same lo- 
 cality in 1800. They became the parents of four- 
 teen children, namely: Mrs. Katie Wil.son; Ezek- 
 iel; Mrs. Susan Mulvaney; Mrs. Hattie WiLson; 
 John, who is now deceased; Mrs. Rosanna Weath- 
 ers; Mrs. Betsy Walden; Solomon, who is also 
 deceased; Mrs. Hettie Donaldson; James; S. M., 
 of this sketch; and Mrs. Sarah Pack. The father 
 of this family passed away in 1855, and the mother 
 died about 1879. 
 
 Upon the old home farm S. M. Stansbury was 
 reared. His educational privileges were quite 
 limited. He had to walk a distance of four miles 
 to school, and then could attend only through the 
 winter season, for his .ser\-ices were needed at 
 
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 home during the summer months. Very seldom 
 was an opportunity afforded to attend church 
 services, fur the family lived far from town. Thus, 
 with few privileges, Mr. Stansburj' grew to man- 
 hood, but he has made the most of his opportu- 
 nities, and has become a well-informed man on 
 general topics. 
 
 On the 19th of September, 1852, our subject 
 was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Hayes, 
 daughter of Absalom C. and Martha (Caldwell) 
 Hayes, of Tennessee. She was one of a family 
 of five children, three .sons and two daughters, 
 all of whom reached mature years. By the mar- 
 riage of Mr. and Mrs. Stansbury have been born 
 .seven children: Solomon C; ElvaJ., wifeofHosea 
 Dougherty; John A.; Thomas C: MaryLoui.se, 
 wife of James Tadlock; Martha, at home: and 
 Sarah C, wife of David Shook. 
 
 On coming to Illinois, Mr. Stansbury located 
 first in Decatur, where he spent one year, and 
 then came to Henderson County. In the vicinity 
 of Biggsville he rented a farm, and continued the 
 operation of land belonging to others until 1887, 
 when he purchased his present farm. He is now 
 comfortably situated, having a pleasant home and 
 a good farm, and in return for the care and culti- 
 vation he bestows upon his land he reaps there- 
 from a good income. He has led a bu.sy and use- 
 ful life, idleness being utterly foreign to his nature. 
 Both he and his wife hold membership with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the conniuni- 
 ity where they live the>- are widely and favorabh- 
 known, being held in high esteem for their many 
 excellencies of character. In politics, Mr. Stans- 
 bury is a supporter of Republican principles. 
 
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 HUGH Mcdonald, one of the practical 
 and jirogre.ssive agriculturists of Henderson 
 County, now living on section 9, Rozella 
 Township, claims Kentucky as the State of his 
 nativity, for he was born in Hardin County on 
 the 26th of November, 1808. He is one of a 
 family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, 
 whose parents were John and Mary (Larue) Mc- 
 
 Donald. Upon their farm his childhood days 
 were pas.sed, and in the subscription .schools of 
 the neighborhood his education was acquired. 
 He had to walk four miles to a log schoolhouse, 
 where the exercises were conducted in a primitive 
 manner, but nevertheless he mastered the com- 
 mon English branches, and by business experi- 
 ence and ob.servation has become a well-informed 
 man. 
 
 Mr. McDonald remained at home until eighteen 
 years of age, and then began working in his own 
 interest at the shoemaker's trade, which he had 
 learned of his father. He followed that pursuit 
 at various intervals in Kentucky until 1832, which 
 year witnessed his arrival in Illinois. The trip 
 we.stvi'ard was made by team, and on reaching 
 Warren County he made a location near Mon- 
 mouth, where he purchased eighty- acres of un- 
 improved prairie land. There he began the de- 
 velopment of a farm, using the primitive agricul- 
 al implements which were then employed. The 
 unimproved condition of the county is shown by 
 the fact that he mowed grass with a scythe where 
 the court hou.se in Monmouth now stands. His 
 time and attention were given to the cultivation of 
 his farm until 1856, when he came to Henderson 
 Count}', and purchased ninety acres on section 
 9, Rozetta Township. Here he has since made 
 his home. Indians still vi.sited the neighborhood 
 at that time, and the work of progress and civili- 
 zation .seemed hardly begun. 
 
 Mr. McDonald was married on the 2d of Octo- 
 ber, 1830, the lady of his choice being Mi.ss Eliza 
 Shehi, who was born on the ist of April, 181 1. 
 They became the parents of twelve children: 
 John, who is now engaged in farming in Kan.sas; 
 Nancy, wife of Hiram Vandever, who is living in 
 Mapleton, Iowa; Mary, deceased; Jacob, who 
 died in 1888; Hugh, who is living in Burlington; 
 James, a grain-dealer of Kansas; Melvina, wife 
 of Van Buren Shields, a resident of the Sunflower 
 Slate; Festus, who operates the homestead farm; 
 Margaret, at home; and four children who died 
 in infancy. 
 
 On attaining his majority, Mr. McDonald 
 proudly cast his first vote for Henrj" Clay. Since 
 1856 he has given his support to the men and 
 
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 measures of the Republican party, for he is a 
 wann advocate of its principles. He started out 
 in life for himself a poor boy, with nothing to de- 
 pend upon save his own exertions, but, possessed 
 of an enterprising and progressive spirit, he de- 
 tennined to succeed, and has through life usually 
 carried forward to successful completion whate\-er 
 he has undertaken. This re.solute spirit, com- 
 bined with judicious management, has made his 
 career a prosperous one. 
 
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 ^OHX I. HALEY was born in Barren County, 
 I Ky.. near the city of Glasgow, on the 19th 
 G/ of November, 1 83 1 , and came of a famil}' of 
 Scotch-Irish origin. His parents were Max- 
 imillian and Elizabeth (Easter) Haley, and 
 both were natives of Virginia. They had seven 
 children, who in order of birth are as follows: 
 Edwin, who died October 10, 1882; Man,- J., who 
 died July 4, 1891; Sarah E., who died January 
 II, 1883; William H., whose death occurred 
 December 12, 1871; John I., of this sketch; Jo- 
 seph F., who died December i, 1875; and Julia, 
 who is the onlj' one now living. By occupation 
 the father was a farmer, and followed that pur- 
 suit throughout life. He served as a soldier in 
 the War of 18 12, and in 1837 came to Illinois, 
 locating in Warren County. The trip westward 
 was made by team, after the u.sual mode of travel 
 in those daj's. In politics, he was a Repuljlican, 
 and in 1840 and 1844 was elected to the State 
 Legislature from Warren County, .ser\-ingfor two 
 terms as a member of the House of Repre.senta- 
 tives. He held membership with the Masonic 
 fraternity. In 1864 he came to Henderson County, 
 and here his la,st days were pa.s.sed. His death 
 occurred June 4, 1869, and he was laid to rest in 
 Warren County, by the side of his wife, who 
 pa.ssed away March 16, 1856. 
 
 Under the parental roof John I. Haley was 
 reared to manhood. He was a child of only six 
 summers when his parents came to Illinois, and 
 amid the wild .scenes of the frontier the days of 
 his boyhood and youth were passed. He contin- 
 
 ued to live at home until twenty-two years of age, 
 when, in 1853, he started out in life for himself 
 He determined to seek a fortune in the West, and 
 with ox-teams he cro.s.sed the plains to Oregon, 
 where he spent about one year. He then went to 
 California, where he engaged in mining and pros- 
 pecting. His venture proved a profitable one, 
 and altogether his trip was .succe.ssful. He re- 
 mained in the We.st until 1856, when he returned 
 to Warren County, and there made his home un- 
 til 1864. In that 3-ear Mr. Haley came to Hen- 
 derson County, and .soon after purcha.sed a farm 
 of eightj- acres in Rozetta Township, on which he 
 spent his remaining days. He placed his land 
 under a high .state of cultivation, and made many 
 good improvements upon his farm, which became 
 one of the be.st in the neighborhood. 
 
 Mr. Haley exercised his right of franchise in 
 support of the Republican party, but never sought 
 or desired office, preferring to devote his time and 
 attention to his other interests. He carried on 
 agricultural pursuits until his death, and his well- 
 directed efforts brought him a comfortable com- 
 petence. He passed away on the 4th of June, 
 1893, and was laid to re.st in Oquawka Cemetery. 
 
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 EEORGE C. WATSON, deceased, who for 
 many years carried on agricultural pursuits 
 in Henderson County, was born in Detroit, 
 Mich., on the 25th of November, 1818. His par- 
 ents were George and Lucy (Willis) Watson. 
 The Watson family is of Scotch origin, and was 
 probably founded in America during early Col- 
 onial days. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, El- 
 kanah Wat.son, was a native of Plymouth, Mass. 
 He published a jounial under the title of " Men 
 and Times of the American Revolution," and 
 from it we glean the following facts: "Duringthe 
 latter part of the struggle for independence, when 
 he was t\venty-one years of age, he went to Eu- 
 rope, where he spent several jears engaged in 
 merchandising. During this period he was on 
 intimate terms with Benjamin Franklin, John 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Adams, and others of the most eminent of his 
 countrj'men. He crossed the Atlantic in 1779, 
 in a small, swift-sailing packet, constructed for 
 the purpose of conveying dispatches, and landed 
 at St. Martin's, at the port of Rochelle. After 
 his return to America, he visited Gen. Washing- 
 ton at his home in Mt. Vernon." 
 
 The parents of our subject had five sons; Freder- 
 ick, Frank, Edward, Charles and George C. The 
 last-named was only an infant at the time of his 
 father' s death. His mother afterward married 
 again, becoming the wife of Maj. Leonard, a soldier 
 who had seen active service. Soon after his father' s 
 death, George C. Watson was taken to the home 
 of his grandfather, Nathan Willis, in Massachu- 
 setts, and there lived until thirteen >ears of age, 
 when he returned to his native city. 
 
 When a youth of .sixteen years our subject be- 
 gan earning his own livelihood by clerking in a 
 clothing-store in Detroit, where he remained for 
 about six years, a faithful and trusted employe. 
 He then secured a Government position, being 
 appointed Payma.ster for several different forts in 
 Michigan. He .served under his step-father, Maj. 
 Leonard, acting as assistant and clerk. He thus 
 served until twenty-five years of age, when he 
 began studying medicine with a phy.sician of De- 
 troit, and also took a course of lectures in that 
 city . He never practiced, however, circumstances 
 causing him to engage in other pursuits. In 
 1844 he went to St. Louis, and near tliat city 
 purchased a fann, upon which he lived for .seven 
 years. The two succeeding years of his life were 
 spent near St. Louis as overseer of a slave farm, 
 and he then again went to St. Louis. His next 
 service was with the St. Louis & Pacific Rail- 
 road Company, with which he remained for a short 
 time, when, in 1850, he came to Henderson 
 County. 
 
 Soon after his arrival, Mr. Watson purchased 
 the fann on which his widow now resides. He 
 was married on the 1 9th of Fehruar\- of that year 
 to Miss Catherine Welch, daughter of Morris and 
 Margaret (Hogan) Welch. The young couple 
 began their domestic life upon the farm, which at 
 the time of its purchase was wild and unim- 
 proved land. It was first bought by an uncle of 
 
 Mr. Watson, as a soldier's claim, for $13. Every 
 improvement upon the place was the work of our 
 subject. He tran.sformed the wild tract into rich 
 and fertile fielfls, and erected a commodious resi- 
 dence and all the necessary outbuildings. For 
 many years he successfully carried on farming 
 and stock-raising, and his well-directed eflforts 
 brought him a handsome competence. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Watson were born seven 
 children, namely: Lucy, who died in 1872; Frank 
 H., who operates the home farm; George M., 
 who follows farming in Rozetta Township; May; 
 Annie; Mark and Charles D. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Watson was a Dem- 
 ocrat, and always kept well informed on the issues 
 of the day. He was a public-spirited and pro- 
 gressive citizen, and the best interests of the com- 
 munit}^ alwa3's found in him a friend. He never 
 withheld his support from any public enterprise, 
 and all interests calculated to prove of public 
 benefit received his heartj- support and co-opera- 
 tion. He started out in Hfe for himself empty- 
 handed, but, possessing a resolute spirit, he won 
 success, and worked his waj- upward from a hum- 
 ble position to one of affluence. His death oc- 
 curred June 3, 1877, and his remains were laid to 
 rest in Fall Creek Cemetery. 
 
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 jILLIAM J. REED, a retired farmer, now 
 living on section 26, Rozetta Township, 
 Henderson County, claims Kentucky as 
 the State of his nativity. He was born in Eliza- 
 bethtown, Hardin County, on the 17th of March, 
 1829, and is a son of John and Julia (Merrifield) 
 Reed. The father was a native of Massachu- 
 .setts, and in an early da}- went South. He was 
 twice married, and by the first union had the fol- 
 lowing children; Rachel, Elizabeth, Amanda, 
 William J., and James, Milton, George and Jane, 
 who are decea.sed. By his .second marriage seven 
 children were born, namely: Emily, John, Anth- 
 ony, Asel, Calista, Annie and Joseph. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his early boy- 
 hood days on his father's farm in Kentucky, and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 457 
 
 attended the subscription schools, whicli were held 
 in a log schoolhouse, to which he had to walk a 
 distance of two miles. His privileges in that di- 
 rection were quite limited, and he is practically 
 self-educated. When a youth of twelve .sum- 
 mers, he came to Illinois with his parents, the 
 journey being made, by team. From the Gov- 
 ernment his father secured the farm on which 
 William is now living. Here he grew to man- 
 hood, his time being largely passed in farm work. 
 On attaining his majority, he .started out in life 
 for himself and for a short time worked as a farm 
 hand by the month. He then began improving 
 an eighty-acre plot of wild prairie land, and 
 for twenty years lived upon that farm, making it 
 one of the valuable and desirable places in the 
 neighborhood. At length, however, he returned 
 to the old homestead, where he has one hundred 
 and forty-four acres. This is under a high .state 
 of cultivation, and well improved with all modern 
 accessories and conveniences. All of the build- 
 ings upon the place stand as monuments to his 
 thrift and enterprise, for they were placed there 
 through his own efforts. Of late years he has 
 lived a retired life, enjoying the rest which he has 
 so truly earned and richly deserves. 
 
 Mrs. Reed bore the maiden name of Sarah E. 
 Davis, and was a daughter of William and Eliza- 
 beth (Sykes) Davis. Their marriage was cele- 
 brated on the nth of August, 1854, and by their 
 union were born six children, but three are 
 now deceased. Henry died in infancy; Mary- 
 died February 28, 1887; Francis died in infancy; 
 Alice is the wife of Edward Salter, of Strong- 
 hurst; Delia is the wife of Samuel Elwell, a Meth- 
 odist preacher, now living in Washington, Kan.; 
 and Eliza is the wife of James Hays, and resides on 
 the old homestead. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Reed was formerly 
 a Republican, but on account of the strong tem- 
 perance principles which he entertains, he has of 
 late years supported the Prohibition party. He 
 has served as Road Commissioner and School 
 Director, but has preferred to give his time and 
 attention to business dealings rather than to pol- 
 itics. He and his wife both hold membership 
 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and take 
 
 an active part in its work and upbuilding. Dur- 
 ing their long residence in the county they have 
 always been immbered among its best'citizens, 
 and their true worth has won them many warm 
 friends. 
 
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 *yRA W. BEATY was born on the farm where 
 I he is now living, on section 17, Rozetta Town- 
 JL ship, Henderson County, on the 7th of Octo- 
 ber, 1834, and is justly numbered among the 
 honored pioneers of the community. F'ew men 
 have longer resided in this locality. He has wit- 
 nessed almo.st its entire growth and development, 
 has seen its wild lands tran.sformed into beautiful 
 homes and farms, and watched with interest the 
 advance of progress and civilization, which has 
 placed the county among the foremost in this great 
 commonwealth. The father of our subject, Will- 
 iam Beaty, was a native of Virginia. When a 
 young man he left that State, removing to Ohio, 
 and some years later he became a resident of In- 
 diana, where he remained until the spring of 1830, 
 when he came to Henderson County, locating at 
 the fort about two miles from his present farm. 
 In the same spring he made a claim, becoming 
 owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on 
 section 17, Rozetta Township, where our subject 
 now resides. He paid the usual Government 
 price, $1.25 per acre, and at once began clearing 
 it of the timber with which it was largely covered. 
 He erected a log cabin, 18x22 feet, and this prim- 
 itive home is still standing, one of the few land- 
 marks of pioneer days that yet remain. 
 
 At that time the Indians still lived in the 
 neighborhood, and frequently occasioned consider- 
 able trouble with the .settlers. Mr. Beaty .ser\'ed 
 in the Black Hawk War, which resulted in driv- 
 ing the red men from this locality. He made a 
 trip with ox-teams to St. Louis for provisions, and 
 experienced many of the other difficulties of fron- 
 tier life. In an early day he wa.s interested in the 
 organization of the township, aided in laying out 
 the roads, and in organizing the first school of the 
 neighborhood. He held the ojffice of School Treas- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 urer and School Director, supported the Republi- 
 can party, and was a member of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mr. Beaty was twice married. He first wedded 
 Mary Pence, and to them were born three chil- 
 dren: David, Rachel, and Ezra, who is now de- 
 ceased. After the death of his first wife, he mar- 
 ried JaneT. Russell, and they had .six children: Ira 
 \V.; Eli., of MediapoHs, Iowa; John and George, 
 both deceased; Sarah, who died in 1S72; and Mary, 
 who died in infancy. The father of this family 
 passed away May 18, 1868, and his remains were 
 interred in the Baptist Cenieterj- of RozettaTown- 
 .ship. His wife is .still living, in her eighty-eighth 
 year. 
 
 Within the boundaries of the home farm Ira 
 W. Beaty pas.sed his boyhood days mid.st play and 
 work. His education was acquired in the sub- 
 scription schools, which he attended until nineteen 
 years of age, when he and his brothers took charge 
 of the old homestead. In connection with his 
 brother George, he owns the original tract of one 
 lumdredand sixty acres, and has an addition to 
 this land to the amount of one hundred and fifty- 
 three acres. The entire farm is under the personal 
 supervision of our subject. The land is a valuable 
 tract, under a high state of cultivation, and is im- 
 proved with all the accessories and conveniences of 
 a model farm. In connection with general farming 
 he also carries on stock-rai.sing. 
 
 During the late war, Ira Beaty manifested his 
 loyaltv to the Government by enlisting in the Un- 
 ion sen-ice, on the 8th of August, 1862, as a pri- 
 vate of Company K, Eighty-fourth Illinois Infan- 
 try. He was mustered in at Biggsville, and going 
 to the front took part in the battles of Perr>ville, 
 Stone River, Woodbur\-, Chickamauga, Lookout 
 Mountain, Missionar\- Ridge, Ringgold, Dalton, 
 Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Kenne- 
 saw Mountain, Smyrna, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Love- 
 joy, Franklin and Nashville, and many others of 
 lesser importance. When the war was over he was 
 honorably discharged from the sennce in Spring- 
 field, 111. , June 8, 1 865. His brother George, who 
 was six years his junior, was always his companion 
 through life. They attended school together, en- 
 listed the same time, in the same company, and 
 
 were in all the battles together. When the war 
 was over the\- returned home and then engaged 
 in business together. George was married Feb- 
 ruary 29, 1872, to Mi.ss Susan Helton, and they 
 all lived upon the same farm, the brothers contin- 
 uing their business partnership until the death of 
 George Beaty, March 28, 1892. He was laid to 
 rest beside his parents, and many warm friends 
 mourned his loss, for he lived an honorable, up- 
 right life, and all who knew him respected him. 
 His widow is still living on the old homestead. 
 
 Ira W. Beaty holds membership with the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity. In politics, he has been a 
 Republican since the organization of the party. 
 He possessess good business and executive abil- 
 ity, and in his career he has met with prosperity, 
 becoming one of the substantial citizens of the 
 community. He also manifests an interest in 
 ever\thing pertaining to the welfare of the local- 
 ity, for the advancement and the progress of his 
 native county are dear to him. George was 
 al.so a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, in good standing. 
 
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 ^OHN LAIRD, deceased, wlio for .some years 
 I succcs-sfully engaged in farming in Hender- 
 C2/ son County, and is numbered among its 
 highly respected citizens, claimed Ireland as the 
 land of his birth. He was born in County Done- 
 gal, and there spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth. At length he determined to seek a home 
 in the New World, and in 1840, having bade adieu 
 to home and friends, he crossed the broad Atlan- 
 tic to America in a .sailing-vessel and landed in 
 New York. For some years he remained in the 
 Empire State, there making his home until 1851, 
 when he resumed his westward journey and came 
 to Henderson County, 111. The following year 
 he purchased the farm on which his widow yet 
 resides. 
 
 Mr. Laird was twice married. His finst union 
 was with Miss Elizabeth Wasson, and they be- 
 came the parents of three children, Ralph, James 
 and William, but all are now deceased. After 
 
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 the death of his first wife, Mr. Laird was again 
 married, his second union being with Miss Mar- 
 garet Venable, daughter of James and Ellen (Ew- 
 ing) Venable. The lad}' is also a native of the 
 Emerald I.sle, her birth having occurred in Coun- 
 ty Tyrone. She was educated in the public 
 schools of her native land, and there grew to wo- 
 manhood. The year 1856 witnessed her arrival 
 in Mercer County, and on the 23d of August, 
 1857, she became the wife of John Laird. By 
 their union were born eight children, six sons 
 and two daughters: George, who is now engaged 
 in the livery business in Little York, 111. ; Jennie, 
 who re.sides in Little York; Ralph,at home; Joseph, 
 who is living in Henderson County; Charles; Lee; 
 Stella and William. The jounger members of 
 the family are .still with their mother. 
 
 On purcha.sing his land, Mr. Laird at once be- 
 gan its development and transformed it. into a 
 good farm, placing it all under a high state of 
 cultivation and improving it with the necessary- 
 buildings, fences and other accessories of a model 
 farm. He was an industrious and energetic man, 
 and everj'where about his place could be seen 
 evidences of his thrift and enterprise. In his 
 political views, he was a Democrat, but never as- 
 pired to public office. Socially, he was connected 
 with Keithsburg Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and 
 held membership with the United Presbyterian 
 Church. He was a loyal citizen, ever interested 
 in what tended to advance the general welfare, 
 was a tnie and faithful friend, and a loving hus- 
 band and father. He passed away on the 21st of 
 January-, 1889, and his loss was deeply mourned 
 throughout the community. Mrs. Laird and five 
 of her children are still living on the homestead 
 which was left her bv her husband. 
 
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 ROBERT H. BARNES, President of the Rari- 
 tan Exchange Bank, and one of the most 
 prominent citizens of Raritan, was born in 
 La Harpe, Hancock County, 111., April 29, 1849, 
 and is a son of Harrison and Mary (Coulson) 
 Barnes. The father was born in Madison County, 
 
 N. Y., April I, 1820, and in 1837 came to Illi- 
 nois, locating in Hancock County. The trip was 
 made b>- team acro.ss the countPi-. For a time he 
 engaged in driving a stage between Oquawka, 
 Peoria and Monmouth, and in 1839 went to the 
 pineries of Minnesota, where, with ten others, he 
 engaged in lumbering on the St. Croix River. 
 The Indians were exasperated at this intru.sion, 
 and dro\-e the white settlers away, but as the}- 
 were leaving they were met by Government 
 agents, who were .sent to make the fir.st payments 
 for the land to the red men. Mr. Barnes after- 
 ward returned and spent eleven months there, 
 being kindly treated. When he again came to 
 Illinois, he located in Peoria, and engaged in 
 staging from that point to Burlington, Iowa. 
 In 1848 he went to La Harpe, where he worked 
 at his trade of harness-making, and also engaged 
 in dealing in wagons and carriages. This busi- 
 ness proved quite profitable. He also owned the 
 first new.spaper in La Harpe. In 1853 he was 
 elected Con.stable and .served for about four years. 
 He was Deputy Sheriff twelve years. City Mar- 
 shal nine years. Mayor two terms, and was Al- 
 derman for a number of years. Since 1873 he 
 has acceptably and creditably filled the office of 
 Ju.stice of the Peace. He also deals in horses, 
 selling from four to five hundred a year. 
 
 In 1844, Harrison Barnes wedded Mar\- Coul- 
 son, who was born in Greenville, Pa., February 
 25, 1828, and they became the parents of seven 
 children, five .sons and two daughters, of whom 
 Robert H. is the elde.st. Ephy.shro died at the 
 age of seventeen years; Benjamin F. is now en- 
 gaged in the harness business in Mercer Coun- 
 ty, 111.; Edward O. is represented elsewhere in 
 this work; Harrj-, a printer by trade, is now liv- 
 ing in California; and two children died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 In the common schools Robert Barnes was edu- 
 cated, and under the parental roof was reared. 
 About the time he attained his majority he went 
 to Arkansas and Tennessee for his health, spend- 
 ing two years in the South, during a jwrtion of 
 which time he was overseer on a large planta- 
 tion, having charge of about ninety men. He 
 then returned to La Harpe, and on the 19th of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 March, 187 1, married Miss Julia Butler, of Rari- 
 tan Township. With his bride he then removed 
 to Tennessee, settling near Memphis, where he 
 engaged in farming for about a year, and then 
 returned to Illinois. In 1872 he embarked in the 
 saddlerj- and harness business in Raritan, and in 
 1876 added a stock of hardware and agricviltural 
 implements. In 1880 he al.so opened a furniture 
 department, and along these lines has secured a 
 large and lucrative trade, doing a profitable busi- 
 ness. In 1876 he also established a paper, called 
 the Bulletin. It was seven by six inches, and 
 the subscription price was ten cents per year, but 
 after six months he enlarged it to a five-column, 
 four-page paper, which he published for seven 
 years. He then sold out, with the intention of 
 going to Kansas, but, changing his mind, he re- 
 turned to Raritan, and embarked in the implement 
 business, which he conducted until 1893, when 
 he sold out. In 1889 he established a private 
 bank, and three years later formed a stock com- 
 pany, which is now engaged in the banking 
 business. Mr. Barnes is its President, and the 
 success of the business is practically due to his 
 efforts. He also owns and operates a farm, which 
 is well improved. 
 
 In 1877, Mr. Barnes was called upon to mourn 
 the loss of his wife, who died on the i8th of Sep- 
 tember, leaving a daughter, Julia, who makes 
 her home with her maternal grandparents. Mr. 
 Barnes was again married, March 17, 1880, his 
 second union being with Miss Ida M. Beard, 
 daughter of Dr. Beard, of Raritan. They have 
 had two children: Jettie, who died in infancy; and 
 Artie R., at home. 
 
 Mr. Barnes is prominent in political, business, 
 church and social circles. He votes the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket, and is a member of the Demo- 
 cratic Central Committee. He is now ser\-ing as 
 Notary Public, has for some time been School 
 Director, and takes quite an active interest in the 
 cau.se of education. He holds membership with 
 the Modern Woodmen of America, and the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen , and is a consist- 
 ent member of the Christian Church. He is now 
 serving as one of its Deacons, and contributes lib- 
 erally- to its support, having probably done more 
 
 for its upbuilding than any other of its members. 
 He is well fitted for leadership along these vari- 
 ous lines, for he carries forward to a .successful 
 completion whatever he undertakes, and he un- 
 dertakes nothing that is not calculated to benefit 
 the community, either in a financial or moral way. 
 
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 I EWIS IRA HUTCHINS, editor and pub- 
 
 I I lisher of the Henderson County Democrat, of 
 |i2f Oquawka, has been engaged in his present 
 line of business .since 1890, and is now at the head 
 of one of the leading newspapers of this part of 
 the State. A native of Illinois, he was born in 
 Wa.shington Township, Carroll County, on the 
 14th of June, 1868. His father, Samuel Hutch- 
 ins, was born in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, 
 Ohio, in October, 1828, and in 1848 was united 
 in marriage with Miss Amanda Southworth. She 
 was a native of the State of Vermont, and went to 
 Ohio with her parents when two j-ears of age. 
 They became the parents of four children : Helen, 
 wife of William Hunter, afarmerof Everly, Iowa; 
 William A., who is engaged in the practice of 
 medicine in Orangeville, 111.; Olive E., at home; 
 and Lewis Ira. The father of this family, who is 
 an agriculturist, came to Illinois in 1833, locat- 
 ing near Galena, and in 1870 removed to Steph- 
 enson County, locating upon a farm. 
 
 In that locality, L. I. Hutchins spent the days 
 of his boj'hood and youth, attending the district 
 schools of the neighborhood through the winter 
 season, while in the summer months he aided in 
 the labors of the farm, plowing, planting and 
 cultivating the land luitil seventeen years of age. 
 He then accompanied his parents on their re- 
 moval to Orangeville, 111., whither they went on 
 account of the better educational facilities there 
 afforded. While in Orangeville, Lewis spent one 
 year in the High School, and later pursued his 
 studies for some time in the Northern Illinois 
 College, at Dakota, 111. 
 
 In 1886, Mr. Hutchins began teaching school, 
 and was thus employed for two years. In 1888, 
 at the age of twenty years, he established the 
 
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 Courier, a newspaper of Oraiige\-ille, which he 
 continued to edit for a year. In 1890, desiring 
 to pubHsh a paper in the interests of a political 
 party, he purchased the Henderson County Denio- 
 fra/, of Ocjuawka, and has since been in charge 
 of the .same. He takes an active part in political 
 affairs, warmly advocating the principles of the 
 Democracy, and has attended its local, vState and 
 National conventions, usually as a delegate. He 
 .served as Assistant Enrolling Clerk of the House 
 in the Thirty -eighth General A.ssembly , in Spring- 
 field, 111., during the winter of 1893. He has 
 been Secretary- of the County Democratic Central 
 Committee for many years, and works earnestly 
 in behalf of his party, doing all in his power to 
 promote its growth and insure its success. He 
 also takes an active interest in everything per- 
 taining to the welfare of the community, and is a 
 public-spirited and enterprising citizen. Socially, 
 he is a member of Oquawka Lodge No. 123, A. 
 F. & A. M. His religious sympathy is with the 
 Christian Church, of which his parents are mem- 
 bers. He is a great lover of books and works of 
 art, and is an earnest student of the best litera- 
 ture. 
 
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 *ySAAC FORWARD, one of the extensive stock- 
 I dealers and farmers of Henderson County, 
 X now living in South Henderson Precinct, was 
 born on the 23d of March, 1817, in Sussex, Eng- 
 land. His father, Robert Forward, a son of 
 Robert Forward, who was also a son of Robert 
 Forward, was a native of Su.ssex, England, born 
 May 24, 1789. His entire life was there pas.sed. 
 On the 1 2th of December, 1S09, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Mary Waters, who was born 
 in vSussex, April 23, 1786. Robert Forward held 
 the positon of head game-keeper on the three- 
 thousand-acre estate of Rev. Richard Wetherell. 
 In his family were twelve children, eleven of 
 whom grew to mature years and were married, 
 namely: Robert, who was born October 26, 1810; 
 Mrs. Ann Rose, August 7, 1812; William, No- 
 vember 29, 1813; Mrs. Rebecca Coltington, May 
 26, 1815; Isaac, March 23, 1817; Jonah, June 
 
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 10, 1819; Mrs. Mary Mepham, March 10, 1821; 
 Daniel, September 16, 1823; Joseph, July 31, 
 1826; Hannah, February 13, 1828; Elizabeth, 
 July 12, 1829; and Mrs. Fannie Wood, May 2, 
 1 83 1. Five of the .sons and three of the daugh- 
 ters crossed the Atlantic and became residents of 
 America. 
 
 No event of .special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of our subject, who, at the 
 age of twenty-two, when his father was made Mr. 
 Wetherell's bailiff, became head game-keeper 
 of the estate, which position he held for two 
 years. He then chose as a companion and 
 helpmate on life's journey Miss Sarah John- 
 son, who was born July 25, 182 1, and was a 
 daughter of William and Elizabeth (Baker) John- 
 .son, natives of England. Their marriage was 
 celebrated on the 30th of March, 184 1, and five 
 days later they started for America. With the 
 hope of being benefited thereby, they resolved to 
 .seek a home and fortune in the New World, and 
 took passage on the sailing-ves.sel, " Prince 
 George," which, after a voyage of six weeks, 
 landed them safely on the shores of the New 
 World. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Forward fir.st located in Madison 
 County, N. Y., where he engaged in raising hops, 
 following that business for eleven years. The 
 spring of 1852 witnessed their arrival in Illinois, 
 and for two j'ears the}- resided in the northern 
 part of the State. In 1 854 they came to Oquawka, 
 where Mr. Forward made his home for twelve 
 years, and then moved to his present location. 
 The marriage of this worthy couiJle has been 
 blessed with two children: Olive M., who was 
 born February 20, 1843; and Charles R., Feb- 
 ruary 10, 1846. Charles R. Forward married 
 Martha E. Kemp, of Henderson County, Decem- 
 ber 25, 1867. They have four living children, 
 namely: Isaac F., who married Jennie Johnson, 
 September 22, 1892, and has one .son, Frank C; 
 and F^annie, Olive and Martha. Mrs. Lsaac For- 
 ward was called to her final rest on the 22d of 
 June, 1892, and her loss was deeply mourned, for 
 she was a kind and faithful friend, and a loving 
 and tender wife and mother. 
 
 Since living in Hender.son Cotnity, Mr. For- 
 
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 ward has been extensively engaged in stock-deal- 
 ing, and has been ven' successful in his under- 
 taking, so that he has now acquired a handsome 
 competence, that enables him to secure all the 
 comforts and many of the luxuries of life. His 
 possessions have all been acquired through his 
 own industrious efforts and the able assistance of 
 his wife, who proved to him a true helpmate. 
 Indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his 
 nature, and his untiring labors and judicious 
 management have brought him a valuable prop- 
 erty. For forty years, Mr. Forward has resided 
 in this community, during which time he has be- 
 come widely and favorably known; therefore it is 
 with pleasure that we present to our readers this 
 record of one of the representative citizens of the 
 communitj'. 
 
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 "HOMAS CORWIN SMITH, of Oquawka. 
 is numbered among the long-time residents 
 of this town, and is among its most re- 
 spected and substantial citizens. His grandfa- 
 ther, James Smith, was born on the ocean while 
 his parents were .sailing from Ireland to America, 
 and was reared in Pennsylvania. In the year 
 1800 he settled on the Little Miami River, thirty 
 miles above Cincinnati, Ohio. Indians were then 
 numerous in that region, and his .son, Thomas 
 Paxton Smith, then ten years old, subsequently 
 served as a scout under Gen. Scott, in the war- 
 fare with Indians in Ohio. 
 
 Thomas P. Smith, born in 1790, pa.ssed his en- 
 tire life, after he was ten years old, in Ohio, and, 
 with the exception of three )-ears which he spent 
 in the pork-packing business in Cinciimati, was 
 engaged in farming at Lebanon. He was one of 
 a family of four sons and a like number of daugh- 
 ters. His father, James Smith, died there in 
 1838, and the son in 1853, at the age of .six- 
 ty-three years. Nancy Paxton, wife of James 
 Smith, was born near Paris, Ky., and was a 
 daughter of Jonas and listher Paxton, probably of 
 Irish or Scotch-Iri.sh descent. Jonas Paxton was 
 a pioneer settler of Kentucky, and received a 
 
 wound from the red men in one of their encounters, 
 from the effects of which he never recovered. 
 One of his sons, Joseph Paxton, was for many 
 years engaged in the slave trade about Paris, Ky. 
 Being convinced of the iniquity of the traffic, he 
 at la.st abandoned it, and settled on a farm at 
 Lebanon, Ohio, where he passed the last days of 
 his life. 
 
 Thomas C. Smith is the fourth in a family of 
 four sons and three daughters, and was reared on 
 a farm at Lebanon. The schools of that region, 
 in the days of his boyhood, were partially support- 
 ed by a public fund, and he received a fair com- 
 mon-school education. He was of a studious mind, 
 and made good use of his opportunities. His 
 father promised him that when he could read 
 well he would present him with a good book, 
 and this prize was secured when he reached the 
 age of nine years, it being the "Life of Gen. Ma- 
 rion," of RevolutionarA- fame. Books were not 
 plentiful in those days in that region, and this 
 volume was repeatedly perused by its proud owner, 
 until he could repeat much of its contents ver- 
 batim. Throughout his life, the studious habits 
 then formed have been maintained, and he is al- 
 ways found to be well informed upon any topic 
 of general interest. Though his parents, who 
 were religious and worthy people, were convinced 
 of the right of the white people to enslave the 
 blacks, he was influenced by reading and conver- 
 sations with his uncle — the ex-slave-trader — to 
 repudiate that doctrine at an early age. He was 
 among the first to denounce this blot upon our 
 nation, and was an earnest advocate of the war 
 for the supprcs.sion of .slavery. Since its organi- 
 zation, he has been found among the loyal ad- 
 herents of the Republican party and its principles. 
 
 At the age of twenty years, Mr. Smith began 
 serving a three-years term at the trade of coach- 
 maker in his native town, and, after completing 
 his apprenticeship, continued for .some time as a 
 journeyman at the same place. In 1852 he de- 
 cided to move westward, and cast in his lot with 
 the pioneers of Illinois. Building operations were 
 then brisk at Oquawka, and he at once found em- 
 ployment in that line, which he continued almost 
 without interruption until 1872. In 1854 he 
 
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 again moved westward, going from New York, 
 by way of the Isthmus of Panama, to San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. He found the State thronged with 
 mechanics, many of whom were glad to work for 
 their board, and after staying a year there, in the 
 vain search for remunerative employment, he re- 
 turned by the same route to New York, and thence 
 to Oquawka. In both journeys he walked across 
 the Isthmus. The years 1856 and 1857 he spent 
 in Chicago, working in a carpenter shop on the 
 northeast corner of State and Congress Streets — 
 the present site of the most magnificent depart- 
 ment store in America. 
 
 Returning to Oquawka, he continued building 
 operations, much of the time as a contractor, un- 
 til 1872, when he opened a hotel, and has ever 
 since conducted a home for the traveling public. 
 To the house which was his residence he added 
 until he is prepared to provide comfortably for all 
 who call upon him. The original structure has 
 been built for more than fifty years, and was 
 the most pretentious and substantial dwelling in 
 the county at the time of its erection. It is con- 
 structed of red brick, and occupies a pleasant site 
 overlooking the Mississippi River. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1857, Mr. Smith was 
 married to Miss Frances Cordelia Richards, a 
 native of Henderson County, and daughter of 
 Jonas and Elizabeth (Fonts) Richards, of Penn- 
 sylvania. Mrs. .Smith's parents were among the 
 pioneers of the county, coming in May, 1838, to 
 township 8, range 5, where they continued to re- 
 .side until the death of the father, June 7, 1849, 
 at the age of fifty years. The mother died at 
 the residence of Mr. .Smith, in Oquawka, on the 
 24th of June, 1882, having nearly comjileted her 
 eighty-third year. To the aid of his wife, who 
 keeps the house in perfect order, Mr. Smith is 
 partially indebted for his success as a landlord. 
 Two children have been given to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Smith: Arthur Henry and Effie Afton. The lat- 
 ter is the wife of Louis Miller, proprietor of a 
 general store at San Diego, Cal., and is the 
 mother of one child, Effie Frances Miller, the de- 
 light of her grandparents. 
 
 Mr. Smith adheres to the religious faith of 
 his mother, that of the Methodist Episcopal 
 
 Church. He is a member of the Masonic order, 
 being one of the charter members of William B. 
 Warren Lodge No. 209, Chicago, 111. He has 
 always been an eager hunter, and, until recently 
 disabled by a severe attack of fever, has exacted 
 tribute from the wild flocks of the Mi.ssi.ssippi 
 River and Illinois prairies. His library furnishes 
 interesting and instructive reading to the way- 
 farer, and his conversation is replete with valua- 
 ble remini.scences. 
 
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 Q LINTON SAMUEL CAMPBELL, one of the 
 I { progressive and successful farmers of La 
 \J Harpe Township, Hancock County, is now 
 living on .section 28. He was born near Win- 
 chester, Scott County, 111., January 22, 1839, and 
 traces his ancestry back to Scotland. James 
 Campbell, his grandfather, was born March 11, 
 1775, and in October, 1808, removed from Ken- 
 tucky to Tennessee. He was married December 
 21, 1803, to Peggy Berr}', who was born Decem- 
 ber 4, 1782. They became the parents often 
 children, six sons and four daughters. In 1839, 
 they removed with their family to Morgan Coun- 
 ty, 111. Mr. Campbell died August 2, 1840, and 
 his wife passed away February 17, 1869. The 
 maternal grandparents of our subject were Samuel 
 and Elizabeth Moore. The former was born May 
 17, 1763, and died November 3, 1852. His wife 
 was born F'ebruary 11, 1771, and died August 9, 
 1838. They always lived in Kentucky and Tenn- 
 essee. The father of our subject, Samuel F. 
 Campbell, was born in Kentucky, Februar\- 29, 
 1808, and after attaining to mature years he mar- 
 ried Nancy Turner Moore, who was born in Tenn- 
 essee April S, 18 16. Their marriage was cele- 
 brated on the I ith of March, 1834, and iuunedi- 
 atcly afterward they started for Illinois, intending 
 to make their home in this inviting State. The 
 journey was made in a covered wagon drawn by a 
 yoke of oxen, and with a horse hitched to the end 
 of the wagon-tongue. After three weeks of travel 
 they reached Morgan County, and then began the 
 arduous task of clearing a farm and making a 
 
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 home in the forest, Mr. Campbell thinking, as did 
 others, that the prairies were unsuited for settle- 
 ment. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell became the par- 
 ents of fourteen children, eight of whom are yet 
 living, namely: William M., who resides near Ab- 
 ilene, Kan.; James H., of Morgan County, 111.; 
 Clinton S., of this sketch; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann 
 Dickinson, of Salem, Ore.; Mrs. Sarah J. Mitch- 
 ell, of Waverly, 111.; Louis B., of Abilene, Kan.; 
 Mrs. Eliza Ellen McKinny, of Lynnville, 111.; 
 John B., of LaCrosse, 111.; Orpha M., who died 
 September 14, 1843; John W., who died April 12, 
 1846; Jeiferson B., who died September 19, 1873; 
 Mary Lucinda, whose death occurred December 
 21, 1859; and Hannah, who pas.sed away Decem- 
 ber 28, 1861. 
 
 Clinton S. Campbell attended the common 
 schools but little. During his childhood he was a 
 student in what was known as the old Hickory 
 Schoolhouse, located about four or five miles 
 southwest of Winchester. There Wilson Mich- 
 ener reigned supreme. He taught the scholars 
 little, and believed in the old maxim that sparing 
 the rod is spoiling the child. Young Campbell 
 received a whipping his first day at school by way 
 of initiation. The schoolhouse had a puncheon 
 floor and slab seats, and a desk ran along one side 
 of the room. When our subject was about four- 
 teen years of age his father removed to Cass Coun- 
 ty, and for three years he did not attend school, 
 being kept bu.sy on the farm. He then entered a 
 winter school, and in a scuffle .sprained an ankle. 
 For .some weeks he was forced to remain at home, 
 and during that time he learned his once uninter- 
 esting studies, which were attractive and profita- 
 ble. He made rapid progress, and was .soon rec- 
 ognized as one of the best scholars of the commu- 
 nity. He took up higher mathematics and some 
 of the sciences, and his aptne.ss for books led him 
 to engage in teaching. He completed one term 
 for a teacher who had been taken ill, and then 
 was hired to teach the Hitt School for six months, 
 at $30 per month. Here he was very successful, 
 and the next winter his wages were doubled. Af- 
 ter the clo.se of his second year he went to Cali- 
 fornia, and for three years was engaged in teach- 
 ing in St. Helena and C-.ilistoga, in Napa County. 
 
 There it was that Mr. Campbell met and mar- 
 ried his first wife, Frances Louisa Kellogg. Their 
 wedding was celebrated August 29, 1865, and the 
 lady died June 6, 1867. Shortly after, Mr. Camp- 
 bell returned to Illinois by way of the I.sthmus of 
 Panama, and the following winter taught the 
 Campbell School. In the spring of 1868, in com- 
 pany with his brother, J. H., he bought the old 
 home farm. On the 2 2d of September of the same 
 year, our subject married Mary Anne Eyre, and in 
 October, 1870, removed to the farm known as the 
 Aunt Nancy Jones farm, on which he lived for 
 fourteen years. In 1885 he came to Hancock 
 County (a change he was led to make in order to 
 obtain better church and school privileges), where 
 he has since made his home. He owns one of its 
 most valuable farms, and his home is one of the 
 finest countrj- residences in the count)-. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Campbell, John and Anne 
 Eyre, were natives of Yorkshire, England, and 
 came to America in 1843. They located near 
 Lynnville, Morgan County, 111., and there Mr. 
 Eyre embarked in farming, but in his native land 
 he was employed in the celebrated Rogers Cut- 
 lery Works. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have 
 been born the following children: George E., 
 born July 9, 1869; Frank L- , born February i, 
 1871; JohnS., born May 27, 1872; Annie L., born 
 July 27, 1877; Ella W., born January 22, 1880; 
 Allan Berry, born July 20, 1884. The mother 
 was born in Yorkshire, England, November 4, 
 1840. The parents and five of their children are 
 members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Camp- 
 bell has served as one of its Elders .since 1886. He 
 also frequently occupies the pulpit in the absence 
 of the regular pastor, and is a speaker of no mean 
 merit. He has served as School Director, as a 
 member of the City Council, and was Justice of 
 the Peace for six years, but it has been his en- 
 deavor to keep out of office. When a young man 
 he was fond of discussion, and became a ready off- 
 liand debater. He takes quite an active interest 
 in political affairs, keeping him.self well informed 
 on the issues of the day. He despises aiTectatiou, 
 and in maimer is plain and una.ssuming. He has 
 always believed idleness to !)e the curse of the 
 country, and keeps himself and those around him 
 
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 ever busy, and in consequence of liis industry he 
 has prospered in his undertakings. He has been 
 a great reader of good books, and has thus be- 
 come a broad-minded man. He never caters to 
 public opinion, but after careful consideration acts 
 on Jiis own judgment. 
 
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 y ijRS. MARY GRAY has always lived in 
 y Henderson County, and has a pleasant and 
 y comfortable home in Gladstone Township. 
 She was boni in this county on the 22d of vSep- 
 tember, i860, and is a daughter of Thomas and 
 Anna (Griffith) Roberts. Her parents were both 
 natives of England, and in that country were 
 reared and married. In June, 1854, they were 
 joined in wedlock, and after some years they 
 crossed the briny deep to the New World. Their 
 first location was in Henderson County, where 
 Mrs. Roberts has since li\-ed. Mr. Roberts 
 carried on agricultural pursuits with good success 
 until his death, and by his enterprise and indu.strj- 
 became the posses.sor of a comfortable compe- 
 tence. His death occurred November 25, 1875. 
 His widow still survives him ami is )-et living in 
 township 10, range 6. Further mention of this 
 worthy couple is made on another page of this 
 work. 
 
 Mrs. Gray, of this .sketch, is the fifth in order 
 of birth in a family of nine children; Thomas, 
 born July 2, 1855; William, April 2, 1856; 
 George, September 19, 1857; Hannah, who was 
 born November 26, 1858, and is the wife of 
 Arthur Gray; Mary, of this sketch; Mrs. Emma 
 Russell, born November 29, 1862; Annie, Febru- 
 arj- 15, 1864; Mrs. Sallie Walburn, April 29, 
 1868; and Arthur, born on the 19th of November, 
 1871. 
 
 In a quiet manner Mrs. Gray spent her 
 maidenhood days, living on a farm with her 
 parents. She became familiar with the duties of 
 the household, and thus, at the time of her mar- 
 riage, was fitted to superintend a home of her 
 own. In the schools of the neighborhood .she 
 acquired a good English education. On the 31st 
 
 of December, 1884, was celebrated the marriage 
 which united the destinies of Thomas Gray and 
 Marj' Roberts, the wedding taking place at her 
 home in Hender.son County. Mr. Gray is one 
 of the native sons of this county, born September 
 19, 1858. He is of Irish lineage, and is a son 
 of Patrick and Aiui (Logan) Gray. Both the 
 parents were natives of the Emerald Isle, the 
 former bom in 18 17, and the latter in 1827. The 
 year 1849 witnes.sed their emigration to America. 
 The first six years in this couutr}- were spent in 
 New York City, after which they made their 
 home in Chicago for a short time, and later went 
 to Burlington, Iowa. Subsequently, they located 
 upon a farm in Henderson County. 
 
 Here Thomas Gra}' was reared to manhood. 
 As soon as old enough to handle the plow, he be- 
 gan work in the fields, and soon became familiar 
 with all the duties of farm life. He continued to 
 aid in the operation of the old homestead farm 
 until his marriage, when he took his bride to the 
 farm whereon they have since resided. Their 
 home has been blessed b}- the presence of two 
 children: Zelda A., born June i, 1886, and Iva, 
 January 28, 1891. The farm comprises three 
 hundred and twenty acres of rich and arable land, 
 which is under a high state of cultivation, the 
 well-tilled fields yielding to the owner a golden 
 tribute in return for the care and labor he bestows 
 upon them. There are also good buildings upon 
 the place, which is numbered among the valuable 
 farms of the community. The property of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Gray has been acquired through their 
 own efforts, and their success is therefore well 
 merited. 
 
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 |ILLIAM G. RICH, who is engaged in gen- 
 eral farming on .section 28, Mound Town- 
 ship, McDonough County, is a native of 
 Germany, his birth having occurred at Wurteni- 
 berg, on the 17th of June, i860. His parents, 
 Frederick and Catherine (Muelberger) Rich, were 
 also natives of that ctmntrj-. The father was 
 born about 1834, and was reared as a German 
 
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 fanner. Throughout his life he has carried on 
 agricultural pursuits, and has met with good suc- 
 cess in his work. Crossing the Atlantic to Amer- 
 ica in 1866, he landed on the shores of the New 
 World, and at once made his way to Knox Coun- 
 tj', 111. Some time afterwards he removed to 
 Mercer County, and purchased one hundred and 
 .sixty acres of land, to which he has .since added a 
 tract of eighty acres. He now has a good farm, 
 which is under a high state of cultivation. He 
 is a member of the Odd Fellows' society, and 
 .since coming to Illinois has held several township 
 offices. 
 
 In the Rich family were eight children, three 
 sons and five daughters, of whom William G. of 
 this sketch is the eldest. The others are: Anna, 
 Frederick, Katie, Paul, Mary, Rosa and- Carrie. 
 The family circle yet remains unbroken by the 
 hand of death, and the children younger than our 
 subject are still living with their parents in Mer- 
 cer County. 
 
 William G. Rich was only six years old when 
 he left the Fatherland and accompanied the fam- 
 ily to the United States. He attended the district 
 schools of the neighborhood until thirteen years 
 of age, and then went to Galesburg, 111., where he 
 entered a private German school, and pursued a 
 German and English course of study for two 
 years. The succeeding three years of his life 
 were passed in learning the business of a florist 
 and landscape gardener, under the direction of E. 
 H. Miller, of Gale.sbnrg. In 1877, he went to 
 F;imwood, where, in the employ of William Coe 
 & Co., he learned the business of finishing furni- 
 ture. One year was spent in that place, after 
 which he came to McDonough County, where he 
 has since been engaged in farming. 
 
 On the 2ist of February, 1884, l\ir Rich led to 
 the marriage altar Mi.ss Ida M. Scott, and by their 
 union have been boni five children, all of whom 
 are still at home, namely: Bernice E., Carl L,., 
 Cloyd S., Harrison R. and Jeiniie Grace. The 
 parents of Mrs. Rich were Harrison R. and Han- 
 nah M. (Taggartj Scott. They were numbered 
 among the early settlers of McDonough County, 
 and here resided many years. The father was 
 called to his final rest vSeptember 4, 1889, but the 
 
 mother is now living in New Philadelphia, 111. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Rich reside upon a good farm of 
 eighty acres, forty acres of which Mrs. Rich in- 
 herited from her father, while the remainder was 
 purchased by our subject in 1893. He has placed 
 the entire amount under a high state of cultiva- 
 tion, and it yields to him a golden tribute in re- 
 turn for the care and labor he bestows upon it. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Rich are members of the 
 Free- Will Baptist Church, in which they take an 
 active interest, and he also holds membership with 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He ex- 
 ercises his right of franchise in .support of the 
 Republican party. 
 
 Mr. Rich is also engaged in grain-buying at 
 Epperson, 111., buying for S. A. Hendee & Co., 
 grain merchants of Bushnell, 111. Honest dealing 
 is his practice, and the highest market prices are 
 paid for all kinds of grain. Fair treatment and 
 correct weights guaranteed. Any of his farmer 
 friends will do well to patronize Mr. Rich when 
 having any grain to market. 
 
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 ^ACOB H. GINGRICH, who is now engaged 
 I in farming in Scotland Township, McDon- 
 Qj ough County, his home being on section 
 II, was born in York County, Pa., on the 23d of 
 January, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Cather- 
 ine (Kauffman) Gingrich. The fatlier was born 
 in York County, in 18 15, and as a means of live- 
 lihood carried on agricultural pursuits. His 
 death occurred in his native county about 1885, 
 at the age of seventy years. His wife, who was 
 born in 1825, is still living on the old homestead 
 in the Keystone State. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 spent his early days upon the farm, and his edu- 
 cational advantages were very meagre indeed, for 
 at an early age he had to provide for his own 
 maintenance. He began working as a farm hand, 
 and continued with his first employer for three 
 years. The compensation which he received for 
 his .services was verj- small, but he managed to 
 clothe him.self and .secure other necessaries. At 
 
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 length he determhied to seek a home in the West, 
 where he believed better opportunities and privi- 
 leges were afforded than in the more thicklj'-settled 
 States of the East. Accordingly, he started for 
 Indiana, and located in Marion County, where 
 he worked for a short time in a tile factory. 
 Later, however, he came to Illinois, settling in 
 Clark County, where he rented land and began 
 fanning in his own interest. He continued the 
 cultivation of that tract for two and a-half years, 
 and then came to McDonough County, where he 
 ha.s since made his home. 
 
 In 1873, Mr. Gingrich was united in marriage 
 with Mi.ss Clara C. Caliman, who also came of an 
 old Pennsylvanian family. An interesting family 
 of seven children has been born to them and all 
 are still with their parents. In order of birth 
 they are as follows: Charles A., Martha D., 
 William H.. Howard W., Nellie May, Fannie 
 and Sarah. 
 
 Mr. Gingrich cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Grover Cleveland, but is now a supporter of the 
 Republican party and its principles. He and his 
 wife are members of the United Brethren Church, 
 and, .socially, he is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He now carries on gen- 
 eral farming, and is meeting with a fair degree of 
 success in his undertakings. His life has been an 
 honorable and upright one, and he has the confi- 
 dence and respect of all with whom he has been 
 brought in contact. 
 
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 — DWARD O. BARNES is recognized as one 
 O of the leading citizens of Raritan, who is 
 prominently identified with its best interests, 
 and is acti\e in promoting those enterprises 
 which are calculated to prove of public benefit. 
 He is now engaged in the publication of the Rar- 
 itan Reporler and also deals in groceries and 
 gents' furni.shing goods. He was born in I<a 
 Harpe, 111., on the iith of vSeptember, 1858, and 
 is a .son of Harri.son H. and Mary E. (Coulsonj 
 Barnes. They are among the honored pioneer 
 settlers of Hancock County, and are still living in 
 
 La Harpe. Further mention is made of them in 
 connection with the sketch of Robert H. Barnes, 
 on another page of this work. 
 
 Our subject remained at home and attended the 
 public schools of La Harpe until fourteen years of 
 age, when he began working as a deli\-ery boy 
 and assistant clerk in a grocery store. There he 
 remained for about a year, when the La Harpe 
 Leader was established, and he entered the new 
 printing-office. Five months later he came to 
 Raritan, where for half a year he was employed 
 as a salesman in a general store. He then worked 
 for eight months in his brother's harness-shop at 
 this place, after which he began clerking in his 
 brother's hardware store, and also became fore- 
 man and local editor of the Raritan Bulletiu, 
 with which he was connected until the spring of 
 1 88 1. He then went to Kirkwood and estab- 
 lished the Kirkwood Leader, in partnership with 
 H. C. Smalley, but in the following December he 
 sold out and returned to Raritan, working for 
 his brother in the furniture store until September, 
 1883. 
 
 Mr. Barnes then went to Beadle County, S. 
 Dak., and for a .short time worked on the Huron 
 Leader. Later he became fmeman of the Jim 
 River Pilot, of Altona, S. Dak., and continued 
 his connection with the same until December, 
 when he returned to Raritan for a few months. 
 His next place of residence was in Omaha, Neb., 
 where for three months he worked on the Omaha 
 Bee, after which he came to this place and estab- 
 lished the Raritan Reporler. It was at first only 
 seven by ten inches in size, but the following Jan- 
 uary' he enlarged it to a six-colunni folio, and has 
 published it continuously since. In 1889, he 
 erected the first brick building ever put up for an 
 office in Raritan, and still occupies it. In the 
 building adjoining his printing-office, he put in a 
 stock of gents' furnishing goods, and in July, 
 1S92, he formed a partnership with C. B. Gove, a 
 dealer in groceries and funii.shing goods. They 
 continued business together until August, 1893, 
 when Mr. Barnes bought out his partner's inter- 
 est and has since been alone in merchandising. 
 
 On the 23d of November, 1880, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Edward O. Barnes and Miss Em- 
 
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 ma May Stansburj-, of Raritan. Three children 
 were born unto them, but Hennan S., the eldest, 
 died at the age of two and a-half years. Charles 
 Harrison and Edna Claribel are still with their 
 parents. The lady is a member of the Reformed 
 Church. 
 
 Mr. Barnes votes with the Democratic party, 
 but edits his paper independently. Socially, he 
 is a member of Raritan Lodge No. 170, L O. O. 
 F., and Raritan Camp No. 862, M. W. A., in 
 both of which he has filled all the offices. He 
 has for three years served as representative from 
 the Odd Fellows' society to the Grand Lodge, 
 and takes an active interest in the work of the 
 fraternity. He conducts both his newspaper bus- 
 iness and his store, and is one of the wide-awake 
 and enterprising young business men who gi\-e 
 life and prosperity to a town. 
 
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 i yi RvS. RACHEL DILABOR, who is living on 
 y section 13, Rosetta Township, Henderson 
 (a County, was born in Ohio, on the 14th of 
 April, 1818, and is a daughter of Thomas D. and 
 Elizabeth (Pence) Wells. Her parents were na- 
 tives of Virginia, and had a family of twelve chil- 
 dren, three sons and nine daughters, four of 
 whom are yet Uving. The father, on leaving the 
 Old Dominion, removed to Ohio, where he was 
 married. He was one of the pioneers of the 
 Buckeye State, and there made his home until 
 1820, when he went to Lidiana, locating in Bar- 
 tholomew County. He took up land from the 
 Government, making a claim of one hundred and 
 sixty acres, nearly all of which was covered with 
 timber. Erecting a log cabin, he at once began 
 to clear and develop the fanu, and there carried 
 on agricultural pursuits until 1822, when he came 
 to Henderson County, 111. Here he secured a 
 tract of about five hundred acres from the Gov- 
 ernment, and to its improvement and cultivation 
 devoted his energies until his death, which occur- 
 red in 1879. His wife passed away many years 
 previous, having been called lo the home beyond 
 in 1845. 
 
 Mrs. Dilabor, when a maiden of eleven sum- 
 mers, accompanied her parents to Henderson 
 County, 111. The first school which she attend- 
 ed was held in a log schoolhouse, and was con- 
 ducted on the subscription plan. She had to 
 walk a mile and a-half, and the path of learning 
 therefore did not always seem a flower\- one. Dur- 
 ing her girlhood days she became familiar with 
 the duties of the household, and remained at home 
 until June, 1838, when she became the wife of 
 David Howard. Two children were born of this 
 marriage, namely: Thomas, a farmer now living 
 in Kansas; and David, who carries on agricul- 
 tural pursuits in Henderson County. The father 
 of this family died in 1840, and for four years 
 Mrs. Howard remained a wddow. She then, in 
 1844, became the wife of John Dilabor. Four 
 children were born of this union : Leander; Ed- 
 ward B. ; Martha, wife of George Rockwell; and 
 Mar}', wife of Quincy Swaim. 
 
 When Mrs. Dilabor first came to Henderson 
 County, there were only two or three small log 
 cabins in Oquawka, many of the now thriving 
 towns and villages had not yet sprung into exist- 
 ence, and the work of progress and civilization 
 seemed hardly begun. She has therefore wit- 
 nessed almost the entire growth and develop- 
 ment of this locality, and has seen the progress 
 which has placed this count>- among the foremost 
 in the State. Being a most estimable lady, she has 
 man}- friends throughout the community, and it is 
 with pleasure that we present to our readers this 
 record of her life. 
 
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 ROBERT WILLIAM McMAHAN, who for 
 many years has been connected with the 
 agricultural interests of Hancock County, 
 and now follows fanning on .section 30, Wythe 
 Township, is lunnbered among the honored pio- 
 neers who for a long period have aided in the 
 development and upbuilding of this region, and 
 promoted those interests which ha\e led to its 
 prosperity and progress. In 1831, he came to 
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 pioneers. More than half a ceiitur}- has come 
 and gone since that time, bringing with it many 
 changes, and working a transformation that has 
 placed Hancock among the leading counties of 
 the State. 
 
 The life record of our subject is as follows: He 
 was born in Nicholas County, Ky., June 15, 1830, 
 and is a .son of /Andrew McMahan, who was also 
 a native of Nicholas County. The father grew- 
 to manhood in that locality, and there wedded 
 Mar}- Crawford, who was born in Nicholas Coun- 
 ty. During the infancy of their .son Robert, they 
 emigrated to Illinois, and spent about a year in 
 Adams County, after which they took up their 
 residence in Wythe Township, among its first 
 settlers. Their nearest neighbor was four miles 
 di.stant, and the entire locality was an almost un- 
 broken wilderness. Mr. McMahan entered land 
 from the Government, purchased other tracts, and 
 built a large double log house, in which he made 
 his home for a number of years. The primiti\-e 
 structure was replaced by a substantial brick resi- 
 dence in 1857. Its ow-ner commenced life here 
 with very little capital, but through enterprise 
 and good business ability he became one of the 
 substantial and succe.ssful farmers of this locality, 
 and accumulated through his own efforts a large 
 estate. At length he left the farm, and, removing 
 to War.saw, built a comfortable residence, in 
 which he made his home for about five years; but 
 on the expiration of that period he returned to 
 the farm, and there remained until after the death of 
 his wife, in 1869, when he again removed to 
 Warsaw to live with his daughter. Two years 
 later he was again married, but his wife lived but 
 a few months, and his death occurred in 1875. 
 He was an honored citizen, who had the w-arm 
 regard of all w-ho knew him. 
 
 Upon the old farm Mr. McMahan whose name 
 heads this record w-as reared. No event of 
 .special importance occurred to varj- the routine 
 of farm life. His educational privileges were 
 limited, for the schools in the connnunity at that 
 time were not of a superior quality. When 
 twenty years of age, in 1850, attracted by the dis- 
 covery- of gold on the Pacific Slope, he made a trip 
 to California. The journey was made across the 
 
 plains, and consumed five months. Mr. McMahan 
 remained only a few months in the West at that 
 time, ill health causing him to return home. The 
 ne.xt year, however, he returned by way of the 
 Isthmus of Panama and New Orleans. When he 
 had reached home he began fanning for himself 
 on land adjoining the old homestead, and has 
 since carried on agricultural pursuits. 
 
 On the 13th of July, i860, Mr. McMahan .mar- 
 ried Miss Susan Walker, daughter of George 
 Walker, one of the pioneer .settlers of Hancock 
 County, who located in Walker Town.ship in 
 1832. He was a native of Marjland, and when a 
 }'oung man removed to Kentucky, w-here he spent 
 eight years, coming thence to Illinois. The 
 township of Walker was named in his honor. 
 There he reared his family and .spent his remain- 
 ing days, his death occurring in 1878. Mrs. Mc- 
 Mahan was born, reared and educated in Hancock 
 County. After the marriage of our subject and 
 his wife, they located upon the farm which he 
 .still cultivates and improves. He at first built a 
 small frame house, but after some years had 
 passed, prosperity having attended his efforts, he 
 erected a pleasant and comfortable home, which 
 is .still his place of abode. Good barns and out- 
 buildings have also been built, and no improve- 
 ment of a model farm .seems lacking. The place 
 is neat and thrifty in appearance, and indicates 
 the careful supervision of the owner. The farm 
 comprises two hundred and ninety acres. In 
 addition to this he has purchased other land from 
 time to time, and has given to one of his sons and 
 to two of his daughters good and well-improved 
 farms. He al.so owns three other farms, besides 
 town property in Warsaw. In 1888 he made a 
 trip to Em-ope, and visited many of the points of 
 interest in England and France. He also com- 
 bined business with pleasure, and bought several 
 head of fine blooded horses, including French 
 Coach and English Shire. Since that time he has 
 been engaged in breeding standard-bred horses, 
 having .some of the finest specimens in the county 
 on his farm. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McMahan have a family of two 
 sons and two daughters, of whom C. H., the 
 eldest, is a substantial farmer of Wilcox Town- 
 
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 ship; Minnie is the wife of David Ayers, a pro- 
 gressive farmer of Wythe Township: Nellie is the 
 wife of Howard Baker, of St. Louis; and William, 
 who completes the family, is yet at home. The 
 parents attend the Christian Church. Mr. Mc- 
 Mahan is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 and has served as Master of Warsaw Lodge. His 
 wife belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star. 
 In politics, he is a Democrat, unfaltering in his 
 .support of the men and measures of that party, 
 yet he has never sought political preferment for 
 himself. 
 
 Mr. McMahan may truly be called a self-made 
 man, and his honorable and straightforward ca- 
 reer is worthy of emulation. Starting out for 
 himself with no capital save a young man's bright 
 hope of the future, he has steadily worked his 
 way upward, and has accumulated a valued prop- 
 erty, becoming one of the wealthy fanners of this 
 locality. His success is well merited, being the 
 reward of honest industrj-. 
 
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 flOHN M. LUKENS, who is now serving as 
 I County Treasurer of Henderson County, and 
 q\ is living on section 17, Rozetta Township, 
 where he owns and operates a good farm, 
 was born in Juniata County, Pa., September 11, 
 1846, and is a son of John and Mary Lukens. 
 They too were natives of the Keystone State, and 
 on the paternal side the family is of Irish and 
 Scotch descent. The parents had only two sons: 
 William S., a fruit-grower now living in Olena, 
 111.; and John M. The father was graduated 
 from Reading College, of Pennsylvania, in 1841, 
 and for thirty years engaged in teaching .school, 
 most of the time being employed in Thompson- 
 town. For some time he was Principal of the 
 seminary in that place. He continued to make 
 his home in Pennsylvania until 185 1, when he 
 came by boat to Henderson County, 111., and lo- 
 cated near Ward's Mill. There he purchased four 
 hundred and eighty-eight acres of land, mostly 
 timber, and at once began the development of 
 a farm, there making his home until 1856. In 
 
 1857, he purchased a tract of land in Warren 
 County, 111., but was not long permitted to enjoy 
 his new home, for his death occurred on the 8th 
 of July of that year, and his remains were in- 
 terred in the United Presbyterian Cemetery at 
 Smith Creek. He was a member of the Baptist 
 Church, and of the Odd Fellows' society. For 
 several years he served as Justice of the Peace in 
 Pennsylvania, and was always a public-spirited 
 citizen, in whom the best interests of the com- 
 munity found a friend. His wife, who was a 
 member of the United Presbyterian Church, died 
 on the 3d of April, 1869, and was laid to rest by 
 the side of her husband. 
 
 Our subject was only ten years of age when he 
 came to this county, and upon the old home farm 
 he was reared to manhood. His early education, 
 acquired in the di.strict schools, was supplemented 
 bj' study in Monmouth College, of Monmouth 
 111., and he then embarked in teaching. He was 
 still at home at the time of the breaking out of 
 the war, but on the 7th of March, 1862, he en- 
 rolled his name among the boys in blue for three 
 years' service. 
 
 Mr. Lukens was assigned to Company C, 
 Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and was mustered 
 in at Monmouth, 111. The first active engage- 
 ment in which he participated was at Mission 
 Ridge. This was followed by the battles of 
 Penyville, Lookout Mountain, Kennesaw Moun- 
 tain, Peach Tree Creek, Resaca, Buzzard's Roost 
 and many others of lesser importance. In the 
 fall of 1864, he returned home on a furlough of 
 thirty days, and when that period had expired 
 rejoined his regiment at Columbia, Tenn. Fif- 
 teen minutes after reaching the forces he went in- 
 to battle. The regiment took part in the engage- 
 ments at Spring Hill and Franklin, and then fell 
 back to Nashville, where they went into winter 
 quarters. Mr. Lukens took part in the battle of 
 Nashville, then went to Franklin, and on to New 
 Orleans, where his regiment acted as guard at 
 Gen. Phil Sheridan's headquarters. He was al- 
 ways faithful to his duty, being one of the valiant 
 defenders of the Union cause. 
 
 After the war was over, Mr. Lukens was mus- 
 tered out, in October, 1865, and returned to his 
 
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 home in Warren County. He was then only nine- 
 teen years of age. He completed his schooling, 
 and then engaged in farming, after which he be- 
 gan teaching .school in Hender.son County. He 
 has made his home in this county since 1874, at 
 which time he located near Rozetta, where for 
 five years he taught school. He then engaged in 
 teaching at Science Hill for two years, after which 
 he again spent one year in Rozetta, and one year 
 at Belmont Bluff. For four years he was teacher 
 in the Knox district, and altogether has taught 
 about seventeen terms in Henderson County. He 
 was a successful educator, and the cause of educa- 
 tion has ever found in him a warm friend. 
 
 On the loth of December, 1873, Mr. Lukens 
 married Miss Emma Woods, and to them have 
 been born four children: Clarence A.; Frank M., 
 who died in infancy; Ralph E. and Mabel Grace. 
 In 18S9, Mr. Lukens became a traveling sales- 
 man, representing the McNeal & Higgins whole- 
 sale grocery, in whose emplo>- he remained for 
 eighteen months. Since that time he has re- 
 sided with his family in Rozetta Township, where 
 he owns and operates one hundred and twenty- 
 five acres of good land, his farm being under a 
 high state of cultivation and well improved. In 
 politics, he is a stalwart Republican. For two 
 years he .served as County Surveyor to fill an un- 
 expired term, and was then elected for a term of 
 four years. In 1891, he was elected County 
 Treasurer, and is now filling that office with cred- 
 it to himself and satisfaction to his con.stituents. 
 He holds membership with the Knights of Pythias 
 Lodge, and the Grand Army of the Republic, and 
 is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
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 [ILLIAM A. M. CROUCH, one of the early 
 .settlers of Hender.son Count\-, who since 
 1862 has resided upon his present farm on 
 section 3, township 1 1 north, range 4 west, is a 
 native of the Key.stone State, and is of Scotch- Iri.sh 
 extraction. Hewasborn in Washington County, 
 Pa., on the 19th of September, 1841, and is a .sun 
 
 of William Crouch, who was a native of Maryland, 
 and a farmer by occupation. He traces the an- 
 cestry of the family in America back to 1700, 
 when representatives of the Crouch family in 
 Scotland crossed the Atlantic to make homes in 
 the New World. During his early life he emi- 
 grated to Pennsylvania, and married Miss Nancy 
 Mercer, a daughter of Boyd and Mary (Black- 
 stone) Mercer. They became the parents of five 
 children: John B., who is now living in St. Jo- 
 seph, Mo.; Mary P., widow of Robert Moore, of 
 Washington County, Pa.; Ebenezer M., whore- 
 sides in the same county; William A. M., of this 
 sketch; and Sarah, who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Crouch of this notice was educated in the 
 common schools of Pennsylvania, and remained 
 in the Keystone State until the spring of i860, 
 when he started westward. Taking up his resi- 
 dence in Hender.son County, he engaged in teach- 
 ing for two years, and on the expiration of that 
 period purchased the farm on which he has made 
 his home continuously since, covering a third of a 
 centurv'. He is a wide-awake and enterprising 
 agriculturist, and his farm is supplied with all 
 modern accessories and conveniences. Fields of 
 waving grain meet the ej-e on every side, and 
 there are good buildings upon the place, which 
 stand as monuments to the progressive spirit of 
 the owner. 
 
 In Burlington, Iowa, Mr. Crouch was united 
 in marriage with Miss Sarah G. Leebrick, of that 
 city, and to them have been born ten children: 
 Ida E. , now the wife of Valentine Hazlett; Mary 
 G., wife of John F. Main; Nannie M.; William 
 L., vvho makes his home in Jewell City, Kan.; 
 Rachel P. and Virginia E., who are attending 
 school in Galesburg; Kate, Samuel, Hattie and 
 Ruth, who are .still with their parents. Although 
 the family is quite large, the circle yet remains 
 unbroken by the hand of death. 
 
 Mr. Crouch, his wife and children, are all mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian Church, and he takes an 
 active part in its growth and uplniilding. He 
 exerci.ses his right of franchise in support of the 
 Republican party, and holds membership with 
 Oquawka Lodge No. 123, A. F. & A. M. The 
 cause of education finds in him a warm friend, 
 
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 and he has given his children good advantages, 
 thus fitting them for the practical and responsible 
 duties of life. The best interests of the communi- 
 ty ever receive his heart}- support and co-opera- 
 tion, and he is regarded as a valued citizen of the 
 connnunity. Although he has not been promi- 
 nent in public affairs, his career has been such as 
 to win him the confidence and esteem of all with 
 whom he has been brought in contact. 
 
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 /g FENCER T. RECORDvS, deceased, who for 
 \ many years was a well-known citizen of 
 QOj Henderson County, prominently identified 
 with the business interests of both Oquawka and 
 Rozetta, was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., 
 December 13, 1822, and is a son of James and 
 Elizabeth (Heaton) Records. He was reared 
 upon his father's farm, and was brought to Hen- 
 derson County when a lad of six summers by 
 Judge John Pence. During the first winter here 
 his time was spent in Black Hawk's tent, on the 
 Rock River. There were no schools for several 
 years after his arrival, but at length one was start- 
 ed on the subscription plan. It was held in a log 
 .schoolhouse, and there Mr. Records acquired a 
 knowledge of the common English branches. 
 
 On attaining his majority, our subject started 
 out in life for himself. In connection with his 
 brother, Thomas Records, he purchased three 
 hundred and twenty acres of unimproved land 
 near Bigg.sville, but he never lived on that 
 farm. At the age of twenty-two he went to 
 Oquawka, where he began clerking in the .store 
 of Mr. Phelps. There he remained until 1852, 
 when he embarked in business for himself as 
 proprietor of a grocer>' store of Oquawka, which 
 he carried on until 1855. In that year he sold 
 out, and purcha.sed a farm of one hundred and six- 
 ty acres in Rozetta Township. He at once began 
 the development and cultivation of his land, and 
 .successfullj' devoted his time and energies to ag- 
 ricultural pursuits until 1878, when he left the 
 farm and went to Rozetta village. There he es- 
 tablished a general merchandise store, which he 
 
 carried on for a few years, and then retired from 
 active business life. His last days were spent in 
 the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. 
 
 On the 26th of October, 1848, Mr. Records was 
 united in marriage with Miss Tacj' C. Conger, 
 daughter of Enoch and Eunice (Beach) Conger. 
 By their union were born five children: Azro M., 
 of Iowa; Mabel, who died in infancy; Thomas E., 
 who carries on farming in Kan.sas; Annie E., wife 
 of J. H. Smith, a merchant of Rozetta; and Tunis 
 Q. , who is now located in Glenwood, Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Records, who was a member of the Baptist 
 Church, contributed liberally to its support, and 
 always took an active part in church and benevo- 
 lent work. The poor and needj' found in him a 
 friend, and his aid was withheld from no worthy 
 enterprise. In his business dealings he was suc- 
 cessful. While engaged in merchandising he al- 
 ways desired to plea.se his customers, and his fair 
 and honest dealing and courteous treatment were 
 the means ofwiiniinghim a liberal patronage. In 
 this way he acquired a comfortable competence. 
 All who knew him respected him, and when called 
 to the home beyond his loss was deeplj' mourned. 
 He died August 16, 1881, and was laid to rest in 
 the Baptist Cemeterj- of Rozetta. 
 
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 JOSEPH P. MOREY, one of the honored vet- 
 I erans of the late war, is now the efficient su- 
 (2/ perintendent of the Comity Poor Farm of 
 Henderson County, and is also serving as Deputy 
 Jailor. He is a western man by birth, having 
 been born in Wa.shington Count}', Iowa, on the 
 loth of September, 1844. His father, 'William 
 Morey, was a native of Ohio, and was of Scotch 
 descent. He married Eauzetta Disney, and to 
 them were born eight children, but only two are 
 now living: Joseph P., and Meli.s.sa, wife of Will- 
 iam A. Vaughan, a farmer of Henderson County. 
 Tho.se who have passed away are Lorenzo, Paul- 
 ina, Maria, Martha, Sarah and Melvina. 
 
 Joseph P. Morey spent the dajs of his boyhood 
 and youth upon a farm. In 1850 the family came 
 to Henderson Count v, but the father died the fol- 
 
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 lowing year, while in Iowa, and the mother passed 
 away about 1854. Our subject was then left an 
 orphan. He continued to reside in Henderson 
 County until 1857, when he went to Kansas, and 
 located within ten miles of Topeka, there spend- 
 ing a year. On horseback he then made his way 
 to Be Kalb County, 111., where he spent one sea- 
 son, working as a farm hand b}- the month, after 
 which he again came to Henderson Count)-. Here 
 he secured employment as a farm hand, and to 
 agricultural pursuits devoted his energies until 
 1859, when he went to St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 After the attempt at secession by the South, 
 Mr. Morey responded to the call for troops to aid 
 in the preser\-ation of the Union, and in Februarj-, 
 
 1862, became a private of Company A, Fifth Mis- 
 souri Cavalrj-. He was mustered into service at 
 St. Joe, and remained with that command until 
 
 1863, when he was discharged. Soon after, he 
 enlisted in the Ninth Missouri Cavalry, and from 
 that time until the close of the war was largely 
 engaged in scouting duty. He was bugler of his 
 regiment, and with his command took part in a 
 numberof skirmishes with the bushwhackers. In 
 July, 1865, when the South had laid down its 
 arms, he was honorably discharged in St. Louis. 
 After being mustered out he went to Buchanan 
 Count)-, Mo., where he engaged in farming until 
 1880. 
 
 In the year after his return from the war, Mr. 
 Morej' was united in marriage with Miss Louisa 
 Storey, and to them were born five children, 
 but James died in infancy. Those still living are: 
 Lena, wife of Samuel Vaughn; Lillie; William 
 and Loran. 
 
 In Buchanan County, Mo., Mr. Morey contin- 
 ued to engage in agricultural pursuits until 1880, 
 the year of his removal to Henderson County. 
 Here he followed farming until 1888, when he was 
 appointed Superintendent of the County Poor 
 Farm, and al.so Deputy Jailer, which positions he 
 has since filled. He owns eight)' acres of land in 
 Rozetta Township, which is now rented. In pol- 
 itics, he is a supporter of Republican principles, 
 and is a member of the Odd Fellows' .society, and 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. He holds 
 membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 
 and takes an active interest in all public enter- 
 prises calculated to prove of benefit to the com- 
 munity. With the .same fidelity which he mani- 
 fested when defending the Old Flag, he has dis- 
 charged his official duties, and all who know him 
 esteem him highly for his faithfulness and the 
 many excellencies of his character. 
 
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 E RAVEN L. THOMAS, who now carries on 
 general farming on .section 18, township 11 
 north, range 4 west, has spent his entire life 
 in Henderson County, and is a representative of 
 one of its honored pioneer families. Mention is 
 made of his parents on another page of this work, 
 in connection with the sketch of James M. 
 Thomas. Our .subject was born November 13, 
 1855, on the old home.stead, and there .spent the 
 days of his boyhood and youth. He acquired his 
 education in the district schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, which he attended through the winter sea- 
 son, while in the summer months he aided in the 
 labors of the field. Like a dutiful son, he gave 
 to his father the benefit of his sen'ices until twenty- 
 one years of age, when, having attained his major- 
 ity, he left home and began life for himself 
 
 Throughout his bu.siness career, Mr. Thomas 
 has carried on agricultural pursuits. As he had 
 no capital, at first he rented land, and continued 
 the cultivation of property belonging to others for 
 a number of years, but at length, with the capital 
 which he had acquired through his own industry, 
 enterprise and good management, he bought a 
 farm of his own. In 1890, he l)ecame owner of 
 one hundred and two and a-half acres of good 
 land. This he has placed under a high state of 
 cultivation, and the well-tilled fields and good 
 improvements all indicate the careful supervision 
 of the owner. 
 
 On the 14th of February, 1877, i" Henderson 
 County, Mr. Thomas was joined in wedlock with 
 Miss Mary A. C. Johnson, a daughter of Godfrey 
 John.son. Their union has been blessed with five 
 children: Charles Edgar, Alexander A., William 
 C, Walter E. and Hazel C. The family circle 
 
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 yet remains unbroken, the children being still 
 with their parents. In politics, Mr. Thomas is a 
 Democrat, but has no time for office-.seeking. vSo- 
 cially, he is a member of Tranquil Lodge No. 
 193, I. O. O. F. He is industrious, and his en- 
 terprise and perseverance ha\'e brought to him a 
 comfortable competence, which is well deser\'ed. 
 All who know him esteem him highly, and it is 
 with pleasure that we present to our readers this 
 record of his life. 
 
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 EAPT. D. CASWELL HANNA, an honored 
 veteran of the late war, makes his home in 
 Monmouth, but is one of the most extensive 
 land-owners of Henderson County, and has been 
 prominently identified with the history of this 
 community for many years. He was born in 
 Warren County, 111., on the 8th of June, 1S36, 
 and is a .son of John and Sarah (Crawford) Hanna. 
 The father was a native of Ohio, and from the 
 Buckeye State removed to Indiana, from whence 
 he went to Warren County in 1S35, locating ju.st 
 across the line from Henderson Countj'. The 
 trip westward was made by team. Hepurcha,sed 
 eight hundred acres of land, built a log cabin, and 
 developed a fine farm, upon which he lived until 
 his death, which occurred on the 25th of Novem- 
 ber, 1862. He was laid to rest in Monmouth 
 cemeterj-, by the side of his wife, who was called 
 to her final rest in 1852. This worthy couple 
 were the parents of eleven children, eight sons 
 and three daughters, namely: Elizabeth, Jane, 
 William, Samuel, Robert, James R., D. C, Lewis 
 C, Orin L., Mary E. and John C. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads Capt. 
 Hanna .spent the days of his boyhood and >outh, 
 and in the sulxscription .schools which he attended 
 through the winter sea.son his education was ac- 
 (juired. He remained under the parental roof 
 initil twenty-three years of age, when he went to 
 Colorado, making the journey across the plains 
 with ox and mule teams to Pike's Peak. There 
 he engaged in prospecting, mining and freight- 
 ing, until the aulunui of 1861, when he returned 
 
 to his old home in Illinois. In the spring of the 
 following year he took up his residence upon a 
 farm of three hundred and twenty acres on .sec- 
 tions II and 14, Rozetta Township, Hendenson 
 County, and during the .summer devoted his at- 
 tention to agricultural pursuits, but on the 1 2th 
 of August responded to the country's call for 
 troops. 
 
 Mr. Hanna enlisted as a private, but at Camp 
 Butler was mustered into service as First Lieu- 
 tenant of Company C, Ninety-first Illinois In- 
 fantr\'. At the engagement at Elizabethtown, 
 Ky., he and his company were captured by the 
 rebel general, John Morgan, but he was only 
 held prisoner for a .short time, when he was sent 
 to Benton Barracks, where he remained until ex- 
 changed, the following June. Later he partici- 
 pated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and 
 did scouting duty all along the river from that 
 city to New Orleans. In the fall he started on 
 the Banks expedition to Brownsville, Tex., where 
 he remained over a year on duty along the Rio 
 Grande and the Gulf Coast, and then returned to 
 New Orleans, where he was engaged in garri.son 
 duty for two months. Later he took part in the 
 battles of Mobile, Ft. Blakel.v and Spanish Fort. 
 In Brownsville, Tex., he was promoted to the 
 rank of Captain, and when the war was over he 
 was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, on the 
 27th of July, 1865. His promotion was won by 
 meritorous and faithful .service, for he was always 
 found at his post, and the Union cau.se found in 
 him a valiant defender. 
 
 Capt. Hanna at once returned to his home in 
 Warren County, where he lived until the autumn 
 of 1S66. On the iSth of October of that year he 
 married Mi.ss Martha Heaton, daughter of James 
 and Nancy (Henry) Heaton, and they removed 
 to a farm in Rozetta Township, which he still 
 owns, and on which he made his home until 1869, 
 when he was elected County Clerk on the Inde- 
 pendent ticket. He filled that oflSce for eight 
 years, or until 1877, and remained in Oquawka, 
 where the succeeding ten years of his life were 
 jia.ssed. Since the fall of 1887 he has made his 
 home in Monmouth, and his time and attention 
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 business interests. As his financial resources 
 have Vjeen increased he has made judicious in- 
 vestments ill real estate, and now owns sixteen 
 hundred and ninety-five acres of valuable land in 
 Henderson Count}-, the greater part of which is 
 under a high state of cultivation, and therefore 
 yields to the owner a handsome income. 
 
 The family of Capt. and Mrs. Hanna num- 
 bered ten children, and nine are yet living, 
 namely: Katherine, George F. , Lewis H., Ed- 
 ward C, Mabel, Martha, Sippie, Quinta and 
 John. Robert, the fourth in order of birth, died 
 in infancy. 
 
 In his .social relations, Capt. Hanna is con- 
 nected with the Masonic fraternity and the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and his wife is a member 
 of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a 
 Republican, and in the fall of 1892 was elected as 
 Representative to the General Assembly from the 
 Twenty-seventh District. A trust reposed in 
 him, whether public or private, is never betrayed. 
 In all the relations of life he manifests the same 
 loyalty which characterized his armj' record. 
 Through the legitimate channels of business he 
 has won a handsome fortune, and although he 
 .started out for him.self with little capital, he has 
 steadily worked his wa\' upward from a humble 
 position to one of affluence. 
 
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 QHARLES vS. COOPER, one of the represen- 
 J( tative citizens of Raritan, who is now en- 
 11 gaged ill the harness business, claims Indi- 
 ana as the State of his nativit>-, his l)irth having 
 occurred in Greencastle on the 20th of Februar}', 
 1S40. His parents were William K. and Loui.sa 
 (Switzer) Coojier. The father was a native of 
 Kentucky, and in that State .spent his early life. 
 His parents were natives of \''irginia, and were of 
 Scotch-Irish e.xtractiou. In Kentucky he mar- 
 ried Mi.ss Switzer, a native of that State, and in 
 I.S36 removed with his family to Greencastle, Ind., 
 where he engaged in ineichandi.siiig until his 
 death, which occurred at the age of fifty years. 
 He was a well-educated man, and was one of the 
 
 fir.st Trustees of Asbury University, now De Pauw, 
 and was a member of the Methodist Epi.scopal 
 Church. He was recognized as a leading citizen 
 of the communitj- in which he made his home, 
 and all who knew him re.spected him. His wife 
 pas.sed away in Greencastle at the age of seventy- 
 five years. She was of German lineage. In their 
 family were eight children, six sons and two 
 daughters, but three of the number are de- 
 ceased. Milton J. is now living a retired life in 
 Greenca.stle, Ind. Charles S. is the next younger. 
 John W. is a contractor engaged in business in 
 Indianapohs, Ind. William H. is located in Bra- 
 zil, Ind. Joseph K. is engaged in business with 
 his brother John in Indianapolis. 
 
 Our subject was reared in Greencastle, and dur- 
 ing his youth learned the harness-maker's trade, 
 which he followed until June, 1862, when he en- 
 listed in the Union army for three months' serv- 
 ice, as a member of Company D, Fifty-fifth Indi- 
 ana Infantry. On the 29th of August, 1862, he 
 was wounded in the left arm by a minie-ball. This 
 occurred at the battle of Richmond, Ky., after 
 which he returned home, remaining at the North 
 until he had recovered. On the 12th of March, 
 1864, he re-enlisted in Company E, Twenty-first 
 Indiana Heavy Artillery, and .ser\-ed until Jan- 
 uary' 12, 1866. He took part in some important 
 engagements, and was always found at his post 
 of duty. At the time of his discharge he was a 
 member of the regimental band. 
 
 On being mustered out, Mr. Cooper returned to 
 his home in Greencastle, where he engaged in 
 harness-making for six months, after which he was 
 appointed Deputy Sheriff. A year later he went 
 to Lawrence, Kan., where he worked at the har- 
 ness trade until 1875. when he came to Raritan, 
 and followed the same pursuit in the employ of 
 others for about a year. He then began business 
 for himself, and has since successfully carried on 
 operations along that line. His .store is filled with 
 a good stock of harness and saddlerj-, and the 
 owner is now enjoying an excellent trade. 
 
 On the 20th of June, 1875, Mr. Cooper married 
 Mi.ss Mary E. Beard, daughter of Dr. Beard, one 
 of the honored pioneers of Henderson Count>-. 
 Two children graced their union, but Pearl died 
 
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 at the age of fourteen years. Lula is still with 
 her parents. Mr. Cooper is a .stanch Republi- 
 can in politics, and is a member of the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen 
 of America, and of the Reformed Church. He is a 
 man of good business and executive ability, hon- 
 orable and straightforward in all his dealings, and 
 those who know him esteem him highh' for the 
 many excellencies of his character. 
 
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 ^ AMES H. BUTLER, who is numbered among 
 I the early settlers of Henderson County, now 
 (2) resides on a farm on section 20, Raritan 
 Township. He was born in Jefferson County, 
 Ky., near Middletown, July 15, 1826. His fa- 
 ther, Hezekiah Butler, was a native of Baltimore, 
 Md., and was of Irish descent. Having arrived 
 at years of maturity he married Margaret Payne, 
 a native of Virginia, and they became the par- 
 ents of the following children: Su.san, widow of 
 WiUiam Groom, ^ind a resident of Camp Point, 
 111.; N. v., who graduated from the Keokuk 
 Medical College, and also from the St. Louis Med- 
 ical College, and died September 16, 1878, leav- 
 ing a widow, who is now living in La Harpe, 111.; 
 James H., of this sketch; Norman R., who died 
 in 1886; Charles S. , who is living in California; 
 Mildred, decea.sed; Mary K., wife of Paul John- 
 son, of Missouri; Elizabeth, who died in 1855; 
 Hezekiah, a farmer of Henderson County; To- 
 bias, who was wounded in the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga, and died the following spring, a minie-ball 
 having passed entirely through his body; George 
 W., a merchant of Camp Point; Margaret, wife of 
 Henry Hedges, who is living in Garnett, Kan.; 
 Jefferson, who died in 1890; and one child who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 The father of this family followed farming 
 throughout his life. He removed from Mary- 
 land to Kentucky, where he lived until 1832, and 
 in that State was married. In the year mention- 
 ed he removed to Adams County, 111., locating 
 near the present town of Columbus, where he en- 
 tered two hundred acres of land from the Govern- 
 
 ment, paying the usual price of $1.25 per acre. 
 It was still in its primitive condition, not a fur- 
 row having been turned or an improvement made 
 thereon. He at once erected a log cabin, and con- 
 tinued its development until 1865, when he re- 
 moved to a farm in Hancock County. A few 
 years later he took up his residence in the town 
 of Augu.sta, where he made his home until his 
 death, which occurred on the ist of February, 
 1 89 1, at the age of ninety -three years, lacking a 
 few months. His remains were interred in the 
 Columbus Cemetery. His wife pa,s.sed away in 
 April, 1858. Both were members of the Christ- 
 ian Church, and were highly-respected people. 
 
 James H. Butler was a child of only six sum- 
 mers when he accompanied his parents to Illinois. 
 In this State he grew to manhood upon a farm, 
 and in a log schoolhouse, two miles from his 
 home, he began his education, the school being 
 conducted on the subscription plan. With the 
 family he shared in all the hardships and trials of 
 pioneer life. Quincy, which was eighteen miles 
 away, was their nearest market, and they also 
 had to go some distance to mill. Mr. Butler 
 started out in life for himself at the age of nine- 
 teen, and after working as a farm hand for his 
 father for two years, he purchased a farm, upon 
 which he resided until the spring of 1850. On 
 the 25th of March of that year, with a horse-team, 
 he started across the plains for California, at- 
 tracted by the discovery of gold, and on the 5th 
 of Julv he reached Weaverville. Until the fol- 
 lowing October he engaged in mining, and then 
 went to San Francisco. Later he made his way 
 to Oregon, and took up .six hundred and forty 
 acres of Government land within nine mile.s of 
 Portland, but in the fall of 1851 he sold his 
 claim and 1iy the water route returned to his 
 home in Adams County. 
 
 Ere leaving for the Pacific Slope, Mr. Butler 
 was married, on the ist of March, 1849, the lady 
 of his choice being Miss Nancy J. Matlock. vSix 
 children have been born unto them: Julia, who 
 became the wife of Roljert H. Barnes, a banker of 
 Raritan, but is now deceased; George H., a liar- 
 ness-dealer of Stronghurst ; John, who died April 
 15, 1868; Tobias E., who married Mollie Houchin, 
 
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 481 
 
 and follows farming in this locality; Charles C, 
 County Superintendent of Schools of Henderson 
 County: and James P., who is yet living on the 
 home farm. 
 
 After his return from California, Mr. Butler re- 
 mained in Adams County until the .spring of 
 1852, when he removed to Hancock County, and 
 purcha.sed one hundred and sixty acres of partial- 
 ly improved land near West Point, where he 
 made his home for three years. He then rented 
 a farm near La Harpe for a year, after which he 
 purchased one hundred and si.Kty acres of land on 
 section 29, Raritan Township, Henderson Coun- 
 ty, upon which he made his home for fourteen 
 years. His next purchase made him the owner 
 of the two hundred and forty acre fann on which 
 he now resides. 
 
 Mr. Butler manifested his loyalty to the Gov- 
 ernment during the Civil War by enlisting on 
 the 14th of September, 1862, as a private of Com- 
 pany G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois 
 Infantry, and was elected First Lieutenant. He 
 was mustered into service at Camp Butler, and 
 took part in the engagements at Arkansas Post, 
 Thompson Hill, Ft. Gibson, Black River Bridge, 
 and the siege of Vicksburg. On account of phys- 
 ical disability he had to leave the army, and was 
 discharged August 2, 1863. In politics, he has 
 always been a .stanch supporter of the Republican 
 party. He holds membership with the Christian 
 Church, and is one of the highly-esteemed citi- 
 zens of the community, for his .sterling worth and 
 strict integrity have gained him universal confi- 
 dence and esteem. As one of the leading farmers, 
 valued citizens, and early settlers of Henderson 
 County, we pre.sent him to our readers. 
 
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 HOMAS GEDDES, decea.sed, who for many 
 years was an honored and prominent 
 resident of Hancock County, A'as born in 
 P'ranklin County. Pa., on the 7th of July, 1S05, 
 and was of Scotch-Iri.sh descent. His father, 
 Paul Geddes, was a farmer and earh' settler of 
 Path Valley, Pa. He there made his home for 
 
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 more than forty years, and was a man of promi- 
 nence in the community. His life was an honor- 
 able and upright one, well worthy of emulation. 
 He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and 
 reared his family to respect and reverence religion. 
 His death occurred in 1832. His wife, a faithful 
 and con.sistent Christian woman, pas.sed away in 
 1816. 
 
 The early life of Thomas Geddes was .spent on 
 his father's farm, he there remaining until the 
 age of eighteen, when he went to Shade Gap, 
 Huntingdon County, Pa., where he learned the 
 tanner's trade. For four years he continued with 
 one employer, and for two years, of that time had 
 charge of the tan-yard At length, at the re- 
 quest of his father, who had become enfeebled 
 by age, he returned home and took charge of the 
 old farm, continuing to engage in its cultivation 
 and further improvement for a period of seven 
 years. 
 
 During that time Mr. Geddes was united in 
 marriage with Miss Susan R. Walker, the cere- 
 mony being performed on the 9th of December, 
 1830. The young couple continued to live on 
 the old homestead in the Keystone State until the 
 spring of 1837, when they bade adieu to their 
 many friends in the East and emigrated to Illi- 
 nois. On the nth of May, accompanied by his 
 wife and two children, Mr. Geddes reached 
 Fountain Green, Hancock County. The previous 
 vear he had visited this locality and purchased 
 three hundred and twenty acres of good farming 
 land. As there was no vacant house in the 
 neighborhood, they went to live in a double log 
 cabin belonging to Jabez A. Beebe, but the fol- 
 lowing year Mr. Geddes erected a frame house on 
 his own land, the first frame dwelling in the 
 neighborhood. The family bore the usual expe- 
 riences and trials of pioneer life, but in course of 
 time the wild land on which they at first located 
 was transfonned into rich and fertile fields, and 
 their home became one of tlie valuable farms of 
 the neighborhood. 
 
 Mrs. Geddes was called to her final rest on the 
 13th of January, 1892, and on the 31st of the same 
 month Mr. Geddes departed this life. Both were 
 laid to rest in the family burying-ground on the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 old homestead. The children have fitted up a 
 memorial room in honor of their mother in 
 the Mary Holmes Seminar}- of Jackson, Miss., 
 which is known as the Geddes Memorial 
 Room. Both parents were also active in church 
 and benevolent work, and in them the poor 
 and needy found friends. Mr. Geddes, who was 
 prominent in the organization of the Presbyterian 
 Church of Fountain Green, did much toward 
 the erection of the church, and for many years 
 served as one of the church Elders. His life was 
 always an honorable and upright one, passed in 
 faithful service, and all who knew him respected 
 him for his fidelity and sterling worth. His long 
 residence in Hancock County made him widely 
 known, and he had a large circle of warm friends. 
 
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 lESLEY MILLIKEN, who resides on sec- 
 tion 33, Media Township, is numbered 
 among the leading farmers and stock-raisers 
 of Henderson Count)-. He owns and operates a 
 good farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which 
 is under a high .state of cultivation. The fields 
 are well tilled, and all the improvements upon the 
 place stand as monuments to the enterprise and 
 progressive spirit of the owner. 
 
 Mr. Milliken was born in Dearborn County, 
 Ind., near Manchester, on the 2i.st of October, 
 1827, and is one of thirteen children whose par- 
 ents were James P. and Pri.scilla P. (Noyesj 
 Milliken. The father was a native of Maine, born 
 October 16, 1803. In 1817 he emigrated to Indi- 
 ana, and in 1841 he was elected as Representative 
 to the General Assembly of that State. When his 
 term had expired he was elected State Senator, and 
 served for six years in that office. During his term 
 a prohibitory liquor law was passed, and Mr. Milli- 
 ken took an active part in securing the passage 
 of the measure. Upon his return home his many 
 friends in Dearborn County presented him with 
 a siher cup as a testimonial of his services. In 
 1S52 he was the Free-Soil candidate for Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor. He was an active anti-slaverj' man, 
 and possessed the courage of his convictions. 
 
 When he became a resident of Missouri, he in- 
 curred the di.spleasure of the slave-holders and 
 their friends by distributing anti-slavery litera- 
 ture. This led to threats of mobbing, and his life 
 was in danger during his re,sidence in that .State. 
 The family urged him to remove from that place, 
 and they became residents of Iowa. When the 
 war broke out, he enlisted in the Thirtieth Iowa 
 Regiment, and was mortallj- wounded. May 22, 
 1863, before Vicksburg, dying the next morning. 
 At that time he was in command of the regiment. 
 Mr. Milliken was a popular man among his 
 friends, and possessed great influence. Of his eight 
 sons and five daughters, only five be.side our sub- 
 ject are living: James M., a farmer and carpen- 
 ter residing in Scotland County, Mo.; Martha N., 
 widow of Tyler Morris, and a resident of Scotland 
 County, Mo.; Noyes, the proprietor of a bakery 
 in Topeka, Kan.; Mary E., wife of Amos R. 
 Lightfoot, a farmer of Scotland Count}-, Mo.; and 
 Thomas D., an agriculturist of the same commu- 
 nity. 
 
 On the old home farm in the State of his nativ- 
 it)-, Mr. Milliken spent his childhood days, and 
 attended the subscription schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, which were held in a log schoolhouse a 
 mile from his home. He there conned his lessons 
 at various intervals until eighteen years of age, 
 but seldom found it possible to attend during the 
 summer months, as his services were needed on 
 the home farm. At the age of twenty-one he be- 
 gan earning his own livelihood, working on a farm 
 by the daj- or month. Thus he was employed 
 until he had a sufficient sum of money to make a 
 payment, securing to himself one hundred and 
 eleven acres of partiall)- improved land. To the 
 further development and cultivation of that tract 
 he devoted his energies for three years, and then 
 sold, buying another farm, upon which he lived 
 until 1858. In that year he again sold out, and, 
 removing to Mis.souri, bought one hundred and 
 twenty acres of land near Kirksville, where he 
 made his home until the summer of 1861. Then 
 again his place of residence was changed, and he 
 bought a farm of one hundred and forty acres in 
 Davis County, Iowa, where !;-j continued to live 
 until the spring of 1865. 
 
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 On the 29th of May, 1849, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Millikeii and Miss Catherine 
 Powell. To them have been born eleven children: 
 Jefferson B., a farmer of Media Township; Caro- 
 line A., wife of George \V. Henrx-, a farmer of 
 Warren County, 111. ; Zennette J., wife of William 
 Broom, an agriculturist of Fulton County, 111.; 
 James, a farmer of Henderson County; Man,' 
 Grace; Greeley; Albertie; one who died in in- 
 fancy; and Orville E., Wade C. and Ellsworth. 
 The three last-named are also decea.sed. 
 
 In the spring of 1865 Mr. Milliken came to 
 Henderson County, and purchased the farm on 
 which he now resides. He has altogether one 
 hundred and .seventy acres of land, constituting a 
 valuable property. In politics, he has always 
 been a supporter of the Republican party, and has 
 been honored with several local offices, having 
 ser\-ed as Township Trustee, Road Supervisor 
 and School Director. He has ever discharged 
 his duties with promptness and fidelity, and has 
 thus won the commendation of all concerned. 
 His life has been a busy and u.seful one, and, as 
 the result of his untiring labor and well-directed 
 efforts, it has also been a prosperous one. 
 
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 (Tames Marshall akin, who for many 
 
 I yeari, has been prominently coiniected with 
 0/ the educational interests of Henderson Coun- 
 ty, and is recognized as one of its most successful 
 teachers, now resides in Oquawka. He claims 
 Ohio as the State of his nativity, his birth hav- 
 ing occurred in Tuscarawas County, January 14, 
 1845. The Akin family originated in Scotland, and 
 removed from the north of Scotland into Ireland. 
 We do not know who the founder of the family in 
 America was, but the ancestors came here in early 
 Colonial days. The town of Aiken, vSouth Caro- 
 lina, was .settled by and named for them. On ac- 
 count of their antipathy to the .slave trade, they 
 early removed further north, thus removing their 
 posterity from the pernicious influence of the sys- 
 tem of slavery. The father of our subject, John 
 G. Eakin, was bom in Ohio, and was a cabinet- 
 
 maker and farmer by occupation. He married 
 Eliza Connell, and eight children were born of 
 their union, of whom James M. is the eldest. 
 George W., decea.sed, was a farmer of Muskin- 
 gum County, Ohio, and spent his la.st year near 
 Benkleman, whither he removed about 1885; Sam- 
 uel vS. is a stock-dealer of New Concord, Ohio; 
 William P. is engaged in house-moving in Gales- 
 burg, 111.; Martha and two sons died in infancy; 
 and Lizzie is at home. 
 
 The gentleman who,se name heads this record 
 was reared in Guern.sey County, Ohio, whither 
 his father removed when he was quite young. 
 His early education, acquired in its common 
 schools, was .supplemented by study in the Union 
 High School of Cambridge, Ohio, and in the Mcln- 
 tyre In.stitute in Zanesville, Ohio. He displayed 
 special aptitude in the schoolroom, and in those 
 various institutions of learning was regarded as 
 one of the best students. At the age of eighteen 
 he began teaching, and has followed the profession 
 continuously since. For some time he was em- 
 ployed as a teacher in the district .schools, but at 
 length came to Henderson Count}-, 111., in 187 1, 
 and secured a position as teacher in the graded 
 schools in Biggsville, where he remained for three 
 years. After teaching two years at Olena, he ac- 
 cepted a position in Oquawka, where he contin- 
 ued for eight years. He has taught for eleven years 
 in the graded schools, for nine years in the dis- 
 trict schools, and for nine years he filled the office 
 of County Superintendent. To that position he 
 was elected in 1877, serving for five years. In 
 1886 he was re-elected for the regular term of 
 four years, and was in charge of the schools of 
 Henderson County until 1890. At this writing, 
 he is a member of the Village Board of Trustees. 
 
 On the 3d of .\ugu.st, 1S71, Mr. Akin was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Elizabeth li. Arthur, 
 daughter of Samuel and Orpha (Callahan) Ar- 
 thur. P'our children were born to them, of whom 
 two died in infancy. Orlando H., a teacher, and 
 James L., are still with their parents. The eld- 
 er early manifested considerable literary taste 
 and ability. At the age of fourteen, he wrote 
 .stories, which were published in the local press, 
 and attributed by the public to older persons. 
 
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 Mr. Akin is a warm advocate of Republican 
 principles, and has supported that party since 
 ca.sting hi.s first Presidential vote for Gen. U. S. 
 Grant, in 1868. Sociallj', he is a member of Tran- 
 quil Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F., and of Oquawka 
 Camp No. 1037, M. W. A. Himself and wife 
 are members of the Presbjterian Church, and are 
 highly respected citizens of this community. Mr. 
 Akin has a wide reputation as a teacher, having 
 been most successful in his choice of vocation. 
 
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 ROBERT T. McMillan, one of the hlghly- 
 respected and well-known citizens of Hen- 
 derson County, who is sen-ing as County 
 Sheiiff, now makes his home in Biggsville. His 
 entire life has been pas.sed in Ilhnois. He was 
 born on the 9th of November, 1835, near Jackson- 
 ville, Morgan County, and is a son of James 
 and Mary (Thompson) McMillan. His paternal 
 grandfather was a native of Ireland, and when a 
 young man came to the United States, and in the 
 Revolutionary War aided the Colonies in their 
 struggle for independence. His wife was a native 
 of Scotland, and the maternal grandparents of 
 our subject were also born in the same country. 
 The father, James McMillan, was born and 
 reared on a farm in vSouth Carolina, but, not wish- 
 ing to follow agricultural pursuits, he learned the 
 wagon-maker's trade. He served in the War of 
 1S12, and in 1833 emigrated to Morgan County, 
 111., but after a year he came to Henderson Coun- 
 ty and purcha.sed a farm near Oquawka, whereon 
 he spent his remaining days. His death occurred 
 in 1846, when about forty-eight years of age. He 
 was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, 
 and his many excellencies of character gained for 
 him high regard. His wife, who was also a na- 
 tive of South Carolina, survived her husband only 
 two weeks, both dying of measles. The family 
 numbered nine children: Hugh D., who now car- 
 ries on farming in Henderson County; vSarah, the 
 wife of William Andrew, of Kansas; William L., 
 an agricultuiist of this community; Nancy E., 
 who is living in Henderson County; Robert T., 
 
 of this sketch; Daniel, a physician now engaged 
 in practice in Mercer County; Martha, who is liv- 
 ing in Henderson County ; Rachel, wife of Alex 
 Thompson, of Kansas; and Elizabeth, who died 
 in childhood. 
 
 Robert McMillan was a lad of only twelve 
 years at the time of the death of his parents. He 
 went to live with a paternal uncle. Dr. William 
 McMillan, a farmer and physician, who was born 
 in South Carolina, and in 1837 came to Hender- 
 son CountJ^ where he made his home until his 
 death. For many years he was the only phy.sician 
 in this locality. He was numbered among the 
 honored pioneers, and passed away at the advanced 
 age of eighty years. 
 
 Our subject remained with the Doctor until the 
 ist of September, 1862, when he entered the army 
 as one of the boys in blue of Company K, Eighty- 
 fourth Illinois Infantrj-. He enlisted for three 
 years' .service, and participated in many of the 
 noted battles and campaigns, including the en- 
 gagements at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, 
 Franklin, Nashville and the Atlanta campaign. 
 When the war was over he was honorabh- dis- 
 charged, and returned to the North to again make 
 his home with his uncle until 1870. In that year he 
 was married, and removed to a farm near Biggs- 
 ville, where, in connection with general fanning, 
 he also carried on stock-raising. 
 
 On the 27th of May, 1870, Mr. McMillan was 
 united in marriage with Miss Mattie Graham, 
 of Henderson County, and to them were born 
 five children: Mary, who died at the age of fif- 
 teen j-ears; Jessie B., who is now attending college 
 in Monmouth, 111.; and Laura, Edward and Wal- 
 ter, who are still at home. The parents are both 
 members of the United Presbyterian Church, and 
 are prominent people, who have many friends in 
 this community. 
 
 Socially, Mr. McMillan is connected with Ells- 
 worth Post, G. A. R., of Oquawka. In politics, 
 he is a Democrat, and in 1890 was elected Sher- 
 iff of the county, the only Democratic vSheriff who 
 has been elected in the county for a half-century, 
 for this district is strongly Republican. He is 
 fearles.s and faithful in the discharge of his duties, 
 and has therefore won the high commendation of 
 
 
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 all concerned. In business, Mr. McMillan has 
 also won success. He now owns two hundred 
 and sixty acres of good farming land, a part of 
 which he rents, using the remainder as pasture 
 land, for he rai.ses, bu\s and sells considerable 
 stock. He also owns an interest in a tile factory 
 in Biggsville. 
 
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 nOHN R. FOSTER, a farmer residing on sec- 
 I tion 5, township 10 north, range 4 west, is 
 (*/ numbered among the native sons of Hender- 
 son Countj-, his birth having occurred on the 1 7th 
 of December, 1844. He is a worthy representa- 
 tive of one of the pioneer families of the commu- 
 nity. His father, William A. Foster, was a 
 native of South Carolina, born in the Abbeyville 
 District on the 1 6th of November, 1816,. When 
 a young man of twenty-one years he determined 
 to seek a home and fortune in the West, and, em- 
 igrating to Illinois, took up his residence in War- 
 ren County, where he spent about three years. 
 He then came to Henderson County, and on the 
 28th of April, 1841, was here married to Miss 
 Jane McDill. They began their domestic life in 
 Little York, and the following children were born 
 of their union, namely: John, Samuel, George 
 C. and James. 
 
 No event of special importance occui red during 
 the childhood and youth of our .subject, who was 
 reared in his parents' home. Like the family, he 
 shared in some of the trials and inconveniences 
 of frontier life. His earl)- education was acquired 
 in the common schools of the neighborhood, and 
 he afterwards attended Monmouth College, of 
 Monmouth, 111., for one year. Subsequently he 
 took a course of study in Bryant & Stratton's 
 Business College, of Chicago. On attaining to 
 man's estate he began earning his own livelihood, 
 and to his efforts, his perseverance and good 
 management may be attributed his.succe.ss in life. 
 On the 2ist of Augu.st, 1867, Mr. Foster was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Lorena T. Camp- 
 bell, a daughter of Rev. W. S. and Lorena 
 (Hendricks) Campbell. Her parents were both 
 
 natives of Tennessee, the former born in Blount 
 County, and the latter in Carter County. Four 
 children graced the union of our subject and his 
 wife: Mary A., now the wife of H. A. Boyer; 
 William H., Roberts, and Grade G., who are 
 .still at home. 
 
 In 1866 and the year following Mr. Foster was 
 engaged in merchandising in Biggsville. In 1868, 
 his health failing, he moved out and settled upon 
 a tract of land he inherited from his father, on 
 which he has since made his home. When he 
 became its owner it was but little improved, not 
 a building having been erected upon it, while the 
 land was still almost in its primitive condition. A 
 residence, barns and outbuildings were erected and 
 other accessories and conveniences added, until 
 now the farm has become one of the best in the 
 neighborhood. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster are members of the 
 Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Their home 
 is noted for its hospitality and they have many 
 friends throughout the community. Mr. Foster 
 has served as School Director for nine years, and is 
 -Still filling that office in a creditable and accept- 
 able manner, as is indicated by his long contin- 
 uance therein. He votes with the Republican 
 party, and socially is coiniected with Biggsville 
 Lodge No. 236, A. O. U. W. 
 
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 HON. RAUSELDON COOPER, of Oquawka, 
 who is now ser\'ing as County Judge of 
 Henderson County, has been connected 
 with the Bench and Bar of this locality since 
 February', 1876, and has won a leading position 
 as a lawyer, one that has not onlj- secured for him a 
 liberal patronage, but has also been the means of 
 giving him the responsible position which he now 
 fills. Judge Cooper has a wide acquaintance in 
 this community, and all who know him hold him 
 in high esteem. We therefore feel assured that 
 this record of his life will prove of interest to 
 many of our readers. Born in Wayne County, 
 Ind., on the 24th of December, 1845, he comes 
 of a family of English origin. His father, John 
 
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 Cooper, and his grandfather, William Cooper, 
 were both natives of Pennsylvania, and the former, 
 who follows farming, is now living in Bald Blnff 
 Precinct, Henderson Count>-, whither he removed 
 in 1849. He married Martha E. Smith, and they 
 became the parents of two children, Ranseldon, 
 and Martha L-, now deceased. 
 
 The mother of our subject died when he was 
 only about four years of age, and he then went to 
 live with his grandmother in Wayne County, Ind. 
 His education in early life was limited to the 
 privileges afforded b\- the common schools, but 
 afterwards he attended Lombard University, in 
 Galesburg, 111., and was graduated from that in- 
 stitution in 1869, with the degree of B. S. He 
 had come to Henderson County in 1853, locating 
 in what at that time was known as Greenville 
 Precinct, but is now called Pall Creek Precinct. 
 On completing his literary education, he returned 
 to the farm and worked for his father for six 
 years, but, not content to follow agricultural pur- 
 suits throughout life, he determined to enter the 
 legal profession, and in the autumn of 1873 and 
 in the winter of 1874-75, he was a student in the 
 law department of the University of Michigan, 
 being graduated therefrom in the spring of 1875. 
 In Februarj-, 1876, he came to Oquawka, and, 
 opening an office, at once began practice, which 
 he carried on continuously until 1880. In that 
 year he was elected State' s Attorney of Henderson 
 County, and so ably did he discharge the duties 
 of the office that he was re-elected in 1884. 
 Again, on the expiration of his second term in 
 1888, he was chosen his own successor, and filled 
 the office until 1890, when he resigned, for he 
 had been elected County Judge. He at once en- 
 tered upon the duties of that position, and his 
 course on the Bench has met with the same high 
 approval and commendation that greeted his ad- 
 ministration of affairs while .serving as State's At- 
 torney. 
 
 On the 14th of September, 1875, Judge Cooper 
 was united in marriage with Miss Lucy K. Cum- 
 mins, a daughter of Opdyke H. and Ellen I). 
 (Oxford) Cummins. They became the parents 
 of five children, three sons and two daughters, 
 Moses R., Margaret V,., Rau.seldon, Harry Mac 
 
 and Leona, and the family circle yet remains un- 
 broken, for all are still under the parental roof. 
 
 The Judge is a warm advocate of Republican 
 principles, having been identified with that party 
 since casting his first Presidential vote for U. S. 
 Grant. Besides the positions already mentioned, 
 he has filled several local offices, having served 
 as Justice of the Peace, as a member of the Town 
 Board and as School Director. Socially, he be- 
 longs to Tranquil Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F. ; 
 and Oquawka Camp No. 1037, M. W. A. His 
 rulings on the Bench are always just, the result 
 of decisions which ha\-e been obtained after care- 
 ful deliberation and weighing of evidence. Skill 
 and ability have won him prominence in the legal 
 profession and given him a foremost place at the 
 Henderson County- Bar. 
 
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 GlLEXANDER W. LYNN, one of the leading 
 LI farmers of Gladstone Township, Henderson 
 I I Count}-, now living on the southwest quar- 
 ter of section 10, township 10, range 5 west, is 
 one of the native sons of this county, and a wor- 
 thy representative of one of its honored pioneer 
 families. His father, Ezekiel W. Lynn, was born 
 in Hartford, Conn., in 1807. His parents were 
 also natives of the Nutmeg State, and had a 
 family of eight children, namely: David, Samuel 
 W., James, Asher, John, Mrs. Almira Brainard, 
 Ezekiel and Mrs. Prudence Cook. 
 
 Ezekiel W. Lynn spent the first twent\-five 
 years of his life in his native State, after which he 
 determined to try his fortune in the West. He 
 came to Henderson County, 111., in 1832, among 
 its verj- first settlers. There were few jiioneers in 
 the county at that time; the greater part of the 
 land was still in po.ssession of the Govern- 
 ment, and all .seemed wild and unimproved. Here 
 Mr. Lynn embarked in larming, and also built a 
 sawmill, which lie operated through the spring 
 and fall seasons, when there was a sufficient water 
 supply. In the spring of 1837, he returned to 
 Coiniecticut and was united in marriage with Miss 
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 487 
 
 (Whitmore) Harvey, both of whom were natives 
 of Connecticut. Her father died in 1846. His 
 wife passed away April 10, 1826. In their fam- 
 ily were the following cliildren: Asahel, horn 
 May 4, 1 801; Mrs. Cynthia Bailey, September 
 22, 1802; Edwin, June 8, 1804; Annie, February 
 8, 1806; Elisha H., in 1809: Mrs. Olive Lynn, 
 May 26, 1814; and Mrs. Alniira Clark, June 18, 
 1817. 
 
 After his marriage, Ezekiel W. Lynn returned 
 with his bride to Henderson County, where they 
 spent their remaining days. He carried on farm- 
 ing until his death, which occurred on the 4th of 
 March, 1871, at the age of sixty-four years. His 
 wife passed away in 1846, and they were both in- 
 terred in the South Henderson Cemetery. Their 
 family numbered six children: Alexander \V., 
 born January 29, 1838; Charles Ezekiel, August 
 10, 1839; Marj' O., October i, 1841; Mrs. Har- 
 riet C. Tweed, February 25, 1843; George H., 
 November 18, 1844: and Mrs. Olive A. Torpin, 
 born September 29, 1846. 
 
 The hi.story of pioneer life is familiar to our 
 subject in all its details, for he was reared on the 
 frontier, aided in the arduous task of developing 
 new land, and has gone through the other expe- 
 riences of those early days. He had no special 
 advantages in his youth, but has always made the 
 most of his opportunities, and has thus met with 
 fair success in his undertakings. 
 
 On the i8th of Novemlser, 1861, Mr. Lynn was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Applebey, 
 and to them were born three children, Mariette, 
 Martha and Chauncey, but the la.st-named died 
 when quite young. The mother of this family 
 was called to her final re.st on the loth of Decem- 
 ber, 1880, and her remains were interred in the 
 South Henderson Cemetery. 
 
 Mr. Lynn has throughout life followed the oc- 
 cupation of farming. He was reared to that pur- 
 suit, and has made it a business whereliy he has 
 provided for the wants of himself and family. He 
 now owns a good farm of one hundred acres of 
 arable land, which he has placed under a high state 
 of cultivation, and which he has improved with 
 good buildings and modern acces.sories and con- 
 veniences, making it one of the valuable places of 
 
 the neighborhood. He holds membership with 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, and since cast- 
 ing his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lin- 
 coln, has been a stanch supporter of the Repub- 
 lican party and its principles. His entire life has 
 been passed in Henderson County, and as one of 
 its honored pioneers and highly respected citizens 
 he well deserves representation in this volume. 
 
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 QOHNM. MILLEN, one of the prominent and 
 I progressive agriculturists of Henderson Coun- 
 KZ) t\-, who is now living on .section 8, township 
 10 north, range 4 west, claims Indiana as the 
 State of his nativity, his birth having there oc- 
 curred September 14, 1840. He comes of an old 
 southern family. His father, John Millen, was 
 born in Chester Countj-, S. C, and in that State 
 was reared to manhood. There he was married, 
 in 1834, to Miss Barbara MofFett, and about a 
 year later they emigrated westward, settling in 
 Monroe County, Ind., where the father followed 
 farming. They had eleven children, namely: W. 
 C, Mrs. Elizabeth Strong, J. M., Charles S., Mrs. 
 Martha J. Wallace, Mrs. Emeline Bell, James P., 
 Samuel, Thomas, Wallace and Mrs. Ida Rodman. 
 The father died in the spring of 1869, but the 
 mother is still living, and has reached the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty years. 
 
 John M. Millen spent his early childhood days 
 in his native county, and then accompanied his 
 parents on their removal to Tennessee in 1847. 
 Three years later the family came to Illinois, set- 
 tling in Adams County in 1850. There he aided 
 in operating the home farm until the breaking out 
 of the late war, when he responded to the coun- 
 try's call for troops to aid in suppressing the re- 
 Ijellion. In August, 1861, he donned the blue 
 and became a member of Company G, Third Illi- 
 nois Cavalry, in which he served for three years, 
 when, in vSepteniber, 1864, he was honorably di.s- 
 charged. He then returned home, remaining at 
 the North until February, 1865, when here-en- 
 listed as a member of Company F, Second Han- 
 cock Veteran Reserve Corps. He was then in the 
 
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 sen-ice for a year, and was with Gen. Grant at 
 the time of Lee's surrender. His countn- found 
 him a loyal and faithful defender of the Old Flag 
 and the cause it represented. 
 
 After being mustered out, Mr. Millen returned 
 home and resumed farming. On the 29th of Jan- 
 uary, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Sarah A. Gordon, a nativeof Henderson County, 
 and a daughter of Daniel M. Gordon, one of the 
 honored pioneers of this locality, widely known by 
 
 all. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Millen were born nine 
 children, six sons and three daughters, as follows: 
 William Gordon, Charles F., Frank W., Eliza- 
 beth J. (now the wife of William Whiteman), 
 Flora Agnes, Minnie I., JohnM. and James M. 
 (twins), and Ralph. WiUiamG. died at the age of 
 twelve, and James M. died in infancy. The Mil- 
 len household is a hospitable one, and its members 
 have many warm friends in this community. 
 
 Mr. Millen is a Republican in politics, and has 
 been honored with some local offices. He is now 
 ser\-ing as Road Commissioner for the fifth year, 
 having by fidelity to duty won the election. He 
 and his wife hold membership with the United 
 Presbyterian Church, and, with the exception of 
 the youngest two, their children are all members. 
 Socially, our subject is connected with Oquawka 
 Lodge No. 172, G. A. R. In this community he 
 has a wide acquaintance, and has won the confi- 
 dence and good will of all with whom he has been 
 brought in contact. 
 
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 ^OHN PEOPLES, who carries on general 
 I farming and stock-rai.sing on section 27, Ro- 
 Qj zetta Township, Henderson County, where 
 he owns two hundred and twenty acres of valu- 
 able and highly improved land, was born on the 
 Emerald Lsle in 18 14, and is one of a family of 
 five sons and two daughters, whose parents were 
 Hans and Rebecca (Williamson) Peoples. They 
 too were natives of Ireland. 
 
 Upon his father's farm John Peoples was 
 reared to manhood, and in the public schools of 
 
 the neighborhood acquired his education, but his 
 privileges along that line were somewhat limited. 
 In 1842, he resolved to seek a home and fortune 
 in America, for he had heard much of the privi- 
 leges and opportunities here afforded. Bidding 
 adieu to friends and native land, he boarded a 
 sailing-vessel, and after a voyage of eight weeks 
 landed at Philadelphia. In that city he worked 
 at general labor until 1856, when he came to the 
 We.st, settling in Hendensou County, 111. With 
 the capital he had acquired through industry and 
 perseverance he purchased thirty-five acres of land 
 in Rozetta Township, and to its cultivation de- 
 voted his energies for five years, after which he 
 bought eiglitj- acres of land on section 27, a part 
 of his present farm. From that time prosperity 
 has attended his efforts, and he has increased the 
 boundaries of the homestead, until now two hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of rich land pay a golden 
 tribute to his care and cultivation. He carries on 
 general farming and stock-raising, and everything 
 about his place is in keeping with a model farm of 
 the nineteenth centurj- . Ever>-thing is kept in good 
 repair, the fields are well tilled, and an air of neat- 
 ness and thrift pervades the place. 
 
 On the 3d of January, 1852, Mr. Peoples was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Barresford, 
 who is also a native of Ireland, and a daughter of 
 John and Isabella (Ramage) Barresford. Their 
 famih- numbered seven children, three sons and 
 four daughters. In 1871, Mrs. Peoples crossed 
 the briny deep to the New World, and in Phila- 
 delphia she and our subject were married. Sev- 
 en children have been born to them: John A., 
 who is now living in Dekota; Hens, who makes 
 his home in Kansas; Isabella, wife of Doc Keener; 
 Daniel, who is living in Henderson County; 
 Martha A., wife of Lincoln RobI)ins: Thomas H., 
 deceased; and William, who is still at home. 
 
 Mr. Peoples exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Democratic party. His wife be- 
 longs to the Methodist Epi.scopal Church. They 
 have long resided in Henderson Couuty, and 
 have many warm friends within its borders. Mr. 
 Peoples began life for him.self a poor boy, with no 
 capital .save a determined spirit and an indus- 
 trious disposition, but .steadily he has worked his 
 
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 way upward, overcoming the difficulties and ob- 
 stacles in his path, and success has at length 
 crowned his eflForts, making him one of the sub- 
 stantial fanners of the communitv. 
 
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 |ILLIAM JACKSON ASH, who is success- 
 fully engaged in farming on section 16, 
 Wythe Township, Hancock County, dates 
 his residence in Illinois from 1846. Three j'ears 
 after, he came to this locality, where he has since 
 made his home. He claims Tennessee as the 
 State of his nativity, his birth having occurred 
 in McMiini County, on the 6th of June, 1825. 
 His father, Hugh Brown A.sh, was a native of 
 South Carolina, and the grandfather, Robert Ash, 
 was born in .Scotland, Emigrating to this coun- 
 try, he settled in South Carolina, and thence re- 
 moved to Tennessee in an early da}-, becoming 
 one of the pioneers of that State. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared to man- 
 hood in Eastern Tennessee, and, after arriving at 
 years of maturitj-, he married Nancy Jones, who 
 was born in that State. The work of frontier 
 life was familiar to him. He aided in the arduous 
 task of clearing and developing wild land, and, 
 as the result of his labors, opened up a good farm. 
 He was energetic and industrious, and his well- 
 directed eiforts won for him success. He made 
 his home in Tennessee until his death, which re- 
 sulted from an accident in 1834. His wife, who 
 long sur\-ived him, reared the family, caring for 
 the children until they were able to care for them- 
 selves. She removed with the family to Ala- 
 bama, and was there again married. After seven 
 years .spent in that State, she went to Missouri, 
 locating in Dent County, where her last days were 
 pas.sed. She was a faithful mother to her children, 
 who have reason to bless her memory. 
 
 William J. Ash accompanied his mother on her 
 removal to Alabama, and in that State learned 
 the tanner's trade, which he followed for about 
 six years. At length he detennined to seek a 
 home in Illinois, and, as before stated, the year 
 1846 witne.ssed his arrival within its Ixjrders. He 
 
 first located in Adams County, where he .spent 
 about three j-ears. He was employed as a farm 
 hand by the month for two years, and on the ex- 
 piration of that period he returned to Alabama, 
 in 1848. The object of this trip was .seen when, 
 on the 28th of February, he was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Eliza Culpepper, a daughter of 
 Joel Culpepper, formerly of South Carolina. The 
 lady is a native of Tennessee, but during her 
 early girlhood accompanied her parents to Ala- 
 bama, where she was reared and educated. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Ash returned with his 
 bride to Adams County, and upon a rented farm 
 the}- began their domestic life. That season he 
 planted and harvested a crop, and in the succeed- 
 ing autumn he came to Hancock County, where 
 he again rented land, making his home thereon 
 for a year. Having lived frugally, he had as the 
 result of his industrj- and perseverance acquired 
 .some capital, which he now invested in land. 
 The farm which he then purchased has since been 
 his home, although it has been increased in ex- 
 tent. He first bought a tract of forty acres of 
 raw land, which he broke and fenced in, and con- 
 tinued to cultivate until it was made to yield to 
 him a good return for his labor. A few years 
 later he added to it, and from time to time he has 
 made other purcha.ses. He now owns a valuable 
 tract of one hundred and eighty acres, and has 
 also of late years .sold portions of his farm. Every 
 improvement upon the place .stands as a monu- 
 ment to his thrift and enterprise, for it has been 
 secured through his own labors. He first built a 
 small frame house, but in 1872 it was replaced by 
 a very commodious and plea.sant residence. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. A.sh were born six daughters 
 and a son: vSarah Malvina, wife of W. H. King, 
 a prosperous famer of Wythe Township, Han- 
 cock County; Mary Adeline, wife of Fred C. 
 Schrever, of Hamilton; Joel B., who is married, 
 and resides in Harper County, Kan. ; Loui.sa Ann; 
 Amanda Jane, wife of Peter K)rnest, an agricul- 
 turi.st of Wythe Town.ship; Alice, wife of Charles 
 Benderwald, of Hancock County; and Narcissa 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Mr. A.sh deserves the succe.ss of his life, as it 
 has come to him through his own efforts and the 
 
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 assistance of his estimable wife. He has accumu- 
 lated a valuable property, and is to-daj- recog- 
 nized as one of the well-to-do farmers of the com- 
 munity. In politics, he is identified with the 
 Democracy, having supported that party since he 
 cast his first Presidential ballot for Franklin 
 Pierce, in 1852. He has been elected to and has 
 held several local positions of honor and trust, 
 having served for six years as Asses.sor, and for 
 four years as Justice of the Peace. The cause of 
 education finds in him a warm friend, and he 
 gives a hearty support to the public schools. He 
 did effective service in their interest during his 
 twenty-one years' service on the School Board. 
 Socially, he is a member of the Masonic lodge of 
 Hamilton, and his famih- are members of the 
 Wythe Presbyterian Church. For forty-four long 
 years he has been a resident of Hancock County, 
 and has not only witnessed its growth and devel- 
 opment, but has aided in its advancement, and 
 has given his support to all enterprises which he 
 beheved calculated to prove of public benefit. 
 He has lived an honorable and upright life, and 
 throughout the conununity in which he resides is 
 held in high regard. 
 
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 IILLIAM GAINES MOTT, M. D., has 
 .since the spring of 1877 been engaged in the 
 practice of medicine in Basco, and is num- 
 bered among the leading physicians of this part of 
 the county. He is a close student, and has won 
 his way to a foremost place in the profession. A 
 native of Keokuk, Iowa, he was born on the 13th 
 of April, 1842, and is a son of Robert Emmett and 
 Amanda (Colgan) Mott, the former a native of 
 Dutchess County, N. Y., and the latter of St. 
 Charles, Mo. The father ser\'ed as a soldier in 
 the War of 1812, under Gen. Brown, and was 
 promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He received 
 his discharge at Prairie du Chien in 18 16, and af- 
 terward removed to St. Charles, Mo., where he was 
 married in 1826. He was a tainier by trade, and 
 followed that business in coiniection with farming 
 until 1838, when he removed to Keokuk, Iowa, 
 
 thenonly a small village. In 1840, he purcha.sed 
 four hundred acres of land near that place and 
 established a ferry on the Des Moines River. His 
 death occurred in Keokuk, in 1848, and his wife, 
 who sur\-ived him for a number of years, passed 
 away in 1876. He w^as a member of the Methodist 
 Church, and in his political views was a Whig. 
 Public-spirited and progressive, he took an active 
 interest in everything that pertained to the wel- 
 fare of the community in which he made his 
 home, was a leading and influential citizen, and 
 served as Justice of the Peace for eight years un- 
 der Gov. Lucas, the first Territorial Governor. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Mott were born twelve chil- 
 dren: Susan, now deceased; Eliza, wife of Perry 
 Condon, of California; Ann, wife ofHenrj^ Gray, 
 a resident of Clark County, Mo. ; Clarissa, wife 
 of Thomas Phillips, also of Clark County; Robert 
 Emmett, who is living in Vincennes, Lee County, 
 Iowa; Henrietta, wife of George Baker, also a 
 resident of Clark County, Mo. ; William Gaines 
 of this sketch; and Henrj-, who carries on agricul- 
 tural pursuits in Clark County. 
 
 In his native city W. G. Mott spent the days 
 of his boyhood and j-outh, and attended its public 
 schools until twenty years of age. At the age of 
 twenty-five he began teaching in Clark County, 
 Mo., and later he was for four terms a .student in 
 Spring Street College, Quincy, 111. 
 
 In 1872, Mr. Mott was united in marriage with 
 Miss Martha E.Tinsley, a native of Clark County, 
 and with his j-oung wife removed to Center\-ille, 
 Iowa. In the winter of 1873-74, ^i^ attended 
 lectures in the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 of Keokuk, Iowa, and in the .spring of 1874 he 
 came to Hancock County, 111., locating in Chili. 
 He there began the practice of medicine, and re- 
 mained at that place until the spring of 1877, 
 when he opened an office and established himself 
 in practice in Basco. Here he has since continued, 
 and is now enjoying a good business, for his skill 
 and ability have gained him the confidence of the 
 comniunit)-. 
 
 Unto the Doctor and his wife have been born 
 three children: Hugh Latimer, Sterling Price and 
 Milan C. All are now attending school in Ba.sco. 
 The parents arc members of the Methodist Church, 
 
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 and are prominent and highlj- respected citizens 
 of this place. The Doctor has ser\-ed for four 
 years as Town Clerk of Basco, was Assessor for 
 two years. Village Clerk three years, and Count\' 
 Physician one year. He has always .supported 
 the Democratic party. Socially, he is a member 
 of Basco Lodge No. 618, A. F. & A. M.: and 
 Basco Lodge No. 682, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 ~LMER U. OVERMAN, State's Attorney of 
 ^ Oquawka, and one of the foremost members 
 __ at the Bar of Henderson County, has spent 
 his entire life in this part of Illinois. He was 
 born in St. Albions Township, Hancock County, 
 on the 30th of June, 1864, and is of German and 
 English lineage. His father, Charles Overman, 
 was born in Clark County, III., and for many 
 j'ears followed agricultural pursuits, but is now 
 living retired in Oquawka, at the age of seventy. 
 He was married on the 14th of Januarj', 1845, to 
 Miss Martha Garner, daughter of William and 
 Sarah (Robinson) Garner. Nine children were 
 born of this union, five sons and four daughters, 
 of whom Edgar R. and Chivyral W. died in in- 
 fancy. James G. is now engaged in farming near 
 Red Cloud, Neb.; Sarah A. is the wife of Alex 
 Waggoner, a retired farmer of Oquawka, 111. ; 
 Jennie is the wife of Charles Swartz, who is en- 
 gaged in clerking in this city ; Mar}- is the wife of 
 Dr. R. D. Demerell, a ph)-sician and surgeon of 
 Red Cloud, Neb.; William P., who was a lawyer 
 of more than ordinary ability, died in Red Cloud, 
 Neb. , at the age of twenty-seven years; and May is 
 the wife of Leon Lemaire, a grain and implement 
 dealer of Oquawka, 111. 
 
 Mr. Overman whose name heads this record 
 is the younge.st of the family. No event of special 
 importance occurred during his boyhood and 
 youth, which were quietly pasised upon his 
 father's farm in St. Albions Township. He en- 
 joyed the advantages afforded by the district 
 .schools of the neighborhood, and remained under 
 the parental roof until eighteen years of age, 
 when he entered Hedding College, of Abingdon, 
 
 111., in which in.stitution he pursued his studies 
 for four years. Having chosen the legal profes- 
 sion as one which he wished to make his life 
 work, he began study in the law office of Sharp 
 & Berry Brothers, of Carthage, 111., and in 
 May, 1889, was admitted to the Bar. Since that 
 time he has been continuou.sly engaged in prac- 
 tice. He located in Oquawka in July, and has 
 rapidly won his way to a foremost place among 
 his professional brethren. In November, 1890, 
 he was elected to fill an unexpired term as State's 
 Attorney, and in 1892 was re-elected, so that he is 
 now filling the full term. 
 
 On the 26th of April of the same year, Mr. 
 Overman was joined in wedlock with Mi.ss Nellie 
 Zinn, of St. Albions Township, Hancock County, 
 daughter of William H. and Florence (Crawford) 
 Zinn. Her grandfather is yet living, at the ad- 
 vanced age of ninet}- years. 
 
 Mr. Overman is a warm advocate of Republican 
 principles, and by his first vote supported Hon. 
 James G. Blaine. He is a member of Tranquil 
 Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F., of Oquawka; of 
 Oquawka Camp No. 1037, M. W. A.; and both 
 he and his wife hold membership with the Presby- 
 terian Church. Mr. Overman worked his own 
 way through college, ser\-ing as janitor, and the 
 same enterpri.se and perseverance which led him 
 to thus acquire an education characterize his 
 professional career. He is a man of sterling 
 worth, and in business and social circles occupies 
 a prominent position. 
 
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 r~RANK M. COOPER, who carries on stock- 
 r^ raising on section 10, Gladstone Township, 
 I ^ Ilender.son County, was born in Edgar 
 County, 111., on the 29th of October, 1850, and 
 was raised in Greene County, Ind. He is a son of 
 Ambro.se and Louisa (McRoberts) Cooper. The 
 father was a native of \'irginia, but in an early 
 day removed to Indiana, locating in Greene 
 County. He was married in Edgar County, 111., 
 to Miss McRoberts, and they became the jiarents 
 of eleven children, namely: Frank M., Johiuiic, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Davis, William S., Charles A., Mrs. 
 Margaret C. Woodall, James A., George W., 
 Andrew J., Mar>- and Ella. Nine of the number 
 are now living. The mother of this family pas.sed 
 away on the 8th of Augu.st, 1876, but Ambrose 
 Cooper still sur\-i\-es and follows farming in 
 Indiana. He is a blacksmith by trade, and for 
 many years carried on that busine.ss, but now 
 gives his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. 
 
 Under the parental roof, Frank M. Cooper was 
 reared to manhood. Ere he left home his father 
 entered the army, enlisting in January-, 1861, as 
 a member of the Thirteenth Indiana Battery- . He 
 continued in the .ser\-ice until after the surrender 
 of Gen. Lee, and although he participated in a 
 number of important engagements was never 
 wounded or taken prisoner. When the war was 
 over he returned to his family, and Frank aided 
 him in the work of the farm until twenty-three 
 \-ears of age. Until the age of nineteen our sub- 
 ject spent the winter season in the district schools 
 of the neighborhood. He then went to college, 
 where he pursued his studies for a j'ear, thus 
 completing a good English education. 
 
 Mr. Cooper went to Warren County, 111., in 
 1 87 1, and three years later located in Henderson 
 County. On the ist of January, 1874, was cel- 
 ebrated his marriage with Miss Marj- E. Rya- 
 son, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Lee) 
 Ryason. Her father was one of the honored 
 pioneer settlers of this localitj', and here made 
 his home for many years. Her mother, who was 
 a niece of Gen. Lee, was a native of \'irginia, 
 but grew to womanhood in Indiana. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have been born six 
 children. Of these only four are now living. 
 Samuel A. was born October 3, 1874; Edward E., 
 September 24, 1876; Bertha I., April 5, 1880; 
 Sylva L., July 27, 1884; Lola F., May 8, 1887, 
 and Etta L., August 23, 1890. 
 
 Mr. Cooper devotes his time and energies to 
 stock-raising, having a good grade of horses, 
 cattle and hogs upon his farm. His business has 
 proved to him a profitable one, and by the .sale 
 of his .stock he has accumulated a comfortable 
 competence. He well deser\'es that his career 
 should l)e successful, for he is straightforward and 
 
 honorable in all dealings. Socially, Mr. Cooper 
 is connected with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America, and with the Sons of Veterans. In 
 politics, he is a supporter of Republican princi- 
 ples. Much of his life has been pa.ssed in Hen- 
 derson Countj', and he is recognized as a public- 
 spirited and progressive citizen, who gives his 
 support to all worthy enterprises. 
 
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 REV. RICE HARRIS, a minister of the Old- 
 School Baptist Church, who now has charge 
 of West Liberty Church, near Sperrj', Des 
 Moines County, Iowa, makes his home on section 
 25, Bear Creek Township, Hancock County, 111. 
 He was boni on the i ith of August, 1844, at Big 
 Neck, Adams County, 111., and is one of seven- 
 teen children whose parents were Solomon and 
 Lucinda (Barker) Harris, the former a native of 
 North Carolina, and the latter of Tennessee. Of 
 their family, Jesse, Nancy and Fannie are now de- 
 cea.sed; Solomon is living in Adams County; 
 George makes his home in Kansas; Lucinda is 
 the wife of Elder John Riley, of Adams County; 
 Mary is the wife of James Walters; Miner\-a is 
 the wife of Joseph Pond, of Monroe County, Mo.; 
 Jackson is living in Hancock County; Melinda is 
 the wife of Simon Kennedy, of McDonough 
 County; William is now deceased; Jane married 
 Milton Ri.ston, a resident of Washington; Sarah 
 wedded Jeremiah Hickock, of Kansas; Rice is the 
 next younger; Clark is living in Adams County. 
 The father of this family acquired such an educa- 
 tion as was afforded by the old-time subscription 
 schools. In 1850, he purcha.sed five hundred and 
 ten acres of partially improved land near Wood- 
 ville, Adams County, 111., and there carried on 
 general farming and stock-raising until 1866, 
 when he sold out and removed to Bowen, Han- 
 cock County. Retiring from active life, he there 
 purchased a home, and spent his remaining days 
 in the enjoj-ment of a well-earned re.st. He was 
 a prominent member of and active worker in the 
 Old-School Baptist Church, and was a life-long 
 Democrat. His many excellencies of character 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 493 
 
 gained for him the high regard of all with whom 
 he was brought in contact, and his death, which 
 occurred in Bowen, December 15, 1872, was 
 deeply mourned. His wife passed awa\- on the 
 30th of March, 1878. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of 
 Rice Harris, who spent his boyhood days upon 
 his father's farm, and conned his lessons in the 
 subscription schools of the neighborhood. Hav- 
 ing arrived at years of maturity, he was mar- 
 ried in June, 1863, to Miss Nancy Bolinger, of 
 Adams County, and six children were born of 
 their union, but three of the number are deceased. 
 Those living are: Lucinda Catherine, wife of Ly- 
 man HuflF; Annie Naomi, wife of James Roe, of 
 Missouri; and Emma Nanc\-, wife of Hannon 
 Crear, of Hancock County. On the 8th of Au- 
 gust, 1879, he was again married, his second 
 union being with Miss Emily Lower, of this coun- 
 ty. Eleven children have been born of this union, 
 but only eight are living, namely: Minerva 
 Maria, James Harvey, William R., Clarence 
 Franklin and Clara (twins), Joseph, Grover 
 Cleveland and an infant daughter. 
 
 In 1863, Mr. Harris engaged in operating land 
 belonging to his father on shares. In 1867, 
 he removed to Allen County, Kan., where he 
 purchased one hundred and seventj^ acres of wild 
 land, and for four years engaged in its cultivation 
 and improvement. He also carried on stock-rais- 
 ing until 1 87 1, when he traded his Kansas farm 
 for ninetj'-one and a-half acres on section 25, 
 Bear Creek Township, Hancock County, and, re- 
 moving hither, has since been engaged in general 
 farming, and has extended the boundaries of his 
 farm until he now owns one hundred and sixtj- 
 acres. He has a well-improved place, and its 
 neat and thrifty appearance indicates the careful 
 supervision of the owner. 
 
 In i860. Rev. Mr. Harris united with the Old- 
 School Bapti.st Church, and in Januarj-, 1861, he 
 began preaching, although he was not ordained 
 as a regular minister until 1863. He has had 
 charge of various churches in Adams and Han- 
 cock Counties, and has also been pa.stor of the 
 Coles Creek Church in Kansas. He aided in 
 framing the constitutions of three churches in 
 
 Kansas, which now form the Turkey Creek As- 
 sociation, and ordained the first Old-School Bap- 
 tist preacher of that State. His brother, George 
 Harris, is now an ordained Elder and Clerk of 
 that association. Our subject has been in charge 
 of his present pastorate for about nine years, and, 
 in connection with Elder B. R. Warren, has 
 charge of the home church at Bethel. He is a 
 member of Basco Lodge No. 618, A. F. & A. M., 
 has been a life-long Democrat, and has been hon- 
 ored with various local offices. The best interests 
 of the community ever find in him a friend, and 
 his hearty support and co-operation are ever given 
 to worthy enterprises. He is honored by all who 
 know him for his .sterling worth, and throughout 
 the community he has a large circle of friends and 
 acquaintances who esteem him highly. 
 
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 NERVEY BRIMHALL is the owner of a 
 valuable farm of two hundred and sixty-six 
 acres on section 2 1 , Rozetta Township, Hen- 
 derson County. The care and cultivation which 
 he has bestowed upon his land have resulted in 
 making it one of the finest farms of the com- 
 munity. He is a native of McHenry County, 
 111., born October 24, 1844, and on the paternal 
 side is of English descent. His parents were 
 Samuel and Caroline (Mills) Brimhall, the for- 
 mer a native of New York, and the latter of 
 Indiana. The family luimbered five children: 
 Adelia A., now deceased; Hervey, of this sketch; 
 Elmer, who is engaged in the real-estate business 
 in Chicago; and Andrew and Nancy E., both de- 
 ceased. The father of this family removed from 
 the Empire State to Dearborn Count)-, Ind., 
 when about fifteen years of age, the journey 
 westward being made by team. The family were 
 among the pioneer .settlers. Samuel Brimhall there 
 grew to manhood, and in the Hoosier State was 
 married. In 1843, he went with his wife and 
 daughter to McHenr\- County, 111., where he 
 purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, 
 upon which he made his home until 1845. He 
 then came to Henderson Countv on horseback to 
 
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 look up a location, and the following year brought 
 his family, the journey being made with an ox- 
 team and wagon. He purchased forty acres of 
 land from the Government, and one hundred and 
 sixty acres which had already been entered, on 
 sections i8 and 20, and then erected a log cabin 
 20x20 feet. This was mo.stly timber-land. He 
 at once began to clear and improve it, and made 
 his home thereon until i860, when he took up his 
 residence in Kirkwood, where he made his home 
 until his death. He passed away August i, 1888, 
 and was laid to rest in Kirkwood Cemetery. He 
 held membership with the Baptist Church, and 
 for many years was a preacher of the Gospel, 
 working in the ministry in Mercer, Warren and 
 Henderson Counties. He also spent two years as 
 a preacher in Chicago. He was one of nature's 
 noblemen, faithful to every trust reposed in him, 
 and his example was one well worthy of emulation. 
 His wife, w'lio was a consistent member of the 
 same church, passed away November 3, 1859. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was reared to manhood upon his father's farm in 
 Henderson County, whither he came with his 
 parents when only three years of age. The sub- 
 scription schools afforded him his educational 
 privileges, but he is largely self-educated, having 
 gained much of his knowledge through business 
 experience, reading, and contact with the world. 
 He began to earn his own livelihood when seven- 
 teen years of age by working as a farm hand, 
 and was thus employed until the 8th of August, 
 1862, when he enlisted for the late war as a 
 private of Company K, Eighty-fourth Illinois 
 Infantry. He was mustered into .service in Quin- 
 cy, and after going to the South took part in the 
 battles of Murfreesboro and Stone River, together 
 with other engagements. When the war was 
 over he received his final di.scharge at Camp But- 
 ler, June 15, 1865. 
 
 Mr. Brimhall then returned to Henderson 
 County, and began working at the carpenter's 
 trade, which he followed for about three years. 
 Since that time he has engaged principally in 
 fanning, but has also worked at carpentering to 
 some extent. His landed possessions now aggre- 
 gate three hundred and ninety-eight acres, includ- 
 
 ing eight acres which his father secured from the 
 Government almost half a century ago. In con- 
 nection with general farming he carries on stock- 
 raising, and in both branches of his business he 
 has met with good success. His farm is improved 
 with good buildings, and is supplied with all 
 modern accessories and conveniences. 
 
 On the ist of November, 1866, Mr. Brimhall 
 wedded Miss Mar\- L. Alaman, and by their 
 union have been born six children; Ida N., who 
 was born October 31, 1867, and is the wife of 
 Gideon T. Dixon, a merchant of Biggsville, by 
 whom she has a daughter, Elsie; Ross, born Jan- 
 uary 19, 1871; H. Elmer, born August 2, 1875; 
 Frank A., born February 9, 1881; Carie B., 
 born April 24, 1884; and Leroy B., born Novem- 
 ber 6, 1885. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Brimhall is a stanch 
 Republican. He has held the offices of Justice of 
 the Peace and School Director, and is a member 
 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Always 
 found on the side of right and order, he is re- 
 garded as one of the leading and highly respected 
 citizens of the community, and well deserves rep- 
 resentation in the histon,' of his adopted countj-. 
 
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 lIELIAM A. WIEGAND, one of Hender- 
 son County's self-made men, who is now 
 engaged in general farming and stock- 
 dealing, was born on the 25th of September, 
 1862, in Oquawka, and is of German descent. 
 His father, William Wiegand, who was a native 
 of Philippsthal, Hessen Cassel, Gennany, was 
 born Augu.st 15, 1828. In November, 1848, 
 he came to this country, and, taking up his 
 residence in St. Louis, was there married, 
 in 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Goempler, also a 
 native of Philippsthal. In May, 1852, the 
 family located in Henderson Count}-, and after 
 some years spent upon the farm where our sub- 
 ject now resides, the parents removed to Oquawka. 
 The mother was called to her final rest October 
 20, 1892. In the family were the following chil- 
 
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 495 
 
 dreii: Mrs. Minnie Fliege, Mrs. Christina Jami- 
 son, August and William A. 
 
 We now take up the personal histor>- of our 
 subject, who in the usual manner of farm lads 
 grew to years of maturity, his educational privi- 
 leges being those afforded by the common schools. 
 As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey, 
 he chose Mi.ss Annie Keener, a daughter of Mar- 
 tin Keener, one of the honored pioneers and 
 highly respected citizens of Henderson County. 
 Their marriage was celebrated on the 14th of 
 Februar\-, 1884,, and has been ble.s.sed with a 
 family of three children: Louis A., Elizabeth S. 
 and William. 
 
 Mr. Wiegand received a small share of the home 
 farm as his part of the estate, and in 1892 he 
 purchased the interests of the other heirs, becom- 
 ing the owner of two hundred and twenty acres 
 of valuable land. He is practically a .self-made 
 man, his possessions having been acquired through 
 his own industrj', perseverance and good man- 
 agement. His land is now under a high state of 
 cultivation, and the place is improved with good 
 buildings and all the accessories of a model farm. 
 Mr. Wiegand is a member of the Odd Fellows' 
 society and the Knights of Pythias society, and 
 his wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church. All 
 who know him esteem him highly for his strict 
 integrity and sterling worth. 
 
 
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 QhARLES HOMER McMAHAN follows 
 1 1 farming on .section 25, Wilcox Township, 
 \J Hancock County, where he owns two hun- 
 dred and two and a-half acres of good land, which 
 is under a high state of cultivation and well im- 
 proved with all modern accessories and conven- 
 iences. It is complete in all its appointments, and 
 is regarded as one of the desirable and valuable 
 farms of the locality. The owner is a native of 
 this county, his Ijirth having occurred in Wythe 
 Townshi]), December 4, 1861. His father, Robert 
 MciMahan, was one of the honored early .settlers 
 of the count}-, and is represented on another page 
 of this work. 
 
 Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and 
 \outli upon the old homestead farm, and in the 
 district schools of the neighborhood acquired a 
 good English education. His early advantages 
 were also supplemented by one year's attendance 
 at Carthage College. Mr. McMahan, like a duti- 
 ful sou, gave his father the benefit of his .services 
 until he had attained his majority, when he pur- 
 chased land and located upon his own farm, ad- 
 joining the old horae.stead. Here he has resided 
 since March, 18S3, successfully engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits. He is industrious and enter- 
 pri.sing, and his well-directed efforts have brought 
 to him success. 
 
 On the 22d of March, 1883, Mr. McMahan led 
 to the marriage altar Mi.ss Eva Knox, a daughter 
 of Harrison O. Knox, one of the substantial 
 farmers of Hancock County. The father came 
 here at an early day, and bore his part in the de- 
 velopment and upbuilding of the community. 
 Mrs. McMahan has here spent her entire life, and 
 is both wideh' and favorably known. Unto our 
 subject and his wife have been born four children, 
 all sons: Carl, Robert, Raymond and George. 
 
 In politics, Mr. McMahan has been a stanch 
 Democrat since casting his first Presidential vote 
 for the country's chief executive, Grover Cleve- 
 land, in 1884. He warmly advocates the princi- 
 ples of the Democracy and never fails to support 
 its men and measures. He takes an active in- 
 terest in local politics, and has been honored with 
 some official positions. He was elected and 
 served for four consecutive terms as Township 
 Clerk, was chosen to the office of Supervisor, and 
 is now filling that position for the fourth time. 
 He is a leading member of the County Board, and 
 has always served as a delegate to the County 
 Conventions .since attaining to man's estate. In 
 whatever position he has been called upon to fill, 
 he has proved a faithful and efficient officer, dis- 
 charging his duties with promptness and fidelity. 
 He holds membenship with the Christian Church 
 of Wythe, and, socially, is connected with the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the En- 
 campment. Of the former he is Past Grand. 
 His wife has taken the Rebecca Degree in the 
 Odd Fellows' society. She is an estimable lady, 
 
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 and hasmatiN- friends throughout this community. 
 Mr. McMahan has led an honorable, upright 
 life, and his strict integrity and sterling worth 
 have gained for him the respect and confidence of 
 all with whom business or social relations have 
 brought him in contact. 
 
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 ICJATHANIEL H. CAYWOOD, one of the 
 ry prominent and influential citizens of Han- 
 1^ cock County, was born in Ulster County, 
 N. Y. , near Newburgh, and is the son of Charles 
 and Elizabeth (Harcourt) Cay wood, the former a 
 native of Orange County, N. Y., and the latter of 
 Ulster County. After their marriage they lived 
 for a time in the la.st-named county, and then re- 
 moved to Dutchess County, N. Y., where the fa- 
 ther of our subject engaged in farming and dairy- 
 ing until September, 1847. In that year he emi- 
 grated Westward to Washtenaw County, Mich., 
 and purchased eighty acres of partially improved 
 land, upon which he lived for two jears. In 
 1849 he became a resident of Clinton County, 
 that State, and, purchasing one hundred and four- 
 teen acres of land, he there again carried on the 
 dairj' business in connection with farming. The 
 j-ear 1859 witnessed his arrival in Illinois. For 
 two years he rented a farm in Adams County, 
 and in 1861 came to Hancock County, where he 
 purchased an eighty-acre tract of land on section 
 14, Bear Creek Township. Two years later he 
 removed to a farm on section 18, becoming owner 
 of about one hundred and sixty acres, which he 
 cultivated and improved for two years, when, in 
 1865, he sold out. His next property was a tract 
 of one hundred and sixty acres on .section 27, 
 Wythe Township, and there he made his home 
 from 1865 until 1869. At the last-named date 
 he emigrated to Johnson County, Neb., where he 
 purchased an unimproved farm of one hundred 
 and sixty acres. Mr. Caywood was a prominent 
 and influential citizen, who took a deep interest 
 in everything that pertained to the welfare of the 
 community. The cause of education found in 
 him a warm friend, and he did effective .service 
 
 in its behalf. He was an active and faithful mem- 
 ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, contrib- 
 uted liberally to its support, and did all in his 
 power for its upbuilding. By his right of fran- 
 chise he supported the Republican party. In 
 1885 he went to Kansas to live with a son, and 
 there died on the 6th of September, 1887. His 
 wife passed away September 22, 1867, while liv- 
 ing in Wythe Township. 
 
 In the Caywood family were nine children, 
 namely: AmiaS., now deceased; Nathaniel H., 
 who is the .second in order of birth; Eliza Jane, 
 who resides in the State of Washington; Charles 
 B. and Sarah N., both of whom are deceased; 
 Joseph R., a resident of Crete, Neb.; Caroline, 
 deceased; J. W." of Kansas; and Charles A., who 
 has also departed this life. 
 
 The public schools of his native State afforded 
 Nathaniel Caywood his educational privileges. 
 He accompanied his parents on their various re- 
 movals until 1858, when he purchased forty acres 
 of unimproved land in Clinton County, Mich. Of 
 this he cleared a small portion, but soon disposed 
 of it, and on the 19th of March we find him in 
 Quincy, 111., where he worked at any vocation 
 that would yield him an honest livelihood. It 
 was during that year that he made a shipment of 
 fine, black Morgan horses to Quincy. On the 
 loth of July, 1S61, he took up his residence in 
 Bear Creek Township, Hancock County, and the 
 following year he purchased a farm in Adams 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Caywood was married on the 2d of Oc- 
 tober, 1862, the ladj'ofhis choice being Mi.ss Ellen 
 Huff, a native of Schuyler County, 111. Five 
 children graced this union, but John C. and Orrin 
 H. are the only ones now living. Eva V., Addie 
 and .Sadie are all now deceased. The year after 
 his marriage, our subject embarked in the grocery 
 and grain business in Bentley, and successfully 
 conducted operations along that line for a year. 
 In 1864 he removed to Bear Creek Township and 
 operated a rented farm until 1S66, when he en- 
 gaged in raising the osage-orange hedge plant. 
 This enterprise also jtroved fairly profitable. In 
 1870 he embarked in general farming on section 
 33, and the following year he removed to Basco, 
 
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 where he engaged in tlie butchering business 
 until 1872, when he sold out and began dealing 
 in grain. His time and attention were given to 
 that enterprise for seven xears. In 1 8S0 he bought 
 a drug store, which he has since conducted. He 
 has met svith good success in his undertakings, 
 and has a good .store in Basco, supplied with 
 everything found in his line, and from the public 
 he receives a liberal patronage. 
 
 Through the greater part of his life, Mr. Cay- 
 wood has been a member of the Masonic frater- 
 nity, and .since 1873 he has l:>een connected with 
 Basco Lodge No. 61S, A. F. A- A. M. In poli- 
 tics, he is a Democrat, and has been elected on 
 that ticket to various offices. He .served as Con- 
 stable, was Assessor two terms. Collector and 
 Town Clerk for one term each, and has been Jus- 
 tice of the Peace and Notarj- Public for many 
 years. On the 2d of November, 1885, he was ap- 
 pointed Postmaster of Basco by President Cleve- 
 land, and continued to fill the office until Ma)-, 
 1889. He is now serving as Police Magistrate 
 and Notan,' Public. In the various positions he 
 has filled he has discharged his duties with a 
 promptness and fidelity that have won him the 
 commendation of all concerned. He is true to 
 ever)- public and private trust, and is recognized 
 as one of the valued citizens of the community. 
 His wife holds membership with the Bapti.st 
 Church, and is one of its active workers. 
 
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 0AMUEL MICKEY, decea.sed, was born in 
 /\ Richland County, Ohio, on the 22d of No- 
 Q) vember, 1827. His father, Robert Mickey, 
 was a native of Westmoreland Count)-, Pa., and 
 was of Scotch-Irish descent. He moved thence to 
 Ohio, and lived upon a farm, where Samuel was 
 born. Samuel Mickey was brought up on the 
 farm, but when he reached manhood he became 
 discontented with his surroundings. Hearing of 
 the discoveries of gold in California, he thought it 
 a great opportunity, and in the spring of 1850 
 joined the army of emigrants then streaming west- 
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 ward. He was one of that vast number of young 
 men who followed the awful trail of 1849, marked 
 by wrecks of suffering and death. He crossed the 
 Great American Desert, as it was then' known, 
 behind .slow-moving teams of horses and cattle, 
 and amidst peril, privation and ceaseless hard- 
 ships. The Indians were on the war-path, and 
 another more dreadful foe, the cholera, .spread 
 from ocean to ocean. 
 
 The true histor)- of this great movement has yet 
 to be written. No poet has arisen to immortalize 
 their achievements in verse. They had no Jason 
 to lead them, no oracles to prophesy success, nor 
 enchantments to avert dangers, but, like self-reli- 
 ant Americans, they pre.s.sed forward to the land of 
 promise, and traversed thousands of miles where 
 the Greek heroes traveled hundreds. 
 
 After spending a year in the gold fields of Cal- 
 ifornia he returned to his home in Ohio, and moved 
 from thence to Oquawka, 111., where he lived ten 
 years. In 1852 he was married to Jane Cousland, 
 daughter of William and Mary (Palmer) Cous- 
 land. To this union he a.scribed a large share of his 
 .succe.ss in life. He continued to reside in Oquawka 
 until 1862, when he removed to a farm in Bald 
 Bluff Township, Henderson County, where he 
 made his home until 1865. He then went to the 
 farm on which he spent his remaining days, and to 
 its cultivation and improvement devoted his ener- 
 gies until that Mes.senger which pursues us all' 
 came and called him away. 
 
 He was honored, respected and beloved in every 
 relation of life. He was not a man of books, and the 
 education he possessed other than what he received 
 in the common schools was acquired in the rugged 
 and busy affairs of life. The wisdom he had was 
 consequently keener and higher than that obtained 
 from libraries. He was endowed with great nat- 
 ural powers, a firm will and great energy; his ideas 
 were broad and comprehensive; his tastes were 
 simple, and he cared nothing for show; adversity 
 but stimulated him to exertion; pro.si)erity but in- 
 crea.sed his desire and power for good. When 
 misfortunes crossed and obstructed his pathway, 
 he met them with a defiant determination, that 
 either swept aside or surmounted them . At every 
 step in life he acted upon the principle that "a 
 
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 good name is rather to be chosen than great 
 riches," and so now he sleeps in honor without 
 stain or blemish among those he loved and knew. 
 
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 ATOHN TWEED, who owns and operates a 
 I good farm of one hundred and twentj- acres 
 (jj on section 14, Gladstone Township, is a 
 native of Ross County, Ohio, born July 19, 1829. 
 His father, John Tweed, Sr., was born in Vir- 
 ginia, on the 17th of April, 1797, and was one of 
 a family of six children, namely; Mrs. Mar}- 
 Rittenhonr, Jesse, John, Mrs. Margaret Wyck- 
 ofif, Abraham and Mrs. Catherine Jackson. 
 John Tweed, vSr., spent the first seven years of 
 his life in the Old Dominion, and then became a 
 resident of Ross County, Ohio, where he re- 
 mained until he was twenty-five years of age. 
 He served as a soldier for three years in the War 
 of 18 1 2, and was Captain of a company during 
 the Black Hawk War. At the age of twenty- 
 five, Mr. Tweed removed to Warren County, Ind. 
 He was married about 1822 to Keziah Hinson, a 
 native of Ross County, Ohio. They continued to 
 make their home in Indiana until 1841, when 
 they came to Henderson County, 111., where the 
 mother of our subject died in July, 1845. In 
 "April, 1846, Mr. Tweed married Sarah Dunn. 
 During his entire residence in this State he fol- 
 lowed farming. He also engaged in .stock-rais- 
 ing, and brought the first Arabian stock to this 
 county. On the 27th of vSeptember, 1856, he 
 was called to the home beyond, and his remains 
 were interred in the Kemp Cemetery. In his 
 family were eight children, as follows: Mrs. 
 Catherine Osborn; Maria, who is now deceased; 
 John, of this sketch; vSarah J., deceased; Henry; 
 Abraham, who died in early life; Mrs. Mary 
 Ward, and Jesse, who died in childhood. 
 
 Mr. Tweed of this sketch has long lived in 
 Henderson County, and has witnessed the greater 
 part of its growth and development. He was 
 reared here amid the wild scenes of frontier life, 
 for during his boyhood much of the land of the 
 county was still in its primitive condition, many 
 
 of the now thriving villages were mere hamlets, 
 or had not yet sprung into existence, and the 
 work of progress and civilization seemed just be- 
 ginning. He attended school for only about 
 eleven months altogether, but extensive reading, 
 business experience and observation have made 
 him one of the best-informed farmers of this lo- 
 cality. 
 
 On the 26th of October, 1865, Mr. Tweed was 
 united in marriage with Miss Harriet C. Lynn, 
 who was born in Henderson County, and is a 
 daughter of E. W. Lynn, one of the earliest 
 settlers and most highly' respected citizens of this 
 community. To our subject and wife have been 
 born no children, but out of the kindness of their 
 hearts they have given homes to seven orphan 
 children, carefully and tenderly rearing them, 
 and some of the number are an honor to their 
 fo.ster parents. The poor and needy always find 
 in them friends, and their lives have been filled 
 with good deeds, quietly and imostentatiously 
 performed. 
 
 Mr. Tweed has met with many difficulties and 
 obstacles in his path. Much sickness and the 
 loss of a leg have been barriers in his way to suc- 
 cess, but with a resolute will and a strong de- 
 termination, he has steadily worked his way up- 
 ward, and, although not wealthy, he is comfort- 
 ably situated, having a good farm of one hundred 
 and twenty acres, which yields to him a com- 
 fortable income. He is widely known, and well 
 merits the high esteem in which he is held. 
 
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 0R. JOHN R. MILLER, who is succes.sfully 
 engaged in the practice of the medical pro- 
 fe.ssion in Elvaston, where he also carries on 
 a drug store, is a prominent and progre.ssive 
 citizen, and it is with pleasure that we present to 
 our readers this record of his life work. A native 
 of Penn.sylvania, he was born in Beaver County, 
 near Frankfort Springs, on the 12th of August, 
 1827, and is a sou of John Miller. The father 
 was also born in the Keystone State, and was of 
 Iri.sh and vScotch descent. He married Mis.s 
 
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 Amelia Ramsey, and to them was horn a faiiiil)- 
 of eight children, nameh-: John R. of this 
 sketch: James, Samuel, David, Oliver, Mary, 
 Amelia, and one child who died in infancy. 
 
 Dr. Miller's mother died in 1847, and three 
 years later John Miller married Mary Henderson, 
 and soon after removed to Ohio. He afterwards 
 .spent a few years in Virginia, and then removed 
 to Wellsville, Ohio. In 1882 the Doctor brought 
 his father and step-mother West, gave them a 
 home ill his family, and tenderly cared for them 
 in their old age. Mr. Miller died in 1889, having 
 attained the age of eight\-nine years, his wife 
 having gone to the home beyond a few years 
 previously . 
 
 The Doctor spent the da\s of his boyhood and 
 youth upon the homestead farm and in the village 
 where his parents lived. He received his educa- 
 tion in the village .school of Kendall, Beaver Coun- 
 ty, where he completed his literary course. His 
 father carried on a store in Kendall, Pa., and 
 in it John R. was employed as a clerk until 
 twenty-three years of age; but, desiring to follow 
 some other pursuit, he had taken up the study of 
 medicine when a yovuig man of twenty years. He 
 continued reading through his leisure hours until 
 1853, when he entered the medical college of 
 Cleveland, Ohio. In the .spring of 1854, he be- 
 gan practice, locating in what is now Holt, 
 Beaver County, Pa. There he continued until 
 i860, when he entered the medical college of 
 Keokuk, Iowa, from which institution he was 
 graduated in the spring of 1861. 
 
 Soon after, Dr. Miller opened an office in 1{I- 
 vaston, and has since engaged in practice in this 
 place, with the exception of a few years .spent in 
 Keokuk, Iowa, where he has a fine residence 
 property. He soon secured a good patronage, 
 which has steadily increased, and he is now do- 
 ing an excellent business, his skill and ability 
 having won him the confidence of the entire com- 
 munity. He is a clo.se student of his ])rofession, 
 and alwaj's keeps abreast with everything con- 
 nected therewith. In i8,S8, he e.stabli.shed a 
 drug store, which he yet carries on, and in addition 
 to this he supervises his excellent farm of three 
 hundred acres, which lies near to the town. 
 
 On the 20th of February, 1S50, Dr. Miller led 
 to the marriage altar Miss Eliza Kenned}', and to 
 them have been born ten children, namelj': two 
 who died in infancy; John A., who is at present 
 engaged in the practice of the medical pro- 
 fession in connection with his father; Samuel H., 
 a farmer; Mar\- A., who became the wife of 
 Charles Martui, and died in 1883; Maggie, 
 wife of George Walker, a farmer of this county; 
 Emma, wife of Dr. C. A. Runyon, of Elvaston; 
 Clara, wifeof F. W. Hamann, of Elvaston; James 
 A., a Presbyterian minister, now engaged in 
 mi-ssionan- work in Pekin, China; andRomanna, 
 wife of Wesley C. Ewing, also a farmer of this 
 place. 
 
 Mrs. Miller's parents were Samuel and Jane 
 (Bryan) Keimedy, who were natives of Beaver 
 County, Pa., and of Iri.sh de.scent. Mr. Ken- 
 nedv followed farming, and died at the age of 
 seventy-eight years, in the same neighborhood 
 where he was born, his wife having passed away 
 a few years previous, at the age of seventy-three. 
 They had a family of eleven children, of whom 
 eight grew to maturit\-, three dying in child- 
 hood. Five are living at this writing. Martha 
 became the wife of William Campbell, who died 
 a few years later, after which she married Cyprian 
 Wright, who is also decea.sed. She resides in 
 Taylor County, Iowa. John and Samuel S. 
 are farming on the old homestead. Margaret 
 is the wife of Alex Ewing, a farmer of Beaver 
 County, Pa. Mrs. Miller received a good educa- 
 tion in the schools of her native county, and 
 was a successful teacher for .several >-ears Ijefore 
 her marriage to Dr. .Miller. She is an intelli- 
 gent, cultured woman, an active member of the 
 Presbyterian Church, and has taught a cla.ss in 
 its Sabbath school for many years. 
 
 Mr. Miller is a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and takes an active interest in its work 
 and uiibuilding. In jiolitics, he is a supporter of 
 the Democratic partv , and has held .several local 
 offices. He served as A.s.se.ssor of his township, 
 was also Supervi.sor, and has been President of 
 the Board of Education in Elvaston. During his 
 long residence in this place the Doctor has be- 
 come wideh' known. He has a pleasant, social 
 
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 manner, and his many excellencies of character 
 have gained for him the high regard of all with 
 whom he has been brought in contact. He is a 
 leader in both professional and social circles, and 
 few men are more favorably known than Doctor 
 Miller. 
 
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 ^OHN B. CROSE, who carries on general farni- 
 I ing and stock-raising on section 21, town- 
 C? ship 12 north, range 4 west, is an enterpris- 
 ing and progressive man, and a worthy representa- 
 tive of the agriculturalintere,sts of this commun- 
 ity. He has the honor of being a native of Illi- 
 nois, for his birth occurred in McLean County on 
 the 1 6th of September, 185 1. The family, how- 
 ever, is of German lineage. The grandfather, 
 John Crose, and the father, Andrew Cro.se, were 
 l)otli natives of Ohio, and followed farming in 
 that State. The latter was united in marriage 
 with Miss Margaret J. Erwin, daughter of Robert 
 Erwin, and they became the parents of the follow- 
 ing children: Elizabeth, widow of John Grable; 
 John B., of this sketch; Rosanna, deceased, wife 
 of L. M. Beeding; William R., of Henderson 
 County; and one son and daughter who died in 
 infancy. 
 
 In the autunni of 1853, Andrew^ Crose removed 
 with his famil\- from McLean to Henderson Coun- 
 ty. Our subject was then only three years of 
 age. The family located on a rented farm on 
 .section 29, township 12 north, range 4 west, and 
 later the father purchased one hundred and sixtj* 
 acres of land on the sanie .section. Upon the old 
 homestead John was reared to manhood, liis boy- 
 hood days being passed midst play and work. 
 He also attended the district schools of the neigh- 
 borhood, where he acquired a fair English educa- 
 tion. To his father he gave the benefit of his 
 services initil twent\ -one years of age, when, in 
 1873, he removed to Hamilton County, Iowa, and 
 began farming for him.self. He there remained 
 for six months, after which he returned to Illi- 
 nois. Here he farmed upon rented land until 
 1880, when, with the capital he had acquired 
 through perseverance, iudiistr_\' and economy, he 
 
 purchased one hundred and forty acres of land on 
 
 .section i , township 1 1 north, range 5 west, op- 
 erating the same until 1S88. In the spring of 
 that year he traded his first farm for eighty acres 
 of the farm on which he now resides. From time 
 to time, however, he has added to this until now 
 two hundred and .sixty-six acres of rich and valua- 
 ble land paj' tribute to his care and cultivation. In 
 connection with general farmiug he carries on 
 .stock-raising, making a specialty of Percheron 
 and Norman horses. His home is a comfortable 
 dwelling, and his barns and outbuildings add to 
 the thrifty condition of the place. 
 
 On the gth of Januarj-, 1873, Mr. Crose was 
 united in marriage with Miss Erniina E. Ryason, 
 daughter of George \V. and Mary A. (Carney) 
 Rj'ason, and a native of La Grange County, Ind. 
 The\- have an adopted daughter, Fannie M., wife 
 of William W. Crose, of Mercer County, 111. 
 
 Mr. Crose has served as School Director of his 
 di.strict for one term, but has never sought or de- 
 sired the honors or emoluments of public office. 
 He cast his first Presidential vote for Horace 
 Greeley, and has since affiliated with the Democ- 
 racy. In his business dealings he has met with 
 good success. He does not easily give up an un- 
 dertaking, and as the result of a resolute purpo.se 
 and judicious management he has acquired a 
 hand.some competence, becoming one of the sub- 
 stantial citizens of the communitv. 
 
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 (Tames W. SAVIDGE, who carries on gen- 
 I eral farming on section 9, Hancock Town.ship, 
 (2/ Hancock County, was born in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, February 21, 1853. His father, 
 George Savidge, was a native of Muskingum 
 County, Ohio, his birth occurring near Zanesville, 
 August 22, 1813. His parents were Thomas and 
 Annie (Laverige) Savidge, and their famil>- num- 
 bered thirteen children, six sons and se\'en daugh- 
 ters. Their .son George was reared u])on the old 
 homestead farm, and on attaining his majority be- 
 gan life for himself In his youth he learned the 
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 The year 1853 witnessed his arrival in Illinois. 
 He located in Mercer Countj-, but after a short 
 time came to Hancock County, settling upon a 
 farm in Hancock Township, which he still 
 makes his home. He purcha.sed eighty acres of 
 good land and has made it a rich and valuable 
 tract. In politics, he is a supporter of the Re- 
 publican party, and is one of the enterprising and 
 highly-respected citizens of the community. On 
 the 29th of August, 1839, he wedded Miss Re- 
 membrance Budd, and unto them were born seven 
 children, three yet living. The wife and mother, 
 however, passed away in 1893. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 accompanied his parents to Hancock County dur- 
 ing the days of his infancy, and in the usual 
 manner of farmer lads he spent the days of his 
 boyhood and youth on the old Savidge homestead. 
 He attended the district schools during the winter 
 .season, and during the summer months he aided 
 in the labors of the farm, for as soon as old enough 
 he began to handle the plow, and has since car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuit.s. At the age of 
 twenty -three, he began farming in connection 
 with his father. His business interests have been 
 attended with succe.ss as the result of his enter- 
 prise, perseverance and well-directed efforts, and 
 he now owns two hundred and eighty acres of 
 arable land. It is all in one body, but is .situated 
 on .sections 9, 10, 15 and 16. Part of this is de- 
 voted to pa.sturage, but one hundred and forty- 
 five acres are under a high state of cultivation, 
 and in connection with general farming the own- 
 er is successfully engaged in stock-raising. 
 
 On the 4th of July, 1875, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Savidge and Mi.ss Lizzie Fletch- 
 er, daughter of James D. and Martha Fletcher. 
 Their union has been blessed with four children, 
 namely: Willard; John; Dora, who died April 
 13, 1888; and another. Mr. and Mrs. Savidge 
 are well-known people in this community and 
 have the high regard of all with whom they have 
 been brought in contact. Mr. Savidge exerci.ses 
 his right of suffrage in .support of the Republican 
 party, with which he has affiliated since attaining 
 his majority. The best interests of the commun- 
 itv ever find in him a friend, and his hearty sup- 
 
 port and co-operation are ever given to those en- 
 terprises which are calculated to advance the gen- 
 eral welfare. His sterling worth and .strict integ- 
 rity have made him a leading citizen of the com- 
 munity and one well worthy of representation in 
 the history of his adopted county. 
 
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 RICHARD FOULKES since 1874 has been 
 engaged in the milling business in Hender- 
 son County. He is a native of Wales, his 
 birth having occurred in that countrj' on the 7th 
 of April, 1825. His parents, Richard and Ann 
 (Thomas) Foulkes, were also born there. Their 
 family numbered three children, two sons and a 
 daughter: Richard, of this sketch; Elizabeth, 
 widow of Ed Farrier, of Sperrj", Iowa; and Ed- 
 ward, who makes his home in Chicago. The 
 father of this family was a farmer, and died when 
 our subject was only twelve years of age. 
 
 Richard F'oulkes acquired the greater part of 
 his education in his native land, but also attended 
 .school for a short time in Utica, N. Y. He left 
 his childhood's home in 1844, crossing the broad 
 Atlantic to America, and on reaching the shores 
 of the New World took up his residence in Utica, 
 where he worked at the miller's trade for two 
 years, having learned the .same ere his emigra- 
 tion. In 1846, he became a resident of Cleveland, 
 Ohio and in that city carried on the milling 
 business until 1849, when he removed to Akron, 
 Ohio. Three years were there pas.sed, and in 
 1852 he went to Iowa, locating in Burlington, 
 where he successfully engaged in milling for a 
 number of years. 
 
 During his residence in the Hawkeye State, 
 Mr. Foulkes was joined in wedlock with Miss 
 Mary A. Evans, a daughter of David and Eliza- 
 beth (Jones) Evans. Her parents were natives 
 of Wales, and at an early day crossed the briny 
 deep, locating in Quebec, Canada. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. F^oulkes have been born six children, four 
 sons and two daughters, and the famih- circle yet 
 remains unbroken. George R., the eldest, is now 
 living in Galesburg, 111.; Mary G. is the wife of 
 
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 D. Morton, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles J. 
 makes his home in Denmark, Iowa; Minnie N. 
 is the wife of Samuel Cobel, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; 
 David G. also resides in Los Angeles; and Perrj- 
 L. is located in the same city. 
 
 Mr. Foulkes continued in the milling business 
 in Burlington until 1874, when he crossed the 
 Mi-ssissippi into Henderson County, and has since 
 carried on business as the proprietor of the Hen- 
 derson River Mill, commonh- known as Foulkes" 
 Mill. This enterprise has proved remunerative, 
 and yields to him a comfortable competence. The 
 owner is a man of enterprise and industry, which, 
 combined with his sagacity and foresight, has 
 made him one of the prosperous citizens of the 
 community. He exercises his right of franchise 
 in support of the Republican party, but has had 
 neither time nor inclination to seek public office. 
 He belongs to Washington Lodge No. i, I. O. 
 O. F., of Burlington, Iowa, and he and his wife 
 are members of the Episcopal Church. In the 
 community where the\- live the>- are widely and 
 favorably known, and it is with pleasure that we 
 present to our readers this record of their lives. 
 
 eEORGE W. DITTO, one of the highly re- 
 spected and prominent citizens of Henderson 
 County, now living on section 5, township 
 12 north, range 4 we.st, has here engaged in 
 farming for forty-two years. As he is both widely 
 and favorably known in this community, we feel 
 assured that the record of his life will prove of in- 
 terest to many of our readers. A native of Ohio, 
 he was born in Shelby County, March 29, 1820, 
 and comes of a family of French origin. His fa- 
 ther, Andrew Ditto, was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 from whence he emigrated to the Buckeye State, 
 and thence to Illinois, locating in Mercer County 
 in 1836. By occupation he was a fanner, and 
 made that pursuit his life work. He married 
 Margaret Wyland, who was of Dutch descent, 
 and they became the parents of ten children, 
 namely: John W. and Sarah, both of whom are 
 now deceased; George \V.; Frank, who is living 
 
 in Gladstone, 111.; Betsy, widow of Benjamin Fox, 
 of Oregon; Samuel, of Seaton, 111.; Levi, who is 
 located in Kansas; Andrew J., who resides near 
 Gladstone; Barbara, widow of John Cotton; and 
 Louis N., who makes his home in Henderson 
 County. 
 
 George \V. Ditto was a youth of onlj- sixteen 
 summers when with his parents he came to Illi- 
 nois. He began his education in his native coun- 
 ty, and after coming West received but limited 
 privileges along that line. He has experienced 
 all of the hardships and trials of life on the fron- 
 tier, and has aided in the arduous task of devel- 
 oping wild land. After coming to Illinois, he 
 entered the employ of John Rumley, a farmer of 
 Mercer County, with whom he remained for a 
 year and a-half The succeeding winter he .spent 
 in Sangamon County, and then returned to Mer- 
 cer County, where he engaged in breaking 
 prairie until 1840. In that year he went to Texas, 
 and .spent the next decade in the Lone Star 
 State. During that time he was quite extensive- 
 ly engaged in cattle-dealing, driving cattle from 
 Shreveport, Tex. 
 
 In 1850, Mr. Ditto returned to Illinois, and on 
 the 9th of March, 1851, he wedded Miss Eliza- 
 beth Davis, the ,sixth child of John F, and Nancy 
 (Vannosdall) Davis. She was born in Bethel, 
 Ohio, July 13, 1834. Of the thirteen children of 
 the Da\is family, .seven are now living: Mar\', wife 
 of John Mason, a resident of Keith.sburg, 111, ; 
 Louisa M., wife of A, J. Waggoner, of Saunders 
 Count}-, Neb,; Okey, a Presiding Elder of the 
 Baptist Church, now living in Lincoln Coun- 
 ty, Kan.; Thomas J., a soldier of the late war, 
 who enlisted in the Eighteenth Wi.scon.sin Infan- 
 tr\-, and is now li\ing on a fruit farm in Douglas 
 Countv, Ore. ; Isaac X'annosdall, wlio was a sol- 
 dier in the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, and now 
 makes his home in Ashland Neb.; and William 
 Polk, who served as a soldier in the Ninth Mi.s.souri 
 Regiment, and is now engaged in merchandising 
 in Kit Carson County, Colo. Mrs. Ditto comes 
 from a patriotic family. Her grandfather, Okey 
 \'annosdall, was a st)ldier of the Revolution, and 
 his eldest .son, Robert \'annosdall, was a soldier 
 of the War of 1812, and was on the ship where 
 
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 Com. Perry with his coat stopped up the hole made 
 in the vessel's side by a cannon-ball. Mrs. 
 Ditto's educational advantages were ver)- limited, 
 as her early days were spent on the frontier in 
 Illinois and Mis.souri. Instead of practicinj^ on 
 a piano, her fingers were busy with the spinning- 
 wheel, or else she was engaged in planting the 
 corn-field, herding sheep or cows, or burning 
 brush in the clearing. She is now in her sixtieth 
 year, yet she does her own house work and at- 
 tends to her garden and poultrj-. She is a great 
 lover of nature, especially of birds and flowers. 
 Since the age of fifteen she has been a member of 
 the Methodist Church, and has lived a consistent 
 Christian life. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ditto have been born four- 
 teen children, nine of whom are yet living. 
 George Thomas was born August 8, 1852; Le- 
 titia D., who was born on the 13th of June, 
 1855, is the wife of William Clark, of Clay City, 
 Neb.; Nancy O., who was born August 9, 1857, 
 died December 21 of the same year; Capitola 
 A., who was born November 5, 1858, is the wife 
 of Henrj- Shike; Adelia D., who was born Feb- 
 ruary 26, 1861, is the wife of Charles Durr, of 
 Aledo, 111.; William L. , who was born May 15, 
 1863, died August 16, 1863; Charles H., who was 
 born June 21, 1864, is now living in Monmouth; 
 Walter P., who was born August 21, 1866, is 
 living in Henderson County; Orlie C, who was 
 born August 15, 1868, died March 21, 1874; 
 Leah M., who was born December 2, 1869, is the 
 wife of Rich Newell, of Ogle, 111.; James C, who 
 was born August 28, 187 1, is now living in Suth- 
 erland, Neb.; Clarence C. , who was born Octo- 
 ber 30, 1874, is now at home; Florence, who was 
 born Augu.st 28, 1876, died in infancy; and Mat- 
 tie, who was born August 30, 1878, died in 
 infancj-. Mr. and Mrs. Ditto also have twenty 
 grandchildren, including a pair of twins, children 
 of George T., whom Mrs. Ditto christened Fran- 
 ces and Ruth Cleveland. 
 
 Mr. Ditto cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Martin Van Buren, and has since supported the 
 men and measures of the Democracy. He has 
 served as Super\'isor of his township for several 
 years, and for more than thirty years has been 
 
 School Director. The cause of education receives 
 his hearty support, and he has done much for its ad- 
 vancement in this locality. He is a member of 
 Mercer Lodge No. 210, I. O. O. F., of Keithsburg, 
 and is a charter member of the Encampment. 
 vSiuce the loth of March, 1852, he has lived upon 
 his present farm. He first purchased sixty -three 
 acres of land, but to this he has added fi-om time 
 to time as his financial resources have increased, 
 until his possessions now aggregate five hundred 
 and sixty- one acres. All has been acquired 
 through his own efforts and as the reward of 
 honesty and industry. His life has been well 
 and worthily pa.s.sed, and all who know him re- 
 spect him. 
 
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 Rl^MAN CURTIS ALLEN, a dealer in 
 dry goods, boots and shoes, in Oquawka, is 
 numbered among the enterprising and suc- 
 cessful business men of this place. He began 
 operations along this line in 1892, as a partner of 
 John McFarland, and the firm has since been en- 
 gaged in trade. Mr. Allen is a native of Genesee 
 County, N. Y., his birth having occurred in Ba- 
 tavia, Januarj- 4, 1843. He comes of a family of 
 English origin, his parents being Daniel W. and 
 Elizabeth (McCullumi Allen. His second Chris- 
 tian name comes from his father's mother. The 
 father, who was a native of the Empire State, 
 entered the Union anny during the late war, was 
 ■shot at the battle of Shiloh, and died from the ef- 
 fects of his wound. In the family were six chil- 
 dren, four sons and two daughters, and the .sons 
 were all in the army at the same time. Martha 
 J., who is the eldest, is now the wife of Howard 
 Kendall, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Charles H. is liv- 
 ing in Angola, Ind.; Daniel W. was killed at the 
 battle of Perryville; Truman C. is the next 
 younger; Emma is now decea.sed; and William W. 
 makes his home in South Bend, Ind. 
 
 In a very early day Mr. Allen removed with 
 his family to .Steuben County, Ind., and when 
 Truman C. was quite young his mother passed 
 away. He then went to live with friends in the 
 
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 Hoosier State, being reared in Steuben County 
 by William McEntarfer. The common schools af- 
 forded him his educational privileges, and he con- 
 ned his lessons in a log schoolhouse with punch- 
 eon floor and slab seats. He could attend only 
 through the winter season, for his services were 
 needed on the farm during the summer. After 
 the outbreak of the Civil War, he responded to the 
 countn,-'s call for troops, enlisting August 12, 
 1 861, in Company G, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry. 
 In September he was mustered into service, and 
 for three years he valiantly aided in the defen.se 
 of the Union. He participated in the engage- 
 ments at Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout 
 Mountain, Missionary- Ridge, Rocky-faced Ridge, 
 Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, and all the battles of the 
 Georgia campaign, including Kennesaw Mountain, 
 Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro 
 and Lovejoy. After his three-years term had ex- 
 pired, he was honorably discharged in Indianap- 
 olis, Ind., in October, 1864. 
 
 Mr. Allen then returned to his Indiana home, 
 where he remained until August, 1866, when he 
 came to Henderson County, 111., locating near 
 Oquawka, where he worked as a farm hand for 
 two years. From 1868 until 1871 he conducted 
 a billiard hall in Oquawka, and in the latter year 
 he entered the Sheriff's office as Deputy, which 
 position he filled until 1886. In that year he was 
 elected Sheriff for a term of four years, and when 
 his time had expired, in 1890, he took a trip to 
 California, where he remained for about eight 
 months. In 1892 he embarked in his present 
 line of business, as before .stated, and has since 
 enjoyed a good trade. 
 
 Mr. Allen has been twice married. On the 19th 
 of August, 1865, lie wedded Laura McFarland, 
 daughter of John McFarland. To them was born 
 a son, John, who is now deceased; and Mrs. 
 Allen died in July, 1866. Our subject was again 
 married, May 30, 1891, his second union being 
 with Mollie Macklin, a daughter of Alfred Mack- 
 lin. They now have one daughter, Rauiona. 
 
 Since casting his fir.st Presidential vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Allen has been a sup- 
 porter of the Republican party and its principles, 
 but though he keeps well informed on the i.s.sues 
 
 of the day, he has never sought or desired politi- 
 cal preferment in the sense of being an active 
 politician. Socially, he is a member of Tranquil 
 Lodge No. 172, I. O. O. F., and has filled all its 
 chairs. He al.so holds membership with Ells- 
 worth Post No. 193, G. A. R. His country found 
 in him a faithful defender during the late war, 
 and he is now recognized as one of the enterpris- 
 ing citizens of the community. 
 
 •^JEORGE DANIEL CARPENTER, decea.sed, 
 _ was a native of Louisville, Ky. , born on the 
 J 2 1. st of August, 1832. He was drowned on 
 the 28th of March, 1881, in the Cana River, near 
 Peru, Chautauqua County, Kan., while tempo- 
 rarily residing there for the benefit of his wife's 
 health. He was buried in the cemetery west of 
 Peru, as was also an infant son. He was re- 
 spected by all who knew him, for his life was well 
 spent, and his honorable, upright career gained 
 him high regard. He was one of three children 
 (all of whom are now deceased) born luito Daniel 
 and Esther ( Dunlap) Carpenter. They bore the 
 names of William, Ann E. and George D. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was reared in his native State, and acquired a 
 good education in Lexington, Ky. He fir.st came 
 to Henderson County, 111., in 1848, when a youth 
 of .sixteen. Throughout his life he carried on 
 agricultural pursuits, and was the owner of a 
 well-cultivated farm in township 11, range 4, 
 which, in its neat and thrifty ap])earance, indi- 
 cated to the passer-by the careful super\-ision of 
 the owner. Indolence and idlene.ss were utterly 
 foreign to his nature, and his perseverance and 
 well-directed efforts brought him a comfortable 
 competence. 
 
 On the i2th of May, 1858, Mr. Carpenter was 
 married, the lady of his choice being Miss Mar- 
 ger3' A. Pollock, daughter of James F. and Re- 
 becca (McF'arland) Pollock. They became the 
 parents of nine children, but four of whom are 
 living, namely: Annie A., wife of J. M. Welsh; 
 Marv R., wife of D. Z. Gardner, a resident of 
 
 
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 Springfield, Ohio; J. Ross Carpenter, who is liv- 
 ing in Little York; and Guy E., who makes his 
 home with his mother. William R., the eldest 
 child, is now deceased, and Albert M., George M. 
 and Alonzo E. have also passed away, beside one 
 who died in infancy. 
 
 During the late war, Mr. Carpenter was found 
 among the loyal defenders of the Union. In July, 
 1862, he responded to the country's call for 
 troops, enli.sting in Company C, Ninety-first 
 Illinois Infantry. He continued in the ser\-ice as 
 one of the heroes in blue until after the war was 
 over, when, on the 8th of July, 1865, he was hon- 
 orably discharged in St. Louis. In politics, he 
 was a Democrat, but ne\-er aspired to public office. 
 Socially, he was connected with Tranquil Lodge 
 No. 193, I. O. O. F., ofOquawka. He was true 
 to eveni" trust reposed in him, whether public or 
 private, was a valued citizen, a kind friend and 
 neighbor, and a loving and tender husband and 
 father. His wife, a ino.st estimable lady, .still 
 surs'ives him, and with her youngest son is now 
 living in town.ship 12, range 4. 
 
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 K)ATHAN H. JAMISON, who until 1889 
 I / carried on general fanning on section i , 
 1/3 town.ship 10 north, range 5 west, is a native 
 of Kentucky. He was born in Washington Count \ 
 on the 24th of December, 1818, and is of Irish 
 lineage on the paternal side. His father was born 
 on the 20th of April, 1775, the da\- after the bat- 
 tle of Lexington, the opening engagement of the 
 War of the Revolution. The place of his birth was 
 in Lancaster County, Pa. In 1800 he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Melinda Richards, a native 
 of Pittsylvania County, \'a. They became the 
 parents of three children: Joseph Harvey, who 
 died in 1875; Elizabeth, who became the wife of 
 Alexander Spence, and died in March, 1847; 
 and Nathan H. , of this sketch. The parents both 
 lived to a ripe old age, and their last days were 
 spent in Hender.son County, where the mother 
 died in 1844. The father passed away in August, 
 1845, at the age of seventy-three. 
 
 In the spring of I S20, when Nathan H. Jami- 
 .son was a child of a year and a-half, he was taken 
 by his parents to .southern Indiana, the family 
 locating in Perrj- County, where the>- made their 
 home until 1830, when they came to Illinois, set- 
 tling in what was then a part of Warren County, 
 but is now comprised within the limits of Hender- 
 .son County. Here Mr. Jami.son was one of a 
 family of thirteen, who spent the winter of 1830-31 
 in a log hou.se without a chinniey, in which, when 
 the wind was in the east, a fire was impossible, 
 on account of smoke, and they had to stand by 
 a huge log fire out of doors. That winter was 
 exceedingly cold. Near where Henry Brainard's 
 hou.se now .stands, the seven or eight families 
 who constituted the population of this neighbor- 
 hood built a stockade, in which they spent a part 
 of the .spring of 1 83 1 and all of the sunnner of 
 1832, on account of threatened danger from In- 
 dians. 
 
 On the 27th of December, 1847, Mr. Jami.son 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Sophronia 
 Ewing, and to them were born ten children, 
 eight of whom grew to mature years. Effie, 
 now Mrs. Nathaniel Burrus, of Madison Count\-, 
 Iowa, was born October 15, 1850. Mary E., 
 now the wife of Theodore Curtis, of Henderson 
 County, was born July 31, 1852. Frances, now 
 Mrs. James McKee, of Kirkwood, 111., was born 
 November 6, 1855. Sarah E., who married 
 William K. Brent, of Henderson County, was 
 born in August, 1858. Elmer was born June 15, 
 1861. Irene, now the wife of Albert Olstrone, of 
 Warren County, was born November 3, 1863. 
 Luna, the wife of Carl Cooper, of Henderson 
 County, was born in March, 1869. Joseph was 
 born May i, 1872. Mrs. Jamison has ever been 
 to her husband a faithful companion and helpmate 
 on life's journey, and as the years have passed 
 their mutual love and confidence have increased. 
 They are now one of the oldest married couples 
 in Henderson County. 
 
 In the year 1855 Mr. Jamison left his farm 
 and removed to Monmouth in order to better ed- 
 ucate his children. The cause of education has 
 ever found in him a warm friend, and he resolved 
 that his children should have good advantages 
 
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 along that line. His two youngest daughters at- 
 tended Monmouth College, and became cultured 
 ladies. In 1889 he left the citj- and returned to 
 the farm, where he has since made his home. 
 He and his wife are both members of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church. He cast his first 
 Presidential vote for Gen. William Henrj- Harri- 
 ■son, in 1840, and is now a .supporter of the Prohi- 
 bition party, which embodies his views on the 
 temperance question. His life has been an hon- 
 orable and upright one, being in many respects 
 well worthy of emulation. He has won success 
 in his business career, having steadily worked 
 his way upward from a humble position to one of 
 affluence. Sixty-four years have passed since he 
 came to this county, and therefore he has wit- 
 nessed its entire growth and development; in fact, 
 the county was not yet organized under its pres- 
 ent name at the time of his arrival. He has ever 
 borne his part in the work of development and 
 public improvement, and well desenes mention 
 among the honored pioneers. 
 
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 ROBERT CROWNOVER, a farmer residing 
 on section 22, Lomax Township, is num- 
 bered among the honored pioneers of Hen- 
 derson County. His residence here covers a 
 period of fifty-two years, during which time he has 
 not only witnessed the growth and advancement 
 of the county, but has also aided in its develop- 
 ment and progress, and has borne his part in its 
 upbuilding. He may well be inimbered among 
 its founders, and it is with pleasure that we pre- 
 sent to our readers this record of his life. 
 
 Mr. Crownover is a native of Lycoming Coun- 
 ty, Pa., born October 16, 18 16, and is a son of 
 James and Elizabeth (Knox) Crownover, who 
 were also natives of the Key.stone vState. Robert 
 is one of thirteen children, four .sons and nine 
 daughters, but only four of the number are now 
 living: Mr. Crownover of this .sketch; Mrs. John 
 Peasley, of Burlington, Iowa; Almira, wife of 
 Almeron Skenkle, a resident of Dorchester, Neb. ; 
 and James, a farmer living near Princeton, 111. 
 
 The father of this family followed farming 
 throughout his entire life, and always lived in his 
 native State, his death there occurring in 1832. 
 
 Upon the old homestead farm our subject spent 
 his boyhood and youth, there residing until 1835. 
 He used frequently to walk three miles to the log 
 schoolhouse, where in a primitive manner the 
 common branches of English learning were 
 taught. He could attend school only through 
 the winter .season, for in the summer months his 
 labor was needed upon the farm. In 1835 he 
 went to Michigan and engaged in farming in St. 
 Joseph County for four 3ears; he then removed to 
 Calhoun County, where he made his home until 
 1842. That year witnes.sed his arrival in Hen- 
 derson County, the family having entered land 
 herein 1836. The journey was made b}- team, 
 and he .settled near .Shokokon, but after two 
 years removed to the farm which has now been 
 his home for half a centurj-, becoming owner of 
 two hundred acres. It was a wild tract, .still in 
 its primitive condition, but he at once began 
 breaking it, and in course of time rich and fertile 
 fields might be seen where once was barren 
 prairie. As his financial resources increased, he 
 also made additional purchases, until he is now 
 the owner of five hundred acres of valuable land. 
 He superintends its cultivation, and in return for 
 the care and labor bestowed upon it he receives a 
 good income. 
 
 On the 22d of January, 1851, Mr. Crownover 
 was united in marriage with Miss Temperance 
 Curts, daughter of John and Temperance (Fred- 
 ericks) Curts. The lady was bom near Rock 
 Haven, Pa., September 5, 1825, and in 1836 
 came with her parents to Illinois. Nine children 
 graced this marriage: Elizabeth, wife of Albert 
 R. Bryson; Elisha, who is living in Iowa; John; 
 Robert; Temperance, twin sister of Robert and the 
 deceased wife of William Randall; Alice, wife of 
 Charles Reynolds: Maiy; William; and Mercy, 
 wife of A. L. Gates. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Crownover is a stal- 
 wart Republican, and has served as Asse.s.sor, and 
 held other minor offices. He and his wife are 
 prominent members and active workers in the 
 Methodist Epi.scopal Church. Mr. Crownover has 
 
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 509 
 
 served as one of its Elders and is now sen-inij 
 as Trustee. His life has been well and worthil\- 
 passed, and during the long years of his resi- 
 dence in Henderson County he has won and 
 retained the respect and confidence of all with 
 whom he has been brought in contact. 
 
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 n FRANK MAINS is the editor and publi-sher 
 I of the Stronghurst Graphic. He is also one 
 Q) of the most prominent citizens of Stronghurst, 
 being recognized as a wide-awake and enterpris- 
 ing }-oung business man, who does much for the 
 upbuilding of the city. He was born near Olena, 
 111., June 28, 1863, and is a son of Alexander and 
 Mary J. (Nichols) Mains. His father was born 
 in Washington County, N. Y., June 20, 1833, 
 and during his infancy was taken by his parents 
 to Ohio, from whence he came to Illinois when a 
 child of si.K years, the family locating in Hender- 
 son County. This was in 1839, and therefore he 
 is numbered among the pioneer settlers of the 
 community. Upon his father's farm he remained 
 until twenty-five years of age, and then married 
 Mi.ss Nichols, who was born July 3, 1832, in 
 Ohio, and died in Henderson County, in 1887. 
 Her ancestors had for several generations resided 
 in this country. The Mains family is of Scotch 
 extraction, and was also founded in America at an 
 early day. The paternal grandparents of our 
 subject were both natives of New York, and the 
 grandfather .served in the War of 181 2. 
 
 Mr. Mains, the subject of this .sketch, was the 
 second in a family of three children, but Harry 
 E., the eldest, died at the age of seventeen years. 
 Thomas N., the youngest, is now a book-keeper 
 in the employ of G. F. Swift & Co., of Chicago. 
 Our subject remained at home with his parents 
 until eighteen years of age, and then, in order to 
 complete his education, which was begun in the 
 common schools of the neighborhood, he entered 
 Monmouth College, where he pursued his .studies 
 for two years. Later he was a student for a time 
 in the Nonnal College of Valparaiso, Ind. Dur- 
 ing this time he engaged in teaching for two or 
 
 three terms, and from the age of eighteen to 
 twenty-five lie was continuously engaged in 
 teaching and attending college. He is a young 
 man of more than average intelligence, of a broad 
 and liberal mind, and his writings show deep 
 and careful thought. In 1889 he purcha.sed 
 the Stronghurst Graphic, and has .since been its 
 editor and publisher. 
 
 On the 27th of September, 1893, Mr. Mains 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Dulcie D. 
 David.son, daughter of C. P. David.son, of Strong- 
 hurst. The young couple have many warm 
 friends, and are widely and favorably known in 
 this community. In social circles they hold 
 an enviable position. With them Mr. Mains' 
 father now makes his home. For several years 
 he engaged in the livery bu.siness in this place, 
 but in 1892 retired from active life. 
 
 On questions of national importance J. Frank 
 Mains supports the Republican party in its prin- 
 ciples, but at local elections \-otes for the man he 
 thinks best qualified for the office, regardless of 
 party affiliations. In the spring of 1893 he was 
 elected the first President of the village, when 
 the town was incorporated. He is now the 
 efficient President of the Town Board of Strong- 
 hurst, and is a charter member of Magic Lodge 
 No. 394, K. P. The Graphic is the leading 
 paper of Henderson County, and is well worth 
 the liberal patronage it receives. Its editor is an 
 industrious and enterprising young business man, 
 devoted to the best interests of his native county, 
 and is well worthy of representation in this 
 volume. 
 
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 EH. BRAINARD, who carries on farming 
 on section i, township 10, range 5 west, of 
 Hender.son County, claims Connecticut as 
 the State of his nativity, his birth having there 
 occurred on the ist of Maj-, 1832. His father, 
 Asa Brainard, was born and reared in Coiniecti- 
 cut, and after attaining to man's estate married 
 Almira Lynn. They became the parents of sev- 
 eral children, and our subject is the onl>- one now 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 living. In 1834, they emigrated westward with 
 their family, and on reaching Henderson Connt>-, 
 111., made a location. They were among its 
 earliest pioneers, and in true pioneer style they 
 began life in the West. Their home was located 
 on the farm where onr subject now resides, and 
 there the father carried on agricultural pursuits 
 until his death, which occurred about 1S40. 
 
 C. H. Brainard was oidy eight years of age at 
 that time, and was only two years old when he 
 became a resident of this comnuuiity. With the 
 family he shared in all the trials and hardships of 
 pioneer life, and with the historj- of this locality 
 he has been familiar since an early day. When 
 quite young he began work in the fields, and aid- 
 ed in farm labor until 1850, when he made a trip 
 to California. The journey was made acro.ss the 
 plains with ox-teams, and on reaching his desti- 
 nation he engaged in mining. The return trip 
 was made in 1852, at which time he rode a mule 
 across the countn- from Sacramento to his home 
 in Illinois. He then remained in Henderson 
 County until 1857, when he again went to the 
 West for his health, spending ten years on the 
 Pacific Slope. He met with good success in his 
 mining operations in California, and saved con- 
 siderable money, so that on his return he was 
 enabled to purchase a good farm. 
 
 In April, 1875, Mr. Brainard was united in 
 marriage with Miss Minerva Applebe>-, who 
 spent her maidenhood days in this localit>-. 
 Her mother is now living in Gladstone. Three 
 children graced their union, Almira Iv, Ariel C. 
 and William H. 
 
 Mr. Brainard has followed farming throughout 
 his entire lite with the exception of the years 
 spent in California. Thoroughly understanding 
 his business in all its details, it has proved to 
 him a profitable enterpri.se, and his industrj-, per- 
 severance and good management have secured 
 for him a comfortable home. From 1S77 until 
 1 88 1, he ser\-ed as School Director, and the cause 
 of education has ever found in him a warm friend. 
 Few men have longer resided in Henderson 
 County than Mr. Brainard, whose residence here 
 practically covers a period of sixty years. He 
 has therefore witnessed almost its entire growth 
 
 and development, and in the work of advance- 
 ment and progress he has ever borne his part. 
 All worthy enterjirises receive his hearty support, 
 and the best interests of the connnunity find in 
 him a friend. 
 
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 IT PHRAIM COOPER, who carries on general 
 1^ farming on section 21, township 12 north, 
 |_ range 4 west, of Henderson County, claims 
 Indiana as the State of his nativity, for he was 
 bom in Wayne County on the iSth of December, 
 1825. His father, William Cooper, was a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and was a farmer by occupation. 
 After attaining to man's e.state, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jennings, and they 
 became the parents of nine children, only five of 
 whom are now living, namely; John (.see sketch 
 in this work), Sarah, wife of M. Baldwin, of Indi- 
 ana; Eunice; Mary, wife of vS. Pickering; an<l 
 Ephraim. Those who have passed away are 
 Perry, Moses, Matilda and Anna. 
 
 In taking up the personal historj- of Ephraim 
 Cooper, we present to our readers the sketch of 
 one who is widely and favorably known in this 
 communitj-, for he is numbered among the earl\- 
 settlers of the count)-. He acquired his education 
 in the common schools of his native State, but his 
 privileges in that direction were quite limited, for 
 his services were needed at home, and when he 
 could attend, the schools did not offer ad\-antages 
 of much importance. At length he determined 
 to seek a home in Illinois, and on the 30th of De- 
 cember, 1854, arrived in Henderson County. He 
 at once settled upon the farm which he still owns, 
 and which has been his home continuou.sly .since. 
 He was actively engaged in its operation initil 
 1890, when he laid aside bu.sine.ss cares and is now 
 living a retired life. 
 
 On the 25th of September, 1862, Mr. Cooper 
 was united in marriage with Miss Ruth Morrel, 
 and they became the parents of two children, 
 namely: Charles W., who is now operating the 
 home fann; and Efifie M., the wife of W. T. 
 Mason. The mother of this familv was called to 
 
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 her final rest on the 14th of April, 1890. She 
 was a most estimable lady, and one who had the 
 love and confidence of all who knew her. 
 
 Mr. Cooper cast his first Presidential vote in 
 1848, supporting Gen. Zachary Taylor. On the 
 organization of the Republican party, he joined 
 its ranks, and has since advocated its men and 
 measures. He has never been a politician in the 
 sense of office-seeking, but .served as County Com- 
 missioner for three years, and also as School Di- 
 rector. He was faithful to his public duties, and 
 a trust reposed in him is never betrayed. His 
 success in life is the reward of his own efforts, for 
 he started out for himself with no capital save a 
 young man's bright hope of the future and a de- 
 termination to succeed. Steadily he worked his 
 way upward until he had acquired a capital which 
 now enables him to live a retired life, in the en- 
 joyment of a rest which he has so truly earned 
 and richh- deser\-es. 
 
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 jILLIAM K. GITTINGS, one of the en- 
 terprising and successful farmers of Han- 
 cock Countj', residing on section i, Dur- 
 ham Township, was born in Union County, Ky., 
 on the 5th of November, 1822. His father, Will- 
 iam H. Gittings, was a native of Mar\-land. At 
 the age of twenty \ears he left that State and 
 emigrated to Kentucky, where he met and mar- 
 ried Eleanora Mudd, by whom he had fifteen chil- 
 dren, but four died in infancy, and two .sons and 
 a daughter departed this life after attaining to 
 years of maturity. Eight of the number are jet 
 living, namely: William K.; Joseph, a farmer 
 and stock-rai.ser of Nodaway County, Mo. ; Ber- 
 ry B., who is engaged in the same pursuit in 
 Henderson County; Matilda, wife of Henry Cam- 
 eron, an agriculturist of Nodaway County; Ed- 
 ward, who is living in the .same comity; Francis, 
 a farmer and stock- raiser of Hancock County; 
 Catherine, widow of Frank Peasley, of Hender- 
 son County; and Ellen, widow of J. B. Madison, 
 and a resident of Dallas City, III. In 1833, when 
 our subject was a lad of eleven summers, his par- 
 
 ents removed with their familj- to Sangamon 
 County, 111., where they remained for about eigh- 
 teen months. In Febrnarv, 1835, they came to 
 Hancock County and located in Fountain Green 
 Township. The father made a squatter's claim 
 of one hundred and sixty acres, and entered an 
 additional two hundred and twenty acre tract 
 from the Government. This land was entirely 
 unimproved, .so that work was plentiful for some 
 time. In 1840 he purchased one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land in Durham Township, and 
 also a quarter-section across the line in Hender- 
 .son County, and as his financial resources in- 
 creased he kept adding to this from time to time, 
 until his landed possessions aggregated fifteen 
 hundred acres. He was one of the prominent and 
 influential citizens of this conmiunity, and one of 
 its best business men, as is indicated by the prop- 
 erty which lie acquired. 
 
 In taking up the personal history of our sub- 
 ject, we present to our readers the sketch of a man 
 who is well known in this community and has the 
 high regard of all with whom he has been brought 
 in contact. His education was acquired in the 
 subscriptions schools of Hancock County, which 
 he attended for six years during the winter sea- 
 .son, while in the summer months he worked upon 
 the fann, aiding in the cuhivation and the de- 
 velopment of the old homestead. He continued 
 under the parental roof until his marriage, which 
 was celebrated on the 9th of January, 1849, Miss 
 Elizabeth Hardy becoming his wife. The ladv 
 was born in Union County, Ky., in 1833, and is 
 a daughter of Ira and Mary A. (Riley) Hardy. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Gittings have been born nine 
 children, namely: Mary E., now the wifeof VV'ill- 
 iam Dean, a leading farmer of Hancock County; 
 Julia A., wife of William Vager, who also carries 
 on agricultural pursuits in this county; Cora A., 
 wife of John Arnold, a resident of Burlington, 
 Iowa; Ira, who is a ranchman of California; 
 Henry, who carries on agricultural pursuits in 
 Henderson County; Catherine, wife of Ernest 
 Beli.sle, a hotel-keeper of St. Jo.seph, Mo. ; and 
 William B., Rosa and May, all of whom are now 
 deceased. 
 
 Mr. Gittings made his first purcha.se of land in 
 
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 1844, becoming owner of a one hundred and sixtj- 
 acre tract, [^the same upon which he now resides. 
 He has devoted his entire life to agricultural pur- 
 suits, and by his good management, perseverance 
 and industry, he has won a well-merited suc- 
 cess. In politics, ^he was originally a Whig, and 
 cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry 
 Harrison, but is now a supporter of the Democ- 
 racy. He has been honored with a number of 
 local offices, having served as Supervi.sor of Dur- 
 ham Township for four years; Road Commis- 
 sioner for fifteen years; and School Director for 
 thirty years. He was the first Road Commis- 
 sioner in the township, and in that office, as in 
 all others which he has filled, he discharged his 
 duties with a promptness and fidelity which not 
 only led to his frequent re-election, but also won 
 him the high commendation of all concerned. He 
 is true to every trust, whether public or private, 
 and therefore has the confidence of the entire 
 community. With vSt. John's Catholic Church 
 he holds membership. A public-spirited citizen, 
 he does all in his power for the advancement of 
 the best interests of the county, and gives of his 
 time and means for its upbuilding. 
 
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 (TUDGE JOHN LOGAN, one of the prominent 
 I and highly respected citizens of Henderson 
 (2/ County, now living on section 26, Lomax 
 Township, was bom on the 20th of March, 1822, 
 near Coiniersville, Fayette County, Ind. His fa- 
 ther was one of the pioneer settlers of the Hoosier 
 State, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. Af- 
 ter arriving at years of maturity, he married 
 Susan Dufiy', and to them were born eleven chil- 
 dren: Nancy, who died in infancy; James, who is 
 living in Pontoosuc in his eightieth year; Will- 
 iam, who died March 5, 1892; George W., who 
 died in Iowa, September 16, 1890; John; Nancy, 
 widow of vSanuiel 15abcock, and a resident of Han- 
 cock County; Albert F., who died May 26, 188 1; 
 Wesley, who died January 25, 1852; Eliza J., 
 who died December 21, 1859; Su.san, who died 
 January 10, 1855; and Priscilla, wife of George 
 
 W. Jones, of Knoxville, Iowa. In 1839, Samuel 
 Logan brought his family to Illinois, the journey 
 being made by team, and located in Lomax 
 Town.ship, then Warren County, now Henderson 
 County, where he entered about six hundred acres 
 of land from the Government on sections 25, 26, 
 and 27. There he built a log cabin, 18x18 feet, 
 and began the improvement of the wild prairie. 
 This farm continued to be his place of residence 
 until his death. He passed away December 23, 
 1859, and was laid to rest in Logan Cemetery. 
 Both he and his wife were members of the 
 Methodist Church. Mrs. Logan's death occurred 
 July 21, 1875. 
 
 Judge Logan remained in his native State until 
 seventeen years of age. His education was ac- 
 quired in the old-time subscription schools, which 
 were held ni a log .schoolhou.se, furnished with 
 slab seats, and lighted by greased-paper windows. 
 He accompanied his parents on their removal to 
 Illinois in 1839, ^"d to his father gave the bene- 
 fit of his services until twenty-two years of age, 
 when he began life for himself, upon an eighty- 
 acre tract of land on section 25, given him by his 
 father. Not a furrow had been turned or an im- 
 provement made upon the place. He afterwards 
 purchased eighty acres on section 26, and moved 
 into the little log cabin which was then standing 
 upon the farm. He broke the prairie with ox- 
 teams, and tran.sformed the wild tract into rich 
 and fertile fields. He also made many excellent 
 improvements, and extended the boundaries of his 
 farm, until it now comprises two hmulred and 
 thirty-eight acres of rich land. Having rented 
 this, the owner is now practically retired. 
 
 On the 30th of January, 1844, Mr. Logan was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Barbara Davis. 
 Unto them have been born ten children, all of 
 whom are yet living, namely: Susan; Alexander, 
 a farmer of Lomax; Taylor, who is living in 
 Perry, Okla.; Mary J., wife of Lafayette McKim, 
 of Nevada, Iowa; Nancy, wife of Henry Paul, a 
 farmer of Lomax Township; Almira, wife of 
 John Coble, who is living in Newton, Kan. ; John 
 W., who is living on the old homestead; William, 
 a resident of 0.sceola, Polk County, Neb.; Me- 
 linda, wife of William Brown, of Newton, Kan.; 
 
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 and Edward L., a telegraph operator in the em- 
 ploy of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- 
 road. There are also sixteen grandchildren and 
 two great-grandchildren. There have never been 
 any deaths in the family. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. lyOgan was elected County Judge 
 of Henderson County, and filled that office four 
 j-ears. He was also Justice of the Peace for four 
 j'ears. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 and a .stalwart Republican in politics, having sup- 
 ported the men and mea.sures of that party since 
 its organization. Previous to that time he was a 
 Whig, and his first Pre.sidential vote was ca.st for 
 William Henrj- Harri.son. The cause of educa- 
 tion finds in him a warm friend, and his support 
 and co-operation are never withheld from any in- 
 terest which he believes will prove of benefit to 
 the community. All who know him esteem him 
 highly for his sterling worth and strict integrity, 
 and it is with pleasure we present to our readers 
 this record of his life. 
 
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 /HHARLEvS T. PAINTER, deceased, was born 
 \C in Mercer County, Pa., near New Castle, on 
 \J the i8th of February, 1831, and is a son of 
 Joseph and Jane (Graham) Painter. Upon a 
 farm he was reared to manhood, and during the 
 winter .season he attended the district schools of the 
 neighborhood, thus acquiring a fair English edu- 
 cation. He became a resident of Illinois in 1836, 
 at which time his parents emigrated we.stward 
 with their famil\-. The trip was made by water, 
 and they located in Hancock County upon a farm 
 in La Harpe Township. 
 
 Mr. Painter of this sketch there remained until 
 1850, when he came to Terre Haute Township, 
 Henderson County, and purchased one lunidred 
 and sixty acres of land on section 16, where his 
 widow resides. Not a furrow had been turned or 
 an improvement made on the place, but he at 
 once began its development and cultivation. In 
 1849 Mr. Painter made a trip to California, at- 
 tracted by the discovery- of gold. The party with 
 which he traveled crossed the river at Omaha, 
 
 and, journeying by ox-teams, reached their de.sti- 
 nation after six months of travel, locating near 
 Oroville. There Mr. Painter engaged in pros- 
 pecting and mining for three years with fair suc- 
 cess, and then returned to his home by way of 
 the water route. Here he engaged in farming. 
 
 In August, 1862, Mr. Painter was found among 
 the defenders of his country, enlisting in the 
 Union army as a member of Company G, One 
 Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry. He 
 was mustered in at Camp Butler, in Springfield, 
 with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and went with 
 Gen. Sheiman to Vicksburg. He participated 
 in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Po.st, 
 Minikin's Bend, the siege of Vicksburg, and 
 the engagements at Port Gibson, Champion 
 Hills, Black River Bridge and Jackson. He 
 also took part in many raids and smaller en- 
 gagements. He was never wounded or taken 
 prisoner, but was alwaJ^s found at his po.st of dut)-, 
 faithfully defending the Old Flag and the cause it 
 represented, and in recognition of his serv'ice he 
 was promoted to the rank of Finst Lieutenant. In 
 October, 1865, the war having ended, he was 
 honorably discharged and returned to his home. 
 On Christmas Day, 1867, Mr. Painter was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Evans, 
 a native of Owen County, Ind., and to them 
 were born five children, as follows: Eva, who 
 died in infancy; Joseph E., who married Ada 
 Kimball, and carries on farming in Henderson 
 County; Frank E., who wedded Clara Apt, and 
 is an agriculturist of this comnumity; and Ralph 
 T. and Charles C, both at home. 
 
 After his return from the war, Mr. Painter was 
 continuously engaged in farming up to the time 
 of his death. His life was ever a busy and useful 
 one, and was filled with a number of intere.sting 
 experiences. He traveled acro.ss the continent, 
 took part in the greatest war that ever occurred 
 on the Western Hemi.sphere, and was connected 
 with the mining experiences of California. In 
 his farming operations he was .successful, and ac- 
 quired eight hundred acres of valuable land in 
 Henderson County. His sterling worth and .strict 
 integrity won him many friends, and his death 
 was widel)' mourned. He pa.ssed awa\- May 30, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 1892. Mrs. Painter still survives her husband, 
 and with her two sons is still living on the old 
 home farm, which comprises six hundred and 
 forty acres of valuable land. Here she has a good 
 home, and the property left her supplies her with 
 the comforts and conveniences of this life. 
 
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 ^OHN STINE, one of the prominent and in- 
 I fluential citizens of Henderson County, and 
 C/ one of its exten.sive land-owners, now resides 
 on .section 24, Terre Haute Town.ship. The 
 record of his life is as follows: He was born near 
 Dresden, in Muskingum Countx', Ohio, on the 
 26th of May, 1834, and is a .son of John and Mary 
 Stine, the former a native of Pennsyhania, and 
 the latter of Mu.skingum Comity, Ohio. The 
 father was of German descent, and in his youth 
 learned the trade of a millwright. About 1826, 
 he removed with his parents from the Keystone 
 State to Perry County, Ohio, where he lived un- 
 til 1828, when he became a resident of Muskingum 
 Countj'. He was there married, and soon after 
 e.stabli.shed a saw and grist mill, which he oper- 
 ated for about thirty-five years. In 1863, he 
 came to Illinois, .settling near Danville, Vermil- 
 ion County, where he made his home until his 
 death in 1877, at the age of sixty-eight years. 
 He was a member of the Methodist Cliurch, and 
 a highly respected citizen. His wife, who was 
 born in 1812, also passed away in 1S77. They 
 were the parents of the following children: 
 Josiah, who died in 1875; Mary E., who died in 
 1876; John, of this sketch; Alpheus, who died 
 in 1861; William, a carpenter living in Cumber- 
 land County, Ohio; Madison, who is a merchant 
 and Postma.ster of Fairmount, 111.; Samantha, 
 who died in 1862; George, who follows fanning 
 near Danville, 111.; and Ellen, widow of John 
 Hawkins. 
 
 During his youth, John Stine attended the 
 district .schools. At the age of seventeen he be- 
 gan to earn his own livelihood by working as a 
 farm hand for $7 per month. He was thus em- 
 ployed for three sea.sons, after which he came to 
 
 Illinois, in the autumn of 1854, locating in Hender- 
 son County. During the first year he worked as 
 a farm hand, and then attended school at Terre 
 Haute. In 1856 he entered the college at Mt. 
 Pleasant, Iowa, where he pursued his studies for 
 one year, and then .spent one year in the public 
 schools of Pontoo.suc, 111. In the winter of 
 1855-56 Mr. Stine engaged in teaching, following 
 that profession for thirteen years during the 
 winter season, while in the summer months he 
 engaged in farming. In 1857 he purcha.sed one 
 hundred acres of land in La Harpe Township, 
 Hancock County, and engaged in its cultivation 
 for five years. He then sold, and bought eighty 
 acres on section 19, Raritan Township, Hender- 
 son County, but after a \ear removed to McDon- 
 ough County, where he spent a similar period. 
 In 1866 he purchased his present farm, and took 
 up his residence thereon in 1868. He now owns 
 eight hundred and eighty acres of valuable land, all 
 in one body. A part of this he rents, but all is 
 cultivated under his supervision. 
 
 On the 2d of April, 1857, Mr. Stine was united 
 in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Bradshaw, 
 daughter of Charles and Annie (Cyrus) Bradshaw. 
 They now have six children: Mary E., wife of 
 Benjamin Mudd, a farmer of Henderson County; 
 Reaubena, wife of Charles Butler, Countj^ Super- 
 intendent of Schools; Annie F. .wife of Edward 
 Link, an agriculturist of this county; Eflie C, at 
 home; John W., who also follows farming; and 
 Marion E., who completes the famil\-. 
 
 Mr. Stine has always been a supporter of the 
 Republican party. He and his family are mem- 
 bers of the Christian Church, and are prominent 
 and highly respected people of this comnuuiity. 
 In connection witli his other business interests, 
 he is now a stockholder and director of the State 
 Bank of Stronghurst, is a stockholder in the 
 Street Railway Company of Davenport, Iowa, 
 and owns an interest in a grain elevator. His 
 sagacity and foresight, combined with persever- 
 ance and enterprise, have made him one of the 
 successful bu.siness men of the connnunity, and 
 have won him a handsome ])roperty, which is the 
 just reward of Iiis own labor. 
 
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 517 
 
 (pi NDREW HAGEMAN, one of the honored 
 LI pioneers of Henderson County, now residing 
 I I in Raritan, and a man respected by all who 
 know him, was born on the 27th of June, 1S24, in 
 Somerset County, N, J. He was the ninth in a 
 famil\- of eleven children born to Andrew and 
 Ann ( Hoaglandj Hageman, but only three of the 
 number are living: John, who resides in New 
 Jersey; Elsie Elizabeth, widow of Gilbert L. Ker- 
 shaw, and a resident of Raritan; and Andrew of 
 this sketch. The father was born Ma\- 5, 1779, 
 in Somerset County, N. J., and his parents were 
 natives of the same State. The family dates its 
 residence in America back to 1650, when Aaron 
 Hageman and his wife came from Holland and 
 settled on Long Island. A short time afterward, 
 however, they removed to New Jersey. Andrew 
 Hageman, Sr. , was reared on a farm in his native 
 State, and there spent his entire life. He was a 
 member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and died 
 February 8, i860, at the age of eighty-one years. 
 His wife was born November 21, 1785, in Somer- 
 set Coinity, N. J., and died April 28, 1866. She 
 was also of Dutch extraction, her ancestors com- 
 ing to this country in an early day. 
 
 Our .subject remained at home with his parents 
 until he had attained his majority, when he com- 
 menced a course of study with a view to taking 
 up the work of the ministry. He entered Rut- 
 ger's College, of New Brunswick, N. J., in Sep- 
 tember, 1847, but in less than a year his health 
 failed, and he was compelled to abandon mental 
 work. He then returned to the farm, and there 
 remained until 1854, when he remo\ed to New 
 Brunswick, where he engaged in the manufacture 
 and .sale of clothing until April, 1856, in wliich 
 year he emigrated to Illinois, and purcha.sed 
 eighty acres of land where he now resides. In 
 the spring of 1868, he removed to Bushnell, 111., 
 and began the publication of the Bushnell ff <v7>-/r 
 Record. After three >ears, however, on account 
 of ill-health, he .sold his paper, and for a time was 
 engaged in grain-dealing at Swan Creek, Warren 
 County. He also engaged in house, sign, buggy 
 and decorative painting. 
 
 Mr. Hageman then returned to Prairieside 
 Farm, and afterward embarked in the furniture 
 
 business in Raritan, which he continued for seven 
 >ears. He then sold his store, and has since 
 lived retired at his beautiful home, which adjoins 
 the town of Raritan, and is known as Prairieside 
 Park. 
 
 On the 28th of November, 1849, Mr. Hageman 
 was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Ker- 
 shaw, who was born March 7, '1832, in Somerset 
 County, N. J. They became the parents of six 
 children. Gilbert, who was born November 27, 
 1853, died March 14, 1869. Charles, born No- 
 vember 27, 1859, died October 12, 1862. Both 
 were buried in Raritan. Those still living are 
 Sarah Anna, born October 7, 1850. She is now 
 the wife of A. \V. Van Dyke, a new.spaper man 
 of St. Louis. Phcebe, born May 19, 1864, is the 
 wife of W. B. Rhodes, a merchant of Monmouth, 
 111. Hennan, born April 3, 1866, is clerking in 
 Monmouth. Frank, born March 22, 1869, is a 
 carpenter by trade, and makes his home with his 
 parents. 
 
 For many years Mr. Hageman was a supporter 
 of the Republican party, but now votes with the 
 Prohibition party. He served as Town Clerk 
 while in New Jersey, and for eight years has filled 
 the office of Justice of the Peace in Raritan. He 
 is a man of broad and liberal mind, and po.sses.ses 
 con.siderable talent in several directions. He has 
 composed several pieces of music, and expects 
 soon to publish a volume of his own poems. He 
 is a member of the Reformed Church, has served 
 as Elder, and was chosen Superintendent of the 
 Sabbath-school on its organization in 1856. Twen- 
 ty-five years later he deli\ered an historical ad- 
 dress on the occasion of the twent\--fifth Sabbath- 
 school anniversar\-. He has a fine library, con- 
 taining about eight hundred volumes, including 
 the American Cyclopcedia and the Eiteyclopccdia 
 Brilanniea. together with a wide range of .standard 
 historical and scientific works. Mr. Hageman is 
 also an artist of con.siderable merit, and has be- 
 come quite widely known as the "Prairieside 
 Poet. ' ' We give to our readers two of his poems, 
 one written for the Han'est Home Festival held 
 at Prairieside Park, Augu.st 17, 1893, and read 
 by him on that occasion, and the other an acro.stic, 
 called "A Reverie." 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 A REVERIE. 
 
 Youth's happy j-ears too swiftly gUde; 
 Oh ! could they span Life' s river 
 Unhasteiied by its flowing tide, 
 Ne'er cease — but, stretching far and wide. 
 Go on, and on, forever! 
 
 Life seems a voyage — time a stream. 
 In which we, genth- gliding, 
 Forget all else — as in a dream — 
 Except the joys and hopes that gleam 
 So bright, yet unabiding! 
 
 Shall living friends and kindred meet 
 When safe beyond the river ? 
 Enraptured there each other greet. 
 Exulting most at Jesus' feet, 
 To lo\-e and praise forever ? 
 
 Death's but a change to raise us higher. 
 Release our captive spirit. 
 Ecstatic bliss, hope's long desire, 
 And joys to which our .souls aspire, 
 May we, at last, inherit! 
 
 ^-o- 
 
 COLUMBIAN YEAR. 
 
 Gathered here as friends and neighbors, 
 
 Seeking rest and recreation, 
 
 We to-day with joy and gladness 
 
 Celebrate our Harv-est Home. 
 Through the year's successive seasons 
 We have traced our onward journey. 
 While unnumbered dailj' bles.sings 
 
 Into all our lives have come. 
 
 Deep in labyrinths of memory. 
 
 We discern, in retrospection, 
 
 Hopes and fears, and lights and shadows, 
 
 Cares and comforts, new and old; 
 All along life's pleasant pathways 
 Ha\e been sources of enjoyment, 
 Mingled oft with soul experience. 
 
 Of which half was never told. 
 
 In the onward course of nature, 
 Toward the second Advent tending, 
 We have reached a year of wonder.s — 
 
 ICi;j:hteen hundred ninety-three: 
 Year of marvellous .surprises, 
 Cyclones, floods, and conflagrations, 
 Omens rare, and grim forebodings. 
 
 And — what shall its harv'est be ? 
 
 Will a conflict of the nations 
 Soon precipitate the horrors 
 Long foretold in prophecy 
 
 Of an internecine war? 
 Shall the last days of December 
 Witness world-wide revolution ? 
 Or shall p)eace flow like a river. 
 
 And men learn to fight no more ? 
 
 By the aid of modern science. 
 
 Education and religion, 
 
 Wh}i- should not the world grow better, 
 
 Wi.ser, older, every j-ear ? 
 Hopeful optimists inform us 
 That in knowledge and refinement. 
 In the elements of progress. 
 
 They discern no cause for fear. 
 
 In the suburbs of Chicago 
 
 Has been built "the great white citj'," — 
 
 Grand "Columbian Exposition," — 
 
 Latest wonder of the world ; 
 Wherein works of art and nature 
 Are displayed in rich profusion, 
 Products of the world's great nations, 
 
 Whose proud flags are there unfurled. 
 
 Viewed from highest Chri-stian standpoint. 
 There is good in this grand showing 
 Of the wonderful and perfect 
 
 Workman.ship of God's own hand; — 
 Rarest birds and beasts and fishes — 
 Marvellous forms of vegetation — 
 Things of life and beauty, gathered 
 
 Fresh from earth, air, sea and land. 
 
 Art exhibits merit .study. 
 While they win our admiration; 
 Tending much to make us hopeful 
 
 For the future of our race. 
 In them we can see reflections 
 Of the great Creator's wisdom, 
 Whom to love, and prai.se, and worship, 
 
 Fit is every time and place. 
 
 Phonographic reproductions — 
 Telephone connnunications — 
 Instantaneous photographing — 
 
 Telegrams re-written plain— 
 .Street-cars drawn by endless cable — 
 Electricitj- dynamic. 
 Giving light and heat and power. 
 
 Nature's forces to restrain. 
 
 In the realm of education 
 There is evidence of progre.ss; 
 Mathematics, elocutit-n. 
 
 History, have an honored place; 
 
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 Painting, poetry, and nuisic. 
 Novelty in decoration. 
 Endles.s lines of skill and stud\-, 
 Elevate the hmnan race. 
 
 Much is said of Christian union: 
 
 What is it ? — confederation 
 
 Of the various Chri.stian churches 
 
 Which in modern times abound ? 
 Nay, not this, we think, but rather 
 Fellowship of Christ's disci]iles, 
 Of whate'er denomination, 
 
 Wheresoever the\- be found. 
 
 Oneness of all true believers 
 Who accept and trust in Jesus 
 As their all-sufficient Saviour, 
 
 Who can for all sins atone: 
 Oneness in the faith deli\-ered 
 To the saints, in Holy vScripture, 
 Who believe in God, the Father, 
 
 Son and vSpirit, three in one. 
 
 While religious controversies 
 Have prevented churches' union, 
 Great revivals of religion 
 
 Mark the progress of the >ear: 
 Orthodox denominations 
 Have harmoniously been laboring, 
 Earnest for the world's salvation. 
 
 Each within its cho.sen sphere. 
 
 Theological opinions 
 
 Now, as always, nuist be various; 
 
 As in every realm of nature 
 
 Great variety is found. 
 So, in matters of religion. 
 Let each one's own con.science an.swer 
 What for him is obvious dut\-, 
 
 And let charity abound. 
 
 Evangelic churches differ 
 
 In their forms or creeds or worship. 
 
 Or historic precedence. 
 
 Yet the\- cordially agree 
 On es.sential points of doctrine. 
 Holding fast to their profe.s.sion 
 In the glorious liberty- 
 
 Wherewith Christ hath made us free. 
 
 All believe iii God, the Father — 
 In the Son, our only Saviour — 
 In the blessed Holy Si)irit — 
 
 Ever glorious trinity ; 
 'Tis b)- grace we have salvation; 
 Through repentance and believing 
 Sinners .shall find peace and pardon, 
 
 Life and immortality. 
 
 In the Cross of Christ they glorj-, 
 And with one accord they serve Him: 
 With His glorious banner marching 
 
 On to certain victory. 
 Over all the hosts of Satan, 
 Over every form of error, 
 And of \nce and persecution, 
 
 Which in later days we .see. 
 
 Sending forth the glorious message 
 
 Of salvation to the heathen. 
 
 Through their Boards of Foreign Mis.sious, 
 
 Is the work and aim of all; 
 While, in our own country's borders, 
 Semi-civilized and Indian, 
 Through denominational effort 
 
 Have received the Ciospel call. 
 
 Christians thus are all iniited 
 
 In the work of man's redemption, 
 
 Through the words of inspiration 
 
 And the Holy Spirit's power; 
 While obeying the injvuiction 
 Of their risen, ascended vSaviour, 
 Joy and peace and heavenly blessings 
 
 Have descended like a shower. 
 
 Through evangelistic efforts. 
 Earnest, unsectarian preaching 
 Of the ever-blessed Gospel 
 
 To the sinful and depraved. 
 Thousands have been brought to Je.sus, 
 Have been led to .seek salvation 
 Through the crucified Redeemer, 
 
 And are now among the saved. 
 
 Satan has not ceased opposing 
 Whatsoever things are lovely 
 And of good report, but ever 
 
 In all ages, climes and states. 
 By deceitful subterfuges. 
 Plots and wiles anta.gonislic, 
 Seeketh whom he may devour, — 
 
 While his own perdition waits. 
 
 Some are criticising Scripture: 
 Its inerrancy they que.stion; 
 Theories of evolution 
 
 Have been widely heralded; 
 Yet the arguments concerning 
 "Science, versus Revelati<m," 
 And "The place of man in nature," 
 
 To no great results ha\e led. 
 
 Truth, invincible, existing 
 With the everlasting age.s 
 Of eternity, can nex'er 
 
 From its stately temple fall; 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 Not in least antagonism 
 To the Book of Inspiration 
 Which in mercy God has given 
 As a guiding light for all. 
 
 Troublous times ha\'e come upon us 
 In a great financial crisis, 
 Marked by failures, losses, panics, 
 
 Over all our favored land; 
 Husbandmen erewhile predicted 
 Scanty yield of earth's productions, 
 While the earlier signs of plenty 
 
 Seemed to fail on everj- hand. 
 
 Threatening ills have been averted; 
 
 We no longer fear a famine; 
 
 For the rain from heaven descended 
 
 On the drj' and thirsty soil; 
 In the cornfields and the meadows 
 Crops and pastures, recreated. 
 Promise now the hopeful farmer 
 
 Sure reward of .summer's toil. 
 
 So, in view of all the comforts 
 Of this year, let us be thankful; 
 Countless as the stars of heaven 
 
 Or the .sands on ocean's .shore, 
 Is the number of our mercies. 
 And while thinking of tlie goodness 
 Of the Lord, we know that for us 
 
 Other blessings are in store. 
 
 3 AMES M. BRADSHAW, one of the enter- 
 jjrising, progressive and representative citi- 
 zens of La Harpe, was born in the township 
 of La Harpe on the .?oth of Decemljer, 1S55, and is 
 a son of Joel Bradshaw, a native of White Count}', 
 Tenn., born September 15, .1812. The family num- 
 bered ten children, four .sons and six dangliters, but 
 three of the latter died in infancy. William Dix- 
 on is now a farmer on .section 30, La Harpe Town- 
 .ship; Mary Jane became the wife of Frank Hine, 
 of Jack.sonville, 111., and died in February, 1881; 
 George W. is living on .section 25, Durham Town- 
 .ship, Hancock Covuity; Sarah Louisa, decea.sed, 
 was the wife of William C. Bainter; F^nnna E. is 
 the wide)w of James W. P. Davis; and Joel D. is 
 deceased. 
 
 Our subject is the youngest child of the family. 
 He acquired his early education in the di.strict 
 
 schools of La Harpe Township, but afterwards 
 supplemented it by stud>- in the Jacksonville Bus- 
 iness College, which he entered in the fall of 
 1875. On completing his cour.se, he was gradu- 
 ated therefrom in March, 1876. He entered a 
 class of seventy -five pupils in arithmetic, which 
 was reduced in number to fifteen on account of 
 their deficiency. Mr. Bradshaw, however, re- 
 mained with the class. After leaving college, he 
 became a stock-dealer, and in connection with that 
 business, which he has carried on extensively, he 
 has akso been largeh" engaged in farming. He 
 now owns a farm of four hundred and fifty acres, 
 of which two hundred and thirty acres are located 
 on section 30, La Harpe Town.ship, while the re- 
 mainder is across the line in Durham Township. 
 His farm is one of the be.st in the neighborhood, 
 and its well-tilled fields and excellent improve- 
 ments indicate the careful supervision of the own- 
 er and his thrifty and progressive spirit. 
 
 On the 13th of February, 1878, Mr. Bradshaw 
 was united in marriage with Miss Tillie E. Man- 
 ifold, daughter of Benjamin J. and Cornelia(Hut- 
 ton ) Manifold. Their union has been bles.sed 
 with three children, two sons and a daughter, 
 but Lillian E. died at the age of four weeks. The 
 others, James F. and QuintonM., are still with 
 their parents. 
 
 Mr. Bradshaw exercises his right of franchise 
 in support of the Democracy, and his first Presi- 
 dential vote was cast for W. vS. Hancock in 1876. 
 He has ser\-ed as School Director for several 
 years, and was also Road Overseer for several 
 terms, but has never .sought or de.sired public of- 
 fice, preferring to give his time and attention to 
 his business interests. He has been a Director 
 of the La Harpe District Fair since its organiza- 
 tion, and was Auditor for the first three years. 
 The following year he was Superintendent of 
 Booths, and during the fifth year was elected Di- 
 rector and Superintendent of the Beef Cattle De- 
 partment, which position he has held for four 
 years. He takes an active interest in worthy 
 public enterprises, and is recognized throughout 
 the conniumity as one of its leading citizens. He is 
 at present Auditor of the La Harpe District Fair 
 Association, and is engaged largely in rearing 
 
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 Shorthorn cattle. In 1892, in connection with C. 
 S. Campbell, he bought a herd, and in Januarj-, 
 1894, he bought his partner' .s interest and now 
 has the best herd in this section of the country. 
 
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 I EVI J. RHEA, M. D., who is engaged in 
 It the practice of the medical profession in La 
 |_2/ Harpe, was bom in Hancock County, on the 
 8th of June, 1854, and is a worthy representative 
 of one of the honored pioneer families of this lo- 
 cality. His father, Calloway L. Rhea, was a na- 
 tive of Warren County, Tenn., and was a son of 
 Lewis J. Rhea, who, with his wife and four chil- 
 dren, emigrated to Illinois in 1832. His son Cal- 
 lowaj- was then a child of five years. In Han- 
 cock Count)' he was reared to manhood, and after 
 attaining to mature years he led to the marriage 
 altar Miss Sarah J. Smith, who had come with 
 her parents to this State about 1840. Five chil- 
 dren were born of this union, but two died in in- 
 fancy. Those .still living are: Martha A., wife 
 of Hardin Greenwell, of Kansas; Lucy A., wife 
 of R. T. Wade, of Plymouth, 111.: and the Doc- 
 tor. 
 
 Our subject spent his early boyhood days in his 
 parents' home, and during his youth attended the 
 common schools, thus acquiring a fair Engli.sh 
 education. Later he embarked in teaching, and 
 followed that profession for .six years. In 1876, 
 he took up the study of medicine in the office of 
 Dr. William Booz, of Carthage, and subsequentlj' 
 pursued his .studies in the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons of Keokuk, from which institution 
 he was graduated in the Class of '82. In that 
 year he located in Plymouth, where for two years 
 he was engaged in the drug business. On the 
 expiration of that period he removed to La Cros.se, 
 where for four years he devoted his entire time to 
 the practice of medicine. His next jjlace of resi- 
 dence was in Cairo, Loui.sa County, Iowa, and 
 after two years there spent he came to La Har]ie, 
 where he has .since made his home. 
 
 On the 19th of October, 1880, Dr. Rhea was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Susan M. Berry, 
 
 daughter of Acrey Berry, a native of Virginia. 
 Three children ble.ss their home, namely: Aaron 
 Atlee, Ollie Ethel and Mamie Blanche. The 
 parents are both faithful and consistent members 
 of the Christian Church of La Harpe and take an 
 active interest in all church and benevolent work. 
 They are numbered among the best citizens of 
 the comminiity and well deser\'e representation in 
 the history of the county. Socially, the Doctor is 
 a member of the Masonic order, belonging to La 
 Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M.; La Harpe 
 Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.; and La Harpe Chap- 
 ter No. 60, O. E. S. In the practice of his pro- 
 fession he has met with good success, his skill 
 and ability winning him a liberal patronage, which 
 is well deser\-ed. His many excellencies of char- 
 acter have won him high regard, and he has a 
 large circle of friends in this community. 
 
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 ROBERT PENCE, one of the extensive land- 
 owners of Henderson County, who now car- 
 ries on general farming and stock-raising on 
 .section 15, Lomax Township, claims Pennsyl- 
 vania as the State of his nativity. He was born 
 near William.sport, in Lycoming County, June 3, 
 1830, and is a son of John and Hannah Pence. 
 The family is of German lineage. Our subject 
 was one of eight children, namely: Robert; 
 Martha J., who died at the age of four years; 
 Philip, a farmer of Henderson County; Susan, 
 wife of Hinton Smith, an agriculturist of this 
 community; Harriet, who died in 1882: Louisa, 
 wife of James Harwood, of Benton County, Iowa; 
 Annie B., wife of Eli Pickering, a ranchman of 
 Kearney, Neb. ; and one who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Pence of this sketch has been connected 
 with agricultural interests throughout his entire 
 life. He was reared to manhood upon a farm, 
 and early became familiar with all the duties con- 
 nected with its cultivation. With his parents he 
 came to Illinois from Pennsylvania in 1838, the 
 journey being made b\- canal and river. The 
 family located where our subject now resides, the 
 father purchasing one hundred and sixty acres 
 
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 of land on section 13, Lomax Township, which 
 he secured from the Government with a soldier's 
 claim. It was a wild and unimproved tract of 
 prairie, but he at once built a log cabin upon it, 
 and began its further development. In course of 
 time the land was transformed into rich and fer- 
 tile fields, and the farm became one of the best in 
 the neighborhood. There John Pence made his 
 home until his death, which occurred April 12, 
 i860. He was a leading and influential citizen, and 
 aided in organizing the schools of this community 
 and in laying out the roads. His wife pas.sed 
 away in 1881. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads Robert 
 Pence spent the days of his boyhood and youth, 
 and became familiar with all the experiences of 
 life on the frontier. He walked three miles to a 
 log schoolhouse, where a school was conducted 
 on the subscription plan, and in that way he ac- 
 quired his education. At the age of twenty-three 
 he started out in life for himself, pur.suing the oc- 
 cupation to which he was reared. For a few 
 years he operated the home farm, but on his mar- 
 riage removed to another farm. 
 
 On the nth of December, 1862, Mr. Pence was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Ann Harwood. 
 Their union has been blessed with ten children, 
 and the family circle yet remains unbroken. 
 They are: James R.: Thomas L.; Estella M., 
 wifeof Newton H. Vaughan; P. Edward; Charles 
 H.; Hettie A., wifeof Charles Smiddy; MattieJ.; 
 Or\'ille F. ; Olive B. ; and Harry F. 
 
 Upon his marriage Mr. Pence removed to a 
 farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 9, 
 Lomax Township, and engaged in its cultivation 
 and improvement for a period of four years, when 
 he returned to the old homestead, where he has 
 since resided, except for eight years, when he 
 lived upon a farm close by. He owns altogether 
 five hundred acres of land, and receives a good 
 income therefrom, owing to the care and cultiva- 
 tion bestowed upon it. His well-directed efforts 
 and good business ability have brought for him a 
 handsome property and made him e)ne of the sub- 
 stantial citizens of the community. In politics, he 
 was for many j-ears a supporter of the Democratic 
 party. He has ser\-ed as vSchool Director and 
 
 Road Supervisor, and has always been a wide- 
 awake and enterprising citizen, ready to aid in 
 the advancement of those interests calculated to 
 prove of public benefit. His sterling worth and 
 strict integrity have won for him many friends, 
 and it is with pleasure that we present this record 
 of his life to our readers. 
 
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 <A RS. ANN ROBERTS, who for some years 
 y has resided in Henderson Comity, making 
 (9 her home on section 36, Gladstone Town- 
 ship, is a native of England. Her parents, William 
 and Elizabeth (Roberts) Griffith, were also na- 
 tives of England, the former born in Llanllowell, 
 Monmouthshire, in 1776, and the latter in 1804. 
 They were married in January, 1833, in Llanllo- 
 well Church, and when called to the home beyond 
 were buried in the churchyard. The father and 
 grandfather of William GriflRth were born in the 
 same parish. William Griffith and wife had the 
 following children: Mrs. Ann Roberts, William, 
 Elizabeth, Catherine, Thomas, Mrs. Sarah King, 
 Mrs. Mary Williams, Edward and Mrs. Emma 
 Williams. 
 
 Mrs. Roberts of this sketch .spent her girlhood 
 days in her parents' home, where she became 
 familiar with all the duties of the hou.sh old. After 
 attaining to womanhood she gave her hand in 
 marriage to Thomas Roberts, a native of Newport, 
 England. The wedding ceremony- was performed 
 in June, 1854, at the Stow Church in Newport, 
 and they began their domestic life in their native 
 land, where they continued to reside until 1862. 
 In that year they bade adieu to home and friends 
 and sailed for the Ihiited States, believing that in 
 the New World they would have better opportun- 
 ities of securing a comfortable competence. Im- 
 mediately after landing in New York, they made 
 their way to Illinois, and settled in Henderson 
 County, where Mrs. Roberts has since lived. 
 Their capital at that time consisted of $1,000, 
 which they had saved up in England, and which 
 they then invested in land, a part of the present 
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 to the labors of the field, and the wife to the du- 
 ties of the household. In this way, by careful 
 management, their financial resources were in- 
 creased, and they were enabled to add to their 
 home the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. 
 
 Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
 erts, namely: Thomas, who was born July 2, 1855: 
 William, April 2, 1856; George, September 19, 
 1857; Hannah, who was boni November 26, 1858, 
 and is the wife of Arthur Gray: Mary, born Sep- 
 tember 22, i860, and the wife of Thomas Gray: 
 Mrs. Emma Russell, born November 29, 1862: 
 Annie, Februar}- 15, 1864; Mrs. vSallie \\'alburn, 
 born April 29, 1869; and Arthur, born on the 19th 
 of November, 1 8 7 1 . 
 
 Mr. Roberts was a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, belonging to the lodge in Gladstone. In 
 politics, he was a supporter of Democratic princi- 
 ples, but his widow believes in the principles of 
 the Republican party. In connection with gen- 
 eral farming, he carried on stock-raising, and in 
 both branches of his business met with fair suc- 
 cess. He was thus employed until called to the 
 home beyond, on the 25th of November, 1875 
 vSince her husband's death, Mrs. Roberts has 
 managed the property and has added to her farm, 
 until now four hundred acres of valuable land 
 yield to her a good income. She is a lady of en- 
 ergy and good executive ability, and all who 
 know her hold her in hi^h e.steeni. 
 
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 CySAAC T. THOMAS, one of the extensive 
 I land-owners of Hancock County, who for 
 JL many years has successfully engaged in farm- 
 ing in Sonora Township, now makes his home on 
 section 27. He there located in 1852, when the 
 land was wild and uncultivated, the only im])rove- 
 ment upon the place being a small log cabin. The 
 care and cultivation he bestowed upon the farm, 
 however, soon made it yield to him a good return, 
 and as his financial resources increased he made 
 other purcha.ses, and has become one of the wealthy 
 citizens of this community. 
 
 Mr. Thomas was born in Nelson County, Kj., 
 
 January' 23, 1826, and is a son of James and 
 Abigail (Langsford) Thomas. The father was also 
 a native of Kentucky, and is of Welsh descent. 
 The family numbered eight children, namely: 
 Nancy, Louisa, Isaac T., William R., John L., 
 James M., Silas M. and Pre.sley. Our subject 
 was born and reared upon his father's farm, and 
 when a child of three years accc)nipanied his par- 
 ents to Adams County, 111., where he grew to 
 manhood. His education was acquired in the old- 
 time subscription schools, which were held in a 
 log schoolhou.se, in which he spent about three 
 months during the year. His advantages were 
 thus limited, but experience and observation have 
 made him a well-informed man. When he had 
 reached the age of twenty-three years his father 
 gave him a small tract of land, and be began farm- 
 ing in his own interest. Since that time he has 
 continuously carried on agricultural pursuits. He 
 lived in Adams County until 1852, when he re; 
 moved to Hancock County, and settled in Sonora 
 Township. His farm at first comprised only eight\' 
 acres, and it formerl\' belonged to one of the 
 Mormons who lived in this neighborhood. To this 
 he has since added, however, luitil the home fann 
 now comprises four hundred and sixty acres. It 
 is under a high state of cultivation and is improved 
 with a comfortable dwelling, barns and outbuild- 
 ings (which are models of convenience), and all 
 modern acce.ssories. In connection with general 
 farming he carries on stock-raising. His landed 
 ])os.sessions altogether aggregate seven hundred 
 and thirty -seven acres, and with the exception of 
 one tract in Montebello Township, the entire 
 amount is in Sonora Township. 
 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's jour- 
 ney, Mr. Thomas chose Miss Louisa Nichols, and 
 their marriage was celebrated March 23, 1849. 
 They became the parents of nine children: Laura 
 A., at home; Leiburn T., who carries on farming 
 in Montebello Township; William H., a farmer 
 of the same community; Sarah L., wife of Henry 
 Weber, a well-known farmer of Rock Creek Town- 
 ship, Hancock Count)-; Mattie, wife of Orville 
 Haunt/., of Montebello Township; Naomi J., at 
 home; James H., who is still on the old home 
 farm; George M., who died at the age of two 
 
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 years; and Pearl E., who died in her nineteenth 
 year. 
 
 Mr. Thomas support.s the Democratic party, 
 but has never been ati aspirant for public office, 
 preferring to give his entire time and attention to 
 his business interests. He holds membership 
 with the Christian Church, and gives his support 
 to all worthy public enterprises which are calcu- 
 lated to advance the general welfare. Although 
 he began life a poor boy, he has steadily worked 
 his \va\- upward, and has achieved a success of 
 which he may well be proud. His prosperity is 
 not the result of fortunate circumstances, but is the 
 reward of earnest labor. 
 
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 61 NDREW JACKvSON DITTO, who carries 
 r I on general farming on section 14, town.ship 
 / I 10 north, range 5 west, has the honor of 
 being a native of Illinois, for his birth occurred in 
 Mercer County, on the 5th of November, ICS38. 
 He is a son of Andrew and Margaret (Wyland) 
 Ditto, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and 
 of French descent, while the latter is of Dutch 
 lineage. They became pioneers of Mercer Coun- 
 ty, locating there in 1836. The father embarked 
 in farming and developed a good home. In the 
 family were ten children: John W. and Sarah, 
 both of whom are now deceased; George W., a 
 prosperous farmer of Henderson County, who is 
 represented elsewhere in this work; Frank, who 
 resides in Gladstone, 111.; Betsy, widow of Ben- 
 jamin Fox, of Oregon; vSanuiel, who is living in 
 Seaton, 111.; Levi, of Kan.sas; Andrew J., of this 
 sketch; Barbara, widow of John Cotton; and 
 Louis N., of Henderson County. 
 
 In his native county, Andrew J. Ditto spent 
 the days of his boyhood and youth. His father 
 died in 1854, and he then went to live with his 
 eldest brother, John W'., with whom he made his 
 home until his marriage. On the 3d of April, 
 1856, he led to the marriage altar Mi.ss Ellen J. 
 Wright, a native of Mercer County, 111., and a 
 daughter of Ellas Wright, who was born in San- 
 gamon County. \'a. The young couple began 
 
 their domestic life in Mercer Countj', and there 
 remained for a number of years. In 1872, they 
 came to Henderson County, and for a year resided 
 on a farm northeast of Oquawka. Two years 
 were then passed on a farm south of Gladstone, 
 and in 1875 they took up their residence upon 
 their present farm. In that year Mr. Ditto pur- 
 chased one hundred and fifty -five acres of land, 
 and has since devoted his time and attention to 
 its cultivation. 
 
 Unto our subject and his wife were born the 
 following children: Mrs. Anna Zeina Leonard, 
 who is now living in Taylor County, Iowa; Mrs. 
 Aurora N. Wheatley, also of Taylor County; 
 Elizabeth and James A., both deceased; Mrs. 
 Orpha Duvall; John W., who is located in Tay- 
 lor County, Iowa; Budd; Clyde H., deceased; 
 and George L. and Bert A., who are still on the 
 home farm. 
 
 Mr. Ditto has been a supporter of the Democ- 
 racy since casting his finst Presidential vote for 
 Stephen A. Douglas. He has never sought or 
 desired political preferment, wishing to give his 
 entire time and attention to his bu.siness interests 
 and to the enjoyment of the home, j'et he is rec- 
 ognized as a public-spirited and progressive citi- 
 zen, and the best interests of the community al- 
 ways receive his co-operation. In the manage- 
 ment of his farm he displays good business ability, 
 and now has one of the well-cultivated places of 
 the neighborhood. 
 
 (e) A M IT EL GAL B R A I T H , who follows farm - 
 7\ ing on section 27, town.ship 10 north, range 
 \yj 5 west, was born on the 6th of November, 
 1S24, in Roane County, Tenn. On the paternal 
 side he is of Scotch-Irish descent, and on the ma- 
 ternal .side is of Irish lineage. His father, Thomas 
 Galbraith, was a native of Tennessee, and a fanner 
 by occupation. He married Miss Margaret White, 
 who was born in Tenne.ssee in 1800, and they be- 
 came the parents of eight children, namely: Eliz- 
 abeth, Alexander, Mary, William, Eveline, Rob- 
 ert, Samuel and Franklin. Onlv twoofthenum- 
 
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 ber are now living, Samuel of this sketch, and 
 Eveline, widow of Sanford Harned. 
 
 When our subject was a child of five summers 
 he accompanied his parents on their removal to 
 Illinois, the family locating in Morgan County, 
 from whence they removed to Adams County in 
 1831. There they resided initil December, 1834, 
 when they came to Henderson County, locating 
 on section 26, township 10 north, range 5 west. 
 Two years later the>- removed to the farm on 
 which our subject now resides. The father be- 
 came owner of one hundred and twenty acres of 
 land, and continued its cultivation until his death, 
 which occurred in 1843. Samuel and his brother 
 Franklin then took care of the family, and con- 
 tinued to work in partnership until 1857, when 
 they divided their property, which by that time 
 had been increased to a tract of six hundred and 
 forty acres. Each took half a section and began 
 farming in his own interest. The elder brother 
 has met with excellent success in his undertak- 
 ings, and is now the owner of seven hundred and 
 twenty acres of valuable land, all in one body ex- 
 cept one tract of eighty acres, which lies separate 
 from the other. 
 
 On the 25tli of June, 1849, Mr. Galbraith was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Evans, a 
 daughter of John Evans. She was born in Ohio, 
 but her father was a native of Maryland, and her 
 grandfather Evans was a native of England. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith have been bom the fol- 
 lowing children: Amanda Belle, who is living in 
 Emerson, Iowa; James F., who carries on farm- 
 ing near Emerson; Mrs. Miner\'a Slump, who re- 
 sides in Oakland, Iowa; Mrs. Mary Pratt, of Par- 
 son, Iowa; John, who died in infancy; Mrs. Eve- 
 line Bacon, of Henderson County; Margaret Jane 
 and George M., at home; William Thomas, who 
 carries on farming in Henderson County; Charles 
 Edward, an agriculturi.st of Oakland, Iowa; Clyde 
 E., a fanner; Addie Clair, at home; and Sarah 
 Myrtle, who died in infancy. 
 
 Since ca.sting his first Presidential vote for Gen. 
 Zachary Taylor, Mr. Galbraith has been a sup- 
 porter of the men and measures of the Democracy. 
 He has twice been elected Township Trustee, 
 and for a period of ten years .served as School Di- 
 
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 rector. His family all hold membership with the 
 United Presbyterian Church, and .since 1869 he 
 has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 His word is as good as his bond, for he is honora- 
 ble and upright in all his dealings, and has the 
 confidence and tru.st of his fellow-citizens. His 
 success in life is due to well-directed efforts, enter- 
 prise and industry, and is the just reward of his 
 labors. 
 
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 REV. FATHER H. J. REIMBOLD, who is 
 pastor of the Catholic Church of Nauvoo, 
 was born in Cologne, Germany, on the 31st 
 of May, 1842, and is the elde.st in a family of four 
 sons, whose parents were John and Gertrade 
 (BroicherJ Reimbold. His father and mother 
 were both natives of Cologne. In 1848, accom- 
 panied by their family, they bade adieu to friends 
 and home and sailed for the New World. They 
 first located in Cincinnati, Ohio, but after a short 
 time resumed their westward journey and came to 
 Nauvoo. Here the father began business as a 
 grain-dealer, and carried on operations along that 
 line until his death, which occurred at the age of 
 thirty-nine years. His widow still sun-ives him, 
 and now makes her home with our subject, at the 
 age of seventy-.seven years. She is a devout mem- 
 ber of the Catholic Church, to which her hu.s- 
 band al.so belonged. 
 
 Father Reimbold was reared under the parental 
 roof, and in early boyhood attended the public 
 schools. He afterwards became a student in 
 Notre Dame University, and after being gradu- 
 ated from that institution was ordained in Chi- 
 cago in 1866 as a priest of the Catholic Church. 
 For one year he remained in that cit\', and on 
 the 4th of July, 1867, came to Nauvoo to take 
 charge of the church at this place. Under his 
 supervision, and largelj- through his instrumen- 
 tality, their present house of worship, the finest 
 in the county, was erected at a cost of $24,000. 
 The congregation now numbers one hundred and 
 ten families. There is also a flourishing academy 
 for young ladies, establislied almost twenty years 
 
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 ago, and in charge of the Benedictine Sisters. 
 This centre of learning has justly a wide-spread 
 reputation, some of its pupils coming year after 
 year from Chicago, Cincinnati, vSt. Louis and va- 
 rious other large cities. Quite a large number of 
 the pupils are not Catholics, but their religious 
 views are never interfered with. All are treated 
 with the utmost kindness and enjoy all the lib- 
 erty compatible with a first-class institution of 
 learning. 
 
 Father Reimbold is a good man and is beloved 
 by all who know him. He devotes his entire time 
 and attention to the work of the church, and the 
 fact that he has been stationed in Nauvoo for al- 
 most twenty-.seven years indicates his efficient 
 .service in this place, and also tells of the lf>ve and 
 respect which his congregation bears him. 
 
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 "HOMAS McMURRAY, who resides on .sec- 
 tion 1 1 , Terre Haute Township, is a self- 
 made man, who by his own efforts has 
 worked his way upward from a humble position, 
 until he has become one of the most extensive 
 land-owners of Henderson County. He is also 
 one of its honored pioneer settlers, ha\iiig wit- 
 nessed its growth and development from a very 
 early day. As he is widely and favorably known 
 in this community, we feel a.ssured that the record 
 of his life will prove of interest to many of our 
 readers. 
 
 Mr. McMurray was born in Morganfield, K>-., 
 January i, 1829, and comes of a family of Scotch- 
 Irish lineage. His parents, George and Eliza 
 (Waller) McMurray, were both natives of Ken- 
 tucky. The father was a tanner by trade, but 
 after emigrating to Illinois carried on farming. 
 He made the journej- westward by team in the 
 spring of 1829, locating in Adams County, near 
 Quincy, where he purcha.sed a farm, on which 
 was a log cabin, and there he made his home for 
 about seven years. He then entered eighty acres 
 of land from the Government near Clayton, built 
 upon it a cabin home, and there resided until his 
 death, which occurred in 1878. He and his wife 
 
 were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and, in politics, he was a Whig and afterwards a 
 Republican. After coming to Illinois, in connec- 
 tion with his farm, he carried on a tannery. For 
 several years he survived his wife, who passed 
 away in 1873. They were the parents of thirteen 
 children: James, deceased; Thomas, of this sketch; 
 Wilson: John; Fletcher, deceased; George M., of 
 Quincy; Aaron, Mary Ann, Margaret J. and 
 Granville, all four of whom have ])a.ssed away: 
 Ella: Joseph: and Elihu, who is also deceased. 
 
 Upon a farm in Adams County Mr. McMurray 
 was reared to manhood. His educational privi- 
 leges were those afforded by the subscription 
 schools, and he had to walk from a mile and a-half 
 to five miles to the .schoolhouse. He continued 
 his studies for about three months during each 
 year until eighteen years of age, after which his 
 entire time and attention were given to farm work. 
 On attaining his majority, he left home, and for 
 three years engaged in the culti\ation of rented 
 land. He then began improving a prairie farm 
 in Adams County, upon which he made his home 
 until 1854, when he came to Henderson Countj-, 
 locating in Terre Haute Township, where he pur- 
 cha.sed one hundred and .si.xty acres of land. This 
 farm he still owns, but after living upon it for five 
 years, he removed to the one upon which he no\v 
 makes his home. It is under a high .state of cul- 
 tivation, and improved with all the accessories and 
 conveniences of a model fiirni. His landed pos- 
 .sessions now aggregate ele\'en hundred and sixty- 
 five acres, six hundred and si.\ty-fi\'e acres in 
 Henderson County, and the remainder in Han- 
 cock County. Some of it is devoted to pa.sturage, 
 for the owner is quite extensiveh' engaged in 
 stock-raising. 
 
 On the 14th of March, 1850, Mr. McMurray 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Nancy A., 
 daughter of Lytic and Eliza (McCann) Griffing. 
 Her father was a saddler by trade, and he and his 
 wife were both reared in Bourbon County, Ky. 
 After their marriage they emigrated by team to 
 Quincy, 111., and after a short time removed to 
 Columbus, 111., where Mr. Griffing was engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits for ten years. He then re- 
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 Columbus until his death, which occurred August 
 16, 1846. He was a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity and of the Methodist Episcopal' Church, 
 and served in the Mormon War. His wife, who 
 was also a faithful member of the same church, 
 was called to the home beyond August 7, KS4fi. 
 They had a family of five daughters: Eleanor P. : 
 Frances, deceased; Nancy A.; Mar\- J., deceased: 
 and Celena J. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. McMurray was born a daugh- 
 ter, Mary E., who died October 17, 1893. The 
 mother is a member of the Methodist Church, and 
 her excellencies of character ha\e won her a 
 large circle of friends. Mr. McMurray cast his 
 first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, and was a 
 Whig until the organization of the Republican 
 party, with which he has been identified from the 
 beginning. There are only two or three voters 
 in Terre Haute Township who were here when he 
 located here, and he remembers the city of Quincy 
 when it contained only two stores. He has not 
 been a disinterested witness of the growth and de- 
 velopment of this localit)-, but has aided in its 
 advancement and taken a commendable interest 
 in its progress. His .success in life is an enviable 
 one, and is well deserved, for it has been secured 
 through honest and earnest effort, enterpri.se and 
 good business ability. 
 
 lEvSLEY C. BRIDGEvS, one of the honored 
 and highly respected citizens of Hamilton, 
 who has long been prominently identified 
 with the best interests of the community, aiding 
 in everything that pertains to the public welfare, 
 was born in Carroll County, Tenn., July 24, 1838, 
 and is a .son of William Alex Bridges, also a 
 native of Tennessee. The grandfather, Willis 
 Bridges, was born in North Carolina, was for 
 forty-five years a Baptist preacher, and probably 
 no one was better known in Tenne.s.see in an early 
 day. 
 
 Having attained to mature years, the father of 
 our subject married Miss Loui.sa Neal Ridings, 
 who was born in Tennessee, but whose parents 
 
 were natives of North Carolina. Three children 
 graced this marriage: Wesley C, of this sketch; 
 Joel W., a railroad man living in Hamilton, 111.; 
 and James M., who died in 1862, in Macon City, 
 Mo., his death resulting from exposure. He en- 
 tered the army as a meinl)er of Company G, Sev- 
 enth MLssonri Cavalry. 
 
 The father of this family diedjaiuiary 18, 1844, 
 when our subject was not quite six \ears of age, 
 so he was left to the care of his mother, who was 
 quite poor. His early educational advantages 
 were very crude. He lived in a slave .State until 
 fourteen years of age, and no free-school system 
 exi.sted in Tennessee. When a "sub.scription" 
 teacher came to the neighborhood, he would ask 
 Mrs. Bridges for how manj- scholars she would 
 sign, and, looking at her three young sons, she 
 would have to reply, "I cannot pay for more than 
 one, or maybe for not more than half of one. ' ' She 
 economized in order to send her three bo>s to 
 .school enough to take up the time allowed for 
 one scholar, and in order to do this .she spun and 
 wove man)- a night after the clock had struck 
 twelve. When a youth of fourteen, Wesle>- ac- 
 companied his mother to Illinois, locating on a 
 farm of eighty acres in Jackson Countv, which 
 land was entered from the Government. The 
 journey hither was made with an ox-team and 
 wagon, and for four weeks they were upon tlie 
 road. They lived upon the land entered in 1852 
 for two years, after which thej- came to Hancock 
 County in 1854, locating in Augu.sta Township, 
 where a farm was rented. The boys of the fam- 
 ily worked for farmers in the neighborhood. The 
 first wages Wesley received was $10 per month, 
 which was given to his motlier, who used it in 
 the .support of the family. As he was the eldest 
 son he was the mainstay and dependence of his 
 mother and brothers, and, although his lot was 
 not an easy one, he performed his ta.sks uncom- 
 plainingly. From 1854 until 1858 he attended 
 school in the neighboring district as he could 
 find opportunit)-. In the latter year his mother 
 was married to Thomas A. .Smart, an early set- 
 tler of this localit.w 
 
 From that time until i860, our snljject en- 
 gaged in working fur himself and as a compan- 
 
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 ion and helpmate on life's journej- he chose Miss 
 Mar>' Ellen Harrison, daughter of William and 
 Alice B. (Davis) Harrison. She was born in 
 Salem. Ind., January 23, 1843, and their mar- 
 riage, which was celebrated October 14, i860, has 
 been ble.ssed with five children, all of whom are 
 yet living, namely: Louisa Alice, wife of Robert 
 Watson, foreman of a planing-mill in Hamilton; 
 Martha Ellen, wife of Elmer F. Dennis, who is 
 engaged in the nurser>' business in Hamilton; 
 Laura Belle, Julia Viola and Abbie Ethel, who 
 are yet at home. 
 
 After his marriage, Mr. Bridges rented a farm 
 in Augusta Township, where he made his home 
 until October 062, when he went to work as a 
 common laborer on the Indiana & Southern Illi- 
 nois Railroad, now a part of the Waba.sh Road, 
 running from Clayton to Keokuk, Iowa. He was 
 thus employed until July, 1863, after which he 
 worked for eighteen months as an engine-wiper 
 on the same road. In Februarj-, 1864, he was 
 promoted to the position of fireman, and after 
 three years and three months was made an engi- 
 neer, in May, 1867. In that capacity he .ser\-ed 
 until October 27, 1883, during which time he had 
 charge of all kinds of trains, yet never met with a 
 serious mishap, or was reprimanded, suspended 
 or discharged. On the 27th of October, 1883, he 
 was made foreman of the Wabash machinery and 
 car department at Hamilton. At this time there 
 were four lines under the control of the Wabash. In 
 1 885 the dissolution of the four railroads occurred, 
 and Mr. Bridges was left to decide whether he 
 would take back his old Wabash run, or remain 
 in charge of the shops. He chose the latter, and 
 has held the position continuously since without 
 the loss of a day's wages. That he has been 
 faithful to the trust reposed in him and prompt in 
 the discharge of the duties devolving upon him, 
 is a fact well established by his long-continued 
 service in the position. 
 
 Mr. Bridges and his family are all members of 
 the Christian Church. He aided in organizing 
 the church in Hamilton, and has ser\-ed as one of 
 its Deacons from the beginning. He has always 
 been found among its faithful members, and does 
 wliat he can for its upbuilding. He takes quite 
 
 an active interest in civic societies, is a member 
 of Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M.; 
 Tecumseh Chapter No. 152, R. A. M.; Clayton 
 Council No. 50, R. & S. M.; Delta Commandery 
 No. 48, K. T., of Clayton, 111.; and Pocahontas 
 Commandery No. 49, O. E. S., of Hamilton. He 
 also belongs to Rescue Camp No. 212, M. W. A., 
 and to Division No. 56, Brotherhood of Locomo- 
 tive Engineers, of Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Bridges ca.st his first Presidential vote for 
 Stephen A. Douglas, but since that time has been 
 a stalwart supporter of the men and measures of 
 tlie Republican party. He has been honored with 
 a number of local offices. For four years he 
 served as Mayor of the city, during which time 
 he was instrumental in securing and equipping 
 for the city its present fire organization. In 1888 
 he was the main promoter of the Hamilton Loan 
 and Building Association, was elected its first 
 President, and served as Director for three years. 
 This organization, which has done so much toward 
 securing homes for the working men in Hamil- 
 ton, practically owes its existence to Mr. Bridge.s, 
 and he certainly deser\-es great credit for its es- 
 tablishment. The best interests of the commun- 
 ity have ever found in him a friend, and his hearty 
 support and co-operation are alwajs given to 
 worthy enterprises. 
 
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 REV. JACOB BARR KING, pa.stor of the 
 United Brethren Church of Alexis, is now 
 living on his farm on section 27, Lomax 
 Township, Henderson County. A native of 
 Pennsylvania, he was born in Lancaster County, 
 February 22, 1843, and is a .son of Jacob and 
 Martha (Barr) King, both of whom were natives 
 of the Keystone State. The family, however, is 
 of German lineage. The father was twice married. 
 He wedded Aiuiie Ritzer, and to them were born 
 two children: Annie, now decea.sed; and Sarah, 
 widow of John R. Campbell of Salem, Ohio. 
 Four children were born of the second union: 
 Esther M., wife of J. W. Hartzell, of Kansas; 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
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 Terre Haute, 111.; Jacob B. of this sketch; and 
 John Hugh, a wagon and carriage manufacturer 
 of Shenandoah, Iowa. 
 
 In the usual manner of farm lads, Mr. King 
 of this sketch was reared to manhood. He came 
 West with his parents in 1856. when a lad 
 of eleven summers, the famih- locating upon 
 a farm in Henderson County, where he now 
 makes his home. He attended the district schools 
 of the neighborhood until eighteen years of age, 
 and then entered the college at Denmark, Iowa, 
 from which iiLstitution he graduated in 1864. He 
 also studied theolog_\-, pursuing a three-years 
 course in order to fit him.self for the ministry. 
 His first pastoral work was done at home. For 
 eight }-ears he labored with the United Brethren 
 Church in this locality, during which time he 
 erected two churches, one in Colusa and the other 
 three miles east of Dallas City. During the 
 years 1875 and 1S76, he engaged in preaching in 
 Fowler, Adams County, and during the two .suc- 
 ceeding years he was pa.stor of the church at La 
 Prairie. 
 
 During that time Mr. King was married. On 
 Christmas Day, 1877, he wedded Miss Louisa 
 George, daughter of Henry and Mary fSteck) 
 George. Their union has been blessed with four 
 children: Tillie, George L., Bessie A., and Eva 
 L., W'ho died at the age of one month. 
 
 In 1878, Mr. King returned home and for two 
 years labored at Terre Haute. He then spent 
 two years at Sciota, McDonough County, and 
 .some time later was pastor of a church at Quincy 
 for two years, but on account of failing health he 
 was forced to retire from the ministry for a \ear. 
 In 1892 he accepted a call from the church at 
 Alexis, and is now its pastor. A fine house of 
 worship has recently Ijeen erected and the church 
 is now in a flourishing condition. Mr. King re- 
 sides upon the old homestead, which comprises 
 two hundred and forty acres of rich land in 
 Lomax Township, and personallj- superintends 
 the cultivation of his farm. He is a warm.advo- 
 cate of Republican principles, supporting that 
 party on que.stions of national importance, and is 
 a friend to temperance and education. By ex- 
 ample as well as precept he is a teacher of the 
 
 Gospel, and his consistent Christian life has won 
 him the love and regard with all with whom he 
 has been brought in contact. For many years he 
 has resided in this locality and has a wide ac- 
 quaintance. 
 
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 (7 H. EMERY, M. D., was born Februan,- 5, 
 I 1834, in Richland County, Ohio. He is the 
 Q) .second .son of Henry and Olive ( Jacobs) 
 Emery, who moved from Ohio to this State in an 
 early day and .settled in Fulton County, 111. J. 
 H. Emery lived and worked on , farm until he 
 was of age, then attended school in jvnox College, 
 Galesburg, about two years, and then went to 
 teaching .school. He followed that profes.sion for 
 four years, giving good satisfaction as a teacher. 
 Coming to McDonough County in 1861, he taught 
 school si.K months near Bushnell, and six months 
 at Good Hope, where he became acquainted with 
 Dr. Dungan, and .studied medicine with him for 
 one year. He attended medical lectures at Keo- 
 kuk, Iowa, and came to Blandinsville in 1863, 
 where he has since resided, engaged in the prac- 
 tice of medicine. In the year 1864 he opened 
 a drug store, and carried that on in coimection 
 with his practice until 1 891, when he sold out 
 the drug store and retired from business for one 
 year. During this time he traveled over five 
 thou-sand miles on the railroads, viewing different 
 portions of the country. He has also engaged in 
 fanning and stock-raising to a considerable ex- 
 tent, and has a fanu admirably adapted to the 
 latter, located three and one-half miles west and 
 south of Blandinsville, and containing two hun- 
 dred and twenty acres. He has .several head of 
 thoroughbred Short-horn, good grades, and other 
 stock cattle on his farm. 
 
 Dr. Emen.- was married in 1865, to Rhoda 
 Hardest}-, a nati\e of McDonough County, and 
 has by this union seven children; Olin P., 
 James H., Otto B., Ro.scoe D., Lois E. , Daisy 
 R. and Mamie N. In the fall of 1891, he pur- 
 chased a newspaper plant in Augusta, 111., calletl 
 the Augnsla Eagle, and there he has established 
 
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 his son Olin P. in the newspaper business. In 
 1893 he bought a new printing outfit and started 
 a new paper in this city, called the Blandinsvil/c 
 Star. This was established for the benefit of his 
 son Otto, and there the Doctor keeps his medical 
 office and employs his time in the practice of 
 medicine, and writing for his papers. He is now 
 the proprietor of two newspapers, has been suc- 
 cessful as a practitioner, druggist, and as a stock- 
 raiser, and hopes to be as a newspaper man. Po- 
 litically, he has always supported the Democratic 
 party. As a citizen, he is popular and highly 
 reputed. 
 
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 r^RESTOX MARTIN, who is now living a re- 
 Ly tired life in Biggsville, is one of the oldest 
 yH and one of the most honored of Henderson 
 County's citizens. He was born in Bourbon 
 Countj-, Ky., on the 25th of October, 1804, and 
 was one of ten children, whose parents were 
 William and Annie (Hopper) Martin. The 
 father was born in Greenbrier County, Va., about 
 1767, and the mother was a native of Bourbon 
 County, Ky. The members of the family- were 
 Jefferson, Preston, Mrs. Polly Black. Mrs. 
 Frances Campbell, Emily, Mrs. Annie Thompson, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Christian, Mrs. Rebecca Black (a 
 twin sister of Mrs. Christian), Mrs. Julia Gregory, 
 and William, who died in Warren County many 
 years ago. 
 
 Mr. Martin whose name heads tliis record, 
 like the other members of the family, attended 
 the common schools of Kentucky, but his educa- 
 tional advantages were quite limited. He had 
 to walk a distance of about three miles, to a 
 schoolhouse, a primitive .structure, without a 
 floor, and furnished with slab benches. He made 
 the mo.st of his opportunities, however, and at 
 length engaged in teaching. 
 
 On the 25th of March, 1828. Mr. Martin was 
 united in marriage with Miss Aim E. Taylor, 
 whose family was from Virginia. She was born 
 in the Di.strict of Columbia, in February-, 1803. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Martin became the parents of ten 
 
 children, and with one e.xception all are living at 
 this writing. Benjamin H., who was born 
 March 18, 1829, resides in Biggsville: John T., 
 born July 6, 1830, is a re.sident of Eugene, 
 Ore.; Mrs. Frances M. Plummer, born Januar\- 
 5, 1832, is deceased; William F. and Charles .\., 
 twins, the fonner a resident of Oregon, and the lat- 
 ter of this county, were boni February 13, 1833; 
 Robert J., born Februarx- 14, 1837, is living in 
 South Dakota; Andrew W., born June 7. 1S38, 
 resides in Knoxville, Iowa; Mary A., born 
 March 5, 1S40, is the wife of Rev. John Hood, of 
 Galesburg; Margaret J., born May 28, 1844, is 
 now Mrs. Rice of Bald Bluff, Henderson County: 
 and Sarah A., born November i, 1S45. married 
 John McDill, and lives at Emerson, Iowa. Four 
 of the sons served in the Civil War, and the 
 father twice went to the vSouth to visit and look 
 after the interests of his bo\-s in blue. Be.sides 
 his large family lie now has thirty -eight grand- 
 children, and thirty-two great-grandchildren. 
 
 It was in 1836 that Mr. Martin came to Hen- 
 der.son County, since which time he has been 
 numbered among its honored citizens. He lo- 
 cated on .section 25, Gladstone Township, and 
 there embarked in farming, which he successfullj' 
 followed for many long \ears. When he became 
 its owner the land was still in its primitive con- 
 dition, not a furrow having been turned, or an 
 improvement made thereon, but he at once began 
 its development, and transformed it into a fine 
 farm. He had one hundred and sixty acres, 
 which, when he came to the county, was consid- 
 ered quite a large property. In connection with 
 general farming he was also quite extensively 
 engaged in stock-raising, making a .specialty of 
 the breeding of cattle and hogs. Thus he carried 
 on his business interests until 1S70. when he re- 
 tired from the farm and removed to Bigg.sville. 
 
 Mr. Martin, who has taken quite a prominent part 
 in public affairs, for some time served as County 
 Connnissioner, and was Justice of the Peace of 
 the South Henderson District for about twent\- 
 years. He also was School Director for about 
 thirty years, and in these various offices he dis- 
 charged his duties with a promptness and fidelitv 
 which won him high commendation. The best 
 
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 interests of the communitj- have ever found in 
 him a friend, and he has done much for pubHc 
 advancement and improvement. In 1880, he was 
 called upon to mouni the less of his wife, who 
 passed away on the i6th of December. .She pos- 
 sessed many excellencies of character, had the 
 love and respect of all who knew her, and was a 
 faithful member of the Pre.sbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Martin also Ijelongs to the Presbyterian Church, 
 and in politics is a supporter of the Republican 
 party. In the long years of his residence in Hender- 
 .son County, he has formed a wide acquaintance, 
 and is held in the highe.st regard by both young 
 and old, rich and poor. 
 
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 ^OHX FREDERICK CLOVER, who is liv- 
 I ing on section 3, Loma.x Towu.ship, Hender- 
 Pj son County, has the honor of being a native 
 of Illinois, for he was boni in Warren Count}-, 
 November 9, 1S43. His father, Cornelius Clover, 
 was born in Oneida County, X. Y., March 21, 
 1 794, and was of German descent. Having at- 
 tained to mature years, he married Xarcis.sa Bil- 
 ling.sly, who was born near Greensboro, X'. C, 
 March 14, 1S13. Six children grace this union: 
 La Fayette, now a farmer of Henderson Couiit>- ; 
 Josephus, who died December 15, 1889: Merritt 
 A., an agriculturi.st of Xeosha, Kan.; John, of 
 this sketch: Marcellus, a resident farmer of 
 Hendenson County; and Lucina, who is living on 
 the old homestead. Ere his marriage to the mother 
 of our subject, Cornelius Clover had married Mi.ss 
 Rebecca Persons, and to them were born eight 
 children, but the eldest died in infancy, seven 
 growing to maturity, nameh-; Armenia, of Hen- 
 derson County; J. Perry, who died December 26, 
 1877; Clarissa X., wife of J. P. White, of Okla- 
 homa; Elizabeth, who died October 31, 1855; 
 Jane, who died March 16, 1885; Cornelius T., 
 an agriculturist of Henderson County; and Re- 
 becca, widow of John Kays, and a re,sident of 
 Oregon. 
 
 The father of this family was a millwright by 
 trade, and followed that business for some vears. 
 
 On the breaking out of the War of 18 12, he en- 
 li.sted, and served until its close. He then re- 
 turned to the Empire State, where he made his 
 home for some time, after which lie removed to 
 Indiana and engaged in keeping a hotel until 
 1843. That year witnessed his removal to War- 
 ren County, 111. He settled near Avon, and took 
 up land from the Government, upon which he 
 made his home until 1852, when he came to 
 Henderson County, and located upon the farm 
 which is now the home of our subject. He first 
 purcha.sed one hundred and sixty acres on section 
 3, Lomax Township, upon which only a few 
 acres had been broken, while a log cabin consti- 
 tuted the only improvements. To the further de- 
 velopment of the place he then de\-oted his ener- 
 gies until his death, which occurred April 5. 
 1863. He was a member of the Christian Church, 
 and his life was a straightforward and honorable 
 one, which gained him the confidence and high 
 regard of all with whom he was brought in con- 
 tact. His wife sur\nved him about thirty years, 
 and died February 9, 1893. She too was a 
 member of the Christian Church, and was interred 
 in the family burjing-ground b>- the side of her 
 husband. 
 
 Mr. Clover of this notice has always lived in 
 this State, and since the age of nine years he has 
 l)een a resident of Henderson County. In the 
 usual manner of farm lads he was reared to man- 
 hood, aiding in the labors of the farm through 
 the summer months, while in the winter season 
 he attended the connnon .schools of the neighbor- 
 hood. Upon his father's death he took charge of 
 the old home farm, which he has since operated. 
 In connection with his sister he owns one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of rich land, and the place is 
 now under a high state of cultivation and well 
 improved. 
 
 During the late war, Mr. Clover entered the 
 countrj-'s .service, enlisting September 17, 1861, 
 as a private of Company F), Tenth Illinois In- 
 fantry. He was mustered into the senice at Cairo, 
 and the first engagement in which he participated 
 was at Xew Madrid, Mo. He took part in many 
 of the most important battles of the war, and 
 when his first term of sers-ice had expired re-en- 
 
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 listed, serving until July 4, 1865, when he was 
 discharged at Louisville, Ky., with the rank of 
 Corporal. He was a valiant defender of the 
 Union, and one of the bravest of the boj'sin blue. 
 When his country no longer needed his service, 
 he returned to the farm, and has since devoted 
 his time and attention to agricultural pursuits. 
 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and is a highly re- 
 .spected citizen. 
 
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 (fi\ RTHUR GRAY, one of the enterprising farm- 
 T\ ers and stock-raisers of Henderson County, 
 l\ now living in Gladstone, is a representative 
 of one of the honored pioneer families of the coun- 
 ty. He was born in this locality January 8, 1858, 
 and is a son of Patrick Gray, a native of Ireland, 
 bom in Count>' Kildare in 18 17. On the Emerald 
 Isle he grew to manhood, and there married Ann 
 Logan, who was born in 1827. In 1849, Mr. 
 Gray crossed the Atlantic to America, for he be- 
 lieved he might better his financial condition in 
 the New World. Landing in New York City, 
 he there remained .six years, after which he went 
 to Chicago, and a year later removed to Burling- 
 ton, Iowa. In that city he spent two years, 
 working as a fuller in a woolen factory, after 
 which he came to Henderson County, where he 
 embarked in farming. He was soon recognized 
 as one of the leading and successful agriculturists 
 of this community, and as one of its influential 
 citizens. He carried on general farming until his 
 death, which occurred on the old homestead farm 
 on the 6th of December, 1892. His wife still sur- 
 vives him, and is yet living on the old homestead 
 three miles .south of Gladstone. In their family 
 were eight children: Mrs. Ellen O'Leary, Arthur, 
 Thomas, Mrs. Mary Leonard, and four who died 
 in childhood. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the boyhood and youth of Arthur Gray, who upon 
 the home farm was reared to manhood. He was 
 early inured to the labor of the field, and through 
 the summer months aided in the cultivation of 
 
 the .soil, while in the winter season he attended 
 the district .schools of the neighborhood. 
 
 On the 14th of September, 1881, Mr. Gray was 
 united in marriage with Miss Hannah E. Rob- 
 erts, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Griffith) 
 Roberts, who were natives of Monmouthshire, 
 Wales, and in 1S62 crossed the briny deep to Amer- 
 ica, taking up their residence in Burlington, 
 Iowa. Soon after, they came to Henderson Coun- 
 ty. They had a family of nine children, namely: 
 Thomas, William, George, Mrs. Hannah Gra\-, 
 Mrs. Mary Gray, Mrs. Emma Russell, Annie, 
 Mrs. Sallie Walburii and Arthur. They are all 
 farming people, who have become well-to-do and 
 are widely and favorably known throughout the 
 county. Three children grace the union of our 
 subject and his wife: Mabel, born June 15, 1883: 
 Clyde, September 5, 1885; and Edgar, October 
 7, 1887. 
 
 Mr. Gray is now one of the substantial farmers 
 of the county. He owns and operates five hun- 
 dred and thirty-five acres of good land, which is 
 under a high state of cultivation, and is well 
 improved. All the accessories and con\-eniences 
 of a model farm may here be found, and the neat 
 appearance of the place indicates the thrift and 
 enterprise of the owner. In connection with gen- 
 eral farming, he is al.so engaged quite extensively 
 in rai.sing cattle, which branch of his business has 
 proved to him quite profitable. His prosperity 
 is the result of his own efforts and the assistance 
 of his amiable wife, and is therefore well merited. 
 
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 (TOHN CHRISTIAN STRIPE, a retired farmer 
 I living in Oquawka, is numbered among the 
 (2/ early and honored settlers of Henderson Coun- 
 t}', and for many years has not only witnessed 
 the growth and progress of this region, but lias 
 also aided in its advancement and upbuilding. 
 He is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born 
 November 6, 1832. His father, Jacob Stripe, 
 was also a native of the same countrj-, and was a 
 cloth-weaver by trade. He married Miss Cath- 
 arine Smith, and they became the parents of eleven 
 
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 535 
 
 children, four of whom grew to manhood and 
 womanhood. Annie became the wife of George 
 Hofflich, of Wiirtemberg, German\ , but i.s now 
 decea.sed: John C. is the next younger; Barbara i.s 
 the wife of Charles Shoemaker, a merchant of 
 Philadelpliia: and Ursula is the widow of Fred 
 Windolph, of Dover, Del. Mr. Stripe is an only 
 son, as were his father, grandfather and great- 
 grandfather. 
 
 Our subject obtained his education in the com- 
 mon .schools of Germany. He was left an orphan 
 when quite young, and in 1S47, when a youth of 
 fifteen years, he bade adieu to his native land and 
 .started for America, crossing the Atlantic in a 
 sailing- vessel, which, after a voyage of forty-one 
 days, dropped anchor in the harbor of New York. 
 He immediately proceeded to Philadelphia, where 
 he completed his trade, that of carriage-making, 
 which he then followed for ten years, becoming 
 an expert workman along that line. In the fall 
 of 1S57 'is emigrated westward, and cc.st in his 
 lot with the early settlers of Ocpiawka, where for 
 six years he followed carriage-making in the em- 
 ploy of others. In 1863 he embarked in the 
 carriage and wagon-making business for himself 
 in Otiuawka, and his time was thus passed for fif- 
 teen years. In 187S he rented land and began 
 fanning, continuing its cultivation for five years. 
 He then purcha.sed a farm, and carried on agri- 
 cultural ])ursuits until 1891, when he retired from 
 active business life. 
 
 Mr. Strijie has been twice married. On the 
 2istof May, 1855, he wedded Miss Rebecca A. 
 l%ckley, and by their union were born nine chil- 
 dren: Mary A., now the wife of J. L. Thomas, 
 who is engaged in farming in Mercer County; 
 Harry, who is employed in a restaurant in Mon- 
 mouth; Arthur and \Vill)ur. who are engaged in 
 the livery business in Ociuawka; Maud, at home; 
 John C. and Frank, who have pas.sed away; 
 Lucy, who became the wife of Robert Hatton, l)nt 
 is now decea.sed ; and one child who died in infan- 
 cy. The mother of this family was called to her 
 final rest September 27, 1877, and on the loth 
 of November, 1881, Mr. Stripe was iniited in mar- 
 riage with Mrs. Almira Fames, widow of Perry 
 Fames, of Oquawka. 
 
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 Our subject exercises his right of franchise in 
 
 support of the Republican party, and on th.it 
 ticket has been elected Road Connui.ssioner, 
 School Director and .School Tru.stee. He is a 
 member and one of the Trustees of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, and also belongs to Tranquil 
 Lodge No. 193, I. O. O. F. His life has been 
 well spent, and an honorable, .straightforward ca- 
 reer has won him high regard. From a financial 
 standpoint he has also been successful, and he is 
 now the manager of five hundred acres of valuable 
 land, the income derived therefrom enabling him 
 to live retired. 
 
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 (TOEL BRADSHAW was one of Hancock 
 I County's honored pioneers, and this history 
 (2/ would be incomplete without the record of 
 his life. He was born near Sparta, White Coun- 
 ty, Tenn., on the 15th of September, 1812, and 
 when a lad of seven summers accompanied his 
 parents on their emigration to Illinois, the family 
 settling in Madison County, where they resided 
 for a Near. His father was a native of Tennessee, 
 and his mother of Kentucky. To them were born 
 ten children, five sons and five daughters. In 
 1820, Mr. Bradshaw went with his parents to 
 Morgan County, where his father entered seven 
 hundred acres of land from the Government. The 
 unsettled condition of the county at that time nui\' 
 be imagined from the fact that what was once 
 wild land, comprised within the Bradshaw home- 
 stead, is now the .site of the city of Jacksonville. 
 Joel Bradshaw attended the district .schools oi 
 Morgan County, and ac(|uired an excellent edu- 
 cation. He then end)arked in farming, which he 
 followed in that county until 1.S37, which year 
 witnessed his removal to Hancock County. Soon 
 after his arrival he purcha.sed one thou.sand acres 
 of land in La Harpe Town.shiji, and for many years 
 extensively engaged in farming. He bore all the 
 hardships and trials of pioneer life, and took part 
 in the Mormon War, which occurred near Camp 
 Point and Nauvoo, and which resulted in driving 
 the Mormons from the State. When he came 
 
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 here, much of the land was in possession of the 
 Government, and the settlements were widely 
 scattered, for the work of civilization and progress 
 seemed scarcely begun. 
 
 On the 2oth of March, 1834, Mr. Bradshawwas 
 united in marriage with Mi,ss Catherine Dickson, 
 daughter of Hugh and Margaret fLeib) Dickson. 
 They became the parents of a family of ten chil- 
 dren: Jane, who was born on the 14th of March, 
 1835, and is now deceased; William D., who was 
 born March 30, 1837; Mary J., who was born 
 Jaiuiary 3, 1839, and has now passed away; 
 George W., born Januarj- i, 1841 ; Sarah L,. , who 
 was boni January 14, 1845, and is now deceased; 
 Susannas., who was born December 18, 1842, 
 and has been called to the home beyond; Emma 
 E., who was born F'ebruary 8, 1847, and is the 
 widow of James W. P. Davis; Alvina C, who was 
 born May 20, 1849, and is now deceased; J. D., 
 who was bom October 2, 1852, and has departed 
 this life; and James M., who was born December 
 20, 1855, and is represented elsewhere in this 
 work. 
 
 Mr. Bradshaw was an advocate of Democratic 
 principles, but was never an office-seeker. The 
 history of Hancock County was familiar to him 
 for more than half a century, and he could relate 
 many interesting incidents of frontier life. He 
 always bore his part in the work of upbuilding 
 and development, and was much respected by his 
 friends and neighbors, who deeply mourned his 
 death. He passed away in La Harpe Township, 
 November 5, 1890, at the age of seventy-eight 
 years. 
 
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 0ANIEL L. DICKSON, a retired farmer, now 
 residing in Dallas City, well deserves men- 
 tion among the honored pioneers of Hancock 
 County, for a half-century has passed since he 
 located within the borders of the county, and he 
 lias therefore witnessed the greater part of its 
 growth and upbuilding. He has seen its wild 
 land transformed into l)cautiful homes and farms, 
 its handcts l)ecome thriving towns and villages, 
 and the \v.)rk of progress and civilization carried 
 
 forward so rapidly that the county of to-day 
 bears little resemblance to that of fifty years ago. 
 
 Mr. Dickson was born in East Tennessee, Ma)- 
 18, 18 1 7, and is the second in a family of seven 
 children whose parents were Hugh and Margaret 
 CLeib) Dickson. His father claimed Pennsylva- 
 nia as the State of his nativity, and removed from 
 there to Tennessee, where he spent several years. 
 In 1824 he brought his family to Illinois, and lo- 
 cated in Morgan County, where he remained un- 
 til 1843, when he came to Hancock County. Set- 
 tling in La Harpe Township, he there carried on 
 agricultural pursuits for many years. He served 
 in the Black Hawk War, and was familiar with 
 all the experiences and hard,ships of frontier life. 
 His death occurred at the age of seventy-five 
 years. His wife, who was also a native of Penn- 
 sylvania, passed away at the age of seventy-four 
 years. The Dickson family is of Irish extraction, 
 and was probably founded in the United States 
 during early Colonial days. 
 
 Daniel L. Dickson accompanied his parents to 
 Morgan County, and there remained until 1838, 
 when he came to Hancock County and purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land in La Haqie 
 Township. This he at once began to develop 
 and improve, but after seven years he sold out and 
 purchased a quarter-section of land in Durham 
 Township. From time to time he added to that 
 tract until he had become the owner of one thou- 
 sand acres of valuable land. He was verj- suc- 
 cessful in his undertakings, and continued to en- 
 gage in agricultural pursuits until 1883, when he 
 came to Dallas City and .sold a part of his farm. 
 Purchasing a handsome residence, he has since 
 here lived a retired life, enjoying the rest which 
 he has so truly earned and richly deserves. 
 
 In 1837 Mr. Dickson married Miss Marj' Shot- 
 well, of Morgan Count)-, who died leaving four 
 children: Hugh, now one of the leading mer- 
 chants of La Harpe; Josiah, a prosperous farmer 
 of Hancock County; Emma, widow of John 
 Strawn, who is living in La Harpe; and Daniel, a 
 farmer residing near Butler, Mo. Mr. Dickson 
 is very ju.stly proud of his sons. Not one of his 
 boys was ever heard to swear, known to drink 
 liquor, play cards or u.se tobacco. On the 6th of 
 
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 537 
 
 Januan', 1867, Mr. Dickson was again married, 
 and one child was born of that union, Freddie J., 
 who is now attending school. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dickson are active members and prominent work- 
 ers in the Chri-stian Church, and have contributed 
 liberalh- to the support of the church. 
 
 Mr. Dickson has always been a friend to those 
 enterpri.ses which are calculated to prove of public 
 benefit, and is recognized as a valued citizen of the 
 community. He lived in Hancock County all 
 through the Mormon troubles, but took no part in 
 them. He was one of the first settlers on the 
 prairie, and his home was one oftho.se of frontier 
 .style. He now has one of the nio.st beautiful 
 residences in Dallas City, and in connection with 
 this owns several town lots, together with five 
 hundred acres of valuable farm land. All has 
 been acquired through his own efforts, and his 
 possessions are a monument to his thrift and en- 
 terprise. 
 
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 HENRY MOHR, one of the leading and rep- 
 resentative farmers of Lomax Township, now 
 living on section 32, has been a resident of 
 Henderson County during the greater part of the 
 time since 1849, and is therefore numbered among 
 its pioneer settlers. He claims Germany as his 
 native land, for he was there born December 2, 
 1837. He is one of three children whose parents, 
 Conrad and Elizabeth (Weggs) Mohr, were also 
 natives of German}-. His brother and sister bore 
 the names of John and Elizabeth respectively. In 
 1846 the family crossed the Atlantic to i\.merica 
 in a sailing-vessel, which was upon the ocean for 
 six weeks, and then reached the harbor of Balti- 
 more. Coming West, they located in Nauvoo, 
 where they made their home until 1849, when 
 they came to Henderson County. 
 
 Henry Mohr was a lad of nine years at the time 
 of the emigration. He grew to manhood in Illi- 
 nois, and received a limited education in the pub- 
 lic schools. His training at fann labor, however, 
 was not meagre, for at an early age he began 
 work on the old homestead, and was thus em- 
 
 ployed until 1864, when he made a trip to the 
 West with horse-teams, spending about eighteen 
 months in California and Nevada. In the au- 
 tumn of 1865, he returned to Illinois and has since 
 made it his home. 
 
 On the 6th of June, 1866, Mr. Mohr was united 
 in marriage with Miss Minnie Wamsau.ser, and to 
 them have been born eight children : Lewis, John, 
 Emma, Edward, Willie, Caroline, Clara, and 
 Louisa, who died at the age of two years. 
 
 Mr. Mohr has always been a .stanch supporter 
 of the Republican party and its principles, and is 
 a member of the German Lutheran Church. He 
 has served as School Director for nine j-ears, and 
 takes an active and commendable interest in all 
 worth)- public enterprises which are calculated to 
 benefit the community. He has a pleasant home 
 on section 32, Lomax Township, whither he re- 
 moved in 1871 , having since made his home there- 
 on. He has two hundred and twenty acres of 
 valuable land, which is now under a high state of 
 cultivation. He has made all the improvements 
 upon the place himself and therefore they stand 
 as monuments to his thrift and enterprise. In all 
 its appointments the place is complete, and the 
 owner is now .successfulh- engaged in general 
 farming and stock-raising. He started out in life 
 a poor boy, but has .steadily worked his way up- 
 ward, and has now become one of the thrifty and 
 .substantial citizens of the communitv. 
 
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 (Tames R. hull. M. D., has for the past five 
 I years been engaged iii the practice of medi- 
 Q) cine in Sciota, and has secured a liberal pat- 
 ronage. He was born May 3, i860, in Peoria 
 County, 111. His father. Dr. Abram Hull, was a 
 native of Licking County, Ohio, and he too was a 
 ph>-sician and surgeon. Having graduated from 
 the .St. Louis Medical College in the Class of '44. 
 he established an office and began practice in Ma- 
 rietta, Fulton County, 111. For many years he 
 continued the prosecution of his profession, but is 
 now living a retired life in Good Hope. For a 
 time he engaged in practice in Ellisville, 111. ; later 
 
538 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 he spent a j'ear in Peoria, and then returned to 
 Ellisville. In 1865 he removed to Kansas City, 
 Mo., where the succeeding ten years of his life 
 were passed, and then took up his residence in 
 Lewistown. In 1877 he removed to Good Hope, 
 where he has since made his home. 
 
 Dr. Abram Hull was united in marriage with 
 Mi.ss Caroline R. Hezlep, and to them were born 
 two children: James R., of this sketch; and Eliza- 
 beth C who is yet at home. The former was 
 reared in Kansas City until fifteen years of age, 
 and acquired a good education in its public schools. 
 About 1875 he accompanied his parents on their 
 remo\'al to Lewistown, 111., and two years later he 
 became a resident of Good Hope. Wishing to 
 make the practice of medicine his life work, he 
 began .studying under the direction of his father, 
 with whom he continued his reading for two 
 years. In the autumn of 1878 he went to Keo- 
 kuk and entered the Keokuk Medical College, 
 from which institution he was graduated in the 
 Cla.ss of '80, on conipleting a thorough course of 
 study. 
 
 vSoon after. Dr. Hull opened an office in Sciota, 
 and here continued in active practice until 1883, 
 when he went to Good Hope, there spending two 
 years. On the expiration of that period he left 
 for the West and again took up his residence in 
 Kansas City, where he continued practice until 
 1889. In that year he again came to Sciota, 
 where he has since made his home. 
 
 On the 9th of September, 1880, Dr. Hull led to 
 the marriage altar MissChloe B. Warner, daugh- 
 ter of Samuel and Isabel (Hezlep) Warner, who 
 are residents of Fulton Count.\-, 111. Two chil- 
 dren grace this union, a son and a daughter, Car- 
 rie B. and Fred. A. W. The parents are promi- 
 nent and highly respected citizens of this commun- 
 ity, and in social circles hold an enviable posi- 
 tion. They both belong to the Methodist Epi.sco- 
 pal Church, and take an active iutere.st in its 
 work and upbuilding. 
 
 Socially, the Doctor is connected with Indus- 
 trial Lodge No. 440, K. P., of which he is now 
 Chancellor Commander, and he is also a memlier of 
 Sciota Lodge No. 532, I. O. O. F., and the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America. He votes with the 
 
 Republican party and is a warm advocate of its 
 principles, but has never sought political prefer- 
 ment. He has steadily worked his way upward 
 in the ranks of his profession, until he now occu- 
 pies a leading place in the medical fraternity of 
 this communitv. 
 
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 30HX W. LIONBERGER, the present Su- 
 pervi.sor of Pilot Grove Township, Hancock 
 County, and a representative farmer re.siding 
 on section 12, was born on the 14th of February, 
 1827, in Page County, \'a., and comes of a family 
 of German origin. His parents, Joseph and 
 Esther (Burner) Lionberger, were also natives of 
 the Old Dominion. The father followed farming 
 throughout his entire life. He was reared in the 
 State of his nativity, and on leaving the South, in 
 the autumn of 1835, he came to Illinois. The 
 trip westward was made by team, and he located 
 in Springfield, but in the spring of 1836 he came 
 to Hancock County, and took up his residence in 
 what is now Fountain Green Township. Dur- 
 ing that year, however, he inircha.sed land in 
 Pilot Grove Township, becoming owner of three 
 liundred and twenty acres on sections 11 and 12, 
 partly prairie and partly timber-land. The only 
 improvement upon the place was a small log cabin. 
 He erected a gristmill on Crooked Creek in 1839, 
 the first mill built in this section of the countrx'. 
 He was prominently identified with the develop- 
 ment of this region, and took an active iutere.st 
 in everything pertaining to its advancement. He 
 aided in laying out the roads in this and adjoin- 
 ing townshii)s, and also helped organize the 
 .schools. He .served as a soldier throughout the 
 War of 1 81 2. He died in Hancock County, Jan- 
 uary 15, 1868, in the faith of the Baptist Church, 
 and his remains were laid to re.st in the Andrews' 
 Cemetery of lunnitain Green Township. His 
 wife, who pa.ssed away in 1864, is al.so there buried. 
 In the Lionberger family were eight children, 
 namely: Rebecca, wife of Jacob Grove, a resident 
 fanner of Fountain Green Town.ship; Hamilton 
 and Joseph, who are both deceased; Benjamin, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 539 
 
 who is now li\iny; retired in Benton County, 
 Ark.; Mary, wife of William H. Gruhb, a resi- 
 dent of Quincy, 111.; Ann E., decea.sed; JohnW., 
 of this sketch ; and Franklin, who has also passed 
 away. 
 
 John W. Lionberi^er spent the first eight years 
 of his life in his native State, and then came with 
 his parents to Hancock County. He is numbered 
 among its pioneers, for he saw the county ere the 
 work of civilization and progress had scarcely be- 
 gun. The greater part of the land was wild, and 
 much of it was yet in pos.se.ssion of the Gov- 
 ernment. The homes were mostly log cabins, and 
 these were widely scattered. It was an arduous 
 ta.sk to open up a farm, and there were other dif- 
 ficulties and hard.ships to be borne; jet those pi- 
 oneer days also afforded many plea.sures which 
 are not known to a more modern civilization. 
 Mr. Lionberger acquired his education in the 
 subscription .schools, to which he often walked a 
 di.stance of three miles. He began life for him- 
 .self at the age of twenty-three years bj- operating 
 a part of the old homestead on shares. Here 
 he has lived since coming to the county. He 
 now owns two hundred acres of the old farm 
 where his father first located, and in addition to 
 this he has another tract of one hundred and .sev- 
 enty-five acres. For many years he has carried 
 on general farming and .stock-raising, and .still 
 follows that pursuit with good success. Mr. 
 Lionberger took an active part in the Mormon 
 War, as it is called, was with the artillery gun 
 No. 2, and remained all through the war. He 
 helped to get them across the river into Iowa. 
 
 On the 30th of October, 1850, Mr. Lionberger 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Philena Rob- 
 erts, daughter of Abijah and Lucy A. (Andrews) 
 Roberts. Tlie lady was lx)rn in the lunpire State, 
 and with her parents came to this county in 1847, 
 locating in Durham Township. Her parents 
 there resided until 1865, when they removed to 
 Minnesota, where the fatlier's death occurred in 
 1874. His wife .still survives him, and has now 
 reached the advanced age of eighty- four. Unto 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lionljerger were born si.x children, 
 namely: Man,- E., wife of W. A. Pickernell, a 
 farmer re.siding in Iowa; Edward .\., who is en- 
 
 gaged in business in LaHarpe; Clara A., wife of 
 W. C. Bainter; Robert R., a stock-buyer and 
 shipper of La Cros.se; John F., who is still at 
 home; and one child who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Lionberger is a .supporter of the Demo- 
 cratic party and its principles, and takes quite an 
 active interest in political affairs, keeping well in- 
 formed on the is.sues of the day. He has .served 
 his township as Supervisor for five terms, was 
 Asses.sor for the long period of twenty years, and 
 has filled every office in the township except that 
 of Clerk. He is now serving as Justice of the 
 Peace, a position he has filled for the past sixteen 
 years. His fidelity to duty is attested by his long 
 retention in oflice, which al.so indicates the confi- 
 dence reposed in him. That he is ever true to 
 all public and private tru.sts is a fact known to all 
 who are acquainted with Mr. Lionberger. He is 
 a public-.spirited and progrcs.sive citizen and an 
 honorable and upright man, and it is with pleas- 
 ure that we present to our readers this record of 
 a life so well worthy of enuilation. 
 
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 0AMUEL EDWARD VAUGHAN, who re- 
 Nk sides on section 10, Lomax Township, is one 
 Qj of the e.xten.sive land-owners of Hendenson 
 County. His po.s.scssions aggregate .seven hun- 
 dred and twenty acres, comprising a valuable and 
 highly improved property, which yields to him a 
 good income. As all this has been acquired 
 through his own efforts, he may truly be called a 
 .self-made man. 
 
 Mr. Vaughan has the honor of being a native 
 of Illinois, for he was born in the adjoining 
 county of Hancock, September 11, 1840. His 
 parents, William and Elizabeth( Russell) Vaughan, 
 were both natives of Maryland. They had a 
 family of five children: Jo.seph, who cros.sed the 
 plains to California in 1849, and there died in 
 '859: Jonathan, who died Februar>- 9, 1891; 
 Mary, deceased: William, a grain merchant and 
 implement dealer of Carman, Illinois; and Sanuiel 
 E., of this sketch. By occupation the father of 
 this family was a farmer, and throughout life fol- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 lowed agricultural pursuits. In 1835, he removed 
 with his wife and children to Ohio, and in 1837 
 emigrated to Hancock Count}-, 111., .settling near 
 Appanoose, where he died in June, 1840. 
 
 Upon the old homestead in that locality our 
 subject spent the first years of his life, and then 
 came to Henderson County, locating near Carman, 
 where he grew to manhood. Two and a-half 
 miles from his home, in a log schoolhouse, was 
 conducted a subscription school, which he at- 
 tended at intervals until sixteen years of age. 
 He then started out in life for himself, and since 
 that time has been dependent on his own re- 
 sources, so that the success of his life is the just 
 reward of his own labor. He began working as a 
 fann hand for $6 per month, and in that way was 
 emplojed for five years, when he rented a farm, 
 but after two years he purcha.sed forty acres of 
 land, an unimproved tract of prairie, on .section 
 36, Carman Township. A year later he bought 
 a farm on section 34, and he now has two farms 
 near Carman, comprising two hundred and 
 seventy acres of good land. In that locality he 
 made his home until 1888, with the exception of 
 one year spent in Washington. In 1888 he came 
 to Lomax, where he embarked in merchandising. 
 He also carried on a lumber-yard, and .served as 
 Postmaster, continuing business along tho.se lines 
 until the spring of 1893, when he removed to his 
 present farm. 
 
 Mr. Vaughan has been twice married. On the 
 30th of May, 1865, he wedded Miss Mary Kirby, 
 and to them were born four children: Risden, 
 who died in infancy; Newton, who follows farm- 
 ing in Henderson County; Jonathan, who died 
 at the age of two years; and William, who died 
 at the age of five months. The mother of this 
 family was called to the home beyond Februarj- 
 8, 1869. On the 9th of November following, 
 Mr. Vaughan married Mi.ss linuna Hamblin, and 
 five children blessed this union: Elizabeth; Mary, 
 who died March 21, 1884; Roxie, who died 
 October 23, 1888; Clara and Archie. 
 
 Since proudly casting his first Presidential 
 vote for Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Vaughan has 
 been a faithful supporter of the men and measures 
 ot the Republican party. He has served as 
 
 Justice of the Peace and Road Supervisor, is a 
 member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs 
 to the Methodist Church. The best interests of 
 the community have always found in him a warm 
 friend, and during his long residence in Hender- 
 son County his upright life and sterling worth 
 have gained him the confidence and good-will of 
 all with whom business or social relations have 
 brought him in contact. 
 
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 ROBERT MATHERS, who carries on gen- 
 eral farming on section 34, Walnut Grove 
 Township, is one of the most extensive land- 
 owners of Henderson County. He was born in 
 Washington County, Pa., on the 19th of August, 
 1827, and is a son of Samuel and Jane (Green) 
 Mathers. His parents were both natives of the 
 Emerald Isle, but were married in New York, 
 and removed to Washington County, Pa., where 
 the father carried on farming on rented land until 
 1842, when he emigrated with his familj* to the 
 West. He moved to Henderson County, 111., 
 where he spent his remaining days, passing away 
 in Augu.st, 1859. Mrs. Mathers died on the 13th 
 of February, 1891, at the advanced age of ninety- 
 one years. In their famil}- were ten children, 
 four of whom are now living. Jo Mathers, the 
 eldest surviving member, is now a resident of 
 Biggsville. Robert is the next younger. Sanuiel 
 follows fanning in the same town.ship with his 
 brother; and George now makes his home in Cal- 
 ifornia. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads Robert 
 Mathers spent the days of his boyhood and youth. 
 He made his home with his parents until his mar- 
 riage, but for some time previous earned his own 
 livelihood. When he started out for himself he 
 had no capital, but, possessed of a resolute will 
 and a determination to succeed, he has .steadily 
 worked his wa>- upward. The first j-ear he 
 worked for John Peasley, and though he only re- 
 ceived $122.50 for the entire year's work, he saved 
 .some money out of that. As the result of his 
 industry and frugality he at length became the 
 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 541 
 
 owner of a good farm of one hmidred and sixty 
 acres. 
 
 On the 1 2th of October, 1859, Mr. Mather.s 
 was united in marriage with Miss Alzoria Powell, 
 daughter of Nathan and Mary Powell, who were 
 numbered among the early .settlers of Henderson 
 County. Their union has been blessed with a 
 family of seven children, five of whom are yet 
 living: Eugene, at home; Dora, wife of John 
 Iroiis, a pro.sperous and well-known farmer of 
 Walnut Grove Township; James and vSamuel N. , 
 who aid their father in the operation of the home 
 farm; and Ethel, who completes the famih'. 
 They also have with them a grandchild, a son of 
 their deceased daughter. Their family is one of 
 which thej- may well be proud, for all are doing 
 well in life and are a credit to their parents. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Mathers is a Repub- 
 lican and has served as Road Supervisor, but has 
 never been a politician in the sense of office- 
 .seeking, preferring to give his entire time and 
 attention to his business interests, in which he 
 has met with signal success. As his financial 
 resources have increased he has made judicious 
 investments in farming lands, until his pos.ses.sions 
 now aggregate ten hundred and seventy acres, all 
 in one town.ship. This is certainl}- a creditable 
 showing for a man who started out empty-handed. 
 Step by step he has worked his way upward until 
 he has reached a position of affluence. Upon 
 his farm are good buildings, a good residence, 
 barns and outbuildings (which are models of con- 
 venience), and all modern acces.sories. Among the 
 self-made men of the communit)- Robert Mathers 
 well deser\'ed to be numbered. 
 
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 ROBERT LOMAX, a representative of one of 
 the prominent families of Henderson Coun- 
 ty, is now living in the village which bears 
 the family name. He is widely and favorably 
 known in this locality, and we feel assured that 
 the record of his life will prove of interest to many 
 of our readers. A native of Ohio, he was born in 
 Clinton County, near Wilmington, April 27, 1813, 
 
 and is a son of Robert and Ann (Wiggins) Lomax. 
 The family is of Engli.sh origin, and the father 
 was born in North Carolina. When a young man 
 he learned the carpenter's trade and followed that 
 for a luunber of years. He continued his resi- 
 dence in his native State until 18 12, when he re- 
 moved to Clinton County, Ohio, making the trip 
 by team. There he entered one hundred and forty 
 acres of land from the Govennnent, a tract of 
 heavy timber, and in the midst of the forest he 
 erected a log cabin and hewed out a farm. There 
 he carried on agricultural pursuits until the spring 
 of 1844, when he made an overland trip to Mc- 
 Donough County, 111., purchasing a farm, on 
 which he lived for two years. He then came to 
 Henderson Count3' and bought a three hundred 
 acre farm, upon which the village of Lomax was 
 built. His death there occurred in the ninety- 
 third year of his age, and he was laid to rest in 
 Blandinsville Cemetery. He held membership 
 with the Christian Church, and also belonged to 
 the Ma.sonic fraternity. His wife passed away at 
 the age of .seventy-five years. They were the 
 parentsof thirteen children, but Lydia, William, 
 Sarah, Rachel, Eliza, Abel and Jesse are now de- 
 ceased. Elizabeth is the wife of Elisha Knox, 
 who is residing in Bureau County, 111. Robert 
 is the next younger. Sarah is living in Jack- 
 .sonville. 111. James is an attornej'-at-law of San 
 Francisco, Cal. Alfred is a farmer of Elmer, Mo. ; 
 and Nancy also makes her home in Elmer, Mo. 
 
 Upon the old home farm in the Buckeye State 
 Robert Lomax was reared. His education was 
 acquired in the sub.scription schools, held in a log 
 schoolhouse, but his advantages in that direction 
 were somewhat limited. On attaining his major- 
 ity he began the operation of the old homestead, 
 and continued farming in Ohio until 1848, when 
 he came by team to Illinois. After two years 
 spent in McDonough County, he became a resi- 
 dent of Hender.son County, and for three years 
 engaged in farming with his father near Lomax. 
 On the expiration of that period we find him in 
 Blandinsville, where he purcha.sed a flouring-niill 
 and for four years engaged in the milling business. 
 His next home was in Warsaw, wl<ere he carried 
 on a hotel for a period of twelve years. He then 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 came to Henderson County and purchased three 
 hundred acres of land. He still owns two hun- 
 dred acres of this, besides several homes in the 
 village of lyomax. 
 
 On the 2d of January, 1851, Mr. Loma.x was 
 united in marriage with Missl.ydia Millis, and to 
 them were born three children: James and Will- 
 iam, who died in inlancy ; and PVank, who married 
 Enuna Rollen, by whom he has four children: 
 William, Frederick, Lester and Robert M. Mrs. 
 
 In 1835, in his native land, Mr. Morgan was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Mary Howell, a 
 native of Wales and a daughter of Walter and 
 Jane Howell. In the spring of 1848 he bade adieu 
 to home and friends and crossed the Atlantic to 
 America, making the voyage in a sailing-vessel, 
 which after a voj'age of six weeks reached the 
 harbor of New York. Mr. Morgan took up his 
 residence in Oneida Count}-, N. Y.,. where he 
 began work by the montli as a farm hand. In 
 
 Lydia Lomax was called to her final rest Novem- the following autumn he was joined by his wife 
 
 ber 6, 1893, and was buried in Terre Haute Cem- 
 etery. She was a member of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and was a lady who pos.sessed many ex- 
 cellencies of character. 
 
 In earh- life Mr. Lomax was an old-line Whig, 
 but since the organization of the Republican party 
 has been one of its stanch sui>porters. He has 
 served as Justice of the Peace, but has never been 
 
 and fi\e children, who were thirteen weeks on the 
 ocean coming from the Old to the New World. 
 The family resided in New York until 1851, 
 when they came to Illinois, settling in Terre 
 Haute Township, Henderson County, where the 
 father rented land for two years. On the expira- 
 tion of that period he purchased the farm upon 
 which he was living at the time of his death. It 
 
 an office-seeker, preferring to devote his entire comprised one hundred and sixt}- acres on sec- 
 
 time and attention to his Inisiness interests. He 
 belongs to the Christian Church, and is a warm 
 iriendofthecau.se of education, and of all other 
 interests and enterprises which are calculated to 
 prove of public benefit. His life has been well 
 and worthily passed, and the connnunity recog- 
 nizes in him one of its valued citizens. 
 
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 "HOMA.S MORGAN, deceased, who for many 
 years was a leading farmer of Henderson 
 County, was born in Monmouth.shire, Wales, 
 on the 1 8th of July, 181 1, and was a .son of 
 William and Haiuiah Morgan, both of whom 
 were natives of the same country. In their fam- 
 ily were nine children, seven sons and two daugh- 
 ters. Mr. Morgan of this sketch was reared upon 
 a farm, and was early inured to the arduous labor 
 counecte<l therewith. He was entirely .self-edu- 
 cated, Init became well informed for a man who 
 liad no advantages. At the early age of ten 
 years he began earning his own li\eliliood, and 
 from that time forward was dependent on Ids own 
 resources. During his residence in I-jigland he 
 was engaged in farm labor and general work. 
 
 tion 8, and when it came into his possession was 
 a wild and unimproved tract, but he transformed 
 the barren prairies into rich and fertile fields. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Morgan became the parents of a 
 family of six children, all 1)orn in ICngland. 
 Annie, the eldest, became the wife of John P. 
 Barnes, and to them were born three children: 
 Edwin J., now of Sheridan County, Neb.; Mary, 
 who is al.so living in that State; and Joseph J., 
 who is .sendng as County Clerk of Sheridan 
 Count)-. Mr. Barnes died in 1878, and ten years 
 later his widow Ijecame the wife of Philip Ed- 
 munds a farmer of Henderson County. Tliey 
 are well-known people of this community, highly 
 respected by all. James, the .second child in the 
 Morgan family, follows farming in Terre Haute 
 Townshi]). George J. is serving as Justice of 
 the Peace and Notary Public of Stronghurst. 
 Annie died at the age of five years. Thomas died 
 in i!S6i, at the age of fifteen years; and John was 
 drowned in the Erie Canal when the famil\- was 
 coming to Illinois. 
 
 In jxilitics, Mr. Morgan was a Republican 
 and .ser\-ed as a School Director and in other 
 local ofiices. He was a member of the Odd Fel- 
 lows' sociel\- in luigland, and while living in 
 New York held menibershii) with the Baptist 
 
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 Chmcli. He possessed many excellencies of char- 
 acter, was a man of sterling worth and strict in- 
 tegrity, and his npright life won him the confi- 
 dence and esteem of all. His wife pa.ssed away 
 Angnst i6, 1S91, at the age of eighty-four years, 
 and his death occurred October 14, 1S93, at the 
 advanced age of eighty-two. They were laid to 
 rest side by side in Terre Haute Cemetery, and 
 their loss was mourned bj- man}-. 
 
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 NUGH M. ALLISON, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born on the i6th of May, 1838, 
 in Washington County, Pa., and comes of a 
 family of .Scotch origin. His paternal grand- 
 parents, however, were also natives of Washing- 
 ton County. His father, John M. Alli.son, was 
 born and reared on a farm in the same county, 
 and there engaged in agricultural pursuits for a 
 number of jears. In 1835 he married Miss 
 Margaret Carter, a native of Scotland, who came 
 to America with her parents, Andrew and Marga- 
 ret Carter, when she was but two years of age. 
 After this marriage the\- located in Greene 
 County, Pa. Four children were born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. J. M. Alli.son: Hugh M.; \'iola, now 
 the wife of A. B. Harvey, who is engaged in the 
 banking bu.sine.ss in Mu.scotah, Kan; John C, 
 who enlisted in the Union army and died of camp 
 fever at Ft. Donelson, September 23, 1862; and 
 Andrew C a pro.sperous farmer of Henderson 
 County, 111. 
 
 The western fever reaching Pennsylvania, 
 John M. Alli.son with his little family started for 
 Illinois in May, 1850, travehng by water all the 
 way. The day after reaching Burlington his 
 wife died of cholera, and was buried in the ceme- 
 tery of that city. He with his motherless chil- 
 dren continued his journex-, locating for a time 
 upon a farm near where the pre.sent t(nvn of Strong- 
 hurst now .stands. In 1852 he purchased one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of raw land, and went 
 through all the hardships and experiences which 
 fall to the lot of early settlers. They began life in 
 a log cabin, and the subject of this sketch broke 
 
 the prairie with fi\e yoke of oxen and a twenty-four 
 inch plow, this being the usual way of preparing 
 the virgin soil for the rich after han'ests of wheat 
 and corn. In 1854 John M. Alli.son married 
 Sarah Rodman, of Henderson County, who died 
 in 1863. By their union were born four children: 
 Maria and Clara, now decea.sed; Web.ster, a resi- 
 dent of KaiLsas; and Nellie M., wife of Rev. T. S. 
 Roberts, of Osawatomie, Kan. In September. 
 1867, Mr. Allison was married to Miss Elizabeth 
 Smiley, of Warren County, 111., who is .still liv- 
 ing in Moinuouth, near her old home. Two 
 children were born of this union: John S., farm- 
 ing near Monmouth ; and Mary, who is married 
 and lives in Galesburg. Mr. Allison lived on the 
 same farm for nearly thirty-five >-ears, and there 
 died at the age of .sixty-eight. He was a stanch 
 Republican, and always took a leading part in 
 local politics. He held membership with the 
 United Presbyterian Church, as did al.so the 
 mother of our subject. 
 
 Hugh M. Alli.son spent the first twelve years 
 of his life in his native State. He attended the 
 common schools, acquiring a good English edu- 
 cation, and remained under the parental roof un- 
 til he had attained his majority, when he pur- 
 chased eighty acres of land adjoining his father's 
 place, and commenced farming in his own inter- 
 est. Thus he was employed until Augu.st, 1862, 
 when he entered the service of his country. 
 Prompted by patriotic impulses, he left his farm 
 with his grain unstacked to enlist in Company F, 
 Eighty-third IlHnois Infantry, for three years, and 
 took part in various important engagements, the 
 first being February 3, 1863, at Ft. Donelson, 
 Tenn., where .seven hundred ITnion troops opposed 
 four thousand Confederate .soldiers. His regiment 
 was largely on detached service. He continued 
 with it all through the war, and was never 
 wounded or taken prisoner, but had several nar- 
 row escapes. When the country- no longer 
 needed his services, he returned home, and pur- 
 sued a commercial course of study in Burlington, 
 Iowa. In April, 1867, he married Miss Jennie 
 Iv Taylor, of that city, daughter of Allen and 
 Margaret U. Taylor. Their home has been 
 blessed with fnur children, lulwin H., the eldest, 
 
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 is one of the wide-awake young business men of 
 Henderson Countj-, now serving as Cashier of 
 the State Bank of Henderson County; William 
 F. was also interested in banking for a time, 
 acting as Cashier in his uncle's bank in Muscotah, 
 Kan., but is now devoting his entire time to 
 farming; Harrj' C. died of la grippe at the 
 early age of fifteen; and Maude J. is now attend- 
 ing school in Stronghurst. 
 
 With the exception of one j-ear Mr. Allison 
 has, since his marriage, resided upon his present 
 farm, owning three hundred and fifty acres of 
 valuable farm land, and in connection with its 
 cultivation is largely engaged in cattle-dealing. 
 His property all represents his own labors, having 
 been acquired through industrj- and enterprise. 
 He is also President of the State Bank of Hender- 
 son County, located at Stronghurst, and the suc- 
 cess of that institution is due in no small degree 
 to his careful management. In politics, he is a 
 stanch Republican, interested in the welfare of 
 the nation, and its educational interests find in 
 him a warm friend. 
 
 He and his family are members of the United 
 Presbyterian Church. Mr. Allison is widely 
 recognized as one of the leading and influential 
 citizens of Henderson County, and his well-spent 
 and honorable life has gained for him universal 
 confidence and esteem. 
 
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 UJATHAN WEAVER, Postmaster at Media, 
 \l who devoted his time to agricultural pur- 
 l/j suits on section 15, Walnut Grove Town- 
 ship, Henderson County, from 1854 to 1879, was 
 bom in the town of Greenwich, Washington 
 County, N. Y., on the 3d of Augu.st, 1823. His 
 jjarents were John and Mercy (Barneyj Weaver, 
 and they too were natives of the Empire State. 
 The father was a farmer, a shoemaker and a 
 weaver of cloth. Both he and his wife died in 
 1 87 1, being over eighty years of age at the time. 
 Their family numbered ten children, namely: 
 Edward B., Andrus, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, all 
 of whom are now dead; Mrs. El.sie Williams; Asa 
 
 F.;JohnB., deceased; William E.; Nathan; Jacob; 
 and James, who died in childhood. John B. , who 
 was in Kansas at the time of the breaking out of 
 the late war, took sides with the anti-slavery 
 party, and assisted in its support till the close of 
 the War of the Rebellion. 
 
 In the di.strict schools, Nathan Weaver ac- 
 quired his education. At the age of fourteen he 
 left home and went to live with his brother, E. B. 
 Weaver, with whom he remained until twenty- 
 one years of age. On attaining his majority he 
 went to Wisconsin, in the fall of 1844, ^"'i at- 
 tended the academ\- at Milton for two terms of 
 three months each, paying his own way with 
 money which he had previouslj- earned. About 
 Christmas of 1844, he started for Illinois, mak- 
 ing the journey on foot, and during the holidays 
 he arrived in Henderson County. For a short 
 time he attended the district schools, after v^'hich 
 he began working at the carpenter's trade, which 
 he followed for several years. In 1849, how- 
 ever, he returned to New York, spending two 
 years in his native State in the home of his brother, 
 A. F. Weaver. There he attended school, fol- 
 lowed farming and worked at his trade. 
 
 In 1 85 1, we again find our .subject in Wiscon- 
 sin, where he followed carpentering in com- 
 pany with his brother for a year. In 1852 he 
 once more came to Henderson County, where he 
 has since resided. On attaining his majoritj- he 
 had no capital save a young man's bright hope 
 of the future and a determination to succeed. He 
 made a start bj- teaching school and working at 
 the carpenter's trade, and when he had acquired 
 a .sufficient capital he purchased a tract of land. 
 This was in 1854. As time passed its value was 
 increased, and he also added to that at various 
 interA-als, until he now owns six hundred and 
 twentj' acres of fine land, all in one body. This 
 is highly cultivated and well improved and yields 
 to the owner a handsome income, which is well 
 deser\'ed, as the reward of his earnest labors. 
 
 The cause of education has ever found in Mr. 
 Weaver a wann and faithful friend. He built 
 and gave to the public the connuodious school- 
 house at Media, in order that the children of the 
 community should receive good and thorough in- 
 
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 struction, and for the maintenance of the school 
 he paj-s $900 annually. He has .sen'ed as School 
 Trustee, is the present Po.stmaster (which po.si- 
 tion he filled for two years once before, under 
 Cleveland's administration), and has .served as 
 Ju.stice of the Peace. The duties of these various 
 positions have ever been promptly and faithfully 
 performed, and therebj' he has won high com- 
 mendation. In connection with his farm prop- 
 erty he owns three dwellings in Media, all of 
 which stand as monuments to his thrift and en- 
 terprise, for they have been acquired through his 
 own efforts. He is truly a self-made man, and 
 certainh- deser\-es great credit for attaining to the 
 prosperous position in which we now find him. 
 
 In 1888, when the Santa Fe Railroad was con- 
 structed through Hender.son County, Mr. Weaver 
 located the town of Media on his farm (part of 
 section 15), and a pretty village has grown up in 
 a few years. 
 
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 r7RANKLIN BACON, one of the self-made 
 ry men of Henderson County, now living in 
 I ^ Media, has from a humble position worked 
 his way steadily upward to one of affluence, and 
 for his success in life deserves great credit. He 
 was born in New York, December 24, 1826, and 
 is a son of Silas and Chloe (Wait) Bacon, who 
 were also natives of the Empire State, the former 
 born in 1787, and the latter in 1797. They were 
 married in 1820, and in 1837 emigrated with their 
 family to Illinois, reaching Henderson Count}- 
 on the 13th of September. Here the father en- 
 gaged in farming, which was his life work. He 
 entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from 
 the Government, and began the development of a 
 farm, but was not long permitted to enjoy his 
 new home, his death occurring in 1841. His wife 
 long .sur\-ived him, pas.sing away in 1870. Our 
 subject is the only one of their five children 
 now living. Alonzo, the eldest, died in Hender- 
 son County in 1861 ; Mary J. died in 1844; Frank- 
 lin is the ne.xt younger: Charlotte died in 1844; 
 and Ransom departed this life in 1872. 
 
 Amid the wild .scenes of the frontier Mr. Bacon 
 of this sketch was reared to manhood, and with 
 the family he .shared in all the hardships and 
 trials of pioneer days. His educational privi- 
 leges were very limited, and his opportunities in 
 other diiections were also quite meagre, except 
 that he had ample time and opportunity for hard 
 work. 
 
 On the 6th of November, 1851, Mr. Bacon was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Lucretia Lake, 
 daughter of John and Sarah Lake, who were na- 
 tives of Pennsylvania. Five children were born 
 to them: Almira J., now the wife of Granville 
 Priest, of Iowa; Charles E., a farmer of Hender- 
 son County, who was united in marriage with 
 Miss Eveline Galbreath in 1879, and is a Re- 
 publican in politics: Viola C, wife of John Shull, 
 an agriculturi.st of the Hawkey e State: and two 
 deceased. The mother of this family was called 
 to her final rest May 12, 1862, and on the ist of 
 September, 1863, Mr. Bacon was joined in wed- 
 lock with Miss Almira J., daughter of George 
 and Christa Anderson, who were nati\-es of New 
 York, but in an early da}- removed to Penn- 
 sylvania, and in 1839 came to Henderson County, 
 111., where Mr. Andenson engaged in farming. 
 Their family numbered five children: Sophia, wife 
 of George W. Connelly, a resident of Iowa; La- 
 vina, wife of Richard Dizney, an agriculturist of 
 Henderson County: Mrs. Janet Bacon, who was 
 born March 17, 1831: Willis, who is living in 
 Kansas; and George, who makes his home in the 
 same State. Willis Bacon was married to Mi.ss 
 Hannah Westfall in the year 1861, and enlisted in 
 the army in the same \-ear, wliere he remained 
 three years. He then came liome, but returned 
 the fourth 3'ear. In politics, he is a Republican, 
 and is a faithful member of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church. George was married to Miss Calista 
 Parkin 1858. He also enlisted in the army, in 
 1862, and remained until the close of tlie war. 
 Like his brother, he is a true Republican, and a 
 Methodist. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Bacon were born three chil- 
 dren, but Walter and Edna both died in infancv. 
 Florence, born July 6, 1871, is .still living with 
 her parents. The parents and daughter are leading 
 
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 and active members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and Mr. Bacon has filled all the offices in 
 both church and Sunday-school. His life has 
 been an honorable and upright one, and thereby 
 he has gained the confidence and esteem of all 
 witli whom business or social relations have 
 brought him in contact. In politics, he is a sup- 
 porter of the men and measures of the Republican 
 party. He now has a comfortable home and a 
 valuable farm of three hundred and twenty acres, 
 which has been acquired entirely through his own 
 efforts. He is recognized as one of the leading 
 agriculturists of the community, and as such we 
 present bini to the readers of this volume. 
 
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 (TAMEvS ARMSTRONG is the owner of one of 
 I the fine farms of Henderson Count>-, com- 
 O prising three hundred and twent)- acres of 
 ricli and valuable land on section ii, town- 
 ship 12 north, range four west. The place is 
 well improved, and is divided by good fences into 
 fields of convenient size. There are good barns 
 and outbuildings, and the home is a commodious 
 and substantial residence, one of the best in the 
 community. The owner is regarded as one of the 
 progressive and enterprising agriculturi.sts of his 
 adopted county, and in this volume he well de- 
 serves representation. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong is a native of the Emerald Isle, 
 l)orn in February, 1830. His parents, William 
 and Ellen (Reed) Annstrong, were also natives 
 of Ireland, and in that country lived until 1840, 
 when they came to the United States. They had 
 a family of seven children, three sons and four 
 daughters, namely:. John, now deceased; Ann, 
 wife of John Rowley, James, who is the next 
 younger: Margaret, wife of J. H. Halsey; Mary 
 J., deceased, wife of John Robinson: William, 
 who is living in Henderson Count\-; and I'-llen, 
 wife of E. N. Kile, of Perry, Iowa. 
 
 Soon after the father came to America he was 
 joined by his son, James Armstrong, who in the 
 public .schools of Bo.ston, Mass., acquired a good 
 education. He there pursued his studies until 
 
 fifteen years of age, when he began to learn the 
 carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1848. 
 He then entered a shop, and began learning the 
 harness-maker's trade, at which he worked for a 
 year and a half. In 1850, he began travehng, 
 and his time was thus spent until his emigration 
 to Illinois, in the autumn of 1855. He came to 
 Henderson Count}-, and located upon the farm 
 which has since been his home, first purchasing 
 eighty acres of land. As his financial resources 
 were increased, however, he added to this tract 
 from time to time, until he now has three hun- 
 dred and twenty acres. In 1S75 he built his 
 present home, which .stands as a monument to his 
 thrift and enterprise. 
 
 On the 20th of March, 1861, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Mr. Armstrong and Miss Maria 
 Campbell, a daughter of James and Jane Reed 
 Campbell. Nine children have been born to them, 
 but three of the number are now deceased, name- 
 ly: William J., Clarinda and Flora. The mem- 
 bers of the family still living are J. Ross, Walter 
 C, Lucetta J., Everett B., Delia A. and Clara. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Armstrong is a Re- 
 publican. He ca.st his first Presidential vote for 
 Abraham Lincoln, and .since that time has been 
 an adherent of Republican principles. He has 
 ser\'ed as vSchool Director, and the cause of edu- 
 cation finds in liim a warm friend, as do other 
 worthy enterprises which are calculated to prove 
 of public benefit. He is a public-spirited and 
 progres.sive citizen, and is a practical and enter- 
 prising farmer, whose success in life is the just 
 reward of his own efforts. 
 
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 3R. R. MORFORD is engaged in business 
 as one of the members of the La Harpe Cigar 
 Company. He is a native of Maysville, Ma- 
 .son County, Ky., and was born on the 9th of 
 March, 1833. His parents, Isaac and Martha 
 (Mackey) Morford, were natives of Trenton, N. 
 J., and Pittsburgh, Pa., respectively. Their fam- 
 ily mimbered six children, four sons and two 
 daughters: Mary Elizabeth Emma Jane, wife of 
 
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 James C. Thompson, who is extensively engaged 
 in farming near Maysville. Ky.; James R. R. of 
 this sketch; Eugene Samuel Isaac, who makes his 
 home in Covington, Ky.: Adclia Melvina Magru- 
 der. deceased, wife of John Johnson; William 
 Thornton Tolliver, who formerly resided in Mays- 
 ville, Ky., but is now deceased; and one .son who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 The .subject of this sketch was educated in the 
 public .schools of Maysville. and being an apt 
 scholar he .soon mastered all the branches taught 
 therein. At the age of sixteen years he began 
 working at the cigar-maker's trade, which he fol- 
 lowed for two years. He then abandoned that 
 pursuit to learn the tinner's trade with the firm of 
 Cooper, Dawson & Co., of Maysville, in whose 
 employ he served an apprenticeship of three years. 
 On the expiration of that period he left the store and 
 began traveling over the country for several years, 
 being variously employed. During 1854 he was 
 in the sen-ice of the Maysville & Lexington Rail- 
 road, engaged with an engine corps, and in 1855- 
 56 he had charge of telegraphic repairs and sup- 
 plies between Natchez, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn. 
 Upon the breaking out of the war he offered him- 
 self as a volunteer in the Si.xteenth Regiment 
 Illinois Infantry, but was never nuistered in. In 
 1865, he again changed his vocation. He began 
 the study of law under C. C. Preston, of La 
 Harpe, to which place he had come in 1862. In 
 that year he embarked in business as a dealer in 
 stoves and tinware, and continued operations 
 along that line for about three years. 
 
 From 1867 until 1877, Mr. Morford was engaged 
 in the ]>ractice of law, trvingca.ses throughout the 
 county. At the end of that decade he retired 
 from active practice, although after earnest .solici- 
 tation he has since sometimes accepted a case. In 
 1879, Mr. Morford was elected Police Magistrate 
 of La Harpe, which position he held for twelve 
 years in a creditable and acceptable manner, as is 
 indicated by his long term. He was al.so Alder- 
 man from the First Ward for four years, having 
 been elected to fill a vacancy and then re-elected. 
 He has been a member of the School Board for two 
 years, was Fire \\'arden for several years, and at 
 this writing, in the spring of 1894, is Chief of the 
 
 Fire Department. It will thus be seen that Mr. 
 Morford has taken an active intere.st in the public 
 affairs of this comniunit\- and is regarded as one 
 of the valued and representative citizens of La 
 Harpe. By the fire in the Gochenour Block in 
 1891, he lo.st a large and valued library, the care- 
 ful accumulation of many years. 
 
 The life of Mr. Morford has been a varied and 
 interesting one. While traveling over the country 
 as a young man, he was identified with the stage 
 as a comedian and delineator in minstrelsy. He 
 traveled for a time with the Reed 6t Davis Min- 
 strel Compan)- as end man, was the comedian of 
 the Jones Theatrical Company, and owned an in- 
 tere.st in the Crawford &: Brothers Minstrel 
 Troupe. He was also with Cordello's Troupe in 
 New Orleans, and was engaged at the Atheneum 
 in Keokuk, Iowa, for two sea.sons. He has also 
 taken leading parts in many local performances 
 given in La Harpe for the benefit of charity and 
 other benevolent work. When about twenty-one 
 years of age he made a flatboat trip with Capt. J. 
 C. Ballanger from Maysville, Ky., to Vicksburg, 
 Miss. When only a boy he was a member of the 
 Neptune Fire Insurance Company of Maysville, 
 and after serving for seven years he was made an 
 honorary member. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. Morford was joined in wedlock 
 with Mi.ss Ella E. Spellman, and to them were 
 born four children, three sons and a daughter: 
 Samuel L-. of Nebraska; James, who died in in- 
 fancy; Edward, who is living in New Sharon, 
 Iowa; and Ella V., wife of George Spellman, of 
 Arkan.sas. The mother of this family was called 
 to her final rest in 1865. In 1867, Mr. Morford 
 was again married, his .second union being with 
 Mrs. Jane Gochenour. To them has been born 
 a son, James E., of La Harpe. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Morford has been a 
 stalwart Democrat since casting his first Pre.si- 
 dential vote for Stephen A. Douglas. He is a 
 member of Bristol Lodge No. 653, I. O. O. V. , 
 and has been representative to the Grand Lodge. 
 His connection with this fraternity dates from 
 1857. I^^ 's ^1^0 ^ very prominent member of the 
 Order of the Iron Hall. He is of an inventive turn of 
 mind, and has patented a number of inventions, 
 
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 among them one especially vvorthj' of notice, an in- 
 terchangeable umbrella and seat, which promises 
 to bring a harvest of shekels. At one time Mr. 
 Morford was very active in tlie Good Templar Or- 
 der, having passed through its chairs and having 
 been Lecturer and Organizer under direction of 
 the Grand Lodge. His various interests in life 
 having made his career full of amusing and en- 
 tertaining incidents, he excels as a pleasant 
 conversationalist. 
 
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 0R. JEFFERSON vS. CANNON, who is en- 
 gaged in the practice of medicine at Terre 
 Haute, was born in Hamilton County, Tenn., 
 January i6, 1854. His father. Dr. Andrew J. 
 Cannon, was born in the same State in 18 18. 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Melinda Sawyer, and was of German descent. 
 The former was reared as a farmer, and in early 
 life became a miller, but at the age of thirty-two 
 lie began studying medicine, and was in the office 
 of Dr. Simpson for three years. He then began 
 practice in Eastern Tennessee, where he remained 
 until 1858, when he went to Arkansas, and there 
 engaged in practice and in merchandising until 
 1880. He still makes his home in that vState. 
 His wife, however, was called to the home be- 
 yond in April, 1880. They were the parents of 
 nine children: Eliza, wife of Rev. O. R. Bryant; 
 Monroe, who died in 1881; Benjamin F., a 
 Bapti.st minister of Texas; Mary, who became the 
 wife of Jasper P. Henry, and died in 1876; 
 George, who died in 1882; Jeffer.son S., of this 
 sketch; Dr. John S., a graduate of the Kentucky 
 School of Medicine, and now engaged in 
 practice in Mis.souri; Robert E., who died in 
 1863; and Melinda T., wife of James Arnold, a 
 farmer of Arkansas. 
 
 Dr. Cannon of this sketch .spent the first ten 
 years of his Hfe upon a farm, and then entered an 
 academy at Wallaceburg, Ark., where he com- 
 pleted his literarj- education. He then embarked 
 in school teaching, which profession he followed 
 for about five years, when he l)egan studying 
 
 medicine under his father, and also clerked in a 
 drug store. In 1881 he began practicing in Ar- 
 kansas in connection with his father, with whom 
 he remained until 1882, after which he spent his 
 time in Hot Springs until 1891, when he went to 
 Oklahoma, where he remained for about eighteen 
 months. During that time he was graduated 
 from the Memphis Ho.spital Medical College. 
 He is also a graduate of the Bomont Hospital 
 Medical College of St. Louis, Mo. In the spring 
 of 1893 he came to Terre Haute, where he has 
 since made his home. The Doctor was married 
 September 25, 187 1, to Miss Lula J. Wood, and 
 by their union have been born four children: 
 Newton J., Emma L. , Robert E., and Willie Ola, 
 who died November 28, 1886. The mother 
 passed away August 27, 1886, and the Doctor 
 was again married, June 28, 1889, his second 
 union being with Miss Hattie A. Aldrich, of 
 Blandinsville, 111. 
 
 Dr. Cannon is a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity and the Odd Fellows and Modern Wood- 
 men lodges. He also belongs to the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. In the practice of his pro- 
 fession he has v^-ou good success, and though he 
 has only resided in Terre Haute for a j-ear, he has 
 secured a liberal patronage, which is constantly 
 increasing. 
 
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 [ILLIAM POWELL, one of the honored 
 pioneers of Henderson County, who now 
 carries on general farming and stock-rais- 
 ing on section 29, Stronghurst Towiuship, has for 
 almost half a centur\- lived in this community. 
 He is, therefore, one of its oldest citizens. He 
 has witnessed the greater part of the development 
 and upbuilding of the community, has .seen the 
 work of transformation which has placed this 
 community among the foremost in the State, and 
 has ever borne his part in the work of public 
 improvement. 
 
 Mr. Powell was born in Lower Canada, on the 
 7th of December, 1832, and is the fifth in order 
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 parents were Peter and Lavina (Buzzel) Powell. 
 The father was a native of Vennont, but when a 
 small child removed with his parents to Canada, 
 and there remained until 1S45. when he emigrated 
 to Illinois, taking up his residence in Henderson 
 County. Here he made his home until his death, 
 which occurred at the age of fifty years. His 
 wife, who was a native of Canada, passed away 
 at the age of sixty years. 
 
 Our subject was a youth of thirteen when, with 
 his parents, he came to Illinois, and upon the old 
 homestead farm he remained until he had attained 
 his majority. He then began agricultural pur- 
 suits in his own interest upon the farm on which 
 he has since resided. As a companion and help- 
 meet on life's jouniey, he chose Miss Elizabeth 
 Wallace. They were married in Januarj', i860, 
 but her death occurred in 1861, and on the ist of 
 January-, 1864, he was joined in wedlock with 
 Miss Elizabeth Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, 
 born September i, 1846, and a daughter of Joseph 
 V. and Sarah (Raceley ) Smith. Her father was 
 a native of German}-, but when a young man 
 crossed the broad Atlantic to America, and in the 
 Keystone State was married, the lady of his choice 
 being a native of Penn.sylvania. In 1846 thej- 
 came to the We.st, and took up their residence in 
 Fulton County, 111., from whence they came to 
 Henderson County in 1855. Here Mr. Smith 
 remained until his death, which occurred at the 
 age of sixty years. His wife pas.sed away at the 
 age of fifty-six. 
 
 Fourteen children were born of the union of 
 our subject and his wife, but six of the number 
 died in infancy, and Sara E. died at the age of 
 twenty-five years. Charles H., the elde.st sur- 
 viving member, is now engaged in farming in 
 Henderson County; Lydia M., Ida A., William 
 Andrew, Mary E., Benjamin F. and Xellie May 
 are still with their parents. 
 
 Mr. Powell owns and operates two hundred 
 and five acres of rich land in Stronghur.st Town- 
 ship, con.stituting one of the valuable farms of 
 this locality. He now has a comfortable countrj^ 
 home, and in addition to general fanning he 
 raises considerable stock, which branch of his 
 business adds materiallv to his income. All he 
 
 has represents his own earnings, and therefore his 
 success is well merited, being the ju.st reward of 
 his earne.st labors. Politically, he is a Democrat, 
 and has served as School Director a number of 
 j-ears. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic 
 fratemitj'. 
 
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 NON. CLARENCE R. GITTINGS, one of 
 the enterprising general farmers of Hender- 
 son County, now living on section 29, Terre 
 Haute Township, was born in La Harpe Town- 
 ship, Hancock County, on the 28th of June, 
 1848. The Gittings family is of Engli.sh origin 
 and was probably founded in America at a very 
 early day. The parents of our subject were 
 James and Susie (Thompson) Gittings, the for- 
 mer a native of Virginia, and the latter of North 
 Carolina. The father was twice married. In 
 1833 he wedded Jane Van Horn, and unto them 
 were born seven children, namely: Quincy, who 
 died in infancy; Luther, who enlisted in Com- 
 pany G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois 
 Infantry, during the late war, and died in 1863 
 from disea.se contracted in the .service; Elizabeth, 
 now of La Harpe; Samuel, who was killed by a 
 horse in 1874: Harriet, who died in 1857; Rob- 
 ert, a farmer of Hancock County ; and one child 
 who died in infancy. Unto James and Susan 
 Gittings were born three children: James, who 
 died in 1849; Clarence R. ; and Mary, wife of I. 
 W. Cassell, a farmer of La Harpe. 
 
 The father of this farailj- was born February 2 1 , 
 1 80 1, was reared upon a farm, and became a cabi- 
 net-maker by trade. When he was five years of 
 age his father removed to Belmont Countj-, Ohio, 
 and in 1820 went with his family to Muskingum 
 County, where he was engaged in raising and 
 shipping tobacco. In 18 19 James Gittings began 
 .shipping flour down the Ohio and Mi.ssissippi 
 Rivers to New Orleans, and was thus employed 
 for three years. He also worked as a farm hand 
 for three years, receiving about $6 per month for 
 his services. In 1832 he emigrated from the 
 Buckeye State to Illinois, making the journey on 
 
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 foot, and located in La Harpe Township, Hancock 
 County, where he entered land from the Govern- 
 ment. The following spring, however, he re- 
 turned to Ohio, and did not again come to Han- 
 cock County until 1836, when he brought his 
 family to the West. During his first trip he vis- 
 ited Chicago, which then contained oidy about 
 sixty-five inhabitants. Here Mr. Gittings en- 
 tered land and purcha.sed more until he became 
 the owner of fourteen hundred acres in Hancock 
 County, and also some eight hundred acres in 
 Missouri, besides tracts elsewhere, which made 
 his landed possessions aggregate over three thou- 
 sand acres. He was ver\- .successful in his busi- 
 ne.ss dealings and by his well-directed efforts se- 
 cured a handsome property. In early life he was 
 a supporter of the Whig party, but on the organ- 
 ization of the Repubhcan party joined its ranks. 
 His death occurred November 22, 1882. Both he 
 and his wife were members of the Methodist 
 Church. She was called to her final rest iu 1891 , 
 and was laid by his side in the family ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 Upon the old homestead in his native county 
 Clarence R. Gittings .spent the days of his boy- 
 hood and youth. He began his education in the 
 di.strict .schools, which he attended until about six- 
 teen \ears of age, when he entered an acadenn- 
 at Denmark, Iowa. His literary education w-as 
 completed by a two-years course in the College 
 of Adrian, Mich. He started out in life for 
 himself on attaining his majority, and, going to 
 Rose Hill, Mo., there spent one year. In 1873 
 he removed to a farm of two hundred acres in 
 Terrc Haute Township, Henderson County. An- 
 other important event in his life also occurred in 
 that >ear. On the 3d of August, he wedded Miss 
 Mar>' Witherspoon, daughter of Robert and Mari- 
 Witherspoon. They began their domestic life 
 upon his first farm, and there lived until 1879, 
 when they removed to the farm on which Mr. 
 Gittings has since made his home. He here owns 
 eighty acres of land and is successfully engaged 
 in general farming. Altogether he has four hun- 
 dred and ninety-four acres of good land. 
 
 Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gittings were born two 
 sons, Frederick and Charles. The mother died 
 
 January 14, 1889, and was laid to rest in La Harpe 
 Cemetery. On the 22d of October, 1891, Mr. 
 Ciittings married Miss Rel^ecca Watrous. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Gittings has always 
 been a stalwart advocate of the Republican party 
 and its principles. The confidence and trust re- 
 posed in him by his fellow-townsmen were made 
 manifest in 1884 by his election to the State 
 Legislature, and so ably did he di.scharge the du- 
 ties of the office that in 1886 he was re-elected. 
 Gov. Fifer appointed him one of the Board of 
 Trustees for the In.stitution for Feeble Minded in 
 Lincoln, and he has held some local offices, serv- 
 ing as Notary Pulilic, Justice of the Peace and 
 Township Trustee. He holds membership with 
 the Masonic fraternity and with the Odd Fellows 
 and Knights of Pythias lodges. Mr. Gittirigs is 
 one of the most prominent citizens of Henderson 
 County, and has a wide acquaintance throughout 
 the surrounding counties as well. He has always 
 been a capable and efficient officer, ever bears his 
 part in the work of public improvement, and his 
 .sterling worth and fidelity to dut\- have won him 
 high regard. 
 
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 I LIVER liDMUNDS, decea.swl. was a native 
 of Ohio, born on the 26th of May, 1829. 
 His parents were Obediah and Lydia Ed- 
 nuuids. Their family numbered ten children, of 
 whom Oliver was the youngest. All are ntiw de- 
 ceased, and he was thelast survivor of the family. 
 The first eight years of his life were .sjieut in the 
 Buckeye State, and he then accompanied his 
 parents on their emigration westward in 1836. 
 locating in Terre Haute Town.ship, Henderson 
 County. Here our subject attended the sub- 
 .scription schools, acquiring a fair knowledge of 
 the English branches of learning. Through the 
 summer months he worked at home, and soon 
 l)ecame familiar with all the duties of farm life. 
 He continued to give his father the lienefit of his 
 ser\-ices until twenty-two years of age, when he 
 emliarked in farming for himself imrchasing of 
 his father two hundred acres of land, which he at 
 once began to ciUtivate and inqirove. 
 
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 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, 
 Mr. Edmunds chose Miss Eliza Spiker, daughter 
 of Henry and Rachel (Hukill) Spiker. Their 
 marriage was celebrated on the 19th of March, 
 1854, and was blessed with a family of four 
 children: Rilla, wife of Marion Ison, a practicing 
 physician, now living in Iowa; John A., who is 
 engaged in farming in Hancock County ; C. Sher- 
 man, also an agriculturist of Hancock County; 
 and Bertie H., who lives with his mother, and 
 supierintends the old home farm. 
 
 Mr. Edmunds was a man of good business and 
 executive ability, and by his industr>-, enterprise 
 and sagacity won success in his undertakings. 
 He added to his farm until, at the time of his 
 death, he owned two hundred and sixty acres of 
 valuable land, which comprised the old home- 
 stead, where Mrs. Edmunds now lives, and which 
 he had placed under a high state of cultivation. 
 He owned also three hundred and twenty 
 acres in Hancock County, 111., and made 
 many excellent improvements upon it, his 
 farm being one of the best in the neighbor- 
 hood. He exercised his right of franchise in 
 support of the Republican party, and was a 
 public-spirited and progressive citizen. He died 
 January 27, 1894, and his lo.ss was deeply 
 mourned, for he had many warm friends. 
 
 30HN EVANS, Jr., of Henderson County, was 
 born on the 13th of June, 1830, in Crawford 
 County, Ohio. His father, John Evans, Sr., 
 who was born in 1796, was a native of Maryland, 
 and his grandfather, the first ancestor of the fam- 
 ily to come to America, was a native of Wales. 
 On his arrival in this coinitn.- he settled in Mary- 
 land. John Evans, Sr., married Nancy Palmer, 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and they afterward 
 moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and later to 
 Henry County, Ind. Coming to Illinois in 1837, 
 they settled on a farm in what is now Strong- 
 hurst Town.ship, Henderson County. The father 
 was a shoemaker by trade, but devoted his time 
 to the cultivation of his farm after coming to this 
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 county. He died September 11, 1884, at the age 
 of eighty-eight, having been a life- long Democrat. 
 Mrs. Evans died when forty-nine years of age, 
 September 18, 1847. Of their twelve children, 
 ten grew to mature j-ears, two dying in infancy. 
 One of the sons, George \V. , responded to his 
 country's call in the dark days of the War of the 
 Rebellion, and gave up his life in its defense at 
 the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862, 
 aged twenty years and eleven months. Three 
 .sons and two daughters of the family are now 
 living. 
 
 Johu Evans is the fifth son in his parents' fam- 
 ily, and is a twin brother to Sarah, the wife of 
 Samuel Galbreth. of Gladstone Township, this 
 count\-. Mr. Evans' early education was limited, 
 and he was made more familiar with agricultural 
 labor than with the contents of .school-books. At 
 seventeen years of age he hired out to Joseph 
 Watson, receiving for his ser\'ices $11 a month. 
 With the money he obtained by his work he 
 bought a yoke of oxen and raised a crop of wheat, 
 and with the proceeds of the crop bought a land 
 warrant for $145. With this he located one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land in Warren County, 
 111., six miles south of Monmouth. This land he 
 afterward .sold to his father for $180, and in 1830, 
 with the money thus obtained, he, with his brother 
 Hamilton, started for California by the plains 
 route with an ox-team. In the land of gold, 
 where many otliers made fortunes, he failed to 
 accumulate wealth, and almost the only result of 
 his three years' work in the far West was a rich 
 stock of experience. On his return he had hardly 
 sufficient money to buy back the land he had sold 
 his father at the price it was then worth, so he pur- 
 chased his father's place of eighty acres in Strong- 
 hurst Town.ship, where for three years he was en- 
 gaged in general farming. During this time he 
 bought a farm near the place where he now re- 
 sides, and in 1857 he .sold his first or eighty-acre 
 purchase, and located on his present farm on sec- 
 tion 33, in Stronghurst Township. 
 
 Soon after settling on this property he began his 
 present business of buying, feeding and .shipping 
 cattle, and from the beginning of this pursuit his 
 prosperity dates. His first lot of cattle consisted 
 
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 of one car-load, which he sold to Samuel McEl- 
 hinney. In i860 he made his first shipment, which 
 consisted of six car-loads of mixed cattle, which 
 he sold in Chicago. In the handling of stock he 
 was successful, and from year to year the number 
 he fed and shipped increased, leaving him a mar- 
 gin of profit. He not only handled beef cattle, 
 but also bred cattle, and to-day is one of the 
 largest shippers and breeders of cattle in the 
 United States. In 1892 he .shipped to Chicago 
 the first full train of thorough-bred Polled Angus 
 black cattle ever shipped to that market. These 
 cattle, which were all of his own raising and aver- 
 aged fourteen hundred and ninety-six pounds each , 
 brought $6 per hundred, gross. This shipment 
 consisted of two hundred and forty-three head, 
 and the amount received for them was $21,810. 
 Four years previous to this shipment Mr. Evans 
 told W. C. Brown, Superintendent of the Chi- 
 cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, in a con- 
 versation he then had with him, that he had be- 
 gun the breeding of Polled Angus cattle, and 
 would, in four years' time, ship a train-load of them 
 to Chicago. Mr. Brown replied that when Mr. 
 Evans did that, he would accompany his shipment 
 from the shipping-point to Chicago in his private 
 palace car. The promise was remembered, and 
 when the cattle were ready for shipment at Em- 
 erson, Iowa, where they were raised, Mr. Brown 
 was notified of the fact, and, true to his promise, 
 appeared there with his car, and. taking Mr. 
 Evans as a guest, accompanied the train o\'er the 
 road. This incident in Mr. Evans' life illu.strates 
 what foresight, energy, perseverance and good 
 management may accomplish. On another oc- 
 casion he shipped two train-loads of .seventeen 
 cars each of cattle and hogs, all of his own feed- 
 ing and raising, for which he received $33,000, 
 this being up to that time ( 1893) the largest .sale 
 ever made by one man for a single .shipment of 
 stock of his own feeding and raising in Chicago. 
 At the present time, 1S94, lie is feeding about 
 fourteen hundred head of hogs and fourteen hun- 
 dred head of cattle. His land possessions are ex- 
 tensive, and consist of eleven hundred acres of 
 fine land in Hender.son County, 111., three thou- 
 .sand acres in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and 
 
 forty-five hundred acres in Mills County, Iowa, 
 
 making in all eighty-six hundred acres of land, 
 which he and his son Marion own and control. 
 They are now breeding Polled Angus black cat- 
 tle on their Iowa land in large numbers. They 
 have there over one hundred thorough-breds, and 
 eight hundred head of graded cattle, of which 
 they are now feeding three hundred. They are 
 also fattening fourteen hundred head of Poland- 
 China hogs of their own raising. These gentle- 
 men own a fourth-interest in the First National 
 Bank of Malvern, Iowa, of which Marion is Vice- 
 President, and a half-interest in the Fanners' Ex- 
 change Bank, of Emer.son, Iowa, of which Mar- 
 ion is President. 
 
 On the 23d of April, 1857, ^I^. Evans was 
 united in marriage with Miss Sarah Y. Davis, 
 who was born March 13, 1829, in Saratoga Coun- 
 tv, N. Y., a daughter of Abner and Lucj- (Oaksj 
 Davis, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work, 
 in connection with the sketch of Andrew J. Davis. 
 Mrs. Evans was a maiden of only six summers 
 when she came with her parents to Henderson 
 Count\-, where she has since made her home, 
 covering a period of about fifty-eight years. She 
 is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is a 
 mo.st estimable lady, beloved by all who know 
 her. The poor and needy always find in her a 
 friend, and she takes an active interest in chari- 
 table and benevolent works. Probably no one in 
 the count\- has more friends, and none are held in 
 higher regard than this worth\- woman. To our 
 subject and his wife was born a son, Marion Le- 
 Grand, who was born June 30, 1858. He is a 
 banker and one of the leading stock-dealers of 
 Emerson, Iowa. He married Mi.ss Hattie M., 
 daughter of Judge Tubbs, of Emerson, one of the 
 prominent citizens of the Hawkeye State. Five 
 children have been born to Marion and Hattie 
 Evans; Edith Leona, John LeGrand, Frank Na- 
 thaniel, Marion Louis and a baby. 
 
 Mr. Evans of this sketch is a stalwart supporter 
 of the men and measures of the Republican party, 
 but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to 
 give his entire time to his bu.siness interests, on 
 which, after the foregoing history, no comment 
 of ours is necessary. His home is one of the 
 
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 finest residences of the count}-, and is situated in 
 the midst of his valuable farm of eleven hundred 
 acres. Besides being one of the leading stock- 
 dealers of the West, he is one of the richest men 
 of this section of the countrj'. His wealth has 
 all been acquired through his own enterprise, in- 
 dustry, sagacity, and good business ability. He 
 is liberal with his means, not hoarding his prop- 
 erty selfishly, but giving generously to worthy 
 interests, and he has a large circle of warm friends, 
 who esteem him highly for his sterling worth and 
 strict integrity. We feel assured that this record 
 of Mr. Evans' life will prove of interest to many 
 of our readers. 
 
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 IlLLIAM CHELLIS HOOKER, one of the 
 prominent citizens of Carthage, who is 
 now successfully engaged in the practice of 
 law at the Hancock County Bar, was born on 
 the 13th of September, 182S, in Auburn, X. Y. 
 He comes of a family of prominence, being a di- 
 rect descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, one of 
 the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. His 
 father, Dr. Harley Hooker, was born in Hartford. 
 Conn., December 9, 1792, and having prepared 
 himself for the medical profes.sion engaged in 
 practice in Baton Rouge, La., and Sj-racuse, 
 N. Y., before his marriage. In February, 
 1827, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary 
 Beard.slee, who was born in Haddam, Conn., in 
 1803. The young couple located in Auburn, X. Y., 
 where they resided until 1833, when they removed 
 to Henrietta, N. Y., where thej- made their home 
 luitil the .spring of 1S39. In that year the>- lo- 
 cated in Rockton, then Pecatonica, Winnebago 
 County, 111., where they spent their remaining 
 days. The Doctor died in 1867, and his wife, 
 who sur^'ived him .several years, passed away in 
 1874. 
 
 Mr. Hooker remained with his parents during 
 the days of his childhood and youth. Before 
 leaving Auburn, N. Y., he attended an infant 
 school. At Henrietta, he was a student in 
 Monroe Academy, spending the first two years in 
 
 the female department of that institution. After 
 the emigration westward his education was inter- 
 rupted for a time, for no school was built in Peca- 
 tonica until the fall of 1840. His father had pur- 
 chased a farm near the village, and then turned 
 his attention to the practice of his profession, so 
 that Mr. Hooker, being the eldest .son, engaged in 
 the operation of the land. At first their nearest 
 markets were at Chicago and Galena, and all trade 
 was by wagon; afterwards, however, roads were 
 opened to Little Fort (now Waukegan), South- 
 port (now Kenosha), Racine, and lastly Milwau- 
 kee. When our subject was a lad of only twelve 
 his father would send him with wheat or flour to 
 Chicago or elsewhere, and after disposing of 
 this he would bring back goods for merchants, 
 medicine, pine lumber, etc. Roads were then 
 primitive, no hills had been leveled and no bridges 
 had been built across sloughs, creeks or rivers. 
 It usually required from one to two weeks to 
 make a trip. 
 
 Until the fall of 1845 Mr. Hooker attended school 
 very little, but at that time was sent back to New 
 York and attended Onondaga Academy for one 
 year. He then returned home and remained in 
 charge of the farm until the fall of 1847, when he 
 entered Beloit College, and was graduated there- 
 from in its fir.st class, in July, 1851. At the end 
 of his junior year he needed money, and so went to 
 ,St. Louis and Loui.sville, .seeking employment as a 
 teacher. He finally secured a .school near Win- 
 chester, Ky., and while engaged in teaching also 
 kept up his college studies until the next April, 
 when he returned to Beloit and was graduated. 
 
 Wishing to enter the legal profession, Mr. 
 Hooker .spent three years in reading law, during 
 which time he engaged in teaching in order to 
 meet his expenses. For four months he was in 
 the law office of Sedgwick (S: Outwater, of S\ra- 
 cuse, N. Y., and for six months was in the law 
 office of Jason Downer, of Milwaukee, Wis. In 
 the autumn of 1852, he went to Alabama and 
 taught .school near Montgomery for one year. 
 Returning to Quincy, 111., he then entered the 
 law office of Warren & Edmunds, was admitted 
 to the Bar on the ist of June, 1854, and about the 
 middle of that month opened a law office in Nau- 
 
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 vcx). He engaged in practice in various courts, 
 both State and federal, with good success. In 
 1867, he aided in organizing the Carthage & Bur- 
 lington Railroad Company, and from that time 
 until i86g was interested in building the railroad 
 from Carthage to Burlington, Iowa. He has 
 served as Secretar}- and Treasurer of the com- 
 panj-, and as one of the Directors of the road un- 
 til 1870, when it was sold to the Chicago, Bur- 
 lington & Qnincy Railroad Company. Mr. Hook- 
 er remained at Nauvoo for about four years, engag- 
 ing in the practice of law with Milton M. Morrill, 
 under the firm name of Morrill & Hooker. He 
 also ser\'ed as City Attorney during a greater 
 part of the time. On the i.st of March, 1858, he 
 came to Carthage, and formed a partnership with 
 Hiram G. Ferris and George Ednuinds, under 
 the firm name of Ferris, Hooker & Edmunds, 
 which coiniection contiiuied three years. From 
 1872 until 1878, he was associated with Bryant 
 T. Scofield in Circuit Court practice, under the 
 style of Hooker & Scofield, and from 1880 until 
 1883 was connected with Timothy J. vScofield and 
 George Edmunds, as a member of the firm of 
 Scofield, Hooker & Edmunds. Later he formed 
 a partnership with his son, Chellis K., and is now 
 doing business under the firm name of W. C. 
 Hooker &Son. From 1863 until 1874 Mr. Hook- 
 er ser\-ed as Master in Chancery of Hancock 
 County, and was again appointed to that office 
 in 1892. 
 
 On the 24th of June, 1856, Mr. Hooker was 
 united in marriage with Miss Anna M. Hume, 
 the wedding being celebrated at the home of her 
 father, Matthew M. Hume, between Paris and 
 Winchester, K^-. The lady died December 11, 
 1857, and on the 2d of December, 1862, Mr. 
 Hooker wedded Mary C. McQuary, who was 
 born in Mt. Vernon, Ky., March 10, 1846, and is 
 a daughter of James C. McQuary, a native of 
 Mt. Vernon County. He was a .son of Allen Mc- 
 Quary, who died in Hancock County in 1869. 
 The mother of Mrs. Hooker was Elizabeth, 
 daughter of John Moore, a lawyer of considerable 
 note in Mt. Vernon County, who died there about 
 i860. To Mr. and Mrs. Hooker ha\e been born 
 four children; Mamie, wife of Charles J. Daoust, 
 
 of Defiance, Ohio; Fannie, wife of M. Flynn, of 
 Carthage; Harley J., of Guatamala City, Guata- 
 mala; and Chellis E., who is now engaged in the 
 practice of law with his father. 
 
 Mr. Hooker was made a Mason in Alabama in 
 February, 1853, and is also a member of the Chap- 
 ter, Council and Commandery. His parents 
 were Congregationalists of the strict New Eng- 
 land type, but, although not a member of any 
 church, Mr. Hooker is strongly Unitarian in be- 
 lief His wife and children hold membership 
 with the Episcopal Church. He believes in 
 straightforward, honorable dealing, and his belief 
 has been carried out in practice. In politics, he 
 has been a supporter of the Democracy since cast- 
 ing his first Presidential vote. He has served 
 for maiiy years as Chairman of the Democratic 
 Central Committee of Hancock County, and for 
 some years was a member of the Democratic State 
 Central Committee; yet he is not strictly partisan 
 and would overstep party lines in order to remain 
 true to what his best judgment sanctions. At the 
 Bar he holds an enviable position as an earnest 
 and able lawyer, and in political and social circles 
 he is alike highly esteemed. 
 
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 3OHN COOPER, who devotes his time and 
 attention to agricultural pursuits, being rec- 
 ognized as one of the leading farmers and 
 extensive land-owners of Henderson County, now 
 lives on section 22, township 12 north, range 4 
 west. An early settler, his residence in the 
 county dates from 1849. He was born in Wash- 
 ington County, Pa., on the 8th of July, 1817, and 
 is a .son of William Cooper, who was also born in 
 the Keystone State, and was a farmer bj- occupa- 
 tion. During the War of 181 2 he .served in the 
 American army. Moses Cooper, the father of 
 William Cooper, served through the Revolution- 
 ary- War. The mother of our subject bore the 
 maiden name of Elizabeth Jennings. They were 
 married in Penn.sylvania, and became the parents 
 of nine children, of whom John is the third in or- 
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 Sarah is the wife of M. Baldwin, a resident of 
 Wayne County, Ind. ; Ephraim is li\ing in Hen- 
 derson County (see biography in this vohinie ) ; 
 Annie and Matilda are now deceased; Eunice 
 makes her home in Oquawka; and Mary is the 
 wife of S. Pickering, of Little York, 111. 
 
 The educational privileges which our subject 
 enjoyed were limited to those afforded by the 
 subscription schools of \Va\ne Couut\-, Ind. When 
 he was only three months old, liis parents left 
 Pennsylvania and went with their family to that 
 county. He grew to manhood upon the old 
 homestead, and earl)- in life great care and re- 
 sponsibihty devolved upon him. His father died, 
 and, although John was then quite young, he as- 
 .sumed the management of the home farm and the 
 care of the family. At the age of twenty years, 
 he began learning the carpenter's trade, which he 
 followed continuously for about twelve years. In 
 1849 he came to Henderson Count}-, 111., locating 
 near his present home. Two years later he bought 
 a part of his present farm, and has re.sided there- 
 on since 1861. He now owns and operates eight 
 hundred and .seventy-five acres of valuable land, 
 constituting one of the largest and best farms in 
 the county. He keeps it under a high state of 
 cultivation, and a neat appearance characterizes 
 every department of it. 
 
 Mr. Cooper has been twice married. On the 
 6th of March, 1845, he was joined in wedlock 
 with Miss Martha Smith, daughter of Benjamin 
 and Tamar Smith. Her death occurred June 20, 
 1848. By that union were born two children: 
 Rau-seldon, who is now County Judge of Hender- 
 ■son County, and a leaditig lawyer; and Martha 
 E., decea.sed. On the 27th of October, 1864, Mr. 
 Cooper was again married, his second union be- 
 ing with Miss Mary A. Crawford, daughter of 
 Jacob Crawford. They became the parents of 
 twelve children, one of whom died in infancy. 
 Those still living are: Frank, William, Emma, 
 John, Eva, Ada, Sophia, Howard, Jeiuiie, Ethel 
 and Arthur. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Cooper is a Republican, and 
 has advocated the principles of that party since 
 its organization. In early life he was a Whig, 
 and cast his first Presidential vote for William 
 
 Henry Harrison. He has been honored with a 
 number of local offices, having sen'cd as School 
 Trustee, School Director and Township Super- 
 visor. .Socially, he is connected with the Odd 
 Fellows' society, but has ever devoted the greater 
 part of his time to his business interests, in which 
 he has met with most excellent and well-deser\-ed 
 success. Steadily he has worked his way upward, 
 overcoming the difficulties and obstacles in his 
 path, until he is now one of the wealthiest farm- 
 ers of Henderson County. 
 
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 |ILLIAM H. MYERS, proprietor of a black- 
 smith, wagon and carriage making shop at 
 Terre Haute, is recognized as one of the 
 enterprising citizens of this place, and is doing a 
 good business. He was born near Greensburg 
 in Jennings County, Ind., February 28, 1849, and 
 is a .son of Harrison and Rebecca (Smiley) Myers, 
 the former born in Pennsj-lvania of German 
 parentage, while the latter was of Irish descent. 
 In the familj- were five children: Sanuiel, who 
 served in the Confederate army and was killed at 
 the battle of Pea Ridge, when about twenty-four 
 years of age; Richard, a mechanic now living in 
 La Harpe; Eliza, wife of Schuyler Hurd, a farm- 
 er of Nebraska; Hattie, wife of Samuel R. 
 .Spikes, of Nebraska: and William H., who com- 
 pletes the family. 
 
 During his early boyhood the father became a 
 resident of Indiana. When a young man he 
 .served as a pilot on the Ohio River, and in the fall 
 of 1848 he suffered an attack of cholera, which 
 terminated his life. His wife survived him for 
 many years, and pas.sed away in 1884. 
 
 William H. Myers was born and reared upon 
 a farm, and during the winter .season he would 
 walk three miles to a log schoolhouse, where school 
 was conducted on the subscription j)lan. He there 
 pursued his studies at intervals until fifteen jears of 
 age. In 1853 he accompanied liis mother on her 
 removal to Lewis County, Mo., where he re- 
 mained until 1864, when he came to Henderson 
 County, 111., locating in Terre Haute. At the 
 
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 age of fifteen he oegaii learning the blacksmith's 
 trade with his brother, working three years as an 
 apprentice. After serving as an employe for a 
 year, he purchased his brother's shop, and has 
 since been engaged in blacksmithing and wagon 
 and carriage making. He is doing a most excel- 
 lent bu.siness, which yields to him a handsome 
 income. 
 
 On the 20th of August, 1869, Mr. Myers was 
 united in marriage with Mi.ss Susan Evans, 
 (laughter of Benjamin and Ellen (Arnold) Evans. 
 Seven children have been bom to them: Artie, 
 wife of H. B. Miller, of Gale.sburg, 111. ; Addie, 
 who died at the age of two and a-half years; 
 Charles \\'.; Edward R., who was accidentally 
 shot while out hunting Dtcember 29, 1893, and 
 died the following day; Juniata, Frank and Leroy. 
 
 Mr. Myers has always been a supporter of the 
 Democracy, and in 1890 was elected to represent 
 his district in the vState Legislature. So ably did 
 he fill the office that in 1892 he was re-elected, 
 .ser\-ing as an honored and prominent member of 
 the House. Socially, he is a Royal Arch Mason, 
 and is a member of the Knights of Pythias frater- 
 nity. His wife belongs to the Baptist Church. 
 Mr. Myers is a public-spirited and progres.sive 
 citizen, and the best interests of the community 
 ever find in him a friend. He is prominent in 
 business and political circles, and his merit and 
 worth have gained him the po.sitiou which he now 
 occupies. 
 
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 JOSEPH ALLEN, a farmer residing on .sec- 
 I tion 21, Terre Haute Township, Hender.son 
 Q) County, is a native of the Empire State. He 
 was born near Bath, Steuben County, N. V., 
 July 4, 1 82 1, and is a son of Amasa Allen, who 
 was born in Connecticut, and followed agricultural 
 pursuits throughout his life. The family was of 
 linglish lineage. On leaving his native State the 
 father removed to New York, and in 1855 came to 
 Henderson County, 111., locating in Terre Haute 
 Township, where he purchased a tract of laud, 
 ujM)n which he made his home until his death. 
 
 Had he lived two months longer he would have 
 reached the age of one hundred years. He held 
 membership with the Bapti.st Church, and was a 
 most highly respected citizen. His wife, who bore 
 the maiden name of Susanna Farrington, pa.ssed 
 away at the advanced age of ninety-two years, and 
 in Terre Haute Cemeterj- both were laid to rest. 
 They became the parents of twelve children, 
 namely: Jacob, Elizabeth, Martha, Hannah, 
 Theodama, Mary, Joseph, Catherine, Ama.sa F., 
 Alfred T. , David and Charles. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads, Mr. Allen 
 of this sketch spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth. He attended the district schools of his 
 native State until twenty-one years of age, and 
 acquired a fair bu.sine.ss education. On attaining 
 his majority he began working as a farm hand, 
 receiving about $10 per month, and in this way 
 was employed for three years. On the expiration 
 of that period, he purchased a farm in New York, 
 and made his home there until October i, 1854, 
 when he came to the West. Believing that he 
 could better his financial condition thereby, he 
 emigrated to Hender.son County, 111., and pur- 
 chased one hundred acres of land on section 2 1 , 
 Terre Haute Township. This was a wild tract, 
 still in its primitive condition, but the care and 
 labor he has bestowed upon it has transformed 
 it into rich and fertile fields. The farm has be- 
 come one of the best in the county. The fields 
 are well tilled, good improvements have been 
 made, and the owner is now successfully engaged 
 in general farming and .stock-raising. 
 
 On the 24th of February, 1848, was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Allen and Miss Amy C. 
 Westcott, who was born in Jefferson County, N. 
 Y., October 25, 1822, and is a daughter of Henry 
 and Amy (Cushing) Westcott. Her father was 
 a native of Mas.sachu.setts, and was of English 
 descent. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have no children 
 of their own, but have reared two: William J., 
 who is now an attorney-at-law of We.st Superior, 
 Wis.; and Belle J., wife of Joseph H. Donaldson, 
 a farmer of Waverly, Ohio. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Allen has always 
 been a Republican, having voted with that party 
 since supporting Gen. Fremont, its first candidate, 
 
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 in 1856. He has been honored with several local 
 offices, having served as County Commissioner for 
 five years, and as Township Treasurer for the long 
 period of thirty-five years. He and his wife are 
 consistent members and earnest workers in the 
 Methodist Epi.scopal Church. Mr. Allen has 
 ser\-ed as Class-Leader for forty years, and as 
 Trustee and Steward, and was Sunday-school vSu- 
 perintendent for fourteen years. His wife has 
 been teacher of the primary class in Sunday- 
 school for fourteen years. The poor and needy 
 find in them friends, and thej- are prominent in 
 benevolent and charitable work, though all is 
 quietly and unostentatiously performed. Mr. Al- 
 len began life a poor boy, with little capital save 
 a bright hope of the future, but he has steadily 
 worked his way upward, and enterprise and a 
 resolute purpose have overcome the difficulties in 
 his path. He has thus achieved succe.ss, and be- 
 come one of the leading and substantial farmers of 
 the communitv. 
 
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 (lOSEPH HORTEN MAGIE is one of the 
 I honored pioneers, self-made men, and retired 
 (2/ fanners of Henderson County. He is now 
 living in Terre Haute, where in his pleasant 
 home he is resting in the enjoyment of the fruits 
 of his former toil. He was born on the 26th of 
 August, 1831, in Morris County, N. J., and is 
 the sixth of a family of ten children born unto 
 Abraham and Phoebe C. (Tunis) Magie. The 
 father was al.so a native of Morris County, N. J., 
 and in the East made his home until the autumn 
 of 1856, when he came to Illinois and cast in his 
 lot with the early settlers of Henderson County, his 
 home being upon the farm where our subject now 
 resides. Here he made his home until his death, 
 which occurred October 30, 1868, at the age of 
 seventy-one years, for he was born September 12, 
 
 1797. Mr. Magie was buried in Terre Haute Cem- 
 etery-. He traced his ancestry back to the first 
 settlers of New Jersey, coming of a family of 
 Scotch origin, which was founded in America at 
 
 a very early day. His father was only a bo_\- 
 during the Revolution, but he joined the Colonial 
 army and aided in the struggle for independence. 
 In political affairs, Abraham Magie took a very 
 active part, and was a .stanch supporter of the 
 Republican party. His wife, who was born 
 April 19, 1799, in Whippany, N. J., died in Hen- 
 derson County, December 4, 1874, and was laid 
 to rest by the side of her husband. She was of 
 Irish lineage. 
 
 No event of .special importance occurred during 
 the childhood and youth of J. H. Magie. He 
 remained in his native State until the fall of 1855, 
 when he came to Illinois and purchased the farm 
 on which he now resides. He operated it in con- 
 nection with his father until the latter' s death, 
 and since that time has engaged in its cultivation 
 alone. It comprises eighty acres of valuable 
 land, and is under a high .state of cultivation. 
 This, together with the many excellent improve- 
 ments upon it, makes it one of the finest farms 
 of the county. On one corner of the place the 
 town of Terre Haute has been built. 
 
 On the nth of February, 1858, Mr. Magie was 
 luiited in marriage with Miss Martha A. Averett, 
 who was born in North Carolina, July 6, 1831, 
 and came to Illinois with her parents in 1833, the 
 family locating in McDonough County. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Magie have three children: Albert H., who 
 operates the home farm: Lillie J., wife of C. C. 
 Drake, of Terre Haute: and Florence, wife of S. 
 E. Mace, a school teacher of Terre Haute. 
 
 Mr. Magie is a member of Terre Haute Lodge 
 No. 616, I. O. O. F. His wife holds member- 
 ship with the Baptist Church, and he contributes 
 liberally to the .support of the same. He cast his 
 first Presidential vote for Winfield vScott. and 
 since the organization of the Republican party 
 has been one of its stanch .supporters. He has 
 .served as School Director and Road Supervi.sor, 
 but has alwajs refu.sed other offices, preferring to 
 give his entire attention to busine.ss interests. 
 Through his well-directed efforts he acquired a 
 comfortable competency, and is now living retired, 
 enjoying the re.st which he has so trulv earned 
 and richly deserves. 
 
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 rjBENEZER E. HARRIS, one of the repre- 
 rt) seiitative farmers of Hancock County, now 
 I living on section 27, Fountain Green Town- 
 ship, has long been numbered among the leading 
 citizens of this communit}-, and it is with pleasure 
 that we present to our readers this record of his 
 life work, for we feel assured that it will be re- 
 ceived with interest by many. A native of Clin- 
 ton County, Ind., he was born on the 20th of 
 November, 1829, of the union of James and Eliza- 
 beth (Elliott) Harris. His father was a native of 
 Kentucky, and was of English descent; while the 
 mother, who was born in South Carolina, was of 
 Irish lineage. Their family numbered four sons: 
 Robert, whodiedin 1864; EbenezerE.: James R., 
 who is engaged in farming and painting in Car- 
 thage Township, Hancock County; and Daniel, a 
 minister, now living in Caledonia County, Vt. 
 The father of this family followed agricultural 
 pursuits throughout his business career. In 1849 
 he emigrated to Illinois, locating in Warren, 
 where he made his home until his removal to 
 Hancock County in 1867. Here he spent his re- 
 maining days, his death occurring in Fountain 
 Green Township on the ist of March, 1889, in 
 his eighty-ninth year. He was laid to rest in the 
 cemetery near his home, and his loss was mourned 
 by many friends. His wife died in Warren County 
 in 1857. 
 
 Mr. Harris who.se name heads this record was 
 reared on the frontier, and acquired his education 
 in the old-time sub.scription schools, which were 
 held in a log schoolhouse. He there continued 
 his .studies until about nineteen years of age, and 
 thus acquired a good practical education. His 
 training at farm work began as soon as he was 
 old enough to follow the plow. When nineteen 
 years of age he started out to make his own way 
 in the world, and began scliool teaching, to which 
 pursuit he devoted his time and attention through 
 the winter season for three terms. In the summer 
 he found the out-door work of the farm more con- 
 genial. When his parents came to Illinois he 
 accompanied them, and continued a resident of 
 Warren County until 1869, which year witnessed 
 his arrival in Hancock County, where he has 
 since made his home. He located upon a farm, 
 
 where he resided a year; then bought another farm 
 a mile east, where lie lived three or four years; 
 then in the village about twelve years, and upon 
 the occasion of his father's death took possession 
 of the old homestead. He now owns one hundred 
 acres of rich prairie, comprising one of the valua- 
 ble farms of the locality, and in addition he has 
 some property in the town of Fountain Green. 
 
 On the 30th of September, 1851, Mr. Harris 
 was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Har- 
 ris, and by their union were bom seven children: 
 James R. H., who now operates the old home- 
 stead; Wallace W., who is engaged in carpenter- 
 ing; Marion, who died at the age of three years; 
 and four children who died in infancy. 
 
 Mr. Harris ca.st his finst Presidential vote in 
 1852, and since the organization of the Republi- 
 can party has been one of its stanch supporters, 
 although he has never sought public office for 
 himself He has, however, served as Justice of 
 the Peace, and for nine years filled the position of 
 Notary Public. Socially, he is a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he also 
 belongs to the Methodist Church. His honorable, 
 upright life has won for him high regard, and his 
 sterling worth has made him one of the best citi- 
 zens of the connnunitv. 
 
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 /HYRUS S. rice, M. D., is connected with 
 I { various busine.ss interests. He is engaged 
 \_) in the practice of medicine, and is a druggist 
 and the Po.stmaster of Disco. He al.so owns a good 
 farm, comprising three hundred and seventy-five 
 acres on .section 14, Durham Township, and in 
 connection with its cultivation he is extensively 
 engaged in Isreeding fine Angus cattle. His varied 
 business interests make his life a bu.sy one, and 
 he is recognized as one of the enterprising and 
 progressive citizens of the connnunitv. 
 
 Dr. Rice was born in Fayette County, Pa., 
 Januan,- 14, 1S47, and is a son of Samuel Rice, 
 who was educated in the district schools of Fayette 
 County, and after attaining his majority married 
 Fannie .Strickler. They became the parents of 
 
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 eleven children, of whom nine are living. Nancy, 
 deceased, was the wife of Francis Andrews, a 
 fanner of Wayne County, 111.; Christina is the 
 wife of Samuel Keagy, a minister of the United 
 Brethren Churcli, living in Wayne County; Hen- 
 ry is a farmer of Disco; John is engaged in farm- 
 ing near Golden, Adams County; Fainiie is the 
 wife of Henrj- Davidson, of Abilene, Kan., a min- 
 ister and editor of the E'i'a)ig(ii(al J 'isitor; Sam- 
 uel is engaged in farming in Durham Township; 
 George is an agriculturist of Henderson County; 
 Lydia is the wife of John Hershey, a fanner of 
 Akron, Ohio; Rebecca married W'illiam M. Coup, 
 who is employed as book-keeper in a flouring- 
 mill in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; and Mary, deceased, 
 was the wife of Jacob vStauffer, a farmer of White 
 Pigeon, Mich. 
 
 The Doctor acquired a fair education in the 
 common schools of Fayette County, Pa. , and after- 
 ward attended the Mt. Pleasant Seminary, in 
 Westmoreland County, Pa. Later he engaged in 
 teaching in his native comity and home district 
 for two years. In 1866 he accompanied his par- 
 ents on their removal to Wayne County, Ohio, 
 and attended the High School at Smithville several 
 terms. He then engaged in teaching for two 
 years in Wayne County, and in the autumn of 
 1868 he came to Durham Town.ship, Hancock 
 County, where he continued teaching until 1873. 
 During the winter of 1873-74 he attended the first 
 medical lectures in the University of Michigan at 
 Ann Arbor, and was graduated from that institu- 
 tion in the spring of 1876. Innnediately after- 
 wards he pursued a partial course in Ru.sh Med- 
 ical College, of Chicago, and then, returning to 
 Durham Town.ship, spent the winter of 1S76-77 
 in teaching. 
 
 On the 13th of September, 1876, Dr. Rice was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Ida L. Manifold, 
 daughter of Benjamin J. and Cornelia (Hutton) 
 Manifold. Five children graced their union, four 
 sons and one daughter, but Benjamin Ivdison and 
 Victor M. are both decea.sed. \'ilas, X'irgil and 
 Jewie Constance are .still at home. 
 
 In 1877, Dr. Rice entered the store of A. J. 
 James, of Di.sco, where he remained for a year, 
 and in 1878 began the practice of his profession. 
 
 which he has followed continuously since. He 
 also purchased the drug store which he yet car- 
 ries on. His skill and ability as a practitioner 
 have brought him a liberal patronage, and in his 
 store he also enjoys a good trade. His farm, too, 
 yields him a good income, and as a stock-raiser 
 he has been .successful. He has placed his land 
 under a high .state of cultivation and has made 
 many excellent improvements upon his place, all 
 of which stand as moinnnents to his thrift and 
 enterprise. Among them is a private telephone 
 line, now six miles in length, connecting his office 
 and farm home. He was the first in this section 
 of countrj- to erect such a line. He cast his fir.st 
 Presidential vote for Horatio Seymour, and has 
 since been a supporter of the Democracj-. He 
 holds membership with the Methodist Protestant 
 Church, and is a mo.st highl}- respected man. 
 
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 HERBERT LAWRENCE, M. D., of War- 
 saw, is one of the yoiniger members of the 
 medical profession of Hancock County, but 
 in the two years of his practice here he has won a 
 reputation which might well be envied by those 
 older in the profession. He is a member of the 
 firm of Winnard & Lawrence. 
 
 The gentleman whose name heads this record 
 was born in Manchester, Delaware Count)-, 
 Iowa, on the iSth of October, 1S66, and is a son 
 of H. W. and Almeda (Wilder) Lawrence. His 
 father was a native of Ohio, and came of a family 
 of English origin. The paternal grandparents of 
 our .subject were natives of England, and on 
 crossing the Atlantic to America became residents 
 of Cleveland, Ohio. The Doctor's mother was a 
 native of Massachusetts and belonged to an old 
 New England family, which was noted for lon- 
 gevity. The grandfather Wilder died at the age 
 of seventy-nine, and his wife still survives and re- 
 sides in Lowell, Ma.ss., at the advanced age of 
 eighty-four. The paternal grandfather, W. E. 
 Lawrence, died at Manchester, Iowa, in 1887. 
 
 Unto H. W. Lawrence and his wife were born 
 four children, three of whom are yet living. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 namely: Herbert H., who is the eldest of the 
 family; Franklin H.: and Blanche C. Charles 
 died in early childhood. 
 
 Dr. Lawrence was reared to manhood under 
 the parental roof and acquired his literary educa- 
 tion in the public schools of his native town and in 
 Winnebago. Becoming imbued with the desire 
 to enter the medical profession, he became a stu- 
 dent in the Homeopathic Medical College of Chi- 
 cago, and after completing a thorough course was 
 graduated from that in.stitution on the 21st of 
 March. 1893, in a class of sixty. Immediately 
 after his graduation he came to Warsaw and en- 
 tered into partnership with Dr. \\'. L. Win- 
 nard. 
 
 On the 7th of June, 1893, Dr. Lawrence led to 
 the marriage altar Miss Etta M. Steadman, a 
 daughter of S. A. Steadman, who is engaged in 
 the manufacture of saddler>- in Manchester, Iowa. 
 Mrs. Lawrence is a most estimable lady and has 
 won the confidence and high regard of all with 
 whom she has become acquainted in this com- 
 munity. The Doctor and his wife move in the 
 best circles of .society, and their home is noted for 
 its hospitality. He is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen and the Masonic order, and in politics 
 is an advocate of the principles of the Republican 
 party. A close student of his profession, he 
 keeps abreast with all the di.scoveries comiected 
 therewith, and his career will undoubtedly be a 
 successful one, for he has the ambition and energy 
 to accomplish whatever he undertakes. 
 
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 FT DWARD C. SHAIN, who is engaged in the 
 Iv) lumber business in Warsaw, was born in 
 I Macon County, Mo., on the 23d of Decem- 
 ber, 1S35, and is a son of William and Catherine 
 (Smoot) Shain, both of whom were natives of 
 Hardin County, Ky. The father was a farmer 
 by occupation, and followed that i)ur.suit through- 
 out his entire business career. In the year 182 1, 
 he emigrated to Mis.souri, where later he married 
 Miss Smoot, who went to that State in 1822. 
 They located in Randolph County, when its lim- 
 
 its extended to the Iowa line. Mr. Shain ser\-ed 
 as Deputy Sheriff in this county in a verj- early 
 day and was numbered among the honored pio- 
 neer .settlers. His death occurred in 1882, and 
 his wife passed away in 1878. They were the 
 parents of twelve children, ten of whom are yet 
 living. One son, Warren C, went to California 
 in 1852. He was accompanied by his brother 
 James, who died of cholera near Ft. Laramie, 
 while en route for the far West. The others are 
 all yet living in Macon County, Mo., save Charles 
 W., who is now in Kan.sas, and Edward C. of 
 this .sketch. The Shain family is of Gennan ori- 
 gin and was founded in America by the grand- 
 parents of our subject. The name was originally 
 .spelled Schain. Having emigrated to America, 
 the grandfather, John Shain, moved in 1828 to 
 Sangamon County, 111., where he spent his re- 
 maining days, his death occurring in 1843. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads our .subject 
 was reared to manhood, .spending the days of his 
 boyhood and youth in attendance at the common 
 schools through the winter sea.son, while in the 
 .summer months he aided in the labors of the 
 field. He continued at home imtil twenty-five 
 years of age, and during the early part of the war 
 served as owe of the home guards, but later he 
 enlisted in the regular service and became First 
 Lieutenant of Company K, Forty-second Missouri 
 Infantry. His duties called him mostly to Ten- 
 ne.ssee. He participated in a number of skir- 
 mi.shes on the Cumberland River and took part in 
 the battle of Nashville, also in the engagement at 
 Hunt.sville, Ala. His regiment formed a part of 
 the Sixteenth Army Corps, which was under the 
 command of Gen. A. J. Smith. On the 2d of 
 April, 1865, Lieut. Shain was honorably dis- 
 charged, but on the assassination of President 
 Lincoln, another company was organized, of 
 which he was made Captain. It was never mus- 
 tered in, however, for about that time Gen. Lee 
 surrendered to Gen. Grant at Appomattox, and the 
 war was declared ended. 
 
 On his return home, Mr. Shain embarked in 
 merchandising in Missouri. He was extensivelj- 
 engaged in buying and shipping tobacco, hand- 
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 In this enterprise he was quite successful. In 
 1870, he was elected Sheriff" and Collector of his 
 county, and so creditably and acceptably did he 
 fill the office that on the expiration of his first 
 tenn he was re-elected. On his retirement from 
 office, he engaged in fanning for a time, and later 
 dealt in lumber and farm implements in Greentop, 
 Mo., for three years. On the expiration of that 
 time he came to Warsaw, in March, 1893. and 
 has since been engaged in the hnnber trade. 
 
 Mr. Shain has been twice married. On the 
 20th of August, 1859, he was joined in marriage 
 with Mi.ss Emily Bristow, who died October 31, 
 1862, leaving one child, a son, H. B., who is 
 still at home. After the death of his first wife, 
 Mr. Shain was again married, his second union 
 being with Miss Minnie Bri.stow. The family are 
 all members of the Christian Church, and are peo- 
 ple of prominence in the community, where the}- 
 have many warm friends and acquaintances. Mr. 
 Shain holds 'membership with the Masonic fra- 
 ternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
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 QAMES ALLEN, a highly -respected and rep- 
 I resentative farmer of McDonough Comity, 
 Qj residing on section 28, Mound Township, is 
 a native of Kentucky. He was born in Pulaski 
 County on the i8th of February, 1843, and is a 
 son of Thompson and Rhoda (Adams) Allen. 
 His father was born in Kentucky, August 29, 
 1819, and was one often children, whose parents 
 were David and Martha (Harris) Allen. The 
 former was born in South Carolina, September 17, 
 1797, and died October 18, 1881, at the age of 
 eighty-four jears. With his parents he removed 
 to Kentucky, locating on a fann near Somerset, 
 where he grew to manhood. The occupation to 
 which he was reared he made his life work. He 
 was married December 22, 1816, to Miss Harris, 
 and, locating upon a fann, began accunudating 
 land. He became the owner of seven hundred 
 acres, constituting a very valuable propertj-. 
 About 1874 he divided his land among his chil- 
 dren, and, coming to McDonough County, made 
 his home with his son Thompson until his death. 
 
 He came' of one of the oldest families of South 
 Carolina. His children were Ryal, who died in 
 early life: Gilmore, who died at the age of fift>- 
 years, leaving a wife and four children; William 
 B., who died at the age of fifty \-ears in Mis- 
 souri: Polly, who became the wife of John Mc- 
 Clure, by whom she had two sous and three 
 daughters, and who now makes her home with 
 her children in Mound Township: Richmond, 
 who married Polly Adams, and after her death 
 wedded Patsj- Wood, and is now living in Mis- 
 .souri: Harris, who married Rebecca Jasper, and 
 with his family is now li\ing in Missouri; Xancy, 
 the wife of Galen Cooper, a resident of Kansas; 
 Samuel, who married Louisa Cooper, and is liv- 
 ing in Kansas; and John, who married Catherine 
 Jasper, and makes his home in Kentucky. 
 
 Thompson Allen, the father of our subject, re- 
 mained in his native State during his boj-hood, 
 and acquired such educational advantages as were 
 afforded by the common schools of the neighbor- 
 hood. His privileges in that direction, however, 
 were somewhat meagre, for during the greater 
 part of the year he worked upon the farm, aiding 
 in the cultivation of the same from the time when 
 the ground was first broken in the early spring 
 until the crops were har\-e.sted in the late autumn. 
 He was married November 19, 1840, to Miss 
 Rhoda Adams, and they became the parents of 
 three children, who are yet living. The eldest, 
 John, a farmer of Mound Township, wedded Marj- 
 Derby, and they have three children ; Rose, Daisy 
 and Bessie. James, also of Mound Township, 
 married F. A. Manlej-. The parents are mem- 
 bers of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and Mr. 
 Allen is now serving as one of the Deacons. In 
 politics, he is a Democrat, and has filled the office 
 of Road Commi.ssioner. He removed from Ken- 
 tucky to Missouri, and, purchasing land, there car- 
 ried on agricidtural pursuits until 1863, when he 
 came to McDonough County and bought one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land. To this he 
 added from time to time, until he owned four 
 hundred acres, but he has since disposed of a por- 
 tion of this. He is still living on the old farm, 
 and is recognized as one of the representative and 
 highly -respected citizens of the conununity. 
 
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 James Allen whose name heads this record was 
 a lad of eleven years when he accompanied his 
 parents on their removal to Missouri. He came 
 with them to McDonoiigh Count}- in 1863, when 
 a young man of twenty years. His education was 
 acquired in the district schools of his native State 
 and Missouri. On coming to lUinois, he settled 
 in Good Hope, where for a year he attended the 
 public .schools, since which time he has been en- 
 gaged in farming and stock-rai.sing. In his un- 
 dertakings he has met with excellent success, and 
 is now doing a prosperous business. 
 
 On the 19th of February, 1S69, Mr. Allen was 
 united in marriage with Miss Fhrousin Manley, 
 of Bushnell, and their union has been blessed with 
 three children : Ross, Louis H. and Bernice. The 
 family circle yet remains unbroken, for the chil- 
 dren are still under the parental roof. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Allen began their domestic life 
 in the old home of their parents, and our subject 
 engaged in cultivating that fann for two years. 
 His father then gave him eighty acres of land, 
 and he located thereon, since which time it has 
 been his home. The boundaries of the farm, how- 
 ever, have been extended, until now it comprises 
 a quarter-section of good land, the greater part of 
 which is now under a high state of cultivation. 
 He has made good improvements upon the place, 
 and the fann is one of the best in the neighbor- 
 hood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of 
 the Free-Will Baptist Church, and for their many 
 excellencies of character they are held in high re- 
 gard. In politics, he is a Democrat, and for 
 twenty consecutive years he has served as School 
 Director. 
 
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 nOHN MANIFOLD is numbered among Han- 
 I cock County's best citizens. He resides on 
 (2) section 19, La Haqje Township, where he is 
 successfully engaged in farming. As he is both 
 widely and favorably known in this community, 
 we feel assured that the record of his life will 
 prove of interest to many of our readers. A native 
 of Tennessee, he was born April 8, 1829, and is a 
 
 son of George Manifold, who was a native of the 
 
 Keystone State, and by occupation was a builder 
 of bridges and flatboats. The family emigrated 
 from Teiniessee to Illinois in 1836, when our .sub- 
 ject was a lad of seven summers. He therefore 
 became one of the pioneer .settlers of Hancock 
 Count}-, and was reared to manhood amid the 
 wild scenes of the frontier, sharing with the fam- 
 ily the hardships and privations which come to 
 those who make their home in an unde\-eloped 
 region. The educational privileges which he re- 
 ceived were those afforded by the district schools 
 of La Harpe Township, but his advantages in that 
 direction were meagre. He has, however, largely 
 o^-ercome the obstacles in the path of learning, 
 and through business experience, reading and ob- 
 servation he has become a well-informed man, 
 and has prospered to a great degree. 
 
 December 14, 1854, Mr. Manifold married 
 Miss Eliza A. Miller, and their union was blessed 
 with one son, \V. E., now a banker of La Harpe, 
 who.se .sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. 
 In 1 88 1, Mr. Manifold was called upon to mourn 
 the lo.ss of his wife, who passed away on the 3d 
 of February of that year. On the 12th of March, 
 1882, he was again married, his second union be- 
 ing with Mrs. Elizabeth Loretta Foley, an accom- 
 plished and cultured lady. She was boni in Gal- 
 lia County, Ohio, on the 25th of November, 1843, 
 and is a daughter of Robert P. and Elizabeth 
 (Farmer) Chapin. vShe went to McDonough 
 County, 111., in 1855, and in 1882 came to Han- 
 cock County. To Mr. and Mrs. Manifold has 
 been born a son, Arthur Ray, a bright boy of 
 some ten years. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Manifold affiliates with the 
 Democracy, which he has supported since casting 
 his first Presidential vote for President Pierce, in 
 1852. The honors and emoluments of public 
 office, however, have had no attractions for him, 
 although he keeps him.self well informed on the 
 i.ssues of the day. Socially, he is a member of 
 La Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M., and 
 for nineteen years was its Treasurer, a fact which 
 indicates the confidence and trust reposed in him, 
 and also tells of his high standing in the lodge. 
 
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 farm on section 19, La Harpe Township, where 
 he has one of the most commodious and elegant 
 residences in the county, surrounded by good 
 outbuildings and well-tilled fields, all of which 
 indicate the careful supen-ision of the owner. 
 He has ever been an enterpri.sing and public-.spir- 
 ited gentleman, and has watched with interest 
 during all his residence the growth and develop- 
 ment of the community. Hone.st, truthful and 
 temperate, his is a life worthy the emulation of 
 all young men who desire to tread the pathway 
 of prosperity, and who wi.sh to leave behind them 
 a name which will be an inspiration to coming 
 generations. 
 
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 QAMES CYRUS HUMPHREY, a leading 
 I agriculturist of Henderson County, now liv- 
 (2) ing on section 22, Walnut Grove Township, 
 was born on the ist of Februan,-, 1848, near 
 Biggsville, and has spent his entire life in this 
 community. His father, Henry Humphrey, was 
 born in Jefferson County, Ohio, June 14, 1822, 
 and in an early day emigrated to Warren County, 
 111., where, on the 15th of June, 1843, he married 
 Ferba Hagood, who was born in South Carolina, 
 December 22, 181 3. He was a farmer by occu- 
 pation, and followed that pursuit throughout his 
 entire life. On attaining his majority he identi- 
 fied himself with the Democratic party, and con- 
 tinued one of its supporters for a number of 3'ears. 
 When the war broke out he entered the Union 
 army, and was one of the valiant defenders of 
 the Old Flag and the cause it represented. After 
 that he became a Republican, and has since affili- 
 ated with the party. He now makes his home 
 in Iowa, where he has lived for some years. His 
 wife was called to her final rest May 25, 1867, at 
 the age of fifty-two years. She was a faithful 
 member of the Seceder Church, was a devoted 
 Christian, and a loving and tender mother. 
 
 In the Humphrey family were six children, of 
 whom four are yet living, namely: J. Cjrus of 
 this sketch; Mrs. Ellen Rankin, who is now liv- 
 ing in Mis.souri; John E., who follows farming in 
 
 Iowa; and Robert S., a resident farmer of Hen- 
 derson County. Laura G. died when quite small, 
 and Rachel (twin si.ster of our subject) died Oc- 
 tober 19, 1870, at the age of twenty -two years. 
 
 J. C. Humphrey spent his childhood days in 
 his parents' home, but on his mother's death, 
 which occurred when he was about eighteen years 
 of age, he began to earn his own livelihood, 
 working as a farm hand by the month. This he 
 continued until his marriage, when he rented 
 land. On the ist of January, 1873, he was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Sarah Rebecca 
 vSmall, a daughter of Albert and Mary J. ( Haynes ) 
 Small, who came to Henderson Countj^ 111., 
 from Greene County, Ohio, in 1851. Her father 
 was born October 12, 1825, and throughout his 
 life carried on agricultural pursuits. His wife 
 was born Januan,- 13, 1830. They became the 
 parents of twelve children, the dates of whose 
 births are as follows: G. C, September 14, 
 1852; Mrs. Sarah R. Humphrey, February 14, 
 1854; Mrs. Cora L. Glenn, May 4, 1855; James 
 S., April 5, 1857; Mrs. Ellen J. Exley, January 
 10, 1859: Albert E., March 31, i860; William 
 G., November 23, 1862; Mrs. Anna M. Belts, 
 February 8, 1865; Mrs. Carrie B. Southwell, 
 December 23, 1866; JohnC, September 10, 1868; 
 David M., May 2, 1870; and Frank H., vSeptem- 
 ber 7, 1873. With the exception of three all the 
 members of this family reside in Lincoln, Neb., 
 and the .sons are there engaged in merchandising. 
 Two of the family yet live in Henderson County, 
 and one on \'ancouver Island. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs Humphrey are the parents of 
 three children: Edith Emeline, who was born 
 November 3, 1874, and is now attending the 
 academy in Media; Ferba Jane, who was born 
 July 19, 1879, and is now in .school in Media; 
 and Ella Blanche, who was born December 29, 
 1884, and died in childhood. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey began their domestic 
 life upon a rented farm. He had saved $600, 
 and, buying a team with part of this sum, he be- 
 gan work for himself His industry and good 
 management, combined with perseverance, .soon 
 brought him .some capital, and in 1883 he bought 
 a farm of eighty acres, on which he is now living. 
 
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 This is a good place, and its neat appearance 
 indicates the enterprise of the owner. Since 
 casting his first Presidential vote for Gen. 
 Grant, Mr. Humphrey has supported the Re- 
 publican party. His wife and daughters are 
 members of the United Presbyterian Church. 
 The family is one of prominence in the com- 
 munity, and the parents and children rank high 
 in the social circles in which they move. 
 
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 HON. BENJAMIN F. MARSH, of Warsaw, 
 was born in Wythe Township, Hancock 
 County, November 19, 1835, and is a .son of 
 Benjamin F. and Ruth (Wetman) Mansh. On 
 both sides the family was of English lineage. The 
 father was a native of Vennont, and the mother 
 was born in New Brunswick. The Marsh faniil>- 
 was founded in America in 1637, by Engli.sh ances- 
 tors, who crossed the Atlantic and located in Ma.ss- 
 achusetts. The father was a merchant and farm- 
 er. In 1S33 he emigrated we.stward to Illinois, 
 where his death occurred in the autumn of 1864. 
 His wife pas.sed away in 1837. They had a large 
 family of children, but only four are now living; 
 B. F., J. W., Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond and Mrs. 
 Caroline Richmond. The two last-named reside 
 in Iowa. 
 
 The early boyhood dajs of our subject were 
 spent upon his father's farm, and at the age of four- 
 teen he left home to enter Bishop Chase's school 
 at Jubilee, where he pursued his studies for four 
 years. After completing the junior year he left 
 that school and liegan studying law with his 
 brother in Warsaw. He was admitted to the Bar 
 in i860, and in that year became a candidate for 
 the office of Pro.secuting Attorney, but was 
 defeated. 
 
 Mr. Marsh was found among the defenders of 
 the Union during the late war. He was not 
 slow to go to the front, but enli.sting at the fir.st 
 call, in April, 1861, he became a member of Com- 
 pany B, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. In July of 
 that year he aided in organizing the Second Illi- 
 nois Cavalry, and on the (tli of Jid\-, at Monroe 
 
 Station, Mo., received a telegram that his com- 
 pany was accepted for service. It was made 
 Company G, of the Second Regiment, and he was 
 commissioned its Captain. In Jainiary, 1863, he 
 was promoted to the rank of Major, in the latter 
 part of the same year became Lieutenant-Colonel, 
 and in 1S65 was commi.ssioned Colonel. He took 
 part in numerous battles and skirmishes, and saw 
 ser\-ice in all the Southern States except the Car- 
 olinas and Virginia. He was in the Vicksburg 
 campaign, and that of the Department of the 
 Gulf, in the spring of 1864. He also took part 
 in the Mobile campaign in the spring of 1865, 
 and after the fall of that city went to Eufaula, 
 where they heard of the surrender of Jo John- 
 ston. He was mustered out in Springfield in 
 January-, 1866, after five years of faithful and 
 arduous service. Few regiments were more under 
 fire or traveled a greater distance than the Sec- 
 ond, of which Col. Marsh was a member. It 
 was formed of a splendid body of soldiers, who 
 were movnited on their own horses and who were 
 obedient to every command. The war histon- of 
 Col. Mar.sh is certainly worthy of perpetuation, 
 and his army record is one of whicli he may well 
 be proud. 
 
 The Colonel was married on the 6th of August, 
 1861, to Miss Josephine E. Miller, of Warsaw, 
 daughter of Robert Miller, a merchant of this 
 place. She died in 1872, leaving three children: 
 Arthur Wetmore, Charles Carroll and Josephine 
 Bertha. Mr. Marsh was again married, January 
 I, 1 88 1, the second union being with Jane Eliza 
 Coolbaugh, daughter of William C. Coolbaugh, 
 of Chicago, a banker of note in that city. The.\- 
 have three children: William Coolbaugh, Rich- 
 ard Oglesby and Benjamin F. 
 
 Upon his return from the war, Col. Marsh 
 re.sumed law practice in Warsaw, and continued 
 the pro.secution of that profession until 1876, 
 when he was elected to .Congress. He was re- 
 elected in 1878 and in 1880, and was re-nominated 
 in 1882, but was defeated. In 1883 he embarked 
 in farming, in which he has been actively engaged 
 continnou.sly since, but his business pursuits were 
 again interrupted in 1892 by his fourtli election 
 to Congre.ss. The fact that he has been four times 
 
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 sent to the law-making assembly of the nation 
 shows ven- clearly the confidence and trust re- 
 posed in him, and that he is true to the trust is 
 indicated by his long service. In 1888 he served 
 as a delegate to the National Republican Conven- 
 tion, and was a stanch supporter of Harrison. 
 Socially, he is a member of Marsh Post No. 343, 
 G. A. R. His entire life has been spent in Han- 
 cock County, and he is one of its most popular 
 and highl\- respected citizens, who manifests the 
 same loyalty and allegiance to his country in daj-s 
 of peace as he did in times of war. 
 
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 (TOSEPH THOMPSON, who is now living on 
 I section 18, Walnut Grove Township, isnum- 
 Qj bered among the leading farmers and stock- 
 raisers of Henderson County. He claims Ohio as 
 the State of his nativity, his birth having occurred 
 in Crawford County, on the 31st of August, 
 1843. His father, Adam Thompson, was a Penn- 
 .sylvania farmer, born in 1795. About 1820 he 
 married Jane Raitt, and for many years was a 
 farmer of the Buckeye State. In 1851 he came 
 to Henderson County-, 111., where he purchased 
 eight hundred acres of land, paying from $3 to $5 
 per acre for the same. In the Thompson family were 
 ten children, all of whom grew to manhood and wo- 
 manhood. William, a farmer of Henderson Coun- 
 ty, was killed May 30, 1858, in the Elhson tor- 
 nado; David is now a farmer of Harper County, 
 Kan. ; Mrs. Sarah Rankin died in Henderson 
 County; Samuel F., a mini.ster of the United 
 Presbyterian Church, is living in Missouri; Lillis 
 is the wife of Joseph White, a well-known citizen 
 of Henderson County; John died in 1859; James 
 follows farming, and makes his home in vStrong- 
 hurst; Jane became the wife of James F. Rankin, 
 but is now deceased; and Barbara is the widow of 
 T. V. Nichols, of Stronghurst, 
 
 Joseph Thompson of this sketch spent the first 
 eight years of his life in the Buckeye State, and 
 then came with his parents to Illinois, where he 
 was reared to manhoo<l. He became familiar 
 with all the duties of farm life, and in the common 
 
 schools he was educated. He remained at home 
 until after the breaking out of the late war, when, 
 prompted by patriotic impulses, he responded to 
 the country's call for troops, enlisting on the 13th 
 of August, 1862, as a member of Company F, 
 Eighty-third Illinois Infantry. He served under 
 Capt. J. T. Morgan, took part in the second bat- 
 tle of Ft. Donelson, and after that date was with 
 his regiment doing garrison duty and scouting at 
 DoneLson and Clarksville. When the South had 
 laid down its arms he was honorably discharged, 
 July 5, 1865, and returned to his home in the 
 North. 
 
 On the 16th of September, 1880, Mr. Thomp- 
 son married Miss Mary J. Nel.son, a native of 
 Jackson, Washington County, N. V., daughter 
 of John and Mary Nelson, who were natives of 
 New York. Her father was born about 18 14, 
 and is now deceased. Her mother is still living 
 in Washington County, N. Y., at about the age 
 of eighty years. They had eight children, all of 
 whom reached adult years, while seven are yet 
 living. Robert is engaged in carpentering in Cali- 
 fornia; Mrs. Margaret Andrews is now deceased; 
 William is a farmer of Kan.sas; Sarah and Mary 
 are twins, and the former resides with her 
 mother; Wishart is a druggist of New York; 
 James is a resident farmer of Texas; and Eliza- 
 beth is the wife of Harvey Rich, a farmer of New 
 York. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson liave been born 
 five children, and the family circle yet remains 
 unbroken. The.\- are; Sarah J., born September 
 23, 1882; Margaret E., March 8, 1885; Ray- 
 mond H., .Vugust 15, 1888; Lillian B., Septem- 
 ber 7. 1890; and Marjory R., April 10, 1892. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Thompson is a Re- 
 publican, having supported that party since at- 
 taining his majority. He has .served both as 
 Road Commissioner and School Director. He 
 and his wife hold membership with the United 
 Presbyterian Church. Mr. Thompson now devotes 
 his time and attention to farming and stock-raising. 
 He is one of the extensive land-owners of the coun 
 ty, having seven hundred and eighty acres of valu- 
 able land, pleasantly located two miles north of 
 Stronghurst. He is a man of excellent business and 
 
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 executive ability, and his enterprise, perseverance, 
 and well-directed eiforts have made him one of 
 the wealth}- farmers of the count\-. All who 
 know him esteem him highl\- for his sterling 
 worth, and with pleasure we present this record 
 of his life to our readers. 
 
 (TAME.S F. peas ley, one of the honored 
 I pioneers and representative farmers of Hen- 
 O derson County, now living in Terre Haute 
 Township, section lo, was born in the Province 
 of Quebec, Canada, on the 13th of January, 1822, 
 and is the sixth in order of birth iu a family of 
 eight children, whose parents were Moses and 
 Mar>- f Ayers) Peasley. All, however, are now 
 deceased, with the exception of our subject and 
 two sisters. The father was born in the town of 
 Ware, N. H., and after attaining to man's e.state 
 removed to Canada, where he spent his remaining 
 days, devoting his time and attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits. His death occurred at the ripe old 
 age of about seventy-eight years. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Societ}- of Friends, and his ancestors 
 were all connected with the same religious .sect. 
 The family is of Engli.sh extraction. The mother 
 of our .subject was a native of New Hampshire, 
 and her death occurred in Lowell, Ma.ss., at the 
 age of sixty-eight years. She was also of Eng- 
 lish lineage, but at a very early da>- in thehistor}' 
 of this country the family was founded in New 
 England. 
 
 Mr. Peasley of this sketch spent the days of his 
 boyhood and youth with his parents, and after he 
 had reached man's e.state purchased the old home- 
 stead, which he further cultivated and improved 
 until 1855, when he sold out and came to Illinois. 
 He took up his residence in Henderson County, 
 locating in Terre Haute Township, section 10, 
 where he has since resided. Purchasing three 
 hundred and twenty acres of land, wliich was still 
 in its primitive condition, he began its develop- 
 ment, and .soon transformed the wild tract into 
 rich and fertile fields, which were made to yield to 
 him a good income. At the time of his arrival 
 
 the county was new, the few settlers within its 
 borders were widely scattered, and the nearest 
 trading- post to his home was at Burlington, a dis- 
 tance of sixteen miles. 
 
 Ere coming to Illinois, Mr. Peasley was mar- 
 ried, Jaiuiarj- 30, 1853, to Miss Sarah J. Tarle- 
 ton, of Piermont, N. H. Six children were 
 born to them: Ellen M., who died at the age of 
 thirty-four years; Ernest, a prosperous fanner of 
 Henderson County; Hattie, deceased; James O., 
 who is engaged in the banking business in Ma- 
 comb, 111.; Bertha, wife of W. E. Hurdle, who is 
 engaged in banking in La Harpe, 111. ; and Sewell 
 H., who aids in carrying on the home farm. 
 
 Mr. Peasley has met with most excellent suc- 
 cess in his business dealings, and has become the 
 owner of nine hundred and ninety acres of valu- 
 able land in Terre Haute Town.ship, comprising 
 one of the finest farms in all Illinois. He has 
 been one of the leading stock-breeders of this lo- 
 calit}-, making a specialty of Shorthorn and Here- 
 ford cattle. His prosperity has been won through 
 close attention to the details of his business and 
 by enterprise and good management, and is there- 
 fore well deserved. Mr. Peasley- has always taken 
 quite an active part in politics and is an ardent 
 advocate of Republican principles. He has served 
 as Township Supervisor and School Director, is a 
 liberal contributor to the church, although he is a 
 member of no religions organization, and is always 
 found on the side of right and order. His life has 
 been an honorable and upright one and has gained 
 him the confidence and warm regard of many 
 friends. 
 
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 RICHMOND MERRITT,who makes his home 
 in .section 36, Rock Creek Township, Hancock 
 County, 111., where he is successfully engaged 
 in farming and stock-raising, was born on the 5th 
 of November, 1825, in Bradford County, Pa., and 
 is one of a familj' of seven children, three sons and 
 four daughters, whose parents were Calvin and 
 Mehitable ( Pratt) Merritt. His father was a native 
 of Vermont, and his mother was born in Massa- 
 
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 chusetts. The children were Calvin, Harrison, 
 Richmond, Annie. Lurena, Emily and Louisa. 
 In 18,^7 the family removed to Athens Coiintw 
 Ohio, where the father purchased fifty-six acres 
 of improved land, and carried on general farming 
 and stock-raising for eleven years. In 1848 he 
 came to Hancock County, 111., and rented a farm, 
 which he operated until 1S53, when he went to 
 Bond County to live with his daughter. There 
 his last days were .spent, his death occurring in 
 1863. His wife pas.sed away at her son's home 
 in Wi.sconsin, in 1857. Both were faithful mem- 
 bers of the United Brethren Church, and he 
 was a life-long Democrat in politics. His sup- 
 port was ever given to public enterprises of 
 merit, and the community in which he lived al- 
 ways numbered him among its most valued as 
 well as among its most highly respected citizens. 
 
 We now take up the personal history of Rich- 
 mond Merritt, who spent the first twelve years of 
 his life in his native State, and then accompanied 
 his parents on their removal to Ohio. His edu- 
 cation was acquired in the public schools, which 
 he attended in the winter sea.sons until about 
 nineteen years of age. During the winter of 
 1844-45, he worked in the lumber business, but 
 his time was largely devoted to agricultural pur- 
 suits in the Buckeye State until 1848, when he 
 came to Hancock County, 111. For six years he 
 rented a farm in Prairie Township, and then, in 
 1854, he purchased eighty acres of wild land in 
 Pilot Grove Tcnvnship. Not a furrow had been 
 turned or an improvement made upon it, but 
 with characteristic energy he began its develop- 
 ment. The following year, however, he sold 
 that tract, and purchased one hundred and .sixty 
 acres of raw land on section 36, Rock Creek 
 Township. Upon this farm he has since made 
 his home, and in connection with the cultivation 
 of the land he has also .successfully carried on 
 .stock-rai.sing. 
 
 In 1 8^8 Mr. Merritt was united in marriage 
 with Harriet Tennyhill,a native of Athens County, 
 Ohio. Seven children graced this union: Marion 
 A., the eldest son. married Mi.ss Martha Jane 
 Laws in 187 1, and died in 1880. Cali.sta, the 
 eldest daughter, was niairiod in 1870 to L. P. 
 
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 Kunkel. John K. married Mi.ss Harriet Isabel 
 White in 1879. Mary Louisa married John 
 White in 1877; and Flora HUen married Elmer 
 Ingraham on the 25th of December, 1884. San- 
 ford O. and William H. died when between the 
 ages of one and two years. Mrs. Harriet Merritt 
 died April 9, 1884, and on the 7th of July, 1886, 
 Mr. Merritt married his pre.sent wife, Mi.ss Sarah 
 K. Miller, of Page Count_\-, \'a. 
 
 Mr. Merritt has always supported the men and 
 measures of the Democratic party, but has never 
 sought or desired political preferment or office of 
 any kind for himself. He has held the office of 
 School Director for a number of years, and the 
 cau.se of education finds in him a warm friend. 
 He maj' truly be called a self-made man, for 
 he started out in life emptj--handed, and has 
 steadily worked his way upward by indu.stry, 
 perseverance and good management, until he 
 is now numbered among the substantial citi- 
 zens of the community. He now owns a valu- 
 able and well-improved farm, and his home is 
 pleasantly located within a half mile of Ferris. 
 He also owns a good farm of one hundred and 
 sixty acres in Nodaway Count}-, Mo. 
 
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 (31 NDREW J. DAVIS, one of the representa- 
 Li live farmers and stock-dealers of Hender.soii 
 I I County, now living on section 32, Strong- 
 hurst Townsliip, claims New York as the State of 
 his nativity. He was born October 28, 1826, and 
 is the second in a family of four children, but all 
 are now decea.sed with the exce])tion of himself 
 and sister Sarah, who is now tlie wife of John 
 Evans, a prominent farmer, who is represented 
 elsewhere in this work. The father, Abner Davis, 
 was born in Windham County, \'t., September 
 21, 1794, was reared on a farm, and served in the 
 War of 181 2. In 1835 he came to Illinois, landing 
 at Monmouth, and thence went to Centre Grove, 
 where the family wintered. In the spring they 
 moved to Stronghur.si Township. Mr. Davis had a 
 patent for the northwest quarter of section 36, 
 town.shiji 9 north, range 5 west. Henderson Coun- 
 
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 ty, 111., the same being granted him for ser\ice iii 
 the War of 1 8 1 2 . He wa.s the first to locate upon 
 the prairie, where he built a cabin and reared his 
 family, living in true pioneer .style. Hi.s nearest 
 neighbor to the south was eight miles away, and 
 to the northwest six miles. In his political views, 
 he was a Democrat. He came of a family of 
 Engli.sh origin, but for many generations its rep- 
 resentatives had lived in America. Mr. Davis 
 married Miss Lucy Oaks, a native of Windham 
 County, Vt. They were buried side by side in the 
 family burying-ground. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent the first ten 
 years of his life in the Empire State, and then be- 
 came a resident of Henderson County. He turned 
 the first furrow on many an acre of wild land, and 
 shared in all the hardships and experiences of 
 frontier life. Until 1850 he remained at home, 
 and then went to California, making the trip 
 acro.ss the plains with a party of twenty-five, who 
 had three wagons and pack-mules. After six 
 months they reached Placerville, Cal., where Mr. 
 Davis engaged in mining for a short time. He 
 then engaged in freighting and in keeping a trad- 
 ing store near Burn River. His trip to the West 
 proved a profitable one, and after two years he 
 purcha.sed one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 Hender.son County, his pre.sent farm, the old 
 Hiram Brooks farm. 
 
 On the loth of December, 1853. was celebrated 
 the marriage of Mr. Davis and Miss Clarissa 
 Miller, of Henderson County, who died in 1870. 
 Five children were born to them: Charles H., a 
 prosperous farmer of this community ; Ella, who 
 died at the age of nine years; Frank M., also a suc- 
 cessful agriculturist; Palmer A., who carries on 
 agricultural pursuits in Pottawattamie County, 
 Iowa; and Bertha C, wife of Charles Powell, of 
 Stronghurst Township. 
 
 Mr. Davis married the second time, February 28, 
 1872, Sophronia M. Taylor, of Burlington, Iowa, 
 the widow of Allen Hendricks, and a daughter of 
 Allen and Margaret (Budlong) Taylor. Mrs. 
 Davis was bom June 27, 1841, in Huntington, 
 Lorain County, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Davis exercises his right of franchise in 
 support of the Democracy, and has served as School 
 
 Director for a number of years. In his bu.siness 
 career he has prospered. He has carried on farm- 
 ing and stock-raising quite extensively, and is now 
 the owner of nine hundred and forty acres of as 
 fine farming land as can be found in this com- 
 miniity . His home is a beautiful and commodious 
 one, and there, surrounded by all the comforts 
 of life, he will probably spend his remain- 
 ing days. He can all the more thoroughly 
 enjoy his prosperity as it has come to him through 
 his own labors. Through life he has endeavored 
 to follow the Golden Rule, and his honorable, up- 
 right career is one well worthy of emulation. It 
 has also gained for him the high regard of these 
 with whom he has been brought in contact, and 
 given him a place among the best citizens of his 
 adopted county. 
 
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 *y T. POGUE follows farming on section 22. 
 I Walnut Grove Township. He was born in 
 X, this township, August 27, 1843, and is a 
 worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer 
 families of Henderson County. His father, John 
 Pogue, was born in Ohio about 18 19, and in 1837 
 emigrated we.stward to Illinois. Here he worked 
 as a farm hand until the following year, when, at 
 the age of nineteen, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Elizabeth Brooks, a native of Ohio, 
 born in 18 16. He then entered land from the 
 Government, and began farming in his own inter- 
 est. His first tract comprised eighty acres, and to 
 this he soon added an eighty -acre tract adjoining. 
 Subsequently, he purchased more land from time 
 to time, until he became one of the largest land- 
 owners in the county, having at the time of his 
 death sixteen hundred acres. He was truly a 
 .self-made man, for he started out empty-handed, 
 and by his own unaided efforts worked his waj- 
 .steadily upward. In the family were seven chil- 
 dren, all of whom are yet living, with the excep- 
 tion of one son, who died at the age of nineteen 
 years. They are; Samuel H.; Maria L., wife of 
 Dr. Stewart, of Hender.son County; I. T., of this 
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 successful farmers; Margaret J., wife of Jacob 
 P'ord, a retired farmer, and one of the enterpris- 
 ing citizens of Media: and James and John, twin 
 brothers, who make their home in Media. 
 
 In the usual manner of farmer lads our subject 
 spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He 
 acquired a fair education in the country schools, 
 and early became familiar with all the duties of 
 fami work, for as soon as old enough to handle 
 the plow, he entered upon the labors of the field. 
 On attaining his majority he left the old home- 
 .stead, but did not go far away, removing to a 
 form adjoining that of his father's. There he 
 lived one year, when he removed to the farm on 
 which he now resides. His father died in 1887, 
 leaving deeds to his large estate, which was dis- 
 tributed to the satisfaction of all the heirs. 
 
 In October, 1866, Mr. Pogue was united in 
 marriage with Miss Emeline E. Spears, daughter 
 of Alexander and Mary (McElroy) Spears, na- 
 tives of Pennsylvania, who came to Henderson 
 County, 111., in the '50s. Her father was a 
 blacksmith, and followed that trade for sometime 
 cxclu.sively, but after^vard purcha.sed land. He 
 then devoted his time both to farming and black- 
 smithing, but at length abandoned the latter on 
 account of ill-health. His death occurred in 
 1873. In the farail>- were eleven children, and, 
 with the exception of one who died in infancy, 
 all grew to mature years, and are as follows: Mat- 
 thew, Mrs. Margaret Campbell, Mrs. Jane Stewart, 
 James, Emeline (wife of our subject), Samuel, 
 Clara, William A., Mrs. Man,- E. Whiteman and 
 Je.ssie M. Richie. 
 
 Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Pogue, of whom seven are yet living: Mary Eliz- 
 abeth, wife of Jacob Rankin, a stock-buyer of 
 Media; Mrs. Anna Margaret Mathers, of Hen- 
 derson County; and I'lanche L., Lewis J., Mabel 
 M., Ralph vS. and Clare. 
 
 Mr. Pogue is now .successfully engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits, being numbered among the en- 
 terprising and successful farmers of thecommunity. 
 He is also one of the valued citizens of the county, 
 and is now serving as County Commissioner. In 
 politics, he is a Republican. The best interests 
 of the community ever find in him a friend, and 
 
 he is a wide-awake and progressive citizen. He 
 and his family hold membership with the United 
 Pre.sbyterian Church, in which he has ser\-ed as 
 Elder for more than twenty years, and they take 
 an acti\e interest in church and benevolent work. 
 
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 QOHN BYLER devotes his time and attention 
 
 I to agricultural pursuits, and makes his home 
 G/ on .section 28, Durham Town,ship. The By- 
 ler family is one of prominence in Hancock Coun- 
 ty, its members being among the leading farmers 
 of this community. The father, David Byler, 
 was one of the first settlers of the county, and has 
 become one of its wealthy and influential citizens. 
 
 Our subject was born on the old homestead 
 farm on Christmas Day of 1846, and was reared 
 to manhood under the parental roof. His educa- 
 tion was acquired in the district schools of the 
 neighborhood, which he attended through the 
 winter season, while in the summer months he 
 aided in the labors of the field and in other work 
 of the farm. To his father he contiiuied to give 
 the benefit of his services until he had reached 
 the age of twenty-two years, when he was mar- 
 ried, and started out in life for himself Februar\- 
 10, 1868 he led to the marriage altar Miss Meli.ssa 
 Riley, daughter of William Riley, of Adams 
 County, and by their union were born three chil- 
 dren, a son and two daughters. The son died 
 December 19, 1S91. The daughters, Ettie and 
 Alvesta J., are both living with their father. 
 
 Upon his marriage, Mr. Byler rented land of 
 his father, but after a year he purcha.sed a tract of 
 eighty acres and began the development of what 
 is his present farm, and what constitutes one of 
 the best farms in this locality. His wife died 
 October 5, 1879. He was again married, on the 
 loth of April, 1881, his second union being with 
 Miss Mary Hyatt, daughter of EHsha and Mar- 
 garet Hyatt, who were natives of Penns\ Ivania. 
 One child graces this union, a .son, Ernest by 
 name. 
 
 Mr. Byler is a Master Ma.son of nine years' 
 standing, and holds membership with Burnside 
 
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 Lodge No. 683. A. F. & A. M. He belongs to the 
 Old-School Bapti.st Church, and, in his political 
 views, is a Democrat. His life has been well and 
 worthily passed, and those who know him esteem 
 him highly for his many excellencies of character 
 and his sterling worth. Durham Township num- 
 bers him among its be.st citizens, a position which 
 he well merits. 
 
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 3 AMES A. MARSHALL, one of the early .set- 
 tlers of Henderson County, who for fifty- 
 sex-en years has witnessed the growth and 
 development of this region, now carries on gen- 
 eral farming on section 22, Stronghunst Town- 
 ship. As he is widely and favorably known in 
 this community, we feel assured that the record 
 of his life will prove of interest to many of our 
 readers, and therefore gladly give it a place in 
 this volume. 
 
 Mr. Marshall claims South Carolina as the 
 State of his nativity. He was born in Fairfield 
 County, June 8, 1826, and is a son of Alexander 
 and Marj- (McMillan) Marshall. The paternal 
 grandfather was a native of Ireland, but was of 
 Scotch extraction. The father of our subject was 
 V)orn in Fairfield County, and there remained 
 upon a farm until 1837, when, with his family, 
 he came by team to Illinois, reaching his destina- 
 tion after a journey of two months. He then lo- 
 cated in Stronghurst Township, Henderson Conn 
 ty, and, entering land from the Government, be- 
 gan the development of a farm, on which he made 
 his home until his death, which occurred at the 
 age of .seventy-three years. He served as a pri- 
 vate in the War of 1812, filled the office of Town- 
 ship Treasurer for a number of jears, and was 
 County Assessor for se\eral years in an early day. 
 He was one of the first settlers of this community, 
 and in the development and upbuilding of the 
 county he bore a I'loniinent part. His wife. 
 who was born in Chester, S. C, died at the age 
 of eighty-four, and was laid to rest by the side of 
 her husband in Glena Cemeterw Her parents 
 were both Lalixes of the Ivnierald Isle, and, ha\'ing 
 
 crossed the Atlantic to America, the father served 
 in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary 
 War. 
 
 James A. Marshall was the fifth in a family of 
 seven children, numbering .six sons and one 
 daughter. He aided his father in the cultivation 
 of the home farm until twenty-three years of age, 
 and then rented the old homestead, operating it 
 in his own interest for a number of years. He was 
 early inured to the arduous task of developing 
 wild land, and has turned the first furrow on many 
 an acre of prairie. He lived here when Indians 
 .still visited the neighborhood, and when wild 
 game of all kinds could be had in abundance. 
 
 On the 13th of March, 1851, Mr. Marshall was 
 united in marriage with Miss Janet H. Ricliey, 
 who was bom July 24, 1829, in Washington Coun- 
 ty, N. Y., and is a daughter of Richard W. and 
 Helen (Green) Ricliey, who came to Illinois in 
 1840 and located upon a farm in Henderson 
 County. The father was elected County Judge 
 in 1852, and creditably filled that responsible po- 
 sition for sixteen years. He also served as Justice 
 of the Peace for a number of years. His death 
 occurred in Oquawka, at the age of eights-four. 
 His parents were natives of England, and his 
 wife's parents were born in Scotland. Mrs. Ricli- 
 ey was a native of the Empire State, and died at 
 the age of thirty-three years. 
 
 In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were 
 fi\e sons and six daughters: Maria, wife of J. W. 
 McClinton, a farmer of Colonia, III.: James W., 
 who died at the age of nineteen; Mary H., wife of 
 W. A. Spear, an agriculturist of Henderson 
 County; Elizabeth, wife of Cecil McArthur, of 
 Walton, Kan. ; Cornelia Ann, wifeof C. H. White, 
 of Somonauk, 111.; Jennie L., who died in infan- 
 cy; Charles R., who now owns and operates a 
 part of the old homestead farm; John D., an agri- 
 culturist of Walton, Kan.; Florence \'. and 
 Thomas R., at home; and Hugh L., who carries 
 on agricultural pursuits in Stronghur.st Township. 
 
 Mr. Marshall ga\'e his children good educa- 
 tional privileges, thus fitting them for the duties 
 of life, and has given them one hundred and sixt>- 
 acres of land, but still retains jxi.sse.ssion of a valua- 
 ble tract of two hundred anil fort\' acres. He and 
 
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 his wife are members of the United Presbyterian 
 Church of Stronghurst, and the worthy- couple 
 have the warm regard of a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. On questions of national im- 
 portance, Mr. Marshall supports the Democracy, 
 but at local elections, when no issues are involved, 
 he votes independently of party ties. The cause 
 of education finds in him a warm friend, and he 
 supports all worthy enterprises which are calcu- 
 lated to prove of public benefit. The community 
 recognizes in him a valued citizen, and he is also 
 numbered among the honored pioneers of the 
 county. 
 
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 30HNS0N TRIMMER, who carries on gen- 
 eral farming on section 5, Stronghurst Town- 
 ship, Henderson County, where he owns and 
 operates two hundred and sixty acres of good land, 
 is one of the self-made men of this county, who 
 started out in life empty-handed, but has steadily 
 worked his way upward. He was born in War- 
 ren County, N. J., on February 5, 1833. His fa- 
 ther, Daniel Trimmer, was born in Warren Coun- 
 ty, N. J., October 14, 1800, and became a black- 
 smith by trade. In 1828 he left the East, emi- 
 grating to Ohio, where he purchased about one 
 hundred acres of land, and in connection with 
 fanning he carried on blacksmithing, thus pro- 
 viding for the wants of his faniilv. He was mar- 
 ried about 1823 to Mi.ss Charity Gulick, who was 
 born in New Jersey, March 18, i8oy. They be- 
 came the parents of nine children, eight of whom 
 grew to mature years, namely: Mrs. Mary Ann 
 Masters, Jo.seph, Abraham, Johnson, Conrad, 
 Henry, George and Mrs. Catherine Hoskin. 
 The father of this family was called to his final 
 rest on the 3d of July, 1874, and the motliti 
 pas.sed away about one year afterward. 
 
 Under the parental roof Johnson Trimmer 
 spent his childhood days. He had to walk three 
 miles to school, and probably did not attend 
 school for more than two years altogether in his 
 life, yet he made the most of his opportuni- 
 ties, and by observation and business experience 
 
 he became quite well informed. On attaining his 
 majority he left his Ohio home and went to 
 Iowa. I^ater, he resided in Wiscon.sin, and 
 thence came to Henderson County, 111., where, 
 on the 15th of March, 1854, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Marietta Westfall, a daughter 
 of Alva and Anna (Mapes) Westfall. They were 
 natives of New Jersey, but in an early day re- 
 moved to New York, and about 1836 became 
 residents of Iowa, where they spent eight years. 
 On the expiration of that period they came to 
 Illinois, settling in Henderson Count}-, where 
 Mr. Westfall carried on agricultural pursuits. 
 They had eight children: Benona, Mrs. Caroline 
 Brown, Mrs. Catherine Dowell. Mrs. Trinuner, 
 Mrs. Nancy Cargill, Franklin and Lewis. 
 
 Upon their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Trimmer 
 located on a rented farm, for the}- had no capital 
 with which to purchase property. For five years 
 they rented land, and then purchased eight v 
 acres on section 5, Stronghurst Township, a part 
 of their present farm. Mr. Trimmer at once began 
 its cultivation, and in course of time the once 
 wild tract was transformed into rich and fertile 
 fields. As his financial resources were increased, 
 he added to his property from time to time, thus 
 extending the boundaries of his farm until it now 
 comprises two hundred and sixty acres of good 
 land. 
 
 Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Trimmer: Mrs. Mary Ann Hurd, who was born 
 December 31, 1856, and who died November 7. 
 1883; Wesley G., born February .•je, 1858; and 
 Mrs. Charity A. Smith, who was born December 
 5, i860, and died .September 6, 1884. They 
 also have twelve grandchildren. Mr. Trimmer 
 aided his children in .starting out in life, and still 
 has plenty for himself, owing to his perseverance 
 and well-directed efforts. 
 
 Our subject and his wife are both members of 
 the Methodist Ivpiscopal Church, and are earnest 
 workers in the Master's vineyard, doing all in 
 tlieir power for the advancement of the cause. 
 All who know them esteem them highly for their 
 sterling worth and strict integrit> , and their 
 friends in the community are many. In his po- 
 litical vie.vs, Mr. Trimmer is a Democrat. ' He 
 
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 has sensed as School Director for about twelve 
 years, and as vSupervisor for about three terms, 
 discharging his duties with a promptness and fi- 
 delity that have won him high commendation. 
 
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 (f ASPER LOGAN, who owns and operates 
 I ninety acres of good land on section 34, Lo- 
 QD max Township, Henderson County, was 
 born in Fayette County, Ind., on the 8th of Octo- 
 ber, 1846, and is one of eleven children whose 
 parents were George W. and Melinda (Martin) 
 Logan. Franklin died June 4, 1861. Jasper is 
 the next younger. William H. is a traveling 
 man. James M. is a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan. 
 Amos \V. died August 31, 1878. Lively G. W. 
 is living in Dallas City, 111. Samuel lives in 
 Browning, Mo.; and four died in infancy. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared on a fann, 
 and was a lad of only seven summers when, in 
 1853, he came with his parents to Henderson 
 County, where he grew to manhood. During 
 the winter season he attended the district .schools 
 until twenty-one >ears of age, and then entered 
 Bryant & Stratton's Bu.siness College of Burling- 
 ton, Iowa, from which institution he was gradu- 
 ated after completi:ig the prescribed cour.se. He 
 was still at home in 1865, but on the gtli of April 
 of that >ear, at the age of eighteen, he responded 
 to the country's call for troops. He was mus- 
 tered in as a member of Company I, Eighty- 
 third Illinois Infantry, at Springfield, but was 
 transferred to Company G, Sixty-first Illinois In- 
 fantry. He continued in the service until after 
 the close of the war, when, on the 19th of Septem- 
 ber, 1865, he was honorably discharged at Nasli- 
 ville. 
 
 Returning to his home, Mr. Logan then com- 
 pk-lcd his education, and on attaining his major- 
 ity he started out in life for himself For one 
 term he taught school, and at the age of twent\- 
 three he rented a farm, which he operated for 
 four years. On the expiration of that period he 
 purchased eighty acres of land on section 34, 
 Lomax Township, a partially improved tract, 
 
 which he at once began to further cultivate and 
 develop. He now owns ninety acres, and carries 
 on general fanning and stock-raising. Thor- 
 oughly understanding his business in all its de- 
 tails, he is a practical and progressive agricultur- 
 ist, and in his undertakings is meeting with fair 
 success. 
 
 On the 14th of April, 1870, Mr. Logan married 
 Miss Elizabeth A. Scott, and their union has 
 been blessed with ten children: Lem.uelE., Clem- 
 ent E., Royal C. (who died November 8, 1892, 
 his death resulting from the kick of a horse J, 
 Clayton H., Nellie A., Ada M., Horace V., 
 Lawrence G. , Nora, and one who died in in- 
 fanc}-. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Logan has always 
 been a Republicaii. F'or nine years he sensed as 
 School Director, and the cause of education found 
 in him a faithful friend. Socially he is a member 
 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Having re- 
 sided in Henderson County for forty years, he is 
 widely and favorably known within its borders, 
 and as one of its valued citizens he well deser\-es 
 representation in its history. 
 
 ROBERT S. HUMPHREY, one of the highly 
 respected fanners of Henderson County, 
 now living on section 20, Walnut Grove 
 Township, was born on the 9th of December, 
 1856, in Kirkwood, Warren County, 111., and is 
 the .son of Henn,- and Ferba (Hagood) Humphrey. 
 The mother was born in 18 12, in South Carolina. 
 The father was a native of Ohio, and in an early 
 day removed to Warren County, 111., where he 
 engaged in operating his father's land, and then 
 followed farming upon land which' he purchased 
 for himself Later, he embarked in merchandis- 
 ing, but finding this venture unprofitable, he re- 
 sumed farming, which he continued until his en- 
 listment in the Union army during the late war. 
 He served for about a year, when, in 1865, he re- 
 turned to the fann. Not long after this his wife 
 died, being called to the home beyond in May of 
 that year. They were married June 15, 1843, 
 
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 and became the parents of six children, four of 
 whom are j'et living: J. C. , who makes his home 
 in Henderson County: Mrs. Eleanor A. Rankin, 
 of the same countj-; John, who is engaged in the 
 livery business in Griswold, Iowa; and Roberts, 
 of this sketch. The father was again married, in 
 1869, and then removed to Columbus Junction, 
 Iowa. 
 
 On the death of his mother Robert S. Humph- 
 rey went to live with C. M. Lant, with whom he 
 remained three years. At that time his .service 
 seemed quite hard, but thereby he developed a 
 self-reliance and force of character which have 
 proven of incalculable benefit to him in later 
 years. Subsequently, he entered the employ of 
 S. C. Gibson, with whom he continued for two 
 \-ears, receiving a small .salary through the sum- 
 mer season, while in the winter months he worked 
 for his board and the privilege of attending .school. 
 On leaving Mr. Gibson he entered a mill, where 
 he was employed for a year. The next summer 
 was again devoted to farm work, and in the winter 
 he further pursued his studies in the district school 
 of the neighborhood. He worked all one winter 
 for a watch, the possession of which he wanted 
 more than anything else. After two years spent 
 in the employ of Mr. Rankin, he went to Mills 
 County, Iowa, where he remained for a year, and 
 then returned to Henderson County, to work for 
 his brother, Cyrus Humphrey, with whom he 
 remained two years. He ne.xt entered the em- 
 ploy of Jo Mathers, working as a farm liand by 
 the month. 
 
 On the 14th of March, 1.SS3, Mr. Humphrey 
 was united in marriage with Miss Louisa L. 
 Davis, a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of 
 Isaac and Ann Davis. She died on tlie 2 2d of 
 August, 1890, leaving two children: Olive A., 
 bom June 20,' I S84; and Earl D., born May 7, 
 1890. On the 5th of November, 1S91, Mr. Hum- 
 phrey was again married, his .second union being 
 with Miss Brachie Nevius, daughter of John S. 
 and Maria A. Ne\ius, and a native of Henderson 
 County. Mr. Nevius is now decea.sed, but his 
 widow is yet living in .Stronglntrst. In their 
 family were eight children; vSimon, who is now 
 living in .Stronghurst ; Mrs. Catherine Johnson; 
 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Gilmore; Peter B.; Mrs. Humphrey; 
 Mrs. Mary B. Powlson, who died in Adams 
 County, Iowa, leaving two children; and two who 
 died in childhood. 
 
 Upon his first marriage Mr. Humphrey rented 
 the farm on which he is now living, and which has 
 been his home continuously since. Both he and 
 his wife hold membership with the United Presby- 
 terian Church, and are highly respected citizens, 
 who have many warm friends throughout the 
 community. In politics, he is a Republican and is 
 now serving as School Director and District Clerk. 
 
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 HON. JAMES OSCAR ANDERSON, one of 
 the representative farmers and .stock-dealers 
 of township 9 north, range 5 west, Hender- 
 son County, was tiorn on the fann on whicli 
 he now resides Augu.st i, 1845. He is of 
 Scotch descent, his grandparents, Thomas and 
 Elizabeth Ander.son, having emigrated from Scot- 
 land, their native land, to America in an early 
 day. They located in Penn.sylvania, where Mr. 
 Anderson was extensively engaged in .stock- 
 dealing. He was nuirdered for his money in a 
 tavern near Lanca.ster, Pa. His .son Ale.Kander. 
 the father of our subject, was born in York 
 County, Pa., June 5, 1817, and was reared to 
 manhood upon a farm. He continued to make his 
 liome in the Keystone State until i84i,whenhe 
 came to Illinois and purchased land on .section 32, 
 township 9 north, range 5 west, Henderson 
 County, where he made his home until his deatli, 
 whicli occurred February 12, 1S54, at the age of 
 thirty-six years. He took quite an active part in 
 local politics and was a supporter of the Deni- 
 ocrac\' . 
 
 Ale.xander Anderson was united in marriage 
 February 22, 1844, with Miss Harriet C. Davis, 
 who was born on the 13th of November, 1S21, in 
 Windham County, \'t., and at an early day came 
 to tlie West with her parents, Abner and Lucy 
 (Oaks) Davis. Her death occurred on the old 
 homestead, August 3, 1877. In the family were 
 four children, two of whom died in infancy. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 The surviving brother of our subject is Charles 
 A., a prosperous farmer of Stronghurst Township. 
 
 James Oscar Anderson was reared upon the 
 old home farm where he now resides, and ac- 
 quired his education in the common schools and 
 in Monmouth College. When he was about 
 eighteen years of age he entered the service of his 
 country, enlisting May 6, 1864, as a member of 
 Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth 
 Illinois Infantry. Nearly this entire company 
 was formed from students who left the .school- 
 room to aid in the defense of the Union. Mr. 
 Anderson enlisted for one hundred days, but on 
 the expiration of that period re-enlisted as a mem- 
 ber of Company H, Twenty-eighth Illinois In- 
 faiitn-. He ser\'ed for a time as a vSergeant, was 
 afterwards commissioned Second Lieutenant, and 
 when the war closed %vas sent to Texas and Mex- 
 ico, being retained in the service until March 13, 
 1866. He took part in the sieges of Mobile and 
 Ft. Blakeley, and was in the la.st fight of the war, 
 April 13, 1865. 
 
 On receiving his discharge Mr. Anderson re 
 turned to his home, but his health was so greatly 
 impaired that it was a year before he was able to 
 engage in wor]^. He then began operating the 
 farm, having inherited the same from his father's 
 estate. On the 6th of March, 1867, he married 
 Miss Rhoda H. Paul, and to them ha\e been born 
 three children: Francis M., a farmer of Strong- 
 hurst Township; Edwin A., at home; and Eva M., 
 who is now a student in the vStronghurst High 
 vSchool. 
 
 Mr. Anderson continued to engage in agricul- 
 tural pursuits until 1876, when he was elected 
 Sheriff of the county on the Republican ticket, 
 filling that office for ten years, the limit that the 
 constitution allows. On his fir.st election he re- 
 moved to Oquawka, and there made his home 
 until :888, when he returned to the farm, and has 
 since devoted his time and attention to agricul- 
 tural pursuits and the breeding of Jersey cattle. 
 He now owns eighty acres of valuable land, which 
 was .secured on a land warrant given his grand- 
 father Davis for service in the War of 18 12. 
 On his retirement from the office of County Sheriff 
 he was elected to the Legislature, was re-elected 
 
 in 1890, and again in 1892, and is now serving 
 as Representative from his district. Socially, he 
 is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging 
 to the Blue Lodge of Oquawka, the Chapter of 
 La Harpe, the Commandery at Galesburg, and 
 the Consistory at Peoria. He also holds mem- 
 bership with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows of Oquawka, and the Knights of Pythias of 
 Stronghur.st. Mr. Anderson is recognized as one 
 of the most prominent and influential citizens of 
 Henderson County. His long continuance in 
 office well indicates his fidelity to duty and the 
 confidence and trust repcsed in him by his fellow- 
 townsmen. He is a most able member of the 
 House, faithful to the best interests of tho.se he 
 represents, and among the Legislators of the 
 State, he is held in high regard. 
 
 (lOHN H. HUGENSCHUTZ, a prominent 
 I and well-known farmer of Stronghurst Town- 
 Q) .ship, Hender.son County, now living on sec- 
 tion 30, is numbered among the early settlers of 
 this community, and is one of its .self-made men. 
 He was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 29th 
 of January, 1821, and is the second in order of 
 l)irth in a family of four children whose parents, 
 Harmon H. and Marj' (Stickford) Hugenschutz, 
 were also natives of Hanover, Germany. Two 
 of the children are now deceased, George D. and 
 Mary, but Caroline and John H. are yet living. 
 The father of this family was a tailor by trade, 
 and was al.so a musician of considerable merit. 
 
 In his parents' home our subject .spent the days 
 of his boyhood and youth, and in the public 
 .schools of the neighborhood acquired his educa- 
 tion. At the age of eighteen years he began 
 learning the carpenter's trade, and worked for 
 two years for $19. He has been dependent upon 
 his own resources since a youth of fifteen; at 
 this time he began working as a farm hand, being 
 thus employed for three years, during which 
 time he received only $21. He continued to 
 make his home in the Fatherland until tliirty years 
 of age, when he decided to emigrate to America, 
 
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 believing that he might thereb)- benefit his 
 financial condition. Boarding a westward-bound 
 sailing-vessel, the "Matilda," he spent seven 
 weeks upon the ocean, and on the 2d of June, 
 1 85 1, landed at New York. For three j-ears he 
 remained in the Empire State, working at what- 
 ever he could find to do to earn an honest liveli- 
 hood. 
 
 In December, 1851, while in New York, Mr. 
 Hugenschntz was united in marriage with Miss 
 Margaret Annegers, who died in 1854. In Octo- 
 ber of that year he returned to his native land on 
 a visit, and there spent the succeeding winter, 
 coming again to America in the spring of 1855. 
 It was then that he located in Henderson County, 
 where for two years he followed the carpenter's 
 trade. In 1856, he began farming and has since 
 carried on agricultural pur>uits with good suc- 
 cess, until he is now the owner of a valuable farm 
 of two hundred and thirty-five acres, which is 
 under a high state of cultivation and well im- 
 proved. 
 
 In 1858, Mr. Hugenschutz was joined in wed- 
 lock with Miss Margaret Jurgens, who was born 
 in Hanover, Germany, on the i.st of August, 
 1830, and came to America in 1855. Her death 
 occurred on the ist of September, 1864. Three 
 children were bom of that union: two sons, who 
 died in infancy, and Mary, wife of Dr. I. F. 
 Harter, of Stronghurst. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Hngenschutz is a 
 Democrat, having affiliated with that part\- since 
 casting his first Presidential V(jte for Stephen A. 
 Douglas. He keeps well informed on the issues 
 of the day, but has never been an office-seeker, 
 preferring to devote his entire time and attention 
 to his business interests. He takes quite a prom- 
 inent part in social interests, is a member of 
 Carman Lodge No. 732, A. F. & A. M.; Dallas 
 City Chapter No. 11, R. A. M.; Burlington Com- 
 manderj- No. 15, K. T.; and tlie Order of the 
 Eastern Star. His life has been well and worthily 
 spent, and though he has taken no prominent 
 part in public affairs, he has lived an honorable, 
 upright life, that has won liim the confidence and 
 esteem of all with whom he lias l)een brought in 
 contact. With no capital, he began life for him- 
 
 self, but has .steadilx' worked liis way upward, 
 overcoming the obstacles and difficulties in his 
 path by a resolute purpo.se and a determined will. 
 As the result of his enterprise and industry, he 
 has achieved a success which has made him one 
 of the .substantial citizens of the connnunitv. 
 
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 [ILLIAM PRENTISS is a member of the 
 law firm of Prentiss, Montgomery- & Hall, 
 of Chicago, and makes his home in Evan- 
 ston. He has been engaged in practice in the 
 city since 1891 only, but in this short period of 
 time has Isecome widel}- known and has gained 
 ah enviable reputation at the Cook County Bar. 
 He was born in Davenport, Iowa, on the 19th of 
 September, 184S, and is the elder of two children 
 who.se parents were Dr. William and Elizabeth 
 (Gapen) Prentiss. The ancestors on his father's 
 side were of Scotch and English extraction, and 
 the family was founded in America in 1650 by 
 Capt. Thomas Prentiss, who was in command of 
 a company of horse, and was known as "Thomas 
 the Trooper." He also had quite a reputation 
 as an Indian fighter. His paternal great-grand- 
 father fought in the Revolution in 1776, under 
 La Fayette, and had charge of his wagon-train. 
 On the return of the French general to this coun- 
 try in 1824, Mr. Prentiss was \-isited by his old 
 commander. The grandfather of our subject 
 .served as a soldier under William Henry Harri- 
 son in the War of 18 12. The maternal ancestors 
 were of German and Irish lineage, and that fam- 
 ily also had its representatives in the War for In- 
 dependence, and in the struggle which .saved the 
 ITnion. 
 
 William Prentiss acquired his primary educa- 
 tion in the common and High vSchools of Fulton 
 and McDonough Counties, 111., and later attended 
 Cherry Grove Seminary, the Normal College of 
 Bloomington, 111., and Knox College of Gales- 
 burg, 111. He was brought by his parents to tliis 
 .State during his infancy, and continued here to 
 reside until 1869, when he went to Miiniesota on 
 account ni' liis lieallli. There he engaged in farm- 
 
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 ing and in school teaching, and for three 3 ears 
 seri'ed as County Superintendent of Schools of 
 Cottonwood County, making his home during 
 that period in Windom. On leaving the North, 
 he returned to McDonough County, 111., in 1876, 
 and located at Macomb. 
 
 Mr. Prentiss began fitting himself for the legal 
 profession while on the farm, and after going to 
 Macomb studied law in the office of Judge J. S. 
 Bailey, of that city. In 1878 he was admitted to 
 the Bar, and at once began practice. The same 
 year he was elected State's Attorney to fill an un- 
 expired term, and in 1880 was elected for a full 
 term, filling that office until December, 1884. In 
 1 88 1 he was elected Mayor of Macomb, the onh- 
 Democrat cho.sen to that position in the cit>- for 
 twenty-one years. In 1884 he was a candidate 
 for the position of Presidential Elector. The fol- 
 lowing year he received the support of the entire 
 Bar of McDonough County for Circuit Judge, but 
 was defeated by two votes at the Quincy Conven- 
 tion. In anticipation of the passage of a bill 
 then pending in the Legislature which would 
 cause a fourth judge to be called to the Bench of 
 the Circuit Court, he was nominated for the place, 
 but as the bill did not become a law, he in conse- 
 quence was not elected. In 1888 he became a 
 candidate for Congress from the Eleventh Dis- 
 trict, but the Republican majority was too great 
 to be overcome b>- one of his political views. 
 During all of this time, Mr. Prentiss was actively 
 engaged in the practice of law as the senior mem- 
 ber of the firm of Prentiss, Bailey & Holly. They 
 enjoyed a large practice, for Mr. Prentiss was ac- 
 knowledged to be one of the best lawyers in that 
 part of the vState. He was also one of the most 
 popular citizens of that community, a fact well 
 indicated by his election as Macomb's Mayor. 
 The high regard in which he was held by the 
 members of the fraternity was also well attested 
 by the unanimous support given him as candidate 
 for Circuit Judge. 
 
 In 1872, Mr. Prentiss was united in marriage 
 with Miss E. Helen McCaughey, of Fulton Coun- 
 ty, 111., and their union was blessed with three 
 sons, but only two are now living. James M., 
 born in 1873, was drowned in Lake Michigan, 
 
 June 11,1 893. He was out boating with a young 
 lady, and in exchanging seats the boat was cap- 
 sized. Through his heroic efforts to save the 
 lady he lost his life. Jackson M. was born in 
 1875, and William was bom in 1879. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Prentiss attend the Universalist Church. 
 In 1S91, Mr. Prentiss removed with his family 
 to Cook County, and located in Evanston, on ac- 
 count of the superior educational advantages there 
 afforded. He organized the law firm of Prentiss, 
 Montgomery & Hall, and has since been actively 
 and successfully engaged in practice in the city. 
 His popularity here, and the high opinion of others 
 concerning his legal ability, were manifested in 
 1893, when, after a residence of only two years in 
 the county, he was nominated for Circuit Judge. 
 The Republican landslide, however, caused his 
 defeat. He is a warm advocate of Democratic 
 principles, takes an active interest in political 
 affairs, and is a member of the Cook County Dem- 
 ocratic Club, the Iroquois Club, and the Wau- 
 bansee Club. He is also a Knight Templar 
 Mason, a member of the Knights of Pjthias fra- 
 ternity, and belongs to the National Union and 
 the Evanston Club. 
 
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 I OUIS p. MAYNARD, one of the honored 
 I C veterans of the late war, who followed the 
 12 Old Flag through much of the hardest ser\-- 
 ice, is now engaged in general farming and stock- 
 raising on section 19, Terre Haute Township, 
 Henderson County. The greater part of his life 
 has been passed in this locality. He was born in 
 LaHarpe, Hancock County, July 2, 1839, and is 
 a son of Louis C. and Adeline (Ward) Maynard, 
 both of whom were natives of Massachusetts. The 
 family is of Scotch lineage. The father was a 
 farmer, and resided in the Old Ba> State until 
 1 835, when he decided to seek a home in the West, 
 and emigrated to this State. He located in LaHarpe 
 when there were only a few houses in the town, and 
 there established a general store, which he car- 
 ried on for several years. Later he purchased a 
 tract of unimproved land, and, devoting his time 
 
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 and energies to its development, made his home 
 thereon until 1856. He then removed to another 
 farm close by, upon which he resided until his 
 death. He died November 8, 1893, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-seven years, and was buried 
 in La Harpe Cemeter\-. His wife passed away 
 April 6, 1886, and her remains were interred in 
 the same place. 
 
 Louis P. Maynard is the eldest .son in a family 
 of five children. Lucy, the only daughter, is 
 now living in La Harpe. Harrison died in Iro- 
 quois County, 111., in 1878. James W. follows 
 farming near La Harpe, and Pliny is also a farmer 
 of that community. Our subject was reared on 
 the old homestead farm, and acquired his educa- 
 tion in the common schools. He was still at 
 home with his parents at the time of the breaking 
 out of the late war, but soon entered hiscountry's 
 ser\'ice. 
 
 Mr. Ma}-nard enlisted July 25, 186 1, in Burling- 
 ton, Iowa, as a private of Company D, Seventh 
 Iowa Infantry, and took part in the battle at Bel- 
 mont, Mo. He was in the engagements at Ft. 
 Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth, was all through 
 the Atlanta campaign, and went with Sherman on 
 the celebrated march to the sea. He was wounded 
 at the battle of Belmont, and was taken prisoner, 
 but was given up by the rebels and sent to Mound 
 City Ho.spital, where he remained for about six 
 weeks. He was aLso wounded at the battle of 
 Corinth, October 4, 1862. He was discharged at 
 Louisville, Ky., v.-ith the rank of First Lieutenant, 
 for merilorous conduct had won him promotion. 
 
 When the war was over, Mr. Maynard returned 
 to La Harpe, and for about four years engaged in 
 farming on rented land. He then purchased an 
 eighty-acre farm, on which he lived for ten years, 
 after which he removed to his present home on 
 section 19, Terre Haute Township, where he first 
 bought one hundred and sixtj' acres. Now- a 
 tract of three hundred and twent>- acres of rich 
 land pays tribute to his care and cultivation. In 
 connection with general farming he carries on 
 .stock-raising, and in both branches of his busi- 
 ness is quite successful. 
 
 The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Maynard 
 was, in her maidenhood, Jennie Kirkpatrick. 
 
 Their wedding was celebrated March 14, 1866. 
 Unto them were born .seven children: Clara, 
 who died December 17, 1879; Ruth, at home; 
 George and Sudie, and three who died in infancy. 
 The family is widely known in this community, 
 and the members rank high in .social circles. Mr. 
 Maynard votes with the Republican part>-, and is 
 now .serving as County Connnissioner. He is a 
 member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and 
 takes an active interest in all that pertains to the 
 welfare of his countv. 
 
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 nOHN IRONS, who now carries on general 
 farming and stock-raising on section 32, 
 Walnut Grove Township, Henderson County, 
 claims Mi.s.souri as the State of his nativity, his 
 birth having occurred in Randolph County on 
 the ist of April, 1856. His parents, Charles and 
 Mary Irons, were both natives of Zanesville, 
 Ohio, and in an early day emigrated to Missouri. 
 At the breaking out of the Civil War, the father 
 entered the Confederate service, and was in the 
 Southern army until nearly the clo.se of the war, 
 when he was taken ill, dying in the South. His 
 wife had pa.s.sed away about i860, and our sub- 
 ject was thus left an orphan. 
 
 John Irons was only about four years old at the 
 time of his mother's death, and was then bound 
 out to N. H. Rutherford, a farmer of Randolph 
 County, Mo., with whom he remained until eigh- 
 teen years of age. His privileges and advantages 
 ill youth were ver>- limited. He attended school 
 but ver)- little, and hence is almo.st entirely self- 
 educated. At the age of eighteen he left his na- 
 tive State and came to Illinois, locating in Mc- 
 Donough County, where he spent about a year, 
 working as a farm hand by the month. 
 
 As a companion and helpmate on life's journey 
 Mr. Irons chose Miss Dora Mathers, their mar- 
 riage being celebrated on the i6th of Jaiiuan,-, 
 1884. The lady is a native of Henderson County, 
 and is a daughter of Robert Mathers. In that fam- 
 ily were six children, and she has three brothers 
 and a sister now living, Mr. Irons also has two 
 
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 sisters living: Mrs. Ella Sharp, who makes her 
 home in Macon County, Mo. ; and Mrs. Maggie 
 Poison, who is living on a farm in Henderson 
 Count}-. Four children were born unto Mr. and 
 Mrs. Irons, namely: Robert, now deceased; Lo- 
 gan and Effie, both at home; and one who died 
 in infancy. 
 
 The home of the family is pleasantly located in 
 Walnut Grove Township, where Mr. Irons now 
 owns eighty acres of good land. He carries 
 on general farming and stock-raising and is meet- 
 ing with success in his undertakings. Industn,- 
 and enterprise are numbered among his chief 
 characteristics, and have been the means of secur- 
 ing for him the comfortable property which he 
 now possesses. His place is neat and thrifty in 
 appearance and indicates to the passer-b}- the 
 careful supervision of the owner. Mr. Irons is a 
 loyal and faithful citizen, yet devotes little time to 
 public or political interests. Socially, he is con- 
 nected with the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 Although his father was a Southern soldier and 
 he was reared as a strong Democrat, he votes the 
 Republican ticket, and is a warm advocate of party 
 principles. 
 
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 IILLIAM HARRISON BOWEN issuccess- 
 full}- engaged in general farming and 
 stock-raising in Raritan Township, Hen- 
 derson County. He lives on section i8, where 
 he owns and operates one hundred and fifty acres 
 of good land. His farm is well tilled, and its neat 
 and thrifty appearance indicates the enterprise 
 and careful supervision of the owner, who is re- 
 garded as one of the leading agriculturists of the 
 community. In stock-raising he is quite success- 
 ful, and upon his farm is a good grade of hor.ses 
 and cattle. 
 
 Mr. Bowen was born in Ohio, January 22, 
 1832, and is a son of John and Marj- (Burton) 
 Bowen. The father was l)()rn in \'irginia, was of 
 German descent, and by occupation was a farmer. 
 In an early day he went to the Buckeye State, 
 but in the Old Dominion was married. He con- 
 
 tinued his re.sidence in Ohio until 1836, when 
 with teams he started westward. Several fami- 
 lies located in Michigan, and Mr. Bowen took up 
 land from tiie Government. Indians still lived 
 in the neighborhood, and the family went through 
 all the experiences of life on the frontier. With 
 ox-teams, Mr. Bowen removed his family to Iowa 
 in 1840. but after a short time purchased a tract 
 of unimproved land near Blandinsville, McDon- 
 ough County, III., upon which he built a log 
 cabin, 16x18 feet. There he made his home for 
 eight years, and after one other purchase and re- 
 moval, went to Hancock County, where he bought 
 three hundred and twenty acres of land, and con- 
 tinued its cultivation until 1854. His next pur- 
 chase made him the owner of eight hundred acres 
 in Raritan Township, Henderson County, and 
 upon that farm he spent his remaining da^-s, his 
 death occurring March 29, 1890, at the age of 
 ninety years. He was laid to rest in Terre Haute 
 Cemetery. He took part in the Mormon War, 
 was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity. He started out in life a poor 
 boy, but won success and became one of the sub- 
 .stantial citizens of the community. His wife 
 passed away July i, 1877. 
 
 Upon the farm our subject was reared to man- 
 hood. He began his education in a log school - 
 hou.se, and has often walked two and a-half miles 
 to school. His advantages in that direction were 
 not of the best, but by business experience, read- 
 ing and observation he has made himself a well- 
 informed man and keeps abreast with the times. 
 At the age of twenty he left the parental roof to 
 earn his own livelihood, and began working on a 
 farm by the month, breaking jirairie with o.x- 
 teams. Since 1853, he has been a resident of 
 Henderson County, and in 1855 he purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land on .section 7, 
 Raritan Township, a wild and unimproved tract 
 of prairie. It was soon placed under the plow, 
 however, and as the result of his care and cultiva- 
 tion was made to yield to him gootl harvests. 
 There he lived until 1S65, when he purcha.sed an 
 eighty-acre farm, on which he spent three \ears. 
 On the expiration of that period he bought a 
 quarter-.section of land in Terre Haute Township, 
 
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 and upon that farm resided until 1878, wlieii lie 
 became the owner of his present farm. He has 
 altogether three hundred and ten acres of rich 
 land. 
 
 On the 6th of November, 1851, Mr. Bowen 
 was united in marriage with Miss Marj- Coon, a 
 daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Moody) Coon, a na- 
 tive of Greene County, 111., born March 23, 1835. 
 Six children blessed this union: Amanda E., who 
 died November 14, 1886; Elizabeth, wife of J. W. 
 Shawgo; Germanicus, who is living in Terre 
 Haute: Clarinda, wife of Albert Brewer; Lewis C, 
 who died December 14, 1892: and John H., who 
 died February 27, 1891. 
 
 Mr. Bowen takes quite an active interest in pol- 
 itical affairs, and is a supporter of the Democracj% 
 His wife is a member of the Baptist Church. 
 Both are highly respected people, and in the com- 
 munity where they live ha\-e a large circle of 
 warm friends. 
 
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 NERMANN G. ANNEGERS, whois.succes.s- 
 fully engaged in farming on section 28, 
 Stronghurst Township, is one of the worthy 
 citizens that Germany has furnished to Henderson 
 County. He was born on the ist of June, 1834, 
 in the Kingdom of Hanover, at Badbergen, and is 
 a son of Hermann G. and Catherine M. (Kuhl- 
 mann) Annegers, who were al.so natives of that 
 country-. The father was a civil officer, and his 
 family numbered five children, of whom our sub- 
 ject was the .second in order of birth. 
 
 No event of special importance occurred during 
 the earlj' boyhood of Mr. Annegers, who remained 
 at home until sixteen years of age, and in the 
 common schools acquired a good education. At 
 length he determined to try his fortune in Amer- 
 ica . He bade adieu to friends and native land and 
 took pa.ssage on the .sailing-vessel " Matilda," 
 which after a voj-age of forty -three da\s dropped 
 anchor in theharborof New York. Landing on the 
 2d of June, 1851, Mr. Annegers spent four years in 
 New York City, engaged as a clerk in a grocer)' 
 and provision store. On the expiration of that 
 
 period he was joined by his parents, and together 
 they made their way westward to Henderson 
 County, 111., where the father purcha.sed one hun- 
 dred and sixtj- acres of land on section 29, Strong- 
 hurst Township, having brought .some capital 
 with him from Germany. Upon that farm he re- 
 mained until his death, which occurred on the 
 14th of June, 1891, at the age of eighty-.six years, 
 his birth having occurred on the Sth of March, 
 1805. His wife was bom March 12, 1806, and 
 died October 31, 1857. They were buried on the 
 old homestead, and a substantial monument now 
 marks their last resting-place. Both were mem- 
 bers of the Lutheran Church, and were highlv 
 respected people. 
 
 During the first winter after his removal to the 
 west, Mr. Annegers of this sketch engaged in 
 clerking in Burlington, Iowa, and then returned 
 to the farm, aiding his father in its cultivation 
 and management until 1870, when he purchased 
 the farm on which he now resides. He has three 
 hundred and thirty acres of rich and arable land, 
 under a high .state of cultivation. His home is a 
 comfortable residence, in the rear of which stand 
 good barns and other outbuildings, while these in 
 turn are surrounded by well-tilled fields, whose 
 neat and thrifty appearance indicates the careful 
 supervision of the owner. 
 
 On the 14th of September, 1875, Mr. Annegers 
 was united in marriage with Mi.ss Julia H. Tay- 
 lor, of Burlington, Iowa. .She was born at Hunt- 
 ington, Lorain County, Ohio, Augu.st 30, 1845. 
 Their union has been blessed with four children: 
 Mary Jennette, born October 24, 1876; Clara 
 Elmina, born December 2, 1881; John Hermann, 
 born April iS, 1886: and Francis Allen, born De- 
 cember 19, 1887. The family circle yet remains 
 unbroken, for the children are still with their par- 
 ents. The Annegers household is the abode of 
 hospitality, and its doors are ever open for the re- 
 ception of their man>' friends. 
 
 On questions of national inip')rtance, Mr. An- 
 negers is independent and he supports the man 
 whom he thinks best qualified for the office. He 
 has .served as vSupervi.sor, and is a member of the 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church. The cau.se of 
 education finds in him a warm friend, and his 
 
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 eldest daughter is now attending the High School 
 of Stronghurst. Mr. Aiinegers is a self-made man, 
 who started out in life empty-handed, but b)- a 
 resolute will and determined effort has overcome 
 the difficulties and obstacles in his path and stead- 
 ily worked his wa>- upward to success. 
 
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 rjjAMUEL W. BLACK is now engaged in gen- 
 TV eral merchandising in Olena. He has a 
 \^J good store, supplied with a complete stock of 
 dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries and hard- 
 ware, and is now enjoying a liberal patronage, 
 which is well deserved. Mr. Black has a wide 
 acquaintance in this communit)-. and we feel as- 
 sured that the record of his life will pro\e of in- 
 terest to many of our readers. A native of Ohio, 
 he was born in Greene County, November 8, 
 1835, and is a .son of William and Elizabeth 
 (George) Black. 
 
 The father was born in Le.xington, Va., and 
 upon a farm was reared to manhood. At the age 
 of twenty-one, he went with his parents to Greene 
 County, Ohio, where he resided until 1839, when 
 he came to the West, locating upon a farm in 
 Warren County, 111. A part of the citj- of Mon- 
 mouth now stands upon that place. There Mr. 
 Black resided until 1841, when he came to Hen- 
 derson Count)', and purchased a tract of raw 
 land in Stronghurst Township. This he at once 
 began to improve and cultivate, and soon his la- 
 bors made it a valuable tract. Selling that fann 
 in 1848, he purchased land a mile south of Olena, 
 and thereon made his home until his death, which 
 occurred in the winter of 1856. His parents were 
 natives of Germany, and his father .served in the 
 Revolutionary War. The mother of our subject 
 was a native of Pennsylvania, and her parents 
 were born in County Cork, Ireland. In Strong- 
 hurst Township she spent her last days, pa.ssing 
 away April 17, 1885. In the Black family were 
 nine children, of whom Samuel was the seventh 
 in order of birth. 
 
 .Since the age of six years our subject has re- 
 sided in Illinois. He was reared under the par- 
 
 ental roof, and when he had attained his majority 
 he purcha.sed the old homestead and began farm- 
 ing in his own interests. He is a successful and 
 energetic farmer, and still owns two hundred and 
 forty acres of rich land, which in its improved and 
 cultivated condition attests the careful super\ision 
 of the owner. On the 4th of March, 1864, Mr. 
 Black was united in marriage with Mi.ss C. Z. 
 Henman. Unto them have been born ten chil- 
 dren, but two of the number died in infancy. Et- 
 tie is now the wife of .Samuel Lant, a farmer of 
 Henderson County; Elizabeth is the wife of Burt 
 Wat-son, a farmer of this community ; Nellie is the 
 wife of Edward Lant, an agriculturist; and Ida, 
 Florence, Sanuiel, Andy and Wilbur are all at 
 home. 
 
 For twelve years Mr. Black has been a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity of Carman. In politics, 
 he is a stalwart Democrat, has faithfully served 
 as Justice of the Peace for twelve j-ears, and was 
 the efficient Constable for six years. In 1883, he 
 purchased a .store in Olena, and is now giving the 
 greater part of his time and attention to his mer- 
 cantile interests. He is an enterprising and pro- 
 gre.s.sive citizen, and his support and co-operation 
 are never withheld from any worthy object. He 
 came to Henderson County in an earh- day, and 
 is numbered among its honored pioneer settlers. 
 Tho.se who have known him from boyhood are 
 numbered among his .stanchest friends, a fact 
 which indicates an honorable and well-spent 
 life. 
 
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 rTRNE.ST W. .SALTER, M. D., a leading 
 1^ young physician of Stronghurst, isinunbered 
 I among Henderson County's native sons, for 
 he was born on a farm within the borders of the 
 county, October 13, 1869. The family is of Eng- 
 li.sh origin. The father, Paul I). Salter, who was 
 a native of New Jersey, emigrated westward in 
 1856, and settled upon land in Henderson County, 
 111. On the 30th of June, 1857, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah E. Edwards, daughter 
 of David and Eliza (Bell) Edwards. Flight chil- 
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 a grocer of Stroiighurst; David P.. who is en- 
 gaged in farming in Henderson County; Abbie 
 B., wife of Sidney Gridley, an agriculturisl of llie 
 same county; John N., who carries on farming in 
 Warren County: Harriet C, wife of F. Ackerman, 
 a lawyer of South Chicago; Ernest W., of this 
 sketch; Chahner N., a pharmacist of Kirkwood, 
 111.; and one who died in infancy. 
 
 During his boyhood, Dr. Salter worked upon 
 his father's farm. His early education, which 
 was acquired in the di.strict .schools, was supple- 
 mented by study in the .schools of Kirkwood, 
 which he entered in 1884. In 1886 he went to 
 Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and became a student in 
 Howe's Academy, of that city, where he remained 
 for eighteen months. From early youth he dis- 
 played special aptitude for .study, and it became 
 his earnest de.sire to acquire an excellent educa- 
 tion. In 1888 he went to Champaign, 111., and 
 spent fifteen months as a student in the State Uni- 
 versity. This completed his literary education, 
 but he at once began fitting him.self for the prac- 
 tice of medicine, wishing to make it his life work. 
 
 It was in March, 1889, that Dr. Salter began 
 .studying in the office of Dr. McClanahan, of 
 Kirkwood, where he remained for .si.x months. In 
 September, 1889, he entered Bellevue Hospital 
 Medical College, of New York City, where he 
 continued to pursue his studies until March 28, 
 
 1892, when he was graduated with the degree of 
 M. D. On the 23d of May following, he opened 
 an office in Stronghur.st, and lias since been en- 
 gaged in practice in this place. In February, 
 
 1893, he also establi.shed a drug store, which he 
 conducts in connection with his other business 
 interests. 
 
 The Doctor was married June 22, 1892, the 
 lady of his choice being Miss Flora Hobart, by 
 whom he has one child. Mrs. Salter's parents 
 were Frederick and Louisa (Ford) Hobart. Her 
 mother was a daughter of the daughter of Brig.- 
 Gen. Kean, one of the heroes of the War of 1812. 
 
 Socially, Dr. Salter is connected with Lily 
 Lodge No. 553, I. O. O. F. ; Magie City Lodge 
 No. 397, K. P.; and Stronghur.st Camp, M. W. A. 
 He proudly cast his first Presidential vote for 
 Benjamin Harri.son, for he is a warm advocate of 
 
 Republican principles. He holds membership 
 with the Presbyterian Church, and his wife be- 
 longs to the Epi.scoi)al Church. The Doctor is 
 one of the leading and highly -respected citizens 
 of this connnunitx-, and now enjoys an extensive 
 and lucrative practice. 
 
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 H ARLES E. PEASLEY owns and operates a 
 fine farm on .section 33, Stronghurst Town- 
 ship, Henderson County, having four hundred 
 acres of rich and arable land, the greater part of 
 which is under a high state of cultivation. It is 
 divided into fields of convenient .size, and in re- 
 turn for the care and labor he bestows ui)on them 
 they yield to him a good income. A comfortable 
 home and good bams are upon the place, together 
 with all accessories and conveniences found upon 
 a model farm. 
 
 The owner of this desirable place was here born 
 December 22, i860, and is the youngest in a 
 family of four children whose parents were John 
 S. and Lucretia (Crownover) Peasley. Addie, 
 the eldest, is now the wife of Nathaniel Bruen. 
 George K. is engaged in .stock-dealing in Greeley, 
 Colo. James F. is a prosperous agriculturist of 
 this community. On coming to this county the fa- 
 tlierenterud land from the Government, and to this 
 added from time to time until he was the owner 
 of an extensive tract. In connection with his land 
 speculations he also engaged in stock -dealing, and 
 was one of the first shippers in this section of the 
 country, engaging in that enterprise at a very 
 early day. He was numbered among the pio- 
 neer settlers of the community and was a valued 
 and highly-respected citizen. His death occurred 
 January 25, 1866, and he was laid to rest in 
 Terre Haute Cemetery. Mrs. Pea.sley, mother 
 of our subject, came with her parents from Penn- 
 sylvania to Illinois during her early girlhood. 
 She still survives her husband and is now liv- 
 ing in Burlington, Iowa, at the age of .seventy 
 years. 
 
 In the usual manner of fanner lads, Charles E. 
 Pea.sley spent the days of his boyhood and vouth. 
 
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 aiding in the labors of the fields during the sum- 
 mer mouths, while in the winter season he at- 
 tended the public schools. His education was 
 completed by a course of .study in Denmark Acad- 
 emy, in Denmark, Iowa. On attaining his ma- 
 jority he began farming for him.self and purchased 
 the old homestead from the other heirs, since 
 which time he has devoted his energies to its cul- 
 tivation, except for a period of three years, which 
 he spent in Colorado engaged in the .stock busi- 
 ness. He now carries on stock-raising and ship- 
 ping quite exten.sively, and finds this a profitable 
 enterprise. 
 
 On the 3d of October, 1888, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Charles E. Peasley and Miss Lou E. 
 Hunt, of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, 
 whose parents were early .settlers of that locality. 
 Three children grace the union of our subject and 
 his wife, John, Eugene and Joseph. Socially, 
 Mr. Peasley is connected with the Masonic lodge 
 of Carman and the Knights of Pythias lodge of 
 Stronghurst. He has followed in the political 
 footsteps of his father, and is a .stanch advocate 
 of Republican principles. A wide-awake and en- 
 terprising young man, he is regarded as one of 
 the leading farmers and citizens of this commun- 
 ity, and in the county where he has so long made 
 his home he is held in the highest e.steem. 
 
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 0IDNEY S. SIMMONS, one of the highly re- 
 2\ spected citizens of La Harpe, who since 1892 
 j2/ has here engaged in the livery business, has 
 the honor of being a native of Hancock County, his 
 birth having occurred in Fountain, Green Town- 
 .ship on the 8th of May, 1848. His father, Cal- 
 vin D. Simmons, was born in Kentucky in 1808, 
 and was a farmer by occupation. In 1834, he left 
 the South and, emigrating to Illinois, took up 
 his residence in .Sangamon County, where he spent 
 a year and a-half He then removed to Boone 
 County, Mo., but after a few months he returned 
 to this State, and in 1836 ca.st his lot among the 
 early settlers of Fountain Green Township, Han- 
 cock County. He was numbered among the pio- 
 
 neers of this locality, and was one who took an 
 active interest in all that pertained to the welfare 
 of the community and to its upbuilding. His 
 death occurred in 1 88 1 . The mother of our sub- 
 ject bore the maiden name of Miranda Hart. In 
 the family were seven children, .six .sons and a 
 daughter. Pinckney D., deceased, was a physician 
 of Boone County, Mo., at the time of his death: 
 Matilda J. died in Hancock Count}- in 1864; Mar- 
 vin died in infancy; Ninian E. is a'farmer of Han- 
 cock Township, Hancock County; Andrew R. is 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits in Fountain 
 Green Township; and James A. is also an agri- 
 culturist of the same township. 
 
 Mr. Simmons whose name heads this record 
 was the youngest child of the family, and in the 
 usual manner of farmer lads the days of his bo\- 
 hood and youth were passed. His education was 
 acquired in the district schools of the community, 
 and he became thoroughly familiar witli all the 
 common branches. In 1864, he became a .student 
 in Eureka College, and pursued a literary course 
 for two years. He then, in 1865, started out in life 
 for him.self as agent for a lightning-rod company, 
 and continued business along that line with fair 
 success until 187 1, when he embarked in farming 
 in Fountain Green Township. With the capital 
 he had acquired through his untiring industry 
 and per.severance, he purchased two hundred and 
 fifty acres of land on sections 35 and 36, Fountain 
 Green Township, and at once began its develop- 
 ment. He placed it under a high .state of culti- 
 vation and made manj- excellent improvements, 
 so that the fann was considered one of the best in 
 the neighborhood. Its rich and fertile fields 
 yielded to the owner a good tribute, and its neat 
 appearance indicated his careful supervision. In 
 the fall of 1890, he came to La Harpe, and, pur- 
 chasing the livery stable of Grove Brothers, he 
 has since carried on operations along that line. 
 
 Mr. Simmons was married February 28, 1S73, 
 to Nancy E. Bond, and five children have been 
 born to them, two sons and three daughters, but 
 Maude is now deceased. Florence, Clyde, Claude 
 and Pearl are .still under the parental roof 
 
 Mr Simmons is a progressive and public-.spirite<l 
 citizen, who manifests a commendable interest in 
 
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 everj'thing pertaining to the welfare of the com- 
 munity. For four j-ears he has served as Con- 
 .stable of Fountain Green Township, and for 
 twenty years he ser\-ed as School Director. The 
 cause of education has e\'er found in him a warm 
 friend and he has done effective .ser\-ice in its in- 
 terest. Since casting his first Presidential vote 
 for Gen. Grant in 1872, he has been a stalwart 
 supporter of the Republican party and its princi- 
 ples. He is an honored member of La Harpe 
 Lodge No. 653, I. O. O. F., and has filled all of 
 its offices. 
 
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 ^EORGE \V. PICKENS, of Augusta, 111., is 
 l_ numbered among the early .settlers of Han- 
 \^ cock County. He came with his father's 
 family to this place in i<S49, ^"^^ has since been 
 numbered among its residents. Its growth and 
 development he has witnessed, and in the work 
 of progress and advancement he has ever borne 
 his part, doing all in his power to aid in the pro- 
 motion of worth)- public enterprises. He is recog- 
 nized as one of the valued citizens of the com- 
 munity, and is mo.st highlv respected by all who 
 know him. 
 
 Mr. Pickens has the honor of being a native of 
 Illinois, for his birth occurred near Jack.sonville, 
 in Morgan County, July ,s, 184,3. His parents, 
 Samuel and Nancy (Steel) Pickens, were both 
 natives of Mifflin County, Pa. The paternal 
 grandfather was a Penn.sylvania farmer, and died 
 in his native State at an advanced age. He 
 served as a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church 
 twenty years, and had a famil)' of one son and 
 two daughters. The maternal grandfather, Alex- 
 ander Steel, was born in the Keystone State, and 
 in 1 833 emigrated to Schuyler Coiuit)-, 111. This 
 locality was then on the extreme western frontier, 
 and great herds of bufTalo and deer roamed, over 
 the country. He died in Schuyler County at an 
 advanced age. Samuel Pickens followed agricul- 
 tural pursuits throughout his life, and after his 
 emigration to Illinois, in 1839, purchased a small 
 farm in Morgan County, which he operated until 
 
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 1849. In that year he came to Hancock Count>', 
 and purcha.sed a farm of two hundred and forty 
 acres in Augu.sta Township. To this he added 
 from time to time, as his financial resources in- 
 crea.sed, until his landed possessions aggregated 
 eight hundred an.d fifty-five acres, nearly all of 
 which was highly impro\ed. He died June 19, 
 1882, at the age of seventy-one years and seven 
 months, and his wife passed away in 1865. They 
 were both reared in the Presbyterian faith. This 
 worth}- couple were the parents of six sons and 
 three daughters, seven of whom are now living: 
 Mary E., widow of William H. Burke, of Osborne 
 Countj', Kan.; William A., who is living near 
 Kirk.sville, Mo.; George W., of Augusta; Jehu P., 
 who makes his home near Kirk.sville, Mo. ; Allen 
 S., who resides near Kingfisher, Okla; Edward 
 J., of Adams County, 111.; and Eliza A., wife of 
 Edward Gorden, of Augusta. 
 
 When a child of six, George W. Pickens ac- 
 companied his parents to Hancock County, where 
 he has since made his home. His education was 
 acquired in the public .schools, save when he spent 
 one year in Hedding College, Knox County, in 
 1866. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, 
 and remained under the parental roof until he had 
 attained his majority, when his father gave him 
 some land and he began fanning in his own 
 interest. In 1864, he entered the ser\^ice of his 
 country, l)ecoming a member of Company A, 
 One Huntlred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry. 
 When the war was o\-er he recei\-ed an honorable 
 discharge, and at once returned to his home. 
 
 On the 27th of November, 1866, Mr. Pickens 
 was united in marriage with Miss Sarah B. Burke, 
 daughter of William and Margaret ( Balfour 1 
 Burke, the former a native of \'irginia, and the 
 latter of North Carolina. Nine children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Pickens, but Helen S., the 
 eldest, is now deceased; Amanda is the wife of 
 George W. Dunlavy, a teacher in the Western 
 Normal College, of Bushnell, 111.; Henry G., 
 C>rus E., Mar>- J. and William R. are .still at 
 home; Pearl V. is decea.sed; and Abbie G. and 
 Be.ssie L. complete the family. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Pickens and five of their children 
 are members of the Christian Church, and take 
 
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 an active interest in its work and all that pertains 
 to the advancement of the cause. They have a 
 pleasant home, which is the abode of hospitality, 
 and in social circles they hold an enviable 
 position. Besides his residence, Mr. Pickens 
 owns other property in Augu.sta. In politics, he 
 is a Democrat. 
 
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 IILLIAM ALEXANDER SPEARS, oneof 
 the successful and highly respected farmers 
 of Hendenson County, who in this locality 
 has .spent his entire life, was born on the 22d of 
 July, 1856, on section 8, township 9 north, range 
 4 west. On the father's side he comes of Scotch 
 ancestry. His grandfather, Alexander Spears, 
 was born in Pai.sley, Scotland. "When a young 
 man he bade adieu to friends and native land and 
 crossed the broad Atlantic to America, where he 
 spent his remaining days. The grandmother bore 
 the maiden name of Margaret McHenry. 
 
 Alexander Spears, father of our .subject, claimed 
 Penn.sylvania as the State of his nativity, for he 
 was born in Beaver County, on the nth of Sep- 
 tember, 1812. Having attained to years of ma- 
 turity, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary 
 McElroy, who was born in Beaver County, Pa., 
 February 16, i8ig, and was of Scotch-Irish de- 
 .scent. Mr. Spears, when a young man, learned 
 the blacksmith's trade and followed that occupa- 
 tion during the greater part of his life. He was 
 called to his final rest on the 1 1 th of December, 
 1872, and Henderson County thus lo.st one of its 
 early .settlers. In his family were ten children, 
 four sons and six daughters. 
 
 In the county of his nativity, \V. A. Spears of 
 this .sketch spent the days of his boyhood and 
 youth, his time being pas.sed in the usual manner of 
 fanner lads. He early became familiar with all the 
 duties of farm work. His education was all ac- 
 quired in the district schools of the neighborhood, 
 with the exception of three months' .study in a com- 
 mercial college of Burlington, Iowa. On attaining 
 his majority he embarked in farming for him.self 
 and has since followed that pursuit. He keeps his 
 
 land under a high state of cultivation, and his farm 
 is a well-improved place, neat and thrifty in ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 On the 1 1 th of March, 1880, Mr. Spears was 
 joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Helen Marshall, 
 who was born Februarj' 14, 1858, at the family 
 homestead on section 22, township 9 north, range 
 5 west, of Henderson County. Her father, James 
 Alexander Marshall, was born in the Fairfield 
 District of South Carolina, and came to Illinois 
 on the 3d of June, 1837. Her mother, who bore 
 the maiden name of Jeanette Hoy Richey, was 
 born in Lakeville, Washington County, N. Y., 
 and was a daughter of Judge R. W. Richey. She 
 came to Illinois on the 2d of November, 1840. 
 Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Spears, 
 of whom three are yet living, namely: Jean Eliza- 
 beth, born October 2, 1S86; Jessie McElroy, born 
 January i, 1890; and Lois Helen, born October 
 3, 1891. Jeanetta Mary, born August 5, 1882, 
 died February 29, 1888. 
 
 In his political views, Mr. Spears is a Repub- 
 lican, and is a memberof the United Presbyterian 
 Church. His entire life has been passed in Hen- 
 derson County, and an honorable, straightforward 
 career has won for him the respect and confidence 
 of all with whom he has been brought in contact, 
 and gained for him manv friends. 
 
 gLARENCEG. RICHEY, who is succes.sfully 
 engaged in dairy farming and stock-raising 
 on section 7, Walnut Grove Town.ship, was 
 l)orn in Henderson Countj-. on the loth of Au- 
 gust, 1859, and his entire life has been spent upon 
 the home farm. His parents were Thomas G. 
 and La vina (Randall) Richey. His grandfather, 
 Judge Richard W. Richey, was born in Charlton, 
 Saratoga County, N. Y., November 22, 1802, 
 and was the eldest child of Andrew and Polly 
 (West) Richey, the former a native of Cam- 
 bridge, N. Y., and the latter of Connecticut. 
 The father died when Richard was quite >oung, 
 and the lad received but little .schooling. In earlv 
 life he worked at tainiiug and carpentering, and at 
 
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 the age of eighteen went to Cambridge and en- 
 gaged in the tanning and currying business. In 
 1S23, he married Miss Nellie Green, of Cam- 
 bridge, and unto them were bora five children. 
 After the death of his first wife he was married, 
 in 1840, to Miss Agnes Green, of Ohio, and emi- 
 grated to Henderson County, III., which then 
 formed a part of Warren County. He settled at 
 Walnut Grove and bought eighty acres of land, 
 on which he built a double log cabin, 18x50 feet, 
 and a .stor>- and a-half in height, containing three 
 apartments. This building is still standing. 
 During the Mormon disturbances at Nauvoo, at 
 the request of Gov. Ford, of Illinois, he raised a 
 company to assist in preser\-ing the peace. He 
 did not take his troops to Nauvoo, but visited the 
 seat of hostilities and was requested by the Gov- 
 ernor to take command of the militia there at the 
 time. In 1854, he was elected County Judge, and 
 filled that office until 1875, with the exception of 
 four years. During that time he made his home 
 in the county seat. His second wife died in 
 1856, and the following year he married Mrs. 
 Cornelia (Day) Moir, widow of Alexis Phelps. 
 The Judge was a life-long Democrat and a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The father of our subject, Thomas G. Richey, 
 was a native of Washington County, N. Y., born 
 April 25, 1825. By occupation he was a farmer. 
 In 1840, he started for Illinois, making the jour- 
 ney with an ox-team and wagon. He purchased 
 one hundred acres of land, paying for it $2 per 
 acre, with money he earned in California. To 
 this he kept adding from time to time initil he- 
 owned a mo.st excellent farm, upon which he 
 made his home until 1884, when he removed to 
 Kirkwood on account of his wife's health. Shortly 
 afterwards, however, he went to Olena, where he 
 was taken .sick, and died December 15, 1885. 
 
 During the excitement attendant upon the dis- 
 covery of gold in California, Thomas G. Richey 
 crossed the plains with an ox -team and remained 
 in the West about two years. He was by com- 
 mon con.sent placed at the head of the vigilance 
 committee which was formed after the Brook 
 tragedy, and it was largely due to his skill and 
 energy that every hor.se-thief in the counlv from 
 
 the lime of the formation of the committee was 
 l)rought to justice. Mr. Richey was a devoted 
 member of the United Presbyterian Church and 
 an earnest worker in its interests. 
 
 Mrs. Richey, our subject's mother, was a daugh- 
 ter of Rosvvell and Charlotte Randall, natives of 
 New York, and with her parents she came to War- 
 ren County, 111., in 1845. In the family were six 
 children, all of whom are now living, namely: 
 Mrs. Helen S. Ferris, now of South Dakota; 
 Charles E., who makes his home in Chicago; 
 Lillian M., wife of Dr. Cowden, who is living in 
 Winfield, Iowa; Frank, who is engaged in the 
 creamer}- business in Somonauk, 111.; Dora A., 
 wife of A. G. McCowen, of Henderson Count}-: 
 and Clarence G. 
 
 Our subject acquired his education in the com- 
 mon .schools, which he attended until sixteen 
 years of age. To his father he gave the benefit 
 of his services until he had attained his majority, 
 and then started out for himself, working as a 
 farm hand by the month. Thus he was employ- 
 ed until his marriage, which occurred on the 4tli 
 of October, 1881, Mi.ss Jessie M. vS pears becoming 
 his wife. The lady is a daughter of Alexander 
 and Man,- ( McElroy ) Spears, the former a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Ohio. They 
 came to Illinois in 1840, and the father engaged 
 in blacksmithing and farming in Henderson 
 County. In their family were eleven children: 
 Matthew, Mrs. Margaret Campbell, Mrs. Jane 
 Stewart, James, Mrs. Emeline Pogue, Samuel, 
 William A., Mrs. Mary E. Whiteman, Clara and 
 Mrs. Je.ssie M. Richey. Seven of the.se children 
 are yet living. 
 
 The marriage of our subject and his wife has 
 been blessed with four children, namely. RossS., 
 who was born September 24, 1882; Grace, born 
 March 11, 1885; Mary B., born July 8, 1887; 
 and William H., born Mays, 1893. The parents 
 are both members of the United Presbyterian 
 Church, and are highly-respected citizens of this 
 conmiunity. 
 
 Upon his father's death, Mr. Richey bonglit 
 the interest of the other heirs in the home farm, 
 and is now the owner of three hundred and eighty 
 acres of valuable land, which is under a high 
 
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 state of cultivation and well improved. It con- 
 stitutes one of the finest farms in tliis locality. 
 The owner is now engaged in stock-raising and 
 in the dairj- business, and along these lines is 
 meeting with good success. In politics, he is a 
 Republican, and is now .serving as School Direc- 
 tor. Socially, he is connected with the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He has always lived in 
 Henderson County, where he is widely and favor- 
 ably known. His .stanchest friends are among 
 those who have known him from boyhood, a fact 
 u-hich plainly indicates a well-.spent and honora- 
 ble life. 
 
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 REV. JOHN M. McARTHUR, of the United 
 Presbyterian Church at Stronghurst, was 
 the first resident pastor of any denomination 
 in that place. He was born at Mclndoe's Falls, 
 Vt. , Jaiuiary 9, 1850. His father, the Rev. James 
 McArthur, was born in Cambridge, N.Y., Janu- 
 ary 8, 1 8 1 5, and was first engaged in farming, then 
 in teaching, and after the usual courses of .study 
 was graduated successively from Cambridge Acad- 
 emy, Franklin College and Canonsburgh Theo- 
 logical Seminary. He was ordained September 
 1 1 , 1846, and .settled as pastor of Barnet and Rye- 
 gate congregations in Vermont for twelve years. 
 In 1859 he came to Henderson County, 111., and 
 for thirteen years was pa.stor of Ellison congrega- 
 tion, worshipping at Walnut Orove. Impaired 
 health led him then to resign, and his friends, feel- 
 ing that he was too valuable a man to leave un- 
 employed, without effort on his part .secured his 
 election by a large majority as Countj- Superin- 
 tendent of Schools. Refusing re-election, he lived 
 on the home fann until he removed to be with 
 his sons in Walton, Kan., where he made 
 his home until the Sabbath of October 9, 
 1887, when he fell asleep. I'"ather McAr- 
 thur, as a preacher, was clear, earnest and 
 fearless; as a scholar, he would read for recre- 
 ation, as he grew old, the Greek theolog- 
 ians, with Latin foot notes; as a pastor, he 
 
 was a wise winner of souls, and his presence 
 was accounted a benediction in every home; 
 as a reformer, he successfully opposed evil, and 
 was that rare man who gained the respect and af- 
 fection of even the classes he opposed. He lived 
 a life that was a model and an in.spiration, and 
 leaves a fragrant memory of his words and deeds. 
 The mother of Rev. John McArthur was born 
 in Gloversville, N. Y., in 1826. She was an ac- 
 complished woman, who placed her talents and at- 
 tainments on the Lord's altar beside her hus- 
 band's. She was called away bj' death in 1870, 
 and was laid to rest in Walnut Grove Cemetery, 
 where her husband has since also received inter- 
 ment. 
 
 In the McArthur family were the following 
 children: Nettie, now of Walton' Kan.; JohnM., 
 of this sketch; J. Wellington, who died at the age 
 of thirty -four; Cecil, who is engaged in farming 
 at Walton, Kan.; Samuel R., a succes.sful cloth- 
 ing merchant, also of Walton; Anna M., who 
 died at the age of twenty-six; and Nellie E., wife 
 of Henry Brush, of Kansas. 
 
 When nine years of age, John M. McArthur 
 came with his parents to Henderson County, 111., 
 and lived but three and a-half miles from his 
 present church. He was graduated from Mon- 
 mouth College in 1872, spent one year at the New- 
 burgh Theological Seminary in New York, and 
 was graduated from the Theological Seminary of 
 Xenia, Ohio, in 1874. He was licensed b\- the 
 Presbytery of Monmouth in 1873, and ordained 
 b\- the Pre.sbytery of Xenia in 1874. In the fall 
 of that year he was installed pastor at Reynolds- 
 burgh, Ohio, remaining until 1877; was pastoral 
 McDonald, Pa., from 1877 to 1880; at Yorkville, 
 Wis., from 1881 to 1886; and in Iowa, from 
 1886 to 1890. During 1891 and 1892, Rev. 
 McArthur was engaged as a lecturer in Ohio, 
 Illinois and Iowa on temperance and kindred 
 themes. Visiting his former home herein 1892, 
 he was secured as pa.stor of Stronghurst congre- 
 gation, and duly installed pastor September 7. 
 1892. 
 
 On the I. st of December, 1881, Rev. McArthur 
 married Mi.ss Jennie Burns, of Waupaca, Wis., 
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 in Sabbath-schools and Junior Bands. James Le- 
 roy, their first child, died in his sixth year; 
 Robert Cecil, Ethel W. and Anna Margaret are 
 the names of the rest. 
 
 The standing of Rev. John M. McArthnr in 
 pulpit, on platform and in literary criticism, 
 is recognized and establi.shed. Well-organized 
 churches, religious, educational and .secular en- 
 terprises fostered bj' his tongue and pen, the poor 
 and troubled ones who have found his helping 
 hand, and the culturedclassof hearers who ever}- - 
 where attend his ministrj-, are the witnesses to 
 his con.secration to the service of God and man. 
 
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 yyiRS. ELIZA J. FINCH, who is living in 
 y Oquawka, has the honor of being a native 
 (g of Illinois, for she was born in Champaign, 
 on the 24th of December, 1851. Her father, 
 Philip Adkins, was a native of Ohio, and about 
 1844 was united in marriage with Miss Eliza 
 Crabb. When he was a child he was brought by 
 his parents to Illinois, the family locating in 
 Champaign County, where he grew to manhood, 
 and was married. Six children were born of 
 their union: Mrs. Matilda E. Gibson, Mrs. Eliza 
 J. Finch, John S., and three who died in child- 
 hood. Mr. Adkins, during the late war, entered 
 the service as a member of the Thirty-ninth Iowa 
 Infantry. He now receives a pension of $10 per 
 month from the Government in recognition of his 
 .services. On leaving Illinois, he moved to Iowa, 
 about 1857, and after a few years .spent in Des 
 Moines, purchased a farm in Greene County, 
 upon which he still makes his home. 
 
 Mrs. Finch spent the days of her girlhood in 
 her parents' home, and in the public .schools 
 acquired a good Engli.sh education. On the 12th 
 of September, 1870, .she became the wife of 
 vStephen N. Van Horn, of Greene Comity, Iowa, 
 the ceremony being performed by Stephen Jack- 
 son, a Justice of the Peace. They began their 
 domestic life upon a farm in that county, purchas- 
 ing eightv acres of land. Six children were born 
 to them: Mary M., born November 3, 1872; 
 
 Harry Iv., June 29, 1873; I'Hiza J.. March 17, 
 1875; Ada A., January 17, 1877; Philip E., Sep- 
 tember 8, 1879; and one who was born Septem- 
 ber 28, 1889, and died in infancy. 
 
 After living upon their first farm for fifteen 
 years, Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn removed to an- 
 other farm of eighty acres in Greene County, 
 where they remained for si.x years. They then 
 purchased a home in Ripley, and removed to that 
 place, where they lived until the 15th of Septem- 
 ber, 1892, when they decided to separate. Mrs. 
 Van Horn went to Guthrie County, Iowa, where 
 she earned her living at general housework and 
 nursing. On the loth of February, 1894, .she 
 was married to Charles L. Finch by Squire Galy, 
 of Aledo, 111. On the 12th of March, .she .sent 
 Mr. Finch to Greene County, Iowa, to collect a 
 note of $300, and the man probably secured the 
 money and fled, for she has never since heard 
 from him. Mrs. Finch yet makes her home in 
 Oquawka, where she has a pleasant residence, 
 and some other property in notes, etc. Her busi- 
 ness is in charge of Elbert W. Weeks, an attorney 
 of Guthrie Center, Iowa. She is a member of 
 the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, and has been a 
 constant worker in its interest, doing much for 
 its upbuilding and advancement. 
 
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 QETER C. B a INTER, who is engaged in 
 L^ farming on .section 13, Terre Haute Town- 
 \3 'ship, Henderson County, claims Ohio as the 
 State of his nativity, his birth having occurred in 
 Mu.skingum County on the 25th of September, 
 1830. Tiie Bainter family is of German origin. 
 The parents of our subject, Peter and Marj- Bain- 
 ter, were both natives of Penn.sylvania, and in 
 their family rt'ere seven children, namely: Abra- 
 ham, who is now living a retired life in La Harpe; 
 William A., who follows farming in Hancock 
 County; Lncenia, wife of Samuel Gower, of La 
 Harpe, 111.; Andrew J., who died in 1890; Peter 
 C; Thomas J., a farmer living in Kansas; and 
 Mary J., who died in 1889. 
 The father of this family was engaged in agri- 
 
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 cultural pursuits throughout his entire life. In 
 an earl\- day he removed from the Keystone State 
 to Ohio, and there grew to manhood and was mar- 
 ried. He was numbered among the pioneer .set- 
 tlers of Muskingum County. In 1852 he emi- 
 grated to Hancock County, 111., locating in La 
 Harpe Township, where he purchased three hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of wild and unimproved 
 land. There he successfully carried on agricul- 
 tural pursuits for many years, but at length re- 
 moved to La Harpe, where he spent his last days 
 in retirement. His death occurred in 1888, and 
 his remains were interred in La Harpe Cemeterj-. 
 His wife survived him three years, and was called 
 to the home beyond in 1891. 
 
 Upon the home farm Mr. Bainter spent his child- 
 hood days, and his early education was acquired 
 m the old-time subscription .schools, which were 
 held in a log schoolhou.se, furnished in a primi- 
 tive fashion. His advantages in that direction 
 were .somewhat meagre, but his training at farm 
 labor was not limited. On attaining his majority 
 he started out in life for himself working as a 
 farm hand for the sum of $8 per month After- 
 ward he engaged in operating rented land and in 
 working for others until the spring of 1854, when 
 he rented a fann near La Harpe, Hancock Coun- 
 ty, upon which he made his home for six years. 
 At the expiration of that period he purcha.sed 
 eighty acres of land on .section 13, Terre Haute 
 Township, Henderson County, a partially im- 
 proved tract, on which was a small house. Here 
 he has lived ever since, but a great change has 
 taken place in the appearance of his farm. Its 
 boundaries have been extended until it now com- 
 prises three hundred and sixty acres, and upon it 
 have been placed all modern improvements and 
 conveniences, until it is regarded as one of the 
 be.st farms in the county. He has an artesian 
 well, and thus his stock is supplied with good 
 water. In addition to this farm he also owns 
 forty acres of land elsewhere. 
 
 In 1852, Mr. Bainter was united in marriage 
 with Miss lvmil\- Snoots, and to them have been 
 born the following children : Nancy, wife of Robert 
 \'each; Amanda, wife of Allen Randall: Jane, 
 wife of George Nevius; William II.; Ada, wife 
 
 of Oscar Beckett; Adell, wife of Freeman Doak; 
 
 Ada E., wife of William Ro.ss; Allie and Allen, 
 twins: and Orpha. 
 
 Mr. Bainter exerci.ses his right of franchise in 
 support of the Democracy, but has never sought 
 or desired political preferment. He is a self-made 
 man, who started out in life empty-handed, but 
 has made the most of his opportunities, and has 
 steadily worked his way upward from a humble 
 position to one of affluence. He is now the owner 
 of a valuable farm, and is numbered among Hen- 
 derson Countv's substantial citizens. 
 
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 (Joseph N. still, a hlgWy respected citi- 
 . I zen of Media, who is now in the employ of 
 Q) the Santa Fe Railroad Company, claims Vir- 
 ginia as the State of his nativity'. He was born 
 August 8, 1840, and is of Welsh descent. His 
 father, John Still, was a native of Wales, and in 
 an early day went to Ohio. For .some time he 
 lived in the South, and by his well-directed efforts 
 became quite wealthy. He there owned a fine 
 woolen-mill, but at the time of the Stoneman raid 
 it w-as destroyed by fire, and the incendiaries held 
 him, forcing him to watch its destruction by the 
 flames which they had kindled. Thus he lo.st 
 all his property. 
 
 About 1864, Joseph N. Still went to Ohio, and 
 the following year came to Henderson County, 
 111., where he began work as a farm hand by the 
 month. For seventeen years he remained with 
 one man, a trusted and faithful employe. On the 
 4th of June, 1872, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Rosalie M. Stanley, daughter of A. E. 
 and Hannah Stanley. Her parents were both na- 
 tives of North Carolina. The father was born 
 July I, 1827, and about 1866 came to Henderson 
 County, 111. He now makes his home in Media. 
 In the Stanley family were five children, four of 
 whom are still living, the eldest being Mrs. Still, 
 wlio was born May 7, 1853. Mrs. Sarah O'Don- 
 nell is now living in Iowa. Mrs. Mary O. Mill- 
 iken is also a resident of the Hawkeye State. 
 Mrs Sarah C. Nicely is now residing in Hender- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 595 
 
 son Count}-; and Susan A. died at the age of 
 twenty years. 
 
 Three children grace the union of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Still: vSamuel A., born September 15, 1873; 
 Bertie V., June 8, 1875; and Myrtle A., April 
 22, 1879. All are yet with their parents. The 
 mother and her daughters are members of the 
 United Presbyterian Church, and the family is one 
 of prominence in this connnunit\'. 
 
 Mr. Still exercLses his right of franchise in sup- 
 port of the Democratic party. He is a .self-edu- 
 cated and self-made man, and his success in life is 
 due to his own efforts. ■ All who know him es- 
 teem him highly, and with pleasure we i^resent his 
 sketch to our readers. 
 
 ^-^hJh^I 
 
 ROWLAND J. MADISON, M. D., who is 
 successfully engaged in the practice of the 
 medical profession in Ferris, Hancock Coun- 
 ty, occupies a prominent place in the front rank 
 among the physicians of this locality. He has a 
 wide acquaintance in the connnunitj-, and we 
 therefore feel assured that this record of his life 
 will prove of interest to many of our readers. He 
 was born in Plymouth on the 3i.st of December, 
 1852, and is the .second in order of birth in a fam- 
 ily of eleven children, whose parents were Ed- 
 ward and Mary (Rankin) Madison. There are now 
 only two surviving members of the family, the 
 Doctor and his brother William, who is Prin- 
 cipal of the public schools in Lamoille, 111. The 
 father was a native of Ohio, and when a boy came 
 with his parents to this State, in 1837. He re- 
 mained at home until after he had attained his 
 majority, and then began farming in his own in- 
 terests. Throughout life he has followed agricul- 
 tural jiursuits, and still makes his home upon his 
 farm near Plymouth, at the age of sixty-four years. 
 In his political views, he is a Prohibitionist, and 
 the cause of temperance finds in him an ardent 
 advocate. His parents were born in this coun- 
 try, l)Ut the famil\' is of ICnglish extraction. His 
 
 father was a cousin of President Madison, and was 
 a Captain in the War of 18 12. His brother had 
 charge of the first naval battle of that war, and 
 the sword which belonged to that commander is 
 now in po.sse.ssion of our subject. 
 
 On the maternal side the Doctor is of vScotch- 
 Irish lineage, but the Rankin family was founded 
 in America in early Colonial days. His grand- 
 father. Dr. William G. Rankin, also did .service 
 in the War of 1 8 1 2 . He was a Presbyterian minis- 
 ter, and became one of the first settlers of Hancock 
 County, being prominently identified with its 
 history in an early day. His daughter, the mother 
 of our subject, was born in South Carolina, and 
 died in this county at the age of fifty years. 
 
 Dr. Madison remained upon the old home farm 
 until about eighteen years of age, his boyhood 
 days being passed midst play and work and in at- 
 tendance upon the district .schools of the neigh- 
 borhood. After thus acquiring a good English 
 education, he began teaching in his native county, 
 and followed that profes.sion for five years. In 
 the mean time he began reading medicine with 
 Dr. Hart, of West Point, for it was his desire to 
 make its practice his life work. Later, he en- 
 tered the college of Phy.sicians and Surgeons, of 
 Keokuk, Iowa, and after pursuing a thorough 
 course of study was graduated from that institu- 
 tion in June, 1873. About a year later he located 
 in Chili, where he engaged in practicing medi- 
 cine for two }-ears, when he removed to La Crosse, 
 where he continued practice utitil 1887. 
 
 In October, 1873, another important event in 
 the life of Dr. Madison occurred, his marriage 
 with Mi.ss Mary Hart, who was born in Hancock 
 County, June 27, 1856, and is a daughter of Dr. 
 J. F. Hart. They became the parents of six chil- 
 dren, but three of the number died in infancy. 
 Tho.se living are Daisy, who is now attending 
 college in Carthage; and Frank and Fred at home. 
 
 In his political views, the Doctor is a Republi- 
 can, but has never sought or de.sired ofllce. So- 
 cially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 belonging to La Har])e Lodge Xo. 195, A. F. .Jt 
 A. M. In 1887 he came to Ferris, where he has 
 since made his home. His skill and ability soon 
 won for him a liberal patronage, which has .steadily 
 
596 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 increased, until he is now enjoying an extensive 
 and lucrative practice. In manner, he is pleasant 
 and genial, and those who know him esteem him 
 highly for his sterling worth. 
 
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 ^OHN S. EWELL, a grain-dealer and general 
 I merchant of Adrian, Hancock County, 111., is 
 (2/ one of the leading, enterprising and successful 
 business men of this locality. He was born in 
 Greene Countj', Pa., and is the .son of Thomas 
 Henry and Abigail (Phillips) Ewell. His father, 
 a native of Virginia, was born in 1805, and was a 
 farmer by occupation. The mother was a native 
 of Greene County, Pa., and there T. H. Ewell 
 followed farming for about sixteen years. On the 
 1st of April, 1847, he removed by team to Tyler 
 County, W. Va. , and purchased one hundred and 
 nineteen acres of partially improved land, to the 
 further development and cultivation of which he 
 devoted his time and attention throughout his 
 remaining days. In politics, he was a Democrat, 
 but never sought or desired public office. He 
 held membership with the Christian Church, and 
 his wife was a member of the Methodist Church. 
 His death occurred in Tyler County in 1849, and 
 his wife passed away on the old homestead in 
 1869, having survived herhu.sband twenty years. 
 They were the parents of five children: Amos; 
 Thomas H.: Sarah Jane, wife of Jeremiah Bull- 
 man, of Tyler County: George, decea.sed: and 
 John S. 
 
 Mr. Ewell whose name heads this record at- 
 tended school for only about five months during 
 his boyhood. At the early age of sixteen years 
 he started out in life for himself, and has .since 
 been dependent upon his own resources. He be- 
 gan working on a farm for $5 per month, and was 
 thus employed for five years. His wages, how- 
 ever, were increased initil he received $14.50 per 
 m(jnth, which was the highest price jiaid for labor 
 anywhere in that vicinity. In 1853 he began 
 serving an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's 
 trade, but he found this was injurious to his 
 health, and abandoned it. 
 
 Mr. Ewell was married on the 7th of May, 
 
 1857, the lady of his choice being Miss Nancy 
 Shrever, a native of Monongalia County, Va. 
 To them were born five sons and a daughter, 
 namely: Marion D., Crayton (deceased), Mar\-in 
 Ellsworth, Waitman, T. W. , andDai.sy. In 1S56, 
 Mr. Ewell had purchased eighty acres of land in 
 Tyler County, W. Va., and he and his wife there 
 began their domestic life, but after a time he 
 traded that farm for the old homestead, upon 
 which he lived until 1861. He carried on gen- 
 eral farming and stock-raising, and met with good 
 success in the work. In 1861 this farm was 
 traded for land in Pleasant County, W. Va., 
 where he carried on agricultural pursuits imtil 
 1866. 
 
 In the mean time, however, Mr. Ewell entered 
 the Union ser\-ice. On the 9th of August, 1862, 
 he enlisted as a member of Company F, Four- 
 teenth West Virginia Infantry. The first import- 
 ant engagement in which he participated was that 
 of Gettysburg, where he was under the command 
 of Gen. Kelley, of West Virginia. He was also 
 in the battle of Eittle Petersburg; but the hardest 
 engagement occurred at Cloyd Mountain, where 
 the Confederate soldiers numbered sixteen thou- 
 sand, and were defeated bj' ninety-five .hundred 
 Union troops. Mr. Ewell was there twice wound- 
 ed, and had part of his mu.stache shot away. He 
 was taken prisoner in this engagement, and was 
 detailed to take care of the wounded on the field. 
 On the loth of Ma>', they were surrounded b\- 
 Morgan's men, while engaged in bur\-ing the 
 dead. They were allowed to complete the ta.sk, 
 but were then sent to Andersonville Prison, where 
 he was incarcerated until April 28, 1865. He 
 was transferred several times in order to avoid re- 
 capture by Gen. Shennan's forces. At Black- 
 .shear, Ga., he managed to escape from the guards, 
 and was n;aking his way to his own troops, 
 but was recaptured at Brunswick, within twelve 
 miles of the Union lines. He suffered many of 
 the hardships and difficulties of war, but was al- 
 ways found at his post of duty, and received his 
 discharge June 21, 1865. 
 
 Mr. I^well then returned to his home in Pleas- 
 ants Countv, W. \'a. His health had become .so 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 597 
 
 impaired during the service that for some time he 
 was unable to engage in any work. In November, 
 1866, he emigrated to Rock Creek Town.ship, 
 Hancock County, 111., and jntrchased eighty acres 
 of improved land on .section 11. Here he en- 
 gaged in fanning and .stock-raising for a time. 
 Later he purchased one hundred and .sixty acres 
 of wild land on section 14, and, turning his atten- 
 tion to its development, there continued agricul- 
 tural pursuits until 1 87 1, when he came to Adrian, 
 and embarked in the grain business and in gen- 
 eral merchandising. He .still carries on opera- 
 tions along the.se lines, and is enjoying an excel- 
 lent trade. He also owns a farm in Carthage 
 Township, and there carries on a dairy. On the 
 1st of January, 1893, in connection with others, 
 he became connected with the La Porte Land and 
 Town Site Company, of Texas, and has since 
 spent much of his time in the Lone .Star State, 
 looking after his interests there. 
 
 Previous to the war, Mr. Ewell was a supporter 
 of the Democrac}', but has since been a .stanch 
 Republican. For eighteen years he was the effi- 
 cient Postmaster of Adrian, but was removed 
 during President Cleveland's administration. He 
 is a public-spirited citizen, and his aid and co- 
 operation are ever given to those enterprises 
 which he believes will prove of benefit to the 
 community. A loyal soldier of the late war, a 
 valued citizen, and an honorable, upright man, 
 he well dk'serves representation in the hi.story of 
 his adopted ccninty. 
 
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 iJ\ RS. CATHERINE JOHNSON, who is now 
 y living on section 6, Walnut Grove Town- 
 (9 ship, was born on the i6thof July, 1849, 
 in New Jersey, and is a daughter of John S. and 
 Maria A. (Brookall) Nevius. They, too, were 
 nativesofNewJer.se>-, the former born July 16, 
 1820, and the latter October 16, 1S25. They 
 were married on the 8th of August, 1S46, and re- 
 mained in the I<<ast until 1S57, when they emi 
 grated to Illinois, locating in Henderson Countx'. 
 The father ])urchase<l one hundred and sixty acres 
 
 of land, buying the .same, on time, but as .soon as 
 possible he paid off the indebtedness on the place, 
 and not only freed it from debt, but added to it, 
 until at his death he was the owner of four hun- 
 dred and fort>- acres of good land. He worked 
 his way .steadily ujnvard to a position of affluence, 
 and during the last few years of his life he lived 
 retired, resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of 
 his former toil. He pa.s.sed awa_\- on the i4tli of 
 February, 1888, and was laid to rest in Raritan 
 Cemeten,-. His widow is still living, and now 
 makes her home in Stronghurst with her .son 
 Simon. 
 
 In the Ne\ius family were seven children, of 
 whom five are yet li\ing, namely: Simon, of 
 Stronghurst; Mrs. Catherine John.son; vSarah J,, 
 wife ofT. V. Gilmore, who resides in Stronghurst; 
 Peter B., who makes his home in Raritan; and 
 Brachie, wife of Robert Humphrey, one of the 
 representative and succe.ssful farmers of Hender- 
 son County. Mrs. Mary K. Powl.son is deceased. 
 
 Mrs. John.son came with her parents to Hender- 
 .son County when a maiden of eight .summers, 
 and here grew to womanhood. Her childhood 
 days were .spent under the parental roof, and in 
 attendance at the di.strict schools of the neighbor- 
 hood, where she acquired her education. On the 
 4th of March, 1873, she gave her hand in mar- 
 riage to Peter D. Johnson, who was bom April 
 18, 1847, '''"il ^^''is a .son of Jacob H. and Liddie 
 (Wykoff) Johnson, who were also natives of New 
 Jer.sey, and came to Illinois in 1870. The son 
 always followed agricultural inirsuils, and was a 
 wide-awake and enterprising farnier.who success- 
 full)- managed his business interests and became 
 well-to-do. In politics, he was a Democrat, but 
 never sought or desired political preferment. The 
 best interests of the community ever found in him 
 a friend, ready to aid in their advancement. He 
 pa.ssed away on the ist of January, 1894, respected 
 by all who knew him, and his remains were in- 
 terred in Stronghurst Cemetery. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born four chil- 
 dren, all of whom are yet li\-ing; Annie, born 
 Decendjer 9, 1873; Aaron, March 3, 1878; Simon 
 P., August 17, 1880; and E\-a, on the 12th of 
 August, 1886. TliL- children are all with the 
 
598 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 
 
 mother. The family has a pleasant home in 
 Walnut Grove Township, where Mrs. Johnson 
 now owns one hundred and twenty acres of good 
 land. Since her husband's death she has man- 
 aged the property, and by the assistance of her 
 
 sons carries on general farming and stock-raising. 
 She is a member of the United Presbyterian 
 Church, and a most estimable lady, who has the 
 confidence and high regard of all with whom she 
 has been brought in contact. 
 
INDKX. 
 
 B I ( )( J R A P H 1 C A L 
 
 Adams, John 23 
 
 Adams, J. Q 39 
 
 Akin, J. M 483 
 
 Allen, James 565 
 
 Allen, Joseph , 560 
 
 Allen, T. C 505 
 
 Allison, H, M 543 
 
 Anderson, J. A 315 
 
 Anderson, Hon. J. O 577 
 
 Andrews, Sardis 375 
 
 Annegers. H. G 585 
 
 Anton. Rudolph 3gq 
 
 Argast & Bossier 381 
 
 Armstrong. James .*. . ,546 
 
 Arthur, C. A 99 
 
 Ash, W.J 489 
 
 B 
 
 Balihitt, S. L., M. D 277 
 
 Bacon, Franklin 545 
 
 Baily, J. L 297 
 
 Bainter, P. C 593 
 
 Baker. Hon. J. H 302 
 
 Baldwin. C. W 226 
 
 Baldwin, W. W 412 
 
 Barker, J . S 237 
 
 Barnes. K. O 469 
 
 Barnes, R. H 459 
 
 Barr, J. A.. M, D 404 
 
 Barrett, W. P 235 
 
 Bartholomew. I, S 334 
 
 Baumert Brothers 359 
 
 liaync, W. I'.. M. D 331 
 
 Bealy. D. A 445 
 
 Bcaty, I . W 457 
 
 Becker, K. P 126 
 
 Bcgcr, A.J 347 
 
 Berger, Herman 376 
 
 Berry, Hon. O, F 162 
 
 Bertschi. J. W 132 
 
 Bidwell, F.sta 322 
 
 Black, S. \V 5.S6 
 
 Blasberg. Rev. Albert 353 
 
 Blazer, John 317 
 
 Bliss, Isaac 119 
 
 Bliss, L. S 378 
 
 Blunier, Rev. Adam 434 
 
 Boscow, T. H., M. D 167 
 
 Botts, A. G 314 
 
 Bowen, W, H 584 
 
 Bower, Henrj- 154 
 
 Bradshaw, C. \V , . .,187 
 
 Bradsliaw, Joel *. 1^3^ 
 
 Bradshaw, J. M. . . 520 
 
 Brainard, C. H 509 
 
 Brandon, E. M : 178 
 
 Brandon, G. M 407 
 
 Breeden. Hon. R. G 295 
 
 Bridges, W, C 527 
 
 Brimhall, Her\'ey 493 
 
 Brown , Eli 266 
 
 Brown, J. C 387 
 
 Browning. G. M 345 
 
 Br>'au, Jacob 203 
 
 nr}'an,S,F 174 
 
 Buchanan, James 75 
 
 Buck, Joseph 292 
 
 Bullock, J. H 384 
 
 Butler, B. B 327 
 
 Butler. J . H "47S 
 
 Byler. David 395 
 
 Bylcr, H. C 408 
 
 Byler, John 573 
 
 Bylcr, S. H 402 
 
 Bylcr, W.N ,S6 
 
 Calilwcll, William 435 
 
 Camp, I,. W 26,1 
 
 Camp, T. H. B 267 
 
 Camp, W. M 244 
 
 Campbell, C. S 465 
 
 Canady, Rev. T A 278 
 
 Cannon, Dr. J. S 548 
 
 Carpenter, G. t> 506 
 
 Catlin, J. II 213 
 
 Cay wood, N. H 496 
 
 Chain, C. C ; 285 
 
 Chalfant, J. G 436 
 
 Chambers, David ..280 
 
 Chandler, Col. Charles i^i 
 
 Chandler, C. V 171 
 
 Chatterton, O. W '. 275 
 
 Clarke, M. 1 36, 
 
 Cleveland, S. G 103 
 
 Clover, J. F , 53, 
 
 Cockein, I,. B ,54 
 
 Coffnian, D. P ^24 
 
 Compton, W. A 305 
 
 Cooper, C. S 477 
 
 Cooper, Ephraim 510 
 
 Cooper, F. M 49, 
 
 Cooper, John , (^38 
 
 Cooper, Hon. Rauseldon 485 
 
 Coulson, J. C 177 
 
 Cox.J, M, J ,72 
 
 Craig, Oliver 227 
 
 Crose. J, B 502 
 
 Crouch, W. A. M 413 
 
 Crownover, Robert 508 
 
 Crum, C. P 234 
 
 Cutler, P. W 398 
 
 D 
 
 Dale.A, J.... ,42 
 
 Dallam , E. 1 243 
 
 Dallam, Philip 162 
 
 Davenport, S, M 412 
 
 Davis, A. J 571 
 
 Davis. T. A 122 
 
 Dickson, D. T, 536 
 
 Dilalior, Mrs. Rachel 470 
 
 Ditto. A.J 524 
 
 Ditto, C. \V ja) 
 
 Dixson, Joseph 429 
 
 Dixon, Thomas 449 
 
 Dormau, Charles 
 
 »33 
 
 Dory, Victor ijg 
 
 Dudman, Prof, T, J 248 
 
 Duke, Lewis 451 
 
 Dunn, T. F 138. 
 
 Dunsworth. J, M 349 
 
 DunswDrth, J. M., Jr 313 
 
 Dysinger, Rev Holmes 14S 
 
 E 
 
 Eads.C, J., MI) 446 
 
 Eastman, <i. H 27s 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Eckbohm, M. C '47 
 
 Edtnuiuls. Oliver 55° 
 
 Edwards, Oeii. Oliver '4i 
 
 Elting. P. K '9' 
 
 Emer\-, J. H. M. D 5^9 
 
 Emerv.Olia 3o6 Hampton, H. R 284 
 
 Enviii.C. M 3*4 Hampton, W.L 2»4 
 
 Essex, Joseph 453 Hauna.jCapt, D, 
 
 Essex, Swansou 434 
 
 Evans. John. Jr .^5 
 
 Ewell, J. S 59* 
 
 Hainliue. W, H 3'o Johnson, Mrs .Catherine 597 
 
 Haley, J. 1 4.S5 Johnson, J, G '27 
 
 Hamilton, Artois 25S Jones, Darius 286 
 
 Hamilton, W,R '.35 Judd, Homer, M. D "3 
 
 Hampton, D. H ^45 
 
 Fairchild, W. R... 
 
 Ferris, H. G 
 
 Fillmore, Millard. , , 
 Finch, Mrs, E. J- ••■ 
 
 Fish, A.J 
 
 Forward, Isaac 
 
 Foster, J. R 
 
 Foster, Z. A 
 
 Foulkes, Richard. . . 
 
 Franklin. W. H 
 
 Froehlich, G. F. W. 
 
 Fr>'. Joseph. Jr 
 
 Fuller, Albert 
 
 Fullmer, F. I„ 
 
 G 
 
 Oalbraith, Sanuul 
 
 Garfield, J. A 
 
 Garuett, W. R 
 
 Garrett, J. T 
 
 Gash, J. S 
 
 Geddes, R, P 
 
 Geddes, Thomas 
 
 Giller, John 
 
 Gillis,T. N 
 
 Gingrich, J. H 
 
 Gittings, Hon. C. R... 
 
 Gittings, \V. K 
 
 Glass, J. M 
 
 Goempler. A. A 
 
 Goff, J. W 
 
 Gooilrich, J. R 
 
 Gould, Benjamin 
 
 Grant, U.S 
 
 Gray. Arthur 
 
 (iray, Mrs. Mar>' 
 
 (»reer. E. E 
 
 Gngsby, J, H 
 
 Grigsby, W. E.. M. T>.. 
 Groves. J. M 
 Guthrie, J. v.. 
 
 C 476 
 
 Hardy, Thomas 32S 
 
 Harris, E. E • .5*2 
 
 Harris, Rev, Rice 49' Kemp. Da\Hd 325 
 
 Harris. Dr. Ralph - 300 Kendall. J. M 359 
 
 • 67 
 
 ■ •593 
 
 ■ •3*4 
 .46.^ 
 
 ..4S5 
 .262 
 
 ..503 
 ■ J47 
 
 ,,419 
 
 ■ 193 
 ..165 
 . .206 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin '^7 
 
 Harrison, H. M.. M. D ■ 27* 
 
 Harrison. W. H ._ 5' 
 
 Haselwood, F. W 241 
 
 Hawley. G. C 2S1 
 
 Hayes, R. B 9' 
 
 Helms, A. F '7* 
 
 Herring. William 3*2 
 
 He.s,siou. P. J.. M. D 207 
 
 Hibbard, W. D 39* 
 
 Hill. \V. K '2' 
 
 Hodson. Robert 44' 
 
 HoUingsworth, Jaseph , 413 
 
 Hooker, W. C 557 
 
 Hovey, W. C 42° 
 
 Howd, Smith i^ 
 
 Huey, Erastus 33° 
 
 Huey, William 3'8 
 
 Hngenschutz, J. H 578 
 
 Hulen, T. T 272 
 
 Hull, J. R,,M. D ■'•537 
 
 Humphrey. J. C 5*7 
 
 Humphrey. R. S 57* 
 
 Hungate. J. H '73 
 
 Hunt. M. T '.57 
 
 Hunt, T. B.,M. D '43 
 
 Hurdle, J. N 205 
 
 Hurka. Joseph 424 
 
 V Huston, O. W '98 
 
 Huston. Preston '82 
 
 , Huston, W. M,, M, D '88 
 
 Hutchins, I,. 1 4*0 
 
 . . .524 
 
 • ■95 
 ...380 
 ...425 
 ...299 
 ..■443 
 ..,481 
 ...'57 
 .■346 
 
 ...468 
 
 ■••549 
 
 • ••5" 
 
 •••385 
 
 •••438 
 
 ..422 T ,.• It 2^6 Madison, James, 
 
 ■■•42 Ingram. W.H 2,^e ^^^^._ ^ ^ 
 
 •••32* Irons, John .S^J 
 
 Irwin , S. M .3*7 
 
 Kimball, Phineas 352 
 
 King, Rev. J. B .528 
 
 King. J. S ; 375 
 
 Krieg, Jacob 333 
 
 Kuhl. Rev. Conrad '95 
 
 L 
 
 Laird, John 4.58 
 
 Lane, J. E 3'2 
 
 Lathrop, Isaac -183 
 
 Lawrence, Herbert. M. D 563 
 
 Leach, Rufus 34' 
 
 Lemaire, Leon 442 
 
 Lemmon, S. P '82 
 
 Lewis, M, R 3*8 
 
 Lewis, W. E 268 
 
 Libert. Rev. J. G 244 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 79 
 
 Lionbcrger, J. W 53* 
 
 Lionberger, S. G 386 
 
 Logan, Judge John S12 
 
 Logan, Jasper 57* 
 
 Lomax, Robert 54' 
 
 Long, Levi 402 
 
 Lovitt, Daniel 260 
 
 Lukens, J. M 472 
 
 Lynn, A. W 486 
 
 M 
 
 •274 
 
 • 87 
 •532 
 •4*7 
 
 -255 
 ..192 
 .184 
 
 • 329 
 
 26,-l 
 
 Madison, R. J.. M. D. 
 
 Magie, J. H 
 
 Mains. J. F 
 
 Maley, W. M. 
 
 H 
 
 Hagemau, Andrew 5' 
 
 Haines, Amos 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 43 
 
 Jackson, Asa 4'* 
 
 Jackson. F. M., M. D 2.19 
 
 Jacobs, Stephen 397 
 
 James, J, A,, M, D 405 
 
 Jamison, N. H .507 
 
 Jefferson. Thomas 27 
 
 J.S Johnson, .\ndrew. 
 
 83 
 
 3' 
 
 595 
 
 S6i 
 
 509 
 
 450 
 
 Manifold, J, E '** 
 
 Manifold, John .5** 
 
 Manifold, WE 2'5 
 
 Mapes, F, H 3"' 
 
 Markland, J, E '75 
 
 Marsh, Hon, B. F 5*8 
 
 Marshall, J. A .574 
 
 Martin. I. M., M. D 44* 
 
 Martin. J. M 393 
 
 Martin. Preston 53o 
 
 Martin, W. P 44° 
 
 Mathers, Robert S40 
 
 Matthews, F. A 4" 
 
 Maxwell, W. A 259 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Maynard, L. P 582 
 
 McAllister. H. F 426 
 
 McAllister. John .-.369 
 
 Mc.\rthur. Rev. J. M 592 
 
 McCIure, Thomas 235 
 
 McCord. J. W 216 
 
 McCrory, S. L 168 
 
 Mcculloch. W. W 394 
 
 McDonald. Hugh 454 
 
 McFarland. Krauk 433 
 
 McGaw. S. P 343 
 
 McGill, Clayton 335 
 
 McKown. J. T, M. D 36* 
 
 Mcl.ellau, H. K .' 229 
 
 McLellan. W. T 240 
 
 McMahan. C. H 495 
 
 McMahan. R. W 47° 
 
 McMillan. S. H ■ 444 
 
 McMillan. Rf "f 484 
 
 McMurray, Thomas 526 
 
 McXeall. A. E., M. D 355 
 
 Merritt. Richmond 570 
 
 Mesecher. E. A 185 
 
 Mesecher. Elkanah 386 
 
 Mickey. Samuel 499 
 
 Millen, J. M 487 
 
 Miller. Dr. J. R 500 
 
 Miller, Robert 382 
 
 Milliken, Wesley 482 
 
 Mitchell, Mrs. E. M 405 
 
 Mock,. Joseph .I 339 
 
 Mohr, Henry 537 
 
 Monroe, James ~ .■ ■ 35 
 
 Morey. J. P 474 
 
 Morford. J. R. R 54* 
 
 Morgan, Thomas 542 
 
 Mott, W. G, M. D.. 490 
 
 Mumey, D. W '. 4'5 
 
 Myers. W. H .- . ■ 559 
 
 N 
 
 Nagel, Conrad 35" 
 
 Neece. Hon. W". H 303 
 
 Nelsou. Joseph 360 
 
 Newman. N. H 321 
 
 Nimrick. S. H 37' 
 
 Noble. G. W 437 
 
 Painter, C. T 513 
 
 Painter. J. T jo2 
 
 Parker, R. M., M. D 201 
 
 Pearce, G. T 403 
 
 Peasley. C. E 587 
 
 Peasley, J, F 570 
 
 Pence, Capt. J. A 414 
 
 Pence, Robert 521 
 
 Peoples. Johu 488 
 
 Pickens. G. W 589 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 71 
 
 Pogtie, I. T 572 
 
 Polk, J. K 59 
 
 Pontioiis, Byron 313 
 
 Popel, Martin I2i 
 
 Porter, EH 142 
 
 Powell, William 548 
 
 Prentiss, S. W 379 
 
 Prentiss, William 581 
 
 R 
 
 Rabe, H. W 119 
 
 Rahu, Justus ,354 
 
 Raich, W. P 144 
 
 Ramsey, Enoch 33S 
 
 Randolph, Hon, W. H 151 
 
 Records, ST 474 
 
 Reed, W. J 456 
 
 Reid, L. S 377 
 
 Reirabold, Rev. H. J 525 
 
 Reimbold, Max 369 
 
 Reiselt, Jacob 201 
 
 Rhea, L. J., M, D 521 
 
 Rheinberger, J. J 361 
 
 Rice, C. S.. M. D 562 
 
 Rich. W. G 467 
 
 Ricliey, C. G 59° 
 
 Ricketts, J. H 42J 
 
 Ricketts, S. A 438 
 
 Risse, Hon. J. B 161 
 
 koark. J. P., M. D 25.s 
 
 Robbins, E. M 155 
 
 Roberts, Mrs. Ann 522 
 
 Rose, W. T! 439 
 
 Sibert, John 400 
 
 Simmons, S, S 588 
 
 Smith, Gen. R. F mg 
 
 Smith, T. C _. 464 
 
 Smith, W. E ! 450 
 
 Snodgra.ss. W. H 418 
 
 Soule, G. W ,84 
 
 Soule, Isaac 204 
 
 Spears, W. A ^yg 
 
 Speck, W. N., Jr 441 
 
 Stansburj*, S. M 453 
 
 Stevens, Hon. J. I> 145 
 
 Still. J. N 5,4 
 
 Stillwell, Greenup 422 
 
 Stine, Johu 514 
 
 Stripe, J, C 532 
 
 Suttle, P. K 236 
 
 Swisegood, D. H 294 
 
 Tauner, John 352 
 
 Tarman. Robert 196 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 63 
 
 Thomas, C. L 475 
 
 Thomas, I T 523 
 
 Thomas. J. M 417 
 
 Thompson, Joseph ,569- 
 
 Towler, W. A 186 
 
 Towler, W. B 194 
 
 Tres.sler. Rev. D. L 153 
 
 Trimmer, Johnson 575 
 
 Tuck, Henrj- 348 
 
 Twaddle, W. H iSl 
 
 Tweed, H. S 41S 
 
 Tweed, John 500 
 
 Twidwell. Johu ". 291 
 
 Twidwell, Solomon 242 
 
 Twymau, H. C 271 
 
 Tyler. John .<p 55 
 
 Tyner, N. N 257 
 
 u 
 
 Urban, Mrs. M. II 
 
 .19S 
 
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 oakmau, G. M ly-" .Sample, James 164 
 
 Oakmau, I. A 279 Salter, E. W., M. D 586 
 
 OBrieu, Rev, M. P 133 Savidge, J. W 502 
 
 Ochsner, J. F 35" Scaulan, Charles 371 
 
 odenweller, I.saiah 238 Schurz, Rev. J. C 126 
 
 Ovtrni.-iu. E. t" 49' Scofield, C. J 309 
 
 Scott, J. F 134 
 
 Scott. Larkin 332 
 
 p Scott, Moses 346 
 
 " Shaffer, J. W 319 
 
 Shain, K. C 564 
 
 Sharp, T.C 430 Waggener, G. C 
 
 Pace, G. W 296 Shoup, Abraham 363 Waggoner, G. C 
 
 Pace, J. M : 323 Shull, Rev. Jacob 344 Wallace, R. R. . 
 
 Van Bureu, .Martin* 47 
 
 Vance, W. A 337 
 
 Vaughau. S. E 539 
 
 Veatch. W H.. M. D 133 
 
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 .390 
 .230 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Walters, John 423 
 
 Walton, S. B 336 
 
 Walton. Wesley, Sr 320 
 
 Washington, George 19 
 
 Wiesener, F. A 3S3 
 
 Wilcox, J. M 261 
 
 Wilcox. R. C 264 
 
 Williams. A. D 401 
 
 Watson, G. C 4.').s Williams, J. C. 
 
 Weaver. Nathan 544 
 
 Weinberg, Simon 253 
 
 Welch, J. H •. 447 
 
 Westfall, E. K.. M. D 293 
 
 Wetzel. J. H iiS 
 
 Wheatley, Francis 408 
 
 White,;. A., Jr 166 
 
 Wiegand. W. A 494 
 
 136 
 
 Williams. L. M 254 
 
 Wilson. William 340 
 
 Winnard. W. I,.. M. D I2,i 
 
 Woods, R. A 452 
 
 Wortheu, Prof. A. H 357 
 
 Worthen. F. F.. D. M. D 3*5 
 
 Wright. Dr. John 246 
 
 Wright. T. G 388 
 
 Yetter. G. W. 
 Yoinig. John. 
 
 ■325 
 .2S3 
 
 Portraits. 
 
 Adams. John 22 
 
 Adams. J. Q 38 
 
 Arthur. C. A 98 
 
 liradshaw. Joel 534 
 
 Bradshaw, Mrs. Joel 534 
 
 Buchanan. James 74 
 
 Catlin. J. H 211 
 
 Catlin, Joel 210 
 
 Catlin, Mrs. Joel 210 
 
 Chandler, Charles 130 
 
 Chandler, C. V sl/O 
 
 Cleveland. S. G 102 
 
 Compton. W. A 304 
 
 Dixsou. Joseph 428 
 
 Dorman. Charles 232 
 
 Kdwards. Gen. Oliver 140 
 
 Kiting. P. K 190 
 
 Kvaus. John. Jr s^2 
 
 Evans, Mrs. John, Jr 553 
 
 Ferris. H. G 116 
 
 Fillmore. Millard 66 
 
 Forward. Isaac 462 
 
 Forward, Mrs. Isaac 462 
 
 Garfield. J. A 94 
 
 Geddes, Thomas 480 
 
 Grant, U.S 86 
 
 Hagenian, Andrew 516 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 106 
 
 Harrison, W. H 50 
 
 Hayes, R. B 90 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 42 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 26 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 82 
 
 King, J. S V 374 
 
 Lincoln. Abraham 78 
 
 Madison, James 30 
 
 Monroe. James 34 
 
 Martin. I.M.. M. D 446 
 
 Matthews, F. A 4>o 
 
 Mickey, Samuel 498 
 
 Parker. Dr. R. M 200 
 
 Pierce. Franklin 70 
 
 Polk, J. K 58 
 
 Prentiss. William 580 
 
 Randolph. Hon. W. H 150 
 
 Risse. Hon. J. B 160 
 
 Scofield. C. J 308 
 
 Smith. Gen. R. F 218 
 
 Taylor, Zacharj' 62 
 
 Twaddle, W. H 180 
 
 Twidwell. John 288 
 
 Twidwell. Mrs. Barbara 288 
 
 Twidwell, Mrs. Henrietta 2S9 
 
 Twidwell. Mrs. Sarah J 289 
 
 Twymau. H. C 270 
 
 Tjler. John 54 
 
 VanBuren. Martin 46 
 
 Washington. George 18 
 
 Weinberg. Simou 250 
 
 Weinberg, Mrs. Simou 251 
 
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