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 CONTENTS. 
 
 Preface, 
 
 Sketch of Phi Alpha, 
 
 Biographical Sketches, 
 
 Presidents and Recording Secretaries, 
 
 Army List, 
 
 List of Alumni, 
 
 Alphabetical List of Members with Addresses, 
 
 PAQE 
 
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 161 

 
 PREFACE. 
 
 As far back as 1856 a resolution was introduced in Phi Alpha relative to 
 the compiling of a catalogue of the society. In January, 1858, a committee 
 of three was appointed, which in the following April reported that " nothing 
 had been done," and then, so far as the records show, quietly winked out. 
 Since then catalogues have several times been proposed, but never made. 
 The historical address of Mr. A. A. Paxson, '63, at the reunion of 1870 was 
 chiefly biographical and very interesting, but, of course, very incomplete. 
 The sketch of Mr. C. H. Dummer, '76, read at the fortieth anniversary in 
 September, 1885, treated more of the growth and character of the society, 
 but, unfortunately, not being printed it was lost. In the following Novem- 
 ber a committee was appointed and empowered to prepare a catalogue of 
 the society and of the library. This committee consisted of Messrs. W. D. 
 Wood, '72, A. L. Stevens, '84, and H. M. Wilson, Edward Capps, and T. W. 
 Smith of '87. Mr. Stevens carefully rearranged the library and prepared a 
 card catalogue, but it was not thought advisable to publish a list of the 
 books. The rest of the committee early in 1886 began the work of collect- 
 ing information for the biographical sketches and continued with some 
 interruptions until the fall of 1888, having by that time written many of the 
 sketches. In the spring of 1889 it was determined to complete the work, 
 and, as the members of the committee had mostly left Jacksonville, the 
 committee was reorganized as follows : T. W. Smith, '87, F. W. Sanford, '90, 
 J. A. Capps, '91, and P. H. Epler, '92. Last fall Messrs. Frank Read, jr., 
 '88, C. A. Rowe, '89, H. M. Capps, '90, and R. F. Lenington, '91, were added. 
 Thus constituted the committee has with the recent assistance of Mr. W. D. 
 Wood, '72, and Edward Capps, '87, brought the work so far that, although 
 much more could be done, it has been thought best to publish it in time for 
 the reunion. In now submitting this catalogue to the society the committee 
 gives the following words of explanation: 
 
 The sketch of Phi Alpha is far from historically complete. The loss of 
 the records covering the years from 1845 to 1853 makes the treatment of 
 that, the most interesting period, vague and unsatisfactory. Nor of the 
 years since then has the writer tried to give a detailed and connected nar- 
 rative that would tell of all the growth and changes in the society and of 
 the work of its members. That must be an undertaking of greater length 
 and preparation than has here been possible and some suggest that the society
 
 4 PREFACE. 
 
 have such a history ready at its fiftieth anniversary. The writer of the 
 following sketch has endeavored merely to show the improvement in Phi 
 Alpha's circumstances and position and to trace her most cherished features 
 and characteristics. And although he has not attempted even to name the 
 men who have been prominent in the society's history and who are its 
 history, still it is hoped that this sketch will make clearer to us all the out- 
 lines of a favorite picture and at least furnish some hints to the future 
 historian. 
 
 The biographical sketches are arranged in the order in which the mem- 
 bers signed the constitution. Since a few may have neglected to sign the 
 constitution and even the lists of those who did sign have been imperfectly 
 transmitted, it is possible that two or three names have been omitted. If 
 the sketches themselves seem dry and colorless to some, let them remem- 
 ber the limitations of the committee. We have prepared the following 
 sketches in the belief that even brief accounts, the main facts and dates, 
 will not be without interest to those who were contemporaries in Phi Alpha 
 and since college days have lost track of one another. As to eulogy the 
 committee have thought best to follow the old Latin precept slightly 
 changed, nihil bonum nisi de mortuis, and we are sure the society will see 
 the wisdom of this rule. Of many of the members we could get no trace 
 and the information sent by many others was very meager and often inac- 
 curate. But the committee feel that, on the whole, as we refrain here from 
 making any complaint, so also we shall need make no apology. We have 
 not been able to learn the order of the presidents and secretaries of the first 
 eight years nor all the honors taken by the early graduates. Although the 
 catalogue has dragged its weary length through four years, yet we can say 
 that the sketches and the addresses are with few exceptions up to date. 
 
 We must add, in conclusion, that we trust this edition will be only the 
 basis for a richer and more complete one to be issued nine or twelve years 
 hence. Therefore we strongly urge that any reader of the following pages, 
 be he a member or friend of a member, so soon as he notes any mistakes 
 or omissions, shall immediately write them down and send them to Mr. 
 Harry M. Capps, '90, of this city. These will be carefully kept and used in 
 the next edition. 
 
 ^ Respectfully, 
 
 The Phi Alpha Catalogue Committee. 
 
 Jacksonville, 111., June, 1890.
 
 SKETCH OF PHI ALPHA. 
 
 ON the evening of 25 September, 1845, there met in the dormitory of 
 Illinois College a compan}^ of seven students for the purpose of 
 organizing a literary society. The "immortal seven" were: Florence E. 
 Baldwin, Greenbury R. Henry, William Jayne, Henry S. Van Eaton, Robert 
 Wilkinson, Robert D. Wilson, and Nehemiah Wright. Messrs. Henry and 
 Wright were the earliest and most enthusiastic promoters of the movement, 
 and the first meeting was called in Henry's room in the northeast corner, 
 third story, of the old dormitory, which was burned in 1852. On the first 
 page of the society's records appears the following: "At a meeting of stu- 
 dents of Illinois College for the purpose of organizing a literary society 
 held on Thursday evening, 25 September, 1S45, Mr. Henry was called to 
 the chair. Messrs. Baldwin, Jayne, and Wright were appointed a com- 
 mittee to draft a constitution, to be presented at the next meeting. Mr. Van 
 Eaton was appointed to address the meeting, portraying the objects of the 
 formation of the society. Adjourned to Tuesday evening, September 30." 
 At the meeting on the evening of September 30 the constitution was 
 presented and adopted. Phi Alpha society was the name chosen for the 
 new organization, taken from the initial letters of the Greek words <i>tAoi 
 'klrideiac — Lovers of Truth. The admirable and lucid statements of the con- 
 stitution itself carry their own interpretation and need no comment. 
 
 "Art. I. This society shall be called the Phi Alpha society, and its motto 
 shall be ' Onward ^nd Upward.' 
 
 Art. 11. The objects of this society shall be the attainment of truth and 
 the literary improvement of its members." 
 
 Sigma Pi had been organized in Illinois College two years earlier and was 
 in successful operation ; but, as this society was somewhat fastidious in its 
 qualifications for membership, there arose a feeling in favor of a society hav- 
 ing a broader and more comprehensive basis, and the crystallization of this 
 sentiment resulted in the founding of Phi Alpha. From the start it was 
 democratic in constitution and tendency, and, remembering the battle it had 
 to fight, we should not be surprised if it were radically and defiantly so. A 
 student's political belief or religious creed or social standing or poverty or 
 wealth did not debar him nor prevent his attaining a high position in Phi 
 Alpha — and we believe this has been true ever since. Membership was based 
 strictly upon the general merits of a student and his willingness to loyally 
 cooperate in promoting the interests of the society. Nor were those of the 
 lower classes or new students, who were strangers, in the slightest degree 
 discriminated against. The task to which the seven resolute young men
 
 6 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 devoted themselves was not an easy one, and thej- had to fight their way to 
 the recognition and respect which are reserved only for those that succeed. 
 While they were still regarded as revolutionists and before they had time or 
 opportunity to make their enterprise a success, the growth in membership 
 was not large, but was sufficient to indicate progress. More important was 
 the fact that the new members were imbued with the spirit of the society 
 and with devotion to its aims. A letter recently received from one of the 
 founders reveals the nature of the contest that had to be waged. He says : 
 "We felt that there was an outside element of good fellows, who ought to 
 be united. We might not be as pious as others ; we did not claim, as they 
 did, any great amount of intellect and culture ; still, we hoped we had some, 
 and finally determined to band ourselves together and have a society of our 
 own, and so Phi Alpha was organized. We were at once met with scorn 
 and contempt and for years we had a hard time. It was in reality the old 
 fight, that of the exclusives against the liberals; and, having good fellows 
 and sensible on our side, well endowed with resolute determination, we 
 succeeded, as in modern times always happens in such a contest. The suc- 
 cess of dear old Phi Alpha has surprised us old fellows, so cognizant of 
 our early struggles, and has pleased and gratified and still gratifies us more 
 than we can well express." One of the early members writes as follows : 
 " I do not suppose that the faculty of those days would have allowed that 
 there was any bias against Phi Alpha ; but there was a feeling in the society 
 that such a bias existed, and some Phi Alphas had an especial scorn for so- 
 called 'faculty pets,' of which the number in their society was not supposed 
 to be large, and a certain pride of consistency in receiving reproof for trans- 
 gressions, when others escaped by concealment or deception." 
 
 How long Phi Alpha was regarded as an upstart or intruder, we can not 
 say ; it certainly did not wait long for accessions. When in 1S49-50 nine 
 joined Sigma Pi, twenty-five cast their lot with Phi Alpha ; and from then on 
 the " Phis" so evenly divided the numbers and the honors with the " Sigs " 
 that the latter must soon have ceased to question whether the younger 
 society had a destiny. It is true that before the war and during the war the 
 political sentiments of the "Phis" were often unsavory to the faculty, but 
 the instructors surely respected the ability and sincerity in the society. In 
 the minutes of the fifth annual reunion, which was held on 16 June, 1858, 
 we read : " President Sturtevant being present was called upon and gave us 
 some counsel and suggestions, saying that he was favorably inclined 
 towards our society as toward the other and wishing us prosperity and suc- 
 cess. * * * Dr. Adams was then called upon and responded in a short but 
 telling speech." As to numbers, the following academic year, indeed, saw 
 the high-water mark in the history of Phi Alpha ; for forty new men signed 
 the constitution. The smallest yearly accession was that of 1S66, when 
 only five joined. In 1S68 seven were taken in and in 1878, only six. The 
 society opened in 1881 with seven active members, called "the famous 
 heptade " to distinguish them from "the immortal seven." Since then the 
 active membership has ranged between thirty and forty, the present number 
 being thirty-five. But, like Gideon's army. Phi Alpha never found its 
 strength merely in numbers and it never will.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 7 
 
 The debate was from the first the chief feature of the meetings. This was 
 done designedly, for the members early had large faith in free and open 
 discussion as an aid to finding out the truth, and although the general drift 
 of circumstances both in and out of the society naturally gave prominence 
 to the debate, still it is doubtful whether it would have been the main feat- 
 ure that it has been for the forty-five years had it not been for the guidance 
 and impulse given it by the founders. Notwithstanding the majority of 
 these were in sympathy with the views of the whig party as it existed in 
 1845, there was no such preponderance as to silence or intimidate in the 
 discussion of political questions any democratic tongue in the hall. On the 
 other hand, when in the '50's the influx into the college of men from Ken- 
 tucky, Missouri, and southern Illinois was large enough to change the 
 political hue of Phi Alpha, there still were heard some very plain words on 
 squatter sovereignty or the Dred Scott decision. The time has never been 
 when any questions of general interest were unpopular or unfashionable, or 
 when the fear of disturbing harmony or of cooling friendly relations has 
 restrained free speech. It is not without feelings of pride that old members 
 have referred to this characteristic, and to the related one, that the discus- 
 sions have invariably been two-sided. It goes without saying that many of 
 the debates have been heated and even acrimonious ; but, if any bad spirits 
 were engendered, they have fled from the hall upon adjournment, and as the 
 debaters trooped down College hill they have disappeared in the dark- 
 ness. 
 
 The society never lacked for live subjects of discussion, and yet there is 
 a large class of questions as to which no Phi Alpha generation has rested in 
 the decisions of former generations. Among these are : whether the course 
 of the United States in the Mexican war can be justified, whether foreign mis- 
 sions or commerce has done the more for civilization, whether the French 
 Revolution aided the cause of liberty, whether Napoleon did more good 
 than harm, whether the execution of Charles I. was justifiable, whether the 
 rate of interest should be fixed by law, or whether the signs of the times 
 indicate the approach of a universal republic. These and a few others 
 resemble Encke's comet. Each in making its regular appearance in Phi 
 Alpha has a periodicity of about three and a half years. The decision in 
 1857, that the expression of political sentiments should be allowed at college 
 exhibitions, was perfectly natural to Phi Alpha, and later, under circum- 
 stances that can easily be guessed, the question, "ought the claims of 
 female society and the promptings of gallantry be recognized by this society 
 as of greater importance than attendance upon its meetings," was discussed 
 and decided in the negative. The first fifteen years of the society's exist- 
 ence were fruitful in political discussion and action of the most ardent kind, 
 and the records show how eagerly and fiercely the most important questions 
 were debated. Some of the controversies have since been settled in accord- 
 ance with the decisions then foreshadowed, but others are perennial. As 
 long ago as 185311 was decided that "it would be policy for the United 
 States to decrease her present tariff duties." In 1854 the members had 
 grown more radical, for it was then decided that it would be better for the 
 United States to have no protective duties on imported goods. This decis-
 
 8 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 ion was reaffirmed in 1856 and again in i860. Upon another issue that is 
 still alive and momentous the society early put itself on record, by decid- 
 ing in June, 1855, that " our legislature acted wrong in referring our prohi- 
 bition law to the people." 
 
 All these decisions and the ones following are, of course, the decisions of 
 the president as to the ability shown in the debate. The decision of the presi- 
 dent does not always indicate the opinion of the society as a whole, because 
 the society as a whole does not express itself on all questions. But concern- 
 ing the great and vital subjects of the day that arouse every member we may 
 generally take the decision on the ability as the judgment of the society. 
 Keeping this in mind we see that already in 1854 there was felt in Phi 
 Alpha, as in the whole countr)', the beginning of the end of "the irrepressi- 
 ble conflict. In January of that year the question, "has any individual of 
 the United States a right to oppose on the plea of conscience any law which 
 may be passed by his country," was decided in the affirmative. And the 
 decision in the following March, "that congress should pass Judge Doug- 
 las' Nebraska bill," was somewhat in the same tenor, as this bill did not 
 include the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which the third Nebraska 
 bill did. In the same year it was decided that " the tendencies to dissolve 
 the Union are not more strong at present than those to perpetuate it," that 
 " a state has not the right to secede," and later — Douglas' third Nebraska bill 
 having been passed — that "the Missouri Compromise should not be 
 restored." The scales were evenly balanced from now on to i860. It was 
 successfully maintained in April, 1856, that the course of President Pierce 
 toward Kansas was not censurable, and in October the contention, that "the 
 objects and aims of the republican party as set forth in their platform are 
 more truly national than those of the democratic party as set forth in their 
 platform," was lost, J. H. Wood leading on the affirmative and Wm. M. 
 Springer on the negative. In 1858, although the course of Senator Douglas 
 in regard to Kansas was thought to have been consistent, the correctness of 
 the Dred Scott decision was denied. The decision in Februar}-, i860, that 
 congress did not have the right to prohibit sla%'ery in the territories, was in 
 September reversed. It was thought in January, 1861, that the policy of 
 President Buchanan towards southern secession had not been correct and 
 in February the opinion of 1854 was reversed and it was decided that the 
 Missouri Compromise line should be restored and extended to the Pacific. 
 The question chosen at the meeting of 5 April. 1861, and debated on 26 April, 
 Fort Sumpter having been fired on in the interval, was, " Resolved, that 
 the tendencies of the present times are not toward the preservation of 
 human liberty," and it was decided in the negative. The president that 
 occupied the chair and decided the question last named volunteered in an 
 Illinois regiment soon after his graduation in June, 1861, and fought for 
 four years in line with his decision. 
 
 The outbreak of the civil war found many " Phis " not only of fighting 
 age but also possessed of the fighting spirit, many 
 
 " whose faith and truth 
 On War's red touchstone rang true metal."
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 9 
 
 Not unnaturally, however, they did not all fight on the same side ; but in the 
 clash of arms all showed the same courage and the same loyalty to convic- 
 tion that they before had manifested in the clash of opinions in the old hall. 
 During the war there was a strong democratic element in the society, and, 
 although the debates and decisions were not disloyal, they did not always 
 uphold President Lincoln. There has since been a gradual change, and for 
 the last decade at least the republicans have been predominant in Phi 
 Alpha. In fact, many a son of an old " Sig," inheriting his father's politics, 
 has found more congenial atmosphere on the ground tloor. But this does 
 not mean that democratic truths have had no defenders, nor weak defend- 
 ers, nor that the discussions have lacked the fire which is struck when hon- 
 est convictions meet, nor least of all that a student's political opinions have 
 ever been a bar to membership or honors in Phi Alpha. 
 
 'As stated above the first place of meeting was Mr. Henry's room in the 
 old dormitory. Later, and for several years, the meetings were held in the 
 northwest corner room on the second floor of what was then known as the 
 chapel building, but which has recently been named " Beecher Hall." The 
 same space is now occupied by a part of the college library. The room was 
 used regularly as a recitation-room, and this fact alone attests the hardihood 
 and devotion of the child Phi Alpha. How the " intra-mural exhalation " 
 could survive from meeting to meeting we cannot conceive ; but in the min- 
 utes of 1855 we have a hint, as follows : "A motion was here made to fine 
 several members for chewing tobacco. It was lost." In 1856, when the 
 present chapel was finished, the society was called upon to choose for its 
 permanent abode one of the two rooms in the old chapel. Let the records 
 tell the story : 
 
 " Called Meeting of Phi Alpha Society, June 14, 1856. 
 
 The house having been called to order by the president, Mr. Bates stated 
 the object of the meeting to be to choose between the upper and the lower 
 rooms of the south end of the college chapel. Messrs. Bates, Bergen, and 
 Burt were appointed to confer with the Sigma Pi and to act in conjunction 
 with the committee appointed at the last regular meeting, to which com- 
 mittee Mr. G. H. English was added. The society decided by a vote of 
 twelve to six in favor of the lower room. On motion society adjourned. 
 
 E. T. GEYER, rec. sec, 
 
 per J. H. Wood." 
 
 At the annual reunion during the commencement week that soon fol- 
 lowed, the urgent need of money to fit up a hall for the society's use was 
 stated, and more than one hundred dollars were pledged. The views of the 
 old members present at the reunion coincided with those of active members, 
 as indicated by their vote. Of one it is recorded that he " earnestl)' con- 
 tended for the lower room, exhorting the committee to cling to it." The 
 result of the contest, which was friendly but not without exciting interest, is 
 shown in the subjoined agreement:
 
 lO PHI ALPHA SOCIETY, 
 
 Jacksonville, 19 June, 1856. 
 We, the undersigned, representing the Sigma Pi and Phi Alpha societies 
 of Illinois College, have this day entered into an agreement that the Phi 
 Alpha society shall have the first choice of the rooms given to the societies 
 by the college, by paying into the treasury of the Sigma Pi society the 
 sum of seventy-five dollars on or before the first day of October, 1856. 
 
 J. W. Sturtevant, Rich'd Bates, 
 
 W. J. G. Nutting, Abm. Bergen, 
 
 John B. Fairbanks, jr. J. S. Burt, 
 
 Sigma Pi committee. John H. Wood, 
 
 Phi Alpha committee. 
 
 After choice had been made, the members gave liberally of their time and 
 their money toward preparing the room for occupancy. It has been Phi 
 Alpha's home ever since, and from time to time the members have added 
 to its comfort and beauty ; yet is is doubtful whether the sense of satisfac- 
 tion and triumph that those felt who secured the hall and prepared it for use 
 has since been equalled. Phi Alpha Hall is a place rich in old associations 
 and memories, the most historic room perhaps in all the colleges of Illinois. 
 In that room more than sixtj' years ago was organized Illinois College, the 
 earliest in time and one of the highest in aim of all in the state whose name 
 it bears. For a third of a century it has been Phi Alpha's home and in it 
 have been enacted scenes that neither time nor distance nor the struggles of 
 life have served to dim but which to old members are as vivid and real as 
 though time has ceased to move. 
 
 The library which the founders early began to accumulate has always been 
 the most valuable of Phi Alpha's tangible possessions. At the very first 
 and for several years the leading m.igazines were subscribed for and then 
 bound, but the growth in other books was necessarily slow. Mr. James W. 
 Engligh, '48, used to tell how one summer he as librarian took the whole 
 library home in one wheelbarrow load and read it through. From 1850 on, 
 according to the records, the donations of books and contributions of money 
 were very generous. That the members, however, were not so self-centered 
 as not to be interested in the efforts of others towards similar ends is shown 
 by the last paragraph of the minutes of the regular meeting of 28 February, 
 1855, which runs as follows : 
 
 " The Phi Alpha society gave leave to present in its own name a copy of 
 the Knickerbocker Gallery to the Phi Nu society of the Illinois Conference 
 Female College. Messrs Geyer, Philbrick, and Hamilton were appointed 
 a committee to do the work. On motion the society adjourned. 
 
 Lyman Lacy, nr, sec. 
 
 There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, for the librarian's report of 
 June, 1857, showed 775 volumes on the shelves. 
 
 When lecture courses were paying enterprises — and, indeed, after they 
 ceased to be — Phi Alpha secured men of national fame, not only for their 
 lectures but also in the hope that funds might be obtained for the library's
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. II 
 
 benefit. Many large and valuable additions were made from the profits of 
 lectures and entertainments, and midway in the '50's the two societies found 
 it necessary to make an agreement explicitly defining the powers of each in 
 the matter of lecture courses with the intent to maintain profits and promote 
 harmony. If early in the '6o's they had agreed to let the platform severely 
 alone, it would have been a fortunate decision ; for lecture courses ceased 
 to be profitable, and if the money required to pay deficits had been put into 
 books both libraries would be larger. One of the earliest of this long 
 series of losing ventures was, as good tradition tells us, a lecture by 
 Abraham Lincoln in the winter of 1858-59. It must have been in the 
 interval between the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Cooper Institute 
 speech of February 1859. Old members recall the contrast between the 
 graceful form of Ephraim Dayton, the president of that year, and the tall, 
 gawky figure of Lincoln, as they marched up the aisle of the old Congrega- 
 tional church on the square ; Lincoln's jokes as he adjusted his spectacles, 
 and his singular subject, the laws of mechanics and physics ; and most 
 vividly the outcome, fourteen dollars deficit. The following lines from the 
 minutes of 12 February, 1869, have a somewhat pathetic ring: "A vote of 
 thanks was passed for the deduction made by Mark Twain in the price of 
 his lecture and for the gratuitous services of Senator Pomeroy." For many 
 years most of the library additions have been made by annual appropria- 
 tions, the society thus following the spirit, if not the letter, of the i6th 
 article of the by-laws, which is : " Every member of this society shall pay 
 at the commencement of each college year two dollars to the treasurer, to 
 be expended in buying books and for no other purpose whatever." In 1887, 
 however. Phi Alpha again after many y6ars ventured jointly as one of three 
 on a lecture course and since then the courses have been so increasingly suc- 
 cessful that this year Phi Alpha's share of the profits was over one hundred 
 and fifty dollars. To-day, not including many books laid aside as out of 
 date or of doubtful value, the library contains about 1800 volumes of the 
 best selection and promises to be an object of hearty and permanent 
 interest. 
 
 The custom of having anniversary exercises of a literary character was 
 inaugurated during the first commencement week following the founding of 
 the society. Of the first anniversary one of the founders in a letter of recent 
 date writes as follows : "The first annual address before our society was 
 delivered in June, 1846, by Prof. Bateman, a graduate of Illinois College, 
 then a resident of Missouri, afterwards Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion in this state (Illinois), and now president of Knox College. In the 
 fervor of youth and pride of our society's first appearance in public, I 
 thought it the most eloquent address I had ever listened to. Yet I will add 
 that to-day, with the calmness of age, I deliberately pronounce that in my 
 judgment, after having heard the ablest and most distinguished orators of 
 the past forty years in the pulpit, forum, and political meetings, I think both 
 orator and society had a right to feel justified and proud before the public." 
 For several years the experiment was tried of having literary exercises and 
 a reunion every year, but later the former were held biennially and only the
 
 12 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 latter annually. The year 1866 marked the beginning of a new era in Phi 
 Alpha anniversaries and reunions. From that time eflbrt has been made to 
 set for them a higher standard of excellence, to make them more than ever 
 a prominent feature of commencement week, and to establish definite 
 characteristics so that members might regularly expect certain exercises of 
 a high order. On the afternoon of commencement day in that year the 
 society's twenty-first anniversar>' was celebrated with John W. Ross as 
 orator and William H. Barnes as poet, and it proved a successful inaugu- 
 ration of the new departure. The reunion and supper at the Dunlap House 
 in the evening set the mark high for those that were to follow, and the same 
 hotel has been the scene of all but two or three of the suppers since then. 
 From 1866 to 1S78 the reunions were held biennially, but in the latter year 
 Phi Alpha joined in a tripartite agreement with Sigma Pi and the society of 
 Alumni, whereby each in its turn holds triennial reunions. Wednesday of 
 commencement week has come to be known as "society day," the afternoon 
 being devoted to the public anniversary exercises with the oration and 
 poem, and the evening to the reunion and supper. 
 
 On 25 September, 1885, the society held special exercises in honor of its 
 fortieth anniversary, and in the evening a birthday feast was set in Phi Alpha 
 hall in order to have an informal and genuine reunion of brothers amid 
 scenes and associations dear to them all. The atmosphere proved so con- 
 genial and the reunion so delightful that at the general wish of past and 
 active members the reunion of 1S87 was also held there. Those who par- 
 ticipated in it will always remember it as an evening of rare enjoyment. 
 But the reunions of 1885 and 1887, so full of pleasure, were not without 
 saddening reminders. At the former was announced the death of Dr. Henry, 
 in whose room Phi Alpha was born and whose ardor remained uncooled 
 amid the cares of a life remarkably busy and beneficent. His was the first 
 death in the ranks of the founders, but it was followed a year later by that 
 of Mr. Baldwin, the first alumnus of the society. Both were present at the 
 supper of 1884, and many remember with what grace Mr. Baldwin presided 
 and with what eloquence Dr. Henrj' spoke. Phi Alpha reunions have 
 acquired a reputation for their good suppers, good cheer, and good speeches ; 
 but at the latest one they were more successfully combined than usual. It 
 was a fitting close of an eventful day in the society's history. Indeed, if the 
 fervor and enthusiasm of youth saw in the oration at the first anniversary 
 merit that was confirmed b)' the calmer judgment of mature manhood, it is 
 not less true that at the forty-second anniversarj' both old members and 
 )-oung heard with pride an oration that made the heart of every Phi beat 
 quicker, one of the most up-lifting and at the same time distinctly literary 
 addresses ever delivered even in Jacksonville. 
 
 We have referred to the prominence that from the first has been given in 
 Phi Alpha to the debate. Changes have been made as the interests and 
 usefulness of the society seemed to require. The literary part of the pro- 
 gram has been lengthened by the addition first of a select reading, then of 
 an oration, and within the last few years of an impromptu speaker, called 
 the " extemporizer." And although the debate occupies a place relatively
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I3 
 
 less important than formerly, still it remains the chief feature as of old. Phi 
 Alpha's record in this matter illustrates one of its most prominent and 
 valued characteristics, namely, its conservatism. A certain confidence in 
 the traditions of the elders has made it slow to introduce changes unless 
 they had been carefully considered and their real need seemed apparent. 
 The society did, perhaps, overestimate its capacity in October, 1857, when it 
 voted to meet every week instead of every other week ; for the meetings 
 became bi-weekly again in January, 1858. On the other hand the change of 
 the day for meeting from Wednesday to Friday, which was made in January 
 of 1861, and the institution of a critic in 1866 proved to be decidedly for the 
 better. We can not say why, from 1857 to 1866, no chaplains were elected. 
 Whether lack of material made this innovation necessary, whether the office 
 was merged into some other, or whether in those dark days prayers were 
 offered by the whole society, the records do not tell. Generally, however, a 
 strong sentiment has prevailed in Phi Alpha against trying experiments, 
 especially with the constitution or regarding the membership. In these re- 
 spects the society has always shown a dread of being led or forced into a posi- 
 tion that later might have to be abandoned. Certainly such a constitutional 
 amendment as Sigma Pi passed in 1886 when it limited its membership to 
 twenty-five, however beneficial it may prove to that society, would be looked 
 upon in Phi Alpha as revolutionary and almost suicidal. But the progres- 
 sive spirit has not been discouraged. This is seen in little changes as in 
 the enlarged literary program above referred to, in the limiting of the de- 
 baters, with the exception of the leaders, to five and ten minutes, or in the 
 setting aside of the last meeting in February as the annual " open " meeting. 
 The manners and methods of Phi Alpha are bound to alter, to suit the tastes 
 of new generations and the varj'ing demands of Illinois College life. The 
 old members can not expect anything else. Physiologists tell us that the 
 component particles of the human body are all changed in the course of 
 seven years. So with Phi Alpha, the active membership becomes entirely 
 different after five or six years, and the appearance and manners must also 
 change ; but the identit)', the ego, remains unchanged and unchangeable. 
 
 It is, in fact, fortunate that all tendencies in Phi Alpha have not been 
 toward conservatism. The founders were by many considered fiery radicals 
 of the extremest sort, and of the names given them by their contemporaries 
 and rivals none indicated the dignity or reverence that the name conserva- 
 tive implies. When radicalism has been required, the members have been 
 courageously radical, and " the enthusiasm of propagandists and the fire of 
 crusaders " still exist among them ; but they have learned that conservatism 
 is also necessary in order to give effectiveness and permanence to their 
 organization and its work. Both qualities have combined to give interest 
 and continuity to the society's history. And this history has not been made 
 by a few nor confined to a limited number of important events. Its making 
 has been shared by all who have been interested participants in its struggles 
 and victories during the forty-five years of its life. We do not seek here to 
 recount this history, but only to give the outline of some of its chapters. 
 Part of the history is written in the record books of the society, but most of 
 it is written in the hearts and lives of the members.
 
 14 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 For nearly fifty years the literary societies have been a marked feature of 
 Illinois College, and it is not too much to say that, as student organizations 
 accomplishing literary ends, their superior does not exist in the west. 
 Rivalry has always existed between them and not infrequently it has been 
 sharp and even bitter. At the beginning of each year new members must 
 be had and good ones. This has sometimes led to underhand solicitations, 
 sorry misrepresentations, and the dark work of the whippers-in. Some 
 'lovers of truth' and others whose motto is 'let there be light' might well 
 blush, if they could not plead the natural ardor of youth. It can be said to 
 the credit of Phi Alpha that of late years the methods have at least been 
 above-board. The active member, who is in the midst of the struggle, can 
 not understand one of '53 who writes : " There are many other men that 
 come to mind ; but, as the years pass, the lines that society rivalries drew 
 so sharply fade so that I hesitate to affirm with absolute positiveness to 
 which society each man belonged." Each generation has played its practical 
 jokes. More than once has Phi Alpha sent a committee to investigate the 
 stamping up stairs ; more than once during a special meeting has Phi 
 Alpha's gas been turned off; but only once did the whole society troop 
 down to the Methodist College to attend an open meeting of the Phi Nu, 
 find themselves ushered into cold and dark parlors, and learn that the invi- 
 tation was ' bogus.' In the main, however, there has been only a generous 
 and healthy competition and the result has been to promote society spirit 
 and to secure the chief benefit of both open and secret societies without 
 the serious disadvantages of either. Those who know some of the good 
 qualities of secret fraternities may be glad to hear that of late there is to be 
 seen in Phi Alpha a disposition on the part of old members to ' coach ' 
 younger ones in their studies, writing, and speaking. It is not proposed to 
 discuss the value of secret societies or their evils, but it may be asserted 
 with confidence that the tone of college and society life at 'Old Illinois' is 
 more healthful under present society relations than it would be if secret 
 societies existed. That Phi Alpha has been the chief factor in bringmg 
 about existing conditions is as capable of demonstration as a proposition in 
 geometry. Its career has proved that such an organization of students can 
 be liberal and democratic and still not be deficient in those qualities of good 
 fellowship and fraternity that give a charm to more compact and exclusive 
 societies. Phi Alpha has always been notably free from manifestations of 
 a narrow or inquisitorial spirit toward any student of the college that has 
 honestly sought to share its burdens and its benefits. As a natural conse- 
 quence membership has sometimes been bestowed upon those who were 
 unworthy of it, or at least proved unwilling to faithfully assume its responsi- 
 bilities. Experience has shown that a few members of this sort sometimes 
 exert a demoralizing intluence upon the whole society. To suggest the 
 disease has been to suggest the cure, however, and the renewed zeal and 
 increased diligence of the most loyal members have furnished the remedy. 
 To prevent the possible election of men whose names are hastily and un- 
 advisedl}' proposed, the society in 18S5 changed the method of voting from 
 viva voce to ballot box. But there has been no need to resort to measures of 
 doubtful efficacy that were not in line with Phi Alpha's history and tradi-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 15 
 
 tions. The broad underlying principles on which the society is based have 
 never been abandoned and the loyalty to them has not been merely respect 
 for them as custom, although that feeling has not been wanting, but a firm 
 belief in them as governing principles of action. 
 
 It is not intended in this brief sketch to go into details, narrate many of 
 the events, or even mention the names that have been prominent in Phi 
 Alpha's history. Indeed, it would be impossible, with unlimited time and 
 space, to group the facts so effectively, to picture the scenes so vividly as to 
 make them satisfactory to those who were the actors. The story of the 
 selection of the society's hall, even if amplified to the minutest point, would 
 still be dull and commonplace to those who fought and 'bled' and con- 
 quered. Any account of the joint discussion of 1869 would seem tame 
 enough to those who felt the thrill of joy and joined the shout of triumph 
 following the announcement that — against great odds— the ' Phis ' had won. 
 The excitement that centered about the election of president in 1S70 and 
 again in 1872 and 1878 can not be told, nor the situation of the fall of 1881, 
 when the society opened with seven against Sigma Pi's thirty, nor a hundred 
 other scenes and battles. Yet the fact that much of the history must remain 
 unwritten does not detract from its value or make it a less important ele- 
 ment in determining the course and shaping the policy of the society. 
 Taken as a whole that history is an unwritten code, whose binding force has 
 always been recognized, not in detail or literally as that of the written con- 
 stitution, but in spirit and purpose. An indomitable earnestness in the 
 present members shows that the history of the past is strongly felt and that 
 the men of '90, though widely separated from the founders and early mem- 
 bers in point of time, yet are sharers with them of that history and are firm 
 defenders of the faith. According to our motto future members must 
 widen and deepen the power of Phi Alpha. But they will also recognize 
 that certain principles are fundamental and essential and can not be surren- 
 dered without disaster. 
 
 As we sit and think of the forty-five years gone, one after the other the 
 dear old faces come up before the inward eye. We see them again, the old 
 smile and the same gesture ; we recognize the tones of voice, the favorite 
 expressions, the mannerisms — all dear to us now. And there rises before 
 us, perhaps, the severe little recitation room dimly lighted by the oil lamp ; 
 and we see the knit brows and ;he earnest manner and hear the, " No, sir, 
 Mr. President, the leader on the affirmative can not prove it," or the " I 
 should like to ask the gentleman a question." Or it may be that the benches 
 of the recitation room turn into chairs, the walls fall back and a spacious 
 room appears ; and in the brighter light we see in front the president's desk 
 and in the center side by side two old light-blue pillars bulky and unbend- 
 ing. We see the beginner walk timidly to the front and read from his 
 trembling notes ; or we see the old member lean at ease upon the table and 
 hear his confident "Now, Mr. President;" or we seem ourselves to be 
 standing in front and marshalling out everything on our side of the ques- 
 tion ; we listen anxiously as the president ' sums up ' — the other side wins. 
 Things fade before us. We look again. A stranger is in the chair ; the hall
 
 l6 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 is brilliant with chandeliers and curtains and carpet ; one side of the room 
 is entirel> lined with books ; but where are the old pillars in the center? 
 Supplanted by a slender iron one. Is this Phi Alpha hall ? That painting 
 over the president's head — with its deep perspective of letters carrj'ing one 
 back to nowhere — somehow that is familiar. But wait. Can that stripling 
 read an essay ? Yes — pretty good. Wrote the same things ourselves once. 
 'Orator.' What, that boy? Somehow that subject is not strange. Well 
 done. This is something like Phi Alpha after all. 'The debate is next in 
 order' — familiar words. What — that question? We settled that when we 
 were in college, years ago. That is right, define the issue. Assumes too 
 much does he ? Yes, make him give his authority. Concede him that point ? 
 
 Yes, you can afford to be fair What, so earnest over these dry 
 
 bones? So dauntless with these big problems? Why, this is still Phi 
 Alpha ! The voices grow fainter and fainter, the hall dimmer and dimmer, 
 .... and now they are gone. But the earnestness, the dauntlessness, and 
 the fairness — these abide and must always abide, brothers of Phi Alpha, if 
 our name is to have any meaning.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 1845-46 
 
 1. William Jayne, b. 8 October, 1826, in Springfield, 111. He prepared for 
 college under private instructors in his native city, entered Illinois College 
 in 1S43 and was graduated in 1847 with the degree of B.A., afterwards re- 
 ceiving the degree of M.A. Mr. Jayne was one of the founders of Phi 
 Alpha and was her first president. Having studied in the medical depart- 
 ment of the Missouri State University for some time he received his diploma 
 in 1849 and has since been a practitioner in Springfield. He married 
 Julia Witherbee of Jacksonville, in October, 1850. They have five chil- 
 dren. As a Republican Dr. Jayne has long been prominent in state 
 politics. In 1S60 he was elected state senator from the district composed of 
 Morgan and Sangamon counties, and a year later by appointment from 
 President Lincoln became governor of Dakota. He was also for a time 
 delegate to Congress from that territory. In 1869 President Grant ap- 
 pointed him pension agent for Illinois. He has been mayor of his city four 
 
 terms, 1859, 1876, 1877 and 1882, and for nine years was vice-president of 
 the First National Bank of Springfield. As one of the three commissioners 
 chosen by Governor Oglesby Dr. Jayne assisted in superintending the com- 
 pletion of the state capitol. 
 
 2. Florence Eugene Baldwin, b. 7 March, 1825, at Bethany, Wayne co., 
 Penn. He came with his parents to Jacksonville, 111., in 1837 and, after a 
 common school education, entered McKendree College, Lebanon, 111. 
 After remaining there a short time he taught school for two years and then 
 came to Illinois College in November, 1844. Mr. Baldwin was one of the 
 founders of Phi Alpha and was the first recording secretary. He was grad- 
 uated in 1846 with the degree of B.A., afterwards receiving the degree of 
 M.A., and then studied law for one year in the office of Hon. Lyman Trum- 
 bull, Belleville, III. Shortly afterward he went to Boston and studied for a 
 year in the office of A. and A. B. Merrill. In 1849 he went to California to 
 seek his fortune but returned to Illinois in 1851. In the same year he 
 married Elizabeth Wilkinson of Jacksonville, by whom he had eleven 
 
 children . Removing to St. Anthony, Minn, in 1855, Mr. Baldwin settled 
 on 'a farm near Clear Lake, Sherburne co. Four years later he was elected 
 to the state senate and he also served several terms as county attorney. In 
 1872-78 he was in real estate and insurance business in Minneapolis, and in 
 1883 he removed to St. Cloud, Stearns co., where he lived until his death 
 which occurred on 3 November, 1886. Mr. Baldwin had a generous heart 
 and high aims. These, together with his ability in business, enabled him to 
 acquire a good property and won him a high position in the state. 
 2
 
 l8 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 3. Henry Smith Van Eaton, b. 14 September, 1826, in Anderson town- 
 ship, Hamilton co., O. He came with his parents to Morgan county, 111., in 
 1832 and entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1843. 
 Mr. Van Eaton was one of the founders of Phi Alpha and held the offices 
 of president and recording secretary. He was graduated in 1848 with the 
 degree of B.A., and subsequently received the degree of M.A. Soon after 
 graduation he removed to Woodville, Miss., and taught school till 1853. In 
 1853-54 he studied law with Judge Stanhope Posey and was admitted to the 
 bar in 1855. He was elected states attorney for the southern district of 
 Mississippi in 1857 and elected to the legislature in 1859. He entered the 
 Confederate army as a private in 1862 and served till the close of the war. 
 He was in the " Valley Campaign " of 1862 under " Stonewall " Jackson and 
 in the campaigns and battles in front of Richmond that followed. In the 
 second Manassas battle Mr. Van Eaton received several wounds. He was 
 also in the battle of Fredericksburg and was afterward appointed field com- 
 missar}' with the rank of captain, and served as such in the campaigns of 
 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was then ordered to the Western army 
 under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and was assigned to duty as purchasing and 
 forwarding commissary, in which position he continued till the close of the 
 war, receiving his parole at Jackson, Miss., in May, 1865. Returning to 
 Woodville he resumed practice in the latter part of that year. In 1880 he 
 was appointed chancellor for the southern district of his state. Two years 
 later he was elected to congress and served in the 48th and 49th, In 
 1887 he was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the board of 
 visitors to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and the next year as one of a 
 commission to examine and report upon the last completed portion of the 
 Northern Pacific railroad. Mr. Van Eaton was married in 1859 ^o Anna L. 
 Blount at Woodville. He is now practicing law and also has interests in 
 cotton and stock raising. 
 
 4. Robert Wilkinson, b. 26 September, 1827, at Hopkinsville, Christian 
 CO., Ky. He moved to Illinois when very young, attended public schools, 
 entered Illinois College in 1843 and was graduated in 1847 with the degree 
 of B.A. and afterwards received the degree of M.A. Mr. Wilkinson was 
 one of the founders of Phi Alpha and held the offices of recording 
 secretary and president. Having studied law with Ira O. Wilkinson he was 
 admitted to the bar at Rock Island, 111., in 1849. Mr. Wilkinson has practiced 
 law in Illinois and Colorado and for a number of years has been probate 
 judge of Doniphan county, Kan. In the course of his residence in Colorado 
 he was a member of the legislature and attorney for his county. 
 
 5. Greenbury Ridgely Henry, b. 21 September, 1828, in Hopkinsville, 
 Christian co., Ky. In 1834 his parents removed to Bloomington, 111. Mr. 
 Henry attended Jubilee College, Peoria, 111., in 1S41 and 1842. He entered 
 Illinois College in 1844 and was one of the charter members of Phi Alpha. 
 He left college in 1847 without being graduated and in the same year began 
 the study of medicine in the medical department of the University of 
 Louisville, Ky., where he was graduated in March, 1849. He then remained 
 in Louisville a year as the private pupil of Dr. Gross, the celebrated surgeon. 
 In the spring of 1850 he went to Burlington, la., where he practiced his pro-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 19 
 
 fession until his death. In the fall of 1851 he was married in Jacksonville, 
 111., to Kate Chambers, daughter of Col. G. M. Chambers. They had six 
 children, three of whom are dead. One of the latter, Robert L., attended 
 Illinois College in 18S5-86 and was a member of Phi Alpha. Dr. Henry 
 died at his home on 14 May, 1885, after an illness of a few days. He was 
 noted from his youth for his fearless truthfulness. His candor and frank- 
 ness attracted to him friends who honored him till the day of his death. 
 Aside from his superior professional qualifications he was a very liberal and 
 energetic citizen, ready to invest his earnings in public enterprises and thus 
 to aid the growth of his city. For several years he was a member of the cit}' 
 school board of Burlington and was also trustee of the Insane Hospital at 
 Mount Pleasant, la. 
 
 6. Pike Clinton Ross, b. 6 July, 1825, at Lewiston, Fulton co.. 111. 
 He attended Canton (111.) College in 1842-43 and Illinois College in 1845-46. 
 Mr. Ross served in the Mexican war during 1846-47 as a member of the 4th 
 Illinois regiment and took part in the battles of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. 
 In 1851-53 he studied medicine in the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and 
 practiced in Havana, 111., during 1855-58. The next three years he spent at 
 various places in the East and South for his health. Since 1861 he has en- 
 gaged in the drug business in Canton, 111. In 1866 he married Margaret 
 Irwin of McDonough county, III. They have five children, two sons and 
 three daughters. 
 
 7. Robert Davidson Wilson, b. i January, 1826, at Carmi, White co., 
 111. He studied at home under a private tutor, attended college in St. 
 Charles, Mo., for two years, entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1844 and left just before commencement in 1850. He studied 
 law with his father, Judge Wm. Wilson, chief justice of the state supreme 
 court, but did not practice. In 1854 he went across the plains to California, 
 and in a month started back by steamer. After a day's voyage he was 
 wrecked and upon being rescued was taken to San Francisco and has ever 
 since made California his home. He taught school until 1862, then went 
 into the stock business, dealing in cattle and horses. After pursuing this 
 for a number of years he gave it up for real estate business. Since that 
 time Mr. Wilson has either dealt in land or managed a farm for himself. 
 He has been active in the interest of his adopted state from the time he 
 was a member of the Sacramento county vigilance committee till the pres- 
 ent. In 1873 he married an Illinois lady, who died several years after- 
 wards. Mr. Wilson has no children of his own, but four step-children from 
 his wife's first marriage. He is now living near Wallace, Calaveras co., 
 Cal. 
 
 8. Nehemiah Wright, b. 20 February, 1824, at Holdeness (now Ashland), 
 N. H. He attended preparatory schools in Plymouth, N. H., and Spring- 
 field, 111., and in 1845 entered Illinois College. Mr. Wright was one of the 
 founders of Phi Alpha and held the office of recording secretary. He left 
 college in 1846 and subsequently taught school at Ashland and Petersburg, 
 111., and Rumney, N. H. After studying medicine in 1S47-48 with his father. 
 Dr. Samuel Wright, he began to practice at Chatham, 111. In 1849 ^^r- 
 Wright and Frances L. Huckins of Ashland, N. H., were married. They
 
 20 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 have a son and two daughters. Dr. Wright was a candidate for the legisla- 
 ture in 1856 and again in 1S58. . In January, 1865, Rush Medical College, 
 Chicago, conferred on him the degree of M.D. and in 1872 he was elected 
 county physician of Sangamon count)'. Illinois College gave him the degree 
 of M.A. in 1S7S. Since 1SS5, when he was stricken with paralysis. Dr. 
 Wright has not been active in his profession. 
 
 1846-47 
 
 9. Joseph Addison Barrett, b. in 1826 at Greenburg, Greene co., Ky. 
 In 1S35 he removed with his father to Sangamon county. 111. He prepared 
 for college under private instruction in Springfield, and entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1S46. Mr. Barrett was in the 
 institution one year, after which he attended the Missouri Medical College in 
 St. Louis. He practiced in Taylorville, III., and in St. Louis county, Mo. In 
 July, 1848, he married Helen M. Moore, daughter of a professor in 
 McDowell Medical College of St. Louis. He died in March, 186S. His 
 two children, a son and daughter, arc living in St. Louis. 
 
 ID. John Garven Clark, b. 31 July, 1S25, near Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the schools of his neighborhood and later those of Missouri, where 
 his family moved. After being in attendance at Marion College, Mo., for 
 some time he entered Illinois College in 1845. He boarded himself while 
 a student in the latter institution. He was graduated in 1847 with the degree 
 of B.A., and during the succeeding year engaged in mining at Hazel Green, 
 Wis. During the period of 1849-53 Mr. Clark was a government surveyor 
 in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. In the winter of 1850-51 he 
 taught a school in Lancaster, Wis. He married in February, 1852, Minerva 
 A. Pepper of that place, and has a son and daughter. Mr. Clark was 
 appointed deputy clerk of the circuit court of Grant county, Wis., in 1853 and 
 during that and the next year took some part in the formation of the 
 Republican party. He was elected circuit clerk in 1854 and was twice his 
 own successor in that office. In i860 he was sent to the legislature. While 
 a circuit clerk he had studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1S61. 
 When the war broke out he at once entered the military service. For a short 
 time he was assistant commissar)' general of Wisconsin and then became 
 first lieutenant and quartermaster in the fifth Wisconsin infantry and held 
 those commissions until 1863, when he was appointed provost marshal of 
 the third district of his state with the rank of captain. In February, 1865, 
 he was commissioned colonel of the 50th Wisconsin infantry and served as 
 such until mustered out in 1S66. While colonel he was sent with his com- 
 mand to southwestern Missouri and thence north on the plains among the 
 Sioux Indians. With his first regiment he participated in the battle of 
 Williamsburg, in those around Richmond in 1862, and in those of Antietam 
 and Fredericksburg. In 1S67 he began the practice of law and has continued 
 it ever since. Mr. Clark has held many local offices, school, town, city, and 
 county. 
 
 II. Thaddeus Levi Loomis, b. 28 September, 1825, at Salisbury, Herk- 
 imer CO., N. Y. His early education was received in the schools of Ches-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 21 
 
 terfield, 111. Mr. Loomis spent two years, 1845-47, in Illinois College, 
 and was graduated from a law school in Louisville, Ky., in 1849. He has 
 never practiced. From 1849 to 1854 his occupation was gold mining in Cali- 
 fornia. Returning to Illinois he made his residence in Macoupin county. 
 In 1854 he married Sarah A. Duckee of Chesterfield, by whom he is father 
 of three sons and two daughters. Mr. Loomis served two terms as county 
 judge in 1S61-69. Of late years he has been active in developing the coal 
 mining interests of his county and was chief mover in the building of Ma- 
 coupin county's fine court house. 
 
 12. George Pierson, b. 10 May, 1826, at Cedarville, N. J. He removed 
 to Jacksonville, 111., in 1S33, attended the public schools and in 1844 entered 
 Illinois College, where he was graduated in 1848 with the degree of B.A., 
 receiving later the degree of M.A. Mr. Pierson very soon after entered 
 Andover Theological Seminary and was graduated in 1851. He was ordained 
 a minister at Jacksonville the same year and soon after went as a missionary 
 to the Choctaw Indians. Returning he studied medicine in Miami Medical 
 College, Cincinnati, and Albany (N. Y.), Medical College, for two years. 
 He then went as a missionary to Micronesia, in 1S54, and in i860 returned 
 to this country. Since that time Mr. Pierson has been in charge of Presby- 
 terian churches in the following places : Brooklyn, Cal., ten years ; Adel, 
 la., five years ; Solomon City, Kan., eight years ; and for the last five years 
 in Henrietta, Tex. He was first married to Miss Salome Dexter at Augusta, 
 111., in December, 1851. She died in 1852 and in 1854 Mr. Pierson married 
 Miss N. A. Shaw at Unadilla, N. Y. He has two daughters and a son. 
 
 13. DeWitt Clinton Roberts, b. in 1829, in Winchester, 111. He entered 
 Illinois College in 1845, and left in 1847 on account of ill health. In 
 1850-51, he attended McKendree College, Lebanon, 111. Since 1854 Mr. 
 Roberts has been in the printing business, which is now his occupation in 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 14. James Walter Frazer, b. 28 July, 1826, near Independence, Autauga 
 CO., Ala. He moved to Arkansas when fourteen years old and attended 
 the common schools of the country until his entrance into the preparatory 
 department of Illinois College in November, 1844. He left in April, 1847, 
 because of ill health. He studied medicine without a preceptor and 
 in 1848-49 attended lectures in Louisville, Ky. In 1850 he practiced in 
 Union County, Ark., and the same year married Margaret A. Wiley. In 
 i860 he received the degree of M.D. from the medical department of the 
 Lousiana University, New Orleans. Dr. Frazer entered the Confederate 
 service in iS62as a surgeon in the hospitals and served till the close of the war. 
 From then until 1887 he practiced medicine in Tupelo, Miss., at the same 
 time carrying on a drug business. Removing then to Clarendon, Ark., he 
 has there remained since as a physician and druggist, and has also en- 
 gaged somewhat in farming. His wife died in 1887 and in 188S he married 
 Mrs. Lucy N. Youngblood. His property was swept away by the war, but 
 he has since retrieved that misfortune. 
 
 15. Herman Engelbach, b. 22 December, 1829, at Hesse-Darmstadt, 
 Germany. After coming to America he settled in Illinois with his parents 
 and attended common schools. He entered Illinois College in 1845, and
 
 22 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 was graduated in 1849 with the degree of B.A. After graduation he became 
 a book-keeper in St. Louis and in 1852 went into milling and mercantile 
 business at Arenzville, Cass co., 111. In July, 1859, he married Elizabeth 
 Goebcl of that place. Mr. Engelbach was killed on 16 December, 1S80, by 
 being caught in the machinery of a grain elevator. He was a prominent 
 member of the German Lutheran church and a man very much respected in 
 his community. 
 
 16. George Bush Goudy, b. 27 January, 1828, in Indianapolis, Ind. His 
 parents removed to Illinois in 1833, and resided at Vandalia, Jacksonville, 
 and Springfield. He was in the preparatory department and pursued special 
 studies in the college classes of Illinois College in 1844-45 and in 1846-47. 
 He left Springfield in May, 1849, and in September went to Oregon City, Or., 
 where he became publisher of " The Spectator," a weekly newspaper. He 
 soon went to Lafayette, Or., and while there held the offices of county audi- 
 tor and sheriff. In the summer of 1S54 Mr. Goudy married Elizabeth Mor- 
 gan of Lafayette. One child was born to them, now Mrs. L. J. G. 
 Slocum of Chicago. In April, 1S55, Mr. Goudy removed from Lafayette 
 to Olympia, W. T., where he was unanimously elected public printer 
 by the legislature. He there conducted " The Pioneer and Democrat," a 
 weekly paper, and did the territory's public printing. He died in Septem- 
 ber, 1857. Mrs. Goudy now lives in Portland, Or. Mr. Goudy was a man 
 of great industry and attained much personal popularity. He was one of 
 the early pioneers of the Pacific coast and assisted in giving it a start in the 
 course which has since developed that region. 
 
 17. Virgil Young Ralston, b. 16 July, 1828, at Vanceburg, Ky. His con- 
 nection with Illinois College lasted a year, 1846-47, after which he studied 
 law with Browning & Bushnell, of Ouincy, 111., and practiced there for sev- 
 eral years. He also resided in California a short time. Mr. Ralston was 
 editor of the " Ouincy Whig" in 1S55-57. In i860 he was commissioned 
 captain of a company' in the i6th Illinois infantry, soon after resigned on 
 account of ill health, but again enlisted in an Iowa regiment and served till 
 sent to the hospital in St. Louis, where he died ig April, 1864, from the 
 effect of wounds and exposure. 
 
 18. Samuel Gregg Weagley, b. 6 January, 1826, in Lexington, Ky. 
 After settling in Morgan county, III., he attended the common schools and 
 in 1S44 entered Illinois College, leaving two years later. He attended his 
 first course of lectures m the medical department of Illinois College and a 
 second course in the medical department of the University of Louisville, 
 Ky. In 1849 Dr. Weagley married Amanda C. Layton of Morgan county. 
 Since that year he has practiced in the same county, his home being at 
 Orleans, and is now a member of the board of examining surgeons for 
 pensions. He has three sons and two daughters. 
 
 1847-48 
 
 19. James Worth English, b. 11 March, 1829, in Mason county, W. Va. 
 In the spring of 1836 he removed with his father. Dr. Nathaniel English, a 
 prominent physician, to St. Louis, and in December to Jacksonville, 111.,
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 23 
 
 where he attended school. He entered Illinois College in 1844 and was 
 graduated in 1848 with the degree of B.A., afterwards receiving the degree 
 of M.A. He then studied law with Hon. Richard Yates and Judge William 
 Brown and subsequently with Hon. David A. Smith. He was admitted to 
 the bar in 1850, to the federal courts in i86o, and to the U. S. supreme 
 court in 1873. Mr. English went to Carrollton, 111., in 1856 and for three 
 years held the office of states attorney for Greene county. In i86g he was 
 chosen delegate to the state constitutional convention, of which he proved 
 to be a ver)- efficient member, serving on the committees of revision and 
 adjustment, finances, state institutions, and public buildings. During 1871-77 
 he resided in Leavenworth, Kan., after which he returned to Carrollton and 
 continued in his profession. He was married in October, 1852, to Eliza 
 Stryker of Jacksonville. Five of six children are living, two sons and 
 three daughters, one daughter being dead. Mr. English died in Jackson- 
 ville on 15 August, 188S. He was a generous man, much beloved by all 
 who knew him. His scholarship was shown by his love for Shakespeare, of 
 whom he was an unusually good student. As a lawj^er he was noted for 
 his prudence and intelligence, for his faithfulness to clients and deference 
 to the court. He was always an ardent lover of Phi Alpha. 
 
 20. Reuben Andrus, b. 29 January, 1824, in Rutland, Jefferson co., N. Y. 
 At an early age he came with his parents to Fulton county. 111., attended 
 a private school and an academy in Canton, and in 1844 entered Illinois 
 College. He was president of Phi Alpha one year. When entering the 
 senior class in 1S48 he was offered the principalship of the preparatory de- 
 partment in McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., which he accepted. Pur- 
 suing studies at the same time he was graduated there in 1849. After 
 graduation he organized and conducted a school called Greenfield Institute 
 at Greenfield, 111. In 1850 he took charge of the Decatur circuit and at the 
 annual Methodist conference was admitted as a minister. In the fall of that 
 year Mr. Andrus founded Illinois Wesleyan University and became princi- 
 pal of its preparatory department and at commencement was elected pro- 
 fessor of mathematics. He was compelled to resign on account of failing 
 health and next settled in Springfield, 111., where he organized Central 
 Academy. After having charge of churches at Beardstown and Decatur he 
 was elected president of the Illinois Conference Female College at Jackson- 
 ville, but preferring the work of a minister he filled charges at Quincj% 
 Beardstown, Springfield and Bloomington. He was temporary president of 
 Quincy College in 1865, and in 1867 was transferred to the Indiana confer- 
 ence, being stationed at Evansville for three years. He subsequently for 
 two years had charge of Meridian Street Church, Indianapolis, and then was 
 elected president of Indiana Asbury University, whi'ch position he held 
 during 1872-75. In 1877-80 he had charge of the Central Avenue Church in 
 Indianapolis and the following year was stationed in Rushville, Ind. On 
 account of failing health he took a European trip and after his return was 
 placed in charge of a church at Franklin, Ind. His health failed gradually 
 and he died at his home in Indianapolis 17 January, 1887. Mr. Andrus was 
 twice married, first in 1849 to Emeline L. Van Pelt of Naples, 111., who died 
 in 1851, and in 1853 to Matilda Stamper of Decatur, 111., who with a son and
 
 24 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 daughter survives him. As a preacher Dr. Andrus was clear, logical and 
 forcible. Socially he was a superior man and was fitted both by nature and 
 education to be a leader in his profession. 
 
 21. Edwin Wesley Barr, b. 7 August, 1825, in Lancaster county, Penn. 
 Coming to Illinois he was a pupil in the ^uincy public schools and spent two 
 years, 1846-48, in Illinois College. He attended medical lectures in JefTer- 
 son Medical College, Philadelphia, and practiced in St. Louis from 1850 till 
 his death on 7 October, 1878. In 1859 Mary Blaisdell of Lexington, Mass., 
 became his wife. She died within a few years. In 1869 Dr. Barr married 
 Mrs. Alice Edwards of New York. In 1875 his name was changed by de- 
 cree of court to De Barr, that having been the original form. He was an 
 excellent pliysician, a high minded, honorable and cultured gentleman and 
 had travelled considcrabl}' in foreign countries. 
 
 22. Philip King Wilson, b. 4 March. 1828, at Carmi, White co.. 111. He 
 became a student in Illinois College in 1846 and remained two years. 
 Choosing law as a profession he studied at home with his father, Judge 
 Wilson, who for twenty-five years was on the supreme bench of the state. 
 Mr. Wilson practiced for a short time in Illinois, then settled in Burlington, 
 la., in 1852, and continued his law practice, at the same time carrying on 
 real estate business with Dr. Henry, one of the founders of Phi Alpha (see 
 No. 5). In 1S54 he married Miss Mollie Kelley of Burlington, who with one 
 daughter survives him. He gained a prominent place as a lawyer and gave 
 promise of a brilliant and honorable career. He died on 28 October, 1856. 
 The resolutions passed b}' the Burlington bar after Mr. Wilson's death bear 
 testimonj" as to his Christian character and his high standing as a lawyer. 
 
 23. Samuel Brown, b. 15 November, 1824, in Robison county, N. C. 
 After two years in the preparatory department of Illinois College he was 
 compelled to leave in 184S on account of ill health. Mr. Brown first served 
 as a store clerk, and in 1854 went into mercantile business for himself at 
 Plainview, 111., in which he continued until his death. In 1854 he married 
 Sarah Smith of Carlinville, 111., who died two years afterward, leaving a 
 son. In 1858 Jennie Brown of Plainview, became his wife. For thirty 
 years Mr. Brown was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and for twenty 
 years a trustee of Blackburn University, Carlinville. He died at Plainview, 
 on 13 July, 1886. 
 
 24. Albert I. Brooks, b. 5 June, 1827, in Franklin county, Tenn. He 
 attended schools in the county and in October, 1846, entered the preparatory 
 department of Illinois College, to remain until 1849. Choosing law for a 
 profession Mr. Brooks studied in Springfield, 111. and with Hon. T. L. 
 Harris of Petersburg, was admitted to the bar in May, 1852, and practiced 
 in Petersburg until 1861, wlien he abandoned the occupation. For the 
 succeeding fifteen years he held a position in one of the departments at 
 Washington. He married Ann A. Gill of Bloomington, 111., in June, 1857, 
 and has had three children, two of whom, a daughter and son, are living. 
 Mr. Brooks is now a government claim agent, his home being in Peters- 
 burg, 111. 
 
 25. Edward Prince, b. 8 December, 1S32, at West Bloomfield, Ontario 
 CO., N. Y. Removing to Illinois he attended school in Payson. He entered
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 25 
 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1846, the college two years 
 later, and was graduated in 1852 with the degree of B.A. Mr. Prince at 
 once began the study of law in Quincy with Williams and Lawrence, and 
 was there admitted to the bar in 1853. He practiced in that city until the 
 war, part of the time dealing in land. Upon offering his services to Go%'ernor 
 Yates in i86i, he was made captain and drill-master of cavalry. In the fall of 
 the 3'ear he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 7th Illinois cavalry. 
 He was in many important campaigns and battles, including Corinth and the 
 siege of Port Hudson. He took a prominent part in conceiving and execut- 
 ing what was known as the Grierson raid, and when discharged in 1864 held 
 the rank of colonel of the 7th Illinois cavalry. In September, 1867, Mr. 
 Prince married Virginia M. Arthur of Ouinc}-. He has two daughters. 
 Immediately after the war he studied civil engineering which he made use 
 of in 1873 by building and operating for several years thereafter the Quincy 
 water works. He is now proprietor of a large cattle ranch in southwestern 
 Texas, though residing in Quincy. 
 
 26. Cornelius Lansing Dunham, b. 9 May, 1824, at Lyme, Grafton co., 
 N. H. He attended the schools of his town and in 1847 entered Illinois Col- 
 lege where he was graduated in 1851. He delivered the master's oration 
 three years later. He taught school during vacations and after graduation 
 became a tutor in the Illinois Institution for the Blind, Jacksonville, 
 holding the position for five years. In 1854 he married. After leaving 
 the Institution for the Blind Mr. Dunham taught school for four years in St. 
 Louis and then farmed near Newport, 111. In 1862 he enlisted in the 93d 
 Illinois infantry, served in the Vicksburg campaign and thereafter as ser- 
 geant major guarded prisoners in Rock Island, 111., until mustered out in 
 July, 1S65. In 1876 he removed to Grinnell, la., lived there but a short time, 
 went to Manatee, Fla., and in 1889 returned to Grinnell. Mr. Dunham has 
 four sons and three daughters. 
 
 27. Norman McAlbin Broadwell, b. i August, 1S25, in Morgan county, 
 111. After going through the common schools Mr. Broadwell was admitted 
 to Illinois College in 1848, left during the next year, attended McKendree 
 College, Lebanon, 111., in 1850, taught school in Morgan county in 1851 and 
 then studied law with Lincoln and Herndon, Springfield, 111., where he was 
 admitted to the bar in 1852. Mr. Broadwell represented Sangamon county 
 in the legislature in 1861. He was county judge in 1862-65 and has twice 
 been mayor of Springfield, where he is now a practicing lawyer. He married 
 Virginia lies of Springfield in November, 1856. Three daughters and a son 
 are living. 
 
 28. Jonathan Edwards Pond, b. 28 February, 1827, at Upton, Worcester 
 CO., Mass. He entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 
 1848 and left in 1850. After teaching school in Pike county. 111., and study- 
 ing law he removed to California and practiced in Napa City until his death 
 in 1880. Mr. Pond left a wife and several children.
 
 26 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1848-49 
 
 29. Thomas Hall Cantrill, b. i November, 1829, in Springfield, 111. He 
 passed through the common schools of Macon county, 111., and spent one 
 year in Illinois College, entering in 1848. In 1853 Mr. Cantrill settled in 
 Walla Walla, W. T., where he engaged in mercantile business. In 1857 he 
 married Mrs. Hughston at The Dalles, Or., and became father of two 
 daughters and one son. He was drowned in the Columbia River in 1865. 
 
 30. George J. Summers came from Midway, Woodford co., Ky., entered 
 Illinois College in 1848 and left in 1850. 
 
 31. George W. Warner, b. 26 July, 182S, at Washington, Rappahanock 
 CO., Va. After coining to Illinois he attended district schools and entering 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1848 left at the end of 
 his sophomore year. After that he spent a year each in Center College, 
 Danville, Ky., and McKendree College, Lebanon, 111. For two years, 1851 
 -53, he was a school teacher at Alison, Lawrence co., 111., and there married 
 Frances J. Thompson. From 1853 until his death on 3 December, 1857, Mr. 
 Warner was a farmer and stock raiser. 
 
 32. John Worth English, b. 31 January, 1831, in Jackson county, W. Va. 
 He attended private schools, entered Illinois College in 1848 and was grad- 
 uated in 1851 with the degree of B.A. After studying law with Henry J- 
 Fisher of Point Pleasant, W. Va., Mr. English was admitted to the bar in 
 1858. He has since been very successful as a lawyer and is now one of the 
 judges of the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia. 
 
 33. Roger T. Quisenberry came from Winchester, Ky., entered Illinois 
 College in 1S48 and remained one year. He is now living near Winchester. 
 
 34. Henry R. Smith of Jacksonville, 111., entered Illinois College in 
 1846 and remained until 1849. 
 
 35. Row^land Ross Chambers, b. 16 January, 1832, near Midway, Wood- 
 ford CO., Ky. In 1837 his parents removed to Jacksonville, III., where Mr. 
 Chambers attended private schools. He entered Illinois College in 184S 
 and was graduated in 1852 with the degree of B.A. Since graduation he has 
 been engaged in the grocery business in Jacksonville. In November, 1859, 
 he married Georgiana Trabue of Jacksonville, and has three sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 36. Josiah W. Lamme entered Illinois College from St. Louis, Mo., in 
 184S, and left after a year. 
 
 37. James O. Henry came to Illinois College in 1848 and left in 1S49. 
 
 38. Charles Burr Whiting, b. 7 December, 1827, at Barkhamstead, Conn. 
 He entered Illinois College in 1848 and left in 1851. For the next four 
 years he engaged in mercantile business in Rockport, 111., then located in 
 Taylor's Falls, Minn., where he followed mercantile and lumber business 
 until 1874. During the war Mr. Whiting was deputy provost marshal with 
 headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., and later he held the office of U. S. commis- 
 sioner. In 1864-67 he was register of the U. S. land office in Taylor's Falls, 
 but resigned on account of ill health. In September, 1854, he married at 
 South Hadley, Mass., Sarah Hayes, and in October, 1859, Flavia Blanding, 
 at St. Croix Falls, Wis. Mr. Whiting died in Taylor's Falls, on 20 March, 
 1879, leaving three sons and a daughter. He was a man of good business
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 2f 
 
 qualities, strictly honorable in his dealings and much respected by his com- 
 munity^ 
 
 39. George Murray McConnel, b. 23 December, 1833, in Jacksonville, 
 111. His early instruction being gained in a private school, he entered 
 Illinois College in 1849, remained till 1851, then became a student in Union 
 College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1852. He studied 
 law with his brother, J. S. McConnel of Jacksonville, and in the Harvard 
 Law School. After admission to the bar he practiced in his native city until 
 1862. During the war he was a paymaster in the U. S. army, and from its close 
 till 1875 was a manufacturer and banker in Jacksonville. In 1872-73 Mr. 
 McConnel was mayor of the city. The four years following his departure 
 from Jacksonville were spent in work on the stafTof the " Chicago Saturday 
 Evening Herald," and from 1879 he has been dramatic, literary and musical 
 editor of the " Chicago Times." Mr. McConnel was married in January, 
 1857, to Maria A. Gillette of Jacksonville. They have three daughters and 
 two sons. 
 
 40. Hiram Mars, b. 7 January, 1830, in Oldham county, Ky. He attended 
 private schools in his native county and in Ouincy, 111., and Illinois College 
 for three years, 1S47-49. Mr. Mars engaged in farming in 1850-56, in Adams 
 county. III., and was afterwards a manufacturer of doors, sash and blinds in 
 Galesburg, 111., a year. In 1862-64 he held the office of assistant supervising 
 agent of the treasurj' department in Memphis, Tenn. Since the war he 
 has been in the lumber business in Galesburg. In December, 1852, 
 he married Louisa F. Barr of Quincy, 111., by whom he became father of a 
 daughter. His wife died in 1864, and in 1872 he married Lizzie H. Smith, 
 of Wellsburg, W. Va. They have two daughters and a son. 
 
 41. Albert D. Glover, b. at Harrodsburg, Mercer co., Ky. He attended 
 Masonic College, Philadelphia, entered Illinois College in 184S and left 
 during his senior year, 1S51. Mr. Glover studied law with Hon. Samuel T. 
 Glover of St. Louis, was admitted to the bar in Ouincy, 111., in 1854. and in 
 St. Louis in 1S55, and practiced in Illinois and Missouri. In 1S61 he was 
 appointed U. S. commissioner for the St. Louis district, and subsequently 
 served for four years in the Union army as first major of the 3d Missouri 
 cavalry. He married Miss Callie Richards of La Grange, Mo., in April, 
 1862. Of their five children, three, two sons and a daughter, are living. 
 Since the war Mr. Glover has been a farmer, his home being in Newark, 
 Knox CO., Mo. 
 
 42. Lewis C. Bonney, b. 28 February, 1827, in Chemung county, N. Y. 
 When six years old he came to Illinois with his parents and attended the 
 country schools of Cass county and the graded schools of Virginia. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1848 and left in the spring of 1850. Mr. Bonney 
 studied law with Daily and Smith of New York and afterwards during 
 1852-54 with Hon. G. L. Smith. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar in Ithaca, 
 N. Y. and practiced in Steuben and Chemung counties for a time. He was 
 married to Eliza F. Lane of Keosaqua, la., in 1858 and in 1880 to Mrs. 
 Margaret Bryson of the same place. Mr. Bonney has taught school in 
 Virginia and other places in Illinois, New York and Iowa. He is now 
 engaged in the book trade. By his first marriage he became father of a 
 daughter and two sons, one of the latter dying in infancy.
 
 28 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 43. Ninian Edwards Primm, b. 6 April, 1830, at Athens, Menard co., 
 111. He attended the common schools and entered Illinois College in 1847. 
 Leaving in 1849 to enter McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., he was there 
 graduated in 1852. After teaching school for a brief period in Sangamon 
 count}-, 111., Mr. Primm read law with Stuart and Edwards, Springtield, and 
 was graduated from the Louisville, (Ky.) Law School in 1S54. In July, 1856, 
 he married Lizzie Wood of Springfield, where he was engaged in practice. 
 He died at his home on 8 September, 1S58, after a short illness. Mr. Primm 
 was a young man of the best character and thoroughly devoted to his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 44. S. O. Able. He entered Illinois College in 1848 and left during the 
 same year. When last heard from he was traveling in South America. 
 
 1849-50 
 
 45. Walter G. Bergen, b. 18 February, 1830, at Jersey Prairie, Morgan 
 CO., 111. He attended the common schools before entering the prepar- 
 atory department of Illinois College in 1849. Mr. Bergen went home after 
 commencement in June, 1852, with the expectation of returning in the fall, 
 but was taken sick with typhoid fever during vacation, and died on 11 August. 
 He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and considered by those who 
 knew him as a young man of unusually fine character. 
 
 46. Augustus Kerr Riggin, b. 23 April, 1S22, near the present site of 
 Athens, Menard co.. 111. After obtaining a preparatory education in the 
 common schools and spending a year in McKendree College, Lebanon, 
 111., he was a student in Illinois College one year, 1S49-50. He subsequently 
 taught school in Petersburg, Beardstown and Middletown, 111. and in Miss- 
 issippi. Mr. Riggin studied law with Hon. T. L. Harris of Petersburg, in 
 1848, but never practiced. In 1852-60 he was circuit clerk of Menard 
 count}-. Since then he has been engaged in general farming and stock 
 raising. In November, 1874, Mr. Riggin married Mary C. Deal of McLean 
 county. III. They have three sons. 
 
 47. E. W. Roberts entered Illinois College in 1848 and left after one 
 year. 
 
 48. Alexander Halbert, b. in 1S31, in Virginia, III. A course in the com- 
 mon schools fitted him for entering the preparator}- department of Illinois 
 College in 1849. After leaving in 1850 he attended medical schools in 
 St. Louis and Philadelphia. He then practiced in Decatur and Springfield, 
 111., until his death, which occurred on 11 February, 1859. 
 
 49. Marvin Moore Hamilton, b. 25 July, 1S28, in Johnstown, Fulton 
 CO., N. Y. He attended the common schools of Carthage, 111., which place 
 had become the family home, entered the preparatory department of Ill- 
 inois College in 1849, ^"d remained until the end of his junior college year. 
 He served in the Mormon war as a member of the " Carthage Greys " and 
 was on guard when Joseph and Hiram Smith were killed by a mob in 1844. 
 Mr. Hamilton died of cholera on 19 July, 1S51, at his home. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational Church, a young man of verj' high character and 
 standing, and a thorough student.
 
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 50. E. T. Hollister, b. 8 July, 1S32, at Le Roy, N. Y. He entered 
 Illinois College in 1849, ^"^ remained a year. Since the latter date Mr. 
 Hollister has been a general commission merchant in St. Louis. 
 
 51. Cicero Davis Miller, b. 29 July, 1832, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the village schools, entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1S48, the college in 1849, and left at the end of his sophomore 
 year in 1851. Mr. Miller's business has been that of an accountant, having 
 had charge of mercantile offices in New Orleans, La., Chicago and Jack- 
 sonville, 111. He married Miss Ada F. Brogden at New Orleans, La., on 15 
 September, 1S5S. They have four daughters and a son. 
 
 52. Giles Mears, b. 12 June, 1830, in Jacksonville, 111. While he was very 
 young, his parents removed to Granville, III., where he attended school. His 
 ambition for an education led him to enter Illinois College in i8|S, but he 
 was able to remain only for a short time. In 1854 he entered Oberlin College, 
 O., and left after a year. He taught school in Grant county, Wis., in 1856, 
 and died at Lancaster, in the same county, on 30 March, 1857, leaving a 
 wife and daughter. The latter now reside in Cawker City, Kan. Mr. 
 Mears, both as a youth and a man, showed himself to be a devoted Chris- 
 tian. He took a great deal of interest in Sunday school work. 
 
 53. Joseph Harper Pillsbury, b. 3 August, 1830, in Canterbury, N. H. 
 In June, 1S36, he came to Illinois with his parents and settled near New 
 Salem, Menard co. After attending the common schools he entered the 
 preparatory department of Illinois College in 1848 and the college in 
 1850. He was librarian and treasurer of Phi Alpha. After leaving Col- 
 lege in the spring of 1852, he taught school for three years in Menard county 
 and in 1855 was principal of the first free school in Petersburg. Pursuing 
 the study of law with Hon. T. L. Harris in 1855-56, he was admitted to the 
 bar in June of the latter year. He has never practiced as a regular attorney. 
 Mr. Pillsbur}'^ was superintendent of schools for Menard county one term, 
 being elected in 1855. He was also police magistrate for five years and mas- 
 ter in chancery in 1858-66. He has been a farmer, merchant, and real-estate 
 dealer. He married Susan M. Gardner of Sangamon county. 111., and has 
 one daughter and one son. 
 
 54. William M. Helm in 1849 came to Illinois College from Springfield, 
 111., and left in 1850. 
 
 SS- James Harvey Blodgett, b. 11 February, 1832, at Whitesboro, N. Y. 
 He attended Shaw Academy, Euclid, O., in 1842-44, moved to Jacksonville, 
 111., in 1846, and entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 
 1849. Mr. Blodgett became president of Phi Alpha. He was graduated 
 in 1853 and took the master's degree in 1856. He taught school in 
 Cass county. 111., in 1850-51; near St. Charles, Mo., in 1851-52; was 
 an Illinois College tutor in 1853-54 ; then taught school in St. Louis in 
 1854-55 and in Beloit, Wis., in 1855-56. Mr. Blodget was instrumental 
 in organizing public schools in various cities in Illinois. In i860 he 
 edited the " Illinois Teacher," and in August of the same year married 
 Mary C. Brown, of Farmingham, Mass. To them have been born a son and 
 two daughters both of whom are now dead. Mr. Blodgett enlisted in 1861 
 as a private in company C, 75th Illinois infantry. He was first appointed
 
 30 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 orderly sergeant, and was commissioned second lieutenant in 1862, first 
 lieutenant in 1863, captain in 1865, and served as regimental quarter-master 
 from 1863 till mustered out. He was wounded at Perryville, Ky.,8 October, 
 1862, taken prisoner at Stone River, Tenn., in December, 1862, and held at 
 Atlanta and Libby prisons until exchanged 8 April, 1863. From 1865 to 
 1870 Mr. Blodgett was principal of the West Rockford (111.) high school. 
 He has been a frequent contributor to various publications of articles on 
 educational and scientific subjects. He was special agent of the tenth 
 Census in 1881-84, and in 1884-89 edited the publications of the U. S. 
 Geological Survey. He is now special agent of the eleventh census for 
 educational statistics with headquarters at Washington. His home address 
 is Rockford, 111. 
 
 56. Charles Gladney, b. 15 May, 1826, at Auburn, Lincoln co.. Mo. 
 He attended common schools and pursued classical studies a year with a 
 private tutor, entered the junior class of Illinois College in 1849, and was 
 graduated in 1851 with the degree of B.A. Mr. Gladney was recording 
 secretary- of the society. For the ten years immediately after graduation he 
 taught school in Monroe county, Miss., and in Pike and Lincoln counties. Mo. 
 In November, 1859 he married a Miss Beasley, who died in 1SS3 leaving 
 three children. During the war Mr. Gladney farmed and has since been 
 engaged part of the time in teaching and part in farming, his present occu- 
 pation. He lives near Annada, Pike co., Mo. 
 
 57. Benjamin Franklin Warner, b. 27 June, 1830, at Washington, 
 Rappahannock co., Va. He came to Illinois and attended school at Law- 
 renceville in 1844-47. He entered Illinois College in 184S, and the next 
 year left to attend Center College, Danville, Ky. After leaving that institu- 
 tion Mr. Warner spent some time in Fisk's Commercial College, Coving- 
 ton, Ky. In 1851-52 he engaged in mercantile business at Lawrenceville, 
 and in 1852-60 at Bridgeport, 111. He married Mari- J. Wright at Mt. Car- 
 mel. 111., in 1858. Mr. Warner served for three years in the Union army as 
 a private in company C, 115th Illinois infantry, and as such took part in Gen. 
 Granger's Kentucky campaign in pursuit of Morgan in 1862, in the Nash- 
 ville-.\tlanta campaign of 1S63-64, and in 1865 was in the army stationed at 
 Bay Mountain to cut oflf Johnston's retreat from Virginia. He fought at 
 Chattanooga, where he was taken prisoner, at Resaca, Atlanta and Nashville, 
 Mr. Warner resided in California in 1869-70, and in the latter year settled 
 in Kansas, turning his attention to farming and stock-raising until 1S8S. 
 He then moved to Kansas City, Mo., where he now lives, and has since been 
 in the real-estate business. He has four sons and three daughters. 
 
 58. William Augustus Knox, b. 8 August, 1832, at Kinston, N. C. 
 Coming west in 1S37, his parents settled in St. Louis. Mr. Knox entered 
 Illinois College in 1849 -1"^ ^^^s graduated in 1852 with the degree of B.A., 
 and afterwards received the degree of M.A. He was president of the 
 society. After graduation he studied in Jefferson Medical College and was 
 graduated in 1854. Dr. Knox practiced in Rock Island, 111., in 1854-59, in 
 Virden, 111., in 1859-66 and in Chicago in 1866-72. Serving as assistant 
 surgeon of the 9th Illinois cavalry for a short time he was promoted to 
 surgeon of the I22d Illinois infantry in the fall of 1862 and in all served
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 3I 
 
 about two years. In 1855 Dr. Knox married Georgiana E. Heaton of 
 Virden. The five children born to them died in infancy. During his 
 residence in Chicago Dr. Knox was an examiner of pension applicants. 
 For a good many 3ears his wife has been an invalid and he is devoting his 
 time to her care. His present residence is Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 59. William Ransom Hamilton, b. 5 November, 1829, at Johnstown, 
 Fulton CO., N. Y. With his parents he removed to Carthage, 111., in 1835, 
 and there attended the district school. He entered Illinois College in the 
 fall of 1849 and stayed only one term. Since leaving college Mr. Hamilton 
 has been a farmer near Carthage. He was sheriflTof Hancock county in 1858- 
 60, afterwards supervisor for five years and is now justice of the peace. He 
 has held nearly all the offices of his city and township. Mr. Hamilton's 
 marriage to Martha H. Miller took place in June, 1854. They have had six 
 children, three of whom are still living. 
 
 60. John Irving Rinaker, b. 18 November, 1830, in Baltimore, Md. He 
 was left an orphan when very young and in 1836 came to Illinois with Mr. 
 John T. Alden with whom he lived in Sangamon county until 1840. He then 
 went to Morgan county, worked for various farmers and occasionally attended 
 the common schools in the winter season. In 1849 Mr. Rinaker entered 
 Illinois College and after attending for a while went to McKendree College, 
 Lebanon, 111., where he pursued the scientific course and was graduated in 
 1851. He taught school during college vacations and in 1852 was a tutor in 
 McKendree College. The next year he began law study with Hon. John 
 M. Palmer, who was afterwards governor of the state, and was admitted to 
 the bar in 1854. Mr. Rinaker at once entered upon practice in Carlinville, 
 111., and has remained there ever since. In October, 1855, he married 
 Clarissa Keplinger of Morgan county. 111., by whom he has had five children, 
 four now living. The two eldest are practicing lawyers. In 1862 he re- 
 cruited and organized the I22d Illinois infantry and was made its colonel. 
 During most of his service Mr. Rinaker had command of a brigade and 
 served in such capacity at the capture of Blakely, Ala., in 1865, at the head 
 of the 1st brigade, 2d division, i6th army corps. He was commissioned 
 brevet brigadier general of volunteers bj' President Lincoln. In 1872 he 
 was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket from the 17th con- 
 gressional district and again in 1876 for the state at large. He was also a 
 candidate for congress from the above mentioned district in 1874. Governor 
 Oglesb}' appointed him a member of the board of railroad and warehouse 
 commissioners in 1885, of which he acted as chairman until the end of his 
 term in 1889. 
 
 61. C. B. Sanders, b. in 1829, in Fairfax county, Va. Removing to Illi- 
 nois in 1844 he attended the common schools of Morgan and Cass counties, 
 and Illinois College in 1849-50. He farmed in Cass county until 1858, then 
 in McLean county until 1878. He married a Miss Mary Teal. In 1878 he 
 moved to Barton count}', Mo., where he has since followed his occupation of 
 farming. Mr. Sanders has two daughters and a son. 
 
 62. Franklin Smith entered the preparatory department of Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1S49, coming from Morgan county, and left in 1850. 
 
 63. James W. Moffet, b. 4 June, 1830, in Springfield, III. He was pre-
 
 32 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 pared for college by a private tutor and entered in 1849. He left in 1851 
 and subsequently tauglit school in Dallas, Tex., and in Sangamon county, 
 111. In 1S54-56 he read law with Herndon and Lincoln of his native city 
 and after admission to the bar practiced there with his father, Judge Thomas 
 MofTet. He died of consumption on 4 September, 1864. 
 
 64. Albert Gallatin Shortt, b. 2 September, 1827, in Morgan county. 111. 
 He attended the commun schools and the high school in Virginia, 111., after 
 which he was a student in Illinois College for three years. 1848-51. Teaching 
 school was his occupation for a part of the year 1852 and farming thereafter 
 until 1S69, when he went into the stock business. He continued in this 
 until his death in Jacksonville, on 15 August, 1876. Mr. Shortt was an up- 
 right and successful business man and a sincere Christian. 
 
 65. Charles Ridgely, b. 17 January, 1836, in Springfield, 111. Private 
 schools were the sources of his primarj' education until he entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1849 to remain till March, 1852, 
 his sophomore year. Mr. Ridgely at once took a clerkship in Clark's Ex- 
 change Bank, Springfield, of which he was made cashier in 1856. In 185S he 
 became one of the banking firm of N. H. Ridgely and company and in 1866 
 was chosen vice-president of the Ridgely National Bank, in which capacity 
 he still serves. Mr. Ridgely was a candidate for state treasurer in 1870, and 
 during the following year organized the Springfield Iron company and built 
 the rolling mills there. He is president of the company. Four years ago 
 he organized the Consolidated Coal company of St. Louis of which he is 
 also president. From 1877 until the road went into a receiver's hands he 
 was a director of the Wabash Railroad. Since 18S6 he has been a trustee of 
 Illinois College. Miss J. M. Barret of Springfield became his wife in June, 
 1857. Two sons and a daughter have been born to them. 
 
 66. William B. Rucker entered Illinois College from Macon county, 111., 
 in 1849 and rcmaineti a year. He died in August, 1851. 
 
 67. Philemon Warren, b. at Georgetown, Ky. He attended the Western 
 Military Institute in his native town, and served in the Mormon war of 1845. 
 Entering the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1848 he left in 
 1S50. Mr. Warren has followed the occupation of a farmer since 185S. 
 
 68. Curtis Conn Swanwick, b. in 1832 at Pym's Farm, Perry co.. 111. 
 He entered Illinois College in 1849 ^"d after leaving in 1851 engaged in the 
 study of medicine. He first practiced at Shiioh Hill, III., then at Lawrence- 
 ville and Bradly. Dr. Swanwick married a niece of Gen. John A. Logan 
 and became the father of three children, two of whom are living with their 
 mother in Bradly. His death occurred at his native place in Perry county, 
 on 13 January, 1874. Dr. Swanwick attained a high standing in the com- 
 munities in which he resided both as a physician and a citizen. 
 
 69. Thomas S. Morrison, b. 13 January, 1832, in Perry county, 111. He 
 attended public schools in Washington and Randolph counties, 111., entered 
 Illinois College in 1S49 and left in 1852. Mr. Morrison held the office of 
 president of Phi Alpha one year. For two years, 1S58-60 he studied law 
 and was admitted to the bar. He practiced a short time at Chester, 111., and 
 then enlisted in the Union army, serving for three years. Since 1870 he has 
 been engaged in farming.
 
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 1850-51 
 
 70. Charles Aunspaugh Keyes, b. 4 December, 1S32, in Springfield, III. 
 He attended private schools until eighteen j'ears old, then made his entrance 
 into Illinois College, where he was graduated in 1854 with the degree of 
 B.A. During his senior year he was president of Phi Alpha. After gradu- 
 ation he studied law with Hon. Elliott B. Herndon, Springfield, until ad- 
 mitted to the bar in 1856. For two years Mr. Keyes was city attorney, and 
 in 1862-63 and again in 1884-85 was a representative in the Illinois legisla- 
 ture. From 1867 to 1875 he held the office of master in chancery of San- 
 gamon county and in 1S76 was a candidate for presidential elector on the 
 Democratic ticket. He now practices law in his native city. In May, 1869, 
 he married Elizabeth Lanman of Xenia, O., and has two daughters and a son. 
 
 71. William Wallace Happy, jr., b. 17 May, 1832, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended private schools, entered Illinois College in 1850 and was 
 graduated in 1854 with the degree of B.A. The degree of M.A. was after- 
 ward conferred on him. He taught school in Greenbush and Jackson- 
 ville, 111., then became professor of mathematics and languages in Berean 
 College, Iowa City, Iowa. After holding that position for five )'ears he was 
 appointed professor of mathematics in the Institution for the Blind in Jack- 
 sonville. He died on 25 May, 1862. 
 
 72. George Seldew Smith, b. 27 May, 1833, at Millersburg, Bourbon co., 
 K)^ Jacksonville, 111., became his home in 1835, and after a course in 
 private schools he entered Illinois College in 1850, leaving two 3'^ears later. 
 In 1854 Mr. Smith went to Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and was 
 there graduated in 1856. He practiced in that city for two years, and for 
 the succeeding eight years in Jacksonville, 111. In 1862-63 Dr. Smith was 
 surgeon of the loist Illinois infantry, a regiment recruited from Morgan 
 county. In 1866 he removed to Pekin, 111., and in 1884 to Lake View, 
 where he is now living. He has always taken great interest in educa- 
 tional matters, and was for three years trustee and inspector of the Pekin 
 public schools. He married Mary Mans of that city, in June, 1857, and 
 has four sons and two daughters. 
 
 73. Robert Hitt, b. in 1833, in Jacksonville, 111. He entered Illinois 
 College in 1849 ^"d remained one year, after which he attended the Western 
 Militarj' Institute in Kentucky for some time. In 1858-59 Mr. Hitt studied 
 law in Jacksonville with Brown and Yates. When the war broke out he 
 was living in Memphis, Tenn. He enlisted in the Confederate service, 
 commanded a company at Belmont and Pittsburg Landing, and received 
 severe wounds in both battles. He served with distinction throughout his 
 career as a soldier, and was killed in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., while 
 in command of a regiment. 
 
 74. John M. Woodson entered Illinois College in 1850 and left within a 
 year. 
 
 75. John Dallas Hamilton, b. 30 April, 1833, at Bleeker, N. Y. In July, 
 1835, his family came to Illinois. Mr. Hamilton went through the common 
 school course at Carthage, Hancock co., in the autumn of 1849 entered 
 Illinois College and left in April, 1855. He engaged in farming near Car- 
 
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 34 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 thage until 1861, enlisted in the i6th Illinois infantry and served until 
 March, 1865, holding the rank of sergeant-major when mustered out. His 
 regiment went with Sherman to the sea, and also saw active service in 
 Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama. From 1865 till 1871 Mr. 
 Hamilton was assistant assessor of internal revenue. In 1S70 he was a 
 candidate for circuit clerk in Hancock county, 111. Since May, 1S72, he has 
 been connected with the Illinois state penitentiary service at Joliet and 
 Chester, part of the time as purchaser and part as purveyor or steward. Mr. 
 Hamilton held the office of assistant clerk of the lower house in the 28th 
 general assembly of Illinois. In October, 1872, occurred his marriage to 
 Margaret F. Logan of Carthage. He has two sons and one daughter. 
 
 76. Robert A, Campbell, b. 2 September, 1833, at Bowling Green, Pike 
 CO., Mo. He attended the public schools of Bowling Green and Spring 
 River Academy, in Lawrence county, entered Illinois College in the fall of 
 1850 and left in the spring of 1852. By an overland trip he went to Cali- 
 fornia and spent one year there. After his return he was emploj-ed in a 
 Louisiana, Mo., dry goods store a year, then for four years studied law with 
 Col. James O. Broadhead of his own city, and in i860 was licensed as 
 attorney at law. While a law student he was appointed enrolling clerk of 
 the state legislature and subsequently assistant clerk of the lower house. 
 In 1861 he was elected secretary of the convention called to consider the 
 relations of Missouri to the Union. Governor Gamble commissioned him 
 captain and assistant adjutant general in May, 1861, and as such he served 
 in the brigade of Gen. J. B. Henderson. In 1862 he was commissioned 
 major of the 49th Missouri infantry, with which regiment he served during 
 the war. Mr. Campbell was a conservative Union man, and as such was 
 a candidate for the legislature in 1862 but was defeated. Two years later he 
 was nominated by the Democrats as a delegate to the state constitutional 
 convention that met in St. Louis. In 1865, after the adoption of what was 
 known as the Drake constitution, he defended Father Cummins, a Catholic 
 priest, who was indicted for preaching without first taking the test oath pre- 
 scribed in that constitution. The test oath clause after appeal of the case 
 from circuit and state supreme court was decided by the U. S. supreme 
 court to be unconstitutional and void. Mr. Campbell was married in 
 November, 1866, to Margaret Blaine of Bowling Green. He was president 
 of the Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad Company during 1867-70, 
 and subsequently of the St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern. He served 
 a term as a member of the state legislature after being elected in 1868. In 
 1874 he located in St. Louis. As agent and attorney for the owners he built 
 the Lindell Hotel. While a member of the legislature from a city district 
 in 1876, and again in 1S78, he was chairman of important committees. He 
 was elected lieutenant-governor by the Democrats in 1880. He was defeated 
 for the nomination for governor in 1884 by Gen. Marmaduke. At the end 
 of his lieutenant-governorship he was elected comptroller of St. Louis for a 
 four years term, and as such devised a scheme and raised five millions of 
 dollars for building new city water works. By appointment from Governor 
 Francis he is now judge of the city court of criminal correction. He has a 
 son and daughter.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 35 
 
 77. William Rice Craig, b. 15 July, 1832, in Morgan county, 111. He was 
 in attendance at private schools in Jacksonville for a while and afterwards 
 entered Illinois College. After leaving college Mr. Craig engaged in farm- 
 ing. In 1S72 he moved to Jefferson county, Neb., where he continued his 
 occupation. While living there he served two or three terms as county 
 commissioner. His marriage to Mary E. Craig of Morgan county, 111., took 
 place in January, 1S61. In 1884 he moved to a farm near Appomattox, 
 Dak., where he now resides. He has three daughters and two sons. 
 
 78. Jacob Ruble, b. 24 May, 1829, in Morgan county. 111. He attended 
 common schools, entered Illinois College in 1850 and remained a year. In 
 1853-54 Mr. Ruble attended Howes Academy, Mt. Pleasant, la., and in 1855 
 Iowa Wesleyan University at the same place. He there married Thadotia 
 Kingsbury. For the past thirty-five years he has taught school in various 
 places. He was ordained a minister in the Christian Church, Labette 
 county, Kan., in 1875. 
 
 79. W. Reid entered Illinois College in 1850 and left in 1851. 
 
 80. Irvin Dunlap, b. 12 March, 1835, at Westville, Champaign co., O. 
 At an early period of his life Jacksonville, 111., became his home, and he there 
 attended the common schools. Two years were spent in Illinois College, 
 1850-52, after which he was alternately a farmer and merchant until 1874. 
 In December, 1856, he married Mary F. Layton of Morgan county, and has 
 one son. He was an alderman in Jacksonville in 1869-70, and in 1874, 1876 
 and 1878 successively was elected sheriff of Morgan county. For the four 
 years between 1882 and 1886 he held the office of county treasurer. At 
 present he is manager of the Arlington Hotel, Riverside, Cal. 
 
 81. M. Redding entered Illinois College in 1850 and left in 1851. 
 
 82. Abram S. Bergen, b. 11 March, 1836, at Princeton, Cass co.. 111. 
 He attended the country schools, more commonly called "Brush College," 
 spent two years in the preparatory department of Illinois college, entered 
 the college in 1852, was graduated in 1856 with the degree of B.A., and also 
 had the honor of delivering a philosophical oration. In Phi Alpha he 
 held the offices of recording secretary and president. For a few months 
 after graduation Mr. Bergen was principal of the Virginia (111.) Seminary. 
 He read law with Hon. Henry E. Dummer of Beardstown, 111., attended the 
 Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1857. In 1861-65 he prac- 
 ticed law in Pekin, 111., then for four years in Preston, Minn., and since the 
 last date in Kansas. His marriage to Louisa C. Thompson of Virginia, 111., 
 took place in 1863. Mr. Bergen was states attorney of the twent)'-first 
 Illinois circuit in 1862-64, attorney of Filmore county, Minn., in 1866-68, 
 state senator in the Minnesota legislature in 1869 and the same year was 
 appointed associate justice of the New Mexico supreme court. Since 1870 
 he has been in full and general practice of law in Kansas, Topeka being 
 his present home. He has two sons and a daughter. 
 
 83. Daniel Jay Brown, b. 29 August, 1835, at Berlin, Rensselaer co., N. Y. 
 He removed to Illinois in 1840 and after attending school in Pittsfield, 
 Pike CO., entered Illinois College in 1851. He was graduated in 1855 with 
 the degree of B.A. and the salutatory. He was president of the society in 
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 36 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 St. Louis, and was studying medicine with Dr. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, at 
 the time of his death. He died of typhoid fever on 8 September, 1857. Mr. 
 Brown was a young man of the best moral character, an earnest student, 
 and gave promise of making a marked success in life. 
 
 84. James Allen Hall, b. 29 October, 1S33, in Shelby county, Ky. He 
 attended private schools in Shelbyville, Ky., entered Illinois College in 1851 
 and remained for some time. In 1869 he was appointed deputy circuit 
 clerk of Morgan county. 111., and retained the position for about six years. 
 He is now engaged in banking business at Bartlett, Neb. 
 
 85. Byron Lee Gregory, b. in August, 1827, at Whitehall, 111. After 
 attending a military school at Bluclick Springs, Ky., and ShurtlefT College, 
 Upper Alton, 111., he entered Illinois College in 1850 and remained a year. 
 He studied law and for three years practiced with N. K. Knapp at Win- 
 chester, 111. Mr. Gregory died in August, 1855. 
 
 1851-52 
 
 86. Samuel H. Anderson came from Belleville, 111., and entered Illinois 
 College in 1S51. 
 
 87. Alfred T. Beall, b. 3 February, 1836. He was a student successively 
 in Chapel Hill College and William Jewell College, Mo., Illinois College, 
 Missouri University, and Kentucky Military Institute, being graduated from 
 the last in 1857. His connection with Illinois College lasted a year, 1851-52. 
 He taught school a year, for a like time was quartermaster's clerk in the reg- 
 ular army, and during 1S60-69 engaged in mining in Idaho, Washington and 
 British Columbia. Since 1873 Mr. Beall has given his time to civil engineer- 
 ing and school teaching. In 1880 he was surveyor of Columbia County, 
 W. T., and held the same office in Nez Perce county, Idaho, in 1884-86, at 
 the same time being U. S. mineral survej'or. He has done surveying for 
 the Northern Pacific Railroad, the O. R. & N., and the Union Pacific, being 
 now in the employ of the last. 
 
 88. Thomas B. Beall entered Illinois College in 1851 from Carlisle, Pa., 
 and left in 1852. 
 
 89. Jirah Stevens Burt, b. 27 July, 1831, at Pittsfield, Mass. There he 
 attended the public schools and in 1851 entered Illinois College to graduate 
 in 1855 with the degree of B.A., afterwards receiving the degree of M.A. 
 In 1856 Mr. Burt taught in the high school of Pittsfield, 111., which place had 
 become his home, and subsequently studied for the ministry in Chicago 
 Theological Seminary. He is now living in Logansport, Ind. 
 
 90. Sylvester L. Comer, b. 9 September, 1830. He attended common 
 schools, entered Illinois College in 1S51 and left after two years. In the 
 society he held the office of recording secretary. He attended Rush 
 Medical College, Chicago, 1853-54, ^nd 'n 1858 was graduated at Iowa 
 Medical College. After practicing in Hancock county. 111., and in the hos- 
 pital at Keokuk, la., and serving as a surgeon in the Federal army, he 
 gave up the profession and became a farmer. He died in March, 1864. 
 
 91. Joseph Duncan, b. 19 October, 1S35, in Jacksonville, 111. He gained 
 some education in private schools of his native place and was an Illinois
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 37 
 
 College student at various times from 1849 till 1857. He attended Phillips 
 Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1854, and Beloit College, Wis., for a short 
 time in 1857. Mr. Duncan farmed near Jacksonville until 1S65, and then 
 managed a cotton plantation in Mississippi until March, 1869. His perma- 
 nent residence had in the meantime become Chicago, where he was with a 
 grain commission firm at the time of the great fire. Since 1871 he has been 
 a book-keeper for various firms at the Union Stock Yards. He is now with 
 Ingwersen Bros., live-stock commission. In October, 1875, he married 
 Harriet N. Stevens, of Milford, N. H. 
 
 92. William Henry Finley, b. 15 February, 1831, in Louisiana, Mo. His 
 preparatory education came from attendance at the public schools in Pike 
 and Lincoln counties. Mo. He entered Illinois College in February, 1852, 
 and %vas graduated in 1855 with the degree of B.S. Mr. Finley chose the 
 medical profession and studied in Dubuque, la., and in Ohio Medical Col- 
 lege, Cincinnati, in 1856-58. Till 1861 he practiced and engaged in mer- 
 cantile business in Hopkinton, la., and there in May of that year married 
 Lucy A. Cooley. He served in the Union army as surgeon of the I2th 
 Iowa infantry in 1861-63 and in the same capacity another year with the 
 8th Iowa cavalry. Returning to Hopkinton he continued medical prac- 
 tice until 1883, and two years later moved to Franklin, Neb., where he is 
 now a druggist. 
 
 93. Wilson A. Henry entered Illinois College in 1851 from Jackson- 
 ville, 111., and remained a year. 
 
 94. Volney Hickox, b. i November, 1835, at Rutland, Jefferson co., 
 N. Y. In the spring of 1836 his parents moved to Springfield, 111., where 
 he was afterward sent to Beaumont Park's school till 1850, and to East- 
 brook's Academy in 1850-51. He entered Illinois College in the fall of 1851 
 and left at the Christmas vacation of 1852. In 1853 he was examined and 
 admitted to the freshman class of Havard College but did not enter. In 
 1854 he went to Yale College and was graduated in 1857. Mr. Hickox was 
 principal of the first ward school, Springfield, for a few months in 1857-58. 
 After reading law with N. D. and G. P. Strong of St. Louis, he was 
 admitted to the bar in the autumn of 1858. During a part of 1862-63 he 
 served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Hunter near Port Royal, S. C. Mr. Hickox 
 was judge advocate in Boston during the latter part of 1863 ; correspondent 
 of the Cincinnati " Commercial " from February, 1864, to July 1866, and 
 then of the New York " Tribune" until the spring of 1867. Since 1869 he 
 has been a stenographer in Springfield, 111., and vicinity. He married Cass- 
 andra B. Moore of Batavia, 111., in October, 1873, by whom he has had one 
 son and one daughter, both now dead. 
 
 95 George W. Moore, b. in 1833, in Morgan county. 111. Mr. Moore 
 attended district schools, entered Illinois College in 1851 and was gradu- 
 ated in 1856 with the degree of B.S. His life occupation has been farming 
 and stock-raising in Morgan county. He served for two years during the 
 war as a lieutenant in the ist Missouri cavalry. Mr. Moore married 
 Nannie M. Chambers of Jacksonville, 111., in March, 1868. She died in 
 July, 1889, leaving one daughter. In 1887 he was elected county com- 
 missioner.
 
 38 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 96. Charles Orendorff, b. 10 June, 1832, in Tazwell county, 111. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1851, remained one year, went to California and 
 engaged in gold mining for five years. Returning home he began the study 
 of medicine in the St. Louis Medical College in i860, and after a year there 
 spent a year in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, 
 where he was graduated. Dr. Orendorff commenced practice in central 
 Illinois and afterwards took another term of lectures in Pope's Medical 
 College. In December, 1S65, he married Mollie F. Hurt at Elkhart, 111. 
 Kansas City, Mo., became his home in 1S72, and until 18S9 he prac- 
 ticed there, at the same time paying some attention to horticulture. 
 Removing to California he resided in Paso Robles a few months and since 
 then has lived in East Oakland, intending to make that city his permanent 
 home. 
 
 97. Edmund Roberts Wiley, b. 20 June, 1833, in New York City. He 
 attended private schools in Springfield, 111., entered Illinois College in the 
 fall of 185 1 and left at the end of the freshman year. He taught school six 
 months, studied law with J. II. Matheny of Springfield, 111. and was admitted 
 to the bar just before the war, but has never practiced. In 1S62 Mr. Wiley 
 served as adjutant of the 22d Illinois infantry and subsequently as major, 
 lieutenant-colonel and colonel of three different colored regiments, infantry 
 and artiller}'. During 1868-75 he resided in Arkansas and was successively 
 clerk, sheriff, and representative in the legislature of Arkansas county. 
 His marriage took place in 1869 at DeWitt, Ark. From 1878 till 1886 he 
 was internal revenue store-keeper for the eighth Illinois district. Since 
 May, 1885, he has been editing and publishing " The Voice of Labor" at 
 Petersburg and Springfield, 111. Mr. Wiley has seven children. 
 
 98. J. Parker Miksall entered Illinois College in 1851. He now resides 
 in Quincy, 111. 
 
 99. Edmund Coleman in 1851 entered Illinois College, coming from 
 Bellville, 111. 
 
 1852-53 
 
 100. M. J. Huffaker of Morgan county, 111., entered Illinois College 
 in 1852. 
 
 lOi. Flavel Hunt Van Eaton, b. 10 October. 1834, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 A pupil in the common schools until 1852, he then entered Illinois College and 
 was graduated in 1855 with the degree of B.S. Three years later he was 
 graduated from the Missouri Medical College and practiced in Virginia and 
 Franklin, 111., until the war. In November, 1862, he became assistant sur- 
 geon and afterwards surgeon of the 8th Missouri cavalry, serving until Sep- 
 tember, 1865. He had previously, in March, 1S59, married Hannah A. Cava- 
 naugh of St. Louis. They have a son and a daughter. Since 1870 Dr. Van 
 Eaton has practiced medicine in Clearwater, Kan. He was one of the earli- 
 est advocates of Kansas prohibition, is a member of the G. A. R. and for 
 two years was commander of McGovney Post, Clearwater. 
 
 102. John W. Boulware, b. 20 February, 1834, in Morgan county. 111. 
 He attended school in Franklin, Morgan co., entered Illinois College in the
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 39 
 
 fall of 1852 and left after the burning of the library building. In April, 
 1853, he started overland to California and in September reached Marys- 
 ville where he died on q October. 
 
 103. Samuel Finley Crow Garrison, b. 9 June, 1S32, in Park county, Ind. 
 He attended the schools in Rockville, Ind., and the Park county Seminary. 
 Removing to Cass county, 111., in 1S49, ^^r. Garrison was in Illinois College 
 in 1851-53, having previously taught school in Morgan count)-. He held the 
 office of recording secretary of Phi Alpha. He afterwards attended Mt. 
 Pleasant University, la., and taught schools at Rushville and Naples, 111., 
 and Primrose, la. He then went to Ohio with the intention of confpleting 
 his collegiate education but was compelled to give it up. He studied 
 theology in 1854-58 and joined the Iowa Annual Conference. First assigned 
 to the Peoria circuit, Mr. Garrison met with success and was subsequently 
 given the Muscatine circuit. In 1858 he was ordained deacon and in i860 
 elder in the M. E. Church. In March, 1854, he married Mary E. Smith of 
 Rushville, 111., and in May, i860, Elizabeth Nixon of Mt. Pleasant, la. His 
 first wife died in 1S55, and the second in 1865. By his second marriage Mr. 
 Garrison had two children. During the war he was a private, sergeant, and 
 recruiting officer and chaplain in the 40th Iowa infantry. In 1866 he married 
 Elizabeth J. Jones of Knoxville, la., who is the mother of eight children. 
 Mr. Garrison is now a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church 
 and takes great interest in church work. He has been forced to partial 
 retirement from active ministerial labor on account of impaired health, the 
 result of his army life. He is managing a farm near El Dorado, Kan., and 
 engages in real estate and insurance business. He is also a notary public 
 and justice of the peace. 
 
 104. William Ross, b. 7 January, 1835, at Atlas, Pike co.. 111. He was 
 a pupil in the schools of Pittsfield, 111., and in 1852 entered Illinois College. 
 He was afterwards compelled to leave on account of ill health. During the 
 next five years he engaged in the hardware business in Pittsfield, and in i860 
 became a farmer. In October, 1858, Mr. Ross married Mary P. Ballard of 
 Pike county, by whom he has had three sons and two daughters. While a 
 citizen of Pittsfield Mr. Ross served terms as trustee of the high school and 
 supervisor of Pike county. In 1875 he moved to California on account of 
 ill health. Dealing in real estate was his occupation there, in San Jose, 
 until 1880 when he became proprietor of a fruit farm. He has been very 
 successful in producing the finest California fruits. 
 
 105. Lucius S. Eldred, b. 14 April, 1834, near Carrollton, Greene co., 
 111. Attending district and private schools until 1851 he entered Illinois 
 College and left before the end of year. In 1852 he was graduated from 
 Jones' Commercial College, St. Louis. Ellen Cavanaugh, Jacksonville, 111., 
 became his wife in October, 1855. Their famil)' consists of six sons and 
 five daughters. After leaving college Mr. Eldred farmed in Piatt county, 
 111., for three years, for twenty-two years in Greene county and during 
 1877-85 conducted a mercantile business in Carrollton. He is now retired 
 from business. In 1874-5 he was president of the Green county Agricul- 
 tural and Mechanical Association, and is now mayor of his city. 
 
 106. P. D. Simmons entered Illinois College in 1852.
 
 40 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 107. Edwin Kendall Symonds, b. 28 December, 1833, at Hillsboro, N. 
 H. In 1847 he came to Illinois and attended the common schools of Han- 
 cock county before entering the preparatory department of Illinois College in 
 1852. In the summer of 1854 he taught school at Marine, Madison co., but 
 he continued in college and was graduated in 1857 with the degree of B.A. 
 During his senior year he was president of Phi Alpha. Having studied law 
 with Hon. John B. Hawley of Rock Island in 1857-58 he was admitted to 
 the bar in the latter year and practiced the two years following in Adams 
 county. In the winter of 1861-62 he taught school at Warsaw, Hancock co. 
 During 1862-65 'le was quartermaster sergeant of the 119th Illinois infantry, 
 l6tli army corps. When mustered out he was attached to the office of pro- 
 vost marshal general in St. Louis. In December, i860, Mr. Symonds mar- 
 ried Marietta C. Fowler at Fowler Station, Adams co., and has two children 
 living and two dead. In 1867-84 he was in the insurance business in St. 
 Louis and since the latter date has been special agent in Quincy, 111., for the 
 Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, England. 
 
 108. John B. Hawley, b. 9 February, 1831, in Fairfield county, Conn. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1852. After reading law with John W. Marsh at 
 Carthage, III., he was admitted to the bar in 1854. In March of that 3'ear he 
 married Mary F. Symonds at Concord, 111. During the war he served as a 
 captain in the 45th Illinois infantrj'. Mr. Hawley has practiced law in Rock 
 Island, III., Chicago, and Omaha, Neb. He was a representative in con- 
 gress from Illinois in 1869-75, and assistant secretarj'^ of the treasury from 
 June, 1877, till April, 1880. He is now attorney for the Fremont, Elkhorn 
 and Missouri Valle}^ and the Sioux City and Pacific Railroads. He has 
 three daughters. 
 
 109. Lyman Lacey, b. g May, 1832, at Dryden, Tompkins co., N. Y. 
 After a short residence in Michigan his parents settled in Fulton county, 111., 
 where Mr. Lacey attended the public schools. Entering Illinois College in 
 1832 he was graduated in 1855 with the degree of B.S., and has since re- 
 ceived the degree of M.A. In the society he held the offices of second vice- 
 president and recording secretary. In 1856 Mr. Lacey was admitted to the 
 bar after a year of study with Hon. L. W. Ross at Lewiston, 111. He prac- 
 ticed in Mason and adjoining counties. 111., until elected judge of the 17th cir- 
 cuit in 1873. He was re-elected in 1879 and 1885. In 1862 he was a mem- 
 ber of the lower house of the legislature. When the present appellate 
 court system in Illinois was established in 1877, he was appointed one of 
 the appellate judges for the third district, re-appointed in 1879 to the fourth 
 district and by successive re-appointments has held the otTice to the present 
 time. Judge Lacey has also been city attorney of Havana, 111., drainage com- 
 missioner and attorney for Mason county. He has always taken an active in- 
 terest in public enterprises. He was one of the principal movers in the 
 building of a railroad between Havana and Champaign, and was one of the 
 directors in the Springfield and Northwestern Railroad built about the same 
 time as the other. In May, i860, he married at Beardstown, 111., Caroline 
 A. Potter. His son by this marriage, Lyman Lacey, Jr., is also an alumnus 
 of Illinois College. His first wife dying in 1863, Mr. Lacey two years later 
 married Martha A. Warner by whom he has had seven childern, five of whom 
 are living.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 4I 
 
 1 10. Henry Washington Hitt, b. 4 July, 1836, in Scott county, 111. Enter- 
 ing Illinois College in the fall of 1850 he was a student there for two 
 years, then attended McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., in 1853-55 and 
 Millersburg College, Ky., in 1856-57. He taught school in Scott county after 
 leaving college for about three years. During 1861-62 Mr. Hitt was captain 
 of company B, 27th Illinois infantry. His service extended into Mississippi, 
 Tennessee and Alabama. In November, i86r, Belle Stevenson of Exeter, 
 111., became his wife. She died in 1870 leaving a son and two daughters, 
 and in 1874 he married Libbie Stev^enson at Merritt, 111. From the end of 
 his army service until 1887 Mr. Hitt engaged in mercantile business and 
 farming at Merritt. For twenty-four years he was justice of the peace. 
 Since 1887 he has lived in Jacksonville, 111., and is now manager of J. H. 
 Osborne's liver}' stable. 
 
 111. James Wilson entered Illinois College in 1852. 
 
 112. Hamilton Gamble, b. 11 November, 1836, in St. Louis, Mo. He en- 
 tered Illinois College in 1852. He served during the war on the staff of his 
 father. Gov. H. R. Gamble of Missouri, with the rank of colonel. In Decem- 
 ber, 1863, he married Sarah Miner of Jefferson City, Mo. Mr. Gamble was 
 elected to the Missouri legislature in 1868 from Cass county. Two years 
 later he was graduated from the law school of Harvard University and until 
 his death practiced in St. Louis and Salt Lake City, Utah. He died in the 
 latter city on 11 April, 1877, leaving a family of three daughters. 
 
 113. James W. Robison, b. 21 April, 1831, at Bamfshire, Scotland. His 
 family emigrated to America in 1832 and settled in Tazwell county. 111. 
 Mr. Robison entered Illinois College in 1852 after a course in the Tremont, 
 Tazwell co., high school. He remained but a year and taught school at 
 Elm Grove for a short time in 1854. Since then he has been a farmer. His 
 marriage to Sarah A. Woodson of Tazwell county took place in i860. He 
 represented the 27th senatorial district in the Illinois legislature during 1872- 
 78. He has always taken great interest in farming, scientific and practical, 
 and in 1878 was president of the Illinois State Horticultural Society. He 
 holds the same office in the Butler county, Kan., Horticultural Society. He 
 removed to Kansas in 1884, settled near Towanda, Butler co., and now 
 manages his farm of thirty-two hundred acres, ably assisted by his six sons. 
 Mr. Robison is president of the National Bank of El Dorado, Kan. 
 
 114. John Wesley Morrison, b. 28 February, 1834, at Oxville, Scott co., 
 111. He attended McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1852 and after a time returned to the former institution. He was 
 married in December, 1856, to Mary J. Peek of Exeter, 111. Since leaving 
 college farming has been his occupation. Mr. Morrison has five sons and 
 a daughter. 
 
 115. W. H. Morrison entered Illinois College in 1852. 
 
 116. William B. Price, b. 10 August, 1836, at Berlin, 111. He attended 
 district schools, entered Illinois College in 1852 and left without being 
 graduated. Mr. Price was graduated at Jeflferson Medical College in 1857. 
 He spent three years in the army service as assistant surgeon and surgeon 
 of the 4th Pennsylvania cavalry. All his practice to the present time has 
 been in Sangamon county, 111., and for the last eight years Dr. Price has 
 also engaged in mercantile business at Berlin.
 
 42 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1853-54 
 
 117. John Dawson Strong, b. 16 May, 1S33, near Danville, Ky. He 
 came to Illinois in 1837. For eighteen months he was a pupil in countr)' 
 schools but obtained most of his preparatory education at home under 
 instruction from his mother. He entered Illinois College in October, 1852, 
 and was graduated in 1S54, being one of the first two who received the degree 
 of B.S. After graduation he taught school in Macomb, 111., in 1854-55, in 
 1855-56 was principal of one of the district schools in Jacksonville, 111., and 
 in 1856-61 was teacher of science and English literature in the Illinois In- 
 stitution for the Blind. He studied law for tliree years without tutors, be- 
 ginning in 1855. In the same year he married Mary E. Hunt of Jacksonville. 
 Two sons and two daughters have been born to them. Mr. Strong was 
 postmaster of Jacksonville in 1861-67, private secretary to Senator Yates in 
 1865-69 and clerk of the United States Senate committee on territories in 
 1867-69. In 1868 he was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket. 
 Mr. Strong removed to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1869, where he began law prac- 
 tice, and for the last ten years has been general solicitor for the Hannibal 
 and St. Joseph, and Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council BluflTs Railroads, 
 in company with C. A. Mosman with whom he formed a partnership in 
 1876. 
 
 118. P. H. Henry entered Illinois College in 1S53. 
 
 119. Richard Bates entered Illinois College in 1853, coming from St. 
 Louis. He was a son of Hon. Edmund Bates who afterwards became 
 attorney-general in President Lincoln's cabinet. Mr. Bates was graduated 
 in 1S56 with the degree of B.A. 
 
 120. W, T. Spence entered Illinois College in 1853. 
 
 121. Joshua Streeter Wood, b. 24 Februarj', 1S37, in Quincy, 111. He 
 was in private schools for a short time and in the fall of 1853 entered Illinois 
 College, and left in 1856. During the remainder of that year he attended 
 Bell's Commercial College, Chicago. In 1860-65 Mr. Wood engaged in 
 banking in Quincy, and then for five years in the manufacture of agricul- 
 tural implements in the same city. During the ensuing three years he was 
 secretary and treasurer of the Vandiver Corn Planter company, and then 
 for five years chief deputy collector of internal revenue for the fourth Illinois 
 district. From 1878 till 18S0 he was a traveling salesman for a Quincy 
 tobacco house and then moved to Galena, Kan., where he is engaged in 
 mining lead and zinc ores. In 1864 Mr. Wood received appointment as 
 paymaster in the U. S. army, but the war ended before his commission was 
 signed. He married Annie C. Bradley, at Cincinnati, O., in April, i860. 
 Mr. Wood is the son of ex-Governor John Wood, of Illinois. He has had 
 four children, only one of whom is living. 
 
 122. Sater Cole Comer, b. in 1832 in Champaign county, O. He 
 attended common schools of Ohio and Illinois. After five years spent in 
 Illinois College he was graduated in 1858 with the degree of B.A. In the 
 society he held the office of corresponding secretary. In 185S-60 Mr. Comer 
 studied law with C. H. Brown, of Quincy, 111. From 1867 till the present 
 time he has been engaged in farming.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 43 
 
 123. William Yates entered Illinois College from Jacksonville, 111., in 
 
 1853 and remained a year. 
 
 124. Charles Henry Philbrick, b. 9 April, 1837, in East Feliciana, La. 
 In 1839 Griggsville, 111., became his home, and after attending school there 
 and in Augusta and Jacksonville, III., he entered- Illinois College in 1853 
 and was graduated in 185S with the degree of B.A. In 1861 he delivered the 
 master's oration. Shortly after graduation Mr. Philbrick was appointed 
 assistant secretary of state for Illinois, held the position for six years, 
 and then filled a clerkship in the Interior department at Washington a year. 
 At the time of his death in October, 1885, he was a justice of the peace in 
 Grisssville. Mr. Philbrick was a constant sufferer from neuralgia and at 
 times was entirely prostrated. His death came very suddenly. He was of 
 an amiable, kind, and generous disposition. A great friend to the poor, a 
 dutiful son, and a universal favorite, he is much missed. 
 
 125. Hugh A, White entered Illinois College in 1853 and left in 1854. 
 He is now in business in Chicago. 
 
 126. Edward T. Geyer came to Illinois College from St. Louis in 1853 
 and was graduated in 1S56 with the degree of B S. He is now deceased. 
 
 127. F. Johnson entered Illinois College in 1853 and left in 1854, 
 
 128. Frank J. Arenz, b. 8 April, 1838, in Cass county, 111. He gained a 
 preparatory education in the schools of Arenzville, Beardstown and Jack- 
 sonville, 111. From the fall of 1852 till the spring of 1856 he attended 
 Illinois College and for some time after was a student in Burnham's Com- 
 mercial College, Rockford, 111. In i860 Mr. Arenz married Caroline B. 
 Cire of Arenzville, by whom he has had four daughters and a son. Since 
 i860 farming has been his occupation. 
 
 129. G. W. Hackett, b. in 1833, in Jacksonville, 111. He attended pri- 
 vate schools taught by Mr. Horace Spaulding and Mr. Newton Bateman, 
 and in 1852 entered the preparatory department of Illinois College. In 
 
 1854 he was stricken with epilepsy and forced to give up his education. 
 He has been an invalid ever since. Some time after leaving college he 
 married Miss Lizzie Albaugh and has an adopted son. 
 
 130. Leslie Gillette, b. 23 January, 1836, in Jacksonville, 111. After a 
 course in the public schools he entered Illinois College in 1853 and left in 
 1854. He studied medicine with Drs. Lord and Bell of Springfield, 111., 
 and in 1857 was graduated from the Missouri Medical College, then known 
 as the McDowel Medical College. Dr. Gillette practiced in Buffalo, 111., in 
 1857-84 and in 1885 went to Nebraska, Beatrice being his present home. 
 He is now engaged in raising cattle, his ranches being located in North 
 Park, Col. He married Lucj' Cass of Sangamon county, 111. They have a 
 son and two daughters. 
 
 131. Charles William Wickliffe, b. 8 December, 1834, in Council Bluffs, 
 la. Removing to Illinois in 1839, he attended the Collinsville schools and 
 Peoria Jubilee College. He entered Illinois College in 1853 and left in 
 1856. After obtaining a medical education in schools for that purpose in 
 New York and St. Louis, Dr. Wickliffe practiced at Collinsville during 
 1859-60, and a year later was sent to Lahaina, Sandwich Islands, as physician 
 to the Seaman's Hospital there, having received his appointment from the
 
 44 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 U. S. consul. He returned to Collinsville after eighteen months and died 
 on II October, t864. He was of a genial and attractive disposition, well read 
 and educated, and a thorough physician. 
 
 132. James Morrison Epler, b. 16 June, 1837. He was in attendance at 
 a private school before entering college. He entered Illinois College in 
 1S53 and was graduated with the class of 1858, receiving the degree of B.S. 
 He lield the office of first vice-president in the society in 1857-58. After 
 reading law with Morrison and Epler in Jacksonville, he was admitted to 
 the bar in 1859. Mr. Epler has practiced in Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Cal., 
 and Seattle, Wash., the last named place being his present location. In 
 1862 and again in 1864 he was elected to the Illinois legislature, lower house, 
 and in 1S70 to the senate. He was married in 1868 to Hannah Taylor of 
 Springfield, 111., and has two daughters and a son. Mr. Epler was a mem- 
 ber of the Democratic national convention that nominated Samuel J. Tilden 
 for president. 
 
 133. Henry Yates, b. 7 March, 1835, at Berlin, Sangamon co.. 111. 
 After attending the common schools of Berlin and a private school in Jack- 
 sonville he entered Illinois College in 1S53 and left in the spring of 1S54. 
 He spent the following winter in Jones Commercial College, St. Louis. He 
 was thereafter engaged in mercantile business at Berlin until September, 
 1862, when he was appointed captain of company A, io6th Illinois infantry. 
 He was subsequently promoted to be lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brevet 
 brigadier-general for meritorious services, resigning in September, 1864, on 
 account of disability. Mr. Yates married Louisa C. Arenz of Arenzville, 
 111., in June 1856. He had three daughters. He is deceased. 
 
 134. William Henry Blakeman, b. in 1831 at Marine. Madison co.. 111. 
 He attended public schools there and in Collinsville, 111. In 1853 he 
 entered Illinois College and left in 1854, after which he studied medicine 
 for four years with Dr. G. T. Allen of Marine. He never practiced. Mr. 
 Blakeman was married in January, 1855, to N. Adelia Sprague in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. He engaged successively in farming and stock dealing, lumber 
 and grain business, and milling business. He died in Jacksonville on 2 July, 
 1SS9, leaving seven sons and two daughters. Mr. Blakeman was a member 
 of the Grace M. E. Church in the city mentioned. 
 
 135. Thomas S. Greenleaf entered Illinois College in 1853. 
 
 136. William Charles Ferguson entered the preparatory department of 
 Illinois College in 1S53 from Charleston, 111., and was graduated in 1858 
 with the degree of B.A. and afterwards received the degree of M.A. 
 
 137. Charles H. Blodgett entered Illinois College from Jacksonville, 
 111., in 1853 and left in 1S55. 
 
 138. David N, Canthers, b. 19 March, 1837, in Fulton county. 111. He 
 was a pupil in the common schools, entered Illinois College in 1853 and left 
 in 1855. For a few years he taught school and then went into mercantile 
 business. Since 1S67 he has been a merchant in Santa Rosa, Cal. 
 
 139. William Wallace Morton, b. 31 January, 1835, near Jacksonville, 
 111. He attended the schools of that citj-, entered Illinois College in 1852 
 and left in 1854. Mr. Morton was engaged in farming and stock raising 
 until his death. In August, 1S54, he married Mary E. March at Jackson-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 45 
 
 ville, who became the mother of two sons, Edward and C. W. Morton. Mr. 
 Morton died on i March, 1870. 
 
 140. James Bryant Crawford, b. 9 March, 1836, at Mt. Vernon, Ky. In 
 1850 his parents came to Illinois and settled at Carthage, where Mr. Craw- 
 ford went to school. His studentship in Illinois College lasted from De- 
 cember, 1S53, until November, 1856. He taught school at his home in 1S58, 
 and in April married Josephine E. Davis, of Carthage, by whom he has had 
 six daughters and three sons. Mr. Crawford was a member of the board of 
 supervisors for Hancock county, 111., in 1857. From 1859 till 1882 he farmed 
 near Carthage, when he received an appointment to office in that city. In 
 1886 he became a traveling salesman for a Louisiana (Mo.) nursery company. 
 
 1854-55 
 
 141. James McCowen, b. 2 September, 1833, at Mason, Warren co., O. 
 Havana, 111., became the family residence, and in the schools of that place 
 and Collin's High School, Peoria, 111., Mr. McCowen was a pupil. He 
 entered Illinois College in March, 1853, and was graduated in 1858 with the 
 degree of B.S. For three years thereafter he taught school at various points 
 in Mason county. 111., and then farmed for twenty-one years near Havana. 
 Two years were next spent in traveling over the western states, and since 
 1884 he has engaged in market gardening near Havana. He has been twice 
 married, first to Martha A. Thompson, of Mason, O., in February, 1862, by 
 whom he became father of two daughters, and to Jennie F. Higbee, of 
 Peoria, 111., in April, 1872. To them have been born two sons and a daughter. 
 
 142. B. F. Smith entered Illinois College in 1854. 
 
 143. John Yates entered Illinois College in 1854 from Berlin, 111., and 
 remained for two years. 
 
 144. Matthew Glenn Roseberry, b. 11 January, 1833, near Columbus, 
 Adams co.. 111. He received a common school education and entered 
 Illinois College in September, 1854, to leave the second term of the college 
 year. During the winter of 1855-56 he taught school near his home and 
 studied law with Hon. A. C. Warren. Admitted to the bar in September, 
 1857, he removed to Maryville, Mo., and began the practice of law. In June 
 of the next year he was united in marriage with Phoebe E. Beal, who with a 
 son survives him. He practiced a very short time in Illinois, then returned 
 to Maryville where he gained a prominent place at the bar. During most of 
 the war period Mr. Roseberry was provost marshal of Nodaway county. Mo., 
 in strong support of the Union. After retirement from that oifice he formed 
 a partnership in real estate business with Hon. A. P. Morehouse, afterwards 
 governor of the state, which continued until the seventies. From 1868 to 
 L872 he served a term in the state senate. He was one of the founders of 
 the "Maryville Republican" in 1870 and edited the paper a year. Mr. 
 Roseberry was a very public-spirited man, took great interest in educational 
 matters and enterprises beneficial to his city. He was a liberal giver, a firm 
 friend to the poor, and a member of the Christian Church. He died on 19 
 November, 1888. 
 
 145. John W. Wimer entered Illinois College in 1854 from St. Louis, 
 and left the following year.
 
 46 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 146. Edward McQuie entered Illinois College in 1854 from Louisiana, 
 Mo., and remained a year. 
 
 147. Carithers Zoll, b. i October, 1835, at Vermont, Fulton co., 111. Mr. 
 Zoll obtained a common school education, after which he entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1854 and left the next year. In 
 1855-58 he taught school in Fulton county, then farmed till July, 1862, when 
 he enlisted in the 84th Illinois infantry. He served two and a half years 
 with that regiment and one year with the 151st. He held commissions as 
 second and first lieutenants. As his regiments belonged to the Army of the 
 Cumberland Mr. Zoll took part in all the battles from Louisville to Atlanta, 
 receiving a wound at Chickamauga. In 1856 he married Miss M. J. Parry, 
 and in 1869 Mrs. Sarah L. Dentler. By his two marriages he has had ten 
 children, three of whom are dead. Since the war Mr. Zoll has been a stock 
 dealer in Vermont. 
 
 148. Charles C. Campbell entered Illinois College in 1S54 from St. Louis, 
 and remained until 1656. 
 
 149. Myron Leslie Epler, He entered Illinois College in 1854 and was 
 graduated in 1861 with the degree of B.A. He was vice-president of Phi 
 Alpha in his senior year. He studied law with Hon. Cyrus Epler in 
 Jacksonville, 111., was admitted to the bar and practiced in Chicago. He 
 died in Helena, Mont. 
 
 150. William Franklin Epler, b. 22 February, 1839, in Morgan county, 111. 
 His preparation for college was made in the public schools. Entering 
 Illinois College in 1854 he was graduated in 185S with the degree of B.S. 
 Until 1870 Mr. Epler followed the occupation of a farmer in Cass county. 111., 
 then became a banker in Jacksonville, 111., and in 1882 went to Seattle, W. T,, 
 where he has since engaged in real estate business. He was married in 
 September, 1876, to Caroline K. Ensminger of Jacksonville. 
 
 151. Chester Andrews, b. 31 May, 1836, at Hartford, O. In 1844 he 
 moved to Illinois and attended school in Tremont until his entrance into 
 Illinois College in 1854. He left in March, 1856. From September, 1861, 
 till October, 1864, Mr. Andrews served in the 74th Illinois infantry, first as 
 second lieutenant of company I, and then as captain. His most impor- 
 tant battles and campaigns were Vicksburg, Corinth, luka. Miss., and 
 Pleasant Hill, La., and the Red River campaign. In April, 1865, he married 
 Miss S. V. Lovejoy of Minonk, 111. With the exception of two years in the 
 lumber and milling business in that city Mr. Andrews has engaged in 
 farming and stock raising near Steel City, Neb. He has three daughters. 
 
 152. John Henry Wood, b. 12 January, 1S34, near Marston Moor, Eng- 
 land. In November, 1844, he came to this country and soon after settled in 
 Jacksonville, 111., where he was a pupil in private schools in 1847-51. Pre- 
 paring for college in the school taught by Newton Bateman, now president 
 of Knox College, Mr. Wood entered Illinois College in 1854. In the course 
 of his membership in Phi Alpha he was librarian and president. He was 
 one of the committee that procured choice of rooms for the society in Sep- 
 tember, 1856. In 1858 Mr. Wood was graduated with the valedictory. At 
 graduation he received the degree of B.A., and later on the degree of M..\. 
 For the next twenty years he eng.aged in banking in Jacksonville and Vir-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 47 
 
 ginia, 111., twelve years as cashier. Amy Upham of Jacksonville, became 
 his wife in October, 1862. They have a son and two daughters living and a 
 daughter dead. Mr. Wood was a school director in Virginia for six years 
 and alderman for two years. He was also a trustee of the Illinois Institu- 
 tion for the Blind in 1874-76. He studied law with Hon. R. W, Mills of 
 Virginia, 1877-79, but has never been in active practice. Since removing to 
 Atlantic, la., in August, 1879, Mr. Wood has turned his attention to loan 
 and real estate business, and to making out abstracts of titles. 
 
 153. William McKendree Springer, b. 30 May, 1836, at New Lebanon, 
 Sullivan co., Ind. In October, 184S, Mr. Springer's parents went to Jack- 
 sonville, 111., where he attended the public schools for a few years. He 
 subsequently taught school in Morgan county for a short time, and entered 
 Illinois College in 1854 to stay but a year. He then spent one year in 
 Asbury University, Ind., re-entered Illinois College in September, 1856, left 
 again in March, 1857, and finished his collegiate education in the Indiana 
 State University at Bloomington, being graduated there in 1858. Mr. 
 Springer, very soon after graduation, located in Lincoln, 111., studied law 
 with Hon. William H. Young for two years and was admitted to the bar in 
 i860. He practiced till 1862 in Lincoln, then made Springfield, 111., his 
 permanent home. In December, 1859, he married Rebecca, the youngest 
 daughter of Rev. Calvin W. Ruter of Florence, Ind. They have one son, 
 Ruter W. Mrs. Springer has become an authoress of some note, having 
 published " Beechwood " in 1873, "Self" in 1881, and " Songs by the Sea " 
 in 1889. From August, 1868, to June, 1870, Mr. Springer traveled in Europe, 
 accompanied by his wife and son. He was twice defeated as a candidate 
 for the Illinois legislature, once in 1S60 and again in 1864, but was elected 
 in 1870 from Sangamon county. He has served as representative in congress 
 of the twelfth and thirteenth Illinois districts from 4 March, 1875, to the 
 present time, having been elected eight times in succession. In December, 
 1875, he introduced his resolution declaring a third term in the presidential 
 office inconsistent with our republican system and fraught with peril to our 
 free institutions, which was carried by an overwhelming majority. Mr. 
 Springer has been a member of important committees and was a leader in 
 the move to admit the Dakotas, Montana and Washington as states. 
 
 154. John Edwin Hanback entered Illinois College in 1854 from Win- 
 chester, 111., and was graduated in 1858 with the degree of B.A. 
 
 155. Albert Wade, b. 15 May, 1837, in Ipswich, Mass. His parents 
 settled in Alton, 111., in 1838, where Mr. Wade got his primary education. 
 His studentship in Illinois College lasted, a year, 1855. He has since 
 resided in Alton. In December, 1865, he married Mary Sweeter of that 
 city, and has a son and daughter. 
 
 156. Asa C. Matthews, b. 22 March, .1838, at Perry, Pike co.. 111. He 
 entered Illinois College in Januarj', 1855, and was graduated the same year 
 with the degree of B.S. He afterward received the degree of M.A. He 
 soon after began the study of law with Milton and Ha)', Pittsfield, 111., and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1858. In that year he married Annie E. Ross, 
 and has a son and daughter. Mr. Matthews served in the Union army 
 as private, captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel. He was in
 
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 command of the 99th Illinois infantry when mustered out in 1865. His 
 services carried him through many campaigns, the most important of 
 which were those against Vicksburg and Mobile. After the war Mr. 
 Mattliews became collector of internal revenue for the gth Illinois district, 
 and later supervisor of internal revenue for Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon- 
 sin during the whiskey war of 1876, when he resigned. He was next 
 appointed judge of the i2th circuit to succeed Judge Higbee deceased. Mr. 
 Matthews has been three times a member of the Illinois legislature, and was 
 speaker of the house in the 36th general assembly, resigning the position to 
 accept the office of first comptroller of the treasury of the United States 
 in May, 1889. 
 
 157. George Harrison English, b. 21 January, 1S36, near Newark, O. 
 His preparatory education consisted of a course in the common schools and 
 high school of Newark. After three years attendance at Illinois College 
 he was graduated in 1S57 with the degree of B.S. He was first vice-presi- 
 dent of the society in 1856-57. He taught school in 1858-59, and at the 
 same time read law under the direction of Hon. J. A. Warth of Kanawha, 
 W. Va. Continuing his studies with Hon. Cyrus Epler of Jacksonville, 111., he 
 was admitted to the bar in i860. Mr. English's army service began in August, 
 1861, and ended in October, 1865. He was in the 32d Illinois infantry, 
 and held commissions as captain, major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel. 
 The principal engagements in which his regiment took part were Pittsburg 
 Landing, Hatchee, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and siege of Vicksburg. 
 Mr. English's law practice since the war has been in Leavenworth and 
 Wichita, Kan., and in Kansas City, Mo., where he now lives. In November, 
 1873, he married Maggie Stonestreet, and has one son. He was a candidate 
 for presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in Kansas in 1S76, and in 
 1878 was a member of the Wichita school board. 
 
 158. Theron Reed entered the preparatory department of Illinois in 1854 
 from Kankakee, 111 , and left in 1855. 
 
 1855-56 
 
 159. John Prewitt Smith, b. 25 July, 1835, at Island Grove, Sangamon 
 CO., 111. He attended school near home, and entering Illinois College 
 in 1853 was graduated in 1S56 with the degree of B.A. and afterwards 
 received the degree of M.A. He has ever since been engaged in farming 
 and cattle dealing. For several years he has made a specialty of raising 
 Norman horses. 
 
 160. Edmund Hockaday Bristow, b. 9 January, 1841, in Macoupin 
 county, 111. He became an Illinois College student in 1855, having pre- 
 viously attended the public schools of Jacksonville. In Phi Alpha he 
 held the office of librarian one term. He was graduated in 1859 with the 
 degree of B.A., and in 1869 received the degree of M.A. After a course in 
 law study with Cravens and Gooch, Palestine Tex., in 1859-60, Mr. Bristow 
 was admitted to the bar in 1861, and two years later to the Mississippi bar. 
 In June, 1863, occurred his marriage to Mattie E. Elkins, of Aberdeen, Miss. 
 Soon after the civil war began Mr. Bristow enlisted in the fifth Texas regiment
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 49 
 
 and served in the campaigns of Lee and Floyd against Rosecrans in West 
 Virginia, and the next year, 1862, under Johnston and Lee against McClellan. 
 His principal battles were West Point, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill 
 and Cold Harbor. In the last he received a wound which incapacitated him 
 for much more active service. In February, 1864 he was captured and kept 
 a prisoner till the end of the war. Going back to Mississippi Mr. Bristow 
 taught school in Monroe county in 1865 and has ever since practiced law in 
 Aberdeen, Miss. He delivered the address before the society at its reunion 
 in 1887. It was a keen and thoughtful production entitled Jacob's Dream in 
 the Light of Modern Science. Mr. Bristow has one daughter. 
 
 161. Robert Allen, b. 28 February, 1838, in Springfield, 111. He attended 
 school in that city and in St. Louis during 1852-54, one year later entered 
 Illinois College and remained until 1857. At the opening of the war Mr. 
 Allen raised a company in his native city called the " Yates Guards," later 
 on became captain of company I, 30th Illinois infantry and finally major 
 of the regiment for meritorious conduct. He was in a number of impor- 
 tant battles, prominent among which were Belmont and Champion Hills. 
 In August, 1864, he resigned on account of disability brought on by hard 
 service. Mr. Allen was for some time assistant inspector-general of the 
 third division, seventeenth army corps. He married Anna M. Purdy at 
 Springfield, in December, 1865. After studying law with McClernand and 
 Broadwell there he was admitted to the bar in October, 1871, and practiced 
 until his death on 17 August, 1883. He left two children, a son and daughter. 
 Mr. Allen was a man ranked very high by his friends both for ability and 
 integrity. 
 
 162. William H. Henderson entered Illinois College in 1855, from Ful- 
 ton, Mo., and left the next year. 
 
 163. James Douglas Smith, b. 20 December, 1837, at Island Grove, San- 
 gamon CO., III. In 1844-51 he attended the common schools and in 
 1852-53 was under private instruction. Entering Illinois College in Sep- 
 tember, 1853, he was graduated in 1856 with the degree of B.A. and after- 
 wards received the degree of M.A. Mr. Smith married Elizabeth Brown 
 of Jacksonville in September, 1S64. Seven children have been born to 
 them, five of whom are living. Since graduation, he has been continuously 
 engaged in farming and dealing in live stock near New Berlin, San- 
 gamon CO. 
 
 164. James Baird came from Pinckneyville, 111., entered Illinois College 
 in 1855 and left in 1856. He is now a merchant in Emporia, Kan. 
 
 165. Thomas Booth, b. 17 March, 1840, at Clarksville, Pike co., Mo. 
 At Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., he spent a year, entered Illinois 
 College in 1855 and was graduated in i860 with the degree of B.A. He 
 was secretary of Phi Alpha during his last year in college. In January, 
 1863, he married Louisa M. Warren of Jacksonville, III. Their three chil- 
 dren died in infancy. Since graduation Mr. Booth has been a grain com- 
 mission merchant in St. Louis. 
 
 166. Lemuel D. Craig, b. 17 July, 1S37, in Champaign county, O. 
 In 1843 he settled in Morgan county. 111., with his parents, was in the com- 
 mon schools for several years and entered Illinois College in 1855, remain- 
 
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 50 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 ing one year. After that cotton growing in Louisiana was his occupation 
 until the war. He joined the Confederate army as a member of Stuart's 
 battalion of light artillery. His army service was confined to Tennessee, 
 Mississippi and Louisiana. He took part in the last engagement at 
 Corinth, Miss., the battle at Jackson, Miss., siege of Vicksburg and battle 
 of Slireveport. Since the war he has been a farmer and stock dealer in 
 Morgan county. 111. The marriage of Mr. Craig to Abbie L. Sutton took 
 place in Jacksonville, in September, 1870. They have two daughters. 
 
 167. John Fitzhugh Wilcox, b. 12 February, 1836, near Berlin, Sanga- 
 mon CO., 111. He attended ShurtlefT College, Upper Alton, 111., in 1853- 
 54, entered Illinois College in 1855, remained a year and then attended 
 a select school near his home. From 1857 till i8go, he farmed not far from 
 Loami, Sangamon county, excepting four years spent in the west, mining, 
 ranching and fighting Indians. Mary A. Rhea of Berlin, became his wife 
 in 1864. She died soon after and in 1S66 Mr. Wilco.x married Fannie Scott 
 of Waverly, 111., who died in 1882, leaving five children. In 1S87 he mar- 
 ried Mrs. Sarah Meacham, of Waverly. He moved to Narka, Republic 
 CO., Kan., in February of the present year, 1890, where he is engaged in 
 farming and stock raising. 
 
 168. William De Vore Green, b. 3 September, 1835, in Morgan county, 
 111. He attended school at Lebanon a year, entered Illinois College in 
 1855, leaving the next year. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the loth Illinois 
 infantry for three months' service. After being mustered out in July, he 
 re-entered the service as an officer on Gen. Steel's staflf. He rose success- 
 ively to be a lieutenant-colonel, colonel and general. He died in St. Louis, 
 in 1872. 
 
 169. William Albert Owsley, b. 28 February, 1837, at Jamestown, Rus- 
 sell CO., Ky. He was a pupil in common schools and afterwards a 
 student in Centre College, Danville, Ky., during the years 1852-54. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1855, and left in 1857. After reading law with 
 Lincoln and Herndon, Springfield, 111., he tried a few cases in Colorado but 
 soon abandoned the profession and engaged in gold mining in 1859-63. 
 For the two years succeeding Mr. Owsley was a government clerk and has 
 since been a journalist on the staffs of various papers, the " New York 
 Tribune," "New York Associated Press," "Louisville Ledger," "Louis- 
 ville Courier-Journal," " Kentucky New Era," " Hopkinsville Conservative." 
 In 1868-69 he was a store-keeper in the internal revenue service. He is, or 
 soon will be inspector of the department of public works in Chicago. Mr. 
 Owsley has been twice married, first to Annie L. Fitzhugh, of Springfield, 
 111., and to Mary E. Towle, daughter of Gen. E. H. Towle of Frankfort, Ky. 
 He has three sons, one by his first wife and two by his second. 
 
 170. William Perry Owsley, b. 31 August, 1835, at Somerset, Pulaski 
 CO., Ky. He attended Stanford Ac.idemy, Ky., in 1852-53, entered Illinois 
 College in 1855, and left the following year. In 1857 he married Annie 
 Durkee of Missouri. They have had two sons and three daughters. 
 Mr. Owsley followed the mercantile business in Stanford, Ky., from the 
 time of his leaving college till his death in March, 1874. He was a gener- 
 ous man, modest, honest almost to a fault, of excellent understanding and 
 had an ability to estimate men and things that amounted to genius.
 
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 171. Albert Reed, b. 12 February, 1836, in Jacksonville, 111. He attended 
 public and private schools and the preparatory departments of Iowa College 
 and Illinois College, entered the last named institution in 1855, and was 
 graduated in 1S59 ^^''h the degree of B.A. He was graduated from Andover 
 Theological Seminary in 1862. Mr. Reed taught school in Massachusetts in 
 1862-63, 3nd in various places in South-eastern Virginia, in 1864-65 for the 
 American Missionary Association. Since 1865 he has been variously 
 emplo3'ed in Jacksonville. Julia A. Wentworh, of that city, became his 
 wife in May, 1868. They have two sons and two daughters. 
 
 172. J. L. Wilcox, b. 25 November, 1S36, at Island Grove, Sangamon 
 CO., 111. He attended the common schools and Shurtleff" College, Upper 
 Alton, 111., entered Illinois College in 1855, and left in 1857. He then 
 attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, a year, and afterwards was gradu- 
 ated from the St. Louis Medical College. In 1859 Dr. Wilcox married Alice 
 V. Baker, who died the same year, and in 1865 Jean F. Patterson. Until 
 the war he practiced in Manito, III., and was then made surgeon of the 
 nth Illinois cavalrj', serving until 1865. From that date till 1880 he 
 practiced in Loami, 111., and since 1880 has been located in Springfield, 
 111. He was elected to the Legislature in 1874 from the Springfield 
 district. For five years he was cit)' physician. He has three sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 173. Owen Washington Clark, b. 5 September, 1832, at Apple Creek, 
 Morgan co., 111. In 1853-55 he was a student in McKendree College, 
 Lebanon, 111., spent 1855-56 in Illinois College and 1857-58 in the Illinois 
 Wesleyan University. Until 1875 he taught schools at various times and 
 places in Cass and McDonough counties, 111. He was a teacher and partner 
 in the Decatur (111.), Business College in 1864-66, and principal of the Mat- 
 toon (111.) Business College and Normal School in 1879-81. Mr. Clark has 
 also taught penmanship in many places in the United States and Canada. 
 He was postmaster at Hagner, 111., in 1884-86, and is at present living on a 
 farm near Bluff Springs, 111. 
 
 174. James H. Dayton, b. in 1835 at Fairfield, Cumberland co., N. J. 
 He removed to Jacksonville, 111., and after attending public schools spent 
 two years, 1855-57, in Illinois College. From the time of leaving college 
 till 1876 he engaged in farming, and since the latter year has given his atten- 
 tion to the cattle trade at Humboldt, Kan. 
 
 175. J. M, Fitzgerrel came from Fairfield, 111., entered Illinois College 
 in 1855 and left at the end of the college year. 
 
 176. Elias Williams, b. 16 March, 1836, in Scott county. 111. He 
 attended countr}' schools and spent six months in Illinois College in 1855-56. 
 His marriage to Ann Bane, of Morgan county, took place in 1859. For two 
 years he farmed in McDonough county. 111., then for four years in Morgan 
 county, until 1876 in Scott county and from that date till 1883 near Murray- 
 ville. 111. In that year Mr. Williams settled in Minnesota, near Chatfield, 
 and now owns and runs a dairy farm. He is also engaged in dealing in 
 live stock. He has three sons and three daughters.
 
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 1856-57 
 
 177. William L. English, b. 3 October, 1840, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools, entered Illinois College in 1856, and was grad- 
 uated in i860 with the degree of B.A., and afterwards received that of M.A. 
 He was vice-president of Phi Alpha in 1857-58. After graduation he 
 taught school in Rushville, 111., studied law with Morrison and Epler, in 
 Jacksonville, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a short time. He 
 served during most of the war as a private in the loist Illinois infantry. At 
 the close of the war he joined the regular army and was commissioned as a 
 first lieutenant m the 15th U. S. infantry. He was shot at Big Hole 
 battle II August, and died 20 August, 1877. In April, 1877, Mr. English 
 married Kate W. Murray, of Jacksonville, who with one son survives him. 
 
 178. Charles Smith Brown, b. 11 October, 1841, at Island Grove, Sanga- 
 mon CO., 111., His connection with Illinois College began in 1856 and 
 he was graduated in i860 with the degree of B.A. The college afterward 
 conferred upon him the degree of M.A. Since graduation he has been 
 engaged in the breeding of short-horn cattle and roadster and saddle horses 
 at Grove Park Farm, near Berlin, Sangamon co. In January, 1874, he 
 married Sarah E. Bonnell at Middletown, O. They have no children 
 of their own, but are caring for a niece and nephew. Mr. Brown was 
 elected president of the Illinois State Short-horn Breeders Association in 
 January, 1890. He is known internationally as " Blue-Grass Brown." 
 
 179. Edward McConnel, b. 19 July, 1840, in Jacksonville, 111. His 
 early education was acquired In private schools. He also attended 
 the west district school of Jacksonville. He finished the four years' 
 course and was graduated at Illinois College in 1859 ^^'^h the salutatory 
 and the degree of B.A. He has since received the degree of M.A. Dur- 
 ing his senior year he was recording secretary of the society. For three 
 months he served in the loth Illinois infantry as private, corporal and 
 sergeant successively, and from September 1861 to March 1866, as a first 
 lieutenant, captain and brevet major in the i6th U. S. infantry. He 
 fought in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro and those of the Atlanta 
 campaign, besides many skirmishes. In 1866-70 he was a partner in 
 the Jacksonville Woolen Mills, then went to the state of New York, 
 where he remained for several years. In December, 1874, he married 
 Mrs. Julia F. Garitson of St. Louis. Mr. McConnel lived in that city a year, 
 then went back to Jacksonville and in 1S76-77 studied law with Epler 
 and Gallon. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and has since practiced 
 in Jacksonville. He is now master in chancery of Morgan county. He has 
 been engaged at different times for ten years in newspaper work, part of 
 the time as contributor to the " Saturday Evening Herald," Chicago, and as 
 city editor and editorial writer on the " Jacksonville Journal," and " Illinois 
 Courier," with the latter of which papers he has been connected for over 
 three years last past as editorial writer. 
 
 180. Daniel Marshall Draper, b. 6 October, 1839, in Lincoln county, 
 Mo. He attended private schools, was admitted to Illinois College in 1856, 
 and was graduated in 1858 with the degree of B.S. and afterwards received
 
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 the degree of M. A. He studied law with Hon. T. J. C. Fagg, in Louis- 
 iana, Mo., and was admitted to the bar in 1859, ^f^^r which he practiced 
 in Montgomery count}', Mo. He served in the gth Missouri cavalry, 
 was made captain and subsequently lieutenant colonel. As state auditor of 
 Missouri he served two terms in 1865-72. In 1872 he was a candidate for 
 state treasurer, and in 1878 ran for Congress, meeting with defeat both times. 
 Mr. Draper is now with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. 
 
 181. Ephraim Dayton, b. 5 May, 1S3S, in Fairton, N. J. Removing to 
 Jacksonville, 111., with his parents in 1840, he went to the west district 
 school of which Mr. Newton Bateman was principal. He became a student 
 in Illinois College in 1S56 and was graduated in 1859 with a philosophical 
 oration and the degree of B.S. Mr. Dayton was treasurer of the society in 
 1857-58 and president in 1858-59. He was graduated from Rush Medical 
 College, Chicago, in March, 1864, and entering the naval service soon after, 
 was assigned to duty on the " Dr)'ad " and remained in the service until the 
 close of the war. The squadron to which his vessel belonged was em- 
 ployed on the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers. After the war he located 
 in Ellisville, Fulton co., 111., and practiced medicine until his health 
 failed. Soon after settling there he married Amelia McLain, of Jackson- 
 ville. He died of consumption at the latter place 7 March, 1871. Dr. Day- 
 ton was a talented physician and gave promise of a very successful career. 
 He was one of a few from his class at Rush Medical College appointed to 
 write theses at graduation. 
 
 182. John Wilkes Savage, b. 26 October, 1834, at Monroe, Cass 
 CO., 111. Having received a common school education he entered Illi- 
 nois College, in September, 1856, and left in February, 1857. From that 
 time till 1876 he farmed in Cass county. In August, 1859, ^^ became 
 the husband of Caroline M. Springer of Monroe. They have had four 
 sons and four daughters. In 1872, he served as a member of the state 
 board of equalization from the twelfth congressional district. In 1873 and 
 again in 1878, Mr. Savage was elected judge of the county court. He also 
 represented the 36th district in the lower house of the legislature one 
 term. In 1876-85, he resided in Virginia, Cass co., and since 1879 has 
 been a merchant. In i8S5,he removed to Englewood, Kan., and a year later 
 to Benton, Neutral Strip, or No Man's Land, where he is now engaged in 
 mercantile business and stock-raising. 
 
 183. Robert Marsden Wakely, b. 24 August, 1840, in Newark, England. 
 He removed to Jacksonville, 111., with his parents in 1849, and after attend- 
 ing private school for three years entered Illinois College in 1856. He left 
 in 1858 and has since been a lumber manufacturer and dealer in Jackson- 
 ville. He married Miss F. Olive Eads, of Markham, 111. They have a son 
 and three daughters. 
 
 184. William Patterson Paxson, b. 8 September, 1837, in Cherokee 
 county, Ala. The family came to Illinois while Mr. Paxson was a boy. 
 He attended the public schools and Clayton Academy, Clayton, Adams 
 CO., and Illinois College in 1856-57. Entering the Methodist ministry 
 in 1858 he took charge of the missionary work of the American Sunday 
 School Union in Missouri, in 1865. He also changed his church relations
 
 54 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 and became a minister in the Presbyterian denomination. He was one of 
 the large body of ministers in Missouri and Kentucky who refused to obey 
 the " ipso facto " political orders of the General Assembly and was for that 
 reason forced to unite in forming the " Independent Synod " of Missouri, 
 which afterwards united with the Southern General Assembly. While very 
 young he took an active part in organizing Sunday Schools with his father, 
 the veteran Sunday School missionary of Illinois and Missouri, widely known 
 as " Father Paxson." Mr. Paxson's field has widened until he is now super- 
 intendent of the Southwestern Department of the American Sunday School 
 Union, including Missouri, Louisiana, Texas and the Indian Territory. 
 He has had several hundred men under him since beginning his work 
 whom he has found and to a great extent supported from contributions 
 which he has raised. Though having no regular pastorate he preaches as 
 much if not more than a regular pastor. His work has been among the 
 neglected and destitute. In 1884 he received the degree of D.D. from 
 Arkansas University and also from Arkansas College. Mr. Paxson has been 
 married three times, in 1858, in 1864 and in 1882 and has three sons and a 
 daughter. His home is in Springfield, Mo. 
 
 185. Charles Miles Dunlap, b. 17 August, 1836, in Lexington, Ky. 
 Moving to Illinois he attended school at Mt. Sterling and Columbus and 
 also in Shelbyville, K}'. He left Illinois College in 1857, after one year of 
 attendance. Mr. Dunlap has engaged in various occupations: the dry- 
 goods business for three years, dealing in horses, making overland trips 
 between Illinois and California, the lumber business, and is now a farmer 
 near Mt. Sterling, making a specialty of raising horses. In October, 1874, 
 he married Helen M. Creery of Rushville, 111., and has two sons and two 
 daughters. 
 
 186. Otis James Dimick, b. in 1830, in New York City. He attended 
 the common schools and became a student in Illinois College in 1855, leav- 
 ing after two years. Since the latter date Mr. Dimick has been in real estate 
 business. In i860 he married Harriet L. Cook, by whom he is the father 
 of three children. For four years he was justice of the peace and for eight 
 years member of the city council of Rock Island, 111., where he now lives. 
 
 187. Daniel Cook Caldwell, b. in 1837, in Morgan county, 111. He 
 received instruction in the schools of Franklin, 111., and spent the years 
 185C-58 in Illinois College. In 1859 he taught school in Morgan county. 
 Later he studied medicine with Dr. Brown of Waverly, 111., and attended 
 the St. Louis Medical College where he was graduated in 1867. Return- 
 ing to his home in Franklin Dr. Caldwell was about to begin practice 
 when he died of consumption on 12 May, 1868. He was a sincere Christian, 
 generous and sympathetic and showed great fitness for the profession he 
 intended to follow. 
 
 188. William Brown, b. 25 June, 1S39, ^' Island Grove, Sangamon 
 CO., 111. After attending the schools of his native place he entered 
 Illinois College in September, 1856, and left in 1859. He has since been 
 engaged in farming and stock-raising near Berlin, Sangamon co. In 
 October, 1S65, Mr. Brown married Sarah R. Smith of Covington, Ky. The 
 three children born to them died in infancy. Mrs. Brown died in May, 1870.
 
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 In June, i88S, Mr. Brown was a delegate to the Republican National Con- 
 vention from the thirteenth Congressional district of Illinois. 
 
 189. Benoni Van Winkle entered Illinois College in 1856 from Jack- 
 sonville. He remained a year and for sometime following went to a com- 
 mercial school in Chicago. In the spring of 1862 he took a trip to the far 
 west and while on his way home in August, 1S63, in company with a num- 
 ber of travelers, was attacked and killed by the Sioux Indians near the 
 mouth of the Yellowstone River. 
 
 190. Edward Cherrill, b. 17 June, 1838, in London, England. His parents 
 came to America in 1838 and choosing Jacksonville, 111., for a home lived 
 there for a few years, then moved to Carthage, 111., where Mr. Cherrill 
 attended the public schools before entering Illinois College in September, 
 1856. He left college the following June and afterwards attended Indiana 
 State Universit}' one year. Since 1864, he has been a banker and is now 
 senior member of the firm Cherrill, Sholl & Co., Carthage. In June, 1869, 
 he was married to Susan A. Sholl of Carthage. They have five children. 
 
 191. Samuel Alexander Sympson, b. 11 December, 1836, at Greenburg, 
 Green co., Ky. His parents removed to Carthage, 111., where he obtained 
 a common school education before entering Illinois College in 1856. He 
 left in 1858 and has since been in the grocery business in Carthage. 
 
 192. William O. Coachman, b. 27 April, 1837, at Sweet Home, Clark 
 CO., Mo. He attended the common schools of his count)' and spent a year, 
 1856-57, in Illinois College. Since leaving college Mr. Couchman has 
 followed the occupation of a farmer. He married Eliza D. Metcalf in 
 December, 1868, and has two sons and two daughters. 
 
 193. Rezin Virgin Davis entered Illinois College in 1856, coming from 
 Walker's Grove. He remained until 1858. 
 
 194. William Edgar Hughes, b. 15 March, 1840, in Morgan county. 111. 
 Taking a course in the Jacksonville public schools he entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in September, 1S56. For a few months in 1857 he taught school near 
 Jacksonville, then returned to college and left early in 1858, his sophomore 
 year. In 1859 he studied law in Jacksonville. From 1861 till 1865 Mr. 
 Hughes served in the Confederate army, the last year as colonel of the 
 13th Confederate regiment. In 1865 he taught school at Weatherford, 
 Johnson co., Tex., and continuing his law studies was there admitted to 
 the bar. After several years of law practice and banking Mr. Hughes left 
 that place for Dallas, Tex., where he organized the "City Bank of Dallas," 
 now the " City National Bank," and for a number of years was its president. 
 He removed to St. Louis in 1880 and followed his law profession there until 
 1885 then returned to Dallas and became president of the " Exchange Bank." 
 He still resides there but has virtually given up law and retired from all 
 active business. He is president of two or three corporations in Texas, one 
 of them, the Continental Land and Cattle Company, being one of the largest 
 of its kind in the country, having a paid up capital of two and a half 
 millions of dollars. Mr. Hughes married Annie C. Peete of Ft. Worth, Tex., 
 in November, 1867. They have one daughter, Eliza Clifton Hughes. Mr. 
 Hughes' residence is Dallas, but much of his family's time is spent at Clif- 
 ton, their country place, two miles from the city.
 
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 195, Elisha Bentley Hamilton, b. 5 October, 1838, at Carthage, Hancock 
 CO., 111. He eniercd Illinois College in October, 1856, and was gradu- 
 ated in i860 with the degree of B.S. In 1878 the degree of M.A. was con- 
 ferred upon him by his alma mater. During his last year in college Mr. 
 Hamilton was librarian of Phi Alpha. He was in the state militia before 
 the war and in 1862 enlisted in the ii8th Illinois infantry, and during his 
 service held commissions as regimental quarter-master and first lieutenant. 
 He was mustered out in October, 1865. Sherman's attack on Vicksburg, 
 Grant's siege and capture of that place, Sherman's capture of Jackson, Miss., 
 the battles around Port Hudson, La., Lee's cavalry raid into Mississippi, and 
 Davidson's raid through that state and Louisiana were his main campaigns 
 and battles. Mr. Hamilton served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Froude for a brief 
 time. After reading law with Warren and Wheat of Ouincy, 111., he was 
 admitted to the bar in 1869 and to the U. S. district and circuit courts in 
 1872. In 186S and again four years later Mr. Hamilton received appoint- 
 ment to the surveyorship of customs, port of Quincy. In 1873 he was com- 
 missioned first lieutenant of the Ouincy National Guards, in 1S76 captain of 
 the same, and in 1877, during the strike, commanded the 8th regiment of 
 the Illinois National Guards, at East St. Louis. In September of the follow- 
 ing year he married Mary E. Fisk of Quincy, who is now mother of a son 
 and daughter. The same year he was made brigadier-general on the gover- 
 nor's stafT and chief of artillery of Illinois. In 18S0 he became inspector 
 general of the Illinois National Guards and held the position until 1S87, as 
 well as the treasurership of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Mr. 
 Hamilton removed to Kansas City in 1887, where he is now practicing law. 
 
 196. Jeremiah Sibert, b. 20 November, 1836, in Morgan county, 111. He 
 attended country schools and in 1856 entered Illinois College, where he 
 remained for two years. After leaving college he was for a while employed 
 in buying and shipping cattle for Mr. Jacob Strawn of Jacksonville and 
 then moved to Green county. 111., and engaged in the lumber business. 
 He married Laura L. Massey of Jacksonville, in March, i860. Two sons 
 are living and two died in infancy. Mr. Sibert died in Jacksonville in the 
 fall of 1865. 
 
 197. William Williams Jones, b. 30 March, 1839, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He entered Illinois College in September, 1856, and was graduated in 1859 
 with the degree of B.S, In tlie society he was corresponding secre- 
 tary. For some months after graduation he studied law. In December, 
 1862, he went to Vicksburg as Gen. McClernand's private secretary and wrote 
 constantly for the Chicago papers and the Illinois "State Journal." After 
 returning to the state he became associate editor on the staff of that paper and 
 held the place until his death, 12 September, 1867, in Springfield. Mr. Jones 
 was a great lover of music and possessed a fine tenor voice, which proved of 
 great service in the patriotic meetings of 1860-61. He was untiring in 
 church work. As a journalist he exhibited an aptitude and readiness very 
 remarkable. 
 
 198. Nathaniel Patterson Montgomery, b. near Ipava, 111. He entered 
 Illinois College in 1859, but left after a few months on account of ill health. 
 
 ' He enlisted in the 103d Illinois infantry in 1862, was commissioned first
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 57 
 
 lieutenant of company I, and was killed on 27 June, 1864, in the battle of 
 Kenesaw Mountain. His body was never recovered, but was buried by the 
 Confederates. He was a young man whose character was almost above 
 reproach and who enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all his acquaintances. 
 
 199. James Patterson Stone entered Illinois College from Irish Grove, 
 111., in 1856 and left in 1S57. 
 
 200. Joseph H. Miller, b. 29 March, 1841, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended public schools and in 1856 entered Illinois College, where he 
 remained one year. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 and was 
 in active service until the close of the war. At first he was a member of 
 the Washington artillery and afterwards captain of company A, nth 
 Louisiana regiment. In 1865 Mr. Miller married Rachael Coney of Mag- 
 nolia, Miss. He taught school there a year and during 1867-74 engaged in 
 general merchandise business. Captain Miller died in February, 1874, at 
 his home in Magnolia, leaving three sons and a daughter. 
 
 201. William Henry Edgar, b. 10 September, 1840, at Mt. Pleasant, la. 
 He gained a preliminary education in the public schools of St. Louis and 
 Jacksonville and in the college preparatory department. He entered the 
 college in September, 1856, and was graduated in i860 with the degree of 
 B.A. In 1861 he enlisted in the 33d Illinois infantry and afterwards served 
 as second lieutenant in the 32d. Resigning his commission on account of 
 ill health, he came north and resumed law studies with Judge Parks in 
 Aurora, 111, being admitted to the bar in 1863. Mr. Edgar again went South 
 and served a year or more in the quarter-master's department at Vicksburg, 
 Miss., and other places. Immediately after the war he was for two years 
 connected with the Adams Express Company in New Orleans and Mobile. 
 In 1869 he entered upon editorial work in Jerseyville, 111. In 18S0 he 
 was a candidate for congress from the twelfth congressional district of 
 Illinois. He read the poem at the fortieth anniversary of the Society in 
 October, 1885. In 1886 he went west, and spent a winter in Baxter Springs, 
 Kan., where he conducted a paper. He afterwards established a paper in 
 Washington, Mo., known as the " Washington Republican." In December, 
 1888, Mr. Edgar returned to Jerseyville and has since been editing the 
 " Republican-Examiner." 
 
 202. James Francis Hardin, b. 8 September, 1836, at Boyd's Station, 
 Harrison co., Ky. He entered Illinois College in 1856 and left in 1858. 
 After reading law with Hon. Lyman Lacey, of Havana, 111., he was admitted 
 to the bar and until 1863 practiced in Illinois and Texas. For several years 
 preceding i869he was a circuit attorney in southwest Texas, and then removed 
 to Springfield, Mo., where he became one of the law firm of Pope, Hardin, 
 and Randall. In 1873 he went to Carthage, Mo., and practiced law until 
 assassinated 3 February, 1876. Mr. Hardin was married in November, 
 1863, at Mount Vernon, Mo., Miss Sue E. Price becoming his wife. He left 
 a family of four daughters and two sons. Mr. Hardin, who had a lucrative 
 practice of wide range, was a man of dauntless courage, iron will, and yet 
 great generosity. Being a self-made man he took pleasure in assisting all 
 worthy young men that he could. He was a cultured and refined man, 
 having a great love for his home and family.
 
 58 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 203. John Wesley Ross, b. 23 June, 1S41, at Lewistown, Fulton co., 
 111. He was a student in private schools until 1S53, and in the Lewiston 
 Seminary until 1856. Entering Illinois College in September of the latter 
 year, he left in June, 1862. In the society Mr. Ross served successively as 
 recording secretary and president. In 1866 he delivered the address at the 
 reunion. He studied in the Harvard Law School in 1864-65, and was 
 admitted to the bar upon examination in open supreme court at Springtield, 
 111., in January, 1S66. He practiced at Lewistown in 1866-73 and dur- 
 ing the last four of these years he represented the Fulton county district in 
 the state legislature. In June, 1870, he married Emma Tcnney, Washington, 
 D. C, who died in 1879, leaving five children, one of whom isdead. In April, 
 1873, Mr. Ross was admitted to the bar of the U. S. supreme court and has 
 since practiced in Washington, D. C. In October, 1883, he was appointed 
 lecturer in the Law School of Georgetown University on the subjects, Com-» 
 mon Law Practice, Torts and Domestic Relations, and in 1885 the univer- 
 sity honored him with the degree of LL.D. Mr. Ross was appointed post- 
 master at Washington in 1888, and still retains the ofhce. He is also presi- 
 dent of the board of trustees of public schools in the District of Columbia. 
 In September, 1888, he married Isabel McCullough of Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 204. William Pierce Gallon, b. 28 March, 1836, at Laurel, Ind. Making 
 Illinois his home he attended the schools of Island Grove and became an 
 Illinois College freshman in September, 1856. He was first vice-president 
 of the society in 1S58-59. He was graduated in 1859 with the degree of B.S. 
 and delivered a philosophical oration. After reading law in the office of Hon. 
 Cyrus Epler he was admitted to the bar in Jacksonville, 111., in i860. Mr. 
 Gallon was made first lieutenant in the 4th Illinois cavalry in August, 
 1861, and later became acting assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Edward 
 Hatch's division of calvary under detail from the war department. He was 
 mustered out in November, 1S64. After the war Mr. Gallon practiced law 
 in Lincoln, 111., until 1S72, with the exception of two years 1867-69 spent as 
 Indian agent in Omaha, Neb. In 1868 he was married to Nannie W. 
 Thornhill, of Adams county. Miss. They have eight children. Since 1872, 
 He has practiced in Jacksonville, 111. He was an alderman in 1S74 and 
 1885, a member of the lower house of the legislature in 1S76, and state sena- 
 tor in 1878-82. 
 
 1857-58 
 
 205. William Shotwell Allen, b. 27 January, 1840, at Laporte, Ind. He 
 attended the schools of Havana, 111., for three years previous to entering 
 Illinois College in September, 1S57, where he remained but a short time. 
 During i85(}-6i he was a student in Normal University, Bloomington, 111. 
 In Julv, 1862, Mr. Allen enlisted as sergeant major in the 85th Illinois 
 infantry and served till June, 1864. His principal battles were Pcrryville, 
 Ky.. Stone River, Chattanooga, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge, Tenn., and the 
 battles of the Atlanta campaign. At Kenesaw Mountain he received three 
 gunshot wounds, was taken home by his father, and after his recovery was 
 employed in the office of Dr. Buck, medical director at Springtield, 111., until
 
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 mustered out- of service in June, 1865. From that date till 1872 Mr. Allen 
 was a farmer in Mason count)', 111., and was then appointed deputy circuit 
 clerk of the county. After his term expired he spent a year in Oregon, 
 returned to Illinois, was U. S. postal clerk until 1882, and then returned to 
 farming. In June, 1873, he married Lucy J. Randle of Jacksonville, 111., 
 and has a son and two daughters. 
 
 206. DeWitt Clinton Wilbur entered Illinois College in 1857 from 
 Elmira, N. Y., and left in 1858. 
 
 207. Jesse Connel Wilhite, b. 28 May, 1837, in Trimble county, Ky. 
 Mr. Wilhite went to school in Platte county. Mo., where the family moved, 
 and spent a year in Pleasant Ridge College. He entered Illinois College 
 in September, 1857. In the society he was treasurer a year. He left college 
 in June, 1859, and until 1873 engaged in the milling business in various 
 parts of Missouri, when he became a commission merchant in St. Louis, in 
 which occupation he has continued in Chicago since 1886. His marriage 
 to Sarah E. Barclay of his native county took place in November, 1859. 
 Four sons and three daughters are living. 
 
 208. John Jay Bergen, b. 5 September, 1842, at Jersey Prarie, Cass co., 
 111. He attended the common schools before entering Illinois College in 
 September, 1857, where he remained until June, i860. Since the latter date 
 he has been in the drj' goods business in Virginia, 111. In December, 1862, 
 Mr. Bergen married Miss S. C. Stevenson of Cass county. They have two 
 daughters. Mr. Bergen is a trustee of the Illinois Conservatory of Music, 
 Jacksonville. 
 
 209. Jacob Asahel Epler, b. 11 February, 1841, in Virginia, Cass co., 
 111. Attending the district schools until 1857 he then entered Illinois Col- 
 lege and left after two years. In 1862 he married Miss S. E. Thompson who 
 became the mother of two daughters and a son. He engaged in real estate 
 business in Seattle, W. T., until the time of his death. Mr. Epler was a 
 genial, warm-hearted Christian gentleman. He had fine conversational 
 powers, was very popular, succeeded well in business and always gave his 
 assistance to public enterprises. 
 
 210. James Christopher Martin, b. 14 November, 1839, in Morgan county, 
 111. He attended the public schools of Jacksonville and in 1857 entered 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College, and one year later the college. 
 He left just before commencement in 1862. Mr. Martin was vice-president 
 of the societ}' one term. He read law for two years with Hon. Wm. Brown 
 in Jacksonville and was admitted to the bar in 1864. The same year he went 
 to California and practiced in Butte county until 1872. While located there 
 he was district attorney and in 1869-70 represented the county in the legisla- 
 ture. Since 1872 he has practiced in Oakland. He married Anna Phipps 
 of Oroville, Cal., in i86g and has a daughter and son. 
 
 211. George Spafford Bergen, b. i November, 1844, at Jersey Prarie, 
 Cass CO., III. He was in the preparator}'^ department of Springfield (111.) 
 University in 1855-56 and in the preparatory department of Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1856-57, entering college immediately after. In Phi Alpha Mr. 
 Bergen became vice-president. He was graduated in 1862 with the degree 
 of B.A., and took the master's degree in 1865. The same year he was
 
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 graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary and in the autumn sailed for 
 India as a missionary under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board. He 
 was stationed at Lahore in 1866 and at Lodiana in 1S67-72. From 1872 till a 
 short time ago he was at Ambala City. He married Julia S. Graves of 
 Jacksonville, 111. At present he is in Blairstown, N. J., with his wife, 
 educatino; his two sons. Their first child, a daughter, died in India. 
 
 212. Henry Brown Shirley, b. 2 May, 1S42, in Jacksonville, 111. After 
 receiving some education in the common schools he served a three years 
 apprenticeship at the printer's trade. For two years he was in the prepara- 
 tory department of Illinois College and in the college during 1857-60. In 
 1S61 he served for three months in the 68th Illinois infantry and for a hun- 
 dred days in the 145th. He was graduated from the St. Louis Homeopathic 
 College in 1S67. Till 1S81 Dr. Shirley practiced in Whitehall, 111., when 
 he went to North Loup, Valley co., Neb. He was coroner of the county in 
 1883-85. Failing health caused him to drop hard practice, and for the past 
 six years he has turned his attention mostly to farming. Since 1882 he has 
 been a member of the city school board. Owing to the fine climate of his 
 present home he has in a great measure regained his health. 
 
 213. Valentine Cartwright Randolph, b. 16 February, 1838, in Logan 
 county. 111. He attended school in his native county and spent 1857-60 in 
 Illinois College. He attended Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., for a year 
 and subsequently the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, for three 
 years, 1865-68, where he was graduated %vith the degree of B.A. He served 
 in the Union army in 1861-64 as a private in the 39th Illinois infantrj'. His 
 most important campaigns were the Shenandoah Vallej', Harrison Landing 
 and James River, Va., St. Helena Island and Morris Island, S. C. He par- 
 ticipated with his regiment in the battles of those campaigns. Returning to 
 Logan county, Mr. Randolph taught school there for a short time in 1864-65, 
 and in Johnson county, Mo., in 1868. He completed the theological course 
 in Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., in 1869, receiving the degree of 
 B.D. In June of the following year Angela Houghton, of Wellington, O., 
 became his wife. Mr. Randolph was honored with the degree of M..^. by 
 Illinois Wesleyan University in 1872. Since being ordained as a minister 
 in the M. E. church, he has had the following charges: Le Roy, Sadorus, 
 Waynesville, Girard, La Prarie, Mendon, Georgetown, Ipava, Good Hope, 
 Milford, Pekin, all in Illinois, and Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Randolph was 
 elected president of Tullahoma College, Tenn., in 18S2, but did not accept. 
 He is now in Buda, 111. 
 
 214. William Brown, b. 20 September, 1840, in Booneville, Mo. He 
 there attended Kemper's Academy until 1855, spent a year in the St. Louis 
 University and entered Illinois College in the fall of 1S56. Remaining for 
 two years he was then a student in the Missouri State Universitj* a year. 
 Mr. Brown studied law with Chief Justice Adams of the Missouri supreme 
 court in 1859-61, was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice in 
 Jacksonville, 111., where he has since lived. He was city attorney in 1862-64, 
 states attorney for the first judicial circuit of Illinos in 1864-72, was elected 
 state senator in 1872 and during 1S74-76 acted as chairman of the Demo- 
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 111., In September, in 1865. She died in 1876 leaving two sons and two 
 daughters. His second marriage, to Eliza F. Martin, took place in October, 
 187S. The}' have one child. At present Mr. Brown is practicing law in 
 Chicago. His son, William Brown, jr., (No. 736) was also a member of the 
 society before leaving the college for West Point Military Academy. 
 
 215. Henry Harrison Wier entered Illinois College in 1857 from Carlin- 
 ville, 111., and left in .1S5S. 
 
 216. Charles Henry Glenn, b. 31 May, 1843, at Middletown, Logan co., 
 111. He entered Illinois College in 1857 and left in 1859. -^s a musician 
 in the 28th Illinois infantry in 1861-65 Mr. Glenn accompanied his regiment 
 through all its campaigns and battles. The mercantile business was his 
 occupation at Middletown in 1867-72 and in 1875-78 at Culbertson, Neb., 
 where he also dealt in cattle. In 1878 he was afflicted with a paralytic 
 stroke and remained an invalid until his death at Middletown, on 24 Febru- 
 ary, 1885. He was a very popular man, generous and free with his 
 means. 
 
 217. Charles Williams Hunter entered Illinois College in 1857 from 
 Jacksonville, 111., and left in 1859. 
 
 218. George W. Smith, b. 19 November, 1837. He attended the com- 
 mon schools and was a pupil of Newton Bateman. He entered Illinois 
 College in 1857 and left in 1859. For one year he was vice-president of the 
 society. For six years, at different periods, Mr. Smith taught school in 
 Morgan county. 111. In 1861-62 he studied law with Hon. Cyrus Epler in 
 Jacksonville. He served for five months in the 68th Illinois infantry, and 
 was subsequently captain of company B, 133d. In 1865 he married Mary 
 Sheahan of Jacksonville, 111. He was elected city marshall of Jacksonville 
 in 1868, two years later was admitted to practice in the state supreme court, 
 and afterwards in the United States court. He was elected a member 
 of the city school board in 1875, and has since held the position con- 
 tinuously. In 1886 he was elected to the state legislature. He has three 
 sons. 
 
 219. Armstead Calvin Brown, b. 24 December, 1837, in Galena, 111. He 
 attended public schools in Wisconsin and later in Jackson, Cal., where his 
 parents moved. His entrance into Illinois College occurred in 1857 and in 
 1859 he left without being graduated. He studied law in Jacksonville, 111., 
 with Henry J. Atkins until 1861, then enlisted in an Illinois regiment. At 
 the expiration of his term of service he re-enlisted in the loth Wisconsin 
 infantry and served till the close of the war. In September, 1865, he married 
 Sarah Tompkins at Hazel Green, Wis. Mr. Brown then moved to Jackson, 
 Cal., where he died on 10 May, 1867, of sickness resulting from army ser- 
 vice. He left a daughter. 
 
 . 220. William Henry Monegan entered Illinois College from Shipman, 
 111., in 1857, and left in 1859. 
 
 221. George Richard Nelson entered Illinois College in 1857 from Inde- 
 pendence, III., and left in 1859. He is now living in Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 222. William Robert Mosby, b. i June, 1839, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Jacksonville and in 1857 entered Illinois 
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 and soon after became deputy circuit clerii. Miss Ellen Markoe of Jackson- 
 ville, became his wife in November, 1861. Mr. Mosby enlisted in company E, 
 lOist Illinois infantry as a sergeant and was afterwards detailed as a 
 colonel's clerk. At the end of his army service he resumed his duties as 
 deputy circuit clerk. He was drowned while bathing in the Illinois river at 
 Mcrcdosia on (> Aii},aist, 1869. His wife and four children survive him. 
 
 223. Ichabod Taylor Miller entered Illinois College in 1857 and left in 
 1858. 
 
 224. John Andrew Moore, b. 4 January, 1834, at Granville, Putnam co., 
 111. He spent one year in South Hanover College, Ind., and a few months 
 in Marengo College, then entered Illinois College in 1856 and was gradu- 
 ated in 185S with the degree of B.S. He taught a school at Sprinkleburg, 
 111., in the winter of 1858-59 and soon after went to Potosi, Mo., where he 
 died of consumption on 15 December,' i860. Mr. Moore was a young man of 
 exemplary character, and of high standing in his college classes. He in- 
 tended to enter the ministry. 
 
 225. George Augustus English, b. 22 January, 1837, in Kanawha county, 
 W. Va. After attending public and private schools, and Marietta (O.) Col- 
 lege for a brief period, he entered Illinois College in the fall of 185S and 
 was graduated in 1861 with the degree of B.S. During the last two 
 years he was vice-president of the society. Mr. English was about to 
 enter upon the practice of law, having studied with Hon. John A. Warth of 
 Kanawha, W. Va., but gave it up to serve in the Confederate arm)-. He 
 was at first in Loring's command and afterwards under Early. He was 
 captured in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864, held until the spring of 1865, 
 then sent to Savannah, Ga., exchanged and, being sick at the time the city 
 was taken, fell into the hands of Federal troops. His friends were per- 
 mitted to care for him and when on his way home he died in New York 
 City on 5 March, 1S65. He is said to have been a highly accomplished 
 young man, much respected and loved. 
 
 226. William Travis Willson entered Illinois College in 1857 from 
 Morganfield, Ky., and remained a year. 
 
 227. Elias Cockrell, b. S September, 1838, at East Newburn, 111. He 
 attended Shurtleft" College, Upper Alton, 111., in 1857 and entered Illinois 
 College in 1858. He did not remain long and spent the )'ear 1859 '" East- 
 man's Commercial College, St. Louis. He then went to Denver, Col. 
 mined there for two years and removed to Montana where he engaged in 
 freight transportation between Salt Lake City and Helena until 1870. Re- 
 turning to Illinois in the latter year he took up his residence at Jerseyville 
 and has since been in the grain and lumber business. He married Lottie 
 Knapp of Jersej'ville in December, 1S71, and has four sons and a daughter 
 living and a daughter dead. 
 
 228. Jacob Perry Lurton, b. 5 May, 1836, at Newbern, Jersey co., 111. 
 Mr. Lurton entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1858 
 and in 1859 left to attend Eastman's Business College, St. Louis. He after- 
 wards spent a year or two in Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111. In 
 1863-64 he served for nine months in the 97th Illinois infantry as a first 
 lieutenant. He married Hester Blevins of Jerseyville, 111., in 1862 and be-
 
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 came the father of two sons and one daughter. His death took place in his 
 native town on 8 November, 1868. 
 
 229. Charles Franklin Catlin entered Illinois College in 1857 from 
 Qiiinc}', 111. He is now living in Omaha, Neb. 
 
 230. James Harrison Cunningham entered Illinois College in 1857 from 
 Mattoon, 111. 
 
 1858-59 
 
 231. George Clinton McFarland, b. 25 August, 1841, at Sandwich, N.H. 
 He came to Illinois in 1854 and attended the schools of Jacksonville before 
 entering Illinois College in 185S. Leaving the next year he studied medi- 
 cine with Dr. O. M. Long of Jacksonville, for two years. In 1866-79 he 
 practiced in South Elkhorn, Ky. He married Mary E. Bush of Lexington, 
 Ky., in 1866, and has two daughters. Dr. McFarland served in the Union 
 army as assistant surgeon of a U. S. regiment. He is now assistant super- 
 intendent of the Oak Lawn Retreat for the insane in Jacksonville. 
 
 232. George Alexander Dunlap entered Illinois College in 1857, and 
 remained for some time. After leaving college he went to New York 
 City and was employed in a wholesale grocery house. He afterwards 
 enlisted in the Union army and served in the quartermaster's department. 
 After the battle of Pittsburg Landing he returned to his home in Jackson- 
 ville and died in about three weeks after his arrival. 
 
 233. John Kibbe Lathrop, b. 7 June, 1841, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended private and public schools until the fall of 1858, when he entered 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College. He was forced by sickness 
 to leave in i860. Mr. Lathrop during the war cared for the sick and 
 wounded at Fort Donaldson and elsewhere. He engaged in the dry goods 
 business in 1860-66, and has since been a railroad clerk and bookkeeper in 
 St. Louis, and Springfield, Mass. In 1875 he married Emma J. Leavitt of 
 Boston, who died in 1883. She was the mother of three sons, and two 
 daughters now dead. 
 
 234. William C. McWilliam entered Illinois College in 1858 and re- 
 mained a year. 
 
 235. Alexander Hamilton Green, b. 11 August, 1842, at Stephentown, 
 N. Y. In 1845 the family moved to Plaquemine, La., where Mr. Green spent 
 several years in the district schools. He left Illinois College in i860 after 
 having been there for two years. Mr. Green served in the Confederate 
 army for four years. He was captured at Island No. 10 and taken to Camp 
 Douglas but was soon exchanged. Entering the service again he was the 
 second time taken prisoner at Vicksburg and paroled. He fought in all 
 the battles of the Georgia campaign under Johnston from Resaca, Tenn., to 
 Atlanta, Ga. He was in the army of Gen. J. E. Johnston that surrendered 
 at Montgomery, Ala., in 1865. For three years following the war he attended 
 Soule's Business College, New Orleans. In December, 1866, Laura Lam- 
 bert of New Orleans became his wife. They have a son and daughter. 
 Since 1871 Mr. Green has been a cotton buyer and grader in Wilmington, 
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 236. Gilbert Eddy Green, b. 7 September, 1840, at Stephentown, N. Y. 
 He came to Illinois in 1845 and after several years in the public schools 
 entered Illinois College in 1857. During the following year he taught 
 school in Amrite City, La., where his parents had moved, then returned 
 to college and remained until 1B60. Mr. Green served through the war 
 in the Confederate army as a private in Stewart's battery, Louisiana 
 light artillery. He was captured at Island No. 10, sent to Camp Douglas, 
 was exchanged, then served in Vicksburg during the siege and was subse- 
 quently under Gererals Johnston and Hood. From the close of the war 
 until 1872 merchandising in Louisiana was his occupation and for the three 
 succeeding years he held a clerkship in the city government of New Orleans. 
 In September, 1879, Mr. Green married Mar)* E. Parker of Mason City, 111. 
 They have a daughter. He is now a farmer and raiser of fine stock at 
 Middle Grove, Monroe co.. Mo., having resided there since leaving Louis- 
 iana in 1875. 
 
 237. William Hovvard Thompson came from Arcadia, 111., entered the 
 preparatory department of Illinois College in 1858 and left in 1859. 
 
 238. Edward Billings Lathrop, b. 4 March, 1845, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He acquired a common school education, became a student in the prepara- 
 torj' department of Illinois College in 1858 and left college in 1863 at the 
 close of his sophomore year. He engaged in the dry goods business in 
 Jacksonville until 1867 and then took a position as assistant cashier in a 
 Chicago bank, holding it for fourteen years. Upon the organization of the 
 National Bank of America, Chicago, in 1882, Mr. Lathrop was made cashier, 
 a place he yet holds. In December, 1866, he married Sarah Lombard of 
 Chicago, who died in August, 1S68. He was married a second time to Kate 
 E. Abbott of Geneva, 111., in June, 1873. 
 
 239. George Gridley Wood, of Jacksonville, 111., entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in 185S and was graduated in 1S63 with the degree of B.S. He is 
 deceased. 
 
 240. William B. Wetherbee, b. 26 June, 1844, at Southwick, Hampden 
 CO., Mass. In the autumn of 1850 he came to Illinois where his parents 
 settled on a farm, the present site of Chapin. There he spent a few years 
 working and attending the district schools. In 1855 he returned to Massa- 
 chusetts, studied a year in a private school at Brookfield, entered the pre- 
 paratory' department of Illinois College in 1858, and remained for five years. 
 In the spring of 1864 he enlisted in the compan}' commanded by Professor 
 Crampton of the 145th Illinois infantr)' and served for five months. After 
 a course in the Jacksonville Business College he was engaged in farming 
 near Chapin until 1879. In February, 1872, he married Mary E. Everett, at 
 Ansonia, Conn. In 1879 Mr. Wetherbee removed to Wayne county. Neb., 
 and for a time was engaged in sheep raising. Compiling county histories in 
 Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois was his occupation during 1882-85, after which 
 he went to Ness City, Kan., and is now in the loan and real estate business. 
 
 241. William Birch Rapp entered Illinois College in 1858 from Jack- 
 sonville, 111., and left in 1859. 
 
 242. Charles Voss Decker, b. 4 July, 1840, at Charleston, Coles co., 
 111. He received a common school education in his native town and entered
 
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 Illinois College in 1858. After leaving in 1859 he attended Bartlett's Com- 
 mercial College, Cincinnati, O., one year. He married Belle ]. McKinstry 
 of Charleston, 111., in September, 1861. In 1862 Mr. Decker was made a 
 first lieutenant in the 123d Illinois volunteers, Wilder's brigade of mounted 
 infantry, and served till taken sick in 1S64. He was with his regiment in 
 all its campaigns and battles during that time, through Kentucky, Tennessee 
 and Georgia, beginning with the battle of Perryville, Ky., and ending his 
 service at Atlanta. Mr. Decker engaged in farming in 1866-67, then in the 
 book and stationery business at Charleston till 1872, when he moved to 
 Hutchinson, Kan., and went into the grocery business. Remaining there 
 till 18S5, he spent two years in the hardware business in Springfield, Mo., 
 and in 1887 removed to San Diego, Cal. That is his home, though he is at 
 present managing real estate in Kansas. Mr. Decker has one son. 
 
 243. Adam Miller, b. 3 November, 1838, at Romne3^ Hampshire co., 
 W. Va. After a course in the common schools he entered Illinois College 
 in December, 1858, and left in March, 1859. Since 1865 he has been a farmer 
 and stock raiser. Fannie B. Knowles became his wife at Homer, O., in 
 November, 1864. Mr. Miller now lives at Mattoon, 111. He has four sons 
 and two daughters. 
 
 244. David Wallace Thompson, b. 9 October, 1839, at Payson, Adams 
 CO., 111. He attended the Payson high school, prepared for college 
 under a private tutor, entered in 1859 ^"d was graduated in 1862 with the 
 valedictory and the degree of B.A., and delivered the Master's oration three 
 years later. Mr. Thompson served in the loth Illinois infantry among the 
 first three months troops. His health was impaired by exposure in military 
 service and he was obliged to remain at home an invalid until 1866, then 
 engaged in mercantile business in St. Joseph, Mo., until 1872. Isabella P. 
 Faxon of Payson, became his wife in June, 1865. They have three daugh- 
 ters. During 1872-74 Mr. Thompson edited the " Chicago Artizan," and for 
 the next eight years traveled for a Massachusetts boot and shoe firm in 
 which he has an interest. He has invented and patented the following 
 articles : continuous facing for openings in backs and sleeves of shirts, 
 improvement in electrical commutors, improvement in electrical thermostat 
 and in system of regulating temperature of apartments by electricity. 
 
 245. Frederick Augustus Fox, b. 29 July, 1840, in Alton, 111. He 
 attended the district schools of Jacksonville, 111., and entered Illinois 
 College in 1S58. He took an active part in the political campaign which 
 resulted in Lincoln's election. Mr. Fox died of consumption while a stud- 
 ent, on 28 January, 1862. He was an attractive and promising young man 
 and an active worker in the society. He was corresponding secretary for 
 two years. 
 
 246. Frank Leslie Bristow, b. 25 April, 1845, at Bethel, Morgan co., 
 111. After passing through the district schools of Jacksonville, 111., he 
 entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1S59 ^"d was grad- 
 uated in 1866 with the degree of B.A. In 1876 he received the honorary 
 degree of M.A. Mr. Bristow served for three years in the loisl Illinois 
 infantry. He was on the march to the sea with Sherman. Since graduation 
 he has taught music in the following institutions : Patterson Institute, 
 
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 66 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 Bourbon county, Ky. ; Warsaw Female College, Ky. ; Tuscaloosa Female 
 College, Ala. ; Arkansas Female College, Little Rock ; Alabama Central 
 Female College, Tuscaloosa ; Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex. ; 
 Plattsburg College, Mo. ; Millersburg Female College, Ky., and Los Vegas 
 Female College, N. M. He has also given private instruction in Cincin- 
 nati, O., Covington, Ky., and in many southern cities besides serving as 
 organist and chorister in various churches. He has published a number of 
 musical compositions. In 1870 Mr. Bristow married Linnie Frank of Carroll 
 county, Ky., who died in 18S2 leaving a daughter. In 18S7 Mr. Bristow 
 was elected president of the Music Teachers' Association of Kentucky, and 
 in 1888 secretary of the same. In the same year he was chosen musical 
 director of the Covington public schools, a position which he yet holds, 
 having under his charge nearly four thousand pupils. 
 
 247. George Richard Bibb entered Illinois College in 1S58 and left in 
 
 1859- 
 
 248. Thomas Monegan entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1S5S from Shipman, 111., and left in 1859. 
 
 249. Edward James Gillette, b. 22 January, 1S40, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 In that city he attended the public schools and entered Illinois College in 
 1858. He left in 1859 and has since been a farmer with the exception of 
 two years in the ranch business in Colorado. His marriage to Callie Marr 
 of Springfield, 111., occurred in October, 1S67. They have three sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 250. George Alexander Dunlap, b. 29 January, 1842, in Jacksonville, 
 111. He entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1858 
 and left in i860. Mr. Dunlap was appointed second lieutenant in com- 
 pany D, 2d Illinois light artillery and served for three years. He fought at 
 Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, and took part in the 
 Red River expedition. After Fort Donaldson he was promoted for silenc- 
 ing a Confederate battery. Until i866 he was a druggist in Jacksonville, 
 then engaged in the wholesale grocer)' business in Chicago a 3'ear, and after 
 that went to Dubuque, la. Returning to Chicago he was with Wood Bros, 
 of the Union Stock Yards for twelve years, and since 1886 has been manager 
 of the Bell Clothing House. Mr. Dunlap's marriage to Lucretia S. Gilliam, 
 of Jacksonville, occurred in October, 1864. They have one son. 
 
 251. John Henry Mathewrs entered Illinois College from Jacksonville, 
 in 1858, and remained a year. He is still living near Jacksonville. 
 
 252. William Henry Smith entered Illinois College in 1858 from Mor- 
 gan county. 111., and remained a year. 
 
 253. David Crocket Warner entered the preparatorj' department of 
 Illinois College in 1S5S from Jacksonville, and remained a year. 
 
 254. Lawrence Vanderveer Conover, b. 12 October, 1S38, in Petersburg, 
 111. His education came from the school near Tallula, Menard county, 
 and from attendance at the preparator}- department of Illinois College part 
 of the year 1857-58. Until 1861 he was a farmer and then spent four years 
 in the Pennsylvania oil regions. In 1S65-68 he was a miller in Jackson- 
 ville, 111., and has since farmed in Menard county. He married Helen 
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 255. Daniel Ellsworth Robbins, b. 7 December, 1843, in Payson, Adams 
 CO., 111. He spent the year 1858-59 in Illinois College. Mr. Robbins 
 served in the 7th Illinois cavalry from August, 1S62, to November, 1865. 
 The most important engagements in which he fought were the battle of 
 Corinth, Grierson's raid, sieges of Port Hudson, La., Columbia, Franklin, 
 and Nashville, Tenn. During the last year he held the rank of first lieu- 
 tenant and regimental commissary. In 1S66 he married Annie C. Thomp- 
 son of Payson. The)' have a son and four daughters. Since the war he 
 has engaged in farming near Payson. He is a deacon in the Congrega- 
 tional church, a member of the G. A. R., and for nine years has been a 
 school director. 
 
 256. Henry Hopkins entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1858 from Albion, 111., and left in 1859. 
 
 257. John Heber Cherry, b. 15 July, 1838, near Scottville, Macoupin 
 CO., 111. He attended Berean College, Jacksonville, 111., in 1856-57, 
 and in the latter 3'ear entered Illinois College as a freshman, where he 
 remained till the end of his sophomore year. In 1860-61 he studied law 
 with Kebler & Force of Cincinnati, and during the first year of the war 
 served for four months in the 6th Ohio infantr3\ He was obliged to leave 
 the service for a short time on account of ill health. He re-entered service 
 as a lieutenant in the 20th regiment, and soon resigned but enlisted again 
 in the 14th Illinois infantry, served till after the siege of Corinth, was out 
 sick for a while, then became a sergeant in the I22d regiment of which he 
 was afterwards quartermaster sergeant, and in April, 1863, was appointed 
 captain of company F, 55th U. S. infantry and resigned in November, 1864, 
 on account of physical disability. Mr. Cherry practiced law in Lincoln and 
 Springfield, 111., and Memphis Tenn., until 1871, and since that date has 
 practiced in Little Rock, Ark. In July, 1869, he married Katie V. Jackson 
 of Springfield, who died in 1880. His children are two sons and a daughter. 
 Mr. Cherry has always been an ardent advocate of the "greenback" or 
 "fiat-money" doctrine on the stump and through the press. He has also 
 frequently assumed editorial duties in the absence of regular editors. 
 
 258. Joseph Ritz Sparks entered Illinois College in 1858 from Wyanet, 
 111., and left in 1859. 
 
 259. Harrison Osborne Cassell, b. 6 October, 1839, in Morgan county, 
 111. He was a student for some time in Iowa College, Davenport, la., and 
 in Berean College, Jacksonville, 111. Entering Illinois College in 1858 he 
 was graduated in iS6r with the degree of B.A. In Phi Alpha Mr. Cassell 
 held the offices of treasurer and president. From September, 1862, till 
 February, 1863, he was adjutant of the lorst Illinois infantry. In 1866 he 
 was graduated from the Harvard Law School and has since practiced in 
 Jacksonville. He was states attorney of Morgan county during 1882-86. 
 Mr. Cassell married Maria E. Edgerton in December, 1866, and has two 
 daughters and a son. 
 
 260. Lucius Harris, b. 19 July, 1840, at Albion, Edwards co.. 111. He 
 attended school in Bloomington, Ind., in 1856, and Illinois College one 
 year, 1858-59. Mr. Harris was orderly sergeant of company 1,38th Illinois 
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 68 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 of Albion, in 1865, and has three sons. Until 1886 Mr. Harris engaged in 
 mercantile business in Albion, then for a few months was foreman of the 
 "New Era" Printing Company, Springfield, O., and in 18SS went to Cali- 
 fornia, bought land, and is now proprietor of a raisin farm near Oleander, 
 Fresno co. 
 
 261. George Lovel Morris, b. i August, 1839, at Payson, Adams co., 
 111. He spent two years in the Payson high school and one year, 1S58-59, 
 in Illinois College. He obtained a medical education by two years of study 
 in the Cincinnati Medical College in 1860-62. Dr. Morris acted as assist- 
 ant surgeon of the 50th Illinois infantry in 1362-63. From 1866 he practiced 
 at Fall Creek, Adams co., and was there married in June, i860, to Mary 
 E. Beebee who became the mother of one son. Dr. Morris died of con- 
 sumption at his home in February, 1879. His wife survived him but a few 
 years. He was quite successful in his practice and had the reputation of 
 being a Christian gentleman honored and respected by all. 
 
 262. Alfred Stewart, b. 26 August, 1839, at Albion, 111. He attended 
 Indiana State University, Bloomington, for some time and in 1858 entered 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College, where he pursued his studies 
 one year. Since 1864 Mr. Stewart has been a dry goods merchant, his pres- 
 ent place of business being Effingham, 111. He married in May, 1865, and 
 has two daughters and a son. 
 
 263. Samuel Taylor Cherry entered Illinois College in 1858 from Jack- 
 sonville, and remained one year. 
 
 264. George Washington Stipp, b. 20 August, 1844, at Canton, Fulton 
 CO., 111. After attending Jubilee College, Peoria, III., entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1858 and left in 1859. For 
 three years he was commissary sergeant in the 103d Illinois infantry. In 
 1865-66 he attended Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He 
 was married to Florence A. Burgett at Lewiston, 111., in 1S73, and has a 
 family of three sons and two daughters. 
 
 265. Henrie Chambers, b. 16 September, 1842, in Charleston, 111. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1858, and left in 1859. He served four years in 
 the Federal army as a sergeant in the 54th Illinois infantry. Since the war 
 he has been a farmer near his native place. 
 
 266. Howard Wilson Renshaw entered Illinois College in 1858 from 
 St. Louis and left in 1S59. 
 
 267. Bourbon B. Vandeventer entered the preparatory department of 
 Illinois College in 1858 and left in 1S59. He engaged in farming near Ver- 
 sailles, 111., until his death on 17 March, 1886. 
 
 268. Edward Payson Taylor, b. in January, 1832, in Armenia, N. Y. 
 He first attended a college in Hudson, O., then entered the preparatory 
 department of Illinois College in 1858 and left in 1861 to attend Union Col- 
 lege, Schenectady, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1 862. In the society Mr. 
 Taylor was recording secretary one year. Immediately after graduation he 
 was commissioned a captain in the 2d Arkansas regiment. He was soon 
 made division quartermaster and as such served on the staffs of Generals 
 E. A. Carr, A. J. Steele and Canby. He was regarded as a most efficient 
 quartermaster and went through many hard campaigns in Arkansas. At
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE, 69 
 
 the close of the war Mr. Taylor settled in St. Louis, practiced law a short 
 time with Major Frank Eno and afterwards became state agent for the St. 
 Louis Mutual Life insurance company. He was very successful and held 
 the position till his death. In June, 1874, he married Augusta Eno in Nash- 
 ville, Tenn. Mr. Taylor always took great interest in public questions and 
 devoted most of his college vacations to making speeches in favor of the 
 maintenance of the Union. He was a man of strong will and one who made 
 many friends. He died on 11 July, 1874, at his home in St. Louis. 
 
 269. George Brown Vittum, b. 14 April, 1835, at Canton, Fulton co., 
 111. He attended common schools and Jubilee College, Peoria, 111. Enter- 
 ing Illinois College in 1858 he left in 1859. Mr. Vittum next attended Knox 
 College, Galesburg, 111., in 1860-61. He served during the war as corporal 
 in compan)'^ F, 67th Illinois infantry and sergeant in company E, I32d, 
 Since 1865 Mr. Vittum has been a merchant in Canton. He was married to 
 Delia A. Bussell of Lewiston, 111., in October, 1861, and has had four 
 children. 
 
 270. Charles Henry Maple entered the preparatory department of Ill- 
 inois College from Canton, 111., in 1858, and remained two years, 
 
 1859-60 
 
 271. William Kellogg, b. 3 September, 1S44, in Canton, Fulton co.. 111. 
 He spent a few years in the public schools of Canton and in the Jubilee 
 College, Peoria, 111., one year, 1859-60, in the preparatory department of 
 Illinois College, then two 3'ears in Columbia College, Washington, D. C, 
 and finished his education in a three years course at West Point Academy. 
 His preparations for the practice of law were made b}^ studying with McCoy 
 and Stevens of Peoria. He was there admitted to the bar in 1870. In 
 March, 1S71, occurred his marriage to Abbie Cassidey of Palatka, Fla., 
 where he had settled. They have two daughters and a son. After a year 
 Mr. Kellogg returned to Peoria where he practiced until 1880. He filled the 
 oflSce of states attorney for Peoria count)' two terms, 1872-80, and at the end 
 of the second went to Leadville, Col., his present home. In 1882 and again 
 in 1885 Mr. Kellogg was elected attorney for the 5th district of Colorado 
 and in 1887 the governor appointed him judge of the criminal court, Lake 
 county. His term will expire in 1891. 
 
 272. John Walton Brown, b. 7 October, 1839, at Millersburg, K}'. He 
 attended the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., and entering Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1859 was graduated in 1861 with the degree of B.A. He read law 
 with Judge Dummer of Jacksonville. After admission to the bar in 1864 he 
 went to California, practiced law and for several years was judge of a 
 county court. Returning to Kentucky in 1869 he was a professor in 
 Wesleyan College, Millersburg, for two years. About this period he 
 married a Miss Mary Wilson of Missouri. The daughter born to them is 
 now living in Chicago. Mr. Brown moved to Charleston, W. Va., in 1872, 
 and resided there as a teacher until his death on 20 November, 1887. He 
 had a strong mind, was possessed of more than ordinary ability as a speaker 
 and writer, was a fine conversationalist and always made many friends 
 wherever he went.
 
 70 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 273. Thomas O'Brien entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1S59 where he remained a year. He studied medicine and prac- 
 ticed in Logan county, 111., where he died on 29 November, 1871. 
 
 274. Henry Sage Ingersoll entered Illinois College in 1859 from Can- 
 ton, 111., and remained a year. 
 
 275. John Beatty entered Illinois College from Carrollton, 111., in 1859 
 and remained a }(ar. 
 
 276. Thomas Clayton Gillham entered the preparatorj' department of 
 Illinois College from Edwardsville, 111., in 1859 and remained one year. 
 
 277. Charles D. Swett, b. 10 June, 1840, in Jacksonville, 111. Public 
 and private schools were the sources of his primary education. In 1859 
 he entered the preparatory department of Illinois College and left the insti- 
 tution in 1S64, his junior college year. He held the offices of treasurer and 
 recording secretary in the society. Mr. Swett is at present a solicitor of 
 patents in Washington, D. C. 
 
 278. George P. Brahm, b. 13 February, 1838, in Petersburg, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Virginia, 111., for two years and McKendree 
 College, Lebanon, 111., for three years, then in 1859 came to Illinois Col- 
 lege and left after one year. The twenty years immediately following 
 his college life were spent in the dry goods business in Petersburg, Mason 
 City and Kenney, 111. In 1885 he sold out in order to engage in the 
 nursery business. Mr. Brahm's first wife was Minnie B. Branson of Spring- 
 field, 111. Their marriage occurred in June, 1863, and she having died in 
 1872 he married Annie E. Howard of Kenney in 1873. By his first marriage 
 he has a son and by the second a daughter. He is now living in Aurora, 
 Neb. 
 
 279. William T. Alexander entered Illinois College in 1S59 and re- 
 mained a year. 
 
 280. James Edward Turner, b. 13 December, 1841, in Cass county, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Virginia, 111., for a while and Illinois 
 College for six months in 1859-60, he entered Eminence College, Ky., in Sep- 
 tember, i860, and completed the course there in the spring of 1862. He taught 
 school in Princeton, 111., in 1S64-65, for the succeeding ten years engaged in 
 farming in Cass county, then for a like period in the furniture and undertak- 
 ing business in Virginia, 111., and for two years in the undertaking business 
 exclusively at Wyandotte, Kan. When his health broke down he gave up 
 that occupation and has since been in the printing and publication business 
 in Kansas City. Mr. Turner married Henrietta Conover of Princeton, Ill.> 
 in February, 1863. They have three daughters and two sons. 
 
 281. St. John Van Arman entered the preparatory department of 
 Illinois College in 1S59 from St. Louis and remained two years. 
 
 282. Robert Preston Goode entered the preparatorj' department of 
 Illinois College in 1859 from Decatur, 111., and remained one year. 
 
 283. William Banks Ayers, b. 29 September. 1842, at Athens, Menard 
 CO., 111. His district school education prepared him for entering the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1859, where he remained one year. 
 He then attended for one year a college in Springfield, 111. From July to 
 November, 1862, Mr. Ayers served in the 71st Illinois infantry. In 1S68
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 71 
 
 he married Mary Riner of Havana, 111., and in 1881 Emma Maltby of 
 Athens. He has three children living. Since 1864 Mr. Ayers has been a 
 farmer and grain merchant at Athens. 
 
 284. Byron Brenholt, b. in 1841 in Springfield, 111. He attended the 
 public schools of Godfrey, 111., and in 1859 entered Illinois College. After 
 leaving college in 1861 he taught school for three terms at Brighton, 111. In 
 March, 1S76, he married Emma C. Peters of Alton, 111., and has one daugh- 
 ter. Mr. Brenholt is now cashier of the internal revenue office in Oraaha> 
 Neb. 
 
 285. John Jacob Brenholt, b. 14 October, 1845, in St. Louis, Mo. After 
 receiving a common school education he entered the preparatory depart- 
 ment of Illinois College in 1859 and was graduated in 1865 with the degree 
 of B.S. During his last 3'ear in college Mr. Brenholt was recording secre- 
 tary of the society. He taught school for two years in Madison and Jersey 
 counties, 111., read law with Hon. Levi Davis of Alton, 111., studied in the 
 Law School of Albany, N. Y., and was admitted to the New York bar in 
 1868. During 1869-75 he practiced in Chicago and since 1875 in Alton. 
 He was a colonel on the staff of Governor Cullom in 1878-84. During 1880 
 and 1881 he served as corporation counselor of Alton. Mr. Brenholt is a 
 married man, and has a son and two daughters. 
 
 286. Thomas Audley Wakely, b. 19 October, 1842, in Newark, Eng- 
 land. He came to Illinois in 1848, settled in Jacksonville and attended the 
 public schools from 1853 till his entrance into Illinois College in 1857. In 
 1862 he left college without graduation but received the degree of M.A. in 
 1884. Rush Medical College, Chicago, conferred the degree of M.D. upon 
 him in 1868 and he was at once appointed resident physician of St. Luke's 
 Hospital, Chicago. Dr. Wakely practiced at Sinclair, 111., in 1870-S3 being 
 for six years postmaster of the place. In March, 1870, he was married to L. 
 Louisa Ensminger of Jacksonville and has two daughters. Removing to 
 Jacksonville in 1885 Dr. Wakely was county physician the ensuing year and 
 in 1888-89 ori6 of the board of surgeons for examining pension applicants. 
 
 287. Elisha W. Brown entered the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1859, from Jacksonville, and left in 1861. 
 
 288. Job Walker entered Illinois College in 1S59 and left in i860. 
 
 289. Eli Boise Hamilton, b. 11 May, 1844, in Terre Haute, Ind. He 
 was fitted for college in the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., and in i860 
 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1865 with the degree of B.A. 
 In the society Mr. Hamilton held the offices of recording secretary and 
 president. In 1864 he joined Professor Crampton's college company, and 
 served for six months in the 145th Illiaois infantry. In 1865-66 he read law 
 with Judge Harvey D. Scott of Terre Haute and was soon after admitted to 
 the bar. He married Ella S. Smith of Sycamore, 111., in 1867. He has 
 practiced law and engaged in real estate business in Terre Haute and 
 Chicago. At present he is in the hotel business in Hutchinson, Kan. He 
 has two sons and a daughter. 
 
 290. Urban Ewing Robinson, b. 14 August, 1837, in Ridge Township, 
 Jackson co.. 111. He attended country schools and spent several terms in 
 school at Carbondale, 111. He entered Illinois College in 1859 and left in
 
 72 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY, 
 
 i860. Three years afterward he was graduated from the law school of 
 Michigan University. The following year he was elected superintendent of 
 schools in Jackson county and at the end of his term established a law office 
 in M urphysboro, 111., and for a year or two carried on mercantile business. In 
 1867 he married a Miss Etherton. His health failing, Mr. Robinson went to 
 Caflon City, Col., where he died in April, 1873. He was a man of promi- 
 nence and much respected. When in good healtii he enjoyed the largest 
 law practice in his county. Of his family, a son and daughter, only the lat- 
 ter survives. The mother died in 1881. 
 
 1860-61 
 
 291. William Henry Dawson, b. in Jacksonville, 111. He became a 
 freshman in Illinois College in 1S60 and remained one year. Mr. Dawson 
 is now married and is engaged as a blacksmith in Louisville, Ky. 
 
 292. James Retter Mathews, b. 17 April, 1843, at Exeter, Scott co.. 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Exeter and Jacksonville, he entered 
 Illinois College in i860 and left at the end of his sophomore year. In 
 1862-69 he was engaged in farming. For the next eleven years he followed 
 the livery and undertaking business in Jacksonville. Since 1880 Mr. 
 Mathews has been farming near Jacksonville. 
 
 293. Charles Bernard Dawson, b. at Jacksonville, 111. He attended the 
 common schools of his native place, and spent one year, 1860-61, in the 
 preparator}'^ department of Illinois College. Mr. Dawson is now married, 
 and is living with his family at San Andreas, Cal., where he is pursuing his 
 trade of blacksmithing. 
 
 294. William Henry Pilcher, b. 19 August, 1841, in Morgan county. 111. 
 After attending Borean College, Jacksonville, he entered Illinois College in 
 i860, remaining one year. The following year he taught school in Cass county, 
 111. In 1862 he served in the 6Sth Illinois infantry as a private, and in 1864 
 as fifth sergeant in the 145th Illinois infantry. After the close of the war he 
 was for four years a merchant at Newmanville, 111. For the past eighteen 
 years Mr. Pilcher has been in business at Chandlerville, 111., in the firm of 
 J. D. Pilcher and Son. In 18S2 he was candidate for county clerk on the 
 Greenback ticket, and has also been for three )'ears president of the village 
 board of trustees. Mr. Pilchcr's son (see No. 743) joined Phi Alpha in 1886. 
 
 295. Charles Albert Edgar, whose home was in Jacksonville, 111., 
 attended the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1860-61. 
 
 296. William Boyce Edgar, b. in November, 1844, at St. Louis, Mo. 
 He attended the grammar schools and Washington University of St. Louis, 
 and entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1S60. On the 
 first call of President Lincoln for volunteers he was mustered into service 
 as private in a company composed entirely of Illinois College students, but, 
 being a minor, was soon released at the solicitation of his father. After his 
 release he attended Wyman City University, St. Louis, in 1864-66, and after- 
 ward served with the rank of captain on the staff of E. Anson More, quar- 
 termaster general state of Missouri, being stationed at St. Louis. Since 
 1875 he has been engaged in the business of smelting zinc ores, and at
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 73 
 
 present is secretary and treasurer of the Motley mining company, and also 
 of the Hamstead zinc and lead company. He is also engaged in the 
 counting rooms of the Glendale zinc works of St. Louis. Mr. Edgar was 
 married in 1867 to Miss Bettie Hopkins of St. Louis, and has a family of 
 several children, 
 
 297. Aquilla H. Sims, b. 18 September, 1839, in Morgan county, 111. After 
 studying at Berean College, Jacksonville, he entered Illinois College in 
 i860, remaining one year. He taught school for a short time and then 
 entered the ministry of the Christian church, and built up churches at 
 Litchfield and Ouincy, 111. After laboring for three years in Ouincy, failing 
 health compelled him to resign his pastorate. Returning to the home of his 
 parents he died of consumption in Jacksonville on 26 June, 1866. Mr. 
 Sims was a fine natural speaker and this ability taken with his great earnest- 
 ness as a Christian gave him a remarkable character. 
 
 298. Peter Lisle Harrison, b. 4 May, 1843, in Sangamon county. 111. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1861 and remained one year. In 1862 Mr. Har- 
 rison was orderly of the 14th U. S. Regulars. In 1862-87 he engaged in 
 farming in Sangamon county, and then he removed to Clinton, Mo. In 1888 
 he died in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 299. Charles Edwin Jackson, b. 2 Nov., 1845, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Jacksonville previous to entering the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in i86o. He completed the fresh- 
 man year in college and then in 1862 removed to Clarion, Wright co., la., 
 where he has since been engaged in farming. 
 
 300. Brice Innis Sterrett, b. 9 August, 1844, in Cumberland county. 
 Pa. He attended the public schools of Carlisle, Cumberland co., in 1850-57, 
 and entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1S60. He 
 left in 1861, and entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa., where he was 
 graduated in 1867 with the degree of B.A. He studied law at Carlisle, Pa., 
 and also with Judge Charles Emerson at Decatur, Macon co., 111. He also 
 taught in the common schools of Macon county two terms. He was ad- 
 mitted to the bar of the supreme court of Illinois in 1868, and since that 
 time has practiced law in Decatur. Mr. Sterrett was married in 1879 to 
 Clarissa Cline of Lewisberg, York co., Pa., and has one daughter. 
 
 301. James William Dodds came from Chatham, Sangamon co.. 111., 
 entered the freshman class of Illinois College in i860, and remained one 
 )'ear. 
 
 302. Clark Northrop Andrus entered the freshman class of Illinois Col- 
 lege in i860. His home was then at Havana, 111. Mr. Andrus is deceased. 
 
 303. Matthew Patton, b. 22 August, 1841, near Auburn, Sangamon co., 
 111. After attending the common schools he entered the freshman class of 
 Illinois College in i860 and remained two years. Upon leaving college he 
 engaged for several years in the mercantile and lumber business, and sub- 
 sequently took up farming and the shipping of live stock at Virden, Ma- 
 coupin Co., III. He removed to Chicago in 1888, where he has since been 
 in the commission business on the board of trade. Mr. Patton was married 
 in 1876 to Barbara Ranch, near Virden, 111., and has one daughter and 
 three sons.
 
 74 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 304. Andrew Wilson, b. i October, 1839, ^^ Lithopolis, Fairfield co., 
 Ohio. He prepared for college in the Lithopolis Academ)'. He removed 
 to Illinois in 1858 and entered Illinois College in i860, remaining but one 
 year. In 1864 he went to Savannah, Mo., where he engaged in farming and 
 stock raising. In 1867 he removed to Shawnee count)-, Kan., where he be- 
 came one of the leading farmers and stock dealers. Mr. Wilson died on 25 
 January, 1S85, at Topeka, Kansas. 
 
 305. James Polk Willard, b. 8 May, 1S44, in Morgan county. 111. After 
 attending the Jacksonville public schools, he entered Illinois College in 
 1S60 and remained one year. In 1863-67 he attended a medical college in 
 St. Louis, from which he was graduated. Since 1868 he has been practicing 
 in Jacksonville. In 1868 he was married at Jacksonville to Lydia Larimore 
 and is the father of two daughters. Dr. Willard has held several city offices, 
 having been mayor of Jacksonville in 1S87-89. 
 
 306. William Henry Harrison Larimore, b. 25 November, 1840, near 
 Jacksonville, 111. After attending the Jacksonville public schools he en- 
 tered Illinois College in 1S61. In 1862 he enlisted in the loist Illinois 
 infantry, holding the position of sergeant. In 1S63 he was taken prisoner 
 at Holly Springs, Miss. He marched with Sherman to the sea. Since the 
 war Mr. Larimore has been engaged in the business of real estate and 
 building at Girard, Kansas. 
 
 307. John Silvers Laning, b. 16 April, 1S37, at Petersburg, 111. He 
 entered McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., in 1859 and Illinois College in 
 1861. Mr. Laning died at Petersburg on 8 January, 1862. 
 
 308. Robert Alexander Halbert, b. 9 February, iS4i,in St. Clair county, 
 111. In 1S57-61 he attended McKendree College, Lebanon, 111. In 1861 he 
 entered the senior class of Illinois College, and was graduated the same 
 year. The following winter he engaged in teaching in St. Clair county. 111. 
 In 1862 he entered the army as captain of company H, 117th Illinois infantry 
 and served three years. After the war he studied law in the office of Judge 
 W. H. Underwood, Belleville, 111., and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 
 1868-72 he was states attorney for the judicial district of Bond, Madison, 
 and St. Clair counties, serving for four years. He was the Republican can- 
 didate for state senator for St. Clair county in 1882. Mr. Halbert has prac- 
 ticed in the state, federal, and supreme courts. He has been prominent in 
 politics and in 1884 was a delegate to the national republican convention. 
 He is now residing at Belleville, 111. 
 
 309. Caleb Barrett Laning, b. 25 July, 1839, at Petersburg, 111. In 
 1856-57 he attended McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., and entered Illinois 
 College in 1861. Leaving college at the close of his junior year, he went to 
 California, where he engaged in 1862-63 in teaching. In 1867 he went into 
 business in Petersburg and has held an interest in the Petersburg coal 
 mines. Since 1885 Mr. Laning has been president of the First National 
 Bank of Petersburg. 
 
 310. William Emory Vogdes Veitch, b. 2 November, 1844, near Pitts- 
 burg, Penn. He removed to Jacksonville in 1853 and prepared for college 
 in the Jacksonville public schools. In 1S60 he entered Illinois College and 
 in January, 1S63, he left college while in the middle of his senior year, to- 
 gether with all the other members of the class. He held for one term in
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 75 
 
 Phi Alpha the ofEce of recording secretary. In 1S65 he was in the dry 
 goods store of W. C. Woodman and in May of the same year he entered 
 the bank of W. and E. W. Brown, which is now known as the Central 
 Illinois Banking and Savings Association. Mr. Veitch has held the position 
 of book-keeper and teller and since July, 1874, has been cashier. He has 
 been a candidate for several important municipal offices. In Y. M. C. A, 
 and Sunday school work he has been very prominent. Mr. Veitch was 
 married on 27 April, 1S82, at Jacksonville, 111., to Hattie D. Nevius. 
 
 311. Henry Lee Hatch, b. 4 February, 1844, at Harrodsburg, Ky. In 
 1855, he removed with his parents to Keokuk, Iowa. After attending the 
 public and private schools of Keokuk, he came to Jacksonville in i860 and 
 entered Illinois College in the same year. He was a student at Rush Med- 
 ical College, Chicago, until it was burned in the great fire of 1871, when he 
 attended the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, being graduated in 1873. 
 Dr. Hatch has been connected with a drug store since 1862, at first being 
 associated with his father and since 1873 being sole proprietor. 
 
 312. Cyrus Buckman Bates, b. 5 November, 1842, in Sangamon county, 
 111. He entered Illinois College in i860. In 1862 he held the office of presi- 
 dent in the society. In January, 1863, he left college with the other members 
 of the class, and went to Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was 
 graduated in the same year. Mr. Bates commenced the study of law, and 
 continued it until his death, on 13 July, 1865. He was of a quiet but reso- 
 lute disposition, and is said to have been one of the most popular students 
 of his day. 
 
 313. William E. Spears, b. 21 February, 1842, at Petersburg, 111. After 
 attending the District schools of Menard county, he entered Illinois College 
 in the spring of 1861. After a few months he left college and attended Rut- 
 ledge and Davidson's Commercial College at Springfield, 111. In 1862 he 
 enlisted in the 114th Illinois infantry and served three years. In 1864 he 
 was a prisoner of war, being part of the time at Andersonville and the rest 
 of the time at Mobile. In 1869 he went to Kansas and engaged in the 
 liver}' business until 1871. Since that year he has been farming near Rich- 
 mond, Kan. Mr. Spears has held the offices of town clerk, trustee, and 
 justice of the peace. In 1880 he was appointed U. S. census examiner. 
 
 1861-62 
 
 314. William Henry Barnes, b. 14 May, 1843, at Hampton, Conn. 
 At an early age he removed to Jacksonville, 111., and entered the freshman 
 class of Illinois College in 1861. He was librarian and vice-president of 
 the society. At the end of the junior year he left college, and the following 
 September he entered the senior class of Michigan University where he was 
 graduated in 1865 with the degree of B.A. In 1865-66 he taught school in 
 Morgan county, pursuing at the same time the study of law. He afterwards 
 studied with Hon. William Brown of Jacksonville, was admitted to the bar 
 in 1866 and practiced in Jacksonville. He was a member of the Illinois 
 Legislature in 1871-72 and in 1885-89 was associate justice of the supreme 
 court of Arizona. Mr. Barnes is now practicing his profession in Tucson, 
 Arizona.
 
 76 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 315. Charles Rufus Perkins, b. 9 September. 1842, at Petersburg, 111. 
 In 1861 he entered Illinois College and remained two years. He held the 
 ofBce of vice-president of the society. After leaving college he taught 
 school in Menard and Sangamon counties. Mr. Perkins is now engaged in 
 farming near Woodside, Sangamon co., 111. 
 
 316. James Alexander Brown, b. at Millcrsburg, Ky. He removed with 
 his parents to Jacksonville, 111., and entered the sophomore class of Illinois 
 College in 1861. He was made president of Phi Alpha in 1S63, to fill a 
 vacancy, and was elected for the full term of 1863-64. He was graduated 
 in 1864 with the degree of B.A. and subsequently received the master's 
 degree. In 1864 he entered the army and served as sergeant major of the 
 167th Illinois infantry. After studying law with Hon. William Brown of 
 Jacksonville, he was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. He was can- 
 didate for judge of Mason county, 111., in 1S67. In 1865 he began teaching 
 and was engaged in the Havana high school in 1865-67, in the Millersburg, 
 (Ky.) Female College in 1868-69, in the Harrison, (Ky.) Female College in 
 1870-85, and in 18S5-90 at the Wheeling, (W. Va.), Female College, although 
 retaining ownership of the Harrison institution. Mr. Brown is now in charge 
 of a Female College in Cynthiana, Ky. 
 
 317. John Storrs Lyman, b. 31 July, 1841, at Farmingdale, Sangamon 
 CO., 111. He received his preparatory education at the Waverly Academy and 
 at the Springfield (111.) high school. He entered Illinois College in 1861 
 and left the next year to enter the army. He enlisted in company G of the 
 loist Illinois infantry and served until the close of the war, being first cor- 
 poral and afterwards sergeant of the company. Since 1865 he has been en- 
 gaged in farming at Farmingdale. Mr. Lyman was married at Farming- 
 dale on 13 September, 1870 to Mary C. Happer. Of his three children, 
 Edward H. (see No. 763) is now a freshman in Illinois College. 
 
 318. Richard L. Mathews, b. 2 March, 1843, in Morgan county. 111. After 
 attending the public schools of Jacksonville he entered Illinois College in 
 1861 and remained one year. In 1868 he attended Roher's Commercial Col- 
 lege, St. Louis. Since then Mr. Mathews has been engaged in farming near 
 Orleans, 111. 
 
 319. Robert Brown, b. at Boonville, Mo. After attending Kemper Hall 
 at Boonville, he entered Illinois College in 1861 and remained one year. 
 He studied law with chief justice Adams of the Missouri supreme court, 
 and was admitted to the bar at Jefferson Cit,v, Mo. and at Springfield, 111. 
 He died at Jacksonville, 111., after a protracted illness. 
 
 320. James B. Newman, b. 2 November, 1S42, at Upper Alton, 111. 
 After a common school education he entered ShurtlefT College, Alton, and 
 remained until the end of the junior year. In 1861 he entered Illinois 
 College, where he was graduated in 1862, receiving the degree of B.A. and 
 delivering the salutatory. Three years later he received the degree of M.A. 
 In Phi Alpha he held for a time the office of recording secretar)-. In 1862 he 
 enlisted in the Union army and remained until the close of the war, having 
 attained the rank of adjutant. He entered the law school of Michigan Uni- 
 versity in 1865, but did not live to complete the course. He died at his 
 home in Upper Alton on 26 August, 1866. As a soldier Mr. Newman was
 
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 noted for his honorable and exemplary conduct and although a talented man, 
 he was modest and unassuming. 
 
 321. Edward lies, b. i October, 1842, at Springfield, 111. He attended 
 the common schools in his native city in 1850-59, and entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in i860. He left college the next year and engaged in farming and the 
 breeding of short horn cattle at Springfield, 111., which business he continued 
 until 1S80. He farmed in Cowley county until 1885, when he moved to 
 Florida and remained until 188S. He then returned to Springfield, 111., 
 where he now resides. Mr. lies was married in 1878 to Miss H. Rathburn, 
 of Springfield, and has two sons. 
 
 322. Owen Gibson Long, b. 3 March, 1845. After a common school 
 education he entered Illinois College in 1861. In 1861-62 he taught a 
 school near Franklin and in 1863 he entered the civil service of the govern- 
 ment. He commenced the study of law in 1866, while at the same time 
 holding a position in the custom house at New Orleans. He completed his 
 studies in the office of Alexander Robinson at Jacksonville, 111. In 1868 
 he was admittted to the bar b)' the supreme court of Illinois and again 
 entered the custom house at New Orleans, remaining there until 1870. In 
 1871 he removed to Kansas City, Mo., and engaged in the practice of law. 
 On 7 May, 1872, he was married to Miss Nannie Pitcher of Independence, 
 Mo. In 1873 he was elected judge of the municipal court of Kansas City 
 and served two years. He was also a candidate for prosecuting attorney of 
 Jackson county in 1876. Since 1871 Mr. Long has resided in Kansas City. 
 
 323. William A. Rogers, b. 11 October, 1845, at Charleston, Ind. He 
 removed to Scott county., la., and after a common school education entered 
 Illinois College in 1861. Leaving college in 1862 he went to Michigan 
 University and completed his junior year. He was for some time in the 
 army, being orderly sergeant in company C, 14th Iowa regiment. Since 1871 
 Mr. Rogers has been dealing in live stock in Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 324. Marcus Hook, b. 29 August, 1844, at Jacksonville, 111. After being 
 in the public schools of Jacksonville for some years, he entered Illinois 
 College in September, 1861, and remained one year. From 1857, while at 
 the same time carrying on his studies, he was salesman in a drug store, 
 which business he continued till 1866. He then became book-keeper in the 
 bank of M. P. Ayers and company, of Jacksonville and later was made 
 teller, holding this position until 1886. For six years of this time Mr. 
 Hook was also deputy collector in the service of the United States internal 
 revenue department. In 1887 he was appointed auditor of the Jacksonville 
 Southeastern railway system which office he now holds, his residence being 
 in Jacksonville. In 1870 Mr. Hook married Martha Goltra of Jacksonville 
 and has become the father of two daughters and one son. 
 
 325. Ossian Reuben Ross, b. 16 January, 1845, at Lewistown, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Lewistown and Fulton Seminary, and entered 
 Illinois College in January, 1862. In 1862-63 he attended Michigan Uni- 
 versity, and had entered upon the second year of his studies at the time of 
 his death, which occurred at Ann Arbor, 19 October, 1863. He was a stu- 
 dent of unusual industry and ambition and a young man of rare promise. 
 
 326. Robert Newton Strong Barger, b. 19 March, 1S42, at Pulaski, 111.
 
 78 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 He attended the public schools and studied in Wesleyan University, 
 Bloominjiton, before entering Illinois College in 1861. He left college in 
 1862 and served three years in the Federal army as private in the 73d 
 Illinois volunteer infantry and as hospital steward. In 1866-68 he attended 
 Rush Medical College, Chicago and was graduated. He has since prac- 
 ticed medicine at Minier and Hopedale, Tazwell co., III. In 1870 he 
 married Martha S. Poe, of Minier, and has had one son, who is now dead. 
 Mr. Baiger was delegate to the International Medical Congress at Wash- 
 ington, D. C, in 1888. 
 
 327. Nathan Hale Barnes, b. in Windham county, Conn., on 12 July, 
 1845. He attended various public and private schools in New England and 
 Illinois previous to 1861, when he entered Illinois College, remaining two 
 years. In Phi Alpha he held the offices of librarian and treasurer. He was 
 appointed a midshipman in the U. S. navy in July in 1863, and was grad- 
 uated from the Naval Academy, Annapolis in i868. Shortly after his gradu- 
 ation he was married to Lizzie A. Porter of East Hartford, Conn. They 
 have had five children, but only two daughters are now living. He was 
 commissioned an ensign in 1869; master, in 1870; and lieutenant, in 1872. 
 Since his graduation he has performed the various duties required of naval 
 officers. He has gone around the world twice, having touched at nearl)' 
 every known sea-port and having been in charge of the training ships and 
 under instruction at the torpedo stations and navy yards. In 1884-86 he 
 was detailed as instructor in higher mathematics and physics at Illinois 
 College, and received from thar institution in 1886 the degree of Ph.D. 
 Lieut. Barnes is now with the training ship "New Hampshire," at New- 
 port, R. I. 
 
 328. J. H, Walker, b. 20 August, 1841. in Morgan county. 111. He 
 attended the county public schools and spent the year of 1861-62 in Illinois 
 College. 
 
 329. Robert Kerr, b. near Jacksonville, 111. He entered Illinois College 
 in i86i and remained one year. He then went to Nokomis, Montgomery 
 CO., 111., and engaged in farming with his father. About twelve years ago 
 he removed to southern Kansas and entered upon stock-raising. He is 
 now deceased. 
 
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 330. Edward Joseph King, b. 14 June, 1847, at Jacksonville, 111. After 
 receiving a common school education, he entered Whipple Academy in 1S62, 
 and Illinois College the following year with the class of '66. In 1865, after 
 completing the junior year, he attended the Philadelphia Polytechnic Insti- 
 tute. Returning to Jacksonville he engaged in the oyster business until 
 1873, when he became secretary' and treasurer of the gas light and coke 
 company. He was married lo June, 1873, to Ida V. Sawvcr, of Jackson- 
 ville. From this time on he was closely identified with the interest of the 
 gas works, in the management of which he succeeded his father as superin- 
 tendent in 1885. He succeeded in establishing an electric light plant to be 
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 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 79 
 
 the first in originating and carrying into effect the combination of gas and 
 electric lighting. He was also instrumental in starting the telephone 
 exchange. In the midst of his professional labors, he died on 28 October, 
 1889, leaving a wife and four children. Mr. King was an electrician of 
 eminence, being held bj' the gas and electric fraternities of America as a 
 practical and progressive electrician of the first rank. His papers relating 
 to gas and electric lighting were copied both in America and in Europe. 
 Mr. King was one of the founders of the Western Gas Association and 
 president of the same at the time of his death. As a man he was noted par- 
 ticularly for his generous and unselfish disposition and remarkable public 
 spirit. 
 
 331. Thomas Jefferson Allen, b. 28 December, 1S41, in Jefferson county, 
 111. After attending the common schools in that county and the Mt. Vernon 
 high school, he entered the freshman class of Illinois College in 1862. Leav- 
 ing college the next year he engaged in farming until 1870. In 1870-79 he 
 was engaged in the cattle business in Texas and the territories. During the 
 following nine years he was a government contractor and also a breeder of 
 fine stock near Kansas City. In 1888 Mr. Allen was married to Mary L. 
 Adkins of Kansas Cit)% bji- whom he has had one son. The next year he 
 spent in Europe, and on his return became live-stock agent of the Missouri, 
 Kansas and Texas railway, which position he now holds, his home being at 
 Parsons, Labette co., Kan. 
 
 332. Seth Robinson, b. in 1845, in Menard county. 111. After attending 
 the public schools of Chandlerville, 111., and the University at Bloomington, 
 Ind., he entered Illinois College in 1862, where he remained two years. The 
 year 1865-66 he spent in the study of law at Michigan Universit)^ In 1867 
 he taught school at Lincoln, 111., and the same year was married to Miss 
 Jennie Dustin. They had three children, one of whom is W. D. Robinson, 
 (see No. 735). In 1868 Mr. Robinson was elected attorney general of 
 Nebraska. From then until 1873 he practiced in Lincoln, Neb. In the 
 latter year he removed to San Francisco, where he died on 16 September, 
 1878. Mr. Robinson was noted in college for his love of study and fond- 
 ness of the poets. In his profession he was a tireless worker and by his 
 energy had acquired an immense practice in San Francisco. He was shrewd 
 in argument, but an unbending regard for truth kept him from trickery. 
 
 333. James Mumper Terry, b. 20 August, 1846, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 After receiving a common school education he entered Whipple Academy 
 in 1863, and remained one year. Since 1869 he has been engaged in farm- 
 ing in Morgan and Scott counties, 111., with the exception of the years 1869 
 and 1872, which he spent on a farm in Cass county, la. From February, 
 1864, to July, 1865, he served as a private in company B, loth Illinois volun- 
 teer infantr)'. On 19 January, 1865, he was married to Mary E. Ayers, and 
 is the father of seven children, five of whom are now living. His son Wood- 
 ard S. (see No. 769), joined the Phi Alpha in 1889. Mr. Terry is now farm- 
 ing near Chapin, Morgan co., 111. 
 
 334. Louis Henry Jackson, b. 23 September, 1846, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the city public schools he entered Whipple Academy in 
 September, 1862, and remained one year. He attended tlic state University
 
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 of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1864-66, and studied law with Fairall and Boal, Iowa 
 City in 1866-67. He was admitted to the bar at Iowa City, in 1867, where 
 he practiced in partnership with Geo. J. Boa! until 1888, when he removed 
 to Colorado where he became attorney for various mining and irrigation 
 corporations. He is secretary of the Pecos Irrigation and Investment com- 
 pany, also for the Hagerman Irrigation and Land company. Mr. Jackson 
 was married to Virginia V. McCrary and has two children. He is now 
 living at Colorado Springs, Col. 
 
 335. Horace Robert Littlefield, b. 18 February, 1846, at Quincy, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Beardstown, 111., he entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1862, and remained one year. In 
 1863 he took up the study of medicine under his father. Dr. H. H. Little- 
 field, at Beardstown, and the following winter attended a course of lectures 
 at the Rush Medical College, Chicago. In February, 1S64, Mr. Littlefield 
 entered the army in the 145th Illinois infantry and served as assistant sur- 
 geon until the discharge of the regiment in the following fall. He then 
 attended college another year and subsequently received a degree from Rush 
 Medical College. On 27 June, 1886, he married Anna E. Kerwin, of 
 Chicago, and removed to Lafayette, Oregon, where he has since made his 
 home. In 1880-88 he was surgeon-chief of the Pacific coast division of the 
 Northern Pacific Railway, and also of the Oregon Railway and Navigation 
 company. At the completion of these roads he resigned and retired from 
 practice. Afterward he accepted the position of surgeon under the same 
 companies, which are now building through the rich mining district of the 
 Coeur dc Leon mountains. 
 
 336. John Andrew Green, b. 14 March, 1847, at Quincy, 111. He finished 
 the course of the Quincy high school in June, 1862, and the following fall 
 entered Illinois College, where he remained one year. In 1863 he entered 
 Union College, New York, and was graduated in 1S66 with the degree, B.A. 
 He died in Quincy, 16 January, 1867. As a man, Mr. Green was bright and 
 popular and had an abundance of good fellowship. He was also noted 
 for his honorable and honest character. 
 
 337. Almeron Wheat came from Quincy, 111., and entered the freshman 
 class of Illinois College in 1863, remaining one year. 
 
 338. Neil Cameron Hardin, b. 4 Februar)', 1846, at Louisiana, Mo. He 
 studied in public and private schools and entered Illinois College in Septem- 
 ber, 1863. He held the office of corresponding secretary in the society. At 
 the end of his sophomore year he left college and entered the junior class 
 of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, remaining one year. In 1865 he attended 
 the law school of Ann Arbor and in 1S66 he entered the law school of Har- 
 vard University, from which he was graduated in 1867. In 186S he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar by the Hon. T. J. C. Fagg, '42. In 1S69 he was elected 
 city attorney of Louisiana and after serving one year became a member of 
 the Missouri legislature and held that otTice for two years. He was a mem- 
 ber of the constitutional convention of 1875, which framed the new constitu- 
 tion of Missouri. Since 1875 Mr. Hardin has been engaged in the practice of 
 law at Louisiana, Mo. He was married in 1873 to Etta McMackin by whom 
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 339. John Darius Small, b. 10 July, 1846, at Findlay, Ohio. In 1851 he 
 removed to Wilmington, 111., where he attended school, before entering 
 Illinois College in 1S62. He left Illinois College the next year and spent 
 one year in the Notre Dame (Ind.) University. In 1S65-79 he followed the 
 mercantile business, and since 1879 he has been interested in the cattle 
 business in Kansas. Since 1887 he has been cashier of the American Bank 
 of North Topeka, Kan. He was married in i868 to Laura Phelps of Bloom- 
 ington, 111., and has two sons and two daughters. 
 
 340. William Boone Van Horn, b. 23 May, 1844, at Crittendon, Ky. 
 He removed with his parents to Louisiana, Mo., and after attending McGee 
 College, Macon county, Mo., in 1860-61, he entered Illinois College the next 
 year. In 1863-65 he was United States tobacco inspector. He has been 
 engaged in the tobacco business in Louisiana, Mo., and at Chicago, and in 
 the jewelr}' business at Dallas, Texas. Mr. Van Horn is now living in 
 Louisiana, Mo. 
 
 341. Lyman Beecher Glover, b. 10 Februar)', 1846, at Lodi, Mich. After 
 attending the West District school at Jacksonville, 111., he entered the pre- 
 paratory department of Illinois College in 1862, and remained one year. 
 He then attended Wabash College, Ind., and graduated with the class of 
 1867. In 1868 he was local editor of the "Jacksonville Daily Journal " and 
 editor of the same in 1869-74. In 1875 he founded the Chicago "Satur- 
 day Evening Herald," which he owned and edited until 1886. He %vas mar- 
 ried in October, 1886, to Louise Thompson of Chicago, and is the father of 
 three children. In 1886 he became critic and reviewer on the staff of the 
 " Chicago Daily Herald." Resigning in 1890 he accepted the general man- 
 agement of the " Chicago Eden Musee." 
 
 342. William McCormick, b. in 1846, County West Meath, Ireland. 
 Early in life he came to Sangamon county, 111., with his parents and attended 
 the common schools until fourteen years of age. In i86ohe went to the Rocky 
 Mountains with a part}' of gold seekers but returned the next year. He en- 
 tered the freshman class of Illinois College in 1862 and remained two years. 
 After spending the year of 1864-65 in the Wisconsin University he taught 
 school in Sangamon county, 111., and Franklin county, Mo. He then studied 
 law and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. He subsequently re- 
 moved to Eureka Springs, Carroll co.. Ark., where he has since resided. He 
 was appointed circuit clerk and recorder of deeds in Carroll county in 1885 
 and served three years. He is at present in the real estate business. Mr. 
 McCormick was married in 1886 to Susan M. Hines of Hamilton, Caldwell 
 CO., Mo. 
 
 343. Linus Child Chandler came from Chandlerville, 111., and entered 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College, remaining one year. 
 
 344. John Glover Moore, b. 25 December, 1841, at Perryville, Ky. After 
 attending the common schools and the academy at Shelbyville, Mo., he en- 
 tered the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1862 and remained 
 five months. In 1866-67 he attended Bethel College, Mo. After studying 
 law with A. W. Lamb of Hannibal, Mo., he was admitted to the bar in 
 March, 1870, in Lewis county. Mo., and practiced in that vicinity for five years. 
 In 1871 he was elected city attorney of La Grange, Mo., on the democratic 
 
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 82 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 ticket, but refused to qualify. In 1872-73 he published the "North Mis- 
 sourian," being both editor and proprietor. Since 1886 Mr. Moore has been 
 engaged in tlie drug business at Jelico, Tenn. 
 
 345. Simeon Walter lies, b. 29 December, 1846, at Midway, Ky. After 
 attending the public schools and the Anderson Seminary at Midway, he en- 
 tered Whipple Academy in 1862 and left after completing the freshman year in 
 college. He then entered the army, joining company C, 145th Illinois infan- 
 try, and was in the one hundred days' service. After his return home he at- 
 tended the Davenport (la.) Business College where he was graduated. He 
 subsequently became instructor in a college at Burlington, la. His purpose 
 was to study law, and, as he was a young man of much promise, his friends 
 confidently predicted for him a leading place in the profession ; but failing 
 health, resulting from diseases contracted in the army, compelled him to 
 abandon his plans. He died on 28 February, 1867, at St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 346. George F. Jobe, coming from Xenia, O., entered the freshman 
 class of Illinois College in 1862 and remained one year. His home is still 
 at Xenia. 
 
 347. Henry Staley Stevenson, b. i July. 1S46, at Jacksonville, III. In 
 1862 he entered the preparatory department of Illinois College. While in 
 Phi Alpha he held the offices of assistant treasurer and librarian. In 1864 he 
 enlisted as a private in the 145th Illinois infantry, and was in the one hundred 
 days' service. He returned to college, but left in 1S66. After engaging in 
 business in Freeport, he returned to Jacksonville in 1S82, and has since 
 been engaged in farming and stock raising just west of the cit}'. Mr. 
 Stevenson was married in 1871 to Louisa Rosenstiel of Freeport, 111. Wil- 
 liam Henry, (No. 765) the oldest of his four children, joined Phi Alpha in 
 1889. 
 
 348. Leonard Wheeler Chambers, b. 10 November, 1844, at Jackson- 
 ville, 111. After studying in tlie city schools, he entered the freshman class 
 of Illinois College in iS62and remained until the end of the junior year. 
 In the society he held the office of librarian for one term. Upon leaving 
 college in 1865, he followed the drug business one year. In 1866-83 he was 
 associated with his brother in the grocery business, and since 1884 has been 
 a partner in the Morgan Roller Mills of Jacksonville. He was candidate 
 for alderman in 1879 and for mayor of Jacksonville in 1S80. From 1886 to 
 1889 he served as postmaster of Jacksonville. Mr. Chambers was married 
 in 1871 to Priscilla McCartney and has three daughters living and one son 
 dead. 
 
 349. Hardin Wallace Masters, b. near Murrayville, Morgan co., 111., 
 II September, 1845. After attending the preparatory department of Illinois 
 College in 1862-63, he spent one year in special study at Michigan Univer- 
 sity. He commenced reading law in 1866 and was admitted to the bar at 
 Garnett, Kan., in October, 186S. His marriage took place at Pana, 111., 10 
 September, 1867. In April, 1869, Mr. Masters removed to his father's farm. 
 From this time till December, 1872, he taught school during the winter 
 months and farmed in summer. In the fall of 1872 he was nominated and 
 elected by the democratic party of Menard county, 111., for the office of 
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 until January, 1880. Soon afterwards he removed to Lewiston, Fulton co., 
 111., where he has since given his attention to the practice of the law. He 
 was candidate on the democratic ticket for elector in the loth congres- 
 sional district of Illinois in iSSS. 
 
 350. Alfred Morton Green, b. 24 November, 1846, at Hartford, Ky. 
 After a common school education he removed to Illinois and entered the 
 preparatory department of Illinois College in 1862, remaining one year. In 
 1S67-68 he atteaded the Michigan University. After studying law with 
 Judge J. M. Pollock of Mt. Vernon, he was admitted to the bar in 1869. 
 Three years later he was married to Miss Lucy Maxey. In 1872 he was 
 elected state's attorney of Madison county and served until 1876. He also 
 served one term in the lower house of representatives of the 31st general 
 assembly of Illinois. Mr. Green's present home is at Gainesville, Texas, 
 where he is engaged in the practice of law. 
 
 351. Martin H. Cassell, b. 11 September, 1845, in Morgan county. 111. 
 Having received his early education in the west Jacksonville district 
 school under the instruction of E. P. Kirby, he entered Illinois College in 
 1862. In Phi Alpha he held the offices of treasurer, vice-president, and 
 president. He was graduated in 1866 with the degree of B.A. and the 
 appointment of valedictorian. In 1S64 he was in the 145th Illinois 
 infantry for the one hundred days' service. After studying medicine under 
 Dr. David Prince at Jacksonville and at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
 he was graduated from JeflTerson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1868. 
 He first practiced in Chicago and then in Jacksonville, 111. In 1878 Dr. 
 Cassell removed to Davenport, la., where he engaged for some years in the 
 drug business. He then went west and was for a while in Leadville. Dur- 
 ing the last three or four years he has been in California, where he was for 
 some time on a ranch. He is now living in Oakland. 
 
 352. William Pike Moore, b. 10 November, 1844, at Newark, Knox co., 
 Mo. He attended Dr. Wm. B. Corbyn's school near Clarence, Shelby co.. 
 Mo. In 1862 he entered the preparatory department of Illinois College and 
 remained one term. Mr. Moore was in 1865 appointed deputy collector of 
 internal revenue and afterwards acting collector of the 3d Missouri district, 
 which position he held for some months and then was deputy again until 
 1868. He started the " La Grange (Mo.) Democrat," which continued for a 
 year. He was for two years in the lumber and two in the hardware busi- 
 ness. Since then he has been a book-keeper. For the last seven years he 
 has been living in Quincy, where in 1889 he was elected special tax col- 
 lector. 
 
 353. John Allen McMillan, whose home was in Jacksonville, 111., entered 
 the preparatory department of Illinois College in 1863 and left in 1865, at 
 the end of his freshman year. 
 
 354. James H. Dodds, b. 5 January, 1842, at Mt. Vernon, 111. He 
 attended the Mt. Vernon public schools until his entrance into Illinois 
 College in 1861. He left college in March, 1862, and has since been engaged 
 in farming and stock raising at Ellis Mound, Hamilton co.. 111. Mr. Dodds 
 was married in 1884 to Mary Taylor of Ellis Mound and has three children. 
 
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 attended the city schools and entered the freshman class of Illinois College 
 in 1862. He left college the next year and took a position in the drug store 
 of Dayton and Adams. Ever since then he has been engaged as druggist 
 and pharmacist in different drug stores in Jacksonville, and has for the 
 past seventeen years been in the store of W. A. Alcott. 
 
 1863-64 
 
 356. William Henry Govert, b. 10 September, 1844, at Fort Madison, 
 Iowa. He removed, at the age of six years, to Neelyville, 111., where he 
 attended school and prepared for college. He entered the freshman class 
 of Illinois College in 1863, and was graduated with the degree of B.S. in 
 1867. In 1868-70 he studied law at the Michigan University, and was at 
 once admitted to the bar. Since 1870 he has been in partnership for the 
 practice of law with Joseph N. Carter (No. 376) of Quinc}-, III. He was city 
 attorney of Quincy in 1872-74, and state's attorney of Adams county in 
 1876-84. Mr. Govert was married in 1873 to Rosa F.Wood, of Jacksonville, 
 and has one son and two daughters. 
 
 357. Frederick Ashley Jones, b. 28 June, 1847, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 After studying at home with his father and at the Jacksonville public schools, 
 he entered Illinois College in 1862, and was graduated with the appoint- 
 ment of valedictorian in 1866. In his junior j'ear he also received the honor 
 of the Latin oration. After spending some time in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 
 the pursuit of health, he returned to Jacksonville and died of consumption 
 27 November, 1869. As a student and as a man he was noted for his lofty 
 spirit of ambition. 
 
 358. Richard Elliott, b. 16 May, 1848, in Louisville, K}'. He removed 
 to Jacksonville, 111. in 1851, attended the city district schools, and entered 
 the freshman class of Illinois College in 1863. For one term he was re- 
 cording secretary of the society. He left college in 1866 and for a time 
 carried on a grocery business in Fort Scott, Kan. Returning to Illinois, he 
 became cashier of the bank of Petefish, Skiles and company, Virginia, but 
 was compelled to resign that position on account of ill health in 1S76. He 
 spent one year farming in Muhlenberg county, Ky., and then returned to 
 Jacksonville, where he died on 25 December, 1878. He was married in 1869, 
 at Macomb, 111., to Lucy H. Twyman and has had one son and one daughter. 
 Mr. Elliott is remembered by those who knew him as a model business man, 
 — efficient, courteous, always ready and willing to do his duty. 
 
 359. Henry Clay Grove, b. 6 March, 1845, near Slater, Saline co., Mo. 
 In 1S53-61 he attended the public schools of Cambridge, Mo., and came to 
 Illinois College in 1863. In 1864 he left college and entered Michigan 
 University where he remained one )'ear. In 1867 he was graduated from 
 the medical department of the University of Virginia. Dr. Grove practiced 
 at Webber Falls and Ft. Scott, Kan., until June, i86g, when failing health 
 compelled him to return to his old home at Cambridge, Mo., where he died 
 on 22 October, 1869. He is remembered by his associates as a young man 
 of unusual ability. 
 
 360. Stephen Hues Claycomb, b. 11 August, 1S47, at Waverly, Mo. He
 
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 became a freshman in Illinois College in 1863 and remained one year. The 
 year of 1864-65 he spent in Michigan University. Reentered the law depart- 
 ment of the University of Virginia in 1866, where he was graduated in 1868. 
 He was admitted to the bar at Marshall, Mo., in 1868 and has practiced 
 at Nevada, Vernon co. and Joplin, Jasper co. Mr. Claycomb was elected 
 from Jasper county to the Missouri house of representatives in 1884 and 
 was elected state senator for the 23th senatorial district in 1886. In 1888 he 
 was also elected by the Democrats Lieut.-Governor of Missouri. Mr. Clay- 
 comb was married in 1873 to Sallie E. Headen of Nevada, Vernon co., Mo., 
 and has one son and one daughter. He is now living at Joplin, Mo. 
 
 361. David William Reid, b. 13 April, 1845, near Cambridge, Mo. He 
 entered the freshman class of Illinois College in 1S63 remaining one year. 
 He attended Michigan University one year, and then studied medicine at 
 the St. Louis medical college where he was graduated in 1868. In 1868-70 
 he practiced at Oregon, Mo., in 1870-80 at Cambridge, and since then at 
 Slater, Mo., where he now lives with his wife and two sons. 
 
 362. Edward Ramsey Elliott, b. 22 November, 1846, in Louisville, Ky. 
 He came to Jacksonville, 111., with his parents in 185 1, and attended the city 
 district schools. In 1863 he became a freshman in Illinois College, but he 
 remained onl}' one 3'ear. His health failed rapidly and he died of consump- 
 tion at Jacksonville on 12 November, 1864. Mr. Elliott was a young man of 
 much promise. 
 
 363. John Carroll B. Ish came from Petra, Mo., and attended Illinois 
 College in 1864-65. 
 
 364. William Gordon came from Cambridge, Mo., and attended Illinois 
 College in 1863-64. 
 
 365. George Taylor Goode, b. 8 December, 1846, in Saline county. Mo. 
 He attended the common schools until his entrance into the freshman class of 
 Illinois College in 1863. He left in 1864 and for one year taught school in 
 Madison county. 111. After studying medicine at the University of Virginia, 
 and in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, for three years, he practiced for 
 two years at Marshall, Mo., and from 1870 to 1882 in Olathe, Johnson co. . 
 Kan. Mr. Goode has, since 1870, been engaged also in farming, and has 
 twice been elected treasurer of Johnson county, for the years 1887 and 18S9. 
 
 366. Robert Field, jr., b. 14 May, 1841, in Saline county. Mo. After a 
 common school education he entered Illinois College in 1863 and remained 
 one year. Since 1864 Mr. Field has been engaged in farming near Little 
 Rock, Mo. 
 
 367. Albert Gallatin Swett, b. in April, 1849, at Jacksonville, 111. After 
 attending the east district school, Jacksonville, he entered the preparatory 
 department of Illinois College in September, 1863 and remained one year. 
 From 1864-70, he served as a clerk in the dry goods business and later in 
 the book and stationery business, at Jacksonville and at Bloomington, 111. 
 He also acted in Mattoon, 111., as solicitor of a fire insurance company. 
 Since 1871 he has been engaged in the photographing business at St. Louis, 
 Mo., previous to 1888 on his own account, and since then in the employ of 
 J. H. Hubbard. Mr. Swett was married in March, 1886, to Elizabeth Franck 
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 368. James Chiles Irwin came from Leavenworth, Kansas, and attended 
 Illinois College in 1863-64. 
 
 369. Benjamin Warfield Brown, b. 10 October, 1844, at Island Grove, 
 Sangamon co., 111. After a common school education he entered Illinois 
 College in 1863, and four jears later was graduated with the degree of B.A. 
 In Phi Alpha he held the offices of treasurer and president. In 1867-68 he 
 engaged in teaching school at Island Grove. He was married on ig June, 
 1879, 'o Mary Vandeveer of Hamilton, O. Mr. Brown has be6n associated 
 for some years with his brother, under the name of J. R. Brown's Sons, in 
 the raising of short horn cattle, near Berlin, Sangamon co.. 111. 
 
 370. William Harrison Gilliam, b. 15 March, 1841, near Cambridge, 
 Saline co., Mo. After a common school education he entered the prepar- 
 atory department of Illinois College in 1863 and remained one year. In 
 1864-65 he attended the University of Michigan. Mr. Gilliam, who is now a 
 farmer and livestock dealer lives near Gilliam, Saline co.. Mo. 
 
 371. Orlando Glore, b. 10 August, 1S43, at Shiloh Hill, 111. He entered 
 ShurtlefT College in i860 and came to Whipple Academy in 1863, where he 
 remained one year. He taught school a year and a half in the Cherokee 
 country and then studied law in Murphysborough, III. After practicing 
 for a time at Poplar Blufls, 111., where he also kept a hotel, he farmed for 
 two years in Missouri and then went to Arizona for the sake of his health. 
 He died there of consumption in 1879. Mr. Glore was a conservative 
 Democrat, wrote for several newspapers, and displayed muth talent as a 
 public speaker. He was a courteous gentleman and won a host of friends. 
 
 372. William Alexander Goodin, b. 24 March, 1841, in Pike county. 111. 
 In 1855-56 he attended a private school in Pittsfield, 111., and after studying 
 at Berean College in 1858, and the Griggsville High School in 1859, he 
 entered Illinois College in 1863. He remained one year in college and 
 then engaged in teaching. In 1860-61 he taught at Baj'ville and in 
 1862-63 'It Pleasant Hill, 111. He also taught for three years at Liberty and 
 at other places. Mr. Goodin has served as assessor of Pike county and is 
 now farming near Pittsfield. 
 
 373. John Hezekiah Ferguson, b. 18 February, 1842, in Pike county. 111. 
 He came to Illinois College in 1S63 and completed the freshman year. He 
 attended Abington, (111.), College in 1865, and taught school at Pleasant Hill 
 in 1870-72. In 1872-80 he was engaged in farming and stock raising in 
 Pike county, and since 1878 has been proprietor of a drug store in Griggs- 
 ville, 111. In 18S5-S8 he was a member of the Griggsville board of educa- 
 tion. Mr. Ferguson was married in 1869 to Mary A. Dunaven of Pleasant 
 Hill, and has had three children, only one of whom, a son, is living. 
 
 374. Byron Caldwell Smith, b. 26 August, 1849, in Jefferson county, Ohio. 
 He came to Jacksonville where his father. Col. J. P. Smith, was for a time 
 editor of the " Daily Journal," and entered the preparatory department of 
 Illinois College in 1863. He held the offices of librarian, treasurer, and critic 
 in Phi Alpha. He was not graduated but in 1S68 went to Europe and studied 
 at Heidelberg, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and for six months at Athens. Re- 
 turning to America he was professor of Greek in the Kansas State Univer- 
 sity at Lawrence, in 1872-75 ; but, his health failing, he went to Philadel-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 87 
 
 phia for medical treatment, then to Colorado in search of health, but died 
 on 5 May, 1877. Mr. Smith was not only a very proficient Greek scholar 
 and thoroughly familiar with Latin and German, but had also made con- 
 siderable progress in French, Italian, and Sanskrit. He also had gathered 
 materials and drawn the outlines of a treatise on sociology. His associates 
 in college and in Phi Alpha remember him as an enthusiastic student, and 
 a debater of unusual power. His love for the acquisition of knowledge 
 and his great mental force combined to give his recitations and the per- 
 formance of his society duties an interest that is not easily forgotten. 
 
 375. George Callaway, b. 4 May, 1846, in Christian county, Ky. After 
 attending the public schools he came to Illinois College in 1S63. From 
 May, 1864, to September, 1865, he served in the commissar}' department of 
 the " pioneer brigade," army of the Cumberland. After the war he studied 
 medicine at Tuscola, 111., and practiced there from i368 to 1871, when he 
 removed to Virginia City, Montana, where he practiced in 1871-74. In 
 1874 he was appointed auditor of Montana, but he resigned and returned to 
 Tuscola, where he continued the practice of medicine until 18S0. Dr. 
 Callaway was married on 19 February, 1879, to Emma C. Wyeth of Tuscola, 
 where he is now engaged in farming and stock raising. 
 
 376. Joseph Newton Carter, b. in 1843, near Big Spring, Hardin co., 
 Ky. At the age of fourteen he went with his parents to Coles county, 111., 
 where he attended the public schools and afterward the village schools of 
 Tuscola, 111. Before entering college he taught school in Douglass county 
 and afterwards in 1864-65 near Jacksonville. He became a freshman in 
 Illinois College in 1863, and was graduated in 1866 with the degree of B.S., 
 delivering also a philosophical oration. In Phi Alpha he was for one 
 term recording secretary. He studied law at Michigan University in 
 1866-68, was admitted to the bar at Quincy in 1869 and has practiced there 
 since. Since 1870 he has been associated with William H. Govert (No. 
 356), under the firm name of Carter and Govert. Mr. Carter served as 
 private in the 75th Illinois infantry for a few months in the summer of 1862. 
 In 1878 he was elected to the Illinois legislature and re-elected in 1880. 
 He was also candidate for state senator on the Republican ticket in 1882. 
 Mr. Carter was married in 1879 to Nellie D. Barrell of Springfield, 111. 
 They have three children. 
 
 377. Hunter Boyd Gilkeson, b. 10 October, 1845, in Frederick county, Va. 
 He attended the Friends' school at Westtown, Penn. in 1861-62 and entered 
 Whipple Academy in 1863. He left the following j'ear and in 1867-68 held 
 the position of bank collector in St. Louis. In 1869 he was a book-keeper 
 in Leavenworth, Kan., and was subsequently engaged in coal mining in 
 Missouri. He was married in 1869 to Annie E. McGrew of Lexington, Mo. 
 Mr. Gilkeson died on 2 September, 1869, at Lexington, Mo., leaving a 
 daughter and two sons. 
 
 378. Adoniram D. Carter, b. 5 November, 1842, at Auburn, III. After 
 attending the county schools and the Waverly high school he finished his 
 early education under Rev. A. M. Tupper of Waverly. In 1862 he enlisted 
 in Company C, loist Illinois infantry and after serving five months left the 
 service on account of ill-health. In 1863 he entered Illinois College and
 
 88 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY, 
 
 remained one year. In 1S64 he entered the sophomore class in Michigan 
 University, from whicli lie was graduated in 1867. He studied law with 
 Judge Waite of Chicago and was admitted to the bar in 1869. From then 
 on Mr. Carter practiced law in Chicago until his death, which occurred on 
 15 March, 1884. Mrs. Carter is living in Evanston, 111. 
 
 379. George N. Nolan, coming from Old Hamburg, Ky., attended 
 Illinois College in 1SO3-64. 
 
 380. Robert Fisher Nicholson, b. 8 February, 1S42, at Pittsfield, 111. 
 After attending the schools of Pittsfield, he entered Illinois College in 1862 
 and remained one year. In 1863-64 he attended Eureka College, Eureka, 
 111., and after leaving college began the study of medicine with Dr. John 
 Shastid of Pittsfield, but his health failed and he died on 28 December, 1865. 
 Mr. Nicholson was an earnest Christian, of a sympathetic nature, and stead- 
 fast of purpose. 
 
 1864-65 
 
 381. John Augustine Major, b. 7 June, 1844, at Boonville, Mo. In 
 1S60-61 he studied at William Jewett College, Liberty, Mo. After attending 
 Abingdon College, Abingdon, 111., and Michigan University, he entered 
 Illinois College in 1864 and remained one year. In 1865 he attended a 
 commercial college at Chicago, III. Mr. Major then returned to Missouri 
 and engaged in raising and trading in cattle until his death, which occurred 
 at Liberty, 111., 17 August, 1869. 
 
 382. James Thompson, b. 23 November, 1844, near Plattsburg, Mo. 
 After a common school education he entered Illinois College in 1864 and 
 remained two terms. Upon leaving college he attended the Indiana Ash- 
 bury University, Greencastle, Ind., and then Bryant and Stratton's commer- 
 cial college, Chicago. In 1866 he returned to Missouri and taught for three 
 years near Plattsburg, at the same time studying medicine. In 186S-69 he 
 attended St. Louis Medical College and in the following year, Jefferson 
 Medical College, Philadelphia. In 1869-74 he practiced at Osborn, Mo., at 
 St. Louis in 1874-78, and at Butte City, Montana, in 187S-84. In 1880 he 
 was elected coroner of Silver Bow county, Montana and in 1SS3 was the demo- 
 cratic candidate for mayor of Butte City. In 1884 Dr. Thompson removed 
 to Ft. Meade, Fla., for the sake of health and practiced his profession until 
 1889, when he removed to Kansas City, Mo., where he is now residing. 
 
 383. David CofTman Morrison, who came from Cambridge, Mo., in 1864, 
 entered Illinois College and remained one year. He is now living at Little 
 Rock, Saline co., Mo. 
 
 384. John Thomas Rowland, b. 4 May, 1847, at Newark, Ohio. He 
 attended the common schools at Jacksonville and entered Illinois College 
 in 1864, remaining one term. In 1865-68 he engaged in the dry goods busi- 
 ness. The next eleven years he spent dealing in cattle. Since 1S79 Mr. 
 Rowland has been living at Millwood, Kno.\ co., Ohio. 
 
 385. Joseph Edgar Bartlett, b. 5 October, 1848, at Olivet, Mich. He 
 removed with his parents to Illinois and studied under the instruction of
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 89 
 
 his father and at the Hamilton high school. In 1864 he entered Illinois 
 College and remained until the following spring when he entered Oberlin 
 College, Ohio, where he was graduated with the class of 186S. In 1868-69 
 he studied in the Conservatory of Music at Leipsic, Germany, and on leav- 
 ing received a diploma. From 1870-77 he filled the chair of music in the 
 Kansas State University, Lawrence. In 1872 he organized the Lawrence 
 Conservatory of Music, and acted as director and sole proprietor. In 1877 
 he went to Waterbury, Conn., and filled the position of organist and musical 
 director in the First Congregational Church. Mr. Bartlett is at present 
 state director of the Connecticut Saengerbund and devotes most of his time 
 to the conducting of societies and operas. 
 
 386. Joseph Washington Mcllhany, b. 22 February, 1844, in Frederick 
 county, Md. In 1848 he removed with his father to Montgomery county, Mo., 
 and after a common school education came to Illinois College in 1S64 and 
 remained one year. After spending a year at a commercial college in 
 Springfield, 111. and the year 1866-67 in Indian Territory, he taught school at 
 Hydesburg, Marion co., Mo., and in 1S68-69 was principal of the Danville 
 Female Seminary and in 1869-70 of Jonesburgh Academy, Montgomery 
 county, Mo. The following year he was teacher of mathematics in the Palmyra 
 Female Seminary and in 1874-75 was at the head of the seminary at Lead 
 Hill, Ark. In the latter year he was married to Mary E. Coker. In 18S4-85 
 Mr. Mcllhany was president of Belle Plain College, Texas, but since 1886 
 he has been teaching in the commercial college at Comanche, Tex. In 
 1884, at the death of his wife, he was left with four children, three of whom 
 are now living. In 1886 he was again married to Mrs. Lydia Elliott, by 
 whom he has had two children. 
 
 387. Adolphus Killiam George, coming from Barry, Mo., attended Illinois 
 College in 1864-65. Mr. George is now a minister. 
 
 388. Alphonso Hunt Bryan, b. 8 August, 1845, in Indianapolis, Ind. 
 He came to Illinois College in 1864 and remained one year. In 186S he 
 entered the law department of the Michigan University, was graduated in 
 March, 1S70 and admitted to the bar at Mt. Vernon, 111., in June of the 
 same year. He taught school near Denver, Col., in 1871-72, and near 
 Douglass, Col. in 1872-73. Since 1874 he has been practicing law in 
 Champaign, 111. Mr. Bryan has held important official positions in the 
 county and has been an ardent temperance worker. He was married in 
 1878 to Alice Cheever of Peoria, 111., and has two daughters. 
 
 389. Clark Thompson, coming from Bethel, 111., attended Illinois College 
 in 1864-65. 
 
 390. Louis Thompson, whose home was at Bethel, 111., entered Illinois 
 College in 1864 and remained one year. 
 
 391. John Calvin Ferguson, b. i October, 1845 at Sedalia, Mo. After 
 attending the public schools of Pettis county. Mo., he entered Illinois College 
 in 1864 and remained one year. In 1872 Mr. Ferguson was the congres- 
 sional candidate of the 12th Missouri district. He was elected to the Mis- 
 souri legislature the same year. He died at Osceola, Mo., on 15 November, 
 1881. 
 
 392. Edward Still, coming from Alton, 111., entered Illinois College in 
 1864 and remained one year.
 
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 393. Charles Edward Broadwell, b. 23 February, 1S47, at Jacksonville, 
 111. He attended the public schools and entered Illinois College in 1864. 
 He served in Company C, 145th Illinois Volunteers under Prof. R. C. 
 Crampton, remaining six months in the service. Mr. Broadwell is engaged 
 in the wholesale grocery business in Kansas City, Mo., and is located at 
 statiiin A of the McCord and Nave Mercantile company. 
 
 394. Miles Lee Gash came from Barry, Mo., and attended Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1864-65. Mr. Gash afterward studied medicine and became a prac- 
 ticing physician. 
 
 395. Mifflin Dallas Duval, b. i June, 1845, at Winchester, Va. After 
 removing to Missouri and attending school for one year, i86o-6r, at Mt. 
 Gilead, he enlisted in the Confederate army and served two years. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1864 but remained only a few months. In 1866- 
 75 he was in mercantile business in Kansas City and St. Louis. In 1875 he 
 removed to Kentucky and resided there until 1881. He is now living on 
 his farm near Richmond, Mo. Mr. Duval has also large ranch interests 
 in the " Pan Haiulle " in Texas, where he spends part of each year. 
 
 396. Alfred Allen Paxson, b. 10 December, 1844, at Winchester, 111. 
 After living in Pike county, 111., he came to Jacksonville in 1862. After at- 
 tending the West Jacksonville district school, he taught school in Mason City 
 during the spring of 1864. In September, 1S64, he entered the freshman 
 class of Illinois College. He held the offices of librarian, treasurer, corres- 
 ponding secretary, and president. He was graduated with the valedictory in 
 1868 receiving the degree of B.A. He subsequently took the master's de- 
 gree. Entering the law department of Washington Universitj' he was 
 graduated as valedictorian in 1870. The same year Mr. Paxson delivered 
 a historical address before Phi Alpha. Having studied law with Judge H. E. 
 Dummer, he was admitted to the bar 22 February, 1871. He then went to 
 Rockwall, Tc.x., for the purpose of practicing law. In 1874 he was elected 
 superintendent of schools of Rockwall county. He then returned to St. 
 Louis, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law. In 
 1884 he was the democratic candidate for circuit attorney of St. Louis and 
 again in 1888. He has been appointed by the circuit court of St. Louis 
 provisional judge of the St. Louis court of criminal correction, vice Hon. E. 
 H. Noonan, who is now mayor of St. Louis. Mr. Paxson was married in 
 1S73 to Julia L. Hart of St. Louis and has four children living. 
 
 397. Walter Alexander Rearick, b. 15 October, 1847, at Jacksonville, 
 111. He attended the west Jacksonville district school and entered Illinois 
 College in 1S64. He left college the next year on account of ill health and 
 was subsequently for several years a commercial traveler for a boot and 
 shoe house at St. Louis. He died at St. Louis, 20 March, 1SS5. Mr. Rearick 
 had won the name of being a very studious and industrious young man. 
 
 398. James P. Mauzey, b. 23 March, 1S46, in Ray county, Mo. He re- 
 ceived his early education at Mount Pleasant College, Huntsville, Mo., and 
 entered Illinois College in 1864. From 1867-72 he was engaged in the mer- 
 cantile business and has since resided at Brunswick, Mo. 
 
 399. Stephen Henry Bowman, b. 21 November, 1S47, in Jersey county, 
 111. After attending the common schools of Jersey county he came to
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 9I 
 
 Illinois College in 1864 and remained one j'ear. During the summer of 
 1865, he attended the Eastman Business College and in 1866-70, was em- 
 ployed as clerk in the banking house of William Shephard and company, 
 at Jerseyville, 111. In 1871 he was married to Harriet B. Cockrell of Jersey 
 county, 111. and is now the father of three children. In 1870-74 he was 
 sheriff of Jersey county and in 1883-85 mayor of Jerseyville. Since 1875 
 Mr. Bowman has been a member of the banking firm of Bowman and Ware, 
 Jerseyville, 111. 
 
 400. John Williamson Vaughn, b. 5 March, 1846, in Madison countj', 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Jerseyville, and became a student in 
 Illinois College in 1864. After studying in 1865 at Bryant and Stratton's 
 commercial college, St. Louis, Mo., he farmed for one year in Madison 
 county. He removed in 1879 to Leadville, Col., where he has since been 
 engaged in prospecting and dealing in mining property. Mr. Vaughn was 
 married 19 January, 1871, to Miss Anna Ely of Jerseyville, 111. 
 
 401. Alexander Young, b. 7 July, 1847, in Bath county, Ky. He removed 
 to Missouri and attended Plattsburg Academy. In 1864 he came to Illinois 
 College and completed two years. After leaving college he went to the 
 Missouri State University, Columbia. In 1866-67 he studied law at St. 
 Joseph, Mo. and in 1872 was elected prosecuting attorney of Buchanan 
 county. In 1874 he removed to St. Louis, where he has since been prac- 
 ticing law. From 1874 to 1879 he was a member of the firm of Chandler 
 and Young and then was in partnership for five years with Hon. B. Gratz 
 Brown. 
 
 402. F. Grundy Cockrill, b. in 1847, at Platte City, Piatt co.. Mo. He 
 attended the William Jewell College at Liberty, Mo., previous to 1864. In 
 this year he came to Illinois College and remained one year. After serving 
 in the Confederate army, he spent the year 1865 at Bethan}' College, West 
 Virginia and taught one year in a private school. In 1867 Mr. Cockrill en- 
 gaged in the banking business at Platte City, Mo., in which he continued 
 until his death, which occurred in 1880. 
 
 403. Samuel Warren Nichols, b. 5 February, 1844, in Hancock county. 111. 
 After a common school education he entered the army in 1864 and served 
 four months as a private in the 151st Ohio regiment. While a member of 
 Phi Alpha he held the offices of chaplain and recording secretary. In 1866 
 he left college, but retained an active membership in the societ}' for several 
 years. After teaching in the Jacksonville Business College for one year he 
 held the ofhce of treasurer of the Jacksonville gas-light and coke com. 
 pany in 1867-70. In 1870-71 he was employed in the Jacksonville First 
 National Bank. After dealing for six years in stoves he became a member 
 of the firm of Clendenon and Nichols photographers. Since 1884 Mr. 
 Nichols has been engaged in editorial work on the " Jacksonville Daily 
 Journal," and on the sale of the paper to a joint stock companj' in 1886, he 
 was chosen treasurer and associate editor. On the 30th December, 1873, 
 Mr. Nichols was married to Helen M. Storrs. Since he has been a member 
 of Phi Alpha, Mr. Nichols has attended twenty-six open meetings and love 
 feasts of the Society, as well as all reunions.
 
 92 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1865-66 
 
 404. Samuel Maxwell Allen, b. 6 April, 1849, at Frankfort, Clinton co., 
 Ind. He received his early education in Kentucky and in the common 
 schools of Jacksonville, 111. In 1S65 he entered Illinois College and re- 
 mained one year. In 1S67 he attended W.abash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. 
 The years 1S69-75 he spent in the railroad and telegraph business. In 1S75 
 -82, with the exception of one year, he engaged in banking. In 1883-85 he 
 was in the railroad business in Mexico, and in California in 1885-88. In 
 18S9-90 he was the general agent of the Republic Savings Building and 
 Loan Association in San Francisco, Cal. where he is now living and 
 studying medicine. 
 
 405. Francis Asbury Taylor, b. 12 September, 1842, in Shelby county, Mo. 
 In 1S56-61 he studied at the Shelby high school and came to Illinois College 
 in 1865, where he was graduated in 1866 receiving the degree of B..^., and 
 delivering the salutatory. He was for one term vice-president of the 
 society. At the commencement of 1869 he delivered the Master's oration. 
 In 1S66-67 he taught in Palmyra, Mo.; in 1867-71, in Central College, Fayette. 
 Mo.; in 1872-73, in Mexico, Mo.; in 1873-74, in Marion, Mo.; and in 1S74-76 
 in Lewiston, 111. In 1876 he entered the south-west Missouri conference of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church and held appointments at Waverly, Otter- 
 ville, and Cambridge. In 1881 he received a supernumerary relation and as 
 the climate of Florida, whither he went in search of health, proved bene- 
 ficial, he has resided there since. He was for three years editor of the 
 Apopka " Citizen," and still resides in Apopka. While Mr. Taylor was a 
 professor in Central College, Fayette, Mo., he organized a literary society 
 and named it " Phi Alpha," in honor of the original. He was married in 
 1875 to Eliza E. Humphrey of Lewiston, 111. and has three children. 
 
 406. Benjamin Franklin Sibert, b. 4 October, 1846, at Meredosia, Mor- 
 gan CO., 111. He attended the common schools of Morgan county and entered 
 Illinois College in 1865 where he remained two years. He attended Bryant 
 and Stratton's Business College in Chicago, 1S69-70. Since 1874 Mr. Sibert 
 has been superintendent of the Jacksonville, (111.) Street Railway. He was 
 married in 1S74 to Mary E. Goodrich and has one son and one daughter. 
 
 407. Robert Edwin Jenkins, b. 6 February, 1846, in Clark county, Mo. 
 He entered Illinois College in 1S65 and after one year removed to Chicago, 
 and studied law with E. M. Haines and A. C. Story, and then at Union 
 College, from which he was graduated in 1867. He was at once admitted to 
 the bar and has since practiced law in Chicago, being at present asso- 
 ciated with E. J. Harkness under the firm name of Jenkins and Harkness. 
 He is a member and officer of the Union Park Congregational church, and 
 was for nine years superintendent of its Sunday school. He has been presi- 
 dent of the Chicago Congregational Club and is connected with various 
 other societies. In 1877 Mr. Jenkins was elected member of the board of 
 county commissioners of Cook county on the republican ticket. He was 
 married in 1S69 to Marsia Raymond. They have two daughters and one 
 son. 
 
 408. Samuel A. V. Hartwell, whose home was at Kane, 111., entered 
 Illinois College in 1S65 and remained one year.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 93 
 
 409. Alfred Chester Phelps, b. 4 December, 1842, at Woodville, Miss. 
 After receiving a common school education he removed to Greenville, 111. 
 He served three years in the arm}', first as private and sergeant in the 130th 
 Illinois regiment and afterwards as first lieutenant in the 95th U. S. colored 
 infantry. In 1865 he entered Illinois College and remained one year. In 
 Phi Alpha he held the office of corresponding secretar}'. After leaving col- 
 lege, he studied law privately and was admitted to the Illinois bar in Janu- 
 ary, 1867. He practiced in Illinois until 1872, when he removed to Denver, 
 Colorado. Mr. Phelps was a member of the first general assembly of Col- 
 orado and has been city attorney of Denver, where he has practiced law 
 since 1S72. He is married and has four children. 
 
 410. Francis Asbury Riddle, b. in 1843, near Springfield, 111. After 
 attending the common schools and Illinois State University at Spring- 
 field, he entered the army in June, 1862, serving first as a private in the 130th 
 Illinois infantry, then as second lieutenant in the 25th, and as first lieutenant 
 in the 93d U. S. colored infantry. In 1865 he entered Illinois College and 
 remained one year. In 1866 he entered the Chicago University and was 
 graduated in 1867. He was also graduated from the Union College of Law, 
 Chicago, and was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Illinois in 
 1867. He was elected to the Illinois state senate in November, 1876, and 
 served four years. Since 1868 Mr. Riddle has been engaged in the practice 
 of law in Chicago. 
 
 41 1. Samuel Warren Cottle, b. 3 October, 1846, at Cottleville, Mo. 
 After a common school education he entered Illinois College in 1865 and 
 remained one year. In 1869 he attended Jones' Commercial College, St. 
 Louis. He afterwards engaged in farming and stock-raising in St. Charles 
 county, Mo. Since 1882 he has been in business at O'Fallon, St. Charles 
 CO., Mo., where he was appointed postmaster in 1886. 
 
 412. Harvey Benjamin Fuller, whose home was in Jacksonville, 111., 
 attended Illinois College in 1865-66. 
 
 413. Charles R. Savage, b. in 1838, in Cass county. 111. He studied in the 
 Monroe and Springer district schools and entered Illinois College in 1865, 
 where he remained only two weeks, being compelled to leave on account of 
 sickness. Since then he has been engaged in farming near BluflT Springs, 
 Cass CO., 111. Mr. Savage was married in 1867 to Sarah E. Springer, 
 of Monroe precinct and has had five sons and three daughters. His wife 
 and one child are now dead. 
 
 414. Frederick Goodell, b. 5 May, 1840, at Chandlerville, 111. He 
 received his early education in the public schools near his home and in 
 Jacksonville, 111. He was a member of the 33d Illinois regiment and served 
 in 1861-64. I'l 1865 he entered Illinois College and remained one year. 
 The year 1868-69 he spent in teaching school in Mason county. 111. He died 
 in November, 1873. The greater part of Mr. Goodell's life was devoted to 
 farming. He was married in 1868 to Sarah Wigenton of Mason county and 
 had three sons. 
 
 415. Joseph Reed Askew, whose home was in Jacksonville, III., attended 
 Illinois College in 1865-66. Mr. Askew has been in business in the west 
 for a number of years, and is now living at Wichita, Kan.
 
 94 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 416. George Phares Meitsell, whose home was in Pekin, 111., attended 
 Illinois College in 1S65-66. Mr. Meitsell is still living at Pekin. 
 
 417. William R. Massey, who lived in J.icksonville, 111., entered Illinois 
 College in 1865 and remained one year. Mr. Massey's latest address was 
 Brunswick, Chariton co.. Mo. 
 
 418. Joseph P. Runyan, b. 16 March, 1842, in Cass county. 111. He received 
 a common school education and in 1864-65 attended college at Abingdon, 
 111., During the winter of 1865 he attended a commercial college at Bur- 
 lington, la. He entered Illinois College in 1866, and remained one j'ear. 
 In 1866-67 he taught a public school in Gallatin county, Ky., at which place he 
 married Miss VVinnifred Poledsoe. He taught school in Edgar county, 111., in 
 1871, and in 1872 in Oueen county, Ky. Mr. Runyan died on 28 February, 
 1873, in Warsaw, Gallatin co., Ky., leaving a wife, one son and one daughter. 
 
 419. John Hardin McClintock, b. 31 October, 1848, at New Hartford, 111. 
 After attending the public schools near his home and a private school at 
 Louisiana, Mo., he entered Illinois College in September, 1865. He held 
 the offices of corresponding secretary and president in the society. He was 
 graduated with the class of '69 receiving the degree of B.S. In 1870 he 
 taught school in Pike county. 111., and in the following year he attended the 
 law department of Michigan University. His health failing, he went to 
 Colorado, but died on the way home at Lawrence, Kan., 30 October, 1873. 
 He was a young manof commanding talent, of an unusually upright charac- 
 ter, and had won the good will of all who knew him. 
 
 420. James Lewis Irwin, b. 11 October, 1849, at Mt. Sterling, 111. He 
 removed to Pittsiield, 111., where he attended the public schools. At the 
 age of fifteen he was drummer boy in Company H, 137th Illinois infantry. 
 In 1865 he entered Illinois College, and leaving in November, 1866, he coni- 
 menced the study of law with his father, J. S. Ir\vin, at Pittsfield. He 
 then attended one course of lectures at Michigan University and was after- 
 wards graduated at the Union College of Law, Chicago. He returned to 
 Pittsfield where he practiced his profession until his death on 28 November, 
 1876. 
 
 421. Charles Hugh Ethel, b. 24 October, 1742, at Bethel, Morgan co., 
 111. He attended public school in Winchester, Scott co., and Bethel, 
 Morgan co., and received also private instruction before entering Illi- 
 nois College in 1865. He left college the next year, studied law one year 
 with Morrison & Whitlock, of Jacksonville, was admitted to the bar in 1870, 
 and has since practiced law in Morgan county. He was the democratic candi- 
 date for county judge of Morgan county in 1882 and was justice of the 
 peace a short time. Since 18S6 he has been deputy county clerk. Mr. 
 Ethel enlisted in 1861 and served three and one-half years as captain of a 
 company in the nth Missouri infantr)'. In 1877 he was married to Sarah 
 Cunningham of Morgan county, and has two sons and one daughter. 
 
 422. Frank Elliott, b. 30 July, 1S50, at Greenville, Ky. He removed to 
 Jacksonville, 111., in 1S51 and attended the city schools and also a private 
 school. He entered Illinois College in 1865 and left in 1868 in the middle 
 of the senior year. In Phi Alpha he was vice-president for one term. After 
 leaving college he traveled in Europe and subsequently went to San Fran-
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 95 
 
 Cisco, Cal., but returned to Jacksonville in 1875. He entered the banking 
 house of Hockenhull, King & Elliott, where he has since remained, and in 
 i88g became a partner in the iirm of Hockenhull & Elliott. He was mar- 
 ried in 1877 to Cornelia S. Sanders of Jacksonville, and has two sons. 
 
 423. William Henry Foster, b. 3 November, 1845, in Morgan county. 111. 
 After attending the West Jacksonville district school, he entered Illinois 
 College in 1863, and was graduated with the class of '66 with the degree of 
 B.S. Mr. Foster then attended the Jacksonville Business College and after- 
 wards engaged in business in Jacksonville. He is now engaged as a travel- 
 ing salesman for a house in Kansas Citv, Mo. 
 
 424. Cornelius Ludlam Hatfield, b. 17 August, 1S45, near Liter, Morgan 
 -CO., 111. He attended the common schools of Morgan, Cass and Menard 
 
 counties, and the North Sangamon Academy in Menard county, 111. . He 
 entered Illinois College in 1865, and left on account of sickness in 1866, 
 The next year he entered Lincoln (111.) University, and was graduated in 
 1868 with the degree of B.S., receiving afterwards the degree of Ph.M. He 
 engaged in teaching in Bethlehem Academy, Caldwell county, Ky., in 186S-69; 
 near Lincoln, 111., in 1869-70 and 1874-75 ; at Broadwell, III., in 1875-76, and 
 in Petersburg, 111., as principal in 1876-77, and as assistant in 1S80-81. He 
 was engaged in the dry goods business in Petersburg in 1870-74, and in 
 the lumber trade in 1877-80. In 1880 he began the study of medicine with 
 Dr. J. D. Whitley, of Petersburg, and afterwards attended Rush Medical 
 College, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1883. He practiced medicine 
 at New Holland, 111., until 1884, and since that time at Farmer City, 111. Dr. 
 Hatfield was married in 1868 to Mattie E. Edgar, of Lincoln, 111., who died 
 in December, 1874. In 1878 he was married to Ella A. Fisher of Petersburg, 
 who died in March, 1881, and in 1887 to Mary E. Woods, of Yorkville, III. 
 By his first marriage he has one son and one daughter, and a daughter by 
 the second. 
 
 425. John Lyon Oliver came from Belleville, Pa., and attended Illinois 
 College in 1865-66. 
 
 426. James Henry Grigsby, b. 16 September, 1846, at Coatsburg, 111. He 
 came with his parents to Pittsfield, 111., in 1852, where he attended public 
 school prior to entering Illinois College in 1865. He left college in 1867 
 and taught school two years in Pike county. 111. He was postal clerk on the 
 Wabash railway in 1870-71 and in 1871-77 was proprietor of a drug store in 
 Pittsfield. He gave up business on account of ill health in 1877 and trav- 
 eled in the south and west until 1880. In 1880-85 he engaged in the cattle 
 business in Wyoming Territory. He removed to Perry, Pike co., in 
 1886 and for two years dealt in hardware and agricultural implements. He 
 returned to Pittsfield in 18S9 and is now interested in real estate. He was 
 married in 1882 to Mary Kellogg, of Pittsfield. 
 
 427. Joseph Beatty Duncan, b. i March, 1849, at Mercersburg, Pa. He 
 attended Illinois College in 1865-66, and then farmed in Tazewell county 
 until 1880. In 1880-85 he was engaged in the hardware business at Delavan, 
 111., and in 1885-87 dealt in farm implements at Peoria, 111. Failing in health 
 he went west and engaged in farming until 1889 when he returned to Del- 
 avan, where he has since continued his old business. Mr. Duncan was 
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 428. Ernest Louis Campbell, b. 2g June, 1847, near Versailles, Ky. 
 After attending Bethany College, Brook county, W. Va., he entered Illinois 
 College in the fall of 1865. He held the offices of critic and vice-president 
 in the society and was graduated with the class of 1867, receiving the degre« 
 of B.A. and delivering a philosophical oration. In 1867-6S he was teacher 
 of Latin and Greek in the Washington high school at Jacksonville, 111. In 
 1868-69 he studied at Heidelberg University, Germany; in 1869-71 at the 
 University of Vienna, Austria ; in 1871-72 at the University of Wurzburg, 
 Franconia. At the last university he received the degree of M.D. Having 
 studied law in Germany, in Kansas City, and in Chicago, he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar in Kansas City. He practiced law in Denver, Col., and was 
 afterwards president of a bank at Leadville Mr. Campbell was republican 
 candidate for governor of Colorado in 18S2. In 1S84 he removed to Cali- 
 fornia and is now practicing law in San Francisco. 
 
 429. Albert Gould Dod, whose home was in Jacksonville, 111., attended 
 Illinois College in 1865-66. 
 
 430. John Maxwell Dod, b. at Danville, Ky., 8 May, 1845. After living 
 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in New York City he removed to Jacksonville in 
 1863. In Februarj', 1862, he enlisted in the 2nd Missouri state militia and 
 served for two )'ears. In 1866 he entered Illinois College and leaving, after 
 one year, attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated 
 in March, 1870. He practiced medicine at Concord, 111., for about two 
 years and also at Virginia. In 1875-83 he engaged in the drug business at 
 Jacksonville, 111. Since then he has been farming in Missouri and is now at 
 Greenwood. He was married to Hannah M. Gallagher of Jacksonville, 111., 
 and has one son. 
 
 431. William Wallace Sayles, b. 30 August, 1846, in Troy, N. Y. He 
 received his early education at Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vt., Lake Forest 
 Seminary and the Military College at Fulton, 111. Having moved with his 
 parents to Illinois, he entered Illinois College in 1865 and remained two 
 years. After leaving college he engaged in the lumber business. Mr. 
 Sayles died on 17 February, 1870, at New Orleans, La. 
 
 1866-67 
 
 432. Oscar William Craig, whose home was at Duncan's Mill, 111., 
 attended Illinois College in 1866-67. 
 
 433. William Dustin Wood, b. 6 February, 1852, at Summer Hill, Pike 
 CO., 111. Removing to Jacksonville in 1863, he studied at the west district 
 school and the Washington high school. He entered the preparatory de- 
 partment of Illinois College in 1866 and two years later the freshman class. 
 In Phi Alpha he was made successively librarian, corresponding secretary and 
 recording secretary. He was graduated in 1872 with the degree of B.A. and 
 the appointment of salutatorian, and afterwards received the degree of M.A. 
 After graduation he was for two years publisher of a weekly newspaper in 
 Kansas. Returning to Jacksonville in 1878. he was for three years clerk 
 and book-keeper in the flour mills of Fitzimmons and Kreider. He then 
 held a similar position for D. W. Fairbanks, dealer in agricultural imple-
 
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 ments, until 1883, when he became a partner in the tirm of D. W. Fairbanks 
 and company, and continued so until March, 18S9, when the firm retired 
 from business and the partnership was dissolved. Since June, 1889, Mr. 
 Wood has resided in Salt Lake City. 
 
 434. Edward James Edgar, b. 2 May, 1848, at Collinsville, 111. After 
 attending the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., he entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1862. Mr. Edgar is now president of the Edgar and Gray Lead and 
 Zinc compan)' of Jasper county. Mo. He has recently formed a connection 
 with a wholesale lumber firm of Louisiana, Mo., where he is now living. 
 
 435. Theodore F. King, whose home was then at La Harpe, 111., attended 
 Illinois College in 1S66-67. 
 
 436. John Wesley Johnson came from Pittsfield, 111., and attended 
 Illinois College in 1866-67. 
 
 1867-68 
 
 437. Thomas Hurd attended Illinois College in 1867-68. His home was 
 then in Winchester, 111. 
 
 438. Franklin M. McCann, b. at Columbus, Adams co.. 111. He removed 
 while )-oung to Quincy, 111., and attended the common schools. He entered 
 Illinois College in 1867. After leaving college and studying law with 
 Skinner and Marsh of Quincy, he was admitted to the bar and has since 
 been practicing law in Quincy. 
 
 439. Charles W. Edmonds, coming from Payson, 111., attended Illinois 
 College in 1867-68. 
 
 440. Edward Louis McDonald, b. 28 October, 1849, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended the city district schools prior to 1866 and spent one year at 
 Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. He entered Illinois College in 1867 
 and was graduated in 1871 with the degree of B.S. He held the offices of 
 treasurer and president of Phi Alpha. After leaving college he spent two 
 years in the Ann Arbor Law School, and also studied with Judge Cyrus 
 Epler, and Henry Stryker, jr., of Jacksonville. Since 1874 he has practiced 
 law in this city. Mr. McDonald was elected state's attorney of Morgan 
 county in 1878 and was re-elected in 1880. He was also elected to the 
 Illinois legislature in 1884, and to the state senate in 1889. He was married 
 in 1876 to Lou W. Ayers of Jacksonville, and has a family of two sons and 
 two daughters. 
 
 441. William R. Robertson, b. 25 July, 1849, at Carlinville, 111. After 
 attending the public schools and Blackburn University of Carlinville he 
 entered Illinois College in September, 1867, and remained one year. In 
 1872-74 he studied law under Palmer and Palmer of Springfield, 111., and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1876. In 1884-86 he attended Harvard Law 
 School, Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Robertson then became a journalist, and 
 after a connection with the " Fargo Argus " accepted a position on the 
 " Public Opinion," at Washington, D. C, which he now holds. 
 
 442. Robert White, b. 13 April, 1845, at Southampton, Mass. He re- 
 moved to Knox county, Mo., with his parents in 1847 where he received his 
 early education before entering Illinois College in 1867. He was for one 
 
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 98 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 term vice-president of the society. He was graduated in 1869 with the de- 
 gree of B.S. and in 1870-74 was employed as civil engineer on several rail- 
 roads in Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa. Since 1874 he has been engaged 
 in the grain and lumber business at Knox City, Mo. In 1SS2 Mr. White 
 was candidate for the Missouri legislature and in 1886 was candidate for 
 judge of Knox county. He was married in 1880 to Julia Musgrove of 
 Scotland county. Mo., and has one son. 
 
 443. John M. Grimes, b. in 1849, near Perry, Pike co., 111. After attend- 
 ing the common schools and a private school in Perry he engaged in teach- 
 ing in the winter of 1866-67, before entering Illinois College in September, 
 1867. He was made successively corresponding secretary, critic, and presi- 
 dent of the society. In 1870 he was graduated with the degree of B.S. and 
 at once began the study of law with Warren, Wheat and Hamilton, Quincy. 
 He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced law at Quincy until 1879. 
 In 1879-84 he was editor of the Quincy " Daily Herald." He removed to 
 Chicago in April, 1884, and did editorial work on the Chicago " Times" 
 until the following August, when he resumed the practice of law. 
 
 444. Charles Ebenezer Capps, b. 22 October, 1848, at Vandalia, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Vandalia, and came to Illinois College in 
 1867. He left college the next year and returned to Vandalia where he has 
 since been engaged in the mercantile business. He has held the offices 
 of school trustee of Vandalia township, alderman of the city and member 
 of the school board. Mr. Capps was married in 18S0 to Sarah Gregory of 
 Vandalia and has one daughter. 
 
 445. Samuel E. Reaugh, whose home was in Berlin, 111., was a student at 
 Illinois College in 1867-6S. 
 
 446. James M. Becraft, b. 27 January, 184S, at Jacksonville, 111. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1867, after attending the district schools near 
 Jacksonville, and remained one year. He has since been engaged in farm- 
 ing at Marshall, Mo. 
 
 447. George W. Lee, b. 31 October, 1850, at Jacksonville, 111. He re- 
 moved to New Berlin, where he received his early education. In 1867 he 
 entered Illinois College. Leaving college in 1869, he engaged in the drug 
 business at New Berlin for four years and then became cashier of Warren's 
 Bank for four years. Mr. Lee has been engaged in business in several 
 places. He is now at the Union stock yards, Chicago. 
 
 1868-69 
 
 448. Julian Ridgley Simms, \>. i October, 1850, at Jacksonville, 111. He 
 received his early education at the west Jacksonville district school and 
 the Washington high school. In 1868 he entered Illinois College and held 
 the offices of treasurer, librarian and vice-president. He was graduated 
 with the class of '72 with the degree of B.A. In 1873-74 he attended the 
 medical department of Michigan University and in 1874-75 the Missouri 
 Medical College, St. Louis. In 1S75-79 Dr. Simms practiced in St. Louis, 
 and in Jacksonville in 1879-86. In 1886 he removed to Ashland, Kansas, 
 where he practiced his profession for three years, when he removed to Union 
 Grove, Wis., where he now resides.
 
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 449. Robert Donald Russel, b. 9 March, 1851, at St. Louis, Mo. He 
 removed to Jacksonville in i860, attended public schools in St. Louis and 
 Jacksonville, before entering Illinois College in 186S. In Phi Alpha he was 
 assistant librarian, critic and vice-president. He was graduated in 1871 with 
 the degree of B.A. and the appointment of valedictorian. He received the 
 master's degree in 1S74. In 1872-74 he studied law with Morrison and Whit- 
 lock, Jacksonville, 111., and was admitted to the bar by the Illinois supreme 
 court in 1874. He practiced at Jacksonville until 1884, being successively a 
 member of the firms of Dummer, Brown and Russel, Brown and Russel, and 
 Brown, Kirby and Russel. He was jepublican candidate for state's attorney 
 of Morgan county in 1876, was elected city attorney of Jacksonville in 1875 
 and in 1877 and was made alderman of Jacksonville in 1883. In 1884 he 
 removed to Minneapolis, Minn., and has since practiced law at that place. 
 He is now a member of the law firm of Russel and Reed, formerly Russel, 
 Calhoun and Reed. He was elected city attorney of Minneapolis in 1S89 
 and is still occup3ing that position. In 1886 Mr. Russel was elected trustee 
 of Illinois College. He was married in 1S76 to Lillian M. Brooks, of Dan- 
 ville, 111., and has had four children, only one of whom, a daughter, is living. 
 
 450. William Mattoon King, b. 14 March, 1850, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the private and public schools of Jacksonville, he entered 
 Illinois College in 1866 and was graduated with the class of '70, with the 
 degree of B.A. He held the office of vice-president. Mr. King is at pres- 
 ent manager of a chemical factory in New York City. 
 
 451. Frederick Alexander McDonald, b. 9 December, 1850, at Jackson- 
 ville, 111. He attended the city district schools and the Washington high 
 school before entering Illinois College in 1868. He was for one term 
 librarian of Phi Alpha. At graduation in 1871 he received the degree of 
 B.A., and subsequently that of M.A. He studied law with Judge Cyrus 
 Epler, Jacksonville, and attended Michigan University in 1872-73. Being 
 admitted to the bar by the Illinois supreme court at Ottawa in 1S73, he prac- 
 ticed in Jacksonville until 1S76. That year he removed to California and 
 was until 1S81 engaged in teaching in the Napa Female Seminary, of 
 which he was for two years principal. He then removed to Crook county, 
 Oregon, and managed a sheep ranch until 1886. He was elected county 
 judge of Crook county in 1884, and in 1886 was appointed registrar of the 
 government land office at The Dalles, Oregon, which office he now holds. 
 Mr. McDonald was married in 1874 to Mary P. Baldwin of Post Mills, Vt., 
 and has three sons and one daughter. 
 
 452. Frederick Remann, b. 10 May, 1847, at Hagerstown, Md. He 
 received his early education at Academia, Penn., and Tuscola, 111. He 
 served some time in companj' E, 143d Illinois infantry, and entered Illinois 
 College in September, 1868, where he remained one year. In 1876 he was 
 elected to the lower house of the Illinois Legislature on the republican 
 ticket. For two years he has served as mayor of Vandalia and was candi- 
 date for ma3'or in 1876. Mr. Remann has been chairman of the republican 
 central committee of Fayette county for several years. 
 
 453. Mathias George Fuller, b. 22 August, 1847, at Dalton, Berkshire 
 CO., Mass. After a common school education he taught at Oconee, 111. He
 
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 spent two years at McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., and then entered 
 Illlinois College in 1868 and remained three years. In 1871 he engaged in 
 the milling business and has since become proprietor of the Oconee Roller 
 Mills. 
 
 454. Julian Post Lippincott, b. 27 October, 1847, at Marine Settlement, 
 Madison co., 111. In 1864 he enlisted in the 145th Illinois volunteer infantry 
 and served four months. Prior to 1867 he attended the city schools of Jack- 
 sonville, 111. Having spent the year 1867-68 at the Soldiers' school of Ful- 
 ton, Whiteside co. and the fall of 1868 in the Jacksonville high school, 
 he entered Illinois College in the spring of i86g and was graduated in 1872 
 with the degree of B.A., receiving also the first honor. He was chaplain, cor- 
 responding secretary and president of the societ}'. After leaving Illinois Col- 
 lege Mr. Lippincott studied law at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1872-73 and further 
 pursued the study with Morrison and Whitlock, Jacksonville, and Hay, 
 Green and Littler, Springfield. He was admitted to the bar at Springfield, 
 in January, 1874, and has since practiced in Jacksonville, where he has been 
 for eight years member of the Jacksonville board of education. Mr. Lippin- 
 cott was married in 1874 to Clara Adams, daughter of the late Professor 
 Adams of Illinois College^ and has a daughter and one son. 
 
 1869-70 
 
 455. William Finley Brown, b. 22 June, 1852, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the west Jacksonville district school and the Washington 
 high school he entered Illinois College in 1869, remaining until the middle 
 of the junior year. After one term at the Jacksonville Business College 
 he engaged in farming near Alexander for several years. He removed to 
 Jacksonville in 1885, and until 1889 he was a member of the firm of Brown 
 and Oliver, insurance and real estate agents. He is at present a special 
 insurance agent. Mr. Brown was married in 1872 to Miss DeMotte of Jack- 
 sonville and is the father of three children. 
 
 456. Edward Doocy, b. 24 October, 1851, at Griggsvillc, Pike co., 111. 
 He attended the Griggsville high school until the spring of 1869 and came to 
 Illinois College in the fall of the same year. For one term he was librarian 
 of the society. He was graduated in 1871 with the degree of B.S. and 
 taught school in Pike county one year. After studying law with Judge 
 James Ward, of Griggsville and with W. G. Ewing, of Ouincy, he was 
 admitted to the bar by the Illinois supreme court in 1874. He practiced for 
 eight years at Griggsville and since then at Pittsfield, 111. In 1879-83 he 
 was city attorney of Griggsville. He was elected county judge of Pike county 
 in 1882 and re-elected in 18S6. In 18S6 he formed a partnership with Henry 
 Bush of the class of '76. Judge Doocy was married in 18S6 to Clara L. 
 Butler of Griggsvillc and has one daughter. 
 
 457. Thomas McKinstry Duncan, b. 13 April, 1S51, at Connersville, 
 Ind. He entered Whipple Academy in the fall of 1S69 and remained one 
 year. After leaving the academy he remained on the farm till 1873 when 
 he spent one year in the printing office of the " Delavan Advertiser." In 
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 ville, 111. In 1875-S2 he followed the occupation of farming near Delavan, 
 111., and since 1882 has been farming near Lawrence, Kan. Mr. Duncan 
 was married in 1S76 to Nannie C. Higbee of Jacksonville and has two sons 
 and two daughters. 
 
 458. Frank Doster, b. 19 Jan., 1849, at Virginia, Cass co., 111. He served 
 twenty months as corporal of companj' M., nth Indiana cavalry. After 
 leaving the army he attended, in 1866, Thorntown Academy, Thorntown, Ind., 
 and then for one year the law department of the Indiana state university. 
 He entered the junior class of Illinois College in 1869 and remained but a 
 short time. In 1S70 he studied law with Andrew Duff at Benton, 111., and 
 was admitted to the bar in June of the same )'ear at Monticello, 111., where 
 ■he practiced- one year. In 1872 he went to Marion, Kan. He was elected 
 to the lower house of Kansas in 1878, defeated for congress in Kansas, and 
 in 18S7 elected judge of the 25th district. Judge Doster was married in 1870 
 to Caroline Riddle of Monticello, III., and has a family of five children. 
 
 459. Edward Potter Vail, b. 30 July, 1849, at Fredericksville, Schuyler 
 CO., 111. He received his earl}' education in the public schools of Freder- 
 icksville. Entering the Federal army in February, 1S65, he served one year 
 in company F., i8th Illinois infantry. He read law with Charles C.Warren, 
 Rushville, in 1S68-69 and spent the year of 1869-70 at Whipple Academy. 
 He practiced law for seven years at Rushville, 111., and has since been prac- 
 ticing at Decatur, 111. In 1S72-76 he was state's attorney of Schuyler county, 
 and in 18S4-88 held the same office in Macon county. 111. Since 188S he has 
 been circuit judge of the 4th district of Illinois. Judge Vail was married in 
 1876 to Carrie M. Putnam of Rushville, 111., and has three sons. 
 
 460. John Anthony Blecker Shippey, b. 20 Dec, 1846, at Port Huron, 
 Mich. He entered the Union army in 1864 and served two years in the i8th 
 Illinois infantry. In 1869 he entered Whipple Academy and remained one 
 year. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but practiced only a short 
 time. In 1S70 he began teaching and was engaged one year at Fredricks- 
 ville, two years at Vermont, four years at Augusta, 111., and since 1880 has 
 been in charge of the Plymouth (111.) schools. For the coming year he has 
 been employed to superintend the Farmingdale (111.) schools. Mr. Shippey 
 was the republican candidate for superintendent of schools in McDonough 
 county in 1886. He was married in 1871 to Sarah E. Venters and has five 
 sons. 
 
 461. Henry Phelps Day, b. 5 February, 1855, at Greenfield, Mass. He 
 received his early education at the Jacksonville west district school. After 
 spending two years in the Jacksonville high school and one year in Whipple 
 Academy he entered Illinois College in 1869. In Phi Alpha he held the 
 offices of librarian, recording secretary and president. He was graduated in 
 1874, delivering the valedictory and receiving the degree of B.A. Later he 
 was given the degree of M.A. After studying law one year with Morrison 
 and Whitlock and Julian P. Lippincott, Jacksonville, he filled the positions 
 of editorial writer, telegraphic and city editor of the Peoria "Transcript " 
 and "National Democrat." In 1886 he became editorial and local writer on 
 the "Jacksonville Daily Courier." In 1887 Mr. Day was nominated for 
 city clerk of Peoria on the democratic ticket, but withdrew his name. The 
 
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 I02 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 following year he was a candidate for alderman of the fifth ward of Peoria. 
 In politics Mr. Day has been both a republican and democrat and is now 
 a prohibitionist. He is livinjj at Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 462. James Albert Chain, b. 22 December, 1847, at Columbus, O. He 
 removed in 1857 to Illinois and entered Whipple Academy in 1S69. He 
 remained only one year, being compelled to leave on account of ill health. 
 He spent the winter of 1870 herding cattle in Colorado, and in 1871 opened 
 a book and stationery store in Denver, which he is still managing. Mr. 
 Chain was married in 1871 to Helen Henderson of Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 463. Joseph Winterbottom, b. 14 August, 1S45, at Oldham, Lancashire, 
 England. He came to Illinois in 1858, attended the common schools and 
 spent two years, 1867-69, in Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. He 
 entered Illinois CoUbge in 1869, and was graduated in 1873 ^^'''li the degree 
 of B.A. In the society he was librarian and chaplain. He studied for the 
 ministry in the conference course of theology and became a minister in the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. He has held charges at the following places 
 in Illinois: Alexander, West Jacksonville, Cisco, Bement, Virden, Mechan- 
 icsburg, Taj'lorville, Greenfield and Saybrook, where he is at present. Mr. 
 Winterbottom was married in 1876 to Sarah E. Gillham, Merritt, Scott co., 
 111., and has three sons and one daughter. 
 
 464. Charles Edward Casey, coming from Jerseyville, 111., was a student 
 of Whipple Academy in 1860-70. 
 
 465. William Beardsley Hubbard, b. 18 November, 1852, at Lamoille, 
 Bureau co., HI. He entered Whipple Academy in 1869, and left in the spring 
 of 1871. After teaching nearly a year in Champaign county. 111., he entered 
 Beloit College and finished the four years' classical course, receiving the 
 degree of B.A. in 1876 and three years later the master's degree. He was 
 principal of the public schools of Lombard, 111., in 1S76-77, studied three 
 years in the Yale Divinity School in 1877-81, and before graduation 
 preached in the Congregational churches at Blunt and Rantoul, 111. In 
 1881 he was ordained a minister of the gospel in the Central Congrega- 
 tional church at New Haven, Conn. After preaching three months in 1881 
 at Tyndall, Dakota, he was installed as pastor of the Congregational church 
 at Chamberlain, South Dakota, where he still labors. He was an honorary 
 member of the sixth session of the National Council of Congregational 
 churches in 1886, and at its seventh session in 1889 at Worcester, Mass., 
 represented his local association. Mr. Hubbard has two daughters and one 
 son. 
 
 466. William Henry Moore, b. 17 March, 1851, at Kane, Green co.. III. 
 After attending the Jacksonville Business College he spent one year in 
 Whipple Academy. In 1S63-65 he was drummer in company G, 144th Illi- 
 nois infantry. In 1869 he entered Illinois College, remaining one year. In 
 1877-79 he held the position of general accountant of the Missouri, Kansas 
 and Texas Railway company. Mr. Moore is at present an expert accountant, 
 making a specialty of counties, corporations and banks. 
 
 467. Winfield Scott Bowman, b. 3 September, 1852, in Jersey county, 
 111. After attending the public schools of Jerseyville and Brower Institute, 
 Olmstead, Kv., he entered the preparatory department of Illinois College in
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. IO3 
 
 1869 and remained one year. In 1S73-74 he was deputy sheriff of Jersey 
 county, and in 1875-76 he was proprietor of a book and news store in Jer- 
 seyville, 111. He then removed to Sterling, Kansas, and was cashier of the 
 Bank of Sterling from 1881-S5. Since 1886 Mr. Bowman has been engaged 
 in the mercantile business in Sterling. 
 
 468. William Anthony Anderson, b. 28 October, 1850, at Newcastle, 
 Ontario, Canada. He removed to Pike county. 111., with his parents in 
 1851, attended the common schools and entered Whipple Academy in 1869. 
 He left the academy in 1S71. Mr. Anderson died on 27 Januarj', 1873, at 
 Falls City, Neb. 
 
 469. William Eads, b. 14 December, 1850, near Fieldon, Jersey co.. 111. 
 'Having received his early education in the public schools of Fieldon, he 
 
 entered Whipple Academy in 1869 and remained one year. In 1874-77 he 
 engaged in the dry goods and grocery business at Fieldon. In 1S76 he was 
 made head deputy in the county clerk's office of Jersey county, 111. He 
 was married on 30 March, 1880, in Montgomery county, to Elizabeth J. Thomas 
 by whom he has had three children. In 1886 he engaged in the insurance 
 business at Jerseyville, 111., and in the same year was elected alderman. In 
 1887 Mr. Eads removed to Shipman, Macoupin co.. 111. and engaged in the 
 mercantile business under the firm of F. Swett and company, which has since 
 been changed to the name of Eads and Trotter. 
 
 470. John Blatchford Collins, b. 7 September, 1853, at Quincy, 111. He 
 attended private schools in Hartford and at Farmingdale, Conn., in 1S61-65. 
 He entered the University of St. Louis in 1S65 and in 1867 came to Illinois 
 College. He attended Whipple Academy the years of 1867-68 and 1870-71, 
 having spent 1S69-70 in a military academy at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 
 1874-79 he was engaged in the iron commission business at St. Louis, Mo., 
 and then for two years was an oil commission merchant. In 1881-83 he 
 followed the commission business in Chicago, 111. For the next six years he 
 was engaged in the general mercantile business at Miles City, Montana, and 
 then removed to Helena, Montana and engaged in the hardware business. 
 Since residing in Montana he has taken an active part in politics, but has de- 
 clined all official distinctions. He was married in 1874 to Miss Nellie Davis 
 of St. Louis, and has two sons. 
 
 471. John Deaton, b. 4 November, 1848, near Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the district schools and Washington high school until 1S69, when 
 he entered Whipple Academy. After remaining one year, he left college 
 and taught school in Greene county. III., in 1870-71, in Morgan county in 
 1871-72 and in Macon county in 1873-74. He was married in 1875 to 
 Georgie Cunier of Macon, 111., and is the father of three boys and one girl. 
 Until t888 he farmed in Macon county and then removed to Lyons, Rice 
 CO., Kansas, where he engaged in the grain, flour, and seed business. In 
 1889 he purchased the wholesale and retail grocery of Lyons, which he 
 still owns. 
 
 472. Julius Starrett, b. 10 June, 1854, at Winchester, Scott co.. 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Winchester in 1862-69, then entered Whipple 
 Academy and remained two years. In 1872-76 he attended Amherst Col- 
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 104 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 New York City. He was admitted to the bar at Chicago in 1878 and has 
 since practiced in Illinois. He is at present a member of the law firm of 
 Sleeper, Starrett and Ehrlich, 175 Dearborn st., Chicago, 111. Mr. Starrett 
 was married in 18S2 to Fannie C. Osman of Ottawa, 111. 
 
 473. Harry Clark Stewart, b. 16 February, 1852, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended the west Jacksonville district school in 1858-67 and the high 
 school in 1868-69. ^" 1S70 he entered Illinois College and was president 
 of Phi Alpha in 1S72-73. In 1873-75 he studied law in the University of 
 Michigan and was chosen class orator. He was admitted to the bar at 
 Lansing, Michigan, and practiced in Jacksonville with O. A. Delew until 
 his death, which occurred 7 January, 1877. Gifted with bright mental qual- 
 ities, lie was a leading member of Phi Alpha, and in later life a most 
 promising lawyer. 
 
 474. George L. Hamilton, b. 22 October, 1848, in Morgan county. 111. 
 After a common school education he entered Illinois College in i86g and 
 remained one year, when ill health compelled him to leave. He has fol- 
 lowed various occupations but principally that of book-keeping. Mr. 
 Hamilton is now farming near Orleans, 111. 
 
 475. James Becraft Gillham, b. 23 October, 1849, at Merritt, III. After 
 attending the Scott county public schools he entered Whipple Academy in 
 1869 and remained one year. 
 
 476. Edward Thornton Norbury, b. 9 January, 1S50, at Beardstown, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Beardstown he entered Whipple 
 Academy in 1869 and remained one year. In 1872 he went south and 
 engaged in the lumber business at Houston and afterwards at Corrigan, 
 Texas. He held a city office in Houston. Mr. Norbury died 9 October, 
 18S4, at Corrigan. Dr. Frank Norbury (see No. 683) is liis brother. 
 
 477. James N. Brown, b. at Boonville, Mo. After a common school 
 education he entered Illinois College in the freshman class of 1S69-70 and 
 remained one year. He studied law at Jefferson City with chief justice 
 Adams of the Missouri supreme court. Completing his study at Springfield, 
 111., he was admitted to the bar and is now residing in Carrollton, 111. 
 
 478. William Henry Culter, b. 29 October, 184S. at Fincastle, Brown 
 CO., Ohio. He served from Sejatember, i86i, until January, 1S63, as private 
 in company B, 59th Ohio volunteer infantr)'. He was re-enlisted on i 
 March, 1865, as private in company E, i4Sth Indiana volunteer infantr)', 
 and was mustered out on 15 September, 1S65. In 1870 he attended the 
 Jacksonville Business College and in 1871 Whipple Academy. Later he 
 taught school in northeastern Texas. With the exception of these years, 
 since the war Mr. Culter has been farming near Saidora, Mason co., 111. 
 
 1870-71 
 
 479. William H. Reynolds, who lived in Jacksonville, 111., attended 
 Whipple Academy in 1S70-72. 
 
 480. W. F. Finch, b. 18 Februarj-, 1S51, at Flora, Clay co.. 111. After a 
 common school education he entered Whipple Academy in 1869 and re- 
 mained one year. He acted as agent for various lines of business until 1875, 
 when he engaged in farming. In 1879-80 he held the office of town clerk of
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I05 
 
 Flora and was also school treasurer for five years. Mr. Finch was married, 
 on II March, 1877, to Leviana Kneff and is the father of five children. His 
 home is now at Flora, 111. 
 
 481. Frank Fisher attended Whipple Academy in 1S70-71, coming from 
 Havana, 111. 
 
 482. William Thompson Grout, b. 12 March. 1853, at Mechanicsburg, 
 111. He moved to Jacksonville in 1864 and attended the district schools 
 and Whipple Academy, prior to entering Illinois College in 1870. He left 
 in March, 1S71, and spent the remainder of the year at the Jacksonville 
 Business College. In 1S72-74 he was engaged in the banking business at 
 Taylorville, 111., and in 1S74-80 he followed the same business at Mechanics- 
 burg. In 1880-86 he was engaged in the dry goods, boot and shoe business 
 at Taylorville, and in 18S6-88 at Edinburgh, 111. Since 1888 Mr. Grout has 
 been in the hardware business at Barr}', 111. He was married in 1875 to 
 Georgia Hall of Mechanicsburg and has one son and three daughters. 
 
 483. James R. Ward, coming from Godfrey, 111., attended Whipple 
 Academy in 1870-71 and entering college, was graduated in 1873 with the 
 degree of B.S. After studying law he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 
 1874. In 1876-80 he held the office of state's attorney. He had also been 
 city attorney of Carrollton. Since 1874 he has been practicing law in Car- 
 rollton. 111. 
 
 484. George Carlos Ross, b. 16 March, 1854, at Vermont, Fulton co.. 111. 
 After studying at the public schools of Vermont and Macomb, 111., he 
 entered Whipple Academy. Entering college he became recording secre- 
 tary and was graduated in 1873 with the philosophical oration. He studied 
 law in private offices in Chicago and at Michigan University, where he was 
 graduated in 1875. He was admitted to the bar the same year by the 
 supreme court of Illinois and practiced at Macomb for one year. Mr. Ross 
 removed to Redwood City, Cal., in 1876, where he has since been engaged 
 in the practice of law. 
 
 485. George J. Dorrell came from Illiopolis, 111., and attended Whipple 
 Academy in 1871-72. 
 
 486. Hugh Barr Smith, b. 10 July, 1853, in Jacksonville, 111. He at- 
 tended the city public schools and the high school, was a member of 
 Dodd's private school, and entered Whipple Academy in 1869. In 1871 he 
 became a member of the freshman class in Illinois College and left without 
 being graduated in the spring of 1875. In Phi Alpha he held for one term 
 the office of treasurer. Mr. Smith was married in 1888 to Josephine New- 
 man of Jacksonville. From 1875 until the present time he has been en- 
 gaged in the music trade in Jacksonville. 
 
 487. Francis Israel McDonald, b. 19 October, 1853, at Jacksonville, 111. 
 He received his early education in the city public schools and entered 
 Illinois College in 1869. He was graduated in 1873 with the degree of B.S. 
 Until 1883 he was engaged in the Jacksonville National Bank, holding the 
 office of cit}- treasurer one term. In 1883 he went to Europe to regain his 
 health but without success. He died on 3 September, 1884, soon after return- 
 ing home. Mr. McDonald was a young man of rare business qualifications, 
 a kind and courteous gentleman, who won the respect and esteem of all who 
 knew him. E. L. (No. 440) and F. A. (No. 451) are his brothers.
 
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 488. William Brownell Sanders, b. 21 September, 1854, at Cleveland, 
 Ohio. He received his preparatory education in the Jacksonville high 
 school and in Whipple Academy. He entered Illinois College in 1870 and 
 was graduated in 1873 with the degree of B.A. and with the appointment of 
 salutatorian. In the society he was vice-president for one term. He began 
 the study of law with Judge Dummer of Jacksonville and afterward 
 attended the Albany Law School where he was graduated in 1875. He was 
 admitted to the bar by the New York supreme court at Albany in 1875 and 
 has since practiced at Cleveland, Ohio. In February, 18S8, he was appointed 
 by the governor of Ohio judge of the court of Common Pleas to fill a 
 vacancy, and in November, 1S88, was elected to the same position for two 
 years. He resigned the office on i January, i8go, and resumed the prac- 
 tice of law with the firm of Squire, Sanders apd Dcmpsey. Mr. Sanders 
 was married in 18S4 to Annie E. Otis of Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 489. Mathew N. Price, wliose home was in Carrollton, 111., attended 
 Whip])lc .Vcadcniy during the year 1871-72. 
 
 490. Peter Robertson, b. 15 December, 1844, at Donne, Scotland. After 
 attending the parish schools in the village of Donne, he entered Whipple 
 Academy in 1870 and remained one year. After spending a short time at 
 Knox College, Galesburg, 111., he attended the National school of Oratory 
 of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1876. In 1S76-S5 he taught 
 in Cooper Academy at Dayton, Ohio. In 1885 he was graduated at the 
 Theological Seminary at Xenia, Ohio. After having charge of a Presby- 
 terian church in Paris, Ky., he entered u[)on his present pastorate, that of 
 the Mohawk Presbyterian Chapel, in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 491. Eugene Harrison La Feta Swindler, b 16 May, 1847, at Pekin, 
 Ohio. He attended the common schools at Magnolia, 111., and came to 
 Illinois College in 1870, where he remained one year. In 1872-74 he studied 
 medicine at the Michigan University, Ann Arbor, but never engaged in gen- 
 eral practice. He was in the general insurance business at Ottawa, 111., in 
 1874-S6, and in 18S6-SS pursued the same business at Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 He is now special agent for Hall's Safe and Lock Company of Cincinnati, 
 his field being the western half of Michigan. He was married in 1S74 to 
 Orrie Marshall of Ann Arbor, Mich., and has one daughter. 
 
 492. Francis Wyatt Brown, b. 16 June, 1854, at Boonville, Mo. He 
 attended tlic public sciiools at Jacksonville, 111., in 1860-6S, and afterward 
 private schools in Missouri. He entered the junior class of Illinois College 
 in 1871 and left in 1873. Since 1875 he has been engaged in the lumber 
 business, being first at Jacksonville, then for two years at New Berlin, 111., 
 six years at Chicago, 111., and three years at Omaha, Neb., where he is at 
 present. He was married in 1880 to Jennie S. Bennett and has two sons. 
 
 493. William C. Sperry, b. 17 October, 1853, at Waverly, III. A'fter at- 
 tending Whipple Academy two years he entered Illinois College in 1872, 
 and remained one year. In 1S74-76 he attended Hanover College, Indiana, 
 but was compelled to leave on account of failing eyesight. In 1877-7S Mr. 
 Sperry taught school in Trumble county, Ky., and in 1S79 he served as deputy 
 clerk in Morgan county, 111., for one year. In 1880 he was married at Jack- 
 sonville to Miss Mary Smith and is the father of four children. Since his 
 marriage he has been farming near Waverly, 111.
 
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 494. Charles Hammond Hall, b. i April, 1852, at Virginia, Cass co., 111. 
 He attended the country schools, the Jacksonville district schools, and 
 spent one year in the Shattuck grammar school at Faribault, Minn. He en- 
 tered the freshman class of Illinois College in 1870 and left in 1873. After 
 spending one year in the Citizen's National Bank of Faribault, Minn., he 
 returned to Jacksonville and was a dry goods salesman in 1874-82. He re- 
 moved to Minneapolis, Minn., in 18S2, where he has since resided. For 
 four years Mr. Hall was proprietor of a dry goods and gentlemen's furnish- 
 ing house, but since 1886 has been engaged in the real estate business. 
 
 495. Charles Albert Barnes, b. 4 July, 1855, at Alton, 111. He removed 
 with his parents to Jacksonville, 111., and received his early education in the 
 
 -city schools. After spending two years in Whipple Academy he entered 
 Illinois College with the class of 1876 and pursued the studies of the classi- 
 cal course until the middle of the senior year, when he was obliged to leave 
 college on account of ill health. He was for one term recording secretary 
 of Phi Alpha. He taught a common school in Scott county. 111., in the 
 spring of 1876 and went to Ann Arbor the following fall. He spent one 
 year in the literary and one in the law department of Michigan University, 
 where he was graduated in 1878. He continued the study of law with his 
 brother, Hon. Wm. H. Barnes, was admitted to the bar in 1B7S, and has since 
 been practicing in Jacksonville. Mr. Barnes was elected city attornej' in 
 1882, state's attornej' of Morgan county in 1884 and was re-elected in 1888. 
 In 1889 he was married to Madge G. Martin of St. Louis. 
 
 496. William Jephtha Ross attended the Whipple Academy in 1870-72. 
 At that time his home was in Jacksoville, 111. 
 
 497. Charles Henry Dummer, b. i January, 1856, at Beardstown, 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., and spent two years in 
 Whipple Academy before entering Illinois College in 1872. He held the 
 offices of critic and president in the society. In 1876 he was graduated with 
 the degree of B.A., and the appointment of salutatorian. He at once be- 
 gan the study of law with Dummer and Brown, Jacksonville, and was 
 admitted to the bar in 1879. He has since practiced in Jacksonville, where 
 he has been three times elected city attorney, in 1880-84-S5. Mr. Dummer 
 was married in 1884 to Miss Kate Smith of Jacksonville and has one son 
 and one daughter. 
 
 498. Albert Moore, coming from Griggsville, 111., was a student in 
 Whipple Academy in 1S70-71. 
 
 499. William H. Smith came from Seneca, Kansas, and entered Illinois 
 College in 1871 where he remained until the end of the junior year. 
 
 500. Frank Verry, whose home was in Jacksonville, 111., entered Whip- 
 ple Academy in 1870 and remained one year. 
 
 501. Samuel Fuller Pomeroy, b. October, 1850, at Somers, Conn. He 
 attended the Somers high school in 1865-68 and the Wesleyan Academy, 
 Wilbraham, Mass., in 1S68-70. He entered the junior class of Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1870 and was graduated in 1872 with the degree of B.S. He taught 
 school at Somers, Conn., in 1868-69, ^^ Mt. Pleasant, la., in 1872-73, and at 
 Shenandoah, la., in 1873-74. He began farming at Shenandoah, la., in 1873 
 and in 1875 entered a homestead claim near Edgar, Neb., where he is now
 
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 engaged in farming. He has also been interested in the furniture and un- 
 dertaking business at Edgar since 1887. Mr. Pomeroy was married in 1S80 
 to Alletta H. Di.xon, daughter of Rev. A. M. Dixon, '36. They have two 
 daughters. 
 
 1871-72 
 
 502. James Weir Elliott, b. 5 July, 1S55, at Jacksonville, 111. After re- 
 ceiving a preparatory education in the city schools and Whipple Academy, he 
 entered Illinois College in 1871 and remained three years. Upon leaving 
 college he entered the banking house of Hockenhull, King, and Elliott, 
 Jacksonville, and has continued there, being at present a member of the 
 firm of Hockenhull and Elliott. He was married in 1878 to Louisa John- 
 son of Springfield, 111., and is the father of five children, three of whom, a 
 son and two daughters, are living. 
 
 503. William M. Hanback, coming from Camp Point, 111., was a stu- 
 dent of Whijiple Academy during the year 1871-72. 
 
 504. John Ira Million, b. 7 December, 1851, in Morgan county. 111. He 
 entered Whipple Academy in 1870 and Illinois College the following year. 
 After remaining one year he taught school two years in Scott county, one 
 year in Morgan county, and two years in Vernon county, Ky. For three 
 years he was in the employ of the Kansas City, Ft. Scott and Memphis 
 railway company. He was then engaged for seven years in the general 
 merchandise business. In 1S79-S4 he served as postmaster of Garland, 
 Kas., and was re-appointed in iSSg. Mr. Million is also interested in the 
 grain business of Garland. 
 
 505. John Henry Story, b. 22 January, 1851, at Murrayville, 111. He at- 
 tended the district school of Murrayville and entered Whipple Academy 
 in 1870. After spending one year in the academy and two years in college, 
 he taught school one winter near Murrayville. He studied medicine at 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1874-77, and has since been a practicing physician at 
 Clarksville, Mo. He is also a farmer and breeder of trotting horses. Dr. 
 Story was married in 18S0 to Mattie A. Goodman of Clarksville. 
 
 506. Hugh Barr, b. 3 March, 1853, in Carrollton, 111. Removing to 
 Jacksonville in 1861 he attended the public schools and the high school 
 until in 1871, when he entered the freshman class of Illinois College. He 
 left college two years later, and engaged in the oyster business in Jackson- 
 ville. In 1882 he transferred his business to Davenport, la., where he has 
 since resided. Mr. Barr married Kate Cassell of Jacksonville in February, 
 1878, and is the father of one son. 
 
 507. John M. Chapin came from Atlanta, 111., and was a student in 
 Whipple Academy during the year 1S71-72. 
 
 508. William Justin Harsha, b. 20 April, 1853, at Hanover, 111. He at- 
 tended the public schools in Chicago in 1S61-65, Palmer's Academy Chicago, 
 in 1865-69 and Whipple Academy in 1S69-70. He entered Illinois College 
 in 1870 and remained two years, holding the office of secretary in the society. 
 In 1872-74 he attended Princeton College where he was graduated and in 
 1874-77 lit^ studied at the McCormick Theological Seminary, where he was
 
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 also graduated. Since 1877 Dr. Harsha has been pastor of the First Presby- 
 terian church of Omaha, Neb. He was a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian 
 Alliance which met in London, in 1888, at which time he traveled con- 
 siderably in Europe. In 1889 he received the degree of D.D. from Par- 
 son's College, Iowa, and Lake Forest University, 111. Since his pastorate 
 in Omaha, Dr. Harsha has written extensively for the religious press. The 
 cause of the Indian tribes in northern Nebraska and southern Dakota was 
 upheld by him in the New York " Independent " and other papers, and the 
 Indian problem is also treated by him in two books, " Ploughed Under," 
 and "A Timid Brave." He has also written a story, " In the Similitude of 
 a Palace," and is now engaged on a histor}^ of home missions west of the 
 -Mississippi. 
 
 509. Emanuel Martin Vasconcellas, b. 4 March, 1852, on the island of 
 Madeira. He came to Jacksonville, 111., 1853 with his parents, who were 
 fleeing persecution from the Catholic church, and received his early educa- 
 tion in the city public schools and in Whipple Academy. He entered Illi- 
 nois College in 1872 and left in 1874. After spending two years, 1S74-76, in 
 Hanover College at Hanover, Ind., he engaged in teaching in the public 
 schools at Jacksonville, 111., where he is now living. Mr. Vasconcellas was 
 married in 1881 to Carrie Estaque of Jacksonville and has one son and three 
 daughters. 
 
 510. Arthur Edward Prince, b. 3 April, 1854, in Jacksonville, 111. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the city public schools and the Jacksonville 
 high school. He entered the junior class of Illinois College in 1871 and 
 was graduated in 1874 with the degree of B.S. with the appointment of a 
 philosophical oration. He was vice-president of the society. After leaving 
 Illinois College he studied medicine in the University of New York for one 
 year. He then went to Europe and spent eighteen months in the Vienna 
 University pursuing special studies relating to diseases of the eye and ear. 
 He returned to Jacksonville in 18S0 where he practiced his profession, being 
 associated with his father Dr. David Prince in the Jacksonville Sanitarium. 
 He was appointed special medical pension examiner in 1883 and served two 
 years. Dr. Prince was married in 1887 to Charlotte S. Hitchcock of Spring- 
 field, 111., and has one daughter. Since the death of his father in 1889 Dr. 
 Prince has determined to build and manage a sanitarium in Springfield. 
 It has already been begun and will be called The David Prince Sanitarium. 
 Dr. Prince's brother. Dr. John Prince, will be associated with him. 
 
 511. Charles E. Neely, b. 28 January, 1854, at Marion City, Mo. He 
 came from Whitehall, 111., entered Whipple Academy in 1871 and remained 
 one year. Mr. Neely is now engaged in the banking and railroad business 
 at Arkadelphia, Ark., where he has also extensive lumber interests. 
 
 512. Theodore Francis Mosely, b. 5 September, 1854, at Clyman, Dodge 
 CO., Wis. After a common school education he attended to Blackburn Uni- 
 versity, Carlinville, 111., in the spring term of 1S70. In 1871 he entered 
 Whipple Academy and remained three years. He then taught school in 
 Sangamon county and entering Illinois College in 1875, was graduated in 
 1880 with the degree of B.A. After graduation he taught in the Arkansas 
 Institution for Deaf Mutes from 1880 to 1884. He was married on 17
 
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 February, i38i, at Little Rock, Ark., and is the father of two sons. In 1885 
 he was engaged in the newspaper and publishing business and in 1S86-87 was 
 agent for a life insurance company. Since 1888 Mr. Mosely has been a 
 teacher in the Nebraska Institution for Deaf Mutes. 
 
 513. Charles Isaac McCollister, b. 19 August, 1848, at Clayton, la. In 
 1854-58 he attended public schools in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. In 1S71 
 he entered Whipple Academy and remained one year. In 1870-74 he taught 
 in the public schools of Jersey county, 111., with the exception of the j-ear 
 1871-72. Mr. McCollister has since been engaged in farming near White 
 Hall, 111. He was married in 1874 to Lucy North of White Hall, and has 
 four children. In 18S6 he was republican nominee for sheriff' of Green 
 county. For the past ten years he has been a member of the Green county 
 agricultural board, and in 1S81-82 was president of the same. He is also 
 crop reporter for the state board of agriculture. 
 
 514. William Martin Johnson, b. 6 April, 1851, at Jacksonville. 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Bloomington, Quincy, and Decatur he 
 studied at Chaddock College, Ouincy, in 1S67-71. In 1871, he entered Illi- 
 nois College. He was unanimously nominated for president of Phi Alpha 
 but declined. In 1873 he was graduated with the valedictory. In 1S74 he 
 entered the Theological Seminary of Boston University from which he was 
 graduated in 1876. Since his graduation he has been a minister in the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, having held charges in Auburn, III., in Cali- 
 fornia, and in Atlanta, 111. In 1889 Mr. Johnson came to Jacksonville where 
 he is now pastor of the Brooklyn church. 
 
 515. Corey Edward Paxson, b. in Pike county. 111., 13 October, 1853. 
 He spent ten years of his early life in the public schools of Jacksonville, 
 111., and two years in the St. Louis high school. He entered Illinois College 
 in 1871 and remained two years. On 31 December, 1879, he was married to 
 Kate B. Lampton of St. Louis, by whom he has had four children, three of 
 whom are now living. Mr. Paxson has been engaged in Christian work in 
 the states of Illinois, Missouri, New York and Texas, since 1880. He has 
 held the position of secretary of the Kansas City Y. M. C. A., six months, 
 and has been engaged in evangelistic work in Missouri and Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 for two )'ears and a half. At present he is keeping books for the Bemis Bag 
 company, St. Louis, while carrying on city missionary work at the same 
 time. 
 
 516. Reuben W. Steckman, b. 30 November, 1S49, in Bedford county. 
 Pa. After attending the public schools at Mt. Sterling, 111., he entered the 
 freshman class of Illinois College in 1871. Leaving college the next year, 
 he taught a country school in Brown county, 111., and later in Grundy and in 
 Mercer counties, Mo. He farmed in the same counties from 1872 to 1879. 
 In 1879 he removed to Princeton, Mo., studied law in the office of Judge C. 
 M. Wright and was admitted to the bar in March, iS£2. Mr. Steckman held 
 the office of probate judge of Mercer county for eight years, commencing 
 in 1879. In 1874 he married Melvina Harris of Brown county. 111., by 
 %vhom he has three daughters, and two sons. Mr. Steckman is one-half 
 owner and one of the managers of "The People's Press," a weekly demo- 
 cratic newspaper published at Princeton.
 
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 517. Richard M. Fuller, b. in Jersey county, 111. He entered Whipple 
 Academy in 1871 where he remained one year. After attending the state 
 normal school at Normal, 111., he taught school at Newbern, Jersey co., in 
 1S75. In 1S77 he removed to Wichita, Kan., and engaged in mercantile 
 business. In the fall of 1879 during the mining excitement he went to 
 Leadville, and the following six years he spent in the mining districts of 
 Colorado and New Mexico. Mr. Fuller returned to Kansas in 1886, and 
 settled at St. John, Stafford co., where he now carries on a real estate and 
 loan business. 
 
 518. Joseph Lathrop, b. 12 July, 1855, at South Hadley Falls, Mass. 
 After attending the public schools and Hannibal Institution at Hannibal, 
 
 -Mo., he came to Illinois College in 1S72. In 1873 he left college and en- 
 tered Cornell University, where he remained one year. In 1875-76 he en- 
 gaged in the coal business in Illinois and Missouri, and in 1877-80 he dealt 
 in produce and grain in St. Louis, Mo. Since 1881 Mr. Lathrop has been 
 engaged in the railroad business in Chicago. 
 
 1872-73 
 
 519. Joseph Merriam Grout, b. 21 September, 1855, in Sangamon county, 
 111. He attended the common schools at Mechanicsburg, Taylorville, and 
 Jacksonville, 111., and HoUiston, Mass., and in 1870-72 was in Whipple 
 Academy. In 1872 he began the classical course in Illinois College and 
 was graduated with the class of '76 and afterwards was made master of arts. 
 He served Phi Alpa as librarian, chaplain and recording secretary. In 1877 
 he studied law with Hay, Green and Littler of Springfield, 111., and the follow- 
 ing year was admitted to the bar. In the summer of 1879 he married Flora 
 Grubb of Springfield, and is the father of two children. Mr. Grout in 1884 
 was the republican candidate for the legislature and served two terms as 
 city attorney of Springfield, where he is now practicing law. 
 
 520. Carl Ed'win Epler, b. 20 November, 1857, in Jacksonville, 111. In 
 1871 he entered Whipple Academy, after two years in the city high school^ 
 and in 1872 entered college. While active in the society he held the 
 offices of treasurer and corresponding secretary. He was graduated in 1876, 
 delivering the valedictory. After studying at Yale one year during which 
 he received the degree of M.A., he read law with his father, Judge Cyrus 
 Epler, in Jacksonville. He studied in the Law department of the University 
 of Michigan in 1877-79, Upon being admitted to the bar in 1879 he began 
 practice in Ouincy, 111., where he has continued ever since, excepting the 
 winter of 1885-86 which he spent in Chicago. Mr. Epler was city attorney 
 of Quincy for three terms, from 1881 to 1S83. 
 
 521. John Adams Glover, b. 1856, in Jacksonville, 111. After studying in 
 the Jacksonville high school and also at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 
 Ind., he entered Whipple Academy in 1870 and two years later Illinois 
 College. In the society he held the position of critic. He left college in 
 1876 and accepted a place on the " Jacksonville Journal " and later was on 
 the " Peoria Transcript." Since 1879 he has been in the service of the
 
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 Indianapolis, Decatur, and Western railway and the Indianapolis, Bloora- 
 ington, and Western railway, his home being at Urbana, 111. Mr. Glover 
 in March 1890 became one of the incorporators of the reorganized Ohio, 
 Indiana, and Western railway. In 1884 he married Clara L. Wood of 
 Indianapolis, and has one son. 
 
 522. Edward Augustus Ayers, b. 20 December, 1855, in Jacksonville, 
 111. After attending tlic city high school and Whipple Academy in 1873 he 
 entered Illinois College. In 1877 he was graduated with the degree of B.A. 
 and with the appointment of salutatorian, and afterwards received the degree 
 of M..^.. In Phi Alpha he held the offices of treasurer and president. 
 He completed a course of medicine at the University of New York City in 
 1880 and has since practiced in the same place. Dr. Ayers holds the 
 position of instructor in obstetrics in the New York Pol3'clinic School for 
 physicians, and since 1884 has been professor of anatomy and expression in 
 the Metropolitan Art School of New York City. He is now also managing 
 a small private hospital. 
 
 523. William D. Reaugh, b. June, 1850, in Morgan county, 111. He 
 attended the state normal school and Whipple Academy one term. In 
 1871 he became a frfeshman in Illinois College and remained until the 
 spring of 1874. For one term he was chaplain of Phi Alpha. He then 
 taught school near Jacksonville for one year, also in 1880-81 at Grand 
 Island, Neb., in 1S84 in Beadle county. Dak., and in 1885 in Kingsbury, 
 county, Dak. 
 
 524. Alexander M. Wright came from Barry, 111., and attended Whipple 
 Academy one year. 
 
 525. Jacob Mack-Sholl, b. 23 September, 1851, in Winchester, Ohio. 
 During 1867-69 he attended Monmouth College, 111., and in the fall of 1872 
 entered Illinois College, where he remained one year. In 1879 he was 
 married to Elizabeth Wilson of Carthage, to whom two daughters have been 
 born. Since leaving college he has been in the hardware business at Carth- 
 age and in 1885-86 was supervisor of the Carthage township. 
 
 526. Erra W, White entered Illinois College in 1872, and remained 
 only one year. His home was in Jacksonville. 
 
 527. Albert Clark Rice, b. 3 January, 1853, near Winchester, 111. After 
 attending the Jacksonville high school for two years, in 1872 he entered the 
 junior class of Illinois College and in 1874 was graduated with the degree 
 of B.S. For nine years he taught in the district schools of Morgan county 
 and now owns and cultivates a farm in the western part of the same county. 
 Since 1885 he has been one of the school directors of his district. 
 
 528. Edward H. Askew, b. 14 March, 1856, near Bethel, Morgan co., 
 111. After receiving his early education at the Walnut Grove district school, 
 in 1872 he was admitted to the freshman class of Illinois College. He 
 continued there a short time and then studied law with Hattield and 
 Ketcham of Jacksonville, and in 1S80 was admitted to the bar at Mt. Vernon, 
 III. He later removed to Norborne, Carroll co., Mo., where he is at present 
 living. 
 
 529. Frederick Clifford Turner, b. 25 October, 1855, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He prepared for college in the public schools and in Whipple Academy,
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. II 3 
 
 and became in 1872 a freshman in Illinois College. He was graduated 
 with the degree of B.A. in the class of '76, having been secretary, vice- 
 president and president of Phi Alpha. Since 1876 he has been engaged 
 in the real estate business extending over several states and is largely an 
 agent for eastern parties, his home being in Jacksonville.. In September, 
 1881, he married Elizabeth E. Alexander, and they have one child. 
 
 530. Edwrard Cross was born in Jerseyville, III. He attended the public 
 schools of Jerseyville and in 1S73 became a student in Whipple Academy. 
 He left after one year of study and in 1884 accepted the position of cashier 
 of the First National Bank of Jerseyville. 
 
 531. Daniel Field Raum, b. 10 February, 1857, at Golconda, Pope co., 111. 
 -He prepared for college in the public schools of the same place and 
 in Whipple Academy. In 1S72 he became a freshman in Illinois College, 
 where he completed his sophomore year. In 1876 he began the study of 
 law with Hon. G. B. Raum, and in 187S was graduated from the law school 
 of the Columbian University at Washington, D. C. Immediately after his 
 admission to the bar in 1878 he was employed for two years in the treasury 
 department at Washington, and in 1881 he settled in Peoria, 111., where he 
 has since practiced. In the winter of 1888 Mr, Raum married Rae Copley 
 of Aurora, 111. 
 
 532. Joseph Bankman Connell, b. i June, 1856. He entered Illinois 
 College in 1S72 and served one term as recording secretary in Phi Alpha. 
 At graduation in 1876 he delivered a philosophical oration, receiving the 
 degree of B.S. In 1878 he was graduated from the law department of the 
 University of Michigan, after which he practiced in Waverly and Jackson- 
 ville, 111. In Waverly he held for a time the position of city attorney. Mr. 
 Connell later attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, and in 1887 was 
 graduated from the Medical College of Kansas City, where he is at present 
 a practicing physician. In 1888 Dr. Connell married Carrie McVeyandhas 
 one daughter. 
 
 1873-74 
 
 533. Charles Standart Sanders, b. 14 February, 1858, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He obtained his preparatorj' education in the public schools and Whipple 
 Academy, and in 1875 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1879 
 with the degree of B.A. He held in Phi Alpha the office of treasurer. For 
 five years after his graduation he was in the broker, real estate and insur- 
 ance business in Jacksonville, and in 1887 entered the engineer corps of the 
 Missouri River railroad. Since the fall of 1889 he has acted as assistant in 
 the claim department of the Burlington railroad at Lincoln, Neb., where he 
 at present resides. 
 
 534. Frank Edwin Smith, b. 27 October, 1856, at Derry, N. H. The 
 public schools of Seneca, Kan., and Whipple Academy afforded him an early 
 education, and in 1875 he entered Illinois College. He was graduated with 
 the class of '78 with the degree of B.S. and was for two years librarian of Phi 
 Alpha. After .leaving college he attended Harvard for one year, and 
 Columbia Law School in 1880-81. During vacations he studied with Luke 
 
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 114 P"' ALPHA SOCIETV. 
 
 A. Lockwood of New York City, and after graduation with Everest and 
 Waggoner of Atchison, Kan. In iSSi he was admitted to the bar in Seneca, 
 Kan., where he practiced during the following year. Mr. Smith then became 
 secretary and treasurer of the Union Phosphate Mining company and still 
 retains this position. In the spring of 1883 he married Flora A. Gibbons 
 and is the father of two boys. 
 
 535- George J, Dorrell, b. 13 July, 1S52, in Rockcastle county, Ky. He 
 gained a preparatory education in the district schools and after teaching in 
 Sangamon county he entered Whipple Academy in 1873. Without com- 
 pleting the course he left to read law with Stewart, Edwards, and Brown in 
 Springfield, 111., and in 1875-77 studied law at Ann Arbor. He than began 
 to practice his profession in Cambridge, O., where he remained until 1884. 
 He then returned to Springfield, 111., where he has since lived. While in 
 Ohio, Mr. Dorrell was candidate for state's attorney. 
 
 536. William Gallaher Russel, b. 30 April, 185S, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Jacksonville, and Whipple Academy, and 
 in 1873 became a student in Illinois College. He left college in 1S74 and 
 engaged in the lumber business for three years. Since 1878 he has been 
 farming near Woodson, Morgan co.. 111. In the fall of 1880 he married 
 Virginia A. Martin of Perry, Mo. They have four children. 
 
 537- Walter Scott Rice, b. 23 May, 1854, in Scott county. 111. He 
 attended the district schools of his native county and for one year Whipple 
 Academy. After studying two years in the Jacksonville high school, in the 
 fall of 1873 he became a mem.ber of the freshman class in Illinois College, 
 and received the degree of B.S. on his graduation in 1S75. He was once 
 candidate for county commissioner of Morgan county. In 1S76 he married 
 Fannie Reynolds and is the father of two children. Mr. Rice has been con- 
 stantly engaged in farming since 1875 near Chapin, Morgan co., where he 
 still resides. 
 
 538. Charles Henry Ward, b. 8 June, 1854, in Bloomington, 111. He 
 studied in the Bloomington public schools and became a student in Illinois 
 College in 1873, leaving in the following year. He was engaged in the book 
 and stationery business from 1875 to 1886 and ever since the former year 
 he has been special agent for the Traveler's Insurance company. Since 1886 
 he has also been notary public in the city of Jacksonville. In 1880 Mr. 
 Ward married Julia E. Lathrop of Jacksonville. He has two children, a 
 son and daughter. 
 
 539. Frederic Bennett Dubach, b. 30 March, 1857, in Davenport, la. 
 His early education he received in the public schools of Hannibal, Mo., and 
 in the fall of 1873 he became a student in Whipple Academy, where he re- 
 mained for one year. He was graduated from Yale University in 1878. 
 Since then he has been actively conducting a lumber business in Hannibal. 
 
 540. Robert Jenning Cook, b. 5 November, 1851, in St. Clair county, 
 111. lie attended McKendrcc College, Lebanon, 111., in 1871-72, and came 
 to Illinois College in 1873 and left in the following year. He is now en- 
 gaged in farming at Highland, 111. In 1875 Mr. Cook married Miss Annie 
 M. LasU'v and is the father of five boys. 
 
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 education he received in the district schools of his county and in 1S73 he 
 became a freshman in Illinois College, but left after the completion of one 
 year. After attending college in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1876-79, he spent the 
 next year in the study of law in Winnemucca, Nev. In 1881-82 he was 
 interested in silver mining in Nevada and in 1S83-86 was in the cattle busi- 
 ness. Mr. Epler soon after devoted his attention to real estate transactions 
 and is now engaged in that business in Stockton, Cal. 
 
 542. James H. Swope, Astoria, 111., attended the Jacksonville Business 
 College and the year following, having removed to Ipava, 111., entered 
 Whipple Academy. He left after one year and later changed his place of 
 residence. 
 
 - 543. William Wallace Carter, b. 22 February, 1S54, near Jacksonville, III. 
 He was a student in the Jacksonville high school, and Whipple Academy, 
 and in 1874 entered Illinois College. He remained out two years and was 
 graduated with the class of '80 receiving the degree of B.S., and in 1882 
 taught a district school near Concord, Morgan co., 111. In the spring of 
 1885 he married Kitty Sibert of Jacksonville and the)' have one girl. He is 
 now engaged in farming a few miles distant from Jacksonville. 
 
 544. Daniel H. Fernandes, b. 25 September, 1854, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After an early education in the city schools of Jacksonville and one year's 
 attendance at Whipple Academy, in 1872 he entered the freshman class of 
 Illinois College but did not complete the 3^ear. For the three following years 
 he was a student at Hanover College, Indiana. He then pursued a course in 
 medicine at Butler University and was graduated in 1S82. Mr. Fernandes 
 was a phj'sician for seven years and in the meantime was preparing for the 
 law. In 1889 he received admission to the bar of Madison county, Ind., 
 where he is now practicing. Mr. Fernandes married in 1879 Clara M. 
 Robertson, and is the father of one child. 
 
 545. Charles S. Titus entered Whipple Academy in 1873 and continued 
 for one year. His home was in New York City. 
 
 546. William Thomas Dodsworth, b. 29 November, 1858, near Franklin, 
 111. He received his early education in the Morgan county schools and 
 spent one year in Whipple Academy. Becoming a student in Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1873 he was graduated in 1876. Since graduation he has been 
 engaged in stock raising and farming near Franklin. In 1S80 Mr. 
 Dodsworth married Miss S. F. Scott. They have three boys and one girl. 
 
 1874-75 
 
 547. Amos Morris Collins, b. 25 November, 1857, in St. Louis, Mo. 
 Before entering Illinois College he attended the Washington University 
 of St. Louis, the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., Abbott's Academy, 
 Hartford, Conn., and Whipple Academy. He entered Illinois College in 
 1875 and completed his freshman year. From 187S to 18S3 he was engaged 
 in farming near Creston, la. In 1879 he married Charlotte B. Young of 
 Creston and their only daughter died when about two years of age. He 
 was in the insurance business from 1883 to 1886, at which time he became 
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 1887 to the present time he has been clerk for E. W. Blatchford and company 
 of Chicago. 
 
 548. Robert McMackin Hockenhull, b. 31 December, 1S57, in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. He received his early education in the city schools and in Whipple 
 Academy. In the fall of 1875 he became a freshman in Illinois College, 
 where he was graduated in 1879 with the degree of B.S. He filled the 
 offices of treasurer and corresponding secretary while active in Phi Alpha. 
 In 1879 he married Ida May Weagley of Waverly and has one child. Since 
 his graduation Mr. Hockenhull has been engaged in the banking house of 
 Hockenhull and Elliott in Jacksonville. 
 
 549. John Wallace Springer, b. 19 July, 1859, in Jacksonville, III. He 
 attended the public schools and Whipple Academy and in 1874 entered 
 Illinois College. After one )'ear he went to Asburj' University, Ind., where 
 he was graduated in 1878. He then studied law with his father in Jackson- 
 ville until 1S80, when he was admitted to the bar. He has since been prac- 
 ticing in Jacksonville in the firm of Springer and Dummer. In the house 
 of representatives of the 50th Congress, Mr. Springer was clerk of the com- 
 mittee on territories. 
 
 550. Howard O. Greene of Prentice, 111., entered Illinois College in 1873 
 as a freshman and continued for three years, leaving when a senior. Since 
 then he has removed from Prentice. 
 
 551. John Kent Sanders, b. 22 January, 1858, in Cleveland, O. He 
 received his preparatory education at the central high school of that city 
 and in 1875 entered the freshmen class of Illinois College. After being 
 graduated in the class of '79 with the degree of B.S. he attended the Homeo- 
 pathic Hospital college of Cleveland until 1881, where he took the degree 
 of M.D. During the next year Mr. Sanders attended the medical depart- 
 ment of Western Reserve University, that of the University of Berlin in 
 1882-83, the Ecole de Medicine, Paris, in the summer of 18S2, the University 
 of Leipsig in the same year, and then the St. Bartholomew's Hospital 
 London. Since 1884 he has been practicing medicine in Cleveland and is 
 visiting surgeon at Huron Street Hospital and also professor of obstetrics 
 and lecturer on microscopy and histology at the Homeopathic Hospital Col- 
 lege of Cleveland. In the fall of 1S86 Dr. Sanders was married to Nellie 
 Louise Otis of Cleveland. 
 
 552. Charles Samuel Rannells, b. 5 December, 1858, at Pisgah, Mor- 
 gan CO., 111. He attended tiic district schools and Whipple Academy and 
 in 1875 became a student in Illinois College. He was graduated with the 
 class of '79, receiving the degree of B.A. In Phi Alpha he acted for one 
 term as president. Since graduation he has been engaged as a live stock 
 dealer and farmer at Pisgah. In 18S5 Mr. Rannells was elected trustee of 
 Illinois College. He was married in 1880 to Miss May Stevenson of Orleans, 
 111. 
 
 553. William P. Rice, b. S March, 1S51, in Cass county. 111. He at- 
 tended tlie district schools near his home and in 1874 entered Illinois Col- 
 lege. During the year 1876-77 he left college and spent the winter months 
 at the Jacksonville Business College. The ne.xt year he re-entered and 
 in 1879 was graduated with the degree of B.S. He held the office of libra-
 
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 rian in Phi Alpha. After graduation he farmed near Jacksonville until 
 1881, when he went to Colorado and engaged in mining. In 1883 he be- 
 came clerk in a general store at Central Cit}-, Col. Mr. Rice returned to 
 Jacksonville in 1SS4 and has been since then managing a farm west of the 
 city. 
 
 554. Augustus Deaton became a student in Whipple Academy in 1873 
 and left in the fall term of the next year. His home at that time was in 
 Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 555. Milton G. Ellis, b. 4 April, 1857, at Lexington, McLean co., 111. 
 He prepared for college in the public schools of his native town and after- 
 wards moved to Maroa, 111. In 1874 he entered Whipple Academy and in 
 
 '1875 became a freshman in Illinois College but left the same year. 
 
 556. Emanuel Dickey Block, b. 21 April, 1855, at Troy, Mo. He studied 
 in the St. Louis high school and the Washington University, St. Louis, before 
 entering Illinois College in 1S74. In the society he held the positions of 
 corresponding secretary and vice-president. He was graduated in 1876 with 
 the degree of B.A., and then studied in the St. Louis Medical College until 
 1878. Since that time he has practiced medicine at Black Jack, St. Louis 
 CO., Mo. 
 
 557. Henry Bush, b. 20 February, 1857, in Pittstield, 111. He was 
 graduated from the high school of Pittsfield and from Kemper's family 
 school in Boonville, Mo., and in 1S74 became a junior in Illinois College 
 and remained one year. After studying law with W. A. Grimshaw of Pitts- 
 field, 111., he was in 1881 admitted to practice at Springfield. In 1886 he 
 formed a partnership with Edward Doocy, (see No. 456) count}' judge of Pike 
 county, with whom he is still associated in business. Mr. Bush is also a 
 dealer in books and stationery at Pittsfield, 111. 
 
 558. H. DeLoss Grigsby, b. in Pittsfield, 111. After attending the lUi- 
 nois Industrial University he became a member of the junior class of 
 Illinois College in 1874 but left the following year. He then attended the 
 law department of the University of Michigan, from which he was gradu- 
 ated in 1878. The same year he was admitted to the bar in Illinois and 
 settled in Pittsfield, where he is at present living. 
 
 559. William Ross Kellogg, b. 26 October, 1857, in Pittsfield, 111. 
 After receiving his early education at the public schools of that place he 
 entered Illinois College in 1874 and was graduated with the class of '76, 
 receiving the degree of B.S. Mr. Kellogg is now editor and publisher of 
 the "Jamestown Daily Alert," of Jamestown, N. D. 
 
 560. John C. Sutton, b. 16 October, 1855, in Jacksonville, 111. He re- 
 ceived his early education in the public schools of Jacksonville and en- 
 tered Whipple Academy in 1874 and remained one j^ear. In 1878 he was 
 graduated in medicine from the University of the City of New York and 
 practiced later in Fairfield, la., and Minneapolis, Minn. After an interval 
 of four years spent in farming and stock raising, in 18S8 he resumed the 
 practice of medicine at his present home in St. Paul, Howard co.. Neb. 
 
 561. Henry Elliott, b. 12 March, i860, in Jacksonville, 111. His pre- 
 liminary education was gained at the public schools and Whipple Acad- 
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 and vice-president. After graduating with the class of '77 with the saluta- 
 torj- and degree of B.A., he became a law student at Harvard. He then at- 
 tended the Boston Polytechnic Institute and for two years the Miguel 
 University, Santa Fe, N. M. In 1883 Mr. Elliott served as a private in 
 quelling the uprising of the Nabajo Indians in New Mexico, and was for 
 five years employed in the material department of the Mexican Central 
 railroad. Since 1SS8 Mr. Elliott has been engaged as an architect in Jack- 
 sonville, 111. 
 
 562. John L. Johnson, b. 25 December, 1857, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 received his preparatory schooling in the public schools of Jacksonville and 
 Whipple Academy and in 1S75 entered Illinois College. He left college in 
 1877 and immediately engaged in the furniture and stove business with the 
 firm of Johnson and Sons, Jacksonville, of which he is still a partner. 
 
 563. William A. Graves entered Illinois College in 1S74 as a junior 
 but left in his senior year. He then lived in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 564. Hardin Wallace Parker, b. 4 March, 1854, at Griggsville, III. 
 After attending the high school of his native town he entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1874 and remained but a short time. The following year he finished 
 a course at the Jacksonville Business College and then began business at 
 Valley City, Pike co.. 111., and afterwards moved to Baylis, Pike co., where 
 he is now living. 
 
 565. A. D. Kyle came from Emporia, Kan., and entered Whipple Acad- 
 emy in 1874. He remained for one year. 
 
 1875-76 
 
 566. Thomas K. Ensminger, b. 11 December, 1856, in St. Louis, Mo. 
 He removed to Jacksonville in 1864 and was graduated from the high 
 school in 1875. The same year he entered Illinois College as a freshman, 
 taking the classical course. He continued two years and then became book- 
 keeper in his father's office. In 18S0 he became a partner with his father in 
 the grain business. He invested in real estate in Seattle, Wash., and is now 
 engaged in looking after his interests there, although Jacksonville is still 
 his home. 
 
 567. Mathew Lee Goff, b. at Sweetwater, Menard co., 111. After attend- 
 ing Williams College, Liberty, Mo., and the Chicago University, in 1875 he 
 entered the freshman class of Illinois College, being successively critic, 
 recording secretary and president of Phi Alpha. In 187S he left college and 
 became pastor of the Baptist church in Berlin, Sangamon co., 111., and in 
 1880, after one year at Morgan Park Seminar)', accepted the pastorate of the 
 Baptist church at Lockport, 111., and later of that at Morris, Groundy co., 
 111. Mr. Goff was compelled to resign his charge on account of poor health 
 and is now engaged in the grocery business at Morris. 
 
 568. George Little Crocker, b. 11 March, 1856, at Maroa, 111. He 
 obtained his earliest instruction in the public schools of Maroa. In 1875 
 he became a student in Illinois College and was graduated in 18S0 with the 
 degree of B.A. In the fall of 1880 he married Lizzie Grimes at Canton, III., 
 and is now the father of two children. He has recently been attending the
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. II9 
 
 Chicago Veterinary College and is also interested in banking and in the 
 grain business at Maroa. 
 
 569. John Frank Downing, b. 24 August, 1854, in Virginia, Cass co., 111. 
 He came to Illinois College from the Virginia high school and completed 
 the scientific course, being graduated with the class of '79. He served suc- 
 cessively as vice-president and president of the society. After graduation 
 he was engaged in a bank in Virginia until 1SS2, when he removed to Kan- 
 sas City, Mo. For three years he was in Armour's bank and then began 
 the real estate and loan business. In 1881 he married Martha B. Collins of 
 Jacksonville, 111., who died in the fall of 1889, leaving two children. In 
 1889 Mr. Downing again began banking as a member of the New England 
 
 -Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Kansas City. He became successively 
 vice-president and president, which latter position he now holds. 
 
 570. Henry Calvert Simons, b. 13 December, 1856, at Fayetteville, Tenn. 
 During the rebellion his father was compelled to leave the south because of 
 his abolition ideas and he settled at Virdin, 111. After being graduated in 
 1875 from the high school of his adopted town he became a member of the 
 freshman class in Illinois College and was graduated in the class of '80 
 with the degree of B.S. He was vice-president of Phi Alpha for one term. 
 After graduation he studied law with the Hon. Belfour Cowen of Virden 
 until his admission to the bar in 1883. In the same year he married Mollie 
 W. Sims. They have one child. Since 1883 Mr. Simons has practiced law 
 and carried on a lo^n business in Virden. 
 
 571. Charles Chandler Frackelton, b. 20 February, 1857, in Petersburg, 
 111. After being in the public schools of his native place he entered the 
 freshman class of Illinois College in 1875 and left before the end of his 
 sophomore year, after serving one term as corresponding secretary of the 
 society. He then began the banking business in Petersburg, becoming 
 in 1880 a partner with his father in the banking house of D. S. Frackelton 
 and company. In 1887 he married lona O. Antle of Petersburg. During 
 the same year Mr. Frackelton was elected city treasurer of Petersburg. 
 
 572. Albert Kendrick Harsha, b. 28 June, i860, at Dixon, 111. He 
 received a rudimentary education in the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., 
 and after attending Whipple Academy he entered Illinois College in the 
 fall of 1876, but did not complete the year. In 1879 he became a freshman 
 in Princeton College and was graduated with the class of '83. After three 
 years spent in the same college in preparation for the ministry he accepted 
 a call to Roslyn, Long Island, N. Y. In 1888 he received the pastorate of 
 the Highland Park Presbyterian church in Minneapolis, Minn., which he 
 still holds. He has been twice married 
 
 573. William Bird Shaw, b. 12 November, 1853, in Beardstown, 111. 
 Having received a preparatory education in the public schools and at Grey- 
 lock institute. South Williamstown, Mass., he came to Illinois College in 
 1876, where he was graduated in 1880 with the degree of B.S., having spent 
 one year in the meantime in teaching. In the society he was successively 
 corresponding secretary and recording secretary. He studied law with L. 
 Chandler of Chandlerville in 1881 and then for two years was in the Union 
 College of Law, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1883, being the same
 
 I20 PHI ALPHA SOCIETV. 
 
 year admitted to the bar. In 1884 he was candidate for county attorney of 
 Cass county, 111., and in November, 1885, removed to Ford county, Kan., 
 where he practiced for three years, part of the time with Amos Small, 'S2 
 (see No. 623). In 1S86 he was married to Minnie L. Broadwell of Jackson- 
 ville, 111. Mr. Shaw decided in 1888 to enter the ministry and after being 
 licensed to preach he accepted a call to the Congregational church at 
 Fowler, Kan. Later he became a pastor of the first church in Downs, 
 Osborne co., Kan., which charge he now holds. 
 
 574. Cephas P. Robbins, b. 7 November, 1858, at Payson, Adams co., 
 111. He attended the higli school at Payson and came to Illinois College in 
 1875, entering the scientific course. In Phi Alpha he held the office of 
 chaplain for a few months. He left in 1887 at the end of his sophomore 
 year and spent the year 1878-79 at Knox College. Removing then to 
 Stone, Finney co., Kan., he engaged in farming and in loan and real estate 
 business which he continued until his death. In 1889 Mr. Robbins acci- 
 dentally shot himself and the wound proved fatal. He was an enthusiastic 
 member of the society. 
 
 575. Winthrop Oilman Lippincott, b. 9 October, i860, at Chandlerville, 
 Cass CO., 111. He attended the city schools of Springfield and a private 
 school at Williamstown, Mass. In 1875 he entered Whipple Academy and 
 left the following spring. Afer being a few months in the employ of the 
 " Springfield Journal " he removed to Chandlerville and became engaged 
 with his father in farming. For a short period in 1878-79 he took a business 
 course in the Business College of Jacksonville. On January- 22, 1879, Mr. 
 Lippincott died of pneumonia at the home of his father near Chandlerville. 
 
 576. James Madison Downing, b. 6 March, 1856, in Virginia, 111. After 
 going through the public schools of Virginia he entered Illinois College in 
 1875 and was graduated in 1S79 with the degree of B.S. In Phi Alpha he 
 held the offices of secretary and vice-president. Prior to leaving college 
 he had studied law with R. W. Mills amd J. N. Gridley at Virginia. Later 
 he studied with J. C. Helm at Leadville, Col., where in 1880 he was admitted 
 to the bar. Mr. Downing practiced law at Leadville until the spring of 1881. 
 He then removed to Aspen, Col., where he has since practiced, making a 
 specialty of ores and mining, and where is largely interested in mines. 
 Mr. Downing was married in June, 1S85, to Alice Ritter of Sedalia, Mo. 
 They have a little girl. 
 
 577. Newton Gray, b. 14 May, 1854, at Greenfield, 111. He was a student 
 at Blackburn University, Carlinville, 111., until 1876, when he spent a few 
 months in Illinois College. He re-entered Blackburn College in the same 
 year and was graduated with the class of '77. In iSSi he completed the 
 course in the Chicago College of Pharmacy. He was married in 18S6 to Kate 
 Minton of Carlinville. Mr. Gray is now the proprietor of a drug store in 
 Livcrmore, Alameda co., C.il. He is the father of one child. 
 
 578. Charles Franklin Curtiss, b. 22 November, 1858, near Waverly, 111. 
 For five years he studied at the Waverly high school and in 1875 became a 
 member of the freshman class of Illinois College. While an active member 
 of the society he was librarian for one term and afterwards was made critic. 
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 school for two years. In i8Si he married Fannie Rohrer of Waverly, and 
 has become the father of two children. Until 1885 he was a farmer near 
 Pisgah, Morgan co., 111., and since that time has been pursuing the same 
 occupation in Macoupin county, near Rohrer, 111. 
 
 579. Edward Eli Goff, b. 25 July, 1857, at Williamsville, Sangamon co., 
 111. He prepared for college in the public schools of Honey Hart, Menard 
 county, and in Whipple Academy. In 1S75 he entered the freshman class 
 of Illinois College but did not complete the year. He married in 1879 Mary 
 E. Owen of Prentice, Morgan county, and is the father of three children. 
 Mr. Goff is at present engaged in raising live stock and in farming near 
 Ashland, Cass co.. 111. 
 - 580. Walter George Scott, b. 16 November, 1858, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Jacksonville he entered Whipple 
 Academy in 1S75 and left the following year. He has since been engaged 
 in the drug busines and is now secrerary of the Chas. W. Rogg company, 
 wholesale and retail druggists, at Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 581. John Crocker, b. 2 August, 1857, at Vandalia, 111. After attending 
 the public schools at Maroa, 111., he became a freshman in Illinois College 
 in 1875. He left, however, at the completion of the year and in 1876-77 
 studied at Dartmouth College, N. H. Mr. Crocker was for a time engaged 
 with his father in the grain business and is now a member of the banking 
 firm of Crocker, Emery and Co., at Maroa, 111. 
 
 582. Charles Augustus Mack, b. 3 January, 1853, at Batavia, 111. He 
 studied at Ripon College, Wis., and three years in the high school of Aurora, 
 111. He then, in 1S76, became a freshman in Illinois College. In 1877 he 
 left college and in the following year entered Oberlin College, Ohio. He 
 attended the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1881-82 and afterwards the 
 Hartford Theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1884. In the 
 same year he married Nellie F. Strickland of Gilead, Conn., who died in 
 1887 leaving one child. He has had charges in the Congregational church 
 at Riceville, Pa., and at Eckelson, Melville, Glen Ullin, N. D. Mr. Mack 
 is now pastor of the church at Sanborn, N. D. 
 
 1876-77 
 
 583. John Collier, b. 6 May, 1856, in Petersburg, 111. He attended the 
 common schools and Whipple Academy and in 1876 became a freshman in 
 Illinois College. He was graduated in i38o with the degree of B.A., being 
 also valedictorian of the class. In Phi Alpha he was made successively treas- 
 urer and president. He is now at Red Cafion, Wyoming Ter. 
 
 584. Thomas Fletcher Dennis, b. 4 May, 1861, in Waverly, 111. He at- 
 tended the public schools of Waverly and in 1876 became a student in 
 Illinois College. He was graduated in 1879 ^^ith the degree of B.A., deliver- 
 ing the salutatory and later receiving the degree of M.A. During 1881-83 
 he taught school at Waverly and then attended for one year the Columbian 
 University Law School at Washington, D. C. He was admitted to the prac- 
 tice of law and appointed examiner in the U. S. pension ofhce in 1884. 
 Later he removed to Little Rock, Ark., where he now resides.
 
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 585. Herbert Augustus Fairbank, b. 19 April, i860, in Udina, Kane 
 CO., III. He prepared for college ia llie high school of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and 
 in 1876 became a freshman in Illinois College, serving one term as corres- 
 ponding secretary of Phi Alpha. He left in 1877 and pursued a course at 
 the Jacksonville Business College for one year. He was in 1878-80 engaged 
 
 ^ in the coal business and was for three years book-keeper for a lumber firm 
 in Sioux Falls, S. D., and for two years held a similar position in San Anto- 
 nia, Tex. In 18S5 Mr. Fairbank removed to San Francisco, where he has 
 since held the position of secretary of the California Fruit Union. He 
 married in 1S81 Lillian E. Buck of Sioux Falls, and has one child. 
 
 586. Charles Herbert Connell, b. 12 September, 1859, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He studied in the city schools and entered Illinois College in 187b, being 
 graduated in 1878 with the degree of B.S. He read law and was admitted 
 to the bar in Winfield, Kan. Mr. Connell soon after went to California, and 
 has been practicing law in Los Angeles. He married Madge Hartel of that 
 city in 18S6 and is the father of one child. 
 
 587. Charles Philip Gillett, b. 30 May, 1857, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 studied in the Jacksonville public schools and also in Whipple Academy. 
 Entering Illinois College in 1878, he went as far as the senior year. Mr. 
 Gillett has been for several years secretary for his father. Dr. P. G. Gillett, 
 who is superintendent of the Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at 
 Jacksonville. 
 
 588. William Barr Brown, b. 27 September, i860, in Lexington, Ky. 
 Removing to Morgan county, 111., he attended the district schools and entered 
 Whipple Academy in 1872. He became a freshman in Illinois College in 
 1877 and was graduated in i88i with tlie degree of B.A, In Phi Alpha he 
 served one term as vice-president. He has since graduation been engaged 
 with his father and brother in farming and dealing in live stock near Alexan- 
 der, Morgan co., 111. In 1882 he married Fannie E. McCoy of Jacksonville, 
 and has two children, (see No. 615). 
 
 589. Elmer Wells Butler, b. 27 June, 1859, at Payson, 111. He received 
 his early education at Griggsville, 111., and entered Illinois College in 1876, 
 being graduated in 1880 with the degree of B.A. He attended the Chicago 
 Theological Seminary and was graduated in 1883. In September, 1884, he 
 married Carrie A. Tupper, at Ontario, 111., and has one child. Mr. Butler 
 has had pastorates at Mayville, S. D., and Mitchell, la., and is now pastor 
 of the Congregational church at Windsor, Dane co., Wis. 
 
 590. Clarence Alvars Kenyon, b. 9 May, 1859, in Kalamazoo, Mich. In 
 1S70-76 he was a student in the high school of Lincoln, 111., and the Lincoln 
 University. He then attended Illinois College for one year. Having pre- 
 viously studied law with Beason and Blinn of Lincoln, he entered the law 
 department of Michigan University and completed the course in 1880. Since 
 then he has practiced in Kansas City and was once candidate for city attor- 
 ney and at another time was nominated for city judge. In 1885 Mr. Ken3-on 
 married Mary J. Hunt. 
 
 591. Harry Eugene Wadsworth, b. 26 August, 1857, in Jacksonville, 
 111. After being graduated from the city high school he entered Illinois 
 College in 1876. He was graduated with the class of '78 with the degree of
 
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 B.S. and during the following summer and fall attended Bryant and Strat- 
 ton's business college, Chicago. Since 1879 he has been engaged with his 
 father in the hardware business with the firm of Wadsworth and Matherson 
 of this cit}'. He was married to Nellie F. Farrell of Jacksonville in the 
 latter part of 1882. They have a daughter. 
 
 592. Samuel Carter Loomis, b. 7 April, 1858, at Winchester, 111. He was 
 a student in the Jacksonville high school in 1873-75. I" 1876 he entered 
 Whipple Academy, where he remained one year. He then studied law for 
 two years with Hon. I. L. Morrison, of Jacksonville. Mr. Loomis for a 
 time practiced photography in Elgin, 111., and for the last seven years has 
 been in the same business in Chicago. 
 
 - 593. John Wilson Gaddis, b. 5 December, 1859, at Jacksonville, 111. He 
 studied in the city schools and Whipple Academy and entered Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1877 but left in 1879 at the close of the sophomore year. He after- 
 wards attended the academy at Freehold, N. J., and Eastman Business 
 College in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In March, 1889, he married Sarah S. C. 
 Ledeboer. Mr. Gaddis is now engaged in the grocery and hardware busi- 
 ness at Fairview, 111. 
 
 594. William McKnight, b. i May, 1863, in Norristown, Pa. After 
 spending three years, 1875-78, in Whipple Academy he was engaged until 
 1881 in Stout's book store, Jacksonville, 111. For the following six years he 
 was clerk for the Ewald Iron Company of St. Louis. In 1887 he accepted a 
 position as traveling salesman for the Waters Campbell Iron company and 
 also for the Northfield Knife company, which he still holds, his home being 
 in St. Louis. 
 
 595. William Brown Glover, b. 22 June, i860, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 acquired his early education in the Jacksonville public schools and in 1876 
 entered Whipple Academy and after two years became a freshman in Illi- 
 nois College but continued only one year. For some time he practiced law 
 and in the fall of 1S85 became a member of the firm of E. A. Barber and 
 company, bankers, Humboldt, Kan. 
 
 596. George Kent Peckham, b. 9 April, 1S62, in Seneca, Kan. After 
 acquiring a preparatory education in his native town, in 1S76 he entered Illi- 
 nois College and remained one year. Since 1885 he has been a prosperous 
 druggist in Seneca. 
 
 597. Samuel Eveland, b. 15 November, 1856, in Petrolia, Ont., Canada. 
 In 1867-69 he attended the state normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich., and in 
 1876 he became a freshman in Illinois College. In Phi Alpha he filled the 
 office of treasurer. After being graduated in 1881 with the degree of B.S. 
 he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary in 1884, where he was grad- 
 uated. The same year he was ordained for the ministry in the Congrega- 
 gational church. Mr. Eveland first filled a pastorate at Wayne, la., then at 
 Moille, 111., and is now at Reinbeck, la. He was married to Mary J. 
 Richardson of Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 598. Andrew Edward Senteny, b. 25 August, 1859, at Louisiana, Pike 
 CO., Mo. He studied at Pardee College, Louisiana, at the Baptist College 
 of the same city and in the Louisiana public schools and entered Illinois 
 College in 1876. He acted in 1878-79 as recording secretary in Phi Alpha.
 
 124 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 In 1879 he left college to attend the Jones Commercial College, St. Louis. 
 He then spent four years in clerking for the Chicago and Alton railroad at 
 Chicago, for the U. S. signal service at San Antonia, Te.\as, and for the 
 Western Trunk line. Since 1885 he has been book-keeper for the Addison 
 Tinsley tobacco manufacturing companj', Louisiana, Mo. 
 
 599. Samuel Montgomery, b. 22 August, 1S55, at Petersburg, III. He 
 attended the public schools of his native town and in 1876 became a fresh- 
 man in Illinois College but was compelled b}' illness to leave before the 
 close of the year. He was engaged for the ten succeeding years in farming, 
 and in 1887 became the proprietor of a furniture house in Petersburg. In 
 February of the same year he married Frances V. Merschon of Vermont, 
 111. They have one child. 
 
 600. W. Meade Walter, b. 4 April, 1856, at Germantown, O. He studied 
 at Medora, 111., and entered Whipple Academy in 1877, where he remained 
 one year. He then attended the University of Illinois and the Ecole des 
 Beaux Arts, Paris, France. In December, 1887, he married Hattie Bald- 
 win of New York. Mr. Walter is now an architect, and lives in Chicago. 
 
 601. John Baker became a student in Whipple Academy in 1876 and 
 the year following entered Illinois College. He was then a resident of Jack- 
 sonville, 111. Mr. Baker has since died. 
 
 602. Charles Leland Morse, b. 30 May, i860, in Waterville, Me. He 
 removed to Jacksonville with his father in 1866 and attended the 
 public schools and Whipple Academy. In 1874 he entered Illinois 
 College and for one term held the ofiice of critic in Phi Alpha. In 
 1878 he was graduated with the degree B.S. and later attended the Institute 
 of Technology, Boston, and the Jesuits' College in St. Louis. He is at present 
 engaged in the banking business in St. Louis and Kansas City, 
 
 1877-78 
 
 603. Ralph Warren Haynes, b. 31 March, 1S57, in Bloomington, 111. His 
 early education he received in the Janesville (Wis.) high school and the 
 preparatory department of Beloit College. In 1877 he became a member of 
 the freshman class of Illinois College but left at the close of the year. He 
 immediately commenced the study of law with Hay, Greene, and Littler of 
 Springfield, 111., and was admitted to the bar in 18S0. He practiced in Spring- 
 field until May, i88g, when he entered the department of justice at Wash- 
 ington and became acting attorney-general for the post-office department, 
 taking the place of Judge Tyner during the latter's protracted illness. He 
 married Helen Saunders in i3S6 and is the father of one son. Mr. Haynes 
 now lives in Washington and is one of the attorneys for the postmaster- 
 general. 
 
 604. Benjamin Franklin Shepherd, b. 24 April, 185S, at Orleans, 111. He 
 received his early education in tiie district schools of Morgan county and in 
 Whipple Academy. He became a student in Illinois College in 1877 and 
 left the same year. Since 1878 he has been employed as a traveling sales- 
 man for the firm of Ilalliday and company of St. Louis. 
 
 605. John H. Brown came from Auburn, 111., in 1S77, and attended Whip-
 
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 pie Academy for two years. He then entered Illinois College and left after 
 his freshman year. 
 
 606. Bedford Brown, b. 7 October. i86i, at Auhurn, 111. He studied at 
 the district schools until 1S77, when he entered Whipple Academy. After 
 three years of preparation he became a freshman in Illinois College. In Phi 
 Alpha he held the offices of corresponding secretary, vice-president, and 
 president. He was graduated in 18S4, delivering a high oration and the 
 valedictory address. He taught school one year and then spent two years at 
 the Columbian Universitj^ Law school at Washington, D. C, being gradu- 
 ated in 1S87. Mr. Brown is now practicing law at Hastings, Neb., in 
 partnership with W. S. Marshall. He was elected trustee of Illinois College 
 in-June, iSSg. 
 
 607. Charles Douglas Wright, b. 20 February, 1857, at Chatham, 111. 
 In 1S76 he was appointed to the U. S. naval academy at Annapolis and in 
 the ensuing year was a freshman in Illinois College. After one year's study 
 he left and studied medicine for three years with his father and then en- 
 tered Rush Medical College, where he was graduated in 18S0. For one 
 year he was city physician of Springfield, 111., and for six years practiced his 
 profession at Chatham, 111. In August, 1887, he moved to Harvel, Mont- 
 gomery CO., 111., where he has continued the practice of medicine. He 
 married Lizzie Felch of Chatham in 1880, and has a son. 
 
 608. Julian Sturtevant Wadsworth, b. 5 December, i860, in Jacksonville, 
 111. He studied in the city schools and became a freshman in Illinois Col- 
 lege in 1877, and in 1881 was graduated with the degree of B.S. In Phi 
 Alpha he held the office of treasurer and president. In 1882-85 he studied 
 at Drew Theological Seminar)', Madison, N. J. Mr. Wadsworth entered the 
 New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 
 1885 and was stationed at East Weymouth, Mass., for three years. He 
 married Maie Short of Jacksonville, in 1885. Receiving a charge at Centre- 
 ville, Rhode Island, he worked there for two years and in the spring of 1890 
 went to Germany intending to study New Testament exegesis. 
 
 609. John B. Morris, b. 30 September, i860, in Jacksonville, 111. The 
 public schools afforded him a preliminary education and in 1S77 he became 
 a student in Illinois College. He was graduated in 1881 with the degree of 
 B.A. In Phi Alpha he acted as recording secretary. Immediately after 
 graduation he entered the business of civil engineering for the Chicago, 
 Santa Fe, and California railway, with headquarters at Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 610. Thomas J. Clark Fagg, jr., b. 28 January, i860, at Louisiana, Pike 
 CO., Mo. He studied at the Louisiana public schools and became a student 
 in Illinois College in 1877 but left after one year. He is now cashier for 
 the Van Dusen, Harrington company, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 611. George Ames Milligan, b. 14 October, 1858, in Philadelphia, Pa, 
 He received his early education in the Jacksonville public schools, and 
 became a student in Illinois College in 1877 but left in 1879. In the 
 following year he studied at the University of Illinois and then for six 
 years was engaged in farming in Cheney, Nebraska. In 1884 he married 
 Emma Wait of Jacksonville. On account of failing health Mr. Milligan 
 returned to Jacksonville in 1SS6. He died at the house of his father. Pro-
 
 126 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 fcssor W. H. Milligan, on November i of the same year. He was of a quiet, 
 retiring disposition, alw.iys a faitliful and loyal member of Phi Alpha. 
 
 6i2. Charles Sanford Pond, b. 21 .A.pril, 1858, in Keokuk, la. He 
 received his early education at the Keokuk public schools and in 1877 
 entered Illinois College but left in the following year; He then began the 
 dairy business in the tirm of S. P. Pond and company, Keokuk, and is still a 
 wholesale dealer in this trade. He also has extensive interests in timber 
 land and in the stave and steamboat business at Newport, Ark., under the 
 control of the Morrison Decker Manufacturing company. On the 13th of 
 October, 1S80. he married Laura C. Bartlett, of Keokuk. 
 
 613. Samuel J. McKinney, b. 29 November, 1856. in Griggsville, 111. He 
 attended Kemp Academy and entered into Illinois College in 1878, where 
 he was graduated with the class of '81, receiving the degree of B.A. In 
 Phi Alpha he held the office of corresponding secretary. After graduation 
 he began and completed a three years course in McCormick Theological 
 Seminary of Chicago, preaching during vacations in Good Hope, 111. In 
 1884-87 Mr. McKinney was pastor at Olney, 111., at West Superior, Wis., in 
 1887-89, and at Weyawega, Wis., until February, 1890, when he removed 
 temporarily to Hoxie, Kan., on account of ill health. In October, 18S4, he 
 married Lillian Ashelby of Jacksonville, 111. They have one child. 
 
 614. James Berry EUwood, b. 16 February, i860, at Sycamore, 111. He 
 studied in the Sycamore high school and entered the freshman class in 
 Illinois College in 1877 but left in the following year. In October. 1888, he 
 married Nellie Colby of Sycamore, 111. Mr. Ellwood is now connected 
 with the U. S. postal service. 
 
 615. Edward Warfield Brown, b. 20 November, 1862, in Morgan county. 
 He prepared for college in the public schools of Jacksonville and in Whip- 
 ple Academy. At the completion of a course in the Jacksonville Business 
 College in 1882 he entered Illinois College and continued until his senior 
 year. In December, 1885, he married Ruth W. Smith of Island Grove and 
 is at present engaged with his father and brother in farming and cattle rais- 
 ing near New Berlin, 111. (see No. 5S8). 
 
 616. Louis Henry Clampit, b. 18 August, i860, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After receiving an early education in the Jacksonville public schools he 
 became a freshman in Illinois College in 1879 but attended the Jacksonville 
 Business College the next year. He then studied medicine at the Hospital 
 College of Medicine at Louisville, Ky., where he was graduated in 1884. In 
 June, 1885, he married Lina C. Watson of Louisville. He practiced medi- 
 cine in Roodhouse, 111., in 1884-89, holding the position of local surgeon 
 for the Chicago and Alton railway for four and a half years. In March, 
 1S89, Dr. Clampit began practising in Jacksonville. 
 
 617. Edward F. Goltra, b. 29 December, 1S62, in Jacksonville, 111. After 
 being a student in Whipple Academy in 187S he became a freshman of Illi- 
 nois College and completed his sophomore year. In 1883 he entered 
 Princeton College and was graduated with the class of '87. Until May of 
 1888 he studied law with Hon. William Brown of Jacksonville, whose 
 daughter, Kate M. Brown, he married in the summer of that year. Mr. Goltra 
 is now engaged in the manufacture of steel at St. Louis.
 
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 1878-79 
 
 618. Mathew R. Palmer, b. 13 April, i860, at Millwood, 111. He entered 
 Illinois College in 187S and held the office of chaplain in Phi Alpha. He 
 left in iSSi in his junior year. Mr. Palmer is now a preacher in the Metho- 
 dist church and has had charges at Dawson and Marshall, 111. 
 
 619. George Gager Wait, b. 27 June, 1S62, in Ottawa, 111. He received 
 his preliminary education in the Jacksonville high school and in 1878 
 entered Illinois College, where he was graduated in 1880 with the degree of 
 B.S. After graduation he was emplo3'^ed for nearly a year as book-keeper in 
 Ward's bookstore,- Jacksonville, and for three years as supervisor in the 
 Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Jacksonville. Mr. Wait farmed 
 for several seasons and later kept books for the Citizens' Bank of Wichita, 
 Kan., and for the Comanche Company Bank of Coldwater, Kan. In 1887 
 he was married to Lavilla Sawyer and is at present keeping books for the 
 Lincoln Hardware company of Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 620. Edward Woodman Carver, b. 11 February, 1863, in Oceanville, N. 
 J. After studying in the Jacksonville public schools, in the fall of 1878 he 
 became a freshman in Illinois College. From 1879 to '86 he was employed 
 in the "PillsburyA" mill, Minneapolis, Minn. He accepted in 1888 the 
 position of receiving teller of the Citizens Bank in Witchita, Kan., which 
 office he still fills. 
 
 621. Robert H. Duer, b. i June, 1862, near Pisgah, Morgan co.. 111. He 
 attended the district schools of Morgan county and in 1880 entered Whip- 
 ple Academy. He studied at the academy for one year and the year fol- 
 lowing at the Jacksonville Business College. In 18S2 he entered the employ 
 of a railroad, which occupation he followed for three years and then went to 
 farming near Alexander, 111. In 1887 he married Ella Mathews and is still 
 engaged in farming near Alexander. 
 
 622. John Scott McCollister, b. 20 February, 1S62, at La Clede, Mo. 
 In 187S he became a student in Whipple Academy but left, however, after 
 two years and learned the printer's trade in Humboldt, Kan. Since 1881 he 
 has been successively employed by the " Roodhouse Eye," the " Brighton 
 Weekly News," the "Jacksonville Courier," and the " Ouincy Herald." He 
 married in 1886 Alice Andrews of Jacksonville and is now pursuing his 
 trade at Pittsburg, Pa. 
 
 623. Amos W. Small, b. 7 March, 1859, "^sar Leavenworth, Kan. He 
 received his early education in the district schools of Leavenworth county 
 and in 1878 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1882 with the 
 degree of B.S. In Phi Alpha he held the offices of librarian and president. 
 During 1883-85 he was interested in the U. S. mail route contracting busi- 
 ness in Kansas. In 1884 he was notary public in Antony, Kan., and upon 
 his removal to Ford City, Kan., was again appointed notary public and civil 
 engineer of this place. He was one of the pioneer citizens of Ford City and 
 while there opened a law and real estate office with W. B. Shaw, 'So (see No. 
 573). Mr. Small had only for a short time been admitted to the practice of 
 law at the time of his death, November 18, 1885. While a student he was 
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 128 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 of scholarship. He was always enthusiastic and loyal to the interests of 
 Phi Alpha and was cut off in the vigor and promise of an ambitious and 
 hopeful career. 
 
 1879-80 
 
 624. Stephen Douglas May, b. 3 June, 1861, at Belvidere, 111. After he 
 was graduated from Belvidere high school he was enrolled as a student of 
 Illinois College in 1879, where he remained one year. He then attended the 
 University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1884. He began 
 the study of law at once and attended Union College of Law, Chicago, for 
 a short time, reading in the office of Judge F. W. Brawley. Since his ad- 
 mission to the bar in 1886 he has been practicing his profession in Chicago. 
 
 625. Johnson P. Renshaw, b. 24 August, i860, at Chandlerville, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Chandlerville he became a student 
 in Illinois College in 1879 and continued one year. Later on he was en- 
 gaged in the banking business at Sterling, Johnson co.. Neb. 
 
 626. John Lee Rogers, b. 26 December, 1861, in St. Joseph, Mo. He 
 received his early education in the Morgan county district schools. In the 
 fall of 1879 he entered Illinois College and left the following year. He 
 worked as a painter in Jacksonville until 1S84 when he went to Omaha, 
 Neb., where, in 1SS7, he married Nellie Green of that place. 
 
 627. William Erastus Booker, b. 10 July, 1S64, at Ely, Mo. After 
 attending college in 1876-79 at Monroe City, Monroe co.. Mo., he entered 
 Illinois College and remained three years, serving in Phi Alpha as librarian 
 for one term. In 1882 he removed to Pittsburg, Crawford co., Kan., where 
 he has an interest in a flour mill and in real estate. Since 18S5 he has been 
 the proprietor of a prosperous hotel in Pittsburg. 
 
 628. Edward Everett Clark, b. 28 June, 1862, in Brown county. 111. For 
 one year he attended the Worthington Business College at Evanston, 111., 
 and in 1878 became a freshman in Illinois College. In Phi Alpha he held 
 the position of recording secretar)' in 1882-83. He was graduated in 1883 
 with the degree of B.S. He taught school for one year in Brown county. 111., 
 and has since then been engaged in raising sheep near Meade Center, 
 Kan. 
 
 629. Eli Shipp after attending the Jacksonville Business College became 
 a freshman in Illinois College. He left in 18S0 after one year. His home 
 was then in Petersburg, 111. After leaving college he worked as a composi- 
 tor on the " Minneapolis Tribune." 
 
 630. Charles C. Salter in 1879 came from Waverly, 111., and was enrolled 
 as a freshman in ll]in<iis College. He left after one year. 
 
 631. Coleridge Russell entered Illinois College in 1879 as a freshman 
 and left after two years. His residence was then in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 632. John Campbell Rice, b. 27 January, 1864, in Cass county. 111. He 
 prepared for college at the Mound Ridge district school and in Whipple 
 Academy. In 18S5 he was graduated from Illinois College with the degree 
 of B.A., delivering the valedictory address. In Phi Alpha he held the 
 offices of treasurer, chaplain, vice-president and president. The two years
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I 29 
 
 succeeding his graduation he spent in teaching and farming, and in 1887-88 
 he was an instructor of mathematics in his alma mater. Mr. Rice studied 
 law at the University of Michigan in 1S88-S9 and is now a student in the 
 law department of Cornell University, New York. 
 
 633. Wallace McFarland became a student in Whipple Academy in 
 1S79 and remained one year. His home at that time was in O'Fallon, 111. 
 
 634. Frank Marion Huffaker, b. 26 June, 1865, at New Berlin, 111. He 
 was a student at the Jacksonville high school and afterwards entered 
 Whipple Academy in 1879. He left college after his freshman year and is 
 now engaged in farming and fancy stock raising near New Berlin. In 1886 
 he married Miss Eliza Deweese. 
 
 1880-81 
 
 635. David M. Sharp, b. at Mt. Auburn, 111. He was a student in the 
 Illinois Industrial University, at Urbana, 111., and in 1879 entered Illinois 
 College. At the completion of his sophomore year he left college and read 
 law with James M. Taylor of Taylorville, 111. He was engaged in the cattle 
 business in the Indian Territory for five years and is now farming near 
 Taylorville. Mr. Sharp was married in 1881 and has one child. 
 
 636. William H. Beekman, b, 30 September, i860, near Tallula, 111. 
 He received his early education in the district school near the place of 
 his birth and in 1876 entered the freshman class of Illinois College, being 
 graduated in 18S1 with the degree of B.S. After studying law for two years 
 with N. W. Branson of Petersburg, 111., in 1887 he was admitted to the bar 
 and has since been practicing his profession at Omaha, Neb. 
 
 637. Frank Lincoln Tomlinson, b. 28 February, i860, near Mt. Pulaski, 
 111. He received his early education in the public schools of his native 
 town and for four years was a teacher in Logan county. In 1880 he be- 
 came a sophomore in Illinois College and in Phi Alpha served one term as 
 librarian. At the close of his junior year he left college and began the study 
 of law with A. G. Jones of Mt. Pulaski. In 1887 Mr. Tomlinson was 
 admitted to the bar and since that time has followed that profession at Mt. 
 Pulaski. 
 
 638. James Finley Keeney, b. 16 March, 1862, at Lebanon, St. Clair co., 
 111. After being graduated from the high school of Jacksonville, in 1880 he 
 entered Illinois College and was graduated in the class of '82 with the 
 honors of a philosophical oration and the salutatory. He served as secretary 
 and vice-president of Phi Alpha. He completed, in 1888, a course in medi- 
 cine at the Chicago Medical College and immediately received the appoint- 
 ment of surgeon in the U. S. navy. Mr. Keeney is at present assistant 
 surgeon on the flag ship "Richmond" of the U. S. navy stationed at the 
 Samoan Islands. 
 
 639. Grant Cullimore, b. 11 April, 1862, in Carrolton, 111. After being 
 graduated from the Jacksonville high school and teaching one year in the 
 Morgan county schools in 1880 he entered Illinois College and completed 
 the junior year. He held in Phi Alpha the office of critic. In 1885 he was 
 graduated from the Rush Medical College and then studied with Dr. David 
 
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 130 PHI ALPHA SOCIETV. 
 
 Prince of Jacksonville and at the Central Illinois Hospital for the Insane. 
 He practiced as assistant and house surgeon of Drs. David and A. E. Prince 
 until 1887, when he removed to his present residence in Atchison, Kan. 
 Dr. Cullimore is local oculist for the Missouri Pacific railway, also for the 
 soldiers' orphans' home and the city hospital of Atchinson. Since 1889 he 
 has been pension examiner for northern Kansas and southern Nebraska. 
 
 640. Walter Lavvder, b. 27 December, 1862, at Rockwood, Randolph 
 CO., 111. He went to the district schools and in 1880 entered Illinois 
 College. He left college after two terms and attended the Jacksonville 
 Business College during 1882-83. Since finishing his education he has 
 been engaged in farming and stock raising near Campbell Hill, 111. In 
 1886 he married Lettie Clendinen and has two children. 
 
 641. W. W, Worthen entered Whipple Academy in 1880 and left after 
 one year. He came from Keokuk, la. 
 
 642. Frank D. Renshaw, b. 14 November, 1862, in Girard, 111. He was 
 a student in the public schools of Chandlerville. 111., and in 1S80 entered 
 Illinois College. He left before completing the college year. From 1882 
 until 1885 he was engaged in the dry goods business at Long Pine, Brown 
 CO., Neb., where he is now engaged in the clothing trade. 
 
 643. William H. Saunderson, b. 21 December, 1861, near Franklin, 
 111. In 1880 he was graduated from Birmingham Academy and in the same 
 year entered Illinois College but left on account of sickness in the freshman 
 year. With the exception of two years teaching he has since been engaged 
 in farming and stock-raising in Van Buren county. In 1884 he married Ida 
 Moore. They have one daughter. 
 
 644. Herbert French Atkins, b. 30 August, 1864, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 His preparatorj' education was obtained in the district schools of Morgan 
 county and in Whipple Academy. In 1881 he became a freshman in Illinois 
 College and with the class of 'S5 completed the classical course. He served 
 in Phi Alpha as corresponding and recording secretar)'. After being succes- 
 sively engaged as teacher, reporter and civil engineer, he spent the )'ear 1887 
 in study at Cornell University. He then entered Harvard University, and 
 was graduated in 18S9 with the degree of B.A. For one year he was prin- 
 cipal of the high school in Dennysville, Me., and now holds a similar 
 position in Mattapoisett. Mass. 
 
 1881-82 
 
 645. Thomas Edward Leach, b. 19 March, 185 1, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 The public schools furnished him a preparatory education and in 18S0 he 
 entered Illinois College. He left after one year's study and attended the 
 Jacksonville Business College for two terms. After finishing his education 
 he began farming and is still engaged in this pursuit near Winchester, 111. 
 
 646. Caleb Warner Howser, b. 10 September, 1S67, at Scottville, 111. 
 He was a student in the public schools of his native place and in Whipple 
 Academy until he became a freshman in Illinois College in 1882. He left 
 at the completion of his freshman year. In 1883-S5 he attended Blackburn 
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 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I3I 
 
 in the schools of Scottville. In the fall of 1S88 he married Julia E. Hall 
 of Carlinville. Mr. Hovvser died in the following year. 
 
 647. Thomas Vincent Drew, b. 5 January, 1861, at Brighton, 111. He 
 attended the district school near Irving, Macoupin co.. 111., and in 1881 
 became a student in Illinois College. At different times he taught in the 
 district schools near Irving. Mr. Drew went to California in 1SS6 on 
 account of his health and is now engaged on a fruit farm near Auburn, 
 Plaser county. 
 
 648. Newel Graves, b. 1S59, ^t West Point, Stephenson co., 111. He 
 attended several district schools in Morgan county and the Jacksonville 
 Business College before entering Illinois College in 1881. He left in 1882 
 arvd since then has been engaged in farming.near Lynnville, Morgan co., 111. 
 
 649. David Dubois Smith, b. 26 March, 1864, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of La Porte, Ind., and then for six years those 
 of Jacksonville. In 1881-83 he was in Whipple Academy and for one 
 term in Illinois College. He began to study drawing and painting in 1884 
 and the following year attended the League Art School, and the National 
 Academy of Design, New York. After then teaching for a year in the 
 Central Illinois Art School, he spent some months in Chicago as a designer 
 and illustrator, and in the fall of 1887 he went to New York, where for two 
 years he drew in pen and ink for various periodicals. For the past year he 
 has been engaged in the art department of the Illinois Institution for the 
 Deaf and Dumb, Jacksonville. 
 
 650. Thomas William Smith, b. 25 December, 1865, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the common schools of La Porte, Ind., and of Jacksonville, 
 111., he entered the Whipple Academy in 1881 and two years later became a 
 freshman in Illinois College. In 1887 he was graduated with the degree of 
 B.A. and was valedictorian of his class. While active in Phi Alpha he be- 
 came successively librarian, vice-president, and president. After spending 
 a year at Yale in the study of modern languages, rhetoric and elocution, 
 Mr. Smith was made instructor in these branches in his alma mater, which 
 position he now holds. 
 
 651. Alfred Tomlin Capps, b. 19 November, 1863, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the public schools he was graduated from the city high 
 school in 1880 and became a freshman in Illinois College the next year. In 
 Phi Alpha he held the offices of corresponding secretar}^ treasurer for two 
 years and recording secretary. In 1885 he was graduated with the saluta- 
 tory and the degree of B.A. He then engaged in business with J. Capps 
 and Sons of the Jacksonville Woolen Mills and in 1886 became a member 
 of the company. He married Anna L. Huntley of Jacksonville in the fall 
 of 1888 and has one son. 
 
 652. Ira William Davenport, b. 6 July, 1863, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 received his elementary education in the public schools of Jacksonville 
 and in 1881 became a member of the freshman class of Illinois College. 
 He was graduated in the class of '85 with the degree of B.A. and held in 
 Phi Alpha the office of critic. In 1885-87 he taught in the Illinois Institu- 
 tion for the Blind at Jacksonville and then for two years was at Yale taking 
 a post-graduate course in English. He is now superintendent of the public 
 schools of Jacksonville.
 
 132 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 653. Carl Elsworth Black, b. 4 July, 1S62, at Winchester, Scott co., 111. 
 He was a student in the public schools of Jacksonville and graduated from 
 the high school with the class of "Si. In this same year he entered Illinois 
 College and in 1S83 was graduated with the degree of B.S. He was cor- 
 responding secretary in Phi Alpha. After spending the year 18S4-85 at Dr. 
 David Prince's Sanitarium of Jacksonville, he entered the Chicago Medical 
 College from which he was graduated after a two years' course. During 
 the winter of 188S-89 he pursued a special course at the medical department 
 of the University of Vienna and other medical centres of Europe. In 
 June, 18S9, he married Bessie McLaughlin of Jacksonville, where he is now 
 a practicing physician. 
 
 654. Isaac S. McCollam, b. i860, at Scottville, Macoupin co., 111. His 
 attended a subscription school and in 1881 became a student in Whipple 
 Academy, where he remained only for a short time. For nine years he was a 
 justice of the peace near Scottville where he is now farming. 
 
 655. George Ethan Carter, b. 8 October, 1855, in Waverly, 111. He at- 
 tended the Jacksonville public schools, the Jacksonville Business College 
 for one term and Whipple Academy before entering Illinois College in 
 1881. He continued at college for one year and then became a student 
 of ShurtlefT College, Alton, 111., to study for the ministrj' in the Baptist 
 church. He remained there for three years and later had charge of a mis- 
 sion station at Alton Junction and at Woodson, 111. Since 18S7 he has 
 acted as agent for the American Bible Society in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 656. Charles Walter Reynolds, b. i June, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After being a student in the city schools and in Whipple Academy he en- 
 tered Illinois College in 1SS2. He left after one year and soon began farm- 
 ing near Jacksonville, where he is at present following this pursuit. In 
 May, 1887, he married May Holbrook of Jacksonville. 
 
 657. Arthur William Rider, b. 31 March, 1863, in Carlinville, 111. In 
 1881 he was graduated from the Jacksonville high school and the same 
 year entered Illinois College. He served as chaplain and critic of Phi 
 Alpha. After spending two years as secretary for the Young Men's Chris- 
 tian Association of Jacksonville, in 1885 he resumed his collegiate course 
 and received the degree of B.A. in the class of '86. He then accepted the 
 position of assistant secretary of the state Sunday School Union and 
 resided in Chicago until 1SS7, when he removed to Los Angeles, Cal., 
 and took charge of a large Baptist mission in that place. He served for 
 one year and a half as assistant pastor of the First Baptist church and at 
 the same time conducted the mission successfully and then was called to 
 be pastor of the church into which the mission had grown. Mr. Rider ac- 
 cepted the call, was ordained to the ministry, and in the spring of 1889 he 
 became the pastor of the Memorial Baptist church of Los Angeles, which 
 position he still holds. 
 
 658. George Washington Price, b. 2 January, 1S61, at Industry, 111. 
 He was a student of the Macomb high school for three years and in 1881 
 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1884 with the salutatory, 
 philosophical oration and the degree of B.S. In Phi Alpha he acted as 
 vice-president and president. During the year following his graduation he
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 133 
 
 taught at Chapin, 111., in 18S5-86 at Avon, 111., and from 1886 to the 
 present at Atkinson, Henry co.. 111., where he is principal of the public 
 schools. In the fall of 188S he married Sara M. Shreve and has one boy. 
 
 659. Samuel G. Brown became a freshman in Illinois College in 1881 
 and left after one year. His home was in Auburn, 111. 
 
 660. Charles S. Hughes in 1881 entered Whipple Academy where he 
 remained one year. At this time his residence was in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 661. Kelsey Sharp, b. in Christian county. 111. After being in the public 
 schools of Taylorville, 111., in 1881 he entered the freshman class of Illinois 
 College but left at the close of the year. In 1888 he was a student in Bryant's 
 Business College, Chicago. 
 
 "662. Lawrence Smith Wilkinson, b. i October, 1864, in Meridian, 
 N. Y. After attending the public schools of Meridian, in 1880 he became a 
 student in Whipple Academy and continued for two years. Since 1883 he 
 has been a railway employee and resides at Lamanda Park, Los Angeles co., 
 Cal. In 18SS he married Mary E. Lyon of Madison, Wis. 
 
 663. Alexander M. Greene, b. 19 August, 1863, at Tallula, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Tallula until his entrance to Illinois College 
 in 1881. He left in March, 1882, and afterwards attended Eureka College, 
 Eureka, 111., for one year and Bryant's Business College of Chicago for a 
 few months. He is now farming near Tallula. 
 
 664. Allan Albert Tanner, b. 2 February, 1868, in Jacksonville, III. 
 He was a student in the public schools and in Whipple Academy, and in 
 1884 became a freshman in Illinois College. In Phi Alpha he held the 
 offices of corresponding secretarj' and president. He was graduated in 
 1888 with the degree of B.A. and at once accepted the position of reporter 
 on the "Jacksonville Journal." In 1889-90 he acted as secretary for several 
 of the senate committees in Springfield, 111., and then entered Yale Divinity 
 School to prepare for the ministry. 
 
 1882-83 
 
 665. Charles Alvan Rowe, b. 13 February, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He received his early education in the Morgan county district schools and 
 was a student in Whipple Academy for three years. In 1882 he became a 
 freshman in Illinois College but on account of ill health attended very 
 irregularly. He graduated in 1889 with the degree of B.A., having held in 
 Phi Alpha the office of critic. Mr. Rowe is now engaged in farming near 
 Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 666. Alfred Ely Day, b. 11 June, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 obtained a preparatory education in the city high school and Whipple 
 Academy and in 1883 entered Illinois College. During the year 1885-86 
 he taught school near Berlin, 111., and served on the editorial staflf of the 
 "Jacksonville Journal." The following )'ear he re-entered college and 
 graduated in 1S88 with the degree of B.A. In Phi Alpha he acted as 
 recording secretary and critic. Immediately after graduation he accepted a 
 position as teacher of the sciences in the Jacksonville high school, where 
 he served one year. He then accepted the position of instructor in natural
 
 134 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 sciences in the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, Syria, which he still 
 holds. 
 
 667. Edward Capps, b. 21 December, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. The 
 public schools of Jacksonville and Whipple Academy afforded him his pre- 
 paratorj' instruction and in 18S3 he became a freshman in Illinois College. 
 He was graduated in the class of '87 with the degree of B.A. In Phi 
 Alpha he acted as vice-president and president. During the year following 
 his graduation he was instructor in Illinois College and then he began a 
 post-graduate course at Yale in classical philology. He was instructor in 
 Latin there for a part of the spring term of 1890, and holds the same ap- 
 pointment for the ensuing year. 
 
 668. Arthur Lynn Stevens, b. i October, 1863, in Jefferson, N. Y. After 
 four years spent in the high schools of Lincoln and Jacksonville, 111., in 1881 
 he entered Illinois College and in 1S84 was graduated with the degree of B.A. 
 He served one term as treasurer of Phi Alpha. At the close of his college 
 course he attended the University of Michigan and in 1S85-86 taught the 
 sciences in the Jacksonville high school. After special studies at Harvard 
 during the ensuing summer, Mr. Stevens was called to a position as teacher 
 in "Das Nationale Deutsch-Americanische Lehrer Seminar " of Milwaukee, 
 Wis. Ill health, however, compelled him to resign in 1888 after two years 
 of successful work there ; but in i88g he became the principal of the high 
 school at Council Bluffs, la. Mr. Stevens had the honor of being made a 
 member of the Berlin Chemical Society. 
 
 669. William Horace Jumper, b. i October, 1S61, in Jacksonville, ifl. 
 He attended the Morgan county district schools and for two years was a 
 student in Whipple Academy. In Phi Alpha he held the office of chaplain. 
 He was a farmer near Jacksonville for a while and is now a teamster in the 
 city. 
 
 670. William Gardner, b. i86r, at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. He 
 attended Mitchell Seminary, Mitchellville, la., for two years previous to 
 coming to Jacksonville, and then taught in the Young Ladies Athenaeum 
 in Jacksonville for two years before he entered Illinois College in 1882. He 
 continued his duties as teacher while a student until he was graduated in 
 1884 with the degree of B.A. In Phi Alpha he acted as critic for two years. 
 The year after graduation he spent at Johns Hopkins and then began the 
 study of law with R. D. Russell (see No. 449) of Minneapolis, Minn. In one 
 year he was admitted to the supreme court of Minnesota and in the early 
 part of 1887 began the practice of law at Rapid City, S. Dak., where he is still 
 in business. 
 
 671. William Nance Lewis, b. 13 September, 1859, ^' Abingdon, 111. 
 After studying in the high school of Macomb, 111., in 1882 he became a 
 member of the freshman class in Illinois College. He served in Phi Alpha 
 as librarian and chaplain. In 1886 he was graduated from the scientific de- 
 partment and for a few months taught school in Stromsburg, Neb. For 
 two years he conducted a drug store and a restaurant in the west and is 
 at present an agent in real estate in Denver, Col., and also has control of 
 a brick yard near that city. 
 
 672. Donald Cameron Catlin, b. 7 October, 1867, in Jacksonville, III.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 135 
 
 He received his early education in the public schools of Jacksonville and in 
 Whipple Academy and in 1884 became a freshman in Illinois College. He 
 was graduated with the class of 1S88 with the degree of B.A. and held in 
 Phi Alpha the office of vice-president. During the summer following gradua- 
 tion he was clerk in D.B. and H.B. Smith's music house of Jacksonville 
 and then for one year traveled in Illinois and Indiana for Ward brothers 
 of Jacksonville. In September of 18S9 he became a reporter on the "Jack- 
 sonville Journal " and still retains this position. 
 
 673. Eugene David Holmes, b. in 1858 in Ashford, N. Y. He was a 
 student in Mitchell Seminary, Mitchellville, la., and in Iowa College, Grin- 
 nell, la. In iSSi he entered the junior class of Illinois College and was 
 graduated in the class of 18S3 with the degree of B.A. After teaching for a 
 short time in the Young Ladies Athenaeum of Jacksonville, in 1884 he 
 accepted the position of principal of the Minneapolis Academ}' of Minne- 
 apolis, Minn., which he fills at the present time. 
 
 674. Frank Read, jr., b. 12 August, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. He spent 
 nine years in the city public schools and became a student in Whipple 
 Academy in 1882. In 1S84 he became a freshman in Illinois College and 
 was graduated in 1888 with the degree of B.A. In Phi Alpha he held the 
 ofl5ce of chaplain. In 1888-89 he traveled in the western states in the inter- 
 ests of Ward brothers of Jacksonville. Mr. Read accepted the position 
 of supervisor at the Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Jackson- 
 ville, where he is at present. 
 
 675. Clarence Jordan was a student in Whipple Academy in 1882-85 
 after which he became a preacher in the Methodist church. For some time 
 he was employed at the Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. He 
 is now preaching in northern Kansas. 
 
 676. Charles Albert Cohenour, b. 6 November, 1864, in Greenville, 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Assumption, 111., and in 1882 became a 
 member of the freshman class of Illinois College. He continued at college 
 for one year and then taught school near Pana, 111., until 1885. He then 
 studied for two years at the National Normal University of Lebanon, 0.» 
 Since 1887 he has been a teacher in the Northern Iowa Normal School, Al- 
 gona, la. 
 
 677. Robert Henry Kirkwood Whiteley, b. 6 July, 1S66, in Wheeling, 
 W. Va. He was a student in Whipple Academ)' for one year and then en- 
 tered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1887 with the salutatory and 
 the degree of B.S. and held in Phi Alpha the offices of librarian and critic. 
 After graduation he engaged as a reporter for one year on the " Evening 
 Star " of Minneapolis, Minn., and then became political reporter for the 
 "Tribune," of the same city. In the fall of 1S89 he accepted the position of 
 city editor of the " Minneapolis Times," which office he still holds. 
 
 678. Alfred Ewington entered the sophomore class of Illinois College 
 in 1882 and left after one year. His home was in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 then taught school in Sangamon county and later at Oakland, Tenn. He is 
 still teaching somewhere in Tennessee. 
 
 679. William Joseph Lane, b. 30 September, 1864, near Meredosia, 111.
 
 136 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 He gained an early education in the city schools and high school of Jack- 
 sonville and in 18S2 became a student in Illinois College. He served two 
 terms as chaplain of Phi Alpha. Leaving college in 1884 he taught school 
 for one year southeast of Lynnville, 111., and in 1885 he attended De Pauw 
 University. For two years he was supervisor at the Illinois Institution for 
 the Deaf and Dumb, Jacksonville, and in 18S9-90 attended the theological 
 department of Boston University. 
 
 680. William David Humphrey, b. 3 January, 1863, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After attending the city public schools he became a student in Illinois 
 College in 1882. While an active member of Phi Alpha he held the posi- 
 tion of corresponding secretary. He was graduated with the class of 1885 
 with the degree of B. S. and then entered the Chicago Medical College from 
 which he was graduated in 1889. He is now practicing medicine in Vir- 
 ginia, 111. 
 
 681. Hugh Monroe Wilson, b. 29 June, 1866, in Jacksonville, III. He 
 received his early education in the city public schools and became a student 
 in Illinois College in 1882. He spent the year 1883-84 working in his 
 father's planing mill, but returned next year. In Phi Alpha he held the 
 position of recording secretarj-. In 1886 he won second prize in the Illinois 
 intercollegiate oratorical contest. He was graduated in 18S7 with the degree 
 of B.S. and then took a position as reporter on the "Jacksonville Journal." 
 In March, 188S, he became court reporter on the " Evening Star" of Minne- 
 apolis, Minn., and held this position until July of the same year when he 
 accepted the assistant editorship of the "Mississippi Valley Lumberman" 
 of Minneapolis. He still holds this position in addition to the editorship 
 of the "Furniture News," a monthly publication. 
 
 682. Ferdinand Ludwig Strawn, b. 7 June, 1S67, in Heidelberg, Ger- 
 many. When young he removed to this country and for a short time studied 
 in private schools in Boston, Mass., and then in Whipple Academy. He 
 entered Illinois College in 1S83 and was graduated with the class of 1886 
 with the degree of B.A. Mr. Strawn has since been farming near Jackson- 
 ville. 
 
 683. Frank Parsons Norbury, b. 5 August, 1863, in Beardstown, Cass 
 CO., 111. In 1881 he was graduated from the Beardstown high school and in 
 18S2-S3 was a freshman in Illinois College. In 1885 he began the study of 
 medicine with Dr. George Bley of Beardstown and then studied in Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., and Brooklyn, N. Y. He was graduated from the Long Island 
 College Hospital in 1S88 and became assistant physician at the Pennsj-lvania 
 Institution for Feeble Minded Children. After a few months Dr. Norbury 
 resigned this position to accept a similar one in the Illinois Central Hospital 
 for the Insane at Jacksonville, 111., where he is still emplo3ed. 
 
 684. Julius Gates Strawn, b. 4 May, 1863, at Alexander, III. After at- 
 tending the Jacksonville schools and graduating from the high school in 
 1881 he entered Illinois College in 1882. He left in 18S5 on account of 
 ill health and since then has been farming near Alexander.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 137 
 
 1883-84 
 
 685. John William Brown, b. 17 September, 1866, at Auburn, 111. He 
 went to the district schools of his native town and in 1883 entered Whipple 
 Academy. In 1886 he left college and during the year following attended 
 the Springfield Business College. 
 
 686. Rufus James Coultas, b. 19 July, 1864, near Winchester, Scott co.. 111. 
 After attending the public schools of Virden, Macoupin co., including the 
 high school, he became in 1883 a freshman in Illinois College. He was 
 graduated with the class of '87, receiving the degree of B.S. The follow- 
 ing two years he spent in the study of medicine and surgery at Michigan 
 University and the next year in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 
 N. Y., from which he was graduated last March. Dr. Coultas is now settled 
 in Mattoon. 111., and in his profession intends to make specialties of the eye, 
 ear, and throat. 
 
 687. Lewis Edgar Jackson, b. 18 August, 1S63, in Athensville, Greene 
 CO., 111. His early instruction was received in the schools of Greene county. 
 In 1882 he entered Whipple Academy and left after a year and a half. He 
 entered business in Roodhouse, 111., in 1886. 
 
 688. Albert Furman Sample, b. 8 August, 1859, in Franklin, 111. He 
 obtained a rudimentary education in the Morgan county schools. In the 
 fall of 1883 he became a student in Whipple Academy but remained only a 
 few months. For one year he pursued a course in the Business College of 
 Jacksonville, III. 
 
 689. Robert Kelley Baptist, b. 11 July, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 was a pupil in the city schools of Jacksonville and in Whipple Academy 
 until his entrance to Illinois College in i838. He left in his freshman year. 
 Since 1889 he has on alternate Sundays filled the pulpit of the Portuguese 
 Presbyterian church of Jacksonville, 111. He also attended the Jackson- 
 ville Business College for a few months. 
 
 690. Fred Henry Rankin, b. 18 May, 1865, in Athens, Menard co., 111. 
 After attending the district schools in Menard county, in 18S3 he entered 
 the freshman class of Illinois College. He completed the sophomore year 
 and immediately after entered the real estate business with his father at 
 Athens. In 1889 he married Miss Rice of Jacksonville. Mr. Rankin is 
 now farming near his native place. 
 
 691. Josiah Jones, b. 27 February, 1865 at Dunlap, Peoria co., 111. He 
 was a student in the schools of Menard county and for one year in 
 Whipple Academy. In 1885-86 he taught a district school in Menard 
 county and then began farming near Sweetwater, 111. He commenced the 
 study of medicine in 1887 under Dr. E. M. Northcott of Sweetwater and 
 then attended Rush Medical College of Chicago for four terms, when he 
 was graduated in March, 1890. 
 
 692. Joseph De Silva, jr., b. 8 August, 1869, in Jacksonville, 111. He was 
 a pupil in the public schools of Jacksonville and in Whipple Academy. 
 He became a freshman in Illinois College in 1886 and will be graduated 
 this year with the degree of B.A. 
 
 693. Raymond Woods, b. 7 November, 1868, in Jacksonville, 111. After 
 attending the public schools of Jacksonville and Whipple Academy, he be-
 
 138 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 came in 1883 a member of the freshman class of Illinois College. In Phi 
 Alpha he served as librarian. He completed the scientific course with 
 the class of 1S89 and soon after was employed as telegraph operator at 
 Chase, Kan., on the line of the Atchison, Topcka and Santa Fc railroad. 
 He is now an agent at Brainard, Minn., for the Northern Pacific railroad. 
 
 694. John Anthony Walker, b. 15 August, 1869, at Berlin, 111. He re- 
 ceived his early education at the public schools of Ashland, 111., and at 
 Whipple Academy, and in 18S5 entered fllinois College. He was graduated 
 with the class of 1889 taking the degree of B.A. and during the following 
 year taught school at Berlin, 111. He is now studying medicine, besides 
 taking a special course in chemistry at his alma mater. 
 
 695. George Montgomery Burrus, b. 18 December, 1862, at Meredosia, 
 Morgan co.. III. He attended the public schools of Meredosia, the high 
 school at Waverly, 111., and the Chicago University for one year, and in 1882 
 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1SS5 with the degree of B.S. 
 and the following year taught school near Naples, III. In 1886 he married 
 Julia Ryeland of Meredosia and during this same year was teacher of a 
 school at Rising, Champaign co.. 111. He was proprietor of a grocery store 
 at Staunton, Kan., in 1SS7 and since 1SS8 has been teaching near Meredosia. 
 
 696. James Gallaher Russel, b. 20 August, 1862 in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended the Jacksonville public schools and the business college in 
 1880-S1. For the next two years he was with his father in the dry goods 
 business and in 1883 became a freshman in Illinois College. He was gradu- 
 ated in 1S88 with the degree of B.A. and delivered the salutatory. In Phi 
 Alpha he held the offices of chaplain and librarian. Since graduation he 
 has been stud3'ing for the ministry at Union Theological Seminary, New 
 York City, having in the summer of 1889 engaged in the Sunday school 
 work in Michigan and this summer preaching in Forest City, S. Dak. 
 
 697. Abraham Lincoln Loar, b. 25 February, 1867, in Morgan county, 
 111. He was a pupil in the district schools of Shelby and Morgan counties 
 and in Whipple Academy until 1884, when he entered Illinois College. 
 After studying in college for two )'ears he taught school in Morgan county. 
 Since 1S87 he has been employed as a civil engineer in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 698. Harrison Lincoln Forbes, b. 10 July, 1867, near Bloomington, 111. 
 He received his early education in the district schools of McLean county 
 and in Whipple Academy, and in 1S85 entered Illinois College, leaving at 
 the end of his freshman year. In Phi Alpha he acted as treasurer. He 
 studied law at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1886-8S and at the Chicago Law Col- 
 lege till 1890. He is now a clerk of the World's Fair committee at Chicago. 
 
 699. Nathaniel English, b. 26 June, 1865, in Mason county, W. Va. He 
 is a son of James W. English 1S48 (see No. 19) and attended the public 
 schools of Leavenworth, Kan., and of Carrollton, 111., and entered Illinois 
 College in 1883. He left after his junior year and for some time was in 
 business in Wichita, Kan. He was then employed on the Chicago and 
 Alton railway as civil engineer and later took a six months' course in 
 engineering in the University of Illinois at Champaign. Mr. English is 
 now in the west, aiding in the construction of a railroad.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I39 
 
 1884-85 
 
 700. Samuel Henry Sheppard, b. 24 November, 1864, in Jacksonville, 
 III. He attended the public schools and entered Whipple Academy, in 
 1884, where he continued for one year. He afterwards studied medicine 
 with Drs. Pitner and Malone of Jacksonville and is at present engaged at 
 the Central Illinois Hospital for tl^e Insane. 
 
 701. Walter Scott Beadles, b. 3 October, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 After being in the Jacksonville public schools and for one year in Whipple 
 Academy, in 1885 he entered Illinois College. He was graduated with the 
 degree of B.A, in 1889. In Phi Alpha he was librarian for one term and in 
 October, 1888, he took second prize at the Illinois inter-collegiate orator- 
 ical contest. In the summer of 1889 he conducted a boot and shoe store in 
 Guthrie, Oklahoma, and in the fall of that year he began the study of law at 
 the Columbia Law School, New York City. 
 
 702. John Peter Luthringer, b. 6 September, 1868, in Petersburg, 111. 
 After attending the public schools of his native town, in the fall of 1884 he 
 joined the freshman class of Illinois College and finished his sophomore 
 year. For one year he was clerk in a drug store in Petersburg and in 1888 
 he completed a course in the College of Pharmacy in Chicago. Since that 
 time he has been engaged in the drug business in Petersburg, 111. 
 
 703. George Benton Watkins, b. 2 March, 1867, in Petersburg, 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Petersburg and in 1884 he entered Illinois 
 College. He was graduated with the class of 1888 with the degree of B.S. 
 and held the office of treasurer in Phi Alpha. During the year following 
 his graduation he taught school near Petersburg and in the summer studied 
 law in the office of Charles Nusbaum. He is now teaching at Oakford, 
 Menard co.. 111. 
 
 704. Thomas Wiswall, b. 15 January, 1870, in Jacksonville, 111. He was 
 a pupil in the cit)' schools until 18S4, when he became a student in Illinois 
 College. In 1887 he left college and now lives on a farm near Alexander, 
 111. 
 
 705. Samuel Wing, b. 23 August, 1S64, near Chandlerville, 111. He 
 was a student in the district schools at Chandlerville and entered Illinois 
 College in 1884. He left in 1885 and since then has been farming near 
 Chandlerville. 
 
 706. William Edward McElfresh, b. 5 October, 1867, in Griggsville, 
 Pike CO., 111. He received his early education in the Jacksonville public 
 schools, attended the Quincy high school and Whipple Academy for one 
 year each and in 1884 entered Illinois College. He was graduated in 1888 
 with the degree of B.A. and held in Phi Alpha the office of recording secre- 
 tary. After graduation he became traveling agent for the Tunison map 
 company of Jacksonville and in 1889 became general agent of the same 
 for Canada, being stationed at Toronto, Ontario. 
 
 707. Andrew Means Craig, b. 9 October, 1861, in Reidsburg, Pa. He 
 was a student in the district schools of Van Buren county, la., at Vernon, 
 la., and in 1879-80 in Keosauqua, la. In 1882-S4 he was in the employ of 
 the Northern Pacific railway at Brainard, Minn. He entered Illinois College
 
 I40 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 in 1884, remained out the following year to teach school in Morgan county, 
 and again entered college to complete the course. He was graduated in 
 1889 with the degree of B.S. and held in Phi Alpha the offices of correspond- 
 ing secretary and president. Mr. Craig is now teaching the sciences in the 
 Jacksonville high school. 
 
 708. Joseph Benjamin Pillsbury, b. 24 December, 1866, in Petersburg, 
 111. He is a son of Jos. H. Pillsbury (see No. 53) and attended the common 
 schools of his native town and entered Whipple Academy in 1884. He 
 left the institution in 1886 and took up farming, in which he is still engaged 
 in Menard county, III. 
 
 709. Frank Edwin Drury, b. 11 June, 1868, at Orleans, Morgan co., 111. 
 He studied the common branches in the district schools of Morgan county, 
 became a student in Whipple Academy in 1884, and entered Illinois College 
 the following year. He completed the agricultural course in 1889 and since 
 then has been engaged in farming near Orleans, 111. 
 
 710. Arthur Lilburn Dyer, b. 18 January, in Jacksonville, 111. His early 
 education he received at Wichita, Kan., in the public schools and afterwards 
 became a student in Whipple Academy. In 1885 he became a freshman in 
 Illinois College, but as soon as the year was completed he began the study 
 of pharmacy, in which he is at present engaged in Wichita. 
 
 1885-86 
 
 711. Byron Frank Spellman attended Whipple Academy in 18S5-86. 
 His home was then in Lynnville, 111. 
 
 712. William Tulloch Wilson, b. 29 November, 1870, in Jacksonville, 
 111. His early education was received at the public schools and in 1885 he 
 entered Whipple Academy, where he continued with the exception of the 
 year 1886-7. In 1889 he became a freshman in Illinois College, and is at 
 present pursuing the classical course. 
 
 713. Harry M. Capps, b. 23 October, 1869, in Jacksonville, 111. He was 
 a student in the public schools of Jacksonville and after being two years in 
 Whipple Academy he entered Illinois College in 1886. In Phi Alpha he 
 held the offices of treasurer and vice-president, and is now president. He 
 will be graduated this year, receiving the degree of B.A. 
 
 714. William Francis Skillman, b. 13 November, 1864, at Hervey City, 
 111. After r^eiving his early education at Sulphur Springs, Texas, he en- 
 tered Whipple Academy in 1S84 and Illinois College in the following year, 
 where he remained until 1887. Mr. Skillman is now in the tanning, sad- 
 dlery, and harness business at Sulphur Springs. 
 
 715. Robert Logan Henry, b. 5 February, 1869, in Burlington, la. He 
 received his early education in the Burlington public schools, and in 18S5 he 
 entered the freshman class of Illinois College and completed one year. 
 After spending some time in the drug business at Burlington, he was em- 
 ployed in the wholesale department of Marshall Field and company, 
 Chicago. While engaged in this work he was taken ill, and on July 19, 1888, 
 he died. Mr. Henry was the son of Dr. G. R. Henry, (see No. 5) one of the 
 founders of Phi Alpha, and had a remarkably bright mind.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 14I 
 
 716. Harvey George Cooley, b. 12 January, 1862, in Waverly, N. Y. He 
 attended the Paw Paw Classical Seminary and then spent the years 1885-87 
 in Whipple Academy. In 1887-S9 he attended the Chicago Theological 
 Seminary, teaching for some time near Alma, Michigan. The next year he 
 entered Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he is at present 
 engaged in study. 
 
 717. James Marquis Duer, b. 5 June, 1S73, at Pisgah, Morgan co., 111. 
 He attended the district schools of Morgan county and was enrolled as 
 student of Whipple Academy in 1884, where he has since continued. 
 
 718. Frederick Warren Sanford, b. 28 April, 1870, Tallula, Menard 
 CO., 111. He received his early education at the schools of his native town, 
 and in the fall of 1885 he entered the freshman class of Illinois College. 
 After leaving in 1886 for one year, he again entered the sophomore class and 
 will be graduated this year, receiving the degree of B.S. and delivering the 
 Latin salutatory and a philosophical oration. In Phi Alpha he has been 
 recording secretary and is now critic. 
 
 719. William Daniel Doying, b. 7 October, 1870, at Carlyle, 111. He 
 studied in the city schools of Jacksonville and one year in Whipple Acade- 
 my. In 1887 he attended the business college of Jacksonville. He began 
 the following year to learn the printer's trade and has since been employed 
 b)' the "Jacksonville Courier" as a tj'pe setter. 
 
 720. Robert James Frackelton, b. 11 June, 1868, in Chandlerville, 111. 
 After preparation in the Petersburg (111.) public schools and high school, he 
 entered Illinois College in 1885, and was graduated in the class of '88 with the 
 degree of B.S. He held in Phi Alpha the office of librarian. He is now 
 employed in the bank of D. S. Frackelton and company, of Petersburg. 
 
 721. Louis Robinson Golden, b. 10 August, 1868, in Petersburg, 111. He 
 attended the high school in that city and in 1885 he entered Whipple Acade- 
 my, but left at the end of first term. In 1886 he began a course at the Jack- 
 sonville Business College, which he completed in April of that year. He is 
 now one of the firm of Golden and Son, which conducts a grocery business 
 in Petersburg. 
 
 722. Mark Frederick Hinrichsen, b. 26 July, 1867, near Alexander, 
 Morgan co., 111. In 1885 he began to study in Whipple Academy, but con- 
 tinued only one term. He is now farming near Alexander, Morgan co., 
 111. 
 
 723. Frank Lee Thompson, b. i May, 1867, in Louisville, Ky. After 
 receiving his early education in the schools of Virden he ent€red Illinois 
 College in 1885 and completed the freshman year. Since 1886 he has been 
 associated with his father in publishing the " Roodhouse Eye," Rood- 
 house, 111. 
 
 724. Fred Davenport, b. 9 November, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111. He at- 
 tended the public schools, and in 1885 became a member of the freshman 
 class of Illinois College. In 1888 he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic 
 Institute at Troy, N. Y., where he has since been pursuing the study of civil 
 engineering. 
 
 725. Lee Canfield Butler, b. 18 September, 1868, in Griggsville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools in the place of his birth and in 1885 became a
 
 142 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 Student in Illinois College. He did not complete the year and has since 
 1886 been farming near Griggsville, 111. He married in 1889 Mrs. Evelyn 
 Williams, of Grigjisvillc. He is brother of E. W. Butler (see No. 589). 
 
 726. Ernest Henry Sanford, b. in Jacksonville, 111. He was a student 
 in the public schools of Jacksonville, and in 18S5 entered Illinois College. 
 He pursued his studies for one year, and then removed to Jamestown, Dak., 
 where he has since been connected with a daily paper. 
 
 727. George Robert Brown, b. 16 March, 1867, at Divernon, 111. After 
 attending the district school near Divernon, he entered Whipple Academy 
 in the fall of 1884. From the academy he entered Illinois College in 1886 
 and completed the agricultural course with the class of 1889. He is at pres- 
 ent clerking in a hardware store at Divernon. 
 
 728. Sidney Locock Lasell, b. 31 October, 1870, in Orange, N. J. He 
 prepared for college in the Dearborn Morgan school, and in Martin Biihler's 
 school of Orange. He entered Whipple Academy in 1886 and remained 
 one year. In 1887 he was graduated from the Illinois Conservatory of 
 Music in Jacksonville. The next fall he entered the academical department 
 in Yale, where he is at present a member of the junior class. 
 
 729. William Newel Filson, b. 17 October, 1861, at Orleans, Morgan ca., 
 111. He studied at the Illinois Wesleyan Universit}' at Bloomington, 111., 
 and entered Illinois College in 18S5. In Phi Alpha he held the office of 
 chaplain. He was graduated in 1S89 with the degree of B.S. and delivered 
 the salutatory. Since graduation he has been engaged in teaching in the 
 Jacksonville high school. Mr. Filson also during the year pursued a 
 special course in chemistry at his alma mater. 
 
 1886-87 
 
 730. John Case Brewer, b. 22 March, 1867, in Everettstown, N. J. He 
 attended Lewis College at Glasgow, Mo., in 1885, and the following year 
 became a student in Whipple Academy, where he remained for two years. 
 Since 1888 Mr. Brewer has been employed at the Central Illinois Hospital for 
 the Insane at Jacksonville. 
 
 731. William H. Moulton, b. 19 January, 1S69, in Waverly, III. He 
 received a preparatory education in the high school of his native town and 
 in 18S6 he became a student in Illinois College. In 18S7 he began a course 
 in civil engineering at the University of Illinois, Champaign. 
 
 732. Robert Edward Lee Montgomery, b. 3 March, 1870, in Jackson- 
 ville, 111. He attended the Jacksonville public schools and was a student in 
 Whipple Academy in 1887-88. He is now studying law with Morrison and 
 Whitlock in Jacksonville. 
 
 733. Theodore Tapper Curtiss, b. 8 September, 1S70, in Waverly, 111. 
 He received his early education in the Waverly public school and in Whipple 
 Academy and in 1887 became a freshman in Illinois College, where he has 
 since been pursuing the classical course. 
 
 734. William Geider Shearburn, b. 13 December, 1865, in Chesterfield, 
 111. For a few months in 1S86 he attended Whipple Academy. Since 1887 
 he has been at work on a farm near Wayne, Du Page co., 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I43 
 
 735. Percy Harold Epler, b. 19 July, 1872, in Jacksonville, 111. He was 
 a pupil in the public schools and in Whipple Academy until 1888, when he 
 became a freshman in Illinois College, taking the classical course. He is 
 at present librarian of Phi Alpha. 
 
 736. Louis William Dunavan, b. 2 June, 1866, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 received his early education in a district school near Jacksonville, and 
 entered Illinois College in 1S82. He was graduated with the class of '87 
 receiving the degree of B.S. After graduation he taught school one year 
 and then studied in the office of Dr. Pitner of Jacksonville. The past year 
 he has been pursuing a course at the Chicago Medical College. 
 
 737. William Dustin Robinson, b. 22 August, 1870, at Summer Hill, 
 Pike CO., 111. He is a son of Seth Robinson, (see No. 332) and first attended 
 a district school near Summer Hill and then a grammar school in San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. After studying two 3'ears in Whipple Academy, he became a 
 freshman in Illinois College in 1888, where he is now pursuing the classical 
 course. 
 
 738. William Brown, jr., b. 24 October, 1870, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 also is a son of an old " Phi," William Brown (see No. 214). After 
 spending three years in Whipple Academy, in i888 he entered Illinois 
 College. In the spring of 1889 he received an appointment to the United 
 States Military Academy at West Point, which he entered after attending a 
 preparatory academy near West Point. 
 
 739. Lucius Dole Skinner, b. 24 October, 1870, in Du Quoin, III. He 
 received his early education in the Du Quoin public schools. In 1886 he 
 became a freshman in Illinois College, where he will be graduated this 
 month with the degree of B.S. 
 
 740. Charles Otis Swift, b. 10 August, 1868, near Waverly, 111. After he 
 had studied in the district schools and Whipple Academy, he entered 
 Illinois College in 1886. He left in the spring of 18S7 and studied one year 
 at Chaddock College in Quinc_v, 111., and since that time has been teaching 
 in the public schools of Sangamon county. 
 
 741. Alexander Lewis Osbornson, b. i July, 1867, at Hegg, Trempealeau 
 CO., Wis. He was a student in the district schools of Trempealeau county, 
 in the public schools of Chicago, and for the years 1886-S8 in Whipple 
 Academy. He then became a freshman in Illinois College, pursuing the 
 classical course and has just been compelled to leave college on account of 
 ill health. He has served Phi Alpha as chaplain and recording secretary. 
 
 742. Robert Tilton, b. 27 November, 1865, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 went to the public schools and entered Whipple Academy in 1887, where 
 he pursued studies for one year. He then commenced to study law with 
 Morrison and Whitlock of Jacksonville, and in 1889 was admitted to the 
 practice of law, in which he is now engaged in Jacksonville. 
 
 743. Bertel Morgan Stoddard, b. 21 January, 1871, in Minonk, 111. He 
 attended the Minonk high school and was enrolled in Whipple Academy 
 in 1886. He entered Illinois College the following year and has since 
 been taking the scientific course. In society he holds the position of 
 treasurer. 
 
 744. Franklin Howard Boggs, b. December 30, 1865, in Champaign co.,
 
 144 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 111. He attended a country school and then for two years the Tuscola (111.) 
 high school, where he was graduated in 1885. After spending the year 
 1886-87 as a freshman in Illinois College he attended the University of 
 Illinois for one year, and since 1888 has studied at Union College of Law, 
 Chicago, where he will be graduated this year and admitted to the bar. 
 
 745. William Channing Pilcher, b. 6 January, 1S6S, at Newmansville, 
 111. He is the son of an old " Phi," William H. Pilcher, (see No. 294) and 
 received his early schooling in Chandlerville, 111., where he also attended 
 the high school. He spent the year 1886-87 in Whipple Academy and since 
 then has been clerking in his father's store in Chandlerville. 
 
 746. Albert Morris Cross, b. 30 June, 1869, in Finlay, O. He received 
 his early education in the public schools of Grand Haven, Mich., and in 
 Dennison University, Granville, O. In 1887 he entered the junior class 
 of Illinois College and completed the classical course with the class of '88. 
 For one year he studied law with E. L. McDonald of Jacksonville (see No. 
 440). In 1889-90 Mr. Cross was assistant principal in the high school at 
 Virginia, Illinois, and is now again studying law in Jacksonville. 
 
 747. James Douglas Smith, jr., b. 20 July, 1S68, at Island Grove, Mor- 
 gan CO., 111. He, too. is the son of an old " Phi " (see No. 163). After being 
 in the public schools at Island Grove, he entered Illinois College in 1884 
 and was graduated with the class of '89. He is at present engaged with his 
 father in the live-stock business at New Berlin, 111. 
 
 1887-88 
 
 748. Aurelius Willard Bartlett, b. 27 July, 1869, in Virden, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Virden and then for two years was in Whip- 
 ple Academy. In 1888 he entered Illinois College, where he is now taking 
 the classical course. 
 
 749. Robert Frederick Lenington, b. 16 March, 1871, at Rio Claro, 
 Brazil. After coming to the United States in 1SS4, he attended for two 
 years the preparatory department of Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio. 
 His parents removing to Jacksonville in 1886, he studied in Whipple 
 Academy for one year. In 1887 he became a freshman in Illinois College 
 and has since been taking the classical course. He is now serving as 
 chaplain of Phi Alpha. 
 
 750. Howard Churchill Schaub, b. 21 June, 1S63 at Charleston, 111. In 
 1884 he attended the Jacksonville Business College and in 1887-88 took 
 special studies in Illinois College. Since 18S4 he has worked variously at 
 the printing business in Jacksonville, Chicago, Albany, N. Y., Boston, 
 Mass., and in other cities. Mr. Schaub now fills the position of city editor of 
 the " Decatur (111.) Morning Review." 
 
 751. Edward Scott Pike, b. 2 June, 1870. at Chenoa, 111. He received 
 his early education at the Chenoa high school, and entered Illinois College 
 in 1S87, where he is at present pursuing the scientific course. 
 
 752. Samuel Brown Stewart, b. 10 September, 1868, in Annapolis, Md. 
 In 1884 he removed to Illinois and after attending the Jacksonville public 
 schools and Whipple Academy he entered Illinois College in 1887 and is 
 now a junior in the scientific course.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 145 
 
 753* Joseph Almarin Capps, b. 2S February, 1872, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He received preparatory education in the public schools and in Whipple 
 Academy, which he attended in 1884-87. He then became a freshman in 
 Illinois College taking the classical course which he has since continued. 
 At present he holds the office of corresponding secretary of Phi Alpha. 
 
 754. Jacob Foster Tomlin, b. 26 January, 1867, near Pleasant Plains, 
 111. He attended the district schools of Sangamon county and in 1887 began 
 the agricultural course at Illinois College, where he was a student for two 
 years. Since 18S9 he has been farming near Pleasant Plains. 
 
 755. Maurice Bell Keplinger, b. 2 June, 1871, at Franklin, 111. After 
 completing the course in the public schools of his native town he attended 
 Whipple Academy in 1886-87, and the )'ear following was admitted to the 
 freshman class of Illinois College, where he has since pursued the scien- 
 tific course. He has held in Phi Alpha the office of treasurer and is now 
 vice-president. 
 
 756. Carl Waldo Fry, b. 30 August, 1869, at Pisgah, Morgan co.. 111. 
 He studied in the district schools near Pisgah and in Whipple Academy 
 and entered Illinois College in 1887. On account of ill health he left 
 college in 1889. He returned to his home but steadily declined until his 
 death on March 22, 1890. Mr. Fry's character was a very upright and 
 Christian one. He had high motives and gained the respect of all his 
 fellow students. Quiet and reserved, he had a very active mind and was 
 a very thorough student. 
 
 757. William Bone Conover, b. 7 June, 1872, in Virginia, 111. He 
 attended the Virginia high school, Whipple Academy, and entered Illinois 
 College in 1887. He is still pursuing the scientific course. 
 
 758. Joseph Ralph Harker, b. 30 June, 1853, near Durham, England. 
 He received his early education in the public schools of England, but was 
 obliged to leave at the age of eleven. From that time until his eighteenth 
 year he worked in the coal mines of the county of Durham, Eng. In 1871 
 he emigrated to America and settled in Du Quoin, III. Here Mr. Harker 
 labored until the winter of 1873 in the coal mines, carrying on his studies by 
 himself as well as possible under such disadvantages. After attending for a 
 few months the Du Quoin high school, he began teaching at De Soto, 111. In 
 1876-77 he was made principal of the grammar school at Beardstown, 111., and 
 afterwards of the public schools at Meredosia and Waverly, Morgan co. In 
 1884 Mr. Harker became principal of Whipple Academy, which position he 
 now fills. He took up the work of the college course and was graduated in 
 1888 with the degree of B.A. 
 
 759. Thomas Jefferson Nance, b. 22 June, 1869, in Petersburg, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Petersburg, including the high school, and 
 then after spending the year 1887-88 in Whipple Academy entered the 
 college, but did not complete the freshman year. The past winter he taught 
 school at Atterberry, Menard co.. 111. 
 
 760. Edward Kirby Putnam, b. 17 November, 1868, in Davenport, la. 
 He attended the public schools of Davenport and in 1SS7 was graduated 
 from the high school of that same city. In the same year he entered Illi- 
 nois College where he has since been pursuing the classical course. In Phi 
 Alpha he has been corresponding secretary. 
 
 10
 
 146 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1888-89 
 
 761. Utten Ellis Read, b. iS June, 1S72, in Jacksonville, 111. He was a 
 pupil in the Jacksonville public schools and Whipple Academy before 1889, 
 when he entered Illinois College. He is taking the classical course. 
 
 762. Jacob Edgar Taylor, b. 19 September, 1S67, in Barry, 111. He was 
 a pupil in tiio public schools of Barry and in the district schools of Pike 
 county. For one year he attended Whipple Academy and in 188S became a 
 freshman in Illinois College. In the summer vacation he was at home on 
 his father's farm near Baylis, 111., when, on 2 July, he was struck by light- 
 ning and instantly killed. He was a most excellent fellow and had a bright 
 mind, having taken the freshman mathematical prize. Although of a rather 
 quiet disposition, he had a host of friends among the students. 
 
 763. George Chamberlain Lenington, b. 7 February, 1S73, at Kokomo, 
 Ind. After studying in the preparatory department of Wooster University 
 at Wooster, Ohio, and in Whipple Academy, in 1888 he entered Illinois 
 College. He is at present continuing in the classical course, his home being 
 in Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 764. Carl Branch White, b. 15 July, 1S71, in Du Quoin, 111. He was a 
 student in Stone's Academy and Whipple Academy before his entrance to 
 the freshman class of Illinois College in 1SS8. He left after one year and 
 has since been taking a chemical course in the University of Illinois, Cham- 
 paign. 
 
 765. Edward Henry Lyman, b. Februar)', 1872, in Farmingdale, 111. He 
 attended the public schools in that place and for one year was in Whipple 
 Academy. In 18S9 he entered Illinois College and is still a student there. 
 Mr. Lyman is the son of J. S. Lyman, (see No. 317.) 
 
 766. Frank Allen Padgett, b. 30 April, 1873, in Jacksonville, 111. His 
 preparatory education he received in the city schools and in Whipple Acade- 
 my. In 1 888 he became a freshman in Illinois College and is still a stu- 
 dent, in the scientific course. 
 
 767. William Henry Stevenson, b. 4 September, 1872, in Freeport, 111. 
 He, too, is the son of an old ' Phi,' Henry S. Stevenson, (see No. 347.) 
 Before his entrance into Illinois College in 1889, he attended the public 
 schools at Freeport and Jacksonville, and also for three years was in 
 Whipple Academy. He is taking the classical course. 
 
 768. Arthur Sanford Mitchell, b. 11 July, 1872, in Elizabeth, N. J. He 
 was graduated from the high school in Hot Springs, Ark., and in 1888 be- 
 came a student in Whipple Academy, where he is at present. 
 
 1889-90 
 
 769. Dickey Willard Craig, b. 22 August, 1869, at Arcadia, 111. After 
 attending the district school of Arcadia and Whipple Academy for one year, 
 he entered Illinois College in 1888 and is still continuing the studies of the 
 scientific course. 
 
 770. William Francis Taylor, b. 17 August, 1869, at New Berlin, 111. 
 lie studied in the public schools at New Berlin until l33S, when he entered 
 Whipple Academy. He remained until March of the present year.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I47 
 
 771. Woodard Silas Terry, b. 21 April, 1872, near Jacksonville, 111. 
 He attended the public schools of Jacksonville and in the fall of 1889 
 entered Whipple Academy, in which he is at present a student. His father 
 is also a ' Phi.' (see No. 333.) 
 
 772. Thomas Jay Simons, b. 21 February, 1868, in Virden, 111. He 
 attended the Virden public schools and in 1889 entered Whipple Academy, 
 where he is at present pursuing the classical course. 
 
 773. William Edward Boston, b. 24 May, 1871, at Prentice, 111. He 
 attended the district school near Prentice and in 1886-87 was in Whipple 
 Academy. In 1887 he became a member of the freshman class of Illinois 
 College and is now a junior in the scientific course. 
 
 774. Isaac Donaldson Rawlings, b. 29 April, 1869, in Carrollton, 111. 
 He attended the Emporia, Kan., city schools, the Jacksonville public schools 
 and Whipple Academy. He entered Illinois College in 1886 and will be 
 graduated this month with the degree of B.S. 
 
 775. James William Miller, b. 22 December, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111. 
 He studied in the district schools near Jacksonville and attended the Jack- 
 sonville Business College and in 1886-87 Whipple Academy. In 1887 he 
 entered college with the class of '91 and is taking the scientific course. 
 
 776. Starkey Powell Puffer, b. 10 July, 1874, at Winchester, 111. He was 
 a pupil in the public schools at Winchester, and is now in Whipple Academy, 
 having entered in 1SS9, and is pursuing the classical course. 
 
 777. William Thomas Capps, b. 12 April, 1871, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 prepared for college in the Jacksonville public schools and Whipple Acade- 
 my, and in 1889 he became a member of the class of '92, choosing the 
 classical course. 
 
 778. John Ross Wills, b. 3 February, 1869, in Pittsfield, 111. After being 
 in the Pittsfield high school, in 1887 he entered the freshman class of Illinois 
 College and is now pursuing the scientific course. 
 
 779. George Moore Russel, b. 16 July, 1870, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the public schools of Jacksonville and is now a student in the 
 classical course in Whipple Academy, which he entered in 18S8. 
 
 780. Arthur Davenport Black, b. 15 November, 1870, in Jacksonville, 
 111. After being a student in the schools of Jacksonville and in Whipple 
 Academy, in 1887 he entered Illinois College. The following year he 
 attended a high school in Chicago, but in 1889 again resumed his college 
 course with the sophomore class, and is now taking the scientific course. 
 
 781. Benjamin Clifford Mathews, b. 24 December, 1866, in Morgan 
 county. 111. He studied in the public schools of Jacksonville, 111., and in 
 the high school of Dayton, Wash., until 1S87, when he entered the fresh- 
 man class of Illinois College. He is pursuing the scientific course. 
 
 782. Philip Frederick Gillett, b. 6 May, 1870, in Jacksonville, 111. He 
 attended the Jacksonville public schools and Whipple Academy, and in 
 the iall of 1888 became a member of the freshman class of Illinois College, 
 where he is taking the classical course.

 
 PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES. 
 
 PRESIDENTS. 
 
 William Jayne. 
 Robert Wilkinson. 
 Henry S. Van Eaton. 
 Philip D. Wilson. 
 William A. Knox. 
 Thomas S. Morrison. 
 James H. Blodgett. 
 
 Charles A. Keyes, 
 
 Daniel J. Brown. 
 
 Abram S. Bergen. 
 
 Edwin K. Svmonds. 
 
 John H. Wood. 
 
 Ephraim M. Dayton. 
 
 William H. Edgar. 
 
 Harrison O. Cassell. 
 
 John W. Ross. 
 
 Cyrus B. Bates. 
 
 1845-53 
 
 1853-54 
 1854-55 
 1855-56 
 1856-57 
 1857-58 
 1858-59 
 1859-60 
 I 860-6 I 
 1861-62 
 1862-63 
 
 recording secretaries. 
 Florence E. Baldwin. 
 Nehemiah Wright. 
 Robert Wilkinson. 
 Henry S. Van Eaton. 
 Charles Gladney. 
 Sylvester L. Comer. 
 S. F. C. Garrison. 
 
 Abram S. Bergen. 
 
 Lyman Lacey. 
 
 Edward T. Geyer. 
 
 Charles H. Philbrick. 
 
 William C. Ferguson. 
 
 Edward McConnel. 
 
 Thomas Booth. 
 
 John W. Ross. 
 
 Edward P. Taylor. 
 
 William E. Veitch.
 
 15° 
 
 PHI 
 
 ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1863-64 
 
 James A. Brown. 
 
 Eli B. Hamilton. 
 
 Martin H. Cassell. 
 
 Benjamin W. Brown. 
 
 Aliked a. Paxson. 
 
 John H. McClintock. 
 
 John M. Grimes. 
 
 Edward L. McDonald. 
 
 Julian P. Lippincott. 
 
 Henry C. Stewart. 
 
 Henry P. Day. 
 
 Charles H. Dummer. 
 
 Frederick C. Turner. 
 
 Edward A. Ayers. 
 
 1864-65 
 1865-66 
 1866-67 
 1867-68 
 1868-69 
 1869-70 
 1870-71 
 1871-72 
 1872-73 
 
 1873-74 
 
 1S74-75 
 1875-76 
 1S76-77 
 
 Matthew L. Goff. 
 
 Charles S. Rannells. 
 
 1877-78 
 1878-79 
 
 Charles D. Swett. 
 
 John J. Brenholt. 
 
 Joseph N. Carter. 
 
 William H, Govert. 
 
 Sa.muel W. Nichols. 
 
 Samuel W. Nichols. 
 
 Samuel W. Nichols. 
 
 William D. Wood. 
 
 William D. Wood. 
 
 George C. Ross. 
 Henry P. Day. 
 
 Charles A. Barnes. 
 
 Joseph B. Connell. 
 
 Joseph M. Grout. 
 
 Matthew L. Goff. 
 William B. Shaw. 
 
 James M. Downing. 
 
 Andrew E. Senteny.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 
 1879-80 
 
 151 
 
 John Collier. 
 Julian S. Wadsworth. 
 Amos W. Small. 
 Bedford Brown. 
 George W. Price. 
 John C. Rice. 
 Thomas W. Smith. 
 
 Edward Capps. 
 
 Allan A. Tanner. 
 
 Andrew M. Craig. 
 
 Harry M. Capps. 
 
 18S0-81 
 
 1881-82 
 1882-S3 
 1S83-S4 
 1884-S5 
 1885-86 
 
 1886-87 
 1887-S8 
 1888-89 
 1889-90 
 
 Elmer W. Bitler. 
 
 John B. Morris. 
 
 James F. Keeney. 
 
 Edward E. Clark. 
 
 Alfred T. Capps. 
 
 Herbert F. Atkins. 
 
 Hugh M. Wilson. 
 William E. McElfresh. 
 
 Alfred E. Day. 
 
 William E. McElfresh. 
 
 Frederick W. Sanford. 
 
 Alexander L. Osbornson. 
 Samuel B. Stewart.
 
 ARMY LIST. 
 
 MEXICAN WAR. 
 6. Pike C. Ross, private, 4th Illinois regiment. 
 
 CIVIL WAR. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 10. John G. Clark, colonel, 50th Wisconsin infantry. 
 
 17. Virgil Y. Ralston, private, Iowa regiment. 
 
 25. Edward Prince, colonel, 7th Illinois cavalry. 
 
 26. Cornelius L. Dunham, private, 93d Illinois infantry. 
 
 38. Charles B. Whiting, deputy provost marshal in St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 39. George M. McConnell, paymaster in Union army. 
 41. Albert D. Glover, major, 3d Missouri cavalry. 
 
 . 55. James H. Blodgett, quartermaster, 75th Illinois infantry. 
 
 57. Benjamin F. Warner, private, 115th Illinois infantry. 
 
 58. William A. Knox, surgeon, i22d Illinois infantry. 
 
 60. John I. Rinaker, brevet brigadier general of volunteers. 
 69. Thomas S. Morrison, private, Illinois infantry. 
 72. George S. Smith, surgeon, loist Illinois infantry. 
 
 75. John D. Hamilton, sergeant-major, i6th Illinois infantry. 
 
 76. Robert A. Campbell, major, 49th Missouri infantry. 
 90. Sylvester L. Comer, surgeon. 
 
 92. William H. Finley, surgeon, 8th Iowa cavalrj'. 
 
 94. VoLNEY Hickox, aide-de-camp to Gen. Hunter. 
 
 95. George W. Moore, lieutenant, ist Missouri cavalrj-. 
 97. Edmund R. Wiley, colonel of a colored regiment. 
 
 101. Flavel H. Van Eaton, surgeon, 8ih Missouri cavalry. 
 103. Samuel F. C. Garrison, chaplain, 40th Iowa infantry. 
 
 107. Edwin K. Symonds, quartermaster sergeant, 119th Illinois infantry. 
 
 108. John B. Hawley, captain, 45th Illinois infantry. 
 
 no. Henry W. Hitt, captain, company B, 27th Illinois infantry. 
 
 112. Hamilton Gamble, staff officer with Governor Gamble of Missouri. 
 
 116. William B. Price, surgeon, 4th Pennsylvania cavalry. 
 
 133. Henry Yates, brevet brigadier general of volunteers. 
 
 144. Matthew G. Roseberry, provost marshal of Nodaway county. Mo. 
 
 147. Carithers Zoll, ist lieutenant, 151st Illinois infantry. 
 
 151. Chester Andrews, captain, company I, 74th Illinois infantry. 
 
 156. Asa C. Matthews, colonel, 99th Illinois infantry. 
 
 157. George H. English, colonel, 32d Illinois infantry. 
 161. Robert Allen, major, 30th Illinois infantry. 
 
 i68. William D. Green, officer on Gen. Steel's staff. 
 172. J. L. Wilcox, surgeon, nth Illinois cavalry.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 153 
 
 177. William L. English, private, loist Illinois infantry. 
 
 179. Edward McConnell, captain in regular army. 
 
 180. Daniel M. Drai'ER, lieutenant colonel, gth Missouri cavalry. 
 
 181. Ephraim Dayton, surgeon on board the " Dryad." 
 
 195. Elisha B. Hamilton, ist lieutenant, ii8th Illinois infantry. 
 
 197. William W. Jones, private secretary to Gen. McClernand. 
 
 198. Nathaniel P. Montgomery, ist lieutenant, company I, 103d Illinois 
 
 infantry. 
 201. William H. Edgar, 2d lieutenant, 32d Illinois infantry. 
 
 204. William P. Gallon, assistant adjutant general in Gen. Hatch's di- 
 
 vision of cavalry. 
 
 205. William S. Allen, sergeant-major, 85th Illinois infantry. 
 
 212. Henry B. Shirley, private, 145th Illinois Infantry. 
 
 213. Valentine C. Randolph, private, 39th Illinois infantry. 
 216. Charles H. Glenn, musician, 28th Illinois infantr}-. 
 
 218. George W. Smith, captain, company B, 133d Illinois infantry. 
 
 219. Armstead C. Brown, private, loih Wisconsin infantry. 
 222. William R. Mosby, sergeant, loist Illinois infantry. 
 228. Jacob P. Lurton, 1st lieutenant, 97ih Illinois infantry. 
 232. George A. Dunlap, in quartermaster's department. 
 240. William B. Wetherbee, private, 145th Illinois infantry, 
 
 242. CH.A.RLES V. Decker, ist lieutenant, 123d Illinois mounted infantry. 
 
 244. David W. Thompson, private, loth Illinois infantry. 
 
 246, Frank L. Bristow, private, loist Illinois infantry. 
 
 250. George A. Dunlap, private, 2d Illinois light artillery. 
 
 255, Daniel E. Roebins, private, 7th Illinois cavalry. 
 
 257. John H. Cherry, captain, company F, 55th U. S. infantry. 
 
 259. Harrison O. Cassell, adjutant, loist Illinois infantry. 
 
 260. Lucius Harris, orderly sergeant, company I, 38th Illinois infantry. 
 
 261. George L. Morris, assistant surgeon, soih Illinois infantry. 
 
 264. George W. Stipp, commissary sergeant, 103d Illinois infantry. 
 
 265. Henrie Chambers, sergeant, 54th Illinois infantry. 
 
 268. Edward P. Taylor, division quartermaster in Union army. 
 
 269. George B. Vittum, sergeant, company E, I32d Illinois infantry, 
 283. William B. Ayers, private, 71st Illinois infantry. 
 
 289. Eli B. Hamilton, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 294. William H. Pilcher, sergeant, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 296. William B. Edgar, captain on staff of E. A. Moore of Missouri. 
 
 298. Peter L. Harrison, orderly, 14th U. S. regiment. 
 
 306. William H. H. Larimore, sergeant, loist Illinois infantry. 
 
 308. Robert A. Halbert, captain, company H, 117th Illinois infantry. 
 
 313. William E. Spears, private, 114th Illinois infantry. 
 
 316. James A. Brown, Sergeant major, 167th Illinois infantry, 
 
 317. John S. Lyman, sergeant, company G. loist Illinois infantry. 
 320. James B. Newman, adjutant. 
 
 323. William A. Rogers, orderly sergeant, company C, 14th Iowa infantry. 
 326. Robert N. S. Barger, private, 73d Illinois infantry. 
 333. James M. Terry, private, loth Illinois infantry.
 
 154 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 335. HoRACK R. LiTTLEFiELD, assistant surgeon, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 345. SlMKO.N W. Iles, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 347. Henry S. Stevenson, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 351. Martin H. Cassell, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 375. George Callaway, in commissary service, Army of the Cumberland. 
 
 376. Joseph N. Carter, private, 75th Illinois infantry. 
 378. Adoniram D. Carter, private, loist Illinois infantry. 
 393. Charles E. Broadwell, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 403. Samuel VV. Nichols, private, 151st Ohio infantry. 
 
 409. Alfred C. Phelps, ist lieutenant, 95th U. S. colored infantry. 
 
 410. Francis A. Riddle, ist lieutenant, 90th U. S. colored infantry. 
 414. Frederick Goon|;LL, private, 33d Illinois infantry. 
 
 420. James L. Irwin, drummer, company H, 137th Illinois infantry. 
 
 421. Charles H. Ethel, captain, nth Missouri cavalry. 
 430. John M. Dod, private, 2d Missouri infantry. 
 
 452. Frederick Remann, private, company E, 143d Illinois infantry. 
 454. Julian P. Lippincott, private, 145th Illinois infantry. 
 
 458. Frank Doster, corporal, company M, nth Indiana cavalry. 
 
 459. Edward P. Vail, private, iSth Illinois infantry. 
 
 460. John A. B. Shippey, private, i8th Illinois infantry. 
 
 466. William H. Moore, drummer, company G, 144th Illinois infantry. 
 478. William H. Culter, private, company E, 148th Indiana infantry. 
 
 CONFEDERATE. 
 
 3. Henry S. Van Eaton, captain and commissary. 
 
 14. James W. Frazer, surgeon. 
 
 73. Robert Hitt, colonel. 
 160. Edmund H. Bristow, private, 5th Texas regiment. 
 166. Lemuel D. Craig, private, Stuart's battalion, light artillery. 
 194. William E. Hughes, colonel, 13th regiment. 
 200. Joseph H. Miller, captain, company A, nth Louisiana regiment. 
 225. George A. English, private. 
 
 235. Alexander H. Green, private. 
 
 236. Gilbert E. Green, private, Stuart's battalion, light artillery. 
 395. Mifklin D. Duval, private. 
 
 402. F. G. Cockrill, private.
 
 LIST OF ALUMNI. 
 
 1846 
 Florence Eugene Baldwin, M.A. 
 
 1847 
 John Garven Clark, B.A. 
 William Jayne, M.A. 
 Robert Wilkinson, M.A. 
 
 1848 
 James Worth English, M.A. 
 George Pierson, M.A. 
 Henry Smith Van Eaton, M.A. 
 
 1849 
 Herman Englebach, B.A. 
 
 1851 
 Cornelius Lansing Dunham, M.A. 
 John Worth English, M.A. 
 Charles Gladney, B.A. 
 
 1852 
 Rowland Ross Chambers, B.A. 
 William Augustus Knox, M.A. 
 Edward Prince, B.A. 
 
 1853 
 James Harvey Blodgett, M.A. 
 
 1854 
 William Wallace Happy, jr., M.A. 
 Charles Aunspaugh Keyes, B.A. 
 John Dawson Strong, B.S. 
 
 t855 
 Daniel Jay Brown, B.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 JiRAH Stevens Burt, M.A. 
 William Henry Finley, B.S. 
 Lyman Lacey, M.A., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 Asa C. Matthews, M.A. 
 Flavel Hunt Van Eaton, B.S. 
 
 1856 
 Richard Bates, B.A., 
 Salutatory.
 
 156 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 Abram S. Bergen, B.A., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 Edward T. Geyer, B.S. 
 George W. Moore, B.S. 
 James Douglas Smith, M.A. 
 John Prewitt Smith, M.A. 
 
 1857 
 George Harrison English, B.S. 
 Edward Kendall Symonds, B.A. 
 
 1858 
 Sater Cole Comer, B.A. 
 Daniel Marshall Draper, M.A. 
 James Morrison Ei'ler, B.S. 
 William Franklin Epler, B.S. 
 William Charles Ferguson, M.A. 
 John Edwin Hanback, B.A. 
 James McCowen, B.S. 
 John Andrew Moore, B.S. 
 Charles Henry Philbrick, M.A. 
 John Henry Wood, M.A., 
 Valedictory. 
 
 1859 
 Edmund Hockaday Bristo\v, M.A. 
 William Pierce Gallon, B.S., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 Ephraim Dayton, B.S., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 William Williams Jones, B.S. 
 Edward McConnell, M.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Albert Reed, B.A. 
 
 i860 
 Thomas Booth, B.A. 
 Charles Smith Brown, M.A. 
 William Henry Edgar, B.A. 
 William L. English, M.A. 
 Elisha Bentley Hamilton, M.A. 
 
 1S61 
 John Walton Brown, B.A. 
 Harrison Osborne Cassell, B.A. 
 George Augustus English, B.S. 
 Myron Leslie Epler, B.A. 
 Robert Ale.xander Halbert, M.A 
 
 1862 
 George Spafford Bergen, M.A. 
 James B. Newman, M.A.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 157 
 
 David Wallace Thompson, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 George Gridley Wood, B.S. 
 
 1863 
 No graduates on account of the Civil War, 
 
 1864 
 James Alexander Brown, M.A. 
 
 1865 
 John Jacob Brenholt, B.S. 
 Eli Boies Hamilton, B.A. 
 
 1866 
 Frank Leslie Bristow, M.A. 
 Joseph Newton Carter, B.S. 
 Martin H. Cassell, B.A. 
 William Henry Foster, B.S. 
 Francis Asbury Taylor, M.A. 
 
 1867 
 Benjamin Warfield Brown, B.A. 
 Ernest Louis Campbell, B.A. 
 William Henry Govert, B.S. 
 Frederick Ashley Jones, B.A. 
 
 1868 
 Franklin M. McCann, B.S. 
 Alfred Allen Paxson, M.A. 
 
 1869 
 John Hardin McClintock, B.S. 
 Robert White, B.S. 
 
 1870 
 John M. Grimes, B.S. 
 William M. King, B.A. 
 
 1871 
 Edward Doocy, B.S. 
 Edward Louis McDonald, B.S. 
 Frederick Alexander McDonald, B.S. 
 Robert Donald Russell, M.A., 
 Valedictory. 
 
 1872 
 Julian Post Lippincott, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 Samuel Fuller Pomeroy, B.S. 
 Julian Ridgley Simms, M.A. 
 William Dustin Wood, M.A., 
 
 Salutatory.
 
 15^ PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 1873 
 
 William M. Johnson, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 Francis Israel McDonald, B.S. 
 George Carlos Ross, B.S., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 William Brownell Sanders, M.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Henry C. Stewart, B.A. 
 James R. Ward, B.S. 
 JosEi'ii Winterbottom, B.A. 
 
 1874 
 Henry Pheli-s Dav, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 Arthur Edward Prince, B.S., Ph.D., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 Albert Clark Rice, B.S. 
 
 1S75 
 Walter Scott Rice, B.S. 
 
 1876 
 Emanuel Dickey Block, B.A. 
 Joseph B. Connell, B.S., 
 
 Philosophical oration. 
 William Thomas Dodsworth, B.S. 
 Charles Henry Dummer, B.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Carl Edwin Ei'Ler, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 Joseph Merriam Grout, M.A. 
 William Ross Kellocg, B.S. 
 Frederick Clii'iord Turner, B.A. 
 
 1877 
 Edward Augustus Ayers. M.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Henry Elliott, B.A. 
 
 187S 
 Charles Herbert Connell, B.S. 
 Charles Leland Morse, B.S. 
 Frank Edward Smith, B.S, 
 Harry Eugene Wadsworth, B.S. 
 
 1879 
 Charles Franklin Curtiss, B.A. 
 Thomas Fletcher Dennis, M.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 James Madison Downing, B.S. 
 John Frank Downing, B.S.
 
 illinois college. 
 
 Robert McMackin Hockenhull, B.S. 
 Charles Samuel Rannells, B.A. 
 William Putnam Rice, B.S. 
 Charles Standart Sanders, B.A. 
 John Kent Sanders, B.S. 
 
 1880 
 Elmer Wells Butler, B.A. 
 William W. Carter, B.S. 
 John Collier, B.A., 
 Valedictory. 
 George L. Crocker, B.A. 
 Edgar Norman Green, B.S. 
 Theodore Frank Moseley, B.A. 
 William Bird Shaw, B.S. 
 Henry C. Simons, B.S. 
 George Gager Wait, B.S. 
 
 i88r 
 William H. Beekman, B.S. 
 William B. Brown, B.A. 
 Samuel Evelaxd, B.A. 
 Samuel J. McKinney, B.A. 
 John B. Morris, B.A. 
 Julian Sturtevant Wadsworth, B.S. 
 
 1882 
 James Finley Keeney, B.S., 
 
 Salutatory and philosophical oration. 
 Amos W. Small, B.S. 
 
 1S83 
 Carl Ellsworth Black, B.S. 
 Edward Everett Clark, B.S. 
 Eugene David Holmes, M.A. 
 
 1884 
 Bedford Brown, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory. 
 William Gardner, M.A. 
 George Washington Price, B.S., 
 
 Salutatory and philosophical oration. 
 Arthur Lynn Stevens, B.A. 
 
 1885 
 Herbert French Atkins, B.A. 
 George Montgomery Burrus, B.S. 
 Alfred Tomlin Capps, B.A. 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Ira William Davenport, B.A. 
 
 159
 
 l6o PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 William David Humphrey, B.A. 
 John Camtbell Rice, M.A., 
 
 Valedictory and philosophical oration. 
 
 1886 
 William Nance Lewis. B.S. 
 Arthur William Rider, B.A. 
 Ferdinand Ludwig Strawn, B.S. 
 
 1887 
 Edward Capps, B.A. 
 RuFus James Coultas, B.S. 
 Lewis William Dunavan, B.S. 
 Thomas Willi.vm Smith, B.A.. 
 
 Valedictory and philosophical oration. 
 Robert Henry Kirkwood Whiteley, B.S., 
 
 Salutatory and philosophical oration. 
 Hugh Monroe Wilson, B.S. 
 
 1888 
 Donald Cameron Catlin, B.A. 
 Albert Morris Cross, B.A. 
 Alfred Ely Day, B.A. 
 Robert James Frackelton, B.S. 
 Joseph Ralph Harker, B.A. 
 William Edward McElfresh, B.A. 
 Frank Read, jr.. B.A. 
 James Gallaher Russel, B.A., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Allan Albert Tanner, B.A. 
 George Benton Watkins, B.S. 
 
 1889 
 Walter Scott Beadles, B.A. 
 George Robert Brown, B.S. 
 Andrew Means Craig, B.S. 
 Frank Edwin Drury, B.S. 
 William Newel Filson, B.S., 
 
 Salutatory. 
 Charles Alvan Rowe, B.A. 
 James Douglas S.mith, jr., B.S. 
 John Anthony Walker, B.A. 
 Raymond Woods, B.S. 
 
 i8go 
 Harry M. Capps, B.A. 
 Joseph De Sii.va, jr., B.A. 
 Isaac Donaldson Rawlings, B.S. 
 Frederk K Warren Sanford, B.S., 
 
 Salutatory and philosophical oration. 
 Lucius Dole Skinner, B.S.
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 44. Able, S. O. — Address unknown. 
 279. Alexander, William T.* 
 161. Allen, Robert.* 
 
 404. Allen, Samuel M.— San Francisco, Cal., 624 Market street. 
 331. Allen, Thomas J. — Kansas City, Mo. 
 205. Allen, William S. — Mason City, 111. 
 
 86. Anderson, Samuel H. — Address unknown. 
 468. Anderson, William A.* 
 
 151. Andrews, Chester — Steel City, Neb. 
 302. Andrus, Clark N.* 
 
 20. Andrus, Reuben.* 
 
 128. Arenz, Frank J.— Beardstown, 111. 
 
 528. Askew, Edward H.— Norborne, Mo. 
 
 415. Askew, Joseph R.— Wichita, Kan. 
 
 644. Atkins, Herbert F. — Mattapoisett, Mass. 
 
 522. Ayers, Edward A.— New York City, 151 E. Thirty-fourth street. 
 
 283. Ayers, William B.— Athens, 111. 
 
 164. Baird, James — Emporia, Kan. 
 
 601, Baker, John.* 
 
 2. Baldwin, Florence E.* 
 689. Baptist, Robert K.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 326. Barger, Robert N. S.— Hopedale, Tazewell co., III. 
 495. Barnes, Charles A.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 327. Barnes, Nathan H. — Newport, R. I. 
 
 314. Barnes, William H.— Tucson, Arizona Ter. 
 
 21. Barr, Edwin W.* 
 
 506. Barr, Hugh — Davenport, la. 
 
 9. Barrett, Joseph A.* 
 748. Bartlett, Aurelius W. — Virden, 111. 
 385. Bartlett, Joseph E.— Waterbury, Conn. 
 312. Bates, Cyrus B.* 
 119. Bates, Richard.* 
 701. Beadles, Walter S. — Jacksonville, 111, 
 
 87. Beall, Alfred T.— Address unknown. 
 
 88. Beall, Thomas B. — Address unknown. 
 275. Beatty, John — Address unknown. 
 
 446. Becraft, James M.— Blackburn, Saline co.. Mo. 
 636. Beekman, William H.— Petersburg, 111. 
 82. Bergen, Abram S.— Topeka, Kan. 
 211. Bergen, George S.— Blairstown, N.J. 
 208. Bergen, John J.— Virginia, 111. 
 1 1
 
 l62 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 45. Bergen, Walter G.* 
 
 247. Bibb, George R.* 
 
 780. Black, Abthur D. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 653. Black, Carl E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 134. Blakeman, William H.* 
 
 556. Block, Emanuel D. — Black Jack, Mo. 
 
 137. Blodgett, Charles H. — Bloomington, III. 
 
 55. Blodgett, James H. — Rockford, 111, 
 
 744. BoGGS, Franklin H. — Hayes, III. 
 
 42. BoNNEY, Lewis C. — Eldon, la. 
 
 627. Booker, William E. — Manhattan, Kan. 
 
 165. Booth, Thomas. — St. Louis, Mo., 210 N. Third street. 
 
 773. Boston, William E. — Prentice, 111. 
 
 102. Boulware, John W.* 
 
 399. Bowman, Stkphen H. — Jerseyville, 111. 
 
 467. Bowman, Winfield S. — Sterling, Neb. 
 
 278. Brahm, George P. — Aurora, Neb. 
 
 284. Brenholt, Byron. — Omaha, Neb., 3314 Burt street. 
 
 285. Brenholt, John J. — Alton, 111. 
 730. Brewer, John C. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 160. Bristow, Edmund H. — Aberdeen, Miss. 
 
 246. Bristow, Frank L. — Covington, Ky., cor. of Scott and Eleventh streets. 
 
 393. Broadwell, Charles E. — Kansas City, Mo., care McCord and Nave 
 Mercantile Co. 
 
 27. Broadwell, Norman M. — Springfield, 111. 
 
 24. Brooks, Albert I. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 219. Brown, Armstead C* 
 
 606. Brown, Bedford, Hastings, Neb. 
 
 369. Brown, Benjamin W. — Berlin, Sangamon co., 111. 
 
 178. Brown, Charles S. — Springfield, 111. 
 
 83. Brown, Daniel J.* 
 
 615. Brown, Edward W. — New Berlin, 111. 
 
 287. Brown, Elisha W.* 
 
 492. Brown, Francis W. — Omaha, Neb. 
 
 727. Brown, George R. — Divernon, 111. 
 
 316. Brown, James A. — Cynthiana, Ky. 
 
 477. Brown, James N. — Carrollton, 111. 
 
 605. Brown, John H. — Auburn, 111. 
 
 272. Brown, John Walton.* 
 
 685. Brown, John William. — Divernon, 111. 
 
 319. Brown, Robert* 
 
 23. Brown, Samuel.* 
 
 659. Brown, Samiel G. — Auburn, 111. 
 
 188. Brown, William — Berlin, 111. 
 
 214. Brown, William — Chicago, 111., Honore Building; Residence, Tack- 
 
 sonville, 111. 
 
 738. Brown, William, jr. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 5S8. Brown, William B. — Alexander, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE, 163 
 
 455. Brown, William F. — Jacksonville, III. 
 388. Bryan, Alphonso H. — Champaign, 111. 
 8q. Burt, Jirah S. — Logansport, Ind. 
 695. Burrus, George M. — Meredosia, 111. 
 557. Bush, Henry, Pittsfield, 111. 
 589. Butler, Elmer W. — Windsor, Dane co., Wis. 
 725. Butler, Lee C. — Griggsville, 111. 
 187. Caldwell, Daniel C* 
 
 375. Callaway, George — Tuscola, Douglas co.. 111. 
 204. Gallon, William P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 148. Campbell, Charles C. — Address unknown. 
 
 428. Campbell, Ernest L. — San Francisco, Cal., 23 Montgomery street. 
 
 76. Campbell, Robert A. — St. Louis, Mo., 3665 Finney avenue. 
 
 29. Cantrill, Thomas H.* 
 651. Capps, Alfred T. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 444. Capps, Charles E. — Vandalia, 111. 
 667. Capps, Edward — Jacksonville, 111. 
 713. Capps, Harry M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 753. Capps, Joseph A. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 777. Capps, William T. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 138. Carithers, David N. — Santa Rosa, Cal. 
 378. Carter, Adoniram D.* 
 655. Carter, George E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 376. Carter, Joseph N.— Quincy, 111. 
 
 543. Carter, William W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 620. Carver, Edward W.— Wichita, Kan, 
 
 464. Casey, Charles E. — Pawnee, Neb. 
 
 259. Cassell, Harrison O. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 351. Cassell, Martin H. — Davenport, la. 
 
 229. Catlin, Charles F. — Omaha, Neb. 
 
 672. Catlin, Donald C— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 462. Chain, James A. — Denver, Col. 
 
 265. Chambers, Henrie — Charleston, 111. 
 
 348. Chambers, Leonard W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 35. Chambers, Rowland R.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 343. Chandler, Linus C— Chandlerville, 111. 
 507. Chapin, John M. — Broken Bow, Neb. 
 190. Cherrill, Edward — Carthage, 111. 
 257. Cherry, John H. — Little Rock, Ark. 
 263, Cherry, Samuel T.— Parsons, Kan. 
 616. Clampit, Louis H. — Jacksonville, 111, 
 628. Clark, Edward E. — Belle Meade, Kan. 
 
 ID. Clark, John G. — Lancaster, Wis. 
 173. Clark, Owen W.— Bluff Springs, 111. 
 360. Claycomb, Stephen H. — Joplin, Jasper co., Mo, 
 227. Cockrell, Elias — Jerseyville, 111. 
 402. Cockrill, F. Grundy— Platte City, Mo. 
 676. Cohenour, Charles A. — Algona, la.
 
 164 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 gg. Coleman, E. — Address unknown. 
 
 583. Collier, John— Red Cafion, Wyoming Ter. 
 
 547. Collins, Amos M.— Chicago, 111., 70 N. Clinton street. 
 
 470. Collins. J. Blatciiiokd— Miles City, Mont. 
 122. Comer, Sater C. — Elvaston, 111. 
 
 90. Comer, Sylvester L.* 
 586. Connell, Charles H.— Los Angeles, Cal. 
 532. Connell, Joseph B.— Kansas City, Mo., 1222 Grand avenue. 
 254. CoNOVER, Lawrence V.— Petersburg, 111. 
 757. Conover, William B.— Virginia, 111. 
 540. Cook, Robert J. — Highland, Madison co.. 111. 
 716. CooLEY, Harvey G.— New York City, 50 E. Tenth street. 
 411. Cottle, Samuel W. — O'Fallon, St. Charles co.. Mo. 
 
 192. CoucHMAN, William O. — Bentley, Hancock co., 111. 
 686. CouLTAS, RuKUS J.— Mattoon, 111. 
 
 707. Craig, Andrew M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 769. Craig, Dickey W.— Arcadia, 111. 
 166. Craig, Lemuel D. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 432. Craig, Oscar W. — Normal, 111. 
 77. Craig, William R. — Appomattox, S. D. 
 140. Crawford, James B. — Carthage, 111. 
 56S. Crocker, George L.— Maroa, 111. 
 581. Crocker, John — Maroa, 111. 
 746. Cross, Albert M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 530. Cross, Edward — Jerseyville, 111. 
 639. CuLLiMORE, Grant — Atchison, Kan. 
 478. CuLTER, William H. — Sadora, Macon co., 111. 
 230. Cunningham, James H. — Address unknown. 
 578. CuRTiss, Charles F. — Waverly, 111. 
 733. Curtiss, Theodore T. — Waverly, 111. 
 724. Davenport, Fred — Jacksonville, 111. 
 652. Davenport, Ira W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 193. Davis, Rezin V. — Address unknown. 
 293. Dawson, Charles B. — San Andreas, Cal. 
 291. Dawson, William H. — Louisville, Ky. 
 666. Day, Alfred E. — Beirut, Syria. 
 
 461. Day, Henry P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 181. Dayton, Ephrai.m.* 
 174. Dayton, James H. — Humboldt, Kan. 
 554. Deaton, Augustus — Address unknown. 
 
 471. Deaton, John — Lyons, Kan. 
 
 242. Decker, Charles V. — Lamar, Col. 
 692. DeSilva, Joseph, jr. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 584. Dennis, T. Fletcher — Little Rock. Ark. 
 
 186. DiMicK, Otis J. — Chicago, III., 250 State street. 
 
 429. Dou, Albert G. — Knox City, Knox co.. 111. 
 
 430. Dod, John M. — Greenwood, Jackson co., Mo. 
 354. DoDDS, James H. — Mt. Vernon, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 165 
 
 301. DoDDS, J. W. — Address unknown. 
 
 546. DoDSWORTH, William T. — Franklin, Morgan co.. 111. 
 
 456. DoocY, Edward — Pittsfield, 111. 
 485. DoRRELL, George J. — Illiopolis, 111. 
 535. DoRRELL, George J. — Springfield, 111. 
 458. DosTER, Frank — Marion Center, Kan. 
 
 569. Downing, John F. — Kansas City, Mo., New England Building. 
 
 576. Downing, James M. — Aspen, Col. 
 
 719. DoYiNG, William D. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 180. Draper, Daniel M. — Denver, Col., care Denver & Rio Grande R. R. 
 
 647. Drew, Thomas V. — Auburn, Placer co., Cal. 
 
 709. Drury, Frank E. — Orleans, 111. 
 
 539. Dubach, Frederic B. — Hannibal, Mo. 
 717. Duer, James M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 621. Duer, Robert H. — Orleans, 111. 
 497. Dummer, Charles H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 736. DuNAVAN, Louis W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 gi. Duncan, Joseph. — Chicago, 111., 3764 Indiana avenue. 
 427. Duncan, Joseph B. — Delavan, 111. 
 
 457. Duncan. Thomas M. — Lawrence, Kan. 
 26. Dunham, Cornelius L. — Grinnell, la. 
 
 355. DuNLAP, Conwell — Jacksonville, 111. 
 185. DuNLAP, Charles M. — Mt. Sterling, III. 
 232. Dunlap, George A.* 
 
 250. Dunlap, George A. — Chicago, 111., 4033 Vincennes avenue. 
 80. Dunlap, Irvin. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 395. Duval, Mifflin D. — Richmond, Ray co.. Mo. 
 
 710. Dyer, Arthur L. — Wichita, Kan. 
 
 469. Eads, William — Shipman, Macoupin co.. Ill, 
 
 295. Edgar, C. A. — Louisiana, Mo. 
 434. Edgar, E. J. — Louisiana, Mo. 
 
 296. Edgar, William B. — South St. Louis, Mo., care Glendale Zinc Works. 
 201. Edgar, William H. — Jerseyville, 111. 
 
 439. Edmonds, Charles W. — Payson, Adams co.. 111. 
 
 105. Eldred, Lucius S. — Carrollton, 111. 
 
 362. Elliott, Edward R.* 
 
 422. Elliott, Frank — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 561. Elliott, Henry — Jacksonville, III. 
 
 502. Elliott, J. Weir — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 358. Elliott, Richard* 
 
 555. Ellis, Milton G. — Lyons, Kan. 
 
 614. Ellwood, James B. — Sycamore, 111. 
 
 15. Englebach, Herman.* 
 225. English, George A.* 
 157. English, George H.— Kansas City, Mo., Room 47, Sheidley Building. 
 
 19. English, James W.* 
 
 32. English, John W. — Point Pleasant, W. Va. 
 699. English, Nathaniel. — Jacksonville, 111.
 
 l66 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 177. English, William L.* 
 
 566. Ensminger, Thomas K. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 520. Epler, Carl E. — Quincy, 111. 
 
 541. Epler, Edward E. — Stockton, Cal. 
 
 209. Epler, Jacob A* 
 
 132. Epler, James M. — Seattle, Wash. 
 
 149. Epler, Myron L.* 
 
 735. Epler, Percy H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 150. Epler, William F.— Seattle, Wash. 
 421. Ethel, Charles H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 597. Eveland, Samuel — Reinbeck, la. 
 
 678. EwiNGTON, Alfred E. W. — Address unknown. 
 
 610. Fagg, Thomas J. C, Jr. — Minneapolis, Minn., care Van Dusen Har- 
 rington Co. 
 585. Fairbank, Herbert A. — San Francisco, Cal. 
 391. Ferguson, John C* 
 373. Ferguson, John H. — Griggsville, 111. 
 136. Ferguson, William C* 
 
 544. Fernandes, Daniel H. — .-Anderson, Madison co., Ind. 
 366. Field, Robert, Jr. — Little Rock, Saline co.. Mo. 
 729. FiLSON, William N. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 480. Finch, William F. — Flora. 111. 
 
 92. Finley, William H. — Franklin, Neb. 
 
 481. Fisher, Frank — Address unknown. 
 175. FiTZGERREL, J. M. — Fairfield, 111. 
 
 698. Forbes, Harry L.— Chicago, 111., 1S3 Dearborn street. 
 
 423. Foster, William H.— Kansas City, Mo., 2115 Vine street. 
 
 245. Fox, Frederick A.* 
 
 571. Frackelton, Charles C. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 720. Frackelton, Robert J.— Petersburg, 111. 
 
 14. Frazer, James W. — Clarendon, Ark. 
 756. Fry, Carl W.* 
 412. Fuller, Harvey B. — Chicago, 111, 
 453. Fuller, Matthias G. — Oconee, Shelby co., 111. 
 517. Fuller, Richard M. — St. John, Kan. 
 593. Gaddis, John W. — Fairview, 111. 
 112. Gamble, Hamilton.* 
 670. Gardner, William — Rapid City, S. D. 
 103. Garrison, Samuel F. C. — El Dorado, Kan. 
 394. Gash, Miles Lee — Address unknown. 
 387. George, Adolphus K. — Address unknown. 
 126. Geyer, Edward T.* 
 377. GiLKESON, Hunter B.* 
 587. Gillett, Charles P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 782. Gillett, Philip F. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 249. Gillette, Edward J. — Mechanicsburg, 111. 
 130. Gillette, Leslie — Beatrice, Neb. 
 475. Gillham, James B. — Jacksonville, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 167 
 
 276. GiLLHAM, TiroMAS C— Address unknown. 
 
 370. Gilliam, William H. — Gilliam, Saline co., Mo. 
 56. Gladney, Charles — Annada, Pike co., Mo. 
 
 ?i6. Glenn, Charles H.* 
 
 371. Glore, Orlando* 
 
 41. Glover, Albert D. — Newark, Knox co.. Mo. 
 521. Glover, John A. — Urbana, 111. 
 341. Glover, Lyman B. — Chicago, 111., Eden Musee. 
 595. Glover, William B. — Humboldt, Kan. 
 579. GoFF, Edward E. — Ashland, Cass co.. 111. 
 567. GoFF, Matthew L. — Morris, 111. 
 721. Golden, Louis R. — Petersburg, 111. 
 617. GoLTRA, Edward F.— St. Louis, Mo., 2839 Olive street. 
 365. Goode, George T. — Olathe, Kan. 
 282. Goode, Robert P.* 
 414. GooDELL, Frederick* 
 
 372. GooDiN, William A. — Pittsfield, 111. 
 364. Gordon, William — Address unknown. 
 
 16. GouDY, George B.* 
 356. Govert, William H. — Quincy, 111. 
 648. Graves, Newel — Lynnville, 111. 
 563. Graves, William A. — Address unknown. 
 577. Gray, Newton — Livermore, Alameda co., Cal. 
 
 235. Green, Alexander H. — Wilmington, N. C. 
 350. Green, Alfred M. — Dallas, Tex. 
 
 236. Green, Gilbert E. — Middle Grove, Mo. 
 336. Green, John A.* 
 
 168. Green, William D.* 
 663. Greene, Alexander M. — Tallula, 111. 
 550. Greene, Howard O. — Address unknown. 
 135. Greenleaf, Thomas S. — Address unknown. 
 
 85. Gregory, Byron L.* 
 558. Grigsby, H. DeLoss— Pittsfield, III. 
 426. Grigsby, James H. — Perry, Pike co.. 111. 
 443. Grimes, John M. — Chicago, 111., Metropolitan Block. 
 519. Grout, Joseph M. — Springfield, 111. 
 482. Grout, William T. — Barry, Clay co.. 111. 
 359. Grove, Henry C* 
 129. Hackett, George W. — Woodburn, 111. 
 
 48. Halbert, Alexander.* 
 308. Halbert, Robert A. — Belleville, 111. 
 494. Hall, Charles H. — Minneapolis, Minn., 1551 Franklin avenue. 
 
 84. Hall, James A. — Bartlett, Wheeler co., Neb. 
 289. Hamilton, Eli B. — Hutchinson, Kan. 
 195. Hamilton, Elisha B.— Kansas City, Mo.. 303 Long Bros.' Office 
 
 Building. 
 474. Hamilton, George L. — Orleans, 111. 
 
 75. Hamilton, John D. — Menard, 111.
 
 l68 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 49. Hamilton, Marvin M.* 
 
 59. Hamilton, William R. — Carthage, 111. 
 154. Hanhack, John E.* 
 503. Hanback, William M. — Chapin, 111. 
 
 71. Happy, William W.* 
 338. Hardin, Neil C. — Louisiana, Mo. 
 202. Hardin, James F.* 
 753. Harker, Josei'H R. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 260. Harris, Lucius — Oleander, Fresno co., Cal. 
 29S. Harrison, Petkr L.* 
 
 572. Harsha, Albert K. — Minneapolis, Minn., 2213 Fremont avenue. 
 508. Harsha, William J. — Omaha, Neb. 
 408. Hartwell, Samuel A. V. — Address unknown. 
 311. Hatch, H. Lee — Jacksonville, 111. 
 424. Hatfield, Cornelius L. — Farmer City, 111. 
 108. Hawley, John B. — Omaha, Neb., 2510 Capital avenue. 
 603. Haynes, Ralph W.— Springfield, 111. 
 
 54. Helm, William M. — Address unknown. 
 
 162. Henderson, William H. — Butte City, Mont., care Mr. Thompson 
 Campbell. 
 5. Henry, Greenkury R.* 
 
 37. Henry, James O. — Address unknown, 
 118. Henry, P. H. — Address unknown. 
 715. Henry, Robert L.* 
 
 93. Henry, Wilson A. — Address unknown. 
 
 94. HicKOX, Volney — Springfield, 111, 
 722. Hinrichsen, Mark F. — Alexander, 111. 
 no. Hitt, Henry W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 73. Hitt, Robert* 
 548. Hockenhull, Robert M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 50. Hollister, E. T. — St. Louis, Mo., 811 N. Third street. 
 
 673. Holmes, Eugene D. — Minneapolis, Minn., care Minneapolis Academy. 
 
 324. Hook, Marcus — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 256. Hopkins, Henry* 
 
 646. Howser, Caleb W.* 
 
 465. Hubbard, William B. — Address unknown. 
 
 634. HuKFAKKR, Frank M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 100. HUFFAKER, M. J.* 
 
 660. Hughes, Charles S. — Address unknown. 
 
 194. Hughes, William E. — Dallas, Tex. 
 
 680. Humphrey, William D. — Jacksonville, III. 
 
 217. Hunter, Charles W. — Address unknown. 
 
 437. HuRD, Thomas — Wellington, Sumner co., Kan. 
 
 321. Iles, Edward — Springfield, 111. 
 
 345. Iles, Samuel W.* 
 
 274. Ingersoll, Henry S.* 
 
 36S. Irwin, James C. — Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 420. Irwin, J. L.*
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 169 
 
 363. IsH, J. C. B.— Springfield. Mo. 
 
 299. Jackson, Charles E. — Clarion, Wright co., la. 
 
 687. Jackson, Louis E. — Athensville, III. 
 
 334. Jackson, Louis H. — Iowa City, la. 
 I. Jayne, William — Springfield, 111. 
 
 407. Jenkins, Robert E.— Chicago, 111., 81 E. Madison street. 
 
 346. Jobe, G. F. — Xenia, O. 
 
 127. Johnson, F. — Address unknown. 
 
 562. Johnson, John L. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 436. Johnson, John W. — Hiavvaiha, Brown co., Kan. 
 
 514. Johnson, William M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 357. Jones, Fred A.* 
 
 691. Jones, Josiah — Sweetwater, III. 
 
 197. Jones, William W.* 
 
 675. Jordan, Clarence— Address unknown. 
 
 669. Jumper, William H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 638. Keenly, James F. — Samoa Islands. 
 
 271. Kellogg, William — Leadville, Col. 
 
 559. Kellogg, William R. — Jamestown, Dak. 
 
 590. Kenyon, Clarence A. — Kansas City, Mo., 501-504 Whitney Building. 
 
 755. Keplinger, Maurice B. — Franklin, III. 
 
 329. Kerr, Robert* 
 
 70. Keyes, Charles A. — Springfield, 111. 
 
 330. King, Edward J.* 
 
 435. King, Theodore F. — Washington, D. C, 3317 O street. 
 450. King, William M. — New York City, cor. First ave. and One hundred 
 and twelfth street. 
 
 58. Knox, William A.— Brooklyn, N. Y., 217 Quincy street. 
 565. Kyle, A. D. — Address unknown. 
 109. Lacey, Lyman — Havana, III. 
 
 36. Lamme, Josiah W. — Address unknown. 
 679. Lane, William J. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 309. Laning, Caleb B. — Petersburg, III. 
 307. Laning, John S.* 
 
 306. Larimore, William H. H. — Girard, Kan. 
 728. Lasell, Sidney L. — Orange, N. J. 
 
 238. Lathrop, Edward B. — Chicago, 111., care National Bank of America. 
 233. Lathrop, John K. — Springfield, Mass. 
 518. Lathrop, Joseph — Chicago, 111., 209 Adams street. 
 640. Lawder, Walter — Campbell Hill, Jackson co.. 111. 
 645. Leach, Thomas E. — Winchester, 111. 
 447. Lee, George W. — Chicago, 111., Union Stock Yards. 
 763. Lenington, George C. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 749. Lenington, Robert F. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 671. Lewis, William N. — Denver, Col., 1726 Larimer street. 
 454. Lippincott, Julian P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 575. Lippincott, Winthrop G.* 
 
 335. Littlefield, Horace R. — Lafayette, Or.
 
 17° PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 697. LoAR, Abraham L.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 322. Long, Owen G.— Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 592. LooMis, Samuel C. — Chicago, III., 2897 Archer avenue. 
 
 II. LooMis, Thaddeus L. — Carlinville, 111, 
 
 228. LuRTON, Jacob P.* 
 
 702. LuTHRiNGER, JoHN P. — Petersburg, III. 
 
 765. Lyman, Edward H. — Farmingdale, Sangamon co., 111. 
 
 317. Lyman, John S. — Farmingdale, Sangamon co.. III. 
 582. Mack, Charles A. — Glen Ullin, Morton co.. Dak. 
 525. Mack-Sholl, Jacob — Carthage, 111. 
 
 381. Major, John A. S.* 
 270. Maple, Charles H.* 
 40. Mars, Hiram — Galesburg, 111. 
 210. Martin, James C. — Oakland, Cal. 
 417. Massey, William R. — Address unknown 
 349. Masters, Hardin W. — Address unknown 
 7S1. Mathews, Benjamin C. — Dayton, Wash. 
 292. Mathews, James R. — Jacksonville. 111. 
 251. Mathews, John H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 318. Mathews, Richard L. — Jacksonville, III. 
 156. Matthews, Asa C. — Pittsfield, 111. 
 
 398. Mauzey, James P. — Spokane Falls, Wash. 
 
 624. May, Stephen D. — Chicago, 111., 79 Dearborn street. 
 
 438. McCann, Franklin M. — Quincy, III. 
 
 419. McClintock. J. H.* 
 
 513. McCollister, Charles I. — Whitehall, 111. 
 
 622. McCollister, John S. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 654. McCollom, Isaac S. — Scottville, III. 
 
 179. McConnell, Edward — Jacksonville, III. 
 
 39. McConnell, George M. — Chicago, 111., care "The Times." 
 342. McCor.mick, William — Eureka Springs, Ark. 
 141. McCowEN, James — Havana, 111. 
 440. McDonald, Edward L.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 451. McDonald, Frederick A, — The Dalles, Or. 
 487. McDonald, Francis I.* 
 
 706. McElfresh, William E. — Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
 633. McFarland, Wallace — Address unknown. 
 231. McFarland, George C. — Jacksonville. 111. 
 386. McIlhany, Joseph W.— Lampasas, Te.x. 
 613. McKinney, Samuel J. — Hoxie, Kan. 
 594. McKnight, William— St. Louis, Mo., 1727 Dohnan street. 
 353. McMillan, John A. — Berlin, Sangamon co.. 111. 
 146. McQite, Edward* 
 234. McWilliam, William C* 
 
 52. Mears, Giles* 
 416. Meitsell, George P. — Pekin, 111. 
 
 98. Miksall, J. P. — Quincy, 111. 
 243. Miller, Adam — Mattoon, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 171 
 
 51. Miller, Cicero D. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 223. Miller, Ichabod T.— Address unknown. 
 775. Miller, James W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 200. Miller, Joseph H.* 
 
 6x1. Milligan, George A.* 
 
 504. Million, John I. — Garland, Bourbon co., Kan. 
 768. Mitchell, Arthur S. — Hot Springs, Ark. 
 63. Moffet, James W.* 
 248. MoNEGAN, Thomas. — Address unknown. 
 
 220. MoNEGAN, William H. — Address unknown. 
 198. Montgomery, Nathaniel P.* 
 
 732. Montgomery, Robert E. L. — Jacksonville, III. 
 599. Montgomery, Samuel. — Petersburg, 111. 
 498. Moore, Albert — Griggsville, 111. 
 
 95. Moore, George W. — Jacksonville, III. 
 
 224. Moore, John A.* 
 
 344. Moore, John G. — Jelico, Tenn. 
 
 466. Moore, William H. — Leavenworth, Kan. 
 
 352. Moore, William P. — Quincy, 111. 
 
 261. Morris, George L.* 
 
 609. Morris, John B. — Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 383. Morrison, David C. — Little Rock, Saline co.. Mo. 
 
 114. Morrison, John W. — Deerfield, Kan. 
 
 69. Morrison, Thomas S. — Newton, Harvey co., Kan. 
 
 115. Morrison, W. H. — Plain View, Palo co., Tex. 
 
 602. Morse, Charles L. — Kansas City, 105 W. Sixth street. 
 
 139. Morton, William W.* 
 
 222. MosBY, William R.* 
 
 512. MosELY, Theodore F. — Omaha, Neb. 
 
 731. Moulton, William H. — Waverly, 111. 
 
 759. Nance, Thomas J. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 511. Neely, Charles E. — Arkadelphia, Ark. 
 
 221. Nelson, George R. — Kansas City, Mo., 624 Nelson Building, Missouri 
 
 avenue and Main street. 
 320. Newman, James B.* 
 403. Nichols, Samuel W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 3S0. Nicholson, Robert F.* 
 379. Nolan, George N. — Address unknown. 
 476. Norbury, Edward T. — Address unknown. 
 683. Norbury, Frank P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 273. O'Brien, Thomas.* 
 425. Oliver, John L.— Address unknown. 
 
 96. Orendorff, Charles — East Oakland, Cal., 1121 Twenty-second street. 
 741. OsBORNSON, Alexander L. — Chicago, 111. 
 
 169. Owsley, William A. — Englewood, Cook co., 111. 
 
 170. Owsley, William P.* 
 
 766. Padgett, Frank A.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 618. Palmer, Mathew R. — Neoga, 111.
 
 172 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 564. Parker, Hardin W. — Baylis, III. 
 
 303. Patton, Matthew — Chicago, III.. 40 Board of Trade. 
 
 396. Paxson, Alfred A. — St. Louis, Mo., cor. Fifth and Olive streets. 
 515. Paxson, Corey E. — St. Louis, Mo., 3427 Texas avenue. 
 
 184. Paxson, William P. — Springfield, Mo. 
 
 596. Peckham, George K. — Seneca, Kan. 
 
 315. Perkins, Charles R. — Springfield, III. 
 
 409. Phelps, Alfred C. — Denver, Col., cor. Sixteenth and Lawrence streets. 
 
 124. Philbrick, Charles H.* 
 
 12. PiERSON, George — Henrietta, Clay co., Tex. 
 751. Pike, Edward S. — Chenoa, III. 
 745. Pilcher, William C. — Chandlerville, III. 
 294. Pilcher, William H. — Chandlerville, III. 
 708. PiLLSiiURY, Joseph B. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 53. PiLLSBURY, Joseph H.— Petersburg, III. 
 501. PoMEROY, Samuel F. — Edgar, Clay co., Neb. 
 612. Pond, Charles S. — Keokuk, la. 
 
 28. Pond, Jonathan E.* 
 658. Price, George W. — Atkinson, 111. 
 
 489. Price, Matthew N. — Minneapolis, Minn., 11 Washington avenue. 
 116. Price, William B.— Berlin, III. 
 
 43. Primm, Ninian E.* 
 510. Prince, Arthur E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 25. Prince, Edward — Quincy, III. 
 776. Puffer, Starkey P. — Winchester, III. 
 
 760. Putnam, Edward K. — Davenport, la. 
 
 33. QuiSENBERRY, RoGER T. — Winchester, Ky. 
 
 17. Ralston, Virgil Y.* 
 213. Randolph, Valentine C. — Buda, 111. 
 690. Rankin, Fred H. — Athens, III. 
 552. Rannells, Charles S. — Pisgah, 111. 
 241. Rapp, William B.* 
 531. Raum, Daniel F. — Peoria, III. 
 774. Rawlings, Isaac D. — Emporia, Kan. 
 674. Read, Frank, Jr. — Jacksonville, III. 
 
 761. Read, Utten E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 397. Rearick, Walter A.* 
 
 445. Reaugh, Samuel E. — Highlands, Arapahoe co.. Col. 
 523. Reaugh, William D. — Beatrice, Beadle co.. Dak. 
 
 81. Redding, M. — Address unknown. 
 171. Reed, Albert — Jacksonville, 111. 
 158. Reed, Theron — Address unknown. 
 361. Reii), David W. — Slater, Saline co., Mo. 
 
 79. Reii), W. — Address unknown. 
 452. Remann, Frederick — Vandalia, III. 
 642. Renshaw, Frank D. — Long Pine, Brown co.. Neb. 
 266. Renshaw, Howard W.* 
 625. Renshaw, Johnson P. — Sterling, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. I 73 
 
 656. Reynolds, Charles W.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 479. Reynolds, William H. — Address unknown. 
 527. Rice, Albert C— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 632. Rice, John C. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 537. Rice, Walter S. — Chapin, 111. 
 
 553. Rice, William P. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 410. Riddle, Francis A. — Chicago, 111., Home Insurance Building. 
 
 657. Rider, Arthur W. — Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 65. RiDGELY, Charles — Springfield, 111. 
 
 46. RiGGiN, Augustus K. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 60. RiNAKER, John I. — Carlinville, 111. 
 
 574. ROBBINS, Cephas P. — Stowe, Finney co., Kan. 
 255. RoBBiNS, Daniel E.— Payson, 111. 
 13. Roberts, DeWitt C. — New Orleans, La., 37;^ Cleveland street. 
 
 47. Roberts, E. W. — Address unknown. 
 
 490. Robertson, Peter — Mohawk Chapel, Cincinnati, O. 
 
 441. Robertson, William R. — Carlinville, 111. 
 
 332. Robinson, Seth* 
 
 290. Robinson, Urban E.* 
 
 737. Robinson, William D. — Summer Hill, Pike co., 111. 
 
 113. Robison, James W. — Towanda, Butler co., Kan. 
 
 626. Rogers, John L. — Omaha, Neb. 
 
 323. Rogers, William A. — LeClaire, la. 
 
 144. Roseberry, Matthew G.* 
 
 484. Ross, George C. — Redwood City, Cal. 
 
 203. Ross, John W. — Washington, D. C, Postmaster. 
 
 325. Ross, Ossian R.* 
 
 6, Ross, Pike C. — Canton, 111. 
 104. Ross, William — San Jose, Cal. 
 496. Ross, William J. — Address unknown. 
 665. RowE, Charles A. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 384. Rowland, John T. — Millwood, Knox co., O. 
 78. Ruble, Jacob — Oswego, Labette co., Kan. 
 
 66. Rucker, William B.* 
 418. Runyan, Joseph P.* 
 
 779. RussEL, George M. — Jacksonville, 111. * 
 
 696. RussEL, James G. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 536. RussEL, William G. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 631. Russell, Coleridge — Chicago, 111. 
 
 449. Russell, Robert D. — Minneapolis, Minn., 505 Temple Court. 
 
 630. Salter, Charles C. — Duluth, Minn. 
 
 688. Sample, Albert F. — Franklin, 111. 
 
 61. Sanders, C. B. — Irwin, Barton co., Mo. 
 
 533. Sanders, Charles S. — Lincoln, Neb. Claim Department, B. & M. R. R. 
 551. Sanders, John K. — Cleveland, O., 645 Prospect street. 
 488. Sanders, William B. — Cleveland, O., 846 Euclid avenue. 
 726. Sanford, Ernest H. — Jamestown, Dak. 
 718. Sanford, Frederick W. — Jacksonville, 111.
 
 174 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 643. Saunderson, William H.— Mt. Zion, Van Buren co., la. 
 413. Savage, Charles R. — Bluff Springs, 111. 
 182. Savage, John W. — Benton, Benton co., Indian Ter. 
 431. Savles, William W.* 
 750. ScHAUB, Howard C. — Decatur, 111. 
 580. Scott, Walter G. — Des Moines, la. 
 598. Senteny, Andrew E. — Louisiana, Mo. 
 635. Shaki'. David M. — Taylorville, 111. 
 661. Sharp, Kelsev — Taylorville, 111. 
 573. Shaw, William B. — Ford City, Kan. 
 734. Shearborn, William G. — Lewder, 111. 
 
 604. Shepherd, Benjamin F. — St. Louis. Mo., care of Halladay and Co. 
 700. SiiEPPARD, S. Henry — Jacksonville, 111. 
 629. Shipp, Eli — Address unknown. 
 460. Shippey, John A. B. — Augusta, 111. 
 212. Shirley, Henry B. — North Loup, Valley co., Neb. 
 64. Shortt, Albert G.* 
 406. Sibert, Benjamin F.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 196. Sibert, Jeremiah.* 
 106. Simmons, P. D. — Address unknown. 
 44S. SiMMS, Julian R. — Union Grove, Wis. 
 570. Simons, Henry C. — Virden, 111. 
 772. Simons, Thomas J. — Virden, 111. 
 297. Sims, Aquilla H.* 
 
 714. Skillman, William F. — Sulphur Springs, Tex. 
 739. Skinner, Lucius D. — Du Quoin, 111. 
 623. Small, Amos W.* 
 339. Small, James D., jr. — Topeka, Kan. 
 374. Smith, Byron C* 
 142. Smith, B. F. — Address unknown. 
 
 649. Smith, David D.— Jacksonville, III. 
 62. Smith, F. — Address unknown. 
 
 534. S.mith, Frank E. — New York City, 280 Broadway. 
 
 72. Smith, George S. — Chicago, 111., 1202 Divesey street. 
 218. Smith, George W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 486. Smith, Hugh B. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 34. Smith, Henry R. — Address unknown. 
 163. Smith, James D. — New Berlin, 111. 
 747. Smith, James D„ jr. — New Berlin, III. 
 159. Smith, John P. — Berlin, 111. 
 
 650. Smith, Thomas W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 252. Smith, William Henry — Rawlins, Wyoming Ter. 
 
 499. Smith, William H. — Seneca, Kan. 
 
 258. Sparks, Joseph R.* 
 
 313. Spears, William E. — Richmond, Franklin co., Kan. 
 
 711. Spellman, Byron F. — Lynnville, 111. 
 
 120. Spence, W. T. — Address unknown. 
 
 493. Sperry, William C. — Waverly, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 175 
 
 549. Springer, John W. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 153. Springer, William M. — Springfield, 111. 
 
 472. Starrett, Julius A. — Chicago, 111., Hyde Park. 
 516. Steckman, Reuben W. — Princeton, Mo. 
 
 300. Sterrett, Brice I. — Decatur, 111. 
 
 668. Stevens, Arthur L. — Council Bluffs, la., 226 Merriam Block. 
 
 347. Stevenson, Henry S. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 767. Stevenson, William H. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 262. Stewart, Alfred — Effingham, 111. 
 
 473. Stewart, Harry C* 
 
 752. Stewart, Samuel B. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 392. Still, Edward — Kemper, Jersey cc, 111. 
 264. Stipp, George W. — Wellington, Kan. 
 743. Stoddard, Bertel M. — Minonk, 111. 
 199. Stone, James P. — Address unknown. 
 505. Story, John H. — Clarksville, Mo. 
 682. Strawn, Ferdinand L. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 684. Strawn, Julius G. — Orleans, 111. 
 117. Strong, John D. — St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 30. Summers, George J. — Address unknown. 
 560. Sutton, John C. — St. Paul, Neb. 
 
 68. SwANWiCK, Curtis C* 
 
 367. SwETT, Albert G. — St. Louis, Mo., 13 Franklin avenue. 
 277. Swett, Charles D. — Washington, D. C, 603 Seventh street. 
 740. Swift, Charles O. — Waverly, 111. 
 491. Swindler, Eugene H. L. — Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 542. Swope, James H. — St. Louis, Mo. 
 107. Symonds, Edwin K. — Quincy, III. 
 191. Sympson, S. a. — Carthage, 111. 
 664. Tanner, Allan A. — Jacksonville, III. 
 268. Taylor, Edward P.* 
 
 405. Taylor, Francis A. — Apopka, Orange co., Fla. 
 762. Taylor, Jacob E.* 
 
 770. Taylor, William F. — New Berlin, 111. 
 333. Terry, James M. — Chapin, 111. 
 
 771. Terry, Woodward S.— Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 389. Thompson, Clark — Alsey, Scott co., 111. 
 
 244. Thompson, David W. — Englewood, Cook co.. 111. 
 
 723. Thompson, Frank L. — Virden, 111. 
 
 382. Thompson, James— Kansas City, Mo., 213 Journal Building. 
 
 390. Thompson, L. C. — Address uYiknown. 
 237. Thompson, William H.* 
 
 742. TiLTON, Robert — Jacksonville, 111. 
 545. Titus, Charles S.— New York City. 
 754. Tomlin, Jacob F. — Pleasant Plains, III. 
 637. Tomlinson, Frank L. — Mt. Pulaski, 111. 
 529. Turner, Frederick C. — Jacksonville, III. 
 280. Turner, James E. — Wyandotte, Kan.
 
 176 PHI ALPHA SOCIETY. 
 
 459. Vail, Edward P. — Decatur, 111. 
 
 281. Van Arman, St. John* 
 
 267. Vandeventkr, Bourbon B.* 
 
 loi. Van Eaton, Flavei, H. — Clearwater, Kan. 
 
 3. Van Eaton, Henry S. — Woodville, Wilkinson co., Miss. 
 340. Van Horn, William B. — Louisiana, Mo. 
 189. Van Winkle, Benoni.* 
 
 509. Vasconcellos, Emanuel M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 400. Vaughn, John W. — Leadville, Col. 
 500. Verry, Frank — Address unknown. 
 310. Veitcm, William E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 269. Vittum, George B. — Canton, 111. 
 155. Wade, Albert — Alton, 111. 
 591. Wadsworth, Harry E. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 608. Wadsworth, Julian S. — Cenireviile, R. I. 
 619. Wait, George G. — Chenney, Neb. 
 183. Wakely, Robert M. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 286. Wakely, Thomas A. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 328. Walker, James H. — Address unknown. 
 288. Walker, Job.* 
 
 694. Walker, John A. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 600. Walter, W. Meade — Chicago, 111., 103 State street. 
 53S. Ward, Charles H. — Jacksonville, II!. 
 483. Ward, James R. — Carrollton, 111. 
 
 57. Warner, Benjamin F. — Kansas City, Mo. 
 253. Warner, David C* 
 
 31. Warner, George W.* 
 
 67. Warren, Philemon — Springfield. 111. 
 703. Watkins, George B. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 18. Weagley, Samuel G. — Orleans, 111. 
 240. Wetherbee, William B. — Ness City, Ness co., Kan. 
 337. Wheat, Almeron — Ouincy, 111. 
 764. White, Carl B. — DuOuoin, 111. 
 526. White. Ezra W. — Address unknown. 
 125. White, Hugh A. — Chicago, 111., 79 Metropolitan Block. 
 442. White, Robert — Knox City, Knox co., Mo. 
 677. Whitely, Robert H. K. — Minneapolis, Minn., care " The Times." 
 
 38. Whiting, Charles B.* 
 131. WicKLiFFE, Charles W.* 
 215. WiER, Henry H. — Tacoma, Wash., 1114 C street. 
 
 206. Wilbur, De Witt C. — Address unknown. 
 167. Wilcox, John F. — Narka, Republic co., Kan. 
 172. Wilcox, J. L. — Springfield, 111. 
 
 97. Wiley, Edmund R. — Petersburg, 111. 
 
 207. WiLHiTK, Jesse C. — Englewood, Cook co.. 111., 6928 Wallace street. 
 662. Wilkinson, Lawrence S. — Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 4. Wilkinson, Robert — Wathena, Kan. 
 305. WiLLARD, James P. — Jacksonville, 111.
 
 ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 177 
 
 176. Williams, Elias — Chatheld, Filmorc co., Minn. 
 778. Wills, John R.— Pittsfield, 111. 
 226. WiLLSON, WilliAxM T. — Addrcss unknown. 
 304. Wilson, Andrf.w.* 
 
 6S1. Wilson, Hugh M. — Minneapolis, Minn., 913 Lumber Exchange. 
 III. Wilson, James — Address unknown. 
 22. Wilson, Philii* K.* 
 
 7. Wilson, Rokekt D. — Wallace, Calaveras co., Cal. 
 712. Wilson, William T. — Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 145. WiMEK, JOHN W.— Address unknown. 
 
 705. Wing, Samuel — Chandlerville, III. 
 
 463. Wintekbottom, Joseph — Saybrook, 111. 
 
 704. Wiswall, Thomas — Alexander, III. 
 
 239. Wood, George G.* 
 
 152. Wood, John H. — Atlantic, la. 
 
 121. Wood, Joshua S. — Galena, Cherokee co., Kan. 
 
 433. Wood, William D. — Salt Lake City, Utah Ter., Box 1164. 
 
 693. Woods, Raymond — Jacksonville, III. ~ 
 
 74. Woodson, John M.— St. Louis, Mo., 919 Olive street. 
 641. WoRTHEN, W. W. — Bismarck, Dak. 
 524. Wright, Alexander M. — Franklin, III. 
 607. Wru.ht, Charles D. — Harvel, Montgomery co.. 111. 
 
 8. Wright, Nehemiah — Chatham, III. 
 133. Yates, Henry.* 
 
 143. Yates, John — Walkersville. Page co., la. • 
 
 123. Yates, William.* 
 
 401. Young, Sinnett A. — St. Louis, Mo., N. W. Cor. Broadway and 
 
 Market street. 
 147. ZoLL, Carithers — Vermont, Fulton co., 111.
 
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