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 FROM PRESS OF WILSON, HUMPHREYS & CO. 
 LOGANSPORT, IND.
 
 
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 After several montlis of tediouf^ work, I present this volume of Doii.i^las 
 County Biography and History to its subscribers. Like all local works of its 
 
 ^- nature there will be no doubt criticisms, as it is impossible to please every- 
 body. I have endeavored to do the work conscientiously. The biographies 
 were all carefully written and submitted in type to each individual and the 
 
 ^ errors consequently reduced to the minimum. Hoping tin; book will fully 
 
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 ^come up to your expectations, 
 rt I am yours respectfully, 
 
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 JNO. GRESHAM, 
 
 June, 1900. Logansport, Indiana. 
 
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 EARLY SETTLEMENT 
 
 DOUGLAS COUNTY.

 
 CHAPTKR I 
 
 EARLY SETTLEMENT OE THE COUNTY. 
 
 ((RIGIXAL INHABITANTS. 
 
 Archaeologists tell us that the white race is 
 the third, and perhaps the fourth, race that has 
 possessed this laud. The evidences of the pres- 
 ence of the earlier races are not abundant in all 
 parts of the country, hut sutiicient is learned of 
 their habits. nunil)ers and power to lead to the 
 conclusion that they dominated the region 
 within which the territory of Douglas county 
 lies. Robinson Crusoe's unexpected discovery 
 of a human footprint upi>n the sands of his 
 deserted island was hardly more startling than 
 have been the discoveries of antiquarians in 
 luu-ojic within the past twenty-five years. 
 Scientific followers of Usher and Petarius had 
 placed the various migrations of men, the con- 
 fusion of tongues, the peoi)ling of continents — 
 the whole evolution of human society — within 
 the narrow compass of a little more than forty 
 centuries, when the discovery of the geologist 
 and ethnologist developed the trace of htuuan 
 e.xistence dating back to a possible period of 
 30,000 years. Nor are confirmatory evidences 
 wanting to show that the "ekler man" had 
 found a place in the New World. The gold- 
 
 drift of California has supplied abundant tes- 
 
 timonv to the high anti(|uity of man. and 
 notably the "Pliocene skull," the ])opular con- 
 ception of which is derived niore wi<lel\-. ])er- 
 haps, from a characteristic \)nvn\ by liret llarte 
 than from scientific publications. E.xplorations 
 in Illinois, Missouri and South Carolina have 
 yielded similar testimony, and while it should be 
 stated that in many cases these evidences rest 
 upon the testimony of single observers, and 
 that there is not that recurrence of "finds" 
 which would render "assurance doubly sure," 
 yet there seems no room to reasonably doubt 
 the presence here of that "oldest inhabitant." 
 
 MOUND-RUILn!-:U.S. 
 
 Descending to a later time, and one prob- 
 ably falling within the historic period, the more 
 tangible traces of an early race of men are 
 foimd. Of this race, named from the cliai-acter 
 of their remains, the iMoimd-P.uilder.s, the 
 evidences are found vastly multiplied, and of 
 such a character as to aft'ord lueans of a reason- 
 able Ci.>n)ecture as to their mode of life, their 
 advancement in civilization, and final destinv-
 
 lUOCRArmCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Tliese evidences, tliousli first accepted with 
 ,yrpat distrust, have l)een so amplified and cun- 
 firnied 1)V nmre recent researclies as to leave no 
 r(Hiiii tor intelligent dissent to the former exis- 
 tence of this race. The remains upon which 
 this conclusion is based, "consi.sts," says Mr. 
 Foster in his " I're-historic Races of the Lhiited 
 States," "of tiunuli, symmetrically raised and 
 often inclo.sed in matheiuatical figures, .sucli as 
 the square, the octagon and circle, with long 
 lines of circumvallation : nf ]iits in the solid 
 rock, and rubbish heaps formed in the pros- 
 ecution of their mining operations, and of a 
 variety of utensils, wrought in stone, copper, 
 or moulded in clay." To the uninstructed mind 
 the mounds, doubtles.s, seem a very sligiit foun- 
 dation upon which to rear the fabric of a 
 national existence, and yet to the archaeol- 
 ogist thev furnish "proof as strong as Holy 
 Writ:" in them they find as distinctive charac- 
 teri.stics as mark the pre-historic remains of 
 the Pelasgi, the wall-builders of Europe, a not 
 dissimilar race in many respects, and one which 
 long ago found a place in the realities of his- 
 tory; and while they differ in external form, 
 and are scattered over a wide scope of country 
 — characteristics in marked contrast with those 
 of the aboriginal race found here in possession 
 of the county; yet the scientist finds in each 
 mound the ne\er-failing marks of a race 
 peculiarity. 
 
 The wiflest divergence from the typical 
 mound is found in Wisconsin. Here, instead 
 of the circular or pyramidal structure, are 
 found forms, for the most part, consisting of 
 rude, gigantic imitations of various animals 
 of the region, such as the buffalo, bear, fox, 
 wolf, etc. ; of the eagle and night-hawk, the 
 lizard and turtle, and in soiue instances the 
 
 unmistakable form of man. These, though 
 not raised high abo\'e the surface, and even in 
 some cases represented intaglio, attain the 
 largest dimensions ; one, representing a serpent, 
 extending sex'en hundred feet, and another, 
 representing a turtle, had a Ijody fifty-six and 
 a tail two hundred an<l fifty feet long. The 
 significance of these peculiar forms has not 
 been determined, 1)Ut unmistakable evidences 
 have been discovered which mark them as the 
 wor kof the same race whose structures are 
 found elsewdiere so numerous throughout the 
 Mississippi Valley. 
 
 Typical Structures are sometimes classified 
 with reference to their purpose, as Inclosures 
 — I, for defense: 2, sacred: 3, miscellaneous. 
 Mounds — I, of sacrifice; 2, for temple sites: 
 3, of sepulture; 4. of observation. Of the first 
 class, the inclosures for defense seem to have 
 been constructed simply for protection against 
 hostile attack. The locations chosen are those 
 best adapted naturally to repel a military ap- 
 proach. The inclosure is gained usually by 
 a steep and narrow way, requiring the assail- 
 ant to place himself at immense disadvantage, 
 while the garrison, pro\ided with parapets 
 often constructed of rubble stone, could fight 
 under cover, and perhaps found in these stones 
 his store of animuniti< m. The sacred inclosure 
 included within its lines the mounds of sac- 
 rifice, temple sites, and sepulture, as all of these 
 uses were sacred to the Mound- Builders, and 
 yet in the "American Bottom" where the 
 mound system reached its highest development, 
 the mounds of these classes is not inclosed. The 
 mounds of sacrifice, or altars, as they are 
 variously termed, are generally characterized 
 by the fact, "that they occur only within the 
 vicinity of the inclosures or sacred places; that
 
 BIOCKAI'lllCAT. AND 1 1 ISTORICAI.. 
 
 t1iey are stratified ; and that they contain well serve as a type. When in all its intcg'rity. 
 
 symmetrical altars of burned clay or stone, on this mound formed a hug'c paralelonram, with 
 
 which were de])iisited various remains, \\hich sides at the base, respectixx'ly fi\e hundred ;uid 
 
 in all cases lia\e been more or less subjected se\en hundred feet in lenL;th, tnwcriui^' the 
 
 li> the actiiiu of lire." ( S(|nicr and l)a\is' hcii;lil i if ninely feet. ( )ii the southwest fhere 
 
 Ancient Monuments.) In relation to this w , -is a terr.nce, < mc hundred and si.xty by three 
 
 1,'iler characteristic, it should be said that it is hundred feel, wliii'h was reached by a i;radc(l 
 
 mil at all pl.aiii that the use of hre was intended way, and the summit was truncated, .alTi ir<liiii^- 
 
 I'or ci"ematiiiu. .\ thin coatint;' of moist clay a platl'nrm twn hundred by hmr hundred feet, 
 
 was ap|)lied to the body, nude or wrapped in This structure, u])iin which was pnibably 
 
 cloth, and npuu this a ilre was maintained for re;n"C(l ;i spacious tem]ile, pcrlia]is the principal 
 
 a longer or shorter period, but in most cases nne in the emi)ire, covered ;ui are.a of .abnut six 
 
 the heat w;is ui it sufticieut tn dcstrii)' the cloth, acres, while in close ])roxinn'ty were four 
 
 sometimes found in a £;'ood state of ])reserva- clc\'ated platforms varyins,^ from two Innidred 
 
 tion. This e\idently did not result from a and fifty to llu-ee hundre<l feet in diameter, 
 
 lack of knowledi^e, as cremation and urn The i^iXTit mound ;it St. Louis reached ;i height 
 
 burial was also ])racticed. of tliirtyli\'e feet, .and that at Marietta to 
 
 Temple mounds are described by S(pn'ei' .about the s.ame heit^ht. 
 and Davis as "distinguished bv their s^reat "Sepulchral mounds," says Mr. h'oster 
 
 rei^ularitv of form and L^ener.al lars;'e dinien- "consists often of ;i simple knoll, or .l;i'ou]) of 
 
 sions. Tliev consist chiellv of p\'ramidal struc- knolls, of no considerable heit^ht, without .any 
 
 tures. truncated, rmd t;enerally b.axinsj;- graded delinite arrangement. I'lxamples of this chru-- 
 
 .avenues to their tops. In some instances they acter maybe seen at Dubuque, Merom, t'hicago 
 
 are terraced, or have successive stages. But and T,a Porte, which, on exploration, ha\'e 
 
 whatever their form, whether round, o\al, yielded skulls differing widely irom the Indian 
 
 octangular, square or oblong, they h,a\e invari- type. * * The corpse was alm<ist iuvari- 
 
 abl\- llat or le\el to]is," ;md upon these were .ably pl.aceil near the original surlace of the 
 
 proli,ibl\' constructed their lempk-s. but which, soil, t-ii\ x'loijed in b.ark or coarse matting, ;uid, 
 
 constructed of ])erish;ible m.iteiaals. h;i\c left in a few inst.aiices, fi'.agments ol cloth Iia\e been 
 
 no trace of their existence. This class of obser\ ed in this eoimeclion. .Sometimes a \anlt 
 
 nioinids is not fonnd alon the kage region, or of limber w;is built o\er it, and in iilhers it 
 
 ih.al line which seems to mark the farthest was enclosed in long and bi'oad ll.ags ol stone, 
 
 adxance of this ])eo])le. The i)rinci])al struc- Sometimes it was ])laced in a sitting position, 
 
 tures of this class are found at Cahokia, Illinois; again it w.as extended, and still ag.ain coni- 
 
 near Florence and I'laiborn, Kentucky; at ])resscd within contracted limits. Trinkets 
 
 Seltzertown, Mississippi: at Marietta, Newark were often strung about the neck, and w^ater 
 
 and Chillicothe, Ohio, and St. Louis, IMissouri. jugs, drinking cups and vases, which i)robably 
 
 The momid at C'ahoki.a, "the mou.arch of all contained food, were jilaced near the head, 
 
 similar structures in the laiited Sl.ates." may Over the corpse, thus arniyed, .a circular mound
 
 lO 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 was often raised, l)ut sometimes nothing more 
 tlian a liillock." Otlier mounds have heen 
 found tliat favored the theory tliat many of 
 tliese structures were used for miscellaneous 
 burial. Mounds of observation is rather a 
 fanciful classification intended to mark mounds 
 found on elevated points of land. The authors 
 of this classification think that these may have 
 been used as platforms on which to build sig- 
 nal fires, and such are their elevation and out- 
 look that such signals could have lieen seen at a 
 great distance. This theory of special purpose, 
 however, has not been accepted as supported 
 by any speciol evidence. They may have been 
 so used, or simply as an eligible site for resi- 
 rence. 
 
 There is, in addition to these mounds, a 
 large number of which are not embraced in 
 this classification, which, following Mr. F. W. 
 Putnam, whom Mr. Foster quotes at length, 
 may be called "habitation mounds." A large 
 number of these are described as located at 
 Merom, Indiana, and a group of fifty-nine 
 mounds at Hutsonville, Illinois, a few miles 
 above the former place and across the Wabash 
 river. These mounds were carefully examined, 
 to ascertain if they were places of burial, with- 
 out discovering a single bone or implement of 
 any kind, but, on the contrary, the excavations 
 showed that the mounds had been made of 
 various materials at hand, and in one case ashes 
 were found, which had ])robably been scraped 
 u]) with other material and thrown upon the 
 heap. In the ancient fort at Merom, in 
 depressions found within the earth works, were 
 found striking evidences of food having been 
 cooked and eaten there, and the conclusion 
 drawn by Mr. Putnam is that the.se pits were 
 the houses of the inhabitants or defenders of 
 
 the fort, who were probably further protected 
 fniin the elements and the missiles of assailants 
 liy a roof of logs and Ijark, or boughs. Another 
 writer, (Hon. William McAdams, Jr., Otter- 
 ville, Illinois), in a paper read before the 
 American Association for the Advancement of 
 Science, at their Boston meeting, August, i83o, 
 says : "There is in this region a peculiar class 
 of mounds, that was for a long time a puzzle to 
 me. They are usually found in groups of from 
 two or three to twenty or thirty, and even more, 
 and are generally on some pleasant knoll or 
 rising ground in the vicinity of a spring or 
 water-course, especially in the vicinity of our 
 prairies or level areas of land. The mounds are 
 from one to three, and in a few instances even 
 four feet in height, and from twenty to fifty 
 feet in diameter. One mound of the group is 
 always larger than the rest, and always occu- 
 pies a cnmmanding position. Sometimes the 
 group is arranged in a circle ; other groups have 
 no apparent design in arrangement. Numbers 
 of these mounds can be seen in the cultivated 
 fields. Although I have made excavations in 
 them, and dug trenches entirely through them, 
 I have found nothing but ashes, charcoal, 
 decayed portions of bones of fishes and animals 
 partially liurned, shells from adjacent streams, 
 flint chippings, and in one or two instances a 
 flint implement of a rude character. 
 
 "After examining many of these structures, 
 I am induced to believe that they are possibly 
 the remains of ancient dwellings, made by plac- 
 ing in an upright position the trunks of young 
 trees in a circle, or in parallel rows, the tops of 
 the poles inclining inward and fastened together, 
 the w hole being covered with earth and sod to 
 form a roof, or in the same manner as many 
 Indian tribes make their mud lodges; as, for
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 11 
 
 instance, the Mandans and tlie Omahas. Such 
 a structure, after lieing repaired from time to 
 time Iivflie adih'tion of more cartli on tnp.wc^uld 
 finally, by tiie decay of the poles, fall inward, 
 and the ruins would form a slight mound. 
 Consant and Putnam describe such mounds 
 in Missouri and Tennessee, some of the largest 
 of these ancient towns being provided with 
 streets and highways. They are also found in 
 southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Putnam 
 has described an inclosed town in Tennessee, 
 in which were many low mounds, or rather, 
 as he calls them, earth circles, that he has 
 ])retty conclusively shown to be sites of the 
 lodges or houses of the people." 
 
 These are the main evidences brought for- 
 ward to show that the Inchan was the author 
 of the mound system, and probably describe the 
 character of the mounds found in Douglas 
 county. On the farm of Wesley Blaase, in 
 liourbon township, some mounds have been 
 found, from one of which human remains were 
 taken. Other elevations, evidently formed by 
 human hands, are found elsewhere in the 
 county, but no proper investigation has been 
 made of them to determine their relation to this 
 race, if indeed they are true mounds. There is 
 no presumption against the facts ; but the data 
 given are so insufficient as to leave no ground 
 to base an intelligent o]iiniiin. This region 
 was undoubtedly within the range of their 
 influence, and doubtless these mysterious 
 beings roamed over the place now i)ossessed 
 by successive races of red and white meri. 
 
 TIIK TNDI.\N. 
 
 The obvious in(|uiry suggested by these 
 conclusions is. Who succeeded this extinct 
 race? To this question science offers no com- 
 
 plete answer. Two hypotheses are entertained 
 as to the origin of the Mound-Builders here. 
 The one supposes them to be of autothionic 
 <nigin, and that semi-civilization originating 
 here flowed southward, and culminated in the 
 wonderful develo])ments of the Toltecs, of 
 Mexico; the other su])poses them to have orig- 
 inated in the South American continent or in 
 Central America, and to have emigrated north- 
 ward from natural causes, and later to have 
 returned to Mexico, driven from their northern 
 eni])ire liy an irresistible foe, or by a powerful 
 political eruption among themselves. Upon 
 anv theory, the line of their most northward 
 advance is pretty clearly defined, and writers 
 upon this subject generally agree that the line 
 of defenses, "extending from the sources of the 
 Allegheny and Susquehanna in New York 
 diagonally across the country, through central 
 and northern Ohio, to the Wabash," accurately 
 indicates the region from whence attacks were 
 made and expected, and marks the farthest 
 extent of the Mound-Builders' em])ire. But 
 what was the character of the foe, what his 
 action on the retreat of the Mound-Builders, 
 and what his final destiny, is an unwritten page 
 of science, for which there exists little data. 
 It is a later sugestion that the North American 
 Indian may be a degenerate ^but legitimate 
 descendant of the dominant race, or even the 
 .Mound-[5uildersthem.selves,but there is abroad 
 cliasm to be bridged l)efore these early races 
 can be linked with the al)original tribes. With- 
 ont making any such attempt, however, the 
 Indian naturally succeeds this people in 
 regular historical order, and, passing over the 
 vexed ijuestion of his origin, it is sutTicient 
 that the whites everywhere found him in full 
 possession of the country.
 
 12 
 
 BIOGRArillCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 TliL' natural lial)ilat of the Indian is in the 
 tiniher, and Douj^las county possessing Init 
 little, there are few or no local traditions con- 
 cerning thcni. Tiie early Im-cucIi explorers 
 found the tril)es of the lllini nation along the 
 banks of the Illinois river, where, imder La 
 Salle's influence, they were re-enforced by other 
 tribes or remnants of eastern savages. Sub- 
 secpienlly the Iroquois devastated the upper 
 waters of the Illinois, and the land was occu- 
 pied by other tribes, among which were the 
 Kickapoos. The later treaties of the general 
 goverunicnt brought a number of other tribes 
 to this vicinity, which remained until the gen- 
 eral removal from the state about 1832. The 
 grand prairie, however, served only as a great 
 hunting ground to the various tribes located in 
 the state, and seldom afforded a site for a vil- 
 lage, save in the heavily timbered margin at 
 some points. In Douglas county there were no 
 such sites, and while there are evidences of 
 their having been here, it was proliably only 
 for the purpose of hunting. There is a tra- 
 dition that the government surveyors were 
 attacked by a roving band in the eastern part of 
 the county, .and while it is quite jjossible there 
 is no definite information in regard to it. But 
 few of the early settlers saw any here, as they 
 had generally left l)efore the date of the earliest 
 arrivals. John Hammet, who came to Cam- 
 argo townsiiip in 1S30, was visited by a large 
 number of Indians during his first winter here. 
 Harrison Gill came to Camargo in the same 
 year, and it is related that on one occasion he 
 visited a camp of the natives at Hugo, where 
 his uncle jocosely informed the chief that the 
 younger man was in quest of a wife. The 
 announcement created some commotion among 
 the fair sex, and there was "gathering in hot 
 
 haste." There was no objection to color, pro- 
 vided he coukl hunt, and so pressing was the 
 interest manifested by these untutored maidens, 
 that Gill was forced to escape under the plea 
 that he was a poor hunter. During all the 
 intercourse of the savages with early settlers, 
 the Indian showed himself a good citizen, and 
 did not exhibit his usual propensity to steal or 
 molest the whites in any way. 
 
 THE PIONEERS. 
 
 The open i)rairie country of Douglas 
 county greatly retarded the settlement of this 
 section of Coles county. A few came here 
 previous to 1850, but the great bulk of the pub- 
 lic lands was occupied by actual owners subse- 
 quent to that date. The first settlement in 
 Coles county as originally formed was about 
 1824, and subsequent additions to the white 
 population found homes at widely separated 
 points, from the Cumberland road on the south, 
 to Camargo on the north. The original pioneer 
 of Douglas county was John Richman, who, in 
 1829, settled in Camargo township. He was 
 a native of Greenbrier county. West Virginia, 
 and came with his father w hen a lad of sixteen 
 years to Vermilion county, Illinois. The 
 journey was made over the teilious roads of 
 the frontier in wagons accompanied by a drove 
 of sheep, horses and cattle. Here the family 
 lived on and worked a rented farm for two or 
 three years. In the meanwhile the father, ac- 
 companied by a friend, made a visit to the Em- 
 barrass timber in quest of honey. Here in 
 eight or ten days they secured several barrels 
 of honey, and in the course of their rambles 
 became so enamored with the country that Mr. 
 Richman determined to remove to this region.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 13 
 
 
 
 In May of the following year, 1829, the family Harrison Gill, who may he noted as 
 
 removed and took np their residence a mile and the first purchaser of land in Douglas county, 
 
 a half from the present site of Camargo village was a native of Kcnlucky, and belonged to the 
 
 in the timber skirting the Embarrass river, family mited in that state. Other branches of 
 
 .At this time there was not another white fam- the family came to Palestine in Crawford 
 
 ily within the present limits of Douglasscounty. county about 1812, and found refuge in old 
 
 and none in Coles north of Charleston. For Fort La Motte for some time. At the paciiica- 
 
 upward of a year the Richmans lived in this lion of the Indians, the (iills settled on the 
 
 solitude, when llicy were joined by Harrison Sandy Prairie, Imt James Gill a few years 
 
 Gill, and perhaps some si.x months later by later moved further north and settled on the 
 
 Isaac Moss, who settled about a mile east of Embarrass, near the northern lines of the pres- 
 
 the present village of Camargo. The Indians ent Cumberland county. On reaching the age 
 
 were in the neighborhood for three years after of twenty-one, Harrison Gill found himself 
 
 the advent of these pioneers, their village possessed of a few hundred (lollars, and upon 
 
 occupying the present site of Bridgeport. The the advice of his father proceeded to Illinois t 
 
 savages came in the fall for hunting, and invest his capital in land. Visiting his family 
 
 stayed through the winter, and in the spring relatives in the slate, he found his uncle in 
 
 went north to their corn-fields. The first sum- Cumberland county busy in shingling his In'st 
 
 mer, the Richmans lived in a temporary camp permanent cabin, and .it once engaged to 
 
 built of logs split in twain, wdiile the male por- assist in completing the job. This done the 
 
 tion of the family devoted their efforts to two made a tour northward in search of lands 
 
 breaking the prairie, and securing a harvest, but for investment. The first jioint above Charles- 
 
 they soon found their team power inadequate ton where a .settlement had been made was at 
 
 for the undertaking, and resorted to the timber, the mouth of Brushy Fork, where Maj. Ash- 
 
 The work of clearing and putting in the crop more had begun an improvement. He was 
 
 consumed the time until the lOth of July, when pleased with the appearance of the country, 
 
 ihev had the satisfaction of .seeing fourteen and selected land in the northwest (|u;irter of 
 
 acres planted in corn. Their next care was to section 35, and the west half of the .southwest 
 
 provide a permanent shelter from the rigors of ([uarter of the s.anie section, in townshij) 15 
 
 the winter. Logs were procured and i)artly north, range 10 cast, ;iud .at once repaired to 
 
 hewed, when the grim terror of piiinecr life. the the land citlice .at I'alestine, where the entry 
 
 ague, laid seven of the eleven nu-mbers of tlie was pri.]KTly recorded. The ]>.itents, which 
 
 family ])rostrate. I'or sever.al months the are still ret.aincd .as .a souvenir by the family, 
 
 f.amily were obliged to give uji further work were signed by Andrew j.ackson, as I'rcsident, 
 
 on their improvements, .and the winter found on the Nth of .M.arcli, iS^o. Mr. Gill h,as not 
 
 them still occupying the original cabin. ( )n been a citizen of the county, having returned to 
 
 the following year the hewed log house w.as Kentucky sot)n after his jjurchase of the land. 
 
 fiui.shed and occupied, and still remains a land- John liammet was scarcely .second to (Jill 
 
 mark of the olden time. in his entry of land in this comity; he visited
 
 14 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Illinois in 1828, and entered eight hundred 
 acres of land north of the present site of Cam- 
 ergo village, in company with Gill. Mr. Ham- 
 met was a native of Virginia, from whence he 
 moved to Kentucky, where his son, James R., 
 was born. It was not until the fall of 1830 
 that he moved to his new purchase. The house- 
 hold goods were brought from Kentucky by 
 teams of horses and oxen — Mrs. Hammet and 
 smaller children coming in a carriage. It was 
 November before the family reached the site 
 of their new home, and before the cabin could 
 be erected winter was at hand. The family 
 was therefore obliged to find shelter in a tent 
 with a large fire before the opening to keep off 
 the cold. The under bed ticks had been filled 
 with blue grass seed in Kentucky, and upon 
 these the feather beds were placed and drawn 
 near the fire. This winter was very severe, as 
 was the following one, which is known as the 
 season of the great snow, and many of the 
 Indians in the vicinity made frequent visits to 
 this new addition to the white settlement. At 
 the time of the arrival of the Hammets, there 
 were only two families of permanent settlers 
 in the territory of Douglas county, though 
 some squatters had taken up their residence in 
 the southern part and who removed soon after- 
 ward. The family suffered great privations 
 during the first years. No provisions had 
 been brought from Kentucky, and everything 
 during the first winter was only to be procured 
 at a point on the Vermillion river, near the 
 present site of Indianola. Their milling was 
 afterward done at a still greater distance, at 
 Eugene, Indiana, some forty miles away. John 
 Hammet died in the winter of 1834, leaving the 
 care of the farm and family to his widow, who 
 discharged her responsibilities in a way to show 
 
 how great a debt the country owes to its pioneer 
 women. 
 
 Eli Sargent was a settler in Douglas county 
 in the same year. He was a native of Mary- 
 land, but had subsequently emigrated to Ohio 
 where his children were born. An.xious to 
 avail himself of the cheap lands in Illinois, he 
 made a journey here, accompanied only by his 
 son, Snowden. They left home on the i8th of 
 March, and proceeded down the Ohio river to 
 Evansville, Indiana, on a flat-boat. Here they 
 continued their journey overland, crossing the 
 Wabash at Vincennes and directing their 
 course to Paris. Mr. Sargent's original inten- 
 tion was to seek a location in Buffalo Heart 
 Grove in Sangamon county, a point he had 
 greatly admired when he passed through 
 it, returning from a trip to Missouri two years 
 before. Coming through Walnut Prairie, some 
 fifteen miles below Marshall, Clark county, 
 Illinois, he learned of Walnut Point, on the 
 Embarrass river, where Ashmore had made a 
 settlement. The favorable reports of this loca- 
 tion determined him to visit it, and so pleased 
 was he upon examination, that he entered four 
 hundred acres here when he returned to Pales- 
 tine. The household goods were promptly 
 brought forward in wagons, and arrived at the 
 new location in April, 1830, Mrs. Sargent 
 arriving soon afterward. A wigwam in the 
 Indian fashion was the first erected, and later 
 the usual cabins which served the family as 
 homes for several years. Maj. Ashmore was 
 the only settler in this township (Sargent). 
 In 1834 Mr. Sargent died, leaving his son, 
 Snowden Sargent, to care for his family. 
 
 William Brian, a native of Ohio, came to 
 Douglas county in 1834, and entered one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land in section 18,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 IS 
 
 township i6 nortli, range 7 east. He arrived 
 at this point in June and erected a cabin, return- 
 ing then to bring liis family, consisting of his 
 wife and four children. He returned to Illi- 
 nois in the following September, and cultivated 
 his farm for about a year, when he removed to 
 the farm which is known as the old homestead 
 For several years he was the only resident of 
 what is now Tuscola township. Jacob Taylor 
 was probably the first settler in Garrett town- 
 ship. Soon after him came James Drew, who 
 came to the territory of Douglas county in 
 
 1839, having, with his father, a job to split 
 rails for Taylor. Land was cheap here at 
 that time, and Drew being only eighteen years 
 of age, thought it a favorable opportunity to 
 secure a start by entering land. He first en- 
 tered eighty acres, borrowing one hundred dol- 
 lars of Taylor to make the purchase, and con- 
 tracting to discharge a portion of the debt by 
 day's labor. He put up a split-log house in 
 
 1840, and lived with his brother-in-law. At 
 this time, for thirty miles west in the direction 
 of Decatur, there was not a single house. 
 Jacob Mosbarger was among the earliest set- 
 tlers in Garrett township. He was a native of 
 Ohio, settled subsecjuently in Indiana, and in 
 1845 started with the intention of settling in 
 Iowa. He found it impossible to reach his 
 proposed destination in time to secure a crop 
 before the coming winter, and therefore stoi^ped 
 iiere to raise one crop, proposing to continue 
 iiis journey the next season. He was so favor- 
 ably impressed with the country, however, that 
 he gave up his idea of proceeding to Iowa. He 
 first settled in the edge of the timber on Lake 
 Fork, and rented land. Two years later he 
 settled on Congress land, pre-empting one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, which still remains in the 
 
 family. Nathan Garrett was another" early 
 and prominent man in Garrett township; he 
 was newly married when he came here in 
 April, 1845, ^i"*-! began life on a capital of forty 
 dollars in cash, and two horses and a wagon; 
 he began by renting land until 1852, when he 
 entered eighty acres, and has been successful 
 in amassing considerable property. Benjamin 
 Ellars, a native of Ohio, came to Illinois in 
 1835. In 1849 he moved to Douglas county, 
 and settled on the west side of the east Okaw 
 timber, just south of the Campaign county 
 line. The family was one of the first to locate 
 in that vicinity. To the west of their improve- 
 ment on the prairie there was not a single set- 
 tler. John D. Murdock, for whom a township 
 m Douglas county was named, was a prominent 
 settler in that section of the county; he was a 
 native of Ohio, but had made a settlement in 
 Fountain county, Indiana, but, dissatisfied with 
 the health of the section, he sought a home in 
 a prairie country. His attention was called to 
 this region in 1853, and in July of that year 
 came here to "spy out the land." Pleased with 
 the outlook he woukl have purchased land, but 
 did not meet with a satisfactory opportunity. 
 On returning home he .sold his farm, and in 
 January, 1854, returned, coming to George- 
 town, and then by way of Hickory Grove, fol- 
 lowing the ridge to Camargo. At this time 
 he met with a man of whom he bought some 
 three hundred ;uk1 forty acres at eleven dollars 
 per acre. In the follcjwing April he bniught 
 his family. A split-kjg house stood u])on the 
 tract at the time of its purchase, Init being in- 
 sufficient for the accommodation of his family, 
 iVIr. Murdock prep.ired a frame house in In- 
 diana, and hauled it to his new purchase where 
 he put it up in readiness for his family.
 
 i6 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 William W. Young came to Douglas county 
 in the fall of 1853, and was one of the earliest 
 settlers in Newman township. He was a native 
 of Indiana, and lived for a few years after his 
 marriage on rented land in his native state. 
 He then came to Douglas county, accompanied 
 by two of his wife's brothers. After entering 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land he re- 
 turned to Indiana, and a year later came with 
 his family to the place chosen for his new home. 
 On their arrival they boarded for a week in the 
 neighborhood, while Mr. Young erected a 
 frame dwelling into which the family moved 
 directly it was completed. J. M. Cooley, one 
 of those accompanying Mr. Young, took up 
 one hundred and sixty acres on a land warrant 
 in November, 1853. B. C. Nelson came to 
 Douglas county three years later, and bought 
 three hundred and twenty acres of railroad 
 land on section 4, township 16 north, range 8 
 east. With the exception of one or two fam- 
 ilies there were no neighbors nearer than Okaw 
 timber, and the site of Tuscola was a wild 
 prairie covered with tall grass and resin weed. 
 
 There was nothing in the character of the 
 country or in the history of the emigrants 
 to this section to lead to the early formation 
 of villages or thickly settled communities. The 
 pioneers of Douglas county came singly or l.\- 
 twos and Ihrees, and fixed upon an eligililc site 
 for farming, and there pitched their tabernacle. 
 Up to the coming of the railroad influence in 
 1850, Camargo was the only village even on 
 paper, and there was therefore no dislurl>ing 
 intluence to divert the even settling up of the 
 country. Camargo dates earliest among the 
 townships of the county in settlement, and 
 counts among the early settlers the Richmans, 
 Hammets, Gills, Braggs, Watsons and Mur- 
 
 docks. Tuscola claims William Brian, the 
 Hacketts, O. J. Jones, J. W. Smith, G. P. 
 Phinney, B. F. Boggs, B. C. Nelson and others. 
 Garrett claims the Garretts, Otters, Mullens, 
 Lesters, Goodsons, Mosbargers, Drews, Howes 
 and Ellars. Newman incudes among its early 
 settlers Enoch Howell, the Winklers, the Hoj)- 
 kinses, Cooleys, Youngs, Skinners and Shutes. 
 Sargent numbers the family from which it 
 took its name, Ashmores, Gwinns, Reddens, 
 Allisons, Maddox, Casebear and others. Bow- 
 dre claims Isaac Davidson, Breedens, Davises 
 and Barnetts. Areola, the Shaws, Henrys and 
 McCanns; and Bourbon the Moores, Deharts, 
 Weltons, Nelson Shaw, the Drews and others. 
 In the latter township are quite a number of 
 Germans who came in about 1852 and the years 
 immediately following, and in 1864 the first 
 of a considerable number of the same national- 
 ity generally known by tlie "Amish," a name 
 commonly bestowed upon this sect of relig- 
 ionists. 
 
 NATURAL RESOURCES. 
 
 The country which these pioneers has thus 
 chosen was a hunter's paradise. The prairie 
 and timber were thronged with game of all 
 kinds, and without this the early settler's fare 
 must have been hard indeed. Tlie first coiners 
 to this region were considerably in advance 
 of those pioneer industries which mitigate the 
 severities of pioneer life and were forced to 
 make long journeys for the common necessities. 
 Thus cut oft' from the natural sources of supply, 
 the pioneer was forced to depend upon the re- 
 sources of the country alone, which, even with 
 the abundance of game, proved but a meager 
 support for the family. Deer were found in
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 17 
 
 unlimited numbers, and tlie first settlers found found scMne fine edible fish. With tbis abundance 
 
 no trouble in killing more than the needs of the of what are even now considered lu.xuries, it 
 
 family required, right at his own door. Droves, would seem at a casual glance that the pioneer 
 
 reaching to the number of a hundred, were life was a life of ease rather than banlshi]) : Imt 
 
 often seen, and settlers were in the hal)it of car- when it is considered that these were the sum 
 
 rying their guns on almost all occasions, and of their early luxuries, that what we deem Ihc 
 
 seldom returned from any expedition without . cnnimun necessities and find so cheaj) as to ])ass 
 
 an evidence of the abundance of these ani- almost unnoticed in our estimate of family 
 
 mals in the shape of a haunch or ham of veni- supjjlies and exj)enses, were to the early settlers 
 
 .son. Wild hogs served also to vary the frontier almost inaccessible and the most expensive, a 
 
 fare. These were animals that had escaped great change is wrought in our estimate. Salt 
 
 from the older settlements, and, subsisting upon was more exi)ensive than sugar and more dif- 
 
 the nuts and niots of the woodland, bad gone limit to ])rocure. Mour could not I'or ;i time 
 
 wild in the cour.se of nature. They were of a be ])roctued at any price, ;md even meal, such 
 
 long-legged, gaunt species, and kept the timber as is pmvided to-day, was unknown on the 
 
 ])retty closely. They were no particular dam- frontier. And even the variety of g;iuie ])ro- 
 
 age or annoyance to the settlers, but furnished vided soon failed ti> answer the ])urposes of beef 
 
 capital hunting sport, and gave a relief to the and jjork. The system exposed to niv.ages of 
 
 monotonous recurrence of veni.son upon the disease, and sn1>ject to the trying experience of 
 
 table of the settler. Wolves were of the coyote early farm l;il)or, demanded .something more 
 
 species and were found in the open prairie. sul)stantial than this. Nor could all give their 
 
 These were of more annoyance to the settle- attention to InnUing. 'i"hc i)rime reason for the 
 
 ments, attacking sheep, young pigs and .some- presence of most of the i)ioneers in this country 
 
 times cattle. They were miserable cowards, was to build up a home and lay the fomidations 
 
 never attacking a per.son, and were hunted and for a future competence, and to accom])hsh tbis 
 
 killed as a nuisance. They were small and un- the Larger part of the couimunity centered here 
 
 dersized, making the night dismal with their had only their h.anils witli which to accomplish 
 
 howling, and when overtaken i)y the dogs would tbeir mission. It w.is no inicomuion occurrence 
 
 fall on their backs and fight nmch like a cat. bi find men surrounded by this profusion of 
 
 On frozen ground. an<l when filled with a re- game who iie\er shot a deer, ;md occ;ision;dly 
 
 cent meal, they were run down with little dilli- "H^' \vbo never owned a gun. 
 cnlty on horseback. ;is they seemed to ;i\(iiil the 
 
 limber .and wotild ri>k capture rather than go ,,,,,. ,,j^ ,,,,||, ,,,.^,|^,,,. 
 into it. Pinnated and ruffed grouse, better 
 
 known ;is pr.airie chickens ;md partridges, were The ]>ioneers who formed the early settle- 
 everywhere found in inexhaustible numbers and ments in this comity were gener.ally fanuliar 
 funushed a touch of delicacy to the early fare, with the isolatiou. ;nid inured to the haiHlships 
 Wild geese and ducks were to be had in con- and privations of frontier life, but with all this 
 
 siderable numbers, while in the rivers were the ojien jirairie ])resented dilficulties to which 
 2
 
 i8 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 they had liilherto been a stranj;ei-. From the 
 standpoint of this later day, when the adupta- 
 bihty of the prairie has been so abnndantly 
 proven, it seems unfortunate tiiat tlie early ex- 
 periences of these pioneers led them to cling 
 to the timbered portions of the country where 
 foul w-ater and miasma aggravated the inev- 
 itable discomforts of frontier existence. Life 
 in a new country is everywhere sulijected to 
 the misery of malarious diseases. The clearing 
 off of timber or the breaking up of prairie sod, 
 involving the rapid decay of large quantities 
 of vegetable matter, gave rise to the inevitable 
 miasma, which wrought its sure work upon the 
 system. Such sickness was generally confined 
 to the last of the summer and fall. There was 
 but little sickness in winter, except a few 
 lingering fall cases that had become chronic; 
 there were but few cases after severe frosts, 
 and the spring and early summer were per- 
 fectly healthy. It was commonly remarked 
 that when the bloom of the resin weed and 
 other yellow flowers appeared, it was time to 
 look for the ague. The first spring flowers on 
 the prairie were mostly pink and white, then 
 followed purple and blue, antl about the middle 
 of August yellow predominated. High water 
 in spring, flooding the Ijottoms and filling the 
 lagoons and low places along the streams, and 
 then drying off with the hot sun of Jidy and 
 August, was a fruitful cause of disease, and in 
 such localities it was often ([uite sickly, while 
 the higher ])rairie was comparatively exempt. 
 With these e\ils the pioneer was generally 
 forced to struggle alone. Physicians were very 
 few, and often so far situated from the scat- 
 tered settlements that it took a day's ride to 
 reach them. But where they were found within 
 practical distance, the urgent necessity for the 
 
 ])ractice of every economy led the settlers to de- 
 pend upon their own skill. Boneset, Culver's 
 physic (root), and a long list of teas and herb 
 decoctions were to be found in every cabin, 
 and most of the ailments incident to a frontier 
 life were generally made to yielil to them. To 
 have a severe case of malarial fever or several 
 season's run of the ague was expected by each 
 new-comer, and none were considered as having 
 been fully inducted into all the mysteries of citi- 
 zenship until they had had the regular malarial 
 experience. 
 
 THE CABIN. 
 
 The early settlers brought with them noth- 
 ing but what the necessities of the situation de- 
 manded. One wagon generally sufficed to 
 bring the family, household furniture, farming 
 implements and freiiuently two or three months' 
 supplies. It requires no great amount of con- 
 sideration to conclude that luxuries, or even 
 comforts, could find no place in such an outfit, 
 and so the pioneer, after constructing a shelter 
 for his family, found his skill and ingenuity 
 taxed to their utmost to supply this deficiency. 
 It was necessary to manufacture tables, chairs 
 and bedsteads before they could be used, and 
 some of the most striking incidents of frontier 
 life are founded upon this universal dearth of 
 ordinary comforts. Hand tools were always 
 a part of the load when possessed by the emi- 
 grant, but in the ab.sence of these the ax ac- 
 complished all that was necessary. A section 
 of a good-sized log, smoothed with an ax and 
 furnished with a rough back, or often without 
 a back of any sort, and legs, took the place of 
 chairs. A rude bedstead was often constructed 
 in the corner of the cabin with a single leg, 
 the two sides of the structure supporting the
 
 IU()(iR.\l'lllt;.\L AXi:) IllSl'OKICAI.. 
 
 '9 
 
 rest of the bedstead which was framed in the 
 logs. Upon this tiie Ijed cord, whicli conld be 
 easily brought, was arranged, or in its alisence, 
 deer-hide thongs. This or simply a heap of 
 brush supported the "tick," which was brought 
 with the f.'imily, and tilled wilii leaves and dried 
 grass until the first crop supplied a better sub- 
 stitute in the husks. 
 
 The cabin itself displayed the ingenuity rjf 
 the pioneer and the poverty of his resources. 
 A log pen, with a single door and window, the 
 latter closed with greased paper t)r left open, 
 and the door pro\-ided with a simple liL'uiket, 
 the fireplace constructed of such loose stones 
 as could be ftnnul, and the chimney built uj) of 
 sticks protected with a covering of mud; the 
 roof of "shakes" split from ;i straight-grained 
 tree, and held in place by weight poles, com- 
 pleted the lout cnsi'iiihlc of the early homes. 
 At first there was often no floor but the ground, 
 but generally slabs split out from tiie unsea- 
 soned timiier were smoothed with the ax and 
 made to do good ser\ice as a i)rotection from 
 the bare earth. Wiien the door was con- 
 structed, these "puncheons" serxed as tiie ma- 
 terial from wln'ch it w;is constructed, wooden 
 pins taking the place of nails, and wdoden 
 hinges. Latch anil b.ars ser\ ing llu' pniposes of 
 the modern Ijuilder's h.ardw.'ue. 
 
 •Ill !•; I\KM. 
 
 'J hese i)relimin.Lrics ;icconiplislu'd. the most 
 urgent necessity w.as to secure a crop, 'i'he 
 jjjows were crude .'ifTairs. strong ,-md serviceable 
 but requiring great team ])ower and consider- 
 able mechanical skill in the iilowman. The sod 
 was lonnd tough, not easily "t;tined." ami very 
 
 uncertain in jiroducing a first crop. So tenacious 
 was the turf, that the furrow turned out one 
 unbroken strip of earth, and occasionally, when 
 not especially careful, the plowman had the dis- 
 ai)pointmenl of seeing yards of this leathery 
 soil turn back to its natural position, necessitat- 
 ing the tedious o])eration of turning it all back 
 again by h;md. The expenditure of all this la- 
 bor was generally well repaid the first year, if 
 the sod became thoroughly rotted, even thougii 
 it ])rodnced but a small crop. Ofteutiiues the 
 second and third plowing showed the soil stub- 
 liorn .and unkind. bV'w, e\en among farmers, 
 know much of the labor in\olved in "breaking 
 prairie," unless they have experienced its ob- 
 stacles and overcome them. Corn was the 
 only cro]) ])lantcd at first, and this furnished 
 food for man and beast. .\ few years later, 
 it was a mark of unusual pros])erity to be .able 
 to ftirnish wheat bread to especial guests. The 
 first crop was generally planted by cutting a 
 g;ish in the inverted sod with an ax, dropping 
 in the corn and closing it by .another blow i)e- 
 side the first; or it was dro|)ped in every third 
 fiu^row, .and the sod turned on it: if the corn 
 w.is so placed ;is to find the S])ace between the 
 furrows, it would lind daylight: if not, the re- 
 sult of the |)lanting was extremely doubtful. 
 Of course culti\;ition in this case was impos- 
 sible, and il the crows and s(|uirrels gave tlie 
 crop ;in o|)porliinity to mature, il generally 
 |)ro\cd .1 s.ilistaclory return, i.ater the culture 
 ol wheat w.is begun, .and with the increase of 
 markets h.as grown to larger proportions. 
 
 Most of the settlers brought in horses and 
 cows, but the former pretty generally ga\e way 
 to oxen for working purposes. Hogs and sheep 
 were occasionally brought in at first, but gen-
 
 20 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 erally they were a later importation. x'Ml these 
 animals were supported with little cost. The 
 wide range of wild grass afforded excellent 
 pasture and hay. With the range the early set- 
 tlers had, their cattle would put on more flesh 
 and in less time than on any other jjasture. 
 The sedge which grew along the sloughs was 
 t',<e first to start in the spring, and furnished 
 the earliest pasture. The hent or blue-joint, 
 which was principally found along the sides of 
 the sloughs, or, in the vernacular of the pioneer, 
 "between the dry and wet land," was preferrcl 
 by stock to all other varieties, especially when 
 mixed with the wild pea-vine. This made the 
 best hay, and, as its yield was very large, was 
 generally selected for this purpose. But the 
 combined ravages of stock and scythe rapidly 
 exterminated it, so that in many cases the 
 ground where it grew became almost bare of 
 vegetation. The stock and the farmer then re- 
 sorted to ui)land grasses, but before the settlers 
 multi[)lied so as to limit the range of the stock, 
 the older and more experienced of the herd 
 would go long distances to find their favorite 
 pasture, often necessitating on the part of the 
 pioneer a hunt of several days to recover them. 
 The native grasses were scarcely less 
 marked for their medicinal fjualities. Cattle 
 and horses seemed to be remarkably free from 
 disease so long as they could find plenty of 
 wild grass and hay to feed upon. Horses raised 
 upon the prairie were said never to be afflicted 
 with the heaves, while horses brought here, 
 suffering with this malady, were speedily cured 
 by simply feeding on the native grasses. This 
 advantage, however, was somewhat offset by 
 the colic which this rank grass frec|uently pro- 
 duced in horses with fatal effect. 
 
 MILLS AND MARKETS. 
 
 No sooner was a crop secured than the lack 
 of any proper means to reduce it to the neces- 
 sities of the household was made painfully ap- 
 parent. So long as the corn was soft, it was 
 grated on rude graters, made by punching holes 
 through a piece of tin. After it became hard, 
 it was sometimes parched and ground in a cof- 
 fee mill, and at other times pounded in a rudely 
 constructed mortar. A stump was hollowed 
 out by burning and scraping to serve as a 
 mortar. Over this was suspended from a 
 "sweep" a pestle, to the end of which was fixed 
 an iron wedge, and with this rude machinery 
 bushels of corn were broken sufficiently fine to 
 use in the various ways common to pioneer 
 days. The finest was used in cornpones and 
 dodgers, while the coarser was used as hominy, 
 the separation being effected by means of a 
 sieve made of a perforated deerskin stretched 
 tightly over a frame. Corn-crackers were put 
 in various settlements at an early date, but these 
 did but little better work than the mortar. They 
 did the work quicker, antl such a mill was kept 
 running night and day, while the patrons com- 
 ing from distances of fifteen or twenty miles 
 would wait patiently for a day or two to get 
 their grist. But for flour, the only resort was 
 to Eugene, Indiana, where an older settlement 
 had secured the ad\antages of a tlouring mill. 
 The demand for groceries was limited to the 
 means for jnnxhasing, which were generally 
 of the most slender sort. There was but little 
 to sell, and then the only market was at Chi- 
 cago, where the settlers hauled hundreds of 
 bushels of shelled corn to sell at thirty cents per 
 bushel. Coonskins, however, were almost land-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 21 
 
 office money. Fur buyers were an institution of tlic settlers captured swarms, jtlaced them in 
 
 of the early times here, and many a quarter- sections of iiollow logs, and in a little while 
 
 section was purchased with the price of these possessed a constant source of sup])ly for the 
 
 skins. tahle and the market, fn some cases this was 
 
 There were some luxuries. howe\er, that the princii)le source for the swceteniui;' used in 
 
 could be--secured without money. Bee trees the culinary work of the cahin, and was the 
 
 were, in tiiany parts of the country, found in basis of a favorite drink. "iMetheglin" was 
 
 great numbers, and no [liece of timber was en- made of steeped honey-comb, and honey fer- 
 
 tirely devoid of them. It sometimes reiiuired mented. it was counted an excellent drink, 
 
 an expert to find them, and some united pleas- and much preferred to cider, and when 
 
 ure and profit in this sort of hunting. An ex- strengthened by age became a ]>owerful intoxi- 
 
 perienced hunter would go out in a bright, cant. This, liowe\'er. has passed away with 
 
 warm day in winter or late fall and burn some many other of the homely joys of pioneer 
 
 honev comb, which seldom failed to attract the days. 
 
 game to the honey, which was provided for The ready tact of the jiioneer housewives, 
 them. Loading up with this, the bee would rise, and the unpampered tastes of that early day. 
 circling in the air. and then fly straight to its found a gooil substitute for fruit in the ])um])- 
 tree. It was then the hunter's business to fol- kin. When frozen, they were ])re])ared and 
 low the fleet-winged insect closely, and thus stewed down to a siru]). which furnished a \ery 
 pert, and there were few who were marked acceptable substitute for sugar or molasses in 
 discover its secret. To do this required an ex- the absence of honey, and mixed with fresh 
 for their success. Sometimes a number of bees stewe<l pumpkin formed a desiral)le sweetmeat, 
 from a single tree, at no great distance, were They were planted in considerable numbers, 
 attracted. Tiiese do not rise in circles, but tlart- and stored in a vault constructetl underneath 
 ing to and fro in a straight line, make the course the haystacks to be fed to the cattle during the 
 ])lain enough to be easily followed, but this is winter. Well m;iy this "fruit loved of boy- 
 rare. In other cases, the best that can be done hood" be .-qjostrophized l)y the ])oet, and bon- 
 is to disco\er the direction of the bee's fliglit, orablv 'le pl.-iced in a state's coat of arms, 
 and taking this — against the sun if possible — 
 
 to stumble along with ui)turned gaze, scanning pi'MuiI' tk wfi 
 e\ery tree for the telltale hole or crack. I'.ut 
 
 when the tree was found the b.ittle was but hall W-ighborlioods extended o\er a wide area 
 won. This must be felled and the occupant,^ of connti'v, and a journey of fifteen miles was 
 dispossessed of their stores. When the hollow not considered .a gi'eat undertaking for an after- 
 extended down to the point where the ax must noon's \isil. Koads were few. and the jjrairie, 
 l)enetrate it. the hunter was olten obliged to easilv cut u]). often presented at ))oints where 
 decani]) in hot h.aste as soon as the blows h.ad hues of tra\el were obliged, by the conforma- 
 aroused the swarm. tion of the land, to unite, bog holes, that ])roved 
 The bee was easily domesticated, and many almost impassible. So long as the paucity of
 
 22 
 
 TUOdRAI'HlCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 settlement allowed a pretty free selection of 
 route, mud holes could be generally evaded 
 and a worn track avoided. But this prac- 
 tice had its disadvantages. In a coun 
 try without continuous fences and few 
 landmarks, save the groves, it requires some 
 skill and an intimate knowledge of the country 
 to successfully cross even a small prairie in day- 
 light. Crossing the uncultixated prairie at 
 night was a very uncertain venture even to the 
 most expert. If the night was clear, the stars 
 were a reliable guide, and the pioneers became 
 quite proficient in the simpler rudin'cnts of 
 astronomy. In a cloudy night, and a snowy 
 or foggy day, their resources were less sure. 
 A steady wind often proved the only guide. 
 The traveler, getting his bearings, would note 
 how the wind struck his nose^the right or left 
 ear— and then, keenly alive to these sensations, 
 would so maintain his course as to keep the 
 bearing of the wind always the same, and re- 
 gardless of all other guides, would generally 
 reach Ins destination without difficulty. To 
 do this required no little skill and a steady wind. 
 If the latter changed gradually, the better the 
 skill, the wider the traveler diverged from his 
 true course. Without these guides, it was a 
 mere accident if a person succeeded ui crossing 
 even a small prairie. The tendency is to move 
 in a circle, and when this is once begun and oli- 
 served by the traveler, the only resource is to 
 camp in the most convenient place ai;d manner, 
 
 and wait for morning. Each family had its 
 signal light, which served to mark the place 
 of the cabin. It was a frequent practice to erect 
 a pole by the chimney, upon which a lighted 
 lantern was placed. Others had a light in the 
 window, which often saved a dreary night's 
 experience on the open prairie. 
 
 Such experiences, unpleasant in mild 
 weather, were too often fatal in the winter sea- 
 son. The trackless prairie, covered with a de- 
 cejitive expanse of snow, and swept by a fierce 
 blast, which pierced the most ample clothing 
 and the hardiest frame, made the stoutest heart 
 waver. Journeys were seldom undertaken in 
 such circumstances, save under stress of the 
 most urgent necessity. But nearly every early 
 settler can rememlier some experience in winter- 
 season traveling, while some never reached the 
 home they sought, or the end of the journey 
 reluctantly begun. 
 
 \\'ith the settlement of the prairie, and the 
 regular laying-out of roads, traveling became 
 less dangerous, tiiough scarcely less difficult. 
 The amount of labor which could be devoted 
 by the few people in the scattered settlements, 
 made but little effect upon the roads of the 
 country, which seemed particularly exposed, 
 by the character of the .soil and the conforma- 
 tion of its surface, to the unfavorable action of 
 r.iin, and c\cn now the farming community 
 pays a heav)' annual triliute to nuiddy, impass- 
 able roads.
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 UF 
 
 DOUGLAS COUNTY.
 
 CHAPTKR II. 
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY. 
 
 I!Y HENRY C. NILKS. 
 
 By the treaty of peace between the iM-encIi St. ("lair ^la(Ii^(m was iiiacle; fmni Madison, 
 
 rnul Englisli in i/C)^, the Illinois comilrv was (,'rawfonl; the slale then had abont hiteen 
 
 ceded to the latter. It remained in their hamls eonnlies. In iSh) flark was set oil Iroin 
 
 until I 77S, in which year X'irginia troops under I'rawford, and exlendeil to the northward in- 
 
 ( ien. Clark con(|uered the country. A county delinilely. Coles county was or<;ani/.ed in 
 
 called Illinois was then or.t;anize(h and had been liS^o-^i; Cumberland parted fi-oin it in 1S4-', 
 
 considered hitherto a part of the territorx and Douglas in i^^(). 
 
 included in the charter of Viro-inia. \'ir- Illinois was admitted into the Ihiion of 
 
 g-inia ceded it to the United States states in iNiS, with an area of fifty-live thou- 
 
 in 17S7, and it was called the "Xorth- .sand, four hundred and ten sipiare miles, about 
 
 west territory." In iSoo it rcccixed a four hundred and nine of which belong- to 
 
 se])ar;ite org;mization and .a territorial go\crn- Douglas coinily. 
 
 ment in conjtuiclion with and uinler the name Coles county, fioni the area ol which Doug- 
 
 of Indiana. .Vnoiher (|i\i^iol1 took place in las was taken, oiu'c comprised within its bounds 
 
 i.SoQ when the distinct li'i liloiios of Indi.an.a all of Cumbcrlaml county as wi'll. .and was 
 
 and Illinois were formeil. named in honor of b'.dward t/oles, the second 
 
 The name of Illinois is derived from that go\ernor of the slate, elected in iSjj. 
 
 of its great river, an aboriginal .appelkition, .\niongsl the smallest counties in the state, 
 
 signifying the "i\i\er of men." though U'll the le.ast by some seven or eight, 
 
 When Illinois terrilorv was a part of In- Douglas county is gcograjihically in the east 
 
 (liana, the .se.at of government was at V'in- centre of the state, and lies below the lortieth 
 
 eennes, and when the territory was set off from jiarellel of latitude, Tuscola the county seal, 
 
 Indi.ana in tSoi) the whole sl.ale w.as made into being in latitude thirty mne <legrees, forty-live 
 
 two counties. Si. Clair .and Randolph. From minutes, north. The county is bounded on the
 
 26 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 north l)y Champaign county, on the east by 
 Etlgar, upon the south by Coles, and on the 
 west by MouUrie and Piatt. 
 
 The election for and against the new county 
 was held in Coles county on the first Monday 
 in March, 1S59. and the clerk was ordered to 
 make his returns to Coleman Bright and Joseph 
 B. McCown, of Camargo. 
 
 Coles was a large county of some twenty- 
 four congressional townships, and containing 
 about eight hundred and eighty square miles. 
 New towns, demanded by the rapidly increas- 
 ing population of the north part, were springing 
 into existence, the principal of which, Tuscola 
 and Okaw (for so Areola was originally 
 called), upon the line of the Illinois Central 
 Railroad, had been laid out, the latter by the 
 railroad, upon its own lands, and the former 
 upon railroad lands by private enterprise. 
 
 The tedious trip, over the prairie of twenty 
 or twenty-five miles, to Charleston, the county 
 seat, laid out in 1831, and the almost universal 
 disposition of the people toward concentration, 
 carried still farther, eventually, by township 
 organization, were amongst the inducements 
 that brought about the division. 
 
 Origin of Douglas. — In date of formation, 
 Douglas county precedes Ford by one day only, 
 and lacks so much of being the latest-formed 
 county of the state, but though late in asserting 
 its independence, it has not been unknown to 
 the geography of the state, under other titles. 
 In October, 1778, it was included in the county 
 of Illinois; in 1790, it became a part of St. 
 Clair county; in 1816 a part of Crawford; in 
 1819 a part of Clark; in 1823 a part of Edgar, 
 and in 1830 a part of Coles. During all this 
 time the territory now included within the lim- 
 its of Douglas county was a wilderness, with- 
 
 out the habitation of a single white man, with 
 the exception perhaps of one family in 1829. 
 The county of Coles was originally a part of 
 Edgar, and as first formed included the terri- 
 tory of the present counties of Cumberland, 
 Coles and Douglas. At this time the settlement 
 at Charleston was strong in numbers and in- 
 fluence, and became the county seat. Later, 
 as the southern portion of its territory began 
 to settle up, an agitation was begun for a di- 
 vision of the large territory included in Coles 
 and while the interests of Charleston were not 
 hostile to this movement in the abstract, there 
 was a very decided preference manifested for 
 the way it should be divided. The leaders of 
 the new county movement preferred to have 
 the whole territory equally divided, but in such 
 case it appeared certain that the county seat 
 interests of Charleston would be put in jeop- 
 ardy, as it would be located too far south in the 
 reconstructed county to long hold the seat of 
 justice. The question was soon forced into 
 politics, and three campaigns were fought on 
 tliis issue, the candidates for the General As- 
 sembly announcing themselves in favor of one 
 or the other party. The Coles county people 
 proposed the formation of a small county on the 
 south, and eventually another on the north, and 
 the issue was defined in the vernacular of the 
 stock marks of the time as a crop or a split. 
 Twice the Charleston people defeated the split 
 at the polls or in the lobby, but finally a candi- 
 date was elected upon the platform of "first a 
 split, second a crop, but in any case a new 
 county," and in 1843 Cumberland county was 
 formed. Another county would have been 
 formed from the north end of Coles, but this 
 part of its territory settled up slowly, and by 
 the time that a movement was made for a new
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORK'Ar.. 
 
 county, the necessity for its erection was no 
 longer recognized by tlie older community. Coles 
 county contained twenty-four congressional 
 townships, enough to form two counties of the 
 required area, and the tedious trip of twenty 
 or twenty-five miles over the prairie to the coun- 
 ty seat, located considerably south of the geo- 
 graphical center, intensified the determination 
 to divide it. Public-spirited men organized the 
 movement, and a bill was introduced in the 
 Ceneral Assembly to form the new county. 
 The name occasioned no little difficulty at first. 
 W. D. Watson, of Camargo township, was in 
 the senate and a Republican. The ])roposcd 
 county was politically in sympathy with him, 
 and the petition for the new county asked for 
 the name of Richman, that of the first white 
 inhabitant; others proposed and pressed the 
 name of Watson, and the subject was discussed 
 at local meetings, with a good deal of excite- 
 ment. There was a disposition on the part of 
 the legislature to reject both names, ruid honor 
 the name of Stephen A. Douglas with its desig- 
 nation. Dr. Pearce, of Camargo, and others 
 strongly resisted this suggestion, and the vig- 
 orous opposition was not relaxed until it ap- 
 ])cared certain that a l)ill could not be i)assed 
 with another name, and even then it is said 
 thai ])romise was given liy certain responsililc 
 persons, that the name should subse(|uently be 
 changed. The naiue, however, has long since 
 lost its political significance, and is worthily be- 
 stowed in honor of a brilliant and patriotic 
 statesman. The peculiar spelling follows that 
 adopted by Senator Douglas. 
 
 The act of organization. — The bill intro- 
 duced for the purpose of organizing Douglas 
 county provides as follows: 
 
 "Section I. Be it enacted by the People of 
 
 the State of Illinois, represented in the General 
 Assembly, That all that portion of the county 
 of Coles lying within the following boundaries, 
 to wit: Commencing at the northeast corner 
 of the cf)unty of Coles; thence west on the line 
 between said county and the county of Cham- 
 paign, to the northwest corner of the coinUy 
 of Coles; thence soiUh f)n the west line of Coles 
 county to the southwest corner of section eigiit- 
 een (i8), township fourteen (14) north, of 
 range seven east; thence east on the section line 
 to the southwest corner of section eighteen 
 ( iS), township foiu'teen (14) north, range ten 
 east ; thence north to tiie township line between 
 townships fourteen (14) and fifteen (15); 
 thence east on said line to the east line of Coles 
 county; and thence north on the east line of 
 C"oles county to the i)l;ice of beginning, be and 
 the same is hereby created into a new county, 
 to be called the county of Douglas: Provided, 
 that a majority of all the voters of said county 
 ot' Coles voting on the (|uestion, shall vote for 
 the same in the m.'nnicr hereinafter ]ircscribe<l. 
 
 "Sec. 2. The (|ualified voters of the said 
 county of Coles may, at an election to be held 
 in the several precincts of said county, to be 
 held on the first Monday of March next, vote 
 for or against the creation of the said new 
 county of Douglas by ballot, upon which shall 
 be written or [)rinted. or p;utly written and 
 ]iai-tlv i)riiUed, 'l'"or the New Comity' or 
 '.Against the Xew County.' 
 
 "Sec. ,^. The clerk of the county court of 
 the county of Coles shall give notice of said 
 election in the several election districts in .said 
 county, in the same manner as general or special 
 elections are given, as nearly as may lie; and 
 the judges of election and clerks thereof shall 
 conduct said election and make returns thereof
 
 28 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in the same manner as is now provided by law 
 for conducting elections. In case of vacancies in 
 the board of election, or failure to attend, such 
 vacancies of absentees shall be filled in the same 
 manner as is now provided by law in relation to 
 elections. Returns of said election shall be 
 made by the several boards of election to the 
 clerk of the county court of Coles county, who 
 shall be goxerned by the general electioji law 
 then in force in opening and canvassing the 
 same. The clerk of the county court of Coles 
 county shall make return of the votes to Cole- 
 man Bright and J. B. jMcCown within six days 
 after the same have been canvassed ; and the 
 said clerk shall also within ten days make re- 
 turn of saitl votes to the secretary of state. 
 
 "Sec. 4. If it shall appear that a majority 
 of all the \-()ters in said county of Coles voting 
 upon the question have voted for the creation 
 of the new county of Douglas, then, and in that 
 case, there shall be held a special election in the 
 several precincts within the limits in this act 
 described for said new county of Douglas, on 
 the second Monday in April next, for county 
 officers. Said election shall be conducted by 
 the judges of elections then holding office under 
 appointment in the county (_)f Coles, and at 
 the usual places of holding elections; at whicli 
 election the qualified voters of the new county 
 of Douglas shall elect all county officers for said 
 county, e.xcei)t such as are hereafter e.xcepteil. 
 who shall be commissioned and qualified in 
 the same manner as such officers are in other 
 counties in the state, and shall hokl said offices 
 until the next general election for such officers, 
 and until their succes.sors are elected and qual- 
 ified, and shall have all the jurisdiction and per- 
 form all the duties which [are] or may be con- 
 ferred upon or required of like officers in this 
 
 state. In case there shall be portions of pre- 
 cincts or election districts within the boundaries 
 of the new county, then the voters within the 
 same may, at the first election for county of- 
 ficers, as herein provided for, vote within such 
 precinct or election district as they may deem 
 most convenient within said new county. 
 
 "Sec. 5. All the justices of the peace, con- 
 stables, or other officers who have been hereto- 
 fore elected and qualified in the county of Coles, 
 whose term of office shall not have expired at 
 the time of said election, and whose place of 
 residence shall be embraced within the limits 
 of said county of Douglas, shall continue to 
 hold their said offices and exercise the juris- 
 diction and perform the duties thereof until 
 term of office shall expire and their successors 
 sliall l)e elected and (piahfied. 
 
 "Sec. 6. For the purpose of fixing the per- 
 manent county seat of said new county of 
 Douglas, the voters of said county shall, at said 
 election of county officers, vote for some j^lace, 
 to be designated upon their ballots, for a county 
 seat: upon said ballots shall be written or 
 printed, or partly written and partly printed, 
 'For county seat' — after which word shall be 
 written or printed the name of the place in- 
 tended. The place receiving the majority of 
 all the votes polled upon that question shall be 
 the county seat of the said county of Douglas ; 
 1 lut i f 111 ) one place shall receive a maji irity 1 if all 
 the votes polled upon that question, then it 
 shall be the duty of the county court of said 
 county to call another election, within sixty 
 days thereafter, at the several places of holding 
 elections in said county: at which time the 
 voters of said county shall choose from the two 
 places having the highest number of votes at 
 the previous election, and the place having the
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIC \r,. ig 
 
 majority of all the vntes cast shall he the per- located, as herein provided, said circuit court 
 
 nianoit county seat of said county of Douglas, to he holden at such times as said judge shall 
 
 "Sec. 7. Notice of said election for county direct, until otherwise provided hy law. 
 officers shall be given by the clerk of the county "Sec. 10. The scliool funds l)elonging to 
 court of Coles conntv. in the same m.inner as (he .several townships embraced in the limits of 
 notices of general elections are given in other said county of Douglas shall he paid .-md de- 
 cases: wliich notices shall specify that a vote livered over hy the school commissioners of 
 will be taken upon the location of the county the county of Coles to the school commissioner 
 .seat : and returns of said election shall 1k' made of the said county of Douglas as soon as he 
 to said clerk of said county court, the same as sh;ill be elected and (|u;dihed. 
 is provided by law in other cases. "Sec. 11. The county coiu't of the said 
 "Sec. (S. .\11 suits and prosecutions that county of Douglas may, at ;uiy term of said 
 have been, or mav be commenced in said county C(au-t, by an onler to be entered of record, .ap- 
 of Coles, incluiling .all proceedings in the county ]ioint some coiupetent jiersou a commissioner 
 court of said county in luatters of prob;ife be- fur the purpose hereinafter expressed, who shall 
 fore the organiz.ation of said count V of Doug- take an oath of office before .some jjcrsou 
 las, shall n(jt be affecteij hy tliis .act, but all such authori7.ed by law to ;idnunister oaths. Said 
 suits. i)rosecutious and proceedings shall be court shall, at the s.amc time, provide a suMi- 
 prosecuted and conducted to their fin.al termina- cicnt numlier of blank books and deliver to 
 tion in said county of Coles: and the ofhcers of .said commissioner, who shall receipt tor the 
 .said countv of Coles are hereby authorized to same to the clerk of said county court. 
 execute all writs that may be necessary for the "Sec. i_'. As .soon as said books shall be 
 completion of said suits, prosecutions .and pro- delivered to said commissioner, he shall record 
 ceedings within the limits of said comity of in eacli ;i copy of the order of his appointment. 
 Douglas: and all judgments th.al m;iy lia\e and of his o.ath of ofhce, and sh:dl thereupon 
 heretofore or that may hereafter be obtained proceed to traiiscribe into such books .all such 
 under the provisions of this section shall h;ive deeds, mortgages and title pa|>ers of every de- 
 the same lien u]>on all ])ropertv within the lim- scrijjtiou, with the certificates ot ackuowledg- 
 its of s.aid countv of Douglas , as though the .said ment thereto, of l,aii<ls l\-ing in the county of 
 territorv h.ad not been erected into .a separate Douglas, which h.a\e been recorded or m.ay be 
 ^■,,„iitv. reci)rde<l hereafter, before the org.ani/.ation ol 
 "Sec. (). As soon .as the county officers said connt\ of Douglas, be reconled in the re- 
 shall h.ave been elected .and (lualified, the s.aid corder's office of the said county ol Coles: 
 county of Douglas sh.all be considered organ- and there sh.all be allowed him. the said com- 
 ized, and the clerk of |tliel circuit court of missioner, such sum as his .services aloresaid 
 said county sh.all give notice thereof to the are reason.ably worth; to be pai<l out ol the 
 judge of the fourth judicial circuit, who shall cminty treasury of the county ol 1 )ouglas. 
 hold court at such places as shall be designated ".Sec. 1;,. When the sai.l couuni.ssiouer 
 by the county court, until the county seat is shall have completed his work he shall m.ake
 
 30 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 rctuni of said books to the clerk of the circuit 
 court of said county of Douglas; and they shall 
 thereupon he taken and considered, to all in- 
 tents and purposes, as books of record of deeds, 
 inortgac;es and title papers for the county of 
 Douglas; and copies of said papers, certified by 
 the officer having custody of said books, shall 
 be evidence in all courts and places in the same 
 maimer that copies of records are evidence in 
 other cases, and with like effect. 
 
 "Sec. 14. The county of Douglas shall be 
 responsible for and bound to pay one-fourth 
 of the county debt of the county of Coles, in- 
 curred for stock in the Terre Haute & Alton 
 Railroad Company, and shall be entitled to 
 one- fourth of the stock held by said county of 
 Coles in saitl railroad company; and it shall be 
 the duty of the county court of the county 
 of Douglas, after the ist of January, A. D. 
 i860, to pay the interest on the bonds issued 
 by the county of Coles for that purpose, num- 
 bered from No. i to No. 25, inclusive, semi- 
 annually, as the same shall become due; and 
 also to provide for and pay the principal of 
 said bonds, numbered as above, the same being 
 one-fourth of the said debt of Coles county. 
 
 "Sec. 15. That the county of Douglas shall, 
 until otherwise provided for by law, at this or 
 a subsequent session, be attached to and con- 
 stitute a part of the twenty-fifth representative 
 district, and of the eighteenth senatorial dis- 
 trict. 
 
 "Sec. 16. The secretary of state shall forth- 
 with furnish the clerk of the county court of 
 the county of Coles with a copy of this act, 
 certified under the seal of state. 
 
 "Sec. 17. This act to take effect and be in 
 force from and after its passage. 
 
 ",\])]irovcd h'ebruary 8, 1859." 
 
 A siipplciiiciitary bill. — This bill was drawn 
 up by A. G. Wallace, assisted by Dr. McKin- 
 ney, Martin Rice, Coleman Bright, J. B. Mc- 
 Cown, W. H. Lamb, J. R. Hammet and others. 
 In its description of boundaries, township 14, 
 of ranges 10, 11 and 14, were omitted in some 
 way, and it soon appeared that the county as 
 described in the act did not contain the required 
 area "of not less than four hundred square 
 miles," whereupon a supplementary act was 
 asked for to cover their deficiency. The defect- 
 ive bill had passed both houses before this vital 
 error was discovered, and only three days of 
 the session remained. Dr. J. W. McKinney, 
 of Camargo, at once started for Springfield, 
 wrote out a supplementary bill adding eighteen 
 sections of land. This was accomplished be- 
 tween ten and twelve o'clock in the morning, 
 and after a deal of hard work the bill was con- 
 sidered in the house, under a suspension of 
 the rules, and read a second time and passed, 
 reported to the senate and again passed, under 
 a suspension of the rules; the bill was signed by 
 the governor at four o'clock and the Doctor, 
 with a copy of it in his possession, was on his 
 way home by si.x o'clck P. M. the same day. 
 This bill also postponed the day of election and 
 is as follows : 
 
 "Whereas it is represented that the county 
 of Douglas, as created by the act to which this 
 is supplementary, does not contain the number 
 of square miles required liy the constitution ; 
 therefore, in order to perfect the same, and 
 that said county may contain the re(|uisite mnn- 
 ber of square miles, 
 
 "Sec I. Be it enacted by the People of 
 the State of Illinois, represented in the General 
 Assembly, that the folloing described territory, 
 to wit: Sections one (1), two (2), three (3),
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 31 
 
 four (4), five (5), six (6). seven (7), eight 
 (8), nine (9), ten (10), fifteen (15), sixteen 
 (16), seventeen (17), eighteen ( 18), township 
 No; 14, range No. 10, and section six (6), in 
 township No. 14, range No. 11, and sections 
 four (4). five (5) and six (6), in townsliip 
 No. 14, range No. 14 west, be and tlie same are 
 liereby declared to be a part of the county of 
 Douglas, as fully and completely, for all pur- 
 poses whatsoever, as if they had been contained 
 within the boundaries set forth in the act to 
 which this act is supplementary. 
 
 "Sec. 2. The election retjuired by the act 
 to which this is supplementary, to be held on 
 the first Monday in March next, shall be held 
 f>n the third Monday of March, in the manner 
 therein provided. 
 
 "Sec. 3. This act shall be in force from and 
 after its passage. 
 
 ".\ppro\ed February 16, 1859." 
 
 The partition left the new county with reg- 
 ul.ir outlines, save in the southeast corner, 
 where some fifteen s(|uare miles of territory 
 was not included to accommodate the citizens 
 i)f Oakland an vicinity, who ])referre(l to re- 
 main in Coles county, and by this concession 
 the managers of the partition secured their co- 
 operation. As finally formed, Douglas county 
 contained four hundred a:id eight sections, the 
 area amounting to between four hundred and 
 nine and four humlrt'd ami ten scpiare miles, 
 the sections varying in this coniUy considerably 
 in size, the smallest being as low as two hun- 
 dred and thirty acres, and many running some- 
 what over one thousand acres. These and other 
 irregularities are occasioned by the inaccuracies 
 of the government surveyors, and the practical 
 limitations of the system. 
 
 The new county was now born and 
 
 christened, and being admitted, the next thing 
 in this case was to see that she was properly 
 clothed, and to this end the first nominating 
 convention for the selection of county officers 
 was held in a board shanty on the McCarty 
 farm, two and one-half miles east of Tu.scola. 
 The men put in nomination were .selected with- 
 out regard to party, and the officers wiio were 
 then elected were : 
 
 County judge — James Ewing, still living in 
 Areola, and the associates were John D. Mur- 
 dock, now a large land owner in Camargo 
 township, who was again elected in 1861. Ik- 
 filled the i)osition for .six years, and had been 
 active in the formation of the new county. 
 And Robert Hopkins, one of the pioneers of 
 Newman township, who was, at the birth of 
 the new couiUy. an associ;ite justice of Coles. 
 Mr. Hopkins died in the spring of 1863. leaving 
 a large unincumbered estate. 
 
 The first county clerk was John Chandler, 
 who was a good officer, lie was re-elected in 
 i86r, serving in all aboiU six vears. Mr. 
 Chandler was one of the most active in the 
 partition, and by reason of a large experience 
 in public business was altogether depended 
 upon for statistics in the interest of the new 
 county. He served in the war with Mexico. 
 
 The circuit clerk and recorder, elected at 
 this time, was .Andrew (I. W'all.tce, who was 
 re-elected in i8Ci(), 1864 ;nid i8()8, Iiojding the 
 office by re-election for over twelve years. Mr. 
 Wallace was one of the first settlers, having 
 arrived in Coles county in 1834, and was one of 
 the first in Tuscola, lie died in Tuscol;i in 
 
 1877. 
 
 Samuel H. Lt)gan was the first sheriff. Mr. 
 Logan is now a resident of I'oiu'bon, Illinois, 
 and is a large land owner. He was a captain
 
 32 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 in the Fifty- fourth Regiment, Jlhnois Vohm- 
 tecrs, in tlie war of 1861. 
 
 The office of assessor and treasurer was 
 taken I)y William Hancock, of Newman town- 
 shi]). Mr. Hancock was engaged in banking 
 in the city of Newman, and was a large farmer 
 in Sargent township. He came to this vicinity 
 in November, 1839. 
 
 The first county surveyor was Henry C. 
 Niles, who was re-elected in 1861 and again in 
 1 87 1. Mr. Niles came from Baltimore in 1857. 
 
 The first meeting of the county court, as 
 it was called, was held in Camargo, so that the 
 minds of the people might not be prejudiced 
 as between Areola and Tuscola. 
 
 The selection of the county seat, as was to 
 iiave been expected, was the occasion of nnich 
 excitement. The cities of Tuscola and Areola, 
 from their comparatively central position, and 
 both being situated on the only railroad in the 
 county, were the leading contesting points. 
 The village of Camargo had claims to the honor 
 which were strongly advocated, and the well 
 known Hackett's Grove, not far north of the 
 geographical centre of the county, was also 
 talked of. The aspiring embryo cities of Tus- 
 cola and Areola, at the first election, ^xjUed 
 probably ten times their legal vote, and the 
 count in these two places being so glaringly 
 ].)reposterons. neither was considered at this 
 time, and the unwritten history of this canvass 
 for county seat will probalily remain unwritten 
 during the present generation. At this first 
 meeting" of the county court — a special term — 
 April 28, 1859, it was ordered that a special 
 election be held May 30, 1859, to choose a 
 county seat as between the two rival towns, 
 which election resulted in the choice of Tus- 
 cola. 
 
 Camargo was made county seat pro tcin, 
 and Mr. W. H. Lamb was appointed commis- 
 sioner to transfer from Coles county records 
 those necessarily belonging to Douglas. Mr. 
 Lamb had arrived in Camargo in 1853; was a 
 merchant there until 1862, when he became 
 adjutant of the Seventy-ninth Illinois Volun- 
 teers in the war of the Rebellion. He was 
 elected county clerk, or clerk of the county 
 court, in 1865, and at the expiration of his term 
 accepted the cashiership of the First National 
 Bank of Tuscola, but now resides in Santiago, 
 Califcjrnia. 
 
 The people having, at an election held in 
 Xoveml)er, 1867, decided to adopt township 
 rjrganization, Lucius McAllister, of Areola, Jos. 
 B. McCown, of Camargo, and Henry B. Evans, 
 of Tuscola, were appointed Commissioners to 
 divide the county into townships, wdiich duty 
 they performed by making the sub-divisions as 
 they now stand. Jos. B. McCown served hon- 
 ouably in the war with Jvlexico, as also in the 
 Civil war of 1861, when he was colonel of the 
 Sixty-third Illinois Infantr)-. Col. McCown 
 stood high in the estimation of the people antl 
 CDUsequentlv exercised considerable influence in 
 politics antl public business generally. He pos- 
 sessed all the attributes of good citizenship, and 
 his death, November 21, 1869, was nnich la- 
 mented. 
 
 H. B. Evans was elected assessor and treas- 
 urer in 1865 and re-elected in 1867; as assistant 
 Ihiited States marshal in 1870 he ]M-(icured 
 the Douglas county data for the ninth census, 
 and was postmaster of Tuscola for a number 
 of years. 
 
 The first meeting, under tnwnship organiza- 
 tion, of the board of supervisors, was held in 
 Tuscola, on Monday, May 11, 1868, and the
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND IIlSTORICAr. 
 
 supervisors were : Caleb Garrett, of Garrett ; 
 Lemuel Chandler, of Bourbon; Asa T. Whit- 
 ney, of Areola; Oliver C. Hackett, of Tuscola; 
 (leo. W. Henson, of Camargo; Benjamin W'. 
 llooe, of Newman; Isaac W. Bnrget, of Sar- 
 gent, and Benjamin Bowdre, of "Deer Creek" 
 townshij), but upon 1)eing informed Ijy the state 
 auditor that there was a "Deer Creek" township 
 in Tazewell county, the name was changed to 
 "])Owdre," in honor of its first representative. 
 
 In September, the same year, a petition to 
 the board of supervisors was circulated, to 
 which a great many signatures Iiad been ob- 
 tained, wherein the petitioners endeavored to 
 show their belief that a majority of the voters 
 of the county desired the abolition of township 
 organization. 
 
 Camargo township \\as formerly called Al- 
 bany precinct, Newman was once Brushy Fork, 
 Garrett township was a part of Bourbon, Bour- 
 bon was once North Okaw, Bowdre, once 
 called Deer Creek, was a i)art of Collins pre- 
 cinct, and Sargent belonged to Oakland pre- 
 cinct. 
 
 Joseph G. Cannon came to Tuscola in 1859, 
 the \-ear of the new county; was ck'clcd state's 
 attorney in iSOi and again in 1X04. lie was 
 elected to congress in iNjj and is tlieie now. 
 1 le resides in l)an\ille. 
 
 The lirst session of circuit court was held 
 in the tluni jnsl riiiisjicd dcpol building ol the 
 llliu( >is ( 'entral Railri lad. and tin- fu^l ci\ il case- 
 on the cloeket was llnlloii \ s, l\. I'.. Johusou, 
 default ol ilefendant and judguieul lor three 
 dollars and twenty cents. This was an appeal 
 from Dr. J. T. Johnson, a magistrate in the vil- 
 
 lage of Bouron. Dr 
 
 nson removed from 
 
 Bourbon to a point south of .\ewman, and after 
 a few vears went west. 
 
 Afterward ct)urt was held over J. M. Maris' 
 store, on northeast corner (_)f Parke and 
 Sale streets, in which building Mr. Wallace had 
 his office as recorder; at that time this was the 
 largest a\'ailable room in Tuscola, and after 
 that, until tlie ])resent iiermanent C(.)urt house 
 was built, in the large two-story wooden build- 
 ing which stands opposite the court house em 
 the north, judge llarlan presided and heard 
 all cases, whilst busily engJiged in carving cur- 
 ious toys from soft wot)d, a habit he rarely 
 laid aside during business hours. 
 
 For a while the county clerk's oflice was 
 in the east end of the hotel, burned in 1864, 
 which occupied the site of the ".Stanley 
 House." The ori.ginal liotel was l)nilt by the 
 Town Comp.any, and tjiere seems to Ije good 
 authority for the statement that the Illinois 
 Central Raih-oad Company had agreed to put 
 the depeit about opposite the site of the court 
 house, sa\- Houghton street, but under a mis- 
 take of the person in ch.arge, it got its present 
 location. 
 
 The court house was lieguu under the ad- 
 ministration, as a comity coiu't, in iSf)4, of 
 Judge h'rancis (.'. Mullen, of Garrt'lt town- 
 sliip, assisted by John J). Murdock, of Camar- 
 go, and C aleb Hales, ol r)Oin'l)on, ;is associates. 
 Jud.ge Mullen was the second county judge of 
 I )ouglas county; was born in I )elaw'are amP 
 came to (iairett towiishi]) in 1850. Mr. Hales 
 was elected in 1 S( 1 1 associate ju.stici', .and in 
 iXj-j repre>euled his township as supei\ isor. 
 
 The court house was a brick building ol 
 Iwii stories au<l hasemeiU, and contained the 
 iail and living rooms for the sheriff or jailer. 
 It was situated in Pluck "C," a roomy enough 
 plat of ground. _'i6.\-_?20, in about the centre of 
 Tuscola. The plat was deeded to the county
 
 34 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 by the original Town Company for tlie consid- 
 eration "that a court house of a substantial 
 character should be erected upon it within four 
 years from March 7, 1864. The grounds to 
 be used exclusively for county buildings, and 
 also conditioned that when it ceased to be used 
 for such purposes it should revert to the grant- 
 ors." 
 
 The architect of the building was O. L. 
 Kinney, of Chicago. The original accepted 
 bid for the masonry was fifteen thousand dol- 
 lars, and the carpenter work was offered for 
 seven thousand and seven hundred dollars. The 
 contractors for the masonry failed to perform 
 their agreement, even after two or three exten- 
 sions of time, and an advance of twenty per 
 cent, on their contract, which advance was also 
 made to the carpenter. The county board 
 finally took charge of the work and in conjunc- 
 tion with Mr. J. M. Smith, of Tuscola, era- 
 ploved the same builders and others, and 
 brought the work to a conclusion. The entire 
 original cost of the building and furniture was 
 forty-two thousand dollars, the painting, glaz- 
 ing and iron not having been included in any of 
 the bids. 
 
 County Officers of Dougl.^s County from 
 ITS ()kg.\nization in 1859. 
 
 COUNTY CI.KRKS. 
 
 J(.ilin I'li.-indler, elected A])ri1, [i<^t); re- 
 elected 1861. 
 
 William 11. Lamb, elected .November, 1865. 
 
 John C. rarcel, elected Noveniber, 1869. 
 
 Daniel O. Root, elected November, 1873. 
 
 D. A. Conover, November, 1880, died in 
 office February 2, 1899. 
 
 Iv W. Jeffers, appointed, and is the present 
 incumlient. 
 
 CIRCUIT CLERK AND RECORDER. 
 
 A. G. Wallace, elected April, 1859. 
 P. C. Sloan, elected November, 1872. 
 John N. Outcelt, elected November, 1882. 
 R. F. Helm, elected November, 1886. 
 J. W. King, elected in 1890. 
 C. A. Hawkins, elected in 1898, the present 
 incumbent. 
 
 ASSESSOR AND TREASURER. 
 
 William Hancock, elected April, 1859. 
 
 George W. Flynn, elected November, 1861. 
 
 V. C. McNeer, elected November, 1863. 
 
 Henry B. Evans, elected Novemlier, 1S65; 
 re-elected November, 1867. 
 
 After township organization the office was 
 called collector and treasurer. 
 
 COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. 
 
 James T. Walker, elected November, 1869; 
 re-elected Noveml)er, 1871. 
 
 James M. Cox, elected November, 1873. 
 Henry R. Ingraham, elected November, 
 
 1875- 
 
 Lines L. Parker, elected 1879. 
 
 T. S. Wyeth, elected 1886. 
 
 L. E. lioot, elected 1890. 
 
 James Jones, elected 1894. 
 
 Henrv C. Ti)nes, elected 1898, the jiresent 
 
 incumbent. 
 
 SHERIFF. 
 
 Samuel P.. Logan, elected April, 1859. 
 Parmenas Watson, elected November, 
 i860.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORlCAI.. 
 
 35 
 
 William T. French, elected November, 
 
 1862. 
 
 iJ 
 
 Isaac L. Jordon, elected November, 1864. 
 
 Henry C. Carico, elected November, 1866. 
 
 N. Rice Gruelle, elected November, 1868. 
 
 Newton I. Cooper, elected November, 1870. 
 
 James H. Sliawlian, elected November, 
 1871. 
 
 Francis G. Cunningham, elected November, 
 1872; re-elected November, 1874; re-elected in 
 1876, and died in office. 
 
 Col. Wesford Taggart, elected 1880. 
 
 T. S. Wyeth, elected 1886. 
 
 John L. Gof¥, elected 1890. 
 
 J. C. Cutler, elected 1894. 
 
 F. 1). Eagley, elected 189S, died in olTice 
 May 20, 1898. i<. T. Spies, RI. J)., then cor- 
 oner, served out Bagley's time until the ne.xt 
 general election. 
 
 C. A. Moon, elected 1898, the present, in- 
 cumbent. 
 
 sltpekin'1'I';ni)f.nt .schools. 
 
 Wm. II. Sipple, elected A])ril, 1859. 
 S. S. Irwin, elected November, 1861. 
 J. 1"" rank Lamb, elected November, i86_5. 
 W. \V. iMonroe, elected X<i\ember, ]H(>^. 
 Sanniel T. Callaway, elected November, 
 1869; re-elected November, 1873. 
 
 C. W . W'lioKerlon, appointed .September, 
 
 J. W. King, elected i\'c >vembei-, 1875. Mr. 
 King resigned to accei)t post ollice ai>poiiit- 
 nient at Newman and was succeeiled by ap- 
 pointment of F. \-l. A. Starr. 
 
 Josei)h R. Eurres served from 1882 to (886. 
 
 Nora Smith, i8()4. 
 
 Mamie Bunch, 1898. 
 
 Thomas M. Wells, a most worthy young 
 man, who was elected by an overwhelming vote 
 in 1898, and was killed in a railroad wreck 
 two weeks after being sworn int(.i office. 
 
 On March (j, iX()i), lilanche Crn-away was 
 appoinlrd and is the present incumbent. 
 
 COUNTY SUKVEYOR. 
 
 Henry C. Niles, elected April, 1859, ^'^' 
 elected November, 1861. 
 
 Issachar Davis, elected November, 1863. 
 
 Enos C. Siler, elected November, 1865. 
 
 Issachar JXavis, elected November, 1867. 
 
 Edmund ImsIi, elected November, 1869. 
 
 I lenry C. Xiles, elected November, 1871. 
 
 Jssachar i )avis, elected November, 1^75. 
 
 II. C. .\'iles, elected 1883. 
 
 Win. I''.. I'rice was elected in icS,S3 and is 
 the jiresent incumbent. 
 
 MAS'ri-.i^ IX CTTANCI'.KV. 
 
 Andrew J. Wallace, 1859 to ;88o, and was 
 also Circuit ( 'lerk during the time, .\fler his 
 death, in 1880, .\. ]'.. I'owell served six months, 
 when, in 18S1, II. C. Niles was ai)])oiuted and 
 has since lilled that office .satisfactorily. 
 
 Sxslciii of surreys. — To nuc not informed 
 in regard to the iirinciples nf the gnsernment 
 snr\-e\-, the map of hnuglas cnnnly ]>reseuts a 
 l;("hI UKinv difliculties, and it may nut be un 
 ])|-(iritable 111 (le\i>te ;i l>age {'> this subject. The 
 rectaugnl.ar sy>lem ;idMpted by the I'mleil 
 Slates is peculiar to the i)ublic lauds i>i the gov- 
 ernment, and was de\ised for the old .North- 
 west. I\Ieri(lian lines running due north from 
 the mouth of some river are first established. 
 These are intersected at right angles by a base
 
 36 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 line, rimnini^- east and west, and arbitrarily lo- 
 cated. The meridian lines are known as "prin- 
 cipal meridians," the first one being a line run- 
 ning due north from the mouth of the Miami 
 river, and forming the east line of Indiana. 
 The second principal meridian is a line running- 
 due north from the Little Blue river, eighty- 
 nine miles west of the former, and near the cen- 
 tral [)art of the state of Indiana. The third 
 principal meridian is a line running due north 
 from the mouth of the Ohio river, and the 
 fourth principal meridian is a line running due 
 north from the mouth of the Illinois river. 
 The base line from which the survey of Indiana 
 was projected, and all of Illinois east of the 
 Illinois river, crosses the state in latitude 
 thirty-eight degrees and thirty minutes. With 
 these principal lines established, the surveyors 
 began at the intersection of the base line and 
 a principal meridian line, and projected merid- 
 ian lines, at intervals of one mile, parallel with 
 the principal one, working eastwardly and 
 westwardly from a given "i)rincipal meridian." 
 Lines at right angles to these were run in sim- 
 ilar manner, working northwardly and south- 
 wardly from the base line. In running the 
 north and sduth lines, owing to the shape of 
 the earth, these are found to converge, and sul)- 
 liase lines were established at intervals of 
 twenty-four miles north of the base line and 
 thirty miles below it, from which the line was 
 l)egun afresh alter accurate nieasiu'ements east 
 and west were obtained. At each of these 
 ■'Correction lines" a jog in the meridian-parallels 
 will be observed, which shows the error due to 
 convergence of lines. These jogs are known to 
 surveyors as "fallings," i. e., falling to the right 
 or left of the true corner, at the end of the 
 line run. In surveying east and west from the 
 
 several established principal meridians another 
 "fault" is found in actual practice. The dis- 
 tance between these principal meridians is such 
 as to leave a narrow strip of land between the 
 survey proceeding west (for example) from the 
 third and east from the fourth principal merid- 
 ian, and the east and west lines from either 
 meridian are not found to exactly coincide at 
 the meeting point. 
 
 In actual surveying the first lines were 
 run each way at intervals of six miles, dividing 
 the country into "congressional townships." 
 These townships were subsequently subdivided 
 into sections by lines at an interval oi one mile 
 by other surveyors, the law making it illegal 
 for the same svu'veyor to run both sets of lines, 
 so that one might be a check upon the errors of 
 the other. The land was first offered for sale 
 by sections, but this was found to work disad- 
 vantageously to settlers, and these sections, 
 containing six hundred and forty acres, were 
 subdivided into halves of three hundred and 
 twenty acres, and quarters of one hundred and 
 sixty acres each, which last were again subdi- 
 vided in halves of eighty acres, and quarters 
 of forty acres each. "Fractions" are parts of 
 sections intersected by rivers, or confirmed 
 claims or reservations, and are of various sizes. 
 The sections of a township are designated by 
 numbers, beginning with the northeast corner 
 and following in regular order to the west side, 
 the second tier of sections Iieginniiig on the 
 west side of the township and proceeding east, 
 using the numbers from one to thirty-six in- 
 clusive. 
 
 Townships are designated by numerals in- 
 creasing north and .south from the base line, 
 and are still further defined by ranges num- 
 bered east and west from the principal me-
 
 r.lOCRAl'FllfAL AXD 1 1 ISTORICAF.. 
 
 Z7 
 
 ridian, and both are rcfitiired to<;cflier witli tlie g west and ir east, tlic last bein.^;- fractional, 
 
 furtlier description of nortli or south, and east .\ortIi of the Illinois river the rang-es are niini- 
 
 or west to accurately locate it. hered east fi-oni the fourth ])rincipal meridian 
 
 The sin-\ey of Illinois was ni.ide from n|) to the third ])rinci]>;il meridian, 
 about iSi-' to i8_'4, and presents .some cxcep- In l)ou^las counly the peculiarities of the 
 lions to the above rules. South of the base line survey are nearly all exemplified. The joj;- or 
 both lo\vnshii)s and ran.L;es are regular, and "falliui;" in Newman and ("larrett to\vnshi]is 
 north of it. to the southern liound.iry of town- shows the ])resencr of the correction line; rans^e 
 ship ,^i. east of the Illinois ri\er. .\ portion of i i e;is1. in .\e\\ni;m and in Sargent townships, 
 the state, east of a line runnin<4- due north froiu shows the result of the inilcpcndent surveys, 
 the mouth of the W'abasli river fo the southern eastward from the third ])rincii)al meridian and 
 line of towiishi|) 31 north, was sur\eyed west westward from the second ])rincipal meridian. 
 fi-dUi the second princi])al meridian. ;ind r.-mi^'es and in r;m,ge n cast, the southern line of town- 
 are numbered westward as high as fourteen; shii) 15 north shows the slight variation in the 
 the ranges eastward from the third principal east and west lines of the two surveys. The 
 meridian reaching number eleven, the last one long sections in the north tier of townshi]) 15, 
 consisting of hut a single section in widtli. clear through Douglas comity, were the re- 
 .\bo\-e townsliip 30, llie ranges extend east suit of the arbitrary placing of the correction 
 from the fourth ])rincipal meridian to tlie cast- line: the townshi]) sur\eyor. having found the 
 ern line of the state, and reach the number of extra hali'-mile on closing on his standard or 
 sixteen. \\'est of tlie tbiril priiicip;d meridian correction line, threw it into lots and so re- 
 llie r.nnges run rcgnl;irlv til till' Mississi])i)i and corded it. .M;my ci mtradictions between the 
 Illinois ri\-ers so far north as the ])iiint where record and actual measurement are found, but 
 the third principal mei-idian crosses the Illinois the rule is establisheil that where the original 
 river, where the ranges west cease. The town- corners can be found they are imalterable. and 
 ships are regular, extending south to number remain under the law as the true corners they 
 iCi. and niirtli to number .\(\ North of town- were intended to re]iresent. even though not 
 ship :;.^ north, the towiishi])s on tlie east side exactly where strict ])rofessional care nu'ght 
 of the third ]>riiici])al meridian only ])roceed h.ive placed them in the lirst instance. IMissing 
 regularly. That ])art of the sl.ite lying west of corners must be re-established in the identical 
 the Illinois ri\er. and north of the Illinois ri\er localities they origin;illy oc<-upied. and when the 
 and west of the third ])rinci])al meridi.an. is sjHit cannot be (k-turmined by existing land- 
 surveved fnnu the t'ourth iirinci])al meridian, marks in the field, resort must lie hafl to the 
 The base line fur this snrwy is a line running field notes of the original survey. The history 
 due west from the point wliere the third jirin- of the first sur\ey of Douglas county is not 
 cip.'d meridian crosses the Illinois river and complete, but township \(). range 8, was sur- 
 passes just south of I'eardstown. The town- \eyed by John Alessinger, Ajiril. 1821; town- 
 ships extend south from this line to number 14. ship 15, range 9. by W. L. May, in May, iSji ; 
 and north to number 29. The r.uiges number lown.shi])s 14 and 15, in range 8. by C. iMcK.
 
 BIOGRAI'HICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 llanitraiick.wlii) sulKlivitled townsliip 15, range 
 9, into sections in June, 1821. 
 
 Topography and geology. — Douglas county 
 lies about midway between tlie nortb and south 
 limits in eastern Illinois. It is bounded on the 
 north bv Chanii)aign. on the east by Edgar, 
 on the south by Coles and on the west by Moul- 
 trie and Piatt. It lies on the divide between the 
 bydrographic basins of the AValiash and Kas- 
 kaskia rivers, sending its surface drainage 
 through the Embarrass to the one and through 
 the Okaw to the other. The Eml^arrass, pop- 
 ularly pronounced "Ambraw" through a cor- 
 ruption of the French, takes its rise near To- 
 loini, in Champaign county, and. flowing south- 
 easterly through this county, proceeds in its 
 meanderings some ninety miles liefore it reaches 
 the Wabash in Lawrence county. It was 
 marked b'ox rixer in the government surxey. 
 but the French name seems to have outlived 
 it. It is said that this name had its origin with 
 the original settlers at Vincennes, who found 
 the marshy margins of that river in that region 
 a great embarrassment to early travel. The 
 Okaw is the head waters of the Kaskaskia, and 
 rises in Champaign county. Flowing nearly 
 a direct south course, it passes through Garrett 
 and l-)om"bon townsbi])S, ;uid thence sonth- 
 westerlv to the Mississipi)i river in Randoli)h 
 county, after a meandering course of lliree 
 hundred miles. The regular tribnt-aries to these 
 streams are few, the Embarrass receiving the 
 r>rushv l'"ork from the northeast, a small creek 
 draining the southeast corner of Newman and 
 the northwest corner of Sargent town.ships ; 
 Deer Creek, a prairie creek flowing nearly di- 
 rectly east, and joining the main stream on the 
 line of section 33. in Sargent town.ship; and 
 Scattering Fork, a trilmtary which divides into 
 
 three branches, which extend through Tuscola 
 township, about a mile apart, and traverse the 
 township in a southeasterly direction. The 
 tributaries of the Okaw are all on the west side 
 of the rixer in tliis county, and all have a south- 
 easterly course. There are three only, Dry 
 b'ork, Lake Fork and Big Slough, joining the 
 main stream at points about five miles apart, 
 and are characteristically named. 
 
 The whole area of the county is covered so 
 deeply witli drift clays that there is no outcrop 
 of the underlying coal measure strata. From 
 the exposures in the adjoining counties, it is 
 known that the underl\-ing lieds belong to the 
 upper coal measures, and prol)ably include two 
 or three of tlie u]i])cr coals, but the extent to 
 which they are dcx-elope<l here can onlv be 
 determined xxilh the drill. It is not probable 
 that any he;i\y bed of coal will be fomid short 
 ot six hundred or eight hundred feet from the 
 surface, though one of the upper seams, two 
 or three feet thick, might be found at a mod- 
 erate depth. The drift clays are found here at 
 nearly th.eir maximum thickness, but only the 
 upper part of this deposit is to be seen in the 
 natural outcrops in the bluffs of the streams. 
 Bowlders are rarely found of any great size 
 in llie countx', and in manv p.nrts thev are un- 
 known. Tn other sections, however, there are 
 enougli, weighing" from one to five hundred 
 ])onnds, to add some difficulty to the tilling of 
 the soil. The largest specimen of this rock 
 stands in the southeast corner of section 28, 
 township 16, range 7. It protrudes consider- 
 alily abox'e the ground, showing" some one 
 thousand cubic feet. Water is generally ob- 
 tained of fair f|ua]ity at a depth of twenty 
 or thirty feet. Upon section 33, town- 
 ship 16, range (), in Camargo toxvnship, is a
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AN)) 1 1 ISTOKK' \l.. 
 
 39 
 
 fine fdiiiilain of Ii\iiin- water, widely known as he paid o\er to tlie slate wlierein said land is 
 
 "Patterson's Spring;" a similar one near the situated: and when the lands have been located 
 
 Okaw on section 14, townshij) 16, range 7, is liy wai-rant or scrip, the said state shall he 
 
 called the "Sulphur Spring," and another is in authorized to locate a like (|nantity of any puh- 
 
 Ilackett's Grove, section 31, township if), range lie lands, subject to entry, .at one dollar and 
 
 (,), the overriow of which linally reaches the Km- twenly-fnx' cents |)er .acre or less, and ])ateuts 
 
 b.irrass, through Scattering I'ork. The soil is sh.all issue therefor." I!\' ;ui act ;ippro\-ed 
 
 ni.ainly a deep, black, vegetable mold, character- Mai-ch 3. 1X57. "all Lands selected and re])orted 
 
 islic of the [ir.airie lands throughout the central in ihe gener.al Land ol'licc." under the ,abo\e 
 
 ]Mir(ii]ns of the state. ( )n the timber lands the recited laws, were "cdulirmed to said stales 
 
 soil is a light grayish clay, r.ather hettei" adapted iespecli\c'l\- so f,nr .as the s.ame rem.ained va- 
 
 to wheat growing than the prairie soil. caul, un.appmpri.aled .and nol interfered with 
 
 77/1' szi'aiiip lands. — Dougi.as county is sit- by .an .actual setllement under any Law of the 
 
 uafed on the ( ir.and i'rairie, and is generally I'uiled .St.ates." 
 
 a low, level tr.act of country. This fact greatly Under the ;ic( of 1S55, indemnitv for Lands 
 
 relardeil its early settlement, ;is .a Large propor- disiiosed of by the ITnited States on scri]) or 
 
 lion of its area was co\ei"ed with w.aler iluring w.iri'.aul w.as sought to he secured out of Lands 
 
 certain iiorlions of the }e.ar. ( 'ulliwalion b.as dulside of the st.ate limits, but the interior ile- 
 
 doue much to reme(ly ibis e\il, hut the t.ask of parlment decided ( bebru.arv 5, iS^jfi) tli.al 
 
 dr.aining so large .an are.a, where but lew good '"micIi iudennn't\- unist be limited to the stale in 
 
 n.atur.al outlets exist, has been a slow work, which the origin;d selections were situated. 
 
 In addition to this gener.al cb.ar.ac-ter of this ;,n(l .as there .are no ])ublic Lands in Illinois with 
 
 legion, there was a large .area in the county, as which to satisfv such .awards, if ui.adc, this of- 
 
 well as throughout the central portion of the fice declines to lake cases as the one in c|ucs- 
 
 state, of sw.amp or o\'erllowed Lauds. On the tidu into cnusider.ation." On April u, i88r, 
 
 2Sth of Sei)temlier, 1850, the gener.al go\ern- ilie dep.artuieut remlered .a decision to the effect 
 
 meut granleil to the se\er.al sl.ates the whole lii.al "ilie right <d" indemnitv under existing 
 
 of these Lands, "m.ade unlit theia'b\' inv culti\.a- Laws goes onK' to s.ales m.adi' prioi' to M.aridi 
 
 lion, and rem.aining unsold" on or alter that ;. 1837; fir sales suliseipienl to this lattia" date 
 
 (Late. On M.arch 2, 1855, "An .act lor the re r.i ■ indi'mnil\' is now jirox ided." Anc itber (|ues- 
 
 lief of purchasers .and Ln-.-ipirs of swamp and lion .arisiniv under ihese ads, in which I )oug- 
 
 o\'erlloweil lands," ])ro\ided upon pi'oof by the las counlw with ct'rt.ain others, h.as .a ]ieiaili.ar 
 
 authorized agent of the st.ate, before the com- interest, relates to the origin.al gr.anl to the llli 
 
 inissioner of the gener.al Land ollice, th.il any uois Central R.ailw.av Conip.any. These lands 
 
 of the Lands purch.ase<l b\' .any person Irom the were granted Iw the gener.al government by .an 
 
 L'nite<l St.ates, ])rior to the p.ass.age of this act .act .appro\ed M.arch jo. 1850, .and con\-eved 
 
 (March 2, 1855), were sw.amp Lands wa'thin e\ cry alternate section, designaied by e\'en num- 
 
 thc true intent and meaning of the act of Sep- hers, for six sections in width on each side of 
 
 leinber 28, 1850, "the purchase money shall the road. .\|)plicalions for indemnily for cer-
 
 40 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 tain lands williin tlie six miles limit of this 
 grant were denied hy the depruiment in Novem- 
 l>cr, 1855. "" ^'i*^' .ground "lliat llinsc lands 
 wliirli had licen remoxed hv the president nnder 
 the act (il Sepleniher jo, 1S50. did nul ])ass tf) 
 the state hy x'irtue of the swamp land aet." 
 This decision has heen repeatedly re-atYirmed, 
 anfl as late as 1881 efforts ai^e Ijeing made to 
 set aside the effect of these several deeisi<ins 
 hy congressional action, and nntil such remedial 
 legislation is accomplished. Tnscola and Ar- 
 eola townships will not he ahle to recover any 
 indemnity for swamp lands. 
 
 It will l)e ol)served that under existing laws 
 and decisions of the department of the interior, 
 only the cash indemnity is availahle to Illinois 
 claimants, and that only on lands erroneously 
 disposed of h_v the United States hetween Sep- 
 temher 20, 1850, and March 3, 1837. In most 
 of the counties in Illinois, the original selec- 
 tions of swamp lands were incomplete, for the 
 reason that the county auth(^rities who selected 
 them under instructions of the governor failed 
 in most cases to list any swampy lands which 
 had been entered prior to the actual date of 
 the selection. But few of these selections were 
 made prior to 1852, and most of them not nntil 
 '853, so that the new selections are made to 
 include all swamp lands entered after .Septem- 
 her _'(), 1830, ;m(l nut previouslv re|)c)rled. 
 I)iiuglas I'liunty has filed its claim rnid ])ri)ofs 
 tor some six llmnsand "acres, hut has oidy rc- 
 cei\ed two thousand, eight hundred and fifty- 
 one dollars and twenty-one cents, wdiich is as 
 yet unappropriated. 
 
 Agric'ul/nrc. — Douglas is a purely agricult- 
 ural county. The prime essentials of cheap 
 coal, constant w\ater-power and ahundance of 
 timber all .seem to l)e lacking in quantities ade- 
 
 quate for manufacturing purposes. The dif- 
 ferent streams of the county are all fringed 
 with a good growth of timljer, which includes 
 the usuay varieties of this latitude, such as 
 white, black, Spanish and red oaks, shelhark 
 and white In'ckory, sugar and white maple, white 
 and red (.slippery) elm, black and honey lo- 
 cust, white and black waliuit, swamp and up- 
 land ash, sycamore, Cottonwood, nudberry and 
 wild cherry. Since the land has been under 
 cultivation, considerable timber has been added 
 by the cultivation of forest trees on the prairie, 
 to the success of which numerous groves about 
 the county bear w itness. ^^'ood is still the prin- 
 cijial fuel and is hauled to the various villages 
 ill considerable quantities. The varieties gen- 
 erally used are hickory antl oak, and bring 
 prices varying from four to five dollars per 
 cord. Since the building of the east and west 
 railroads, coal has come largely into use, not 
 only in the town, but among the farmers also, 
 and will e\entually supplant w"Ood as fuel. 
 The coal used is generally the bituminous va- 
 riety, of Indiana, and is sold at about three 
 dollars and a half per ton. No generally ob- 
 served S3'steiu of agriculture is followed by 
 the fariuers here. Average success has yielded 
 too liberal returns to make a study of the scien- 
 tific princijiles underlying this industry seem 
 a necessity, and many innovations have been 
 introduced in farming methods during the last 
 twenty years. The pioneer farmer had enough 
 to engage his attention and resources in pro- 
 viding a plain subsistence for his family, and 
 did little in the way of improved methods of 
 cultivation, but with the rude, careless method 
 in vogue, the land yielded considerably in ex- 
 cess of the home demand, and in the absence 
 of any profitable market there was no sufifi-
 
 BIOGRAPFIICAL AND HISTORICAL. 41 
 
 cient inducement to increase the annual prod- a more or less systematic rotation of crops 
 
 net by increased care and system. The first set- which is found to lie advantageous, 
 
 tiers beg-an their imjirovement in the timber, The t^-reat staple of the county is ci>rn. 
 
 and the scarcity nf this in the cnunty s^reatly This is usually the first cm]) planted on .sod 
 
 delawd its dc\cl<ipnR'ut. It was nnt until the L^n mud, . -111(1 .t^euerally is succeeded by a .second 
 
 buildiiiii- of the llhnois Central ixailroad that crop, and tiien by wheat. The tifnnmd is gen- 
 
 tlic jirairie land began to be taken up for cul- eraliy well iircpared and the seed ]n\[ in by a 
 
 tnatiuu. and then the great obstacle of its low, \\\n horse machine. 'I"he rows are laid nut 
 
 wet character rctanled the movement. l'"iir regularly buth ways, ;uid the crop is generally 
 
 .some years this was borne with .as beyond rem- well cultivated. This is principally done with 
 
 edv, or at least not to be im])roved save by years the double cuhi\.ilor ]iassing in both directions 
 
 of cultivation. ITp to about 1878 the farming and coiUiiuied uiUil the plant is .some four feet 
 
 interests suffered, verv nuich from this cause, high or begins to "joint." when. tJie croji is 
 
 many farmers selling their property after sev- "laid by." The I'arms are generally large, 
 
 eral .successive annual failures and moving to averaging throughout the county from one luui- 
 
 drier locations in the west. The new purchasers dred and sixty acres to two hundred acres, 
 
 were generally men of some ca])ital, who at and the usual amount of help available will not 
 
 once grajipled with the evil, and by a system permit fm-ther care, even if it was deemed nec- 
 
 of drainage favored by good seasons revolu- essary. More care is not, however, considered 
 
 lionized farming interests and made Douglas of any advantage. Corn is husked from the 
 
 county as good an agricultural region as is standing stalk, a wagon being driven along 
 
 found in the state. Tiles are most extensively one side and two rows taken at a time, the ear 
 
 used and the soil is richlv ])roductive and does being slrip])ed. broken off and thrown in the 
 
 not need enriching bv .artificial means. Com- wagon to be transferred to the crib. This har- 
 
 mercial fertilizers are unknown here, and even vesting is generally done in Novemlier. but 
 
 the accumulations of the barnyard are not pre- it is often late in the following month before 
 
 .served with care and seldom used. The lack the cro]) is all housed. Many of the cribs are 
 
 of demand for its use is the prime reason for mere tem])orary structin-es designed for the 
 
 this waste, but the large dem.ands upon the reason's yield, .and .are built at the most con- 
 
 jir.airie farmer's lime is also a notable f.ictor in veuient point. The present season has been es- 
 
 tliis matter. There is a time in the spring when ])eci;dly unf;ivor;il)le for housing corn, 'idie 
 
 tile hauling and scattering of ni.anure might warm wet weather h.as iirevented the grain 
 
 be done without the neglect of other duties, from hardening and drying, and some have 
 
 but in this latitude the soil is generally at this been obliged to put lines of tile through the 
 
 time so soft that it is considered unwise to cut body of the grain to give it air to dry. The 
 
 it up with the wagon. The fertility of the s.)il different towns about afYord good marketing 
 
 has led to the practice of cropping the .same facilities, and it is g-enerally dispo.sed of in the 
 
 field for twelve or fifteen years in succession, ear, but few steam shellers being found in the 
 
 but this practice has of late years given way to county. A large proportion of the yield is fed
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 to stock, Init :i still larger proportion, perhaps, 
 is shipped away and forms an important source 
 of revenue. 
 
 Wheat is an important product of the coun- 
 ty. In an early day this was thought to he ill- 
 adapted to the soil and climate and was only 
 found to succeed on the sod ground of the tim- 
 her lands. Continued cultivation and the care- 
 ful choice of seed has developed the fact that it 
 can he grown anywhere with fair success, though 
 many still hold that it is more productive 
 on the soil of the timber belt. While it is f()und 
 to do well on sod gnxmd, is generally sown on 
 corn stubble. In this case it is usually drilled 
 in with a single-horse machine of five hots 
 1)etween the rows. When sown otherwise, the 
 ground is carefully prepared and the seed put 
 in with a two-horse drill. The grain is threshed 
 in the field, the steam-power and horse-power 
 thresher being in about ecpial use and favoi'. 
 The straw was, some years ago, generally 
 burned, but a more economical method h^'.s 
 since come in \-ogue, and the straw stack gen- 
 erally left open to stock, which are found to 
 thrive in an open winter with very little other 
 feeding. The sales of wheat each year reach 
 a high figure and find the general in.-irkct 
 through the elevators which are found at e:icli 
 of the principal villages of the county. Oats 
 are grown to a considera1)le extent, .-uul lonn 
 a considerable l)art of marketable product of tlie 
 county. 
 
 ILLINOIS CENTK.\L K.MLKOAU. 
 
 This road was completed through Douglas 
 
 county in 1855, the charter having been granted 
 
 by act of congress in 1850. This was the first 
 
 ■.-.'■lie work that received subsi(Jies of land from 
 
 the United States government. The matter 
 was engineered by Stephen A. Douglas, at that 
 time United States senator, in which enterprise 
 he had the task of reconciling and combining 
 in favor of the measure the influence of both 
 ISenton and Clay, who were strongly oppo.sed 
 to each other in"everything else. Mr. Clay said 
 in a speech that he "had traveled these prairies 
 for days at a time and never saw a tree as large 
 as a walking stick." Douglas turned to Benton 
 and said, "He never was on a prairie in his 
 l;fe, and on our prairies you are never out of 
 s'ght of timl)er a minute." 
 
 This road was granted every alternate sec- 
 tion of land, designated by even mimbers, for 
 six miles on either side of the track, afterward 
 increased by a further grant of the alternate 
 sections within fifteen miles of the track on each 
 side of the road and its branches, all even num- 
 bered sections, except section 16, which was 
 reserved for schools and also excepting lands 
 ( ccupied by actual settlers. The United States 
 lands had been selling for one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents per acre and the price of the 
 remaining lands was immediately doubled, and 
 some are said to have sold as high as five and 
 six dollars per acre. 
 
 The government reserved the privilege of 
 transportation, free of toll or other charge, of 
 ;'.nv ])roperty or troops of the United States, 
 and a condition was, that the road should be 
 completed in ten years, ;ind the company, by 
 ;ict of assembly, to pay into the state treasury 
 five per cent, of the gross earnings of the road 
 for all future time, and also, three-fourths of 
 one per cent, of stock and assets, or enough to 
 make at least seven per cent, of the gross earn- 
 ings, a perpetual revenue to the .state; and the 
 lands were to be free from taxation until they
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 43 
 
 had been sold and conveyed. r>y the charter 
 road is free from local and numicipal taxation. 
 The number of acres granted to this road in 
 tlie state was two million, iive hundred and 
 ninety-fi\-e thousand. 
 
 The relative elevations of points along the 
 line of this mad in the county are as follows: 
 
 The south hue of the county. . . . 303.0 
 
 Areola station ?,'^^-7 
 
 Bourbon Switch 279.3 
 
 TuscfT^a station 285.3 
 
 North line of comity Zo--7 
 
 This makes Areola 18.4 feet higlier than 
 Tuscola, ou the line of the road. The north 
 line of the count v is the highest point, hut one, 
 between Centr;di;i and ( 'li;inip;iign, the higli 
 est pi>int being two miles north ol ToImuo. It 
 is notable, however, in counection with these 
 facts, that Tuscola is conspicuous troin the sur- 
 rciunding country. Avhicb is not the fact in the 
 case of Areola, and mav be owing to some ex- 
 tent to the elevation of soiue buildings, as the 
 court house and seminary. These figures apply 
 to this railroad only. It will not do to com])are 
 Iheni as tbe\' stand with eoui])arati\e elevations 
 U]ion other roads in the county. 
 
 Till': lNI)I.\NAI'o|.IS, DICC.VITk X W l-'.S ll'.KX 
 K.MI.W.W. 
 
 This road lra\ei'ses the county from east to 
 west, north of the middle, in lownshiii i') and 
 near the middle of Newnnan, C'amargo, Tuscola 
 and Garrett townships, intersecting the Illinois 
 Central at Tuscola, the county seat. It was 
 finished through the county in 1S72. The 
 charter of the Indiana & Illinois Central 
 
 Railroad Com[)any, of Indiana, liears date of 
 December 30, ICS52; that of the Decatur & 
 Indianajiolis was dated March 21, 1853. and 
 these were consolidated in 1854, furming the 
 I., I ). M- W. i\aih\ay.the road recei\-ing its pres- 
 ent name imder reorganization in 1876. 
 
 In i8f)8, Dniiglas county pmxhased 2,45(; 
 shares of the ca])ital stock of the com])any and 
 there was issued to the county a certificate for 
 the shares. These were at a par value of $i_'_'.- 
 950 and were purchased of pri\-ate parlies in 
 lndiana]iolis for $_'o,ooo. The transaction 
 was co.nducted liy T. I I. Macoughtry, Maiden 
 Jones, and Thomas S. Sluss, and reiiorted to 
 April term of county couit, }H(\H. In 187J 
 tlie ciiunty issued to the ci>m])any $80,000 in 
 bunds, with interest at ten ]>er cent., i>ayable 
 •.annnalh', ]irinci])al payable in twenty years, 
 reserving the right to p;iy the principal after 
 e'glit \'ears: this in accordance with the will of 
 the electors, as exjiressed at the polls July 15, 
 |80(). There was also subscribed in aid ol this 
 road, b\- a \'ote of the ]>eople in Newman town- 
 shi]), $12, 000; Camargo townshi]), $15,000; 
 Tuscola township, $_'o.noo : (Barrett townshi]), 
 $r3,ono; making an aggregate of $60,000, 
 ]\avable in t'oiu'teen wars, with interest at ten 
 ]K'|- cent. bending the building of the ro;id 
 lai'ge (piantities of lands had been ;iC(|nired b\' 
 the com]);mv. long its line in this and other 
 comities, in subscriptions of private parties tor 
 stock. 
 
 Tlu' relative I'levalioiis of points along the 
 line of this road, in the count)', are as follows: 
 
 b'asl line of county 247 
 
 Newman 238 
 
 One mile east of Camargo 268 
 
 Two miles west of Camargo. . . . 268
 
 44 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Tuscola 251 
 
 Atwood, west line of county 257 
 
 THE ILLINOIS MIDLAND RAILWAY 
 
 Tin's line tr;i\orses the county from east to 
 west, in the south part, crossing the Illinois 
 Central at Areola. It was originally an enter- 
 prise of citizens of .Areola and the vicinity, and 
 \vas first calle<l the I'aris & Decatur. LT])on 
 the extension of the line to Terre Haute, the 
 nruue of that city was prefixed, and, finally, a 
 further addition was made to Peoria. It is 
 now operated by the Vandalia system. The 
 first train passed over this road October 25, 
 1872. 
 
 THE DANVILLE, TUSCOLA & WESTERN 
 RAILROAD. 
 
 This road was instituted by Tuscola 
 people, materially aided by influential parties 
 in Douglas and Vermilion counties. It runs in a 
 northeast direction from Tuscola, leaving 
 Douglas county in the northeast part of Cam- 
 argo township, thence through parts of Cham- 
 paign and Vermilion counties to the ancient 
 town of Dallas, and to Danville. The prelim- 
 inary surveying was done upon this line in 
 January. i(S72, and ground broken the follow- 
 ing April. It is now the Chicago & Eastern 
 Illinfiis, running from Chicago to St. Lrmis. 
 
 Other roads have been prt)posed which were 
 designed to cross the county in some part, as a 
 
 road from Pana to Tolono, through Garrett 
 township ; a Mattoon & Danville, through 
 Bowdre and Newman, and a Charleston & 
 Danville, touching Sargent township, all of 
 which have had i)reliminary surveys. Another 
 proposed road is 
 
 THE TOLEDO & ST. LOUIS, 
 
 Which runs in a southwesterly direction from 
 Areola, has been graded for several miles. In 
 October, 1871, delegations from Areola and 
 Tuscola met in Shelbyville, in the interests of 
 this road and that of their respective towns ; 
 this, of course, was whilst the Illinois Central 
 was the only railroad in the county. 
 
 PKOl'ORTION OF INDEBTEDNESS ASSUMED. 
 
 In the act creating the county of Douglas, 
 the new county became responsible for one- 
 fourth part of the indebtedness of Coles county 
 to the Terre Haute & Alton Railroad, and 
 accordingly, at a special meeting of the county 
 board, January 8, 1868, the county purchased 
 of John Monroe, of Coles county, bonds num- 
 bers I to 15 inclusive amounting to $19,070.98, 
 and also paid interest on a remaining $10,000, 
 amounting to $7,800, and since, about $12,500 
 of interest and princip;d, ni;iking a total cost to 
 the ciiuiUy, in the transaction, of $3(). 370.98. 
 Coles county had taken $100,000 in the stock 
 of the road, now called the I. & St. L.
 
 THE MILITARY RECORD 
 
 DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
 QHAPTER III. 
 
 THI£ MILITARY RECORD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 
 
 rUliUC SENTIMKNT AN'l) CIVIL ACTION. cni p(irlii)ns of tllC CiiUlltrV. It is (liiulllful 
 
 wlicllier Ii(ii)c (ir fi-ar prc'cldininatcd in tlio 
 Tlie w.'u" of tlie ivclit'llidn is a .i^roat land- iiiiiuls (jf the iJeoplc as tlic day a])pn)aclie(l 
 mark in the history u\ the nation. It is a no wlicn Lincoln was to l)e inaugurated, hut tlie 
 less important one in the liisbjry of Douglas hope and expectation of the great majority 
 county. In its early history the winter of the was that, in liis grasp, tlie serpent of .secession 
 '■great snow" measured the i)crspecti\e of re- would he strangled, as Jackson had done he- 
 ceding years, hut in the maturer age "the war"' fore in the case of the "Nulliliers." it was in 
 marked the turning of a new page. In those this state of vacillation hctween hope and fear, 
 years of national trial there was scarcely a fam- that the reverherations of I'Virt Sumter's guns 
 ily in the county that was not called n])on to ass.ailcd the ears of the eager North. It was 
 do and suffer for the common we.al, and many this explosion, echoing round the world, that 
 a heart sorrow or the foundation of a pros- united the \'arious ])olitical elements, and made 
 jjcrous fortune dates hack to those fateful men Lhiion or non-Lhu'on. Niceties of i)olitical 
 years. distinctions were almost entirely lost sight of, 
 The ]iolitic,al c\cnts which ])rcceded the an<l while the change of front was too sudden 
 war found m.anv anxions watchers here. The an<l ra<lical to secure the adhesion of. all to 
 sen.atorial camp;iign of iiS5S, with the succeed- one party, Douglas I'ounly. in the main, pre- 
 ing presi<Ienti;il contest of iSOo, in holli of sented hut one sentiment, and that for the sup- 
 which Lincoln was the ex])onenl of princii)les port of the Union, .'^alm'day, .\[iril 13, icS6i, 
 then in the ascend.ancy in Douglas county, I'orl .Sumter siu'rendcrcd. The news spread 
 served to fix the attention of this section upon over the country and Douglas county respond- 
 the jiolitical storm which .seemed to he gather- ed to the call for troops with a patriotic en- 
 ing with portentions niutterings over the south- thusiasm not excelled hy any community in
 
 48 
 
 BlOGRAPfllCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 the state. Volunteering for the service was 
 spirited, and prominent in the efforts to se- 
 cure troops for the defense of the Union should 
 be mentioned the names of E. McCarty and 
 J. B. McCown. 
 
 It was not until the second year of the 
 war that the county took official action to aid 
 enlistments. In July, 1862, the county court 
 passed an order "for the purpose of aiding in 
 enlistment of volunteers for the United States 
 service to be raised in the county of Douglas; 
 fur the support of the families of those who 
 have heretofore enlisted from Douglas 
 county." By this order the sum of $2,000 
 was appropriated, or as much as necessary for 
 the purpose. At the same time, to carry out 
 the intention of this appropriation, it was fur- 
 ther ordered "that the justices of the peace 
 of the county be invited and requested to act 
 in concert with the court in carrying out this 
 laudable intention, by acting promptly in this 
 matter, by ascertaining and reporting to the 
 clerk of this court the names of all volunteers 
 who were or are residents of their respective 
 precincts at the time of entering the service, 
 showing separately the names of all those 
 leaving wives and families or others dependent 
 upon them for a livelihood and support. The 
 said justices shall from time to time keep them- 
 selves advised of the condition and wants oi 
 all such families as far as the comforts and 
 necessaries of life are concerned, and shall 
 make arrangements with some merchant, or 
 merchants, grocer or grocerymen, to furnish 
 the said families and persons dependent, as 
 aforesaid, with the said necessaries, using due 
 caution and circumspection with an eye to 
 economy, reporting their acts and doings in 
 the premises to this court at each regular 
 
 meeting of the board, together with the bills 
 made for said support, properly certified to by 
 them, for allowance as other claims by the 
 court; and further to do and perform what 
 other duties may become necessary as time 
 may suggest in the premises." A regular tax 
 was sulisequently levied for this purpose, and 
 in December, 1864, it was ordered "that Gil- 
 bert Summe be appointed agent, whose duty it 
 shall be to visit all such destitute families and 
 ascertain their exact condition, and supply 
 their wants by giving orders to grocers and 
 merchants for such groceries or clothing as 
 their wants may require, specifying definitely 
 the quantity of each item and article, using all 
 due care and circumspection with an eye to 
 strict economy, and keeping a just and correct 
 account by copy of each order, in whose favor 
 drawn, and to whom the order may be sent. 
 It shall be the duty of said agent further to 
 agree with some merchant or merchants, gro- 
 cer or grocers, to supply the said volunteers' 
 families with such things as they may require 
 at a reduction on their customary rates of sale, 
 if such an arrangement be possible." The tax 
 reached one and a quarter mills upon the dol- 
 lar for this purpose, and the method of dis- 
 bursing it was changed so as to pay each wife 
 or mother of volunteers $1 per week, and fifty 
 cents per week for each child under ten years 
 of age. What sum the county expended in 
 this way iloes not appear in the state rejjorts, 
 and no reliable estimate can l)e made of it, but 
 it was a very considerable sum, and th^es honor 
 to the loyal, generous sentiment of the comity. 
 No bounties were offered by the county. 
 In fact, there seemed no necessity for this ex- 
 penditure to stimulate enlistments, the county 
 promptly meeting the demands made upon it
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 49 
 
 and filling- its quota witliout resort to draft. The tin died df wounds received at Liberty Gap, 
 population of Douglas county in 1860 was June 25, iSO;,. (iilliert Snninie, of Tuscola, 
 7,101;: the enrollment showed, in 1863, 1,491 was cai)tain of Company A, Seventy-ninth 
 men subject to military duty, and 1,803 i" Illinois, a three months' regiment. Dcrrick 
 1864, and 1, 841') in January. 1865. The quota Lamb, of Tuscola, was captain of Company 
 of the county in 1861 was 199 men; in 1862, Iv, One Hundred and iMirty-ninlh, and .after- 
 136; under the calls of February i and March w.ard of Com])any (',, One Hundred and Thirty- 
 14. i8r)4. for an aggregate of 700,000 men, fifth. J. .M. Al.iris. of Tuscola, was (piartcr- 
 Douglas county's (|Uota was j,^/>, and under m.-ister in the Sixtv-third Regiment. |. J'l. 
 the call of July 18, 1864, for 500.000, it was iMcCown, of C.iniargo, was colonel of the 
 281, making a total of 952 men as the quota of Sixty-third, in which regiment J. W. iMcKiu- 
 tlie county prior to December 31, 1864. Up ney was surgeon. W. II. I.;iml). of Tu.scola, 
 to this period the enlistment had reached i.f)o8, w;is a<ljntant of iho Seventy niiUb. Wesford 
 makuig an e.Kcess of 56 men. Under the Last Taggart, of 'I'uscoja, was lienleu.ant-coloncl of 
 call, December 31, 1865, the (piota was 225, the Twenty-fiftli. Dr. J. L. Reat was surgeon 
 and the enlistments 1(17. making the grand of the Twcnty-lir^t. llenrv Von Trcbra, of 
 total of (|Uotas: For the war, 1,177, and the Areola, w;is colonel of the Thirty-second Jn- 
 credits, 1,175, a deficit of 2 men. It is probable, diana. lie died in Arcol.a in August, 1805. 
 however, that instead of a small deficit, Doug- Simeon I'addlef'ird, of Tuscola, was a quar- 
 las county furni.shed more than her quota, if termaster in the Twenty-lirsl Illinois. Doug- 
 all who volunteered from it had found their las county was represented bv a few men in 
 names jjl.accd to its credit. each of the regiments. Twenty third, lofly- 
 The first full company — D, Twenty-first seventh. One Hundred and l'"i fty-f'ourth llli- 
 lllinoi.s — went out under the command of C.apt. nois Infantry, in the Second, lol"lh and Tenth 
 James \L Callaway, of Tu.scola, who became Illinois Cavalry, and the Chicago Light .\rtil- 
 lieiUenant-colonel. T'resident (iraiit was the lery. In the T\\ cut v-first, Twentv liftli, h'if- 
 first colonel of this regiment. I'., b'rank Reed, ty-fonrth, .Sc\ enly niiUh, ( )ne llinidred .and 
 of Bowdre low nshi]). w.as also a capt.ain of this Thirty-fiflh, One Hundred and i-'ort v-niuth 
 company. He died in September, 18^)5, of Illinois inf.inlry a)id Thirteenth Illinois Cav- 
 wounds received ;it Chick.am.anga. William arly there were larger representations, and a 
 lirian w.is the first captain of Companv 11, more cxtemled iioiici' of the reginu'nts' career 
 Iwenty-filth Regiment. !'"om- companies were is subjoined \viiu\ the .adjnfaul gener.al's re- 
 made uj) for the Seventy-ninth, .Mien Bnckner, port, 
 of Areola, being the colonel. A. \an Deren, of 
 
 Tuscola, was captain of Company 1',; William twi-ntv-kirst Illinois ink.\ntkv. 
 
 A. Low, of Newman, w.as captain of C'omp.any 'The first of Dougl.as count\''s contributions 
 
 E; Oliver O. Bagiey, of Camargo, was captain to the war went out in Company 1), 01 the 
 
 of Company G. and Dr. H. D. Martin, of 'Twenty-first Regiment. The officers of this 
 
 Areola, was captain of Company K. Dr. Mar- comi)any were as follows: 
 4
 
 so 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Captains — J. E. Callaway, till September 
 19, 1862; B. F. Reed, till Scptcmijer 22, 1863; 
 J. T. Kirkman, till June 7, 1864; P. A. Cord, 
 til muster out of regiment. 
 
 First Lieutenants — B. F. Reed, till Sep- 
 tember 19, 1862; Simeon Paddleford, till Au- 
 gust 18, 1864: J. W. Pierce, till May 13, 1865; 
 S. H. Ford. 
 
 Second Lieutenants — J. T. Kirkman, till 
 .Se])teml)cr 19, 1862; Lawrence Mc(.iratb, not 
 mustered. 
 
 Enlisted men from Douglas county were: 
 
 First Sergeant — G. P. Barlow. 
 
 Sergeants — C. A. Coykendall, died at Tus- 
 cola, January 10, 1865; F. T. Westfall, Sim- 
 eon Paddleford, promoted lirst lieutenant; Cor- 
 nelius Hopkins. 
 
 Corporals — John W'elliver, promoted ser- 
 geant; Evan Calleutine; S. A. Albin, died Jan- 
 uary I, 1863; of wounds; P. A. Cord, W. W. 
 Watson, James Gillogy; Simon Childers, died 
 ;\pril 1. 1862; John Pence. 
 
 Musicians — J. R. Eldred, William Mitchell. 
 
 Wagoner — B. F. Owings. 
 
 Privates — S. Ayres ; J. C. Ackerman, killed 
 at Stone River, January i, 1863; W. Avery, 
 died May 4, i8()4, ])risoner of war; L. P. Jjunt- 
 ing, killed at .Stone River January I, 1863; 
 R. B. Bostwick; 1). W. iSarnett, died January 
 27, 1864, prisoner of w.ir; \V. S. Brasselton, 
 died March I, 1 S63 ; W. W. liagley; J. E. Bag- 
 lew died Julv 4, 18^14. prisoner of war; C. 
 Burns, J. Byers, killed at Stone River, January 
 I, 1863; J. W. Barrum, J. W. Brinnegar, E. 
 Coi¥in, S. C. Clubb; I. S. Cross, died Septem- 
 ber 6, 1864. prisoner of war; J. Condit, J. Cos- 
 let. W. C. Coslet, F. M. Daniels, Jtjhn Daniels, 
 Steven Daniels, G. W. Doyle; L. J. Day, killed 
 at Chickamauga, Sejitember 20, 1863; G. Earl, 
 
 S. H. Ford, William Friddle, G. M. Grace, W. 
 W. Grace; Jacob Good, died January 23, 1863 ; 
 
 A. Geer, E. Hollingsworth. D. Haines, Thomas 
 Haines, R. B. Hoofman ; G. Helmick, died 
 March 28, ]862; William Hill, A. Hagaman, 
 J. Hornback ; Thomas Keaton, died November 
 21, 1 861; William Leston, S. A. Lindsay, 
 John Lyons, N. B. Modissett, Charles Mont- 
 gomery; L. McDowell, died .August i, 1863; 
 F. Mary, Thomas McGuire, J. D. Maddo.x, 
 J. N. Neal; E. H. Neal, promoted corporal, 
 died January 9, 1864, prisoner of war; Henry 
 Otten, J. Osborne; .\. H. Perry, drowned at 
 Pittman's Ferry, Mary 14, 1862; J. W. Pierce, 
 H. R. Potts, William Polk, J. J. G. Russell. 
 John Robinett, William Riley; Levi Romine, 
 died February 16, i8C)3; J. Riney, H. Shoap, 
 W. N. Saintford, J. Skinner, G. W^ Snyder, 
 
 B. F. Shook, J. Shireman; W. H. Smallwood, 
 died January 16. 1863, of wounds; J. Ted- 
 row, I. D. Van Meter, R. P. West, John Wa- 
 ters, G. W. White, H. Warren, Willi.am 
 Wamsley. 
 
 Veterans — S. D. .\yers, C. Burns, R. B. 
 Bostwick; P. A. Cord, promoted captain; J. 
 Conflict, promoted cor[ioral ; F. M. Daniels, Q. 
 I-dlis; S. H. I'^ord, ])rom(.)ted first lieutenant; 
 William Friddle; G. M. Grace, promoted CQr- 
 poral ; F. Hollingsworth, D. Haines, T. W. 
 Haines, William Hill; W. 11. Liston, promoted 
 sergeant; .\. A. Lindsay, Thomas McCJuire, 
 \\illiani Mitchell; L. McGrath, promoted fir.st 
 sergeant; A. J. NewptMt, B. F. Owings; J. W. 
 Pierce, promoted first lieutenant; J. C. Still, 
 John Waters, W. W. Watson. 
 
 Recruits — S. C. Bagley, died April 24, 
 1864, prisoner of war; O. Ellis, C. C. Lee; W. 
 P. Liston, died October 8, 1863, from wounds; 
 L. McCirath ; I. W. Noel, killed at Stone River,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 5I 
 
 December 30, 1862; J. Nell; Thomas Owens, nibal & St. Joseph Railroad, west of Palmyra, 
 (lied May 28, 1862; A. N. Protzman, Gilby and the Twenty-llrst was ordered to their re- 
 Sipple, Thomas Wamsley, J- ^\'■ Watson, J. lief. Under these circumstances, expedition 
 M. Wyckoff. \\as necessary; accordingly the march was 
 The regiment was organized in the sev- abandoned, and the railroad was called int<j 
 enth congressional district, and was ren- requisition. Before the Twenty-hrst reached 
 dezvonsed at Mattoon, Illinois. On the i5th'of its new destination the Sixteenth had extri- 
 M^y, 1861, it was mustered into the state serv- cated itself. The Twenty-first was then kept 
 ice for thirty days, by Capt. \J. S. Grant. On on duty on the line of the Hannibal & St. Jo- 
 ihe jSth iif June it was mustered inti) the Uni- sepli Railroad fur abuut two weeks, without, 
 led States service, with Capt. LL S. Grant as however, meeting an enemy or an incident 
 colonel. A letter from Gen. Grant gives the worth relating. We ditl make one march, how- 
 history of his connection with the regiment ever, during that time, from Salt River, Mis- 
 as follows: "I was appointed colonel of the sonri, to Florida, Missouri, and returned in 
 Twenty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, by search of Tom Harris, who was reported in 
 Gov. Richard Yates, some time early in the that neighborhood with a handful of rebels, 
 month of June, 1861, and assumed command It was impossible, however, to get nearer than 
 of the regiment on the i6th of that month, a day's march of him. From Salt River the 
 The regiment was mustered into the service of regiment went to Mexico, Missouri, where it 
 the United States in the latter part of the same remained fi_)r two weeks; thence to fronton, 
 month. P)eing ordered to rendezvous the reg- Missouri, passing through St. Louis, on the 
 iment at Uuincy, Illinois, 1 thought, for the /th of August, when I was assigned to duty as 
 purpose of discipline antl speedy efficiency for a brigadier-general, and turned over the coin- 
 the lield, it would be well to march the regiment mand of the regiment t(j that gallant and 
 across the couirtry, insteail of transporting by Christian ofticer. Col. Alexander, who ;ifter- 
 rail. Accordingly, on the 3rd of July, 1861, ward yielded up his life, whilst nobly leading it 
 the march was commenced from Camp N'ates, in the battle of Chickamauga." 
 Springfield, Illinois, and continued until about The regiment remained at Ironton, Mis- 
 three miles beyond the Illinois ri\er, when souri, untiM k'tobcr jo, iSdi, when it marched 
 disjiatches were received, changing the destina- out from that ])lace, and participated in the 
 lion of the regiment to Ironton, Missouri, and battle of iM-ederickstown on the following d;iy. 
 directing me to return to the river and take a Returning to Jmnton, the Twenty-first re- 
 steamer, which hail been sent there for the pur- mained luitil January 29, 1862, when it 
 pose of transporting the regiment to St. Louis, marched with Gen. Steele's expedition to Jack- 
 The steamer failing to reach the point of em- sonport, Arkansas, wiien it was ordered to 
 barkation, several days were here lost. In the Corinth, by way of Cape Girardeau. On May 
 nieantime a portion of the Sixteenth Illinois 24, 1802, the regiment reached 1 lambm-g 
 Infantry, under Col. .Snnth, was rei)orted sur- Landing, and look up a position near C'orinlh 
 rounded by the enemy at a [loint on the Han- subsefjttenlly. On the evacuation of this place.
 
 52 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 tlie Twenty-first pursued tlie enemy from 
 Farmington, Mississippi, to Booneville. Re- 
 turning from the pursuit, it formed a part of 
 an expedition to Holly Springs. On the 14th 
 of August, 1862, the Twenty-first was ordered 
 to join Gen. Buell's army in Tennessee, which 
 it accomplished, marching hy way of Eastport, 
 Mississippi, Columliia, Tennessee, Florence, 
 Alabama, Franklin, Murfreesboro and Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee, arriving at Louisville Sep- 
 tember 2-j, i(S62. On the counter-march across 
 Kentucky in pursuit of Bragg, the regiment en- 
 gaged in the battles of Perryville and Chaplin 
 Hill, Company F being the first troops to en- 
 ter Perryville. From thence the regiment 
 marched to Crab Tree Orchard and Bowling 
 Green, Kentucky, and to Nashville, Tennessee. 
 When the army marched from Nashville, 
 December 26, 1862, this regiment formed a 
 part of the Second Brigade, First Division, 
 Twentieth Army Corps, and was in the skir- 
 mish at Knob Gap. On December 30, in con- 
 nection with the Fifteenth ^Visconsin, Thirty- 
 eighth lllinnis and One Hundred and First 
 Ohio, it had a severe engagement with the en- 
 emy near Murfreesboro, where it chargetl the 
 f;unous Washington (rebel) Light Artillery, 
 twelve I'arnitt guns, and succeeded in driving 
 every man from the battery, when it was com- 
 pelled to f;ill back liy a division of rebel in- 
 fantry. During the battle of Murfreesboro 
 it was fiercely engaged and did gallant duty, 
 losing more men than any other regiment en- 
 gaged. The Twenty-first was with Gen. Rose- 
 crans' army from Murfreesboro to Chat- 
 tanooga. On June 25, 1863, the regiment was 
 engaged in a severe skirmish at Liberty Gap. 
 It was subsequently engaged in the battle of 
 Chickamauga. where it lost two hundred and 
 
 thirty-eight oftrcers and men. Col. Alexander 
 being killed and Lieut. Col. McMackin being 
 wounded, Capt. A. C. Knight took command 
 of the regiment. After the battle of Chicka- 
 mauga the Twenty-first was attached to the 
 First Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army 
 Corps, and remained at Bridgeport, Alabama, 
 until the close of 1863. February 27, 1864, 
 the regiment re-enlisted, some twenty-five men 
 of Company D veteranizing. The regiment 
 served in the Atlanta campaign, and subse- 
 quently was ordered to Texas, where it was 
 mustered out December 16, 1865, at San 
 Antonio. 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. 
 
 Company H <.)f this regiment was recruited 
 in Douglas county. The commissioned officers 
 were: Captains — William Brian, till Decem- 
 ber 30, 186 1 ; Benjamin F. Ford, till March 2, 
 1863; J. H. Hastings, till October 2, 1863; 
 John Scott, till nuistered out. 
 
 First Lieutenants — Allen Buckner, till June 
 13, 1862; H. C. Paddock, till November 14, 
 i8()2; J. H. Hastings, till March 2, 1863; 
 John Scott, till Octolier 2, 1863; Thomas Mal- 
 lott, till .September i, 1864; James T. Walker, 
 till September 21, 1865. 
 
 Secr^nd Lieutenants — Archibald \'an De- 
 ren, till July 15, 1862; J. H. Flastings, till No- 
 vember 14, i8()2; John Scott, till March 2, 
 1863; Thomas Mallott, till October 2, 1863. 
 
 The enlisted men from Douglas county 
 were : First Ser'^eant — H. Hopkins died at 
 Jefl"erson City Sei)teml)er 12, 1861. 
 
 Sergeants — Daniel O'Root, Henry Cook; 
 G. W. Harris, promoted sergeant; J. H. Has- 
 tings, promoted second lieutenant.
 
 BIOGR.VPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 53 
 
 Corf^onils — Janics Lewis. W. H. Harrison, i^<>s: I. S. \Miecler, killed at Tea Ridi^c, 
 
 l^anicl Jacobs; J. T. \\'alker, promoted first .Arkansas, March S, 1S62; A.J. Walston. pro- 
 
 lieutcnant: John Yaker; John Scott, promoted moted sert^eant. 
 
 second lientenant; G. P. McOnaid, died Manrii Kccniils — Perry Bnrnham ; J. A. Carthal. 
 
 2, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River. died at Rolla, IMissouri, January 18, T862; H. 
 
 Musicians — G. P. Sart;ent J. A. Ritter. II. Crist; D. Dennis, died at Jefferson City 
 
 ]Vagoncr — William 1 loqland. September \2. i(S()i: L N. Dickens, S. Epley ; 
 
 Privates — Charles Allison, promoted cor- William Helm, died at Nashville November 
 poral, died January 21, 1863; J>. I"". Allison, J. i). oXdj; 1). C. Johnson; S. Kin^jery, died at 
 A. .Vrmstnini;-, G. \V. Anderson, T. .\ter; J. St. Louis l)eceml)er _'5, i8()i; William Muir, 
 R. Big-gs, died November J I, 1803, of woinids; James Moore, W'. R. Me<!ca]l', II. I!. Prose. 
 S. Bierfeldt, L Ba.shalm, A. I'.anta, Henry .Mexander Perry, Willi.nm Steyer, J. W. 
 Busby, Lewis Cook. Charles Corban, S. Cun- Sleeper, Jo.seph X'in.son, C. Winter, 
 ning-ham, William Donley. William Early, B. The Twenty-lifth Regiment \v;is recruited 
 F. I'.\ans. J. .S. I'";i]l<ner, Iv i'"alster, John in the spring and summer of ! 861. and was or- 
 Gilmore, Joseph Hammer; Jose])h Hamilton, ganized in August at Mattoou. The regiment 
 died at St. Louis I-'ebruary 17, 1861; Josei)h was assigned to the Department of Missouri, 
 Harvey; J. W. Hopkins, died at St. Louis and proceeded to Jefferson City, which was 
 December 13. 1861; I-'. T. Hopkins, died at then threatened Ity the army of Gen. Price, 
 Lika, Mississippi, August 30. 1862; George fresh from its dearly-bought victory at Lex- 
 Hopkins, Joseph Hyde. J. Henrv, William ington. Here the Twenty-lifth remained nntd 
 Hewitt, J. PL Ishum ; H. T. James, promoted the latter part of September, when it marched to 
 lio.spit.al steward; W. I). Jones; (',. Klink, pro- Sedalia, and was assigned to Sigel's famous 
 moted principal musician; William Leyh; division. Here it remained tnitil the middle of 
 Thomas ALillott, ])romoted corporal, sergeant ( )ctober, gaining discipline, foraging, picket- 
 and second lieutenant; Claus Moner; F. H. iug, etc., and tlieu followed the army toward 
 Morely, died at Springfield, Missouri, I'ebru- Springfield, remaining here until November, 
 ary 19, 1862; J. Moore; William Newcomb, when Gen. Hunter assumed command of the 
 died l'\'bruary 9, 1863. of wounds; J. I\ army, and moved it toward Wilson's Creek, 
 Newell. l{lihn Parisli, J. C. Perry; W. L. the scene of Gen. Lyon's famous light. This 
 Prose, ])romoted corporal; John Rierdon; (_'. mo\ement of .SigxTs dixisioii was but a ruse 
 D. Randolph, promoted cor[)oral ; A. Romine; to co\er the real destination of the .•uin\'. .and 
 R. S. Pobinsdii, ])romoted sergeant; John .S. ,,11 ihc i_:;tli it followed the mo\ement of the 
 Sargeant, R. W. See. I*',. II. .Slace, W. R. .Sack- main army to Roll;i, where it remained during 
 ville, H. .'^tenglil, J. .M. Si<lers; W. L. Sowers, the winter. ( )n l-'ebruary 2. 1862, (ien. Curtis 
 died near Ackworth. (ieorgi;i. June 13, i8()4; having .assumed command, the .army ag.ain 
 J'eter Sipple, A. J. Thompson; J. C. Vestal, took up its line of march toward Springfield, 
 promoted corporal; M. Whittenliorg ; John where the rebel Gen. Price had concentrated 
 Wilson, died ;it Cbattanoog.-i November 28, his forces. The Union forces .ag.ain took pes-
 
 54 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 session of tlie city on the I3tla of February, 
 witliout serious opposition. Then began an 
 exciting race until tlie 20tli, when tlie pursuit 
 was aliandoncd. and the troops allowed a few 
 days' rest, having- marched four consecutive 
 days during the most inclement weather, there 
 being six inches of snow on the ground a por- 
 tion of the time, and skirmishing with the 
 enemv every day during the last week's march. 
 Here the armv remained till the 5th of March, 
 when it became evident that the combined 
 forces of Van Dorn, Price and McCulIough 
 were marching to give battle, and accordingly, 
 on the 6th, the army moved toward Sugar 
 Creek Valley under the command of Curtis, 
 Sigel, Davis and Ashboth, and in the after- 
 noon of the same day the rear guard was at- 
 tacked .and repulsed by the enemy. Thus be- 
 gan the battle of Pea Ridge, which resulted 
 so disastrouslv U' the rebels, and in which this 
 regiment louk a prominent ])art. The army 
 remained in this \icinity until the 5th of .'\pril, 
 when the marcli was resumed for Forsythe, 
 Missouri, and thence to Batesville, Arkansas. 
 Early in May the march was again resumed, 
 as was supposed for Little Rock, but orders 
 were soon received detaching some ten regi- 
 ments under orders to proceed to Cape Gir- 
 ardeau, on the Mississippi river, some two hun- 
 dren miles distant, and from thence to Pitts- 
 burg Lanchng, Tennessee, by water, to re-en- 
 force the troops then besieging C(M'inth, Mis- 
 sissippi. The regiment reached the Landing 
 (in the 2r)th of May, and the next day marched 
 u]) to within supporting distance of the main 
 army, arriving two days previous to the evac- 
 uation. After the pursuit of the retreating en- 
 emy ceased the Twenty-fifth was ordered to 
 Kentucky, where it took part in the memorable 
 
 campaign against Bragg, reaching Perryville 
 two days after the fight, thence proceeding to 
 Crab Orchard, Bowling Green, and on to 
 Nashville. Here the regiment remained until 
 the latter ])art of Deceml)er, when the Chat- 
 tanooga campaign began, the Twenty-fifth tak- 
 ing part in the bloody engagement at Stone 
 River. Spent the winter at Murfreesboro, and 
 the spring till the latter part of June, 1863, 
 when the movement against Chattanooga was 
 resumed. The regiment took part in the vari- 
 ous battles and skirmishes which led up to 
 Chickamauga, in which the Twenty-fifth was 
 engaged. Fell back to Chattanooga, where it re- 
 mained until the latter part of November. On 
 the 25th of this month the regiment took part 
 in the desperate charge on Mission Ridge. Im- 
 mediately after this battle the regiment took 
 ]iart in the forced m.arch of one hundred and 
 fifty miles to the relief of Knoxville, arriving 
 three days after the siege had been raised by 
 (jcn. Burnside. From this point the regiment 
 mo\ed to Blain's Cross Roads, thence to Dand- 
 ridge, Tennessee. From this point the army 
 fell back to Knoxville, and from thence to 
 Kingston, and later to Cleveland, Tennessee. 
 From this point in May, 1864, the Twenty- 
 fifth moved out with the army on the Atlanta 
 campaign. The regiment participated in most 
 of the liattles of this campaign up to the taking 
 of Atlanta, when it was mustered out Septem- 
 ber 5, 1864. The veterans and recruits of this 
 regiment were consolidated in c)ne company, 
 designated at Company H of the Twenty-fifth 
 Illinois Infantry, which was mustereil out at 
 Victoria, Texas, September i, 1865. 
 
 FIFTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY 
 
 In this regiment Douglas county was rep-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 55 
 
 resented hy Company IJ. The ei.inimissioned tenant; I\(i1)ert Perrv, N. H. C. l\esin, M. 
 
 (iflicers were : Rogers, William Kliinelianlt. f. J'. Roberts, 
 
 John Ross, John Shook, Alelton Sl.anshnry, 
 
 Captains — S. I!. Logan, till Jnly 27, TiSC)4; Lemuel Semmons, James Stinson, 11. .Shnme- 
 
 A. B. Balch, till September 18, 1865; Gilmau held, 1). K. Sluill, h'.lijah Zeigler. 
 
 Noyes. These are the names (jI" those from 1 )onglas 
 
 First Liciitciiiiiits — Johnson White, till county, the bahuue of the eomp;in\- being 
 
 April JI, i8(ij; A. .M. llouston, till Mareh 11, drawn from t.'oles ;mil Cumberl,-uid conulies. 
 
 i8f)3; A. li. lialeh. promoted l'\>bruary 16, The comp.any \\;is leernited in the summer of 
 
 1865; Cjilman \oyes, promoted, but not luus- iSdi, ;nid \\;is assigned ;is Company I! to the 
 
 tered. iMfty-fom'th Regiment, rendezvoused at C;un]) 
 
 Sccdiid IJciilc'iiaiiis — A. At. ITonsfon, pro- 1 'iibois, .\nna, Illinois. This regiment \\;is oi-- 
 
 nioteil, not nuistereil; A. 1'.. I'.alch, July 9, ganized as a p;n1 of the "Kentuckv l'>rig;ide,'" 
 
 1863 ; B. C. Pursell, resigned March 18, 1865: in the formation of which V.. ,Mct_art\-, of 
 
 R. P). McComb, promoted, hut not mustered. I >ouglas county, was so ])niminent. 
 
 The enlisted men were: The regiment w;is mustered into the Uniled 
 First Sergeant — James Shrew. States .service February 18, 1862. On the 24th 
 Sergeants — R. P. McComb, \L C. Wal- it was ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and on the 
 ton, Alex. Rodgers and John Scott. 14th of March mo\ed to Columbus, Kentucky. 
 Ctirporals — Levi Jester, G. P. Ross, John Luring the fall of iHl)2 three companies were 
 Haley, W. A. (iriflin, William Moore, li. M. stationed at llumbolt, Tennessee, but on the 
 Thomp.stni, J. Bennett. 18th of December the regiment was ordered 
 AFiisician — I. W. Ross. to J.ackson, Tennessee. Two days later the 
 Wagoner — Willi.im Cosies. I-'i fly- fourth marched to Lexington, l)\it re- 
 Frivates — F. M. .\br;uns, Isaac .\lliertz, J. turned on the 2ji\: then marche<l to R.rittoii's 
 J'. .Allison; A. B. Balch, ])romote(l second lieu- 1 ane ;ind Toone's .Station, returning to Lex- 
 tenant; Walter Bailey, ]•:. R. Bagley, John ington. In the meantime Gen. lA)rrest cap- 
 Bear, Simeon Bennett, S. M. Beem.an, Cephas tured the detachvd poilions of the regiment 
 Carm;m. Thom;is Denning, George Dehart, stationed on the railro.ad. ;ind destroyed nearly 
 l)a\id h'ord, John b'reddle; M. 1'.. (h-o\e, all of tin- regiment.al iTconls. The bal;mce were 
 mustered out as corjior.al ; J. 1). 1 lein-y, ilied at lost by (he (|narlerm,ister"s dep.artmi'ut in tran- 
 Memphis November 10. 18(1;,; W. T. Hughes, sit fiom Columbus to J.ackson. The balance 
 James Jackson, I!. 1 ). Jones, Robert L.anghlin. i.f the regiment spent llu' winter and early 
 G. W. Lester, G. Loper. J. 1'. Laughlin, L. spring ;it J.ackson, two comp.inies being sta- 
 Leslie, G. W. Montgomery, R. N. AUTntyre, tioneil at Medon Sl.ilion. ,nid Iwn :it Toone's. 
 Charles McCaren, G. W. Mussett, John Ma- In A|iiil llu' regimeiU ina.le a fruitless expedi- 
 lone, (;. W. Miller. Robert Montgomery, Rich- tion to Corinth ;md returned, 
 ard Martin, J. S. Osborne, L. Owen, James May _V'. i8(._:i, the iMfty-foiuih left Jackson 
 Overman; B. C. Pur.sell, promoted .second lieu- lor Vieksburg, as a part of the 'Jdiird Brigade,
 
 56 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Second L^ivisicin. Sixtccntli Army Corps, under 
 command of tien. Nathan Kimljall as division 
 commander, and arrived at Haines' Bluff, on 
 the Yazoo River, June 2. The regiment was 
 subse(|uently stationed on tlie extreme left of 
 Sherman's command on tlie Big P)lack, con- 
 fronting Johnston's army, on the Canton road. 
 After the fall of Vicksburg, the regiment was 
 ordered to Helena, as a part of Gen. Steele's 
 ex])edition against Little Rock. Arkansas. The 
 expedition reached its destination _ in Septem- 
 ber, and the Fifty-fourth was retained until 
 the following January, 1864, when three- 
 fourths of the regiment re-enlisted. 
 
 The veterans of Company B were: Isaac 
 Aliiertz; Henry Barrick, mustered out as first 
 sergeant; Joseph Bennett; Cephas Carman; 
 William Cheeney; G. A. Dehart; Thomas Den- 
 ning; Duncan Fletcher; \Villiam Hughes; 
 Thomas Irwin: B. I). Jones; James Jackson; 
 Levi Jester, mustered out as sergeant; J. V. 
 Lauglilin, mustered out as corjioral ; R. Laugh- 
 lin; E. Leslie, mustered out as sergeant; G. \V. 
 Lester, mustered out as corporal ; Charles ]\Ic- 
 Caren; R. B. McComb, mustered out as ser- 
 geant; P. Cornelius, mustered out as corporal; 
 William Rhinehart; M. Rogers; I. W. Ross; 
 John Scott; E. C. Walton; John Writner. 
 
 Recruit.s — Michael Fitzgerald, Samuel 
 Montgomery. Re-enlisted as veteran — C. H. 
 Newbanks. Tlie regiment was nuistered out 
 February 9, 18(14, ami left for Mattoon. Illi- 
 nois, in March, on veteran furlough. 
 
 fust l)efore its return to the field, the regi- 
 ment was involved in a most tnifortunate oc- 
 currence. There was in Coles county an ele- 
 ment which was radically opposed to the war. 
 The regiment had been ordered to move, but, 
 under advice of some radical unionists its de- 
 
 ])arture was delayed a few hours, as the con- 
 vening circuit court, it was thought, would 
 bring the element opposed to the war out in full 
 force. There is no doubt but that these people 
 acted "with zeal not according to knowledge," 
 and the return of certain portions of the regi- 
 ment to the county seat made a conflict with the 
 "irreconcilables" inevitaljle. A conflict fol- 
 lowed, the "copperhead" faction led by a 
 county officer, and certain ])ortions of the regi- 
 ment, unarmed but somewhat excited by licpior, 
 under the semi-official direction of its officers. 
 Riotous action followed, in which Maj. Shul:)al 
 York, the surgeon of the regiment, was killed, 
 and four privates and Col. G. M. Mitchell were 
 wounded. A number of the citizens were 
 wduntled. One hour later the main portion of 
 the regiment arrived from Mattoon and occu- 
 pied the town, arresting some of the opposing 
 faction, and wounding several citizens. The 
 affair ended with an investigation by the mili- 
 tary authorities, wilhout changing results or the 
 punishment of anybodv. The affair created 
 great excitement in the country around. 
 
 The regiment moved to the front in April ; 
 to Cairo on the 12th, to Columbus on the 14th, 
 Paducah on the i6th, and arrived at Little Rock 
 on the 30tb.. Here the regiment remained until 
 May 18, when it moved out to Brownville, and 
 thence in pursuit of Gen. Shelby, arriving at 
 Little RiKk on the 30th of that month. After 
 remaining here until the latter part of June, 
 when the Fifty-fourth again went in pursuit 
 of Shelby, marching to Duvall's Bluff and 
 Clarendon, striking him on the 26th, and after 
 a spirited fight returned to Little Rock. Au- 
 gust 5 the regiment was assigned to guard six- 
 teen miles of the Memphis & Little Rock Rail- 
 road, having five stations, with two companies
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 57 
 
 at each. On the -'4tli Slielliy made a descent 
 upon tliese detachments in detail with ionr 
 tliousand men and four pieces of artillery, caj)- 
 turing- one station. Si.x companies were con- 
 centrated at one station liy Col. Mitchell, and 
 maintained a stulihorn resistance for fi\e hom's. 
 when, their hay hreastworks being fired hy the 
 enemy's shells, the garrison was driven out and 
 captured in fragments. The loss of the regi- 
 ment in this rii;ht was one lieutenant ami thir- 
 teen men killed ;uid thirty-five woundeil. t'om- 
 panies V and II. at a distant station, were not 
 molested. The cajitured part of the regiment 
 were paroled at jacksonport. Arkansas, and 
 moved to Benton llarracks, St. Loms, where 
 it arrived September <j, 1864. The regiment 
 was exchanged December 5, 1864, and was 
 mo\ed to Hickory Station, on the Memphis & 
 Little Rock Railroad. J.inuary 18, 18^)3, where 
 it remained as railroad guard until June 6. 
 The I'ifty-fonrlh was then ordered to Line 
 I'lhilt. where it remained some twn months. It 
 then |)roceeded to l'"(i|-t ."^mith, where it re- 
 niained until ( )clober. It was then ordered to 
 Little Rock, where it was nuistered out October 
 15, 1865; arri\ed at Camp Butler, Illinois, Oc- 
 tober 26. and was discharged. DiuMng its ex- 
 istence, the l'"ifty-t'ourth Regiment had one 
 thousand, three hundred and forty-two en- 
 listed men, and seventy-one commissioned of- 
 ficers. 
 
 SENENTV-NINIIl ILLINOIS INF.\NTRV. 
 
 This regiment was mure coni]iletely identi- 
 fied with Douglas connty than any other in 
 the service, .\mong the liekl ol"ficers were Allen 
 Buckner, major, promoted to colonel March 
 15, 1863; W. H. Lamb, adjutant; first assistant 
 
 surgeon, Henry C. AIcAllister, promoted sur- 
 geon of the Ninety-eighth Illinois Tnf.autry; 
 secontl assistant surgeon, Thomas J. Wheeler, 
 ])romoted surgeon March i, 1865; cha])lain, 
 C. C. Bradshaw. I""our companies of the Sev- 
 enty-ninth were recruited in Douglas county, 
 Companies B, E, G and K. The commissioned 
 officers of Company B were : 
 
 Ciipttiiiis — .\rchibald Van Dereu. i)romoted 
 major January i, i8()3: H. D. T'itman, till No- 
 vember 6, 1864; Peter Creggers, till muster out 
 of regiment. 
 
 I'irsI Lii-ulriiaiils — S. L. Woodwortb, till 
 I'\'l)ruary 2, 1863; H. D. Pitman, till January 
 I, 1863; Peter Greggers, till November 6, 1864; 
 T. B. Hammer, j)romoted. but not mustered. 
 
 Second LicutciHiiits — H. W. Rideout, till 
 February 10, 1863; Peter Greggers, till Janu- 
 ary I. i8r)3; J. B. Hammer, promoted, but not 
 mustered. The enlisted men from Douglas 
 were : 
 
 I'irsI Scri^i'diil — O. L. Woodward, dietl ;it 
 Bowling Green, December _'-. i8f)_'. 
 
 S(-r!:;i'aiils — H. D. Pitman, promoted to first 
 heuten.mt: J. B. Hammer, commissioned .sec- 
 ( nd lieutenant, but not mustered; ICdw-ard Den- 
 nis, died in .Vudersonville, July 30, 1864; John 
 .Abbott, transferred to \eteran Reserve Corps, 
 .\ugust j8, 1863. 
 
 (■<;;•/'< I n;/,v — S. M. Lester. W. .M. I'.eedle. 
 M. L. Westfall, .\rcliiba1d l.iiUim, Thomas 
 Jester, mustered out as sergeant: L. C. Smith, 
 Peter Greggers. i)romote<l second lieutenant. 
 
 Musicians— W. R. Wallace, B. F. Ward. 
 
 U'ui^diicr — G. \V. Stevenson. 
 
 Privates — Lafayette Abbott, died at Louis- 
 ville. Kentucky, October 8. 1862; W. A. 
 Brown; W. A. Buoy; Henry Banta; Albert
 
 58 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Castor: J- E. Davis; I. N. Doman, died at Lib- 
 erty (iap, Tennessee, June 25, 1863 ; John Dar- 
 jahn; Clinton Davis; Milton Davis, died at 
 Mnrfreesboro, June i, 1863; Silas Daggy, pro- 
 moted to quartermaster sergeant ; Jacob Frahm ; 
 John Grant; Peter Gulk, died at Andersonville 
 Prison. Tulv 20, 1864; John Goodson; Henry 
 Grimm: J. Hibbs; William Hiblis, died at Mnr- 
 freesboro, February 9, 1863; Charles Howard; 
 Larkin E. Jones, mustered out as corporal ; M. 
 James; C. James, mustered out as corporal; 
 Benjamin Jester; Solomon Johnson, mustered 
 out as corporal ; Peter Kruize; George Kruize, 
 nuistered out as corporal ; A. J. Lyght ; H. Lo- 
 man; Asa Love, died at Nashville, December 
 8, 1862; Thomas Lester, died at Murfreesljoro, 
 March 7, 1863; Virgil Lester; John Lewis, 
 died at Murfreesboro, February 17, 1863; T. 
 J. Lewis; W. D. Martin; C. G. Miller; W. P. 
 Miller; Robert McAllister; William Manus; 
 Cyrus Muire; G. W. Nelson, died at Nashville, 
 December 14. 1862; E. T. Romine; Daniel 
 Romine; H. T. Ring; Jasper Roderick; Perry 
 Roderick and C. W. Rea. died at Nashville; 
 J. R. Rea; C. W. Rose: J. S. Rush, died at 
 Louisville. Deceml)er 4. 1862; Samuel Ran- 
 dolph, died at Chattanooga. March 6, 1864; 
 David and J. M. Randolph; J. H. Randolph, 
 died at Chattanooga, June 4, 1864; W. T. Rice, 
 killed at Resaca; Allen Rea; G. W. Sharpe; Al- 
 bert Siler, nnistered out as corporal; O. T. 
 Smith; B. F. Shreves; F. Stally, mustered out 
 as corporal ; George Stovall ; Peter Schnack ; 
 Hans Schnack; B. F. Terry; J. Veach. died 
 at Murfreesboro. March 16, 1863: William 
 Vinson; G. C. Wilson; J. C. Wilson; Edward 
 \\'ebb; H. J. Wilkins, died at Jeffersonville, 
 Indiana, December 18, 1864; James Waller; B. 
 F, Wilson; W. B. Watts, died at Murfreesboro, 
 
 January 6, 1863; Rudoliib Yost, killed at Res- 
 aca, May 14, 1864. 
 
 Company E. — The commissioned officers of 
 this company were : 
 
 Captains — William A. Low, promoted ma- 
 jor July 14. 1864; H. S. Albin, promoted 
 March 20. 1865, not musteretl. 
 
 first Licii/riiaiits—U. J. Bassett, till No- 
 vember 20. 1862; H. S. Albin. till March 20, 
 1865; J. C. Perry. 
 
 Second Lieutenants — H. S. Albin, till No- 
 vember 20, 1862; H. W. Peters, killed January 
 2, 1863; J. C. Perry, till March 20, 1865. En- 
 listed men : 
 
 First Sergeant — H. W. Peters, promoted 
 second lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants — J. C. Perr\-, promoted second 
 lieutenant: J. G. Hughes, died at Nashville. 
 December 19, 1862; \\'. R. Laugbead. mustered 
 out as first sergeant; D. H. Howard, dieil in 
 Andcrsonx ille [irison, .'August 16, 1864, Grave 
 No. 5812. 
 
 Corporals — Anson Skinner, mustered out as 
 sergeant : W. T. Potts, John Skinner, mustered 
 out as sergeants; Samuel Hawkins, captured 
 at Chickamauga : J. Hopkins, died at Nashville; 
 Aaron Britton. died in Andersi.in\'i]le prison; 
 J. P. Ross. 
 
 Musicians — 1. W. and W. H. Covert. 
 
 '.ragiiner — J. H. Boyce. died at Nash- 
 ville. 
 
 Privates— V,. 11. Adams; W. H. Allison; 
 \\'illiam Brockett. killed at Stone River, De- 
 cember 31. 1862; O. Brewer: W. R. Ih-owu; 
 W. T. Bundy, died at Gallatin, Tennessee, Jan- 
 uary 10, 1863; W. Boyce; Thomas Bull, died 
 at Danville, Kentucky, January 4, 18^13; P. 
 Chezem; H. Catler; Alexander Coslett, died at
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 59 
 
 Bowling Green. Novcmher 6, 1862; George 
 Crist; A. A. Craft; J. II. Coslctt. died at Nash- 
 ville, January 5. 1863 ; P. Cot^n. killed at Stone 
 River, December 31, 1862; H. D. Craft; F. 
 Dixon; John Durhorow; \^'illianl Dillon, 
 killed .-it Stone River, December 31, 1862; E. 
 Drake; H. Entler; John Fairbairn; A. E. 
 Fullcrton; Isaac Glass, died at Nashville, 
 December 9. i8()_>; S. Gillogly. mustered out 
 as corporal; Alcx.nidcr Hess; E. Howard and 
 Frank Hensely, die<l at Nashville; G. II. Hess, 
 mustered out as corporal ; John Hawkins; J. O. 
 Harvey: John Harris; R. B. Helm; R. W. 
 Harrison; W. H. Jones; B. F. Knipe; W. S. 
 Kni])e; Jacob Knii)e; J. H. Lyon; Charles 
 Lyon; J. J. Moss; L. Morton; P. Miller; W. P. 
 McWilliams; W. Murphy; W. P. McCoo! ; E. 
 B. Nell; George I'ettit, killed near Marietta, 
 Georgia, July 4. 1864; E. S. Root; G. W. Rit- 
 Icr; W. II. Ritter. died in Richmond prison, 
 December 5. 1864; M. Reeves: T. W. Stilwell. 
 died in Andersonx ille |)ris(in. ( )ctuber _'8. |8C)4; 
 F. Sliafer; Joseph Sluile; John Smith; J. 1!. 
 Stilhvcll, died at Chatanooga, June _''i, i8()4; 
 J. L. Stewart, died at Nashville. July _'4, 1863; 
 H. Surber; Henry Stillwell; J. M. Slice; Wil- 
 li;ini Skinner, nuistered out as sergeant; D. S. 
 Tucker: G. Vanasdel ; .\ .W'ylie; G. Wells; 
 J. Whittaker: J. H. Wells, died at Murfrecs- 
 boro. May jj, 1803; J. P. Worrell; J. I!. 
 Yaw. 
 
 RiUriiits — S. T. r.nndiu'.iiit ; |. M. Cogg- 
 sliell. mustered out as ciir])iiral; R. T. Ilav\e\', 
 mustered out as sergeant; \'. T. Norris, 
 wounded at Kenes.aw ; William Tmbvville, 
 mustered c)Ut as curpdral. 
 
 .CoMP.\NY G. — The conmiissioned officers 
 were : 
 
 Caf^fains — 01i\cr O. Bagley, till Novcml)cr 
 C:. 1864; A. J. Jones, till muster out of regiment. 
 
 I'irst Lieutenants — M. L. Lininger. till 
 November 19, 1862: T. B. Jacobs, till April 
 7. 1863; Montraville Reeves, till May 4, 1864; 
 A. J. Jones, till promoted November 6, 1864; 
 Thomas Meeker, who was prisoner of was at 
 the nuister c)ut of the regiment. 
 
 Second Liciileihints — T. B. Jacobs, till i)ro- 
 inoted November K). 1862; Albert J. Jones, 
 till M.ay 4, 1864. 
 
 The enlisted men were: 
 
 First Sergeant — A. J. Jcnies, piduidted 
 second lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants — -Thomas Meeker. ])ri>moted 
 while prisoner of war; llar\-ev tngrim. Jnhu 
 Cummings, John Madder. 
 
 Carf^arals — H. C. Jones,, nuistered out ;ts 
 sergeant; P>. Jacubs, killed at .Stime l\i\ci'. 
 December 31. i8Cj;|".. |. I'.arnett: S. k". Willis; 
 A. Higgiiis; John Pall; R. (i. McCiiiurs; j. 
 S. Reeves. 
 
 Miisieidus — W. WiidilburN-; II. Ilelkin. 
 
 // 'agduer — Laugbliu , Stew art. 
 
 Pri^vtes — James Paruett: Tliom;is Pr.an- 
 don; David Ball, killed at Stoiie River: Allen 
 I'.ryaiit: j.Fu P.n.ckett: II. II. Clark; k". 1). 
 Clark; A. C. Clark; J;nnes Coslett; Isaac Cos- 
 lell: Cl;irk Cazard ; T. A. Clark: .Alexander 
 Daw sou, died at X;isli\ille. k\'bru;iry 1. 1863; 
 D.aniel Deli.art: I\l. C. Drake, mustered nut ;ts 
 ci>rp(ir,il; W. M. Drake, unisteri'd out as cur- 
 p(ir,il F. W. I'lastiin: bacdb k"ry. died at Gal- 
 l.-iliu, December 15. i8()_': j. P. k'ry; James 
 Inirman; W. IF b'niggelt : lieers Guire, died at 
 Nashville, y\pril 18, 1864: C. Harlowe; I. 
 Henderson; F. A. Holstnii; J.anies H.ariJcr, 
 Jr., J. A. Hill; h>hn Ingrini; George Ingrini, 
 died at leffersonville, Indiana, December 17,
 
 6o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 1864; Isaac Ingrim, died at Nashville, Decem- 
 ber 8, 1862; Herd Ingrim; P. L. Jones; James 
 Jacobs, died at Bowling Green, January 18, 
 1863; James Kess, died at Galatin, January 
 12, 1863; Alexander Lana, died at Gallatin, 
 January 15, 1863; J. W. Lett, died at Nash- 
 ville, January 11. 1863; J. W. Martin; James 
 Munson; James Meek; William McShane; 
 T. W. McDowell; E. Osliorn, died in Hart 
 county, Kentucky, November 26, 1862; B. F. 
 Osborn, died at Annapolis, Maryland, February 
 6, 1863; Thos. Robinson; W. H. Rake: N. 
 Stephen; S. Sears, died at Nashville; William 
 Sites; John Thomason; L. Thomason. died at 
 Chatanooga. July 3, 1864; Elisha Tinker; W. 
 P. Updike: W. D. West, died at Gallatin. Ten- 
 nessee, February 14, 1863; John Willis; S. S. 
 Weathers ; John Whirl. 
 
 Recruits — J. S. Osborn, killed at Rocky 
 Face Ridge, May 9. 1864: M. Reeves, promoted 
 first sergeant and then first lieutenant. 
 
 Company K. — Tlie commissioned t)fticers 
 of the company were : 
 
 Captains — H. D. Martin, till July 3. 1863; 
 W. W. Davis, till March 6, 1864; W. H. Bas- 
 sett. promoted March 6. 1864, but not mus- 
 tered. 
 
 First Lieutenants — W. W. Davis, till July 
 3. 1S63 ; W. H. Bassett, till March 6, 1864; W. 
 H. Hutchenson. 
 
 Second Licnienanis — Moses Hunter, till 
 October 19, 1862: 1. P. C. Taylor, till June 6. 
 1863; W. H. Bassett, till July 3, 1863; W. H. 
 Hutchenson. 
 
 The enlisted men from Douglas county 
 were: 
 
 First Sergeant — I. P. C. Taylor, promoted 
 second lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants — \\'. H. Hutchenson, promoted 
 first sergeant, then first lieutenant : D. C. 
 Hutciiinson: J. Douner; G. W. Allen, pro- 
 moted sergeant major. 
 
 Corporals — H. C. Waller, died at Nash- 
 viiJe, December 3, 1864; R. Walch; C. Royrk; 
 C. Brawnch, i)romoted sergeant and died in 
 Andersonville prison, June i, 1864, number of 
 g'Mve 1619; Lewis Zeller. 
 
 Wagoner — A. P. Reeves, died near Ste- 
 phenson, Alabama, October 21. 1863. 
 
 Privates — N. Aldrid, died in Danville, 
 Virginia, January 22, 1864, while prisoner of 
 war; Joseph Brand, died at Nashville, January 
 4. 1863; W. H. Bassett, promoted first ser- 
 geant, then first lieutenant; John Beedle; 
 Samuel Chauney, died at Andersonville prison, 
 October 6, 1864, numlier of grave, 10459; 
 John Chauney; William Chandler, died at 
 Nashville, December 21, 1862; John Fliss; 
 Stephen Eliss, died at Annapolis, Maryland, 
 February 15, 1863; Pin'lip Eaton, died in Dan- 
 ville, Kentucky, October 20, 1862: Jesse Ea- 
 vins: Edward Franklin; Barton Fallin, died at 
 Tullahoma, Tennessee, July 5, 1863; James 
 Fallin ; Andrew Hayes ; Eli How ; John Hun- 
 ter, died near Murfreesboro: Henry C. Jones; 
 Felix Lardenois: James Loyd, died at Mur- 
 freesboro, July I, 1863; J. H. Lett; J. N. 
 Louthan, mustered out as sergeant: (i. W. 
 Maxon. mustered out as corporal: Thomas 
 McConley, promoted corporal, died in Jeffer- 
 son liarracks, December 22, J864: Hugh Mc- 
 Kinney, promoted corporal ; Thomas Morri- 
 son; John Monien; Elihu Monsell ; George 
 Near: Israel Price: Lewis Pfifer: Levi Rem- 
 niel ; S. T. Renmiel ; Jacob Remmel: John 
 Row; James Riley; Jawes Standafer, died 
 at Nashville, March 31, 1863; D. E. Shull; S.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 61 
 
 Simmons, died at Xaslivilie, November ,^o, 
 1862; \V. B. Templeton; G. Waldmf, died at 
 Chattanooga, June 24. i8()4; W. II. Wright; 
 E. G. S. Wright ; All)ert Wood, died at Nash- 
 viUc, l)eceni1)er 28, 1862; Henry Wood, cUed 
 al Danville, Virginia, Feljruary 1, 1864, while 
 a prisoner of \v;ir ; J. V. West, died at Nash- 
 ville, iMay 7, i^'>J,\ Alexander West; Henry 
 Wolf. 
 
 Ri-cntils — Martin Minniet; Leonard C. 
 Taylor, mustered out as sergeant. 
 
 The Seventy-ninth Illinois Inf.antry was 
 organized at M;ttloon, Illinois, in August, 
 iXf)2, hy t_'ol. Lyman (iuinnip. ;ind was mus- 
 tered into the I'nited States service August 
 22, i8r)_>. (_)n .Sei)teml)er 12, the regiment 
 moved under orders to Louisville, Kentucky, 
 where it was assigned the Third ih-igadc of 
 Craft's division of the army of Kentucky. On 
 the 29th it was transferred to the Fourth Bri- 
 gade of the Second Division, October i. 1862, 
 the .Seventv-ninth commenced the march 
 through Kentucky with the army. .\t I'rank- 
 fort it was tran>ferred to the ]'"iflh iSrigade. 
 The regiment reached Lerryville, Kentucky, ijn 
 October (). and continued its march thence to 
 C"rab ( )rchanl, Lebanon, IViwling Creen and 
 Nasluille, Tennessee, rciching the latter i)lace 
 on the jlh of November. ( )clober 17, Col. 
 (iuinnip resigning, Lieut. Col. S. 1'. Reed w;is 
 ])romoted colonel. Mere the regiment re- 
 m;iincd until Deccmlier, when it moved out with 
 the armv toward Murfreesboro, .and on the 31st 
 engagetl in the l)attle of Stone River. Col. 
 Reed was killed early in the action, and the 
 Command devolved u])on M;ij. I'.uckner. The 
 Se\-enty-ninth was engaged until the 4th of 
 January. 1863, losing one officer killed, three 
 wounded and three missing; twenty-three men 
 
 killed, si.xty-eight wounded, and one hundred 
 and twenty-one missing. During the winter 
 the regiment remained at Murfreesboro. ;mil 
 were assigned to the Second Brigade, Second 
 Division, Twentieth Army Corps, .\pril 25, 
 1863, Maj. Buckner was promoted to colonel. 
 June 24, 1863, the regiment move to Lil)- 
 erty Gap, and on the following day engaged 
 the enemy, losing Capt. John I'atton, killetl; 
 Capt. H. D. Martin, mortally wounded; Capt. 
 Lacey and Lieuts. I'onlke, Jones and King, 
 wounded; five men killed and thirty-six 
 wounded. The division then moved to Tul- 
 lahoma, and on the lOth of Augu.st crossed 
 the Cumberland Mountains, the Tennessee 
 river, Sand Mountain, Lookout Mountain, and 
 went into the battle of Chickamauga, in which 
 the regiment was engaged during the 19th and 
 20th of Septem^jer. Its loss in this light w;is 
 seven officers missing, four men killed, thir- 
 teen wounded and ninety-seven nfissing. I )n 
 the evening of the 20th the Seventy-ninth fell 
 back to L'hattanooga with the army. While 
 here, the regiment was rc-a.ssigned, being 
 placed to the Third Brigade (Col. C. (i. Ilar- 
 ker's). Second Division, (ien. Sherid.an. 
 l'"om1h Ai-mv Cor])s, comm.anded by ( ien. 
 Cr.inger. When the Army of the CumberLand 
 broke fiMm its i)rison at Ch;Ut;mooga .and 
 .assailed I'r.agg in his monnt.ain fastness, the 
 .Seventv ninth took.an active i)art in the engage- 
 menls that followed on the J_](\. 24th ,and 23th 
 of November, and on the 25th stormed Mission 
 Ridge, capturing two jjieccs of artillery. On 
 the 27th, the regiment accomi).anied the l-'ourth 
 Corjis in that famous march to Kuo.wille. Ten- 
 nessee, going, however, to lll.ain's t.'ross-roads, 
 and remaining there till January 15, 1864, 
 when it advancetl to Dandridge, but fell back
 
 62 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 two clays later to Knoxville. The Second 
 Division being ordered to Loudon, the Seven- 
 ty-ninth went to Sweetwater, forty-two miles 
 south of Knoxville, on the railroad, where it 
 remained during the larger part of the spring, 
 moving to Cleveland in the latter part of April. 
 On the opening of the Atlanta campaign, 
 the regiment moved forward with Gen. New- 
 ton in command of the division, and Gen. How- 
 ard in command of the corps. The movement 
 l)egan May 3, 1864, and on the 9th the regiment 
 took part in its first engagement of the cam- 
 paign at R(jcky Face Ridge; then followed a 
 series of heavy engagements, at Resaca, May 
 13 and 14; Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, June 
 27; Peach Tree Creek, July 20; Atlanta, July 
 22, 27, and August 3 ; Jonesboro, Septemljer i , 
 and Love joy on the 2d of September. The 
 losses of the regiment in this campaign were 
 four officers wounded, six enlisted men kdled 
 and fifty-three wounded. In the latter part of 
 September, the corps was ordered back to Chat- 
 tanooga under the command of Gen. Stanley. 
 The Seventy-ninth moved to Bridgeport, 
 Alabama, and remained there till October 19, 
 when it returned to Chattanooga. While here 
 it made an expedition to Alpine Pass and re- 
 turned, and then moved to Pulaski, Tennes- 
 see. Held that position until November 22, 
 when it commenced to fall back to Nashville 
 with the army. At Franklin, the Seventy- 
 ninth was engaged four hours, losing three 
 officers and eighty men killed, wounded and 
 captured, out of two hundred and ten veteran 
 troops. That night fell back to Nashville, 
 where, on the 29th, Pat Cleborne's division 
 attacked the brigade and drove it into the city. 
 On the 15th and i6th of December, the battle 
 of Nashville occurred, in which the Seventy- 
 
 ninth took an active part, and joined in the 
 subsequent pursuit as far as the Tennessee 
 river. The Third Brigade was then sent to 
 Decatur, Alabama, arriving there January 6, 
 1865. March 30, the brigade moved to Bull's 
 Gap by rail, sixty miles east of Knoxville, 
 Tennessee, where it remained until April 22, 
 and then went to Nashville. Here the Seventy- 
 ninth was stationed until it was musterd out 
 June 12, 1865. It subsequently arrived at 
 Camp Butler, Illinois, June 15, and June 23 re- 
 ceived final pay and discharge. In April, 1S64, 
 the county court ordered a regimental Hag, 
 which was presented to the regiment. 
 
 ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS 
 INFANTRY. 
 
 This regiment was organized at Mattoon, 
 and mustered into the one hundred-days' service 
 June 6, 1864. Of this regiment Company G 
 was recruited in Douglas county. The com- 
 missioned officers were: Derrick Lamb, cap- 
 tain; James Easton, first lieutenant; J. T. 
 Switzer, second lieutenant. The enlisted men 
 from Douglas county were : 
 
 First Sergeant — J. H. I'errine. 
 
 Sergeants — Charles Skinner, died at Jef- 
 ferson City, Missouri, July 7, 1864; J. Z. Lin- 
 ton; P. Kinder, O. Adams. 
 
 Corporals — William Bays, promoted ser- 
 geant; I. Watkins, Charles Dickens, A. Flem- 
 ing, D. Jenkins, B. McAllister, T. J. Bagley. 
 Charles Balen. 
 
 Musicians — Austin Bishop; John Crowley. 
 
 IVagoncr — Thomas Donnelly. 
 
 Privates — I. Allison; Erastus Badler; W. 
 II. Bard; A. C. Bragg; F. M. and Alexander 
 Bragg; P. Burton; S. Bye; B. F. Barkley; C.
 
 mOGRAPHlCAL AND HISTORICAL. 63 
 
 H. Balch, died at Benton Barracks, June 29, mustered out as first sergeant; T. J. Bagley; 
 
 1864; J. Bogard; B. Bogard: L. IXaniel; C. Martin l^.radford. 
 
 Dragoo; C. M. Donica, promoted corporal: J. Corporals — J. W. I\(iln-l)augh ; I. II. Wat- 
 Dale; J. R. JCrland ; W. H. H. luistim; II. M. kins; E. K. Tli(>m])son, mustered out as ser- 
 Franz, died at Benton liarracks June 23, 1864; geant ; L. Oslinrn: 11. I'". Ilarklev; I'",. Ilrewer; 
 G. Ford; J. Garrett; William Calls: (1. W. A. A. Thomas. 
 
 Goodson, promoted corporal: J. R. Hull; Musicians — .\. .V. Kertz ; S. I'.rewer. 
 
 Thomas Haskell: N. Holden; N. Howard: E. ll'agoiicr — Richard l)a\is, killed hy rail- 
 
 C. Holiday: J. Kennedy: E. Lay: .\. Long; mad accident, near Chattanooga, I'"chrnary _'6, 
 
 J. R. Leslie; A. Moore; J. N. McKinney; J.' 1SO5. 
 
 N. Mosharger; F. M. Maddo.x, died in Jeffer- I'riratrs — \\'illi;un llavs, promoted to sec- 
 son City. Mis.souri, August 4, 1864; C. H. Mil- ond lieutenant: \.. 1 I. Ihcwer; J. iiartlclt, nnis- 
 ler: j. D. McDowell; Kewton McAughy: J. tcrcd out as corporal: R. Bradford; R. M. 
 1>. I'eacock: J. IVtcrs: J. S. I'rose: I'". I'nckctt; T.rcwer; (;. W. Ihishy; Hi.arles ISoulen: J. 
 
 I. .S. Reeder; J. .\. Richman : j. II. .Snnth; L. Baugh : I). T. Corhin : l\ M. Ch.imhers; G. 
 William Scott; A. 11. Sluss: J. W. Tignor; C. \\\ Chase; James Davidson; R. A. Duane; 
 
 II. Wetsell; 1'. Wildman: Alhert \\'ddni;m; Charles Dragoo; William Ennis; D. Fid- 
 \V. II. Walters: 1, X. Wells: S. I',. Williams; dler; J. S. Fiddler, mustered out as 
 C. B. Wells; W. H. Wells. corporal: W. J. Fid.ller; J. O. Foss, mus- 
 
 This regiment was assigned to post duty at tered out as sergeant; William (iilkerson; 
 JelTersou City, Missoiu'i, a point they reached William Ilittshew; H. Howell; W. |. 1'. Hope- 
 hy way of St. Louis, soon al"ter heing nnistered well; N. N. Howard: J. T. Hicks: |. II. Ilen- 
 into the service. Creenhury Wright, of Tus- dersou: j. R. Leslie: fi. L. Lin.sey; |ohn I.anih; 
 cola, was the first m.ajor and aftei"\\ard lieuten- Derrick' L.amh. pronioteil ca]>tain: |. N. Me- 
 ant Colonel of the regiment. The regiment Kinney: .\. Moore: W. T. Miller; James Na- 
 was ordered home, and mustered out on Se]>- ])hew, died :d Cleveland, Tennessee, March 10, 
 temher _>S, 1804. i8f)5: I). I',. ( )\crm;iii, died at Nashville. Jan- 
 uary _'7. i8(i(): J. T. I'hilli])s: Willi.-im I'oor; 
 ONK iiUNDRKi) .\Ni) I- 1 FTV- N I N Ti I I I.I.I .\r )is > • S. Rccdcr ; .\lex Ridcuour ; j . Skiimcr : Wil- 
 INFWIKV '''"" •'^'■"'C J. Tnrryville; M. Wilson; II. II. 
 
 Wright: W. II. Waters. 
 
 ()t this regiment Com])any I" wris recruited 'I'hc ( )ne llnndrcd .and I'ortv-ninlli Reg- 
 
 in Douglas county. The commissioiu-d of- iment was organized .at C.anip Ihitler, Illinois, 
 
 ficers were: Derrick Lamh. ca])lain: I). (',. on h"cl)ruar\- m, 1X05. hy {',,]. William C. 
 
 I'ddridge. first lieutenant: William liays. sec- Kneffner, ,and mustered in for one years' .ser- 
 
 ond lieutenant. hailistcd men of I)(juglas vice. ( )n the T4lh, the regiment moved under 
 
 county were : orders for Nashville and thence to Chattanooga. 
 
 First Scri^raiil — S. R. Cox. Here it was assigned hy Cen. Steadm.an to 
 
 Si'ri^canls — W. h". liargcr, J. 1'. Hancock, duty, guarding railroads.
 
 6a 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 On May i it was assigned to. Col. Felix, 
 Prince Salni's brigade, the Second Separate 
 Division, Army of the Cumberland, and on 
 the fiilJDwing day moved to Dalton, Georgia. 
 Here the regiment remained until July 6, when 
 it was ordered to Atlanta. On the 26th, being 
 assigned to duty in the fourth district of Alla- 
 toona, it was put on guard duty in that dis- 
 trict. It was subsequently ordered to Dalton, 
 where the regiment was mustered out January 
 27, 1866, and ordered to Springfield, Illinois, 
 for final payment and discharge. 
 
 THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY. 
 
 This regiment was composed of only eight 
 companies, one of which. Company G, was 
 recruited principally from Douglas county. 
 The commissioned officers were : 
 
 Captain — Charles H. Roland. 
 
 First Lieutenants — Albert Erskin, promot- 
 ed captain of Company E; James G. Kearney, 
 only officer from Douglas county, from August 
 10, 1862. 
 
 Second Lieutenants — \Villi:mi K. Trabue, 
 till August 9, 1862; Forrest D. Spincer, till 
 mustered out of the regiment. 
 
 The enlisted men from the county were : 
 
 First Ser^^eant — J. G. Kearney, promoted 
 first lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants — G. F. Green; \V. H. Flint. 
 
 Corporals — O. E. Vandeventer, \V. J. 
 Henry. 
 
 Buglers — N. R. Gruelle. 
 
 Farrier — Henry Campbell, mustered out 
 as sergeant. 
 
 Privates — A. Burton; George Boyer; M. 
 Cavanaugh ; Elijah Carr, died at Ironton, 
 Missouri, Ai)ril 12, 1862; F. Cunningham; \V. 
 
 J. Churls ; F. Collum ; F. O. Easton ; L. Fetters ; 
 R. C. Grissom; Gilbert Green; John Keneas; 
 Elizer Lathrop; J. T. Maynor; J. Mos- 
 barger, died at Helena, Arkansas, August 
 30, 1862; Ezekiel Miller, died at St. Louis. 
 Missouri, March ig, 1862; John Mack; L. 
 McAllister; M. G. Neff, died at Ironton, 
 Missouri, May, 1862; E. Poul; I. S. Reeder; 
 N. Roland; John Shule; J. N. Tannihill ; S. 
 Waldrop; L. Wilkins; W. H. Wright; A. H. 
 Wildman; William Woodhall ; J. Whitlock; 
 Macey Whitlock, died at Ironton, Missouri, 
 April 30, 1862. There were some from Doug- 
 las county transferred to other companies; of 
 these in Company H, were G. W. Austin ; John 
 Brighton; Henry Campbell; Robert Davis; C. 
 H. Jones; Henry Littlefield ; Ira Magnor; M. 
 Stewart; George Thebedient; William Taylor; 
 S. Walthrop; Samuel Winan. 
 
 The Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry Regiment 
 was organized at Camp Douglas, Illinois, in 
 December, 1861, by Col. J. W. Bell. The reg- 
 iment was moved to Benton I'arracks, St. 
 Louis, where it was armed and ccjuipped, and 
 in February, 1862, moved to the field. Until 
 June I it was on duty in southeast Missouri, 
 where it joined Gen. Curtis' army, at Jackson- 
 port, Arkansas. With Gen. Curtis, the Thir- 
 teenth moved through Arkansas, taking part in 
 the .skirmishes of the campaign to Helena, 
 Arkansas. In the fall of i8r)2 it returned with 
 Gen. Curtis to Missouri, and was engaged with 
 General Davidson, in the campaign of south- 
 west Missouri and northwest Arkansas, driv- 
 ing Marmaduke and his command out of the 
 state. On May 20, 1863, in accordance with 
 orders from headquarters Department of Mis- 
 souri, the Thirteenth was consolidated; the 
 eight companies being formed into three, Maj.
 
 BIOCIRAI'MICAL ANi:) HISTORICAL. 65 
 
 L. T,ii)])ert heiiii^- retained in coniniaiul of the A list 1 if battles and skirmishes in which tlie 
 
 Iiattalicm. I'>\- tlie same (irder C"ol. I'.eU, Lieut, regiment was engaged is as follows : I'itman's 
 
 (ol. llartman and Maj. Charles I'.eU were Ferry, Arkansas, July 20, 1862 ; Cotton Plant, 
 
 mustered out of the service. Arkansas, July 25, 1862; Union City, Mi.s- 
 
 In the following July the hatlalion moved .souri, August jj, 1862; Cam]) I'illow, Mis- 
 
 with Gen. Davidson's cavalry division into Ar- som-i, August 2(j, i8()_>; Bloomlleld, Ali.ssouri, 
 
 kansas, taking part in the battles of llrowns- Sejitemher 13, 18O2; Van Huren, Missouri, 
 
 ville, August 24 and 25; I'.ayou Metre, 27 and 17. .1863: Lleven Point River, Missouri, 
 
 28; Austin. August 31. and again at liayou March j(>, i8C)_:;; Jackson, Missouri, .Xpril 
 
 .Metre, Septeml)er 4. The Thirteenth w-as the 22, 1863: White River, Missouri, April 
 
 lirst organization to enter Little Rock, on its 23, 1863; Ijloomlield (J), Missouri, ,\])ril 24, 
 
 capture, September 10, 1863, and was engaged 1863; Union City and Chalk Bluff, Missintri, 
 
 in the pursuit of Price, to Red River. In the April 25, 1863; Bushy Creek, Misscntri, May 
 
 .spring of 1864 the battalion accompanied (ien. 31, 1863; near Helena, .Arkansas, .August 8, 
 
 Steele in the expedition to Canulen, taking a 1803; (Irand Pr;iirie antl White River, .Ar- 
 
 l)roniinent part in the actions at .\rkadclphia, kansas, August 24 and 25, 1863; Bayou Metre, 
 
 Okoloma, Little Mis.souri Ri\er, Prairie du Arkansas, .\ugust 17, 1863; Brownsville, .\r- 
 
 -\nne, Camden and jeiikin's l'\'rry, during the kansas, August 16, 1863; Deadiuan's Lake, 
 
 month of April. After returnitig to Little Arkan.sas, .August 2- and 28, 1863; .\ustin, 
 
 Rock, the battalion was engagetl in many raids Arkansas, .\ugust 31, 18O3; Ba_\ou .Metre 
 
 and scouts, and in skirmishing with the forces (2d), .Arkatisas, September 4, 1863; Little 
 
 of Shelby and Marmaduke, defeating them at Rock, .\rkansas, September to, 1863; Benton, 
 
 Clarendon and Pine ISlutT. In tiie suiumer of Arkansas, .Sc])teniber 11, 1863; Batesville, .Ar- 
 
 1864 the battalion was stationed at I'ine Bluff, kansas. ( )ctober 22, 18O3: Pine T.luff..\rkanas, 
 
 in Col. Clayton's brigade, and engagetl in i\o\'ember jH. 1803; .Xrkadelidiia, .\rkansas, 
 
 scouting and ])icketing. ( )n the 25th of Jan- April 2, i8')4; Okoloma, .Arkansas, .\pril 3, 
 
 nary, i8C)5, the cavalry di\-ision ha\ing I)een 1864; Little Missouri Ri\er, Arkansas, April 
 
 discontinued, the Thii'tei'nth was assigned to 4. i8()4; Praii'ie du .\nne, Arkansas, .\pril m, 
 
 duty at the jiosl of Pine Pluff. In .\pril, 11 and 12, i8()4 ; Camden, Arkansas, April 15, 
 
 detachments were sent to lake ])ossessi<in of 18^)4; Jenkins' h'erry, .Arkansas, .\pril 30, 
 
 Mouticello, Camden and Wa>hingtou, leaving 18^)4; Cross Ri.iads, .\rkansas. Se|)teinber 1 r, 
 
 the headquarters ;U Pine Pluff. .\ugust 31, i8()4; Mount l''.lb;i, .\rkansas, ( )clober 18, 
 
 i8(')5, the regiment was mustered out, ;ui(l t8f)4; Douglas Landing, .Arkansas, l'"ebruary 
 
 received final ])ay and discharge at Springfield, 22. 1805; iMonlicello, Arkansas, March 28, 
 
 Illinois, Se])tember 13. 1865. The Thirteenth 1865. 
 
 Ca\-alry Regiment's aggreg;ite strength during' Douglas county was represented in other 
 
 its organization was i.75<) men. the battalion organizations in the army, liut concerning 
 
 having been consolidated with a newly-formed whom there is no reliable information. To 
 
 but incomplete regiment in the spring of 1864. notice the e.special achievements of the volun- 
 5
 
 66 J'.IOCRAPIJICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 teers from tliis county would be a pleasant luit this shall sliuw that Douglas county was not 
 
 an impossible work. Even to note the indi- wanting in patrotisni and sacrificing- devotion 
 
 vidiial experiences of companies formed in the when demanded Ijy the nation's peril, the ob- 
 
 county has l^een found impracticable. A brief ject of the foregoing ])ages will have been 
 
 sketch of the regiments of which they formed reached, 
 a part is all that can be attemiited, and if
 
 HISTORICAL SKETCHES 
 
 TowiSHiFS IS iifloiiiis coysTy.
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 CAMAKCo TowNsiiu". raising. Tiiis hmise was fm- a liiiig time tlie 
 
 Iicaclquaiicrs for eiections and military nuis- 
 
 Caniargo tdwnshi]) cnjnys the iKinnr of (crs. 
 
 licing the earhest scttk-d pcirticm ni Douglas There was a small tribe nl Imlians campeil 
 
 eoinitv, the first eomcrs df whom we lia\t' any al llridge])! Tt, nnw llugn I'. ()., section u. 15, 
 
 acconnl hax'ing arrived in iSj<). The townslii]) (). which was a trading i)oint with them, and 
 
 tlerivcs its name from the city nf Caniargo in a store or trading post was ke])t by (iodfrey 
 
 Mexico, and was suggested bv C<>\. AfcCown. N'esser. a i'"renehman, or perhaps \ esser & 
 
 The first house built in I )(inglas cimnty is yet linlborv. 
 
 standing on section _^_^. 1'). (), on the lies land, Jd'hi llamniet and his sons, W'm. .S. and 
 west of the railroad bridge at Caniargo and |as. R., ru'rived in November, rK_^o. The lam- 
 north of the track. Jt was raised in t8_'() by ily lived in a tent the lirst winter ;nid were 
 John A. Richman, the father of John Richman \isited by large numbers of Indians who 
 of our day, and well au<l f.amili.'n'ls' known a^ would call and sit around the fire. M'hcir gen- 
 "Cncle jack." John A. Richman lived |o be I'lal conduct was sih'Iv as to leave the im])res- 
 o\ er eightw ;uid e\ en at thai ;ige would hardb' siou that the\' were honest, and allhough the 
 deign to ride a horse, but wnuld gird himstdf f.amily of the 1 lammets was at iheir mercy, 
 with knife and tomahawk, .■lud with gun on nr)tbing was stolen, and tlaw had no lears for 
 shoulder would '"step o\er" to the ( )kaw tim- their personal s;ifet\'. Ilowewr one or two 
 her, tweh'e or fifteen miles 1);ick. .IS coi illy ;is a b;iHles with Indians from the upper Embar- 
 m;ni of the ])resenl day would walk ;i mile. .Mr. rass are s])oken of as h.nving occurred, TXr5- 
 Richnian came from \\ e>t \ irgiin.a in the \ear iSiS; one with go\erinncnt sni'veyors, near 
 mentioned — some say, howe\er, \f>2~ — and the creek in Coles county. John 1 lammet and 
 Jolm Richman, then a lad, made a hand at the I larrison Gill, of Kentucky, were the first land
 
 70 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 (nvners in tlic area of the county, after the 
 government, liaving entered land on the same 
 day. Mr. Hammet took several hundred acres 
 north of Camargo village, and Mr. Gill enter- 
 ing two hundred and forty acres in section 35, 
 cast of Gamargo. The i)atents for these first 
 entered lands were signed 1)y Andrew Jackson, 
 in March, 1830. .Samuel ;\shmore entere<l part 
 of section 36, 15. 10, in 1830 also. Mr. Gill 
 caiue from Kentuckv on liorseliack and in com- 
 pany with his uncle Rohert visited the Indians 
 at Hugo. 
 
 Jas. T\. Hammet was active in the interests 
 of the new countv of Douglas and also in those 
 of the east and west railroad, of which he was 
 one of the incorporators and a director for 
 fomieen years. G. \\^ Henson, Charles Brew- 
 er, Jolin Brown, Martin Rice, John D. Mur- 
 doch, Alexander Bragg and the Watsons were 
 also of the 'first arrivals. C. Brewer came in 
 1855. John Brown, who arrived in 1838, was 
 elected associate justice of the county of Doug- 
 las in 1S65. Mr. Rice came in 1S49, ^1"^ ^^''is a 
 resident of what is now Douglas county after 
 1853. He actively assisted in the movement of 
 the new county, and was a memher of the first 
 political convention held in it, in the second year 
 after township organization. John D. Murdeck 
 was elected associate justice of Douglas county, 
 was a member of the first county board in 1859, 
 and re-elected in 1861. Coleman Bright, a 
 natix'e of A^irgini;i, c;nne froiu Indiana to Ca- 
 margo in .\ugusl, 1850, and was the .senior 
 memher of the hrni of 15right & Jones, of Ca- 
 margo and Tuscola. Alexander Bragg came 
 to the state in 1835, and served in the Mexi- 
 can war, 1846. \y. D. Watson, of this town- 
 ship, was in the state senate at the time of form- 
 ing the county. Geo. W. Henson arrived in 
 
 1844. H. L. Thornsbrnc of this township, 
 was born within the area of the county — 1830. 
 
 The original part of the village of Camargo 
 was laid off in November, 1836, by Isaac Moss, 
 Jos. Fowler, surveyor, and was called New 
 Salem. When Moss' addition was made it was j 
 called New Albany, after which it received its 
 ])resent name. It is the most ancient village 
 in the comity, and in the long years pending the 
 advent of the I. & I. C. Railway w as considered 
 "finished." It was the place of residence of 
 many of the most successful business men of 
 the county. The first county court of Doug- « 
 las county was held here '"under dispensation," 
 pending the selection of a county seat. The j 
 town proper composes an area of about eighty 
 acres, lying on the left bank of the Embarrass 
 r"i\er anil upon the line of ihe I. 1). & W . Rail- 
 way'. 
 
 The Methodists and Christians have each a 
 church, the former being a fine brick building 
 costing five thousand dollars. 
 
 Camargo Lodge, No. 440, A. F. & A. M., 
 was instituted October 18, 1865. The charter 
 members were : Jas. T. Orr, A. Salisbury, 
 R. E. Carmack, .\. K. P. Townsend, Geo. C. 
 Gill, Martin Rice, W. C. Campbell, R. C. Pat- 
 terson, J. T. Helm, J. R. Henderson, H. G. 
 Russell. The first officers were : Jas. T. Orr, 
 worshipful master; Geo. C. Gill, secretary; R. 
 E. Carmack, treasurer. A commodious lodge 
 room was dedicated Octol)er 2, 1875 ; the Royal 
 .'\rch Chapter was instituted U. D. Novemlier 
 9, the same year. The institution of the lodge 
 was assisted l)y Tuscola Masons in 1865, who 
 came out "by land" for the purpose, the rail- 
 road having not yet appeared. 
 
 The township took stock in the I. D. & \\'. 
 Railway to the amount of fifteen thousand dol-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 lars. payable in hnirlcen rears, witli ten ])er clerk in X<i\enil)er, i86(;, serving' one term nf 
 
 cent, interest. The taxes ])ai(l by the I'Dad nia- fi>nr years. 
 
 terially reduce the interest. Tiiiihcr. — ()ne third i>t the area of the 
 
 The area of the township is I'll'ty-six sections townshij) is within the uri^'inal timber limit, 
 
 of land or about ec|nal to sixty and onedialf which .i^rew adjacent Id the ri\-er, as is usual 
 
 s(|uare miles, some of the sections having over here. Many fine tracts of tiiul)er yet remain, 
 
 one thousand acres. The township contains Tlood timbei" was held as lui^h as sc\- 
 
 thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and si.xty- enty li\e dollars per acre, and tift\ dollars \\;is 
 
 nine acres. a common price; it was used, after hnilding- 
 
 'i'lie notable hi.t;li-li;mded and desperate ri>l)- \\ith it. and for ;i loiiii;' time, almost e\clusi\ely 
 
 bery of W'm. S. Hammet and his household oc- foi- fticl first, and then fenciniL;'. As the country 
 
 curred on the night of June S, 1S70. The fam- grew older saw nulls were introduced and na- 
 
 il\' had retired. .Mr. llammet was aroused Iiy ti\e boards ajipeared: but since the nufitipli- 
 
 a knock at the door, and n])on opening it was catiou ot railroads leading to the easy trans- 
 
 instantly seized by two armed and masked men, portatiou of foreign fencing and coal, timber 
 
 who demanded silence and money. Tie was land has dejireciated, until good prairie is f,ar 
 
 unarmed and ])artly unclothed, taken by sur- more \-aluable. Some large farmers use foi-ci;ni 
 
 l)rise, with a loaded ])istol pointing directly at planks, or hedges, for fencing, and bium co;il 
 
 and close to his heart, which nnght at any in- exclusixely, many of tlieni having not an acre 
 
 stant ha\'e been discharged bv the trembling ot timber. 
 
 hand of his guard, and after carefully weighing Ratlraads. — The 1. 1). iS; W . l\.iih-o;id 
 the chances concluded to siu'render, a prudence crosses this townshi]) in an east and west ili- 
 that is commended b\- men of bi-;i\er\'. He rection. confing in on the west side and 
 was held strictly under gu.ard until the villains near the middle of section _:;_'. townshi]) 10. 
 had obtained watches and ii'welrv to the range <), and runs upon a straight line until 
 amount of two hundred and lifts- dollars and a shortly after passing the \illage of Camargo, 
 little mone}". The}' had taken care to fasten in section 33, where it dellects to the south 
 the door of a room occupied by some work about twelve rods, and continues at that dis- 
 bands, rmd, ha\'ing accomplished their ]iuri)ose tancc from the middle line of the section till 
 with dispatch, ixdeased Mr. llammet and dis- it le;i\es the comity. It has a substantial 
 a|)peareil with great baste in the darkness. bridgi'. one hundieil and lhirt\' leet long. 
 
 The town ot .W'w T.oston was laid oiU li\- on the west side of the \illage at the crossing 
 
 Mtd)owell on section 35, i(>. <). in .\'o\ember, of the l''.mbarrass i'i\er, which resistetl the ice- 
 
 1X37, and vac;ited b'ebrnary. 1S45. I'ar- How of the winter of oSSj, whilst the wagon 
 
 menas Watson was made sherilT in Xo\em- bridge, out' hundred and fifty feet north of it, 
 
 l)er, T8t)0, and S. S. li'win was superintendent ga\e way. 
 
 of schools from the fall of iSOi, serx'ing two The townshi]) took stock in the railroad 
 
 years. Dr. f<.)hn C. Parcel was elected county inu'er its t'ormer name, l.X; I. C_"., to the amcjunt
 
 72 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 of fifteen thousand dollars, payable in fourteen 
 years, with ten per cent, interest, and the bonds 
 were refunded in June, iS8o, being placed with 
 Preston, Kean & Co., of Chicago, at si.x per 
 cent, interest, which transaction was negoti- 
 ated bv Charles C. hA-khart, l'-S(|.. nf Tuscola. 
 
 CITY OF C.\M.\KGO. 
 
 Creation and development. —The original 
 town of Camargo was laid off in November, 
 1836. by Isaac Moss, being surveyed by Joseph 
 Fowler, and was callecl New Salem. Mr. Moss 
 made an addition in T840; the name was then 
 changed to New Albany, the voting precinct 
 being known by the name of Albany, and 
 finally, when, upon the suggestion of J. ?). Mc- 
 Cowu. the name of the precinct was changed 
 to Camargo, the village accepted the same 
 name. It is the most ancient village in the 
 county, antedating Tuscola, Areola and New- 
 man, and even the time-honored Bourbon, 
 which was laid off in 1853, Camargo, with her 
 1836 record, leading Bourbon by seventeen 
 years. This village in the long years preceding 
 the advent of the east- and west railroad lan- 
 guished and was long considered finished; the 
 final completion of the road, however, gave it 
 somewhat of an impetus, that may end in'some 
 distinction, it being the i)lace of residence of 
 some of the leading men of (he county and the 
 starting point of several of its most successlul 
 business men. 
 
 Struggle for county seat. — The \iHage of 
 Camargo, from its central position, had claims 
 •fo the honor of being the county seat, which 
 were strongly advocated, and which could not 
 very well be ignored. She had no railroad, 
 
 but everybody said she would have one at no 
 (listant day, the I. & T. C. having been chartered 
 in 1852, and the route through the village se- 
 lectetl and staked out. and further encouraged 
 by the almost annual appearance of engineer 
 corps along the line through which, amongst 
 other things, the interest was kept up. Pend- 
 ing the selection of a shiretown, Camargo was 
 made county seat pro tem. The election returns 
 of the county seat contest were stored at the 
 place, and rumor hath it that interested parties, 
 olitaining access to the tickets, procured a set of 
 scales, and upon ascertaining the "weight" of 
 each package of votes, took special care that 
 their favorite ])oint should have superior heft. 
 The first meeting of the county court, ])resided 
 oxer ])\- James lowing, of Areola, as judge, and 
 John D. Murdoch and Robert Hopkins, as asso- 
 ciates. John Chandler, clerk, a special term was 
 held April 28, 1859. u])-stairs over Coleman 
 l>right's store, and here it was ordered, amongst 
 other things, that a special election be held May 
 30, 1859. as between Tuscola and Areola, wdiich 
 rival towns, whose vote had not been considered 
 in the first canvass, were found to embrace the 
 choice of the people, upon which occasion Tus- 
 cola won. 
 
 Ancient prairie travel. — The new officers all 
 met here to get their commissions. The county 
 was almost co\-ered with water, and the Cfiunty 
 sur\'e_\'or, being a small man. was mounted upon 
 a horse about sixteen hands high, and sent from 
 fxiurbon to Camargo "by way of Areola," at 
 w hich ])lace the owner of the horse had a mes- 
 sage to deliver, and told the surveyor it was "on 
 the way," so it was — the way he went; he did 
 not know any better. As there were no prairie 
 fences, or roads, he went straight from Bour-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 73 
 
 Ijon to Areola and straight from Areola to Ca- ty. Maiden Jones, who came in 1840, was 
 
 margo. across the prairie, with a general direc- sheriff of Coles cdunty wiien Douglas county 
 
 tion from his advisors, at Areola, to kee]) the was parted fniui it. lie was elected in 1858, 
 
 northeast wind in his face, which he proceeded and was elected to the state legislatm-e in 1864 
 
 to do as far as possilile: hut as the aforesaid and again in 1866. Lemuel Chandler was the 
 
 northeast wind came on that occasion from first sujierNisor of the township and served four 
 
 all points of the comjjass, he accordingly got consecuti\e terms. The Dehart sons were 
 
 lost, as was to he expected. The wind was like \~.ell known active husiness men. C"urtis Ci. 
 
 old Cncle Tack. s comjjass, which siMUehodv gave and C.'unphell McComh were old residents of 
 
 him to use in the woods; no matter how he held Coles -at the institution of the new county, 
 
 it, it would diddle-daddle to the southwest Thomas Moore entered west half northeast 
 
 every time. ((uarter-section 23. 15. 7, in i8_y. 
 
 Cliiirclhw. — The fn'st church hnilt in the vil- John Cam]>l)ell, called "Uncle Jack," was 
 
 lage was ])ut up hy the Methodists, and we are a hrother of Allen and ^\'ill!alu Cani])hell. and 
 
 informed was erected as early as 1850. at a \vas proh.ihly the last representative or tyi)e 
 
 cost of ahout five hundred dollars. It was o| the gemn'nc old-fashioned ])ioneer, scout and 
 
 eventually .sold, and the present hrick huilt. hiniter. .anil wonderful stories were told of his 
 
 endur.ance and his ahilify to follow a trail. He 
 was widely known in the earlv d.avs. i);issing 
 the greater p.'irt of Itis time in hunting. He 
 
 llom'hon township consists of fort\--lwo sec- \\as found dead in llie woods. His son I lir;im. 
 
 tions of land in the southwest part of the conn- who died in i8f)4, h.'id the reputation of heing 
 
 tv, eipial to ahout the same numher of scin.are one of the hest hunters of the time, 
 
 miles, and twenty-seven thousand, one hundred Jacoh Aloore, Sr., was one of the earliest 
 
 and seventy-five acres, .\mong the first set- settlers in the townshi]) and hecame an exten- 
 
 tlers were Geo. Dehart and his sons, Samuel ^ive cattle dealer .and Large land holder. He 
 
 and Lucas. He was road-master in Coles was also a noted hunter of great endurance, 
 
 county and his district extended from Sadorus' His first land was entered in section i, 14, 7, 
 
 (irove, on the north comity line, to a point six in .\l)ril, 1X35. lie died July 15. i860, leaving 
 
 miles south of the Si)ringfiel<l road, .Mien a l;irge estate to numerous descendants, 
 
 ■•nid William C.amphell were also of the first. lsa;ic ( iruelle. of this low U'-liip. was county 
 
 .\llen C.amphell w;is. .at the time of his death romniissioner of Coles county, heing elected in 
 
 in 1875. with one excei)tion, the largest land 1 '"^4.^ ^vith II. J. Ashniore. The constitution 
 
 owner in the county. Isa.ac (haielle. Maiden "f "848 provided for a county judge and two 
 
 Jones, Israel Chandler .and sons, were among associ.ales. ;niil John ,M. Logan was one of the 
 
 the earliest comers. Dr. Ai)person was a large li''st two .associate justices. Cruelle and I .ogajfc 
 
 land owner and h.ad an extensive luedical prac- have long since p.assed away, hoth leaving large 
 
 tice. He was a nephew of Dr. John .Xjjper- estates, 
 
 son, who was the first physician in Coles coun- German speaking people occupy a large 
 
 BOUKUON TOWNSHIP.
 
 74 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 area of the iiortli jiart of tlie township, tlie lo- 
 cality being widel}' known as the "German Set- 
 tlement." Their farms, compared with western 
 farms generally, are small hut exceedingly well 
 cultivated, and the proverbial industry and 
 thrift of this class of citizens it here fully exem- 
 plified. The greater part of them arrived with 
 little or no means, and now with liardiv an ex- 
 ception they have acquired good and well im- 
 proved farms. The pioneer of this commun- 
 ity is Wessel Blaase, who arrived in 1852. 
 There are se\-eral ancient artificial mounds on 
 his place in one of which human hones were 
 found in excavating for a building. 
 
 In the southwest part settled the Amish, 
 who were preceded here by M. Yoter, IMiller 
 and others in ]8(")4. They much resemble the 
 society of Friends in plainness oi attire, integ 
 rity and almost total exemption from paujier- 
 ism. The name is derived from that of the 
 founder of the society who, in the German 
 states of Europe, saw fit to secede from the 
 Menonites, of whom much has been heard 
 lately, with regard to the emigration of large 
 numbers of them from Russia to the West. 
 The proposed marriages are publicly an- 
 nounced, and a marriage outside of the Society 
 is "intolerable and not to be endured." They 
 dress plainly, partly to avoid the frivolities of 
 fashion, and partly that there may be no nota- 
 l)lc distinctinn between the rich and the poor. 
 They have no clnuThes or meeting houses, but 
 meet at each other's dwellings, as the spirit 
 moves them. The clothing of the men is often 
 confined with hooks and eyes, but the notion 
 • that they wear no buttons is erroneous. The 
 heads of the women are always covered with 
 a neat white cap and over the neck and shoul- 
 ders decorously spreads a plain white hand- 
 
 kerchief; this in observance of the hint from 
 the Apostle Paul. Adults only are baptized and 
 that by pouring. Infants are not entitled to 
 . this sacrament, they preferring to teach first, 
 for e\'ery descendant has a birth-right in the 
 church. Of German e.xtraction and long set- 
 tled in western Pennsylvania, their speech 
 amongst themselves is an odd mixtin-e of Ger- 
 man and English, the "American" part of 
 v>hich can be readily detected by an intelligent 
 ol)server, and the language is popularly known 
 as "Pennslyvania Dutch." They all speak 
 ".\merican" as well as their neighbors, so that, 
 trusting to the hearing alone, few would sus- 
 pect the presence of a German speaking per- 
 son. They are a good class of people in their 
 way. but are bigoted in manv ways. They do 
 not teach their children the "American idea," 
 preferring that they become isolated from 
 others who are as true, or truer, in their re- 
 ligious princii)les than tliey. They are intensely 
 selfish among themsehes and seem to "float in 
 the creeil" "we shall be happy in heaven 
 whether we find our God there or not!" 
 
 The original village of Bourbon, section 14, 
 15, 7, was laid out by Maiden Jones, in Octo- 
 ber, 1853, and is the third town in priority, 
 having been preceded by both Camargo and 
 Fillmore. An addition was made in the fol- 
 lowing January by Benjamin Ellars. At the 
 institution of the cotint\- this was a thriving 
 village of some dozen business houses and the 
 most important trading point in the county. 
 L. C. Rust, Dr. J. D. Gardiner. Jos. Foster, 
 \\"m. Chandler. Benjamin Ellars. (i. W. Flynn 
 and others flourished here at the time. The 
 location of the Illinois Central Railroad some 
 four miles to the east, giving rise to Tuscola 
 and Areola, interfered with the future prospects
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 75 
 
 of the place to tlie extent that tlie merchants, 
 for tlie most part, not only removed to the new- 
 towns on the railroad but took their buildings 
 with them. One of these, a two-story frame, 
 was put upon runners made of large sticks of 
 timber, and with some fifteen yoke of steers, 
 under the conduct of LTucle Daniel Roderick, 
 was hauled in a nearly straight line over the 
 snow to Areola. "Uncle Daniel" still lives on 
 his farm in section i, 15, 7. He entered this 
 land on March 13, 1838. Sanuiel Sharpe, of 
 Bourbon, took Rust's store to Areola in a sim- 
 il.ir manner. 
 
 The census of iS(;o gives Bourbon eighty- 
 three inhabitants. It has a postoftice, two or 
 three stores, two grain buyers, good church 
 and school. 
 
 Isaac Gruellc founded the first store near 
 the place in which for some years IMalden 
 Jones was a partner. Luther C. Rust was a 
 leading merchant in the early days of Bour- 
 Ijou and was well liked. He died suddenly in 
 Areola February 14. 1873. H. C. Niles 
 clerked for Mr. Rust and Abram Cosier 
 served in the same capacity for Mr. Fosler. 
 another early merchant of the village. 
 
 Fillmore had been laid out by H. Russell in 
 1848, on section 35, 15, 7. and the firm of 
 Bales & Thr(nvbridge, afterward Bales, Os- 
 born & Co., controlled the trade of a large 
 are.'i ; but the business of this house was re- 
 moved to .\rcol;i. and I'illnKire is .'uuung the 
 things that were. Mr. l'.;des was associate 
 justice of the cnunty in iS()i, and su])ervisor 
 of the township in 187J. I'.agdad is a point 
 on the Okaw three miles west of .Areola. 
 
 Newton [. Cooper, of this towushi]), was 
 elected sheriff of the county in the fall of 1870, 
 up to which time for a period, he liad been 
 
 township ciillector. In the following M.arch 
 he disappeared suddenly, leaving between five 
 and six thousand dollars of township funds 
 unaccounted for. Cooper, a recent comer in 
 the neighborhood, was a man ()f jjlcasing ad- 
 dress and appearance, and that, togetlier with 
 his rather notable business c|ualiBcations, in- 
 s])ire(l ciinficlence in all who had dealings with 
 bim. 
 
 On Thursday afternoon, November 4, 
 1875, R. r. McWilliams, a well known and 
 highly resjiected citizen of Bourbon township, 
 was instaiitlv killei! at the highwav crossing 
 of the Illinois Midland Railwav, west of .Ar- 
 eola and near the residence of J.-icob M<iore. 
 ] fc was driving a nuile team attacheil to a 
 wagon. He ai>proached the crossing and, as 
 he thought, allowed the train t(^ pass and be- 
 gan to resume his way, probably, naturally 
 looking at the train, but he was unfortunately 
 caught liy the latter ])art of the train, which 
 had become uncoupled. The team escaped. 
 The name of this township is deri\-ed from 
 that of Bourbon county, Kentucky, which was 
 represented by several of the first settlers. The 
 people \-oted bonds in aid of the I. M. Railway 
 to the amriunt of thirtv-fi\'e thousand dollars. 
 ■ The township has contrilwted liberally of 
 her citizens to the ])ublic service. John Chand- 
 ler, the first clerk of the county, was electefl 
 in i85() ;ind ,'ig;iiu in iSOr. Caleb P)a!es was 
 associate justice for ;i term beginning \o\'em- 
 ber, i8()r, and was also supervisor in l87_'. 
 I^amnel B. Logan w.as the first sheriff of the 
 county, 1859. Newton I. Cooper was made 
 sherift' in 1870. Lem;iuel Chandler served 
 as supervisor in i8r)8-6<j-70-7i, and had also 
 charge of the interests of the county in realiz- 
 ing from the state the amount due from sw-amp
 
 76 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 lands. M. D. Bartholomew was supervisor 
 in i.i'>/3. and was succeeded by Andrew Ray 
 in 1874, who was returned in 1875. J. F. 
 Bouck came from Ohio in 1866 to Bourbon 
 townshi]) and served with a ca))tain's com- 
 mission in the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth 
 Regiment of that state in the war of 1861. 
 
 Chesterville is a small hamlet with a post- 
 office and store and one church, the United 
 Brethren. The ixipulation in 1890 was twenty- 
 eight. 
 
 The villages of Fillmore an<l Bagdad of this 
 township have disappeared from the face of 
 the map. 
 
 Arthur, a most progressi^■e village of 
 about seven Inuulred people, was laid out by 
 the Paris & Decatur Railroad Company on 
 the lands of M. Warren, of Moultrie, and the 
 Murpheys, of Douglas county. The county 
 line divides the village north and south. The 
 Douglas county surveying was done by the 
 railroad engineers, and certified by Mr. Niles, 
 the Douglas county surveyor. This was in 
 July, 1873. Murphy's addition was made Jan- 
 uary 30, 1875, and Reeves' addition Decem- 
 ber 30, 1874, both surveyed by Mr. Niles. The 
 first business house was put up by Jacob Sears. 
 William H. Ward brought the first stock of 
 go(vls to the village and in the spring of 1873 
 |. W. r.arrnm founded the firsf drug store. 
 Arthur \\;is incoritorated in the county court 
 of Moultrie county at the .\pril term. .\. D. 
 1877, which was signed by David Crockett, 
 C. C. McComb, William Filers, M. Hunsakcr, 
 M. H. Warren, B. G. Hoover, H. Dehart, J. W. 
 Sears and some forty others. The court found 
 there were three hundred and fifty inhabitants 
 residing in the territory. The petition for the 
 
 election was granted and the election ordered 
 for May 7, 1877. LTnder the act approved 
 .\])ril 9, 1872, M. II. Warren and James Ellars 
 were appointed judges of the election, the re- 
 turns to be made to Moultrie county. There 
 were for village organization thirty-three votes, 
 and against it thirty votes. On June 12, 1877, 
 the first election was held for the choice of 
 six trustees and a clerk, in which the persons 
 chosen were C. G. McComb, W. H. H. Reeder, 
 IT. C. Jones, J, W, Sears, N. Thompson and 
 M. Hunsaker, and J. W. ]];irrum was duly 
 elected clerk. 
 
 On the farm of Mr. Blaase some mounds 
 have been found from which human remains, 
 apparently ancient, have been exhumed in ex- 
 cavating for a building. The idea that several 
 slight elevations near here were the work of 
 human hands is sustained to an extent by the 
 fact that ancient marks upon trees all facing 
 to one point are noticed. On the same farm, 
 what was supposed to be a large flat rock, some 
 twelve feet square, was found and supposed to 
 co\'er interesting matter. A relative of Mr. 
 i'laase dug around it on all sides to a depth of 
 about eight feet, but he came to the conclusion 
 that the bottom was in China, and the work 
 was abandoned. 
 
 A Hurricane. — May 14, 1858, ;i lun-ricane 
 visited this part of the connt_\' from the north- 
 west, on its way to Areola, wiiere it had an 
 engagement, doing considerable damage in and 
 near liourbon village, the effects of which, how- 
 e\er, were more seriously felt in .Areola, Avhcre 
 se\-eral houses were considerably damagetl, and 
 i;tliers altogether overthrown. It was a busy 
 day at Bourbon at the time, and it was fun 
 to the perfectly cool fellows who were not at
 
 BIOGRAnilCAT. AND HISTORICAL^. ^^ 
 
 all alarmed to see cursiiii^-. swcarint^-, fiohting center of the Idwuship, up'm wliicii conditions 
 
 men "hunt tiieir liolcs." We di)n't rcnienil)er the townsliip, hy a vote (jf the people, .sul)scri1)ed 
 
 just now will) ihi' ccinl fellows were. townshi]) bonds in aid of the ruad to tlic 
 
 amount of .f_^(),(K)o. It was shown that the 
 
 issue was illegal there heijig n:) .anlhoi'ity 
 
 BOWDKic TOWNSiiii'. wluitevcr for holding the election. The ta.K 
 
 was enjoined, and proper steps taken tO abro- 
 
 Bowdrc township has fnrty-eight and one- K-'t'^ I'lc whole proceedings, wliicli obtained. 
 
 half square miles of territory. When township "he bonds fonml their way into ihe hands of 
 
 organization was adopted in iS('),S, this town- innncent i)arties, who ])urch;iseii them as a per- 
 
 ship was called Deer Creek, after the water manent in\estment. 
 
 course of that name which traverses it. and liiwly land viilrit's and early scUlcrs. — As 
 
 had been a part o{ Collins ])recinct in Cuies to the lirst entries of land in this town- 
 
 count\'. The h.mb.arras riwi' lanis thrnugh the ship, the earliest dale is fiiund to be the entr\' 
 
 northeast p.art ;md receives ."Scattering h'ork in ul Jmie, 1S33, by .Samuel C'. (Jill, wlm ti»ik 
 
 tiie north. The township i> trawi'sed b\- the I1h- the east half of northeast (quarter of sectii>n _', 
 
 nois Midland Kail way fnin the west In the township 15, range 9, and other lands, jhjhn 
 
 sotitheast, a considerable deiiection having been Davis, in October, 1833, entered west half of 
 
 matle in the line of the road thai it mighl pass northeast (juarlcr, same section. In iS3(), in 
 
 within a mile of the center of the townshi]). h'ebruary, the northeast (piarter of northeast 
 
 u]K)n which condition and for otlier reas.ms. (juarter of section 11, township 15. range y, 
 
 the people of the township \otcd bonds in ad was entered by the Barnets, and as in other 
 
 of the road to the aniomit of thirty thousand parts of the county, the great bulk of the 
 
 dollars. lands were entered in 1852 and 1853. Isaac 
 
 Railroads. — This township is intersected Davidson arrived in 1838. James -A. P.reedea 
 
 b\' the Illinois Midland Railway, now the settknl, in J 853, upon section 9, township 14, 
 
 Vandalia system, running genei-.ally east range 9, and built the lirst house on the prairie, 
 
 and west, entering it near the north- betwei-n the old "Wallace .Stand," near llick- 
 
 west corner of section 4, township 14, ory (lro\e, and the Okaw timber, which was 
 
 range 8, running thence cist along the eight miles to the west. 
 
 congressional township line for about two The "Wallace .St.and" was the residence of 
 
 miles; thence southcastw ardly. leaving the .\. (1. W'.allace for souk- years. .Mr. W'all.ace 
 
 township about the nn'ddle of the east line of is noted elsewhere in this book. John i)a\is, 
 
 section 8, township 14, range 10, then making who entered his land in 1833, arrived in the 
 
 a decided large curve to the north, and liack state from lirown county, Ohio, in September, 
 
 again. 1834. Me died in .March. iH(>~i. .Sliiloah (hi! 
 
 This extra length and i'nr\atm"e was arrived in 185J, .nid si.it led on the l;md entered 
 
 caused by a demand on the part of the citizens by his father in 1833. (See sketches else- 
 
 lliat the road should pass within a mile of the where.)
 
 ;8 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 John Barnet, called "J^ck" by everybody, 
 came from Kentucky to the Little Vermillion 
 in 1 832, and to Coles county, since Douglas, 
 in 1842. The life partners of several prom- 
 inent citizens were his daughters. 
 
 School lands. — Section 16, township 14, 
 range 9 east, the "school" section, was purchased 
 from the state in the first instance of its occu- 
 pancy, each section 16 having been set apart by 
 law for the use of schools. The sales were made 
 in 1856. John Cofer took four hundred acres, 
 and W. D. Martin two hundred and forty 
 acres. It was surveyed and lotted as required 
 by law. Lot one is northeast quarter of the 
 northeast quarter, forty and two-thirds acres; 
 Lot two is southeast quarter of the northeast 
 quarter, forty and two-thirds acres; three is 
 west half of northeast quarter, eighty-one 
 acres; the east half of northwest quarter is 
 Lot four, seventy-seven acres; northwest quar- 
 ter of the northwest quarter; thirty-eight and 
 one-half acres, is five; and southwest quarter 
 of the northwest quarter is six, which also con- 
 tains thirty-eight and one-half acres. 
 
 The south half of the section corresponds 
 in position and area. This lotting was arbi- 
 trary, though the surveyor ostensibly preserved 
 the original areas. In this case, the east half 
 of the section is found to contain seventeen 
 acres more than the west half. It is fair, then, 
 to suppose that the quarter section corners on 
 the north line and on the south line must have 
 been found as originally surveyed much too 
 far west. 
 
 Section 16, township 15, range 9, another 
 school sectiiin in Bowdre bounds, was lotted in 
 forty and eighty acre lots, and found to come 
 out exactly even all around; perhaps it was 
 surveyed in the house. It was aparted into ten 
 
 lots; east half of northeast quarter was one, 
 and west half was two and three; east half of 
 northwest quarter was four, and west half of 
 northwest quarter was five and six; tlie south 
 half of the section was made into four lots, of 
 even eighty acres each. 
 
 These school lands were sold all too soon, 
 and consequently almost sacrificed, bringing in 
 some instances as low as two dollars per acre. 
 It was not believed in those days that the 
 prairie would be settled. The high grass and 
 weeds, and the absence of roads added to the 
 blank, dreary lookout generally, and forbade 
 the idea that homes would ever have a place 
 there. 
 
 As late as 185 1, John Davis ofifered to sell 
 lot two, southwest quarter of section 6, town- 
 ship 15, range 10, eighty- four acres, for the 
 entry money he had paid for it, viz., $1.25 
 per acre; this was seventeen years after he had 
 entered it. It was in Camargo township. 
 
 Old inhahltants. — H. L. Thornsbrue is 
 the oldest living person born in Doug- 
 las county; Mrs. Mary West, relict of. 
 Thomas West, was the oldest resident, 
 and settled here in 1834. She died March 3, 
 1884, aged seventy-nine, after a residence of 
 half a century in the county. Issachar Davis 
 is the oldest male inhabitant, his residence 
 here dating from October 3, 1834. Mr. Davis 
 was a farmer and land surveyor. He was 
 elected county surveyor in 1863, 1S67 and 
 
 1875. 
 
 Churches. — In the southeast quarter of sec- 
 tion 16, township 15, range 9, is situated Mt. 
 Gilead Methodist church, which offers conven- 
 iences to neighboring church-goers. .\t Hugo is 
 Antioch church. The Methodists have a 
 church in section 14, township 14, range 9,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 79 
 
 and tlie Cliristians and Metlindisfs in TTinds- Hindsboro is a good business center, liav- 
 
 boro. ing two good genera! stores and two enter- 
 
 uiN'DsnoKo viiLVGE prising grain Iniycrs. Its ])o])ulation is about 
 
 tbree iiuneb-ecL 
 
 Tbe town or village of Hindsboro is situ- Kemp is a small village in tliis tnwnsbip. 
 
 atcd in section 6, 14, 10, and was laid out by Hugo lias a postot'tice and store witli a 
 
 tbe railroad company upon tbe lands of tbe [xipulatiou of about fifty. It is tbe scene of 
 
 Hinds Brotbers in 1<S74, tbe plat covering aljont tbe last appearance of Indians in tbe 
 
 al)(.iut sixty-two acres. Tbe railrnad liere runs cnunt)', a trading stnre baving lieen kei)t tbere 
 
 about soutbeast and tbe plan of tbe town is in by ime Vessar and one Hubbard in 1829-30. 
 
 conformity witb it, tbe principal streets be- 'flic Indians. — Issacbar Davis said tbat 
 
 ing at rigbt angles and parallel witb tbe line at about tbe center of soutbwest quar- 
 
 of tbe mad. Tbe place is improving rai)idly ter of soutbeast ((uarter of section 12, 
 
 and bas claims as a sbipping [joint wbicb can town^bip 15, range 9, and on tbe nortb- 
 
 not be ignored. Here Lodge No. 571, I. O. east quarter of tbe nortbwest quarter of 
 
 O. F., was instituted April 12, 1875, tbe first section 13, near tbe old tracbng post, several 
 
 officers of wbicb were: J. Gerard, N. G. ; B. Indian graves bave been discovered and ex- 
 
 F. Strader, V. G. ; J. M. Dwinnell, secretary; aniined. Human l.iones were found in eacb, as 
 and James Stites, treasurer, and J. (ierard, D. well as beatls and a siUcr broocb, l)y William 
 
 G. M. Wile}' and Jobn Welbxer. .\ large silver crcs- 
 
 Tbe town was laid off in 1874, being sur- cent, five or six incbes in diameter, and about 
 veyed by H. C. Niles, from plans furnisbed by two and one-balf incbes wide at its broadest 
 tlie railroad, wbicb plans, Ijy tbe way, were part, was alsii secured. Samuel Cbeney, a for- 
 cbanged by tbe proprietors before tbe town mer resident, now Ii\ing near Humbolt, in 
 was surveyed, but after a map r.f tbe town bad Coles county, saw tbe departure of tbe last 
 been engraved and publisbed in ;ui atlas map; band of Indians, in April, 1833. lie was a 
 ibis, unfortunately, makes tbe ])rinted map son of James Cbeney, wbo came t(j tbe neigb- 
 worse tbau useless, 'idie lots and blocks were borbood in 1830, and tbe lirst wile of Issacbar 
 laid off parallel, and at rigbt angles to tbe rail- Davis was a sister of bis. .Sbe bad a (piantity 
 road, wbicb bere runs about soutbeast, and of trinkets, wbicb sbe b;id procured from tbe 
 consequently bad '"point" lots occtu" .all ai'ound Indi.ans by tr.ading provisions, etc. At anotber 
 tbe borders of tbe ])lat. In a country wbere tbe time, tbe corpse of an Indian was ionnd ag:nnsi 
 cardinal points are almost universally used in a tree, near tbe Embarrass, and not far from 
 metes and bounds, a village plan not "square tbe montb of Scattering Fork, 
 witb tbe world" bas many inconveniences for .1 Cliristian clmrch. — A Cbristian cburcb, 
 wbicb tbere is generally no necessity. The yclei)ed ".\ntiocb," is situatetl bere on tbe 
 village is improving r;i])i(lly and bas claims as soutbwest cpiarter of ^.ection 12. townsbip 15, 
 a sbi])ping and trading point, wbicb are rapidly range 9, wbicli was built in 1881, at an ex- 
 growing in importance. pense of about twelve hundred dollars.
 
 8o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Murder. — Bowdre is the scene of the second 
 murder committed in the county, Areola City 
 liaving the tirst, third and fourth. At tlie Feb- 
 ruary term, 1871, of Douglas county circuit 
 court, O. P. Greenwood was indited for 
 the murder of George Mussett. He met 
 him in tlie woods near Hugo and shot 
 him with a rifle. Greenwood was tried 
 at Charleston, Coles county, on a change 
 of venue, and sentenced to the peniten- 
 tiary for twenty-one years. Having sur- 
 rendered himself to the officers, and as there 
 was some probability of self-defense, as well 
 as some supposed justification, domestic dif- 
 ficulty being the cause of the quarrel, and some 
 other extenuating circumstances, a petition 
 was circulated for his pardon, which prevailed 
 after Greenwood had served about seven years. 
 He was defended by Hon. Thomas E. Bundy 
 and Hon. James A. Connolly. Hon. J. G. 
 Cannon was engaged to conduct the prosecu- 
 tion by several citizens who made up a purse 
 for that purpose. Greenwood afterward lived 
 a while in Tuscola and removed South. 
 
 GARRETII TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Garrett is named in honor of Isam Garrett. 
 Before township organization the area, as 
 an election precinct, was much smaller than at 
 present. It was bounded on the east by the 
 ( )ka\v river, and on the S(nith l,)y the congres- 
 sional township line, containing only about 
 thirty square miles. There were added about 
 twenty more when the townships were made, 
 and tlie ea>t line was extendetl to the range 
 or township line on the east, and to the south 
 jiart was addeil two tiers of sections off the 
 north end of the congressional township on 
 
 the south. As now constituted, it is bounded 
 on the north and on the west by the county line, 
 on the south by the township of Bourbon, and 
 on the east by Tuscola, and consists of all of 
 township 16 north, of range 7 east, of the third 
 principal meridian, and sections i to 12 in- 
 clusive, of township 15 north, of range 7 east, 
 the total area in square miles being 51.83, the 
 same being according to the United States 
 government survey 33,171-95 acres. 
 
 This is the shape it received upon the adop- 
 tion of township organization in 1868, a partic- 
 ular acccjunt of which is given elsewhere in 
 this volume. A section of land is usually esti- 
 mated to contain six hundred and forty acres, 
 which is indeed the average, the exceptions 
 being the fractional sections, occurring on the 
 north and west sides of all townships surveyed 
 by the government. The north tier of secticnis 
 in township 15 north, range 7 east, in Garrett, 
 one to six inclusive, are all over one thousand 
 acres in area, and section 6, township 15, range 
 7, mostly owned byjames Drew, was the largest 
 government section of land in the county, con- 
 taining 1,148.21 acres; it is over one and one- 
 half miles in north and south length, and con- 
 siderably over one mile in east and west 
 measure. 
 
 The government surveyors were instructed 
 to make all townships of thirty-six sections to 
 contain, as near as may be, twenty-three thou- 
 sand and forty acres, that is to say, to l)e six 
 miles square and include thirty-six sections. 
 Township 16 north, range 7 east, is the only 
 congressional township in the county which 
 "fills the bill." the area, according to govern- 
 ment survey, being exactly the proposed area 
 in gross. It does not follow that each section 
 is exactly six hundred and forty acres.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Tupography, drainage, etc. — The Kaskas- land, and tlie drains are constructed at an e\- 
 
 kia river traverses the east tier of sections in pensc of about twenty-cio-ht humh-ed dollars, 
 
 this sub-division of the county, and, being These consist of large open ditches, which are 
 
 here near the very scnnxe of this river, which by law under the control of the highway coni- 
 
 rises in Champaign county, depends upon the missioners, whose duty it is to keep llieni in 
 
 rainfall for its waters. It is therefore about repair from year to year, the same :is mads, 
 
 dry in the summer months, while immediately the expense of which is met by ;i tax levied 
 
 after heavy rains it comes ui> in a hurry, and u]>on the land owners in the district, for the 
 
 becomes a rapid stream of a width of from four benefit of whom the original district was or- 
 
 to six rods, and in the north part, getting out ganized. The ditches will average sixteen feet 
 
 of the banks, has an indefinite extent. Tiie in width, tlie cost of construction being about 
 
 sudden rise of this and other streams in the one dollar per lineal rod. C. (i. l-'ckcrl was the 
 
 county is owing materially to the improved attorney for the commissioners, who also c-m- 
 
 system of farm drainage, which of late years ployed II. C. Xiles as surveyor and engineer, 
 
 has so much obtained. Every man who ditches The work was regularly staked out railroad 
 
 his land at all in this region is contributing fashion, ami the elevations taken. These drains 
 
 to the waters of the Okaw, the capacity of were exceedingly popular in their inception, 
 
 which to carry off the accumulated waters is very much the contrary when the tax is made 
 
 comparatively less than of old, which naturally known and collected, and the pride and boast of 
 
 suggests improvement, and it is only a (fues- the people when c.mipleted. 
 
 tion of time when the imi)rovement of our The highest ])oinl in (iarrett township is, 
 
 main streams will be considered the one thing probably, near the southeast corner on the 
 
 needful in the pn>per drainage of the farms of "(iruelle" farm, which place, by actual measure, 
 
 the county. A water course known as Dry is thirty feet higher than Tu.scola : the bottom 
 
 Fork runs through the tniddle of the township of the Okaw, near this point, is tlnrtv-five I'eet 
 
 in a north and south direction, and, I'alling into lower th;m this highest point, which is a 
 
 the ()k;iw at the south line of the township, ■'dixide" near the hue of Tuscola ;ind this 
 
 is an important carrier for the ])rairie lands tiiwnslh]). 
 
 to the north. Lake kork. which is born in The great body of timber in (i.arrett is on 
 Piatt county, comes into (larretl li.alf a mile the south side, but the Okaw in its entire 
 south ol the \illage of .\twood. ;md is a con length is fringed, as it were, with woods, 
 tributor to the Okaw in Ijonrbon township; On the west side, and in the neighbor- 
 like all prairie water courses, it is wet and dry hood of Lake Porl-c, many small but attractive 
 by turns and nothing long. natural groves occur, notabh' on the lands of 
 The drainage commissioners of this town- Xathan (iarrett and others; and in the heart 
 ship ha\-e, on petition of interested parties, of the woods, near the south center of the town- 
 established a large drainage district, under the shi]i, a large "■gl.ade" occurs; the original sur- 
 statute, which is sitnatetl in the southwest part, \'e\'ors calleil it a "draught." Coodsoii's 
 contains about thirtv-two hundred acres of (irove is situated at the northeast corner of 
 
 6
 
 82 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 section t,t,, township i6, range 7, and is a nice 
 little piece of woods. All of these glades, cut- 
 offs and groves were duly noted and mapped 
 liy the original surveyors, who did their gov- 
 ernment surveying in this region in 1821. 
 
 Bowlders of granite or other rock are rarely 
 found of any great dimensions; in many parts 
 of the county, whether prairie or timlier, they 
 are unknown, while in otlier sections there are 
 enough of small hulk, weighing from one hun- 
 dred to five hundred pounds, to obstruct to 
 some extent the tilling of the soil; but these 
 are few. The largest granite rock in the coun- 
 ty, visible above the soil, is in the southeast cor- 
 ner of section 8, township 16, range 7, upon the 
 farm once owned by Judge Mullen, in this 
 township. It stands aliove the grotmd about 
 twelve feet, and is al)out as much in thickness. 
 All of these surface rocks have been rounded by 
 the action of water, and have evidently lieen 
 transported by natural agencies from their nat- 
 ural beds. A glacier, for instance, ages ago, 
 was started from the .Vrtics as a frozen river of 
 ice, bearing upon its bed tons of rock, which it 
 deposited as it luelted in the summer heat of the 
 then temi>erate zone. .\n extensive ledge of 
 limestone, which makes good lime, as proven 
 by actual Imsiness, occurs in Sargent town- 
 ship (q. v.). 
 
 Railroads. — The St. Louis liranch of the 
 I. D. & W. Railway, first called the Indianap- 
 olis & Decatur, afterward the Indiana & Illi- 
 nois Central, and next the Indianapolis, De- 
 catur & Springfield, traverses this township 
 from east to west along the luiddle line of the 
 south tier of sections, in township 16 north, 
 range 7 east, and is a straight line through this 
 township. It was completed here in 1872. 
 
 A bridge burned. — A Hcjwe truss bridge 
 
 over the Okaw, west side, section 36, township 
 16, range 7. half a mile west of Howe Station 
 was maliciously burned nn the night of July 
 3, 1873, and as a Fourth of July excursion 
 was on the tapis for ne.xt day, it is difficult to 
 imagine the state of mind of the fellow who 
 did it. By withholding his name, lie has lost 
 the distinction of being Douglas county's great- 
 est scoundrel. 
 
 Laud cutric;. — Among the first entries of 
 land in Garrett township we find that Jacob 
 Lease, in December, 1834, entered the north- 
 east cjuarter of section 2_|, township 16, range 
 7; and in 1835, in June, J. G. Devault took the 
 southeast cpiarter of section 13, township 16, 
 range 7. I. F. Lewis entered the northeast 
 quarter of section 12, township 16, range 7, in 
 1836; and June 16, 1849, Benjamin Ellars 
 located and patented the west half of lot i, 
 northeast quarter of section 2, township 16, 
 range 7, and other lands. Josiah Hoots owned 
 a large body of land in the southeast corner of 
 the township. He was an ancient settler of 
 prominence and influence. He died in Octo- 
 ber, 1876, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. 
 He was a native of Salem, North Carolina, 
 removed to Indiana at the age of seven, and 
 subsequently to this neighborhood, of which he 
 was a useful citizen for about thirty-eight years. 
 He was Ijuried, Alasonically, at Cartright 
 Chai)el, three miles west of Tuscola, by Tuscola 
 Lodge, No. ^^2, of which he was an ancient 
 and honored member. 
 
 According to legendary report, Lenuiel 
 Randall entered, ]\Iarch 16, 1850, the four 
 forties lying around the center of section 34, 
 township 16. range 7. Thomas Goodson was 
 with Randall, and knowing the numbers of 
 the land, got the patent for him. This entry
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 was made before the railroad had selected its 
 lands, hilt, under a mistake, the railroad tem- 
 porarily gut these. Meanwhile, Randall had 
 sold to Nathan Drake, who had transferred to 
 D. Maris. Drake had taken the precaution of 
 re-entering- the tracts, having had intimation of 
 the error. The books at the office still showed 
 it til be railroad land, and finally the land entry 
 Ixxik of the county shows th.at the land was 
 really and finally entered by J. W. L. Slavens, 
 February 22, 1865. This is, then, the very 
 last entry of government lands in Douglas 
 county. In shi>rt, the railroad never had ac- 
 quired the tracts, and they were left open to 
 have the distinction of being the last entries. 
 
 Thesixteenth section in township 16 north, 
 range 7 east, reser\-ed for schools, the title 
 to which is derived from the state, was taken 
 up in 1854, having been divided into eight lots 
 by the surveyor, containing se\'enty-eight to 
 seventy-nine acres each, lot i lieing the east 
 half of the northwest ([uarter. J. L. Jordan 
 took two, Harvey Otter one, E. T. Roinine 
 two, J. C. \\"ythe two, etc. 
 
 Pioneer personals. — Isam (larrett, in com- 
 pliment to will nil the towiishi]) was n;inicd, 
 li\'ed to the adxanced age of eighty-two \ears. 
 He died February 14, 1880. it is the jiopular 
 opinion that Mr. Garrclt ne\x-r used tobacco ov 
 dr.ank spirits, never served on ;i jury, never was 
 a witness in cmirt, iie\er sued and iie\er was 
 sued, and lli.-it he ne\er tdld a lie in bis life. 
 He was an educated free-thinker, and held that 
 life is a terrific ])ri)lileni; that we are placed 
 upon this earth witliDiU being ci insulted, ;iiid 
 rem()\-ed \vitIiout mir consent: and that the 
 golden rule was the mily guide: and to "dn 
 good and throw it into the sea; if the fishes 
 (ion"t know it, God will." 
 
 Dr. Thomas Parsons, of this township, 
 was a imted hunter and marksman, and now, 
 at the advanced age of eighty-three, shows with 
 pride some thirty targets which he has pre- 
 served for many years, representing his vic- 
 tories. These are about two inches in diameter, 
 and show the size of a rifle ball reiieated to any 
 extent and cutting into each other at ;i]I edges. 
 The Doctor was once the ])receptor of Galeb 
 Garrett, at Terre Haute, as a carpenter ;md 
 builder. 
 
 Mr. Caleb (i.arrett, son of Isani, reiiresented 
 the county of \'igo in lndi;iiia in 1842, and was 
 re-elected at the age of twenty-one. He settled 
 in Douglas county in 1847, served on the first 
 grand jury, w.as justice of the peace in 1854, 
 and for some years after. He was also fir.st 
 supervisor of Garrett t<iwnsliip. He first 
 bought land in the west jiarl of the township, 
 sub.se(:[ueiitly accumulated other and larger 
 tracts, and in M.ay, 1865, sold out and trans- 
 ferred his farming interests to Tuscijla town- 
 ship by [lurchase. 
 
 H.ar\e}' Otter, James Drew, Jacob Mos- 
 barger. Dr. D. A. Meeker, William i lowe and 
 William hollars were of the early settlers. 
 I lowe ;irri\e(l in the jiresent bounds of Doug- 
 las county in i8_:;S. Ik- wc-iil to ( '.-ilifornia in 
 1850, ;md returned in 1853: he w;is one of 
 the largest Land owners in the tow nslii]) : was 
 elected supervisor of ||r- lownslii|i in 1876, 
 and again in 188,^, ;iii(l in 1884 William Ellars' 
 family came from (_)Iiio and settled in the Okaw 
 timber near the north line, in 1849, at which 
 time there was not a settler on the prairie to 
 the west. 
 
 Joseph Moore, or, to put it more exactly, 
 "Old Joe Moore." arrived in tlie present bounds 
 of Douglas county in 1S32. He was the re-
 
 84 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 l)0.sitory of all the jokes, good, bad and indif- 
 ferent, illustrative of the manners and customs 
 of the earlier days. 
 
 Thomas Goodson entered the north half 
 of the southwest quarter of section 27, tovvn- 
 ■ship 16, range 7, July 9, 1850, and other lands; 
 he continued a resident until lately, when he 
 died, leaving numerous descendants and a large 
 estate. Goodson was a great hunter; he once 
 killed two deer with a single ball, on what is 
 now the farm of William Brian in the north- 
 east part of the township; he assisted in the ex- 
 termination of the \'ery last family of wild 
 cats found in the Okaw timber. He relates that 
 he cut a large tree for rail timber in the exact 
 spot where he had cut a similar one thirty- 
 six years before. Notwithstanding the large 
 Cjuantities of timber used for building, fuel and 
 fencing in the early days, the cjuestion whether 
 the timber is holding its own or not is an open 
 one. It is a noteworthy fact, in this connection, 
 and without the slightest intention of reflecting 
 upon any old settler, it may be stated that the 
 timber belonging to the lands of actual settlers 
 remained in good condition much longer than 
 that of the government, it being understood 
 that all settlers had a kind of right to use gov- 
 ernment timber; the timber lands of non-resi- 
 dents, which were called si)eculator's lands, 
 were included un<Icr the same head, and some 
 of the early ilebating societies had up the f|ues- 
 tion, whether the owners of such lands had any 
 rights which anybody was bound to respect, 
 and being decided in the negative,"bowed the 
 woods beneath their sturdy stroke." 
 
 John Lester and his sons, Samuel and Sigler 
 H., were of the first comers. Samuel Lester 
 entered his first land in section i, township 15, 
 range 7, in 1S.55, and u[) to 1838 had entered 
 
 all the north half of the section, eight hundred 
 acres. Sigler H. entered, in April, 1836, the 
 west half of the northeast quarter of section 
 25, township 16, range 7. and subsequently 
 other lands. These sons died, Samuel in i860 
 and Sigler in 1864, leaving large estates to 
 numerous descendants, which lands, however, 
 by either mischance or choice, have passed out 
 of the hands of the families. The Lesters were 
 men of great natural force and decision of char- 
 acter, and like most other people were great 
 hunters. Goodson related that John Lester 
 once cut a large bee tree, and converting it into a 
 gum, stood it upon end full of honey and cov- 
 ered it with a slab, leaving it for a more con- 
 venient season. Goodson had just killed three 
 deer, and finding the gum ready to his hand, 
 filled it up with tallow, and did this to save it 
 from the ravens, for at that time ravens were 
 plenty ; they were larger than the common 
 crow, and are since extinct here. Lester, re- 
 turning and finding tallow in the place of his 
 hone_v could not understand how anybody 
 would rob him of his honey and leave tallow in 
 exchange, the latter being much more valuable. 
 F. C. INlullen entered his first land in sec- 
 tion 28, township 16, range 7, in 1850. He 
 came from Delaware, and was the second 
 county judge of the new county of Douglas. 
 /Mxuit these days Judge Mullen was travehng 
 l(.iwar(l his home from Vandalia, where he had 
 been entering lanil. and upon reaching Sulli- 
 van, in Moultrie county, his traveling com- 
 panion suggested that they should go at once 
 to the ta\ern and take a drink. Mullen pre- 
 ferred to first take care of the horses, and diil 
 so, which made some delay; they then pro- 
 ceeded toward the tavern, and learned that 
 William Campl)ell, an old resident of this town-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 85 
 
 slii]). liad licen ruMicd of (nie hundred and fifty iiniinn. The dogs, after running- down, would 
 
 dollars in i;old : that every man in the saloon kill a deer and eat (ill satisfied, and the onlv 
 
 had heen searched and the money not found. tn>])hies secured in the first ease was the head, 
 
 It is somewhat interesting to speculate as to horns and a I'oot, as the relics of the "hio-o-cst 
 
 what might have been the consequences to the huck." In this fiat country there was almost 
 
 Judge on this occasion, if he had not heen for- no vantage-ground for the deer; he ran till he 
 
 Innately delayed, for he had just arrived a jjcr- could run no more, and was too much e\- 
 
 fect stranger and had on his person in gold hansted to fight. A "stag at l)a\'" was rai'e, 
 
 precisely the amount they were looking for. ;uid to he in at the death took rajiid riding .and 
 
 The chase. — Hunting at the i)ro])er .season g 1 shooting; the horses enjoyed the sjxirt 
 
 occupied the attention of the early settlers con- ;uid learned to run hv sight, 
 
 siderahly, and a principal part of the living was Many persons rememher the rece])tion these 
 
 venison ; this, with the natural love of the sport hounds ga\-e e\erv visitor to the various farms. 
 
 born in and with more enterprising and vig- 1 le would ride up to the house, and if he ])assed 
 
 orous of the settlers, made the pursuit a fa- along, all riglu, hut if he stopped and gave the 
 
 vorite. Isaac L. Jordan and his brother customary "hello!" ten or a dozen houmls 
 
 "Wash." faleb and Xatliau ( larrett, Thomas rushed toward him, with an open-mouthed 
 
 Goodson and the I,esters were enthusiastic deei) baying .salute that would m.ake the hair 
 
 hunters. The (iarretts and Jordans had of a timid man "stand on end," but all he had 
 
 amongst them about twenty-tne hounds. Fn to do to restoi'e perfect peace was to "li'dit." 
 
 iS5;v while on ;i wolf hunt. Jord.m .and Garrett It was only a bay of welcome, and ;i notice to 
 
 liad followed the trail from their neighborhood the family that perhaps a wayfarer wanted his 
 
 to the present site or Tuscola, eight miles, and supper and a bed. 
 
 the peculiar action of a favorite Ixmnd attract- ./ lyiichiii;^. — .Mr. J. 1.. hirdau.of this town- 
 ing the attention of Jordan, he, with his e.\- shi]), informed me that in the case of Ivuching 
 perience as a hunter, immediately called the <ir "1 )olpir' Monroe, of Coles countv, in 18^4, 
 dogs off the trail of the wolf, though it hail the entire jury was .selected from the i)resent 
 been getting warm, and began cautiously to area of D.niglas county, lie shot and killed 
 e.\ploi-c for deer, the nobler game. In a few his f.alher-in l;iw, N. k'Hington, the circuit 
 moments, in the low ground, just about where clerk of Coles Cdunlv, and w;is hung by a mob 
 the Illinois Central Railmad depot now stands in January, 1N35, at Charleston. The jury 
 in Tuscola, he raised the largest buck ever seen was com]iosed of William and |ames K. 1 lam- 
 in their experience. The buck started off SI >nth- mett. Coleman r.right. Henry I. owe and bilin 
 west and was run down and kilfeil by the dogs I'rahme, of Camargo township; .\m/i Wild- 
 in the Gruelle I'arm. I'our miles southwest. m.an. 1. \ .. Jnrda.n ami Israel Harris, of (iar- 
 
 On another occasion a trained hound conr rett: .S. .\Uwers. D.aniel Martin. Scpn're .Adams 
 
 l)elled the attention of G.arrett and conducted and Dan hosier; thc\- brought in a \erdict of 
 
 him to a place where the dogs had killed a ' nun-der in the lirst degree." This mob had 
 
 deer, which they had chased T)f their own no occasion to violate the law, but having
 
 86 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 come to see the show, and fearing disappoiiit- 
 ineiit, concluded to have the show anyway. 
 Mr. Jordan, and otliers of tlie jury, tliink they 
 could have prevented it, if present. It is tlie 
 blackest blot on Coles county, of which Douglas 
 was then a part. 
 
 By the way, is not the fact that burglaries 
 and robberies in the earlier days were rare, 
 owing to something besides the honesty and 
 scarcity of valuables amongst the people. The 
 lierception, memory and observation of the 
 residents were sharpened by the want of gov- 
 erniuent. and no man could pass through the 
 country without being es])ecially marked and 
 remembered; not from suspicimi — this rarely 
 obtained — but from a habit of ol)ser\ation, born 
 partly of their isolated position, and some- 
 what of their thirst for news. A man on horse- 
 back, or "any other man," who went through 
 the country, could be traced a hundred miles, 
 and if necessarv. overtaken. 
 
 The "spirit of ilw fiinrs." — The residence 
 of I. L. Jordan, north half of the soutliwest 
 quarter, and southeast quarter of the south- 
 west (|uarter of section 29, township 16, range 
 7 (lands which he entered in 1852), being ceii- 
 tral in the township, was a point for elections 
 and other public meetings ; it was also made a 
 center for the collection of taxes by the sheriff, 
 wIk^ was then "sheriff and collector" under the 
 old irgiinc (l^efore 1868) and county organiza- 
 tion. Ujion one occasion. 1859, the first sheriff, 
 Sam Logan, had made his collections at "Jor- 
 dan's," as it was called, when ni>t onl}- had 
 the ])eople generally met liim there to pay ta.xes 
 according to notice, but Jonlan was shelling 
 corn with twelve or fourteen hands. Sam had 
 his saddle-liags with him, containing the re- 
 sults of two or three days' collections, wdiich 
 
 were augmented at this place. About night, 
 after "Sam" had partaken of the hospitalities 
 of "Ike," which any (jld settler who knows 
 either will certify were not stinted, he mounted 
 his horse and started for Tuscola, to deposit 
 his money. At about half past ten o'clock — 
 pretty late, in those days, for men who began 
 wcn-k at four A. M. — Jordan, in bed, heard the 
 customary "hello," and, as usual, responded 
 promptly, expecting to entertain a belated trav- 
 eler. It was "Sam;" and tlie next word was. 
 of cour.se. "light." But Sam said. "No, I can't 
 stiip. I hung my saddle-bags on the corner of 
 the stable, forgot them, and went off. and now 
 they are not there." Ike. after joking him a 
 good deal, which he couldn't help, handed him 
 to him, ancl Sam went on his way rejoicing. 
 The saddle-bags contained about twenty-five 
 hundred dollars. This little incident is related 
 to sliow the spirit of the times. Sam probably 
 took his "pile." and going on to Tuscola quietly 
 tleposited — well, simply woke up some mer- 
 chant, at a store, and, making up his package, 
 a conglomerate mass of wild-cat money issued 
 by almost everv bank in North America, 
 slapped it into such a safe as was used, and 
 calmly went on his way, or more likely went 
 to bed where he struck. The only banks were 
 the safes of merchants — \\'yeth. Craddock & 
 Co., J. i\I. Smith. Davis & Ensey, etc. Every 
 fellow called for his money when he wanted it, 
 and always got it. The depositors would often 
 ])ermit the merchant to use some of the money, 
 and always got it on call. This mutual con- 
 fidence was never abused, though they never 
 t(M:)k receipts. 
 
 AT WOOD \ILL.\GE. 
 
 The village of Atwood is situated on the
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 87 
 
 west line of the tmvnsliii), at the ci>unty line, ami lilocks, with some rescr\ations. This led 
 
 lyini^- partly in both the counties of Douglas to some confusion, many deeds liaN-ing heon 
 
 and Piatt, and on cither side of the east and nia<Ie without the sign.iture of all the parties, 
 
 west railroad, its location being in section 30, but which was finally cured l.iy quil-clainu'ui^' 
 
 towaiship 16 north, range 7 east. Har\'y Otter back to the first owners of the land, 
 
 contributed the southwest cpiarter of the J'irst slore. — The first store in tlie \illage 
 
 northwest (piarter. and George Nolin<l the was a dry goods establishment ])\- llellon & 
 
 north half of the southwest quarter; Ritchie l*>arrctt. at the southwest corner of (.'ountv 
 
 and others "put in" laud in Piatt county. It street and South I'ront street. 
 
 was laid off on paper liy Patterson, lirst as- Cliiirdics. — The first clunxdi ercctdl in the 
 
 sistant engineer of tlie railroad, and surxeycd village is the New-Light Christian chui-ch, 
 
 by .Mr. Xiles, the then county sur\eyor, in 1S73. which was built in iSSo at an expense of about 
 
 In those years, the county sur\-eyor was, by fourteen liundred dollars. It is fiuaiished 
 
 law, the only person qualified to sur\cy town with a good bell, costing eighty dollars, and 
 
 lots, the law l)eing changed, so that any coin- commands in its memliership many of the best 
 
 petent siu"\'eyor can now act. citizens. They are not the same as the Discii)les 
 
 The streets arc n.amed East A street, East of (du-ist, which is the Christian church, who 
 
 B street and East C street, etc., and North added the present edifice subsecjuently, at a cost 
 
 Front, North Second, North Third, etc.. The of about sixteen hundred d(.)llars. This church 
 
 Douglas County jjlat consists of blocks, which has also a godd bell. These bells chime in lov- 
 
 are generally forty feet front by one hnn- ing unison, and in iheir sweet accord gi\c no 
 
 ch'cd and fifty feet; streets, lanes and alleys intimation of tlu-ir preferences. 
 
 are jjarallel with and at right angles The Methodist cluu-ch was rcmoxed from 
 
 to the railroad, and the whule is compactly Mackxille as part of the exodus therefrom in 
 
 and conxenicntly arranged. The railroad, be- 1883. The building is worth ;ibont twelve 
 
 .sides the usual right-ot-way i"eser\'ed of one hundred dollars. ;uid the cost of moving it 
 
 hundred feet wide, h;is also reser\-ed a tract was about two hundred dollars, 
 
 north of its line one hundred and fifty feet wide. We ha\ e in little Douglas the Presbyterians 
 
 and extending east fn mi the county line eleven .-iml the Cunibei-laud rresbvicrians, the .Metli- 
 
 hundred feet, nearly four acres. The dcdica- oilist l".piscop;iI, the Methodist Protestant, the 
 
 tioii of the lots and blocks, in the signing of the I-'rce .Methodist, the l'".])isco])aliaiis, the C'hris- 
 
 ])l;Us for record, was m;ide jointlv bv the orig- tiau church ;uid the "( )ld Xew-I -iglit" Chris- 
 
 in.al proprietors of the l;ind, ;md II. C. Moore, tiau church, and two kinds of Paptists, etc., 
 
 the su](erinteiidcnt of the railway, 1 l;iiiimond, ;uid :iw thus able to offer 1,'icilities to trnth- 
 
 the i)rcsidcnt. and T. 11. Macougbtry, the rail- seekers not to be surpassed by any county of 
 
 roaci attorney, the owners of the ground hav- our size in the st.ate. 
 
 ing, l(ir certain considerations, agreed to give /'//(• /TiW.v. — The rn"st newspaper [lublished 
 
 these gentlemen a half-interest in all the lots in the village was the .\twood Indeiiendent,
 
 88 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and. under tlie charge of S. W. and F. E. 
 Lucas, made its salutatory on Decemlser 14. 
 1883. (See sketch of Wilham E. Means.) 
 
 Incorporation. — Decemlier 14, 1883, a pe- 
 tition was filed with W. H. Bassett, county 
 judge, signed 1)y tliirty legal voters residing 
 witliin certain territory, tlie greater portion of 
 which hes in Douglas county, setting forth a 
 desire to become incorporated as the "village of 
 Atwood ;" that the number of inhabitants in the 
 proposed bounds was three hundred. The 
 county judge accordingly fixed uixni Jaiui- 
 ary g, T884, as the time, and the office of J. 
 W. Merritt, J. P.. as the place, when and where 
 the election should be held, and he appointed 
 as judges of election James A. Hawks, M. C. 
 Drake and A. L. Marshall, which gentlemen, 
 in due course, made the following report : 
 
 There were cast at such election : For vil- 
 lage organization, sixty-six votes; against vil- 
 lage organization, forty-two votes; total, one 
 hundred and twentj'-eight votes. 
 
 The area of the c'iHagc. — The territory in- 
 cluded in the \illage incorporation is com- 
 prised of the west half of the northwest quarter 
 of the northwest quarter, and the southwest 
 quarter of the northwest quarter, and the west 
 half of the southeast quarter of the northwest 
 (piarter, and the west half of the northeast 
 quarter of the southwest quarter, and the north 
 half (if the southwest cfuarter of the southwest 
 quarter, and the northwest quarter of the south- 
 west (piarter in section 31, in Douglas county; 
 and the east half of the northeast cpiarter of the 
 northeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of 
 the northeast quarter, and the east half of the 
 southwest, quarter of the northeast quarter, 
 and the east quarter of the northwest quarter 
 of the southeast quarter, and the northeast 
 
 quarter of the southeast quarter, and the north 
 half of the southeast (|uarter of the southeast 
 quarter in section 36 in Piatt county, all in 
 township 16 north, being in area two hundred 
 and ninety acres, of which one hundred and 
 sixty acres are in Douglas, leaving one hun- 
 dred and thirty in Piatt county. 
 
 The matter was prepared and concluded by 
 C. G. Eckhart, Esq., of Tuscola. * 
 
 Atwood at present has se\eral first-class 
 stores, a bank, a good hotel, a newspaper, good 
 churches and schools and has a poi)ulation of 
 about six hundred people. 
 
 Garrett has been represented at the county 
 seat by F. C. Mullen, who was elected county 
 judge in 1861. This was under the old style 
 (if county organization which stopped in 1868. 
 I. L. Jordan was elected sheriff in 1864. Caleb 
 Garrett was the first supervisor of the township, 
 elected in 1S68. He was succeeded b}' William 
 Ellars in 1869. who was re-elected in 1870- 
 71-72, being followed by J. W. Hackett in 
 1873, Thomas Owen in 1874, and by Josiah 
 Hoots in 1875. William Howe was in the same 
 position in 1876. 1882 and 1883; Jason Green 
 was elected in 1877, and is the only Democrat 
 placed in that office to date. He was re-elected 
 in 1878-79. Claus Greve, a naturalized Ger- 
 man, was sent in in 1880, and Green was re- 
 turned again in 1881, and returned in 1882. 
 
 The village of Garrett has of recent years 
 became (|uite a trading point; with good school 
 and church. It has a p(jpulation of about two 
 hundred and fifty. 
 
 .SARGENT TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Derivation of name, bounds, area, etc. — 
 Sargent township takes its name from that of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 89 
 
 one of its oldest settlers and who was one of the 
 most prominent business and cattle farmers — 
 Snowden Sargent. In the old Coles county days 
 it was a part of "Oakland precinct," set off for 
 election purposes, and that ])art which I'cniained 
 in Doug'las, after the formation nf the new 
 county, took the name of Sargent precinct, and 
 was very small, ha\ing' only about twenty-three 
 .square miles. It was bounded on the east and 
 south by the county line, on the north by a 
 line from corner of sections \(). 17, 20 and jt, 
 running' east to Edgar county, and it had a 
 southwest boundary at the Embarrass river, 
 which separated it from Deer Creek, since 
 T'xiwdre township. Sargent at the time of 
 township organization, in 186S, was made 
 into its present shape, and is l)oun<led on the 
 east and south by the county line, on the west 
 by Bowdre and on the north by Murdoch and 
 Newman, the north line beginning at the north- 
 east corner of section 9, township 14, range 
 14 west, and running thence west on the sec- 
 tion lines about sc\en miles to the northwest 
 corner of section 9. township 15, range 9 east, 
 and thence south on the section lines eight miles 
 to the south county line. It contains fifty-two 
 sections of land, which includes, howexcr, only 
 46.45 scpiare miles, and conse(|uently comprise 
 29,728.94 acres, and in area ranks Xo. 5 in the 
 county, the discrepancy between the number 
 of .sections and number of scjuare miles being 
 accounted for h\- tlu' fact that m;m_\' ol the sec- 
 lions are \erv small — those in what is called 
 township 15 north, of range 11 cast, nnining 
 from two hundred to three hundred and fifty 
 acres, their surveyed wiflth being little o\er one 
 quarter of a mile. The smallest govennncnt 
 section of land in the county is in this town- 
 
 ship — section 7, township 15, range 11 — and 
 has only 198.38 acres. 
 
 Surface features. — A large part of the 
 township is prairie, perhaps two-thirds; the 
 balance is the usual proportion of timber 
 land along the borders of the creeks, of which 
 "Brushy b'ork," an affiuent of the lunb.arrass 
 river, comes in on the north line, and fiows 
 southwesterly tow;ii-d the west side, when it 
 joins the larger ci'cek, the lunbari'ass, in sec- 
 tion _'S, township 15, range 10, and their 
 mingled waters then run southeasterly until 
 they leave the county at the south side of sec- 
 tion I, township 14, range 10, nnining two or 
 three miles in Coles comity and re-entering 
 Douglas on the east side of .section 15, township 
 14, range 10. Deer Creek comes in from the 
 west, and also joins the Embarrass in the north 
 part of section },2i. township 15, range lO. Sev- 
 eral other natural water-courses of smaller di- 
 mensions flow into these creeks at various 
 points, and in the west part provide amply for 
 drainage. 
 
 The southeast jiart being somewhat level, 
 a drainage district is in process of development, 
 under the statute, which, as soon as the advan- 
 tages are realized, will be followed by others, 
 as is always the case. 
 
 The highest jioint in the township, if not 
 in the county, and at least ri\aling in ele\atioii 
 the "Ridge" in Newman townshi]), was. upon 
 the farm of Andrew (iwinn, h'.sq.. where the 
 government erected an ohserc'itory. This is 
 a wooden structure of a height of about <>nc 
 hundred feet, from which to take instrumental 
 observations for the connection of the triangu- 
 lar snrvev of the great lakes with that of the 
 I\lississii)pi river and the gull coasts.
 
 90 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 I 
 
 Old Settlers. — Among tlie most prominent Land entries. — Tlie first entries of land 
 
 of the earliest settlers was Snowden Sargent, were made in 1830. We find that in this year 
 for whom the township was named. He made lands were entered by Eli Sargent, I. Ashmore, 
 his first visit to the state in 1830, and entered Amos Leslie, Joseph Redding, Jr., David Sears, 
 four hundred acres of land at the oflice at Pal- Samuel Moore, Pharmer Leslie and Hez. 
 estine, and passed through all the usual vicis- Rhoades. North half nf the northeast quarter 
 situdes and privations of pioneer life, and be- of section i, township 14, range 10, was en- 
 tered in this year by Sargent, who also took 
 large bodies of other lands in the vicinity. 
 
 came eventually one of the largest land owners 
 in the county ; dying in 1875, he left a large es- 
 tate to his descendants. 
 
 Andrew Gwinn settled here before 1836, 
 from his last location in Indiana, and visited 
 
 In 1 83 1, June i. John Laughlin took lot 2, 
 northwest (|uarter of section 2, township 14, 
 range 10, and other lands. In the same year 
 
 the Richmans in Camargo (who were the first Stanton Pemberton covered several tracts in 
 
 settlers in the county, 1830). His lands, ad- section 10. township 14, range 10. Pharmer 
 
 joining Mr. Sargent's and together occupy- Leslie, October 29, 1830, entered the west half 
 
 ing so much territory, made the establishment of the southwest quarter of section 2;^, town- 
 
 of a school district quite a problem. He had ship 15, range 10, and east half of the northeast 
 
 the largest farm in Douglas county — three quarter of section 34, township 15, range 10. 
 
 thousand and one hundred acres. In 1834 S. and R. S. Williams entered large 
 
 I. W. Burgett lived in this township for bodies of land, taking all of section 9, township 
 
 more than forty years, and controlled about 14, range 10, and the school section. Joseph 
 
 sixteen hundred acres of land, all of which P. Winkler. March 11, 1835, took northeast 
 
 had been accumulated since his residence there, quarter of the northeast quarter of section 7, 
 
 He represented his township for about six township 15, range 14. Daniel Landers, 1836, 
 
 consecutive years as supervisor, antl afterward November 30, northwest quarter of the south- 
 
 for four years more. Mr. Burgett died of west quarter of section 14, townsliip 15, range 
 
 typhoid fever February 13, 1884. He was 10. Snowden Sargent, 1835, November 13, 
 
 fifty-five years of age, and had resided in the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
 
 state forty-five years. He was a man of gixid section i, township 14, range 10, and other 
 
 appearance and fine business ability. lands. Daniel Miller, May 24, 1837, entered 
 
 Other early settlers were the Reddings, east half of the .southwest quarter of section 1 1, 
 
 Samuel Allison — Casebeer, B. F. Coykendall, township 15, range 10, and Reuben Donalds, 
 
 William Hancock and W. F. Murphy. Jo.se- 1837, February 22. and May 29, northeast 
 
 phus Redding was born in Edgar county in fjuarter of the southwest quarter of section i, 
 
 1829, and came to this region in 1831, when township 14, range 10, and east half of tlie 
 
 two years of age. Samuel Allison arrived in northeast quarter of section 6, township 14, 
 
 1853, since deceased. Coykendall arrived in range 14. Henry K. Potts .settled in this town- 
 
 1847, and I. W. Burgett in 1839. W. F. Mur- ship in 1856. Robert Matson, 1835, April 20, 
 
 phy bought his first land here in 1850. entered northwest quarter of section 22, town-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 91 
 
 sliip It, range 10; in 1837, tlie nortlieast ti) '■Rrusliy Fork." wliicli is the only post office 
 
 quarter of the northwest quarter of section 27, in the township. 
 
 township 15, range 10, and in 1839, May 27, A jjroposed city called Columbus was reg- 
 the east half of the northeast quarter of section ularly laid out in February, 1841, on the land 
 21, township 15, range 10. There is some ac- of James H. Hicks, on the west side of the east 
 count of him in Bowdre township (q. v.). In half of the northeast quarter of section 35, 
 18^7, Tnne 28, Isaac Wells, north half of the townshi]) 15 north, of range 10 east, and con- 
 southeast quarter of section 7, township 15, tained about forty acres. The land was en- 
 range 10. Same year, June i, John Hopping, tered by Eli Sargent October 29, 1830. The 
 southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of town was surveyed by S. Sconce, Coles county 
 sectin 33, townshi]) 15, range 10. Jonathan sur\'eyor, for Hicks, who does not appear to 
 W. Powers entered, in 1849 to 1857, the south have had any deed tn the land, 
 half of the northeast quarter of section 5, town- County office holders. — Residents, both 
 ship 14, range 14, and other lands. Cornelius former and present, of this township h;i\e had 
 Hopkins took the mirthwest quarter of the nnich to do with the public business. William 
 southeast quarter or section 7, township 15, Hancock was the first assessor and treasurer 
 range 14. and other lands, August 23, 1849; of the new county, having been elected with the 
 and Robert Albin, on March 4, 1850, entered first corps of officers in 1859. James H. Shaw- 
 the northeast quarter of tlie southeast quarter of ban was elected sheriff in 187 1, to fill the unex- 
 section 7, township 15, range 14, and subse- pired term of Cooper, of Bourlion township, 
 quently other lands, 'inhere are few if any en- who had disappeared in company with Bourbon 
 tries in the years intervening between 1840 and townshi]) fluids. I. W. liurgett was the first 
 1841;. supervisor. 
 
 The railroad crosses the southwest part of 
 
 the township, entering at the west side of sec- ml'RDOCK township. 
 tion <;, tiiwnship 14, range 10, and Ica\ing 
 
 at east side of section 15, same townshi]), where Erection, etc. — In years, area and ]i<)i)ula- 
 it crosses the Embarrass river on a substantial tion, com])ared with the other ])olitical sub- 
 bridge of some six hundred feet in length. This (Hvisions of Douglas county. Miu'dock town- 
 road got no subsiih- f n im the tinvnshiit. The shi]) ranks number nine and last, ha\'ing been 
 Toledo, Cincinnati iV St. Louis Railroad crosses created at the December meeting of the .board 
 the southeast corner in section 4, townshi]) 14, of su])er\isors in 1882. 
 
 range 14, having been constructctl along here The ]>etition for the new townshi]) was 
 
 ill 1881. closely followed by a counter])etilion in the 
 
 I'illages, etc. — There is no trading point slia])e of a remonstrance leading to a warm 
 
 of com])arative imi)ortance in the townshi]), the discussion of the "pros and cons," it being held 
 
 business of the ])eoi)le, with regard to ,shi])ping and strenuously maintained that the board held 
 
 d i:)0St office, going jurisdiction only of the inhabitants of the ])ro-
 
 92 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 posed new territory, and not of those out of 
 whose area tlie new townsliip was to he made. 
 This nice distinction evolved from the ingenuity 
 of the attorneys, cUd not, liowever, prevail; the 
 matter was taken to the circuit court on appeal, 
 and at the Octoher term, 1883, the action of the 
 l)oard heing confirmed, Murdock became an 
 independent township. The name of the town- 
 ship was given in compliment to John D. Mur- 
 dock, an old resident yet li\-ing (see sketch)- 
 
 lis area. — The area is made up from 
 twenty-two square miles of territory, which 
 were generously donated by the township of 
 Camargo on the west, and about se\'en from 
 Newman, which lie upon the east side. It in- 
 cludes the west twenty-four sections of town- 
 ship 16 north, of range 10 east, of third prin- 
 cipal meridian, and sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 
 township 15 north, of range 10 east, compris- 
 ing twenty-eight regular sections, containing, 
 according to the United States government 
 survey, 30.65 square miles, the same being 
 19,617.61 acres, being the smallest township 
 in the county. 
 
 With regard to the first entries of lands in 
 this township, while there were some very early 
 entries, most of the lands, being all prairie, 
 were taken up along about 1852-53, which 
 years seem to have been at the close of a period 
 in which the government lands were tempor- 
 arily withdrawn from sale pending the location 
 of the Illinois Central Railroad and its selec- 
 tions of lands witliin the six-mile limit, which 
 limit was afterward extended to fifteen miles 
 to enable the road to supply the quantity i_)f 
 lands not found in the first limit. The latter 
 extended limit takes in all of Murdock. 
 
 On February 2^, 1853, William Cline en- 
 
 tered the east half of the southeast quarter of 
 section 2, township 15, range 10. This is the 
 extreme southeast eighty acres in the townshii). 
 The first entry made was by James Brewer 
 June 18, 1847; 'le entered lot No. 2 of the 
 northwest (|uarter of section 31, township 16, 
 range 10, and Samuel Roderick took the south- 
 east quarter of section 30, township 16, range 
 10, in 1849. J- Y. Campbell entered se\eral 
 tracts, as alsD Jdhn Tenbrook and the Baileys, 
 1852 to 1855. 
 
 THE VILLAGE OF MURDOCK. 
 
 This village, established antl named before 
 the township was made, is situated generally 
 on the north side of the I. D. & W. railroad, 
 and between it and the east and west half-mile 
 line of section t,;^. township 16 north, range 
 10 east. It was laid oft' by the I\Iurdi_icks in 
 September, 1881. It was shortly afterward 
 followed by an addition made by R. F. Helm 
 on the north side of the east and west public 
 road. The railroad has a reserve on the north 
 side of its track, about eighty rods long and 
 one hundred and twenty-five feet wide, and a 
 right-of-way on the south side of fifty feet; a 
 roomy side track is estabhshed which gives 
 ample facilities to shippers in the \icinity. 
 
 Mr. S. Ba.xter purchased a few acres di- 
 rectly east of the village, where he erectetl 
 several neat tenant houses which assist in gi\-- 
 ing Murdock tlie air of quite a busy place; this 
 is further assisted by the elevator erected by 
 the Murdocks in 1878, and later by Fred P. 
 Rush & Co., of Indianapolis. 
 
 The Methodists, with their pro\-erbial zeai, 
 erected a substantial church here, and finished
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 93 
 
 it in October, i88_', ahout as soon as the town ship, formerly of Sargent, was elected sheriff 
 
 was laid ont. It has a steeple and a ninety- in 1871, and also served several years wilh 
 
 dollar hell, the cost of the strnctnre heing in all credit as highway commissioner, 
 
 abont eighteen hundred and fifty dollars. The sur\e\-ors appointed by the court in 
 
 Fairland is a new and thriving village in October, 1871, were Edmund l-'ish, of Areola; 
 
 the northwest part of the township. It contains H. C. Niles, of Tu.scola, and A. H. Guy, of 
 
 several first-class stores, good church and \'ermilion county. They worked a week at it 
 
 school. The l)usiness men are mostly young and reported to court. The case was tried 
 
 men and are thoroughly in touch with the ad- three times for various reasons, and finally .set- 
 
 vance of the times. It has one l)ank, the Fair- tied down to the lines made Ity the commi.s- 
 
 land Exchange Bank, which was recently sioners. Mr. Is.sachar Davis, surveyor in the 
 
 founded by John (juinn (see .sketch ). neighborhood, gave the bo.-u'd valuable and 
 
 The first township ofiicers were: Su])er- willing assistance. The confusion mostly arose 
 visor, David Smith; as.sessor, W. C. Whallcu; originally from a proven nnstake of the <jrig- 
 collector. R. F. Helm; justice, S. Baxter, And inal government surveyors, they having left 
 in the distribution of county officers Alurdock two corners on the range line, which they re- 
 has had a share. Among those who live wilh- corded as twenty-two rods apart, while, iden- 
 in the present bounds, JNIr. John D. .Murdoch, tified, they proved to be only six rods apart, 
 from whom the township was named, was The writer has seen the original figures made 
 elected in 1859 one of the first two associate by the government surveyor, and the i)roof on 
 justices of the county, and was re-elected in the grouml. The controversy arose from the 
 1861. This was. of course, prior to townshi]) situation of a thirty-five-acre piece belonging 
 organization. The county board consisted of to John Brown, which the surveyors in their 
 a judge and two associate judges. Mr. Mur- re])ort dubbed the "John Brown tract." This 
 dock served his first term with James Irving, whole contro\crsy was conducted by the inter- 
 of Areola, as judge, the other associate being ested parties with a m;uilv and fair spirit, much 
 Robert Hopkins, of Xewman. In his second sujjerior to the temper usually ni.-nufesled on 
 term, he was with F. t". Mullen, of Garrett. ;is such occasions; though Sliiloh Gill says that 
 judge, and Calel) r.ales. of Arcol;i. .'IS the other he and lirown had worn out a certain fence 
 associate. It was \iuiler the care and m;ni;ige lour times in trx'ing to coiifdrm to ilie \arious 
 nient ot the Last n.'uned board that the court opinions of its true place, h'ach moved the 
 house was contracted for and begun. A large fence every time the other fellow got a new 
 part of the business of this day. the e.arly days wrinkle from anybody, and the surveying busi- 
 of the county, was the location of new public ness in the close neighborhood was good until 
 roa<ls. The board wiiuld a])i)oint three comnns- llie c<imnn'ssion sur\-eyors came along and 
 sioners, one always the surveyor, to view the spoiled the job. 
 road, and rei)ort at next term. There w;is (|uile 
 an epidemic of roads these times. tl'scol.v .vnd tuscoi..\ township. 
 
 James H. .Shawhan. now of the new town- Origin of llic uaiiic. — The name of this
 
 94 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 township is derived from that of the city, but 
 the origin of it is involved in obscurity, the 
 most dihgent in<|uiry liaving failed to disclose 
 its source, or to draw out any account of it 
 which promised satisfaction. Tlascala in Mex- 
 ico, Tusculum, in Italy, and Tuscaloosa, Ala- 
 bama, etc., have been suggested as possible 
 bases for a guess, but have yielded no convic- 
 tion. The idea that the name is of Indian ori- 
 gin has been generally fallen back upon as the 
 only hopeful solution, in which the anxious 
 inquirers are joined by a prominent citizen of 
 a county of the same name in Michigan. 
 Township organization was adopted in 1867 
 and inaugurated in 1868. Joseph B. McCown, 
 of Camargo, H. B. Evans, of Tuscola, and L. 
 McAllister, of Areola, were appointed by the 
 county court to divide the county into more 
 convenient political subdivisions. 
 
 The railroads. — The township is traversed 
 by the Chicago branch of the Illinois Central 
 Railroad, running about north and south, di- 
 viding it into nearly equal parts. The road 
 enters at the northeast quarter of section 3, 
 township 16, range 8, and leaves at south line 
 of section 10, township 15, range 8, and is a 
 straight line tJirough the county, varying from 
 true north, however, about seven degrees; that 
 is to say, it bears to the right just about forty 
 njds to the mile. 
 
 This road has a right of way two hundred 
 feet wide through the township, which reserve 
 is inclosed for the most part with a substantial 
 fence as required by law, and occupies twenty- 
 four acres of land for every mile it traverses, 
 being in the aggregate two hundred and forty 
 acres in the township ; the difference to land 
 tax payers along the line of the road was an 
 item of importance and resisted, until by con- 
 
 sent, as it were, the railroad reserve was grad- 
 ually eliminated from the acres of the adjoining 
 land owner. 
 
 The township is also intersected by the St. 
 Louis branch of the Indianapolis, Bloomington 
 & Western Railroad, which runs east and west 
 through it, along, very nearly, the middle line of 
 the south tier of sections in township 16 north, 
 range 8 east, crossing the Illinois Central Rail- 
 road at Tuscola. The road was finished 
 through the township in 1872; was chartered 
 under the name of the Indiana & Illinois Cen- 
 tral in 1852, and as Decatur & Indianapolis 
 was legalized in 1853; it remained, however, 
 under the name of Indiana & Illinois Central 
 until 1876, when upon re-organization it re- 
 ceived the name of Indianapolis, Decatur & 
 Springfield, and finally was known as the St. 
 Louis branch of the Indianapolis, Bloomington 
 & Western, having been leased to that corpora- 
 tion for ninety-nine years. The road is now 
 known as the I. D. & W. 
 
 A road was surveyed from Tuscola City 
 northeastward, to be called the Danville, Tus- 
 cola & Western, which was instituted by Tus- 
 cola people. The preliminary surveying was 
 begun in January, 1872, under the direction of 
 James Davis, Esq., assisted by Thomas E. 
 Bundy, the attorney for the road, the chief en- 
 gineer being H. C. Niles. A year was con- 
 sumed in the location and in trying to meet the 
 wishes of everybody, and grading was for the 
 greater part completed nearly to Danville; but 
 the panic of 1872-73 calling a halt, and the 
 railway business generally receiving a sudden 
 check, it was found impossible to build the 
 road with the means at command. It was 
 subsequently completed and is now known as 
 the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 95 
 
 Early cnlrics of laud and firsi settlers. — • 
 Being all prairie, the towiishi]) was of the latest 
 settled, the tirst comers, as a general rule, keep- 
 ing close to the timber for its seeming protec- 
 tion. The prairie was considered a bleak, bar- 
 ren waste, unfit for habitation or cultivation, 
 the magnificent richness of the soil not being 
 appreciated by men accustomed to hilly wood- 
 lands. The timber was con\enient for fuel, 
 building and fencing, and men clung to it, for 
 it was considered injudicious to exjjose one's 
 self and family to the full sweep of the winter 
 storms and the annual and really (Jangerous 
 jjrairie fires. 
 
 The first entries of land we find are about as 
 follows: Sigler H. Lester. December 5. 1836, 
 entered west half of the northwest (piarter of 
 section 30, town 16, range 8; John Hammer, 
 May, 1837, north half of the northwest quarter 
 of section 18, town lO, range 8; 1837, July 22, 
 Jacob ]Moore took lot .2, southwest (piarter of 
 section 30, town 16, range 8; the l)ulk of the 
 lands entered l)y him were si.x miles south; 
 June 19, 1838, Thomas Lewis entered lot 2. 
 southwest fpiarter of section 18. town I'l, range 
 8; 1837. Samuel Lester, on lots 3 and 4. north- 
 east tpiarter of section 6, town 15. range 8, 
 and other large lands: 1S49, William Brian, 
 niirth half of the mirtheast cpiarter of section 
 icj, town 16, range 8. Mr. Bri.an ilistributed 
 his lands among his children, otherwise lie 
 would have been the l.'trgest land owner in the 
 county. JMost of the Land entries were matlc in 
 1852-53. Up to that time it appears that there 
 was a check upon settlements of Lands by en- 
 try, or rather the buying of such lands, the dis- 
 trict for the most i)art being withdrawn from 
 sale i)ending the location of the Illinois Central 
 I'iailroad, and its selection of the lands granted 
 
 it by government. In 1853 II. Sandford en- 
 tered the northeast (piarter of section 33, town 
 16, range 8, which adjoins Tuscola on the west, 
 and in the ])almy days was lirmly lield at one 
 hundred dollars per acre. Amongst the active 
 and i)rominent of earlier settlers, as farmers 
 and cattle men, were C). C. and M. V. Ilackett, 
 Owen J. Jones and Joseph W. Smith in the 
 south i)art, and in the north B. F. Boggs, Ben- 
 ham Xelson, George P. Phinney and Caleb Gar- 
 rett, He emigrated from the adjoining town- 
 ship of (iarrett in 1874. .\mple notes of the 
 career and infiuence of many of these gentle- 
 men will be found elsewhere in this volume. 
 
 The si.xteenth section in every congressional 
 township was, by law, set ai)art for sale for the 
 use of schools, and so sold l)y the state. It was 
 re(]uired to be surveyed into lots, the utility of 
 which is not clear, as the government subdi- 
 visions would have answered every purpose of 
 description. 
 
 Section 16, t(jwn 16 north, range 8 east, in 
 Tuscola t(3wnship, was divided into sixteen lots, 
 e;ich lot being one of the original ffirty-acre 
 tracts; the numbering Ijegan in the northeast 
 corner ;ind ended in the southeast. The ])ur- 
 chases were made in 1857. W. P. Carter took 
 si.x of them ; T. G. Chambers two ; J. l'~. Parcels 
 four; Le Poy Wiley four. Idiere is no record 
 aulhiirit_\' in Douglas county i'or the number- 
 ing, the only guide lieing the \arious coiu'ey- 
 ances. which, however, generally give the num- 
 ber of the li}t as well as the regular subdivision. 
 
 First to'i^'ii /iicctiii!^. — The first town meet- 
 ing after townshi]) organization was held at 
 'I'uscola in 1808. The meeting was called to 
 order by W. H. Lamb; S. D. Stevenson was 
 elected moderator and C. F. Lamb clerk. A 
 committee of five was appointed to di\-i(le the
 
 96 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 townslii]) intij road districts. It was made up 
 of G. P. Phinney, A. Mc NeiH, J. McGinniss, 
 James Jester ami Josiah McKee. The place of 
 this meeting is not given, but it was arranged 
 that the next should be held at J. B. Hart's 
 store, northeast corner of Central avenue and 
 Parke street. Here O. C. Hackett was elected 
 the first supervisor, with a majority of only 
 one vote over W. B. Ervin. Thomas E. Bundy 
 exceeded the vote of H. C. Sluss by six votes. 
 C. H. Griffith was elected assessor by getting 
 iwo votes more than J. H. Purdy, and S. Pad- 
 dleford was made the first collector, defeating 
 C. F. Lamb by fifty-eight votes. J. M. Ephlin 
 was the first constable and was chosen at this 
 election. W. H. Wood was the first justice of 
 the peace. The first commissioners of high- 
 ways, and who were elected on this occasion, 
 were Benham Nelson, Noah Ammen and W. 
 Brian. 
 
 The original fozuii of Tuscola. — The orig- 
 inal town is bounded on the west by the Illinois , 
 Central Railroad, and extends eastward to 
 Niles avenue, which is the north and south 
 center line of section 34, and is the street upon 
 which stand the schoolhouse and Methodist 
 church. This avenue was begun by Mr. Can- 
 non in his addition to Tuscola, with the gen- 
 erous width of seventy-five feet, but unfor- 
 tunately the sin-veyor or proprietor of subse- 
 quent additions saw fit to cut it down to sixty 
 feet. The bound of the original town on the 
 south is the south line of the section at the 
 township line, and it is met on the north by 
 Winston's addition, which is one-quarter of a 
 
 mile wide. 
 
 IVinston's addition. — The first addition to 
 Tuscola was made by A. B. Newkirk, of Chi- 
 cago, and consists of the north half of north- 
 
 west quarter of section 34, township 16 north, 
 of range 8 east, and was surveyed by H. C. 
 Niles, the county surveyor, in August, 1859, 
 assisted by Henry Beach, who afterward built 
 the first Beach House. The blocks in this ad- 
 dition, nearly four hundred feet square, are di- 
 vided generally into four lots, which all lay 
 square with the world, except at the railroatl. 
 The streets are of the generous width of sixty- 
 six feet, being six feet wider than those of the 
 original town, upon which they join. No street 
 was made between this and the original town. 
 JVaiiisley & Cannon's addition. — In the 
 spring of i860 William Wamsley, with J. 
 G. Cannon as manager, laid off into lots and 
 blocks the southwest quarter of the southeast 
 quarter of section 34, town 16 north, range 8 
 east, making sixteen blocks, the west tier of 
 which was subdivided into quarters, the sur- 
 veying of which was done by Niles. Niles 
 avenue, on the west, was named in compliment 
 to the surveyor and is seventy-five feet wide, 
 as also is the next avenue east. Both of these 
 beautiful streets have been spoiled by the mis 
 taken economy, or perhaps want of informa- 
 tion, of the proprietors of the subsequent addi- 
 tions on the north, when they suddenly fell to 
 a width of sixty feet, and not only that, but no 
 regard or attention was paid to the abutting 
 streets in the prior addition; the result is the 
 streets, as it were, hit nowhere even, the lot 
 bounds do not "line," and the people find fault 
 with the surveyors when shown the facts. 
 
 Kelly's addition. — Kelly's addition (by the 
 way, there is never any "first" addition), No- 
 vember 13, 1 86 1, followed by his second De- 
 cember 30, 1S64, consists of the southwest 
 quarter of the northeast quarter and the north- 
 west quarter of the southeast (quarter of section 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 97 
 
 J4, town 16, range 8, eiglity acres, and was sur- di-ed; H. F>. I[\ans was the enumerator. At 
 
 \eyed by E. C. Siler. county surveyor. In the the tenth census. 1880, tlie population was about 
 
 first addition. liowe\er. lie was the deputy ot the same; within th.'it decade the city had not 
 
 Niles. The lots were made large, to meet a progressed much in the \\a\- of extending areas 
 
 seeming demand for such, among which streets, or erecting new buildings. While |)rogi-ess in 
 
 lanes and alleys were \ery scarce. The progress this respect has not been obser\e<l. it is notable 
 
 of the times has e\'entually forceil through sev- that 'i'uscola is one of the neatest and best- 
 
 eral highways. Robert Kelly, of Indiana, was ke|)t \illages in the centr.il ]);irt of the st.ate. 
 
 the i)rojector of these .additions, lie \\;is a I'oiu'teen miles of sul)stantial sidewalk, a Large 
 
 Ouak"er of standing ;m<I nuich liusiness .aliihty. part of which is eight and twehe feet wide. 
 
 Mal/wrs' uddition. — The next addition conduct the exploring stranger dr\--sho(] to 
 
 made was called Mathers' northeast .addition, churches, school houses, etc.. in fact, t.ake him 
 
 and comprised the cast h.alf of the northeast au\'where, except to a saloon. Careful and 
 
 (piarter and the northwest (|uarter of the north- systematic attention has been gi\en to sanit.a- 
 
 east (|uarter ol section 34. town I'l north, r.ange tion. ami breaches of the ])ul)lic peace .are r.are. 
 
 8 cast, one humlred .and twenty acres. It was The census of i8(jo gives Tuscola eighteen liun- 
 
 sur\eyed July u. 18(14. by V.. C. .Silcr, county dred and ninely-se\en .and it has a present po|)- 
 
 surveyor. under the ]iroprictoi-ship of John ul.ation of about three thousand. 
 
 AI,athei"s. who ji.id prexionsly ;ici|uireil .an inter- luirix rvrnls. — The lir>t house which .ap- 
 
 est in the Lands of the origin.al Tow n Comp,an\ . ]ieared in Tuscol.a w.as a part of the ])resent 
 
 The greater ]i.aia ol ibis ,additi(in was Laid mU dwelling of TlKnnas S. .Sluss. at tlie northwest 
 
 into lots or blocks, coiu.aunug in gross .about corner of Main .and 1 ).agg\' streets. It was 
 
 ten .acres, ;nid h.as since ln'cn used almost ex- pl.aced there b\- William (handler, who h.auled 
 
 clusixely lor l.arming Lands. 'I'he streets in this it from the close neighborhood of llourbon. 
 
 portion ol 'l'usco];i di 1 n( it coulorm to those in lie occupied it .awhile and soLJ it. building sub- 
 
 ihe origin.al tiiwn. not only being of differeiU seipieiUK' the dwelling now st.anding directly 
 
 widths. lnU ilo not f.airl_\- meet the origin.al cast, 
 
 streets. dbi' lirst house built w.as ilu' store .at the 
 
 Ccnirliiis' (uldilion. — Cornelius" .addition r.ailroad. on tlu' north side of !^ale street, long 
 
 consists of abotit IwetUv acia's of laud in the since gone. .Siniou (i. ILassetl. briither of I )r. 
 
 southwest coiaier ol the secti(jn, being .a re- II. J. Il.assett. of Tuscola, w.as the hrsi post- 
 
 ser\ed |)oiaion of tlu' origin.al town pl.al. .and m.aster .as well as expix'ss .and lieiglit .ageiU. 
 
 lying east of the Illinois Centr;d R.'iilro.ad. and The sec .nd house huh w .as eia'cted on I'aike 
 
 north of the south line of the section. The lots street, cast si(k', near the pieseni brick', snuth 
 
 ,are ol gi md ,a\er,age si/e. with .a location not ol .Sale street; it was]int up by A. I,. ()tis. 
 
 \ery desirable. It was Laid out b\- 1'. S. Cor- Tlu' third house built w.as the residence of 
 
 nelius .and sur\e\ed b\- .\iles August K). 1870. Thom.as W Iv. erected on the northwest cor- 
 
 Pii/^iihit!i)ii iiinl cinniitiiiu. — The popul.ation ner of Centr.al <a\enue .and Alain street, whence 
 
 of the city in 1870 w.as ]il,aced ,at tifteen hun- it was removed. Thomas Woody was the t.a-
 
 98 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ther of A. M. Woody, wlio served as mayor of 
 the city for the four years ending- in April, 
 1883. Tliomas Woody was an active Metli- 
 odist. and hefore tlie day of churches he and 
 his wife, with A. G. Wallace and wife, associ- 
 ated with Mrs. Dr. Bassett and Mrs. Kuhn, 
 were the only church people in the place who 
 had any aptitude for conducting religious 
 exercises. Class and prayer meetings were 
 held m Mr. Woody "s house for several years 
 after Mr. Woody's arrival. He died in No- 
 vemher, 1883. with full honors. 
 
 The tirst child horn in the place was Miss 
 May Wallace, daughter of .\. G. Wallace. 
 Mrs. Has. Moore, iicc May Chandler, daugh- 
 ter of William Chandler, moved here from 
 Bourbon at the age of six years. 
 
 The first store was a grocery, built on the 
 north side of the court house square by B. F. 
 Lewis, now a farmer northwest of town. The 
 next was probably the drug store of Dr. J. W. 
 Wright, which was located in the present one- 
 and-a-half-story dwelling, now standing di- 
 rectly east of the old court house. These 
 two proprietors were compelled to yield to 
 the logic of events, both eventually pulling uj> 
 stakes and moving down into town. The 
 Lewis store was removed bodily to State 
 street. The stock was bought by J. M. Ephlin 
 and A. M. Woody, and was the foundation of 
 the large Woody & Russell grocery store. Dr. 
 Wright built a store and dwelling combined on 
 the southwest corner of Main street and Cen- 
 tral avenue, where he had sole control of the 
 drug business until 1865. He finally went to 
 California, being succeede<l in his business by 
 Dr. |. A. Field, who occupied the old stand 
 tor a while, and afterward removed to his 
 
 brick at the southeast corner of Parke and Sale 
 streets, which he built in 1882. H. C. Niles, 
 w ho had been bred to the drug trade, opened a 
 new drug store, in 1865 at the southeast cor- 
 ner of Avenue and Main streets in company 
 with E. C. Siler. The latter sold out to Niles, 
 who joined C. A. Davis on the north side of 
 Sale street, in a building which was destroyed 
 in one of the great fires, which occurred in 
 October, 1881. The house stood the second 
 door directly west of Goff's marble works, 
 which is the first establishment ui the kind per- 
 manently located at this city. Mr. R. Gruelle 
 was in the drug business for a few years ; also 
 E. L. Smith, who sold out to Benton, and he to 
 Foster, who is yet in the business. E. L. 
 Smith, after lea\ing the drug business, began 
 the practice of law, and in 1878 he committed 
 suicide by cutting his throat in his office, up 
 stairs at the southeast corner of Parke and Sale 
 streets. The real causes of his self "taking 
 off" were never known, l)Ut were supposed to 
 be business troubles and bodily disease. 
 
 William H. Russell and A. M. Woody in- 
 stituted, in 1859, the first permanent grocery 
 house in the place, succeeding J. M. Iqjhlin, 
 beginning with scant means, on the north side 
 of Sale street. The house was long and favor- 
 ably known as "Woody & Russell," and the 
 ])artnership remained undisturbed until Xo- 
 vember, 1874, a period of fifteen years, when it 
 was dissohed Ijy nuitual consent and mutual 
 good will. Mr. Russell tlied in June, 1876; 
 he was hum North Carolina, whence he re- 
 mo\etl to Indiana, arri\ing at Tuscola in 1859. 
 \\ ith the exception of serving as school director 
 and a term or two in the city council, Russell 
 had not been in public office. The impress of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 99 
 
 liis cliaracler ii])cin tlie old .-md new institutions sold to Lodge & Mintnrn. who ke])t store for 
 
 of the city is permanently i^ood, and will not he a wiiiie in the stand nuw (n\-n])ied hy tlie Evans 
 
 quickly forgotten. grocery. Mr. Helton's insur;nice business 
 
 S. (1. Bassett, hacked In' .\lonzr) Lyons, increased rapidly, and he hccame. perhaps, tlie 
 hegan business on the north side of Sale street leading insurance man in the central p.art of 
 at the railroad in 1859, and ahout these days the state, representing a large number of com- 
 Elijah McCarty built (piite a large two-story ixanies, and well posted in all that ])ertains to 
 warehouse on the south side of the same street, this branch of the Inisiness. He helped to run 
 also at the railroad. The former building is the first brass band, like the others for amuse- 
 long since gone; tlie other remains as part of ment onl_\-, and was a cornet player of some 
 the large elevator of R. &. J. Ervin. The post distinction. 
 
 office was here then, with W. T. French as hicorponition. — October 11, 1859, an elec- 
 postmaster. McCarty in those days was one tion by the citizens was held for and against 
 of the largest farm operators, handling about incorpor;ition. The names of all the voters 
 four thousand acres of railroad land for ;i were; William Chandler, 1. J. Il.alstea<l, Mich- 
 wealthy tirm in Kentucky. He w;is large- ael Xoel, .\. L. Otis, ]". !•". .Xesbil, I'. Xoel, 
 hearted. liber;d and profuse, and coutrollet! a .\. J. (inrman, James II. 1 l.arrison, j.ames 
 great aninunt of nionev for ye;u's. The i)ar- ]);i\is, A. (I. Wallace, Juhn Ch;uiillei', ,\. \'an 
 ties, h(i\\e\er, dis|)osed of the bands, ;md iMc- Dereu, Thomas WddiK- and Joseph (1. ('.annim. 
 Carty. after becoming in\iil\ed, went to St. The \'ole for incor])or;ition stood twebe; 
 Louis, and died much reduceil in fin.ancial ag.tinst, (wo; total fomleen. .Mr. Harrison 
 strength. He was once a candidate lor con- u.as a pi'oininent slo\e and hardw.are m:in, 
 gress in this <listrict. ilrst on Centr.al a\enue, in the store now occu- 
 
 i\. (1. \\';dl;ice started the first regnl.ar pied bv Tx'ler in the s.anie business; afterw.ard 
 real estate otVice, after leaving the circuit clerk's in ;i t\\ii-stor\- building which stood on the 
 ])osition. Others h.ad been i)rominent in the ])resent site of l^c's shoe store. This build- 
 line in connection with their cui'rent business. ing was remo\-ed to the north side of the 
 .Mr. Wallace w.as succeeded by 1'. ('. .Sloan, a\enne, to a ])l;ice direclh' e.ast ol the present 
 also a former clerk' and reeordt'r, ni which he ( )pei','i block, ,'iiid "wi'iit np" in the great lii'e 
 was joined by .\. .\. iMcKee, but they are n( isv of iXj^^. .Mi'. Il.-iirison was a leading cili/eii, 
 dissolved in business. h.-id much to do with the mstilutions (d the 
 
 The insui'.'ince business w.'is not taken up as |il.'ice, ami later w;is president of the .\';ition,'d 
 
 a regular occupation until i,Sr)5(i(i, wlu'ii W'. I'.'uik .'it l'";Lrnier Cit\'. J.nnes l);i\is was of 
 
 1'. Cannon, who locally ri'prescnted .'i I'lrge the linn of |),'i\is iS.- binnev. gr.'iin dealers, and 
 
 numl)er of comi)anies in connection with other ser\ed as m;i\'or of the cit\'. John Ch,'uidler 
 
 Inisiness, Sold out to .\. I'. 1 Icltoii, who arrived has a brgi' f;n'ni e.'isl of town, was the first 
 
 from liloomington, Indian.'i. in iSdj. .Mr. ioiint\ clerk. ;nid li;id ,'ni .•LCti\e ;mil nselnl 
 
 Helton kept a l.'irge b.'U'dw. 'ire store on the south p;u'' m ihe format ion of the lu'wcounty. iMaj. 
 
 side of the avenue for a nninlna' of vears, .'md \','m I )eren is \v\ a resident .iiid ;i f;irmer. Mr.
 
 lOO BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Cannon removed to Danville. Of the others, Sluss, city clerk and attorney. August 15, 
 
 Messrs. Halstead, Noels, Otis and Nesbft 1870, the city attorney was ordered to dismiss 
 
 rer,io\e<l ; W ilhani Chandler, a carpenter and the suit of the city against Niles & Dryer, 
 
 builder, died here, as also Mr. Wallace and druggists, defendants paying attorneys' fees. 
 
 Thomas Woody. This was a suit for not reporting .sales of 
 
 Cit\< Charter. — The city charter is dated liquors for the past two months, the ordinance 
 
 March it, 1859. The lirst mayor was James requiring such report, which was to contain the 
 
 H. MartJi, with a council consisting of I. L. name of the purchaser, ciuantity sold and pur- 
 
 Jortlan, R, Price, M. Pugh and \X. Taggart. jjose used for. The firm was not prosecuted for 
 
 Mr. Jorda'i. formerly a farmer in Garrett town- selling liquor, but for not reporting sales. At 
 
 ship, w;'< sheriff of the county. Price, though this meeting, J. C. Walker moved the remission 
 
 a large land owner in the count}', is now a non- of the fine, which was promptly seconded bv 
 
 rc^ident. Pugh, a wagon-maker, has latelv re- James Da\is, and the resolution was carried, 
 
 moved, and Col. Taggart, after honorable serv- In 1865 the board was in session, contemplat- 
 
 ice in the war of 1861, and serving two terms ing serious restrictions upon the druggist 
 
 as sheriff remains a citizen, luider the liquor sales, and stirring s])eeches were made 
 
 firm name of Taggart & Williams, in the fur- pro an<l con. the last of which was made by a 
 
 nitiu'e business. In the war record in this \ol- druggist, who ])roduced as his tinal argument 
 
 nme will be found a more particular notice of a large bottle of old London Dock Gin, which, 
 
 tliDse who served as soldiers. Mr. James H. after placing on the table uinler the noses of 
 
 AlcU'tm resigned the mayoraltv in June, 1870, the board, he gracefully retired, amid hnul and 
 
 partly liecause of ill health, and p.artly because contiiuied ai)|)lanse. The ])rop(.)setl resolution 
 
 of ineligibility; he li\'ed outside the corpora- was also laid on the table. 
 
 tif)n, owning land just beyond the northeast Hatr/.w — The first boartling house or hotel 
 
 corner of the town. With a view of correcting was kept by .\. G. W'allace. This building 
 
 the matter, he had a small .additinn [n the city was a large '■story-and-a-half" house, situateil 
 
 matle and reconled, which was situ.ited in the just about where the bank now stands on the 
 
 soutliwest corner of section twenty-six, town- A\-enue. Mr. Wallace had arrived in the 
 
 ship Id. range eight, but no lots were sold, and county in 1S41, and sto]iped at a place, then 
 
 it was linally (lrci])pe(!. .\lr. .Martin was from widely known as the "W.allace stand," west of 
 
 Incli.an;!, resided in Tuscola fcir ;ib(int six years iiickurv Grove, in the southeast part of tlT^ 
 
 in the practice of the law. lie died Nosember county. He removed to Camargo in 1854, 
 
 15, 1871, and was buried at Caiuargo, with and in 1856 to Tuscola, where he kejjt hotel as 
 
 iM;iS(inic hduors. Tibove for alxnit two years. He. was deeply 
 
 Tnsc(il;i is doubtless the first city in the interested in and was one ><{ the most active 
 
 state organized under the general incorporation workers for the foundation of the new county, 
 
 act, which tof)k effect July i. 1872. In 1870 He was the first justice of the peace elected in 
 
 Thomas .S. Sluss presided as mayor ; alderman Tuscola, 1858. and in 1859 was elected the 
 
 present. J. C. Walker and James Dilly; A. H. first circuit clerk .and recorder. He was con-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. loi 
 
 tiiiuonsly re-elected until he had served four hnards and was the "fair ,t;r(iund" nf the hrsr 
 
 cimsecutive terms of four years each. Upon Dout^Ias county fair. The old court house was 
 
 retirins;- from tlie office, he conchicted for sev- used for a "'lloral hall," as it were, and ;i hand 
 
 era! years a real estate and loan office, and was and speakers' stand had heeu erected in theuorth 
 
 always an active and leadin.i;- memher of the side of the s(|uare. K. McCartv. Caleh ( larrctt 
 
 Methodist Epi.scopal church. Mr. Wallace ,ind Ira j. 1 lalslead, secretarv, were the m;in- 
 
 tlied on the Jjth of July, 1879. agers. The first dance was held in the room 
 
 The Beach House began an existence as a over ni>rthcast corner of I'arkeand .S.ilc streets, 
 
 boarding lH)Use on the southeast corner of where .Mrs. John Mailison danced the fust si-t 
 
 Ensey and Parke streets. It was then under the with Joseph G. Cannon, 'fhis old court house 
 
 contluct of Henry Beach. He huilt the first was, on its completion, hailed with joy hy all 
 
 Beach House on the site of the present hotel of who believed in wholesale .sociahilitv. Parties, 
 
 the same name. Some time after his death, balls and dances were frequent and enjoyable, 
 
 the first hotel was burne(.l to the ground, about The first was the celebration of the finishing of 
 
 1869, and rebuilt by Mrs. Beach in 1870. She the building liy a well-attended dance. This 
 
 was succeeded by her son-in-law. W. Kissel, was in iSOr. 
 
 who is just completing a \ery fine and com- The first session of circuit court was held 
 
 modious brick hotel. in the fall of ]><y). in the then just linished 
 
 The Hotel Douglas which wasopenetl to the depot building of the 1. ( '. 1\. K.. and the \ery 
 
 traveling public .\pril K), \H<)I). is by odds the first civil case on the docket was Bnllou \s. 
 
 best all arounil eipii])ped hotel in 1 >ouglas conn- Johnson,: default of defend.inl ,in<I indgmcnt 
 
 ty, and in l)y far tlie best location. The ])eo|)le t'or $3._'o. This was an .ipitcd from Dr. |. T. 
 
 of Tuscola and Douglas county owe a debt of Johnson, ;i magislr.ale in the \illage of I'.our- 
 
 gratitude as well as best wishes and their pat- hon. Dr. Johnson w;is a well-known pr.ictic- 
 
 ron;ige to Mr. and Mrs. John Whitlaker for ing ])hysician ;uid "Si|iiiic" in the west end, ;it 
 
 constructing this po])ular inn, foi- it is reason- the lime of the formation of the new count\-, 
 
 ably .sate to say had they not built it 'fuscoki and .along about 1803 u(,-nt west. Circnil court 
 
 would be without a decent hotel today. was ne.\t held in the second storv of the btuld- 
 
 The lirst hotel was built on the northeast ing now occupied b\- ( leorgc Smith, the same 
 
 corner of Main and Ibmghton streets, by the i)lace where J. M. Maris pre\iousl\' held forth 
 
 Town company. .\ large two-story fr.une, it as ;i grocer, 'fhis was the largest a\ail;ible 
 
 was tor a few years the only hotel and in court room in the place at that time, and was useil I'or 
 
 sea.son a lively place. It was constructed by all ])nblic meetings until Ihc so-called court 
 
 M. C. I'llkin, who was an old resident, 'fhis house w;is built in 1801. At this time A. ( i. 
 
 hotel was Ininicd in 1804. ,-uid icbnill by the Wall.ice, the circuit clerk, had his office in the 
 
 insurance company. It was then called the same bmlding on S.ale sired, and the county 
 
 "Tuscola House." clerk occupied a room in the 'fuscola House, 
 
 Otiicr early ci'cnts. — The pre.seiU coiui the two story hotel in I longhloii street, here- 
 
 liouse square had Ijeen fenceil in with common tofore mentionetl.
 
 I02 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 'I"hc first school house erected in Tuscola 1862; dour mill. 1863: ucwspaper. 1858; first 
 was a oue-story frame, which cost five humireil hank, t8():;: first court house. 1861. The 
 dollars, aud was huilt in 1858. Amongst the names of the first \illage Ixard were: L. J. 
 first schcKil teachers, if not the first, was Ira J. Wyelli. W. T. French. James Da\is, F. F. 
 Halstead. This was succeeded hy a \ery suh- Xeshit. M. \'aul, clerk; also date of charter, 
 stantial two-story hrick schoolhouse at a cost first election under charter July i, 1859. J. 
 of six thousand clolla'rs, erected on the site of H. Martin, mayor; council. W. Tagg'art. M. 
 the |)resent imposins^ seminary, which is lilock I'ii,i;h, E. Price and J. Williamson. 
 Xo. _^, ill Kell\''s addition to Tuscola. This was The sclmol huilding is a suhstantial l)rick, 
 ;i ])la.n 1 rick Inhlding, erected imder contract of three stories and l)asement, a helfry contain- 
 In' John X. Miller. He owned and occupic! ing a large town clock, which is a most excel- 
 the old one-story schoolhouse after the new one lent time keeper, and has four dials, facing 
 was huilt. He was a queer old fellow, honest respectively the four cardinal points. The 
 and reliahle. hut a little sour, and he always schini] huilding has amjjle accommodations for 
 "wanted to know, you know," what we thought ahout five lumdred pupils, is in every possible 
 of a preacher who would "call a man a liar?" respect a perfect edifice, and is. as it should be. 
 and we could only answer, that it depended on the pride of Tuscola. The contract price was 
 whether the i)reacher told the truth or not. originallv thirt\--two thousand dollars, hut the 
 The materials for this two-story seminary amount was subsequent! v increased, so that the 
 were purchased b)- the contractor when the entire cost, when completed, became about 
 present fine building was erected on the same forty thousand dollars. The building is heated 
 site. The contractor and builder of the new l)v an excellent system of basement furnaces, 
 and last building was L. Johnson; he married and the board employ an efTicient janitor at a 
 here a daughter of Ross, a carpenter and build- fixed salary. The original lot. Block 3, in 
 er. Johnson was a man of notal)le integrity Kelly's addition, contained aljout one acre of 
 and honor in his contracts, antl built and fin- land; to this has been added, in the last few 
 ished the structure in the face of failure as to years, a strip sixty feet in width on the east 
 profit. side, which is Indiana street extended. The 
 
 A corner stone was laid on the 26th of board also bought the block next north, block 
 
 June, 1870, by the Masons and Odd Felk)ws, 4. same additit)n, and was presented by the 
 
 with the usual interesting ceremonies. The citv with that part of Wilson street extended 
 
 northeast corner stone contains the organiza- which lies between said l)l(.)cks 3 and 4. which 
 
 tion of Coles county; the partition of Douglas also loaned them fifty feet of a street north of 
 
 county, 1859; survey of original town of Tus- block 4. 
 
 cola, 1857; accounts of the first dwelling; 1857; The first bank was instituted by W_\eth, 
 
 first st(.)re. 1857; and first, second and thiril Cannon & Co.. and was in a frame building, 
 
 bricks built, 1863, etc.; first child born, 1857; which stood at the west end of the present 
 
 burning of first hotel, and incidents; Illinois Ojiera block. This bank was afterward, in 
 
 Central railroad; schoolhouses ; first church, 18O5, merged into the First National Bank of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 103 
 
 Tuscola. Tlie firm also had for a while bank- No. 5. in Kelly's addition, at the southeast 
 
 ing interests in Areola. In 1870, Mr. Wyeth corner of Sale street and Niles avenue. It 
 
 was merchandising- here among the first as a was built through the exertions of Mr. Thomas 
 
 member of the firm 1 if Wyeth. Cradclock & Co., Woody, .\. G. Wallace, O. C. Hackett and 
 
 occu|>ying the two-story frame directly east of (it hers. It was a neat guthic brick abnul tdrty 
 
 the drug store, now at the .southeast corner of feet by one hundred, with a graceful spire one 
 
 Sale and Parke streets. The building was re- hundred and ten feet high, and a belfrv with a 
 
 iiioved to the north side of the avenue to .1 standard bell-metal bell of a weight of six 
 
 point east of Opera bl(~ick. and Imrnt in the hundred [xnnids. It alwavs commanded 
 
 great fire of 1873. The first cashier of the the largest congregations, and the\-, being of 
 
 bank was W. P. Cannon, who married a the superior class of citizens as t(i intelligence 
 
 daughter of William Warmsley an uUl resi- and standing, have always been able to com- 
 
 dent. niand the best average talent of the conference. 
 
 Whilst the Commercial Block and haul: In i8(;5 the Methodists erected their ])resent 
 
 were burning, W. P. Camion contracted with church eilifice which is the finest church bnild- 
 
 Coleman Piright for the sectMid storv of his ing in the county. 
 
 brick building on the .south side of the axenue. The I'resbyterian church, situated on lots 
 
 an<l removed to that location. The bank had i and j, block 32, in the original town, soiUh- 
 
 a capital of $113,000, and a sur]>lus of $-'5,- west corner of Wilson and Main streets. A 
 
 000. Mr. II. T. Carraway, president: W. II. ]\lr. Carnes was the builder. The leaders in 
 
 Lamb, cashier: ,\. W. Wallace, teller and the church were Mr. William li. L.imb. 
 
 bookkeeper at that time. The Douglas comity Judge Ammcn, John J. Jones and others, with 
 
 bank was established Se]>tember, 1X70. W. 11. their fannlies. This church is second onlv to 
 
 Lamb, cashier, on Sale street: and another on the Methodist in point of numbers. The first 
 
 the avemie by Cham])aign ])arties; both, how- [lastor was George D. Miller, who eame to 
 
 e\er. were merged into other banks. The pres- Tuscola in .\ugnst, 1860, and was in charge 
 
 ent banks are: The Fist National liank. .\. W. up to 1804, when he resigned from ill licilth. 
 
 Wallace, president, and F. W. Hammett. cash- The Baptist church is the largest in the city 
 
 ier. This is one of the best, most substantiai with regard to seating capacity: in actual mem- 
 
 and up-to-date banking houses in the state. bership it is the smallest. It was erected in 
 
 r.aughman, Bragg & Co. is the other banking i8()5, mainly throught the exertions and ex- 
 
 '"•'n- anii)le of I'Llijah McCarty and Dr. 1. N. Ryner- 
 
 The opera house of Tuscola, owned by the s<in. Dr. Kynerson was a leading l.irmer in 
 
 Marry Madi.son estate, is a very creditable af- the northeast corner of Areola townshi]). He 
 
 lair. It has a .seating ca])acity of about seen was highly educated an<l one of the best stump 
 
 hundred and a very well sceneried stage, with s]ieakers of his dav, and was also a former 
 
 mirrors on either side, and is very ornate. i)racticing physician: be died in .\pril, 1873. 
 
 C Inirchi's. — The Methodist, a brick church. This church is a substaiUial brick building 
 
 was finished in i860, and is situated on Block about forty by eighty feet, and when built had
 
 I04 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 a very large brick tower aljout ninety feet liigli, 
 w liicli had. tln-oug-h tlie mistake of the hnilder. 
 Iteen run up nearly S(|uare; it \\;is hea\y and 
 unj^ainly. and tupped dft with fimr curner 
 spires or ornaments painted white. This was 
 the niostconspicufius nhject in tlie city, and was 
 the landmark in the country for miles ardund. 
 The iutentiim had heen tn make a nnich li,<;hter 
 tower. Till) much weight was ])nl upun it for 
 its foundation, and it began to show cracks in 
 the masonry and settled. It was then rumored 
 unsafe, people getting the idea it would fall 
 of its own weight, and some avoided the church. 
 It was then formally examined by expert buikl- 
 ers. and !)eing pronounced good confidence 
 was somewhat restored. Nevertheless, the 
 tower was iinally taken down e\en with the 
 roof. The congregation being quite small, 
 regular pastors have not always been in charge, 
 though this church has commanded some of 
 the best talent the church afforded. The Intild- 
 ing is situated at the nurtheast corner of Daggy 
 aiid Court streets. 
 
 The Christian church is situated on the 
 north side of Houghton street, east of Court 
 street, lot 13, block 40, original town, is a 
 good frame building, the second story being 
 the auditorium, with lirst story reserved for 
 Snndav school and bai)tistry. It was erected 
 in i8()(S. mainly through the exertions of Mr. 
 John Chandler, the lirst county clerk. The 
 present Christian chtn'ch of Tu>cola is a line 
 brick structure and is ne.xt to the Methodist 
 church in cost. 
 
 The Roman Catholic church of the Forty 
 Martyrs is a fr;une building situ.ated on the 
 southeast corner of \'an Allen antl Center 
 streets. It was erected in the summer of 188.^, 
 at a cost of ,$1,000. 
 
 The Episcopal cliurch was erected on the 
 northwest corner of Center and Houghton 
 Houghton streets in i88_': was consecrated in 
 July of that year, 1)\' Right Rexerend .Sexanour, 
 Bisho]) of Springfield, assisted by several cler- 
 gymen from the surrounding cities. The 
 church was built through the exertions of the 
 Re\'. Mr. F'eck, then in charge of the mission, 
 and is known as St. Stephen's. Regular ser- 
 \-ices were held for about one year, l)Ut the 
 remo\'al of families most interested has so re- 
 duced numbers that the services are rare. 
 
 The I'ree Methodists also have a church 
 building. (See sketch of David Cooper.) 
 
 Sunday Schools. — The first Sunday school 
 in Tuscola was instituted by Mrs. Archibald 
 \'an Deren and others at the old Tuscola 
 House, the erstwhile hotel. The first Sundav 
 school was convened on the second Sabbath of 
 September, in the year 1859. It was started, 
 at the instance of JNIrs. \'an Deren. her coad- 
 lutors. among others, being Thomas W'liodv 
 and his excellent daughters, Mesdames Town- 
 sell and Lindsay, who were the first scholars, 
 and who ha\e jiassed away. Dr. J. L. Reat, 
 \\ith us. Dr. Samuel Daggy and Mrs. Van 
 Deren are the only survivors. Dr. Reat is 
 mentioned elsewhere. Dr. Daggy, a prom- 
 itient Presltyterian, was an acknowledged lead- 
 er in religion and indeed in all other mat- 
 ters Ijcaring upon the general elex'ation of 
 ]iublic sentiment from the beginning of Tus- 
 cola. .\fter a twenty years' useful residence 
 here. he. with his family, moved to Philadel- 
 phia, where he is engaged in real estate busi- 
 ness. 
 
 Here it may not be out of place to record 
 th.at the \arious chnrclies of Tuscola have been 
 remarkable for a cordial co-operation in relig-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 105 
 
 iiuis matters, juint nieeting.>^ and exchange tin," the assistant engineer nf Dan\-ille. Tus- 
 
 (if pnlpits being the l're(|uent lea<hng featnres cula iK- \\'estern r.'iilrnaiK and while a little 
 
 that go far toward clipping the wings of those "captions'" in the \ it'w of the xonnger l)o\s on 
 
 smart fellows, who. claiming the dillerence nf the work', mei'ited and received on the wlmle 
 
 cr-eed as a snflicient excuse, wnuld lly to glory the hest respect ol his associates, 
 
 nnincumhered hv a church. The 1 )ouglas County Ke\iew was iustituteil 
 
 The Press. — f^nr lii'si news])aper was the in iN;r5 hy l'on\erse >!v; Parks, and was 1 )eni- 
 
 Tuscola Press. Il was startc<l in iS3(). It ocralic. it was hrst issued in the two-stor\" 
 
 was short lived, and the prdpriclur left between wouden building which now stands direclK- 
 
 two davs. .M. \ anl cunducted il a year or east nf tlie j. M. .Suiilh building, nu the snuth 
 
 two, l)ut it was nni a success. Mr. \'aul was side df C'entral a\enue. The Review passed 
 
 the tirst city clerk. The Sellers buys instituted intn the hands of Maj. .Asa Miller in December, 
 
 the Douglas County Shield, fn mi 1S05 to li^hj. 1S77. (.See sketch of Charles W. Wilsou, the 
 
 .\ little felliiw named (lregor\- establi>he<l the present pr( iinaeti ir of the Rexicw.) 
 
 Cnion, which was nut a success. The news- The TuscKla Republican, ikjw nwued and 
 
 l)a])er business did nut seem to be solid until c'dited b_\- I'reil L. Peat, is rapiill}' cinniiig tn 
 
 the jiresent hmrnal and 1 )ougI,is C'cunty Re- the front as a newsv. clean and well printed 
 
 \iew were established. I'he Jnurual was llrst paper. It has ;i paid circulation of about oue 
 
 instituted by Siler iv Pindsay in iSf)4. They ihdusaud. 
 
 were succeeded 1i\ Williams in iSjf), with Ccnti-niiiiil His/i>r\. — The Congress ni the 
 
 llarrv Johnson ;is paragi'aphist and general Cnited .States, March ij;, iSjd, passed a res- 
 
 outside manager, and by Ceorge Classco in ulntidu recummending that the |)eople ol the 
 
 jamiary, tSSi. .\fterwai'd by "Tom" W il- sev'eral states assemble in their several towns 
 
 liams and a Mr. (Ikisscd. It is nnw dwued an<l nn the "centennial anniversary" of our national 
 
 conducted by A. C. .Slu.ss, the present post indepe ■(lence, and h i\e read a historical .ketch 
 
 master of Tuscola. ( .See sketch. ) of said countv or town from its form.ation, 
 
 Wdli.ams was an oil! Tuscola bo\- who m;is- , ;md ih.'.t a copw (if said sketch be filed ;ii llv 
 lercil the printing business .and became a ol'fice of the Pibrarian of Congress, as well as 
 "jour," worlsing in wirious ]il;iccs, and when in the clerk's office of s.aid county, 
 in Connecticut met and married a ladv iiriiiter. .\pril Js, iSj(), this is followed b\- the pi'iie- 
 1 le returned to Tuscoka m iSj-o, and in cou- lamatiou of jojiu I,. l',e\eridge, the governor of 
 nection with C"a]it. Parks, of the Review, did the st.ale of Illinois, to the same effect, urging 
 the typographical work ol the ccnlcnni.al his- a general observ.ince of the recommendation, 
 tory ol Dougl.is county, the only ])rinfed book In .Maw \Hj(>. at a special term of the board 
 ever issued in the county. Tom died suddeiilv of supervis<irs, not, however. S|)eci,ally held 
 while in the prime of his usefulness and man- for the purpose, ihe following resolution was 
 hood, at about lliirtv ve.ars of age, on the _'i;th adopted, which had \>cvn offered hv the super- 
 day of Jul}-, iSSi. lie was ,a man of wit and \isor from (iarrett, .Mr. William Howe; 
 humor; was for a time the assistant of "Mar- Rcsuk'cd, That Henry C. Niles be employ-
 
 io6 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ed to prepare a statistical and biographical 
 history of Douglas county, from its origin to 
 the present time, and to ha\e the same ready 
 hy the 4th of July next, provided the said work 
 shall not cost to exceed one hundred dollars. 
 
 This work was prepared in manuscript, 
 read to the hoard of sui)ervisors and approved; 
 an attempt to ha\e it ])rinted at the expense 
 of the county failed, and the author, assisted 
 by D. O. Root, the then county clerk, had it 
 printed in pamphlet form, to save the matter, 
 being eighty pages octavo, in paper co\ers. 
 This history contained, in a perhaps too much 
 condensed style, a history of the main facts 
 pertaining to the county, with separate histories 
 of townships, and was not much elal)orated, the 
 "fixed price" forbidding a thorough detail of 
 the points touched upon. It was dedicated 
 "To the young men of Douglas county. 
 
 "In the hope that they may be reminded of 
 the responsibility they are about to assume in 
 taking charge of the destinies of little Doug- 
 las, may they emulate the noblest deeds of 
 their fathers, .so that the blessings which they 
 secured may descend upon them to posterity. 
 In opening out the resources of the country, 
 converting the rude land into cultivated tields, 
 building cities where none existed before, and 
 making possible the civilizing influences of 
 churches, schools and railroads, their fathers 
 have borne the brunt of the battle, and are now 
 resigning into their hands the result of their 
 labors, for they are passing away." 
 
 This pamphlet was ])rinted at the printing 
 office of the Illinois Industri.il University, at 
 Urbana. The contract was taken Ity Conver.se 
 & Parks, editors of the Review of Tuscola, 
 and the "setting up" done by J. T. Williams, 
 afterward proprietor of the Tuscola Journal. 
 
 Mr. Williams took great pride in the matter, 
 and produced a specimen of printing not sur- 
 ]iassed by anv pamphlet work extant. A copy 
 of the work was duly forwarded to the Illinois 
 state librarian, the congressional library, at 
 Washington, the Historical Society of Chicago, 
 and to various other i)oints. either \-oluntarily, 
 or on demand, and kindly acknowledgments 
 were received in each case, and in some cases 
 a return was promptly made of similar works. 
 
 Photography. — Photography in its advanc- 
 ed artistic e\cellence was first instituted here 
 by W. Boyce, who is succeeded by his son 
 David N. Having devoted his entire business 
 time to the perfection of his work, making a 
 studv of all the latest improvements, he shc^ws 
 wi^rk which is not surpassed by that of the 
 artists in the larger cities. D. X. Boyce is not 
 only a first class artist but he is a gentleman 
 in nature and instinct. 
 
 Illinois Light, Water, Heat and Power 
 Company, recently established in Tuscola, is 
 supplied with the very latest type of machinery 
 and renders efficient service. The water 
 power plant operated in connection is so com- 
 plete, perfect and systematically arranged that 
 the most energetic critic has failed to criticise. 
 
 Tuscola Society. — The moral and intellect- 
 ual standard of the city is far above the aver- 
 age, with plenty of room for impro\ement. In 
 main the citizens are a peaceable, law abiding 
 and God fearing people. They ha\e good 
 churches, good schools and are lovers of good 
 books. Selfishness and bigotry in many in- 
 stances are disguised here as true religion, as it 
 is elsewhere throughout the world, and one of 
 the most loved and commendable character- 
 istic of the human heart, love one another, is 
 is asleep in the beautiful little city of Tuscola.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 107 
 
 Its retired fanner contingency of its popula- imin 1S54 to 1858, and npon him, as bein^i: 
 
 tion is wonderfullv tired, nnprojjressive and the nearest postmaser. devolved tlie dnty of cer- 
 
 in many instances is jiositive and painful hin- tifyinj; the necessity i>\ a new posloHice at 
 
 (h-ance to its fiUure development. Where a ( )ka\v, w Inch had heen petitioned tor hy judge 
 
 citizen with nionev refuses to assist in needed and Dr. I ienry. John r.l;ick\\ ell and others. In 
 
 improvements cif the town, to assist in caring due course, Col. Cofer sent the i)apers to Wash- 
 
 for the \vorth\- iioor and needy under his nose, ington, and they were returned, as is usual in 
 
 he is not onlv lacking in his religiou, taught such cases, with the inl'ormation that there was 
 
 h\ the lowlv Xazarene. hut he is lacking in his already in the state of Illinois a postoftice with 
 
 good citizenship. Tuscola has nothing worse the same name as tiie one proposed. This maile 
 
 to fear than to allow the management of its it necessary that a new name should be .selected 
 
 ])ul)]ic adnnnistralion In fall into tlie hands of before the office could, under the law, be estab- 
 
 the unprogressive, the dollar worshipers ;uid lished. Mr. E. Hewitt, the first Illinois Cen- 
 
 the stingy. There are snme so called wurship- tral railroad agent at this ])iiint. after cudgel- 
 
 ers of Christ and leading churcii members in ing his brains to no effect, obserying a knot of 
 
 Tuscola who shduld heed more the teachings citizens near, came out of his oflice at the 
 
 of the Master and jiermit the dead, against depot, and in the presence of Judge James 
 
 whnin they nnglit have had a personal grievance Kwingand others a-ked for suggestions, where- 
 
 uithout cause, to Rest, Rist, RrstW. upon James Kearney said "Areola." The 
 
 name took instantly, and was adopted. It 
 
 ARCOL.v CITY .\xn Towxsinf. api.ears to haye. been .selected from its eui.ho.iy 
 
 rather than from any allusion or reference to 
 
 The Niiiiu-. — I'lcfore Douglas county had ;i historical remini.scencc, though one of Xapo- 
 
 an existence, the city of .\roila. from which Icon's greatest battles was fotight and gained 
 
 the township derives its name, was called by oyer the .Vustrians in Italy at a iilacc by that 
 
 the railroad com])any '"( )kaw," after the river name. Both of the names terminating alike 
 
 of that name, which tr.aver.ses the west jiart is food for rumination, but all attempts to con- 
 
 of the county. "Okaw" was a local name nect the two as some relation have f.ailed. John 
 
 only, the true name of the river being Ka,s- Blackwell was here ])rominent in all that per- 
 
 kaskia, from the iM-encb, and it has been claimed tains to good citizenshi]), and had much to do 
 
 by knowing ones that the word '"( )kaw" is a with the management of affairs. His resi- 
 
 corrni)tiiin of Kaskaskia. which, in the ver- dence dated from 1857. He was the tirst mag- 
 
 nacular.was "Kawkaw'"( Indian: Crow Ri\er?) istrate of .\rcola. He died in January. i8r.(). 
 
 hence, by an easy transition, "( )kaw." Col. John lilackwell was a grandson of C'ol. Jacob 
 
 John Col'er, who had represented the county of l!l;ick\\cll df the Revolution. The Colonel was 
 
 Coles in the state Legisl;iture. was postmaster the owner of lllackweirs Islaml and nearly 
 
 to accommodate the neighborb 1 at Rural all the e;istern end of l.i>ng Island adjacent to 
 
 Retreat (in the southeast cpiarter of section 10, .\'ew \'ork. from .Astoria to Brooklyn. This 
 
 township i4north, range 9 east, since abolished), tract includes Astoria, Ravenswood, Long Is-
 
 loS 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 land City. Creen Point and W'illianislinrs-. 1 [e 
 resided in llie did mansion on Webster axcnuc. 
 where lie entertained (ien. Washington and in 
 the g-rounds atlaehed thereto re])ose the hones 
 of the Colonel and his wife. Col. Waekwell 
 was prominently identified with the Revolu- 
 tionar\- partw and was a meniher of the Con- 
 tinental Congress. His door, liranded with 
 the letter "R" (rebel) because of his opposi- 
 tion to tiie British Crown, is still kept as a 
 iieirloom by some of his descendants. 
 
 Areola Precinct. — At the time of the for- 
 mation of Douglas county, February, 1859, 
 that portion of its area now known as 
 Areola township was called .\rcola precinct. 
 It was bounded on the north ))}■ Tuscola town- 
 ship, but now extends one mile further north. 
 It contained a tier of six sections on the east, 
 which are now included in Bowdre, and it also 
 included eighteen sections of laud, all of town- 
 ship 14 north, range 7 east, which were, on 
 regular township organization in 1868, handed 
 over to Bourbon. 
 
 This was an election precinct, and con- 
 tained an area of about seventy-one, which was, 
 in 1868, ciU down to fifty-three and eight- 
 tenths square miles, lieing exactly, according 
 to the government sur\ey, 34.f)43'.jO acres. 
 
 Townshi]') organization was voted for in 
 1867, and the apportionment made in iS;>8, 
 Dr Lucius McAllister being one nf the commis- 
 sicjuers a])poinled bv the county board to make 
 the partition. Cabin jmies was associate 
 county judge. The township 1 3 north, of range 
 8 east, the congressional tnwiislii]) laying be- 
 tween Areola and Tuscola, was survey.'il in 
 i8j[. The south line was established by 
 lohn Messiuger. de]Hit\' snrxeyor, and linislied 
 .\l)ril 5 (if that year. The subdi\iding of the 
 
 t^nvnship into sections was finishetl Ijy A. 
 McK. llamtranck, a deputy, June g, 182:. 
 The sur\e_\ing was dmie nine years before the 
 first settler struck the comity. In this con- 
 nection ;l may be said that no Douglas county 
 sur\"ey.ir has e\er discov(;red in the interior of 
 lbs township .a single original goxernmeut 
 corner out of the seventy-eight which the gov- 
 ernment surveyor certifies he made, and per- 
 petuated with mounds and stakes. Local sur- 
 veying was done here first in 1850. 
 
 Laud Entries. — The first of land within 
 the present bounds td' this tow'iiship was made 
 December 24, 1832, by James Shaw. He 
 entered several tracts at about the same time 
 in Bourljou township, and subsequently other 
 lands. His descendants are yet citizens of 
 Bourbon, and one of his sons, W. N. Shaw, 
 represented Bourbon as a super\isor for al)out 
 six years cimsecutively. and died in 1882, while 
 in office. Land was also entered in 1853 by 
 the Geres and Maiden Jones and O. B. Fick- 
 lin. 
 
 Many large farms on the jirairie were 
 started bv men who, ciMuing trom a hilly or 
 timbered location, seeing the beautiful rolling 
 ])rairies for the lirst time, ready for the i)l;)w 
 without stuni]) or s!tone to hinder, co\-eted the 
 whole expanse, as far as the eye could reach, 
 and iiearK' e\er\' one purcli.ased too much for 
 his capital. Smaller farms mean more ])eoi)le, 
 more real W(_irkers and more real owners. 
 Time and again railroad lands were taken up 
 by the whole section, a house and some teiic- 
 iiig built, but, after a few years' exjierience, 
 the li>ad pn>\ed too he;i\y, and the laud was 
 ]ierniitted tn gi 1 back, or perhaps a small [lor- 
 lioii was ])aiil Inr, and retained. 
 
 The Railroads. — The township is traversed
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 109 
 
 Ijy the Chicago hranch nf tlie iniiiois Central delixered in no greater amount per mile than 
 
 railroad, rtinnino; aliout mirth and south, lea\-- six thuus.ind dulLars. ihniugh the eiiunt\- as t"ai- 
 
 iiig two-thirds nf the are.a to the east side of ;is it was praetieahle, to inllnence tlie other 
 
 the road. lo\vnshi])s through whii'h the road should p.ass. 
 
 Areola towmship is also traversed from east to simil.ar action, the ])etitioners suggested 
 
 to west hy the Illinois Midland railwaw now the lh;il ;i meeting lie hel<l for the pnr])ose on |nne 
 
 X'andalia. This road was origin;dly an enter- _'4, |S()(). At this lime 1). Ilitchcock w.as the 
 
 prise of ]iromineiit citizens ol the city and snpei'\isor .and Tliom.is Todd, clci'k. The 
 
 \icinit\". and was lirst called the \';\v\> iv l)c- ])elitiou \\;is sigiu'd li\' t". h". i'lo^^\vortll, 1. ( i. 
 
 catur ; upon the extensi(jn of the road to Tcrre r.owni.ni, J. W. l)(.ugl;is, |. 11. Ward, II. 1). 
 
 1 laute, the n.ame of that city w.as ])relixed, ;md Jenkins, j. R. .Smith. John R.aw hames Mat- 
 
 linally it recei\ed its pi-esent name. The lirst ters, W. II. I'.nrton, I'. M. .Mon.ah.an. |. W. 
 
 tr.ain passed over this road Octoher _>5, 187-'. I.ontli.in, j.ames Heggs ;ind C. C. Rust. The 
 
 .\rcola aui] other township honds were is- election w.as held ;iccordingl\ . and resulted for 
 
 sued hy a \oic ot tlie people. :imoi;uting in the suhsciaption t^j^ \otes, .against it one \ote. ( )n 
 
 aggregate to $if)5,(X)Ci, the amount Nuted hy .\ugnsl id. oSjo. John R.av w.as anthori/ed to 
 
 this township lieing .$100,000. These ho'iid.^ procure tin- hl.ank hoiids; they were made to 
 
 were dis])osed of hy the com]i.any. .and linail)' he.ai" ten \>vv cent interest from Al.ay 1, iXji, 
 
 found their way into the h.ands of innocent i>,ai p.iy.ihle ;il the .Securitx l'.,ink in .\'ew ^'o^k. 
 
 ties ,as an iinestment. The leg.ality of the |iro John J. Ilenrv w.is .ippoiiUeil to .act .i^ trustee 
 
 ce<lure was made a (pn-sliou, hoth ,i> to i-.illing to ia'cei\e, hold and p;i\ out the honds, .and the 
 
 the election .and \oting the honds. .all of which signing of them w.as r.atilied hy the town .and 
 
 were lin.ally decided ,ad\ersely; conse(|uently itors ou the 3d of April, 1 Sj i . 
 the honds ha\e not lieen ]iaid hy the township, This ro.ad w .as pro jected .and ])ut through h\- 
 
 though the railroad re.apeil the henelit of them. three or four residents of Areola Citw who. 
 
 The ro.ad enters the township .at tlu' uortlc pa ior to the heginning of the enterprise, w laa- 
 
 west coiaier of section d, township 1.; north, pursuing the e\en tenor of their w,a\- ,as 
 
 range 8 e.ast, runs in a sonllu'.astei'l)- ilirectioCL iiuiel .ami good (atizens, n( it rem.ark.ahli' .aho\e 
 
 to the city of .\rcol,a, thence e.asl .along the mid their fellows for .an\- more lin,an( i.al .ahiht\- 
 
 line of the north tier of sections, .and le.a\es the th.an the .aver.age. The\' huilt the road .am! 
 
 townshi]) at .ahont the northeast corner of sec- controlled the fr.inchist's milil it w.as cousol- 
 
 tion 3, township 1 _) north, r,ange () t'.asi, occu- idated. 
 pying a length of .ahont eight miles. The ]iro- 
 
 ])osed don.ation of the towiishi]) honds to the vi[\ oi' .\kcoi..\. 
 
 r.ailro.ad w.as in conse(pience of ,a petition which 
 
 suggested that they should dr.aw {v\\ jier cent .Arcol.a Cit\' occu])ies all of section 
 interest, ])ayahle semi-.annn.ally, the honds not 4, west h.alf of southwest ipi.artei- of 
 to he delivered until one mile of tr.ack h.ad heen section 3, .and the north h.alf of the north- 
 graded ;uid ironed in the township, and to he e.ast (|u.arter of section i), .all in township No,
 
 I to 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 14, north of range 8. east of the tliird ])rinci- 
 pal meridian. "Okaw." tlie original town, was 
 laid off 1)V the Illinois Central Railroad Com- 
 pany, upon its own lands in section No. 4, and 
 occupied a tract of land lying on the west side 
 of the southeast quarter of the section, ahout 
 one-half mile long hy about one-quarter mile 
 wide, on either side of the railroad track; it 
 was surveyed by John Meadows, Coles county 
 surveyor, October 22. 1855, so that Areola 
 antedates the county by about four years. The 
 ]ilat and survey were indorsed by J. N. A. Gris- 
 wold, president of the company, and they 
 reserved a strip of land one hundred feet wide 
 on either side of the centre line of the track. 
 North and south, across the whole of said plat, 
 they also reserved the right to lay side tracks 
 on both Chestnut and Oak streets, outside the 
 two hundred foot limit, and for warehouses, 
 and it was specially stated, that "no right of 
 crossing that part marked as reserve for Illi- 
 nois Central railroad, at any point between 
 .Second South and Second North streets is 
 granted to the public." 
 
 The first town was laid off jjarallel with. 
 and at right angles to the railroad track, and 
 consists of twenty blocks, the lots next to the 
 railroad having a front of forty feet, the back 
 lots being eighty; they all have a uniform 
 depth of one hundred and sixty feet; the east 
 antl west streets are of a width of seventy feet ; 
 those running parallel with the railroad alter- 
 nate with widths of seventy and forty feet. 
 
 McCaiiii's first lulditiaii. — In .\pril, 185S. 
 John McCann made the lirst .'iddition, con- 
 sisting of varied sizes of lots and blocks. It 
 was surveyed by Stephen B. Moore, of Coles 
 county. Mr. Moore also surveyed 
 
 Ilcnrv's iuldilion. — This addition was made 
 
 by Dr. F. B. Henry, .August 2. 1858. It con- 
 sists of ten blocks of fifty feet front, being 
 one hundred and sixty feet dee]). Dr. Henry 
 caused the streets to be continuetl as first 
 ])lanned by the railroad. 
 
 Chandler & Bales' addilioiis. — In July, 
 1864. Messrs. John Chandler and Caleb Bales 
 laid out their addition on the south, and fol- 
 lowed in June, 1865, with the second addition, 
 all surveyed by E. C. Siler. These two ad- 
 ditions occupv the north half of the northeast 
 quarter of section 9, township 14 north, range 
 8 east, eighty acres. 
 
 McCauii's second addition was made in 
 July, 1877. 
 
 Sheldon & Jacqne's addition, being tlie 
 west half of the southwest quarter of section 
 3, township 14, range 8, was surveyed Ijy 
 Issachar Davis. August 6, 1868. 
 
 Conned proceedings. — The first city coun- 
 cil or l)oar(l of trustees was convened in May, 
 1858; Mahlon Barnhardt was the president. 
 The city clerk was 1. S. Ta\l( ir. \V. T. Sylves- 
 ter and John J. Henry were of the board. City 
 records ])rior to 1872 do not seem to be avail- 
 able. June 3, 1872, a meeting was held. Mayor 
 1). Tibbott. presiding, and the council con- 
 sisted of James Matters, 1'. 1). Ray, Byron 
 Willis and J. M. Righter. George Klink was 
 clerk. 
 
 October, 1872, a minute appears which re- 
 cites that "no huckster be allowed to sell pro- 
 duce for less that one dollar or more than five 
 dollars." George Klink, Democrat, was elected 
 mavor in .April, 1873, and re-elected April 17, 
 1877. In 1873 the first council consisted of 
 lames Jones, J. H. Magner, James E. Morris 
 and H. M. McCrory. W. J. Calhoun was city 
 clerk.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 II I 
 
 liicorponitioii. — A petition fur iiicorpora- 
 tiim was circulated in June, 1873, signed by 
 (ine luuidred and twenty citizens. Tlic election 
 was held June 16, same year, and resulted for 
 incorporation under the general law, two hun- 
 dred and forty-four votes: contra, eleven ; total, 
 two lunulred and sixty-t'ue, and .\ugust (>. 
 1873, the city was incorporated under the gen- 
 eral law for incorpiirating cities and villages, 
 which was in force July i, 187-'. \V. H. Spen- 
 cer, at or aI)out this time, was made city at- 
 torney, the salary being fixed at three lumdred 
 and se\enty-ti\e dollars per annum. Mr. Spen- 
 cer was a member of the Douglas county bar, 
 and later remoxed to Terre Haute. The city 
 clerk's wage was one hundred and litty dollars a 
 year. Mr. Spencer w;is autlKjrized to ])roceed to 
 S])ringtield to endeavor to procure an amend- 
 ment to the general incorporation law with ref- 
 erence to minoril\- re])resentation. 
 
 riw frrss. — The .\rcola Record, the first 
 newspaper to appear in the city, was inaugu- 
 rated under the auspices of the Sellars Brothers 
 of Tuscola in i8t)6 — the enter])rise having been 
 instittUed bv the subscription ot liberal- 
 minded citizens, witliiptit reg.ird to ])olitical 
 attinities; it was an independent paper until 
 the plant was liought liy John M. ( iruelle, which 
 occurred soon after it was f.airly st.arted. h'or 
 about sesenteen \'ears Mr. (iruelle conducted 
 it as an advocate of l\c])ubli(an prin('i])Ies, dur- 
 ing which time, bv ilose attention to tlie busi- 
 ness interests of the ofl'ice, and .a i\\k- regard 
 for those of his ;ido])ted connty .and city, he 
 merited and received ;i l.air sli.are ol success. 
 I ie died in .Areola on the _\:;d of ( K'tober. 1883, 
 in the i)rime of life, .after ne.irly .a year's ill- 
 ness. The papei" is continueil under the man- 
 agement of Collins & .Son. 
 
 The Herald aiul .\rolian are the other two 
 ]iapers of the city. 
 
 luirix business riilcrl^riscs. — The first house 
 l>ut up in the city was the Illinois Central sta- 
 tion and de])ot, in the upper part of which E. 
 Hewitt, the lirst railroad agent, h.ad his resi- 
 dence and the ])ost office; a very short dis- 
 tance northwest I'.arney Cunningham erected 
 the lirst dwelling. Mr. Cunningham was the 
 father of I'rank Cunninghaiu, who became 
 sheriff of the county in 1872, removing to 
 Tuscola, where he died. The freight house 
 was burned in the great fire of 1881. 
 
 John Weber, a little, keen, wiry German, 
 kejit store here in 1857, first situated in a little 
 shanty south of the southwest corner of First 
 .South street and Chestnut street, and after- 
 w.ard at the corner at Ewald's present loca- 
 tion. This corner was twice l)urned, as a hotel 
 lirst, and again in the gre.at fire of 1881. 
 
 The first dry goods store w.as instituted by 
 V. 11. iv J. J. Henry, ;md w.is afterward under 
 the name of the Latter. The binlding w;is lo- 
 cated on the sonth side of b'irst .Smith street, 
 east of the railroad, and was destroyed in the 
 tornado nf ]S38. Mr. J. J. Henry w.as .as- 
 sociate justice of the Connty in iS()5. He died 
 March 1 1, i8()5, an<l w.is the father of Josei)h 
 r. 1 lenry. 
 
 The drug business w.as started by W. T. 
 .SyKester and Joseph 1'. Ilenrw the latter snc- 
 ceeiling to the business .at the soiillu'.Hst corner 
 of l'"irst Sonth .and ( );ik streets, where he had 
 m.aint.ained .a ]irolit.able trade since iS^.S. His 
 close .attention l(] the rei|uirements ol the case 
 and his popularity resulted eventually in .ample 
 me.ms. Mr. Henry died July i>). 18S3, in llu- 
 prime of his life .and uselnlness. 
 
 Tlie drug store of W. 1'. liovil w.as estab-
 
 112 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 libhed in 1867. By tlie way, tlie first officially 
 recorded survey made in Dout^ias cnunty was 
 ivr his father, Mr. W. P. I'.cyd. It was May 
 21. 1859 — west half of section 5, township 
 14, range 8, half-mile west of city limits. Wil- 
 son B. Boyd came to Douglas in 1859, and re- 
 sided here until the time of his death, March 
 10, 1867. 
 
 The first Ijanking house was instituted m 
 March, 1868, by Messrs. Beggs & Clark, which, 
 hank, December 9, 1875. l)ecame merged into 
 the First National Bank of Areola: ad inlcriin 
 Wyeth, Cannon & Co., of Tuscola, bought the 
 business, and in August, 1870, Mr. Wickes, 
 their Tuscola bookkeeper, removed to Areola, 
 taking charge of their interests until they were 
 relinc|uished. The bank had a capital of fifty 
 thousand dollars. James Beggs, president; (".. 
 L. Wickes, cashier. 
 
 The i)resent l:«nks arc the First National 
 i'>;ink and the State Bank. 
 
 At the lirst bank of Wyeth, Cannon & Co., 
 at Tuscola, a Pennsylvania Dutchman bought a 
 draft for sixty-nine dollars from Cannon, and 
 taking it home jiasted it in with his receipts, 
 and sat down at the stove with the happy con- 
 sciousness of having done his whole duty. In 
 the course of time he was further pressed by 
 his creditor for a settlement, ;ui(l pitched into 
 the bank for keeping his nmney. 
 
 I'lic churcJu's. — The I'resbyterians built the 
 first church in the city in i8r)0, the first pastor 
 being Jos. .Allison. 
 
 The (Christian church w;is instituted Jnlv 
 10, 1863; the lirst trustees being W. T. Sylves- 
 ter, Joseph Walling. J. M. Lessinger, J. AI. 
 Hollandsworth, John Woodall. L. McAllister, 
 who were elected for five years. The churcn 
 lionght lots I and _', block 7, of Henry's aildi- 
 
 tion to Okaw, October 1,^. 1864. and built the 
 church the same year. 
 
 St. John's Roman Catholic church was built 
 on lot 8, block 7, Henry's addition, in 1874, 
 tlie deed for the lot being dated January 1 3, 
 1 87 1, and first made to the .Archbishop of St. 
 Louis, bv him to I'.ishoj) Alton, and then to 
 St. John's Roman Catholic church. The mcm- 
 Ijers of this church, though not generally of the 
 wealthier classes, show a devotion to their les- 
 sons and modes well \\orth}' of imitation. 
 
 The Methodist church acquired lot 4, block 
 16, in original town, April 13, 1864. The 
 church was built in 1865. This denomination 
 in Areola was a little late in building. The 
 Metliodists generally build about the time the 
 proposed city is laid out. They are now con- 
 structing a fine brick edifice at a cost of several 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 The Ba])tists have also a church building, 
 erected about 1804. 
 
 The Lutherans have also a church ImiKling. 
 
 The Fpisco])alians. .At ;i co.st of about one 
 thousand dollars an l4)isco])al church was 
 erected on lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, on the northeast 
 corner oi block 3, in the original town. I\e\ . 
 Wells was the first pastor. .Among those who 
 are supporters of the clnn-ch, through natural 
 alTinilv and educalion. are the descendants ol 
 John P.lackwell and the families of J. R. Smith, 
 L. C. Rust, 1. C. Justice, N'ellum and others. 
 The society has only been aide to secure occa- 
 sional ser\-ices. 
 
 The luislnmstcrs. — K. Hewitt, the railro.ad 
 agent, w;is the first postmaster ( 1858), and the 
 office was in the first freight house, where he 
 lived with his family. He afterward removed 
 to Tuscola, and was agent there for many years. 
 Once upon ;i time a jjelition was circul.ated in
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 113 
 
 Tuscola for his removal, but it failed to get 
 a respectable number of signers; the olijcction 
 was his manner. 
 
 Galtoii and Filsoii slations. — daltoii is a 
 point on the Illinois Central Railroad, three 
 and a half miles north of the railroad crossing 
 in Areola, and is situated in the southeast cor- 
 ner of section 16, township 13 north, range 8 
 east. It had been known as the liciurbon 
 switcli, or Tie switch, and was originally lo- 
 cated as a point for the reception of cross ties 
 during the construction of the road. It was 
 m;ide a dag station in 1SS2. Mr. J. P. Wool- 
 ford is the only merchant and grain buyer Iiere 
 (see .sketch). 
 
 I'^ilson is a station and postoffice situated 
 in tlie northwest ]);irt of section 5. township 14, 
 range 9 east, on the line of the Illinois Mid- 
 land Railway. It has a side track, and is a 
 receiving point for considerable agricultural 
 productions. 
 
 NEWM.VN TOWNSHIP. 
 
 Newman township is nearly all prairie. 
 The country ri.ses tow;ird the north and fi >rms 
 .'• narrow rise of land genendiv known .as the 
 ■■Ridge." P.eing all prairie, this town.ship was 
 one of the latest settled, the first comers seem- 
 ing to |>ret'er the timbered ]xirtions as a ])ro- 
 tcction from the ble.'ik winds and .also as a 
 means of procm-ing fuel, building m;iteri;d and 
 fencing, .\ewnian township occupies the north- 
 east ])ortion of Douglas county. In iS.Sj Mnr- 
 dock townshi]) u;is created out of .\'ewnian .and 
 Camargo townships. 
 
 Forty years ago Newman township was 
 one vast unbroken level and it was not supposed 
 at that time that it could ever be settled. K.\- 
 
 cepting after a rain, a drink of water could not 
 i)e had between the lunbarrass and the Little 
 V'eriuillion rivers, for upon these boundless 
 ])rairies no habitation was seen. Yet a few 
 brave and far seeing pioneers \entiued to es- 
 tablish homes here, realizing there was a for- 
 tune in the black and lo.aiuy soil when they 
 could once get it into proper condition. Some 
 ot the land was very low and wet, biU they 
 persevered and cut open ditches first, until in 
 course of time a steam dredge was einploved 
 which was ca])able of excavating a ditch ten 
 feet dee]) ;md from ;uiy wi<lth to fort v. This 
 afforded an excellent outlet to the Lateral tile 
 ditches which the farmers siwn had constructed 
 through the low and wet places on their lands, 
 and these farms are among those least affected 
 by drouth. The result of such di-;iining has 
 been to increase the value of land to such an 
 extent that rents within the p.ast fwc vears 
 ha\e increased from three dollars up to as high 
 as .seven dollars per acre. What is now the 
 I., D. & \V. k. R. \v;is completed through the 
 township in 1S7J, the first train .ind engine 
 passing through here July (), iSj,^ To this 
 road the township gave twebe thousand dol- 
 lars, lletore this was completed the peo])|e, 
 cs])ccially in the northern ]);u-t of the township, 
 hauled their gr.iin to llomer. in ( hjuuiiaign 
 coniUy, taking one entire day for the trip. 
 I heie being no public highways across the 
 pr;iiries, no bi-idgos were constructed .and there 
 were numerous sloughs to be ;i\(]iik-(|, i-;uising 
 an extra .amoiuit of tra\el. With a light lo.ad 
 the sloughs coukl safel\- be crossed. With the 
 settling u]) of the conulrv. f;irins were fenced 
 oil. roads laid out, sloughs .and streams bridged 
 and the facilities for travel gre.atly imju-oved. 
 The development of the L'nited .States and es-
 
 114 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 pecially the great West, can be traced directly 
 to the railroad system. The equipments upon 
 the road going through this township are 
 probably unsurpassed in the west, and when 
 the intended connections are made, it will be 
 one of the largest passenger, freight and mail 
 routes in the west. 
 
 Newman township contains some fine 
 farms, among which was that of C. M. Cul- 
 bertson, lying northwest of Newman, of o\er 
 two thousand acres, which is the largest con- 
 tiguous b(.idv of land in the eastern end of the 
 county. The view from the rolling prairie 
 known as the "Ridge" in the north part of the 
 township is more extensi\e than can be ob- 
 tained in any other part of the county. This is 
 certainly the garden spt)t of Illinois. Those 
 who first came here half a century ago, hoped 
 to see the desert "blossom like the rose," and 
 the reality has far surpassed their wildest 
 dreams. Struggling settlements have developed 
 nito splendid cities and towns, and no one now 
 considers he is in the far west, but right in the 
 heart and center of this great nation. The west 
 of the present day is away towards the setting 
 sun, beyond the Rockies. 
 
 One of the earliest settlers in the tow'nship 
 was Enoch Howell, who was out of the asso- 
 ciate justices of the county at an early day. 
 The W'inklers and Hopkins' were also early 
 settlers. Robt. Hopkins was one of the first 
 juflges of Coles county in 1839, at the time of 
 the separation of Douglas and Coles counties. 
 He and his brothers. "Uncle Jimmy" and 
 "Col." Ho]ikins. located here about 1841. Win. 
 Hancock came in 1839. am] in 1847 ^^'^s made 
 justice of the peace at Camargo, before the 
 county was divided, an office which he held for 
 over thirty years. He was the first count\' 
 
 treasurer and assessor in 1859. In 1867 he 
 was a member of the state board for the equali- 
 zation of assessments, and in 18G8 was elected 
 for four years. In 1872 Governor Palmer ap- 
 pointed him notary public. He was delegate 
 to the state convention that nominated Gov. 
 Oglesby, and was also one of the charter mem- 
 bers of the Masonic lodge of this city. Isaac 
 and John Skinner came here in 1839. Isaac 
 Skinner has now three hundred and eighty 
 acres of land, having had nothing when he 
 attained his majority. With one exception he 
 is the oldest living resident in the township. 
 Wm. Shute came here in 1852 and engaged in 
 farming, antl was also an extensive contractor 
 and builder. He built the Fairfield Cumberland 
 Presbyterian church, the Pleasant Ridge Meth- 
 odist Episcopal and the Cumberland Presbyter- 
 ian church and school building at Fairmount in 
 N'ermilion county. He has biult in all nine 
 school buildings and many business blocks, 
 among them the large block in this city in which 
 the Newman Bank and other prosperous busi- 
 ness firms are located. He was born in 1817, 
 and has been a member of the MetlKidist church 
 for forty-two years. "Uncle" .\ndrew Ash- 
 more settled on the prairie south of town in 
 1826, but moved in 1890 into Newman. His 
 cousin. Major Sam Ashmore, settled on Brush)' 
 Fork in 1830. and was one of the leading 
 spirits in getting the slaves of Bob Matterson 
 started otY for Liberia. Matterson, in 1840, 
 brought fifteen slaves into the townshi]) from 
 Kentucky. The abolitionists in the \ icinity de- 
 termined the "niggers" should lie freed, as they 
 had come into a "free" state. Two or three, 
 however, returned to Kentucky with their mas- 
 ter, though one olil man named Wilmot re- 
 mained here and was still in 1884 a resident of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 115 
 
 Douglas county. Quite a notable trial grew were among the early .settlers in the township, 
 out of the case, in w iiich Ahe Lincoln and O. David Todd came to the Ridge in an earlv day. 
 B. Ficklin were ojijiosing counsel. In i(S47 or He was supervisor of the township in 1870. 
 1848 jerry Coffey came to Brushy Fork witli linally moving to .\ewman, where he engaged 
 his parents. D. O. Root came in 1854 from in tiie hardware business. His youngest son 
 Ohio, and has been prominently identified with is now station agent on the I., D. & W. at Tus- 
 the interests of town.ship and county ever since, cola. B. W. Hooe was supervisor of the town- 
 W'm. ^■nung. (if the Ridge, was the earliest set- shi]) from i8r)8 to 1873. He died in 1875. His 
 tier in that .section, cuming there in i85_:;, where wife, who was the sister of Isaac Skinner, died 
 he built the first house on these prairies. He in 1892. She had been a resident of Douglas 
 died in 1861;. leaving three hundred and twenty county since 1839. Lsaac Wyckoff came about 
 acres of land to his family. He gave six hun- 1838. He kept hotel in Caniargo, finallv ukiv- 
 dre<l dollars toward building the l'"airlield Cum- ing to the Ridge near his S(jn-inlaw, ]as. 
 berland Presbyterian church, and lived long Coolley. He was postmaster for in;mv years 
 enough to see it erected, and his funeral w.isthe of Phrenix ])ost oflice. which was in 1891 dis- 
 finst preached in it. His wife's twn brothers, continued. Dr. W'm. A. Smith came to New- 
 James and h>hn Coolley. came with him and m;m in 1800, where he was a successful physi- 
 also took u]) land. When ;i young man in Indi- ci;m for over a (|u;irter of a centurv. He was 
 ana James split many ,1 lot of r.iils ;it fifty cents a soldier in the Mexican war, and one of the 
 per Inmdred. With a cousin of his he one charter members of the Newm.an Masonic lodge 
 winter s]ilit twenty-fne thousand rails. His and its first worshii)ful master. las. Mclntvre 
 first vote for president w;is cast for ( len. Win- came from (.'an.ada in 1S04. He was born in 
 field Scott. iM-oni 1808 to 1 87_' he was justice 1805. an<l died in i8()j. Jon,ith;in McCown 
 of the i)eace :wi(\ has been a life long elder of came to b'dgar CMunt\- in 1S3J, but bis sons 
 the Fairlield clinrcb. He now owns three hnn- are residents of this towiishi]), where |. A. 
 dred and twenty acres of l.and. John Coollry owns a line f.arm, .and w.as several ve.ars high- 
 also st.irted Willi nothing but has .accuninl.ited w;iy commissioner. Win. Ile.atoii, who w.as 
 a fine property. Rev. h m.-ithan Coolle\ , f.itbei' born in 1813, came to the i\idge some years 
 of James and John, came here l.ite in 1834, and bel'ove the ('i\il w,ar. Thos. Hull w.as l)orn 
 org.anized the h'.iirheld ( nmberlaiKl I 'resby- in .\ew ^'oI■k stati- in i 8_'<), coming to Xewman 
 teri.aii chiircli in 1833, contiiming its p.astor .about i8(i(). James .Morrow is .another old set- 
 until i87_>. when his ni.antel fell ii]ion his son. tier, whose large f.arm lies just cast of towai. 
 Re\-. C. I'. Coolley, now the liiKancial .agent of ihougli he residt's in this cil)'. He .also belongs 
 l.incoln Cni\ersity. J.isi.ih I ).aines came from to the ( i. .\. R. .and is .a Mason. 
 I'ennsylv.ani.a in 1834. He built .1 inimber of 'idle m.ajority of the early settlers have 
 houses in the lu-igbborhood. His aged wil'e. ji.assed to the great beyond, while ,a sm.all ma- 
 who is .a sister ot Jas. (iillogly, still siir\i\es jorit\- still siuwise, whose strong hands bore 
 him. I. N. Co\ert, J.aines (iillogly. Joseph the heal .and burden of the d.ay. and who now. 
 Dawson. .Moses Stickles .and .a niimber of others in the exeniiig of their life, are resting and en-
 
 ii6 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 joying the fruits of tlieir early toil and labors. 
 Many interesting facts relating to the ])ersonal 
 history of various prominent men u ill he found 
 in the biographical department. 
 
 THE CITY OF NEWMAN. 
 
 The Newman of to-day is not the Newman 
 of twenty or thirty years ago. A person re- 
 turning here e\'en after an absence of ten years 
 would tind but few familiar scenes left. Such 
 a wave of improvement has swept over the 
 town, its biiuiidaries Ijecome so extended and 
 the magical wand of enterprise so touched our 
 slothful industries and laggard capital that the 
 progress made through these agencies has so 
 changed the ti])ographical appearance of the 
 place that old settlers returning on a visit after 
 an absence of some years can scarcely lind their 
 bearings. The old home has 1)een re])laced by 
 a new Newman which has far outstrippetl the 
 old one. 
 
 The city of Newman, consisting originally 
 of about forty acres, was laid out about 1857 
 by B. Newman, one of the original proprietors, 
 in honor of whom it was named. Mr. Newman 
 was a son-in-law of Peter Cartwright, the cel- 
 elirated Methodist itinerant preacher. The 
 progress of the place fniui the beginning was 
 very slow, the pe()])le waiting fifteen years for 
 the railroad to l)e cunstructed through it. iM^r 
 very many years it was bul a small \illage con- 
 sisting of one church, two stores, a school 
 house, Masonic li.ill, blacksmith shop and a 
 dozen or so small dwelling houses. "L'ncle" 
 Jiihn Stockton, who is the oldest inli;ibit;mt of 
 the city and also the townsbi]), kept the hrst 
 grocery store anrl was the first white man who 
 slept within the limits of ijr' \illage. The first 
 
 dry goods store was kept by John Dicken. 
 First dwelling house was built by Hezekiah 
 Howard, just east of where the Commercial 
 Hotel now' stands, no vestige of which remains. 
 His willow, "Gramlma" Howard, at the time of 
 her death was the oldest person in the town, 
 living long enough to see the fifth generation of 
 her family in the person of the little daughter 
 of the late Judge Moffit. In 1872 what is 
 now known as the I., D. & W. Railroad, after 
 nearly sixteen years of preparation, was com- 
 ]jleted, which runs through the city connect- 
 ing Indianapolis, one hun<lre(l miles east, with 
 Uecatur, fifty miles west, and the first train run 
 through here in October, 1873. Newman im- 
 mediately showed the effects of the im])etus 
 thus given to Inisiness circles. Brick blocks 
 went up like h<iniem;ide magic. L. J. and S. C. 
 Cash, who (or manv \'ears had been the sole dry 
 goods firm here, built a fine two-story brick 
 store. Twd grain ele\ators have been erected, a 
 fine fitiwing well — the e(|ual of ;m\- in this ]>art 
 of the state — an elegant two-story brick school 
 buikling with tower, in which hangs the bell, 
 and a new frame building for the primarv <le- 
 ]iartment, evidences the fact that the popula- 
 tion is ra])idly increasing. Two other churches 
 ha\e since been erected, a bank established, 
 lumber yards, caiuiing and electric light com- 
 panv, till mills, marble works, hav ])ress, broom 
 factory, tlour mills and \arious other industries 
 have been located here. .\ fine ( )dd Fellows 
 temple has lately been l)uilt ami last year an 
 elegant K. of I', hall. The Masonic hall at the 
 time it was built, 1875, was the linest in this 
 part of the state. Other orders ha\e also com- 
 fortal)le lodge rooms. Newman has reason to 
 be ])roud of its public well, as an e\er-flowing 
 artesian well for the accommodation of the pub-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 117 
 
 lie is to be found at the eorner of tlie public 
 square. 
 
 Newman is beautifuU}- adorned by a lo\ely 
 park. 
 
 The first school house, an ordinar\- buildinij 
 erected in 1858 at a cost of about five hundred 
 dollars, .stood in the center of the park. The 
 upper story was used as a Masonic hall until, 
 in 1875, ^\hcn they moved to their new hall in 
 the brick block o\er h'innev & Ciol<lman's store. 
 The old school building' was then remmed and 
 the park set out in shade trees, the pagoda 
 erected and seats constructed beneath the trees 
 for the accommodation of the public. 
 
 In 1874 C. \'. Walls established the New- 
 man Independent. It has changed hands oc- 
 casionally, but has come to be, in the hands 
 the present editor, the best local newspaper and 
 the first all-home ])rint established in the cmm- 
 ty, and Newman owes much of her prosperitv 
 til its untiring zeal in promoting the interests 
 and welfare of the city. 
 
 The griiwth of iho town was for a time 
 seriously retarded by destructixe fires. In 1876 
 (lillogly's Hotel, occn])ie(l bv (I. A. l""nller, was 
 burned, and in 1 SS 1 .n large porli<in of N'alcs 
 street was consmned, including (i\\ inn's llotel 
 and several stores. .Another in 18S5 destroyed 
 the entire east side of Xorth Broad wav, includ- 
 ing (lwinn"s Hotel again, which he rebuilt, the 
 ])ost oflice. book store, ICd. Cole's music and 
 jewelry store, groceries, restaurants, lawyer's 
 offices, etc. The population has steadily in- 
 creased until it now numbers eighteen hundred. 
 A new canning factory has been built. .\ new 
 Methodist clinrch is now being built. The 
 town has growu so that building lots are at a 
 piemium. Ceo. White, some few years ago, 
 laid out an addition to the southern part of the 
 
 city. Thomas Shaw's addition in the north 
 part of the city, and Smith's addition in the 
 southeast part are building up very rapidly. 
 Wealthy farmers are renting their farms and 
 moving into the city. A few years ago I. 
 Sireibich established an electric light plant 
 here, patronized only by a few of the merchants, 
 as the terms were exorbitant, and it was finally 
 abandoned. There is to be a plant, however, 
 established in connection with the canning fac- 
 tory that will light the stores, dwellings and 
 streets at more reasonable prices. Newman 
 cemetery lies just west of town, consisting first 
 of ten acres, to which has been added. A good 
 side walk extends from the city to the cem- 
 etery. 
 
 Some of the leading men of the county and 
 town were former residents of Xewman. New- 
 man h.as gi\en three county clerks and three 
 c<iunty superintendents of schools to the county, 
 and has sent forth se\'eral ministers who are 
 making their mark in the world. .\ number 
 of young men, boi'u ;nid raised hcie, who ha\e 
 graduated from our schools, and later on from 
 medical colleges, are now successful pbvsicians 
 in other fields. The railroad officials sav more 
 business is done in Newman with the I., 1). & 
 W. th.au in any other town on the ro.ad. This 
 is a great grain center and also a temperance 
 town, there ha\ing been no saloons here since 
 1X75. In 1878 a license was grantcil to drug- 
 gists to sell li(|Uor for meclical |)ur])oses. This 
 possibly m;i\' ha\e been abused, but there are 
 no legalized licensed estal)lishments for the re- 
 tailing of s])irituous drinks in the city. The 
 lust hotel was ke])t by Mrs. Susan Hell, a house 
 comprising a poiiion of what is now the Ma])le 
 llotel. which is a good house in e\erv respect. 
 The City Hotel was built by Thus, (iwinn, after
 
 Ii8 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 his being burned out in two fires. Situated 
 close- to the depot it is convenient to traveling 
 men, who patronize it largely. R. Thomas has 
 the largest tile factory in the county, its ship- 
 ments requiring a special railroad switch. The 
 first postmaster of Newman was Frank W'ells. 
 who also had a grocery store in an early day. 
 G. W. Smith was his successor. The other 
 "Nasby's" have been Hugh Cook, J. \V. King, 
 A. J. Hoover and T. M. Sidenstricker, the pres- 
 ent incumbent. 
 
 The vast majority of the citizens of New- 
 man own their homes and there is quite a de- 
 mand here for houses to rent. A number are 
 erecting hotises to be rented. 
 
 Iniprovcniciits. — The city of Newman has 
 through the thrift and enterprise of such citi- 
 zens as Culbertson, Roots and other good peo- 
 ple, been placed far in ad\ance of other towns 
 
 of its size in the state. Mr. Culbertson has 
 taken deep interest in Newman city and New- 
 man township. The interest he took in the 
 building of over six miles of concrete side 
 walk in Newman and the business blocks he 
 has erected attest his public spiritedness and the 
 love he has for Newman and Newman people. 
 SociiTty. — I shall l)e easy on Newman peo- 
 ple, for, as a rule, I found them warm hearted, 
 h(jspitable, gentlemanly and womanly people. 
 They seem to well understand that the world 
 was not made entirely for their own special 
 benefit, but for others as well. They are far 
 superior in public improvement and in beauti- 
 fying their city and homes to any other com- 
 munitv in Douglas county. The village is 
 tull of first-class business and professional men, 
 whose standing in church and S(_iciety is, as the 
 world goes, unimi)eachable.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 JAMES P. HKATOX.. 
 
 James P. llcaton. \\Iii> was a ])r( miiiiciit 
 citizen of Xcwman ami a nicniliiT i<\ its hoanl 
 of education, was Imin Aui^iist i(>. 1S45, and 
 died March 14. :Si)-, ai;cd fiftx-one years, six 
 nioutlis and t\\ent_\- ei,i;lu days, lie was a n;i- 
 ti\e of (ireene count\', I 'enns\I\ ania, where his 
 early youth was |)assed anmnL; the ])icturesi|ne 
 hills and scenery of that nicuintaincius region. 
 He was a son of William and Mary lleaton. 
 At the aire of sixteen \ears he came to Illi- 
 
 nois and located on the Ridge, four miles north 
 of Newman. At that time there was no church 
 building in that section and in \HU) when the 
 Cumberland Presbyterians Iniilt their church 
 he contril)uted liberally toward its construction 
 and helped in the good cause in various ways, 
 ]n 1S7-' he joine<l the Methodist church, and 
 when the M. E. church on the Ridge was built 
 he and his brothers contributed largely toward 
 its erection, upon ground donated by their fa- 
 ther, who located on the Kidge sometime dur- 
 ing the '5*^^ -'"d entered a tract of laml ol 
 1 ,4(.)0 acres. He afterwards li\ed in h'd'.'ar 
 county from iSj:; until 1885. when he mo\cd 
 to Newman and li\ed there until his death in 
 1 Sijy. 
 
 James Heaton w.as not long in beciining one 
 of the most inllurnti.il .ind prosperous citizens 
 in his neighborhood. In 1S71 he bought a 
 tract of l;m<l now known as the .Spimg llrjuich 
 .Stock harm, loratei' iusl o\er llie line in h'.dg.ar 
 county. J lis |)rinci]i:d 1 icciip.it ion was stock 
 raising, his farm containing ()00 acres. In ad- 
 dition he owned a business block anil a residence 
 in Newman, whence he removed in 1^(85, ( )n 
 March 4, 1873, he was wedded to .Miss Lottie
 
 122 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Harris, of Cliariti>n. Iowa, a daughter of juhn 
 and Lucinda Harris. To their marriage were 
 born live cliilihen. three of uhuni are !i\ing-: 
 Eva E.. wlio is the wife of Joe Walker, a law- 
 yer of Tuscdla; Ada' May and Boyd H. 
 
 Mr. Healon held .several local offices, was 
 four vears su])er\isor and was collector for the 
 same length of lime nf his township ni ]'~dgar 
 count v, and at the time of his death w;ts a men.'.- 
 ber of the hoard of education, and city alder- 
 man of Newman. He was a member of the I. 
 O. O. F., and in the death of Mr. I leatmi New- 
 man lost one of her most pnpular and usetnl 
 citizens, who was always ready to ailvance tlie 
 interests of the community in which he lived tor 
 the common good of all. 
 
 tncky, antl a daughter of Washington lies, who 
 was a stock bn\'er and who was horn in Ken- 
 tucky and emigrated to .S])ringfield, llhnois, 
 where he li\ed until his death. 
 
 Frank E. Loose located in Douglas county 
 in about 1880. and on September 3, 1879, he 
 married Miss Fannie, the only daughter ot 
 the late Mr. and Mrs. lohn M. Madison (see 
 
 FRANK E. LOOSE. 
 
 Frank E. Loose, one of the leading farmers 
 and business men of the county, residing upon 
 his farm in the north suljurb of Tuscola, was 
 born in the city of Springfield, Illinois, in the 
 year 185Q. He was reared on the larni anl 
 was educated in S|)ringheld. his fathet "s tarni 
 lying just .south of the cit\-. I lis father. Jacol.) 
 G. Loose, was born in l-'ranklin count)'. Penn- 
 sylvania, just across fmm the Maryland line. 
 He sank the first shaft in the vicinity of Spring- 
 field, on his own farm, mortgaging almost 
 everything he had to accomijlish this, and his 
 venture was richly rewarded by finding a paying- 
 vein of coal, lie bei'ame (|iule well to do, and 
 died on his farm in 1874. M;u-y I'dizabeth 
 (lies) Loose, his mother, was a native of Iven- 
 
 sketch). She died June 25, 1897. She was 
 born in Tuscola, and was nearly thirt}-five 
 vears old at her death. .\t the age of fifteen 
 she united with the Christian church of Tus- 
 cola, in which denomination she was an active 
 church worker throughout the rest of her life. 
 \\'hen seventeen years of age she w as united in 
 marriage to Frank E. Lo(.xse, who survives, 
 with their only child, Jennie, who is aliout fif- 
 teen years old and was the constant companion 
 of her mother. In 1898 Mr. Loose married for 
 his second wife Miss M. Estelle, a daughter 
 of Svlvester J. Paris, of Tuscola. Mr. Loose 
 owns two hundred acres of valuable land ad-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 123 
 
 joining the city of Tnscola. and also owns tlie 
 hnsincss Ijlock now occnpicd liy Warren & 
 Mnrpliy. Aliont iSgj he joineil the Christian 
 fhnreh and has heen an olfieei" in it e\xT since. 
 He is the father <>f luie chdd, a dauL;hter, Jen 
 nie Ehzahcth Loose, who is now in eollci^e at 
 Jacksonville. Mr. Loose and wile reside in 
 their heantifnl h<inie in the snhnrh ol Tuscola, 
 where they are e\'er reaily to !.;i\e .1 hospitahle 
 welcome to their inan\ friends. 
 
 RK\'. W. v.. Ml'.A.WS. 
 
 Re\'. W illiani I",. Means, proprirtiir of the 
 Atwood I lerald, was l)orn at I'aris. I'.dgar 
 county, llinois. June _'8. i(S30. i \v attended the 
 district school (Inrin"- the winter, wdrkiiii;- on 
 
 ]»repare<l to enter T^aris hii^h school. In 1S74 
 he niatritailated .it the .\ort1iw fstern I'nixer- 
 sit}', and was graduated from the theological 
 
 department of this well-known institution in 
 the farm during the summer months, nntil 
 the classed' iSj*). .\ fter gra<ln.ition he wasad- 
 inUted to the .Minnesota conference ol the 
 .Methodist L^])isco])al church, and w.is ,'ippointed 
 pastor of the Rushmore charge, where a hand- 
 some four-thonsand-dollar church w;is hndl, 
 free from deht. In the middle of the second 
 \e.ir he was appointeil to Ln \ erni', where the 
 church was .greath' hlessed during his lahors 
 with a sweeping re\i\al, the chnrcli completed, 
 ,nid the way prepared for the jiaying olY of a 
 ciatshing deht. J'inding the Minnesota winters 
 Colder than he liked, he found an o]iportunity. 
 in the s])ring of 1S84. to transfer to South 
 K.ansas conference, where during the year he 
 was instrumental in huilding two places of 
 worshi]). a temporar\' huilding in L'ort Scott, 
 Kansas, which alterward hecame ( irace clun'ch, 
 an<l a heautiful \illage church at lliatt\itle, 
 Kansas. The two years following were sjient 
 at Moran, Kansas, and were \ery fruitful. 
 IVhjre than a humhed were gatherecl iiUo the 
 church, and the church thoroughh' oi-g;niixed. 
 .\ pastorate of three and a half years on the 
 C'aney charge was likewise fruitful in re\i\als, 
 deht ])aying and church huilding. In ( Jctojicr. 
 iS<)i. Mr. Means was in\ited to hecome ])as- 
 tor of the Methodist h'piscopal church at .Sid- 
 nev. Illinois, and the following year passed a 
 ])!-os|)erous \ear on the .\twood charge. l*"ail- 
 ing health compelled him to ictire from the 
 ])astorate in the fall ( d' 181)3, and he has since 
 held a superinnner.iry relation to the Illinois 
 confrrence. <d'len rendering efficient service in 
 the ministry, without assuming the responsihili- 
 ties of a p;istor,d ch.argi'. In iS()5 he leased the 
 Atwood Herald, and purchased it the follow-
 
 124 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ing year. The paper was established in 1888, 
 and is independent in j)olitics. It lias a good 
 circulation and is an excellent advertising 
 medium. 
 
 Mr. Means was married in 1884 to Miss 
 Ella M. Chesnut, of Delavan. Minnesota. To 
 them have been biirn one chiKl. a son. Lyril, 
 aged lifteen years. Mr. Means is a son of 
 Thomas N. and Jane( (Juiett) Means, natives of 
 Ohio and Tennessee, respectively- His grand- 
 father, William Means, was of Scotch-Irish 
 descent. In manner Mr. Means is approacha- 
 ble and unassuming, anil is highly respected Ijy 
 all who know him. 
 
 STEPHEN REDDEN. 
 
 Ste])hen Redden was born in Bracken coun- 
 ty, Kentucky. April 14. 1818. and was a son 
 of James Redden, who ha\ing a large family 
 of children growing up resoi\ed to gi\e them 
 a better chance by going west. Consetpiently 
 he made a flat-hoat, and, with his family and 
 se\'eral of his neighbors and their families, 
 he embarked <>n the ( )hio ri\er for what was 
 then consideretl the far west. Stephen Redden 
 was at that time four years old. At Louisville 
 they would not trust the flat-boat to carry them 
 o\er the falls, but were put ashore and either 
 walked or were con\c\cd in some other man- 
 ner to Porthuul, just below the falls, where tliL- 
 boat landed and took them on lioanl. 'I'hey 
 landed at Evansville, Indiana, sometime in the 
 fall of i8_'_', and after disposing of the llit-boat 
 and investing in an o.\ team Mr. Redilen and 
 
 family started for the land of promise, the 
 Prairie state, while the other families cast their 
 lot with the Hoosier st.ate. It was no uncom- 
 mon thing for them to meet l)ands of blanketed 
 Indians and see droves of deer, or to be "lulled 
 to sleep" at night by the "music of the wolves," 
 on their journey irom the Ohio ri\er to the 
 small village of Terre Haute, Indiana, which at 
 that time consisted of a tavern, a few saloons 
 and stores, and a horse ferry to cross the Wa- 
 bash river. They located on Big Creek, Edgar 
 
 county, where they remained until 1830, when 
 they removed to Coles county, now Douglas 
 county. Here Ste])hen Redden grew to man- 
 hood at the hard labor of making rails and 
 breaking the new prairie soil with o.\ teams, 
 but occasionally taking a little pastime with his 
 trusty rifle and his faithful dogs, and many no- 
 ble Inicks dropped at the crack of his rifle and 
 many a sheep's life was saved by his dogs get- 
 ling the wolf before the wolf got the sheep. In
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 125 
 
 Iiis later clays, while suffering in his last sick- 
 ness, he wnulil forget the racking pains while 
 telling oi his hunts in his hoNhoml days. .\t 
 that time there were no schools that he could 
 attend and all his education was recci\ed l)y 
 reading from the light nf liick(jry hark hurned 
 in the old fire i)lace. He ne\er learned to write, 
 hut his mark on any note was worth one hun- 
 ilred cents to the dollar. 
 
 He was married to \'ashti Winkler in 
 March, 1840; he made rails all day and was 
 married in the evening. His wife was horn in 
 Warwick county, liuliana, I'V-hruary 2. iSiS, 
 and was a little owr two months older than 
 iiim. He hought eighty-four acres of laud a 
 sliorl time aftc'r he was married, at tweuty-two 
 dollars ])er aci'c, an<l ]>\ frugality and strict 
 economy he [)aid for the land aud Inult a house 
 in which he h\ed until his <lcath. Ills helo\eil 
 wife de|)arteil this life March j, 1 SjS, leasing 
 him without an\' children, llis home w. as deso- 
 late, hut 1 'ro\i<lence lailcd that U last hut a short 
 lime, .and he w;is .again ui.arru'd, this tiuie to 
 .Mrs. Mary .\. Tinkle, of ( harleMoi,, Illinois, 
 Novemher' 3, iSSo. .She h.is hccn to him a 
 !()\'ing wife, a f.uthfnl comii.iuiou. aud during 
 his last sickness a trusted uui'se. prolougmg his 
 days hy her untiring an<l constant attention. 
 Lincle .Stexe, as he was fauiiliaiK known, was 
 strictly honest in his dealings. \\v peacefully 
 fell aslee]) in the .ai'ms of his .S.i\i(iui' at eleven 
 o'clock A. M.. .\]ird 17. |S()~. at the ri]ie age of 
 seventy-nine vears .and three davs. Ills widow. 
 Mis. Marv A. Redden. Ii.as two I'hildren liv- 
 ing hy her lirst hushaud: Aaron 'I'., in Kaus.as. 
 and Malissa. wife of II. K. .Morgan, of .Mur- 
 dock. .Mrs. Redden resides a gre;it deal of her 
 time .at .South llaven, Michii'.an. .She owns 
 
 three hundred and four acres of land in Sar- 
 gent township ancl forty acres in Bowdre town- 
 ship. 
 
 JOHN T. IRWLV. 
 
 |ohn 'P. Irwin. retire<l f.armer. and for manv 
 ye.ars a highly resi)eete(l citi/eu of the count v, 
 is a son of George and Jemim.a ( Russell) Ir- 
 win, ,and was horn in Lawrence cotnitv, i )hio, 
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 was horn ( )ctolKT j^, ijt)<). and dii'd .May J_^, 
 iSjr. Me followed the occu]i;ition of farming 
 ])rinci|)allv ; emigr.aled from his native countv 
 to l.;ivvrence countv, ( )lho, in the w.iv iSiS. 
 lie w .IS a son of 'I'lioinas Irvv in. w ho was a na- 
 live of Ireland, aud served in the war of iSij.
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 John Russell (maternal grandfather) was horn 
 in Virginia and was a weaver hy trade. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Irwin reni(i\ed fnim Ohic. to 
 Illinois, and settled on a farm of three hun- 
 dred and twenty acres, two miles north of Ca- 
 margo. where he continued the pursuits of the 
 farm until 1894. In that year he retired from 
 active business and removed into the village of 
 Camargo. where he and his wife reside in one 
 of the most beautiful homes in the village. 
 When he retired he divided his property among 
 his children. 
 
 On September 11, 1845, he wedded Miss 
 Lettie Wiseman, who was born in Monroe 
 county. Virginia, and was a daughter of Isaac 
 and Sarah (Ramsey) Wiseman. Her grand- 
 father, l.saac Wiseman, was probably a native 
 of Virginia. To John T, Irwin .and wife have 
 been born eight children, four of whom are 
 now living: William T., who resides in Lhi- 
 cago; Lewis K., who resides on part of the old 
 homestead; Harriet, wile of Dr. W. H. Burt- 
 nette; and Ida May. wife of Charles D. Ham- 
 mett, of Tuscola, i hey have hjur dead : Sarah 
 J., Mary E., Jane and Ella. Mrs. Irwin was 
 bom May 6, 1827. They will have been mar- 
 ried tifty-tive years their next wedding anniver- 
 sary. John T. Irwin's early advantages for an 
 education were very limited, he having attended 
 only fourteen days in all at school. Me has 
 served as supervisor of Camargo township, and 
 he has been superintendent ol roads. 
 
 On July 4. 1861, he volunteered in an in- 
 dependent company of Ohio cavalry. 'I hese 
 were ninety-day men called out to serve uiild 
 they were superseded by ;i comp.any of regulars. 
 On Inly _'_', i8()3, he joined the Xinety-hrst 
 Ohio X'olunteer Infanlry, as hrst lieutenant of 
 
 Company D, and in the following October he 
 was wounded in a skirmish near Mt. Pleasant, 
 Maryland, which disabled him for further act- 
 ive service. He was licensed to e.xhort in the 
 Methodist Episcopal church in 1865. 
 
 CHAS. L. McMASTERS. 
 
 Chas. L. McMasters, dealer in grain, coal 
 and seeds, and a popular young man of Tus- 
 cola, was horn on a farm three miles north- 
 west of Tusc(^la, in Tuscola township, March 
 26, 1867, and is a son of S. L. and Hannah 
 
 ( Maris ) McMasters. win > were natives of Parke 
 county, Indiana. In \X(») bis father sold, his 
 farm and remo\ed to Sand Springs. Kansas, 
 where he folldwcd f.irming .and stock raising 
 until his dealb in May. 1870. ;ifter which bis 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 12; 
 
 daugliter — Charles heinq' the vonnQ-er — re- Scotcli-Irish ancestry and were memhers of t!ie 
 nioxeil to W'inllelil. Cuw ley cnunty, Kansas, I'reshyterian clnn-ch. I'he latliei- dieil in 1X7:;. 
 wliere she resided vnitil the spring- nl 1X77. at;ed almnt si\t_\- li\e years; the nmiher died 
 thence niox-int^- to Jo]ilin, jasper county. Mis- wlien oni suhiect was ahont f\\el\e wars 
 souri, where slie chetl Octoher 3. of the same old. 
 
 year. In March, 1878. Charles, heinj^ only in Mr. Lindsey was reared on a f.arm and re- 
 
 his ele\'enth year, returned to Tuscola to li\e cei\ed a coninion-scliool educaticjii. and w as en- 
 wilh his nncle, janies Haxis. Jlere lu' weiU t^as^ed in f.arniini; in ( )hio up to .St'j)k'nil)er 14, 
 to schcKil until l'"ehrnary, iXSd. when lu' he- 1855, when he einii^rated to llhnois an<l locat- 
 canie a clerk for 1 );i\ is iv h'inney. in the i^i-ani ed on ;t farm in Ivli^ar connt\', which he rent- 
 business, and remained their liodkkceper and 
 conlidential clerk up to 1SS8, when Mr. l).i\is 
 ilieil. The hrm was then succeeded h\' JMnnc}' 
 & McMasters, which husiness continued up tcj 
 181^1. when Mr. .McMastersliought the inter- 
 est o| lii> jiariiu'r and since then h.as heeu .alone*. 
 Me is U'.iw in the midst i>f wh.it ]iromises to he 
 a most successful husiness career. I le hu\s and 
 selK .ahout two hundred ami lifl\- thou^aud 
 Iiu.^hels lit grain ainui.alh. and aKi, deals in 
 coal for the local trade. 
 
 Mr. McMasters has tin-ice heen elected to 
 the eiffice of cit\ ti'easuiei-, Ir-Iouos to the 
 Masonic and Red .Men fralenulies and is de- 
 servedly popular ui husiness and social larcles. 
 
 fOlIX I.TXD.Sl-A-. 
 
 ed some llirei,- or four \e.ars. lie then houghl 
 torty ;naes .and tilled this until 1S71, when he 
 removed to K.ans.is .and rem.aiiied tlu're for 
 .ahoul two \ears ,aiid a h.df. .at the end of which 
 lime he returned to Illinois .and loe.iu^d ne.ar 
 jolni l.milsey, owner of the l".\er;'reen Mcklin. mi .a f.uan of , me hundred .and thirt v- 
 l.arm. two miles west of Tuseol.a. w.as horn in I'our acres, which he liought .and still owns, 
 h'airlield county, Ohio, .\pril j. i8:;,.|, .and is He resided on tin's f.arm until 18X5. when he 
 a sou of Thom.as and Mary ( r.l.ackhuru ) i.iud- came to his I'Aeigreen larm, which cont.ains 
 sey. I hey were hoth natives of Irelaui!, one hundred .and sixty acres, 
 ■and .atter their m.arriage came to this country In 1S5:; he w.as united in maiiiage with 
 
 111 .ahoni \Sj(). They were hoth desceiid.ants of Miss l'",lix,aheth h'.hert. who w.as .also Imiih iu
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Fairfield county, Oliio. Slie is a daughter of 
 Daniel and Mary (Gaul ) I'^hert. To their mar- 
 riage have been horn ten children. John Lind- 
 say is one of the devout and useful nieniliers uf 
 the Methodist church. He is a pleasant, affa- 
 ble gentleman, has accumulated a considerable 
 competency, and resides in a beautiful home 
 where be is surrounded by the modern con- 
 veniences and comforts of life which fittingly 
 crown an active and successful career. 
 
 DAVID COOPER. 
 
 David Cooper, an old and uni\crsallv re- 
 spected citizen oi Tuscola, wlio has long led 
 an unselfish and benevolent life, was born in 
 
 
 
 
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 1813. He is a son of b'rancis and Elizabelb 
 (Miller) Cooper, who were both born in ihe 
 
 same county. Simeon Cooper (grandfather) 
 was also a Virginian by birth, and was in the 
 Revolutionar}- war. Henry Miller, his moth- 
 er's father, was born in (ierman\-, and was 
 among the old settlers of the Old Dominion. 
 He was also a Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 David Cooper grew to manhood in his na- 
 ti\e county, his early schooling l)eing almost en- 
 tirely neglected. y\ttheage of twenty-seven years 
 he emigrated to Lawrence county, Ohio, and 
 was there engaged in farming up to 1856, when 
 he rem<)\-ed to Kansas, remaining there but .a 
 short time, when he went to Nodaway county, 
 Missouri, and lived there for seven years. In 
 1862 he returned to Illinois, and settletl in 
 Champaign counts , and some twenty years ago 
 located on a farm of twD hundred acres in 
 Tuscola townsliip. which he still owns. In 
 1886 he retired from the farm and removed to 
 Tuscola. On April 11, 1839, he was united in 
 marriage to Miss Virginia Asbury, who was a 
 native of Greenbrier county, West \'irginia, and 
 was a daughter of William .\sbur\-, also a na- 
 tive of the same county. She is still living and 
 is in the eighty-third year of her age and the 
 sixty-first year of her marriage. 
 
 Da\'id Cooper, or, as he is familiarh' 
 known as "Cirandpa Cooiier" has been a devout 
 and consistent memljer of the first Methodist 
 Episcopal church, second, the United llrethren, 
 then joined the Free Methodist church, of 
 which he has been a member aliout twebe years. 
 making in all about seventy years a member 
 of the church, a most remaikalile record of ;i 
 remarkable man. W ithout family intluence or 
 outside help of any kind Mr. Cooper has not 
 only succeeded in life, but has un^eltlsl1l\• 
 helped others to succeed In aboiu 1888 he was
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 129 
 
 chicllv instnniR'iilal in the ImiMin^ (if the l<"rcc 
 Methdchsl church, in the northwest part of the 
 citv. It is a frame eihtice, 3'>x4'> I'eet, with a 
 seating capacity of about three luiiidred. Rev. 
 Jenkins, of Areola, is the pastor. The nieiiiljer- 
 ship is composed, in the language of Mr. Coop- 
 er, "of the jilain. coinniDU pc(i[)le." lie is the 
 trustee and local eliler. and occasiunally gi\es 
 the congregation one ot his sermons nn "did 
 time religion." 1 he .Sahliath school in con- 
 nection with this church numhers about eight}- 
 children. Mrs. K.ate l.anib is the cl.ass leader 
 of the cinn-cb. l>a\id Cooper has gi\en thou- 
 sands of dollars toward the building of I'hnrch- 
 es. While living in Champaign county he 
 ga\e one thousand, fixe Innidrcil dollars toward 
 the building of the .Methodist clinrch locati.'d on 
 bis farm near I'c^otum. It has siui'c been 
 bought b\ the Cmted rirethreu people and 
 iii(.)\'ed to the \ill;iije of resotum. 
 
 he beg.in the ])ractice of Law :it Tuscol.a, becom- 
 ing ;i member of the linn of llundv iS; Wdol- 
 \erton. lie remained with Mr. Ilundv for ten 
 years, until the death of the latter in 1SS5. 
 l""rom this time up to his death he was alone \n 
 the ])ractice. Col. \Vo(ilverton w:is the son of 
 Charles W. and .\manda (llohand) \\dol\er- 
 ton, who died when Charles W, was an inf.ant. 
 His father was a millwright by trade, but to 
 his mother much of his success in life w.as due, 
 she being a woman of fine intelligence and will- 
 
 ciiAKLb:.s w. \\()()L\b:;croN. 
 
 Chai'les W. WooKiTlon. tor m;mv years 
 
 noted ;is a lawyer in 1 )oiigla.s C(iunly ;md ])ower. In llnishing the sketch of Mr. W'ool- 
 
 tbroughout cenlr.al Illinois, w.as born .it Kel- veiton, we will substitute the woiils of the emi- 
 
 viderc, Illinois, l''ebi-n;ny jj. 1X47. and died nent l)oct(jr llunl. l.ile ]i;istor of the I'resby- 
 
 .Xovember nr, iS()3. in the lUrty ninth year of tenan clinrch, instead (pf our own: 
 his age. In June. 1 SSS. he married .Mrs. blliza- "(.h.arles W. W'ooKerton w.as born at I'.el- 
 
 beth ('. Remine, who w.as .at that Imu' the offi \i(Iere. Illinois, .and ,at the time of his decease 
 
 ci.al court rejiorter of the then jndici.il district li.ad nearly completed his fort\ ninth \e.ar. Ilis 
 
 coiniiosed of Douglas, Coles and I'Jlg.ir conn- \cjutb w;is markt'(I with the most industi'ions 
 
 ties. and e.anH'sl efforts towards self education, in 
 
 Mr. WooKerton w.as .a gr.adii.att- of Mc- which he w.as depeiiilenl l.argt'h' on his own re 
 
 Kendree C ollcge. ,and so. Ill a Iter his L'l.idii.al ion sources, .and to which ellorl w.as .added lu-ces
 
 130 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 sary exertion wliich he manfully rendered on bath mornings of an intent and interested lis- 
 hehalf of his widowed mother and family. He tener to such views of truth that 1 have at- 
 wronght his way through the entire course of temi)ted to present, and the knowledge and e.K- 
 prescribed studies, and graduated from Me- pectation of this has lieen a help and a stimn- 
 Kendree College, at Lebanon, Illinois. While lant such as few perhaps realize. 1 he warm 
 engaged in teaching he pursued the studies pre- grasp of his hand whenever and wherexer 1 
 paratory to the legal profession until he was chanced to meet him, with his in(|uiries and 
 admitted to the bar. His first experience as an words of sym])athy, notwithstanding his habit- 
 attorney was in connection with the office of ual reserve, ha\e prepared me to feel that I 
 the well-known lawyer and representative, have lost a friend and to have still deeper sym- 
 Thomas E. Bundy, some years since ileceased. j)athv which words canmit express for those 
 "Mr. W'oolverton as a lawyer, as a man and most nearly bereaved. Mr. Wiuiherton was re- 
 as a citizen is well known in Douglas county served in the expressing of his feelings and 
 and beyond. By the same incessant industry, sentiments." 
 
 and honorable attention to the fiduciary trusts The funeral cortege was a lengthy one, and 
 
 and duties of his profession, he has won a large the number of distinguished men in attendance 
 
 success, and a distinction which, with the prom- was unusually large, all of which deiionstrated 
 
 ise of life precetling his last fatal sickness, the high esteem in which he was held by his fel- 
 
 would have ripened into eminence among his lowmen. The pall bearers were Messrs. P. M. 
 
 peers. E\en as a young lawyer he was able to Moore, United States Marshal W. B. Brinton, 
 
 execute in two instances the largest bond for Rice Er\in, Thomas W. Rolierts, James .\. 
 
 the discharge of important financial trusts Richmond antl P. L. Dawson. The remains 
 
 which had ever been e.xecuted in Douglas conn- were laicl beside those of the late John J. Jones, 
 
 ty, and his fidelity in all commercial and civic both of whom were warm friends in life. The 
 
 relations was so well understood that up to Horal offerings were \er)- fine, and some lovely 
 
 the time of his departure from our midst large pieces came from those who held iiim in noble 
 
 trusts were committed to his hands. Of ir- esteem. 
 
 reproachable character as a man, he leaves large 1 he deceased during his twenty years prac- 
 
 numbers who will deeply feel the loss of his in- tice of law had built up a large clientage, and 
 
 valuable worth among us. The members of his manv duties and responsibilities made him 
 
 the bar, honoring his memory on this occasion, a very busy man. At the time of his death he 
 
 are sincere mourners with tho.se most nearly was attorney for the 1. D. & W. Railway; also 
 
 and deeply afflicted. The large fraternity who for the Corn Belt Building & Loan Association, 
 
 have known him as a member, as a brother and tlte bank of Baughman, Bragg & Co., and was 
 
 as a man, attend in charge of the interment manager of the large estate of John J. Jones, 
 
 of his body to-day with regret and with love and several other large estates, besides having 
 
 unfeigned. As his chosen pastor for nearly on hand many important cases in court at all 
 
 five years 1 have been conscious on many Sab- times. He did business on a large scale, and
 
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 tlie peiiplc sought him l)ccause nf his integrity it may 1)e, hy hidilen generosities of our 11a- 
 
 and honesty in his cleaHngs with them. turc, sudilenly (h-a\vn uijon in all of the inten- 
 
 He was a member of the following JMa- sity of deep-seated sorrow, and thrnugh the 
 
 sonic hodies. to-wit : Camargo lodge. Xo. 440, gloom see. as hrighl lining, the nohler elements 
 
 .A. !•". & .\. M.. Camargo, Illinois: Tnsrola of the true man. 
 
 Cha])ter, No. (>(<. R. A. M.. Tuscola. Illinois; This custom is not of mere form, hut of 
 
 Tuscola Couni'il, Xo. _>i, l\. >S; .*>. M., Tuscola, deep merit: an oi)])ortnne time for contempla- 
 
 lllinois: .Melil.a Couimandery, Xo. 37. 1 nscola. tion of true worth and trut' mauhond. \ielding 
 
 Illinois. fruitful lessons for the present ami enduring 
 
 thoughts to guide us on into the otherwise ob- 
 scure and unknown future. .So the dark pall 
 
 EUi.oc.v OK HON. noR.vcK clakk to the i,.\te of death brings the white-winge<l dove .ami 
 
 COL. c. w. wooiAKKTON. proclaims the brightest sulijccts. 
 
 To-d.iy we make no draughts upon our 
 
 The painful duty, at the re(|ncst of the charity in speaking of the subject of the reso- 
 
 Douglas County bru'. is iin])o-ed upon me of hitions which I lia\e the great hdUor .m be- 
 
 oriicially announcing to tln> couiM that one of l,alf of our li\iiig brothers to ]ireseut to this 
 
 the members has passed away; one to whom we court. Well we know and realize that to your 
 
 were iiound by strong ties of personal esteem honor persDiiallv oui' words of praise and coni- 
 
 and friendshiii. .md by ties ot i)rotession;il as- mendation will meet with a heartv response, 
 
 soeiation as ;i practicing I;iw\er: one who lion- .Xninml the lil'eless form (jf Ch.arles W. Wool- 
 
 ored our jirofosion, and w;is honored by it. verton has been drawn the mantle of de.Uh, and 
 
 That such a duty should come is p.ainful, we r.ai.se the \eil with re\ erence to look u]m m his 
 yet fate-bound and nn])ossible to escai)e there- life and cli.ar.acter with wirds n\ truthfulness to 
 froiu. With the ilre.ad realities before us, and speak of him. Knowing the youthful struggle 
 with i)ower to recognize the same, in onr m.anly with poverty, .and ambition of the .Xmerican 
 strength yieliling to the inexit.able. it is ;i pleas- boy of Illinois birth, we see his elastic furm and 
 ing task to speak honest words of eulogy of the reliant journey up the stejjs of learning, .and 
 dead and words of symijathy to the living, it while possibly chiding his hard lot, side by side 
 is always thus with us, when grim de.ath en- with hi- more fa\-ored companioirs, with de- 
 ters otu' circle and with ;i|ip.arent ruthless hand tennined nnen, ncr\ed b\- the oppMsition, he 
 plucks those who seenungly cm least be sp.ared. m.arches .alongside bis competitors with long- 
 With the spirit of frankness we s.ay it is al- iug hope of nltim.ate success. .\s year (piickly 
 ways so, lor when, perch.ance, one ol less de- follows year we lind him with self reli.ance, 
 gree is elanneil for that bourne of eternity, without assin-.ance, in the I'orcniost r.anks of his 
 there ci iines as a beliel, it seems tc 1 us, viitue ;nid professii m ,as a lawvi'r, and his ]);ithw .ay, .anic mg 
 merits lorgotten .and unlier.alded like the still, struggles .and dis;ip]iointments, strewn with 
 undisturbed repose of true ucrlh, magniried. inounnK'nts of |)rofi'ssion.al success. In look-
 
 132 
 
 PJOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ing back through thi.se years of untiring labor 
 we see success written upon liis every effort. 
 Witii pliysical strength and courage the citi- 
 zen stands with all the enibellishment of the 
 practicing lawyer and able jurist. And among 
 those who speak his praise and his worth are 
 many who in every day life received the en- 
 couraging word and the helping hand, an<l 
 joined with these are the expressions of hearty 
 gratitude of his young professional brethren. 
 With sturdy, honest and untiring labor and 
 fidelity came tt) him rennuierating trusts and 
 such a competence as to place the loving ones 
 who mourn his loss beyond the reach of want 
 or dependence. His home has lost a jewel, his 
 wife and daughter a kind husband ami father 
 and a genial companion, and his sur\i\ing 
 mother a son whose every effort was resitonsixe 
 to her wishes. The community has lost an 
 upright citizen and the Douglas county bar has 
 lost a brother worthy of our profession. With 
 the unbounded confidence of all courts betore 
 whom he appeared his professional honor was 
 ever beyond question. He was a close practi- 
 tioner, eloquent and forcible, seldom indulging 
 in invectives or sarcasm. ^ et his power and 
 force of character always inspired the court 
 and jury, as it did himself, with cmifidence in 
 the justice of his cause, and he was at all times 
 a formitlable ach'ersary. 
 
 in the forty-ninth year of his age. in the 
 very prime of mental and ])hysical life, with 
 sturdy qualities of honest heart and hand, ;uid 
 in full manhood of usefulness, our brother 
 Charles W. Woolverton, by infinite and un- 
 known I'rovidence. has been cut down. With 
 bowed heads to the ine\itable. we must be re- 
 signed, and as out of the eternity we today 
 
 and now seem to hear voices whispering from 
 the "shadowy silence of the grave" we join with 
 reluctance our voices in a k)ng and last fare- 
 well to our friend and professional brother. 
 
 R. S. FOSTER. 
 
 R. S. Foster, one of the oldest citizens of 
 Tuscola, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, 
 March 4, 181 8, and is a son of Israel and Mary 
 (Kain) Foster, who were natives respectively 
 of Berkley county, Virginia, and Clermont 
 countv, Ohio. His mother was a daughter of 
 Daniel Kain, who was born in Willi;imsburg. 
 
 Ohio, and was a member of one of the early 
 pioneer families of that section. His father, 
 Israel Foster, was born in 1793. and in 18^7, 
 with his family, moved to Bracken county. Ken- 
 tuck v, where he engaged in farming on the Ohio 
 river, tweKe miles below .\ugusta. the county
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 133 
 
 seat of Bracken CI lunty. He (lied in 1S78. in the eighteen years he joined Company C, Eight- 
 eighty-fifth year of his age, wiiile on a visit to ecnth Indiana Infantry, was mustered into the 
 his tlaughter in Keokulv, Iowa. 1 ic was a sul- service and was out foiu- \-ears and two months. 
 (Her in tiie war of iSij, 'iliere are few soldiers who .served longer in the 
 R. .S. I'oster receixed a common-school edu- Ci\il war than Dr. linrtnctt, although he has 
 cation ;md after Icaxing school lu- was engaged ne\er a])])lied tor a ])ension, nor would ;icce])t 
 in farming in Urackeu count}', residing at Fos- "He it it were tendered him. in ])olitics he is 
 ter, when, in 1X7S, he renioxed to Douglas t'lc- .same as he is in all other affairs of life, 
 county, where he has since resided. .\Ir. Fos- strictly inde])endent. lie is inclined to favor 
 ter has heen twice married, lirsl, in 1X3S. t, , '''c Repuhlicans of the anti-monopoly ty])e. 
 Miss Elizahcth Tuttle, of Maine, whose death '"'^ '" i''^</' lie voted for Brvan. In iShS Dr. 
 occurred in the .same year of her removal to this l^m'tnett located in Douglas county, in the 
 county. His .second wife was .Mrs. IClixa Iv pra^t^^'-' "I '''^ l)rofess'on, au<l in iXjj he lo- 
 Kohens whose maiden njuue wa. Maxwell. ^■'"^''' =^' Camargo. where he has continued to 
 She was a native of I'.racken couutv. Ke.ituckv, ''^■'^'''^'- '" '^'>^ ^'^' ^^tahli^hed liis ] resert drug- 
 and at the time of her marriage was a resM.-nt ^'"''''- ■""' '"^^■^' "''" '■'"^' '^^' '^''^ ""' ''""^' ■'^" 
 
 of lM,ster. .Mr. P'oster owns two luuMrcd au.l """''' ''''^'''' ^'''''^'"' ''' l"'"-'"^''-b-- 
 
 Dr. Wilham 11. llurtiiett was graduated 
 
 froui the .Mianu Medical College, at Ciucin- 
 
 1-or the past \v\\ ye.ars Mr. I'Hster has been 
 conlined to Ins home w itli rheumatism, gett'iig 
 out ouly occasional! \. I K' has li\ ed a long and 
 nsetul life — a man of strictest integrit\- and 
 
 se\eiUy-two acres of land in Areola township 
 
 which is one of the line'-t farms in the couut\' 
 
 ,, I . , , .1 ^T .1 r I- ■ 1 "''l'' '" ''ic class of iSf)-, and suhseinieiUlv he 
 
 lie IS de\i)ted to the Methodist h.piscopal ' . ' - 
 
 , , , ..... ,,,,,• took a special course at Ind'auapolis. ( )n lau- 
 
 cliurch. In politics he is a stanch Kepulilicaii. 
 
 nary ,^ 1 , 1S71). he w;is m.arried to Miss llattie. 
 
 a datiglitcr of John .M . Irwin, df Camargo 
 
 ( see his sketch ). .Slu' is a nati\e of Lawrence 
 
 county, ( Hiio. The) lia\e li.id two children, 
 
 hut hoth .ire deceased. Dr. lUirtnett is a man 
 tearless in \oieing his convictions upon any r 1 1 • i- ■ t t ■ r 1 ,- ■ 
 
 ' - ot marked mdi\i(lualit\' ; IS perfecth- Irank .mil 
 
 subject. , , ,■ • ,■ ■' , , • 
 
 onts|)okc'n on (|uestiiins in line with his coii- 
 
 \ictions ;md which he believes to he honest 
 
 W. II. r>C l\T\'l'7rT, M D ''"'' '''!^'''' •'""' ''^ uni\ers;illy popni.ar with all 
 
 who undersland him. 
 Wilh.am 11. I'.urtnett. .M, D., physici.an .and 
 druggist of Camargo, ;md a \eter.an of the w;ir 
 of the I-Jeljelliou, was horn in Calli.a county. 
 < )hio, J.anuary T). 184:5, ;md is ;i son of (ohn 
 llurtnett, who was .a n.atixe \'irgini;m. His j.ames Jones, ex-county treasurer .and pres- 
 
 niother was Mary (iilmore, .a d.augluer of cut deputy treasurer, ;md also the present ch.air 
 -Matthew Cilniore. He was reared and edu- ni.au of the Dougl.as county Republican central 
 cated in his native county, and at the age of committee, was born in Franklin county, In- 
 
 lAAH'.S |().\ES.
 
 •34 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 cliana. January 24. 1837. In 1S58 lie came to 
 Illinois and settled in \\'liiteside county and en- 
 .s^aged in fanning. Two years later he re- 
 moN'cil to this county and bought a farm in 
 Areola township, where he resided uj) to the 
 time when he traded his farm for one in Tus- 
 cola township; upon the latter place he lived 
 and farmed successfully up to the year 1.S84. 
 That _\'ear he was elected hv his |)arty treasurer 
 of Douglas county and mi:)st efificiently served 
 in this capacity for one term. 
 
 James Jones is one of the most unix'ersally 
 po]iular men in the county. He has heen a 
 successful man of business affairs and the same 
 methods used in his own every-day business 
 life he applies in dealing with the pnbl'c: he 
 is \ery approachable in manner antl of str ctest 
 integrit}- and probity. 
 
 \\ILL1.\A1 JI. FRY. 
 
 William 11. l-'ry, of West Ridge, who is 
 the grain agent at that place for T. 1). Ilanson 
 &' Co., a ])osition be has filled most accei)tably 
 to his emp]o\ers and the general ])nl)lic for the 
 past eight years, was boi'n in Lamargo town- 
 ship. Douglas countw Illinois, l'\'bniar\' 14 
 i86g. He is a son of Dnniel and Millie .\nn 
 ( Braughton ) Vr\. wlio were Imrn respectively 
 in PennsyKania and Kentucky. Hisgrandfa- 
 tliei'. Ilein\' i'"r_\-. who was born in Pennsyl- 
 \ania, came west and became one of the pioneer 
 settlers in L'amargo township. Daniel !'"ry, 
 who came ;it the sa.me time, was born in 1 S30 
 and died in 1881 : bis wife died in i8()3 in the 
 forty-first year of her age. To their marriage 
 were born four children : William H. ; Mrs. M. 
 Entler, residing near the Mt. Gilead church ; 
 
 James W. and G. \V. G. W, Braughton 
 ( grand fatlier ) was of English ancestry, a na- 
 ti\e of Kentucky, and settled in Camargo town- 
 shi]) at about the same time the Fry family lo- 
 cated there, 
 
 ^\'illiam H. I'^ry was reared on the farm, 
 and after attending the graded school of Ca- 
 niai'go was one year at the Bloomington nor- 
 mal ; leaving there he entered DePanw L'niver- 
 sit}\ at Greencastle, indiiuia, where he contin- 
 ued his studies for three vears. After lea\'- 
 ing college he taught for three \'ears in Doughs 
 
 roinitw ;it the end of which time he accepted 
 bis pi'esent position at West Ridge. On De- 
 cember I, 1899. li^ engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness also at West Ridge, and accepted the po 
 silion of ]X)Stmaster under the administration 
 of I 'resident McKinley. 
 
 ( )n I'ebruarv 2 J. i8(;2, he married Miss 
 Cora A., daughter of W. H. Dodson, a justice 
 of the i)eace of Tuscola. Mr. Fry owns twen- 
 t\' acres of land in Camargo township, besides
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 135 
 
 ])rnpertv in the xillasijc of West Ridge. He is 
 a Knight ni i'ytliias, and he and liis wife are 
 meniliers ni the Christian churcli of Tuscola. 
 Mr. I'^ry is one of tliat useful class of young 
 men in e\cr\- count}' whose intelligence, sturdy 
 integrity and restless energy atld stahility and 
 force to its husiness affairs. 
 
 JAM1':.S A. KlNCAin. 
 
 James .\. Kincaid has thidugh his own indi- 
 vidual etfort and unaided hy Iriends liecoiue 
 one c)f the most successful fariuers and stock 
 raisers in Newman townshi]). lie was horn of 
 humble hut honorable parentage in Marion 
 
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 neai' the \illage of Chrisman, w here the_\- resid- 
 ed on a rented farm for three years, when they 
 remoxed to Newman township. .•Mpiieus M. 
 Kincaid has been dead for o\ci' thirty years, 
 and his wife died March y, i<)oo. b>hn Kin- 
 caid (grandfather) was liorn in Rohm county, 
 Ireland, and entered land in West Virginia. 
 Barnett Johnson was born in New Knglaud. 
 and abso entered land in West V'iigiina. 
 
 James A. Kincaid, bv hard work and good 
 management, has achieveil a success far above 
 the average farmer. He owns eighty acies of 
 valuable and well imjiroved land and has onh' 
 recently erected a tine residence at a cost of o\cr 
 three thousand dollars. In 1S74 he was united 
 in marriage to Miss Caroline !•'. Anderson, a 
 daughter of Elijah Anderson, who was one of 
 the ])ioneers of the I'.rnslu' I'"orh neighborhood, 
 having migrated from Indiana, lie was born 
 in I'ose}' County, Indiana, and married in Ver- 
 million coiiniw tli.it state, to .S.irali .S. James 
 His death occnrre<l some eight \eais ago, and 
 he and Ins wife are burieil at Albin cemetery, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid ha\e four children 
 li\'ing: Sarah, Nora \"., Rosa Lee, Caroline 
 Elizabeth and James .\. A son, Moses Ewen, 
 died September ]_•. iSjti. Mr. Kincaid is a 
 member ot the .Modern Woodmen, and is well 
 and la\(ii";ibly known as an iiilelligeut and up- 
 to date f.irmer. 
 
 DANIEL -\TTO. 
 
 countN. West \*irgini,i. .\ugnst jj. if^s.v and is 
 a son of Alpheus M. and .Sar.'ili (Johnson) 
 Kincaid. who in about 1803 emigrated lioiu 
 their West X'irginia home and settled on a farm farmer of Newman township, was born near 
 
 Daniel .\tlt), an honest and hard working
 
 136 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Bedford, Lawrence county, Indiana, July 15, years he has taken an active interest in school 
 184^:1. He came to Newman township in 1861 matters and for eighteen years past has served 
 and was for three years a tenant farmer before as president of tlie school hoard. 
 
 In 1866 lie was united in marriage to Miss 
 Phehe Ogdon, who was horn in Illinois, a 
 daughter of Alexander and Adaline Ogdon, 
 who were liorn iu \'irginia. Five children have 
 blessed their union: Ira: ( )ra. who is in his 
 Iweutv-tliird vcar and is one of the liright 
 \(iung scliool teachers of the county; Barney, 
 Alma and l.uc}-. Mr. Atlo is a stanch Re]iub- 
 lican in his jjohlical opinion, and occupies a 
 high ]ilace in the resjjec!: and esteem of the peo- 
 ple among whom he has dwelt for so manv 
 vears. 
 
 he purchased his farm of forty-se\en acres, 
 which he yet owns. While our subject was 
 yet small, his parents removed from Lawrence 
 to Greene county, Indiana, where he remained 
 imtil he was eighteen years of age, w hen he mi- 
 grated to Illinois with his mother and her fam- 
 ily. His father, Joseph Atto, a native of 
 Natchez, Mississippi, was left an orphan at an 
 early age. At the age of five }'ears by some 
 means he was sent north stopping at E\ans\ille, 
 Indiana, and was taken by Isaac Mitchell, who 
 raised and educated him. In 1841 he wedded 
 Fannie, a daughter of Isaac Mitchell, who was 
 a native of Virginia, and who li\ed ;uid died 
 near Blotjmfiekl, Indiana. Daniel .\tto has 
 been a busy man all his life, had few school 
 advantages, but knew well the advantages of 
 an education and has seen that his children have 
 amply received what lie lacked. For manv 
 
 M. D. BARTHOLOMEW. 
 
 Michael D. liartholomew, a reputable and 
 highly intelligent farmer of Bourbon townsbi]). 
 has 1)een numbered amou"' the residents of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 137 
 
 Douglas count}' since [8C)i. Ik- and liis esti- 
 mable wife are among the pioneer settlers who 
 have lived to witness the phenomenal gnnvth 
 and (le\'elopment which has placed Duuglas 
 County in the i'ronl rank as one nf ilic nio^t 
 prosperous and highlv cultixaicd portions nf 
 the great state of llliiuiis. 
 
 Mr. P'arthi ilcmcw is a nali\c nf the state 
 of .\'e\v \iirk. lie was Imrn in .^t. Lawrence 
 ciiunty. -\ugnst _m . iSj^. His parents were 
 l.nnian 1!. and l.ydia ( 1 )aniel> ) 1 'i.miIimIi nncw. 
 '1 he laniily w;is well and ia\(ii'alil\' knuwn 
 where they resided. In 1 S4_.( ihc\- cinigrated 
 to the West. Snon aflcr rcai'hing tlieir new 
 hiinie in .Mcllcnry cuunt), Illinois, the father 
 died and the taniil\ were thrnwii n]iiin tlieir 
 iiwn resources. The snhject ni this sketch 
 was then eighteen years df age. 1 le cnntinned 
 to reside in Mcllcnry enmity, sharing the hard 
 toil and prixatiniis incident npnii the life in a 
 new and nnsetlled regimi, until 1 N47. l'"c'r the 
 next nine years \ ign d unity, Indiana, hecame 
 his home. Here, in 1S54, he was united in mar- 
 riage to .Sarah I )urhani, a native nf \ igo ci luii- 
 t\', anil a daughter of Daniel Durham. Their 
 marriage ])ro\ed a ha]i|)y and congenial one. 
 lioth Mr. and Mrs. liartholomew are < d' l'"u- 
 glish ancestry. Tlie grand fathei's . d" the sub- 
 ject ot this sketch rendere<l In 'm nable and dis- 
 tinguished service in the Ue\ > ilutionarv war; 
 the genealog}- nf the famiK' is lr;u-e<I back to 
 the earliest settlers nf .\iner:c;i. .Mr. aii<l .Mrs. 
 I'artholomew ha\e been gi-eallv pi'nspered in 
 iheii' Dnuglas cnuiity Iinine. Thev imw nwu 
 over live hundred acres nf fertile and well cul- 
 liv.ated land, situated in llnurbnu and .\rcnla 
 tnvvnsliii)s. They are Imth members of the 
 United Brethren clinrch at Chesterville. .Mr. 
 
 I!arllinlnmevv has well and acceptablv per- 
 torined the duties of tnvvnsbip treasurer fnr a 
 period of twenty-eight years. He has been su- 
 ])ervisor and held miunr oflices of trust. Of 
 the live children, two, l.uman and Isaac Bar- 
 thnldiiievv, are well kiinvvii and prnspernus 
 larniers nf linurbnii tnwnship. One (d' the 
 daughters. Pvliss hili/.a, is a successful teacher. 
 Twn beautiful am! inteiesting little grandchil- 
 dren cnni]ilete the family circle. 
 
 AXSO.X II. (iUI-,K.VM.\N. 
 
 .\nsnn II. ( irecmnaii is ])|-nb;iblv as well 
 kiinwii in I nscnla ,nid its envirniinient as any 
 nthi-r citizen in the cnmit v . W itli the e\ce]ilii ui 
 
 i>\ fnnr years he has continuously held the oflice 
 of tnwnship assessi_»r since the vear 1881, and
 
 138 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 is now a caniliikite fur re-eleclioii witlinut op- 
 positii)!!. 
 
 .Anson l\. (ireennian was liorn in Noble 
 conntv, Indiana. Xoxcniher ii. 1S41, and is a 
 son of Anson and C)li\c ( Cunninyiiani ) (ireen- 
 nian. Tiie former was liorn in Canada, and the 
 latter in Oiiio. Mr. (ireenman, at an early age. 
 at the death of his parents, was houncl out, and 
 went through the hardshijjs that generally be- 
 fall an (iri)han under similar circumstances. 
 At the time of his country's peril he \dhmleered 
 his services in the Civil war, and j(.>iuing Com- 
 pany B, Eighty-fourth Indiana, as a private, 
 iVugust 1, i8f)_', under Captain Ellis, of Mun- 
 cic, antl Colonel Trussler, of Conners\illc, In- 
 diana. He was four times wounded and of 
 late has suflered from 1 nc wound rece \ cd at t. e 
 battle of Franklin. He also participated in the 
 battles of Resaca, Nashville. Tennessee, and .\t- 
 lanta, Georgia. The Eighty-fourth Indiana 
 participated in twenty-six battles and skir- 
 mishes. In 18O5, after being mustered out, Mr. 
 Cireennian settled on a fainii in .uscuki town- 
 shii), and nio\ed intu Tuscola c.ty ui I'^hni- 
 ar\-, 1891, and ne\er cast a vr)te any where 
 else; he is a member of the Grand Army of 
 the Ivepublic. 
 
 In 1866 he was wedded to Miss Mary E. 
 Gish, a lady of line intelligence, who has borne 
 him four children: John L., emplo_\e ol the Illi- 
 nois Central Railroad Comp.iny : ( )lhe, em- 
 ])lovee of the Mt. Pleasant (b>wa) Hospital 
 for the Insane; Dora, wife of James High- 
 land, of Champaign, Illinois, and lunma, who 
 is at home. Mr. Greenman is a pleasant, genial 
 gentleman, an ardent Republican and an active 
 worker for the success of his party. 
 
 W. S. MARTIN, M. D. 
 
 William S. Martin, .\1. 1).. a well-known 
 ]>h\'sician of Tuscula. was born in Putnam 
 county, Indiana, .\ugusl 2. 1837. .After leav- 
 ing the common schools he taught school for 
 eight years. During the last three years while 
 teaching school he stutlied medicine under Doc- 
 tor Price, of Westfield, Illinois. I le then went 
 to New A'ork and entered the lielle\ue Medical 
 
 College, the recngnized leading scln lol id" the 
 United States, taking two full courses, the hrst 
 in 1871 and the last in 1877, in which year he 
 was graduated. 
 
 His father was Willi.aiu II. Martin, wlm 
 was born in Bath county, Kentucky, in i8o(). 
 and died in i8<;7. -\t the age of twenty-one 
 he located in rutnain ciuuitw Indian.H, where 
 he resided until i8(io, when he reiuoved to De- 
 Witt county, Illinois, and there remained eight 
 years, then removing to Tuscola. Plis life was
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 139 
 
 markeil 1)\- dec]) r(.-li,L;ii)us seiilinient ;iin1 hv tlie inc, wlm is the wile of I".. A. Link, a ])iaiui 
 
 highest sense of C'lirisliaii (lutv. When twelve nianufactiu'er nt Chicago, and XeUie, wile nf 
 
 years of age lie nnited witli tlie Methinhst Horace W'ortliani, wlio resides in Tnscol.-i. 
 
 cliurch, whose (lisci])hne he li » ik at aU times as Dr. Martin's rn"st wife died in iX(>4, ,ind in 
 
 his slanihird and rnle of failh. In aluail I'^^-'J iS<)C( he was married lo Miss i.ani'a 1'",. Smith, 
 
 he was married lo i'lh/aheth Walton 1 )dls. Will- a \ery estimalile lady of Tnscola. 
 
 iam Martin (grandfather) was a \ irginian hy I )r. Ahirtin own^ one ol the most elegant 
 
 ])irth, removed to Kentnck\\ and thence to homes in Tnscol;!, and has a s])lendid ollice : 
 
 J'ntnani coimtv, Indiana, where he died. lie and also owns two farms, one of one hnndred 
 
 was a ministei' in the Methodist cluirch for and ten acres adjoiinng Tnscola, ami a Irnit 
 
 many years. llis wile was .\l,ar\" Cook, of farm in .Marion county. lie has ser\cd as 
 
 English parentage, and a relatise of L'aptain ma)or of the city ,nid is a nKMnher ol the I'res- 
 
 Cook. Dr. .Martin's maternal grandfather, hylerian cluirch. 1 )i-. .Martin's splenilid intel- 
 
 John Dills, who was a descendant of Holland lectnal gifts, dceiily rooted in his char.actcr, 
 
 ancestry, and of a pi-oniinent .-uid early seltle<l shine forth witlionl any effort on his ]iart to dis- 
 
 famil}- in the \icinit}' of C\Mthi;ina, Kentucky, play them, and he is a man of tine peisonal 
 
 Dr. Martin in uSSj look a p. ist-gradnate appearance who laxorahly impresses all who 
 
 course at the Chicago .Medical (. ohcge. and in come in contact with him. 
 iSc)5 look a post-gradnate conrse in the Xew 
 
 \ ork I 'osl (jradtiatc .Medical ( ollege, gi\ ing 
 
 nil ire jirn'ticnlar alLeiitiou to diseases ol the n( ise 
 and throat. He is a memher of tlie .State and 
 the .American .Medical Associations, and keejis 
 himsell thoronghl\- in toncli w.tli the ])rogress 
 and ad\anceineiit of his piofcssion. I )r. Mar- 
 tin ranks high as a plnsician and snrgeon. His 
 ollice is the hest supplied with insirnmenls fiir 
 
 1011. \' ]■:. koCh.KS. 
 
 h^hn F,. Rogers, of Tuscola, was horn near 
 J;ickson\ die. Moigan county, Illinois. ( )ctoher 
 3, iS_^N, and is a sou ol John and Anna I'^'aslev 
 
 Rogers, wlio were n.iti\es o| I\en1nck\'. |ohn 
 
 surgical operations of an\ town in central llh , ,' , ■ ,,■ , , • i- , " 1 
 
 ' • Rogers, Ins grand l.ather, Ijorn m Kentucky, 
 
 iiois. as well as hath rodins .and electrical ap- ,- ,, , • o .■ , 1 ' 
 
 ' was one ol the earl\- ])ioneer li.iptist preachers 
 
 pliauces for the successful treatment of chrome „, „,^. „,.i^-,,|,. ,,,, , ,,,■ |acksonyille. llis ma- 
 diseases, of which for the past few years he (^,,.„,,, .^r.uuii.aW-v. Joseph Keasley, was proh- 
 
 has made a specialty. 
 
 In j8()1 he was united in marriaue to .Miss 
 
 ahl\- a iiali\ e of \'irgiiiia. 
 
 fohii !■'.. Rogers, with his rem.irkahle en- 
 
 Katherine Thompson, of .M.anhatlau. In, liana. ^,,.j_,.y .„„| |,„-csiglil. h.is attained a prominence 
 
 To their marriage were horn live children, three j,, i|js calling lew men reach, and in the omi- 
 
 daughters and two s. MIS. the l.itter .lying early mercial growth and development of Douglas 
 
 in hie. The daughters are: .Margaret, single, county, as to its lands, he stands iun(|uely alone, 
 
 who resides at home with her lather; Cather- His enterprises iiavc been great ami have in-
 
 I40 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 volved a stupeiKlous amnuiit of money in ac- 
 complishing tlieni ; Init time has proven Inis 
 good judgment and tlie great good he lias tlone 
 
 the C'Uint}- since he liegun his work of dredging 
 and ilraining. l'"or eight }-ears he has heen a 
 resident of Tuscola, and for twice that numlier 
 of years has Ijeen extensixely engaged in drain- 
 ing the county. In ilre<lging. draining and re- 
 gaining swamp lands his contracts extend as 
 far south as New Orleans, where he has per- 
 formetl several contracts with the state of 
 Louisiana and is still engaged in that section. 
 In 1859 Mr. Rcjgers married .-Vngeline .\. 
 Brooker, of Sangamon count}*, Illinois, who is 
 of English parentage. They have ne\er had 
 any children of their own, hut ha\e three 
 adopted ones. Mr. Rogers is a Knight 
 Templar in Masonry and hears an enxiahle 
 re])utation as a neighhor and friend, a 
 Courteous gentleman and a puhlic-spirited citi- 
 zen in the conimnnily in which he li\cs. In all 
 his relations of life he ha> hccn honorahle and 
 just, scrnpulousK' pronqit in meeting his en- 
 gagements and in performing his contracts. 
 
 ^^'^JJ.\?^I edgar rice, m. d, 
 
 .Among the leading physicians of Tuscola 
 and Douglas cotuity there have heen none more 
 active and aggressive in accomplishing good 
 results in the practice of their ])rofession than 
 Dr. Rice. He was horn in Clermont county, 
 Ohio, January 23, 1803. He was reared on 
 a farm and attended the C(iuntry schools, after 
 which he attended \\'esleyan lhii\ersity at Del- 
 aware. Ohio, and subsecjuently entered the 
 State Uni\-ersity at Columbus, Ohio, ju lioth 
 colleges pursuing scientific studies. After leav- 
 ing college he took up the study of medicine, 
 matriculating at the Miami Medical College at 
 Cincinnati, from which well-known inst'tution 
 he was graduated in the class of 1891. In the 
 same year he opened an office at Greenxille, 
 Ohio, but remained there but a short time, com- 
 ing to Tuscola that year. With his well-known 
 
 ability and energy for hard work, it is u.seless 
 to state that he was not long in getting into a 
 successful and lucrali\ e practice. He remained
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 141 
 
 alone in tlio \vi>rk n\ his ])r(ifessi(in up tn Or- 
 tohcr, iSc)(S, when, his practice ha\in,i^' heconie 
 very e\tensi\e. lie fornu'ii a jtartnersliip with 
 Dr. Walter (_'. I'.lain. (See sketch nf Dr. 
 lilain. ) 
 
 Dr. Rice is a nieniber nt' llie Cliici .Slate 
 Medical, Miami C'onnly (Dhio) .Mc(h'c;il, ami 
 the Dongl.as Counlv ( illinois) Medical So 
 cieties. He is .also a niemher in l;-oo(I st.-milinj;' 
 of the Kni,i;hts of I'ythi.as and the I nifornie<l 
 Rank, KniLjhts of l'vthi;is, and h.as heen a I'ep 
 resent.atixe to the ^r.and Iodide of th.al order 
 tor the past six years; is also a niemher of the 
 i. ( '. ( ). 1'.: ;i riemher of Tnscol.a lod^e. No. 
 ,^3_', .\. v. i\; .\. .\!.: Tiiscol.-i Ch.-ipicr. .\'o. r/), 
 Roy;d ,\rch M.'isons, ;md Melita ( 'omm,indcr\', 
 \o. 37, K. T., ;md ;i Wdodm.-ni : ;d>o a memher 
 of the cit\- ho.ard of he.altli of Tuscol.i, ,-iiid a 
 memher of the Mcllio.hsi clinrch. Dr. Rice is 
 snrq-eon for the 1. D. iV W . U.aiho.ad Coinp.anv 
 uml local sin\Qeon for the Illinois (/entr.il. 
 
 I lis tat her, ( icor!.;e W. l\ice, w.as hy cn-cnpa- 
 tion ;i t.armer, stock r.aiser and toh.acco i^rower, 
 and ;i n;iti\e of Kentucky, lint reared in ( )hio. 
 His mother hel'ore her m.arri.as^e was Miss K.ate 
 (i. I'razier, honi m ( )liio. In ]H()n Dr. Rice 
 weilded .Miss S.ar.ah 1'. Rn^l, of ( )liio. To ihem 
 has heen horn one child, M;ii\ Katherine, 
 aged se\en vears. 
 
 Latter on another pa,L;'e ) . which ])artiiersliip was 
 li irnied l''elirn.ar\' 1 , i Scj3. 
 
 .Mr. li.aker w.as horn on ;i farm in Juniata 
 comity, l'enns\l\;mi.a, .\pril ij, iS()_', and rc- 
 maineil on the l.ariii, recei\iiij;' the adxantag'cs 
 ot the common schools until he had ;irri\'ed at 
 the ;i;';e of fifteen years, when he entered the 
 eni])loy of the Pennsvl\;nh,a kailro.ad t'om- 
 ]i;my ;nid hlled the |)ositions of telegraph op- 
 erator ;nid ticket clerk ;il dil'fereiit ]ioints on 
 the middle di\ision, on the m.aiii line ln-twcen 
 
 S. II. ISAKI'.K 
 
 .S. 11. l'.,aker is ckassed .anioiii;- the snccess- 
 lul .and enter])i"isinL; \onni; hnsiiu'ss men of 
 .\rtlinr. He is a nu'inher r,f the well known 
 f^rain Ih-iii of Maker \- Ciliill (.see sketch of 
 
 HarrishnriL;' ;ind Altonn.a. In iSSo he came 
 west ;iiid located in Illinois, ix'in.iinini; one 
 year, when he returned to I V'nns\ K ,inia .ami re- 
 eiUereil the ser\ ice o| the I 'enn>\ 1\ ,ini;i R.ail- 
 ro.ad ('iim]i,an\ in the c,ip;icit\' of telei;r,a]>li 
 o|)er;itoi- and ticket cU-rk on the Schinlkill 
 di\'ision at I 'ottsti 'W 11, .\h iiiti^oinei y connt\'. 
 In 18XS he came li.ack to this st.ate ,and located 
 in I'i.itt county. .■inil w.is st.iiion .i^ent .at .Mil- 
 mine, on the W .ah;ish sxstt'in. continniii!.;- there 
 np till tXi)j. In lh.it year he ch.in^ed to the 
 employ of the t . iJv L. I. Kailro.ad t'omp.anv
 
 142 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and was their station agent at Artliur up to 
 his going into the grain business in 1895. 
 
 In 1885 Mr. Baker was united in marriage 
 to Miss Alice Dol)son, a daugliter of Robinson 
 Dobson. of Mihnine. To tlieir marriage have 
 been born three chikh-en : Fk)rence and S. H. 
 Baker, Jr., Hving, and Jesse, dead. 
 
 S. H. Baker comes of sturdy Pennsyl\-ania 
 Dutch ancestry, and is a son of Jesse and Susan 
 (Zeiders) Baker. Tiie father was I)orn in 
 Montgomery county, near Piiiladelphia; the 
 niotlier in Perry county, near Liverpook Penn- 
 sylvania. His grandfathers were Peter Baker 
 and Henry Zeiders, who were members of old 
 and respectalile families of the Keystone state. 
 
 The firm of Baker & Cahill, who carry on 
 business for themselves as dealers in grain, 
 coal, seeds and mill feed, do an annual business 
 of about fifty-one thousand dollars. Mr. Baker 
 is a member and secretary of Arthur lodge. 
 No. 825, Free and Accepted Masons, and is 
 also an acti\e memljer and one of the oldest 
 trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 which was organip^ed in 1894. He has attained 
 his present positimi in the liusiness world 1w 
 industry and close attention to the details of 
 his every day's work; is public spirited and in 
 favor of all inipro\ements calculated to benelit 
 the community in w hich he resides. 
 
 ELI F. CAM ILL. 
 
 Eli r'osler Cahill, member of the well- 
 known grain firm of Baker & Cahill, of .\rthur, 
 was born in Mercer ctiuntv, Kentuckv, October 
 _'. 18^1, and is a son of (Iransou and Ellen 
 
 ((joff) Cahill. He was reared on a farm in 
 central Kentucky and came frnm that state to 
 Aloultrie county in 1874. In 1894 he and his 
 partner succeeded C. A. Davis in the grain 
 l)uying business, and the firm of Baker & 
 Cahill is rapidly liecoming one of the most im- 
 ])ortant in the cimnty. Mr. Cahill owns one 
 hundred and si.xty acres of land northwest of 
 Arthur, in Moultrie county, and while residing 
 (^n the farm he served three years- as highway 
 cimimissioner, was clerk of the school board 
 
 for nine years and for ele\cn years ser\'ed as 
 school director. 
 
 In 1878 our subject was united in marriage 
 with Mrs. Emily Robertson, of Moultrie coun- 
 ty, Illinois, and they ha\-e one child, Nellie. 
 Mr. Cahill is a member of the Masonic frater- 
 nity and of the Christian church, and is a 
 pleasant and courteous gentleman, well known, 
 wide-awake and progressive, and is in the vigor 
 of manlioocl, with ])rospects of many years of 
 usefulness in store for him.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 143 
 
 D. N. ALVGXER. 
 
 D. X^. Magnei" is classed aniung- the relialile 
 and successful business men nf the countv. He 
 located at Arthur in 1X73. and lias since been 
 identified with the best interests of the village. 
 
 a.nd is the pioneer of Arthur in the lumber, coal 
 and cement business. 
 
 Our subject was born i)i Rush countw Indi- 
 ana, ( )ctober 30, 1X4,^, and is a son of Z. H. 
 and Margaret (.McCorkle) Magner. His fa- 
 tlier is a native of Herks countw l'enns\l\ania, 
 and bis mother of llourbon county, Kentuckv. 
 llis father, who was boi-n in iSi)^, and die<l in 
 .August, iS()S, was formerly a merchant at 
 I'aris, Illinois, llis uMtliei- died in 1S55, aged 
 fifty ye;u-s. James .Magner (grandfather) 
 was :i nali\e of Maryland and a son of a 
 Kevolntioiiary soldicT, 'fhe .Magner family, 
 which came from Irel.ind, lias resided in .Amer 
 ica since about the year \()^n. James .McCorkle 
 w;is a X'irginian by birth, emigrated to Ken- 
 tucky as ;i pioneer .-md died tliere. In iN3_:5 I ). 
 
 N. Magner, then nine years old, came to Paris. 
 Illinois, and upon the first call for troops in 
 1S61 he volunteered in Com])anv H, .\iiitli Illi- 
 nois Infantry, and served for three years and 
 lour months. He w ;is wounded at the battle 
 ol .Slnlob or Pittsburg Landing, was t.aken 
 prisoner ;il the battle of Corinth. ;ind parlici- 
 liated in sixty-six engagements during the war. 
 for fourteen years be was in the r.ailw.av mail 
 service, on the Chicago & hlastern Illinois Rail- 
 road ;uid X'andalia line. In iH~7, be started 
 in his present business, but in 1 XSo be sold oin 
 lo C. .A. Reeves. He bought tlie business b,-ick 
 in 1X1)4. ;uid since lli.at time has been carrying 
 on a most successful business. Mr. M;igner 
 h:is been president .-uid trustee of the village 
 111 lard. and is ,a member of the ( I. A. R., I. O. O. 
 h. and .M;isoiiic fraternities. 
 
 In |X(,_> he was wedded to .Miss Mary 
 Thom. of llillsboro, Illinois. i'hey ha\e three 
 ( Inldren luing: iMarg.iret, Marv and Ruth. 
 He and wife aie members of the Christian 
 I hurch of .\rthnr. 
 
 COL. W I'.SLORM) 'f ACt; \RT. 
 
 Col. Wesford Taggart, a resident of Tus- 
 col;i. who I', ,r many years has been well .and 
 la\dr;ibly known tln-oiigboul Dimglas countw 
 \\;is born on a farm near the village of .X'asli- 
 \i!le, Urown i-onnlx', ln<Ii.ina, November 17, 
 1X33. llis father was C.apt. James 'fa.ggart, 
 who scrx'ed in the .Mexican w .ar .as captain of 
 Com])any L, of Sen.ator J.ames II. L.ane's regi- 
 ment, of liirli.an.a, .and was killed in the battle of 
 I'nena \'ist;i in the yi-.ir 1X17. Col. 'faggart's
 
 144 
 
 BTOGRAPinCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 mother was Jane Wcddell, who was l)oni near 
 Ih-istol, Tennessee, and whose fatlier, Tliomas 
 Weddell, was a lieutenant in command against 
 llic inchans in the lialtle of I lorseshoe I'.end. 
 Ilorida, wliere he was l<illcd. Tlie Colonel's 
 tjrandfather. James Tagig^art. was a native of 
 Xorth Ireland, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, who, 
 while vet a hov, eniis^rated to Rockinj^ham 
 county, Virginia, wliere he married a Miss 
 I'etterson, and soon thereafter remo\cd to In- 
 
 diana territor\-. lie tii-st located at Lecsville. 
 Lawrence conntv. thence to the vicinity of 
 Nasli\ille. where, in the year 1852, he died, 
 aged ninety-two years. All his life he was en- 
 gaged in f.arniing, and was a meniher of the 
 United Brethren church. 
 
 Col. Wesford Taggai't remained on the oM 
 Ilrown connt\ homoli'.ad until he arri\ed at 
 the age of seventeen years, when he went to 
 r.loominglon. in the same slate, where he en- 
 gaged in hl;icksmithing, and frmn there re 
 moved to h'.dinshnrg, where he remained until 
 1860. lie then removed to ("harleston. Illinois, 
 tliere conlinuing at his Ir.ade uiUil the hrealsing 
 
 out of the Civil war, when he was among the 
 fnst to \-oluntei'r his services, hut was rejected 
 from the h'irst Illinois Regiment on account of 
 il being so quickly e(|uip|)ed with the re(|uire(l 
 number of men. He at once commenced to 
 raise a company himself, which he soon com- 
 ]iieted, and was mustered into the service June 
 r, iSC)i, at St. Loin's, in tien. Seigel's division, 
 under the command of Gen. Fremont. He 
 campaigned through Missouri and Arkansas ; 
 was in the battle of Pea Ridge; transferred to 
 the .Vrmy of the Mississippi, and was in the 
 siege of Corinth. After the capture of Corinth 
 he was transferred to the Army of the Cumber- 
 land, and was in the march to Louisville, Ken- 
 tucky. On his rettn-n he was in the attack 
 on Bragg at I'erryville, thence went to Nash- 
 ville, Tennessee, and was in the fight against 
 Cragg at Stone River; also in the attack at 
 Tullahoma, where Bragg was dri\-en across the 
 C,uml)erland monnt.'iins, the Union forces still 
 pursuing until the hard fought battle of Chicka- 
 uiauga, .September ly and 20. .\t Stone River 
 Col. Taggart was promoted to the command 
 of bis regiment, and after the b.attle of Chicka- 
 niauga, for merit<irious conduct, be was ])ro- 
 moted to lieutenant-colonel of his regiment. 
 He was also in command at Missionary Ridge, 
 \\ here the Confederate lines were broken and 
 Bragg's army routed. Immediately after this 
 he was in the ft)rced march to Kno.xville to re- 
 be\e (ien. Burnsides. He was also in the battle 
 ol Uandridge, Tennessee, where the rebels un- 
 (ier l.ongslreel were routed; then he returned 
 to Knowille, where he remained some time, 
 when be joined Sherman at Ringgold, (ieorgia, 
 and ]);n tici|iated in the capture of Atlanta. Im- 
 medialeh- thei-eafler he came north and was 
 muslered out of the service at .Springfield, llli-
 
 r.rocRAriiicAL and tttstortcal. 
 
 145 
 
 nois, Scplcmlier 5. iS^q. He rctiinu-d tt) 
 Charleston, and injrnniar\' n\ the fullDwini^' year 
 renioN'ed to Tuscola, where he has since re- 
 sided. I'mni iSr>5 ti) 1 SOS he was sticcessfully 
 engaged in the grocery business at this place, 
 l.nt in the latter year sold his .stock of goods 
 and engaged in the manufacture of buggies and 
 light wagons, being engaged in this up to 1876. 
 when he was elected sheriff of Douglas county 
 on the Democratic ticket. The county was 
 strongly Republican, but it did not ])re\ent his 
 re-election in 1878. In iSSfi he was elected to 
 the house of re])rescntati\'es from the district 
 composed of Douglas. Coles and Cumhcrla?id 
 counties. 1 le served on the military, penal, elec- 
 tions, .soldiers and or])hans' home couimittees. 
 In i88t Col. Taggart engaged in the furniture 
 rmd undertaking business with A. L. F.lkins, 
 who has since died, his |iresen( p.artncr being 
 Silas R. Williams. Their house is the largest 
 of the kind in the CMun(\-. 
 
 On January jo, 1850, he was married to 
 Miss Julia .Skinner, of llnmillon. Ohio. Tm 
 them have been horn seven children, of whom 
 three are living: Lizzie, wife of .Andrew In- 
 gram, of Tuscola; Susati. wife of II. C. Mor- 
 ris, of the same ])l;ice, and .Margaret, single 
 and at hoiue. Col. Taggart was ;i meiubcr of 
 ihe city council several tiiues and takes a deep 
 iiiterest in the welt'are of the cilv, where he re- 
 sides in one of the most pleasant hunu's in the 
 ci luntv. 
 
 JCDCl'.J. 1). MCKDt )CK. 
 
 Judge Jiihn I). Murdock, of Murdock. is 
 
 a (lesrendant of .Scotch-Irish ancestry. His 
 1 
 
 grand bather, W'illiaiu Murdock, left the north 
 ol Ireland .and came to this country previt)us 
 to the war of the Revolution, in which he took 
 an active part. .\s far as is known, he was 
 ilic lirst of the name in direct line who came 
 to the new' world, lie settled in Monmouth 
 county, New Jersey. (Charles Uhlera, nephew 
 of Judge Murdock, has a comi)lete genealogy 
 of the Miu'docks in America.) John Mur- 
 dock's father was Ijorn in Monmouth countv. 
 New Jersey, about the year 1775. and followed 
 farming, as did his father. At the age of 
 .aliout twenty-one he emigrated to Butler coun- 
 ty, C)hio. This was in the early part uf the 
 
 last century, ;md he w.as .aiuong the earliest 
 settlers of that section. Here he married Re- 
 becca Little, who was also descended from an 
 old New Jersey faiuily. She was the luother 
 ol John I). Murdock, of Murdock. who was 
 iMirii on June 15, iSiO. Three years after his 
 birth she was drowned. The sad incident oc- 
 curred in fording a small sfream swollen bv
 
 146 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 recent rains, wliile returnini;- in a wagon ti^ 
 lier home from Cincinn;iti. 
 
 John D. ]\iurili>ck recei\'cd his eihicatinn in 
 a snl)scri])tiiin school, the first taugiit by a Dr. 
 Johnson, in llie httle town of Wa.shington, 
 Wayne connlw Indiana. It was liere hy close 
 attention to liis stmhcs he laid the foundation 
 for tlie education which afterward serve<l as 
 a means of raising him to a jxisition of influ- 
 ence in the community. .After a residence of 
 about six years in Wayne cmnity he. with his 
 father, in 18J7, removed to Tippecanoe coun- 
 ty, then a wild and unsettled region. He was 
 ele\en years old at this time and grew to man- 
 hood in this county. The life of the family was 
 that <d' pioneers. Here he developed those 
 qualities of self-reliance which subsequently 
 entered into his success in life. In March suc- 
 ceeding his twenty-first birthday, he wedded 
 Miss Martha Morgan, whose ancestors \yere 
 of the early settlers of Tennessee. Her father, 
 Venzant Morgan, removed from Tennessee 
 to Ohio, and from Ohio to Tippecanoe county. 
 Mr. Murdock after his marriage removed to 
 a rented farm, his cash capit.al at this time 
 consisting of $12, he owinng one horse and 
 buying his farming inqilements on time. .\ 
 gocid crop crowned his labors of the first ve.ir 
 and he was put on a better fijoting for the 
 second >'ear. In four }ears he had accumu- 
 lated money enough to purchase eighty acres 
 of land, which he did in Fountain county, In- 
 diana, where he renunefj with his wife. He 
 gained a pronnnent position in the count \' and 
 was chosen county commissioner. 
 
 In January. 1854, he visited lllint)is in 
 search of land. He first came to Georgetown. 
 X'ermilion county, thence by the wax- of Hick- 
 ory Grove to Camargo. He bouijht three hun- 
 
 dred and thirtyacres of land at eleven dollars an 
 acre, and removed his family from Indiana the 
 tollowing .\pril. .\ split-log house, too small 
 for the accommodation ni his family, stood on 
 the tract at the time of the purchase, so he 
 jirepared a frame house in Indiana, hauled it 
 to Douglas count\' and put it ujion the premises 
 ready for the reception of his family. He has 
 owned o\er one thousand five hundred acres 
 <d" land since his residence in Douglas county. 
 .\mong his neighbors in the Murdock settle- 
 ment were James I'rewer, Denis Daniels, 
 Ephraim Drago, .Anderson Campbell, and 
 Isaac and Rol)ert Carmack, John Jordon, and 
 Uncle Billy Timl)rook, who came later. On 
 the organization of Douglas county Judge 
 Murdock took an acti\e interest in the jjroject, 
 de\otiug both time and money. ?le was asso- 
 ciate judge of the county for six years, and 
 has held various townshi]) offk-es. He is at 
 present trustee and steward iif the Methodist 
 lipiscopal church. In 1S37 he married Mar- 
 tha Morgan, of Indiana. She died February 
 8, l8gt. Their children living are: Watson, 
 a farmer and grain bu\er; Nancy Jane, the 
 widow of Sinclair Helm; Wilbur, residing on 
 a farm ailjoining Murdock; Mrs. Martha 
 Flelm. of Tuscola, and Mrs. Lida Dewees, of 
 Terre Haute. In i8gj he married for his sec- 
 ond wife Mrs. Sarah M. Bentley. iicc Campbell, 
 the former wife of Dr. Morgan .A. Bentley, 
 who died in Kankakee, May 3, 1890. He was 
 a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, of 
 Philadelphia. Mrs. Murdock has two chil- 
 dren, now living, b\- her first husband: Nel- 
 lie, wife of Mr. \'an Morgan, and Rev. L. C. 
 Bentley, who was born in 1864. and was grad- 
 uateil fr(.im the DePauw L'ni\ersity, at (ireen- 
 castle, Indiana, in i8c)4. and from the Theo-
 
 BTOGRAPHICAL AND IIISTORTCAL 
 
 147 
 
 loqical Seniiiiriry nf P.cKtnn. in iS()5, and. is town, one year at Sparlansbiirg, a]I in Penn- 
 
 nn\v |)asl<ir (if the ImtsI M. K. elunvli in I'.ra- sylvania, and .me year at Camart^-d, illini)is. 
 
 /.d, Indiana. After cmnin.t;- west he read law wrtli the law 
 
 Ih-ni <if I'A-khart iK: .\hMire at ■|'nseola. lUinuis. 
 
 afterward entering- the law department of the 
 
 Wesleyan L'ni versify, loeated at l!l(»iniin<;-- 
 
 ton, Mlinois. and was qnKhiated in tlie elass of 
 
 |()II\' 11. fl lAI )\\ !( K. '>'■ 1 1^' '■^■turned tu Tusr.ila in 1 S(;_>. and was 
 
 eleeted to the nfllre of state's attorney, which 
 John 11. Chadwirk, state's alturney of posilidii he h;is held ever since. The lirst law 
 
 Dont;las ouinty. is a nati\e of Washin.i^ton ■'^uil he e\er tried was as attornev for the state. 
 
 coinilw I'einisylv.ania. lie was reared on a lie was nin'led in ni.arria.s^'e to Miss I'dla 
 
 tarni sewn miles sonth of W.a^hini^ton. the K'nssell. of (.'hrisman, l]|in..is. in |nlv. iS()4. 
 
 Comity seat. He attended the country schools They ha\e two t-hililrcn, I'errv .Moreland and 
 
 John Russell. 
 
 ■Mr. Chadwick is entirely self educated, 
 haxin.L; carneil the iiioiify |,, ohi.ain his educa- 
 tion li\- wiirkin.!.; on ;i f.arm. sellini^ hooks and 
 nia]is ;md teachim;- si-ho(.l. | [e has keen a li.ard 
 student ah lii-^ life. ;md h:i^ ohiaineil success l)\- 
 hard work and dc\oiion to duty. .\s a pnlilic 
 ])roseciiloi- Ik- has hi-t'ii \er\' snccessfiik In 
 addition lo hi\ oriici.il diilies he h.is ;i j^ood 
 civil ]ir;u-tice. 
 
 l.^U Ak'.i. A. DR.NKI':. 
 
 niitil .•ihoiit foiirteen years of a.L;e, .nid then Israrl A. 1 )i-akc. one of Tnsi-oLi's retired 
 
 attended school /n W.isliiiiqioii I'or .1 short farmers, was lioni iit i'.iitler connlv. ( )hio, 
 
 time. lie ;dso .illended c.ille.L^e ;il Waynes- Jannary jj;. |S:;.|, ,ind is a son of .\':ilh:Mi 
 
 hm-L;. ;in<l the .'<i:iic \',,nii.il sclio,.l ;it k'.din 1 'rake, also ;i n.ii i\c , ,f the s;nne coiiiil v. Mis 
 
 '""'"■ l'eiinsyl\;iiii;i. lie L',r;idii.ili-il from tile iiioiher was .S;ir,ali (iardner. .'i native of X'cw 
 
 latter institnlion in the cl.iss of 'So .and c;mie Jerse\-. .\ath:m 1 )r.-ike emij^raletl from ( )lno 
 
 west in the summer of iSX;. .Mr. ( h.idwick tr. Nd.-^o couiily. Indi.-ma. in ;ihont 1 S :; 1 , ;in<l 
 
 lan^lit school lor ten years, wris one yi',-ir prin- in 1 S41) loc;iied in ( oles (now Doni^ias) coniiI\. 
 
 cip;il ;it Miles (in.ve. two years ,it 1 )eiii]>sey- in (i.irrett to\\nship. where he |o, ,k up .ihout
 
 148 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 tliree hundred acres of land at a dnllar and 
 Iwenlv-lue cents an acre. He resided here 
 Inr alidUt twenty years. Ijecoming wealtliy, 
 l)r niinent ;uid hii^iily respected. He only re- 
 cently returned to Vii^o county, and died in 
 Terre Haute, March 2i), 1899, in tlie eighty- 
 seventli year of his life. He was a meniher of 
 the Bajitist clun-cli, and the lirst I'.aptist nieet- 
 1 ig hell in the county was held at his house. 
 After the death of his first wife, hy whom 
 he had five children, he was married to Rhoda 
 La Foroee. 
 
 il on his father' 
 
 arm until the age of sixteen. 
 
 Israel \. 1 )raK'e reniame 
 Butler county 
 since which time he has resided in wdiat is 
 now known as Tuscola, with the exce])tion of 
 twenty years in Decatur. Douglas county. 
 While in Decatur he ran the Drake Hotel, 
 which he owned. .-\t present he owns one hun- 
 
 Nancy (larrett. sister of Caleh and daughter 
 of Isom (iarrett. The latter was among the 
 \ery first white settlers in the township which 
 bears his name ancl he it was for whom it was 
 named. A full and complete .sketch and 
 portrait of iiim will he found elsewhere. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Drake haye been horn three 
 children: Jasper, who resides in Lincoln, and 
 is a memlier of the Masonic and Knights of 
 I'ylhias fraternities: William, who li\-es at 
 Milwaukee, and Mrs. iMinnie Drake Tyler, 
 who is one of Tuscola's leading milliners. 
 Mrs. I^rake is a member of the Tuscola Presl)y- 
 terian church. Mr. Drake is a member of the 
 Masonic fraternity, and his son William is one 
 of the highest and brightest Masons in the 
 state t>f Wisconsin, and is also a Knight of 
 Pythias. 
 
 WILLIAM ILLS. 
 
 Wiliam lies, a member of an old and early 
 settled family of Kentucky, and at present one 
 of the most successful farmers in Douglas 
 count\-, was born at lies Mills. r.;ith county, 
 Kentucky. December 31. 1S44. He is the .son 
 of William lies, a native of the same county, 
 who was a son of Thomas lies, born in Ches- 
 ter county, Penns\l\ania. His grandfather 
 lies was a memlier of the old Kentucky militia 
 and fought in man\' battles against the Indians 
 in the \ icinity of Bryant's Fort. The lies ha\e 
 l)een tillers of the soil back to William lies' 
 
 dred and fifty acres of highly im]>rovcd land 
 
 in (larrett township ami a beautiful home in great-grandfather, whi.i was ,-i nati\'e of iMig- 
 
 Tuscola. land. His wife was M.ary lies. Mr. lies 
 
 in i8c;4 be w;is uniteil in marriage to Miss mother was Miss J;ine 11.. a daughter cd' \\ ill
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 149 
 
 iam !•". (ii-nrqe. of M( mti^omery (miw I!atli ) 
 (ouiity. and was a iiali\'c of Greenliricr countv, 
 X'iryinia. 
 
 William lies wris reai"e<l in I'.atli cnuntv, 
 and at his father's ilcath, l-\-liniai"\- jj. iS4(), 
 
 lie was left an orphan at the early age 
 of a little o\er cme year. On aecount nf the 
 war. his eihu-ation.al aih.antat^es were limiteil 
 and all the ])rii|)erty heloni^iuL;^ \i> the faniih- 
 was swept .awaw llis nidther died ni 1SS4. 
 Ill iX()3 he e.-inie tn ( amars^n lnwuslii]! and 
 hiiught a tr.net nf Lanil and resided in a li i<^- 
 eahin on the taini nn wlueh he nnw li\cs. At 
 the present time he nwns three hnndred ;md 
 sixty-three ;ieres in one tract and three hniidreil 
 and fort}' in annther. 
 
 In iS(jj he was m.arried |m Miss May 
 Ilammett. a dau.s^hter of the Lite J;imes R. 
 llammett, wlmse sketch is fnuml mi .'mnthei" 
 |i;ii;e ni this wurk. W'illi.am lies is a worthv 
 exam])le id a self-m;ide man. ( 1 immeneint;' 
 with nntliinw- t'\c-c|)t his nwn indi imil.ahle en- 
 erij\' ;ind ednraye. he li;i-~ siieeeeiU-d in the 
 
 husiness wurld far ;iho\-e the axer.at^'e man. lie 
 is (Jiie cif the must extensi\e stuck raisers in the 
 countv. as well as one of the must pithlic-siiirit- 
 ed of its citizens, l-'ur the past thirteen \'e;i,r;.s 
 he h.as heen jiresident of the l)oii£;las Ldimty 
 I'air .\ssoeiation. hlling- this place with rare 
 cxeetitixe ahilitw and h.as heen connected .with 
 ii in one wav nr aiiniher e\"er since its nr^'ani- 
 zation. Me has hel<l the office of supurvisorr 
 of Camaryo townshi]) several term.s and was re- 
 cently defeated for the same office l>y m.anipnl.a- 
 tiiins nnworthv of the opposition. In ])olitics 
 he is a standi l)emocrat, that kind of |)enioc- 
 racy which Jefferson l.-niiiht and which is heiiit;' 
 re\'i\-ed to-da\- h\- W illi.am |. I'.rv.nn. 
 
 LE()\".\U1) j. WNhyni. 
 
 Leonard j. W \etli was one of the ])ioneers 
 of Dougl.is coniitx'. .'ind a mrm ol \;iried husi- 
 ness interests, ■ amassiiif;' a fortune of .almut
 
 ISO 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 liiree liundred tlmusand dollars wliile a resident 
 nf Doug'las county. He was of W'elsli ances- 
 try, and was born in Wendell. Franklin county, 
 Massaclnisetts. January 13. 1827. and died at 
 his home at Tuscola, January 24, 1898. He 
 was a son of Nathan and Hannah (Kellog) 
 Wyeth. ' natives of Massachusetts, and his 
 grandfather was (lad Wyeth. In 1839 Mr. 
 Wyeth's parents moved to Licking county, 
 Ohio, and eight years later our subject was 
 united in marriage to Miss ^leiinda Xorth- 
 wav, a nati\e of the town of Sherman, Chau- 
 tauqua county. New York, and a daughter of 
 Samuel Hiram and Charlotte ( Seagers ) 
 Northway, natives of Connecticut and Mas- 
 sachusetts, respecti\'elv. Seven children were 
 the result of this marriage, three of wiiom at- 
 tained the age of maturity; Mrs. ( leorge Cal- 
 laway; Mary, and Clarence L., whose death 
 preceded his father's only a few months. 
 
 The prosperity and growth of the west 
 attracted Mr. Wyeth. and in 1851 he came to 
 Illinois and settled in Coles county. Here he 
 resided until 1858 and then moved to Douglas 
 county, where he afterward resided. lUiilding 
 a small store r<_)om on Houghton street, just 
 opp<isite the court house, he engaged in mer- 
 chandising with Merrill and ( )li\er I lackctt. 
 That was the beginning of Mi-. Wyeth's busi- 
 ness career, a career winch has scarcely a 
 Counterpart in the history of the county. The 
 parlnei'>hip with .Merrill and ( )li\er llackett 
 was dissoKed in 1831). and a new hrm was 
 formed with Thomas I). Craddock, of Ch;irles- 
 ton, which was continued imtil i8f)4. In 1859 
 the tirm erected a business room on the site 
 now occupied bv h^iekl's pharmacy. This 
 building was sold, and another and more com- 
 modious structure was built on the site now oc- 
 
 cupied by the Cono\-er building. In 1865 Mr. 
 Wyeth disposed of his drv-goods store to W. 
 H. Lamb and J. .M. Maris. He then formed a 
 jiartnership in the bankitig business with Jos. . 
 (1. and William I'. Cannon under the firm name 
 of Wyeth, Cannon & Co. This firm remained 
 in business until 1870, when the First Na- 
 tional Bank was organized, Mr. Wyeth being 
 one of the promoters of the institution. He 
 was a director from the organization of the 
 Lank until within a few weeks of his death. 
 In October, 1872, when W. P. Cannon retired 
 from the ])residenc\' of the First National, Mr. 
 W'veth was elected to fill the vacancy, winch 
 he did until January, 1873, when H. T. C'ara- 
 way was elected. In 1873 Mr. W'\eth bought 
 the ( larrett farm of eight himdred acres in 
 ( iarrett township. He mo\-ed on that farm 
 in 1873. biit returned to the city in the fall of 
 1878. taking up his residence in the house on 
 F.ast Scott street which was afterward his 
 home. .\t one time he li\ed in a house that 
 w;is erected on the site of the W amsley gro- 
 cerv store. Later he built a residence just 
 east of the M. E. church, which he sold to the 
 late Thomas E. Macoughtr}-. Mr. Wyeth 
 also built the house now occupied by Farmer 
 
 Cox. 
 
 Mr. Wyeth was the largest property holder 
 in Douglas couiUv. He amassed a fortune of 
 $300,000, represented by three thousand acres 
 of land located in this county, $30,000 in bank 
 slock, $7,000 to $8 000 in go\'ernment bonds, 
 besides jiersonal property. In 1893, during a 
 severe attack of illness. Air. Wyeth made a 
 dixision of his wealth, disposing of the greater 
 ]iart of his ])ropertv. The will that was e.xe- 
 cuted at that time was revoked. The latter 
 part of December. i8()7. Afr. W^'eth made a
 
 BIOGRArillCAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 151 
 
 m-w (lixision of his property. Tlie (Ii\ision 
 wa;, about equal between his daughter, Mrs. 
 George Callaway, and daughter-in-law. Mrs. 
 Lizzie \\'\eth. He executed deeds to them 
 conveying what property he liad allotted to each 
 one. To Dr. Callaway he transferred his one 
 hundred and ninety shares of stock in the 
 First National Bank. This will w hich was ex- 
 ecuted at this time bequeaths only the prop- 
 erty which his wife was to have, consisting of 
 the iiomesteail. seven or eight thousand dol- 
 lars in government bonds, and his hank account 
 and other i)ersonal property. .\11 this pn>i)erty 
 was gi\en to her .ibsolutel)' uilliinit any re- 
 striction whate\er. Mr, \\ yctli h.is four 
 brothers and one sister li\ing, .S.imuel, Albert 
 am! llMnias, of Coles county, josciih .S., of 
 (iarrett, and Mrs. Cofer, of Areola. This 
 town ,it th;U time welcomed every newcomer, 
 I\lr. W'yeth. at the \ ery start of his business 
 life, was .as bold in his purpose as in lonn were 
 the hills on his falhcr's f.nin in the slate of 
 Massachusetts. Success in honi Table business 
 w;is the cml he sought, and thai end w;is at- 
 tained b\ wise foresight, inst me.ins. uiillag- 
 ging endeaxiir am! nninipcach.ilile cb.ar.acter. 
 ( )ut of respect ti < Mi. W \ fib. all > if the business 
 bouses were closed dni'ing the hour of his 
 funeral. 
 
 J AMI'S MORROW. 
 
 J.imes Morriiw. i'\k- <<i the well known cit- 
 izens of Newman, and w In 1 has led an acti\e 
 and successful business life. w;is born in lirown 
 county, Ohio, .\o\ember 3, iS:;.', and is de- 
 scendeil from English and Irish progenitors. 
 
 He is a son of J.ames and Le\ina (Drake) 
 Morrow, who were n;iti\es of R.rowii county, 
 Ohio, His grandfather and grandmother on 
 his father's side were born in li"eland. and mar- 
 ried in Brown ciiunty, Ohio. His maternal 
 granilfather and grandmother (the latter Miss 
 \\'eathers])oon ) were respectively born in Eng- 
 land and America. James Morrow remained 
 oil a l.'irni in Brown count\ until he had arrived 
 at the age of twenty years, during which time 
 he attended schools three months free and three 
 
 mmitlis pai<l fur. In iS^j he migv.-iled to 
 Moiilgiiniery county, bnli.ana, and here for 
 Some lime wdi'ked ;is ;i i-dininiin da\' l.aborei'. 
 In 1S34 he came to lllimiis, locating in ( liam- 
 |)aign Count \. wliere lu' li''Uglit ;nid Incated on 
 eighty ;ici-es nf land two miles snnth of 
 I'rb.ana, wlieie be rem.iined Imv .about fnur 
 ye;irs. 1 le then remo\fd In h'dg.ir conntw ;m<l 
 bougbl .and located on ;i l.arni fnur nnles east 
 III .Xewni.ni, where be I'esided np tn iXdj. In 
 tb.it \e,ir 1k' enlisleil in t'ompan\' I'., Twelfth 
 Illinois Infantrw and Lacked but a lew days
 
 15: 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 of being in active service tln"ce years. He 
 served as a ])rivale and first belonged to the 
 left wing of Ihe Sixteentli Army Corps until 
 after the Atlanta campaign, when he was 
 transferi'ed lo (he h'ifteenth Arni\- C'urps under 
 (ien. Logan. .Mr. Mnrrdw was never wounded 
 or sick in all of his acti\e ser\'ice during the 
 war. .After the final surrender he returned to 
 the larm and in iNy^ came to Newman, since 
 which time he has been numliered among her 
 liest citizens. Jn 18^4 lie rented out his farms 
 and since that time has been practically retired 
 from business cares. Mr. Marrow owns two 
 hundred and i'orty acres of land in Edgar 
 county and si.K acres within the corporaticjii 
 of Newman. Mrs. Marrow, his wife, owns 
 tour hundre(l .and ninet^■-si.\ acres of land in 
 Illinois, one Innidred .and twent\'-si.\ acres one 
 and a half miles east of Newm.an, lifty acres 
 ne;n" the cor])or;ition line of Newm.an, and one 
 half-section in h'dg.ar county. 
 
 Mr. Marrow has been twice marrie<l. the 
 first lime to Aliss Lawhead, in 1S60. .After 
 iier death he married his present wife. Rachel 
 Fisher, who was l)orn in Inthana. a daughter of 
 L^aniel Fisher, who followed farming, and 
 died in Champiaign count}-. To his first mar- 
 riage he has three children living, and by his 
 second wife he has one chil\l. George, who re- 
 sides in Burlington. Vermont, and is superin- 
 tendent of the anti-li(|uor league of \^ermont. 
 The otiier cliildren are: II. L., \V. B. and 
 Edgar D. Mr. and Mrs. Marrow are con- 
 sistent memliers of the Cuml)er!;md Presby- 
 terian church. He is a public-spirited citizen, 
 is jilain .and unassuming, yet dignified in .ap- 
 pearance, and has won a comi)etency and an 
 honor.able position by honesty, correct business 
 melhculs, anil a due reari.1 for his fellowmen. 
 
 WILLI. \AI F. MURPHY. 
 
 William F. Murphy, one of the wealthy 
 retired citizens of Tuscola, was born in Ohio, 
 Janu.ary <), oSji. His great-great-grandfather 
 came from Ireland and settled in Maryland, 
 in which stale his falhei', Wilson Murphy, was 
 born in 1 7S7 ; he ser\-ed as a soldier in the war 
 ol iSij. In 1N13. witli his wife, who was 
 Nancy .Slaughter, he remo\ed to Ross county, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Willi.'im F. Murphy was reared r)n the 
 harm ;md attended school aljout two mouths in 
 
 the \eai'. remaining on his f.ather's f.arm until 
 he hail .-n'riNed ;it age. when he \\i irked ou the 
 larm al si.\ doll;irs and twenty li\e cents to 
 lifleen dollars per month, .and in 1839 came 
 to Illinois. subse(|uently x'isiting in Douglas 
 county, then a part of Coles. He was favor- 
 .ably im])ressed with the country and deter- 
 mined to settle here. Therel'ore he returned in 
 1847 ;ind l)egau life here with two hundred 
 tlollars in money, a wagon antl three horses.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 '53 
 
 He seized the firsl l"av<.ra1)le Mppurtiniity to ^et JA.\H':S R. HAMMKTT. 
 ])o,ssession uf land and in julw iX^o, hougiit 
 
 one liundre.l an.l sixtv acres',,! sdi,,<.l land .'•""^'■^ \<^dvAu\ ilannnett was ,lescende<I 
 
 and about eii^htv acres of tnnl.cr in Sar-ent ''■■'"" ''■'^'' ■'"^^^I'T. '"^ i^ran.lfatl.er, Riclianl 
 
 t,,\vnship. i,avin- f-.r it six Innulred an<i f,,rtv "•'"""^'t'- ''•ivin.i; l.een a native ,.f C.iinty 
 
 dollars. Since that time he li;is heen dealiuir 
 
 ("ork. li'elaiiil. 1 leie the 1 laninu'tts ri'siijed for 
 
 extensively in real estate and ,s at present ,me '' '""- ^"''""^ "' ''"'^- '-^'^■''•"'' ' l^'"""^'". as 
 
 1 
 ,l llie wealthiest men in this cmntw Vi>v 
 
 lar as l<n,i\\n. ha,l live i'lnl,lren. f,,nr s,)ns an,l 
 manv vears he was en-a-e,l m haiikin- at ""^' 'l^tiL^htcr. all , -f u h, ,n, at dilTerent pen- ,ds 
 Newman, succeclin- Z. S. I'ratl. lie n,.w ^■"^'-'•"^■'1 '" Anienca. 
 
 owns about .,ne th,,nsan,l f,un- hnn.lred acres -'"'"'• "'^' '''"'ler , ,f James R. 1 lammett. was 
 
 of valuable lan,l m the cnnty. an,l three bun- "'^' ''"'"' '" '"''''-'■ "^' ^"•""^' ^" ^'"^ O'UuU-y 
 dred and thirtyli\e acres in jasper countv. 
 Indiana. 
 
 lie has been three times marricl : I'irst 
 1,1 .Miss .\del;a 11. Smith, a nat'vc ,>f Ken- 
 tucky, this marria'^e nccun-luL;' |a!mar\- 15. 
 iS-)5. His sccoml wile was Al'ss Rebecca J. 
 .\Ia,M,ix, of (.)hio. After her de.itli he mar- 
 ried .Miss Julia I 'a.L;e. of .\'e\\ \',,rk, who is a 
 lad_\- , ,| line literal \' ace, iinprshments and pr, ,111- 
 inent in church w , I'k, in iSiji he removed to 
 Tuscola, w hei'c he ami his wife resiile in one 
 ,d the cityV m<,>i beautiful residences, sur- 
 r,,nuded by .ill the comf,!ris i,f life. 'I'Ih' only 
 oltices Mr. .Mnrphv has e\ei' held were town- 
 ship snper\isi,r. au,l trustee a]ipi,iule,| b\ the 
 !.;o\ernor t,, buil,l ihe ;is\lnm foi' the insane at 
 Kankakee. 
 
 William \\ Murphy has thn ,u,l;1i, -ut his life when ,1 _\oun,L; m.iii ami settlcl in .M, ,ii1,l;, ,inery 
 been ;i slu'ewd business man. ;ui,l his success county, \'ir,i;ini;i. and there marricl Diana 
 has been the result ol his ,,\\u efforts. 1 )uriut; (iai'ilnei-, a nali\e ,if the < 11,1 l)i,miui,in ;md ,if 
 the ('i\il war he larj;ely .assisted in lilliui^' the Irish descent. The tliiee y.iuu^er brothers 
 (|Uota ,il his t,iwiisliip under l're>i,lent Liu- came t, > America at a later peri, nl and likewise 
 coin's dill'erenl calls f,ir tro,,ps. His life has .setlleil in \'ir,!.;ini;i. ( )ue ,if them, William 
 been one ot action and his acciuunl.alions of ll.immett. became a .Metlioilist preaclK'r .■iml 
 this w,)rl(rs oil, )ds liaxe been the result of econ- ab,,ut 1 ,'^,vs he retnrne,l to his old h,imi' in Ire- 
 oiiiy and close attenti. Ill to business. laml. where his lab,irs as an exangehst al-
 
 154 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 tracted large crov\cI.s of people. He resumed 
 ])reachiiig on his return to America and settled 
 in Mississippi. Suhsecpiently he was elected 
 to congress frnm the X'icksburg district and 
 after leaving congress he continued to preach. 
 .As an orator he was of a high order. Of the 
 other brothers, Richard Hammett was a man 
 of great energy and \ersatile talents. The 
 greater ]5art of his life after his arri\al in 
 .America was spent in Mississippi, wiiere he 
 was a prominent pdlitician and for a time editor 
 of the \'icksl)urg Whig. 
 
 Douglas ciiunt\' had perhaps few men who 
 ha\e lived on its prairie soil for three score and 
 four years, and whose labors have contributed 
 so largely to the dexelopment of its resources 
 and whcise life has been mure upright and ex- 
 emplary than the late James R. Hammett. who 
 was born in Montgomery count}'. X'irginia, 
 Januarv i, i8j6, iind who tlied August ii, 
 1896. in the se\enty-first year of his age. His 
 parents rcmii\ed from \'irginia to Bourljim 
 county. Kentucky, and in the fall of 1830 came 
 to Illinois, halting at sunset one e\-ening almost 
 on the s])ot where he si)cnt sixty-four years of 
 his life. The farm consisted of eight hundred 
 acres lying just north i>f Camargo. which was 
 then in Park county, the udrthern limits of 
 which at that time extended U> Wisconsin. The 
 liardshi]>s of the early piimeer (inl\' served to 
 call tii|-lli all the energ\- and entei'prise of Mr. 
 Hammett, and his success was due ti> his un- 
 tiring industry and financial ability, which 
 placed him ami>ng the leailing financiers of this 
 county. 
 
 In 1854 Mr. Hammett was married to Miss 
 barah C'. W'atsun. who was born in l'\)untain 
 county, Indiana, julv 4, i83(), a daughter of 
 William D. and Mary (Low) Watson. Her 
 
 father was born in the neighborhood of Vin- 
 cennes and her mother in Mailison. To James 
 k. Hammett and wife were l)orn ten children, 
 fi:)ur of whom are now li\ing: Mrs. William 
 lies, of Carmargo; F. W., cashier of the First 
 National Bank of Tuscola; Richard and Roy, 
 both farmers of Carmargo. Politically. Mr. 
 Hammett early attached himself to the Whig 
 ))art}-. and upon the birth of the Republican 
 party, inheriting his father's dislike of slavery, 
 he became comiected with that party and very 
 generall)- supjiorted its candidates, as he gave 
 an enthusiastic adherence to its ])rinciples. 
 
 Mr. Hammett was connected with the de- 
 velopment of the railroads in this county and 
 took an acti\e part in the building of the Illi- 
 nois Centi'al Kailwav. He \-isited Springfield 
 and was influential in (ibtaining the charter 
 from the Legislature. In the original bill 
 granting charter rights he was named as one of 
 the incorporators and su1)se(|uentl\- became a 
 menilier of the board of directors. He was re- 
 elected se\'eral times and filled the office for 
 Iwehe years. When the First National Bank 
 was organized, in 1870, he became a stock- 
 holder and in 1873 ^^'^^ elected director, filling 
 this place until the time of his death. He was 
 one of the ablest financiers of the county and 
 was worth alxiut one hundred and fifty thou- 
 sand dollars, owning about two thousand acres 
 of land. Mr. Hammett was not a member of 
 any church, but practiced Christianity in his 
 e\ery-day life. It is not ti^i be wondered that 
 the people revered him. because his sympathetic 
 and generous heart was always responsive to 
 every touch of distress and he was ever ready 
 to extend a helping hand to his fellow man. 
 It ma_\- well be said of him that he has made 
 the world Ijctter by ha\ing li\ed, and his life is
 
 BlOGRAriilCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 155 
 
 ;i true illustration m|" tlic I'act that iIk- line of r.css with James Barr, of Newman, he has al- 
 (luly is alike the path of safely and the way of ways heen engaged in farming, 
 honor. '" '"^''S "i"' sul>jeel was wedded to Miss 
 
 X'irginia C. W'oltz, a daughter of John and 
 
 Svduev (llalhert) W'oltz, natives of Virginia. 
 
 JMr. Summers and wife have no cliildren. He 
 
 .... . . . ,. ... c|'A|-\|ppc is a memher and one of the organizers of the 
 
 Christian Scientist church of .\ewman, and 
 William 'riiom.is Snnnners, of .Xewman, i-- a firm l)elie\er in its principles. .Mr. Sum- 
 came from Sangam. >n county. I llinoiv, to New- mers has just comi)leted a fine residence in 
 man townshi]> in 1S77, ,ind located on ,1 I'arm .\ewman at a cost of o\er li\c thousand dollars, 
 seven miles northwest of the \illage. lie was ,ind it ranks with the most elegant homes in the 
 born near .\ugusta. T.racken county. Kentucky, county. He owns three hundred and twenty- 
 six acres of land, two hundreil and six acres 
 King southwest of Xewman and one hundretl 
 anil twentv .acres one mile and a half north- 
 west. He is a memher of the I. (). (). I'", and 
 .Masonic fraternities. .Mr. Summers has, e\er 
 since his residence in Douglas county, heen 
 iilentilicd with the county's hest interests, 
 pi-( igrc^s and de\ eli ipment. ;md r.anks ami mg its 
 hest ami most progressive men. 
 
 MOSiiS S. S.\H 111. 
 
 Moses .S. Snnlh. the genial and talented 
 
 M;iy 15. 1S43, ;md is ,a son of Lewis .and h'Jiz- editoi- ot" the Xewin.in Independent, was horn 
 
 ,-iheth ( Thrclkeld ) Summers, who were na- July \>). 1 S< m). ;i son of Ceorge W. Smith, .and 
 
 li\es of the s.anie connt\. hoth heing mcmhers w.as raised at Xewman. the place ot his hirth. 
 
 of |)ioneer families of th.at section. I lis grand- In iSSj he .ami his hrother. A. I'.., who hail heen 
 
 lather, Thomas Summers, was , a n.ative of \'ir- connected with the mechanical dep.artment of 
 
 ginia, and was a soldici' in the .Mexican war. the lnde])eudeut, ])urch;ised the pa])er, suc- 
 
 W'. T. Summers was reared in Kentucky ceeding C. \'. Walls, who renioxeil to .\|-eola, 
 
 ;uicl came to S.anganion countw Illinois, when a where he editeil the Areola Kecoril lor a time. 
 
 sm.all hoy. With the exception of two years, It has n<iw heen twenty-six ye.ars since the first 
 
 during which time he was associated in hiisi- eoj)y of the Xewinan liidejiendenl was issued.
 
 156 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Duriiii;- all these years I lie Independent has 
 tried tn climnicle all the events of interest 
 lians])irin!4- in the town and \icinity, as well 
 its a synopsis of those oeenrrenees in adjoining 
 
 assistant editor. In 1R84 he again leased it 
 to A. B. Snnth. his fcircnian, while he went to 
 Paris and todk charge of the Paris Beacon. 
 1\I. S. Smith, since he has succeeded to the en- 
 tire contnil (if the paper, has added materially 
 t'l its mechanical completeness hy the purchase 
 ol two new job ))resses, also a new four-horse 
 power gasoline engine, and i>n Ajiril i, 1900, 
 the paper came out in an entire new dress, and 
 is now one of the cleanest and newsiest local 
 newspapers in Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Smith was united in marriage t > 
 Miss Isahelle lv",t, a daughter of D. O. 
 Root, of Xewman. They have two chMdreu, 
 Hughes Blake and Harriet FJizalteth. Mose 
 Smith, as he is generally known hy his frientls. 
 is one of the mo.st accommodating and agree- 
 able gentlemen fiuiiid in the county, and in 
 business is an all-round hustler. 
 
 towns, the state and nation. It has striven to 
 represent the best interests of the c(.)mmunity 
 and assist as much as possible towards build- 
 ing up tlie town. The efforts of Mr. Smith 
 have not been in vain, ])roof of which is the 
 large and increasing circulation of the paper. 
 The p;iper has grown from a puny inlant to 
 strong ;md well developed manhood, owing 
 largely to the generous patronage gi\en it by 
 the progressis'e business men of the town and 
 county. 'J'he Newman Independent was tn-st 
 instituted in .\pril, iSj^v by Cicero V. Walls, 
 lie experimentally comluctcd it for six months 
 and then suspended it for ;i year, when he re- 
 sumed its pulilication. In 1 SSj-.S^ the paper 
 was leased to C'arl H. Uhlcr I'or about ;i year, 
 during Mr. Wall's absence from Xewman. On 
 his return he again assumed control with John 
 W. King, who was postmaster at the time, as 
 
 WIXFIELD S. REED. 
 
 Winlirld Scott Reed, a prominent ami in- 
 telligent farmer of Areola township, was born 
 in I'nion countw Indiana, May 13. 1S51. and 
 is a son of John T. Reed. The latter was a na 
 tive of llutler county, ( )hio, and emigrated to 
 Douglas countv and settled in Tuscola township 
 ir, ii<(}.i. -He moved to Areola townshij) in 
 i8()7 and there resided up to his death, which 
 occurred in March, 1891, in the seventy-first 
 year of his age. His wife was .\nn Walters, 
 who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- 
 \aui,i. in i8j(i, .and mo\ed with her parents to 
 liutlcr county, Ohio, in i8j<i; she is now in 
 the seventy-fourth year of her age, John T.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 157 
 
 Reed was a renter when he first eaine In the 1 'einisyKania. I U'|- falhef dieil in iXjj, a,t;-e(l 
 Ciinnty, hnt in iSfjj hv lnuiLihl the hirni where se\ ent\'-eit;lit Ncars. i le was in the war of 
 Iiis Sdii. W. S. Reeil, nnw resides, lie was a iSij. Mis I'atlier. I h'nr\- Watson, came fr. mi 
 
 luiijiand. Mr. Keed is a nieniliei' (<\ tlie Nhi- 
 simic Iraternitw ( "ourt nf Ihiiinr ami tlic 
 W I iii(hneii. 
 
 LEMin-.L CIIANDLRI^:. 
 
 I.einnel ( 'handler, nf i'.i airhnn, is one of tlie 
 "Idest and must inii\ ers.ilK res]>ected citizens 
 in the eiiniil)-. 1 \v \\;is hi irn within tln'ei' miles 
 ol ( '\ iitlii.ina, llarrisnn ciunil\', l\enlni'k"\'. 
 .\n.L;-nst _:;(), 1SJ4, a si mi of Israel and l.\'ili,a 
 ((iri'well) ('liandler, whn were hdii in (he 
 I'lhie ( ir.ass" re^i'ins i>t Kentuckv. Israel 
 
 lailiir h\ Ir.ade, hul i|nit that .ami wi-nl 1(1 farm- ( li.andler emi;;r,lt^•d fmni Kentiu-ky to ( ler- 
 
 inj;'. W. .'^. Reed owns .ineh.alf of tlie old 
 
 luiiiiestead lariii, which cmit.ains ..ne hnnilred 
 
 and twenty Iwn and a h.df .acrt's. I le h.is lu'en 
 
 a sueeesslnl larnu'r, jiri i^ii'ssix e in his ideas. 
 
 .and I iw lis a ln'.anti fill Ik iiiie. 
 
 I''ehruary J-\. 1N73, he w.is in.irrieil td Miss 
 
 Nclh'e Watsmi, ;i (kmi^hler of Idmnias W.itscin, 
 
 ot Clark Cdiinly. They h.i\c three I'lnldren: 
 
 Ollie. wife nf A. \\ ri-lit ; Di.r.a .\l. and Jnhii 
 
 C Thiini.is Wats. .11 was ,1 ii,iti\c (.f h'rederick 
 
 enmity. \'irL;ima, wliere he w:is Imrn in flcln- 
 
 her. 171)4. ami w;is married In .'^iis.n 111:1 rimni 
 
 as. in iX_>|. Td them were hnni Iwn snns and 
 
 one daiii;hter. llis wife died in lS_:;_'. ;md he 
 
 w;is ni.arried the sec'iid time, in 1N.1-I, and re- 
 
 iiio\-ed In ( )hin in iX]~. residint; in h'.iirlield 
 
 cniinly until ( Jctnhcr, 1S31, wlu-n he e.ime to niont connl\ in 1 N,^ 1 .and remained tliert'se\en 
 
 Rlinois. Mrs. Reed's innthcr was N'ancv \'ears. when he came In 1 )oni;las connt\' and 
 
 I'raiikliii. wlm was hniii near < ireencaslle, Incated in Rnnrhmi tn\\nshi]i. sellliii.L;nn what 
 
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 BIOGRAFIIICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 is now known as the old Chandler homestead, 
 u])on whieh William (."handler now resides 
 (see his sketeh). .h'hn Chandler (grand- 
 father), a Quaker in his religious helief, emi 
 grated from Chester county, Pennsylvanin, to 
 Kentucky and settled in Harrison county in 
 about the year 1791, the year preceding Ken- 
 tucky's admission into the union. John Gre- 
 well (maternal grandfather) married a Miss 
 Temple, a native of Delaware, and settled near 
 the Chandlers in Kentucky. 
 
 Lemuel Chandler was reared to manhood 
 in the neiglil)orhood in which he has always 
 resided. For that day he received a very good 
 education, attended the Paris .Academy and 
 later taught school in the Bourhon neighbor- 
 ho(jd. 1 le has never been an aspirant for office, 
 in the usual acceptation of that term, but he 
 has held the office of supervisor of his town- 
 ship. 
 
 In 1849 he was united in marriage to Mrs. 
 Prudence W. Bacon, a native nf Hampshire 
 countv, \'irginia, and a daughter of Roliert 
 and Fdizal>eth Beavers, the former born in the 
 slate of New Jersey, and the latter in Baltimore, 
 Maryland. Td Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have 
 been born six children; John, who is a farmer 
 and resides in P>ourbon towushii); William, 
 whose sketch is found elsewhere: Beatrice, wife 
 of Dell Henry, of Hastings. Nebraska; Lydia 
 Belle: Gertrude, wife of Clifford Jones, who re- 
 sides in the edge of the village of jjnurbon: 
 and Ernest M. Chandler, i*n the live sti>ck com- 
 mission bnsiness at Peoria, Illinois. Mr. 
 Chandler is a member and deacon of the Baptist 
 church, of which church his wife is .also a mem- 
 ber. Mr. Chandler owns two hundred and 
 si.xty acres of land in Areola township and live 
 lumdred and furtv in Bourbon township. 
 
 O. V. MYERS. 
 
 O. V. Myers, a grain buyer at McCown's 
 Station, and one of the wheel horses of the 
 Douglas county Democracy, was born in Ed- 
 gar countv, Illinois, March 13, 1863. He is a 
 son of William Myers, who was a native of 
 Kentucky and who 1)ecame an early settler of 
 Edgar county. His mother was Eliza Size- 
 more, a daughter id" IMartin Sizemore, who 
 was also born in Edgar county. 
 
 Mr. Myers grew u].) on the farm and re- 
 ceived the aiK'antages of a giiiiil cummnn school 
 education, .md also attended the high .school 
 at Paris. I''i>r the past ten years he has lived 
 1 m his farm nf une hundred and twent\' acres, 
 .-iliMul nue mile and a half east of Xewnum. 
 His fn-m li.-nidles about one hundred and lifty 
 thiiusand bn.^hels ni grain annually. In the re- 
 cent Democratic jirimary of Douglas county he 
 leceivcd the endorsement for state senator 01 
 the district comjiosed of 1 )ouglas. Coles ;md 
 Shelbv counties. In i8i)8 he was the Demo-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 IS9 
 
 cratic nominee for tlie office of county treas- 
 urer of Douglas county. On March 4, 1S8''), 
 lie was wedded to Miss Alice I^^tes, of Edgar 
 county. They have seven children: Edna. 
 Harry, Don, Charlie, Laura, Edwin and Nellie. 
 
 David Meyers (grandfather) was a native 
 (if Kentucky. Our subject's maternal gr.anu- 
 father, Martin Si/emnre, was a Xnrtli Caro- 
 linian li\- liirtli and served in the I'.lack I lawk 
 and .Mexican w.ars. 
 
 ( ). \ . M\ers is a y 'ung man 1 if gi n "1 ahility, 
 and there is little dunht shcmld he he elected to 
 represent this senalnrial district ihat the hest 
 interests of the jienple will he carelully and 
 ahlv looked after. 
 
 In iiSSj iinr suhject was married to Miss 
 Nelly Ryan, a native nf Will cnuntv. Illinois. 
 They ha\e li\e children: Maggie, Ceorge, 
 Kittie, Maud and I'.anl. Mr. Dowry's husiness 
 interests at F.airland are graduallv extending, 
 and he is becoming to lie recognized as one of 
 
 JOHN LO\\RY. 
 
 Jiihn I.iiwrv. ime nf the ])riimising voung 
 husiness men nf h'airland, where he has been 
 extensi\'ely engaged in Inning grain since i8</i, 
 was born in the ccmnl) >>\ Tii)])erary, Ireland, 
 in 185X, a sun nf jcilui and .M.irgaret i Nukin ) 
 l.<iwry, whci were b(ini in the same cnuntv. 
 His father settled in ('ham])aign ciinnt\- 1 mi a 
 farm in the vicinity of h'airland ni 1X71, ami 
 was engaged in farming up to the lime of his 
 death, in 1874. 
 
 John Lowr}- was reared and educated in the 
 country and was engaged in f.armingup to the 
 time he became engaged in his jiresent business, 
 then becoming .a member nf the linn nf Lnwry 
 & Hanson. They buy ku an a\'er;ige almut live 
 hundred tlmusand bushels nf c<irn ;m(.l nats ;ni- 
 nnally. He is nnw building a new elevator and 
 mal<ing nther imprn\ements in cnnnectii.iu with 
 his business. 
 
 the \ illage's nmst successful business men. 1 Ir 
 nwns line hundred and si\l\- acres n| land I w 1 1 
 nnles and a ijuarter iii irlh nl tnw u, 1 me hundred, 
 and si\l\ .acres m I'.dwards i-nuiU\, K.ins.is, 
 and sexer.tl Imnses m the \ill:ige. Me is ]inlilic 
 spinleil and geueralh lends .1 helping h.iuil In 
 any cause nr enterprise whub is iiilendeil In 
 add tn the matei'i.al, mnr;d and sneial inleresis 
 of I'airland. 
 
 j.\iMi-:.s \\. ii.\.\C(x;k. 
 
 James W. Tlancnck-, edilnf and fnuii<lei' ni 
 the .Xewinaii K'ecnnl, w.as Imrn in ( bamp.iigu 
 cnnnly. ( )hin, August iS, |S_:;(). The famiU' 
 Irnni which be is descended is i>i k'.ii'jlisb nri-
 
 i6o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 o'in aii<l fur in;iiiy years resided in Patrick 
 ciiunty. \'ii-L;inia. His grandfather. Major 
 Ilanciick-. was Ixini in this county in March. 
 179J. He married Mrs. Ehzalieth Adams, 
 wliose maiden name was Fuson, also a native 
 of Patrick county. Directly after their mar- 
 riage, in 1812, they emigrated to Ohio and set- 
 tled in Champaign county. Their journey from 
 Virginia was made on horsehack, and when 
 they arri\-ed they found themselves ]>ioneers 
 in the wilderness. 
 
 Our subject's father. W'ilHam Hancock, was 
 horn in ( )hici. l'"cl)i-uar\- 10, iSkj, and sjient the 
 early pari id' hi^ life in that state. He grew lo 
 manhiiMil mi tlie l;u'm. altending school ])art of 
 the time, .iml ,il tlie age nf nineteen vears and 
 seven innuths lie was niarrieil in .Susanna Stier, 
 who was Imrn in ()liiii. Imt helnnged to a Vir- 
 ginia huuily. 1 lis m.arriage occurred Septem- 
 ber lO, iS:5X, ;ind soon .afterward he eiuigrated 
 til llliuiiis, Cuming lo the neighl)i irhoml nf 
 ihnishy h'urk. wliere he rented l;nid nf a .Mr. 
 CotTey. In 1843 he enlered furtv acres of land 
 
 near the Pleasant Gro\-e chiu'ch, and a shnrt 
 time afterwar<l hought an additional forty 
 acres. He remained on this land initil 1845 
 and then rented a farm a mile west of New- 
 man, where he resided for two years. After 
 occupying Col. Hopkins' farm, southwest of 
 Newman, he, in 1849, hought of the go\-ern- 
 nient eighty acres and removed onto the land in 
 Decemher, 1850. Tracts he added later com- 
 Ijriscd several hundred acres. He died in 
 1892. He was in jjolitics a \\ hig and later a 
 Rcpnlilican, an<l was a delegate to the con\en- 
 tion which nominated Gov. Oglcshy. He was 
 hrst elected justice of the i)eace at Camargo in 
 1847. He was a niemher of the first hoard of 
 comity oflicers for Oouglas county, and filled 
 the offices of treasurer and assessor. ( )n the 
 establishment of tlie state board for the e(|uali- 
 zation I if assessments, in i8()7. he was aiiijoint- 
 cd ;i member from the ninth congressional dis- 
 trict, composed of the counties of Coles, Doug- 
 las, Cham])aign, X'ermilion, Iro(|uois and Ford. 
 In i8f)8 he was elected b\' the ]ieople in the same 
 district til the same office for a term of four 
 years. Cornelius Stier. fatlier of .Susanna 
 Stier, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was 
 for five years in the regular arm\-. He was 
 reared near Paltimore. Major Hancock, above 
 mentioned, was a minister in the New Light 
 Christian church. 
 
 James W. Ihancnck attended the ordinary 
 schools in the neigliborhoi id of Pirushy h'ork, 
 residing with his father on the farm. He fol- 
 lowed farming and teaching school up to the 
 time he located in Newman in 1861, and from 
 1.874 to 1870 was cashier of the Newman Bank. 
 He w;is niarrieil .\|)ril n. i8tio. to Miss .Amy 
 .Shute, ;uid to their marri.age lia\e ])eeii born 
 six children: William [.., Lulu I'., Isaac L.,
 
 BTOGRAPI-IICAL AND IirSTORICAL. 
 
 i6i 
 
 James P., Howard I,, ami I'.\citII 1 [. Mr. In 1X30 lie was iinilc(| in niarrias;e to Miss 
 
 llanrork.in iSi)(), fonmlod llu' W'wnian Rec- I \ a, a ilaiiL^litcr of ( 'nrni'lins i lopkins, ulio was 
 
 onl, an inck-pcink'nl newspaper, wliieh lias a I'lie ol' llie t'arliest selllers (if X'ewnian town- 
 
 circulati<in of alioiit six liundri'il. j-'roni iS<)3 sln'i). To llieir man ia.i^e were liorn twelve eliil- 
 
 to iSc/) he serxed as poliec manislrate of Xew <li"eii, of whom hnl se\en snr\i\e, \iz. : 
 
 mail. He owns two hundred aeres of land in .Marion; Cora Ann. who is the wife of .'-laninel 
 
 Newman townshi]). hesides town propt'itx'. ( )n Johnson, cf \\t-si l\id<,;e; I'annia Alice; i\osetta 
 
 Deeeniher 4, iSi)S, he, iiwon jinu-tioii witli W. l'>iella; Jd.i Lncreti.a; W'ilev Shernian and 
 
 T. Summers, W. i ). ( ioldman, .S. ( '. 1 licks llarrismi .SxKester. In iSdj Mr. Hawkins 
 
 and Mesdames (ioldm.an. .Merlin and X'ance, \ 1 ilnntei'red in the same company in Xewnian 
 
 organized the l"ii-s| chmili o| (hia'st. Scientist, ;is his hrother, S.amnel, hnl he did not meet the 
 
 of Newman, Illinois. s;mie f.ile ;it the lir>l d,i\\ hatlle ,as iliil his 
 
 hroiher .S;iniiiel ;il ( 'liick,amaut;"a. In all he w.as 
 
 out three years and h.i> scarcely seen a well d.a\' 
 
 since. Mr. I Law kins' wife died l)ecenilier :;(), 
 
 |X()(), in the li lly-se\ cnlli vvav of her aL;e, and 
 
 m Ihe l.ill ol iSi)4 lie rcmo\ed f|-om the f.arni to 
 
 Newm.an. I lis wife w.as <a <ianL;hler of C'or- 
 
 1 ,1 I 111- ,1 , ■■ a lu'lins ilo])kins, w h. . w.as horn Mav 10, iXiS. 
 
 hrotliers, and an ex soldier ol the ( nil w.ar, ' .' ■ • 
 
 ■ ■■ ■ .1 , .-v. • ,■ r .and who wedded U.ichel I'', .\lhiii: hotli are 
 
 residim;- in the town ol .\ewin;m. is .a ii.alixa' ot 
 
 hnried .at the \\ eskw ('h.a])el. lAvoof his sons, 
 Jeremi.ah .and ( ieori^e, were soldiers in the war 
 
 oil he kcliclhi 111. 
 
 JOIJX II XWlxiNS. 
 ilin ll.iwkins. .another of the ll.iwkins 
 
 '^SSSf' IC!|. 
 
 V 
 
 CI. AKh'.XCd". ].. \\A I' Til. 
 
 ( 'l.areiua- I ,. W \ etii. the ( Mih son of .Mr. .and 
 
 Mrs. I,. |. WAetli. w.is horn in I'nscol.a |iil\- JJ. 
 
 iXOo. .and dii'd .Septt'iiiher 7. iXi),^. ilis hoy- 
 
 liiii'd d.i\s weri' ]>.i^sei| in this (a'l\ .and on his 
 
 lather's f.arni he developed into ni.anhood. In 
 
 iXXj he w.as niiited in in.iiri,i!;e to .Miss l.i/zie 
 
 .\lwell. of .\twiiod. Se\ en cliililren weia- the 
 
 i'ickaway county. ()liii>. wheia- lu' w.as Imrn result 1 'f this union, w ho tos^elher with the wi fe 
 
 -X'o\emher 30. iXjX ( ha' ;iiicestr\ see sketches h,i\e suffered sui'li ;m irre]i.ir.ilile loss. 
 
 of Samuel and (. M. Ikawkius). Mr. WAeth w.is one of the hesl rinanci.al 
 
 11 "
 
 i6: 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 nianaoers in the cininty. I le jiossessed remark - 
 al)le liirsiness sagacity and his great lirain tDrce 
 wntild have l)een felt in ci>niniercia! centers had 
 
 he been tlirnwn among tlie foremost financiers 
 of the countr}-. At the time of his deatii he was 
 probably wiirth one hundred thousand dollars, 
 and the futui"e willi all of its possibilities and 
 opportunities was bel'ore him. 
 
 MARTIN RICE. 
 
 cidents which marked the early frontier life, 
 when the present Commonwealth of Kentucky 
 formed a county of Virginia. He was born in 
 Virginia, and about the breaking out of the 
 Revolutionary war resided in Kentucky. The 
 maiden name of his second wife was Sarah 
 Bryant, she being a member of the family 
 which gave the name to the fort known us 
 Bryant's Station, celel)rated in the annals of 
 the early history of Kentucky. Charles Rice 
 took part with Daniel Bcjone in the adsentures 
 which have made historic the home of the early 
 pioneers. He bought of Boone a tract of land 
 in what is now Fayette county, and settled 
 there. Boone subsequently lost nearly all of his 
 estates in Kentucky through his carelessness in 
 neglecting to record and prove his title, and 
 among the tracts wdiich changed ownership in 
 consequence was the one occupied by Charles 
 Rice. One thonsan<l and six hundred acres 
 
 Martin Rice, who was, up to the time of his 
 death, in 1883, prominently identified with the 
 interests and growth of the county, came to 
 Illinois in 1849, '"''•' t*-" what is now Camargo 
 township in 1853. He was descended from old 
 Virginia and Kentucky families, and his grand- 
 father, Charles Rice, was a [Moneer in the were sul)se(|uenth" confirmed to Boone, and of 
 wilderness of Kentucky, a crmipanion of Daniel this, in compensation foi- his loss, he gave Rice 
 Boone, and a particip:nit in the romantic in- a portion lying within the presents limits of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. ,63 
 
 Madison county, anil here Cliaiies Rice lived nized as one of tlie leaders in tlie coniniunity. 
 to the close of his eventful life. He had borne He was deeply interested in the formation of 
 the hardships and dangers of frontier life, had Dougias county, and did all in his ijowcr to 
 been thnnigh tlie memorable siege of Hryanl's m;ike the measure a success, there being con 
 Station, and taken part in many other contlicts siderableopposition at the time in some sections 
 with the Intlians of that day. in Coles county, from which the territory was 
 
 Martin Rice was born in Madison county, taken. After the new county was oroanized 
 Kentucky, July 2S, iS_>j. He was l)rought hv was a member of the lirst political conven- 
 
 up on his father's farm, where he remained lion ever held in it. The con\ention, which 
 
 until after reaching his majority. lie at- l^laced in nomination the crmdidates chosen as 
 
 tended sub.scri]ition .school, which was id' the the lirst lioard of county oflicers, was held in 
 
 rudest character, but he diligently improved a temiior;n-y board shantv on the farm of Col. 
 
 his time and formed the foundation for a sound, McCarty, tun and :i li.-ilf miles east of Tu.scolri. 
 practical business education. In the summer '"he men composing the ticket were nominated 
 
 he .spent the time working on the farm, and on and elected irrespective of jiarty. In iStxj, the 
 
 November 16, ^H^^,. he married Mary .\nu second year .at'tcr the lownsbi]) organizations 
 
 Adams, who was a native of the same town in v.ere eiTecled. Mr. K'ice w.as elected the lirst su- 
 
 Kentucky, .\fier his marriage Mr. Rice todk I'ervisor of Cani;irgo townshi]). and re-elected 
 
 up his residence on a farm belonging |o Ins iii ii^7,v 1X74 and 1X75. 1 le also look a ileep 
 
 father, where he Ii\eil for abont four ye.ars. interest in the cause of the common schools. 
 
 when he removed to Illinois. This was in No- li' the early day be \v;is :i Whig in jiolitics, and 
 
 vember, 1X40. fie settled in Coles county, ''.'i^l bis lirst \ole for Henry e'l.ay, .ami later be- 
 
 nine miles east of Ch.irleston. I le ])urch.ised came a KN'pnblic.an. Mis first wife dieil in 
 
 one hundred ami sixty acres of Kami, upon iXO(). I lis second m.arri.age occurred ( Ictober 
 
 which he lived lor fonr ye.ars. lie foinid this -.=i. fXji. 1,, .M.ary J.ane C.ir.iw.av, a native of 
 
 tract to,i sm.all to suit the jil.ans .according to N'irgini.i, ;in<I whose f.ather"s f.amily came to 
 
 which he i)rop(ised to carry on .-igricnltnr.al \ crmilion c, .inity from f b;il sl.atc in iX:;4. ( )f 
 
 operations, s.. in the fall of 1S3:; be ilisposed '"^ ■^''- cbifli-en. three .are living: baigrnc. 
 
 01 his Kami in Coles connty ;ni(l remo\i:-,l farther .iose]ihiiie ( ikivv Mi's. (',.,((, ,,\ TtiM-Mlai, .ui.l 
 
 north. The ]il;ice in which he settled is now Martin, who resides on ji.art of the old honie- 
 
 the home o| bis son. luigene. l.aml here vv.as '^'cad in ( ani.argo townshi]). 
 cheaper, the location better ,and the soil richer 
 
 tllan on bis former farm. The neighborhood 
 
 had but few residences. There were some set- 
 tlements in the m^igbborhood ..f C.aniargo. but 
 
 with one excejition no improvement bad been ''' ''' ' "* *''^" '''^^^''^• 
 
 n.a.Ie for e,ght nnles west nntd the tnnber R. U. Tbon.pson. one of the nu.s, hnspi,- 
 
 l-rdern,g on the ()kaw was reacbe.I. As the able and clever gentlen.en ni the co,„,tv was 
 
 -■untry settled np Mr. K,ce becnne recog- b„rn n, IMgar cnntv. Ilhno.s, Mav > ' \h^7
 
 1 64 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and is a son of Andrew E. Thompson, who was 
 a native of Scotland. His mother was Eliza- 
 hetli SimpsDH. liefore her marriage, and was 
 
 born in England, and married in Frederict<s- 
 Lurg, A'irginia. To them eiglit children were 
 born, of whom only three are li\ing, one in 
 Kansas and the others in Oklalnima. 
 
 Mr. ThompsdU \\as reared on the farm andi 
 has alwa_vs been engaged in that occnpation. 
 In 1858 he was nnited in marriage to Miss Lncy 
 Hardwick. To this marriage were born three 
 children: George D.; H. \'. : and Lenie, who 
 died when ten months old. Mrs. Thompson 
 died in iSoj;. She was born in Kentncky. In 
 1864 Mr. Thom])son married for his seci.md 
 wife Miss Sallie A. Lain, who was born in Lin- 
 coln connt\-, in the same state. Mr. Thompson 
 has been a consistent memlier of the iMethodist 
 I'piscopal church at Murdock and other places 
 for forty \-ears. in 1898 he was the Democratic 
 nominee for the ofbce of shcrifl, but the Repub- 
 lican majority was t(.io strong for him, and he 
 
 was defeated by a majority of five hundred and 
 forty-one votes. 
 
 John Simpst)n, his maternal grandfather, 
 was a native of England and emigrated to Vir- 
 ginia, thence to Illinois, .and died in Edgar 
 county. 
 
 E. C. EINNEY. 
 
 E. C. Finnev. a retired grain merchant and 
 one of the supervisors of Tuscola tinvnship, 
 was born near the village of Annapolis, Park 
 county, Indiana, April 4, 1S36. Erom 1869 
 tti 1 89 1 he was e-\tensi\ely engaged in the grain 
 business at Tuscola, but in the latter year he 
 sold his interest to his partner, Charles L. 
 McMasters. His father was Robert Finnev, 
 who was a native of North Carolina, and who 
 
 emigrated to Indiana in the year 1844. Robert 
 was a son of Joseph Finney, who came to this
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 165 
 
 ciiuiitrv in its earlv histnry and particiiiatccl in 
 nianv of tlie coiillicts fur liherty. His niotlier, 
 whose maiden name was Malinda Hunt, was a 
 daughter of Nathan I hint : she was liorn in 
 North Carolina anti mo\ed to Indiana when 
 1)ut a child. Rohert Finney died in Indiana 
 in 1861. in the fifty- fourth year of his age. and 
 his mother in Tuscola. Illinois, Octoher 16. 
 1S07, at the ripe old age of eighty-one years. 
 Mr. I<""inney has heen identified wuh the 
 husiness interests of Tuscola since i(S()8 and is 
 an upright and universally resi^ected citizen. 
 He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church 
 and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 D. F. COYKEXDALL. 
 
 D. F. Coykendall. wlmse death occurred in 
 I'hicagii, December i(). iSi^j. was l)cirn near 
 I'.nrshy l~ork .Sc])teinber S. 1850. at a time 
 when the comUx' \\,is m its ])rinnti\e state, and 
 was there reared to manhndd. lie was a son 
 of Benjamin V. ( 1 ixkcuilall. whuse ancestors 
 were in all ]inibabilil\' .amnng the emigrants 
 friini lliilland who in an early day settled in 
 .\'e\v (ersev, the descendants ot whum m iw 
 ciimprise some of the best families ol that state. 
 William, the father of I'.enj.amin 1'". t'oyken- 
 (l;ill, was biiiMi in lh;it stale and m;n'ried Mary 
 \'an /.iekiel, w In ise f;iniil\- had spiung Irmn the 
 same stock. r>eni;miin \\ C'nvkend.all was burn 
 in Tompkins count\-. New ^'clrk, near the 
 tiiwn of Ithaca. * )n reaching hi> majinitv he 
 came west and lucaled in W i'-i'i msin, and in 
 1847 sold out Ins priipeii\- m Wiscnusm and 
 located in what i> nnw Dnuulas cnuntw where 
 
 he lixed for the remainder of his life. Two 
 I 'I his Sons. Cyrus A. and Mar\ in A. w ere in the 
 war. both ha\ing enlisted Ijefore they were 
 Iwenty-cine. The death of Benjamin F. Coy- 
 kendall occurred in the spring of 1889. 
 
 On November 14, 187S, D. F. Coykendall 
 was married to Miss Francis E. Cash, a daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cash, of Newman. 
 To this marriage was born one child, a dauyli- 
 ter. Lenoria. Fcir two years liefore Mr. Coy- 
 
 kendall reniMxed to (/luc.ago he resided in New- 
 in;m. while his lile ]ire\ious had been s])ent on 
 the l;n'm near llrnsln- b'ork. .'\fter his re- 
 m(i\al 111 ('hicagii he liecame associated in busi- 
 ness with Iwn lirms, the ("olumbia M.annfacl- 
 tning iV ,Sup]il\- (iimpain- and jnhn Ibisbury 
 i,\ ( 1 iinp.any. li\e stuck ci immissii m merchants. 
 He was piissessed nt nmre than nrdinarv busi- 
 ness ability, cumbiiR-d with genuine integritv 
 ;uid uprightness, and w.is \ei'v liighlv res])ected 
 by .ill wilh whiiiM he had dealings. lie was 
 de\iiteil til his l.amd\- and his de.ith was a great 
 loss til both wife and daui;hter. He was buried
 
 1 66 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in tlie Newman cemetery. He was a member 
 ol tlie Ma.sonic fraternity, Init was not a mem- 
 ber of any clunch. He always did his part 
 willingly in suiiportintj;- the clnnxh and at- 
 tended the same. 
 
 VV. p. BOYD. 
 
 W . I'. Biiyd, who was for many years a 
 pniminenl drni^\<:;ist and chemist of Areola, 
 was liMiu in h^leniinj^shur^, Kentncky, Jannarv 
 C). 1)^47. and was a sun uf Wilsim 1'. and Susan 
 
 K. I'oyd. His father was a prominent lawyer 
 and served in IkjIIi hrrniches of the Kentucky 
 Legislature. 
 
 \V. I'. Buytl received his early education 
 at the old Bethel school in Kentucky, and sub- 
 se(|nently attended the university at Blooming- 
 ton, Illinois. Jn 1875 '^^ ^'^^^ married to Miss 
 
 Emma Wyatt Hamilton, of Lexington, Ken- 
 tucky, a step-daughter of .'Me.xander Hamil- 
 ton (her real ])arents being Edward, and Annie 
 ( Smith ) Wyatt, natives of England). To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Boyd were born four children, 
 namely: William IL, deceased, Wyatt, Anna 
 M. and Wilson P. 
 
 In 1867 Mr. Boyd commenced the drug 
 business for himself in .Areola and until 1884 
 had the only exclusive drug store in the county. 
 He was a successful business man and re- 
 mained in charge of the store until a few weeks 
 before his death, November 17, i8<jy, when he 
 disposed of it to .\. Magnusson. He was one 
 (d" the lirst movers in the state for the organiza- 
 tion of suitable legislation for the elevation of 
 the drug trade in the state. He was an active 
 worker in the Illinois 1 'harniaceutial Society, 
 and was president of that body one year and a 
 tlelegate to the national convention in 1884. 
 Never in all her history has .\rcola known a 
 more public spirite<l man, a better leader in 
 e\er\' progressive nio\enient. or a truer sym- 
 patlii/er in e\ery just and noble cause. He 
 held nianv positions of trust and honor, such 
 as member of the school board, alderman, 
 chief of the hre department, and chairm.-m 
 of the board of superxisors. In oftices he re- 
 garded the trust and the duties devolving upon 
 him as .sacred, and acted accordingly. In pol- 
 itics he was a Democrat, and he served his 
 Ijarty faithfully and conscientiously. 
 
 He was a member of several lodges, but 
 allied his interests more closely with the Ma- 
 sons that any other order. The poor and 
 needy have lost a true friend, and one from 
 whom they had learneil to expect sympathy 
 ■Aud ,iiil. Never a Chri.stmas passed by but 
 that every poor family received something
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 167 
 
 fnini Iiini, ami liis cliaritv was not confined to 
 Areola alone, hut reached for miles around, 
 lie was a lo\er of children, and tlie child 
 learned to exjiect some token of remcmhrance 
 from him. nor was it e\er disapiiointed. His 
 life fmnishes us many expressions oi good 
 which show the real character of the man. 
 His life was made up of little things well and 
 faithfully performed. But after all it is the 
 little things that give us the true inde.x to the 
 real character of the man. His home rela 
 lions were the most pleasant, aii<l he remained 
 true and devoted to his home liresiile and 
 altar until the clo.se of his career. The town 
 has lost a foremost man, the lodges a faithtul 
 memlier. the home a true hea<l. the jiodr a 
 sure and helping hand, and the world one ol 
 her noblest men. 
 
 J r. \\( H iLl-'OKl). 
 
 |. r. W'ooUdrd. niei'chant ;md gi'ain Imyer 
 at (i.ihoii and one of the most snccessfnl Imsi- 
 ness men in the ciunly. was horn in lUiller 
 conntw < )liio. Felirn.ary iS. 1N35. I lis parents 
 were Daniel and l^lizahelh ( lichert ) Won] ford, 
 wln) were nati\es of the same county. His 
 grandfather L-chert was horn in West Virginia, 
 and in about iSi_> rcmo\x'd to I'lUtler coinUy. 
 ( )hio. Mis patern;il grandfather, j.ncob W ool- 
 
 .Since iS<),i J- I^- \\'i>olfoi-d has resided at 
 (lalton. and was lirst engaged in grain buying 
 for K. vV |. irvin, of Tuscola, succeeding M. 
 S. bilson at this place. In 1S94 he built an 
 ele\ato|- dl twenty thousand bushels ca])acitv 
 and has since I'ecome one ol the most successful 
 grain dealers in the counts-. 
 
 In 1X70 Mr. Woolford was united in mar- 
 riage \o IMiss Carrie Kelso, wlio resided one 
 nnle Sduth of ArcoLa, and is a ilaughter of 
 W'illiaiu Kelso, wlin is now li\ing in Ta/ewell 
 
 county, this st.ate. They ha\'e three children : 
 Koscoe M., .\lfrcd j. and Samuel M.. all at 
 home with llK'ii" p.ircnts. I'^>r the past lour 
 veai's .\lr. Woolfdid has been buying grain to,- 
 himself, and in connection does a general mer- 
 ford, was l)orn at Lancaster, I'etuisylvania, and chandising business. He bu_\s aboiU one hun- 
 nioNcd from there to I'lUtler county, Ohio, dred thousands Inishels of grain amuially. In 
 Daniel Woolford came to (bis coinit\' in March, political opinion he is a stanch l\e]>nblican, but 
 iXfK), and located on a farm two miles from his wife is a Deiuocrat and is the ]>ostniistress 
 .Areola. of the \i11agc.
 
 i68 
 
 DlUGKArillCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 RICHARD C. HAMMETT. 
 Uiclianl Civile llammcU. the secrmd son of 
 lames U. ilaninietl, wiiose sketeli and iM.itrait 
 are fduiul nu annther page, was born on the nM 
 
 Hammett homestead in Camargo township, 
 Septemher 9, 1S71, and was principally edu- 
 cated at the State University and a business col- 
 lege at ludianapulis. lie has always been en- 
 gaged in farming and ciwns fnur hiuidred and 
 twenty acres of finely improved land, a part of 
 which is the old Hammett homestead. 
 
 In iSi;s be was marrietl to Miss Ginerva 
 Barnett, of the village nf Camargo, and has 
 two children : Ruth and Bessie. Mr. Hammett 
 is a member of the Camargo Clue Lodge and 
 Tuscola Chapter and Commaudery of Ma- 
 sonry. Mr. Hammett is an intelligent young 
 man and conducts his I'arming on busme-s 
 liriuciples. He is at present remodeling h:s 
 farm residence, three miles north of the village 
 of Camargo, and when liuished it will rank 
 with the most commodious an<l l)eautilul homes 
 of the connlv. 
 
 JASPER S. RECORDS. 
 
 Tasper S. Records, who is one of the most 
 prominent tenant farmers in the county and 
 who was born two miles north of the village of 
 liourbon, January .^1, 1N30, is ;i son of John 
 Records, who settle<l in that neighborhood in 
 abont the \ear 1X311. The latter was a native 
 of Kentucky, where he was born .\ugust l8. 
 t8oo, ami died in July, 1X63. His wife 
 was Hanora O'Roark, who was born near 
 .Staunton, X'irgiuia, and whose parents were 
 both born in Ireland. J. S. Records' paternal 
 great-grand father, with hve brothers, came from 
 Scotland and settled in Kentucky, and were 
 (.ontenipi praries of Coone and Kenton. He was 
 killed b\ the Indians. John Records was a 
 carpenter in early life and later turned his at- 
 tention to farming, at which he continued up 
 until the time of his death. While working at 
 his trade he built the first frame church in lu- 
 dianaiiolis. 
 
 .Mr. Records has for the past thirteen years 
 successfully superintended the cultivation of the
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 169 
 
 lanii he imw resides (Hi (nwned li\' William ci mimissii meil c'a]itaiii nf C'oinpanv K, One 
 
 jlcs) , oil whieli place lie pli iweil llic lirsl lunnw lluiulreil ami I'lMu'lli llliiinis liifaiitrv. I lis 
 
 and laid Uie lirst tile, lie has heeii twice mar- filial niiister (Hit i<\ the ser\ice was at Atlanta, 
 
 ried ; first In Miss l-JiKira O'Brian. in 1879. (ieiir<;ia, Jaiiiiar\' id, iXdd. At the next No- 
 
 llie hitler's death I >ccnrriiij; in Nm-eniher, 1895. \ einher election lie was elected- sheriff (if Vcr- 
 
 ller home \\as;it I ',irk\ille, ClianipaiLjn conn- niilioii county. Illinois, and after the expira- 
 
 ty. rhe\' had two children, hoth of whom are tion of his office, in Noxemher, iNdX, he re- 
 
 li\'ing: Bessie and Llo\d. llis second wife nioxcd to I )ong"las comity. Illinois, and li\ed 
 
 was Miss Rachael hniiiian, id .^wit/erland ii]ioii his f.ann lor elexeii \ears, when he was 
 
 County, Indiana. f]ic\' ha\"e one child. Louise elected county treasurer ol l)oni;'las conntv, 
 
 lies. Mr. Records is a meiiiher ol the Odd and was afterward re-elected for a two vears' 
 fellows, lloine horiim, the ( '1 nirt i^f lloiior 
 and the Modern Wondmcn. .iiid is an iiide- 
 ])endent Re])nhl:caii. lie is well informed on 
 the to]iics ol the daw 's piihl c spir l^'d and is a 
 man ■ it marked indi\ idnahtw 
 
 Ll.Xf:.^ I.. IWRKKR. 
 
 Lines L. I'arker, the suhject of this sketch, 
 was horn in Ihowu conntw ( )liio. Sep- 
 teniher 1, iS_:;_\ .\t the a^e of live years he 
 reiiio\ed with his parents in X'erniilion conntw 
 Illinois. Ills f.ilher, h'lm W . I'arker, and 
 his mother. 1 l.iiiii.ih I'.irker ( ;;(V 1 'anj^lnirn ) , term. .\l the ex])ir;it ion of his term ol olfice 
 were hoth horn in llrown coiiiitv. ( )liio, and he retired to his 1,-irin. where he and his laith- 
 alter Octoher, iN.v, li\ed in \ (■rniilion coun- .fill wife li,i\e li\ed for the last Ihirteen years, 
 t\'. Illinois, where lhe\ died, lolm \\ . I'arker llis wifi', Marv .\. I'arker ( /(cc West), was 
 w as slu'rilf I d \ ermiiion couiil \- iiisl |irecediiiL' iiiiiteij to hini in m:iiri,i;.^e on the iJtliot .\|)ril. 
 the (,'ivil w.ar, .and .after the war he w.as coniil\' i^.^.S- She w .as horn in honntaiii county, lii- 
 snperiiitendenl of sclio, lis for I W(i terms. Lines di;m;i, \iiL;iist jS, i8:;j-, .and as the Irnits of 
 I.. I'.irkerwenI iiilo the w .11" 111 1 Nd 1 as ;t mem- this m,irii.ii;e there w I'le horn to |lu-iii li\e chil- 
 lier ol ( ompaii\- h, f\\eiil\' fifth Illinois Infaii- dreii, all lixini; ,ind settled in lite iie.ir home: 
 try. lie was soon commissioned a second Alice is the widow ol \le\,inder L. fnlk'rtoii, 
 lienteiiant and .liter the hatlle of I'e.a Kidije was and now li\es near 1Iiil;o, Illinois; John W. 
 liriiiiioted to lirst lienlenant, and afterward is a farmer in Lowdre townsln'ii, near Hugo;
 
 I70 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 Oliver Lino '111 is a grain dealer in Tnscola. 
 Illinois; Hannah O. lives with her hushand 
 one mile west of her parents' home, and Hattie 
 lives with her luishand within hailing distance 
 of her father and mother. 
 
 Mr. Parker is a memlier of the Grand 
 Army of the Repuhlic, also of the Masonic 
 fraternitv. He owns three hundred mu\ thirty 
 acres of land, which he has divided among his 
 children, w ho h\e npoh or manage the part they 
 expect to get at their father's death. Mr. Par- 
 ker and his wife are memhers of the Christian 
 church at Hugo. Illinois, and are liheral con- 
 trihntors to its suiiiiort. 
 
 JAMES M. GOODSPEED. 
 
 James M. GcHKlspeed, a resident of Tus- 
 cola. Illinois, and who has for many years 
 I/cen a preacher in the Methodist l*;pisc!>pal 
 church, was iiorn in the city of W'ooster, 
 A\'ayne county, Ohio, June jj. 1845. His 
 parents were S. S. and Anna ( h'isli ) Good- 
 speed. The former was horn in Esse.x county. 
 New York, and his mother in X'ermont. His 
 grandfather Goodspeed was a soldier in the 
 war of 1 8x2 and for his services drew a pen- 
 sion from the government u|i to the time of 
 his death. 
 
 During the Ci\il war the suhject of this 
 sketch enlisted in the services of his country 
 four times. On June 4. iS6j, he enlisted in 
 the Sixty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers 
 and ser\ed four months. After heing hon- 
 orahly discharged he enlisted in the Twenty- 
 sixth Illinois Volunteers, hut was rejected. 
 
 On March 4. 1864. he enli.sted in the One 
 Hundred and Thirty-lifth Illinois Regiment 
 and hecame sergeant in Company A. After 
 serving four months and twenty-four days he 
 was houorahly discharged. When the gov- 
 ernment called for men to serve for one year, 
 he enlisted again, hut was rejected on account 
 of a disaliled arm. He is now a memlier of 
 the Grand Army of the Repuhlic. 
 
 Rev. Goodspeed was reared and educated 
 at I'rhana. Illinois, and after leaxing the 
 .schools of that city he entered the University 
 of Illinois, where he attended as a student for 
 two vears. He taught school near l^rhana in 
 i86g and 1870, and then entered (i.arrett Bihi- 
 cal Institute, at I^vanston, Illinois, where he 
 prepared himself for the duties of the ministry. 
 He joined the Illinois conference of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church Septemher 30. 1873, 
 and served the following charges: Tuscola 
 circuit, two years; Ludlow, two years; Catlin, 
 two years; Camargo. three years; Fairmount, 
 two years; Georgetown, three years; Homer,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 171 
 
 three years, and was sent from Iliniier to Ar- further ancestry see sketch of his hrother, 
 cola. After serying tlie church liere for one Isaac Skinner). 
 
 year, on account of ill health in his family, John Skinner grew up on the farm and has 
 
 he, in 1892, located at Tuscola. I-'rom that always heen identified with fanning interests, 
 date until the jiresenl he has continued in the lie has held the olTice of towushi]) conimis- 
 actiye niinistr\', scrsing such charges as he sioner, and has always identified himself with 
 could and liye at Tuscola. the hest interests ot Newman and Newman 
 
 -April 14, 1873, he was united in marriage township. Me owns three huuilreil and .sey- 
 to Miss Rebecca, a daughter of 1). 11. Jessee, enty acres of valii.ihle and well-tiled land, 
 who is an enter|>rising stock raiser and shiii])er which conies alnio>t to the cm por.itii m line of 
 residing near \'illa (iro\e. They ha\e two .\ewmau. 
 children: W'ilhnr 1'.. who is a gradu.ate of the 
 Tuscola High School, and F.dith, ten years of 
 age. l\e\'. (ioiidspeeil owns a \alnalile farm 
 of two hundred acres in Douglas county and 
 other priipcrty. lie li.is preached twenty-six 
 years in this stale, is ;in earnest and ahle 
 speaker and is highl_\' respected h\' his neigh- 
 1)( )rs and friends. 
 
 |()ll\ SKIXXF.K. 
 
 Jiilin ."^^kinner, a leliied an(l highly re- 
 si)ected citi/.en ot Xewnian. was hurn in \'er- In iS^cj our sulijecl was married t" Miss 
 million calmly. Imliana, April 4. 18,^1, and is flann.ili J., ,1 daughter . >f Mr. Ringland, one of 
 a son of Jose|ih and .\laiy ((i.ision) .Skinner. the tirst plivsicians of .Vewnian. w ho emigialed 
 llis l.ither came to the cnunty in i8_:;<) ;is a from I'ennsyKauia to the neighliorhoo<l of 
 renter, hut afterward owned a trad of land of Kansas, h'.dgar comUw later remoyed to New- 
 eight hundied aci'es. The city of .Xewnian is man in 1857, and thence hack to Kansas, where 
 located oil part of this land. Me took stock he died. The death of the wife of our subject 
 to the yalne of I'our hundred acres of laud and occurred within six weeks after her marri.agc 
 one thousand doII;irs cisli in the construction to Mr. .Skinner; he has remained unmarried 
 o| the 1. 1). vK: \\ . I\. K.. fioni which he realized e\er since. 
 
 nothing. Me u.is ;m enlisted soldier in the In i8(i_> he yoluuteered in the Seycuty- 
 
 Black Hawk war, and died in 1857 (for ninth Illinois Infantry, and participate<I in the
 
 172 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 battles of Stdiie River, Liberty Gap and Cliick- 
 amautja. Fie ami liis bnither Anson were 
 captured at the latter place on Sejitember ig, 
 1863, and were placed in Libby prison for three 
 days. They were placed in the Peniberton 
 buildinti". just across the street from Libby, 
 and ke])t there for six weeks. Thev were after- 
 ward taken to Danville. X'irqinia. and kept in 
 an old tobacco factor\ thrnugh the winter of 
 1863 and iS(i4 with sixteen hundred other 
 prisoners, and were made to sleej) on the bare 
 floor without betUliny or lights in the buildiu";. 
 Tli'ey were taken from this place in .\pril, i8()4, 
 ;uid sent to .Andersonville, Georgia. This 
 prison contained al)out twenty three acres, be- 
 ing enclosed with logs standing on end, mak- 
 ing a wall arountl about fourteen feet high. 
 This prison had about thirty-five thousand men 
 in it. In September, 1864, they were taken to 
 Charleston, South Carolina, and remained 
 there four weeks, thence to Florence Stockade, 
 in February, 1865. They were kept prisoners 
 here for al)out tour months, when thev were 
 removed to Goldsboro, South Carolina, and 
 back to \Vilmington, where they were mus- 
 tered out after enduring a prison life of seven- 
 teen months and nine days. In these prisons 
 they were reduced in llesh b\- starvation to less 
 than half their natural weight. Mr. Skinner 
 was with his regiment all the time after being 
 mustered in until he was cajjtured, excepting 
 twi> weeks sickness at Stone Ri\er. .\fter be- 
 ing caplurcil he was ten days on his Wdv to 
 Libby, where general starvation began, lie 
 issued rations to a scpiad of twenty men about 
 one year. There were seventeen members of 
 his company cai)tured at the same time and he 
 had charge of them in pri.son and kept them all 
 in his squad except Lieutenant Albin, who was 
 
 wounded and taken from this ]jlace. Joseph 
 Harvey and \\'illiam Ritter were left sick at 
 Richmond, Virginia: Ritter died and Harvey 
 was ]iaroled. D. N. Howard, .Aaron Briton and 
 W'm. .Stilluell. of his company, died in .\nder- 
 sonsille. These were all that died of the sev- 
 enteen who were captured. 
 
 .After they left Dan\ille. \'irginia, there 
 was ne\er a vessel of any kind issued for them 
 with which to eat, drink or cook. .Ml thev had 
 was old cans that they could ])ick up that had 
 been thrown awa^'. 
 
 Our subject got hold of an old iron hoop 
 and UKule a saw and a pocket knife, these being 
 the only edge tools he bad. \\ith these he 
 [legan making buckets out of cordwood. He 
 could make one bucket a day and sold them for 
 from one dollar to one dollar and a half. This 
 was his occupation while in .\nderson\ille. 
 AVliile he was in the Florence stockades he 
 mended shoes and made from two dollars to 
 two dollars and fifty cents per ilay. .At Dan- 
 \ille he got a job of keeping the back yaril 
 clean, for which be recei\ed four rat'ons per 
 day ; he divided these rations with his com- 
 pany and by so doing saved the lives of six or 
 eight men. In November, 1864, he went out 
 to the commissar}-, where he had plenty to eat, 
 taking his squad along, besides several mem 
 bers of other companies. While he was in An- 
 dersomille ])rison he was starved down to the 
 weight of eighty-live pounds, but when he left 
 the commissary at bdorence, in b'ebruarv, 18O5, 
 he bail goten back to his natural weight, one 
 hundred and ninety-seven and one-half pounds, 
 so it can lie seen how starvation had reduced 
 him. 1 Ic was mustered i.mt of service June 5, 
 18(15. at the city of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 .\nson Skinner's death occurred in Feb-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 173 
 
 niary, 1896. William, another hmther, now 
 residing- in Xewnian, was a nicniher ot the 
 same regiment ; they were all sergeants. John 
 Skinner's friends are legion in the community 
 in which he resides. He h\es a (|uiet, con- 
 tented life, and cnjo)'s the highest confidence 
 of all who know him. 
 
 JOHN V. JORD.XN. 
 
 John \'. Jordan, one of the old and well 
 known (if the early settlers now living ami re- 
 siding in .Murdoch towiishi]), settled in what 
 is now llie coiitincs of Douglas county in the 
 fall of ii'^34. lie is a son of h'.dward |(irdan, 
 who was horn in \ ir''inia and rcaicd ni l\eu- 
 
 r 
 
 
 
 tuckw ;i son iif Samuel jord.in. who w;is one 
 ot the pioneer settlers of that state. h'.dward 
 jord.in wediled Christina \'an |)u\u. who was 
 
 lioi'n in .\e\\ Jersey ;uid was a druighter of 
 .Mr. Jordan's ])arents emigrated to \ crmillion 
 coinUw Indiana, where he was lioru in the 
 year iS,V>. Ilere he was reared and iccci\e<l 
 John and Rehecca \'au l)u\n. In ahont iSj_^ 
 the meagre education oht.aiuahle in the early 
 ])ioneer schools of that day. After arriving 
 in Douglas coimtw he entered first an eightv- 
 acre tract of land, -awA soon after I)ought an- 
 other eighty-acre tract, which was second 
 h.and. h'or that which he entereil he ]>aid one 
 tlollar ami twenty-live cents per acre, and the 
 other at three dollars and se\entv-fi\e cents per 
 acre, lie niiw owns in all three hundred and 
 litty acres. He h;is oidy recently donated one 
 acie to the k'airland Cemetery Compau\'. lie 
 has .always taken an active interest in com- 
 mon school education .and was school trustee 
 ;md tre.isiu'er helore he liecame a \oter in 
 1 )i luglas ci Hint)'. 
 
 In January, 1S35, he was muted in mar- 
 ri.age to Miss L\'dia (_ . I.eniou, who w.as a na- 
 tive of Lawrence count)', lndian;i, ,and a d.iugh- 
 ter of M. H, ;iiid h'.h/a Lemon. To their m.ar- 
 riage were horn si.\ chiflren: l.cmon. I'.Ua. 
 Edward, John, l,uc\- an<l Dell. I.iu\ died in 
 1888, at the age o|' twenl\ one \ears. 
 
 John \ . J' ird.iii, licti n e (lie formal .on 1 u' the 
 Kcpiihhcin ]i;irt\, w.is a Whig, and since llie 
 filler pai"l\ went down he li.is licen ,1 Repuhli- 
 c.in. When he lirst came to the fcalitx' in 
 which he now resides, .among those who li.id 
 couK' ]ire\ionsl\- w (.•!■(,■ Knherl i',. ( arm.ick. who 
 was horn in renni'ssee and located here in 
 1S3J; S.iinuel .iiid James W'ishard .and J.acoh 
 Canlm.iu; .ilsn Samuel .\. Itrowii. .ill coming 
 liciin \ ermilhoii connt\. Indiana; l\e\ . h mes 
 .and .\ithni Rr.idsh.iw w ere the earl\ preachers.
 
 174 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 N. C. LYRLA. 
 
 N. C. Lyrla, of Tuscola, a young lawyer 
 of brilliant prospects in the future, was ad- 
 mitted to practice in tlic l)ou,t;ias o>unty ciuuis. 
 in i8q6, having- previously prepared himself 
 for the law inider the tutelage of the late Hon. 
 
 Charles W. W'oolverton. He was born 
 October 4. 1875. in Champaign county, Illinois, 
 and is the sou of H. J. and Rose (Christy) 
 Lyrla, who were natives respectively of South 
 Carolina and ()luii. His f.ather is a tnbular 
 well drilltr by trade and resides in Tuscola. 
 His grandfather Christy was born in Ohio 
 and ser\ed in the war of the Rebellion. 
 
 N. C. Lvrla was graduated from the Tus- 
 cola high school in the class of 1894. He takes 
 an active interest in the success of the Dem- 
 ocratic party and was the party's nominee for 
 ccmuty judge in 1898, InU withdrew before 
 the electiun. In the legal i)rofession he is rap- 
 idly fighting his way to the front; he is a young 
 man of excellent good judgment, is a good 
 mdge of law and is engaged in some of 
 the must important cases th.at come before the 
 Douglas county courts. 
 
 HENRY C. NILES. 
 
 Henry Clay Niles, master in chancery, 
 local historian and an old and well known resi- 
 dent of Tuscola, is a native of Baltimore, 
 Maryland, and a son of Hezikiah and Sally 
 .\nn( Warner) Niles, the former was born near 
 Wilmington, Delaware, and the latter being of 
 Quaker extraction and the daughter of John 
 Warner, one of the leading Quakers of that 
 state. Hezikiah Niles was an intimate friend 
 of Henry Clay, and prominent in Whig pol- 
 itics of his (lav; in 181 1 he was editor and 
 pro])rietor of the Niles Register, which was a 
 strong Whig and pro-slavery paper and always 
 supported the candidacy of Clay. It was one 
 of the most influential newspapers in the east- 
 ern countrv. being one of the acknowledged 
 organs of the \\hig party. The International 
 Cvclopedia savs of him that he was born in 
 
 1777. in Pennsylvania, received an ordmary 
 education and became a member of J^onsal & 
 Niles in the newspaper Inisiness at \\'ilming-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 •75 
 
 toll, nelaware. wliich was not a success. He 
 tlieii liecame a newspaper correspondent and 
 in iSii founded Xiles Rctjister at Baltimore, 
 and tlied in 1839. 
 
 II. C. Niles was reared to inanluMxl in tlie 
 cit}' of Baltimore wliere he attended school 
 up til the ag'e of fourteen years. 1 le then hecanie 
 a clerk in a wholesale drug store and later was 
 a clerk in the Baltimore postnflice fur seven 
 years. He was then engaged in the drug busi- 
 ness u]) tn icS^d, when he came tu what is now' 
 Douglas ci>unly and located at I'.Murhdn, 
 \i here he hecanie a salesman for his hrother- 
 in Law, L. ( '. Rust, who w;is une of the early 
 mercli.aiits nf the cnunty, aii<l with wlium he 
 remained fur i\\, 1 years. .After Douglas 
 county was fdniu-d in 1850. he was elected tu 
 the ofifice of county sur\eyor, since wliich time 
 he has served several terms in this othce, and is 
 one of the hest known sur\e\-ors in central 
 Illinois. He is still acti\ely engaged in the 
 business. \'arious acts of the legislature mak- 
 ing any correct snr\ey hy a competent snr\-eyiir 
 perfectly leg.il (thus destroying all induce- 
 ments to hold the ofiice), he. like maiiv other 
 e.xperienced surveyor^ in the state. h;is since 
 refused the position. In iSSi, he was aj)- 
 jiointed master in ch.ancery of the Doug'Jas 
 County circuit court, which ])osition he has con- 
 tinuously held, thus attesting his popularity 
 witth all classes ot peopFe who have husiness 
 in his court. 
 
 In [858 he married Miss kehecca IJrowu, 
 of DeWitt county. Illinois. TIkw have fwv 
 children, four of whom are living. .\Ir. Niles 
 was made a M.isoii, in li.altiniore, in 1854, and 
 iS OIK- ot the oldest memhers of that craft in 
 the county. He has materially assisted in the 
 making of hotli count v atlases ;ind is the author 
 
 of the old Douglas county history, ])uhlislied in 
 1884, and in this compil.alion of this \iilume 
 1 ;im under perm.anent ohHg.itions to Mr. Niles 
 h >r his iinselfish help. 
 
 JOSI'.l'H 
 
 FINNEV. 
 
 Jose]ih H. I'innev, late of Newman, was 
 horn in Parke county. Indi.an.a, January 10, 
 1841), and die<l .Septemher 9, 1897. In 1873 
 he was married to Miss Kate I'orter and after 
 her de.'ith married .Miss .\gnes V'alodin. For 
 twent\'-three vc.ars Mr. h'innev w;is in husiness 
 at Newman ;it which lie snccessfnllv continued 
 up to the lime id his death. lie left ,1 wife 
 
 and two Soils: I'orier and l{\ei"ctt: also two 
 sisters, Mrs. W . I'. Miller and Mrs. W. |). 
 (ioldman. .and four hiollieis; I'".. ('., Daniel, 
 D,i\id \\ ., .and Kohert. I'or several years Mr. 
 hiiinev w.is an active and inllnenli.al memher 
 of the .M. I'", church at Newman, and ,il his 
 fuiier.il in speaking of llie deceased, the pastor
 
 176 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 spoke in substance as follows: "Josei)li Fin- 
 ney (li't not lack in noMe liahits. lie was a 
 true friend. Friendship to him was not an 
 ideal sonicthint;-. hut a living reality, lie had 
 no enemies, for he let his life cast true friend- 
 ship on every other life. No envy or malice 
 could .grow in his nature. lie was benevolent 
 to a fault, if it is ever a fault to be benevolent. 
 Some man who knew him well, said, 'If Jos- 
 eph iMuney only had twenty dollars in the 
 world .and someone in need were to ask him for 
 aid, he would ,^ivc nineteen of the twenty to 
 the tlestitutc." Such was his nature. 
 
 "Gentleness was a marked characteristic 
 of his nature. No unkind words would Mr. 
 Finney say of those who may deserve them. 
 "He understocxl human nature well and 
 l)ecause he knew the need (d' sympathy he 
 understood now to look with charity on the 
 failings of others. 
 
 "No man was ever discouraged or weak- 
 ened by associating with joseijh Finney. On 
 the other hand, all who knew him felt the 
 inllucnce of an honest, gentle, manly spirit. 
 Probably none have felt natural weakness 
 more, but none have shown more truly than the 
 deceased a strong heart and an irreproachable 
 character. If ever a m;m was worthy of 
 ch;nitv. th;it m;ui was .Mr. l-'inney. 
 
 "In his home, in social life, and in business 
 relations he was ever the same. No harshness, 
 no sharj) criticism, no fault finding marreii his 
 iiUercniu'se wiln others. 
 
 "lie was ever a man id' noble aspirati'us. 
 ile v>as never satisfied with present e.\perience 
 or achievements. His testimonies in class 
 meetii^g an 1 prayer meeting always s;)')ke 
 humility and resolution and noble desire. 
 
 "lie knew how to struggle. .\nd though 
 
 like every other man he nicay sometimes have 
 erred, yet, like David, he knew how to rise 
 above difticnlty and even defeat. His frank- 
 ness was striking. He was never afraid tc; do 
 the m.inly thing. 
 
 '"To his ])astor he sjxike with Christian con- 
 fidence during his illness of his trust in God, 
 and conscious peace at heart. He was the 
 kind of man that God loves, — humble, sin- 
 cere, trustful, penitent. 
 
 "The words of Shakespeare may be truly 
 said of him: 'His life was gentle, and the 
 elements so mixed in him, that nature might 
 stand u]i and say to all the world. This was a 
 man.' "' 
 
 He was buried at Tuscola, the funeral cer- 
 emonies being conducted by Re\". J. M. Oak- 
 wood, assisted by Revs. Calhoun and Piper. 
 Mr. Finney was a Mason and was a member of 
 Melita Commandery at Tuscola, the members 
 of which had charge of his remains; he was 
 also a member of the Knights of Pythias and 
 Modern Woodmen. His widow, Mrs. Finney, 
 resides at .Newman and before her marriage 
 was a Miss Valodin, of Oakland. She was a 
 daughter of M. B. and Sarah Ann (Red- 
 den) \'alodin. Her father was born in Ohio 
 and her mother in Illinois. Mrs. h'inney is a 
 member of the Methodist Episcopal church at 
 Xewman and highly interests herself in cburcii 
 work, being one of the class leaders. 
 
 SAMUEL H.\\\lvL\S. 
 
 Samuel Hawkins, a member of one <d die 
 earliest settled in Douglas county families and 
 a soldier in the Civil war, was born in Pick-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 1/7 
 
 away county, Oliio, October 12, 1836. and is a 
 snn i>f ]nhn Tfawkiiis wlio was l)orn in Lon- 
 (Iniin Cdunl}', \'irL;inia. His motlicr, wlio was 
 Marji'arct Cassady, was also l.iorn in X'irc^-inia. 
 In October, 1851. Siunud's father, witli a 
 laniily of several sons, came and settled in 
 what is now Douglas county, two miles and 
 ;i half southwest of Newman, .\ftcr he had 
 Inc'itcd his children nrs^'cl him to enter <a lar<;'C 
 body of land which he could have done at one 
 dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, but it was 
 his opinion at that time that the prairie land 
 uiaild never he settled, and conse(|ncntlv he 
 
 did not do so. i'.ut later on he bought a f.arm 
 of seventy-two acres along the Brushv h'ork 
 timber, where he resided until his death, .\'o- 
 \ ember ro, ]88o. 
 
 Samuel Hawkins remained on a farm in 
 Ohio until he arrived in Douglas county with 
 his I'ather. He has l«en twice married, the 
 first lime on Octi/ber 23, 1858, to Aliss Eliza- 
 beth, a daugliter of Robert Hopkins, wlio emi- 
 gr.-ited from Pickaway county, Ohio, and set- 
 tled in Xewman township before the Hawkins 
 12 
 
 tamily, and by this marriage he has two chil- 
 dren living: W. S. and Mrs. Mary E. lUisby. 
 Mis first wife died .\ugu.st 12, 1866. In 1870 
 he wedded ATiss Elizabeth, daugliter of W'ill- 
 iam lln|)kiiis, who was a brother of Roliert, 
 and was among the pioneer .settlers in what is 
 now known as the Hopkins and Hawkins 
 neiglil)orhood. Mrs. Hawkins is a gnmd- 
 danghter of Josejih and Eliz;ibtth Winkler, 
 who came to this county in :i verv earlv day. 
 Both died in 1830, and were among the verv 
 earliest buried in the .Mliin cemeterv. .Mr. 
 Hawkins by his second wife has Iwn children: 
 E\a 1!., wife of llarrisun ll.awkins. ;uid Lu- 
 ther 1')., unmarried. 
 
 On July 30, 1862, our subject volunteered 
 in the Seventy-ninth Illinois, and became a 
 corporal in Com]xniy E, W. .\. Lowe's com 
 pany. Mr. Eowe was an olil .■md pi-nminenl 
 early settler in .Vewman township, and for 
 him the Newman (irand .\rmy ])osl w;is 
 named; before the end of the war he became 
 lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Hawkins was .at the 
 iiattle of t'hickamauga, but was captured the 
 first day of the fight and w:is sent to Uich- 
 mond and Later to Danville. He is a member 
 of the (ir.and .\rniy of the Ke])nblic, of the 
 Masonic fraternity, and the Wesley Chapel 
 .Methodist church. He owns eighty acres of 
 land and is one of the substantial and highly 
 respected citizens of Newman township. 
 
 1-"U.\.\'K C. DI'A'I'.R. 
 
 h^^ank C. Devcr, present i)rincipal of the 
 Hindsboro public .schools, and the ctlitor and 
 proprietor (jf the Hindsboro News, was Ijorn
 
 178 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in Clark county, TUindis. January 26, 1860, 
 and is a son of I'^ C. ami I'.li/.a (luig-lish) 
 Dover, natives of Ohio. The jiarents re- 
 iiiDVcd to Caniargo township in iS^S, thence 
 tu r..i\v(lre township in 1870, and the father 
 at present resides in Missouri, the mother 
 having died May 31, 1900. l-rank C. Dever 
 attended Lee's academy at Loxie. Coles coun- 
 tv, and later at the Danville normal. He has 
 
 been teaching since 1 880, ar.d was superintend- 
 ent of the ]Hil)lic schools at .\nna, Illinois, for 
 four years, and of Barry, Illinois, for tw<.^ 
 years. Since 1897 he has held his present 
 position in the Hindsboro public schools. In 
 1892 he was married to Miss Eva W'orley, of 
 .\ima. They have two children : Lena and 
 Wesley Collins. 
 
 In 1898 our snliject was the Democratic 
 nominee for superintendent of the Douglas 
 county schools, but was defeated. The Demo- 
 cratic side of the board of supervisors in the 
 contest to fill the vacancy in tliat office caused 
 by tlie death of Thomas M. \\'ells, in 1899, 
 
 gave their united support to Mr. Dever for 
 twenty-three ballots, the board being a tie 
 politically. The deadlock, which had held the 
 lioard of supervisors for several weeks, was 
 broken by both parties meeting on neutral 
 ground and giving their united support to 
 Miss Blanche Caraway, the present incumbent. 
 The Hindsboro News, which is in the line 
 politically with the Chicago platform, was 
 founded liy Sisson & Miller in 1896. Air. 
 Sisson soon withdrew, and the paper was man- 
 aged liy Charles B. Miller until the summer 
 of 1897, when he was succeeded by Monroe 
 Mclntyre, known as the "fighting editor" of 
 the News, and who sold the paper to Mr. 
 Dever in March, 189S. The paper has a cs- 
 culation of about five hundred, comes out ov 
 Fridays and is a six-column folio. Since 
 October, 1899, C. L. Watson, the prc.ai.; 
 supervisor of Bowdre township, has been as- 
 sociated with Mr. Dever in business, under the 
 following names : Dever & Watson, pub- 
 lishers; and C. L. Watson & Co., real estate. 
 Mr. Dever is president of the village board of 
 trustees of Hinds1:)oro, and is ident.fied with 
 all movements which aim toward the advance- 
 ment of the best interests of Hindsboro and 
 its vicinity. 
 
 GEORGE W. SIDERS. 
 
 George W. Siders is one of the early and 
 prominent settlers of Camargo township stdl 
 living. He settled in the northeast part of 
 Camargo township in 1852. He is a son of 
 Jacob and Susan (Clark) Siders, who were
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 1/9 
 
 natives respectively of A'irginia and Maryland. 
 .\fter tlieir marriage they emigrated from 
 Virginia to Fairfield county. Ohio, thence to 
 Pickaway county. Ohio, and from there to 
 Douglas county, Illinois. In the _\-ear aliove 
 mentioned Jacolb Siders was a renter and 
 never owned but twenty acres of land. He 
 died in this county in the sixty-third year of 
 his age. and was huricd at Camargo. His 
 wife, who was horn in i8i i near Harper's 
 Ferry, Virginia, is still living. Jacol) Siders 
 was a son of Solomon Siders, wlio was a sol- 
 
 George W. Siders was born b'chruary lo, 
 1836, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and was six- 
 teen years old when his father came to Doug- 
 las count}-. In 1 869 he settled on his i)resent 
 farm, which contains one hundred and t\\ent\' 
 acres. In 1862 he was united in marriage to 
 Eliza i\nn Hughes, who was bom and reared 
 in Logan county, Ohio. Her death occm-red 
 on Sunday, April 2j, 1900. To this mar- 
 riage were born five children, four of whom 
 are nf)w li\-ing: Mary, who is the wife of 
 Charles lvc}'nolds; Ella, wife of John lluls; 
 .Mice, wife of I linmas Huls; and .Miln, who 
 is at home; he married Miss .Maii'l (irimcs, 
 of Indianola. Robert Eldon, who died in 
 April. 1900, aged thirt_\'-seven }-cars and live 
 days, was much attached to his fam.ly. .Mr. 
 Siders has been schocil director for three years, 
 a member of the Grange and l\ M. I!. .\. 
 order, .\mong" -Mr. Siders' neighbors whjn 
 he first came to the coimty were Jack K.ch- 
 man and his brollier Jim, and George Kilter, 
 now ])ostmastcr at \'illa Grc)\'e. and amung the 
 early ministers were .Vrthur Bradshaw. i'eler 
 Wallace, whn was the presiding elder oi the 
 district, and Rex'. Saulsburv. 
 
 \\TLL1.\M 11. PA'Sll. 
 
 dier in the war of 1812 and the Ilonsc-shoc 
 war against the Indians. The father of Solo- 
 mon Siders was also named Solomon; he was 
 
 in the war of the Revolution and according to William H. Ihish, a well-known auction- 
 
 tbe traditions of the family lived to be one eer and respected citizen of Hindsboro, 
 
 hundred and fifteen years old. James Clark, was born in I'.owdre township, Douglas coun- 
 
 the maternal grandf;Uher, was born in Dublin, ty, Illinois, .\pril i, 1839. lie is a son of E. 
 
 Ireland, was a weaver liy trade, and when he P.. and Margaret .\nn (Mover) Ru.sh. His 
 
 came to Ohio was one of the pioneer school father was one of the earliest settlers m 
 
 teachers. Powdre township, lie was a native of liar-
 
 i8o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. . 
 
 din enmity. KciUiicky. and c.nnic to the (.-(innty 
 wlien seventeen _\-cars of age. .\t present he 
 resides ;il Gales'liurg, Illinois, in the sixty- 
 second xcnv of his age. He is a son of John 
 Bush, who was horn in l''lizal)ethto\vn. llardin 
 county, Kentuck}'. April i, iScij, and <licd 
 lu.lv 5. 1852. Our suhject's mother. Mar- 
 garet .\un Moycr. was horn in Rockingham 
 countv, N'irginia. and was the dangliter of 
 Jtjhn Pliillip I\lo}'er. who was of German 01- 
 
 tr.action. and who came to the comity a year 
 pre\ ions to the coming of the I'ush familv. 
 
 William H. lUish was reared on the farm 
 and educated at the country schools of Bow- 
 dre township, Douglas county, Illinois. In 
 18S2 he was united in marriage to Aliss Lola 
 I*'. Alnlliktu. of C'hamp.aigu county, a grand- 
 daughter of Samuel ]'. Miller, who has ever 
 since he was a young man heen a iirominent 
 light in the ministry of the Christian church. 
 .\lr. .Miller is still li\ing. in. the eighty-fifth 
 vear of his age. lie w;i^ horn in Kentucky, 
 April j(>. 1S15. llis wife, I'.ertha M. Jean, 
 
 was horn in Illinois, May 7, 1817, and died 
 July 8. 1838. (See sketch of I. .M. MuUiken. 
 of Newman.) To :\!r. and Mrs. Bush have 
 heen born eiglit children, whose names and 
 dates of birth are as follows: Zella M., Sep- 
 tember 3, 1882; Clarence E., December 7, 
 1883; Stella F., September 12. 18S7; Gertie 
 V,., June 22, 1889 (died September 14, 1898) ; 
 Waldo H., August 17, 1890: V'icva M.. Feb- 
 ruar)- 2('>, 1893; one which died at birth un- 
 named, May 19, 1895; Frederick E., Novem- 
 ber 23, 1899. Mr. Bush has in additi<ni to 
 his work as auctioneer dealt in broomcorn w.th 
 Duncan & Tarbox, of .\rcola. since 1888. lie 
 has also been in the uudert.aking business in 
 I lindslioro since June 10, 181)7. lie was one 
 of the principal organizers oi the Court i>f 
 Honor at that jilace on March 1, 1899, of 
 which order he has been the' worthy chancel- 
 lor since its organization. This order is in a 
 lloiu'ishiug condition, lia\'ing initiated about 
 one hundred members. He was elected ilele 
 gate to the ounty convention of the Court of 
 1 hinor January 9. ii;oo; frc.m there he was 
 elected delegate to the State meeting .at 
 .Springfield for February 14. i()00; ami at the 
 state convent:<in he was elected tlelegate to the 
 supreme session, which was held in I'eoria on 
 
 Mav 
 
 i(;oo. W'illirun H. lUisli is also 
 
 a member of the Masonic and i. O. O. F. fra- 
 ternities and of the Modern Woodmen of 
 .\nierica. He stands high in his community, 
 and is recognized as a man of good business 
 .abililv; he has filled all the principal oftices 
 in the Odd I'^ellows lodge of Hindsboni. as 
 well as deputy of the lodge for several terms. 
 He also represented his lodge in the Gr;uid 
 Lodge at Springfield in i8()3 ;md 1894. .\t 
 present he is senior deacon in the A. !•'. & .'\.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 iSi 
 
 iM. li)(lt^e at Ilindslxini: lias also been the ven- Haniimi, nf Cleniiniit connlw ( )liii). In iSo- 
 
 erable consul of 1 liiulsln MM Camp No. 968, M. he started in business at ( )aklancl and con 
 
 W. 0I" .\., and served as worthy banker of this tinned until 1S87, when be nio\ed to Kansas 
 
 camp lor four successive years. He has in- and entei\'d into partnership with Ins brothe;-, 
 
 terested himself in politics, having been elected W. W. Darr. under the firm name of W. W. 
 
 constable of liowdre township three times; liarr >S: Urother. 
 
 has also served as trustee of the village. IMr. His wife passed awav April j. iS^S, lea\- 
 liush has the management of the Douglas iug two children. .Stella and ( ienrge 11. 
 County Telejihone Exchange, located in his hi iSjc; he sfarte<l in business in .X'ewmaii 
 residence ;it llind.sboro. which is operateil by and one \ear later sold his interest in the store 
 his eldest daughter, Zella M. I'.ush. at Kansas to his brother and b, mglit tlie lit- 
 ter's interest in .Xewinan. 
 In i<S,Si he married Miss Mav W. Curd. 
 
 J\.Mb:.S i;.\UR. 
 
 Among the many successful men noted for 
 then- l.iir dealing with the public and llu-ir np- 
 rightness in character, who have made die 
 city of Xewnian f.anioiis, none deser\e more 
 t'redit than James I'.arr. ( )ui' subiect was 
 born in ('leriiioiit couuiw ()hi(i. April 7, iS_:;i), 
 and in 1S5J uioxed with his parents to Ch,-ir- 
 lestoii. ('oles county. Illinois, where he w;is 
 reared .and schooled. At the age of sixteen 
 he beg.an the traile of a tinner, which he m,a> 
 tei'ed and ba^ coiitiuned to follow llirougli 
 lite. \\ hen he w;is but ;i bov his father died. 
 lea\ing him to do for liini'-elf. llis eilnca- 
 tioti.il .id \. 11 1 1 ages were, as wa> the case with ,,f W'wm.an. and to this union one son. Cl.ay- 
 m.iiiy ot the pioneers. \ ery limited, allliongh tun ('., was born. 
 
 he rei'eueil ;i f.iir business education. Ileiiig hi iSi;o be sold a half inierest in his Inisi- 
 
 of a mechanical turn of mind, be soon became ness to W. !'". .Summers. Tbev conilncted the 
 an expert workman. During the lirsl call of business under the n.iine of l',.irr iV Summers 
 the Civil w.ar he enlisted in the baglith lllilloi^ until iNm^. when Ah'. I'.arr bought Mr. Sinn- 
 V'olnnteer liif;nitr_\-. ami remained out inilil mers' interest. On the Stli of (tctipbi'r. iSij^. 
 the end ol his term of service, after which be our subject's son, Ceorge 11. Karr. died at the 
 returned to Charleston. age of twenty-one years, four months .and 
 
 In i.S()4 Mr. ILarr m.arried .Miss bdiza K. foiirfeeii davs.
 
 I82 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Ill iSi/) lie siilil ;i half interest to I. M. 
 MuUiken. of Cliaiiestun. The hrin runs un- 
 der the head uf Barr & Mulliken. They own 
 two uf the largest stores in the city, one, hard- 
 ware, stoves ami tinware, and the other, fur- 
 niture and undertaking-, where a full line of 
 each can al\va\s he found on hand James 
 Barr is a stanch Repuhlican and has heen 
 elected iiia\or of Neunian three times, always 
 making- a good executix'e officer. He is a 
 great helie\er in secret orders and is ever 
 ready to further their interests. He is a 
 prominent Odd Fellow and Mason ; is a Knight 
 Teni])lar. heing a memher of the Alelita Com- 
 mandery No. T,y. at Tuscola. He is Eminent 
 High I'riest in .Vewnian Chapter, \o. /2. and 
 is the president of the Odd Fellnws Ceneiit 
 Association of Douglas county. He is the 
 son of Samuel and Sarah ( Wise) Barr. The 
 former was li'im in Steuhein ille, ()liii). in 
 1800, and died in iS5(). The latter was Ijurn 
 in Pennsyhaiii.a in 1803 and died in iSSo. 
 Air. Barr's present wife is the daughter nf 
 Daniel and Fxaline Curd, of near l'"rankfiirt, 
 Kentucky. Daniel Curd was l.xirn in iSoS 
 and Evaline in iSoi. 
 
 Mr. Jiarr is a memher uf the M. E. church 
 ami his wife is a nieniber and wnrker in the 
 O. K. S. and Rehekah hedges of Newman, and 
 is a leading worker in the Christian church. 
 
 ADOLPH HAPKE. 
 
 the province of West Prussia, Germany. May 
 30, 1869, and is a son of Christ and Ciiristian 
 (Schlack) Plapke, who were nati.ves of the 
 same province. His father was a blacksmith 
 hy trade, who emigrated to this country in 
 1871 and located in Michigan City, Laporte 
 county, Indiana, where he followed his trade 
 and also engaged in farming. He resides at 
 present four and one-half miles east of I\lichi- 
 gan City. He served in the war of Germany 
 against Austria in 1866. 
 
 .\di>lpli Il.-ipkc, the leading jeweler ;iml 
 optician and one of the rising and successful 
 N'liuiig business men of Newman, was born in 
 
 .\ili>lpb Hapke received a C(.immon school 
 eilucaticiii ;ind ;it the age of sex'enteen went to 
 Michigan City, where he serveil an apprentice- 
 ship of four years at his trade. In 1898 he 
 located at Newman, haxing previously taken 
 a course in optics at the Chicago Oi)hthal- 
 niology College. 
 
 On October 11, 1899, he was married to 
 Miss Josephine, a daughter of Enoch Gordon, 
 of Newman. .Vfler his luarriage he pur- 
 chased the residence of C. E. Eagler, and it is 
 one of the elegantlv furnished homes of New-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 183 
 
 man. After lii.s marriage tlic Newman In- mentiuncd. In Fel)ruary. i,Sf)_>. lie vulun- 
 (Icpendent spoke of him as follow.s: "Mr. teereil in tl:e I'irst Missouri Regiment of In- 
 Ilapke came to Newman about two years ago, fantry ami parlicijiated in mauv of the priuci- 
 and since then his dealings with our people have pal battles of liie war, remaining out until its 
 been honorable, and he has formed ties nf clo.se. He afterward returned home and en- 
 friendship that will always last. The briile gaged in farming, and succeeded in making 
 is one of Newman's most deserving young an iKniest living and securing^ the good opinion 
 ladies, who was graduated in the sjiring of ,,f his neighbors. His farm contain.s only 
 
 1891; from the high school of Newman with 
 honors." 
 
 Mr. Hapke carries a large stock of jew- 
 elry, and by his honest and upright mode of 
 doing l.iusiness has ])ut himself on the mail 
 to building up a most prosjierous business. 
 
 forty -four acres, but he is .satisfied with if. 
 
 In 18(17 oiu" subject was united in marri;ige 
 to Miss Sarah Johnson, a d.aughter of I. T. 
 
 I. M. HAW KINS. 
 
 J. .M. Hawkins, an inlelligent farnier. who 
 saw three years of ser\ ice in the war of the 
 Kcljt'llion. is a son of jolni Hawkins, who 
 was born near llar])er's l'"erry, Virginia, and 
 who came to Douglas county in 1 S3 1 . and 
 .settled on a farm three mile.^ south of New 
 man. where he resi<led .and was jirominent in 
 his neighl)orhood uji until his death, which 
 
 occm-red in the year 1880. .\mong some more Johnson, win, |iracticed medicine ;it I'.onrbon 
 ol the eai'lier settlers are mentioned L'ornelius, u]> to 1871. when he iemo\ed to I'larlon conn 
 Robert and James Hopkins, Robert .Mbin and [v. .Missouri, where he died some sixteen years 
 Enoch .\ewell. who are all early settlers fioui ago at the .ige of sixty-four years. lie was a 
 Indiana. John Hawkins wedded Margaret natixe of ( )hio. .Mr. ll.awkins is a member 
 C'as.s.-uly, ol ( )hio, but a native of \'irginia. of the ( irand .\rmy of the Republic, .M.isonic 
 
 J. M. Hawkins was born in I'ickaway fraternity and Knights of I'vlhias. lie is 
 comity. ( )liio. I'"ebniary 5. 1831), and came unassuniing in his manner ;uid gentle in his 
 to Douglas coniit\- in the iall of the vear .above conduct tow,-iiil his fellow men.
 
 1 84 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ARRAM 11. MOORE. 
 
 Aliram !l. Mi)orc, deceased, father of 
 I'".(l\\;iiil M. and Morris L. Moore, was 1)()rii in 
 I'.nurliiiii tdwnsliii), Douolas county, Illinois, 
 
 Deccniher 7. 1S38. and was of old Virginia 
 ancestry, lie died May 11, 1SS3. at the age 
 of forty-four years. His fatlier was Jacob 
 Rice JMoore anil his mother .\manda Moore 
 (see sketches of Wm. F.. Jacob R., Jr., and 
 others.) Abrani H. Moore was married to 
 Mary E. Miller, of Mattoon, Illinois. J.anuary 
 31, 1865. To their union were born three 
 children: I'ldward McClellan, Morris Logan, 
 and Mary Catherine, Morris and Kate being 
 twins. .Mary C"atherine dieil Seiitember 18, 
 1890, and .Mary E. died October 20, 1894. 
 Abrani 11. at his death owned a farm of three 
 liundrc<l and twenty acres in I'ourbon town- 
 shp, ailjdining the old Moore homestead. He 
 was cf a sober, industrious disi)oS!tion an.l 
 \v;ui highly respected by his large cn^'jle .1; 
 friends and ntighbors. He was an invalid lor 
 five years prior to bi§ death. 
 
 F.DW. McC. MOORE. 
 
 Edw. McC. Moore, the oldest son of .Mirani 
 H. and Mary E. Moore was born at the home 
 of his father, three miles west of Areola, Bour- 
 bon township, Douglas county, Illinois, Octo- 
 lier 20, 1865. He secured his education in the 
 neighborhood schools. At the age of si.Kteen 
 vears Mr. Moore left school on account of the 
 death of his father and took charge of ilie 
 farm, and he has been successful as a farmer, 
 stock rai.ser and feeder. In 1893 he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Lena Kelley, a daughter of .Mr. 
 Benjamin Kelley. who was an early settler in 
 }*Ioultrie county, from Kentucky. At present 
 he spends most of his time among his child'cn, 
 in Florida, California, . Kansas, Washington, 
 Nebraska and Ill'nois. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Moore two very interesting children have been 
 born: .\lbert Henry and Mary Vivian. Mr. 
 Moore owns two hundred and sixty acres of 
 
 well improxx'd laiui, 
 
 had some ex- 
 
 perience in office. He is of good moral char- 
 acter and his friends are many.
 
 BIOGRAFJllCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 185 
 
 MORRIS L. MOORE. 
 
 Morris Logan Moore, son of Abram H. 
 and Mary E. Moore, was liorn April 28, iSCnj. 
 at tlie Iiome of his father, three miles west of 
 .\rccihi. TUinois, in ISonrlion townsiiij), and 
 
 "^ "^ 
 
 W V 1 
 
 
 ^J% 
 
 pBhs.-^' 
 
 k . . 
 
 owns and lives on the old home, C(.)nsisting' of 
 twi) liniulrcd and tea acres of well improved 
 land, lie received h's early training at the 
 Cdmuion country schools and attended Lee's 
 Academy at Lo.\a, lllnois, one year, I'mf. 
 Lee heing one nf the eminent educators of his 
 lime. Later he attended the normal at Val- 
 paraiso, Indiana, for a period of two years, 
 where he pu^^ued the scientific and teacher's 
 course, .\fter leaving collage he taught schonl 
 for one year and then traveled extensively 
 throughout the west and southwest. lie is un- 
 married, has served his township as collector 
 for two years, and is a Royal Arch Mason in 
 high standing. Courteous, (juiet, well informed 
 and enterprising, he stands as one of the repre- 
 sentative and successful voung business men of 
 the county. 
 
 J. PARK McGEE, M. D. 
 
 J. Park j\lc(jcc. M. I)., a prominent and 
 well known citizen of r.rushy I'ork, and 
 closely identified with the material interests of 
 the county, was I)orn Janu.ary 5, 1847, in 
 Clark county. Indiana, and is a son of William 
 Park McGee, a native of Washington county, 
 Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish extraction. 
 He was a saddler by trade, and a son of Rob- 
 ert McGee, who was an early settler in i'enn- 
 sylvania. The Park family are a very prom- 
 mcnt family of Washington county. Pennsyl- 
 \ania, and the oUl homestead still belongs to 
 John P;u"k. of the third generat'on from Isa- 
 bella Park. Our su1}ject's mother, whose 
 maiden name was Tamar Tom. was l)orn in 
 the oil regions, on the .Allegheny river in Al- 
 legheny county, Pennsylvan'a. His father 
 was born on the Monongahela ri\-er. in 
 Washington county, the same state. The 
 
 Doctor's grandmother. Isabella Park iMc- 
 Gee, was a daughter of John Park and sister 
 n{ Hueh Park. William Park McGee
 
 1 86 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND KiSTORlCAL. 
 
 (father) learned his trade in Pittshurg, emi- 
 grated ahout the year 1820, on a flat-boat to 
 Louisville. Kentucky, hut settled across the 
 river in Xew Charlestown. Clark county, Indi- 
 ana, where he farmed and followed his trade. 
 He died April 2y, 1862, and is buried in 
 Owen Creek cemetery. 
 
 J. Park McGee was reared in Clark coun- 
 ty, and was principally educated in Wabash 
 College, taking an irregular course with the 
 object in view of preparing himself for his 
 profession, remaining in this college three 
 years. He subse(iuently read medicine with 
 Dr. \\'(irk, of Charlestuwn. entereil the Eclectic 
 College of Cincinnati and was graduated in 
 1872. He afterward took one course of lec- 
 tures in the Rush Medical College of Chicago, 
 ;ind had a complimentary degree conferred 
 upon him Ijy the faculty of this well-known 
 institution in 1887. He was elected to the 
 Legiskiture fnun the Uepuljlican district coin- 
 ])osed of Douglas, Coles ami Cumljerland 
 counties, in 1884, 1888 and 1892. He was 
 elected as a Democrat and at each re-election 
 carried the district by increased majorities. 
 He assisted in jiassing the bill to legal ze ilis- 
 secting. and for so doing Rush Medical Col- 
 lege conferred upon him a complimentary de- 
 gree. During the first term he was chairman 
 of the sanitary committee, and member of ap- 
 propriation, education, insurance, re\'enue and 
 railroads committees. Dr. jMcGee is one of 
 the pioneer silver men of the state, as pro- 
 claimetl in the Chicago platform of 1896, and 
 was a delegate who took a prominent part in 
 the state convention at Springliekl in 1895, 
 the first silver state convention ever held. 
 The Doctor located at Brushy Fork in 1874, 
 and lias practiced his profession there ever 
 
 since. In )8()4 he joined Company K, One 
 Hundred Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and 
 ser\ed to the e-\[)iration of his term of enlist- 
 ment, and he has a certificate of thanks from 
 P'-esuient Lincoln for services rendered \\\s 
 country. He owns two hundred and fifty acres 
 of land; is a Knight Templar in ^Masoi'ry, and 
 has never been married. He will visit the 
 Paris Fair this year and make a tour of Eu- 
 rope. Dr. McGee's life has been a busy one 
 and during all the years of his residence in the 
 township the time has been fully taken up in 
 what he conceived to lie his public and private 
 duty. He is a man of unquestionable integ- 
 rity, honesty in his business transactions, and 
 generous in his disposition, w'th a wide char- 
 ity for mankind. 
 
 CHARLES F. JEXXE. 
 
 I 
 
 Charles F. Jenne is one of the most suc- 
 cessful merchants and enterprising luisiness 
 men of Douglas county, res'dhig at Arthur, 
 where h.e and his partner, Fred B. Beckman, 
 
 I
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 187 
 
 own and conduct twu lars^e stnres, one a t^Tn- He lias a rc'markal)k- UKMnnrv. ami pmhalilv 
 oral lia.nlwaie estahlishnicnt and the citlur knew more nf the early liist.ii-\- nf Ddip'las 
 Inrnitnre and nndertakint^'. He has resided and Coles cnunlies than an\ 1 .llier man witliin 
 a! Arllun' since 1NX5, and was in hnsiness their linunds. 
 
 alone nntil three years a^o when lie took in lie was hcjrn in Cnniherland \alley. near 
 
 his jiresent partner. Since his residence in 1 larrishnrt;-. renns\lvania. Deceniher _>-. iXi^. 
 Arthur he has always given his support to all 1 h'or further facts jiertaining to ancestry, see 
 worthy enterprises calculated to i)roniote the work of Dr. luigle. state lihrarian of I'enn- 
 welfare of his town and countw ami is \alued s\l\ania. on earlv families of the Cunitierland 
 as a citizen hy the entire community. \alley. ) Dr. Hiram Rutherford, after attend 
 
 Charles F. Jenne was horn in l\o>> county, ing jeti'erson L'iii\ersit\-, commenced the prac- 
 Ohio. in 1S53 and is a son of Henry W. and lice of med-cine at the age of tw eut\-di\e vears. 
 Mary ( .Smitli ) Jenne. who were iiatixes of al .M illershurg. PcunsvlNauia. 
 ( iermany. Me was reared and educated in the 
 common schools of Ross countx. ( )hio. In 
 iSSii he was united in marriage to .Miss .Sallie 
 ]. Warren, a daughter of T. T. Warren, a na- 
 ti\e of Douglas county. .Mr. |enne is a 
 Mason an<! takes deep interest in Masonic af- 
 fairs, lia\ing ser\ed as m.aster of Arthur 
 Lodge, Xo. Sjt. foi- three \ears. 
 
 THOMAS H. RCTIiFRFOKD. 
 
 Thomas 1|. Rntheifoid, the ])rcsent su]i:r- 
 \isor of .\ewnian town^-hip. .iiid ,,ik. i,f d^. 
 acknowledged leader^ in fai-niing .-s well as 
 
 ill poluical a(fair> of D,nigl;is county, was horn Thomas 11. Rniherford i-ecei\ed his edu- 
 
 at ( )aklau(l. Coles county. Illinois, January cation in the schools of ()akland. ,and 011 ( )c- 
 
 K', I.S33. lie Is a son of Dr. llir.am Rutlier- toher 13, 1874. he was united in marri.age to 
 
 ford, .settling there in the year 1X40. one of the Miss Sarah R. Zmimerm.an. ,a daughter of 
 
 pioneers, and at the time of his death he w.is J,,hn 1',. /immerm.an. who settled in Oakland 
 
 one of the oldest ])liysicians in eastern Illinois. township in iS^^j. -I-,, them h.axeheeii horn 
 
 and one of the largest hand owners as well. tour children: Cyrus W.. I'.essie (deceased), 
 
 lie h.as written much of the early settlers, es- Hiram 1',.. ;md K.atie. .Mr. Rutherl'onl re- 
 
 pecially of the eccentric ones of this region. sides on In.s heautiful farm uf twu liundred
 
 i88 
 
 BIOGRAPIIICAI, AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and forty acres, just mirth of Newman, and 
 is one of the most inlliiential leaders of the 
 Kepuhhcan party in the county. He lias heen 
 school treasnrei' of township No. i6. ran<^-e 
 II. since the spring of i.SjO. In 1885 he was 
 elected co'.nmissioner of highways and he'd 
 that office until Decemher. i8go. when he re- 
 signed to be apjiointed supervisor to hll the 
 \acancy of L. E. Root, who was elected comity 
 treasurer. He was re-elected supervisor in 
 1892. also in 1894. and was elected chairman 
 of the hoard in i8(;3 and 18Q4. He ;s now 
 a memher of the committee on li -lar.cj. re- 
 funding of tax and ]iulil'c huild ngs and 
 grounds. Socirllv he helongs to the Newmaui 
 RUie l-odge and is ]>ast high priest 1 f the 
 ko)aI .\rch Masons, Newman Chapter, No. 
 1 72. and is also a member of INlelita Coni- 
 mandery. No. 37. Knights Templar; is a 
 Knight of r^-lhias and a inenil)er of the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen. 
 
 Air. Rutherford is v man of action and 
 1/Usincss ca])acitv. and whatever cause he es- 
 ]3ouses he generalh' carr.es through success- 
 fulh'. with a \;m and earnestness which are 
 in a high degree characteristic qualities of his 
 makeup. 
 
 JOSEPH S. WA'ETll. 
 
 Joseph S. W'yeth was for many years 
 ]>re\'ious to his death prominently identiiied 
 w ith the affairs of Douglas county. He. with 
 his brother. L. J., and their wives, came to 
 Coles county in 1850 and settled on farms foiu" 
 miles scjuth of Hindshoro, where they re- 
 mainetl until i860, when they removed to 
 
 Tuscola and engaged in mercantile business. 
 The partnership lasted four years, when it was 
 disso]\'ed, L. J. remaining in the business and 
 Jose])h S. locating on a farm in (jarrett town- 
 ship where his widow^ now resides. This was 
 in 1864. ( l""or a very full and complete an- 
 cestry of the W'yeth family see sketch of L. 
 J. W'yeth on another Jiage). 
 
 From the Tuscola Review: "Tuesday 
 morning, at his home in (iarrett township. 
 
 Joseph S. W'yeth. a pioneer resident rmd farm- 
 er of Douglas county, departed this life. He 
 was seventv vears and two nioiuhs old. 
 
 "Deceased was born in l''ranklin county. 
 Massachusetts, ■ April 15, i8j8. In 1850 he 
 Avas united in marriage to Miss Joanna Hunt 
 in Cicking county, Ohio. Mrs. W'yeth and 
 six children survdve him, and two children 
 long since ])recedetl their father to the grave. 
 Mr. W'yeth had been in poor health for many 
 vears, and the last few years of his life seldom 
 left the home place."
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 189 
 
 "At one time lie was quite a wealtliy man 
 and was a larg'e dealer in live stuck, but ow- 
 in<;' to failini;' health he was ohli^ed ti> retire 
 Irnm aetixe lite a uumher <if \-cars 'Ap;n. He 
 leaves his family well provided for. Thdse 
 who best know him speak of Mr. \\'_\elh in 
 the highest praise as a citizen. nei,t;hl)i>r and 
 Christi.HU man. Dnrin;;- his life he fullnwed 
 the hihle injimctiim to 'do unto dtliers as vnu 
 wnuld have them do untu \'ou.' ami he went 
 t(i the ,i^ra\e honored and respected 1 y all who 
 knew him. 
 
 "I'^meral scr\-ices were lieM at _' < /clock 
 yesterday afternoon at ("artwrii^ht chin-ch, 
 Kev. Ciec). Rippey ofliciatinL;', and it wa^ one 
 of the lari^est finierals ever held in ( i.arrett 
 Ic iwnshi])." 
 
 .Mrs. Wyc'lh. his widow, is a dau.'^iiter of 
 I'llijah Hunt and Rhoda (llillyer) llnnt, who 
 were born respectively in X'ermont .and Con- 
 necticut and were en<^;i.t;ed in aqricnllure pur- 
 suits. I'dijah Hunt, her father, was in the 
 war ol iSij. llis death occurred l''ehruarv 
 iJ. 1N73. in the sexeuty-seventh vear of his 
 aoe. Her tjrandl'ather, Justin Ilillver. was a 
 Revolutionary soldier. Her .L;randt"ather 
 Hunt was a native of X'ermont. To .Mr. and 
 -Mrs. Wyetli were horn the t'ollowin;;- children: 
 Rhuda. wife of W. \\. I'.rentou, of I ,a S.alle, 
 Illinois; iM-anklin L. f.armer in (iarrett town- 
 ship; Harry L.. also a f.armer in the .saiue 
 township; .Su.san. wil'e nf Joseph ( Ire.g'ory, of 
 (iarrett townshi]); I.nell;i. wil'e of William 
 Romine, of C.arrett. ;md Daisy, who is the 
 wile of John I'.urk, ;i luerchant of C.arrett. 
 The farm upon which .Mrs. Wycth resides 
 is owned by her ;md two of her sons and con- 
 tains three hundreil .and thirlv-se\en acres. 
 
 WILLIAM T. MOORE. 
 
 William T. Moore, generally known as 
 !-^(|uire Moore, is a leading citizen and farmer 
 of .Areola township, and is a member of one of 
 the earliest and most ])roiuincnt f.amilies in 
 Dou.glas county. He was liorn in I'.arke 
 county. Indiana. Septeiuber 5. 1830. and is ;i 
 son of Jacob Mo(ire. the ]Moneer of the f.amily 
 in the county, who w.as a native of Kentuckv. 
 
 'S(|uire Moore"s grandfather. .Mnah.un 
 Moore, anil his wife. n;iti\cs of X'irginia. were 
 early settlers in .Shclh\' ciuintv. Kentucky, 
 where they s])ent the rem.ainiler of their li\es. 
 'Sqmfe Moore i'cmo\ed with his parents from 
 I'arke county to w h.at is now known ;is the 
 Moore neighborliood when he was but four 
 }'cars old. Here he grew to m.auhood ;md 
 (jbtainecl the ad\ant;iges of an ordin.arv school 
 education. in 183') he w.as unite<l in m,ar- 
 riage to M.arg.arct Iv. l.outh.an. who is ;i 
 daughter of John ;uid .M.argaret (Carter^
 
 IQO 
 
 BIOGRAPHTCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Lontlian, l)otli of whom were born in Fred- 
 erick county, Virginia, she being the youngest 
 of twelve cbil(b-cn. John Louthan was born 
 Decemlier ii, 1779. and (h'cd May 7, 1864. 
 He first removed to Edgar county, and in 1844 
 settled on the Okaw in Bourbon township, 
 where he bought about one thousand acres of 
 land. He was a son t)f Henry Louthan, who 
 was a native Scotchman. His wife was a 
 daughter nf .\rthur Carter, who was born in 
 Ireland, and who later emigrated and lived in 
 Virginia. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. W. T. ^Moore ha\T been 
 born six ch'ldren: Sarah M.. living at home: 
 Charles A. and Ferdinand, who arc pnnninent 
 farmers in Ci-lcs county; Laura, who is the 
 widow of Riihcrt Ijlack (see sketch), and re- 
 sides in .\rcola: .Alice 11. and Henry. Mr. 
 Moore has for eighteen years filled the office 
 of justice of tlic peace, has served three terms 
 as township collector, and two terms as as- 
 sessor. He owns one hundred and ninety 
 acres, and the old homestead and one hundred 
 and tweiny acres in Coles county. He has 
 been t\venty-fi\-e years a Mason and a member 
 of the .\rcola lotlge and chapter, and is also 
 an Odd Fellow. He is well known and popu- 
 lar with all classes of people and is one of the 
 stanch Democrats of the countv. 
 
 BENJAMIN W. GERE. 
 
 r)Cnjamin W. Gere, a talented young law- 
 yer of Areola, with Ijrilliant prospects in the 
 legal profession, was admitted to practice in 
 the courts (if Illinois in I'ebruary, 1897, after 
 
 having read law in tlie ofiice of Barrick & 
 Cofer, of Areola. 
 
 Mr. Gere was born January 23, 187 1, at 
 Bourbon, and is a son of Warren B. and Jen- 
 nie (Thompson) (iere. His father has been 
 engaged in the grain business all his Hfe and 
 is one of Areola's highly respected citizens. 
 
 Mr. Gere, in i)artnership with Mr. .\lbert 
 Snvder, act as agents for fifteen of the leading: 
 
 fire insurance companies of the country. He 
 has served Areola, most efficiently as city at- 
 torney. In the recent race for county attor- 
 ney Mr. (icre was a candidate and had many 
 friends throughout the county, but the con- 
 ditions \vere such that would force the nonn- 
 nation of Mr. Chadwick, so Mr. Gere with- 
 diew: hy doing so it will no doubt increase 
 ins chances four years hence. He owns prob- 
 al)ly the second largest law library in the 
 county, and is rapidly forging to the front in 
 his profession. In political o]iinion he is a 
 stanch Republican and takes an active interest 
 in bis p.arty's success.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 191 
 
 TQTTY \ PFFnFP Tr which is a ])art of ihe nld hnnicstead, and de- 
 servedly ranks as one of tlie repulahle citizens 
 
 John A. Reeder. Jr.. wlio is one of tlie lead- c'f the county. 
 
 ii.g farmers in Bourbon township, was horn in 
 
 Darke county, (^hio. Octolier 3. JS54. and is a 
 
 son of John A. and Mary B. ( Harter ) Reeder, D-\NIEL W RFED 
 
 natives of the same county in Ohio. John .\. 
 
 Reeder remo\-ed to Douglas county and located Daniel W. Reed, the popular and acconinio- 
 
 wherehisson John A. now resides. .After com- liatint;' deputy countv clerk, was Imrn in Tus- 
 
 in.^' to the county he rented for eii^ht years and cola. March 1 1. 1864. He is a son of John T. 
 
 then purchased two Iiundred and fifty acres of and Annie (Walters) Reed, who were nati\-es 
 
 land and later became one of the inlluential citi- of Pennsylvania. John T. Reed was i-earcd !.■ 
 
 zens of Bourbon townshi]). His death occurred manhood in PennsyKania. where he learned tlu' 
 
 \v iS(;j ni tlie se\ euty-se\entli year of his a.i;e. tailor's trade, at which he wurkeil in his \-ouny'- 
 
 He was also a very successful trader in both cr da_\s. and in oSOj came to Illinois and set- 
 
 n-al estate and buying and selling li\e stock. tied on .1 farm in Tuscola township. 
 
 { b'or further facts <d" the family see sketch of Daniel W. Reed grew to maturity on tlie 
 
 brotlier at (larrett. ) farm ;iud was engaged in school teaching foi- 
 
 John A. Reeder was united in mai'riage to se\en years, haxing been princi]),ill\- educated 
 .Miss .Mary A. Corbett in 1 NS 1 . .Slie is a at the l):ui\ille. Indian.a. Normal .School, b'or 
 daughter of Michael Corbett. of .\rtbur, who two years Mr. \\LX-i\ ser\ed efiicientlv and ac- 
 was born in Ireland in iXjj. emigrated to this ceptably to the citizens of Tuscola on the citv 
 couiUry in 1X4(1 and was for fixe years em- police force. in 1 NS7 he was united in mar- 
 ployed on .Mississii)])i river steamboats, after riage to Miss Alice Price, .and to their mar- 
 which he located in S.angamou comity ami ]iur- riage ha\e been born two lovrK clnldreii : 1 ,n- 
 chaseil fifty acres of l.aud. ]>aying ten dollars cile and Louise. Mr. Reed is a member of the 
 per ;icre. .\fter working ;md im]iro\ing it for .Masoinc fr;iternit\- ,iud aPo of the Woodmen, 
 two years he sold it for fifty dol];irs per ;icre. In pnhticd opinion In- Ims ,dw,i\s been ;i con- 
 lie then came fi d )oug]as county, where he pur- sistent Republican ,aii<l ;m effecliNc worker in 
 chased laud for nine doll.irs |>er ;Hre, ]iart ni ti,,. r.niks "\ his |),irt\-. .\s an officer he is al- 
 w.hicl: be afterward sold for one luindred .and niosi um\ersally liked by the people throughout 
 twenty li\'e dollars ])er .acre, in iS3,S he mar- houglas coiuitv. 
 ried Miss b'.lizabeth N'ork, of .S.ang.anion comi- 
 ty. Mr. Corbett is living a retired life ;it .\r- 
 thur. ROBERT F. MiLLIC.X.V. 
 
 To Mr. .ami Mrs. Reeder have been born 
 
 five children: Harry, aged si.xteen years: Robert E. Milligau, the accommodating 
 
 Bertha, fifteen: George, thirteen: iM-ed. eleven, and gentleiuanly liveryman of Tuscola, who 
 
 anil Katie. He owtis ninety acres of laml, succeeded Dr. Ramsey to his business in 1897,
 
 192 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 was l)(irn in Lawrence county, Illinois. Novem- 
 ber 24. 1856. He was reared to nianhoiMl on 
 a farm in his native county and is a son of 
 
 David Milligan. wlm was alscj Imrn in Law- 
 rence county and wlm was a son of Jnhn Mil- 
 lisan will I emigrated from Scntland in the 
 earl\ ilavs and later hecaine an early settler in 
 l,awrence county. Rcliei't I''.. Milli,i;uu's 
 niiither. i'dvir.i (IrdUt. was a daut;hter k\ Nay- 
 ham ( inml. a nali\e nf X'erniniu. 
 
 Kdhert I',. Milli.L;an. like maii\ nihcr suc- 
 cessful men. ha- made hi-^ ' >\\ n way llir(iUL;h 
 jil'e unaided. His rule nf life has e\er heen 
 one of strict inlej^rity. and \\liate\er he does 
 he does well. In maiuier he is i)leasant and 
 yenial, easilv making- frieuils and holding 
 them. 
 
 In 1879 our subject was united in marriage 
 to Mis.s Mary Butler, of Lawrence c<iuiUy. Illi- 
 nois. They have one child, a daughter, (ier- 
 trude. ;\Ir. Alilligan and wife are consistent 
 member-s of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 JAMES A. RlCini AX. 
 
 Jaiues .\. Richman is one of the best known 
 farmers in Douglas county, and owns one of 
 the finest and best improved farms and most 
 beautiful homes in the county. His farm is 
 situated in the northern part of Camargo 
 township, and his residence is three-quarters 
 of a mile west of Villa (h-ove. 
 
 Mr. Richman was born near Camargo, Bli- 
 uois, Se])tember 1,:;. 1844, and is the third son 
 (jf David Richman. He grew to manhood on 
 his father's farm near Camargo. and in 18^4 
 \olunteered in the Civil war and was a mem- 
 ber of Company (i. One Hundred and Thirty- 
 fifth Regiment. In 1865 Mr. Richman was 
 mustered out of the service and returned to his 
 former home, and in Noveiuber of the same 
 year was married to Miss Sarah Williams, who 
 is a daughter of John Williams, a native of 
 Kentucky. The latter was a yolunteer in the 
 
 I nion .arniv. and died while in the service in 
 18(12. To Mr. and Mrs. Richman have been 
 born six children, five of whom are living;
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 193 
 
 Franklin and Charlie, both eng-agecl in farm- Illinois, they settled on the head of the T>ittle 
 
 ing': Hattie. wife of Dr. Gilniure, of \'illa X'erniilion ri\er. Ilere tliev lixed on rented 
 
 Gro\'e : Gnv. a lelegraph operator in Tnseola. land. ;ind raised two erops. In eonipany uilli 
 
 and J'lhn. at home. An infanl dangiUer died one Moses llrailshow, ,Mr. Richman's father 
 
 in J.anuary, 1875. \isited the Enih.arr.ass timber on a bee hnnl. 
 
 In 1869 Mr. kiehman bought one hnndred In eight or ten (l;i\'s the\' got three or four bar- 
 and sixty acres of land u])on which the home- rels of honev. Mr. Kiehman was so well 
 stead nc)w stands, and in .\pril ol the same pleased with the land in the neighhi irlK" "1 of 
 year he mo\ed upon it. I'.y hard labur and where the\' encamped tliat he resoKed to i-e- 
 shrewd management Mr. Kiehman was enabled ninxe to that conntr\- and lake up some of the 
 \v<>u\ time to time to bu\- mi ire land, and now wild land there. Tin' famil\- left N'ermilion 
 he has ei|ui])ped one ol tlie largest and best counts' in Mav fnllnwing and settled on the 
 stock farms in the county, he having devnted k'nibarrass timber one-half mile west of Cam- 
 much of his lime tu the raising of cattle and argo. There was n^l ani>ther famih' of 
 hogs. Mr. and .Mrs. Kiehman are members whites li\ing in the jiresent limits 1 >f tlu' count\' 
 of the M. v.. church at X'illa ( iroNC, and are .at the lime. Thei'e were no settlers north of 
 always anmng the lirst to gi\e fur the aid of t_'harleston. I'"or a \'ear they rem.aineil the 
 the poor and needy. Mr. Kichm.an has .always only famiU' in the connt\'. In abiml i-ighti'i'n 
 been ,a strong suiipurter mI the 1 )t'inocr;itic mouths .after their ;n"ri\;d the\' h;id a neighliDr 
 party. in Isa.ac .Mdss. wlm settled almnt ;i mile I'.ast 
 
 jame^ .\. Kiehman i^ :i nu'inber iit the nld of the ]>resent tnwu nf Cam.argn. The In 
 
 and pi'dminenl Kiclim.iii l.innlx' which enjuvs diaus were in the neighbnrhdod for.abnut thiee 
 
 the distinctiiiu ol bemg the ohlest settled \'ears alter their ;na'i\;d. I '.ridge])ort nciw oc- 
 
 family in the cntint\-. his grandfather, John cupies the site of their old \illage. The_\' 
 
 .\. Kii'hman. h.axing been the nldest resident came in the f;dl and rem.ained o\er winti'r. 
 
 in the coimly at the time of his death. lie and in the spring jdinairxi'd further nnrtli, 
 
 liicated here oxer three-(|uarters nl a century wherr tluw s]ient tlu' >ummer. The lir^t siim- 
 
 ;ign, i1k- lirst jiermanent while settler in tlie uier the Kichm.ans li\e<l in a rough cam]) built 
 
 di^tiict uiiw embraced in l).>ugi,as eonnty. of logs split in twn. They commenced f.arm 
 
 The Kichm.ans are nf l'"ngli.sh ;uid ( leian.an ing by trying to bi'e.ak the pr.airie. but fnuud 
 
 descent. l)a\id Kicbm.an w.as Imi-u in (ireen- their teams too weak f(jr tliis. ;md si > began 
 
 iM'ier cnunt)-. West X'ii'gini.a. ( )etiibcr _'5, i8iC>. wm-k in the timber. Tlu'\' kt']it ;il work", clear 
 
 When in his eleventh year his f.amily left \'ir- ing, breaking ;mil pl.inling. till llu' lotli of 
 
 ginia. JmIiu .\. Kiehman. his fatlu'i-, li.ad a jnly. when iht-y snt-ceeiK^d in ]>ntting fourti'cn 
 
 Large f.amily i>f children .and w.antt'd mure land, .acres in with I'oru. The\' then beg.an work ,at 
 
 heuci' his i-emo\al Irom \'irgini,a to llliuuis. building a house. The lu^s were hewn out. 
 
 '1 1r' cattle, sheeii ,and Imrses cnuld nut be sold ruid ]),irl 1 lu the ground, when se\er<al mem 
 
 at liouu". ,anil si 1 were dri\cn to their western lier> of tlu- f;uuil\- were t.akeii dowu with the 
 
 de^linatinu. .\rri\nig in \'ermili(in ciiunt\-, ague, se\en out of fle\en, and for several
 
 194 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 months were able to dn ndlhing whatever. 
 Their house was nol \)u[ up in consequence 
 till the succeeding summer. This house may 
 still he seen in a good state of preservation, 
 just north of the railroad and half a mile west 
 of Camargo. For many years the family en- 
 dured the hardships and inconveniences of pio- 
 neer life. Their pork was sold for (me dollar 
 and a half to two dollars a hundred, but they 
 saved a little money even at these prices and in- 
 vested it in land, till finally the amount reached 
 seven hundred acres. 
 
 At the age of twenty-three David Rich- 
 man was married to Ruth Haines, a native of 
 Ohio. To them were born seven children : 
 John, George, James, Samuel, William, Tay- 
 lor and David, of whom John, George and 
 David are deceased. Mr. Richman's life was 
 full of hardships and exposure. In 1S32 he 
 contracted a severe ci>ld, which settled upon 
 his lungs and soon resulted in his death. 
 
 OLIVER T. HUNT. 
 
 First Lieutenant 01i\er T. Hunt (known 
 as Captain), a retired farmer of Tu.scola, Illi- 
 nois, and a well knnwn and highly respected 
 citizen of the county, is a n;itive of Randolph 
 county, Indiana, and was born within eight 
 miles to Winchester, the county seat, June 13, 
 1832. He is a son of Miles Hunt, who mar- 
 ried Mary L. Botkin ; they were natives re- 
 .spectively of Fleming county, Kentucky, and 
 Knox county, Tennessee. Bazil Hunt (grand- 
 father) was l)orn in England. Fnur brothers 
 (if the IlunI famil\- I'aine from luigland in 
 
 alxnit the year 1779 or 1780. One was killed 
 in the Revolutionary war; one settled in Mary- 
 land: (ine in Virginia, and Bazil, the grand- 
 father of the subject, settled in Fleming coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, and moved in an early day to 
 Indiana, where he died, leaving a family and 
 widow. Miles Hunt, his youngest son. laid 
 out and platted the village of Huntsville, ex- 
 pecting at some future time it would become 
 the county seat. His family were eleven in 
 number, seven l)oys and four girls. .Ml the 
 
 children married when of age and settled as 
 follows : Three of the girls, Malinda Keever, 
 Rachel Stevenson and Caroline Okerson, were 
 all married in Randnlph county, Indiana, and 
 moved to Nodaway county, Missouri, with 
 their husbands. Also John C. Hunt, who 
 married Emma Lane in .\tchison county, Mis- 
 souri, and is an attorney of no mean standing 
 in Rockport, the county seat of .\tchison coun- 
 Iv. William Tipton Hunt was married on the 
 same date as was our subject, to Celestine 
 P.auni, daughler of Charles liaum, of V'crmil-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 195 
 
 ion c()nnt\-. llliiK^is. He died at Oklalioma scliolai"s and send 1)ut one ov two in ordtT \ > 
 
 City while a juryman of the United States secure a teaclier. (^ften men with no chil(h\ii 
 
 court in the Indian Territory, April 15. i8qi. to send to school wduld pay the tuition of a 
 
 His wife returned to \'erniilion county, lUi- schol.ar tn induce sunic one whu Cduld read 
 
 nois, and died July 3, 1893, and write to teach. The old elcuicnl.uy 
 
 Miles Hunt, the father, departed this life spcllin;^ hook was the text l)ook, with smuc 
 
 in Logan countv at the home of his youngest reading in it, with the stories of "the m.an's ox 
 
 son, .\louzo, in Oklahoma Territory, on De- th;it h;id hccn gore<I hy his neighbor's" and the 
 
 cemhcr 14, i8(>3. James D. Hunt, his scir,, now "hoy in the .apple tree." The prim.ary class 
 
 resitles in Oklahoma county, that Territory, constituted the A JJ C divisions (with the al- 
 
 Miles Hunt's wife died April 10, 1895, in Lo- phabet torn from the spelling book and pasted 
 
 gan county, Indian Territory, and is at rest on a paddle to protect and preserve it ). When 
 
 by the side of her husliand. I'ezelleel and (»uc had mastered the old clemcnt.ary si)clling 
 
 Henry C. Hunt bi^th enlisted in the Sixty- book, grammar and arithmetic, writing ;md 
 
 ninth Indiana Regiment in 1862. Henry C. geography were studies the parents could 
 
 was wounded at the battle of Richmond. Ken- choose from, any or all of them. The old En- 
 
 tucky, and Bezelleel. remaining with him, was glish reader was indispeusible, .and all who 
 
 taken prisoner, but was paroled. ISoth were h;id thurdughly m;istered the s|)clliug bonk 
 
 afterward married, but first studied medicine must read in it. which was not suitable to the 
 
 and became M. IX's. Henry lives in Mont- contlitiou of the children. As well h;id them 
 
 jjclier, Blackford county, Indiana, and has a enter the Latin class of to-dav. as there was 
 
 lucrati\e ])ractice. Bezelleel dieil in Douglas imt half of the words the children knew the 
 
 coiuity, Illinois, in August. i8r)9, leaving a meaning of, while the f.icilities of to-d,iv are 
 
 widow, whose maiden name was P.ranham. much improved as the child climbs step by 
 
 Sarah J. married Leander McMillen. of I'enn- step and is expected to master every study. 
 
 syKania. who was also a physician. He died ^'et we .are jiaincd to see the gr.aduale who. 
 
 leaving one son, I'.euuett H. The widow- after- ])arrot-like, can only re])e,-il wli;il he h;is thor- 
 
 ward married a man of Vermilion county, 11- oughly committed — "I 'oily w.mls her break- 
 
 linois, Benjamin Dickson by name. There fast." The greatest trouble, wc think, espe- 
 
 were .seven of Miles Hunt's children who cially in the common schools, is with the leach- 
 
 t.augbt school, viz.: O. P., William T., ers. .\ child recites well when it recites by 
 
 lleury C, B. T.. J. C., .\. L. an<l .S;u-,ah Jane, role or h;is committed the langti.age of the 
 
 (.Sec new history of Indi.ana by the lion. W. author. This is no lest, onlv of memory; it 
 
 H. luiglish.) does n(.t show tb;it the student li.as any thought 
 
 Oiu- subject. ( ). T. Hunt, received ;i com- of his own. or tb.at he un<lerst,ands the recita- 
 
 niou-scbool education, inilike the common tiou he recites. I lence. while life .at best is 
 
 ^cbools of the ])resent day, as in his early boy- short, the main object should be in leaching 
 
 htiod schools were secured by subscription, anything to stimnl;ite .and dr;iw out of ihe 
 
 His lather would pay the tuition of live child all the reasoning powers, .and you have
 
 ig6 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 laid a foundation tliat is everlasting when the 
 child has learned that the first and "Teat step 
 in an education is for one to think fm- himself. 
 Now as to the sul)iect. O. T. Hunt's 
 mother was a daughter of Hugh M. Botkin, 
 of Scotch descent, a native of Tennessee, who 
 settled near Winchester. Indiana, in an early 
 day, with his familw where many of his de- 
 scendants are nnw living. William Botkin, 
 one of his sons, owns and lives on the farm 
 h.is father first settled cm in Indiana. When 
 O. T. Hunt arri\cd at manhdnd he taught his 
 first schiiol in lluntsxilte. Kandnlph county, 
 his own l)r(ithers and sisters attending the 
 school, and he says they ga\'e him more 
 trouhle than all the rest nf the scholars, and 
 if it had not lieen fur his father he exjiccts he 
 would ha\c had In gi\e up the schndl; liut be- 
 tween them they settled down to Inisiness. He 
 commenced the study of law when only twenty 
 years did. read Blackstone's Ci>nimentaries, 
 and in 1S53 he hmight Kent's Commentaries, 
 I'arsnn cm Contracts, (u'eenleaf on Evidence 
 and Cciuld's ric'iding. In 1856 he went to 
 V'crniihciu ccmntv, lllinciis, and taught schocil, 
 studied at his spare times his text-hooks, and 
 taught school in th.at State over two years. 
 He returned to Randolph county in 185S and 
 on motion of Judge Jeremiah Smith he was 
 admitted to the ivandolph county liar to ]irac- 
 tice law. He then went hack to Illinois and 
 married I'diz.a J. McDowell on Septemher 1, 
 iS^t). and returned to Randolph county. In- 
 diana, where he and his wife hoth taught a 
 winter term of school. In the spring they went 
 to Illinois, where he rented a farm near Indian- 
 ola, in \'ermilion county, rmd in iS6j, when 
 i.incoln revoked the order of ( icns. I lunter and 
 h'reniont, saving he did not ha\e the constitu- 
 
 tional right to free the slaves of the south. Hunt 
 concluded to raise a company. He called two 
 or three meetings and secured quite a num!)cr 
 of names near ludianola, in Vermilion county, 
 Illinois, and went to Danville and reported to 
 Covernor Yates. At this time George W. 
 Cook, of Catlin, Illinois, learning of the mat- 
 ter, went to see Hunt, as he had quite a num- 
 ber of men enlisted, and they consolidated and 
 were made Company K, of the One Hundred 
 and Twenty-fifth Regiment of Illinois \''ol- 
 unteers. Cook was made captain of the com- 
 ])any, O. T. Hunt, first lieutenant, and Frank- 
 lin Crosby, second lieutenant, and O.T.Harmon, 
 colonel of the regiment. The latter lost his 
 life at the charge of Kenesaw Mountain, after 
 which Hunt comm;mded the company ( hence 
 the appellation '"Captain"), and the Captain 
 [dayed major. The regiment was mustered 
 in at Dan\-ille. Illinois, on the 3d day of Sep- 
 lemhcr, iS^ij, and ser\ed during the war. The 
 regiment went with Sherman to the sea (Sa- 
 \annah, Georgia), thence to Richmond, and 
 tlie muster-out rolls were made out at Wash- 
 ington City, D. C. They were dated June i). 
 18^)5, hut were not cleli\ered to the men until the 
 latter part of Jiuic. when the regiment was paid 
 off at Chicago and disbanded. Hunt bought 
 a I'eter Schutler lumber wagon in Chicago 
 and returned to his fannl\- in X'ernnlion county. 
 His wife, a daughter ccf John P.. McDowell. 
 ,'1 native c)f Kentucky, inherited of her grand- 
 father, Haxid \'arnell. one hundred acres of 
 land in Douglas county. Illinois, and Hunt 
 improNcd the same, .and through their econ- 
 cini\' and industry added thereto tiu'ce hun- 
 dred and fifteen acres of land, making a total 
 of foiu' hundred and fifteen acres of land in 
 Douglas count)', .\fter (Oklahoma Territory
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 '97 
 
 was (ipened up \w went to that CDuntrv and 
 1j( night two claims of George Cirant ami his 
 I)i"(>tlier. i>r (ine half-section, within lew nr 
 twcKe miles of Oklahoma City. I!ut he 
 claims his eiuinmments and the war sjtoiled 
 a good lawyer. He was commander of the 
 McCowan Post, of Camargo, Grand .\rmy of 
 the Republic. That order growing weak, he 
 surrendered the charier and ji lined the I'rank 
 Kced Post, of Tuscola, ami is also or has heen 
 a member of the (irange. liiU he is opposed 
 to secret political organization, as he says the 
 Knownothing party of 185J-1X54 killed the 
 old W liig parly, and any party that will not 
 bear tlie light ol day and free discussion is 
 dangerous to a tree and independent go\ern- 
 ment. lie is a Stephen A. Douglas Demo- 
 crat, as are the rest of his father's family, 
 while all his near relati\es are Republicans, oi" 
 l;a\e been, lie takes a lixelv interest in ]) )li- 
 tics and the success of his party, making tiie 
 race twice for states attorney and once for 
 county judge with ci'edit to himself. 
 
 a nati\'e of New Jersey, horn September i*".', 
 ij<>4. and fought under .Andrew bick^on at 
 the battle of New -.'-leans. His w i f-, .Abi- 
 gail, was born .Nugusl 2S, \/(>J. johr Rose. 
 his maternal grandfather, was an early settler 
 near Clarksx'ille, (ireene county. PennsvKania. 
 and owned a distillery, and in the words of 
 Mr. Ileaton was a great inventor, ;is be could 
 draw live kinds of liipior out of the s.ame bar- 
 rel, and neither he nor any of his sons were 
 e\er known to be drunk either. lie and his 
 live sons were .also op])oseil to drinking; in 
 that early day there were no orgau'z.at'on 
 known as the Pi'ohibition partw biU princi- 
 p.illy Democrats and Whigs. Wilh.am llea- 
 
 W 11.1.1 \.\1 llb;.\r()N. 
 
 William Heatou is one of the old lanl- 
 mai'ks ot the county. l"or o\er half a centur\- 
 
 be b.is been an active .and successful man of loiTs f.ilber grew tpiite wealthy for that d.iv, 
 
 allairs, .and ,at the age of eighty-three is still biu lost it bv goiug ou other i)eoplc"s bonds, 
 
 attending to business. ! le was born in dreene lie renio\ed to .\'cw Washington, ( )h,io, 
 
 county, Pennsylvani.a, July J4, 1X17, and is a where he died. His mother died in (irecne 
 
 son of Sanniel and .M.arg.aret ( l\ost ) I le.aton, county. 
 
 wlui were also born in (u'eene county. I'enn- Willi.un Heatou received a moderate a\i\- 
 
 sylvania. His grandfather, John Rose, and cation in bis younger days ;md worked hard 
 
 President McKinley's grandmother were on the f.ann. In iX_:;S he married Mary 
 
 cousins. Willi-.n,i Heatou ( grand fathei ) was Hedge, a daughter of Jacob Heilge. of Greene
 
 igS 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 county. Jacol) Hedge was a good citizen, a 
 good farmer, but never liad opportunities to 
 sit in the state Legislature. WilHam Heaton's 
 wife died in 1886. To tiiem were born seven 
 children. His second and present wife is a 
 most agreeable companion for him in his old 
 age. She is a cousin of his first wife. Mr. 
 Heaton has been a very successful trader and 
 has probal)ly bought and sold more land than 
 any man in the county. For several years he 
 kept a land office at Des Moines, Iowa, and 
 paid twelve thousand dollars out of his own 
 pocket towanl the removal of the state capital 
 from Iowa City to Des Moines. He laid the 
 foundation for the Adair County Bank at 
 Greenfield. Iowa, which is now owned and 
 managed by his son, D. D. Heaton. He is 
 now passing the sunset of life near the Pleas- 
 ant Ridge church, in North Newman town- 
 ship, where he still enjoys life, and appreciates 
 a good story as well as he ever did. While 
 in Iowa he was a political disciple of James B. 
 Weaver and E. H. Gelette, serving as delegate 
 to conventions and in other ways adding 
 strength to the cause. He hopes to live to vote 
 for William I. Drvan this fall. In the neisrh- 
 borhood in which he resides he is something 
 of a political freak, as nearly everybody around 
 him believes most devotedly in an honest dol- 
 lar and tlie constitution. 
 
 STRODFR M. LONG. 
 
 Stroder McNeal Long, who was the sec- 
 ond ])resident of the Bank of Newman, Illi- 
 nois, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, Oc- 
 
 tober 6, 1840, emigrated with his parents to 
 the state of Illinois in 1848 and located on a 
 farm nine miles north of Paris, in Edgar 
 county. He is a son of .Vndrew and Margaret 
 (Mark) Long, who were natives of Ohio. He 
 worked on his father's farm in the summer 
 and attended school in the winter until i860, 
 when he commenced an academic course at 
 Paris, Illinois. In the year following the Civil 
 war broke oitt, and he enlisted in Company 
 E, Twelfth Illinois Infantrv. After three 
 
 months' service, on account of a severe spell 
 of sickness, he was honorably discharged and 
 returned home. He engaged in farming and 
 school teaching until the spring of 1867, wlien 
 he moved to Douglas county, where he pur- 
 chased eighty acres of land on South Prairie, 
 three miles south of Newman. He remained 
 here until 1880, making farming and stuck 
 raising a specialty. He represented Sargent 
 two terms on the comity board oi supervisors, 
 1878-79. In 1884 he was elected a member 
 of the Thirty-fourth General Assembly of the
 
 BIOGRAl'lllCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 199 
 
 slate by a large majority in titc district. His 
 fidelity to party as well as to the peojjle's in- 
 terest, his sterling integrity and rectitude of 
 purpose, won for him the appointment hy the 
 Republican caucas a member of the advisory 
 committee that directed the party t)n all polit- 
 ical questions. He was a memlier of the com- 
 mittees on etlucation, farm drainage, house 
 contingent expense, state and nnniicipal in- 
 debtedness and canals and rivers. When he 
 retired from the house of representatives at 
 the close of the session he had made a host of 
 friends and few enemies. In 1S9S he was 
 again nominated by his party of the fortieth 
 senatorial district, but his death occurred be- 
 fore the election. In the spring of 1888 he 
 succeeded I. 'N. Covert as presitlent of the 
 Newman Bank, which position he held most 
 acceptably to all parties concerned up to 1898, 
 the time of his death. He was one of the pro- 
 moters of the organization of the New-man 
 lUiilding & Loan Associaticm, and was one of 
 its prominent and rubng tlirectors. He was 
 al.so a charter member of Templestone lodge. 
 No. 76, Knights of Pythias, and an enthusi- 
 astic worker in that order. Mr. Long was a 
 shrewd business man. straightforward, up- 
 right and cap.'ible. Uni'ing the World's I'"air 
 he was ;i member of the board of congress 
 trom Illinois. 
 
 ill 1 87 J our subject married .Mary E. 
 I'ound. of .\ewinau, Illinois. She is a daugh- 
 lei" of John .M. and Rosalinda (Kester) 
 I'ound, the lormer burn in Clark county. In- 
 diana, and the latter in Shelby county, Ken- 
 tucky. To Mr. and .Mrs. Long were born fi\-e 
 chiklren: Mabel M., wife of lleury .\. Wine, 
 ol Indiauajiolis, Indiana; I'otter I'., married 
 and residing on his farm south uf Newman; 
 
 Caruet A., wife of William McGee, of Mat- 
 todu, Illinois; Cecile 1\. and I'^ay K. reside 
 with their mother. Mrs. Long and children 
 own se\en hundred acres of Land, one bnudred 
 and twenty acres of which lies in bjlg.nr coun- 
 ty, also other valuable city property. She has 
 recently completed one of the mi_)st imposing 
 and beautiful resideuces in Newman. 
 
 JOSEPH S. WILLI. VMSON. 
 
 Joseph S. Williamson, one of the leading 
 farmers and most favoraljly known citizens 
 01 Douglas county, was bom .-\ugust 22, 1840, 
 r.ear Muncie, Indiana. He is a son of Peter 
 
 Williamson ;uid Ivosana, his wife. His father 
 was born in Portsmouth. Ohio, and his mother 
 ir. ( iermany. His paternal grandfather, 
 Joseph \\ illianison, was a native of New Jer-
 
 200 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 sey. and liis maternal grandfather. J"liii 
 Adams Sliaffer. came fmm Cermany. 
 
 Josepli S. Williamson was reared and edu- 
 cated in Muiicie. In early life he taught 
 school during the winters and worked upon the 
 farm in crop time, after which he spent three 
 years with a New >'ork dry-gcuxls hrm. In 
 i(Sr)5 he came to this state and located in Tus- 
 cola, where he was successfully engaged in the 
 mercantile liusincss in partnership with the late 
 C. W. Calvert for six years. In 1870 he re- 
 turned to In(Hana and located at Mount Sum- 
 mit, where he was engaged in mercantile l:)usi- 
 ness. In 1876 he retm'ued to Douglas county. 
 where he has hcen engaged in agriculture and 
 stock raising on the present farm, containing 
 one hundred and sixty acres, and which is one 
 of the hest im[iro\ed farms in the county. He 
 has been twice married. His fu'st wife, Miss 
 Rebecca Ice, who died in 1875, was a daugh- 
 ter of Colonel Jesse Ice, of the war of 1812, 
 and .*>arali Ice. whose maiden name was Hick- 
 man. There were horn to their marriage five 
 children. The lixing ,ire : Jesse Peter, Fran- 
 cis Eugene and Joseiih Aha. Deceased: 
 James and .Arulrew. His second wife. Miss 
 I'rances l\. L. Kiusev. is a daughlei" of the late 
 Joseph i\inse\' and losin.a. liis wife, who was 
 ■also a ihiughter of the ;ilio\e L\<\. Jesse Ice. 
 
 To then' marriage were horn six children. 
 
 i lie hving are; Pearl .M;i\'. Harry K.. 
 h;arle W'., Wini.am P. and .Mira Marie. De- 
 ceased, ( ici >rge P. 
 
 Mr. Williamson, while a resident of Tus- 
 cola, was identified with the board of educa- 
 tion, a member of the bo.-ird of aldermen, and, 
 though never an oflice seeker, has filled many 
 other ])ositions of honor and trust. In all 
 these public capacities he has been faithful, and 
 
 by his careful study of the political principles 
 of our cfmntry and his deep interest in educa- 
 tion has proved his devotion and interest in 
 the comiuon welfare of the jjcople. For some 
 tune his health has not been good and the past 
 winter he and Mrs. Williaiuson spent in 
 Florida in search of health. Socially Mr. 
 Williamson is agreeaiile and comi)aniouable 
 and has many friends who appreciate his worth 
 as a neighbor and Christian gentleman. 
 
 CALEB CAKRPTT. 
 
 Caleb Carrett. sou of Isam and Mary 
 ( I'uckett ) ( iarrett. was liorn in Clinton county, 
 Ohio, on the (ith of July, 181 T). In i8r() the 
 lamily mo\ed to Randolph couiUw Indiana, 
 and, in 1823, t(j \'igo count}', in the same state, 
 
 where thev remained until the final removal 
 to Illinois. Whilst in the former state, the 
 residence of the family was generally on the
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 201 
 
 Fort Harrison prairie and abimt four miles partly ti> ltHii< ii]) a lucatiim for a futnre Imme. 
 
 soiitli of Tcrre 1 laute. Caleb was alxmt seven 'I'lie trip l)eg'an at Terre Haute. 1>\- lialilwin's 
 
 vears old ulieii tlie family ix'siiled near the store, in Eds^ar county. Sadorus (u"o\e, and 
 
 l.-itter place. He was educated at a suhscrip- into .Spriny field, lieardstown and (Juincy. tlien 
 
 lion school: his father heins;- a man of ednca- a wild, sparcely settled country. Mr. (larrett 
 
 lion, he progressed under home instruction and returned to Teri'e I laute hy way ol Meredosia, 
 
 learned rapidly. In 1S30 his mother died in on the Illinois ri\er, to Sprint;1leld and Decatiu'. 
 
 N'ii^o countw Indiana, and for sexeral years iMom iS^:;^ to iS,V>. pursuing;- his n;itin-al heiil 
 
 thereafter .Mr. Uam (larrett and h:s two sons. foi- exploi'atioii .-uid adventure, he lollowed llat- 
 
 C.alehand .Xatlian, kept house for themselyes. hoatiny down the Wabash, the ( )hio and the 
 
 In these d;i\s Caleh dro\e an o\ team for I.. Mississippi to Xew ( )rleans. The boats, made 
 
 I I. Scott ; he worked in the corn held fortwen- ;;enerally by the owner, were from ei.i;hly to 
 
 t\'-li\e cents a daw and made fence rail> at from one lumdied and twenty ieet Ioul;. .and wci'e 
 
 twenty to thirty cents ])er hundred, aseras;"- laden to the .gunwale with corn, jiork ami other 
 
 iuL; one hundred and lift}- for ;i d.iy's work. produce. In I S4(i Ir- started from Terre I laute 
 
 lie went into the jirintim; bu^ines^ at the ofhce bound Im Xew ( )i'leans per steamer, and upon 
 
 i'\ the Western l\e.L;ister in Terre I laute under reachin.i; the W ;ibash ra]iids tluy were mm upon 
 
 Judye .\mei-y Kiiniey ;md John W. ( )sborn, the rocks by a <!runken pilot. ( i.irretl :md two 
 
 the propi'ielors of the ol'lice. i\lr. (larrett re- others Ihied a sl-;ilT. ami. crossing; the vlwv to 
 
 turned to I'.irmiuL; for awhile. ;md also worked Ml. t .'uanel. Illinois, they chartered a h.ick and 
 
 as a carpentei- and builder under 1 )r. ddiomas repaired to hX ans\ille. ;it which iioint they took 
 
 Parsons, and ha\ ini; liu;ill\- resoKed to think the l.iri^e river steamer Louisiana with two 
 
 .and act for himself he returned to his faxorite com]>;uuons, one hound tor the mouth ol the 
 
 pursuits, farming;- ami .stock-raisiuL;, nuakiui;' ( umbeiland, the other lor the Teiniessee. 
 
 success in them the object iif his future life. Alter ;i tediou> \oy;iL;e he arrived at .Xew ( )i' 
 
 lie was for several )'cars a tenant of Channcev leans, took a steamship and pas>ed out to the 
 
 Rose, the well-known millionaire, for whom at .^ull. ;ind alter a \er) st(jrm_\- passage arrived 
 
 the outset he wciTcd at the ordinary (jccupa- satelv .il ( i.aK cston. lie went tlienct' to lions- 
 
 tion of a faian hand. duiiuL; w hich time he made ton. ;md there f.iilini:; to ,i;ct a conveyance, 
 
 thousands id" rails at the then usu.il very small st.ai'ted on foot lhroUL;h Tex.as. lie arrived 
 
 Compensation ; and hei'e be.L;an between the two at a house where he was ollered and accepted 
 
 men a warm i)ersonal rei;.ard. which was ouiv the use ol a pouy. The next da_\' he was ])re- 
 
 terminated by the de.alh of Mr. Rose. In iS^:;^:;, sented vvilh ;i lun'se by a I )r. Ileard. and pro- 
 
 in the ci puipanv of ( leoi-j^e Jordan, the f.ather of ceedint; ;-;ot into the v icinity ol hostile Indians. 
 
 1. L. Jordan, of Tuscola, and of Levi Westfall. lie became for the nonce a Texas rans^er. in 
 
 an uncle of R. i".. I I. West fall, of ( l.arrett town- which capacity he ex]ierienced consider.able 
 
 ship, anil also with a Keuluckv friend, Mr. li^hlinL;- with the Indians. In d'ravis county, 
 
 (iarrett i)assed thron:.;h thi> portion of Illinois. Tex.as, Mi', (iari'elt m.ai'ried Miss Irene I'nck- 
 
 partly to indulge his love of adventure and ett, a daughter of Thomas I'uckelt. With her
 
 202 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 lie left Texas in an ox wagon loaded with 
 pecans and dry hides. They arrived at Hous- 
 ton and took a steamer to Galvestiin, and tiience 
 to New Orleans, and hy the Mississippi to 
 Evansville, Indiana, landing March 5, 1841 : 
 they shortly after arrived in Vigo county, that 
 heing the county in which his wife was born. 
 Mrs. Irene Garrett has always been remarkable 
 for an open-handed li1)erality toward her less 
 fortunate neighbors, which dispensed generally 
 from her own private means earned her the 
 lilessings of the poor. In Vigo county Mr. 
 Garrett returned U> farming and stock-raising, 
 during which time, about 1842, he was elected 
 to the Indiana state legislature, and at the 
 succeeding term was re-elected. In 1845 '^^ 
 made his second trip to Illinois, and in 1S46 
 bought land in the west part of Tuscola town- 
 ship, near the present farm of William Brian. 
 He finally sold this land and located in the forks 
 of the creek on section 3, township 15, range 
 7. He also selected (uie Innulred and sixty 
 acres of land, being lots 2 and 3 in the north- 
 east (luarter of section 3, township 15, range 
 y. and hewed a set of walnut logs for a home. 
 In 1856 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett revisited Texas, 
 including a long trip in a carriage by Price's 
 Springs and Brazos brails in Cherokee county, 
 wliere he examined lands; thence to Palestine 
 and M.arshall, frum which place they went forty 
 miles to Shreveport, Louisiana, thence by 
 steamer to the mouth of Red river, and I>y a 
 similar c(inve\ance to Exansville, Indiana, 
 reaching hdme Nox-emlier 8, 1856, which was 
 then Coles county. He then began imi)niving 
 his lands with orchards, l)arns and dwellings. 
 Mr. Ciarretl's lands in Ciarrett township at one 
 time covered nineteen hundred acres. In 1875 
 lie sold these lands and reinvested in Tuscola 
 
 township, having concluded to settle in Tus- 
 cola City. He was the first supervisor of Gar- 
 rett township, which had been instituted with 
 the other townshii)S in 1868, and he was also a 
 member of the first grand jury in Douglas 
 county. Mr. Garrett always took a deep in- 
 terest in all the public affairs of Douglas 
 countv. 
 
 WILLIAM HOWE. 
 
 Historv first relates of William Howe, 
 grandfather of the late William Howe, as a 
 native of Virginia. Whether this is correct, 
 we are not able to sav. But he afterward emi- 
 
 grated to Kentucky when it was yet a wilder- 
 ness. He formed a meml)er of Daniel Boone's 
 first colony and participated in the dangers 
 incident to "the dark and bloody ground." His 
 son, George W. Howe, was born in Kentucky 
 and there maiTieil .-\ngeline Hildreth, a native
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 203 
 
 of tliat state, Iitit (if F.ns^lisli descent also, and in had many a skirmish with tlic Indians, liis 
 liourbon county, Kentucky, Wilham IIowc, Jr., father dying- by tlieir liands, and led by the same 
 was born on November j^, i8ji). spirit of adventure and hardihood lie deter- 
 In 1832 George Howe and family emi- mined tn try his fortunes in the new I'd Dorado. 
 grated to the southeastern part of Missouri. in .March, 1850, in company with West and 
 On the breaking out of the Black Hawk war others, eleven in all, he started overland f<ir 
 he joined the forces sent against the Indians, California. Before starting all promised th.'it 
 ;nul was sujipnsed to have been killed by them unless in case of illness none should be allnwed 
 near (kdcna, lllinnis, for no word caiue from to ride, and on .hU that long and rough journey 
 him afterward. The mother then moved with Mr. Howe kept his place by the side of the 
 her children, live in munber, back to her old oxen. The spring of 1850 was one of deep 
 home in Kentuckv in 1835. Here she stayed mud and high water, so their journey was made 
 for three )-ears, when she and her faniil\- moved doubly diliicult. The party passed through 
 to X'ermilion coniUw Illinois, arri\;ng there on (juinc}' cuid across the state of Missouri, fol- 
 the fith of April. 1838. Mr. Howe was at this lowing very nearly the same route now 
 time nine vears old. He continued with his traversed by the I l.annib.al & .St. jo railroad. 
 mother for aliuost two years, when he was in- The Missouri river in the southwest corner of 
 dentured to the service of William J. West, the state of Iowa was crossed; the northern 
 who resided on a farm in Sargent- township, route was taken, through the South Pass <if 
 It was in the spring of 1840 when he tirst came the Rocky Mountains; north of Salt Lake; by 
 to West's and he remained with him nine years, the Oregon tniil to the Soda Springs; then 
 till in his twentieth vear. in the spring of 1849. over to the St. Mary"s river, down which they 
 During this time his board was the only com- traxelcd to the Sink. The Sierra Xevadas wd'e 
 pensation he receix'ed for his service. He was crossed liy the Carson trail, and the party ar- 
 signcd to school about thirteen months, but rixed August J.~ . 1830, at Xcbber\\llc, only 
 out of this he only received about nine months' losing, in accomplishing the journey, one man, 
 regular schooling, and this was sc,-ittered o\er who died of <li>c'ase and whom the\- buried by 
 a long period of vears so ;is to be of but little the \\.-iy. The men weiU to mining gold in this 
 service. The good geuer;d educition he pos- region. Mr. How e remained nine luonlhs, dur- 
 sessed was jjrincipally picked u]) bv his own ing which lime he got together a considerable 
 ingenious industrv. .\fler his term of ser\ice (|u,-iiitit\- of gold dust. The Klamath excite- 
 wilh Mr. West b;id exjiired he wurked a year meut then i-.-ime up .-lud he joined a party to go 
 b\ the month, still Iiaxing his he;uli|uarters at to ( )regou. His expei-ience here was \ery ;id- 
 W est's. At this time the excitement conse- \enturons, but tliei-e were no flattering results, 
 (inent upon the <lisco\erv of gold in California In conip;in\' with Iwn others, he was robbeil b\ 
 w.'is spreading o\-er the conntr\-. .Mr. Howe, as a parlv <if .Modoe Indians. He l<ist about 
 we h;ue seen. Comes from an aiKenturons race twcKe hundred doll;n-s, including e\-er_\-thing 
 ol men, his earlier ancestors haxing fought he h.-id, e\en to a greater part of his clothing, 
 gallantly for King George, while his later ones He returned to the mines on the Yuba river
 
 204 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in destitute condition, witliout clothes or 
 money. Here prospects brightened, the gold 
 panning out sometimes to the amount of eighty 
 dollars a day. lUU he could iinl\- remain two 
 weeks. High water came and Mr. Howe went 
 to California, where he followed "teaming" 
 from Stockton out to the mines and during his 
 eighteen nmnths sdjnurn here he accumulated 
 siimc UKincy. In I1S53 he decided to return to 
 Illinois, and in February of the same year he 
 left California, taking a vessel from San Fran- 
 cisco, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, sailing 
 from there to New Orleans, then up the Mis- 
 sissip])i til his old home in C(_)!es county, as it 
 then was. During his three years stay in Cali- 
 fornia he learned the Spanish language and 
 ciiuld con\erse fluently in it. 
 
 Mr. H<.)we now turned his attention to the 
 peaceful pursuit of agriculture, hoping in that 
 1853, he married Harriett Anne Lester, a na- 
 185^^, he married Harriett .\nne Lister, a na- 
 tive of Douglas, whose ancestors, like those of 
 Mr. Howe, were of English and Kentucky 
 blood and birth. In December he started his 
 lung and prosperous career as a farmer, and 
 at the time of his death he was in the possession 
 of almost eighteen hundred acres of kuul in 
 the neighborhood of his residence. Hunting 
 was his favorite amusement, and e\ery year he 
 made a trip to Kansas, Colorado and .\rkansas, 
 where he indulged in the exciting si)ort. He 
 was celebrated for his skill as a marksman and 
 seldom failed to liring ilowii his game. 
 
 He was the father of eight children : James 
 M., who now resides on a large farm in Ne- 
 l)raska; John S., li\ing now on the old home- 
 stead: Perry N., who lives, also, on part of 
 his father's farm; Mary E., wife of James 
 Drennen, living on an Iowa farm ; Charles R., 
 
 residing on the first farm that Mr. Howe 
 owned; Etfie A., wife of James C. Reed, a 
 lawyer in Kansas City ; Leona M., wife of Will- 
 iam Iiiseph. assistant manager in the firm of 
 Ihadlcy Manufacturing Company; and Lora 
 .A., who lives with her mother in Tuscola. 
 William Howe died Jamiary J/, 1892, at his 
 ciiuntry home near h'icklin. 
 
 JAMES DREW. 
 
 James Drew one of the earliest ])'cinecrs in 
 the western part of Douglas county, and also 
 one of the largest land owners, is a native of the 
 state, ha\ing been born in Hamilton county, Il- 
 linois, on the 14th of June. iSk). He came to 
 
 the territory now embraced in Douglas county 
 in 1839, and continued to reside on the place of 
 his first location until his death in i8<J4. 
 
 The Drew family, from wdiich Mr. Drew 
 has his descent, formerly resitled in South Car-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 205 
 
 (iliiKi, wlierc Jdlin Drew, ihc fatlier of James qucnt career, lie was on the linikuul tn scnire 
 
 Drew, was Ixmi. The maiden name (if his land for liim.self. Land eoiild he ohtaineil in that 
 
 nintlier was Tcmpy I'armer. and she was alsn a ])art of Coles comity where Tavlnr lived, and 
 
 resident of South Carolina. The family after- yonn,<;- Drew emhr.aced (he lirst o|)])( .rtunity of 
 
 ward removed to Indiana, and then to Illinois, settlin<;-. He entered eightv acres of land at 
 
 settling; in Hamilton county. Here James the government price of one dollar and twentv 
 
 Drew was horn on the date given alioxe. When Ihe cents an acre, horrowing one hundred 
 
 aliout four _\-ears old the family moved norlli dollars of Ta\-lor to make the pm-chase. and 
 
 to I-^helhy cmmty. The children were nine agreeing to discharge the deht ]iartl\- in d;i\-'s 
 
 in muuher. Ii\'e hoys and four girls, only two labor. .Mi'. Drew's present house stands on 
 
 of whom are now dead. After the family had the origin.al land entered. His hrolher and 
 
 li\eil in Shelhy county ahoiu e'ght years. *iien hrother-in-law each entered eight\- aca'es at 
 
 moved to Ciiles comUy, sniuh of (/h.ariesic u. the same time, and the whole aiiionnt came 
 
 The pr:nc;p,'d part of his education Air. Drew into the ]iossession of Mr. Drew. It w.as the 
 
 received in this county, lie attended a om- close df the year \X-\<) when Mr. Drew first 
 
 mon country sclii ml. hcl<I in an . ild >]iaiUv, -vil'i came into the I'ountw .-nid the next spring he 
 
 a tn-e-]ilace occupying nearly .all df on(.' cud. honghl hi^ land. lie ]iut up a s]ilit iMg c.iliin 
 
 The nidsi cil the children were witlioul h.als on the premises .-md li\eil with his hnither-in- 
 
 and went h.arefoot in winter. Mr. Drew's fa- law. .\1I the time he c><u\i\ s|i.are for impmv- 
 
 ther was ,a laianer, .and l<ept the hoys ,at home ing the pn>perl\ hv de\M|od in p.aying olT (he 
 
 a great deal of the time Im wurk on the farm. deht of mie hundred dollars, which was liuallv 
 
 After a residence in ( 'oles county of si ime \e;M-s accoiuplislied in I liret- years. .\ gniid pniiK.ii 
 
 the lauiily nnwed hack to .Sjiclhy, this time was worl<ed out Ii\ lahor, at liflv cents ;i d.aw 
 
 maka'ng their home in the teiaitory ,1 flei'w .ai'd There wereonK' f. .in' f.imilies in the neighhor- 
 
 emliraceil in Mi mllrie CMunty lui its fm in.ation. Imod ;ii ihe time df .Mr. Dia-w 's setllement. 
 
 .Mr. I )|-e\\ w.as now almul i-ighteen yeirs of age. l*"or thirty miles {i< the west, in tlu- dii-eclion 
 
 Me st.ayed at hdme part of iw, 1 years, dui' sum- of Decatur, thiaa' was not a single hduse The 
 
 mer gding to ( lalena, .-md Wdrking in the le.ad prairies w ta'e .'ill unoccaipied, eivcred wilh tall 
 
 mines there. Xd niduey I'diild he djiiaineil ;U grass .and I'esiu weeds, d\ei- which rd.imed 
 
 this peridd Pir farm l.ahdr, .and the lead mines deer .and ]ir.airie Wdl\-es. 
 
 dlleied the diilyuppdrtunity fdi' dht.aining ready After li\ing with his hrothei' in l;iw for a 
 
 cash. W hile employi'd here he recei\ed t went V Cduple df \a'ars. .\lrd)rew Cduclnded In "n id 
 
 dollars :i mdutli and hd;u-d. In the yv.w iS_:;c) keeping hdUse fd|- himself, and married Am-'e- 
 
 his f.alher tddk .a joh of m:iking r.ails for one line W'.iller, ,a n.ativc of 1 l.amilton counts-. Inn 
 
 J.acoh Taylor, proh.ahly the lirsl settler in wh.it who ;it tlie time df the marriage lived in 
 
 is Udw ( iarrett tdw iiship, ami j.ames agreed to Shelhy. .Mr. I )i-ew w;is then twcnlx' three .ami 
 
 gi\e his .assistance, lie w.as udw dlil eudugh his wife .ahdul lwenl\-. Mr. Drew h.ad earlv 
 
 to do for himself, and with lln- s.ame foresight learnei] industrious h.ahits. and from his child- 
 
 and husiness tact which h.is m.arked his suhse- hood knew Ihe meaning of jiard work, l!y
 
 2o6 
 
 BIOGRAriIU\\L .\ND HISTORICAL. 
 
 liis indnstrv and fni^^Tilily lie won success, in- 
 vesting liis surplus capital in land and addin,c: 
 from time to time as opportunity offered. 
 Farming- was the pursuit to which he directed 
 his whole energies and e\'er since his residence 
 in the county he has given considerable atten- 
 tion to raising and feeding stock. 
 
 Mr. Drew's first wife thed in 1855, and he 
 suhsequently married, on the 13th of October, 
 1857. Miss Martha L. Baker. 
 
 EUGENE RICE. 
 
 Eugene Rice. ex-meml)cr of the Legislature 
 and a man of considerable iirominence through- 
 out the count}', was liorn in Madison county. 
 
 Kentucky, ]\larch 12, 1848. He is a son of 
 M.nrtin Rice, who was one of the most widely 
 ;niil faxorably known of the early settlers of 
 t'amargo, ami whose sketch with ancestry of 
 
 the family is printed in full on another page. 
 Mr. Rice came to the township with his parents 
 in 1854 and resides at present on the old home- 
 stead. He is extensively engagetl in farming 
 and stock raising and is known as one of the 
 most successful farmers in Douglas county. 
 In 18S7 and 1889 he was elected to the Legis- 
 lature from the district composed of Coles, 
 Cumberland and Douglas counties, as a Re- 
 publican. He served on several committees — 
 federal relations, agriculture, penitentiaries, fish 
 and game, contingent expenses, drainage, li\'e 
 stock and dairy, printing and others — and dur- 
 ing the extra session helped to pass the World's 
 Fair bill. 
 
 Mr. Rice has never married, and resities on 
 his beautiful farm within a half hour's ride 
 from the village of Camargo, where he enter- 
 tains his friends and enjoys life. As a member 
 of the Legislature he was conscientious and a 
 hard worker in the interest especially of the 
 farmer, who it has. it seems, been sadly neg- 
 lected as to legislation in both state and n.ition. 
 
 D. 0>. ROOT. 
 
 D. O. Root, second son and third chilil of 
 Levi and Polly Root, was born in nccattu' 
 townshi]). Washington comity. (~)hio. Septem- 
 ber J4, 1834. His father was a native of Liv- 
 ingston county. New York, and was born April 
 9, 1809. He came with his mother and stej)- 
 father to Washington county, Ohio, soon after 
 the close of the second war with the mother 
 comUrv, in which war his own fathei" h.ul been 
 a soldier, and died just at its close. The
 
 P.TOGRArillCAI, AND IIISTOKICAr.. 
 
 20; 
 
 motlier of tlic subject of tliis sketch, wliose 
 maiden name was Stewart, was horn ui)on the 
 farm upon which now stamls tlie \-illaj;c of 
 Stewart, in ,\lhcns co\uity, ( )hi(i, M.arch 7. 
 1809, and lier mortal remains are slcepins;- in 
 a cemetery near that villa,<;-e. u])on tlie nld Stew- 
 art farm, less than one-fourth i>f a mile from 
 the place where she was horn. She died in 
 May, 1857. Her father, Daniel Stewart, burn 
 in November, \jC',2. in T.itchlield. Gmnectictn, 
 was a Sdldier in the cuntinenlal army in ihc 
 wru" of the Uevolnti' in. lie came ti> ( )hio in 
 1802, and died upon the farm he then settled 
 u])on, in 1839, of an accident, and nut of dis- 
 ease or old ;iq-e. thimqii he was in his ninetv- 
 
 eit^hlh year. The [jarcnts of onr subject re- 
 ninNcd from Washington cnnnty to .\thcns 
 county, s.-ime state, when he was a mere infant, 
 and settled i>n the W'v^ 1 hick buck ini;- (imw 
 abbreviated into simply Ihickiug) river, just 
 belciw the villa.i^e n\ Stew.art. Here he sjicnt 
 the first twenty years of bis life, except two 
 
 years — 1852-53 — dm-inc;- which he was a stu- 
 dent in the Ohio Wesleyan I'mAersilv at Dela- 
 ware. (Ihio. Failing- health caused him t<> (piil 
 school before graduation. 
 
 After arriving at snl'licient age. when n.ii 
 in .school — the common and select — he was cn- 
 .gaged in the ordinary farm work, in a woolen 
 factory and as clerk in a cuunlry store nf geu- 
 cral merchandise. At the age of twenty he left 
 the parental hdine for good and struck out lor 
 himself and for the west as well. He landed 
 in what is innv Douglas county — then Coles — 
 October 17. 1854. It may be of snme interest 
 to the younger generation, at least, as shnwing 
 the difference in the nicule of tr;i\el then ;m 1 
 now, to state th;it the brst thirtei'ii miles ^<\ 
 Mr. Root's westward journey — from the home 
 he was just leaving to old .\thens — was made 
 in a common road w.agoii ; from Atlieus to T^;m- 
 caster, forty-fne miles, in a canal boat, towed 
 by hor.ses. and twenty4hree consecutive hours 
 were consumed in m;iking this distance, b'rom 
 Lancaster to Terre Haute. Jndi;m;i, via Cin- 
 ciimati and Iiulianapolis. bv rail. And. by the 
 way, it was the only route Ity which it could. ;it 
 that time, have lieen made by rail, b'rom 
 Terre Haute to Paris, Illinois, was on a con- 
 .struction train, on the old I. & St. L. U. K., its 
 track having just been completed as far west as 
 that iioint. b^-nm Paris to Oakland the trip 
 was made in ,au old time "'h.-ick" or "st;ige 
 coach." which w.as then run from Terre HaiUe 
 westward, on the old .Springfield "trace," pass- 
 ing through Oakland, then locally known as 
 Pinhook. During the winter of 1854-3 Mr. 
 l\oot t;mghl a term of school at "Catfish 
 Point." near w Iiert' the \'i]l;ige of Isabel, in 
 Edgar comity, now stamls. i"or this be re- 
 cei\ed the sum of t\vent)-fi\e dollars [)er
 
 2o8 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 montli, an amount considered ratlier extra- 
 iir<linar}- fur tlie times. 
 
 In the spring- of 1855 — .\pril 5 — he was 
 rnilcil in marriage with Mrs. Sarali Winkler, 
 the widow of Cli.''.rles V. Winkler, wlm ha<l 
 hcen a prosperous farmer and an old settler on 
 the lirushy Fork timber. He died in Jnne. 
 iS^4, leaving, liesides his widow, two children, 
 \'ashti, who became the wife of L. E. Root, a 
 brother of our snliject, and who is now de- 
 ceased, and Luther, who is one of Nev'm m's 
 enterprising farmers and stock raisers Vd^ 
 latter occupies the old farm entered and, im- 
 proved by his grandfather and father, tc whicli 
 he has made various and substantial additions 
 and improvements. After his marriage Ivlr. 
 Root settled upon this same farm and remained 
 on it niuil the fall of 1873, after his election 10 
 the office of county clerk. To Mv. and Mrs. 
 Re Kit there were born nine children, five s_)n-. 
 and fi>ur daughters: Harriet K., January 10, 
 1855; lulward T., November C>, 1857; (^rnou 
 L., lulv ,^, 1860; Ro.secrans, November 2, 
 1862; Leula, October 9, 1864; Pitner, Novem- 
 ber 26, \^()(\ and died Se])teml)er 25, 1867: 
 Isabelle, January 12, 18(18; Mary, .\pril 13, 
 1869; a SdU, unnamed. September j,o. I'^yj,. 
 died Oetober 3, 1873. i'jlward T., (ildest son 
 died December 23. 1892, unmarried, in the 
 thirty-sc\-enth year of his age. Hattie V ha> 
 been mistress of her father's house and, as 
 nearly as it is jMissible for any but a real muther 
 to be, a niiitlier to the other children e\cr since 
 the death (if lier mother, in ()cti)ber. 1881, 
 while the f.'unilv resideil in Tuscnla. 
 
 In lulv. 1861, Mr. Rout entered the ser\'- 
 ice I if his ctmntry, in the war of the Rebellion, 
 and became a member of Company 1 1, Iwenty ■ 
 b^ifth Regiment Illinois X'ohmteer Infantry, 
 
 and served until October, 1862, when, In's 
 healtli failing, he w^as discharged for disability 
 I'"rom 1868 to 1873 'i^ ^^''^s ^'^"'' times elected 
 the assessor of his (Newman) townshii). In 
 November, 1873. he was elected to the office 
 of county clerk, re-elected in 1877, and, by rea- 
 son of a change in the constitution of the state, 
 an extra year was added to this term, which 
 expired in 1882. making in all nine years. 
 Shortly after his retirement from office, and 
 while on the lookout for some permanent Imsi- 
 ness, he entered the store of I'. M. Friend & 
 Son. of Tuscola, as a clerk, remaining until 
 Febrnar}-, 1884, at which time he bought a half 
 interest in the large general store of James 
 Cilloglv. of Newman, forming the firm of 
 Cillogly & Root. Four years thereafter L. 
 E. Root, a brother of D. O. Root, l)ought Mr. 
 G."s interest in the firm and it was changed to 
 Root Bros. The firm is still in business, occu- 
 jiving a large two-storv brick on the north s'df 
 of the sipiarc. fronting on X'alcs street .Tiid 
 extending north to Mathers street. w!th a rear 
 entrance on same. It is the leading firm in the 
 citv. Mr. l\oot is a member of the M. K. 
 cluu'ch of long standing'. ha\'ng entered its 
 fold in Jannarv. 1851. He is a I'^reemason 
 and a Knight Templar; has also taken all the 
 degrees in Odd Fellowship except the uniform 
 rank, and is a memlier of the 1\. of H. ;md ol 
 H. & L. of H. orders. 
 
 The family to which Mr. I\oot belongs is 
 in some res])ects remarkable. To his ])arents 
 there were born twelve children, eight Imys and 
 foiu" girls, of whom ele\'en are lising, one son 
 ha\-ing been killed lighting for the Hag in ibe 
 war of 1861-5, at I'erryville. Ky., in October, 
 i8(>2. These children were all born l)et\veen 
 1831 and 1852. His motlier, as has kefore
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 209 
 
 been noted herein, died in 1857. and in 1862 
 liis father remarried. From tliis union one 
 son was htjrn, makint;' the family tn-day con- 
 sist of tlie orig'in.al number, eii^iit hoys and 
 fotn- girls, tlie yonngest tliirty-se\en years of 
 age, tlie eldest near se\enty. Six of tlic Itoys 
 were in the Union army (hn-ing the l-Jehelhon. 
 t:\e returning. .\h ser\ed tin'ee iuW yeru's ex- 
 cept the subject of this slsclch. i"e\\ famihes 
 can show sncli a record. 
 
 JOHN Ol'LXX. 
 
 Jiihn Oninn. jirixate banker, grain dealer, 
 and one of the must successful x'nung ])usiness 
 men of tlie count}', located in I'airl.and in 1SS4 
 ;is a giMin agent for the tlrm nf ll.irnelt, Kuhn 
 & ComiJanv. of Terre Haute. Indiau.a. lie is 
 
 Mr. (Juinn was born in Union county, 
 Ohio. bVbruary 15, 18(13, and there he re- 
 mained until he \\;is six years of age. when 
 his ]i,arenls remnxed to (_"ham])aign county. 
 1 le is a son of I'atrick and llridget (Juinn. who 
 were natives of Ireland. His father is retired 
 from acti\'e business and resides at I'hilo. Illi- 
 nois. J(j|in Oninn was reared on the farm 
 and received the advantages only of the ncigh- 
 l)oring- schools. In 1899 he foundeil the b'air- 
 land Exchange Bank, which is his own ]irivate 
 in.stitution. As a business man he is known to 
 be careful, safe, and possessed of sterling in- 
 tegrity. In 1890 he was united in marriage to 
 Miss Sarah F. Suddeth. a native of Edgar 
 county ;md ;i member of ,-i Kentucky famil}'. 
 'i'hey ha\e thi'ee children: Otis, Anna .and 
 Cecil. Mr. (Juinn owns eighty acres of l.iinl 
 northeast of Fairl.and, \'\\c miles dist.ant. Ik- 
 is a ch.arler member of the Woodmen. ;md is 
 also a member of the Court of Honor. 
 
 SCOTT i',rk(;i':T 
 
 Scott r.urgett, the proprietor of the New- 
 
 m.ni ll.ank .and one of {\\c successful lin.anciers 
 
 .and business men of Illinois, was born in 
 
 Ihaishy b'ork. this couulw .Scptcnilu-r 11, 
 
 185J, and is ;i son of the l.ite I. W. I'nrgett. 
 
 whose sketch is found n]>ou .■motluT Jiagc ot 
 
 this bodk. Muring tlu' summer mouths Scott 
 
 r.urgcll worki'd u|ion his f.alher's f.arm rmd 
 
 ii[ wintci' ;illen<k-d the district school. When 
 
 still as.sociated with this lirm. banijliug in the .about se\i'nli'in ve.ars df .age he entered l.ei''s 
 
 neighborhood of oui' hundred thousand bush Academy ;il l.ox.a. llhuois. .and .after le.a\ing 
 
 els per year. 
 '14 
 
 that iustituli^'U went to the st.atc uorm.al ,at
 
 2IO 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Normal, Illinois, where he completed his edu- 
 cation. After returning home he taught three 
 terms of school in the Coffey district, in Sar- 
 gent township, and much of his success as a 
 teacher he claims he owes to his life-long 
 friend, \^^ H. Coffey. In March. 1879. he 
 entered the large dry-goods house of James 
 Gillogly in Newman as bookkeeper and head 
 .salesman, witli whom he remained until 1884. 
 when he, with 1. N. Covert, estahlislied the 
 Newman Bank. Mr. Covert retired from 
 
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 children, five of whom are living : Jay T., 
 Bessie M., Eva O., Paul H. and Charles C, 
 and James is deceased. 
 
 Scott Burgett's business ventures have been 
 thoroughly successful and he has the absolute 
 confidence of the entire public. He owns 
 some of the fine lands in Ijoth Newman and 
 Sargent townships, and his real estate hold- 
 ings in Newman are large. He is treasurer 
 of the Newman Builtling & Loan Association, 
 is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 is a Royal Arch Mason and is a member of the 
 order of Knights of Pythias. At present he 
 is erecting what will be the finest residence in 
 Newman, costing some six or eight thousand 
 dollars. Quiet and unassuming in his man- 
 ners, he treats all alike, the poor man as he 
 does his rich neighbors, and counts his ac- 
 quaintances as his friends. In all the relations 
 of life he has been true to his duty as he h.as 
 seen it, and in business and in society a well-de- 
 served success has come to him as a reward 
 of earnest industry antl his upright dealings 
 with his fellow men. 
 
 active business in 1888 and was succeeded to 
 tlie presidency by S. M. Long, who remained 
 president until his deatli. Frnm tliat time, 
 August 20, 1898, to the present, it has been 
 the private property of Mr. Burgctt. In the 
 bank's management he is assisted by J. W. 
 King and George Moore. 
 
 Sei)tember 2, 1879, he was married to Miss 
 Alice V. Hopkins, daughter of the late James 
 Hopkins, who was one of the jirominent ])ii>- 
 neers of Douglas ciunity. Thc}' have had six 
 
 A. HAYWWRD. 
 
 A. Flayward, who has been the railroad 
 station and ticket agent at Camargo for twen- 
 ty-three years, was born near Belfast, Ireland, 
 November 23, 1849, and was reared to man- 
 hood in the ncighborlu^od of Cranbniok, coun- 
 ty Kent, England, where he attended the or- 
 dinary school of that day. He is a son of 
 P.enjamin Ilayward, who was a member and 
 organist of the Church of England at Inch,
 
 JJiOGRArJiiCAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 21 I 
 
 hear Iklfast. Ireland, lie was a fine niusi- Cusiey. They lia\e (uie (jaiii^hter. .Mary 
 eiaii. i>layini^ hdtli (ir,-;aii and violin with i.;real I'.Iizahetli. wIk. is ninelecn years of a.i^e. He 
 proficiency. His father died in 1S55. His i^ a nieniher i.l' the Cc.nrt ni Ih.n.n- and at 
 mother, who was, before she was married, proent holds the office of chancellor. .Mr. 
 Marg-aret Carr, was a native of Ciuint) Down, Ihiyward owns a pleasant liome in C.-nnari^-o, 
 Ireland, and was reared ne;.r llelfaM. His besides eisfhty acres of land ni .Murdoch town- 
 great-.Lj-rand lather, John lla\\\ard, w.asanex- .ship. He has been town clerk of Caniaroo 
 ceediiigly wealthy man, and because his sons for six years and was .secretary of the 1 )ou-las 
 were of dissolute habits he be(|ueatlied his county fair for ten years, I ie was also assist- 
 ant ,!;"ener,il superintendent of tl;e st;'te fair in 
 iX()7-(;X, ;iuil scr\ed as delc.'.;;ile to the Court 
 I 'I Hon. ir of l)ou,L;las couul\-. which met 111 
 .^])nii.-lield ill iX()i). He h;is in.ade his own 
 way in the busiin.-ss world ;i;id at present 
 occupies ;iii eii'.iable position 111 the affairs of 
 Di uiLjlas countw 
 
 ( IIAKI.ICS.S. S.\X1)I'()RD. 
 
 Charles .'^. .Sand ford, of Tuscola, Illinois, 
 is the sou of Is.iac and r.eliud.i ( boster ) Sand- 
 lord. 1 he lather w,is born ,it Ih'idyeb.untou, 
 wealth to charity. an<l it is known to tu s da_\ Coui; Isl.ind. in iji^h, ,-ind luarrieil Belinda 
 as the ll.ayw.ard ch.arity fund, so inrc'i ol boster, who was bom in llannltou c..iiiit\, 
 which is .i;iveu out each year by the p.ir sh ol ( Jliio. in 1 70'"^. Ibc proocuitor of tin' S.aud- 
 t ranbrook to the po.ir of the ]),irish. His lords 011 I ,oii!^ Island firs) settled iieai' 1 losii lu, 
 ni.aternal t;randfalher, b'dward C.irr, was born .Massachusetts, in the war i()4(). ddiis branch 
 in Scotland. of the fainil\- trci- h;is had numerous descciiil 
 
 .\. H.ayw.ird came to this couiitr\- in iX-o. ants, identified with important movements at 
 and after spending; three months in Syracuse an e;irly d.ay in the historv of Con.i;- Island, 
 came direct to 'fnsrola. where he followed the Many of them particip.ated in the b.attle of 
 li.iinter's tr;ule and rem.iiiied here si.\ years. l.oii^- Island, ,uiil some of them were minute 
 He soon afterwards learned the telei^raph busi- men. Isaac SandfonI emis^r.ited to b.doar 
 ness and located in Camart;-o. county. Illinois, iu 1 Sjo. He served as c;i])- 
 
 In iSSo .lur subject w.as wed<led to Miss tain in the I'.l.ack Ibawk war and was lat .-r 
 Julia OTonnor. a step (l,an.<;iiter of .Martin commissione<l as briy.adier-yeneral of the stal;
 
 212 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 militia In' (iDXcnmr Ivcyiidlils in 1X33. lie 
 lu'ld ili;it ])osili()n for ril'tecn years, after whieli 
 time he resig'ued. (ieneral Sandfurd was a 
 man nf sjreat financial aliilitv and remarkalile 
 
 cnerg-}-. At tlie time nt his death, in 1853. he 
 was (me of the weaUhiest men in Edgar county. 
 
 Cliarles S. .Sandford's maternal grand- 
 father. Luke I'oster, was one of the associate 
 judges of llaniilton cmnty, Ohio, lie was 
 born at l\i\erhead. Long Isl.and. The h'os- 
 ttrs setttled on Long Island as early as the 
 Sandfi )rds. 
 
 C. S. Sandford grew to manhood on the 
 farm: attended school at I'Ldgar .\cademv, at 
 I'aris. Illinois, and afterward for a time at 
 (ireencastle (Indiana) Asl)ur\' Lniversitv — 
 now known as the Del'auw L'ni\ersity. in 
 1855 he was married to Susan J. Judson, a 
 native of C'onnecticut. ?Ier girlhood home 
 was in \^icksburg, Mississippi, but her later 
 education was received at Steubenville, Ohio. 
 I\Irs. Sandford hails froiu a famil_\- of decided 
 literary tastes, her own inclinatiiius and prac- 
 
 tice in the se\eral comnumities where resid- 
 ing being- to promote and forward intellectual 
 ad\ancement. To their marriage ha\e been, 
 born six children : Walter .Alexander died in 
 infancy; Janet J. is the wife of Capt. Wm. T. 
 Wood, wdio was graduated from West Point 
 in the class of 1S77. arid at present is serx-ilig 
 as treasurer at Manila, in the Philippine Is- 
 lands, under Cieneral Otis. They ha\-e sons ■ 
 Halsey W'., Sheridan C. and Isaac Russell. 
 Sheridan C. has had an extensi\-e experience 
 as a commercial traxeler. (irace Foster is the 
 wife of Dr. W", K. Pur\iance. ass'stant sur 
 geon in the L'nitLnl States arm\', with the rank 
 ol captain, n(jw stationed at Fort Egbert, 
 Alaska. Isa;ic J\.ussell, the youngest of the 
 family, is partner with his father in dr\--goods 
 and general merchandise at \'illa Gro\e, Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 ^Ir. Sandford's business career has been 
 one of unusual di\-ersity. In 1S50 he made 
 the oxerland route to California and engaged 
 in mining for two years; afterwards handled 
 cattle in Etlgar connty and Douglas connty. 
 Illinois; made and im[)ro\cd two farms from 
 the \'irgin soil — one in each of the above conn- 
 ties, lie was a ])artner in the wholesale and 
 retail house of C. C .Smith iV Co., Terre 
 Ilaute, hid., in iS<>3, Came to Tuscola and 
 followed merchandising, in which, since 1863, 
 he has Ijeen acti\ely engaged. 
 
 TOHX T. TODD. 
 
 John Thomas Todd, who is one of the most 
 acti\'e and successful business men of Tuscola 
 and who has been with the exception of two
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 21 I 
 
 near Belfast, Ireland, lie was a fine niusi- 
 eian. playing both organ .ami xiolin with great 
 liroficiency. Hi.s father died in 1S55. His 
 mother, who was, before she was married. 
 Margaret Carr, was a nati\-e of connty Down, 
 Ireland, and was reared near Belfast. His 
 great-grandfather, JmIhi IK'uward. was an ex- 
 ceedingly wealtliy man, .and becatise his suns 
 were of dissolute h.abits he lieinieaihed liis 
 
 C'ogley. They have one danghter, Mary 
 Elizabeth, who is nineteen years of age. He 
 is a member of the Court of Honor and at 
 present holds the ofhce of chancellor. Mr. 
 Hayward owns a pleasant home in Camargo, 
 besides eighty acres of land in Murdock lown- 
 shii). lie has been town clerk of Camargo 
 tor six }-ears and was secretary of the Donglas 
 county fair for ten years. He was also assist- 
 ant general superintendent of the state fair in 
 1897-98, and served as a delegate to the Court 
 of Honor for Douglas county, which met in 
 Springfield in 1899. He has made his own 
 way in tlie business world and at present 
 occnpit's an en\iable ])ositi>in in the affairs of 
 Douglas coinitv. 
 
 Cll.\Ul.b:S S. SAX'l'OKl). 
 
 Charles S. .Sandfonl. of Tuscola, Illinois, 
 is the son of Isaac ;mil Belinda ( b'oster ) .Sand- 
 fcr<l. The father \\a^ born at I '.ridgrh.imton, 
 wealth to charity, and it is known to this day Long Island, i)i iji/i, .and mai'iai'd Bclind,! 
 as the llayw.ard cli.arity fund, so nnich of I'oster, who w.as boiai in 1 l.imilton counfv, 
 which is gi\en out each year by the [i.arish of ( )hio. in 1708. TIk- progenitor of the .Sand 
 Cranbrook to the ]>i"<v of the p.arish. His fords on l.oug Bland lirst --eltled near Boston, 
 m.alcrn.al gr.andf.athei', bdward C.arr. was born M.assachusetls, in the \'e;ir lO.p). This branch 
 in .Scotland. ol the family li'ee h,as had numerous descend- 
 
 .'\. Hayward came to this counti'y in 1870, .ants, identified with im])iirt.ant mo\-emcuts ,at 
 and after spending three months in .Syracuse an e.arly d.iy in the hi>torv of Long Island, 
 came direct to Tuscola, where he followed the Many of them p.irticip.aled in the battle of 
 painter's trade .and reni,aiiu'<l here six years. Bong Isl.ind. .and some of lln^ni wei-e mimite 
 1 le soon .afterw.ard learned tlu' telegrajili busi- men. Is.aac .S.andford enn'gratcil to b'dg.ar 
 uess .and located in Cam.argo. coinUw Illinois, in i8jo. lie served ;is cap 
 
 In 1880 our subject w:is wedded to Miss lain in tlu' Black llawl< w.ar .and w.as Later 
 Juli.a O'Connor, ,a stepdaughter of M.artin commissioned as brig.adiergener.al of the sl.ate
 
 212 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 militia by Gdvernor Reynolds in 1833. He 
 held that position for fifteen years, after which 
 time he resigned. General Sand ford was a 
 man of srreat financial aliilitv and remarkable 
 
 energy. At the time of his death, in 1853, he 
 was one of the wealthiest men in Edgar county. 
 
 Charles S. Sandford's maternal grand- 
 father, Luke Foster, was one of the associate 
 judges of Hamilton county, Ohio. He was 
 born at Riverhead. Long Island. The Fos- 
 ters settled on Long Island as early as the 
 Sandfords. 
 
 C. S. Sandford grew to manhood on tlie 
 farm; attended school at Edgar Academy, at 
 Paris, Illinois, and afterward for a time at 
 Greencastle (Indiana) Asbury L'ni\ersity — 
 now known as the DePanw LTniversity. In 
 1855 he was married to Susan J. Judson, a 
 native of Connecticut. Her girlhood home 
 was in Vicksburg, Mississippi, but her later 
 education was received at Steubcn\'illc. Ohio. 
 Mrs. Sandford h.ails frnm ;i family of decided 
 literary tastes, her own iiiclinatinns and prac- 
 
 tice in tlie scN'eral communities where resiil- 
 ing lieing to promote and forward intellectual 
 advancement. To their marriage have been 
 born six children : Walter Alexander died in 
 infancy; Janet J. is the wife of Capt. Wm. T. 
 Wood, who was tjraduatcd from W'est Point 
 in the class of 1S77, and at present is serx'ing 
 as treasurer at Manila, in the Phillipine Is- 
 lands, under General Otis. They have sons : 
 Halsey W., Sheridan C. and Isaac Russell. 
 Sheridan C. has had an extensive experience 
 as a commercial traveler. Grace Foster is the 
 wife of Dr. W. E. Purviance, assistant sur- 
 geon in the Lhiited States army, with the rank 
 of captain, now stationed at Fort Egbert, 
 .Vlaska. Isaac Russell, the youngest of the 
 family, is partner with his father in dry-goods 
 and general merchandise at Villa Grove. Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 Mr. Sandford's business career has been 
 one of unusual diversity. In 1850 he made 
 the overland route to California and engaged 
 in mining for twii years ; afterwartl handled 
 cattle in Edgar comity and Douglas county, 
 Illinois; made and improved two farms from 
 the virgin soil — one in each of the above coun- 
 ties. He was a partner in the wholesale and 
 retail house of C. C. Smith & Co., Terre 
 Haute. Ind., in 1893. Came to Tuscola and 
 followed merchandising, in which, since 1S63, 
 he has been actively engaged. 
 
 JOHN T. TODD. 
 
 John Thomas Todd, who is one of the most 
 active ;uid successful business men of Tuscola 
 and who b;is been with the exception of two
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 !'3 
 
 years, agent for the I. D. & W. Railway Com- 
 pany from the time tlie road was Iniilt to the 
 present, having first entered its service as agent 
 at Marshall, Indiana, on Augnst i, 1879, was 
 ))orn in Edgar connty, Illinois, June 8, 1862. 
 He was reareil in Edgar and Champaign coun- 
 ties and received his educati(Hi in the puhlic 
 schnols at Xewman. In 1866 his jiareiUs re- 
 
 mmcd til Douglas county and settled i>n a 
 farm near Xewman. lie is a son of David 
 and Mariah (\\'il,s(in) Todd, who were natives 
 of Ireland, and who were both Episcopalians 
 in their religious belief. Da\id Todd was ;i 
 hiinkhinder Iiv trade anil in about 1844 emi- 
 grated til this ciiuntry, first settling in New 
 York City, where he worked at his trade until 
 1855. when he emigrated west and located on 
 a farm in Eilgar county. The graml fathers 
 of Mr. Todd were James Todd ami William 
 Wilson, both born in Ireland. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Todd was united in marriage 
 to Miss Laura, a daughter of L. J. Cash, of 
 
 Newman. He is the founder of the Douglas 
 County Telephone Company, now a sub- 
 licensee of the .American ricll rclciilione t'om- 
 pany, the change being made in order to get the 
 use of the instruments and the long-distance 
 connections of the Bell Comi)any. Mr. Todd 
 is still the president and business manager of 
 llie Company, with J. W. Ilamiliou as sec- 
 retary. In 1892 he removed to Chicago, 
 where he was engaged for two years in per- 
 fecting and tleveloping an invention known 
 as the "thermograph," of which .Mr. Todd is 
 the patentee and inventor. This instrument 
 is for automatically recording the \-arialions 
 of temperature of refrigerator cars while in 
 transit, also of the several rooms of cold stor- 
 age plants, hot houses, etc.. where it is ilesira- 
 hle that a uniform temperature be maintained. 
 With Mr. TchM's in\-ention it is possible to 
 have a printed record made on a narrow' strip 
 of jiaper ribbon, showing the \'ariations of 
 temperature at such intervals of time as may 
 be desired, froiu the time a car of meat leaves 
 Chicago until it arrives in San Francisco, from 
 which record any neglect in re-icing car en 
 route ma\- be located, and ;is the record shows 
 the time of day and date of every variation, 
 it is an easy m.atter to place the res])onsibi!ity 
 for any neglect by the se\eral railway com- 
 panies handlig the car. 
 
 John r. Ti >dd is a member of the M.asonic 
 fraternitw .and his standing ;is a man. espe- 
 cially in I'ailroad circles, is second to none. 
 During his residence in Tuscola he has borne 
 an important ]iarl in the ])rogress of the city, 
 .and his courteous manner ;md his integrity 
 and abilit}- ha\e wnn him a high place in the 
 esteem of his fellow citizens.
 
 214 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 CARL S. BLJRGETT. 
 
 Carl S. Burgctt was burn in Sargent ti^vvn- 
 ship. Douglas county. Illin(.)is. July 2, 1867, 
 and is a son of I. \V. Burgett, whose death 
 occurred in 1884 and wlmse sketch is found 
 elsewhere. .After leaving the common schools 
 Mr. Burgett attended high school at Green- 
 
 field, Iowa, and the Commercial Cnllege at 
 Terre Haute. Indiana. In i8yi he located in 
 Newman ami has been engaged in buying and 
 selling broom corn and the manufacturing of 
 brooms; he is also engaged in the fire insur- 
 ance business and buying and shipi)ing stock. 
 In 1894 Mr. Burgett was wedded to Miss 
 Emma Gillogly, a daughter of James Gillogly, 
 of Newman. To them have been l)orn three 
 children: Lois V., Carl .Stanton and Gladys. 
 Besides his business interests in Newman Mr. 
 Burgett owns one hundred and twenty acres of 
 land in Sargent tovv'usliip. He is a Mason 
 and belongs to the Melita Commander}' of 
 Knights Teiuplar of Tuscola. i\Ir. Burgett 
 
 has for .several years past taken an active and 
 influential part in the councils of his party and 
 was elected as a Republican to the lower house 
 iif the (ieneral Assembly (if Illinois in the fall 
 cif 1898. While a member of this body he 
 was con.scientious in his work and was seldom 
 absent at roll-call. He served on the commit- 
 tees on agriculture, appropriations, banks and 
 banking, labor and intlustrial affairs, penal and 
 reformatories and railroads. It was largely 
 due to his efliciency as a law maker that his 
 party in the recent primaries gave him the re- 
 nomination without opposition for re-election 
 to the same office. Socially Carl S. Burgett 
 is one of the most companionable of fellows 
 and thoroughly appreciates the confidence and 
 esteem placed in him liy the general public. 
 
 ALBERT B. S.VW'YER. 
 
 Albert B. Sawyer was born in the town of 
 Milton, Chittenden county, Vermont. January 
 3, 1837. Since 1885 he has been a resident 
 of Tuscola, Illinois, having from that time 
 until 1899 been a member of the dry-goods 
 firm of W'ardall & Sawyer. 
 
 In Mr. Sawyer's chiklhood his parents 
 came to Illinois, living near and finally in 
 Joliet. His boyhootl and youth were spent in 
 that part of the state, on the farm, going to 
 school or assisting his father, Jed Sawyer, in 
 filling the extensive railroad contracts which 
 he took when the railroads around Joliet were 
 being built. Having gone to Texas in i860, 
 he li\ed near Houston until after the Civil war 
 broke out, when, being unable to retiuMi to the
 
 BIOGRAl'IITCAT. AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 315 
 
 iinrth except as a Confederate SDldier, lie land in alu ml the year 1 fiS5 and settled in cast- 
 tinaied to the west, finally entering' the Repnb- ern I'ennsyhania, ne;!r Philadelphia. In 
 lie of Mexico. Thei'e he turned his attention ahout \y<-)0 Alurris Cdvert. his t^rand father. 
 t<i the great hnsiness of nunhern .Mexico — c;jne to western Tennsylvania and settled in 
 
 I aulei' C( iiHit\'. I le hecanie a large land < i\\ nei', 
 being al)le to give eitch ot his tweKe children 
 a farm. John Co\ei't. the father of the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, was one of the steady, sub- 
 stantial fanners of that section. I. \. C M\ert 
 grew to nianhiHid ou his father's farm, .\lter 
 attending the common schools he com])leted 
 what schoi'l education he I'eceued at North 
 .'^e<lgw ids' .\ca<lem\'. in lleaxer count\'. I'enn- 
 svlxania. In the fall of \X^i) he came west 
 and located ,at .Xewnian. Illinois, and t.night 
 the Hopkins school, one mile sduth (if Xew- 
 man. three successive winters before the Cixil 
 war and one year after its close. lie was 
 maiaaiMl. .'-leptember _'. iSdo. Iw the l\e\'. l\Mer 
 
 Wallace, of the .Methodisi church n\ this ]ilace. 
 siber mining — in which he was engaged from 
 
 i(S62 to 18X4, when he sulci out his nnning in- 
 terests there and returned to lllinciis. Two 
 vears pre\ionsl\' he had m.arned .Miss l''ann\ 
 M. W'ardall. ..t d'olonM, Ijhn.-is. 1'., their 
 miiuu li\e children have bcjn Ixirn; Harriet. 
 .Mbert L').. Jr.. .Margaret, (ici'trude .and John 
 W . Since 1XS3 their hnme h.as been in Ins- 
 cola. 
 
 1. X. CON'F.RT. 
 
 I. \'. Coxert. one ol the retireil men froni 
 active business and a most wortliv citizen of 
 .Xewinan. Illinois, was boiai in llntler county. t< .Miss S. L. W'ebstei-. of Athens, ( )hio. hae- 
 I'ennsyKania. I )ecember j. iS.^J. Mr. Covert ing been the first couple wlio were ntarrit'd in 
 descended I roni ancestors who came fr<pni llol- the church. .Mrs. Covert, who was a verv
 
 2l6 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 wcirtln- woiiian, was a niece of Mother Stew- 
 art, will I was known in Ohio as the pioneer 
 temperance crusader. Mr. Covert, in 1862, 
 enlisted in the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Illi- 
 nois Volunteers, and serx-ed honorahly in that 
 regiment throughout the war, recei\'ing his 
 discharge in June, 1865. He hought and im- 
 proved a farm in Edgar ciumty, three and one- 
 half miles south of the city, where he resided 
 from the year 1866 to 1882, when he rented 
 h:s farm and nKwcd to Xewman. In the 
 spring of 1S84 he fcirmed a partnership with 
 Scott Burgett and engaged in the hanking 
 Inisiness, having heen the first ])resi(lent of the 
 Newman Bank. Mrs. Ci)\-ert died August 17. 
 1887, and in 1888 he found the close confine- 
 ment of his husiness injurinus to his health 
 and sold his interest in the hank to S. M. Long, 
 deceased, whose sketch is found on another 
 page. Mr. Ciwert has recently comijleted one 
 of the most beautiful cottages in Newman. 
 He has been an elder in the Presbyterian 
 church since its organization and is one of the 
 church's most devoted leaders; he is also a 
 Knight Templar in the Masonic fraternity. 
 
 LAWRENCE E. ROOT. 
 
 Lawrence E. Root, member of the well- 
 known dr\'-goods iirni of Root Brothers, of 
 Newman, was born in Rome townshii), Athens 
 cotuitv, ( )hio, NoNcniber 16, 1848, and was 
 the ninth child born to Mr. and Mrs. Levi 
 Root, ])iiineer settlers of .\thcns county (see 
 sketch of brother, IX O. Root, for ancestry). 
 I Ic rcm,iine<l on the farm with his p.arcnts until 
 
 1863, when, in the spring of that year, he en- 
 listed in Company K. Third West \'irgiuia 
 Ca\-alry. At the time of his enlistment he was 
 only a little past fourteen years of age, being 
 the youngest private soldier there has been 
 any record found of so far. Going out in the 
 winter of 1862-63, he served with Sheridan in 
 the Shenandoah vallev, Custer's division, and 
 
 served up to the surremler of Lee. at Appo- 
 mattox Court House. At the close of the war 
 Mr. Root returned to Athens, and in 1867 
 came west and settled in Douglas county, lo- 
 cating on a farm south of Newman, where he 
 was successfully engaged in farming up to 
 1888. In that year he formed a partnershii) 
 with his brother, D. O. Root, in the general 
 dry-g<io(ls business, which has coiuinued most 
 successfully up to the present time. While on 
 the farm he served four years as .supervisor 
 of Sargent township, in which township he 
 resided from 1871 to 1888. He also served 
 as suiier\-isor of Newman township two years, 
 and from i8()() to 18(^4 he ser\-ed most eftL
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 2i; 
 
 ciently as treasurer of tlie cmmty. ^fr. I\iHit 
 since his residence in Xcwniaii has scrxed in 
 the city cnuncil. and lias l)een thurnuglih- iden- 
 tilied with the hest interests (>\ the cit_\-. lie 
 is a hn-ge stockholder in the Xewnian h'lectric 
 Li.glit (S: Canning Coini)an_\'. lie is a mem- 
 ber of Xewnian Lodge, Xo. t,U). of Masons; 
 a Knight Templar, belonging to Alelita C'oni- 
 mandery. Xo. t,j. of Tuscola; a Knight of 
 Pythias, and a member of the ( i. A. R. and 
 Knig'hts of Houi ir. 
 
 The store room occu|)ie<l b\' Koot brothers 
 is one hundred and twenty feet by twentv, two 
 stories; the n])])er story is filled with clothing. 
 l)()ots, etc. The lirm eni|)lo\s (i\e clerks, ami 
 carries from fifteen to twentv thousand dcrl- 
 lars Worth of stock. 
 
 In 1X70 our subject we<ldcd Miss X'.ashti 
 Winkler, of .\ewtu;ni, ;i d.augliter of (h.-iiies 
 ;md .SiuTili (L.aue) Winkk'r, uali\cs of Ken- 
 tucky ;md ( )hio respee'tix I'ly. To the union 
 ba\e been born nine cbildi"en. whose n.amcs. 
 with dates of birth, are as follows: AlcKiu 
 i... January 27. 1 S7 i ; Wallace !-'... J.annarv 1 1. 
 1S73; iJianche. .M.arch jX. 1X73; Ina, .March 
 --■ ^'^77'- Crace. July jj. \Sjfr. I'anl A.. Se]i- 
 leniber X. iXXi; 1 lattie i.,ane, I )cccmber _'X. 
 1XX3: M.adge. December 11, 1XX7; Lois, An 
 gust (J, iXi>o. ( )iily Melvin and Wallace are 
 m.arried. The members , if the f,-iniilv are iden- 
 tilled with the .\l. k. church of Xewnian. 
 
 count}-. Illinois. March 1. 1X76. lie was 
 reared on .a f.arm and received his principal 
 educati<in at Tuscola and Terre I laule. Ills 
 lirst business \entnre was in partnership with 
 A. J. I'arke. in the restaurant business in 
 llindsboro. ;it which they continued success- 
 fully for :i short lime. In 1 X(;X Mr. Carnahan 
 engaged in his present business, and his success 
 has l)een remarkable, lie carries a full line 
 
 CLARF.Xtd-, II. CAK'XAIIAX. 
 
 C_ karence II. C'.arnab.an. one of the le;iiling 
 merchants oi I linilsln iri >. and ;i pri mi i sing busi 
 iiess man o| the coniu\', was born in houLilas 
 
 ot dry-goods, notions and ginceries and has 
 llu' entire conlidence of tin- people in llinds- 
 bo|-. I .and I'.owdre township. In .addition to 
 bis mercantile interests he owns fort\- acres of 
 valuable land ne.ir the \ill.ige. 
 
 Mr. ('arn.ahan is a son of kobert A. ("ar- 
 iialian. who was born September j_>, |X_^<), in 
 I'leming county. I\t'ntuck\. ;ind is a son of 
 Jackson a.nd .M.argaret ( .'^ousley ) C'arii.ahan. 
 with whom he removed from Kiaitnckv to In- 
 di.an.a in 1X47, In 1X57 the f.amilw moved |.i 
 ( oles coiinlv, where, 111 1 X0( 1, l.acksriu (, .arn.a- 
 liau dii-d. vvbii'h ihi'evv the snppoiM of the will- 
 ow ed niotlu'r ;iiid younger children u])on Kob-
 
 2l8 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ert, who was the eldest child, llis business 
 in life was farming, cattle dealing and trading, 
 in all of which he was very prosperous ; ha\ng 
 no capital to start on, he accumulated a good 
 property by industry anil good management. 
 In 1869 he liought eighty acres of the present 
 homestead antl later added eighty acres more. 
 It was unimproved, but later became one of 
 the fine farms of Bowdre township. 
 
 Our su])ject was twice married. His first 
 wife was Miss Sarah E. Herbert, daughter of 
 William J. and Martha (1. (Arasmith) Her- 
 bert, of Coles county. His second wife was 
 Miss Mahala Herbert, sister of his first wife. 
 By the last marriage there was born one child, 
 a son, Clarence H. Jackson Carnahan's death 
 occurred March 8, 1879. Clarence H. Carna- 
 han is one of the youngest men in successful 
 business in the county, and displays a reniark- 
 al)le tact and aptitude in handling details. So- 
 ciallv he is popular with his friends. 
 
 V. C. McNEER. 
 
 "Probably no death that has ever occurred 
 in Tuscola came more suddenly or caused more 
 expressions of regret and genuine sorrow to 
 be heard among our people than that of V. 
 C. McXeer, which occurred at Areola at 
 about 8:30 o'clock on Friday morning last. 
 It came like a shock to his innumerable friends 
 in this city, and many could hardly realize 
 that he had ])as.sed to the beyond and that he 
 would mingle no more among us. 
 
 "Mr. McNeer, who has bought stock in 
 this county for many years, had occasion to 
 go to Areola that morning to receive some hogs 
 
 from John Jones. The fast mail leaves here 
 at an earlv hour, and in order to make the train 
 he was com]^elled to run from the First Na- 
 tional Bank to the dejjot. It is su]iposed that 
 this over-e.Kertion ha<l the effect of bringing 
 on the attack of cerebral apoplexy whicli car- 
 ried him off soon after his arrival in Areola. 
 
 "After arriving in that city he went to the 
 .scale office of \\'. S. Jocelyn. where he met his 
 agent, Israel Tra\-ener, and soon afterward he 
 sat down to write a check in payment for the 
 animals. He arose, and a moment later was 
 
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 seen to have a peculiar look, as though in 
 agony. He passed his hand to the back of his 
 head and said that he felt a severe pain. He 
 had scarcely made the remark when he seized 
 the arm of Travener anil reeled as if al)ont to 
 fall. The latter eased him to the floor and 
 sent for a physician at once, but it was too late. 
 The stricken man never breathed a word after 
 receiving the fatal stroke, and died in fifteen 
 minutes. Dr. McKinney attended him, but 
 no assistance could be gi\-en. He was carried 
 tc the Areola hotel, near by, and expired in a
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 219 
 
 room adjoining the ofificc. \V. H. Hancock children, wlio liave snffered the loss of one 
 
 aijd John W'allin.q- were in the city at the time, who was near and dear to them, and whose 
 
 htit arrived a few nunutes after he i)assed every thou!;iit was to make tiieni coml'ortahlc 
 
 away. and haiijiy. 
 
 "On receipt of the painfnl news here, the "For a (|iianer of a centurv Mr. .McXecr 
 
 Odd Fellows apjjointed a committee to go at has made his home in tJiis ccunnuinity. and 
 
 once and take charge of the remains, he heing dtnang that time he has had hiisiness rcla- 
 
 an honored nicmher <>\ ih.at <irder. His re- tions with linn(h-eds oi \m>\)\c thronghout the 
 
 mains arrived here on llie .aflenKmn tniin. and comity. His husiness took him to everv town 
 
 were met at the depnt hy se\cral hmuh-ed within a radius of twenty miles, and his circle 
 
 P^'^'P''-'- of ac(|uaintances was perhaps larger than that 
 
 "The tuner.al dccurrcd at his home near I'f any other citizen among us. In his husiness 
 
 the southern limits ol the city on Monday relations covering these many vears he was 
 
 afternoon at two o'clock, when, notwithstand- found to he houor.ahle and upright with his 
 
 ing the intense cold at the lime, a large mnn- fellow men. and it might he s.aid that he has 
 
 ber of friends gathered to pay their last re- aided more men in a financial way than almost 
 
 spects to the one who they had known so well any citizen in the community. He had a large 
 
 in life, and momaied so sincerely in death, and sympathetic heart, and no friend ever went 
 
 The services were brief, and were conducted t" him in trouble and was turned away. Many 
 
 by Revs. Calhoun .ind Wyatt, after which the who have been aided l)y liim in the past will 
 
 rcmams were ])laced in charge of tiie Odd Fel- remember his kindlv acts through life and 
 
 lows, who conducted the services according to bless him for it. .Ml feel that an honored and 
 
 Iheir rites. respected citizen has been called. ;md that his 
 
 "The deceased was born ne.ar .\nder,son. place will be hard to till. 
 Indiana, December t,i. iSj;(;, and w;is con.se- "Jt is more th;m probable that the .leccased 
 
 (|ueutly tifty-seven years of age at the time of w.as awai'c that he w. mid be l.akcn suddenly, 
 
 liis death. lie lea\cs a wife and four children as be had li.ad previous warning of his trouble, 
 
 to mourn his loss, besides one brother and one Fast summer he was stricken while at home, 
 
 sister. The sister, Mrs. Catherine Jones, of ;md a few ye.irs (irevious he suffered a liglu 
 
 Alexandria, Indian.a, was in .attendance at the attack." — (Copied.) 
 tuneral. The brother, Dan. is a resident of 
 
 ( )maha, and it was impossible to reach him b\' 
 
 lelegra[)h, as he was alisent from home. .Mr. 
 
 C astle, a brother-in-law, from Ale.vandria, was , -.-yir.-^ <• -r()|)|) 
 
 als(^ present, and on Monday ^Mr. and .Mrs. 
 
 John Renner, parents of Mrs. McNeer, arrived J.anies (i. Todd w.as born in .\'ew \i>vk 
 
 I loni Kansas. .\lso Mrs. (ofTey, of Newm.an. City, July if). 1X40: remo\c<l to lllin.pis with 
 
 1 he luneral was a sad one, .and universal .sym bis parents, David ;md .M.iriah Todd, in the 
 
 pathy is expressed for the liereaved wife and year 1855, settling in I'ldgar county. In 18O4
 
 2 20 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 he moved with his parents to Champaign also a memher of the M. E. cliurcli and teaclier 
 county, liut two years afterward his fatlier pur- in the Sunday school. Mr. Todd is kind and 
 chased a farm in Douglas county, six miles generous at all times and is one of the men that 
 niirihcast of Newman, and he remained on the it is safe to "tie to." He numhers his friends 
 
 in this city by the score. 
 
 Very recently he has mcmrned the death ot 
 
 his most estimable wife. 
 
 CHARLES M. CULl^EI^LTSON. 
 
 The biographies of Newman township would 
 be incomplete without an extended notice of 
 Mr. Culbertson, w'ho has done more than any 
 other one man toward developing the eastern 
 part of the county and the improvement and 
 beautifying of the town of Newman. Thefam- 
 ily from which he is descended is of Scotch 
 
 farm with his parents until January 29, 1873. 
 He was there united in marriage to Miss Jen- 
 nie CooUey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A. 
 Coolley, of the Ridge. Three children were 
 born to this union. Minnie, Lena C. and Allje;t 
 D. Mrs. Todd died February 26, 1891. Mr. 
 Todd was afterward united in marriage tc 
 Mrs. Jennie McClure and occupies a neat and 
 comfortable home in this city. Mr. Todd is a 
 Republican, as was his father, and has been 
 ;i ])r(iminent factor in the success of the party 
 in Newman township the i)ast few years, hll- 
 ing offices of trust and honor. He is now 
 .serving as township clerk and so well does he 
 attend to the business affairs of the township 
 that no one has reason for complaint. So- 
 cially he is a member of the K. of R. lodge and 
 takes quite an active part in the work. He is and settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania 
 
 origin. One of his great-granil fathers emi- 
 grated from thenorth of Ireland in an early day.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 22 I 
 
 AiKitlier great-tjranil father. \\'illiani McClay, 
 who was horn in rennsylvani. and who, with 
 K(il)ert ^h)rris, were the first Tnitcd States 
 senators from Pennsylvania. The descend- 
 ants of tlie Culhertsons hecame (|nite ninnerous 
 in Lancaster connty, and tlie settlement was 
 known as Cnlhertson's row. Here his father, 
 Charles M. Culhert.son, was horn, and after his 
 marriage of Elizaheth McPamma emigrated in 
 iSiS to Indiana, and settled in Jefferson coun- 
 ty. In this county Charles M. Culhcrtson was 
 horn August 5, 1819, and recei\'ed only the 
 meagre school advantages common in that day, 
 consequent!}' he had to rely on his own industry 
 and perceiitions for the elements of knowledge 
 vhieh he acquired. At fourteen years of age 
 he left home and went to Xewjiort, Indiana, 
 where he commenced clerking in a store, which 
 position he held for ahout eight years. .\t 
 first he recei\'ed a salary of eighty dollars a 
 year, out of which he clothed himself. His 
 salary for the year 1841 was two hundred dol- 
 lars. He soon exhihited husiness (|ualitications 
 of a high order and it was not long until he en- 
 tered into a partnership with Daniel .\. Jones, 
 who carried on a general merchandising and 
 pork i)acking husiness at Newport, which last- 
 ed u]) until iS'13. I'l) to 1854 the husiness was 
 carried on .at the latter ]>lace and .after tli.at 
 date in Chicago (.Mr. Culhcrtson removed to 
 Cliicagf) in 1857). In 1S43 he was m.arried 
 to Miss Khoda W'illi.ams. of Xewixirt, whose 
 p.arents were from PennsyKani.-i. In iS3_> he 
 entered a section of Land in Xewnian iMwnship 
 ;md kept on increasing it until at one time he 
 owned two thousand, three Iiun<lreil and forty 
 acres, and his f.arms. which he recentiv dixiiled 
 among his heirs, .are the finest and hi'st im- 
 pro\-ed in the county. The honu- f.irm of fixe 
 
 hundred .and sixty .acres, th.at he ga\e his 
 grand.son, E. C. Remiek, is situated four miles 
 north of Newman and is dcci<le(llv the most 
 heautiful and attractive country home in this 
 vicinity. Mr. Culhcrtson has erected ;i heauti- 
 lul hrick Inisiness hlock .and it w;is priuciii.allv- 
 due to his efforts that the town of Newman h.as 
 o\er six nu'les of fine concrete sidew.alks. 1 le 
 is still hale and hearty, active ;uid straight. ;md 
 would e.asil}- he t.aken for ;i m.an not mure th.an 
 p.ast si.xty. 
 
 DANIEL .\. C()N0V]':R. 
 
 I). .\. Cono\er, ex-circuit clerk and record- 
 er, w.as horn in .\d,ams county, PennsvK .ani.a, 
 on one of the farms where the hatlle of (ietl\'s- 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 ^gL 
 
 L^jfel^ 
 
 ^n 
 
 wpw/ 
 
 "^ 
 
 % ^. 
 
 hnrg w.as afterward fought, .\hiiut 18400111- 
 suhjecl with his ]>.arents mo\ed to ()\\en cnun- 
 t}'. Indi.an.a: he w.as gi\en a thorough sclinol 
 ing .at the I lli h iiniugtMn. Indi;m.a. st.ate uni\ci'-
 
 222 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 sity and at twenty years of age lie engaged 
 witli his linitlier in tlie drug business at Bow- 
 ling (irccn. Clay county. Indiana. After a 
 year he bought bis brother's interest and o-,vncd 
 the store until 1864. In iSfjj be organized 
 Company D. Seventy-First Indiana A^ilunteer 
 Infantry. At the l)attle of Richmond. Kentucky, 
 he was wounded and taken prisoner, but at 
 night with some others escaped. The Seventy- 
 first sustained such loss that the reorganiza- 
 tion was abandoned. The remaining members 
 returned to Terre Haute and there organized 
 the Sixth Indiana Cavalry antl Mr. Conover 
 was commissioned major. Owing to disabilities 
 sustained at Richmond be was mustered out at 
 Knoxville, Tennessee, and on returning home 
 lie was appointed provost marshal of the sev- 
 enth Indiana district with beadf|uarters at Ter- 
 re Haute: he was appointed inspector of inter- 
 publican ticket for mayor of Terre Haute. In 
 1869 he came to Tuscola where he afterward 
 resided. He traveled for eleven years in the in- 
 terests of a Cincinnati hat house luitil 1880, 
 when be was elected to an office on the Re- 
 publican ticket. On January 24, 1854, be mar- 
 ried Miss Bradshaw N. Elkin, of Bowding 
 Green, Indiana. Major Conover belonged to 
 the Masonic lodge from the age of twenty- 
 one years ; was a Knight Templar of Melita 
 Commandery and was circuit clerk and record- 
 er. Mr. Conover was respected in Tuscola up 
 until his death. 
 
 the very front rank of successful professional 
 men of Douglas county. He is a native of Illi- 
 nois and the son of Dr. and Mrs. H. Ruther- 
 ford, of Oakland, Illinois, being liorn in the 
 present family residence in Oakland, August 
 14. 1850. After the completion of a common 
 school education be tauglit school in and near 
 Oakland for three years, during which time 
 be was engaged in the study of medicine. 
 After this he attended lectures and graduated 
 at the University of Pennsylvania, at Phila- 
 delphia, Pennsylvania, the I2tli of March, 
 1877. He returned to Oakland and began the 
 practice of medicine, which he continued until 
 
 DR. C. RUTHERFORD, M. D. 
 
 Natural ability, thurdngh study and long 
 experience have i>laccd Ur. C. Rutherford in 
 
 he came to Newman, September 2", 1877, and 
 has ever since been actively engaged in his 
 chosen profession, building up as he has a large 
 and lucrative practice. 
 
 Dr. Rutherford was united in marriage to 
 Miss Mary E. Mclntyre on the 2jnd of Sep- 
 tember, 1885, and together with his family oc-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 cupies a very neat residence in tlic snuth part 
 of tlie city. Tn Mr. and Mrs. Rutiierford liavc 
 been born two cliildren, Eugenie, laorn June 
 29, 1892. and Florence, liorn July 8, 1894. He 
 lias served on the scliool board twelve years 
 and was elected the first president under the new 
 organization of se\en members, having been re- 
 elected each year since, which is conclusive c\i- 
 dence that he ser\'cs the people hiiniir;ibl\- in 
 that capacity. 
 
 When the people of Newman desired to 
 convert Newman into a city, be was chosen as 
 the proper man fur the mayoralty and was 
 elected. lie is a prominent member of the Ma- 
 sonic and K. of 1'. lodges of this city. His 
 medical skill has been tlic me;ms of him being 
 selected as a member of tlie board of pension 
 examiners and also elected county coroner for 
 four years, ;dthougb bis extensive practice kept 
 liim for serving as coroner. Dr. Rutherford 
 has always been a great i)ronioter of Newman's 
 interests and in 1890 in partnership wi'.h R. 
 Thomas was the designer of the bcauliful New- 
 man cemetery. A city full and running over 
 with such men as Dr. Rutberf(M-d could not 
 lielp but advance. "God made the country and 
 man makes the town" as the old saving goes; 
 and it is a true one. Every town is just what its 
 inhabitants m;ike it, is dead or alive according 
 to the comiKisition of its men. Of course all 
 cm not be leaders; some ha\e not the talent, 
 others have not the time, lint when the leader 
 arises, then the duty of the ordinary citizen is 
 to foll(;iw in the wake of bis :idv;mcing foot- 
 stei)s. Dr. l\utlierford possesses honest (|u;di- 
 licnlions and so x.aried ;n-e bis gifts that m.any 
 men n;ifur;dly seek his companionshi]) for con- 
 sultation. .X'oble models make noble minds. 
 
 \\\ \V. T'EPPER. 
 
 \V. W. re]i])er, a iiopul.ar lawyer and a suc- 
 cessful young business man, was born on a 
 farm seven miles south of Newman May 24, 
 1866, and is the eklest of seven children born to 
 Dudley EI. and Nancy Liston Pep]ier. His fa- 
 ther was a native of Kentucky .and resides ;it 
 ( ).akl,'md. Mr. l^epper recei\ed his early edu- 
 
 cation in the public scIkioIs of ();iklanil ;ind 
 afterward look ;i three-years" com'se in the 
 l^ni\-ersity of Illinois in C'liam])aign. .\fter 
 leaving the unixersity he took a two-years' law 
 course at the .Vortliwestern I'niversity ;it 
 Evanston and was gi-acluated with lionor in 
 
 1893, shortly ;iflerw;ii-d being ;idmilted to the 
 bar. 
 
 On June j8, i8i;o. Mr. I'epi)er married 
 Miss Nora lliuds. of llindsboro. In .M.arch, 
 
 1894, Mr. l'e])]ier located in .\ewni;ni ,'inil com- 
 menced lln' pr.ai'tici' of l.iw . I le becime al once 
 deser\ed]y popiiLir .and in May, 181):^, was
 
 224 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 cliDScn city attorney, which office he filled with 
 due honor until the expiration of his time.* He 
 was re-elected to the same office, hut resigned 
 to look after his other husiness. It can he truly 
 said of him that he is a man peculiarly after 
 his own style. He has no model and seeks 
 after none, save that which is the creation of 
 liis own mind. Starting out in life as he did, 
 without means, perseverance and energy consti- 
 tuted his only cajjital. He entered his profes- 
 sion with a determination to fully accpiaint 
 Inmself with the law and the rules of practice. 
 This he has done. He has huill up and now en- 
 joys an extensive practice in all the courts of 
 Douglas county. His splendid success is due 
 to the fact that he is a ceaseless worker and 
 when once employed he pursues his rase until 
 he has thoroughly mastered it in :dl its de- 
 tails. 
 
 OLIVER O. HOCKETT. 
 
 Oliver O. Hockctt, one of the 3'ounger 
 memhers of the medical fraternity of Douglas 
 count V, and one of the leading men in the 
 social, professional and educational life of New- 
 man, was horn in Paris, Edgar county, Illinois, 
 March 2, 1866. He was graduated from the 
 high school of Paris in 1882 and suhscquently 
 entered tlic state university at Champaign, 
 where he remained for three years. He then 
 took up the study of medicine with Dr. M. P. 
 Smith, with whom he remained untd he en- 
 tered Chicago Hahnemann College, from which 
 well known institution he was graduated in 
 the class of i,S8q, and the following year he 
 spent in the liahnemann hospital. In March, 
 
 1890, he came to Newman and opened out in 
 the general practice of medicine, and has suc- 
 ceeded far hey(ind his expectations. He is 
 skilled and successful, and although having 
 heen in Newman Ijut a few years, he enjoys one 
 of the most extensive and lucrative practices in 
 the county. He is a memher of the Hahne- 
 mann Medical Society, contrihutes to the medi- 
 cal joiu'nals and keeps himself thor(iughly in 
 touch with the advancements heing made in 
 his profession. .-Vs a diagnostician in his pro- 
 fession, as well as in his judgment of human 
 nature, he would pass muster 'in any com- 
 munity. 
 
 Dr. Hockett is a son of Mahlon and Marv 
 
 (Kimhle) Hockett, natives of Vermilion and 
 Edgar counties respectively. His father was 
 a well-to-do carriage manufacturer, who has re- 
 cently retired. During the war of the Rehel- 
 lion he was first lieutenant of the First Missouri 
 X'olnnteers. Ilis grandfather Kimhle walked 
 from (~)hio to Edgar county, and died in 1877 
 \uirth ninety thousand dollars. In 1895 our
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 225 
 
 ^.iihject married Miss Luella Gillespie, and has in"- to Tiisccila he was engaged in the same line 
 
 hy this marriage une child, named J. Maxwell, at Artlmr. 
 
 Dr. li.K-kett has a.snite oi rooms in the Swag- Mr. rin]li])s was horn in Clay comity. Tcn- 
 
 gert huilding. which is his office, elegantly nessee. .Xpril iS. 1861, his parents remo\ing 
 
 lilted np. and where he takes care of a large when he was (piite young to 1 1,-iwkins counlv. 
 
 and growing practice, huilt u|) hy close appli- 
 cation to his work. Wdiile in medical college 
 special honors were conterre<l n|>on him. and on 
 his entering the great school of acti\e life his 
 thorough education and medical training did 
 him great service in heginning his |)raclice. 
 He is thoroughly e(|uip])ed wilh the hnest out- 
 hts for use in his specialties that can he had. 
 .Socially he helongs to the Knights of I'vthias. 
 and in 1881 was ;i memher of C'om|)aiiy II. 
 I'jghth I'icgiment. Illinois Stale .Militia, retir- 
 ing in 1887. 
 
 some liftydixe miles cast of Knoxville, in the 
 same state, lie is a son of William I'lnllips. 
 
 W. IMIILLIPS. 
 
 ( )f the many lea<ling and >nccessful hnsiuv.s.-; 
 men of Tuscola who h;i\e fought tlieir way suc- 
 cessfully through life and who h;i\e heen the 
 architect ot their own fortune in the true sense 
 of that term is the suhject of this sketch. lie 
 is a dealer in ])onltry. ]iroduce. Iish. etc.. and is 
 al.so interested in the ice hnsiness. 1 le founded 
 his ]>re.sent hnsiness in Tuscola in iXc^fi. c. .11- 
 
 who was a uati\e of Hawkins coniitv. Tennes- 
 .see. William married .Miss hanilv l'hilli])s (no 
 relation, though hearing the same name ). Th-,' 
 lather died in iS(<:,. and hi> mother in |X()S. 
 aged se\enty-seven years. In I'ehruarv, 18S1, 
 Mr. Phillips wed. led .Miss .Veljie M. I-'itch. of 
 
 Coles county, llhuois. Tliey h;i\e four cliil- 
 structing a Iniilding 8oxJO feel, and one and '''"^'"- "^ ^■"•'' I >"";i. I'"- W. and Herald. .Mr. 
 
 one-half stories high. This hmlding hnrned in '''""'1'^ i^ ••' niemher of the W Imen .and 
 
 .\ugust ,.f the i"ollowing year, and he im- ''^'■■'l'"^-"- 
 
 mediately erected on the same site a more cor,)- 
 
 modious one, uox^o feet. It is safe to say 
 that .Mr. I'lnllips' ])ouhry hnsiness is one of 
 the very largest in the state outside of Chicago. 
 He has ahout twenty live men traveling and 
 huymg poultry ;md produce throughout the 
 year. I'dr hfieen years prexious to his coni- 
 
 M Ai.nrx- mxr.s. 
 
 15 
 
 in touching upon the historv of Douglas 
 coiiiuy lor the ]iast sixty years, none ha\e heen 
 more prominently connected with its urowlh
 
 226 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and industrial exi^ansion tlian the Hon. Maiden 
 Jones. He endured all the hardsh'i:s inc'dent 
 to the rough ])ioneer lite and has pa.ssed 
 through a most honorable and enviable eareer. 
 He is a native of Lee county, Virginia, and was 
 born February 8, 1818. When a child he went 
 with his i)arents to Kentucky, where he was 
 reared and where, at about the age of seven- 
 teen, lie entered a store as clerk and remained 
 
 three years. In 1840 he came west, making the 
 trip on horseback, settled with his brother, Al- 
 fred, live miles southwest of Areola, and there 
 engaged in farming and the live stock business. 
 In. 1848 he remo\-ed to his present locality and, 
 in company with Mr. (iruelle, opened a general 
 store about h;df a mile north of Bourl)on. his 
 store being the only one west oi Ciiarleston. 
 He was engaged extensively in buying and 
 selling cattle and horses, and droxe them from 
 his home to Wisconsin, which ;U that time was 
 the only market worlhv of the name in the 
 west. I'hey continueil ;it this ])oint about one 
 
 year. Mr. Jones then built a sti^re in Bourbon 
 and laid out the town. He continued merchan- 
 dising here about six years. In 1858 he was 
 elected sheriff of the county of Coles, and re- 
 moved to Charleston. There he resided for 
 three years, returning to Bourbon in 1861. He 
 was elected ti_> the Legislature in i8r)4 and re- 
 elected in 1866, and was the first member 
 electetl from the new county of Douglas. In 
 1876 he was elected state senator antl served 
 four years. He was also a candidate for the 
 senate in 1880, but was defeated by a few \otes. 
 On coming to Coles, now Douglas county, 
 he had but forty dollars and a pony. He now 
 owns fifteen hundred acres of land and the 
 finest residence in the township, which cost 
 over six thousand dollars. He was married 
 in 1880 to Mary, daughter of Isaac Gruelle. 
 who was one of the earliest settlers of this 
 county. Eleven children have blessed this 
 union, nine now lixing. four sons and five 
 daughters. His wife died June 23, 1895, in 
 her sixty-first year, .\mongst Mr. Jones' neigh- 
 bors, when he first settled in the vicinit}' of 
 Bourbon, might lie mentioned the .Mibots, Sto- 
 \'als, Ellises and the Chandlers. Mr. Jones 
 and Lemuel Chandler, in the i860 tlays of old. 
 were the leading stump speakers and authorities 
 of the day. and being on opposite sides of the 
 important political questions, made the old 
 brick school house in Bourbon fairly ring with 
 the eloquent pros and cons of political debate. 
 the condiments of which were not a little per- 
 sonal feeling, which, to the knowing ones, lent 
 an adtled zest to their enjoyment; but, hajjpy 
 to say, old time fixed them with his glitter- 
 ing eye at last and the foolishness of political 
 animosity gracefully gax'c way to the sober 
 l)liilosophy of increasing years. In a public
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 227 
 
 career of aljout forty-five years, Mr. Jones, 
 while <iccu])\ing' positions of trust ami respon- 
 sibility, such as sheriff, representati\e and state 
 senator, has retained his integrity and, conse- 
 (pientlv, the respect of his fellow citizens. His 
 character has never been assailed and he stands 
 before the world to-day i-ctaining- the reputa- 
 tion of an honest and inlluential man. Air. 
 bmcs is universally res])ectcd. Tie has seen 
 in;in\- changes in the count}' and at the sunset 
 of life still t.akes an ;icli\e ;uicl inlluential part 
 in the political, social .and industrial lite of the 
 day. 
 
 ALLAN C.\Mrr,ELL. 
 
 .Mian Canipl)ell. son of John Campiicll, died 
 October 13. 1X75. Without ;i sketch ;uid por- 
 
 <::■ 
 
 
 
 trait of .Mian Campbell this book would be 
 yery incomi)lete, as the Camjibell t'amily was 
 
 among the earliest :m<l most ])romincnt i)ioneers 
 in Bourljon township. .Mian c;imc belore his 
 lather, and soon after his arrival bought li\c 
 acres of land just south of Lcster\-ille, at the 
 I'lag'dad bridge, and ran ;i ferry here t'or three 
 years. .Mian (/;nnpl)cll was liorn in Knox coun- 
 ty. Kentucky, in iSoc;. I lis grand fjither, .Mian 
 Campbell, was born in \'irgiui;i. and w;is ;imong 
 the earh" settlers in Kentui'ky. Mis lather, 
 |ohn Campbell, remoxed to llourbon township 
 soon after bis brother. His mother w;is l,u- 
 cinda Sulliv'an, also a native of Kentucky. 
 
 Allan Cami)bell lirst married JMiss Mary 
 .\nn Hoots, who w;is ,'i daughter of David 
 Hoots, of a ( ierman faniil\-. C)f this m.arriage 
 there are three children lixiug, all resiiling in 
 l')ourbon township: llir;nn, John II. and 
 
 , the wife of William W arnisley. 1 1 is 
 
 first wife ilicd. ;ui(l onl'ebru.arx- !_:;. 1S31, he 
 wedded .Miss .M;u'y I'deniing, wlio still survives 
 him. She w;is born in Parke county. Indi.ana, 
 ;inil was ;i d;mghter of .Stephen atid Jane 
 ( Kerr I bdeming. ller father was born in 
 b'leming countw Kentucky, ;ind licr mother in 
 Pennsvbania. ller gi-:uid lather, Stephen 
 I'leming, w;is ;i n,'iti\e of .Scotl;nid. and her 
 grandfather, Thonias Kerr, was .1 native iJ 
 Ireland. To .Ml.an C.ampbell ami .Mary i'dem- 
 ing" Cami)bell were born three sons and one 
 d;mghter, now living: Joseph A., j.-nnes 11., 
 .\nnette, who is the wife of Albert Pliers, ip' 
 Carrett township. ,and Stephen .S. .\t the 
 time of Mr. .Mian's de;ith he owned .about 
 tbirtv-t"i\e hundreil .acres of Land. .\t th.at time 
 it w.as divided up between llu' widow ,and the 
 chililren Mrs. C,ami)bell receivuig nine hundred 
 •and twenty acres, .all in ISourbou townshi]). 
 which she still owns. .She resides on the old
 
 
 228 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Campbell homestead,. two miles south of Lester- 
 ville. She is in lier seventy- f(jiirth year, ami is 
 a .levont niemher of the. IVeshyterain church. 
 
 T. W. SWIC.ART. 
 
 T. \\'. S\vi.i;art, the leading harness dealer 
 and one of the most successful business men in 
 Newman and Douglas county, was born in Car- 
 roll county. Maryland, in sight of Westminis- 
 ter, Inly 3. 1831, and was a son of Joseph Swi- 
 gart. When nine years of age T. W. Swigart 
 remove.l with his parents to Seneca county, 
 Ohio, where he spent a large portion of his life 
 on a farm. From the years 184S to 1S51 he 
 devoted his time to learning the trade of har- 
 
 Indiana. where he resided and worked at his 
 trade successfully up to the year 1870, when he 
 went to Princeton, Illinois. There he met Miss 
 Sarah Jane Martin, who, in 1871, became his 
 wife. In the same year he came to Danville. 
 Illinois, where he followed his trade until the 
 month of February, 1873, when he came to 
 Newman and succeeded Speelman & Ogdeu 
 in the harness business. During his residence 
 in Newman he has become one of the most suc- 
 cessful business men in the city and has accum- 
 ulated quite a lot of property. In politics he 
 is thoroughly independent and there is very 
 little of hypocrisy in his nature. He is tlior- 
 oughlv candid and outspoken in his convictii>ns. 
 He has served three terms as president of the 
 town board. He has also been a member (if 
 the board of health and director .>f the P.uilding 
 & Loan .\ssociation. He is a Mason and mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Honor. In his business 
 relations with the i)ulilic he is unimpeachalMe 
 and supplies the people for miles around wUh 
 the most improved style of harness. He is 
 a clever gentleman ;ind res])ecte(l by most every 
 bo(h-. 
 
 FDWARD W. CALVIN. 
 
 Fdward W. Calvin, the leading druggist 
 and owner of both livery stables of Newman, 
 was born in Wayne county. Illinois. December 
 J I. i860. He is a son of Dr. J. W. Calvin, 
 nessmaker at Bellfontame. Ohio. He was a who was born in Kentucky in 1829. and he 
 vouno- man of good habits and of splendid me- the son of Hiram Calvm, who was a native 
 dianical turn of mu.d ; he learned the trade of Virginia. His father was a graduate of 
 „u,ro,ighlv and soon became a r.rst-class work- Rush Medical Cllege. He married Sarah 
 nnn 'in 'the vear ,8.. he removed to Attica. Brown, of New But^-alo„ Michigan, whose
 
 BIOGRArillCAL AXi) lllSrOKICAL. 
 
 229 
 
 (Icatli ficcurrcd sdinc luenty years ai;-o. He 
 lias practiced at varinus places, was at Newman 
 one year and is at present in active and success- 
 ful practice at Toledo, Ohio. 
 
 E. W. Cahin has for several years exten- 
 si\elv engaged in l)n\ing and selling horses 
 and has been remarkal)ly successful in all busi- 
 ness enterprises in which he has been interested. 
 In June, 1897, he opened out in the drug busi- 
 ness and keeps on hands one of the most coni- 
 ])lcte assortments of drugs lound in a lirst-class 
 drug store. 
 
 In iSS() be was united in marriage to Miss 
 iMunia Smith, of X'ernuliou county. They ha\ e 
 one child, ( )l<;il McCrea. Mrs. Cabin is a 
 daughter of Michael Smith, who was born in 
 X'ermilion coiuitv, Illinois. Iler mother was 
 Mary .Ann Snai)p. She was a danghler of 
 Ceorge Snajjp. a nati\e of Richmond, \ irgini;i. 
 lie was ;i carriagemaker bv trade and after 
 working soiue time ;it bis trade in Richmond 
 he remo\ed to (i^orgetown. X'ermiliou county. 
 He was in the war of i8i_'. Mrs.Cah'in's 
 
 gr.andfatber. Joseph .Sunth. was a nati\e of 
 .Xaslu'ille. Tennessee, anil later reiuoxed to 
 X'ermilion count}', where he resided until bis 
 death. In about 1890 Mrs. Calvin started her 
 ]>resent millinery store in Xewnian and carries 
 a stock as large and \aried as can be found 
 in luany towns of from ten thou>aud to lifteen 
 thousand ])eople. J'ldward W. Cabin has made 
 a success of every l)usiuess \enlnre he has e\er 
 undertaken. He takes an acti\e interest in po- 
 litical ;nid social affairs and is ])nl)bc spirited 
 and interests himself in c\erytbing that helps 
 Newman and Douglas couiUx'. 
 
 J.\C()1'. K. .MOORIC 
 
 J.'icob Rice Moore, who recently died 
 was one of the best known and most geuei'ally 
 res])ected farmers in the county. His illness 
 hngered and lasted for two loug years before 
 death relieved him. There were jirobablv but 
 few people in the neighborhood of Arcol.a and 
 its surroundings who were aware that 
 .Mr. .Moore at Ibe time of his death was one of 
 the oldest residents of the county. lie was 
 bom within sight of the ])l;ice 011 which he 
 dieil and the same section of rich Illinois soil 
 which claims the honor of his bii'tb witnessed 
 bis rise to manhood and his gr;idnal ;id\ance 
 ment to coinp.aratn t' old age. I'dr sixtv two 
 \eai's he li\ed and lhri\ed on the s.ame f.arin 
 where bis birth oci'nrred, when I )ouglas count v 
 was unheard of and the old ]ir:iirie st;ite w;is a 
 wilderness of .a few scattering bamlels. ISe- 
 fore .\rcola was a dot on the map he was liv- 
 ing on the farm where he died and he wit-
 
 230 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 nessed the swamp lainls of tlie county mature 
 into the richest and one of tlie most fertile 
 counties on the continent. He was one of 
 tliose (|uiet. iniassuniing men who let the great 
 world tight its hattles while he huilt a Iieauti- 
 ful home for his wife and interesting children, 
 lie was careful and economical and what he 
 earned he sa\ed. Through this method of 
 economy, his land interests bmadened out and 
 
 he became one of the successful men in the 
 business affairs of the community. It is said 
 of Mr. Moore that during his entire life he 
 was ne\er absent from his home more than a 
 ])eriod of thirty dax's at the most. 
 
 Jacob R. Moore was born September iS, 
 1836, and died June 2, 1S99, aged sixty-two 
 years, eight months and fourteen days. He 
 was married to Mary \\\ Bacon, of Bourbon, 
 Deceiuber 31, iSf)2. To them were born 
 se\cn children, whose uaiues are as follows: 
 Kich.ird, (Jeorge B.. Rice J., Anna M., Wade 
 11., I''.ninia 1'.. .S., and Leouore Moore. As a 
 neighbor, Mr. Mocn'e was always ready to lend 
 
 a helping hand and passed through the trials 
 incident to the life of early settlers in what was 
 then the far west. For years he was one of the 
 vlirectors of the First National Piank of Areola. 
 He helped to Iniild Bethel church, and lent 
 \alual)le aid in organizing the congregation 
 (hiring the fall of 1883, although not an active 
 memljer : he and his wife became members 
 October 4, 1884. and in June. 1890. he was 
 raised to the dignity of elder. Mr. Moore was 
 a man of strong, positive character and 
 unswerving dignity, and in his death the com- 
 munity in which he had so long resided lost 
 a kind neighbor and a good c;tizen. and tlie 
 church with which he had been so closelv 
 identified, one of its strongest sta_\-s and most 
 helpful members. 
 
 Capt. Rice J. Moore, a son. \-olunteered 
 in the Illinois National Guard, March 31. 
 1894; saw field service in Chicago, in July. 
 1894; appointed corporal July 10, 1895; 
 ai^pointed quartermaster sergeant March 15, 
 1897; commissioned second lieutenant Fourth 
 Infantry, Illinois X'oluuteers, May jo, 1898; 
 detached from Fourth Regiment July 2^, 1898, 
 and assigned to Engineer Corps of the Sev- 
 enth Arnn- Corps in 1898. He resigned his 
 commission in the arm\- Xo\'eniber 9, 1898, 
 and returned to the farm. 
 
 GEORGE W. Pd^OCK. 
 
 George \V. Brock, one of the reliable and 
 representative farmers of Newman township, 
 residing within the corporate limits of the 
 city of Newman, was born twelve miles south-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 231 
 
 west of Crawfordsville, Indiana, Sep,temhcr wIki was a most estinial)lc woman, died I'Y-h- 
 8.1846. His fatlier, Seth Brock, was a native niary \(>. 1899. She was a devoted memher 
 of Warren connty. (Jhio. lie was a carpenter ,,f the Christian church at Xewman and her loss 
 liy trade and f;inned al.so, ownin.*^- farms in was deeply felt in church circles. 
 
 Mr. lirock owns one hundred and sixty 
 acres of laud in Xewman township, .-111(1 three 
 acres iu>ide the curpi irate linnt^ nf Xewman. 
 Me is line of the useful citizens dI' Xewnrin 
 township, carelul .and ]iriimpl in l!Usiii:sN, ;i:id 
 .at his litime Cdurteims and hi iN|iital>le. 
 
 \\a\iie and Mi int.L;i miery ciuintics; lie latei' 
 reniiwed to iMason ciinnt\', llliui)is. lie w;is 
 a strong' prii-sla\erv m;ui. and a memher of 
 the Methodist h'.pisci "p.il church; w,-i> hiiiii in 
 181.^ and died in. 1873, He wedded .M.ary 
 .\. I'.ilmcr. who was a (l;in<;htei" of Jesse I'.al- 
 mer. ;i iiatixe of .Xnrtli Cai"i)lin;i. hut whn he- 
 came ime of the early settlers of Indiana. 
 Llijali liriick (grandfather) washnru in ()hiii. 
 Georijc \V. Brnck w;is reared 1 m a l.irm 
 and educated in the cuminon sclinuls. At the 
 a.q;e ot sixteen years, nii accunnt nf a se\ere 
 spell I if sickness, lie lust the use nf his ri,L;lit 
 side, lie married ;it Caui]) Butler. .Miss Ma- 
 liniki \';mhoi)k. dan.^hter of Tlium.as a;,d 
 Matilda (Mann) X'.auhniik. and tlie result uf 
 this uninii was mie child lixiiiij. Ada l.uc\-, 
 
 I'R.VXCIS .\. McC.\K lA'. 
 
 Francis A. McCarty was une uf the must 
 remarkahly successful husiness men whn e\er 
 resided in 1 )i luglas county, lie was hnru in 
 .Schuyler cniint}-. Xew \'nrk. .\pril _>_:;. i8_:;7. 
 
 ,'md died .'it his Imme in l-'ilsmi. M;iv 1.1. i8()(). 
 
 a.^■ell lifteen years, and three dead: I'liillip lie was a sun uf juhii ;mil Laura ( h't'ost ) Mc- 
 L., Harry C. and Ethel Ellen. Mrs. Urock, Cartv, natives of Xew luii-iand.
 
 !32 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Charles AlcCarty, brother of Joseph Mc- 
 Cartw was horn at Morristown. Xew Jersey, 
 in 1776. and died in Montour, Schuyler coun- 
 ty, Xew York, November 15, 1858, in his 
 eighty-third year. J(.)seph .McCarty (grandfa- 
 ther) was the father of John, Charles, William 
 and Da\'id, was born January y. 1778, and died 
 luly 25, 1845. His wife, Mary Harnerd Mc- 
 Carty, was horn .Vugust 15, I774- 'i»'' '^^''^'' 
 January 20, 1846. John McCarty (father), 
 son of Joseph, was born May 1 5. 1805, and tlietl 
 January 14, 1875. Josejm Frost (grandfa- 
 ther) was born June 4, 1797. married Sallie 
 McCarty, and died October 27. 1847. He was 
 a son of Jo,sepli Frost, a soldier of the Revdlu- 
 tion, wild was licrn May 22. 1 754. '»i'l '••*;*' 
 I\iay j8, 1844, at Catherine, Xew York. He 
 married Lucy Couch, a daughter of Jonathan 
 Couch, who was married September 19, 1781, 
 died April 8, 1843, '^n*^' ^^'--^s Ijuried at Cather- 
 ine, New York. Ai)pended herewith is a cer- 
 tificate from the Adjutant Cenerahs office of 
 the state of Connecticut: "Hartford, Septeni- 
 er II, 1895. T'''^ '^ ^" i-'ertify that Joseph 
 Frost (grandfather of Francis A. McCart)) 
 served in the war of the Revolution, and the fol- 
 lowing is his service according to the records 
 of this office; Private in Colonel Benjamin Hin- 
 man's regiment. Discharged in northern de- 
 partment September 1 1, 1775. Private in Cap- 
 lain Flijah Abie's company, Colonel Philip 
 P)urr. Bradley's regiment. Enlisted June lO, 
 1770. Dicharged Xo\ember i(), 1777. Pris- 
 oner at l-'ort Washington." He was a resi- 
 dent until 1803 of Redding, Fairfield county, 
 Connecticut, when with his family he removed 
 to Schuyler county, Xew York, where he re- 
 sided until his death. He and two of his 
 
 brothers were made prisoners when Lord Howe 
 captured Fort Washington, in November, 1776. 
 They suffered great hardship in a British prison 
 hulk in Xew York bay, and the two brothers 
 died while prisoners. Joseph Frost was wound- 
 ed in battle and received a pension up until 
 the time of his death. 
 
 Francis A. McCarty was reared and edu- 
 cated at Catherine, Xew York, and also at- 
 tended Lima ( Xew York) Seminary. Febru- 
 ary I J, 1879, he married Miss Emma Young. 
 of Binghamton, Xew \'ork. who was a daugh- 
 ter of William and Caroline B. (Munder) 
 \'oung. They were both natives (if Germany. 
 Mrs. McCarty has in her possession a medal 
 gi\en her grandfather. Jacob Munder. In' the 
 King of Wurtemberg for faithful services 
 in the field. To Mr. and Mrs. McCarty were 
 born fi\'e children, all Ii\-ing: John William 
 Fred, Laura Frost, Carrie Louise and b~ran- 
 ces E. 
 
 In i87(; Mr. McCarty came to Doug- 
 las ci.iunt}' and settled in .\rcola township, 
 where he bought a tract of land where he re- 
 sitled on the farm until 1894. when he lo- 
 cated in Tuscola. He had great energy and 
 talent for organizing and conducting business 
 affairs, and l)y his great natural al)ilit\' and 
 indonntable perseverance attained a high [jroni- 
 inence in the industrial and financial aft'an-s of 
 Douglas count}'. At the time of his death he 
 owned two thousand acres of land in Douglas 
 county, fi\e hundred acres in Marion county, 
 Illinois, and eight hundred acres in Missouri. 
 These large estates are looked after by his 
 widow, Mrs. McCarty, who jxjssesses in a large 
 degree great Inisiness tact, fine intelligence, and 
 is a hiohh' educatetl ladv.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAT, AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 233 
 
 r.F.ORriF. \MI1TE. 
 
 ( jcc >i",!l;c W'liito. iIk' well know 11 iinplciiK'iit 
 dealer and atictioneer of Xewman. was burn 
 near (ilast^nw. Ikirren Cdnnty. Keninck}". 
 Ans;nst 18. ICS4J. and is a sun nf M. L. an<l 
 Mary (Ililiy) White. .Middlet.m White 
 was horn in P)ai'ren c unity. Kenlncky. and 
 mii\ed ti) luls.jar connty. Illinois, where he was 
 iiiarrie<!. His wile was also frnni near ( ilasiL;i iw . 
 Kentnck\. They are huth deail and hnned 
 in the 1 'aris eenictery. 
 
 (icori^e White eame to .Vewinan and 
 located in hnsiness m ahont ,S;4. snice winch jv^,,,.,, .„„, .,,,,, n,,. ,,,,„„, \,,„.^. ,,, j,,^. ,.^,_ 
 
 l>uhlic. lie has a pleasant home in .\e\vman 
 and is classed aniony that town's best luisiness 
 men. 
 
 to Mi.ss Delia Clark, who is a nati\-e of Ken- 
 tucky. Tliey ha\e two children: 1 lein-y \\'.. 
 who will s;raduate I'l'oni the C'liic'if^o Home- 
 opathic School of .Medicine in .March, j<joi. 
 and l'"red. who is in business with bis lather, 
 (jeoryc W bite has here held the ol'ticc of town- 
 shi|) su])er\'isor an<l while he resided in Edgar 
 county held llie same office. In \H(>\ be \'ol- 
 unteered in I'ompau}- 1-",. Twelfth Illinois In- 
 fantry, and ser\ed thr(pU!.;b the entire C'i\il 
 war. During- the month of I'ebruary especially 
 his .scr\ices are in great demand as a public auc- 
 tioneer, lie is a member of the Kiutjlits of 
 
 ji/DCh: j( )ii.v nuow.Nj. 
 
 judge John I'.row n h.is been for o\er si\t\' 
 years identified with tlie best interests of Doug 
 las County. He was horn in Ross cotintw 
 ( >hio, .Ma\' 7, iX_>_', on a farm, where he re 
 mained until ihe age of se\enteeii. This farm 
 was localeil on r.iint creek, two miles from 
 C'billicothe. the counl\' seat of Ross coiinlv. 
 Our subject is a son of .Xinirod lb-own. who 
 was a nali\e ol Augusta eount\-. X'irginia, and 
 tune Ins hnsiness has steadil\- grown until be \\i„, served in the war of iSij. His mother 
 is known as one of ijic most siu-cessfnl and was. before her marriage, h.b/abelh lugel- 
 c\leusi\e implement de.'ders in the entire bright, and was born in Monroe couul\-. \'ir- 
 counly. He also hau<Iles the Mitchell wagon ginia. When our subject was but se\en vears 
 and several makes of buggies and carriages. old his fathei" died, and bis mother, with three 
 His sales run from .S_'5.(xjo to $_:i5.()()() anun- sons ami four daughters, emigr;ited to what is 
 ''".^'- now Douglas counl\-, in about iS_^S, and set- 
 
 In iS_i4 Mr. White was united in marriage tied in what is lunv Sargent township. The
 
 234 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Judge's paternal g^rand father. Wasliington 
 Brown, was a Virginian by 1)irtli. At the time 
 liis motlier located in Sargent township she was 
 \ery poor, the oldest son. Washington, manag- 
 ing the business. Land at that time sold for 
 from four to six dollars an acre, but monev 
 was very scarce. Tliis was in September, 1838. ' 
 the date of his mother's settlement in Sargent 
 township. 
 
 Jntlge Brown married, in 1844, Sail}- Ann 
 Barnett, wdio was a daughter of William and 
 Mary Barnett, natives of Kentucky and early 
 
 settlers in X'ermihon countv. Mrs. ilrowii 
 (liefl in 1853, lea\ing one child, William R. 
 Brown, who is a farmer residing in Jasper 
 county, ln<liana. Judge jjrown subsec|nentlv 
 married Mary Barnett. a double cousin to his 
 first wife and a daughter of John M. and .\na 
 Barnett, of X'ernn'lion connt}-, Mary having 
 been born, however, in Bowdre township, 
 '['heir t'amily consisted of six children, four of 
 whom are li\ing: liright resides in Bowdre 
 township; Charles 1""., in Camargo township; 
 
 h"!l!a, who is at home; and Kate is the wife of 
 W. S. Burgett. 
 
 Mr. Brown was elected county judge dur- 
 ing the war of the Rel)ellion and scr\ed in that 
 office for four years. He is a stanch Republic- 
 an, and the owner of about nine hundred acres 
 of fine land. He is the oldest living settler in 
 the fi\e eastern townships, .\mong some of 
 the early settlers whom he intimately knew were 
 Andy Guinn. Henry and Snowden Sargent, 
 James and Stephen Redden, Ambrose and John 
 Martin and their father John, Washington 
 Boyce, Re\-. William Watson, a Methodist 
 preacher, and his brother, Parmenus. 
 
 I. W. BURGETT. 
 
 1. W. I'lurgctt. deceased, was, during his 
 residence in Douglas countv, one of its leading 
 and most successful- farmers. From the time 
 he was ten years old he spent the whole of iiis 
 eventful life in Sargent township. He is a 
 descendant of English and German ancestors, 
 who were among the early res'dents of Ohio, 
 llis grandfather was in the war oi 181J. His 
 lather, .Abraham Burgett, lived in Pickaway 
 county and there married Eliza Wells, a native 
 of Ohio. He and his wife continued to li\e 
 in that county, and there Isaac W. Burgett was 
 born. The family shortly afterward removed 
 {i< Imliana and settlecl in V^ermillion comity, 
 near Perrys\ille, on the Wabash river. Here 
 Abraham B.iu"gett followed the occupations of 
 cooper and farmer. lie died in 1840, leaving 
 lAc children. 
 
 Isaac W. Bm-gett was born June 18, 18^9.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 !35 
 
 When the t;uiiil\' removed to Douglas county of tiniher rind entered eighty acres on which 
 they settletl near tlie mouth of Brushy h'ork. lie moved in the spring of i(S53, and at tlie time 
 He went to school in tlie Sargent neighborlu)od of his death owned o\er one thousand and six 
 and in the xicinity of Xewman. On coming liundred acres df land. lie hecame not onlv 
 
 pruminent in farming, hut alsu an extensive 
 dealer in li\'e stock. Mr. and Mrs. I'urgett 
 had ele\en children : \\ ill am 11.. .Margery .\.. 
 John Wesley, 1 lezekiali W'., h".hz;i hdlen. Sarah 
 L;iizaheth. Scott. Wilson S.. Maud L.. Carl S. 
 and Thomas 1'. 
 
 \\dLLl.\.\l 11. .\h:\\ l'( )UT. 
 
 William 11. .\'c\\ port, df the neighborhood 
 
 ol \\ est 1\ <lge. ami nne <<( the must successful 
 
 larmers in l)i.u;.;Ias cnuutw was horn in Tus- 
 
 ... ,. , , , , (.arawas CMniitw ( )hi(i, l'\-l)ruar\- (). 1S40. ason 
 
 til I louglas CMU.ny h:s mother rciueil land, ' " 
 
 and when a ir.ere hoy lie had charge of the farm 
 
 and wiih a younger brother |)crfonned near!}' 
 
 all the labor. This continu-d untd his inotlier\ 
 
 second maniage. In the summer he worked 
 
 at home and in the winter went to school. 
 
 When alioni eighteen yjars of age he started 
 
 cut loi- himself and w( irked on a farm for fi-oni 
 
 eight to ten doll.irs a month. Two or three 
 
 _\efu's were s|)ont in this waw 
 
 December jX, 1S4S, he was ni.irried t<i 
 
 Tetitlia Howard, a iiatixe of jacksun, ( )hio. 
 
 whose ])arents had emigrated to X'ermillion 
 
 county. Indiana, and then to 1 )ongl.is countv, 
 
 Illinois. .\l this tune his c;i]iil;il cmisisted of 
 
 tweiity-li\e dollars in mmuw and one Imrse, 
 
 and on this he rented l.uid 011 llrushy l'"iii-k and of John and Sus;inn,i 1 Rcnsberger) .\'ew|)ort. 
 
 began l"arming. renting land for two years. i;atives of ( )liio. 1 le has resided on his farm 
 
 lie afterward bought, on credit, twenty acres of several hundred acres for thirteen years,
 
 236 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 and wliile he has always l)ccn a lonanl lie has 
 been most successful. 
 
 in 1S62 he was married ti) Miss I'^annie 
 Mishler. wlin was horn in 'i'uscai'aw as county, 
 (^hio. 'I'o their marriage have been born fi\e 
 children, Charley. Israel, Eli, Otis and Grover 
 Newport. Mr. Xew])ort is a member of the 
 1. (). O. F. fraternity, and is now ser\ing; as 
 line of the roatl commissioners of bis town- 
 ship. He is liberal and bcnex'olent toward all 
 enterprises for the betterment of the commun- 
 ity in which he li\'es. 
 
 period. George Black, with his family, re- 
 moved from \'irginia and settled in Kentucky, 
 some time before the war of 181J. He became 
 a soldier of this war in a regiment of mounted 
 rilleman and rendered important service umler 
 the command of Gen. Harrison. 
 
 With such an ancestry, whose character and 
 f|ualities he reproduced an<l reflected, together 
 
 uui;i-:Rr m. i'.lack. 
 
 Robert ]\1. lilack, the subject of ijiis 
 memoir, came from an ancestry of more than 
 ordinary importance and prominence. 
 
 His great-grandfather, with his family, re- 
 moved from Scotland and settled in N'irginia 
 soiue }'ears liefore the Rexdlutionary war, 
 passed through the terrors and e.xcitement 
 caused by the traitor .\rnoM in portions <if \'ir- 
 ginia. volunteered, though far past the age of 
 liability, for military serxicc, and was one of 
 the soldiers, who. under Lafayette and Gen. 
 \\'ayne, turned and (lr(i\e back Lord Cornwal- 
 lis. He was intimately ac(|uaintcd with La- 
 fayette, Gen. Wayne and Gen. Lord Sterling, 
 who were frequent guests at his house. His 
 youngest son, George Black, the grandfather of 
 our subject, was born on the Sth of July, 17O7. 
 He was nine years old when the Declar.ation of 
 Independence was issued. lie was a son of 
 the Re\-olution and saw and caught the spirit 
 of most of the stirring scenes of that eventful 
 
 with his own indixidual traits, we may under- 
 stand the life of Robert M. Black, who was the 
 ninth in a family of thirteen children born to 
 Andrew and Margaret ( Lockridge ) Black. 
 Andrew Black and his family left their home in 
 Mt. Sterling, Kcnluck\-, and went to Green- 
 castle, Indiana, in 1850. The life of Robert M. 
 lilack dales from December 13. 1845. '" June 
 I I, 1899. a ])eriocl of fifty three years of great 
 activity and success. LI is Scotch blood, fired 
 with the spirit of the Ke\olution, produced a 
 fine type of .\merican p.atriot and citizen. In 
 his boyhood days the future man already ap- 
 peared. Obedient to [jarents. kind in disposi- 
 tion, solicitous about the welfare and happiness
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 237 
 
 of liis 1)nithcTs and sisters, .-md loyal and ini- and it was the real I'onndation of his many ex- 
 sellish toward his pl.ayni.ates. he early dcvclo])fd cellent qu.alities shown in toneh with his t'el- 
 inltj a true man. who was willins;- and anxious low men. Mis iovalty to his friends knew no 
 to contribute his part to the world'-, proo-ress hounds. Every true man found in him a 
 as a man and citizen. .\t the ag'e of sixteen he worthy and constant companion, ;md friend- 
 enlisted in the Seventy-eighth hi<liana Kegi- ships, formed ni)on manlv qualities, were never 
 ment and in his first battle, at L'nion City. Ken- broken. Mis large heart found pleasure in re- 
 
 tucky. was wounded in the knee in the midst of sponding. in a substantial way. to the i r or 
 
 ;i display of uncommon bravery. \'et his those in temporary distress. '\\i help oiliers 
 bra\ery proliably saved his life, since, while he was a real jileasure to him, ;md being interested 
 was facing the enemy alone, his company being in those battling with adversity he w;is inter- 
 in full retreat, the rebel commander ordered his ested in all. Me was progressive and public 
 men "not to shoot so brave a ]>oy." Thus early sjjirited. and in no sense lived fi>r himself 
 in life, under the most 'trying circumstances, .'done. Cheerfulness was his constant coui- 
 a])peare(l tho.se sterling ([ualities which madv' p.anion and it never for^Mik him. althou'di .-ill 
 him prominent throughout his entire life and others were gloomy. Me had ;i source of r.a 
 endeared him with ])cculiar strength to his di:mce and sunshine that seemed denied to 
 comrades, friends and ac(|naint;mces. 'i'he m.anyof his fellows. .Some four years before 
 wound received shortly after his enlistment his demise he moved to this county on ;i l;n'"e 
 greatly hindered him the rest of his days, but l.irm four miles north of ( )akland (itv, ;md be- 
 was borne with the same cheerful bravery with mg a careful business man he m.ade money 
 which it was received. and friends in his new home, and he .and his 
 In I<S7_:; he was married to iMiss Mary f.amily were soon holding a large |>l;ice in the 
 I iutchings. who lived but two years .afterward, allections and good-vvill of the entii"e comnnni- 
 In 1SS9 he marrieil .Miss L.aura .Mmire, whom. itv. .\ community m.av with pard. ni.able ]iride 
 with their tour children, he left at his death record the nanu' of so true and noble he.irteil 
 well ])rovide(l loi'. Me vv;iseng;iged in I'.arming a citi/t'ii in its C( unlv history, 
 and stock business, which took him out over the 
 country and into the neighboring states and 
 caused him to h.andle a v.asl amount of nionev. 
 Mis business brought him in cout.act with men, 
 and. on accoum of his fair dealings and sturdy 
 sociability, he made many friends and exerted 
 a great influence. Me was interested in poli- C. I), (ireve, one of the successful voung 
 tics and was a stanch Republican. In religion business men of the couniv .and the leading 
 he was a Presbyterian, w;is for many years a gniin buyer at (i.arretl. was born one mile west 
 member of the church, ;md ;is a father care- of the village .^eplember .;-. iXCX, ;nid is a 
 lully brought u]) his children, 1 1 is religion was sou of Thom.-is (ireve, who emigrated to this 
 not toil sacred to be use<l in every-day affairs connlrv from Cermany at the age of Iwenty- 
 
 C. I). c,Kr-:\'F..
 
 !38 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 one and settled in (iarrett township. His wife a thorough business man. enterprising, and 
 
 was Catherine Rilz. Thomas Greve has hved promises to become one of Garrett's most useful 
 
 in Garrett township for forty years, engaged citizens, 
 in farming, and at present owns four hundred 
 
 and fifty acres of land. I'oth he and his wife 
 are members of the Evangelical church. 
 
 C. 1). Greve was reared on a farm, and after 
 lca\ing the common schools spent two years 
 ill the X'alparaiso ( Indiana ) Normal, .\fter 
 leaving school he engaged in the hardware and 
 implement business and continued in the same 
 for seven years. In 1898 and i8c)9 he was 
 elected assessor. 
 
 In .March, i8<)4, Mr. (ire\e was married to 
 Miss Katie Fralim, a daughter of Jacob I-"rahm. 
 1 hev ha\e four children: X'ictor, Hilda. Roy 
 and Paulina. Air. Gre\-e is one of the charter 
 members of the Knights of Pythias lodge that 
 was recently organized at Garrett. He owns 
 nine acres of land in the cori)orate limits of 
 tiarrett, and also a very fine home in the vil- 
 lage, besides some other town property. He is 
 
 ISAAC SKINNER. 
 
 Isaac Skinner was born in Vermillion coun- 
 ty, Indiana, January 5, 1829, and is a son of 
 Jose])h Skinner, who was among the earliest 
 settlers in the neighborhood of Xewman, com- 
 ing, in 1839, from \'ermillion county, Indiana, 
 and settling along the timber a mile and ;i half 
 southwest of where Newman now is. There 
 were no schools in the \icinitv when he first 
 came to the county. He worked for bis father 
 until of age and then engaged in farming on 
 rented land. In about 1853 he bad saved 
 money enough to enter one hundred and sixt\' 
 acres of land. His mother, whose maiden 
 
 name was Polly (jaston, was a daughter of 
 Thomas Gaston, who lived in Meigs county. 
 Ohio, and probably was a native of Canada.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 239 
 
 His father, Joseph, was horn in Maine. His 
 grandmother, Sarali (laston, was hum on the 
 St. Lawrence ri\er, wliile her jiarents were held 
 captives Ijy tlie IncHaus. 
 
 Isaac ."^kinner was reareil un a farm and re- 
 ceived tlie limitetl school advantages that were 
 comnn)n in that day. He was first ;i Whig and 
 since the hirth of the Repuhlican party has been 
 identified with that organization. lie h;i.s heen 
 three times marrieil. hirst, in I'ehrnarv. 1H59. 
 he married Miss Mahala Drake, wlm died in 
 1S65. His second wife was Mrs. M.iry Hill, 
 whiise maiden name was Lewis: hei- death uc- 
 cnrred in i86q. I lis third wife was Mrs. 
 Catherine Barnes, whose maiden name was 
 Mell. He has {'we children, one, Rohert. horn 
 of the lirst union, and fonr. Katie, Margaret, 
 I'dvin .and Arthur, iiy the last m.arriage. Mr. 
 Skinner owns three hundred and twentv acres 
 of land adjoining the city of .\ewman, and has 
 aliont retiix'd from active hitsiness ])ursuits. 
 lie joined the .\letho<hst church in 1S3S. .\s 
 a christian gentlemrm ;ind pulilic-s|)ii-ited citi- 
 yx']). .Mr. .Skinner h.as an en\i;ihle record, one 
 n]ion which he and his friends can look with 
 iiriile .and s.ati.sfaclion. 
 
 ALEXAXDh:k HAXXE. 
 
 -Alexander Hance. who is one of the ideal 
 farmers of Douglas county, came to .Xewman 
 townshi]) in 1871 and engaged as ,an ordinary 
 tarni hand. ;it which he ciiutinued for some 
 se\en or eight years. His career is a line e.\- 
 amjile of what a man can do witii a determined 
 ]nirpose in life. iM-oin the ordin.arv walks of 
 
 life he has gradually risen to the front r.ank as 
 ;i farmer, stock-raiser and a husiness man. 
 
 Mr. Hance was l)orn in W .ashington coun- 
 ty, Tennessee, Fehruary 19. 1S50. and there he 
 remained until lie came to Douglas coinitv. lie 
 purch;ised his first Land of three hundreil .and 
 twenty acres in iSSg, paying thirty doll.ars per 
 acre for it, .and has since added one hundred 
 .and si\t\' acres, lie is a son of Mordecai .and 
 
 Millie ( L.ackey ) I lance, who were horn re- 
 specti\-ely in Xorth CaroIin;i .and east Tennes- 
 see. His fathei-. who resided ;it Tompkins- 
 \a'lle, Kentucky, \dlunteered in iNf)i in the 
 Ninth Kentucky Cawalry. ;ind rem.ained out un- 
 til the close of the wai'. I le w.as w ith Sherman 
 mostly, and w;is with Inm from Atl.iuta to the 
 sea. He was ;i son of .Samui-j I l.ancc. who was 
 horn in haigland. Alexander Lackey was Mr. 
 llance's niatern.al grandf.ather. .Alexander 
 llance cai'ries on tanning on ,a \er\- extensive 
 scale and leeds regul.arh- .ahout one or twi> htin- 
 dri'd head of cattle. 
 
 In 1S74 our suhject was united in marriage
 
 240 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 til Miss Xancv, a daiig-hter of John H. Biggs, 
 who came to nortli Xewman townsliip from 
 Edgar county in ahout 1H55. His wife (hed in 
 1895. To them were horn seven chil(h-en : Bur- 
 nette, Roljcrt, Myrtle, jay and Joseph. Hving; 
 and (ilenn and an infant, deceased. His sec- 
 ond and present wife was Miss Generva, a 
 daugliter of W. H. Hoiton, of near Jefferson- 
 ville, ln(Hana. Twn chihh'en have Ijlessed tliis 
 union: Leon and Leonard. Mr. Hance has 
 served as commissioner of ihgliways and has 
 l)een a ruling elder of the Cumberland Presby- 
 terian church, at Fairlield. since iHyj. 
 
 JOSEPH ASHURST. 
 
 Josejih Ashurst, princijial and superintend- 
 ent of the Camargo public schools and present 
 uominee of the Democratic party for the office 
 lit county superintendent of schools, has been 
 a leading educator in the county for several 
 years. He was b(iru in .Somerset, Pulaski conn- 
 tv. Kentuckv. .\pril 16, 1872. and is a son of 
 llenrv Clav and Elizabeth ( Thurman ) .\s- 
 burst, who were both born in Pulaski county, 
 Kentuckv. His grandfathers. Henry Ashurst 
 and Josei)b Thurman. were natives of \'ir- 
 ginia and early settlers in Pulaski county, 
 where they were engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits. His father. Henry C. .\shurst. was one 
 time sheriff of bis native county. 
 
 Jose]ih .\shurst attended the common school 
 and afterward the high school, and is largely 
 self educated. In Douglas county he stands at 
 the verv front rank as a successful educator 
 
 and teaches in his schools at Camargo, beside 
 the common branches, botany, jjliilosophv. 
 zoology and algelira. Prior to his coming to 
 Camargo, which was in September. i8g(;, he re- 
 sided at .\rthur, where he located in iS()o and 
 taught school in the country and subsequentlv 
 was grammar teaclier in the Arthur schools, 
 A\ hich position he resigned to accept his present 
 one. hi 1894 be was united in marriage to 
 Miss Lucy B., a daughter of Henry C. Wood. 
 
 a retired farmer, of .Vrthur, but formerly of 
 I\hjultrie county. Mr. Wood was born near 
 \'inceuues, Indiana, in 1845, and is a son of 
 F.h Wood, who was an early settler in Kuok 
 county, migrating from Xortb Carolina. He 
 V. as a soldier in Company !•", Eighteenth In- 
 fantry, and served until the close of the war. 
 His wife was .Miss .\nn .Sbultz. of Piatt 
 county. 
 
 Joseph Ashurst, because of bis high 
 merit as an educator and gener.nl popularity 
 as a e-entleman, was chosen \)y the Democratic
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 241 
 
 party to make t1ie race fm- ctnintv superintend- </). lie immediately entere<l npon tlie ])raetire 
 
 tnt in the next election, and it is conceded that df his ]iroression at Belle\'ille. Illimiis. whtre 
 
 he has most excellent chances of l)ein,!.;' elected. Ik- remained in acti\e jiractice toi- twd years. 
 
 1 le owns ei.i^hty-five acres of land jnst south ol Then he remoxed to I'xmd connty, where he 
 
 Areola; is a memhei' of tlie .Masonic anil ( )dd was located nntil 1S1J3, when, on the iJth ot 
 
 h'ellows fraternities and of the Woodmen, lie ( U-toher. in the same year, he came to .\rcola. 
 
 lias been retained in the L amar^O schools lor lie i-ame here with a lixed ])urpose of makin;:;" 
 
 another year at (piite a good increase in salary. Areola and \icinity his held of wurk, rnid time 
 
 therel^y showing to the people of Camargo has pro\en that he has made no mistake in his 
 
 and rJotiglas coiintv that his work is ap])reci- location. He almost immediately got into a 
 
 ated. Although the maioritv in the lall elec- paN'ing ])ractice, and within the last }ear he has 
 
 tion is against him he has a lietter show f(.)r all the hiisiness that he could possihly attend to. 
 
 election than any other candidate that the Dem- Dr. Moser is a sjjlendid judge of human 
 
 oeralic part\' has put out in several years. nature, a close ohser\'er and skilled in the diag- 
 nosis of his patients. AtTahle and ai>pi'oach- 
 ahle. he has within a vei'y short time made a 
 host of suhslanti.al friends. ( )n 1 )ecemher 10, 
 |8<S|. he was united in marriage ;md h;is three 
 
 childi'en : l.ola, \ iohi and llatlie. 
 GEORC.F. 11. MOSl-.R. 
 
 George H. Moser, a well known and sue- 
 
 cessful homeopathic ]ihysician of .Xrci'la. was 
 
 horn in .Vulnirn. Schuylkill county. I'ennsyl- 
 
 \ania. Deceml)er i<;. \^^f). and is the son of t . Mc(iO\VN 
 
 jdhn .\losei'. a natixe of the same state. Ills 
 
 mother was .\l\inia 1 lellig. who was a de- J. A. McGown, a most successful business 
 
 scendant of Ouaker aneestr\ . The .\ loser fain- man and a t\])ii'al f.irmer residing in Xew- 
 
 ily are descendants of the Dutch, w Ik jse lineage man township, w.ashorn in Ivlgar county, llli- 
 
 is traced hack by some of the luenibers to nois, .March 30. iSj;_', and is a son of j, ihn and 
 
 1 )aniel .\loser, who made his settlement in ( )li\'e lllacknian, who were natixes of Ken- 
 
 I'ennsylvama in the year i'7<;9. ti:cky and .\'ew \t>yk respectix ely. His father 
 
 Doctor .Moser came west a?id early in life emigrated to I'^dgar conntv. where he resided 
 
 turned his attention to the stnd_\- of medicine, up to his death, which occurred .\pril 1 S, iHi<j. 
 
 .After a thorough preparation he entered the I lis mother died in 1892. 
 
 1 hmieop.ithic .Medical College ol Missouri, at |. .\. .Mctiown was reared to m;mhoiid ori 
 
 St. Louis, which is one ot the leading medical :i faian in his n;iti\c' CMunl\- ;md in about 1875 
 
 institutions ol the west, and was graduated located in .X'ewni.ni ti >\\ n^hip. where- he now re- 
 
 with dislinguisheil honors in the class of 1 SSy- sides. lie owii.~, fdur hundi'ed and se\ent\- 
 ia
 
 >42 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 two acres of highly cultivated land and one of 
 the most magnificent residences in the comity, 
 lie farms on business principles and has made 
 himself independent in a financial way by his 
 careful and methodical way oi doing things. 
 On November 22, 1881, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Martha C. Todd, and to th.eir 
 marriage have been born five children: Flor- 
 ence, Olive, Grace, Arthur and Anne. 
 
 Our subject has held the office of road com- 
 missioner for nine years, and twenty-one years 
 out oi the twenty-five he has resided in New- 
 man township he has been school director and 
 is greatly interested in the success of education. 
 In 1898 he built his new house. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Pythias and the Order 
 of Woodmen. 
 
 JOHN M. MADISON. 
 
 Within the past two years Tuscola has 
 lost many of its oldest and most prominent 
 citizens by death, but in the list none have lieen 
 more sadly missed or sincerely mourned 
 than our subject, John M. Madison, wlK)se 
 death occurred Monday, July 13, 1896. He 
 was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, May 
 6, 1823, and was at the time of his death in the 
 seventy- fourth year of his age. He belonged 
 to a family of ten children; one brother and 
 two sisters are still living: H. B. Madison, Tus- 
 cola; Mrs. Harriet Parrish, of Cynthiana, Ken- 
 tucky ; and Mrs. Parnielia Carter, of Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 On September 22, 1851, our subject mar- 
 ried Miss Jennie Rankin, at Cynthiana, a good 
 
 and noble woman, who preceded him to the 
 grave only a few years. To them were born 
 Harry, Robert and Fannie, all of whom re- 
 side in Tuscola, the two former composing the 
 large clothing house of Harry Madison & Com- 
 pany. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Madison came to 
 Charleston, Illinois, where he opened up a store, 
 and in i860 they removed to Tuscola, where 
 Mr. Madison engaged in the mercantile busi- 
 ness, which he continued up to within two 
 years of his tieath. For many years he con- 
 ducted the leading general store in Tuscola and 
 by his honesty and straightforward dealing 
 with his fellrnv men prospered in a gratifying 
 manner. He was a man of unquestioned char- 
 acter and possessed the fullest confidence of all 
 of our people. He and his wife spent the later 
 years of their lives with their daughter, Mrs. 
 Fannie Loose, who made it the purpose of her 
 life to care for them and make their last days 
 pleasant, granting their every wish. 
 
 OWEN E. JONES. 
 
 Owen E. Jones, one of the leading mer- 
 chants of Murdock since 1893, and the second 
 son of -Abram Jones, was born in Murdock 
 township, January 31, 1862. After leaving 
 the common schools, he took a course at the 
 commercial college at Terre Haute in 1897. 
 In 1899 Mr. Jones took in as a partner Percy 
 Welliver, and the firm is doing a thriving 
 business. 
 
 In 1894 our subject was married to Miss 
 Nora B. Dever, of Murdock, Illinois. Mr.
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 243 
 
 Jdik-s is a nienihcr (if the A[o(kTii \\'iii"linen : 
 l;c and liis wife arc nicnihcrs of the AlelhiKhst 
 churcli ; lie is classed as one of the pm- 
 gressive and successful business men of the 
 county. 
 
 William Junes, eldest son nf .Xbrani, and 
 a well l<iiii\vn grain buyer and lidtel keeper 
 of Murdock, was biirn in Newman townshi]). 
 this county, .\i)ril 4, 1X5S, and was reared (in 
 the farm one and (inc-half miles frcm Mur- 
 doch. His edneatiiin was receixcd in the 
 r.eig-hl)orho(i(l scIkkiIs, and at the ai;"e of twenty- 
 one started in merchandising- at Hume, 
 where he continued tn dn business for three 
 }ears. In iSSj he entjaqed in the same line 
 (il business at Murddck, and remained there 
 until iXX(). In the latter year he, with Jdhn 
 W. r.uri;elt, of Saro'cnt township, fdrmed a 
 partnership in buyini^- n^rain at .Murddck. They 
 Cdntinued Id dn business fur twd years, when 
 the lirm w;is succeeded by I'red 1. Rush & Co., 
 dl Indianapdjis, Mr. Jdues acting as the bu\'er. 
 lie buys .about three hundred thousand bush- 
 els of gr.'iin anuuallw which is purchased prin- 
 cipally friim Murddck township f.armers. In 
 October, iS()(j, he took charge of the Jones 
 House, which was [jreviously mrm.aged by his 
 father, .\liram Jones. 
 
 In 1880 Mr. Jones was wedded to .Miss 
 Victoria Dever, (if Clark Cdtnity. Illinois. 
 They h;i\-e twn children, .\sher C. and .\ellie 
 1!. I'rom |8(J3 lo iSi>8 he ser\ed as jiost- 
 master at .Murdoch, and is now ser\ing his 
 twelfth year as justice of the ])eace. He is 
 a member of the .Modern Woodmen, and him- 
 self and wife are members df the Metbddist 
 church. He is one (if the subslruUial citizens 
 who has ddue well his part tn add stabilitv to 
 to the business .and social life (if .Mnrddck. 
 
 .\br;un J(.incs, father (if William W. and 
 Owen E.. was one of the early .settlers of what 
 is now Douglas county. He came in the fall 
 of 1853 and located on a farm southeast of 
 Tuscola, where he resided with his cousin, 
 ( )wen Jones, until his marriage in 185:^. He 
 married Miss Elizabeth Eagler, of Macksburg, 
 Ohio. In 1857 he became a tenant f.armer 
 in what was then called Coles county, and in 
 
 18^13 mined to what is now known as Mur- 
 dock township, D(.(uglas county, where be has 
 lived since and become the owner of one hun- 
 dred and twenty acres of land, which he has 
 only recently .sold and retired from active 
 business. He was born (Jctober 16, iHj(>. in 
 M(.im-oe Cdunly, ( )lii(i, .and is a son of Samuel 
 Jones. His grandfather, hlphraim J(jnes, was 
 bdrn in W.ales, and his maternal grrmdfather, 
 Patrick Ilannltdu, was burn in Ireland. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. .Abram Jones were also 
 born four daughters. (i) .Anna Belle was 
 born Se|ilember 5, 1856, and became the wife 
 (il Hugh .M. Wilson. I'd them were b(jrn two
 
 244 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 cliildren. one of wlioni dicil in infancy: and 
 Marvin A. Mrs. W'ijsun died Jnne 2^. 1898. 
 (2)Mary Frances was horn Xnxeniher 4, i8()0, 
 and died January _', 1861. (3) Carrie was 
 born N(:)\'enil)er 6, i8C)4, and on March [y, 
 1885, became the wife of Samuel P.axter. 
 Tlieir chikh'en were Samuel H. and Ciertrude. 
 (4) Lulie lowen was born September 25. 
 1867, and on September 4. 1895, married Jdhn 
 Home. The death of Mrs. .\bram Jones 
 occurred July 8, 1893. 
 
 CAPTAIN DA\TD BAILEY. 
 
 Captain David Bailey, of Tuscola, one of 
 the best and most faxurably known citizens of 
 the C(junty, was burn in Ldg'ar county, Decem- 
 ber 24, 1845. 'i"^' ^^'"'■'^ reared on the farm and 
 received his education in the W'estfield College. 
 For some years he resided on his farm of 320 
 acres in Murdock township. In May, 1887, 
 with his familv, lie rcmoxed from his farm to 
 Tuscola, wliere he resides in one of the beau- 
 tiful homes for which this place is noted. 
 
 In 1870 he marrieil Miss Eiizal^eth Cal- 
 houn, w ho is a most estimable woman. '1 hey 
 ha\-e two children, Gertrude and Edward. Caj)- 
 tain Bailey is a Knight Templar in Masonry. 
 and is of easy and pleasing address, \ery ap- 
 proachable and a genial companion. He is a 
 son of David Bailey, who was born in Salem, 
 Kockingham county. New Hampshire, .August 
 2, 1814, of i)Oor but honest parents, his father 
 being a farmer and shoemaker, to which busi- 
 ness most of the boys in that section of the 
 
 country were brought up. There were nine 
 children in this New England Ixime, three 
 boys and si.x girls, and the story of their early 
 life is only that which has been written of so 
 many others, of hard work and of a few months 
 only at the district school during the winter 
 season. David Bailey had no further oppor- 
 tunity for scholastic training. Indeed, while 
 yet under twelve years of age he was put nut 
 to W(jrk. After spending a nnmbjr of years 
 on the farm Mr. Bailey found an opportumlv 
 to enter a clerkship at Haverhill, Mas.sachusetts. 
 but did not long remain there on account of 
 poor health. He soon drifted into I'.oston, or 
 rather to Charlestciwn, where he for a time held 
 a clerkship in the state jiemtentiary. Late m 
 the '30s he decided to fijUow the star of empire, 
 and came west as far as Danville, Illinois, en- 
 teruig a general store, and it was whde there 
 that he hrst met Miss liannali .\. binlev. to 
 whom he was married b'eljruary 9, 1841. ui 
 this union were born ti\e children : three sons, 
 Edward, president of the Champaign National 
 Bank, of that city; David, of Tuscola, 
 and Ozias. of Te.xas, who survi\e their 
 father; and two daughters. Abiah, who died m 
 childhood, and hue Bailey hlayucii, who died 
 some years ago in W aco, Te.xas. 
 
 -After spending some time working in Dan- 
 ville, Mr. Bailey went to Blooniheld, Edgar 
 county, walking all tlie way because he had not 
 the means to pay coach fare, that being the on- 
 ly mode of travel in those days. 1 here he took 
 a pt)sition on a salary. Later, with his brother 
 Ozias. who had recentl}- come west with a few 
 dollars sa\ed. he formed a partnership, under 
 the firm name of O. iS: D. Bailey, and the Bailey 
 peddler wagons became well known all over the 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 245 
 
 countr\' lietween the Wabash and Sangamon 
 rivers. The brothers also operated a pork pack- 
 ing establishment at Clinton. Indiana, i)n the 
 Wabash, shipping their profluct by flat-boat to 
 New Orleans. 
 
 Abont 1855 J\lr. Bailey mo\cd U> Mmiti- 
 celld, thence, after a short soinurn. to I'rbana, 
 and in March. icS3(), he renimecl to L'hampaign. 
 where for a number of years he successfully 
 conducted a dry goods business in the location 
 where now stands the Metropolitan block, oc- 
 cupied by F. K. Robeson & ISrother. 
 
 Aside from this Mr. I'lailcy was one of the 
 original shareholders and directors of the b'irst 
 National Bank, and it was largely through bis 
 efforts that the charier was secured. The 
 names appearing with his in the original arti- 
 cles of incorporation were James S. Wright. 
 John F. Thomas. William M. AN'ay. Hamil- 
 ton Jefferson, B. F. Harris, John S. Beasley, 
 Daniel Ciardner, William C. Barrett. Simon H. 
 Busey, S. P. Percival, John (".. Clark and A. I*:. 
 Harmon. Mr. Bailey disposed of his holdings 
 in this institution some time during the 'jus. 
 In l88_' he became one of the cliarter members 
 of the Champaign .Xational I'lank, in which his 
 hi ildittgs w ere always ci msiilerablc and m w hich 
 he had been a direi'tor continuously since its 
 organization. During .Mr. I'lailcx's I'csidence 
 in t]n> cit\' he was several times elected to tlie 
 bo.-u'd of ^uper\isors. .and also served one term 
 as school trustee. lie was a public-spirited 
 citizen, contributing liberally, yet wisely, to 
 every worthy enterprise, whether secular or re- 
 ligious. His givings were never ostentatious, 
 liut it may be said in passing that among his 
 gifts are numbered the lot occuiiied by the Bap- 
 tist parsonage, be being a meml)er of that so- 
 
 ciety, and the valuable ground now occupied 
 by the city building. 
 
 Mr. Bailey gave up his residence in Cham- 
 paign about 1877, traveling for a season, and 
 finally locating in St. Jose])h. Missouri, where 
 he remained until after the death of his wife, 
 in i87(). He then lived for a time in Xew 
 \'ork City, and finally returned ti> his boyhood 
 home in New Hampshire where he resided most 
 of the time until his death, visiting his 1 ild hi mie 
 and friends in Champaign freipientlv. .March 
 2J, 1882, he luarried Miss Harriet 1 laseltine, of 
 Methune, Massachusetts, and only twn weeks 
 afterward followed her remains to the ceme- 
 tery. He was again marrieil, on .Xovembcr 
 I, i88f), at Salem, Xew Hampshire, to Mrs. 
 .Mary 1!. ]m\ ins, who survives him. .She has 
 olten visited here with him and has made manv 
 warm friends, wIkjsc sincere symijalhy attends 
 her in this bereavement. 
 
 Mr. Bailey's new home in Chamiiaign, built 
 on the site of the old f.amilv residence, had just 
 been completed and occu])ied bv him, and it 
 was bis intention had he lived to si)end the clos- 
 ing d.ays of bis life <'uuid the scenes of his great- 
 est successful activitv. .Mr. Itailcy was a man 
 ot magiuhcent phvsical presence and it mav 
 be truly said that he carried within his breast a 
 soni worthy so splendid a b,-ibitation. lie 
 Sought no man's praise, satisheil to luave the 
 a]ipro\al of his own conscience, ;uid he was un- 
 niov.'ible in his adherence to justice and right. 
 Once his duty was m;ule ])l;iin nothing coitid 
 swerve liim from it. '^'et under a stern exterior 
 beat a great, big, kind heart, as those who knew 
 him can best testify. He was a manly luati, 
 ;uid that means much. His cb.ar.acter, devel 
 oped in the pioneer days, may not have take)
 
 246 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 on l1ie estlietic finish of these later times, but 
 what it lacked in polish it made up in strength 
 and integrity. The life and lab®rs of such as 
 he have made possible the greater comfort and 
 Ijeauty in the workl of the present. 
 
 During the war of the Rebellion David 
 Bailey, Jr., enlisted as a member of the Sixty- 
 seventh Illinois Infantry, and at the close of his 
 three months' term of enlistment returned home 
 and in 1864 enlisted in the One Hundred and 
 Thirty-fifth Illinois Infantry, serving until the 
 close of the war. 
 
 ALBERT F. FIDLER. 
 
 Albert E. Eidler is one of the self-made 
 and highly successful young farmers and busi- 
 ness men of the countv, and is a son of Levi 
 
 father, Samuel, was a nati\'e of Lancaster, 
 Pennsylvania, and was of Dutch ancestry. 
 Adam Fidler (great-grandfather), who came 
 originally from Germany, was the founder of 
 this branch of the Eidler family in America. 
 
 h'idlcr. who was burn April _'8, IcSkj, in Berks 
 county, Pennsylvania, Albert F,'s grand - 
 
 (])ur subject's grandfather, Samuel k'idler, 
 fought ill the war of 1812, and his great-grand- 
 father, Adam, in the war of the Revolution. 
 Samuel h^idler was a brick plasterer and con- 
 tractor by trade, and was married to a dauidi 
 ler of Valentine Sbowalter, who was born in 
 PennsyKaiiia and was descended from Ger- 
 man ancestry. 
 
 Levi h^idler was reareil to manhood in 
 Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, until he be- 
 came of age, when, in 1840, he emigrated west 
 and settled in Union county, Indiana, and in 
 1 86 1 located in what is innv Newman town- 
 ship, Douglas count}-. He learned the car- 
 [jentering business, at which he was engaged 
 u\) to 1861, when be l)ouglit what is now 
 known as the Thomas H, Smith farm, one of
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 247 
 
 the finest in tlie couiitv. He kept this farm Malmninq-) cotinty, Ohio, i.f .Scoteh-lrish 
 
 until 1885, when he sold it. In 1842 Levi origin. 
 
 Fidler wedded Mary Ann Hessler, a native of Rev. James Wright (fatlier) received Ins 
 Biiurhon townsliip and a daughter of Joim and e<hicaticin ft)r tlie Presbyterian nnnistrv at the 
 Mary (Tliomas) Hessler, wlio were furmerly Canonshurg College, and spent most of his life 
 of Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. I^'idler were in preaching the gospel, first at Poland, and 
 horn the following children: John, Matilda, later at Westfield, Pennsylvania. He died in 
 William J., Joseph S., Dan G., George \V., 1S43 at the age of fifty-nine years. His father 
 Smith T., LaFayette, Sarah C, Levy Eddy was Alexander Wright, who was an early .set- 
 and .\lljert F., the subject of this sketch. John tier from the north of Ireland, to W;ishing- 
 S., William J. and Daniel G. ser\ed in the Civil ton county, lie married a Scotch girl bv the 
 war. name of Esther Silco.x. Robert Kidd (grand- 
 .Mbert V. I'idler h;is made it a rule in his father) was also a native of Ireland, was an 
 life to do wh;it he does well. Commencing early settler in Trumbull county, Ohio, and in 
 lile with comparati\ely nothing, bnl with a religious .'iffairs he was known as a Seceder in 
 willing mind and heart, he has attained ;i de- 'hat day, niiw known as a Cnited I'resbyterian. 
 gree of success in life far .aboxe the axerage. James H. Wright was reared in his native 
 He is yet a comparati\ely yoimg man. and his county, ;md in 1 'ennsyh ania, receiving the ad- 
 farm of two hundred and forty acres is one vantages i.if ;m onlinary educ;ition. In 1857 he 
 of the most iiroductive and successfully man- came west and located at .\rcola, which ;it that 
 aged in Douglas county. In i88_:; he was time contained but three hou.ses, and was for 
 united in lu.arriage to Miss -\nna Lewis, of several years engaged in farming in that vicin- 
 Newiu.an, Illinois, to whom he is nuich de\'oted 'ty. In 1873 he commenced bu\ing gr.aiii at 
 and who has been ;i true and dexoted wife to llindsboro. where he continued successfnllv in 
 lum, 'fhey h;i\e the following children: business until 1880, \v1kmi he reino\ed to Ar- 
 Mona .ind \\':iync. thur, where he has since resided, eng.agcd in 
 
 buying grain for the firm of liarllell, Kuhii 
 
 & Co. 
 
 Jn 1848 Mr. Wright was unileil in m.arriage 
 
 to Miss .Sarah b.. Rogers, who was a daughter 
 
 J.XMES 11. WKlGiri". "f Samuel ;ind Sarah \\';iugli Rogers. She 
 
 wasb(jrii in Xew liedford. 1 'eniis\ I v;iiii;i. 'flie\' 
 
 James 11. Wright, one of the oldot grain li.ave se\en children: Willi.im, who resides in 
 
 buyers in the county, residing ;it Arthur, was Cairo: .Sadie; b'rank 1*^., who li\es in .\rlhiir, 
 
 born ne.ar the town of I 'ol.-ind, 1'runibull (now cng.aged in the lumber business: .S.amuel R., 
 
 Mahoning) county, ( )hio. bebruary 'M8_>7,;ind a fariuer in South Dakota; bihii M., engineer 
 
 is a son of James and M;iry (Kidd) Wright, of his father's grain elev.alor; Nettie, wife of 
 
 who were born near I'ol.and, 'frumbull (now' G. H. Daniron, of Areola; and .\. K. resides
 
 248 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in Springfield, Illinnis. 'S\v. ^\'l•ig•l^t has been 
 an Odd Fellow since 1852, and has served as 
 president of the town board of Arthur. James 
 H. \Vright has passed the allotted three-score 
 and ten )-ears of man. but, owing to his ab- 
 stemious habits and goo<\ constitution, he still 
 enjoys good health, and it is hoped that he will 
 live for many years to continue the good which 
 has been characteristic of his life. 
 
 CHARLES W. W ILSOX. 
 
 Charles \\'. Wilson, editor and proprietor 
 of the Tuscola Review, was liorn fourteen miles 
 west of Plainfield. Indiana, February 15, 1856, 
 and in 1865 located in Tuscola. He attended 
 school more or less up until fourteen years of 
 age. In 1872 he entered the office of the Tus- 
 cola True Republican as oftice boy. The paper 
 was owned bv Charles Smith and was Demo- 
 cratic in politics. Later he entered the office 
 of the Tuscola dazette, which was edited by 
 Hon. Leander B. Fester, now of Washington. 
 Mr. Wilson remained here al)out one year when 
 he went to the Review, then owned and edited 
 by Converse & Park, who founded the paper 
 julv 23,1875. In 1876 he went on the printing 
 force where he remained for some years, d m- 
 verse&Park were succeeded by the well-known 
 writer. Col. Phecian, who was the editor for six 
 months; the latter was known as one of the 
 wittiest writers the newspaper fraternity af- 
 forded. During this time he wrote a great deal 
 for the Inter-Ocean, which kept him away a 
 great deal, and this forced Mr, Wilson to take 
 
 charge of the editorial tripod. Howard was 
 succeeded l)v Major Asa Miller, who managed 
 the paper up to December, 1892, when he sold 
 out t(_) Charles W. Wilson, who reconstructed 
 the plant throughout, buying new machinery, 
 and to-day issues every Friday one of the new- 
 siest, wittiest and cleanest county newspapers 
 published east, west, north or south. Mr. Wil- 
 son has a paid circulation of three thousand 
 and there is little doubt but what bis pajier is 
 read by twelve thousand people every week. 
 His career as a newsiia])er man has been re- 
 markable; commencing as the "editor's de\'il," 
 he has become recognizefl as an able writer and 
 all-round newspaper man. Within a year after 
 be became proprietor the circulationof thepaper 
 became double. As to the newspaper history 
 of Tuscola, college Ijred men ha\e come and 
 gone, whci were writers on different jiapers of 
 the cit}', but ]\Ir. Wilson, who has educated 
 himself, remains, and it is a fact that might be 
 mentioned, that his paper, while Democratic, is 
 jiopular among the Republicans, 
 
 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to 
 Miss Christina Cosier, a daughter of the late 
 Isaac Cosier, wlni was for twent\' years presi- 
 dent of the Douglas LVmntv Fair. 
 
 EMMOR \\'. JEFFERS. 
 
 Enimor W. Jeffers, the present circuit clerk 
 of Douglas couniy, wIk.) has occui)ied' that 
 office since February 3. 1899. was born in 
 Pike county, Illinois, November 19. 1861, 
 He is a son of John C. and Elizabeth ( Mc- 
 Kinney) Jefifers, both natives of Ohio, who re-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 249 
 
 iiKAt'd t(j Dmiglas count)' and settled in Ca- 
 mari;i) t(_)\vnslii]) almut icS()4. His niotiier died 
 in December. iS<;3, while his father resides in 
 Bl(.)omington. lUinois. ( For further ancestry 
 of tlie Jeffers family see sketch of George C. 
 Jeffers, of Caniarguj. James McKinney, our 
 subject's maternal grandfather, was a native 
 of Ohio. 
 
 In 1889 E. W. JetTers was married to Miss 
 Carrie F. Hill, a daughter of ThdUias W. and 
 Rebecca ( L'ntlerwood ) Hill, and as a result of 
 this union they have two children ; \'illa and 
 Beulah. 
 
 Since )8<;o Mr. Jeffei's has been secretary 
 and kee]>er of records and seal of the Knights 
 ot I'ythias lodge of Tuscola, and is alsd ])rouii- 
 
 nent in se\eral other fraternal orders. He was 
 nominated wilhnut o]i|)( isitii m at the Re])ril!>- 
 lican ]irimaries held .March -'4. hjck), fur the 
 same office he now occn]iics. 
 
 The Tuscola Journal of Alarch 11. i8(;i>, 
 says of Mr. Jeti'ers : ""Jn selecting Emnior W. 
 
 Jeffers as their candidate for the oliice of cir- 
 cuit clerk the Rei)ublican representati\es in con- 
 \cntion Iiax'e soiced the sentiment of the peo- 
 ])le. Mr. JefTers is of that class of young Re- 
 publicans who are enthusiastic in their su])- 
 port of their ])arty. and while in the otVice with 
 the late Major l)aniel .\. C'ouoxer as deputw 
 lie became thoroughly familiar with e\er\- 
 detail of the work ;md is in e\'erv way par- 
 ticularly i|ualified to fill the position with credit 
 to himself and party Ijesitlcs gi\'ing the ])eople 
 entire satisfaction. 
 
 "He is a nati\e of this grand state. ha\-- 
 ing been born in Pike count}- on the Kjth dav 
 of November. 1861. and about 1S04 he came 
 to this county with his parents and was cm- 
 ])lo_\cd on his father's farm until he reached 
 his majority when he started out for him- 
 self, working by the month for twn _\ears for 
 Nicholas Cooley. after which he secured a 
 business education, attentling nights at the 
 Terre 1 laute Business College. He graduated 
 iroin that institution ;md went to IJlm pinington, 
 Illinois, where he set'ured a good position in a 
 grocery store where he was employed nearly 
 two years, when he came to 1 uscola and ac- 
 ceiited a similar position with Joseph |. Knox, 
 lonnerl) of this cily. who was succeeded liy 
 \'. M. Wardall M ( o. lie remained with this 
 linn until he opened u]) a gi'ocer\- business in 
 company with J. \\ Kerker in the building on 
 Sale street, now occupied b\ T. |. ,Mid\ee. 
 On account of failing health he was c< impelled 
 to give up the store ;ind enter the real estate 
 Inisiness, which he followed with success until 
 January 1, 1897. wbcn he was appointed dep- 
 uty circuit clerk by the late Major Daniel A. 
 ("onovcr. which |)osition he filled with credit 
 and honor.
 
 !50 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 "I'lKiii the death nf Mr. (."niioNcr lie was 
 aiiixiiiUeil pniteinpore circuit clerk hy the 
 judges of this district, and he will certainly l)e 
 elected to suc.ceed himself, and till out the un- 
 expired term of the late lamented Major Con- 
 over." 
 
 \V. L. WATSON. 
 
 W. L. Watson was horn in Vermilion coun- 
 ty, Jllinois, on the 22d of Decemher, 1837. His 
 father was William D. \\'atson, in his early life 
 an itinerant Methodist preacher who traveled 
 extensively through Indiana, having been born 
 in the neighl)orhood of Vincennes, and in Foun- 
 tain county, of that state, married Mary Low. 
 His health llnally failed him, and coming to 
 Illinois, he located aljove Georgetown in Ver- 
 milion county. William Watson, the grand- 
 father, \\'as born in Kentucky, and when a 
 young man settled in the vicinity of Vincennes, 
 Indiana. 
 
 W. L. was the oldest son and second child 
 of the family. His father came to Douglas 
 county, then Coles, in 183c;. and located first on 
 Drushy Fork, a short dist.ince west of Newman. 
 .\fter a residence here of a year or two he 
 mo\ed to Camargo, and afterward to section 
 35, in township 16, range 9, where he resided 
 till his death, which occurred in October, 1858. 
 His wife sm"\'ived him till April, 1866. They 
 had nine children. W. L. Watson was between 
 four and five years oU\ when his father located 
 southeast of Camargo. At this latter place he 
 m.'iinly recei\'ed his education, partly under the 
 instruction nf his father, who taught school at 
 Camargo and was one of iiis first teachers. 
 
 The old log school house stood about one hun- 
 dred yards north of .\lonzo Lion's store, on 
 the road leading north from Camargo. In 
 the winter of 1849-50, and also 1853-54. he 
 attended the Georgetown Academy, in Vermil- 
 ion county, then having the best reputation of 
 any school of learning in this part of the state. 
 At the death of his father in 1858, Mr. Wat- 
 son, as the oldest son, took charge of the farm 
 and managed it in the interests of the family 
 till 1862. 
 
 The war of the Rebellion at this time had 
 broken out, and in February, 1862, Mr. Wat- 
 son volunteered. He preferred the cavalry 
 service and being unable to enlist in an Illinois 
 cavalry regiment, he went to St. Louis and en- 
 listed in the Fifth Missouri Cavalry for three 
 years. He was with the Fifth Missouri two years 
 and a half, during which time he was mostly 
 in the southern part of Missouri. In August, 
 1864, he re-enlisted in the Thirteenth Missouri 
 Cavalry, and served to January, 1866. He was 
 a non-commissioned officer. At the close of 
 the \var his regiment was sent out on the 
 ])lains to fight the Indians. While in Missouri 
 he was in the campaign against Price, and in 
 the l)attles of Independence and Fort Scott. 
 ,\fter receiving his discharge in January, 1866, 
 he came home and commenced fartning on the 
 old homestead. 
 
 JOHN C. HOSTETLER. 
 
 John C. Hostetler, who is engaged in the 
 agricultur.al implement business, including 
 Iniggies and wagons, and recently elected 
 alderman from the third ward in Tusci-)la, w'as
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 251 
 
 born in Douglas county, August 27, 1866, 
 and is a son of D. C. and L. M. Hostetler, 
 natives of Indiana. The father settled in 
 Bowdre township some time in the "fifties, 
 and died in Tuscola, in 1895, in the sixty- 
 fourth year of his age. His mother is still 
 living. Mr. Hostetler was married in 1889 
 to Miss Laura A., daughter nf 11. C. Jones, 
 whose sketch is found on another page. 
 They have one child, Leon. 
 
 Mr. Hostetler operated a planing anil re- 
 pair shop previous to entering into his present 
 business, which he sold out in i8y6. He was 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity and the 
 Order of Red Men, and is one of the popular 
 and promising young business men of Tus- 
 cola. 
 
 JOHN L. GOLL. 
 
 John L. Goff served as sheriff of Douglas 
 county from 1887 to 1891, and at the time of 
 his death, in 189-', he held the office of super- 
 visor. He was married to Miss Josie R. Rice, 
 a daughter of Martin Rice, deceased, of Ca- 
 margo (see sketch). Mrs. Goff owns a half 
 section of land, part of which is in Camargo and 
 a part in Tuscola townships. She resides in 
 Tuscola. 
 
 in Areola township, was born in Montgomery 
 county, Kentucky, .\pril 13. 1856, and is a son 
 of Michael Cradihck and Catherine (Welch) 
 Craddick, who were natives of Ireland. His 
 father emigrated from Kentucky to Areola 
 town.ship 1869 and died in 1890. His mother 
 died in 1896. and they are l)oth buried in the 
 Areola cemetery. Mr. Craddick's farm con- 
 tains one hundred and fourteen acres of land. 
 He has never been married. Socially he is 
 very popular and in business one of the sub- 
 stantial men of the township. 
 
 , GEORGE W. HENSON. 
 
 George Warren Henson, deceased, was born 
 Septeml)er 5, i8_'i, at Cynthiana, Kentucky. 
 He was a son of Gideon and Nancy (Shumate) 
 
 THOMAS CRADDICK. 
 
 Henson. He was the eldest of a family of six 
 
 Thomas Craddick. a typical Kentuckian children and of Scotch-Cierman descent. With 
 and a self-made man, now residing on his farm his father's family he left the state of his na-
 
 252 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 ti\ity in 1834 and emigrated to Vermilion coun- 
 ty, Illinois, and there remained until 1844, when 
 he came into the section uf cimntry which is 
 now Douglas county and immediately began 
 the imprinement of a farm. 
 
 He married .Miss Eliza P. Sargent, a native 
 of Illinr)is. To tlu's union were horn eleven 
 children, six of whom are li\ing, two son.s and 
 four daughters. 
 
 The county of Douglas, hy the death of 
 Mr. Henson, I(.)st one of its most prominent 
 citizens and honorable men. Politicallv he was 
 a Democrat. He was a Mason, a pioneer of the 
 county, and a man |)ossessing a spirit uf charity 
 and enterprise. His death nccurrcd May 9, 
 1881, at his residence near Camargo, Illinois. 
 
 FRANK A\'. HA.MMETT. 
 
 Frank W. Hammetl, cashier nf the First 
 National Bank ni Tusc(Ma, and ime of the 
 county's voung men df recngnized ability, was 
 born (in a f.arm in Cauiargd tnwnship, Douglas 
 county, Illinois, h'ebruary i_>. iSr,_>. (See 
 sketch of his father, James K. llammett.) 
 Mr. 1 l;imniett grew t(i ni;uilnio<l cm his father's 
 larni and was princip.illy educatetl in the L'ni- 
 versity of Illinois. For some years after leav- 
 ing college he was engaged in tlie manufacture 
 of tiling at Camargo and Long View. In 
 March, 1891. he accepted the position of book- 
 keeper in the I-'irst National Bank of Tuscola, 
 and was promoted to cashier of the same bank 
 in .August, 1898. 
 
 He is a Knight Templar in Masonry ; is 
 
 a member of one of the oldest and most prom- 
 inent families in the county, and will undoubt- 
 edly make his mark in the business world. He 
 owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 N'ewman township. 
 
 W. H. HAXX'OCK. 
 
 W. H. Hancock, who is one of the most 
 successful broom-corn brokers and business 
 men of Tuscola, was born in Chicago, March 
 2t). 1864, and is a son of W. S. and Sarah 
 (Bell) Hancock. His father was born in Ox- 
 ford, Ohio, and his mother in Miltlintown, 
 I'ennsylvania. His father is now living a re- 
 tired life in Chicago. \V. H. Hancock was 
 raised to manhood in Chicago and educated in 
 the Cook county normal scIkmiI. His first 
 position of any imi)ortance was that of con- 
 ductor on the Pullman car lines, and he con- 
 tinued as such for seven years, running over 
 thirty-six ditferent railroads. For seven years 
 lie was engaged in the broom-corn business 
 with his father in Chicago. 
 
 In j.inuary, i8()5, he was married to Miss 
 Tillic ISrogan, a highly accomplished vtnmg 
 lady of Muscatine, Iowa. They ha\e two 
 children, John Henry and May. 
 
 In 1899 1^^ associated himself in jiartner- 
 ship with \V. .\very Howard (a notice of 
 whom is found elsewhere) in the broom-corn 
 brokerage business with their office in Tus- 
 cola. The firm is one of the most active and 
 responsil)le engaged in the business. During 
 the last vear thev handled about fifteen hun-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 253 
 
 (Ireil lims nt lu'Dcim corn. lie and liis w\ic 
 sluiul lii.t;"li in tlie sucial (.■irrles ol Tiisciila. 
 where ihev expect In make their future hniiie. 
 
 WILLIAM A. W ISI'ALW. 
 
 Wilhani A. Wiseman, a well kiKiwn physi- 
 cian i)t Camart;!!, where he has heen in success- 
 tiil practice for se\'eral years, was hor-ii at 
 WatcrliKi, Lawrence CDiintw ( )hi(), January 1, 
 1S53, anil is a son nf Aimer ami Martha J. 
 ( Irwin ) Wiseman. I lis f.ather was a native i>t 
 \'ir,i^ini;i and his mnther nt' ( )hiu. Isa.ac Wise- 
 man's yrandfather was alsw Ixuai in \'irL;inia 
 and his maternal qrand lather, (ienrj^e Irwin, 
 was Imrn in \ ir<;ini;i. 
 
 I )r. Wiseman w;is reareil in his iiati\e Cdiin 
 t}', where he .attended the puhlic schmls and 
 sul)se(|uently, in 1S7X, hecame a student at l)e- 
 Pauw L'ni\-ersit_\-. where he purstie<l a rei^ular 
 college course for three years and a half. In 
 1882 he ccimmenced the study of medicine in 
 the cjffice of Dr. C. I'atterson and in 1NS3 went 
 to JetYer.son Medical College, I'hiladelphia, and 
 was graduated therefrom in the class of j88'). 
 \\ hile at Philadelphia he took s]K'cial courses in 
 skin diseases and also in g\-necology and gaineil 
 practical experience at the l'hila<lelphia L}'ing- 
 in Hospital. In the sjiring of jSSO he located 
 at Camargo in the practice of his profession 
 and here he has huilt up a successful ])r;ictice. 
 
 In political oi)inion the Doctor is a con- 
 sistent I'rohihitionist, and is also a member of 
 the Modern Woodmen .and C'ourt of Honor. 
 In 1S75 he was m.arried to .Miss l''.nim;i C. Car- 
 rel' of Dennis'.n, ( )hio. The}- h;i\e three chil- 
 tlren: l-Aa C. ( )mer 1). and .\led;i .\. 
 
 IRA .\1. ML'LLIKI'.X. 
 
 Ira M. Mullikeu, junior niemher (if the well 
 known linn of llarr i!v .\lulhken :Mid one of the 
 rising young husiness men of .Xewnian, was 
 liorn in ('h.nmp.iign couiUw Illinois, Decem- 
 ler 17, iSf)3. His f.ather, James W. .Mulli- 
 keu, was .a native of Johnson county, ludian.a. 
 
 ,and removed to ( h,im]iaigu count v in ;iliont 
 |S3_'. His mother, Calhernie, w.is ,1 il.iughler 
 o! Rev. Saninel \\ Miller, who \\:is hi irn 111 
 1X15, and ;it present ix-sides in Areola. ( ,^ee 
 sketch of W . 1 1. Hush, of 1 lindshoro. ) In 
 ah(.ut iSo.S the f.ither of I. .\l. Mnlliken re- 
 moved to ,a farm near I lindshoro, v\ here the 
 l.'itter remained until he .arrived ;it the ,'ige of 
 twentv-oue vears, when he went to .Vrcol.a to 
 reside, .and there worked at the c;ii|)eiiter's 
 trade. He attended Lee's academy at l.ox.a, 
 Illinois, for six months, ilu-n snlise(|uentlv .at- 
 tended tin- emhalining colli'm' :ii Indianapolis, 
 kroiii l8<>_^ to June 1, iSijO, he w.i> .1 nieiuher
 
 254 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 of the undertaking;- linn i)f Alike, Miller iH: 
 Co., at Charleston, Illinois. In the latter year 
 he removed to Newman to accept a partnership 
 with James Barr (see sketch). 
 
 On Septemher 4. 1893, he was married to 
 Miss Ida A., a daughter of John W. .\llison, 
 of jVrcola. Tliey have one child, a daughter, 
 Frances Marie. He is a memlier and nohle 
 grand of the I. O. O. F. ; elder in the Christian 
 
 church, and superintendent of its Sunday 
 school. He is also chief patriarch of the 1. O. 
 O. F. encampment; memher of the Alasonic 
 fraternit_\\ ruid clerk of the school hoard of 
 -Xewman. The lirm of Barr & Mullikin own 
 two large stores in Newman, Mr. Barr super- 
 intending the fttrniture and undertaking estah- 
 lishment on the west side of the square, and 
 Mr. Mullikcn manages the hardware and tin 
 shop and does the undertaking work on the 
 north side. They carry a large stock and do 
 (|uite an cxtcnsi\-e husincss, drawing trade fm" 
 miles around them. 
 
 ALBERT \Y. \V.\LL.\CE. 
 
 .Mbert W. Wallace is president of the Firsv 
 National Bank of Tuscola, one of the leading 
 hanking institutions of central Illinois. The 
 hirst National P>ank was organized in Novem- 
 lier, J 869, with a paid up capital of one hun- 
 dred and thirteen thousand dollars. Its first 
 president was William P. Cannon (a brother 
 of Congressman J. G. Cannon) and W. H. 
 Lamh was the first cashier. Mr. Cannon re- 
 mained president until 1872, when he was suc- 
 ceeded by Henry T. Caraway, who remained 
 ])resident up to January i, 1898, when he was 
 succeeded by Mr. Wallace. Mr. Lamb re- 
 mained cashier up to July i, i898.wdien he was 
 succeeded by the present cashier, F. H. Ham- 
 mett. The bank was reorganized in tj\e fall of 
 iS()0 and the ca])ital stock reduced to sixty 
 thousand dcillars. The directors of this bank 
 are among the wealthiest men of the county. 
 
 .\. \\'. Wallace, who has jjeen connected 
 with the I'^irst National Bank for vcars, is a son 
 of Andrew (i. W'.allace, whose death occurred 
 iri July, 1878. The ancestry of the Wallace 
 family is traced back to Scotland. Andrew 
 G.'s grandfather emigrated from Scotland to 
 Ireland, and from there to .America, settling 
 in Pennsylvania near wdiere the three states 
 of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania came 
 together. He had five sons, three of whom 
 mo\ed away from their Pennsvhania home. 
 ( )ne of these was William Wallace, the y<iung- 
 est child, who came to Hardin county, Ken- 
 tucky, and from there removed t(T Davis coun- 
 ty, Indiana, where Andrew G. Wallace was 
 born M.arch 31, 18J4. He was the second child 
 by his father's .second wife, wdiose maiden name 
 was Vashti Winkler. When two vears old his
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 255 
 
 father moved fnnii Davis CDiinty to X'ennilliMii he said lo have l)ecn the i)rime nmver in the 
 
 county, IiKhana, and tiiere settled down as a project. The petition presented to tlie Lej^'is- 
 
 fanner. After a residence of al)out ten years, lalure (hiring- the session of iS^.S-c), in yain- 
 
 tlie family, in 1S33 or 1S34. came to Coles ins;- which the hill was passed ort^anizint;- the 
 
 county, and located on (iresey creek, just county, was drawn np hy Mr. Wallace, lie 
 
 south of the line which now divides l)ou!;ias suhse(|uently used all his inlluence to secure a 
 
 from Coles county. The country was thinly fa\orable vote, on the question hein,!:;- snhmit- 
 
 settled hoth in Vermilicin and Coles counties, ted to the people of Coles county. In the sprin.t;: 
 
 where Mr. Wallace's Iwyhood was spent, and of 185S he was elected justice of the pence of 
 
 hut .scanty adv;uitai;-es were afforded for oh- Tuscola, the hrst ever elected in the town. In 
 
 t.-iiuint;- anything' like a o-iH,d education. He the year of 1859 he was elected lirst circuit 
 
 was compelled to rely mainly on his own re- clerk of the county. To this position lie was 
 
 .sources, but his quick perceptive faculties and re-elected in i8r)0, aRain in 1864 and asain in 
 
 industry enabled him to pick up a larqe amount 1808, thus serving' lour consecutive terms, per- 
 
 of inforni;itiou, thus fitting him.self for the forniiug the duties of the oflicc to his own 
 
 duties of his after life. In 1841 the family credit and the satisfaction of the i)eople. In 
 
 moved north, in wdiat is now Douglas county, June, 1859. he was rqipointed master in cliaii- 
 
 and kept the widely known "Wallace stand," eery, a jiosition which he still holds. I'or the 
 
 west of Hickory Grove, which received its n;inie hist twelve years Mr. W;dl;ice has been exlen- 
 
 froiu the faiuily. In 1842 his f;ither died. Mr. si\ely eng;iged in the niouey loaning ;ind real 
 
 Wallace was then in his eighteenth year, and est;ite business. [ ie possesses a complete set id 
 
 the charge of the f.amily fell upon him, his abstracts and h;is e\ery facility for the tr;ins- 
 
 older brother having previously left home. He action of business in that line. Mr. \\;ill;ice 
 
 remained on the liomestead and continued to was one of the pioneers of Tuscola and one ol 
 
 f.arm until 1854. On Xovember 22, T845. he the founders of the town. With one exception 
 
 luarried Harriet Iv lUisliy, a native of (3hio, he is the oldest resident, lie was the lirst per- 
 
 whose family had come to Illinois in i83f). .At smi in the town who could ?,ing ;i religious song, 
 
 this time his younger l)rothers ;uid sisters were the other iiili;ibitants in some w;iy being dc 
 
 grown u]) ;ind were .able to take care of theiu- licient in their musical ac<|nircinciits. Mr. Wab 
 
 selves. I lis mother died in 1848. In 1854 Mr. lace and his wife, with Mr. Thomas \\'oo<ly 
 
 \\\'illace removed to Camargo ami began busi- ;iiid bis wife, org.anized the .Melliodist church 
 
 ness there as a cattle dealer. After a residence of Tuscola, of which he was ;i laitblul and 
 
 of four vears there he rcnioNcd to Tuscol.a, then consistent member and lor a long |)eriod class 
 
 just springing into existence, the fourth lionse leader. To his exertions w.as largely due 
 
 indeed having been built by Air. W;illace him- the building of the present church edihcc. I'or 
 
 self. Here he kept a hotel for about two years. twentv-five ve.ars in all .Mr. Wallace served the 
 
 I'roni the inception of the pl;ui of forming a jieople in \'arious cap;icities — sufticient evidence 
 
 new county out id" the north of Coles, .Mr. of his popul.irit\- ami the coiilidence reposed in 
 
 Wallace was deeply iuteroted in it, and he may l.ini as an honest and faithful oflicer. He
 
 256 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 I'.ad ten cliildrcn. all of wIkhii are lix'insr. In 
 liis yiiunt^er ilays he was a Whig'. On the dis- 
 sokition of thai pai-t)- he hecanie a Republican, 
 and was as steadfast in his adherence to 
 the i)rinciples of that i):irty as he was en- 
 thusiastic in its supiiort. During the war he 
 was active and liheral in the su])i)ort of the 
 Union cause, sacrificing hoth time and money. 
 l'"ew men were more closely associated with the 
 progress of the county, and few were hetter 
 citizens. 
 
 HENRY C. JONES. 
 
 Henry Clay Jones, the aft'ahle and genial 
 treasurer of Douglas county, was horn in 
 Franklin county, Indiana, December 2, 1842, 
 a son of Cabin and Hannah (Case) Jones. He 
 was reared to manhooil in his native county, 
 and in iSf)0 remo\-ed to Douglas county. In 
 1862 he joined Company K. Se\'enty-ninth Illi- 
 nois Infantry, and served as a ])rivate soldier 
 in the Civil war until June 12, 1865, when he 
 was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennes- 
 see. He was wounded in the leg in the battle 
 of Liberty Ca]). which prevented him from 
 keeping up with his regiment until the battle 
 of Missionary Ridge, in which he ])articipated. 
 During the time between the battles of Liberty 
 (iap and Missionary Ridge he caught cold in 
 the wound and was continetl in the hosiiital 
 ft)r three months. After his release he rejoined 
 his regiment and was with it in every tight un- 
 til the close. .Vfter the war Mr. Joues returned 
 to Douglas county and engaged in farming, 
 at which he continued for six years, when he 
 removeil to Arthur and Ixnight grain. He then 
 
 returned to his farm where he remained until 
 i8()4, when he became the deputy under his 
 half-brother, James Jones (see sketch), who 
 was then serving as county treasurer. He con- 
 tinued in this positiou during the regidar term 
 of four years. In the fall of i8y8 he was 
 elected to this office, when his half-brother, 
 James, became deputy treasurer. 
 
 On February 25. 1866, Mr. Jones married 
 Miss Harriet E. York, wlio was a native of 
 Ohio, and a daughter of Abner York. To their 
 marriage were born three daughters : Eliza- 
 beth, \\ife of R. C. Hostetter. of near Marshall- 
 town, b)wa; Laur;i, who is the wife oi John 
 Hostetter, a brother of R. C, and resides in 
 Tuscola, and Nettie. Mrs. Jones' death oc- 
 ciu'red in 181)7. Mr. Jones is a mem])er of the 
 ( irand Army of the ke]niblic. also ;i member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. He owns a 
 beautiful farm of two hundretl and fifteen acres 
 just south of Tuscola. As an official and an 
 every day citizen Mr. Jones" record in Douglas 
 county is unimpeachable. His word is etfual 
 to his b(.)nd, which can l.)e said of few, in this 
 ruml:)ling, blundering age of the almighty 
 dollar. 
 
 JAMES A. WILLIAMS. 
 
 lames ,\. Williams, who lias won his own 
 way in the world and reached a degree of suc- 
 cess J)eyond the average of men at his age, was 
 born in Monongahela City, Washington coun- 
 ty, Pennsylvania, August i, 1862. He is a son 
 of John S. and Elizabeth ( \'an Vorhis), na- 
 tives of the same county. James Williams wed 
 ded Nancy Yan Allen and they were among
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 257 
 
 the carlv sclllers nf W'asliins^'ti 111 county, the tucky, Scpteinhcr ir, ]X_>-, and is a son of 
 latter having;' lieen liorn in .\lk'i;licnv county, SaniucI C. ( iill, who was a son of C 'a])l. 1"lioinas 
 I 'cnnsyisania. His orandfaiher, Aliram \'an (iih, a Rexohilionary solih'cr and a son of tlic 
 Vorliis, was one of tlie early farmers of that lri^h waif (see history of the (iill family in 
 section and also traded in stock considerahly. America, liy Thomas V. (iill). Samuel ('. dill 
 ] le was of Holland extraction. • was l)oi-n in the state of South C';irolina No- 
 James .\. Williams grew to manhood on ;i \embcr 2 J. 1783, and was reared on a farm, 
 farm .and ne\er attended school after he reached lie was weilded to Sarah Malone, a daughter 
 the age of thirteen years; at that age his mother oi Jonathan and Alary IMalone, the latter of 
 (Med and he was ihroAvn upon his own re- whom li\ed to he ticarly one hundred years 
 sources. In about 1S85 he decided to try his old. The family came from Tennessee and set- 
 fortunes in the west, and after arriving in I Hi- lied in Montgomery county, Kentucky, later 
 nois settled in Tuscola township, where he he- remo\ing to Boone comity, Indiana, where she 
 came a farm li;md ; at this he continued until died. Srmiuel Ciill and wife were \'cry poor, 
 he was twenty-two years of age. By industry their stock of goods consisting of one hay pony, 
 and good management he now owns two Inm- '"ic dollar in money and a feather bed. They 
 (ired and forty acres of well impnned land in ]>ack-ed all on the back of the pony and settled 
 Douglas county, for which he has been offered iii I'.ath county, Kentucky. 1 le built a mill, one 
 eighty-five dollars ;m acre. Subsei|uentlv he "I t'lc first built in th;it section. lie after- 
 bought the store at West Ridge, which he sold ward entered large bodies of land in Putnam 
 to \V. H. Fry in December, i8i)';. I fc pre- .Montgomery, Boone and Henry counties, In- 
 viously owned one at .\llerton, which he bought diana, .'unl also entered several tracts in what 
 in 1S94 and sold in the following year. i^ ii"\v Douglas county. It looks ;is if this old 
 In .September, iSSO, he u.as muted in m;n-- gentleman loresaw e\erytlnng and selecteil the 
 riage to Miss .\my .\lc(ir;ith, and they have < ''('»'c (/<■/</ (Ti7«(- of the laud. I le became very 
 three children : Ida, I'h.arles ;md ICarle. Mr. !>rosperons. I'or twenty-five years he served as 
 W illi.ams resides on one of his farms, ,-i short .itistice ol the peace, ;md by \irlue n\ (hat office 
 distance south of West Ridge, where he gives '"-' was .also one of the justices of the P.-ilh 
 his pei'son.-d super\ision to its m.an.agement. eounty court. His first wife died in i.^..|7and 
 lie is .a member of the Modern Woodmen of "' 1841; he married b'.liz.-ibelh Reed. In about 
 (am.argo, and a Re[(ublic;m in politics. 1845 S;imnel ('. (iill s.ild the ol<l null, but stip- 
 ulated in the deed that the pl.ace should ever be 
 
 known as (iill's Mill. 
 
 Shilo.ah (iill grew to mrmliood on the farm 
 
 SHTT O \IT r'll r ''"'' ^^''''''' -'dtending school Nolnntet'red for the 
 
 Mexican w.ar and was soon o|-iIcre<l to the 
 
 Slnloah (iill, ;m old Mexican solilier. .and fiont. lie w.as in the r.anks of ('.a])t. |,ames 
 
 one oMlie pioneer .settlers in I'.owdre township. living ,ani| ser\ ed ibrongb the whole war. 
 
 w.as born at (iill's Mills, lUith conntv. Ken- h.andling .a musket in m;mv .if the i)riuciii,al 
 
 17 ■ .11
 
 ±s^ 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 batik's nf tliat conflict. He was in the ranks 
 when (ien. Scott marched triumphantly into 
 the city of Me.xicd, and after the treaty of jieace 
 of Hi(hilg-o, (iua(hdi>u|)c. he returned home with 
 liis regiment hy way of the (hilf of Me.xicn t> 
 New Orleans. 
 
 On October 2. 1849. Mr. CM married Sarah 
 Ann, a daughter of William .\nderson, of Hath 
 county, Kentucky, where they remained until 
 1S54. when they emigrated to Douglas county 
 and settled im three hundred and twenty acres, 
 where he nriw lives, and which was deeded to 
 him b\- his father; he has since added two hun- 
 dred and si.xty acres more. His wife died about 
 1872. His second wife was Eliza Kensil. Her 
 death occurred in 1874, and he was again mar- 
 ried, September i, 1875, this time to Mrs. 
 Sarah (IJodge) Coots, who was liorn within 
 six miles of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio. 
 The hospitality of Mr. Gill and his wife is well 
 known and highly appreciated. 
 
 HARRISON GILL. 
 
 It is fitting that in tlic biograiiliies of the 
 earl}' settlers of the county some mention should 
 be made of Harrison (iitt, who entered among 
 the lii'st land here and lixed near Camargo. 
 
 The grandfather of Mr. (iill was born in 
 Ireland, lie came to .\merica and settled m 
 X'irgini.'i. liis son, .Samuel Cresswcll Gill, re- 
 mo\ed from X'irginia to Kentucky and settled 
 in llath county. Here, on the Licking ri\-er, he 
 built ( iill's mills, a noted point in th.al i)art of 
 that st.ate. lie married Sarah Malone. bv 
 
 whom he had a large family fi children, of 
 ^.\hom Harrison CJill was the oldest, born in 
 June. 1808. 
 
 On arri\-ing at the age of twenty-one lie 
 found himself in possesion of a few hundred 
 dollars, which his father advised him to invest 
 in western lands. He accordingly traveled on 
 horseback to Illinois, first to his uncle, Thomas 
 (jill, in Cumberland county. He found his 
 uncle busy shingling the roof of a house, and 
 he told young Gill if he would help him finish 
 the shingling he would go with him to Coles 
 county in search of land. The first point above 
 Charleston where they found any one living 
 was Major Ashmore. at the mouth of Brushy 
 Fork. North of that he came to an Indian 
 camp, a French and Indian trailing ])oint, 
 where Hugo, or Bridgeport, now is. His uncle 
 mischievously informed the Indians that Gill 
 was a young Kentuckian wlnj had come for the 
 |)urpose of taking to himself an Indian wife. 
 He selected his land, the northwest quarter of 
 section 35 and the west half of the southwest 
 quarter of the same section. The railroad res- 
 ervoir, cast of Camargo, is now on these tracts. 
 He returned innnediately to Palestine and made 
 his entry. The ])atents for the land, now in 
 the possession of George C. Gill, of Camargo, 
 were signed on the 8th of March, 1830, and 
 bear the signature of Amlrew Jackson. This 
 w;is the first land regularly entered in the ter- 
 ritory comjxising what is now Douglas count v. 
 Most of the land is still in his possession. He 
 returned to Kentucky soon after selecting the 
 land. 
 
 -At the age of twenty-eight he married 
 Georgia Ann Landsd<iwne, a native of X'ir- 
 ginia. 
 
 Mr. Gill was elected slieritt of H.-itb conn-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 259 
 
 t_v, Kentucky, in iSfio. and fmm 1862 to iS(')4 council and was chairman of llie lioard. Hi, 
 
 was jud,L;c of the omnty court. niotlicr died in iSf>j. and his father ihed wlien 
 
 In early life Mr. (nil was a Wdiii;-. On the Mr. .Monahan was onlv three mouths old. I Ic 
 
 hreakiui^- out of the war he became a Union is one of the old landmarks of Areola, ha\in"- 
 
 man. JNIainly through his instrumentality the resideil here nearly half a cenlui-y, and is um- 
 
 Twenty-fourth Kentucky Regiment was re- \ersally respected hv e\eryl)ody. 
 cruited at the Springs in i86j. In tlie fall of 
 the same year the Springs was also the head- 
 tniarters of Gen. Nelson, who ordered all the 
 home guards of Kentucky to rendezvous at 
 
 that point for the defence of the eastern jjortion W.\i TFR C CI \1 \' h' 
 of the state. 
 
 i'"rom the fall of \><(>^^ to the fall of iH(>() Waller t'. I'.laine was gradn.aled fic.ni the 
 
 Mr. Gill resided near Keinncky, h.aving heen I'niversily of renns\lvama, ;it i 'hiladelphi.a, 
 
 driven from his home on arcouin of his I'nion in the class of \Xi)^. lie coinmencnvl the nr.ac- 
 
 sentimenls. lice at .Mnrdock. where he reni;mie<l nnlil ( )c- 
 
 toher, i,Si;S, when he f. .rmed a partnershi]) 
 
 with Dr. \\"illi;nn \\. Rice, of Tuscola. 
 
 Dr. illaine is a native of Ghamp.iign, llh- 
 
 P. II. MON.MIAN. "'>'-^' •■""' ^^■^i'^ '"'HI June _>, i,S(,(.. lie gr.adu- 
 
 ated from the (_'h<am])aigu high school, an,! after 
 
 P. H. Monahan, the f.alher of the hroom f. -ur years attendance was gnidu.iled fn,ni the 
 
 corn interests of Areola an.l ,a highly esteemed Gniversity of llhuois. at (.hamp.ugn, on cer- 
 
 cilizcn of that place, was horn in onnUy Gal- tilicate. He is a memher of the Kni-hts of 
 
 way, Ireland. IThruary uj. 1S37. His parents Pythias, memh.M- , if the W Imen, and a mem 
 
 were John an,l Mary ( Shiel ) .Monahan, natives l,,,- of the Douglas C ounly .Medical .Soc.ely. 
 ol the .s.ame county. .\t the .age of thirteen 
 years _\oung Monahan enn'gr.ated from his na 
 
 live Land to .\merica and settled in I'ittsfield, " 
 
 Mass.achnsetts. Later he came west ;m<l lo 
 
 cated in .\rcol,i, which ,al th.at time was ;i mere o , ,,, -r,. 
 
 11.11 MA,, . , S.AML'EL l',l\\l.V. 
 nanilel. I lei'e .\lr. Alonah.an was married to 
 
 Hannah (Juirk. who was a native of l),,nglas Samuel Lrviu. retircl h.anlware merch.anl 
 
 county and a sister of the late J,,hn (Juirk. of Large laiM owner. aiM a resideiii ,,f Tuscola, 
 
 Arcla. T. .Mr. ,an,l .Mrs. Ahm.ahan have heen was horn i„ Hillshoro. jlighlaiid cimtv. Ohio' 
 
 horn f.mr chiMreu: M.arie. i„.w re.i.liug in ,„ |,S4_|. | I,. ,vas reare.l and educated in his 
 
 .Yew .Mexico: Tli,,mas. the present may,,r of native county an,l in iSf,;^ e.ame west ami I,.- 
 
 •^'■'■"^'•■'' ••""' "'^'"■-^' •""' '^•'"'■- ^-.-it^''! in Tuscola. lie and a y,,unger l.roiher 
 
 r. H. .Monahan has served in the town were a.ss,,ci;iled 111 hiisiness n.geiher up to
 
 26o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 1S93, wlien lie rctircil. He owns live hundred 
 ;iiid sixtv acres of Iruid lliat extends up to tlie 
 ci IV] 11 prate limits nt Tuscola. 
 
 In 1S71 Mr. Iu-\in was united in marr'aye 
 to Miss Elizabeth P)eaeh, who was horn on 
 Stateu Island. She died in 1894. To their 
 marriage were l)orn two children : ['earl, wlio 
 is the wife of C. S. W'ardall. The other daugh- 
 ter is in college. 
 
 Samuel Er\-in is a son of William 1'. F.rx'in, 
 now deceased. The ancestry oi the lu"\ins is 
 traced back to the great-grandfather of Samuel. 
 Thomas Rr\-in, a natix'e of Ireland ;nid member 
 of the I'rcsbyterian church, who was by <iccu- 
 ])ation a bleacher of linen. He was a man of 
 means, emigrated to this coinitry in 1771, and 
 purchased a farm in Chester county, I'ennsyl- 
 vania. residing there until bis death. His wife 
 was a daughter of the Scottish bouse of Mon- 
 teith, which aided the mission of William Wal- 
 lace so nobly and espoused the cause of Bruce. 
 jurad, the father of William P.. Er\in, was 
 born in 173S and was thirteen years old when 
 his i)arents came to .America. He was a wit- 
 ness to many of the e.xciting incidents of the 
 Revolutionary war. His education was limited 
 and early in life be learned the hatter's trade 
 and went to Rockingham county, Virginia. 
 Here he followed his trade until 1813, when he 
 remo\ed to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, 
 remaining there two years. He then emigrated 
 to Plighland county, Ohio, and was there en- 
 gaged in farming until his death, which oc- 
 curred at the ripe old age of one hundred and 
 six years. His wife. Sallie Herron, of JLarri- 
 sonbnrg, \'irginia, was born Juh' 4, 1 77C). Dec- 
 laration of Independence d;i\-. ( )f this union 
 there was a family of nine children, William 
 !!. being the second, lie w;is born December 
 
 1 , 1806, in Rockingham, Virginia, at nine years 
 of age removed to Highland county, Ohio, and 
 in i8()5 came to Tuscola, where his death oc- 
 curred. 
 
 Samuel Ervin during bis thirty-fi\-e years 
 residence in Douglas county has witnessed the 
 wonderful transformation that has taken place, 
 making this county one of the best in the com- 
 monwealth, and he has contributed his share to 
 its improvement and development. His laud- 
 able business career has gained him the con- 
 lidence of all with whom be has come in con^ 
 tact, either in a liusiness or social way, and his 
 friends throughout the comity are many. 
 
 JAMES L. REAT, M. D. 
 
 y.^mes Lee Rent, 1\1. D., one of the most dis- 
 tinguished physicians and surgeons of Illinois, 
 and who h;is lieen long and honorably con- 
 nected with the professional and industrial in- 
 terests of Douglas county, was born in l-'airfield 
 county. Ohio, January 26, 1824. The Reat an- 
 cestors are traced back to Scotl.'nid, where the 
 name was pronounced in two syllables, with the 
 accent on the last. Two lirotbers emigrated 
 to this country during the war of the Re\olu- 
 tion, one of whom espoused the cause of the 
 rebels, the term by which the patriot colonies 
 were then known, and ser\-cd through that 
 struggle with Washington's forces. The (itlier 
 brother sided with the Tories, in conseciuence 
 of which the two brothers l)ecanie alienated 
 ;uid a total sep.aration occurred between the two 
 branches of the famil\-. Dr. Reat is descended
 
 ElOGRAriilCAL AND HISTORICAL. 261 
 
 fmin the ime wlm cast his fortunes with thnsc Tweiity-tirst l\L'L;iiiK-iit iiiianti-_\- ((Iraiil's <ilil 
 
 of the patriots ami who. after the war, settled rci^inient ). On Jul_\- jj. iSfq, he was pro- 
 
 in l*"re(ieriei< Town, Mar_\-lan(l. At this place moted surgeon of the regiment, lie retiuaied 
 
 James Reat (father) was lK)rn and suhsequent- to Springfield ;it the close of the war and was 
 
 ly found his way to Ohio, where he married Su- mustered out in January. i(S(i(>, lie then re- 
 
 sanna Rogers, a Virginia lady, and w ith her set- turned to Tuscola and resumed his regular prac- 
 
 tleil in FairHeld county, Ohio. When our suh- tice. 
 
 ject was fi\'e years old, his parents remo\ed In ]H()i he was married to Miss .Sallie C 
 to (_'oles countv, Illinois, where the father Callaway, of Jackson\ille, a lady fi line liter- 
 purchased a farm on whicli they resided ary attainments and of Christ ian \irlues. She 
 for a time, then remmed to Charleston and was horn in Kentucky and was a graduate of 
 Ii\'ed there up to the time of his death, in lierean College. Her father was the late well- 
 1868. known Re\-. S. T. Callaway, a Ilaptisl clcr- 
 Dr. Reat's early education was deri\ed from gyman. They have had three children, all 
 the meager advantages offered in the neighhor- of whom are living: A daughter I.ois, who is 
 hood schools of that da\' and later attendance the wile of Hon. Thendnre Hraiitley. at pres- 
 at the .seminarv at Charleston. That institu- cut chiet justice of the supreme court of .Mon- 
 tion was conducted under eminent ]irofessoi-s laua ; Samuel (_'., who with his consiii, 1 larr_\- 
 and here 13r. Reat recei\ed a good collegiate IC Caraway, were pro])rietors and editors of 
 education and later took u)) the study of the the Tuscol.a Journal, lie is now in Washing- 
 languages, hecoming familiar with Latin and ton, representing a numher of metro])olitan 
 German, and at the same time teaching school newsp.apers. lie is a graduate of Cnion Law 
 a numher of terms. His natural taste and tal- School, at Chicago, and is taking a posl-grad- 
 ent were those of his cli.isen profession and he uate course in literature. I'reil. who graduatdl 
 soon thereafter took a regular cour.se of stud- from the Illinois Stale L'ni\ersity. and is now 
 ies at the Meilical College at I'incinnati, where jiroprietor of the Tuscola Repuhlican. 
 he was graduate<I in the class of 1N3S; he later 1 'r. Keat is a memhei- of the Milil.ary Loyal 
 attended the Rush Medical College at Chicago Legion of the Cmted .States .and the llhnois 
 and llieix- giadu.Ued. .\ iter lea\ing college, he .\iiny and .\a\_\ .Medical .\ssoeiation. I le and 
 was engaged for a time in the diug husiness at wife aie memhers ol the Alelhoilisl l'.[)iscopal 
 Charleston, hut soon sold his inteit'sls and in climch of Tuscol.a. I'.oih ha\e taken .in acti\e 
 1<S5(; took up his residence at Tuscol.a. In the part in the lempeianci' cause, lie h.as .always 
 fall of iSOj he recei\ed ;ui appointnuMil as nianilesied pnhlic spirit ;md through his entire 
 assistant surgeon in the war of the Uelu'llion life has heen a ni.an ot .ahstenuous hahits and 
 and was assigned to a post at Louis\ille. where consistent morals. I'"or three _\'ears he was clerk 
 he remained for so4ne time in ch.arge of a hos- of the hoard of education of Tuscol.a and while 
 ])ital. ( )n March l. of the same \ear, he was occujjying that oflice look (U-e|) intei'cst in llu- 
 Commissioned lirst assistant surgeon of the erection ol a |)uhlic school huilding, which is
 
 262 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 surpassed liy few in this scctiim nf llic state. 
 Dr. Keat is widely csteenied 
 ((uaiitics nf mind and heart. 
 
 Dr. Keat is widely esteemed Idr his inaiiv giKid 
 
 JOHN J. JONES. 
 
 John J. Junes was many years previous to 
 his death most prominently identified witii the 
 affairs of Douglas county. He was born in 
 Virginia in about tlie year 1S35 and died in 
 Chicago in July, 1893. In early life he came 
 to Ilhnois as a ])enniless orphan and located at 
 Georgetown, in X^ermilion county, wliere he re- 
 sided with two I if his cousins and with whom 
 he remained until he was about grown, when 
 lie came and ](jcated in Camargo. Here he be- 
 came a clerk for Alonzo Lyons, remaining 
 with him for some time, wdien he, in partner- 
 ship with Coleman Bright, who was manager 
 I'or Mr. L_\-c)ns, started a little grocery store at 
 Camargci. This was along in the '50s. The 
 firm cimtimied \ery successfully in business up 
 until the fall of 18^14. Then they s(jld out, came 
 to Tusciila, and engaged in general merchan- 
 dising, t.nking in a Mr. \\'il)ly as a partner, 
 under the firm name of Bright, Jones & W'ibly. 
 In about 1868 Mr. \\'il)ly .sold his interest to 
 Ijright and Jones, who continued together in 
 business until Mr. Jones sold his interest to Mr. 
 Bright; this was along about 1884 or 1885. 
 Mr. Jones then gave his entire time to the man- 
 agement of his large farm near Tuscola. He 
 was twice e]ecte<l mayor of Tuscola. In the fall 
 ol iS(;n he became the president of the Ijanking 
 b.ouse of I'.aughman, Orr & Co. and remained 
 as such up to the time of hi.s death, 
 
 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss 
 Lizzie Ketchuni, a daughter of Dr. Ketchum, 
 ol Terre 1 laute, Indiana; she survives him. 
 Jolin J. Jones was of (juiet and unassuming 
 manner, a self-made man and his uninterrupted 
 success and his character as a man were well 
 worthy of the admiration of the entire people. 
 He had the mind to conceive and the hand to 
 direct his business affairs in such a way that 
 brought him success in all of his undertakings, 
 b'or many years he was a consistent member 
 of the First Presbyterian church and a mem- 
 lier ol the Melita Commandery of Knights 
 lemplar of Tuscola. 
 
 A. C. SLUSS. 
 
 -'\. C. Sluss, the ])roi)rietor of the Tuscol.i 
 Joiu'nal, a weekly paper iiublislied at Tuscola, 
 and the present postmaster of Tuscola, has 
 been for many years prominently identified wilii 
 the business, social and political interests of 
 his cit}' and county. lia\ing served the city of 
 Tuscola twice as alderman, three terms as city 
 clerk and one term as mayo]-. lie was born in 
 Kdgar county, Illinois, April 7, 1850, and is a 
 son of Thomas S. and Martha (Hinenian) 
 Sluss. His father, who was l>orn in Kentucky, 
 lenioxed to Tuscola in iSOi, an(' there carrieii 
 on his ti'ade, that of ;i harness maker, up to the 
 lime of his death, in i8()_:;. at the age of eighty 
 \'ears. 
 
 His grandfather, Da\id Sluss. _ and his 
 grandfather. John Ilincman. were both natives 
 of KeiUucky, and were among the first settlers 
 in Monroe county, Indiana,
 
 BIOGRAPIIICAI. AND HISTORICAL. 263 
 
 A. C. Sliiss learned the ti'adc with his lautrw and served U> the clu^e nf the war. lill- 
 
 tatiier, and recen t'd liis echicatiiiii in the sehiKils inj;' aU the cunipany dl'hees I'runi enrpciral to 
 
 of Tuscola and the Chieago Business CoUege. ca])tain. 
 
 Jde was engaged in the mainifacture of harness. L'pnii returning fnmi his arnn- !-er\ ice mw 
 
 etc., wlien, in 18S9, he was appointed i)(ist- suhject engaged in nierchanihsiug and fHrniing 
 
 master of Tuscola by i'resident Harrisun. and in and near Areola until iSSj. wlien he was 
 
 again received the appointment hy President elected county judge. He studied law and 
 
 McKiule}, which shows his i)c)pularity and was admitted to the har in iSSi;. j'liliticallv 
 
 cTficiency as a puhlic othcial. Mr. Sluss hecame judge Bassett is a Repuhlican. and religiunsjv 
 
 the sole owner of the l\i>CMla Journal, the is an adherent of the Methodist h^])iscoi)al 
 
 official Repuhlican organ of Douglas county, clun-ch. having joined that society at Mdlers- 
 
 in Decemljer. nSyS. The Journ.al was fonnded Imrg. fventucky, in iS^(). 
 
 by Siler & Lindsay in i.Sri4, and has at the In i860 our subject was married to Miss 
 present time a paid riiculation of a])ont two Xellie M. ("irnell. and twci children are the re- 
 thousand in the county. It is stanch Repub- suit of tins iniion : jonatliau 11.. residing at 
 lican in its political \ icw >. and is one of the .\rthur. Illinois, and .Martin II.. residing at 
 most progressi\e .and up-to-date coinitry news- Mattoon. Illinois. 
 j)apers in central Illinois. 
 
 In 1N75 Mr. .Sluss was united ni marriage 
 to r\liss Minerva liiggins, id' ilighland counts-, 
 Ohio. They have three children, .\lfred 11., 
 
 iM-auk L. and Hatfe 1^. ^,j. ^^|, ^,|,^ ^^^.^ ,^. EPIILIX. 
 
 Mr. and .Mrs. Jacob I'lphliu are the oldest 
 couple in d^iscola. They came here from I'arke 
 cotmt}'. Indian.a. .\pril 4. 1S3S. when the nnm- 
 
 \\ 11 B V.SSliri' '"-' "' iuh.ibitants could be connted on the lin- 
 gers of the two haiiils. Thev lia\e lued bei'e 
 
 [udge W . II. Bassett was boiii Januar\- more than fort v ye.ars. , and out from the door- 
 
 !_', i8^_', on ;i faian in Harrison couutw Ken- w.i\ ol no In nne m Tuscola b.as come ;i kinder 
 
 tncky. and there grew |o manhood, recei\ing gi"eeli)ig to the \\a\ tai'er oi' a more hospitable 
 
 a Common-school education. lie later at- reception to fiaends .and rel;Ui\es. I'ncle J.ake 
 
 tended a comnierci.al collegein (_ incinuat:. < 'h,o. ;s closeh' relitcd with the ]innnti\e lowii ,and 
 
 gr.aduating Ma\' 1 _'. 1854. .\lterward he en- the early connlw b,i\ing been among the first 
 
 gaged in the mercantile business in ('ynthiana. inisiness men .and sei\ ing as depuly sheriff 
 
 I\entuck\'. lie came to what is now Dougl.as mider 1. L. Jord.an. .\unt .M.arth.a is best 
 
 countv, Illinois, in 1857. ,and was eng.aged in known for hei' cli.'ua't.able deeds th.at tell of uns- 
 
 farming until hSfij. .\t this time he enlisted sions cd" kindness and lo\cand crown her with 
 
 in Comi)any K. .Se\enty-ninth Illinois In- .gloi'v. To a lii'e full of \-e;u's and rich in ex-
 
 264 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 [■ericncc lliey have ail'lcil the greatest measure 
 
 (if affection for each dlher and luve for man- 
 Isiiul. two j;cnis that shine with unihnimed 
 splcndi)!" in the crown of human possibility- 
 
 W. T. PLILLIAM, M. D. 
 
 W. T. I'ulham, M. D.. is one of Tuscola's 
 leadinp; physicians. The Doctor has been in 
 practice for many years, and has, hy his energy 
 rmd efficiency, achie\-ed a success and reputa- 
 tion in the healing art sectrnd to none. He is 
 thoroughly educated, and a most honorable and 
 congenial gentleman. He received a literary 
 and scientific education at the Uni\crsity of 
 Illinois, after which he stutlied medicine in the 
 Indiana Medical College, from which he was 
 graduated in the spring of 1882. Since that 
 time he has been fully devoted to his chosen 
 profession at Tuscola, where he now enjoys 
 a lucrative and extensix'e practice. 
 
 GEORGE CALL.WVAV. 
 
 George Callaway, a retired physician of 
 Tuscola and a large land owner of Douglas 
 county, is a nali\e of Christian county. Ken- 
 tucky, and was born May 4, 1848. In 
 1850 he removed to Illinois and was princi- 
 jially educated in the Illinois College at Jack- 
 son\-ille. ,\fter leaving school he read 
 medicine with Dr. J. L. Reat. at Tuscola, 
 Illinois, and sub.sequently entered the Ohio 
 
 Medical College at Cincinnati, from whicli 
 he graduated in the class of '73. Dr. Callaway 
 commenced the ])ractice of medicine at Vir- 
 giiua City, Montana, having gone first in 1871 
 to that territory as surveyor in the employ of 
 the government. In 1875 he located in Tus- 
 cola, where he successfully practiced his pro- 
 fession up to within the last few years. At 
 present he gives his entire attention to the 
 management of his farm in Douglas county, 
 owning in all over eight hundred acres of land. 
 In 1879 he was muted in marriage with 
 ]\Iiss Emma C. Wyeth. of Tuscola, daughter 
 of L. J. W'yeth (see sketch). To their mar- 
 riage have been born fom" children: Leonard, 
 Katie, Ralph and hhnma. Dr. Callaway owns 
 one of the handsomest and most costly resi- 
 dences in Tuscola and is a large stockholder 
 in tlie First National Bank of Tuscola. He is 
 a son of Samuel T. and Mary (Means) Cal- 
 laway, the former born in Clark county. Ken- 
 lucky, and the latter in Christian county, in 
 the same state. Sanuiel T. Callaway was a 
 Baptist minister, and many years of his life 
 were spent in the work of the church. For a 
 time he served as county sui)erintendent of 
 schools of Douglas county. The Callaway 
 family came from North Carolina, as did also 
 the Means family, and settled in Kentucky, 
 where they were contemp<iraries of Daniel 
 lioone. 
 
 J. H. BASSETT. 
 
 J. H. Bassett is the editor and proprietor of 
 the Arthur Graphic, which he bought and took 
 charge of October i, 1899. The pai)er was
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 265 
 
 liiniided in April, iSN;r. liy T. J. Hancy. and ci.iunty. Ills., where lie li;is since resided. When 
 
 was edited and dwned hy him until he sold it Mr. Skinner came to i)i)ut;'las cnunty there 
 
 lo Mr. Bassett. In 18S3 lie himght the Areola were only seven families in what is now \ew- 
 
 Record, which he ran until 1886, when he sold man township, namely: .\nson, (kiston, Roh- 
 
 it to P. L. Henry. Mr. Bassett was three years ert Hopkins, L. J. Howell and three families hv 
 
 and a half in the pulilic iirintins;- office at Wash- the name of Winkler. 
 
 iiii^ton. under the administration of President Joseph Skinner, father rif W. W. Skinner, 
 Harri.son. at the end of which time he re- hnrned a hrick kiln on the hanks of the I'.nislr/ 
 signed and came home, in 1891 he and his T'ork creek in 1839, it heing the first kiln 
 father then again purchased the Record ami ran Inirned in that part (jf the state. For years 
 it until 1895, selling to V,. l\ Wamsley. In after this he followed hreaking prairie land, 
 1897 he and his brother, .M. H. Bassett. who his hoys aiding him until his death, which oc- 
 owned tlie Mattoon Daily Jnnrnal. again jiur- cm-red in 1837. He raise<l a large fainilv nf 
 chased the Record and .Mr. liassetl had sule children, ten 1im\s and three girls, W. W. Skin- 
 charge of the i>aper until janu.ary 1 , i89(;, when iier heing the sixth child. I'nini this l;irge 
 the pa])er was sold ici .Nathan Collins and sun. f,i;nily nf ihirteeii children c.iiK' ihi-ee are imw 
 The .Arthur Craphic was originally a live- living: W. W., John and Isaac, lliev heing the 
 column newsp'aper, hut has recently heeii made three oldest .sons. In the vear i8(ij |nhn. W. 
 si.\ hy the ]ireseiil ]jriiprietiii-, w ho has in other W. aiul .\ns.in .Skinner, l)i-( jtliers, enlisted in 
 ways overhauled the p.aper and office and con- the Seventy-ninth Illinois Volunteer lnf:mtry. 
 siderahly increased the circuhitioii. jnhn and .Xumpii were captured at the hatlle of 
 .Mr. liassett was horn in .Areola luwusliip, Cliickam;uiga. Tliev were kejit in pi'isnn se\- 
 this comity. July H), \H()\. hi 188,.' he married eiiteen months .-lud nine davs, ;iiid ilid m H return 
 .Miss Xora Perkins, w Im die<l in 1887. To to their regiment, hut were mustered out ;it 
 this union was hoiii one child. Nellie. He again Springfield, lllinnis, ;ii the cImsc nl the war 
 married, in i8(;3. Miss Maggie Degnan, ui W. W. Skinner remained with his comp;inv, 
 Sprmgheld, Illinois, hecoming his wife. 'I'o was under the le;iderslii|i uf Sherm;m. and tu, ,k 
 them ihree children li;ive heen h.irii, Bessie, ]jart in eleven li.ird fnu-lit li;itlles, hesidcs 
 .M;iriiii .and .Mary, d'lie \rihui- Craphic has a skirmishing hv the uimiuIi. He was mustered 
 circiil;ili(.n nf .ah.int live hundred, is well edited . .ut June u. i,S(>5, :it .Wasliv ille, 'femiessee, ;iiid 
 and is a very popular loc;d newspaper. discharged June jy. 18(13. ;it Springfield, Illi- 
 nois. 
 \\'. W. .Skinner, heing an early selller of (In- 
 eastern ji.art of Douglas county, Illinois, well 
 W. W. SK 1 .X.X k.R. rememhers .some of the incidents of its llrst 
 
 settlers. Rohert Matson. fnun Kentnckv, sct- 
 
 W. W. Skinner was horn .Xovemher 1 _>. tied here in 1 83(j or 1840. 1 le first located iie.ar 
 
 1833. in N'ermilhon. Indiana. hi i83<), with Coffee's Crove. in Sargent lovvushi]). and in a 
 
 Ins parents, he moved to Coles (n<'\v Douglas) few years removed one and oue-h.-df miles
 
 266 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 iiurllK-ast of Newman. 1 le was a wealthy man, (.ractice nf medicine. In 1S31 lie moved to 
 
 ownins^- a large planlalion in Kentucky and a Camargo. Illinois, and continued the practice 
 
 numher of slaves. He hrought nine slaves to of his clio.scn profession. Later he attended 
 
 Illinois with him. In 1847 his slaves were lectures at the Jeffersmi Medical College of 
 
 spiritetl away to Charleston, the county seat of I'liiladeljihia, graduating therefrom in 1S53. 
 
 Coles county, they claiming their freedom un- Jn 1858 he moved to Centralia, Illinois, but 
 
 der the laws of a free state and being protected removed to Camargo the following year. Sep- 
 
 ni their project l)y ivutherford and Ashmore. temlier 15, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-second 
 
 Mr. Matson, fearing the loss of his human Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, but was 
 
 property, fnllowed them to Charleston and shortly transferred U> the Si.xty-third Illinois 
 
 brought suit for the rights of property. He Volunteer Infantry and appointed surgeon of 
 
 employed for his attorney the Honorable Abe the regiment, with the rank of major, in which 
 
 Lincoln, who was at this time but twenty-nine- capacity he served during the remainder nf the 
 
 years old. while the defendents employed the war. most of that time in Gen. J<ilin A. Logan's 
 
 Honorable O. B. Ficklin. It so hapjiened that corps — the notaljle Fifteenth .\rmy Corps. He 
 
 Matson lost his slaves, while he himself re- was mustered out April 9. iSfi^. Before the 
 
 turned to Kentucky, from which i)lace*he never Si.xty-third joined General Sherman's army, it 
 
 returned to the free state of Illinois. was engaged in the battles of V'icksburg. Mis- 
 sissippi, Mission Ridge, etc. .\fter joining Gen 
 Sherman's army his regiment was active in the 
 attack on the Ogeechee Canal and Miller's Sta- 
 tion, and particii^ated in the long list of famous 
 
 101 IN W i\IcKlNNFV battles of Sherman's army during his famous 
 
 "march to the .sea." During its active service 
 
 John Wright McKinney was born near the Sixty-third regiment traveled some six 
 
 Springlicld. Clark county. Ohio. June 17. 1825, thousand, four hundred and fifty-three miles, 
 
 and died at I'amargo. Illinois, July J,\. 1897, After the war Dr. McKinney resumed his 
 
 a"'ed seventv-two years, one month and twenty- ])ractice of medicine and surgery at Camargo 
 
 four (lavs. His father and family moved from with marked success. He was author of the 
 
 ( ;hio to Montgomery cmintv, Ind'ana, in 1830, hill granting the formation of Douglas county, 
 
 where the deceased l:\'eil until his twenty lirst and gave the county its name in honor ot the 
 
 vear. During the following two years he "I^ittle Giant." Stephen .\. Douglas. The de- 
 
 tau.ght school in Montgomery county, studying ceased served several terms as supervisor of 
 
 medicine meanwhile with an energy and avid- Camargo township. In politics he was a Dcm- 
 
 ity so characteristic of his nature. ocrat. While he did not belong to any church. 
 
 Mr. McKinney ami Mary Roll were joined he imssessed strong convictions of man's duty 
 
 in matrimony October 12. 1848. at Pleasant to his God. his comitry. his family and him- 
 
 Hill, Indiana. Soon after his marriag-e he .self, and pract'ced doing good and being lion- 
 
 movcd to liillsboro, Indiana, and began the est all the days of his life.
 
 lilOGRAi'lilCAL AND UISTOUICAL. 267 
 
 SciilcinluT _'5. 1X70, Mary, liis \\ik-, died \ct willial tender and s\ iii]iallK'lic as a w'cuiian. 
 
 al llieir C'aiuari^o luniic. rcsiiectcd and hclnxetl | lc was liheial and <;encri)us, administering to 
 
 l)v lier liiisl)and an<l all who knew Iier. Sepleiii- the pimr as skilll'nIK and t'arel'nllv as In the 
 
 i,er 10, 1S71, Dr. .\lel\iniicv and .Minnie .\. rich. 
 Coykeiulall were jtiined in wedlock and li\'cd 
 liappilv together nnlil death separated them. 
 The Doctor was a prominent member ot the A. 
 
 J''. & .\. M., Camargo Lodge. .\o. 440; Knights SAMUEI. i .. IK )rKlNS. 
 
 'lem])lar: h'raiik l\ecd I'ost. (_i. .\. R. : L'oiinly 
 
 and State Medical Societies, and was a proini- .Samuel L. llopkins. c)ne of the nio.st snc- 
 
 nent and respected citizen of his township, cessfnl farmers and stock raisers in Newman 
 
 county and state, being considered one of the townshi]). was born south id" Newman on the 
 
 ino.st capable and successful phvsiciaiis and sur- old llopkins homesteail in the year 1841;. in 
 
 geon.s of central Illinois, lie was a member 1SS4 he was united in marriage to Miss Hattie 
 
 ot the local or Ci mnty ])ension examining board, Hell, and is the father of six childix-n. Mr. 
 
 ser\-ing in that capacity two terms. llopkins owns four hundred and twent\'-se\eii 
 
 J )m-ing Dr. .McKiiuiey's late illness — gen- acres of land which extends nearly to the cor- 
 eral physical relaxation — he was attended eon- ])oration line of Newman. His mother was, ])e- 
 stantl}- by his wife and children. His e.xpress fore her marriage, I*"lizabeth Thomas, and was 
 wish, that his lamily inu\se and care for him, born in Indiana. His father was James Hop- 
 was gratified. During these two months all kins, who was one of the earliest settlers along 
 of his famil}- and childi-en were able to be at the lh-ush\' h^n-k timber, lie was born in Pick- 
 his bedside and ailminister to his wants, night awav conntv, ( )hio, h'ebruary i_'. 1X15. .\t 
 and day. His strong will ]iower and remark- the age of nine years he, with his familv, re- 
 able energy coupled with the desire to recover mo\ed to N'ermillion coinily. Imliana. Here, 
 his health, no doubt, prolonged his days. Diu"- on January _" 1 , i^.^S, he m.an'ied I'di/abeth 
 mg this last illness the Doctor was ever mindful .\im ddiom.as, who w.as mentioned abo\'e. In 
 ol the wants ol his family, presciibing rest and ( )ctober, 1X41, he came to Illinois and located 
 medicine lor them if at any time he fancied they in section 5. township 15. range 14, where he 
 needei] it. Dr. .Mclxinney died in the same rt'sided until his death. He I'nsl bought one 
 house he had li\ed l"or alino>t half a ceutiu'y — hundred ami lhirl\' .icre^ of laud al seven dol 
 lorty-six years. He died as be lived. lo\ing and l.irs ;in .acre, and al the time of his death he 
 beloved by his lamily. neighbors an<l friends. b.ad accumnl.ited m.iny more acres. He was the 
 His leading characteristics were his honesty in fathei' n\ ten cbildi-en. three ( d' whom were 
 his dealings with his fellow men and his integ- born in Indiana. d\vo of bis sons. John Will- 
 rity as a ph_\sici;m .and citi/en. He possessed iam and I'di ddiomas, enlisted in the d'wenty- 
 an uidoinilable will and a conviction of pur])ose lifth Regiment Illinois N'olunteers at the coiu- 
 Ihal won him many a battle in the lights for life mencement of the Cixil war and both <lied in 
 lor his ]);aients. He was courageous as a lion, the service, the former on the 13th of Decem-
 
 268 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 licr :il a hospital in St. Loui.s, and Eli Thomas 
 in the latter part of .\ugust, 1S62, near luka, 
 Mississippi. 
 
 DANIEL RODERICK. 
 
 Daniel Roderick is one of the oldest settlers 
 now livinti' in Douglas county. He came to near 
 Danville, Illinois, with his father, Samuel R., 
 sixty years ago. The latter died in Vermilion 
 county, and soon afterward Daniel came to 
 what is now C^u-rett township and kept generally 
 ahout twelve yokes of oxen. He was born July 
 lO. i8i(). and his education was almost entirely 
 neglected, hut he is known as "honest, old Dan 
 Roderick." 
 
 SECLEU 11. LluSTh:R. 
 
 Segler H. Lester (deceased) was horn in 
 Virginia October ji;. 1804, and ilied in Garrett 
 township May 22, 1864, and married I'arthenia 
 Cas.saday May 14. 1833. Mrs. Lester, who is 
 known among her neighbors as drandnia Les- 
 ter, still survives. She was a daughter of 
 Daniel Cassaday, of X'irginia, where she was 
 born' Inly <j, 1811, and spent her early years 
 in Kentucky. In i8_mj she came with, her i)ar- 
 ents to lulgar coiuUy. Illinois, where she met 
 Mr, Lester. wlK)m she subse(iuently married. 
 Ininu'di.-itely after her wedding she mo\ed with 
 her husband to ;i ]ilace on the Springfield or 
 State road, wb.ere there were about four fam- 
 ilies, of whom Mrs. Lester is the only survivor. 
 In the autumn of 1834 she mo\ed to tlie site of 
 
 her present residence, w here a round- log cabin, 
 Mix 1 8 feet, was built, and the new family be- 
 gan the ditficulties of pioneer life, with little 
 more capital than willing hands rmd stout 
 hearts. There were no cabins nearer than ten 
 miles north and seven miles south, the site l)e- 
 ing chosen l)y Mrs. Lester l^ecause the Indians 
 had once ma<le it their camping gronud. 
 Here five children were born, and here was lanl 
 the foundation of a handsome competence; here 
 also the homestead still shelters the welcome 
 guest. There was no open road to fortune for 
 the pioneers; the nearest market for surplus 
 l.roduce was at Chicago, where corn was S'.ld 
 r( .r six and one-half cents per bushel ; pork from 
 one dollar and a half to two dollars per hundred 
 and wheat at thirty-seven and one-half cents p.-r 
 bushel. Supplies were only to be purchased 
 at the expense of a tedious trip to Charleston, 
 Terre Llaute, Georgetown, Eugene or to Monti- 
 cello, a round trip taking a week to accomplish, 
 luich family could not afford this expense and 
 some went for the whole neighborhood. This 
 involved the use of a wagon and three yoke of 
 oxen; the loan for a whole neighborhood of 
 th<ise times would not now be considered large, 
 but owing to the condition of the roads three 
 \(ike of oxen barely sul'liced. The accumula- 
 tion of ])ro]ierlv under such circumstances was 
 a difticult matter. I\lr. Lester worked two years 
 to earn money enough to enter his first eighty 
 acres, where the homestead stands, an<l in 1837 
 be went to Rock River and broke prairie for 
 two luonths. earning enough to enter one hun- 
 dred acres. When the coming of winter closed 
 the season's work on the farm Mr. Lester 
 turned his skill as a liunter to good account, 
 in one winter caruing enough from the sale of 
 deer's hind -quarters to discharge a debt for
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 269 
 
 liis rillc, fur which he ha<l cmUractcd U> ])ay i:i rchi;ic)ns IjcHcf and ihed in Xew ^■(>^k city. 
 
 lwciitv-li\e (Inllars. It was l)y such slow and Mr. I 'rice came tn 1 )( pUL;Ias enmity in iShoand 
 
 ardiKius cffin-ts that he accumulated .some one was hound out tn a Mr. .Mc.Xair, i;(,inn- tln-ou,t;h 
 
 Ihou.sand acres of land, of whicli he died pos- all the hardships that generally befall a poor 
 
 sessed. In 1H74 a tine frame dwellinj;-. which orphan. 
 
 had been erected by him at the cost of twenty- In 1S73 he was married to Miss Ella 
 
 seven hundred dollars, was destroyed by fire. DrumnKmds. of this county. I Ic is the present 
 
 but was at once rebuilt at a cost of fifteen bun- nominee on the Reiniblican ticket for re-election 
 
 dred dollars. ti. the ollice of county sur\eyor. 
 
 Nine childi'en ha\ebeen born to Mr. Lester: 
 Eliza I., wife of James Ilowe: I iarriet .\., 
 wife of William Howe; .Mmet.a j.. wife of EI- 
 licrt !~1. Crowley; John 1)., now in the ai^ricnlt- 
 
 ur.il im]>lenient business in Tuscnla: Louisa K. GEO O MOORE 
 .\.. wile ol 1 )aniel C. Ji ihnsi in ; ( )|-lando 11., oc- 
 cupying;- an impiiiiant position in the patent ( ico. O. Moore was born December 1 , 1S5S. 
 office at Washington, D. C. ; Lemuel 1'., now on ;i farm near Mnncie, liidiaii;i. lie is thc 
 a resident at the homestead; Mary \i. died tliinl child <<\ the f.amily of .\lr. and .Mrs. 
 No\ember 'i, 1S45, aged one \-ear; Margaret LMuis M, mre, ;ind migrated w illi them to 1 )ong-- 
 •'C. died -\pril J3, rS33, aged three years. Leni- las coniil\- when only fi\t' years old, locating 
 iiel r. Lester was mai'ried Eebruary jy. iSjj, near the Cdiinfy se.'it, 'fusi-ola. llis early i-dn- 
 l<> Liuin.a Rice, a native id' Kentuck-v. who, cation w.as attained in the schools o| fuscola 
 w hen a cliilil. came to I )( mglas county with her and ad ji lining districts. 1 le alsi 1 ti » 'k a cl.assi- 
 p.arents. 'fhev ha\e had se\en cliildi-en, si.x of cal and scientific course in the .Vormal C ollege 
 whom .are li\ing. 1 'erl 1).. I'.ert. I'.inl, ( )tt<> W., at Dainille. Indiana, from which hv gradu.ated 
 ( jcrtriKle and .M.artin. ( )rw ell died in his sixth in 1 NX 1 , ]i;iying his tuitidii and way through 
 year. the scbni.l b\- the sweat of his bii iw .as j.anilor. 
 
 I le w;is ])riiici])al of the schools at RusselKille. 
 
 Indi.aua. in iSS,', giving entire satislaction. 
 
 lie tln'ii lu'ld the chairs nf music .and higher 
 
 W T" TTICF m.athematics in the ( 'ampbell Xornial Ciii\er 
 
 sitv at llolloii, Kansas, in iSXj;. In ,\ugust 
 
 W. E. I'ricc, a resident of ( '.amargo. and of the same vear he went to 'l"n ly. ( )hio, where 
 
 the present cniintv stirvevor, who has efficiently he was united in the holy bonds ol m.atrimony 
 
 served in this ca]);icitv for twelve years, was to Miss Lillie Conway, a resident of that city, 
 
 born in .\ew \'ork citv July S, 1S41). lie was whose acqu.ainlancc he had formed at college, 
 
 a sou of William Ivlward ;nid .M.athild.a .M. lie and his .aini.able wife took n]) their .iboile 
 
 (Wilson) Trice, n.atixes of Ireland, llis father at .Middletoii. X'irgini.i. where .Mr. .Moore had 
 
 w.as .a cabinetmaker bv trade, an E.]iiscopalian accepted the associate princip.iMiip ol the .Shcn
 
 270 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 andoali Normal Cnllcge, wIti'cIi position lie held 
 fur three years. Owins^ to the declinino' of his 
 wife's liealth Mr. Moore returned U> Illinois, 
 stopping at Tuseola, where Mrs. Moore passed 
 away in August of the same year. To this 
 union was horn one son, Louis C. In the fall 
 of 1 886 he accepted the principalship of the 
 Newman schools, which he held for three years. 
 In the spring of 1890, heing solicited hy his 
 many friends, he made the race for the Repuh- 
 iican nomination for superintendent of schools 
 Lif Douglas county. 
 
 A. A. ARMSTRONG. 
 
 Archie A. Armstrong, one of the progres- 
 siye, intelligent and well-known young farmers 
 of the ciiunty and Camargo township, was born 
 in Lawrence county. Ohio, September 10, i8C)i. 
 He is the sc~)n of J(_ihn i\rmstr(ing, \yho is also 
 a native of Ohio and now a resident of Cham- 
 paign. He came to Douglas county in 1879. 
 and bought se\'er;d farms in Tuscola townshi]) 
 and in nther Idealities. He resided for some 
 years on nne of his farms, when he removed 
 to the cit\' iif Champaign. He is now living 
 a retired life in the sixty-fifth year of his age. 
 
 Archie Armstrong owns one of the most 
 beautiful and attracti\e farms in the county, 
 which he has well stocked with Aberileen An- 
 gus cattle. In i88(') he wedded Miss Nora 
 Rice, of Champaign county. They lia\e ilne 
 child, Idoyd. ten years of age. Mr. .\rmstrong 
 is ;i direcliir nf the Douglas Count\' hair Asso- 
 natinn, .anil a member of the M.nsnnic lodge 
 at C.amargo. 
 
 WILSON S. CURGETT. 
 
 Wilson S. r.nrgett, a native of Sargent 
 township, ;uid a son of 1. \V. Rurgett, whose 
 sketch is found on another page, was born 
 December 22, 1863. He was reared in Sar- 
 gent township, wdiere he continued to live until 
 tight years ago, when he removed to his 
 present farm two miles south of Camargo. 
 
 In 1886 he was married to Miss Kate May, 
 .'I daughter of Judge Brown (see sketch). They 
 have three children : Ray Brown, Burley Sum- 
 ner and Wayne l^renton. 
 
 \V. S. L'lUrgett owns two hundred and ten 
 acres of land, on which he lives, and is one of 
 the intelligent and rei)resentatiye young busi- 
 ness men of the county. In politics he is an 
 enthusiastic Rei>ublic;m and has served two 
 } ears as townshi]) committeeman. 
 
 JOSEPH B. PETTY. 
 
 , Joseph Bradley Petty, one of the successful 
 business men of Tuscola, engaged in merchan- 
 dising and identified with se\'eral other enter- 
 ]n"ises of the city, was born in Hendricks coun- 
 ty, Indiana, August 24, 1855, and is a .son of 
 .Nathan and Ann Mariah (Wood) Petty, the 
 former l)orn in Chatham county. North Caro- 
 lina, and the latter in Mercer county, Kentucky. 
 Mr. Petty was engaged in farming tor several 
 years in Champaign comity, and from 1884 to 
 i8()i he resided at lantlia, Missoiii-i, where 
 he was engaged in hlacksmithing and hard- 
 ware merch.-uidising. In the latter year In- 
 returned to Illinois and settled in Tuscola,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 271 
 
 wIktc lie lias since- wurkrcl al his tiMilc, and in race. Ali\s. I'ett)' lias, in her six _vc'ars' asencv, 
 
 iSijiS opened n]) a <;xMieral stnre in ennneclinn ilmie a Imsiness of (i\er ^4,600. She is llmr- 
 
 witli his other I)usiness. Dii^hly cajjahle. and with the time that she 
 
 In 1881 lie was niiited in marriaye In Miss has t;iven to licr special work she has heen re- 
 
 Priscilla Mars, of Chainpai^'n countw Thev inarkahly sncccsslul. 
 have fne Imys; Earle Shirley, liyron Tal- 
 mag-e, Clara Marrs, V^irgai Ira and William 
 
 Natlian. lie owns his (iwn hniiie and store 
 
 liuildiiii^s, is a hard working" man, and is one 
 of the honorahle and rejjresentatis'e citizens 
 
 of Tuscola. I le is a meinher of the Methodist S.AMUEL 15. LOGAN. 
 Episcopal church and of the Court of Honor. 
 
 Mrs. Petty, a lady of t^dod intelh\t,''ence and S;miue! P. Loq-.-m, one of the \'cry oldest 
 fine Imsiness tact, is a daughter of W'illi.ani and "I Ihe pioneers now lixiiiL;" in Douqlas county, 
 Mary Jane ( Sutherl.and ) Marrs, the former a nnd tlie lirst sheriff, was horn near Ihe village 
 native of liourhoii county, Kentucky, .and the of Washington, Mason couiilv, Kentucky, 
 latter of Ohio. At the age of four years Will- A]iril _:;o, iSrG. He is a son of |osepli and 
 iam Marrs. with his father, John Marrs, moved Mary (Morris) Log.an. The I'ormer was a 
 to Shelhy county. Ohio, where William was nati\e of Mason county ami the latter of the 
 r.aised. He nio\cd to Macon couiil\', Illinois, stale of New Jersev. |oliu Logan (grand- 
 in 1851), and there engaged in agi-icultural father) w;is one of the early settlers from 
 ])ursuits. I'riscilla Marrs taught school se\-en Pennsyh.ania, and .after his arri\al in Ken- 
 }-ears in Champaign county. Illinois, then he- tucky he li\ ed in a fort. |oseph Pog.-ni (f;ither) 
 came Mrs. Petty. She has the agency and is was a soldier in the war of i8ij ;ind was in the 
 held manager l"or the \'ia\i Coiiip.any I'or li;ittle(d' the Thames. h'lm Morris (grand- 
 Douglas county, ;ind h;is also the agency and father) w.as a nali\e of .Vew jersey and in the 
 lield m.anagement lor the M.agnetic Shielil o]>ini( jii of Mr. Log;m was a soldier in the war 
 Coni]i;niy. of Chicago, in her county. \i.-i\i of the l\e\ i ilution. His father ;ind niothei-, in 
 is a purely vegelahle compound, the oiitgrowtli 1837, remo\ed to Coles coimtv and located 
 ol a physician's ])rescrii)tioii. To his ye.irs of within two miles of where Mr. l,og;ui now 
 e\])erinienting was aililed .an incredihle amount resides. The first year his f.ather rai.seil a 
 of ])atience and money, and Vi.avi in its pres- crop, renting his kaiid of (jIiI |acol) .Moore, 
 ent form is the result. It is virtually precli- S.amuel 1',. 1 .og.iii enjoys the honor of h;iv- 
 gested loMd and is . used with most i)erl'ect ing heeu the first sheriff of Douglas coiintw 
 .safety hy the most delicate, y.iung and okl. .and has Ii\ed a long, honor.ahle and heanlil'ul 
 1 his remedy is world lanieil. ;ind is success- life in his adopteil county. In 1848 he was 
 fully ust'd hy every nation. The motto of the ni;u-rie<l to Miss Leah I'uller. a n.ative r,f \'ir- 
 \ ia\a worker is ■'The higher physical life of gini.a. whose death occurred in 181,0. T,, this 
 woman." .and thus preser\e the health of the marriage were horn twelve children. Of this
 
 272 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 number six arc lixiii.t;', viz: Samuel F., AHicrt 
 \V.. Il;irriet j., llaniiali C., Mary E. and 
 SU'plK-n. 
 
 GEORGE C. JEFEERS. 
 
 Geori^e C. Jeffers. mcmlicr of Uie firm i>f 
 Brat^-p: & Jeffers. engaged in general merchan- 
 dising and banking at Camargo, was born in 
 Adams oumty. [llinnis, in 1858, and is a son of 
 Samuel P. and Rachel (Orr) Jeffers. Samuel 
 P. Jeffers was luirn in Clermont county, Ohio, 
 June 9. 1834, and is a son of Elijah and Han- 
 nah ( I'ine) Jeffers, natives of Clermont coun- 
 tv, Ohio, and .\e\v Jersey res])ectivcly. Han- 
 n;di Pine was a daughter of William Pine, 
 who, an oqihan, emigrated from England to 
 this country and first settled in New Jersey, 
 thence remo\-ing to Ohio and later to Pike 
 county, Illinois, where he died. He served in 
 the war of 1812. Fdijah was a .son of William 
 Jeffers, a native of the north of Ireland. Sam- 
 uel D. Jeffers came to Camargo township in 
 1869, from .Adams county, this state, where 
 he i'.armecl uj) to within the past ten years, since 
 which time he has kei)t the meat market at 
 Camargo. On I'ehruary 22, 1855, he was 
 wedded to Rachel J. Orr, a daughter of 
 Thom.as and Elizabeth Orr. In the beginning 
 of 1865 he xdlunteered in the Eorty-seventh 
 Illinois Infantry, and was in service till the 
 close of the Civil war. 
 
 George C .Jeffers, after leaving school, 
 taught for one year, and in 1879 became a 
 clerk for .\. W. P>ragg, in the latter's store at 
 C.'unar"go, in which capacity he continued till 
 181)3, when he became ;i p.artner, with one- 
 
 half interest, aval the firm name became Bragg 
 & Jeffers. The general store and banking 
 house of P>ragg & Jeffers, containing two de- 
 ]);irtments, carries a stock of general merchan- 
 dise valued at about $20,000, re(|uiriiig a 
 corps of four clerks, anil does an annual busi- 
 ness of from $35,000 to $40,000. George C. 
 Jeffers is a clear headed and able business man 
 whose industry and comprehensive grasp of 
 details has to a great extent made this one of 
 the leading mercantile firms of central Illinois. 
 In 1884 Mr. Jeffers married Miss Carrie, 
 a (laughter of W. H. Hall, rm old and highly 
 respected citizen an<l merch;mt of Camargo. 
 
 WILLIAM W. REEVES. 
 
 William W. Reeves, of Tuscola, one of 
 the youngest members in acti\-e practice at the 
 Douglas county bar, was born on a farm near 
 Villa Grove, Camargo township, December 25, 
 1870, and is a son of George R. Reeves. The 
 latter, who was a native of Delaware county, 
 Indi.'Uia, was born in 1836, and his death oc- 
 curred in i88[. He removed to Douglas 
 countv in 1865, and was engaged in farming 
 up to the time of his dccea.se. \\' . W. Ivceves' 
 mother was Iiefore her marriage Miss Nancy 
 E.. Wilson. She was born near Urbana, Ohio," 
 and was a daughter of John O. Wilson, a na- 
 tive of Pennsylvania, who emigrated in 1861 
 to Illinois, first locating near Paris, and later 
 came to this county, where he died at the age 
 of seventy-nine years. Elijah Reeves (grand- 
 father) was born near Culpe])er Court House, 
 Virgini.'i, and subsequently emigrated to Ken-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 273 
 
 tucky. At one time he was the owner of qitite 
 a nunihcr of slaves, but later became convinced 
 that slaxery was wrong and freed them all in 
 the year 1S36 and moved to Indiana, a free 
 slate. 
 
 William W. Reeves remained on the farm 
 unlil he had arrived at the age of seventeen 
 years, when he entered Wesleyan College. He 
 continued his studies in this institution until 
 he had finished tlie sophomore year. In 1S96 
 he commenced reading law in the office of 
 John H. Chad wick, antl was graduated from 
 the Bl(.)omington (Illinois) Law School in the 
 class of "(jcS. He was immediately admitted to 
 the bar and opened an office in Tuscola. He 
 is a member of the Masonic order and is a 
 Knight of IVthias. In i)olitics he is a Demo- 
 crat and takes an acti\e interest in tlie success 
 of his [)art)'. 
 
 taught school for seven years in Douglas and 
 Coles C(Hmties. In i8(jj he was married to 
 Miss Nellie 1. h'ancher. of Charleston. Illinois. 
 They ha\e one child. Paid Kenneth. 
 
 Mr. .V\ery is a member <it the Knigbls of 
 Pythias and the W'ootlmen. He is a si)lendi(l 
 news gatherer, a pungent writer and a young 
 man ol splendid reput.ation. 
 
 J. W. ['.OVER. 
 
 J. W. Pioycr, a well known f.armer of Sar- 
 gent township, and the present census enu- 
 mer.ator hir the same, was born in the \icinity 
 (d" Ashmore. Coles county, Illinois, on the i ith 
 day of April, 1850. For twenty-five years he 
 has lieen identified with the industrial growth 
 of his townshi]). and is well and f.avorablv 
 
 J. L. A\'h:PV. 
 
 J. L. A\ery, editor and proprietor of the 
 Areola Weekly Ik-raid since .\pril i, iS()3, 
 was boi'n lour and one-half miles southeast of 
 Areola, in Coles i-oinU\, Illinois, .\o\eniber 
 __'5, iS()f). The llerald was founded in the 
 year i8S_^|by H, 11, Moore, who conducted it 
 unlil a1)Miit ihc _\ear l8()i, when Willis .S. 
 Scales bought it and ])ub]ished il iiulil he sold 
 it to Mr. .\\ery. The paper is in a tloiirishiiig 
 condition, strictly I )eini >i-ialic in ])olilics and 
 lull o! local news, with a I'irculation nf aboiu 
 lifleen hiin<lred. 
 
 J. L. .\\er\- was educated in the common 
 
 schools, the Areola high school, ;md inok a known as an intelligent ;ind upright citizen. 
 
 teacher's cour,se of two vears. .\fierward he lie is the son of I;imes and Susan (Mack) 
 18 ' . \ /
 
 274 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Boyer, the former a native of Virginia, and tlie 
 latter was born in Kentuci<y. As early as 1835 
 James Boyer eame and settleil w ith his father, 
 Joseph, who was also born in Virginia, and who 
 settled in the neighborhood of Ashmore. Here 
 Joseph Boyer became one of the first settlers 
 and afterward went to Missouri, where he 
 died. William Mack (maternal grandfather) 
 was also one of the early settlers in the same 
 vcinity. James Boyer (father) is at present 
 residing in the state of Kansas, at the age of 
 seventy-nine years, and his wife is still living 
 in the same year, of her age. 
 
 Jospeh Boyer was reared on a farm in 
 Douglas county, where he received a very good 
 common school education, and went to West- 
 field College four terms. His farm of two hun- 
 dred and nineteen acres, which lies in the north- 
 east part of the township, is well improved and 
 valuable. Nearly ever since Mr. Bower's resi- 
 dence here he has ser\'ed efficiently as school 
 director, and in 1900 was appointed census 
 enumerator of Sargent township. In 1875 he 
 married Josie, daughter of William Hopkins 
 (see further notice of the Hopkins family on 
 another page), who was one of the pioneer 
 settlers in this section of the county. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Boyer have se\en children li\-ing: 
 Mamie, Robert, Belva, Clinton, Maggie, James 
 and Floyd. 
 
 REV. J. V. MARTIN. 
 
 Re\'. J. V. Martin, jiastur of St. John the 
 Baptist church at Ai'cola, Illinois, was born 
 in C'hainpliu. Minnesota. No\ember 22, 1857. 
 
 He was educated in the St. Francis College, 
 Milwaukee ; St. John's University, Minnesota, 
 and subse(]ucntly completed the six-years' di- 
 vinity course at the Grand Seminary. Mon- 
 treal, Canada, wdiere he was ordained Decem- 
 !wr 18, 1886. His first charge was at Spring- 
 field, Illinois, wdiere he did hospital service 
 for two months; fr(.im there he was transferred 
 to Shipman, laboring for two and a half 
 years as the regular pastor; thence to Neoga, 
 where he remained two years, wdien, in 1891, 
 he came to Areola. The church here was 
 built al)out thirty-three years ago, with Father 
 Manganas as first pastor. The present mem- 
 bership of the church is about three hundred, 
 situated in the town and in the southwestern 
 part of Douglas county. The church is out 
 of tlebt and is in a prosperous condition. 
 
 Father Martin is a conscientious worker in 
 his church ; he is a thorough Christian gentle- 
 man and a de\out worshiper of Christ. 
 
 WILLIAM H. FISHER. 
 
 William H. Fisher, a retired farmer and 
 an ex-soldier of the Civil war, came to Doug- 
 las county in 1877 and located on a farm two 
 and a half miles southeast of zVrcola, which 
 he purchased and resided on for four years, 
 wdien he removed to Albany, Oregon. In 
 1882 he returned to Douglas county and lo- 
 cated on a farm in Tuscola township, remain- 
 ing here for two years. He then purchased a 
 farm east of Galton, which he owned anil re- 
 sided upon for ten years, when, in 1893, I't; 
 moved to Tuscola, where he at present resides.
 
 BIOGRAl'IlICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 275 
 
 He t)\\ns one Inindrc-tl aiul sixty acres of laiul, 
 ni)i"tln\est uf tuwn. 
 
 Our subject was Iioru in Ohio county, In- 
 diana, January 7, 1839, and was a son of An- 
 drew and Eliza (Hunter) Fisher, the former 
 a natixe of lUitler count\-, ( )hio, and the lat- 
 ter of Switzerland county, Indiana. His pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Jacob Fisher, was a Penn- 
 sylvanian by birth. His maternal granil- 
 father, John Hunter, was l)orn in Ireland, and 
 , subsequent])- emigrated to Switzerland coun- 
 ty, Indiana, and then to Ohio county, Indiana. 
 Mr. Fisher"s paternal great-grandfather was 
 a I\e\ (ilutionar)- soldier, and se\eral other 
 memliers of the Fisher fannl_\- were in the In- 
 dian and other earl_\- wars. 
 
 \\ illiam 11. h'isher was reared in JclTersnn 
 count}', hRliana, <in a larni, and in August, 
 1<S()_>, he N'olunteered in the l"".ighl_\-thir(l In- 
 diana lulanti\' and serxed until the close of 
 the war. He belonged to the Second Di\is- 
 ion, Fifteenth Army Corjis, which was organ- 
 ized and commanded by Cien. Sherman, and 
 later by Lien. Logan. He was in the Ijattles of 
 Chickasaw, Miss., Arkansas Post or Hinil- 
 nian, Jackson, Mississippi, was through the 
 siege of X'icksburg, at Missionary Ridge and 
 -Atlanta; also at Joneshoro, P>enton\'ille, North 
 Carolina, was with Sherman on his sweep 
 til the sea, and was present at the grand re- 
 \iew, W ashington, at the close of the war. 
 
 In iSOi) he was wediled to iSIiss Nanc\' J. 
 lU'.atty, of Ohio county, Indiana. They had 
 lour children: James Ivlward, ]\osanna I>.. 
 Eliza 1'... mill William I'ranklin, the latter de- 
 ceased. Mrs. I'isber is tlie daughter of 
 (ieorge and Rosanna (Snhth) lieattv. Her 
 lather was a native of Pentrs\l\ania. and her 
 niiither was born in Oh'u) connt\-. Indiana. 
 
 Her grandfathers were Hugh Beatty and 
 George Snhth, who came from Pennsyhania. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fisher arc members of the Pres- 
 byterian church: he is also a member of the 
 Grinid .\rmy of the l\e])ubhc, and independent 
 Order of Odd lAllows. 
 
 T. M. RICHARDS. 
 
 T. M. Richards, a leading merchant and 
 grain buyer of Hayes, Illinois, was born in 
 Douglas county, lllinnis. August 7. 18(14, and is 
 a sun of riiiim.'is ^'. Uichards. wlni was ;i na- 
 ti\e (d 1 l.irdin county. Kenluckw where he was 
 burn ill iSiS. The l.atter nii>\ed to this county 
 in the 'lorties ami was engaged in farming. 
 I le was three times married and was the fa- 
 
 
 
 
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 ihei' <i| nine children, of whnm all are dead C-\- 
 replnig T. .M. and (i. R. Richards. His last 
 wife was I lesler .\. Real, ami she was the moth-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 er of the above named boys (see sketch of Dr. 
 J. L. Reat). Thomas Y. Richards died in 
 1872. 
 
 T. M. Richards has been twice married, 
 tlrst, in Jannary, 1889, to I\Iiss Dove E. Don- 
 nals, daughter of R. T. Donnals, of Tuscola, 
 Illinois. She was born December 16, 1866, 
 and died November 20, 1894. Their marriage 
 was blessed with two children: Beryl E., born 
 September 28, 1889, and Theodore T., born 
 February 16, 1892. Our subject was again 
 married, in October, 1897, to Mrs. Effie M. 
 Doty, of Effingham county, her maiden name 
 being Baker. She was married to W. Doty 
 in 1891. He died December 3, 1893. They 
 had one boy, Daniel I. Doty. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Richards also have two children: Ralph H., 
 born August 4, 1898, and Lee M., born De- 
 cember 27, 1899. Mr. Richards is the grain 
 agent at Hayes for O. L. Parker, of Tuscola, 
 and handles about three hundred thousand 
 bushels of oats and corn yearly. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Modern Woodmen of America, and 
 is a hustler. 
 
 JAMES S. REEDER. 
 
 James S. Reeder, postmaster at Garrett. 
 to which position he was appointed in July, 
 1898. located in Bourlion in 1856. He is a 
 son of John A. and Mary B. (Harter) Reeder. 
 John A. Reeder was born in Ohio in 181 5 
 and died in 1891. David Harter (maternal 
 grantlfather) was a native of Virginia. James 
 S. was in the Civil war as a private, enlisting 
 in Company G, Seventy-ninth . Illinois Regi- 
 ment Volunteer Infantry. Going in in Au- 
 gust, 1862, he remained out for two years and 
 ten months. 
 
 G. R. RICHARDS. 
 
 G. R. Richards, who is associated in busi- 
 ness with his brother, T. M. Richards, was 
 
 WILLIAM S. HAMMETT. 
 
 William S. Hammett, retired fanner re- 
 siding in Tuscola, was l)orn in Montgomery 
 county, Virginia, December 9, 1823, and is 
 a son of Jc^hn Hammett (see sketch of James 
 R. Hammett). He came with his father from 
 Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1829. He was 
 for many years a leading farmer of Camargo 
 township and prominent in the early affairs gaged in the livery business in Tuscola, and in 
 
 of the comity. 
 
 liorn in 18G5. He was for several years en-
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 277 
 
 iS()(; renioveil to ?Iayes and became associated 
 with his lirother. In 181/) he was married to 
 Miss Myrtle Johnson, a daui^liter of Wihiam 
 T. Joliiison. of 'J'uscohi. Tliey lia\e no chil- 
 dren. George is i^iiown as a I)all phixer all o\er 
 central Illinois. 
 
 STEPHEN S. HENSON. 
 
 Stephen S. Plenson, a highly respected cit- 
 izen, belonging to the old school of gentlemen, 
 and who is prol)aI)ly as well and fa\'orahly 
 known as any man in the connt}', was horn 
 near L'ynthiana. llarrison connty. Kentucky, in 
 October, 1827, and is a son of Gide<ih and 
 Nancy Shumate. His fatlier was a natix'e of 
 Virginia and his mother of Kentucky. The 
 fonuer emigrated from Kentucky to A'ermil- 
 lion county, near Indianola, in 1834, and, with 
 his wife and children, Icicated in the vicinity of 
 \^illa Grove, where he entered a large tract of 
 land. His chikhxn were: George W. (see 
 sketch), .Stephen S., and two daughters, wdio 
 were the wives of James Richards and Cole- 
 man Bright, respecti\'ely. All the children are 
 now' dead except Stephen .S. 
 
 Mr. Henson was about fifteen years old 
 when he arrived in Douglas county. He has 
 always been engaged in fanuing and at 
 present owns a beautiful fanu of two 
 hundred and eighty acres, part of which 
 is in Di>uglas count^■ rmd ])art in Cham- 
 paign. In T853 he was united in m.ar- 
 riage to Miss Nancy K. W'illi.ams, who w;is a 
 native of \^ermilioii comity, Illinois, and a 
 daughter of Edijali Williams, an e.'irly settler 
 in \'ermilioii county, Mrs. Henson was born 
 
 in 1830 and died in 1893. Of this marriage 
 there are seven children li\-ing: l-'ranklin, who 
 resides just across the road from his father; 
 Mantie, who is the wife of Dr. E. S. Smith, 
 of C rhana : Lula. wife of Charles Amnion, of 
 Carthage, Missouri ; Ward, who resides east 
 of Villa Grove on a farm ; Burt, deceased ; 
 Flora, at home, and Kitty B., wife of S. W. 
 Love, of Urbana. editor of tlie Daily Courier. 
 Mr. Henson is a consistent member of the 
 ]\Iethodist F4)isco])al church at Villa Grove, 
 in the ati'airs of which he takes an active in- 
 terest. 
 
 COLEMAN BRIGHT. 
 
 Coleman Bright came to Douglas county 
 in 1850 and engaged in retail merchandising, 
 and in about i860 remo\ed to Tuscola and re- 
 mained a member of the hrm of Piright I'i 
 Jones until his death 011 Iul\' jo, 1881. 
 
 W. AVERY HOWARD. 
 
 W. Avery Howard, who has recently be- 
 come a ]iartner in the broom corn business 
 w itli W. 1 1. Hancock, is a native of I'ultoiu'ille, 
 New ^drk. and was born I'"cbruary 26, 1846. 
 His early years were spent at I'ort liunter 
 and later he eng.aged in the manufacture of 
 broiims here with his uncle, ]'". I iow;ird. In 
 188S \\". .\. 1 Inward withdrew .and associated 
 himself with Ileiirv llerrick, of .Xmsterdam, 
 New 'S'ork, and acted in the c;i[);icity of super-
 
 IJS 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 intcndcnt <it factory and l)room corn pur- 
 chaser. In 1894 he went to St. Louis and 
 for three years superintended the hroom corn 
 business for Cupple's Wood and Willowware 
 Company, the larg'est in the world. In August, 
 1898, he located in Tuscola and engaged in 
 the broom corn brokerage business. 
 
 He is a son of Silas and Julia A. (Avery J 
 Howard. In 1872 he was wedded to Miss 
 Emma A. Howe, a daughter of Allen M. 
 Howe, wIki resides in the town of Florida, 
 Montgomery county. New York. Mr. How- 
 ard is a man of culture and education and the 
 city of Tuscola has gained in him a represen- 
 tati\-e citizen and a thorough student in busi- 
 ness affairs. 
 
 N. S. MONROE. 
 
 N. S. Monroe, of .\rthur, and tlie well- 
 known road-machine manufacturer, is a nati\e 
 of Shelby county, Indiana, having been born 
 eight miles from Shelby\'ille, the county seat, 
 January 8, 1851. His parents were Andrew 
 J. and Julia .\nn( Huffman )}tIonroe, who were 
 also nati\es of Shelliv countv, Indiana. His 
 father \\;is a farmer and came to Illimiis in 
 1856 and settled in Richland county, thence in 
 (866 to Coles county, and three years ago 
 moved to Areola, where he is living a retired life. 
 N. S. Monroe's grandfathers, Samuel Monroe 
 and Jacob Huffman, were both Virginians l)y 
 birlli and were pioneer settlers in Shelliy county, 
 Indian;!. His grandf.ather Monroe resided in 
 Shelby\-ille si.xty years. John Raynes (mater- 
 nal grcat-gran(lfather)was born in Maine. John 
 Monroe (paternal great-grandfather) was born 
 
 in Virginia and was engaged in the Methodist 
 ministry for about sixty years, living to be 
 ninety-six years old ; he also had several broth- 
 ers who were preachers in the Methodist 
 church. N. S. Monroe grew ui)on the farm 
 and received only a common-school education. 
 He removed to Douglas county and in 1876 
 he located on a farm in Bourbon township, 
 where he continued to farm up till 1896. The 
 farm upon which he resided he still owns ; it 
 contains three hundred and seventeen acres. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Monroe was married to Miss 
 Martha A. Leggett, who was born in Terre 
 Haute. Se\-en cliildren have blessed their 
 union: Charles \\'., .\ndrew J., Margaret M.. 
 George W'., Julia E., Ora B. and Alice J. He 
 is a member of the Methodist church and the 
 Masonic fraternity. In 1894 he founded his 
 present road-machine manufactory at Arthur, 
 and it promises to be one of the leading in- 
 dustries of its kind in the country. His build- 
 ing is 13JX35 feet in size. The advantages of 
 the jMonroe road-machine when working on 
 a pike are that you do not have to put one horse 
 in the ditch while cutting ofif a shoulder, as tlic 
 bars e.vtend out so that the team and machine 
 can tra\-el on the road. The fact that the Mon- 
 roe road-machine will do so much more work 
 than other machines with the same [lower lies 
 simph' in the construction of the machine. The 
 bars acting against each other there is no wide 
 draft and no power lost, and the machine will 
 not slide into the ditch. The bars work in- 
 dependently of the upward and downward ac- 
 t'on n{ the frame caused by the unevenness of 
 ilie road. 
 
 L'nder date of February 2;^. 1900, the Ar- 
 thur (irai)hic copies from the Southern Re- 
 N'iew of Commerce, uf Louisville, Kentucky,
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 279 
 
 dated February 7, 1900, tlie following: '"As 
 a result we tind that 'The Monroe Road IVIa- 
 chine," a product of N. S. Monroe, Arthur, 
 llhnois. who is the patentee and manufacturer 
 nf this machine, is the best on the marl<et. In 
 an eihtiirial hke this it is impossible to give all 
 the details of our recent investigation of this 
 subject, but we wish to state that the above 
 named machine is vastly superior to all other 
 makes because it is made of the l:)est material 
 regardless of cost; it is constructed strictly on 
 scientific and mechanical principles: is strong 
 and durable and every machine sold by Mr. 
 Monroe is fully guaranteed. 
 
 "This machine scrajjcs ten to twenty feet at 
 a time, leaving a perfectly smooth road and one 
 free from all ridges. It is a practical road ma- 
 chine for successful work (.m either dirt or 
 gravel roads, and those wlio have used it pro- 
 nnunce 'The Monroe Road Machine" the finest 
 that is on the market, wdiile practical mechanics 
 sa\- it is the acme nf perfection in this line of 
 in\entii)n. and that an\- man of ordinary judg- 
 ment can iijjerate it witli ease and safety and 
 perform perfect work with it. Its efficiency, 
 tlurability, sim])licity and the cheap price at 
 which it is put mi the market certainly recom- 
 mend this machine to all who desire to secin^e 
 perfect roads. 
 
 "We advise our iufpiirers, or all interested 
 readers, to write Air. Monroe direct for further 
 and detailed information. He is a gentleman 
 well known for his business tact and enter- 
 prise, his conimercial rating is of the highest 
 order .and all parties dealing with him can rest 
 assured tli;it he will make good c\ery repre- 
 sentation that he may m.ake. 
 
 "This unsolicited editorial endorsement is 
 made in strict accordance with the policy of 
 
 the Review, w Inch is to give credit w here credit 
 is due in every investigation that we make for 
 our readers, whose interests alone we seek to 
 serve. The Monroe svstem of road work 
 should be given careful in\'estigation as it 
 should be adopted to obtain the best results 
 when the machine is used." 
 
 JACOB MOORh:. 
 
 Jacob Moore, the pioneer of the family of 
 Moores in the county, was a n.ative of Ken- 
 tucky. His wife, .Amanda Rice, was also born 
 in Kentucky. They came to Douglas county 
 in the spring of 1S34. In the same year he 
 ])urchased from Sigler Lester forty acres of 
 land, and afterward .added about two thousand 
 nioi'e. 1 le died in iSOo. and his wife in iSfi^. 
 riiey h.ad ten childi"en: the eldest of whom, 
 William T. Moore, was born in I'ark count)', 
 Indiana, September 5, iiSjo. 
 
 ALVY T. PARKE. 
 
 .\Ky j. I'.arke is one of the luistling. go- 
 ;ihead, young business men of the count v, lo- 
 cated .at llindsboro, engaged in the gr.ain .and 
 implement business', w.as born on ;i f.ann in 
 .S.argeiU towiishi]i ^^ar(•h it, TS76, ;nid is a 
 >^<'n of r,. I', and ll.arriet ( Wienn.an ) P.arke. 
 r>ofh of his ])arents were born in Champaign 
 county, are living, and t'or the past year resided
 
 28o 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 in Slielhy county, Tennessee. Mr. Parke was 
 reared to manhodd on the farm and received 
 his education in tlie high school of Oakland. 
 In 1897 he married Miss Myrtle Lewis. 
 
 A. J. Parke started up in his present husi- 
 ness in November, 1898, and is doing an im- 
 mense business solely on his own account. Last 
 yeai" he bought in the neighborhood of eighty 
 th(^usand bushels of corn, liesides other grain, 
 and finds a market at Terre Haute, Indiana. 
 He has ju.st completed a building 32x60 feet, 
 and has it filled with the best grade of the Co- 
 lumbus, Ohio, buggies, the celebrated Mitchell 
 wagon and farm machinery of all descriptions. 
 Mr. I^arke's future in the business world seems 
 unusually bright, and his characteristic push 
 and his re])utation for square dealing will.un- 
 (iou])tedly bring him just results. 
 
 JESSE R. BEGGS. 
 
 Jesse R. P>eggs, president of the First Na- 
 tional I'.ank of Areola, douljtless enjoys the 
 distinction of being the \'oungest national bank 
 ])residcnt in tlie state. He has occu])ied this im- 
 portant position since the death of his father, 
 whom he succeeded in February, 1895. He was 
 Ijorn in .\rcola, August 19, 1868, and was edu- 
 cated in the pul)lic schouls of the \'illage. His 
 father. James Beggs. was liorn in Clark county, 
 near Charlestown, the old county seat. He came 
 to .\iTo1a in 1858, where be followed a most 
 successful business career up to the tune of his 
 death. 1 lis wife was .\manda Brentlinger, who 
 was also horn in tlie same town. On the or- 
 ganization of the hank, in 1874, he was chosen 
 
 its first president, though he had had banking 
 cxi)erience since 1866. The present capital of 
 the liank is fifty thousand dollars, with a sur- 
 ])lus of ten thousand dollars, and one hundred 
 and twenty thousand dollars average deposits. 
 Laider its present management it is doing a 
 flc;)urishing business, and is one of the most sub- 
 stantial banking" houses in central Illinois. 
 
 In 1892 our subject was married to Miss 
 Florence M. McMillan, of Areola. Mr. Beggs 
 has many substantial and devoted friends and 
 no young man is more favorably known 
 throughout the county than he. 
 
 MARION WATSON. 
 
 Marion \\'atson, of Arthur, after reading 
 law under the instruction of William H. Wh't- 
 taker, of Sulli\-an, was admitted to practice 
 law before the supreme court of tlie state in 
 1896. He was horn on a farm near Bloom- 
 tield, Greene county, Indiana, Octolier 29, 1864. 
 llis education was received in the common 
 schools, ami he afterward attended a short 
 term at the normal at Dan\ille. Indiana. He 
 remained on the farm in his native county 
 until 1883, when he came to Illinois, locating 
 in Douglas county, and spent two seasons as a 
 common work hand on the farm, working one 
 winter during this time for his board and 
 attending school. Subsequently lie taught 
 schodl for six years in the county. In 1892 
 Mr. Watson succeeded W. IT. H. Reedcr in 
 the insurance and real estate business, since 
 w hicli time he has been \-ery su.'cess- 
 luUy eng;iged iii this l>usines.s iji connection
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 281 
 
 with his law practice. He has a most complete 
 law lihrary, and tjiie as x'aried as those gen- 
 crall}- found in cities. 
 
 On Se])temher 5. 1892, he was uniteil in 
 marriage with Miss I\ y J., daughter of James 
 and Belle (Jammn, of Edgar countw Illinois. 
 They have four children : Esther Marie, [\alph 
 Waldo, Gladys and Grace. 
 
 Marion Watson is the son of Dale and 
 Ouintilla (Payne) Watson, who were prob- 
 ably born in Virginia. Dale came to Indiana 
 with his father, John Watson, and they were 
 among the early settlers of Greene cc lait}". 
 His maternal grandfather, William Payne, was 
 a native of North Carolina. 
 
 Mr. Watson has served one term as pres- 
 ident of the \illage board of .Arthur; served a 
 [lart of a term as justice of the peace, ond one 
 term as assessor of I'ourbon township, and is 
 a member and trustee of the liaptist church. 
 Mr. \\'atson h;is fought his own way to the 
 Iront over many obstacles, and occui)ies at 
 present an cn\iable an<l honorable position 
 among his pmlessional bretlnxMi of the countv, 
 lia\ing the confidence of the entire community 
 in which he li\es. In political oiiinion he is a 
 stanch beliexer in the tenets and principles of 
 the regular Democracy as laid down in the Chi- 
 cago platform of 1896. 
 
 SA.MCb.l. W. SMir.lA'. 
 
 .Srnnucl W. Smilcw gr;iin btiNcr .at West 
 Ividge, and member of the lirm of .Snn'lev iK.- 
 Watson ( r., T. W.-itMm.of llonrbdu ), is one of 
 the wide-awake and energetic business men of 
 
 the county. He came to Douglas count\- in 
 1889, and located in Boiu'bon townshi|), where 
 he was engaged in business. .Snbsecjuently he 
 ami I!. T. Watson forme<l their partnership, 
 and .Mr. Smiley located at West Ridge. This 
 lirni bought at this place from Julv r to No- 
 \ember lo. i8(;9 130.000 bushels of corn and 
 oats. 
 
 Samuel W. Smiley was born at Greencastle, 
 Indiana. Eebruarv 11, 1855, and is the son of 
 Jonathan and Mary (Warner) Smiley. They 
 are both dead. Mr. Smiley's i)arents removed 
 from Greencastle to Stanford, Kentucky, where 
 he was principal]\- reared and educated. In 1876 
 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Hester Has- 
 barger, and six children have been born to their 
 marriage. Mr, Smiley's grandfather, Jona- 
 than Smiley, was a nati\e \Mrgini;ui; his ma- 
 ternal grand feather was Samuel \\ arner. .Mr. 
 Smiley is postmaster at West Ridge, owns (jne 
 hundred and si.xty acres of land in Camargo 
 townshi]), and is ra|)iillv coming to the front 
 as one of Douglas countv's most successlul 
 business men. 
 
 WILI.IA.M b.. .VTWl-.LL. 
 
 William li. .Vlwell was born in I'.racken 
 county, Kentucky, in the year .\. 1). 1 83 r , 
 and tlicre grew to man's estate, when he mo\-ed 
 to a f.-uin in I'ciidlclou countv in the same 
 slate. lie wt'diK-d .Miss Nancy Barrett, of 
 nc.ai' ( '\ iitlii;in;i. .She died in June, 1897. I'ley 
 h.ad t w el\ e children. ;ill of win im .arc li\ing ;uicl 
 doing well in ihe wdi'ld. .Mr. .\twell is a son 
 of William and Crsla (iMclds) .\twell, who 
 wei'c nati\es (jf old X'irginia. Mis grand-
 
 282 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 fathers were Hugh Atwell and Leban Fields, 
 the former born in Virginia and the latter in 
 North Carolina.. Mr. Atwell. who is a warm 
 hearted gentleman, for which his state is 
 noted, has for several years made his home 
 with one of his daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth M. 
 W'veth, in her beautiful country seat in Gar- 
 rett township. 
 
 CHARLES A. HAWKINS. 
 
 Charles A. Hawkins, the present gentleman- 
 ly county clerk, was born in Pickaway county, 
 Ohio, May 25, i860, and is a son of William 
 and Sarah (Hard) Hawkins, natives of the 
 same state. His father died in 1866. Mr. 
 Hawkins was principally educated at Dan- 
 ville, Indiana, and spent two and a half years 
 teaching. He served his township ( Newman) 
 as tax collector and supervisor, antl in Niivem- 
 ber, 1898, was elected county clerk. 
 
 On October 7, 1884, Mr. Hawkins mar- 
 ried Louisa J. Curtis, of Newman, and they 
 have four children: Claude A., Opal B., Pearl 
 L. and Jav M.. Our subject is a Mason and a 
 Knight of Pythias and is active in Republican 
 politics. 
 
 ALEXANDER McNEILL. 
 
 .■\lcx;uider McNeill, farmer, was a son of 
 Alex.-uKler ;nid Nancy (Montgomery) Mc- 
 Neill, and was born in Ireland March 10, 1808. 
 The lirsl twenty-six years of his life he .spent 
 in bis native land. In 1834 he emigrated to 
 
 America, landing in Philadelphia. Thence, 
 two months later, went to Paris, Bourbon coun- 
 tv, Kentucky, where, upon letters of introduc- 
 tion from his uncles in the old country, he ob- 
 tained a situation as clerk in a cotton establish- 
 ment. After a year he accepted a position as 
 clerk in a dry goods store at Owensville, Bath 
 county, Kentucky, where he remained six years, 
 then sold goods on his own account in the same 
 town, having been saving and diligent during 
 his seven years' clerkship, which enabled him 
 to engage in Inisiness for himself. Owing to 
 ill health, after about four years in mercantile 
 l)ursuits, he bought a large farm in Bat'i coun- 
 ty, Kentucky, and began farming, which has 
 been his principal pursuit since. It is proper 
 to here note the causes which induced his re- 
 luoval from Kentucky to Illinois. Soon after 
 coming to America he became a Whig, then a 
 Republican and the breaking out of the Civil 
 war found him a Union man. Bath county, his 
 home, was the constant scene of guerrilla war- 
 fare, and men like Mr. McNeill lived in a state 
 of constant jeopardy. In 1863 his home was 
 invaded by a party of fifteen men, whose en- 
 mity Mr. McNeill had incurred liy his out- 
 spoken, patriotic sentiments. The inmates 
 were overpowered, ]\Ir. McNeill shot three 
 times in different parts of the body and left 
 for dead. His wife was shot once through the 
 feet, and the child in the nurse's arms had a 
 bullet sent through its clothing. In conse- 
 quence of this and the intoleration of free 
 speech, in 1864 he sold his farm of five bun- 
 dred and sixty-six acres and came to Douglas 
 county and located on the large farm where 
 be afterward resided, then little developed, but 
 later finely improved, with large two-story resi- 
 lience and surrounding adornments. January
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 2S3 
 
 30, 1844, lie married ]\Ii.ss jMinerva lies, of 
 Bath county. Kentucky, an intelligent Chris- 
 tian lady, to whose encouragement and frugal- 
 ity Mr. McNeill largely attributed his success. 
 Mr. and Mrs. McNeill were members of the 
 Methodist church, and had the confidence and 
 esteem of all who knew them. 
 
 KIMBALL GL.\SSCO. 
 
 Kimb.ill Glassco was burn X'oxeiiiber K), 
 18 19, in Hardin county, Kentucky, three 
 miles from the birtli])lace of Lincoln. His fa- 
 ther, Enoch Glassco, a farmer, moved to Coles 
 ci unity, Illinois, in 1828, and there died in 
 |8_^5; his wife was Rachel I'arltun. The fam- 
 ily <if luKicb Glassco was the sixth that set- 
 tled in Coles county, and located there while 
 yet the Indians were (|uite numerous and wolves 
 present by the thousand, ;nid to reach a mill 
 they bad to go twenty-eight miles. Kimball 
 Glassco had no school advantages for four 
 years after coming to Illinois: then, with but 
 few books, such as could be borrowed, he at- 
 tended a snljscriptioii school ;ind hoed corn to 
 ]i;iy tuition. His clothing was one pair of 
 shoes a _\'ear, made out of lionic-tanned leather, 
 buckskin ])aiits and linsey shirt. When Kim- 
 b.all was si.xteen years old his t'.ather died; then 
 he Worked out by the month for three years 
 to support the f.imiK', he being tlie eldest son 
 at home, lie then le;irned brickmaking and 
 ])l;istering. \vorke<l ;it contr;uiing ,-nid building 
 seventeen years in t 'h;irlestoii, then went into 
 mercantile business in Cluirleston for four 
 years, then went to farming, owning one thou- 
 
 sand acres of I;md. In 1862 he moved to 
 Greencastle, Indiana, to educate his children. 
 His sons enlisting in the war of 1865, he re- 
 turned to Douglas county, Illinois, and again 
 engaged in fanning. He was married Feliru- 
 ary i, 1844, to Margaret Reat ; she died De- 
 cember 2O, 1880. His second wife was Hester 
 Richards, formerly Hester Reat, sister of his 
 tlrst wife. Mr. Glassco was well accjuainted 
 with the Lincoln family, and often went to the 
 grist mill belonging to Tom Lincoln, the father 
 of Abe. He knew .Abe from the time he was 
 three years old and sat on juries in cases Lin- 
 coln was trying. Altliongh Mr. (llassco was ;i 
 lifelong Democrat, he alwavs x'oted for Lin- 
 coln when that lamented ni;uivr w;is a candi- 
 date for office. 
 
 JOHN N. OUTCELT. 
 
 John N. Outcelt was born March 4, i83(;), 
 in .Muskingum couiitx', ( )bio, bis father, lolin, 
 being a farmer and a nati\e of Rennsyl\-ania. 
 Mis grandfather, J;icob ( )utcelt, came to the 
 L'nited States from .Scotland and settled in 
 neilf(inl county, I 'ennsylvani;i. llis mother 
 was .M.Hi'}- McClain, of liedford count\', in the 
 same state. He was the youngest child, .-nid 
 .'It sixteen left home, came to Illinois ;md for 
 two years sold lightning rods ;md s;i\ed bis 
 earnings, with which be ])ru'd tuition and other 
 I'xpenses in .iltending school one \i-ar in .St. 
 Louis. l'|) to the time of le;i\ing home he 
 b;iil const.anth' ;ilteniled sclionj. After leaving 
 the St. l.onis .school be sold tombstones for a 
 St. Loui,s lirm for three j'e.ars, then worked
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL 
 
 on a farm on Fort Harrison prairie, north of 
 Terre Haute, for a short time and in July, 1861, 
 came to Douglas county. In Feliruary, 1862, 
 he went to St. Louis, enlisted in Company I, 
 I'irst Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and in 1864 
 veteranized. Five months after veteranizing 
 lie went into Company F, Thirteenth Misscuri 
 Cavalrv, and in December, 1864, was promoted 
 to a lieutenancy and assigned to Company L, 
 same regiment. After the surrender of Lee 
 Mr. Outcelt went on an Indian campaign into 
 C(jlorado and New Mexico, tie received his 
 final discharge from the service in June, 1866. 
 At the battle at Independence, Missouri, he, 
 with four companions, unexpectedly ran on 
 to a masked battery of three cannons and eight 
 or ten confederate soldiers, which they suc- 
 ceeded in capturing, being immediately re-en- 
 forced. For this service he was promoted. At 
 the close of the war he returned to Douglas 
 countv and farmed three years. He then was 
 appointed deputy county clerk, which position 
 he held up to 1880, and was then appointed 
 clerk for a term of four years. He was former- 
 ly a Democrat, but at the fall of Fort Sumter 
 became a Republican. He was a Mason and a 
 member of the Christian church. 
 
 J.VMFS R. HAMMETT. 
 
 James R. Hammett, named for his father, 
 whose full history and plate is im another Jiagc, 
 was born in Camargo lownshi]). l")onglas 
 county. Illinois, December 26, A. D. 1870. 
 He was princii)ally educated in the North- 
 western Cniversity at Evanston, Illinois, where 
 
 he remained three years. In 1897 he married 
 Miss Conchita Kelley, of the state of Chi- 
 huahua, Mexico. They have two lovely ba- 
 l)ies : Helen and Blanche. Jimmie and his 
 familv live happily in their beautiful home, 
 which constitutes a part of the old homestead. 
 
 THOMAS S. WYATT. 
 
 Thomas S. Wyatt, ex-sheriff of Douglas 
 county, was born in Todd county, Kentucky, 
 January 13, 1838. His father, Needham 
 Wyatt, a blacksmith, was born in Tennessee. 
 Thomas Wyatt, the father of Needham, was 
 born in North Carolina ; was a Revolutionary 
 soldier, and was at the surrender of Lord Corn - 
 wallis. The mother of Thomas S. Wyatt was 
 Mrs. Martha A. (Mann) Wyatt, sister of Rev. 
 ^Villiam W. Mann, a prominent member of the 
 Methodist church of Kentucky. Thomas S. 
 Wyatt's early life was spent in his father's 
 blacksmith shop. He received but ten months' 
 schooling, yet became a fair scholar through 
 studious habits. At the age of nineteen years 
 lie began business for himself as a carpenter, 
 which trade he fiillowed for two years in 
 Muhlenburg countv. Kentucky; he next fol- 
 lowed farming: then, in 1865, came to this 
 county and built a blacksmith shop seven miles 
 northeast of Camargo, which he conducted un- 
 til iSSo, when he was elected sheriff. In 1882 
 he was re-elected by a majority of six hundred 
 ;ind fortv. He had previously, while engaged 
 in his trade, been a justice of the peace for nine 
 vears. In vouth he united with the Methodist 
 church; has been a class leader and Sunday
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 JS5 
 
 school superintendent, and was licensed as a 
 preacher in 1875, since when he has preached 
 often. He organized a society in Jordan school- 
 house, Camarg'o township, which society after- 
 V ard liuilt a large church, wherein he ])reached 
 l;is lirst sermon. He is a Mason antl a Repnh- 
 lican, and voted fi^r .Mirahani Lincoln in Ken- 
 tucky. Decemher 30. 1S57, he married Cas- 
 cinda Smith, of Muhlcnhurg cnunty, Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 TAMF.S II, HOWE. 
 
 James II. Howe was Imrn June i, 1832, in 
 l'>om-l)on county, Kentucky. April 5, 1838, he 
 came with his niniher to \'ermilion county, 
 Illinois: he was reared and educated in Ver- 
 milion and Champaign counties. In his youth- 
 ful days he traveled considerahly, and, in 1834, 
 came to Hougias count}'; two years later he 
 hought the Williams farm, which he imprdved 
 and afterward sold. He was largely engaged 
 in the live stock husiness, handling as high as 
 one hundred thuusand dullars in a vear. In 
 the spring of iSS_> he was elected justice of the 
 peace and was also high\\a\- commissioner. He 
 was m.arried in 1837 tu h'hza J. Lester, who 
 was horn in (iarrett tuwushij). 
 
 lOHN C. r,.\RNES. 
 
 John C. n.arnes, ])hysician and lumhcr deal- 
 er, w;i> horn in lelTersnn cnunU', lndi;ma, Sej)- 
 lemher 27, 1833. i lis grand fathei", John, came 
 
 from Culpeper county, Virginia, to Indiana in 
 J 800. McCianntm Barnes, father of John C, 
 was horn in Jefferson count\', while his wife, 
 Rehecca Fonts, was a native of Clark county, 
 Indiana. John C. Iku'ues was the eldest in a 
 family of ten children ; he was given a tlK)rough 
 educational training, attending first the com- 
 ruon schools, then llano\-er .Vcademv in Jeffer- 
 son county, Indiana, and in 1833 gr.aduated 
 from Scott's Commercial College, Indianapolis. 
 At twenty years of age he began for himself, 
 clerking in a store and i)ost office at Hanover 
 four years. Ai)ril 24. 1860, he married Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Coombs, After marriage he took 
 a coiu'se of lectures at the Eclectic Medical In- 
 stitute, Cincinnati. In 1866 he came to Doug- 
 las count}', first landing at the present site of 
 llindsboro, then a waste prairie, but went 
 direct to Coles count}'; after a year there he 
 bought a farm three miles west of Hindsboro, 
 which he imjjroved and su])erintended in con- 
 nection w ith his practice of uKHlicine until 1883, 
 when he sold out, came to Hindsl)oro and en- 
 gaged in keeping a lumber yard in connection 
 with his practice, lie is a memlier of the Ma- 
 sonic lodge, of .\rcola. and Odd b'elhiws lodge. 
 -\<'- 371. of Hin(Ll)oro. I'oliticallv. he is a 
 Democrat and in i8<S_' was candidate for Con- 
 gress on the Greenback ticket; he wris a mc-m- 
 ber ol the con\'ention at lndiana])olis that nom- 
 inated iienjamin b". lUuler for iiresideiit in 
 1884. lie stands high socialh' and i.i one in 
 wliose opinions the communit}' has great con- 
 fidence. 1 lis cliaritN' ;ind generosity are marked 
 traits of his char;u-ler. Mrs. llarnes was born 
 and rearc'd in Cl.u'k connl\', Indian;i, and is a 
 daughter of Absalom .'uid Xancy Rower, iler 
 grand fallier. Adam, w ,'is bi u'n 1 m the 1 ice;m while 
 his ])ai'ents were enroule for .Xmei'ica from
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Germany in 1754. Her father came to Indiana 
 from North Carohna with his parents in 180G. 
 Mrs. Barnes was echicated at the seminary at 
 Washington, Indiana, and remained at home 
 nntil her marriage to Jesse Coombs, a farmer of 
 Clark connty, Indiana, wlio died December 8, 
 1853. After the death i)f lier husband slie at- 
 tended and taught school until 1855, when she 
 began the study of medicine for which, from 
 early childhood, she had a natural inclination 
 and talent. After preparatory study in the of- 
 fice of Dr. Joseph Hostetler, she attended lec- 
 tures at and graduated from the Eclectic Medi- 
 cal Institute of Cincinnati in 1857, then settled 
 in Clark county, where she practiced till her 
 marriage to Dr. Barnes. Since coming to Illi- 
 nois she has constantly practiced nntil quite 
 recently and has an eminent standing profes- 
 sionally and socially. 
 
 JAMES S. REEDER. 
 
 James S. Reeder was born March 4, 1840, 
 in Darke county, Ohio, and came with his 
 parents in 1856 to this locality, where he en- 
 gaged in farming. He enlisted .August, 1862, 
 in Company G, Seventy-ninth Illinois Infantry, 
 and served three years. At the battle of Stone 
 River, December 31, 1862, he was wounded 
 and taken prisoner; after being in the enemy's 
 lines twentv-scven days he was exchanged, and 
 participated in the battles of Liberty Gap and 
 Chickamanga; at the latter, Septeml)er 19, 
 1 863, he was cajitured and taken to Richmond 
 pristm. thence to Andersonx'ille, Charleston, 
 South Carolina, and Florence, making seven- 
 
 teen months in all spent in prison. At the close 
 of the war he returned and engaged in farm- 
 ing. He was married December 2, 1865, to 
 Marv ^1. Kelly, who was born in Winchester, 
 Luliana. He resides in Arthur. 
 
 J. B. RIGNEY, M. D. 
 
 J. B. Rigney, M. D., was born in Paoli, Or- 
 ange connty, Indiana, and is the son of Will- 
 iam H. Rigney, who held the offices of sheriff, 
 treasurer and collector. At about the age of 
 sixteen he, with his family, moved to Terre 
 Haute, Indiana, and for three years resided on 
 a farm. Finding rural pursuits distasteful, he 
 turned his attention to medicine. He com- 
 menced his studies under Dr. James H. Sher- 
 wood and continued with him for three years, 
 when he went to Chicago and attended the 
 Rush Medical College, from which he gradu- 
 ated in 1863. He then enlisted as hospital 
 steward, serving nntil January, 1866, when he 
 returned and practiced medicine eleven miles 
 south of Terre Haute, and in 1867 came to 
 Arthur, where he has since resided. In 1868 
 he marrietl Miss Ora F. McDonald, of Mat- 
 toon. 
 
 JOHN WHITAKER. 
 
 John Whitaker was born in Vigo connty, 
 Indiana, March u. 1833, ;md is the son of 
 William and bdiz.-ibeth (Taylor) Whitaker, 
 who were natives of Kentuckv. His father was
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 287 
 
 iKirn in 1803 and dictl in 1846. Jnlni Whitakcr 
 came to Douglas count_v in 1856. located on 
 section 13. Bourbon township, where he bi.iugiu 
 a farm ol eighty acres, on which he lived five 
 years ; this property he then sold and purchased 
 eighty acres later on. At present he owns in all 
 two hundred and forty acres; this farm he has 
 ini])ro\ed with buildings at a cost of about two 
 thousand dollars. He has been township com- 
 niissioner for about five years. In i860 he 
 married Hannah Davis, who was born in Vigo 
 county. Indiana. She died and he subsequently 
 married Mrs. Yeager, of Areola. In 1898 they 
 commenced the construction of the Douglas 
 hotel and on April 19. 1899. it was swung open 
 to the general pulilic. This Imtel is by far the 
 best in e\er_\- wa_\- of all other i>ulilic inns in the 
 count v. 
 
 \VILLT.\AI r.. CITAXDLKR. 
 
 William 11. I'liandlcr, a well 1%-nown stock 
 buyer of the county and a resident <d' liourlion 
 township, was born in Douglas county. Illinois, 
 -March (\ iS5_>. lie is a sou nf Lenuiel 
 Chandler (for the ancestry of the family, see 
 sketch.) When yet a boy, William 1'.. Chand- 
 ler entered the L'ni\ersity of Illinois at Cham- 
 paign and was graduate<l therefruui with a de- 
 gree of B. S. in the class of 187(1. lu 1885 he 
 served in the capacity of clerk to the Indian 
 commission at ^'ankton and continued in this 
 cajiacity for four years. He then went to 
 Pueblo. C'ol(ir;ido. where he engaged success- 
 fully in the pnictice of law for three years. On 
 account of the sickness of his father and busi- 
 ness interests at home, he returned in 1892, 
 
 since which time he has lieen ((uite e.\tensively 
 engaged in farming and stock Inlying. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Chandler was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Belle Augusta Bailey, of Tus- 
 cola. They have no children. Our subject is 
 a Democrat in politics and the only office he 
 ever hekl was that of town clerk of Bourbon 
 township soon after he reached the age of man- 
 hood. Mr. Chandler is well and favorably 
 known throughout the county, is a man of good 
 business ability and dexoted to the highest and 
 best interests of Douglas countians. 
 
 W. D. REED. 
 
 W. D. Reed, the assessor of Bowdre town- 
 ship, was l)orn on the old Reed homestead in 
 the same township March 14, 185J. and is a son 
 of the gallant B. I'rank Reed, wdio fell at the 
 battle of Chickamauga, and for whom the G. 
 .\. R. Post at Tuscola is named, and whose 
 ]Mirtrait adorns this i)age. He was Ixirii in 
 Bourbon county, Kentuck}-, and emigrated 
 with his father, Daniel, to Ivlgar county, when 
 he was but eight years old. Daniel Reed 
 touuded the old ta\ern or road liouse at Hick- 
 ory (irove between .\'e\vm;m ;iiid lii(li,-iuola. 
 He \-olunteered in the Ci\il war .-md became 
 captain of Company 1). l-'irst Illinois Regiment. 
 lie was united in m.irriage to Catherine, a 
 daughter of William liarnett, wdio lived in 
 Camargo and was one of the early settlers. 
 
 W. D. Reeil Ii;is been assessor of r.dwdrc 
 towiislii]) contimii >iisl\- for ti\'e rears. He was 
 married in 1874 to Ida I... a daughter of |. 
 11. ]5agley. They lia\e had hve children, of
 
 288 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 wliinn Ward, Clark, Fred and Mary are liv- 
 ing, and Maud is dead. Mr. Reed is a stanch 
 Democrat in politics, as was also his father, 
 Captain Reeil. 
 
 WILLIAM BRIAN, Sr. 
 
 William Brian, Sr., was Ijorn May 6, 1806, 
 in Ross county, Ohio, and in 1837 he came 
 to Coles, now Douglas, county ; he entered about 
 one thousand acres of land when coming here, 
 and has owned as high as three thousand acres. 
 He had learned the Ijlacksmitlrs trade in Ohio. 
 and followed it about twenty years here. On 
 one occasion, when shoeing a Methodist preach- 
 er's horse, he nailed the shoes on with the toe- 
 corks behind. The preacher remonstrated with 
 him for doing so; his reply was, "The devil 
 takes after these Methodist preachers, antl I 
 thought I would make him take the back track." 
 He was married October i, 1829, to Anna 
 Lewis, who was born in Pike county, Ohio, 
 May 4, 1805. They had nine children, six of 
 whom are here named : Thomas, James, Mary 
 (wife of R. E. H. Westfall), William T., Tay- 
 lor W. and Samuel. His death occurred a few 
 vears since. 
 
 JOHN W. KING. 
 
 John W. King, of Newman, who has for 
 several years been prominent in the politics of 
 the county, and at present is associated with the 
 .Xcwinan bank, was born in Bourbon countv. 
 Kentucky, October 13, 1 84 1. He is a son of 
 
 David A. and Jane Elizabeth (Mitchell) King, 
 who were natives of Clark and Montgomery 
 counties, Kentucky, respectively. His father, 
 who was born in 1818, followed the occupa- 
 tion of farming, removed from Kentucky to 
 Champaign county, Illinois, in 1855, and tliere 
 his death occurred in 1896. His mother died 
 in 1882, aged fifty years. His paternal grand- 
 father, Robert Cass King, was a native of Vir- 
 ginia, and his maternal grandfather, John W. 
 Mitchell, was also born in Virginia, in Culpeper 
 county. 
 
 John \\'. King was reared on his father's 
 farm and attended the public schools of the 
 neighborhood. In 1862 he joined Company 
 G. Se\-enty-secoiul Illinois Volunteers, as 
 a pri\ate, and served three years antl 
 four months, part of the time as a 
 non-commissioned otHcer. After the war 
 he entered the state normal school, where he 
 reiuained for three years. Leaving there he at- 
 tended Bryant & Stratton's Business College at 
 Chicago, where he remained one year. He 
 then taught school for some years in Cham- 
 paign county, when, in 1872, he caiue to New- 
 man, and for three years held the principalship 
 of the Newman schools. In 1875 he was elect- 
 ed to the office of county superintendent to 
 lill a \acancy, which he held up to the next gen- 
 eral election in 1877, when he was re-electetl 
 and served up till 18S1. In April of the latter 
 year he resigned to accept the appointment of 
 postmaster of Newman, which position he held 
 under the administrations of both Garfiekl and 
 Arthur. At the exi)iration of his term he ac- 
 cepted the [)osition of bookkeeper in the New- 
 luan Bank, which position he held up till 1890. 
 In that year he was elected county clerk, and 
 was re-elected in 1894, serving in that office
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 J89 
 
 up until 189S, wlieu he re-entered the Newman 
 Bank. In 1872 Mr. King was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Kate C. Fry, of near Cham- 
 jiaign. They liave live children : Blanche, Earl 
 G., Katie W., Roscoe W. and Harry T. Mr. 
 King has been collector of Newman township 
 some four or five terms; is a member of nearly 
 all the secret societies, is trustee of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church at Newman, and a 
 stanch Republican in politics. Both as a .soldier, 
 officer and citizen Mr. King has been faith- 
 ful in the discharge of his regular duties and 
 the perfi.irmance of any special wiirk assigned 
 to him. 
 
 THOMAS W. ROBERTS. 
 
 Thomas W. Ri)berts, the l>right young law- 
 yer of Tuscola, attorney for the I. D. & W. 
 R. R. Co. and city attorney, has from the hum- 
 ble walks of life i)ressed his way to the front 
 and to-day stands among the leading and most 
 successtul lawyers at the bar. 
 
 1 hom.'is \\ . Roberts was born in Owens- 
 burg, (ireen county. Indiana, Mav i, 1866, and 
 soon thereafter came with his ])arents to Doug- 
 las county, and located at Camargo, where 
 young Robert .attended school until si.xteen 
 years of age. In iSSj his f;ither removed to 
 Tuscola, and there the young man learned the 
 turner's trade. But that was only a means to 
 an end. and in \HH(> he was ajjpointed to a clerk- 
 ship in the treasury de])artment at Washington, 
 wlieie be worked day time and attended school 
 at night, ;nid for four years continued in the 
 ])rei)aratory department of Georgetown Univer- 
 sity, after which be took a four-years' course 
 in the law dep.-iitmenl of the s.ame institution 
 
 and was graduated in 1892. Mr. Roberts was 
 at once admittetl to the bar of Illinois, anil en- 
 tered upon his chosen profession, becoming the 
 l)artner of the late C. W. W'oolverton (see 
 sketch), with whom he continueil until the 
 death of his associate in 1895, since which time 
 Mr. Roberts has continued in the practice alone. 
 He is attorney for the I. D. & W. R. R. Co. 
 in Illinois, attorney for the Corn Belt Building 
 & Loan Association, attorney for the bank of 
 Baughman, Bragg & Co. and this along with 
 his other practice makes him a very busy man. 
 
 Mr. Roberts is a son of Henry Clay and 
 Anna Elizabeth (Sleet) Roberts, both natives 
 of Kentucky. Henry Clay Roberts came to 
 Douglas county in 1870, and here resided for 
 some years ; later he removed to South Dakota, 
 where he at present lives. He was a member 
 of the Ninety-seventh Regiment, Indiana, in tiie 
 Civil war. volunteered in 1861, and was mus- 
 tereil out in i8')5. Thomas Roberts (grand- 
 father) was one of the early Virginia settlers 
 in Boone county, Kentucky, as was his grand- 
 father Sleet. 
 
 In June, 18SS. Mr. Roberts wedded Mrs. 
 Jennie Sharp, a d.ingbter of R. II. B. Madison, 
 of Tuscola. Two children have blessed their 
 union: Irene Elizabeth and Rali)h Henry. In 
 Alasonry he is a Kniglit 'i\'mpl;n", ;i sl;uich 
 Democr.'it in ])olitics, and is poi)nlar .-nid intlii- 
 eiUiai ill the county. 
 
 w Asiii.xcrox I). r,()\cb:. 
 
 Washington l)a\id lioyce was born at the 
 foot of nine Ridge near l.eesbtn-g. Lee county, 
 \irginia, in the ve;ir .\. I). 1802 and dieil in
 
 290 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 Camargo township in February, 1882. He 
 was among the first settlers in that township, 
 where he entered forty acres of land. He es- 
 tablished the first blacksmith shop at the vil- 
 lage of .'vlbany. 
 
 ROBERT McKAIG. 
 
 Robert McKaig is one of the pioneer set- 
 tlers of Tuscola township, who came in 1857. 
 He and his wife are members of the Presby- 
 terian church and highly respected in their 
 neighborhood. 
 
 J. T. BUTLER. 
 
 We copy from a recent issue of the Tus- 
 cola Review : 
 
 "J- T. Butler, of this city, secretary and 
 manager of the Corn Belt National & Loan 
 Association, had received intelligence from his 
 brother in California, that he had struck a gold 
 mine of unparalleled richness, and that our fel- 
 low citizen was a half owner in the new won- 
 der. 
 
 "The editor knowing that Mr. Butler was 
 a man who shunneil notoriety and would be 
 loth to give out information that would bring 
 him intii such prominence as an article of this 
 kind necessarily will, approached him on the 
 subject. He was at first disinclined to talk on 
 the sul)ject. but learning that it had become 
 generally known throughout the city, he con- 
 sented to make a statement, in order that the 
 public might gel the facts and facts only. As 
 
 Mr. Butler is a man of unimpeachable character 
 and known to be a truthful and conservative 
 man. we ha\'e the fullest confidence in his state- 
 ment . 
 
 "The following facts have been given us 
 by Mr. Butler, and his host of friends in this 
 city are happy to know that he has suddenly 
 become, or will soon become, the wealthiest 
 man not only in Tuscola, but probably in the 
 state of Illinois. 
 
 "He states that he has a brother. Dr. Thom- 
 as Butler, a prominent and reputable physician 
 of San Diego, who has been in the gold regions 
 of that and other states for thirteen years, and 
 who has always prospected more or less. About 
 three months ago his brotlier visited the great 
 Dewey mine in what is known as the "Grape- 
 vine" district, sixty miles east of San Diego. 
 This range of mountains is probably a spur of 
 the San Barnadino range and are called the 
 Vulcan mountains. The Dewey mine is a late 
 discovery and was recently capitalized at one 
 million dollars. It is regarded as a wonder." 
 
 WILLIAM T. BRIAN. 
 
 William T. Brian, one of the old and favor- 
 ably known citizens and a member of one of the 
 pioneer families of the county, was born in 
 1845 '•'^ Douglas county, and is a son of Will- 
 iam and Anna Lewis Brian, who were born in 
 the same county. William Brian (father) lo- 
 cated in what is known now as the Brian neigh- 
 borhood in about the year 1843, where he en- 
 tered a large tract of land at one dollar and 
 twenty-five cents an acre, and adding to that
 
 BIOGRx\PHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 291 
 
 later considerably more at thirteen dollars per 
 acre. At tlic time of his death, in 1888, at 
 the age of eighty-one years, he was one of the 
 i:)iggest land owners in the county. Lewis 
 P>rian was his paternal grandfather. His ma- 
 ternal grandfather, John Lewis, settled in the 
 same neighliorhood, from Ohio, in an early day 
 and is buried at the Hickory Withe cemetery. 
 William 'J", lirian was married in 1868 to 
 Miss .Sarah Buudy. a daughter of Caleb Bundy. 
 The latter was born in North Carolina and set- 
 tled early in U(_)uglas county, three miles north 
 and one-hall mile west of Tuscola. Mr. and 
 Mrs. lirian have one child, a daughter, Ellanor, 
 who is the wife of John Lathroj). Mr. Brian 
 owns at present eight hundreil and sixty-two 
 acres of land, lying in one body, and is one of 
 the biggest tax payers in the county. He is a 
 stanch free-sihcr Democrat and is universally 
 respected l)y all who know him. 
 
 THOALXS CRUZ AN. 
 
 Thomas Cruzan was born in Douglas 
 county January 15, 1836, and is a son of the 
 two oldest citizens now living in the countj' 
 who were born in it. He is a son of Roliert 
 Cruzan and Jane Crawford, who settled earlv 
 in the Brown neighborhood, coming from In 
 diaiia. Our subject owns two hundred and 
 lorty acres of land. 
 
 CALEB GARRETT. 
 
 OLIX'ER H. PARKER. 
 
 ()li\cr 11. I'arker, grain buyer at Hayes 
 ;nid llnnil)olih. .-ind a son of Lines L. Parker, 
 of I'lowdre township, was born in Vermilion 
 countw Illinois, in llie year A. 1). iSfx). lie 
 resides with his laniiK' in Tuscola. In i88t 
 he was niarrii'<I to Miss Aiigie Wallace, a 
 ilaughler of Joseph :md Marv Ann ( i'reezley) 
 Wallace. Josepli Wallace was a i)ioneer set- 
 tler in Bowdi'c township. Ti> Mr. and Mrs. 
 Parker were born t'our children: Burt I., 
 l'"red ICarle, Minnie Pearle and Everett 
 l)ewe\-. Mr. Parker is one of the sui)stantial 
 business men of the countv. 
 
 Among the oldest residents of Douglas 
 county, is Calel) (larrett, of Tuscola. His an- 
 cestors early made their home in .America, his 
 father's great-grandfather, John Garrett by 
 name, and an Englishman 1)_\' l)irth, having set- 
 Ik'd in X'irginia. lie bad a son. John (iarrett, 
 and ;i grandson, Welcome ( iarrett, who w;is the 
 grand f.atber of the subject of our sketch. Wel- 
 come ( larreti was born in X'irginia, and when a 
 _\onng man mo\ed to Surry county, Nt)rth Car- 
 olina. He ser\ed in Tennessee during the In- 
 dian wars prior to the Re\'olution. lie mar- 
 ried I'JKebe .Suninei". a Pennsyhanian by birth. 
 The ( i.arretts were a strong, vigorous race of 
 men. b'sbua (lai'rett, a bi'otlier to Welcome, 
 was killed at the battle of I SraiKhw iiie, during 
 the l\e\ c ilulionarv wai'. Lewis, .another broth- 
 el', was shot b\' the Tories before enlisting. 
 William was with Marion in South Carolina 
 through the war. and .after the conclusion of the 
 stiaiggle died of disease contracted in the ser- 
 vice. This William Garrett was a m.an of jiow-
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 eriul Imild and of threat strength. He weighed 
 t\v(i hunch'ed and fortv pounds, and was called 
 the strongest man in the state of North Caro- 
 lina. 
 
 Welcome Garrett became a member of the 
 society of Friends. In 1824 he moved to Wayne 
 county, Indiana. He died in Hamilton county 
 of that state, at the age of eighty-four. Isom 
 Garrett, Caleb Garrett's father, and the son of 
 Welcome Garrett was born in Surry county, 
 North Carolina, in 1796. In 1S14 he married 
 Mary Puckett, and the same year mo\-efl to 
 Clermont county, Ohio. After a residence 
 there of a year he went to Clinton county, Ohio, 
 where his son Caleb was born. In 18 ro he 
 moved to Randolph county, Indiana, and in 
 1823 to Vigo county of the same state, where 
 he lived till his removal to Illinois, with the ex- 
 ception of part of the year 1839, when he resid- 
 ed in Texas. 
 
 The date of Caleb Garrett's birth, in Clinton 
 county, Ohio, was the i6th of July, 1816. He 
 was consequently seven years old when the 
 family moved to Vigo county, Indiana, in the 
 vicinity of Terra Haute. His early opportuni- 
 ties for securing an education were very limit- 
 ed. One of the schools which he attended was 
 about three miles and a half from his father's 
 residence near Honey Creek bridge. Here 
 school was sometimes kept for three months in 
 the year, an unusually long period at that day. 
 Another school was afterward established near- 
 er home under the care of Joel Butler, of the 
 state of New York, which for a time afforded 
 excellent advantages. The next school he at- 
 tended was taught by one Joel Thayer, an ex- 
 cellent teacher, but so confirmed and inebriate 
 that the children soon discontinued attendance 
 
 on his instruction. His father was a man of 
 considerable education, and under his care he 
 learned rapidly. According to Isom Garrett, 
 his father, obedience to his parents was one of 
 his marked traits. His mother died in 1830, 
 and for a period of nine years succeeding this 
 event, the father and the sons, Caleb and 
 Nathan, kept house for themseh-es, and did 
 their own cooking, besides attending to their 
 usual occupations. During part of this period 
 Mr. Garrett was in the employment of Chaun- 
 cey Rose, of Terre Haute, and now one of the 
 wealthiest and most liberal citizens of Indiana. 
 He drove an ox team for Lucius H. Scott, now 
 of Philadelphia. He dropped corn for twenty- 
 five cents a day, and split rails at from' twenty- 
 five to thirty cents a hundred, averaging one 
 hundred and fifty for a usual day's work. For 
 a long time he worked for a wealthy Scotch- 
 man, William Walker, at six dollars a month. 
 At twenty-one he was probably the strongest 
 man in all the country round. Although full 
 of life, he had no intemperate habits. He was 
 a favorite in the community. "He could do as 
 big day's work as anyone," says his father, 
 "and at a country frolic could play a tune on 
 the fiddle second to none." 
 
 In the period from 1834 to 1839 he made 
 several trips down the river on a flat boat, and 
 thus became well accjuainted \\ith the Ohio and 
 Mississippi rivers. The greater part of one 
 winter he remained in New Orleans. On a re- 
 turn trip at one time with Captain Shallcross, 
 of Louisville, he was stuck in the ice near Pa- 
 ducah, Kentucky, and the men were reduced 
 to two crackers a day. On this same trij), in 
 coming home, he walked from Evansville to 
 I'erre Haute through snow eighteen inches in
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 293 
 
 depth Out of tlie forty boatmen who started 
 at the same time, only Mr. (iarrctt and a com- 
 I)anion succeeded in J^'oing through, tlie others 
 falhng beliind and giving it up before tliey had 
 gone far. 
 
 In 1840, on tiie day succeech'ng the exciting 
 presidential campaign of that year in which Mr. 
 Garratt voted for General William Henry Har- 
 rison, he took a steamer for New (Orleans on 
 his way to Texas. The steamer stuck fast in 
 the rapids l)elow Terre Haute, the pilot became 
 into.xicated, and Mr. Ciarrett, in cumjiany with 
 two other young men bound for points south, 
 procured a rough spring wagon in which they 
 iourneyed from 'Sli. Carmel to Evansville on 
 the Ohio river, when the three took a steamer 
 and continued their voyage. One of his com- 
 ]);mions left him to go up to the Cumberland 
 and the other up the Tennes.see river. At 
 New Orle.-uis he secured a passage on a steam- 
 shi]) for Galveston, Texas. When out on the 
 Gulf of ^lexico the vessel encountered a ter- 
 rillc gale, and for seventy-two hours the 
 ship and crew were in danger of going to the 
 bottom. At Galveston a steamer was taken 
 for Houston. Eut the steamer stuck fast 
 on the bar, and for a day or two the passengers 
 had time to amuse themseUes by fishing in the 
 shallow water for oysters. Mr. Garrett was 
 aiming to make his way first to ln(Ie]>endence. 
 in \\'asliington, county. To this ])oint he tra\-- 
 i'h-i\ on foot, with the exception of thirty or 
 fortv miles before reaching the town, when he 
 b;id o[)portunily of riding. .\1 Independence 
 be obtained ;i nuist;uig pony, and continued bis 
 journey to Austin City, 'i'be mute led tw<i 
 liundrefl miles through a frontier country in- 
 lial)ited by hostile Indian.?, At Austin City, on 
 
 bis arri\-al. the Congress of the Republic of 
 Te.xas was in session. Te.xas had then achieved 
 its indei)endencc from Mexico, and formed a 
 sep.'irate republic, of which Lamar was presi- 
 dent. Sam Houston was one of the ])rominent 
 memliers of the Congress. Mr. Garrett re- 
 mained se\'eral weeks in that section of the 
 country, and was fre(|uently in attendance on 
 tlie sessions of the Congress, on one of which 
 occasions be be;u"<l llouston deliver his speech 
 on sectionizing and selling the lands of the 
 Cherokee Indians. Mainly for the purpose of 
 seeing the country, he joined a surveying party, 
 and was alisent for some time on the exposed 
 frontier. On his return a company was organ- 
 ized for a I)uli'alo Innit and general exploring 
 e\i)edition, which Mr. Garrett joined, still ani- 
 mated by .a desire to see something further of 
 frontier life before he should leave Texas, 'fhe 
 partv consisted of nine men ;iih1 two boys, 'fhcy 
 were attacked b\' a p.art)' of Indi.ans. between 
 tbirtv and fift\- in number, Tbe horse of a 
 \oung man n.anieil ( )sl)urn was shot undei" him. 
 tbe rider ha\'ing receix'ed a spear wound in tbe 
 back, Tbe unfortunate man, after being 
 knocked insensible with his own g\ni by tbe In- 
 diant^, was scal])ed within sight of the remain- 
 der of tbe party, and left for dead on the field, 
 lie was afterward rescued. ;mil fiii.ally recov- 
 ered from bis womnl. 'flu- whole ]);\rty effect- 
 ed their escape to ;i block house, 
 
 .Mr. ( l.arrell's \isit to 'I'exas b;id for its end 
 ;ni obiect different from an_\- yet described in a 
 rei'ord of the^e incidents. ( )n tlie Jotli of I )e- 
 ci'niber. 1X40, he bad bei'ii in;u'ried to Irene 
 I'ncketl, a n.ative of \'igo eoiiiUy, liidi,iii;i, but 
 who at that time resided on the (oloi-.ailo ri\er, 
 twelve miles below .\ustin City, lie h.-ul pre-
 
 294 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 viously been ac(|uaintecl witli her in Indiana. 
 In February, 1841. lie. with his wife, set out on 
 his return home. In conii)aiiy witli three or 
 four otliers they journeyeil liy an ox team to 
 Houston, wliere they took a steamer, and ran. 
 down the Buffalo Bayou, and thence across the 
 bay where the vessel struck an old ship anchor, 
 tore off part of the planking, and was in danger 
 of sinking. Remaining some days in Galves- 
 ton, they took passage on the steamer New 
 York for New Orleans. From here they pro- 
 ceeded up the Mississippi and Ohio to Evans- 
 ville, Indiana, and there took stage for Terre 
 Haute, at which place they arri\-ed on the 5th 
 of March, 1841. 
 
 Mr. Garrett now engaged in farming and 
 stock raising, at first renting a farm five miles 
 south of Terre Haute. He was soon called up- 
 on, however, to discharge other duties. In -Aug- 
 ust, 1842, he was chosen to represent the coun- 
 ty of Vigo in the Indiana Legislature. He took 
 his .seat in December, T842, and served the fol- 
 lowing winter. The ne.xt year he was re-elect- 
 ed, and served another session, performing his 
 duties with credit to himself and satisfaction 
 to his constituents. He was only twenty-six at 
 the time of his first election. Like his father be- 
 fore him, Mr. Garrett was a Whig, and it was 
 as a candidate of the \\'hig jiarty that he was 
 elected to the Indiana Legislature. .\.t the con- 
 clusion of his second term of office he declined 
 a re-election, and devoted himself more assid- 
 uously than ever to farming and stock raising. 
 He bought a small farm six miles south of Ter- 
 re Haute, but sold it after making imi)rovp- 
 ments u])on it. He continued to reside in In- 
 diana till 1849. His business operations were 
 attended with success. He desired to invest his 
 
 surplus funds in new land, and in consequence 
 resolved to settle in Illinois. 
 
 He had visited Illinois in company with 
 three others in the fall of 1833. He traversed 
 the state from Edgar county to the Mississip])i, 
 passing through Sadorus Grove, Springfield 
 and Beardstown, to Ouincy. His course wa? 
 then up tlie river for a considerable distance, 
 when, leaving it, he journeyed southeast to the 
 Illinois, and thence through Springfield by the 
 old Springfield trace, across the Okaw, through 
 what is now Douglas county by the Wayne 
 stand, to Paris in Edgar county, and thence to 
 Terre Haute. There were no settlements on 
 the route tra\-eled through ]")ouglas comity ex- 
 cept at the Shaw stand. 
 
 About 1846 Mr. Garrett Ixjught one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land near William 
 Brian's in what is now Douglas county. The 
 next spring he came out with an ox team and 
 began improving it. In 1849 ''•^ removed with 
 his family to Douglas county for the purpose of 
 making a permanent residence. He had pre- 
 viouslv been accustomed to driving cattle from 
 Iniliana, and herding them in Douglas county. 
 He located on section three, of township fifteen, 
 range seven. He devoted liis whole attention 
 to farming and stock raising. In 1856 he and 
 his wife revisited Texas. They were absent 
 about three months, during which they traveled 
 extensively o\er the northeastern part of the 
 state. His farm of eight hundred and sixty 
 acres, on which he lived till recently, was sold 
 in Mav, 1875. He now resides in Tuscola, 
 l-'or two or three years following 1868 he was 
 in the grocer\- business at Tuscola in ii.artner- 
 sliii) with .\lr. John M. Maris. 
 
 ;\Ir. (iarrett served on the first grand jury
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 295 
 
 that ever convened in Douglas county. In 1854 
 he was elected justice of the ])eace and held that 
 office until his resi^'nation. ( )n the organiza- 
 tion of the cnunty intu townships. Mr. Gar- 
 rett was chosen a nieniher of the hoard of super- 
 \'isors from Cjarrett township. His public 
 trusts he has discliru'ged with fidelity, and few 
 citizens of the county have gained a larger 
 share of the popular esteem. 
 
 WILLIAM H. FULTON. 
 
 William 11. h'ulton located in the village 
 of Caiuargo in 1852. hegan merchandising in 
 a small wa} , and is now the oldest merchant 
 in active business in the county. He was born 
 at Clinton. Indiana. August 17, 1827, and is 
 one of the well-known and respectable citizens 
 of the \illasfe. 
 
 AMI'S (;il.l,()(ilA" 
 
 James ( lillogly. (h"y goods and general mer- 
 chant at Newman, is a nati\'e of l'en)is\'l\ania. 
 where he was reared on a fai^n and accjuired a 
 common school education. He followed fanu- 
 iug in l'ennsylvam';i and Illinois until the war, 
 when he enlisteil in ('(iinpany 1), Twenty-first 
 ivegiment Illinois Inf.antrw inider ( leneral 
 then Colonel) Grant. He was wounded at 
 the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, having ;i 
 leg broken, and was discharged soon after. 
 1 Ic then engaged in merchandising at Jackson- 
 \ille. Rversoii's Station and Niuevah, Penn- 
 s\l\;mi;i. thence coming to Illinois and locating 
 at Newman, where he has since been engaged 
 
 in his present business. Mr. Gillogly occupies 
 a hue brick store room, 30x70 feet, centrally 
 located and well stocked with the best goods, 
 and is doing a business of twenty-h\'e thou- 
 sand to thirty thousand dollars yearly. He was 
 luarried to Miss 11. L. .\tkinson, and six chil- 
 dren have blessed their union: J. C, H. P)., 
 I'juma J.. Li>tta. lienton ( deceased), and Lewis 
 (deceased). Mr. and .Mrs. (iillogly are mem- 
 bers of the I'lmiberland l^'esbyterian church, 
 ,uid he belongs to the Masonic fraternity and 
 the i. O. O. F. 
 
 A. TAYLOR. 
 
 A. Taylor, real estate dealer at Newman 
 and a man unixersally popular and esteemed 
 bv e\erybo(ly around Newiuan, was born in 
 Ti])pecanoe countv. Indiana, .\pril 8, 1836, 
 where he was I'cared and educated. He has 
 been a resident in .Xewnian snice 187') and has 
 negotiated manv important real estate deals 
 in Douglas an<l adjoining counties. In 1856 
 he wedded Miss .Mice Beezley. <if Indiana. 
 I hey h;ui three cliildren : ,\. A. : Charley, who 
 is the present census enumerator of .\ewman 
 township, and I'elle. They are highly re- 
 s])ected and counted among Newman's best 
 ])eo])le. 
 
 WILLI. \M If. HALL. 
 
 Willi;mi I!. Hall, one of the oldest mer- 
 chants in the tonntv, was born in P.ourbon 
 comity, Kentucky, September 1. 1831, and
 
 296 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. 
 
 was the only son of William and Elizabeth Mrs. Hall. In 1865 Mr. Hall engaged in the 
 
 (Hooe) Hall, natives of Kentucky and Vir- harness business and later engaged in general 
 
 ovinia respectfully. In 1837 the family came merchandising. He is still engaged in the 
 
 and settled in the neighborhood of Brushy same business and is a thorough gentleman of 
 
 Fork and for two years lived in the family of tlie old school, whose religion consists in doing 
 
 General Robert Matson, who was a cousin of good to hinj.self and his friends and neighbors. 
 
 I 
 
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 'ill %^itJ*/ M/ 
 
 ^«^-
 
 INOK 
 
 PAGE 
 
 CHAPTER I.— Early Settle- 
 ment OF THE COUiNTV 7 
 
 Cabin, The 1» 
 
 Farm, The 1!» 
 
 Indian, The . '1 
 
 Inhabitants. Original 7 
 
 Life un the Prairie H 
 
 Markets '^U 
 
 Mills -'<j 
 
 Mound Builders 7 
 
 Natural Resources If' 
 
 Pioneers, The P^ 
 
 Prairie Travel -1 
 
 CHAPTER II. Historic. 
 
 Sketch of Coi'ntv 
 
 .\priculture 
 
 Assessor, First 
 
 Circuit Clerk, First 
 
 Circuit Court, First 
 
 County Clerk. First 
 
 County Judge, Fii'st 
 
 County .Seat 
 
 Court, First meeting of Coimty. 
 
 Court Hou.se, The 
 
 Cieology 
 
 40 
 :!2 
 ;n 
 ■Si 
 M 
 
 ;ii 
 :i2 
 
 :v2 
 
 ■.ii< 
 
 VACE 
 
 Officials, County, from organiza- 
 tion to date. . .' 'M 
 
 Organization, Act of 27 
 
 Organization, Sii[i])Ienientary Bill ;iO 
 
 Origin 26 
 
 Railroad. Danville, Tuscola \- 
 
 Western 44 
 
 Railroad Indebtedness Assumed.. 44 
 
 Railroad, IllinoisCentral 42 
 
 Railroad, Indianapolis, Decatur &: 
 
 Western 4.'{ 
 
 Railroad, Toledo & St. Louis 44 
 
 Railway, Illinois Midland 44 
 
 Recorder, P'irst. •'! 
 
 Sheriff, First •'^1 
 
 Surveyor, First -^2 
 
 Surveys, System of- ■>•') 
 
 Swamp Lands ■*!' 
 
 Tojxigraphy '-^^ 
 
 Treasurer, First ■'2 
 
 CHAPTER HI. Ml 1. 1 t .\ kv 
 
 Record 47 
 
 Cavalry, Thirteenth H4 
 
 Comiia'ny, P'irst full 4!l 
 
 Infantry, Twenty-lirst 4il 
 
 Infantry, Twenty-fifth •")2 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Infantry. Fifty-fourth 54 
 
 Infantry, Seventy-ninth 57 
 
 Infantry, One Hundred and Thirty- 
 fifth.' 02 
 
 Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty- 
 ninth' ■ • • •'•^ 
 
 Public Sentiment and Civil Action 47 
 
 CHAPTER I\.— Township His- 
 
 tohical Sketches <'>li 
 
 Areola City 1119 
 
 Areola Township '"7 
 
 At wood X'lllage. l^|i 
 
 Bourbon Townshi|i 7I{ 
 
 Bowdre 'Township 77 
 
 Camargo City 72 
 
 Camargo Townshij) . 61* 
 
 ( 'larreti Township ^^ 
 
 Hindsboro Village 71) 
 
 Murdock Township '•'! 
 
 Murdock Village '■•2 
 
 Newman City Hji 
 
 Newman Township 11-> 
 
 Sargent 'Townshiii 1^!^ 
 
 Tuscola City 1";' 
 
 Tuscola 'TownshiiJ i'-i 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Armstrong, Archie A 
 
 Ashurst, Joseph 
 
 Atto, Daniel 
 
 Atwell, William !•; 
 
 Avery, J.I 
 
 B. 
 
 B.iilev.Capt. David 
 
 liakei", S. H 
 
 Barnes, John C 
 
 Barr, James 
 
 Bartholomew, Michael 1). 
 J5assett, J. H 
 
 270 
 240 
 
 2SI 
 27:f 
 
 244 
 141 
 
 2S."i 
 ISl 
 
 y.K 
 
 2(14 
 
 pa (11-; 
 
 Bassett, W. H 2iV.', 
 
 Beggs, Jesse R 2K0 
 
 Bl.uk, Robert M 2*; 
 
 Blaine. Walter C 2.".il 
 
 Boyce, Washington David 2S1I 
 
 lioyd, W. P...'. B'T. 
 
 Boyer, J. W 27.-! 
 
 Brian. William, Sr 2XS 
 
 Brian, William 1' 2'JO 
 
 Bright, Coleman 277 
 
 Bn K k , ( ;eorge W 2:!0 
 
 Brown, ludge Joliii 2:i.f 
 
 Burgett.'Carl S 214 
 
 Burgett, I. W 2;i4 
 
 Burgett, Scott 20y 
 
 Burtnett, William H., M. D VSi 
 
 Butler, J. 'T 
 
 Bush, William 
 
 PACl'. 
 
 . . 2; to 
 
 ... 17il 
 
 C. 
 
 Cahill, T:ii F H2 
 
 Callaway, C.i-orgr 204 
 
 Calvin, Edwaril W 22S 
 
 Cam|)bell, Allan 227 
 
 Carnahan, t'larence 11 217 
 
 Chadwick John 11 147 
 
 Chandler, Lemuel l-">7 
 
 Chandler, William B 2S7 
 
 Conover, Daniel A 221 
 
 Cooper, David 12H 
 
 Covert, 1. N 215
 
 298 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PACE 
 
 Coykendall, D. F Ifi5 
 
 Craddick, Thomas 251 
 
 Cruzan, Tliomas 291 
 
 Culbertscm, Chark-s M 220 
 
 D. 
 
 never, Frank C 177 
 
 I )rake. Israel A 147 
 
 Drew, James 204 
 
 E. 
 
 F.phiin, Jacob 263 
 
 Eplilin, Mrs. Jacob 263 
 
 Krvin, Samuel 259 
 
 F. 
 
 t'ldler, Albert F 246 
 
 Fidler, Levi 246 
 
 Finney, E. C '. 1(54 
 
 Finney, Joseph H 175 
 
 Fisher, U'illiam H 274 
 
 Foster, R. S 132 
 
 Fry. William H '. 134 
 
 Fulton, William H 295 
 
 G. 
 
 Garrett, Caleb 200 
 
 Garrett, Caleb 291 
 
 Gere, Benjamin W 190 
 
 Gill, Harrison 2.58 
 
 Gill, Shiloah 257 
 
 Gillogly, James 295 
 
 Glassco, Kimball 283 
 
 Goff, John L 251 
 
 Goodspeed, James M 1 70 
 
 Greenman, Anson H 137 
 
 Greve, CD 237 
 
 H. 
 
 Hall, William H 295 
 
 Hammett, Frank W 252 
 
 Hanimett, James R I.53 
 
 Hammett, James K 284 
 
 Hanmiett, Richard Clyde Ili8 
 
 Hammett, William S 276 
 
 Hance, Ale.\ander 239 
 
 Hancock, James W 159 
 
 Hancock, W. H 252 
 
 Hapke, Adolph 182 
 
 Hawkins, Charles A 282 
 
 Hawkins, John ](il 
 
 Hawkins, J. M lyg 
 
 Hawkins, Samuel 17ti 
 
 Hay ward, A 210 
 
 Heaton, James I* 121 
 
 Heaton, William 197 
 
 Henson, ( icorge W 251 
 
 Henson, Stephen S 277 
 
 Hockett, Oliver O 224 
 
 Hopkins, Samuel L 267 
 
 Hostetler, John C 250 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Howard, \V. Avery 277 
 
 Howe, lames H 286 
 
 Howe, William, 202 
 
 Hunt, Oliver T 194 
 
 I. 
 
 lies, William 148 
 
 Irwin, John T 125 
 
 J. 
 
 Jeffers, Enmior W 248 
 
 Jeffers, Cieorge C 272 
 
 Jenne, Charles F 186 
 
 Jones, Henry C 256 
 
 Jones, James 133 
 
 Jones, John J 262 
 
 Jones, Maiden 225 
 
 Jones, Owen E 242 
 
 Jordan, John V 173 
 
 K. 
 
 Kincaid, James A 1,35 
 
 King, John W 288 
 
 L. 
 
 Lester, Segler H 268 
 
 Lindsey, John 127 
 
 Logan, Samuel B 271 
 
 Long, Stroder M 198 
 
 Loose, Frank E 122 
 
 Lowry, John 1.S9 
 
 Lyrla, N. C 174 
 
 M. 
 
 McCarty, Francis A 231 
 
 McGee, J. Park, M. D t. . . . 185 
 
 McGown, J. A 241 
 
 McKaig, Robert 290 
 
 McKinney, John W 266 
 
 McMasters, Charles L 126 
 
 McNeer, V C 218 
 
 McNeill, Alexander 282 
 
 Madison, John M 242 
 
 Magner, D. \ 143 
 
 Martin, Rev. J. V 274 
 
 Martin, W. S., M. D 138 
 
 Means, Rev. William E 123 
 
 Milligan, Robert E 191 
 
 Monahan, P. H 259 
 
 Monroe, N. S 278 
 
 Moore, Abrani H 184 
 
 Moore, Edw. McC 184 
 
 Moore, George 269 
 
 Moore, Jacob 279 
 
 Moore, Jacob R 229 
 
 Moore, Morris 1 185 
 
 Moore, William '1' 189 
 
 Morrow, James 151 
 
 Moser. George H 241 
 
 Mulliken, Ira M 2.53 
 
 pa(;e 
 
 Mulliken, James W 2.'J3 
 
 Murdock, |udge John D 146 
 
 Murphy, Wiliam F 152 
 
 Myers, O. V 158 
 
 N. 
 
 Newport, William H 235 
 
 Niles, Henry C 174 
 
 O. 
 
 Outcelt, John N.. 283 
 
 P. 
 
 Parke, Alvy J 279 
 
 Parker, Lines L 169 
 
 Parker, Oliver H 291 
 
 Pepper, W. W 223 
 
 Petty, Jo eph B 270 
 
 Phillips. J. W 225 
 
 Price, W. E 269 
 
 Pulliam, W. T., M. D 264 
 
 Q- 
 
 Qumn, John 209 
 
 R. 
 
 Reat, James L 260 
 
 Records, Jasper S 168 
 
 Redden, Stephen 124 
 
 Reed, Daniel W 191 
 
 Reed, W. D 287 
 
 Reed, Winheld S 1.56 
 
 Reeder, James S 276 
 
 Reeder, James S 286 
 
 Reeder, John A., Jr 191 
 
 Reeves, William W 272 
 
 Rice, Eugene 206 
 
 Rice, Martin 162 
 
 Rice, William Edgar, M. D 140 
 
 Richards, G. R 276 
 
 Richards, T. M 275 
 
 Richman, James A 192 
 
 Rigney, J. B., M. D 286 
 
 Roberts, I'homas \V 289 
 
 Roderick, Daniel 268 
 
 Rogers, John E 139 
 
 Root, D.0 206 
 
 Root, Lawrence E 216 
 
 Rutherford, Dr. C 222 
 
 Rutherford, Thomas H 187 
 
 S. 
 
 Sanford, Charles S 211 
 
 Sawyer, Albert .S 214 
 
 Siders, George W 178 
 
 Skinner. Isaac 238 
 
 Skinner, John 171 
 
 Skinner, W. W 265 
 
 Sluss, A.C 262 
 
 Smiley, Samuel W 281
 
 INDEX. 
 
 299 
 
 
 PAGK 
 
 Smith, Mosi'S S 
 
 155 
 
 Summt^rs, William T 
 
 155 
 
 Swigart, T. \Y 
 
 22H 
 
 T. 
 
 Tag.uaii, Cul. Wuslonl, 
 
 Taylor, A 
 
 Thompson, K. K 
 
 M.-f 
 295 
 163 
 
 PAGE 
 
 To(l(i. James (", 21!) 
 
 Todd, John T 212 
 
 \V. 
 
 Wallace, Albert \V 254 
 
 Watson, Marion 2S() 
 
 Watson, W. 1 250 
 
 Whitakt-r, Jolm 28') 
 
 White, (ieorge 233 
 
 l-AGE 
 
 Williams, James A 250 
 
 Williamson, Josi-|ih S lilit 
 
 Wilson, Charles W . . ,..^.,_,^„_^.-248 
 
 Wise'nian, William A 253 
 
 Woodford, J. P 1(17 
 
 Woolverton, Charles W 12i» 
 
 Wrisjlit, Jarnes H 247 
 
 Wyalt. Thomas S 284 
 
 Wveth, Clarence L Itil 
 
 Wyeth, Joseph S 188 
 
 Wyeth, Leonard J 149