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AND HISTORY OP
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
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offices of the college as weJl as a lecture room
fitted with all the necessary modern conven-
iences for scientific lecturing, and having a
seating capacity of about two hundred. Friends
of the library are very proud of its new home,
and justly so, for all who have inspected the
building pronounce it, from the Italian marble
that lines the main memorial hall to the imiws-
ing dome that is seen above the loan desk, both
as regards architectural beauty and practical
arrangement, a magnificent building.
ENDOWMENT
The library has recently received from Con-
sul C. A. Smith, of Minneapolis University, an
endowment of $25,000. the interest of which is
to be used exclusively for the purchase of books.
This, together with other funds, will give the
library about $2,000 annually for the purchase
of books.
BOCK ISLAND ARSENAL POST LIBRARY
The Post library was founded in 1880, and
now consists of about one thousand five hundred
volumes. Its income for the purchase of books
and periodicals is furnished partially by the
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. Army, and
partially by the detachment funds of the
Ordnance Detachment, stationed at the Rock
Island Arsenal. The library is for the use
both of the officers and enlisted men at the
Post and is vei-y freely used. Twenty-four c-ur-
rent periodicals and six daily pai>ers are sub-
scribed for.
CORDOVA PUBLIC LIBRARY
The library was firet established in Cordova
as a reading room in 1876.
The Cordova Public Library was founded in
1878, the tax for a public library having been
first voted in April, 1878. The first board of
directors, elected at the annual township elec-
tion in March. 1879, were Dr. J. Hoke, E. N.
Elton, Isaac Cool, Thomas Karr, Robert John-
son and Pratt Devoe. Mrs. G. W. Dean was the
first librarian. The library occupies rented
rooms and consists of 4,000 volumes. The mem-
bers of the present board of directors are
Dr. W. R. Freek, A. W. Mulley, Frank Zimmer-
man, W. F. Tew, Charles George. A. Ben way.
Dr. Freek has served on the board continuously
since 1880, acting as secretary during that time
with the exception of one yenr, when he was
president of the board. Mrs. Matilda Mullery
is the librarian.
CHAPTER XXIV
RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY YEARS
By William Jackson
DAWN OP CIVIL SOCIETY — ARRIVAL OF THE LOCOMO-
TIVE SITUATION IN 1860 PEOPLE OF ROCK ISL-
AND CODNTY — CITY OF BOCK ISLAND CITY OF
MOLTNE — POLITICS OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY — •
PATRIOTISM ESTABLISHMENT OF BOCK ISLAND
ARSENAL — FINANCI.\L MATTERS — FARMERS OF
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY — LOCAL TRANSPORTATION —
IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL REVIEW.
DAWN OF CIVIL SOCIETY
Should I commence this article starting fifty
years ago, I would begin at a time when events
were maturing that marked a period forever to
be remembered, not only in the history of this
county but in that of the civilized world, events
immediately preceding the Civil war, in which
the people of the county of Rock Island took
their part. To commence at such a period, would
seem to be like rushing into the glare and
brightness of the noonday sun without reference
to the morning sunrise and the gradual approach
of high noon. As a prelude to my article I wish
to refer to the dawn of civil society in this part
of the Mississippi Valle.v.
The most interesting period in any locality is
that when the people first began to lay the
foundation of civil society on the basic prin-
ciples that underlie our Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
tion. These efforts were usually rude in per-
formance but permanent in results. Within the
period of thirty years preceding the events of
the Civil war the white man voluntarily became
the neighbor of the Indian. The Sac and Fox
Indians, who lived in this locality, did not appre-
ciate this voluntary association. The Indian
foresaw the loss of his hunting grounds. Then
also began the final struggle for supremacy and
permanent holding. The Indian lost and
vacated. The white man won and remained.
In this preceding period the settler was prac-
tically shut off from communication with the
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outside world, except by the slow movements of
the lumbering stage coach, or by the Mississippi
river, on which, during the latter part of this
period, plied many commodious river steamers,
famous for their jolly and daring captains and
pilots, courageous under all circumstances. The
levees of the river towns before the advent of
the locomotive were crowded with steamers load-
ing and unloading valuable cargoes, to meet the
wants of the early settlers, the farmers of the
county or the initial citizens of the infant towns
and villages.
ABEIVAL OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
But in 1854 came the steam locomotive of the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad which first
reached the county of Rock Island from the
east. From that time the river steamers lost
their precedence, eventually their supremacy was
gone, the locomotive was leader. During this
preceding period what shifts and struggles the
farmers had to make to gather their crops, — for
mowing machines, corn planters, reaping ma-
chines, and the high class of agricultural imple-
ments were scarce, and to the farmer financially
burdened the possession of these valuable assis-
tants were only anticipated then by the most op-
timistic, but neighbor was dependent upon neigh-
bor, assistance service demanded and received
like service in return. In this same period how
scarce was money, gold and silver especially,
gold found only in the vaults of banks to be
obtained at a premium, currency issued from
remote states or cities — the more remote the
most profitable to the issuer — was the main
source of supply, sometimes, like Jonah's gourd,
the value thereof to jjerish in a night, money
that was par at night was refused in the morn-
ing. The traveling citizen often found himself
stranded on his way, the value of his money
had silently taken wing. The commencement of
our period of fifty years, however, found the
citizen and the farmer a victor over many of
these difficulties. Land values had increased,
laborers and tran.sportation facilities were more
plentiful, people were optimistic. At the same
time there was a foreboding of trouble.
SITUATION IN ISeO
The year 1S60 found the people of Rock Island
county greatly interested and taking part in
the political struggle then waging between the
democratic party on the one hand, charged with
pro-slavery affiliations, and the republican party
on the other hand, which had succeeded in draw-
ing to it all classes of men who were anti-slav-
ery In their sentiments. At that period the
county of Rock Island contained native Ameri-
cans from aU parts of the Tnion, those of the
North predominating. It also contained citizens
and non-citizens of foreign birth, many of the
Scandinavian race. During the political agita-
tion that followed the passage of the Kansas
and Nebraska bill repealing the Missouri com-
promise, the county had been thoroughly stirred
on the great issue of no more slave territory.
In some of the townships the democratic party
was in the lead, in others, the republican.
CniES OF BOCK ISLAND AND MOLINE
At that time the city of Rock Island and the
town (now city) of Moline were the principal,
in fact, the largest municipalities in the county,
and naturally became the centers of political
activities. The city of Rock Island and town
of Moline differed in a large measure in the
character of their respective inhabitants. The
city of Rock Island contained many persons of
commanding influence from the South of strong
pro-slavery opinions, rank opponents of the anti-
slavery men derisively called abolitionists.
While the difference in numbers was not so
great between the pro and anti-slavery men, the
intensity of their political feelings was very
marked. The city of Rock Island was pro-
slavery, the town of Moline anti-slavery. That
there was not such great difference in the num-
ber of people on ix>litical issues is shown by the
vote cast for Douglas, Bell and Breckenridge in
1860, 412, which would include the pro-slavery
vote. The vote for Lincoln was 392, which was
the anti-slavery vote of the city. The demo-
cratic party remained the dominant and lead-
ing political party in the city of Rock Island
until about the year 1S72, when at the presi-
dential election of that year, the city gave 720
votes for Grant and SCO for Greeley. For several
presidential elections after that time the differ-
ence in the city's vote on the presidential candi-
dates was not very marked. In 1SS4 only fifty-
one difference between Blaine and Cleveland,
but since that time the city of Rock Island has
generally been regarded as a republican city.
The town of Moline (Moline was not a city
until 1872) was acknowledged to be the center
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aud leader of the anti-slavery people of Rock
Island county.
Tlie town (now city) of Moline contained
among Its early ' inhabitants many people of
New England birth, possessing all of the char-
acteristics of those people. Their positive, de-
termined and radical spirit on all moral ques-
tions dominated the town for good. As New
Englanders they were positively anti-slavery.
On that issue they never compromised. During
these anti-slavery days there lived in Moline a
New England Congregational minister, of great
talent, by the name of Calvin HitchcoclJ. In
the anti-slavery cause the Reverend Hitchcocli
was a knight in steel armor. From his pulpit
there thundered unceasingly from time to time
the most positive, unyielding assaults on the
system of slavery, as the sum of all villainies
and a compromise with hell. Such a command-
ing character naturally strengthened the anti-
slavery sentiment. The town also contained
many men who were valuable helpers of the
minister. I have not before me the actual vote
of the town of Moline in 1S60, but as I remember
it, it was practically 4 to 1 in favor of Lincoln.
I have before me the vote of Moline for Greeley
and Grant in 1S72, Greeley 279, Grant 692; in
1S76, Tilden 23.o, Hayes 597. It will be seen
from the large majority indicated by these fig-
ures, that the anti-slavery sentiment in the city
of Moline lived long after the death of slavery
by the sword. '
The city of Moline at the beginning of the
past half century was a pushing manufacturing
town, and was incorporated in 1872 as a city
under the general law for the organization of
cities. The first structure that gave it a start
as a manufacturing center was a stone and brush
dam extending from the south bank of the Mis-
sissippi river to the Island of Rock Island,
about on a line with the present bridge to the
Island. Several mills were supplied with power
by the waterpower created by this dam. The
principal factory was the plow factory of John
Deere, then in its infancy, consisting of a one-
story frame blacksmith shop containing three
blacksmith forges, two grindstones and other
minor machinery and a two-story frame wood-
shop. From this small beginning has arisen the
great plow establishments of Deere & Company
and of the Moline Plow Company factories, that
now hold such a commanding influence in this
city. Other and great industrial concerns, too
numerous to mention, have grown and flourished
here, sending out to the states around and be-
yond, articles that for quality and utility have
made the city famous as a manufacturing center.
POLITICS OF KOCK ISLAND COUNTY
Politics never were sluggish in Rock Island
county, as evidenced by the great political gath-
erings of the dominant political parties during
the several presidential elections up to the elec-
tion of McKinley in 1896, the marching clubs
with their torches and uniforms, the liberty pole
with flag flying drawn by horses, wagons filled
with beautiful girls representing the states,
marching veterans of the Civil war, and other
exhibitions. In the matter of marching political
clubs, no clubs of after years excelled the march-
ing Lincoln Wide Awakes of the campaign of
ISGO. These clubs, however, were not confined
to the cities of Rock Island aud Moline but also
came from the counti-y towns on horseback, or
often ou foot. The farmer boys were always
willing and earnest in politics.
PATKIOTISM
I have not attempted to name the different
men who have prominently figured in Rock
Island county and helped to shape the char-
acter of the people. Time and space will not
permit. During the past fifty years there have
been many men who well deserve to live in the
memory of the people. Their influence was for
good. It lives after them. Not so with all
men. Nor shall I enlarge on the patriotism of
the people of Rock Island county during the
struggles of the Civil war. The people met their
oljligatious. Many noble men perished. At the
close of the war many returned with broken
health and shattered constitutions. The vet-
erans of the war were soon swallowed up in the
general citizenship of the county, eager to per-
form their civil duties. In honor of these brave
men the county in after years reared to their
memory the commanding marble monument now
standing in Courthouse Square, Rock Island.
Nor were the people of Rock Island county in-
different to the courage and sacrifices of the
Confederate soldiers who were confined in the
military prison on the Island of Rock Island.
Many died in prison. At this day the cemetery
of the Confederate dead bears evidence of re-
spectful consideration by the Union soldier for
his Confederate opponent.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ESTABLISHMENT OF KOCK ISLAND ARSENAL
The establishment of the Rock Island Arsenal,
after the Civil war, ou the Island of Rock Isl-
and, was a valuable industrial addition to the
working forces of the county, especially to the
working men of the cities of Davenport, Rock
Island and Aloliue. Millions of money have been
expended liy the Tnited States Government for
permanent improvements on the island and for
wages to the workmen constantly engaged in
the manufacture of military supplies. Especially
was. this true during the Spanish-American war,
and must be true in all wars of the nation,
although many ]iray that the day may soon
come when the sword shall be beat into a plow-
share.
FINANCIAL MATTERS
It is interesting to remember now how the
people of the county did transact their business
in the years of the '60' s, and in the years of the
'70's until 1S7S, when the resumption of specie
payment by the Government became a fact.
After the end of the Civil war the people of
Rock Island county, like the people in the rest
of the states, had to rely for their money ou the
Government treasury note, fluctuating in value
at times yet gradually, in the succeeding years,
approaching the gold standard. We can scarcely
realize today, when gold and silver is plentiful,
how people did business without gold or silver
change, no silver coinage; but the Government
was equal to the emergency. The five. ten.
twenty-five and fifty-cent ijostal note met the
difficulty. Although people in the years imme-
diately succeeding the war looked forward to
the day when the bright silver and gold coin
would be in evidence, and hoped for its coming,
it was not until 1878 that the Rubicon was
passed. The business man, farmer and laborer
were then paid in good sterling money, if they
wished it, yet so accustomed had the peojjle
become to the familiar greenljack, that the gold
was left in the bank to be asked for only when
an urgent necessity demanded it. Not so, how-
ever, with the simple postal note. The people
gladly dispensed with that, preferring the shin-
ing silver piece. But the ease with which the
Government printed and circulated the green-
back and the assurance and confidence that the
people reposed in it as a thing of value, led
many to hold and cherish dangerous ideas of
finance. Many looked at the greenback as valu-
able in itself, forgetting that it acquired its
value because of the ample and abundant Gov-
ernment security behind it. The greenback
heresy died away as the precious metals as
money once more became the companions of the
people.
FARMERS OF ROCK ISL\ND COUNTY
The farmers of the county of Rock Island
during the past fifty years have only expe-
rienced in the same degree the same change
that the farmers in other parts of the Luiou
have under the same circumstances. There was
nothing in the circumstances surrounding our
farmers that led them into different or other
channels of experience than passed throiigh by
the farmer generally. The beginning of our
term of fifty years found little if any land in
the hands of the Government for sale to the
settler. The county of Rock Island had its
large share of population in the persons of
miners, mechanics, merchants and manufac-
turers. The coal fields in Coal Town, Coal
Valley, Blossonburg and other parts of the
county brought a large number of miners with
their families to become iiermanent citizens of
the county. The manufactories of Milan or
Camden Mills. Moline and Rock Island brought
together i>eople of all classes and conditions,
skilled and unskilled laborers, natives and for-
eigners. These business centers, especially
Moline and Rock Island, constantly increased,
affording the farmer lucrative markets for his
products, the ever-increasing value of the cities
reaching out to the financial uplift of the farms
and vice versa. Rapidl.v on the lands the native
prairie grass disappeared and in its place came
the nutritious blue grass. As is usual in new
countries the farmer's house and outbuildings
were at first inexpensive as compared with those
of later .vears, but increasing prosperity induced
a change for the better. The farmhouses, barns,
cornbins and granaries of the farmers of Rock
Island county gradually improved in style and
size. They compared favorably from year to
year with the improvements on farms in other
prosperous counties. The general aspect of the
farms underwent some change. The rail fence,
board fence and hedge fence each had its day
with the farmer. The timber of the county,
never in abundance, with its gradual exhaustion
soon stojiped the supply of the old-fashioned
original zig-zag rail fence. Then came the osage
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orange fence, picturesque though sometimes
ragged in appearance, running parallel with
the six-inch board fence. The question of fencing
was ever a serious question with the farmer.
A good fence meant peaceable neighbors, while
a poor fence often resulted in contention and
profitless law suits. However, the barbwire
came to his rescue, with its inexpensive char-
acter and ease of construction, and it was the
practical means by which were ended the bicker-
ings, complaints and contentions of other years,
and materially lessened the business of the
courts.
During the formative period in the settle-
ment of all new countries, and especially in the
laying out of farms, controversies will arise
concerning the boundaries and drainage of lauds,
the laying out of roads and condemnation of
land therefor, the building of division fences,
the changing of water courses, the trespass of
cattle and many other matters incident to a
final adjustment of existing conditions in all"
these matters, and the farmers in this county
had the usual experience. In a few localities,
and only in a few, contentions were sharp and
vicious, violence resulted, sometimes crime; but-
time, which is a great leveler and pacifier in slTF^
cases, made the crooked paths straight and the
rough places plain. In looking back through the
past years, how well we remember the trail of
the lightning-rod seller, how earnestly and con-
vincingly he sought to persuade the farmers of
our county to assist Providence in the distribu-
tion of the lightning, the result, the farmer had
his lightning-rod, and confidence in its protec-
tion was the reward of his investment, whether
in fact protection was real or imaginary. But
this lightning-rod experience was not confined
to the farmers. The dwellers in city, town and
village came under the same persuasive spell
and learned the same lesson.
We look back on the past half century and
remember the ever-increasing quality of the
horses in the barn, the cattle in the field and
the hogs in the pen. The springless lumber
wagon, with its spine-racking jolt and the family
carriage of the average farmer; but with in-
creased land values and with good crops, the
traveling facilities improved. The buggy, surrey
and carriage supplemented for pleasure the
jolting wagon. In later years, unwilling that
the city dweller should enjoy the modern privi-
leges of the telephone and the automobile, the
farmer of Rock Island county finds himself now,
by reason of these same inventions, within
speaking distance of all his neighbors, and able
to travel far into the territory of those not his
neighbors. No one will deny but that the
farmer of Rock Island county is the equal of
the average farmer of the state, whether in
energy, intelligence, religion or morals. The
experience of the last fifty years cannot be
duplicated. Men can be born only once, the
experience of the early settler, unique and yet
natural, can be enjoyed but not repeated.
LOCAL TKANSPORTATION
The convenience of the people In local trans-
portation was first improved ' by the building
of the street railway between Moline and Rock
Island. When we view the present commodious,
handsome cars now used on our streets in com-
munication with Davenport and Moline, we re-
member the first quaint little street cars drawn
'by the mule with the tinkling bell, now replaced
hf'A'he rusfitiig electric motor car. But the little
mule car was preceded by the two-horse omnibus
or carriage.
^s I>ef0r6'' 'stated the cities of Rock Island
•and Moline were the centers of political activi-
ties. The city of :^ock Island in its early years,
and especially in the years preceding the Civil
war, had Its burdens. During the years when
business enterprises were seeking places to lo-
cate, the land surrounding the city was held in
the grip' of one of its citizens. The result was
the city lost opportunities for business and ex-
pansion that never presented themselves again
to the same degree. When business sites were
needed they could not be bought. Yet in spite
of these disadvantages the city prosi^ered. The
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway pushed
its road further west, bridged the Mississippi
river, and eventually it became a trunk line,
with its connections reaching the Pacific ocean.
Other railroads entered, the Western Union
afterward, the Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Chi-
cago, Burlington & Quincy, the Rockford, Rock
Island & St. Louis, the Rock Island & Peoria,
the Davenport, Rock Island & JSTorthwestern.
The entrance of these railroads brought the peo-
ple of the county in communication with the
North, South, East and West.
IMPROVEMENTS
The streets of Rock Island were first lighted
by the oil lamp, following came the gas lamp.
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then the electric light on tall towers, and finally
the brilliant arc light at the street crossings.
The law was first administered in the two-
story brick building on the south side of the
Courthouse Square, built in 183S. the scene of
many bloodless struggles. Able judges and law-
yers met and settled contentions when the par-
ties could not. The old courthouse, after serv-
ing its puriwse, was succeeded by the present
beautiful edifice, the cornerstone of which was
laid October 1, 1896.
GENERAL REVIEW
I cannot in this article enter further into detail
concerning many interesting items of interest
that crowd upon my memory. One of the most
interesting was the removal of the head office of
the fraternal order of the Modern Woodmen
of America in 1S97, which had been located in
Fulton, 111. Its removal to a larger and more
convenient place was determined upon by the
officers of the order after several years of legal
contention and several occasions of violence,
amounting almost to a riot. In September, 1S97,
the final transfer was made and the head office
finally established in the city of Kock Island,
where its records of over one million meml)ers
is kept by a corps of officers and employees,
several hundred in number.
It cannot be said that in the past fifty years
the villages or towns of the county outside the
cities of Rock Island and Jlollne have made
great advances, but many of the men of the
county who have made their mark among the
people have come from the farms and farm
villages, as we may term the country towns.
The county of Kock Island has always felt the
influence of the country, whenever they had
the opportunity to express themselves on ques-
tions involving consideration of good order.
To write the recollections of fifty years at
first blush would seem to be an easy task with
the real facts and circumstances of the iiast
as material for such recollections. But events
crowd upon the memory with such resistless
energy that they can only be slightly noted as
they pass in review. The men and women of
Rock Island county who have lived and flour-
ished within its borders during the past half
century have been noted for their thrift, energy,
patriotism and good influence ; may the ambi-
tion of the men and women of the next half
century be to improve upon the example of the
early settlers so as to encourage and strengthen
future generations to continue to do what the
forefathers have done with such signal success.
CHAPTER XXV
OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION
By M. J. McEniry
OBGANIZaTION PBOGRAM EABLT HISTOET OF THIS
SECTIOX — TBEATIES BLACK HAWK PICTUK-
ESQUENESS OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY DESCRIP-
TION OF COUNTY— RESOURCES FORT ARMSTRONG
FURTHER HISTORY EAST MOLINE SL.\VEBY
TROUBLES — DRED SCOTT — PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION — LAYING CORNER
STONE OF NEW COURT HOUSE OLD SETTLERS'
ASSOCIATIONS' MANY ACTIVITIES BESTOWAL OF
CHAIB ON OLDEST SETTLER SPEECH GIVEN BY
JAMES A. SEABLE.
ORGANIZATION
It was on January 10, 18G(5, that the Rock
Island County Old Settlers' Association was
organized with thirty-four charter members, the
last of whom to pass to the beyond, last sum-
mer, was Hon. Chas. M. Osborn, one of the
ablest members of our bar. Its object is to pre-
serve the early traditions of the county's devel-
opment ; to impress upon our people the history
of its settlement by those sturdy pioneers, aud
hold an annual festival to renew associations
and conduct its affair.s. In the felicitous language
of Patrick Gregg, the first physician aud sur-
geon to ijermauently locate in this county, and
the first jiresident of this society, in an address
on Washington's birthday, at the association's
first banquet. "In the early settlement of this
county society, though siwrse and widely scat-
tered, was compact in intercourse; everybody
knew every one and there existed a fraternal
feeling rarely to be met with in more densley
populated communities ; soon the wave of emi-
gration guided by Star of Empire rolled west-
ward, wedging in between the old pioneers and
diverging them more and more atiart until they
seldom met ; and when they did it was like 'per
chance a wandering bark doth sometimes meet
a wandering sister on the main.' The proceed-
ings of this evening augur a brighter future,
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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give promise that at least aunually hereafter
the old settlers of Rocli Island county will have
an opiwrtuuity to exchange congratulations and
review the pleasant memories of days of Auld
Lang Syne." The singing of that good old song
by the entire assembly, generally led by former
president A. M. Hubbard, now passed ninety-
three summers, with sanctified spirit and deep
leeling, may be heard as of yore closing, in each
annual picnic.
EAELT HISTORY
It was in June, 1673, that Father Jacques
Marquette and Louis Joliet with their mission-
ary band of five others floated their frail craft
over the rapids and thus were the first white
persons to discover our county, and it is little
wonder that they were In ecstacies over the
promise of this locality, as they saw and con-
templated its future. The early settlers who
came by prairie schooner often with oxen, water
craft, on foot, or horsebacli, to inhabit the ter-
ritory of the Mississippi and Rock rivers here-
abouts, were a sturdy yeomanry, much unlilie
most other early settlements, made by commu-
nities or colonies, as for instance Geneseo, by
New Yorlvers, and Weller, near Kewanee. by
Yanlcees from Connecticut, Bishop Hill by Scan-
dinavians, in the adjacent county of Henry; or
the settlement of the great military tract just
south and east of us between the Father of
Waters and the Illinois river. Title to these
latter lands were largely obtained on war bounty
scrip; these settlers had been brought up under
like environments. Our pioneers were more
lllvened to the pathfinders that blazed the way
to the locality of the old Indian village near
the confluence of the alwve named streams, in
pursuit of lands for the founding of American
homes, to develop farms, towns, villages and
cities. From nearly every state to the east and
many from the south, a few from foreign
climes, came in rapid succession after the land
was opened for settlement.
TREATIES
It was shortly after the Louisiana purchase,
that consisted of all the lands west of the
Father of Waters for the United States, dur-
ing Pres. Thomas Jefferson's administration,
that William Henry Harrison, then governor of
the territory of Indiana of which Illinois was
a part and who afterward became president of
the United States, made a treaty at St. Louis
with representatives of the Fox and Sac In-
dian tribes by which fifty million acres of laud
were ceded by the Indians for a mere pittance.
This included all north and west of the Illinois
and Fox rivers, to the mouth of the Wisconsin
near Prairie du Chlen. Black Hawk was a
native of the Indian village then of four thou-
sand population, called Sinlsee or Kabe Saukee
(meaning Rock River Peninsula). Xo healthier
or wholesomer place could be found anywhere
than there. Of this the village of Sears is now
a part. Chief Blawk Hawk repudiated this
treaty and the tribesmen that signed this com-
pact, contending that the northern and western
limits of this grant was Intended and repre-
sented to be at the mouth of Rock river and not
the Wisconsin as written on the parchment.
By the liberal use of fire-water this conscience-
less bargain was consummated for the govern-
ment, as have been too often charged by the
untutored savages in their dealings with our
officers in respect to their landed possessions
and homes. The lands between the main chan-
nel of the Mississippi and Rock rivers west of
Pleasant Valley it is said would have then satiSr
fied Black Hawk and his people, but the settlers
demanded rights to those lands by squatting
thereon, although the government surveys were
not made until 182ft. These were the causes
that largely brought on hostilities culmiuatii: ,
in the Black Hawk war of 18.31 and 1832.
As we view conditions now we cannot help
but admire Black Hawk's business acumen and
foresight. Why should not those who descended
from a savage race have desired to hold their
own fields, the resting place of their dead, and
been willing to fight for their native homes;
the same that now, in less than four score
years, are supporting sixty thousand cultured
people in affluence?
PICTUBESQUENESS OP BOCK ISLAND COUNTY
The picturesqueness of this portion of our
county is excelled by none in this valley. Here
is seen the majesty of the Father of Waters
coursing its way through the solid rocks that
were cleft from their strata by ice. during the
glacial period, for a distance of twenty miles,
thus forming a more direct course over the
rapids than its former channel by way of the
Meredosia slough, and down Rock river valley,
originally dividing near the upper part of Pleas-
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ant Valley at Carbon Clitf, forming an island
south of tlie Tri-cities. No more attractive river
may be found for liunting, fishing, boating, bath-
ing, camping, developing power, or driuliing
purposes, its purity yet remaining unsullied. In
the former courses of these magnificent stream
branches, nature and the husbandmen have
made to blossom many thousands of acres of
alluvial swampy and boggy lands, as rich as the
valley of the Nile. Between the present water
courses and the bluffs, in an early day, were de-
pressions, sloughs and lakes that are. now about
all reclaimed by immense ditches in these fer-
tile bottoms, some extending for sixty miles
along the Mississippi, forty miles along either
side of the Rock, and ten miles on the Jleredo-
sia in this county, affording a superb variety
of soils for agriculture.
The larger portion of the county is high table
land originally well timbered, easily worked
into material for buildings and fences, or, roll-
ing prairies well watered, ideal for stock rais-
ing, giving our county a variety of soils in close
proximity that make the raising of various
crops, grasses, grains, vegetables and fruits
easy. The early settlers on these lands usually
sought a home near timber, for a windbreak,
also because of the necessity for fuel, fencing
and log houses. Running water for stock was
looked for and where pure drinking water could
be easily obtained from wells or springs. Some
Rock Island prairie was utilized for agriculture,
but it is not the best crop-producing ground or
in the greatest demand now by any but scientific
agriculturists. There was no modem machin-
ery then as the steel plow did not come until
John Deere, at Moliue, made the shares and
mold-boards from cast off saws from the lum-
ber mills, in the late "40s ; no mowing or har-
vesting machines; no corn planters or grain
drills. This may give an idea of the troubles
and hardships of the early farmers, not only
here but everywhere. Circulating medium was
mostly store pay-orders, for the goods necessary
to get along with. A total crop failure has been
unknown either to the Indian or Caucasian
race hereabouts.
The finest gravel beds are found at the con-
fiuence of the Meredosia and Mississippi; while
at Cordova, six miles southwest, where these
water courses originally divided, may be found
Niagara limestone under the bluffs that e.xtend
six miles further south to Port Byron, near
to the surface ; here merchantable white lime
has been manufactured for seventy years ; this
strata of stone two miles further south at Rap-
ids City dips under the soft coal measures, and a
coal vein begins near the river and extends
southwest across the county through Happy
Hollow, Coal Town near Carbon Cliff (it was
here the first discovery of marketable coal in
the Northwest was made by Samuel Bowles In
1S40), to Coal Valley and Sherrard, except
across the early river channel of Pleasant Val-
ley and Rock river bottom ; some peat beds
were here in the marshes. The high lands at
Carbon Cliff possess clay of a superior quality
for ixittery ware, tile, fire and building brick,
easy of access in abundance. On the island of
Rock Island and southeast may be found Hamil-
ton limestone that is commercially in great
demand.
rORT ABMSTKONQ
This site was the home of the untutored red-
men that Black Hawk's followers prized so high-
ly and looked with jealous eyes upon, when Fort
Armstrong was built in 1816, from which date
the white settlers began to encroach upon the
Indian hunting grounds. Col. Geo. Davenport,
an Indian trader, soon procured concessions of
land from the Indians and the Government, and
erected on the bank of the main channel, on
this island, near the fort, a frame mansion where
he lived until murdered by the "bandits of the
prairie" July 4th, 1845. This old home was fast
going to ruins when the Rock Island County
Old Settler's Association restored it to nearly
its former condition, in 1000, and now maintains
the house and grounds upou Government pi'op-
erty as a reminder of the earliest home devel-
opment, marking lor future time the first evi-
dence of civilization hereabout. It may appear
very strange to say that it was the thought of
a stranger, Senator Ben. R. Tillman, of South
Carolina, that suggested that it was an outrage
to permit this old home to go to decay, while
visiting the place in company with the writer
and a delegation of local citizens, when on a
lecturing tour at Moline. Our society was ma-
terially aided by the Misses Naomi L. and Cath-
erine Davenport, largely contributing thereto.
It was the birthplace of their father, George L.
Davenport, the first white child born in the
county, in 1817, and later of their uncle, Baily
Davenport, who was mayor of Rock Island.
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FURTHER HISTORY
The county was organized from a part of Jo
Daviess county by a referendum vote, in July,
1833, by the ballots of sixty-five citizens, at
John Barren's house, located near Hon. B. T.
Cable's present residence in Rock Island. Soon
the land holders under government patents be-
gan to plat and lay out ground for villages.
Kapids City on the rapids had a waterpower
site and was settled in 1833, plat filed in 1835 ;
Farnhamsburg was settled in 1830 and also
platted in July, 1835. by the couutly commis-
sioner as Stephenson, now Rock Island ; Hamp-
ton, its rival, was platted in 1834; Port Byron
was settled in 1826, by Robert and Thomas
Syms, who operated a wood-yard to supply
steamboats, platted in 1836; Island City, now
Rock Island Arsenal, in 1841, near the Moline
lock ; Sears, the same year ; Cordova in 1837 ;
Moline changed from Rock Island Mills in ISll,
was ijlatted in 1843; Lowell was platted in
1844 on Vandruff's Island ; Illinois City was
platted in 1843 as a boom town of great propor-
tions extending to the river ; Camden, now
Milan, in 1843 ; Rockport, now Andalusia, in
1836; New Quebeck. near Foster, in 1837; Tip-
pecanoe, a mile west of Rapids City, at the
nearest point the river channel approaches to
the mainland along this county, was platted in
1839, and died a "bornen" ; Drury's Landing
was platted in 1845. Those expectancies of
cities were based on prospective water power
and boat transportation facilities as a means to
exchange commodities cheaply, with a soil for
producing food stuffs nowhere surpassed. Here
the early inhabitants worked in and out of
season to get deepened the Mississippi channel
for traffic by steamboats on the river from St.
Louis to St. P.aul. which, by recent acts of
Congress, now assures a six-foot channel to be
completed in the next decade, also, for a canal
to connect the Great Lakes with these streams.
This will soon be accomplished as the voters of
Illinois authorized the spending of twenty mil-
lion dollars to deepen the Desplaines river, thus
making this connection to Chicago for the Hen-
nepin Canal. It was in 1853 that Carbon Cliff,
and Coal Valley in 1856, mining towns, as the
names indicate, were started, and the Rock
Island Railway came along to alter conditions,
and since then our county has advanced by
leaps and bounds, although no boom has ever
penetrated this locality to thereby ruin it.
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EAST MOLINE
The new city of East Moline and village of
Sllvis. make a compact urban population of
villages and cities from Milan to Hampton and
Carbon Cliff practically continuous from across
Rock river around the bluff along the Mississippi
back to Rock river. All are connected by an
up-to-date street railway trolley system, pro-
pelled by electricity generated by the Moline
water power, derived from a branch of the Mis-
sissippi river. The Bell Telephone company
maintains exchanges in each of our three cities,
caring for the talkativeness of its thousands of
subscribers that are given unlimited service in
this locality. The population of those cities
and villages now number sixty thousand peo-
ple, about six-sevenths of the whole county, an
increase in the past decade of nearly thirty per
cent, while the balance of the county has lost
during the same period nearly fourteen per
cent of its people as did every other county but
ours, bordering on the river north from the
niQHth 01; ^the Illinois river in this heretofore
mentioned ceded terrltor.v. These are the hold-
ings tliat Blact Hawk and his band were willing
to battle for unto their death with our govern-
ment to maintain as a heritage from their an-
^cestors,^this they were so justly proud of.
In the year 1829 a squatter entered upon land
near where Forty-eighth street, Moline, inter-
sects with the Mississippi, and built thereon
two commodious log houses in which he kept
seventy-five negro slaves. The ordinance passed
by Congress in 1787, organizing the North West
Ten-itory specifically prohibited slavery and in-
voluntary servitude and reads as follows : "There
shall be neither slaver.v nor involuntary servi-
tude in the said territory, otherwise than in the
punishment of crimes whereof the party shall
be duly convicted." Notwithstanding the above
seemingly clear fundamental law, the territory
of Indiana, in 1807. passed an act concerning
the introduction of negroes and mulattoes into
ttis territory and continued by Illinois terri-
tory as its law : "It shall and may be lawful
for any person, being the o-nmer or possessor
of any negroes or mulattoes of and above the
age of fifteen .years, and owing service or labor
as slaves may bring them into this territory."
The constitution of the state of Illinois
adopted in 1S18 and approved by Congress, rec-
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HISTOEY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ognized this nefarious traffic, going so far as
to permit even negro and mulatto eliildren
bom in Illinois to remain in bondage until they
were of legal age. In ISIU the first General
Assembly of this state approved the above pro-
vision of our territorial law thus taken from In-
diana, and our courts, in several opinions
upheld property in human chattels, long after
the state was organized. The above mentioned
slave-driver found the atmosphere was made too
warm for him and his projierty, by the early
settlers ; such they would not tolerate though
labor was very scarce. Wisdom being the better
part of valor, he decamped the next spring with
his human chattels to the edification of our
meager population.
Dr. John Emmerson, post surgeon at Fort
Armstrong from l&il to 1836, held Dred Scutt,
as a servant, at the barracks, later being trans-
ferred to Fort Snelling, then a part of the terri-
tory of Wisconsin. There Scott was married.
Dr. Emmerson, in 1838, was assigned to the
Jeffer.son Barracks and while returning, Eliza
Scott was born before reaching the Missouri
state line. The Scotts were sold at St. Louis
to John A. F. Sanford, a citizen of New Yoi
who was haled into the local c-ourts to liberate
them. Later the controversy was aired in the
United States Circuit Court, on writ of error ;
came to the Supreme Court, was reported in
19 Howard 091, where the able opinion of Chief
Justice Roger Brooks Taney may be found hold-
ing against setting them free. This ruling was
not received by the northern people with favor
and stirred up discord throughout the land, and
served to strikingly Illustrate that courts are
human agencies, largely swayetl by individual
feelings and associations, and that precedents
are the guide posts, not coping with changing
conditions, righteousness or simple justice.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION
Another provision of the ordinance of 1787,
If carried out, would have dismembered Rock
Island county, as the northern state line of the
portion adjoining the Mississippi should be a
line drawn west "through the southerly bend
or extreme of Lake Michigan." Such line
passes through the city of Moline, and by this
the "upper end" of county would be in the
state of Wisconsin, for which the territorial
Legislature of Illinois, in January, 1818, peti-
tioned to be the northern line, and the first
bill Introduced in Congress to establish the
state of Illinois, April 7th, 1818, was so worded.
By the efforts of a Pope, who was then terri-
torial delegate in Congi-ess from Illinois, the
present northern line was established and our
county became compact.
The county owes much to Its early men and
women with high moral principles. They were
thoroughly honest, religious bigotry or racial
clanishuess was not tolerated by them. In the
main they were industrious, of fair intellectual
attainments, and they built fine churches,
schools, homes, stores, shops, academies, col-
leges, hospitals and libraries. Clubs and fra-
ternal societies are numerous., Public officials
generally discharged their duties fearlessly and
with intelligence, laws were scrupulously
obe.ved and public money judiciously expended.
Township organization was adopted in 18.56
with fourteen townships and as many members
of the county board. Now there are thirty-seven
supervisors. This was a good educator for the
citizens in the formative period, bringing the
people close to the county government, but
many now believe it has outlived its useful-
ness, and, like Moline and Rock Island, affairs
should be directed by five commissioners, who
shall devote their whole time.' best efforts and
energy, to the management of public affairs in
order to obtain the best results in local self
government.
OLD settlers" association's many activities
The corner stone of the present splendid
Court House was laid with proper dignity and
ceremony by our Old Settlers' Association, Oc-
tober 1, 1806, Ben Goble, who located in what is
now Moline in 1829, wielding the trowel. A
marble tablet was erected on the inside west
wall of the Court House, in 1800, on which are
emblazoned in plain letters the name of the asso-
ciation's pioneers who located in this county
previous to 1846, as a most enduring tribute to
their worth, as a memorial by our association.
Each early autumn is held a re-uuion of the
members and friends of the old settler's so-
ciety, a veritable old style picnic, speaking,
singing, instrumental music, story telling and
visiting, with all catch-penny devices eliminated,
and is looked forward to with much anticipa-
tion and thoroughly enjoyed. A chair is given
each year to the oldest settler of the c<5unty
present and much rivalry is displayed in this
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friendly contest and greatly enjoyed by the
families and friends of the pioneers. To hold
the offlce of president the person must have
located in the county previous to 1846, his insig-
nia of office being a gold headed cane on which
is engraved the names of all the preceding
presidents. The term is for one year. The
present president, James A. Searle. of Zuma, lo-
cated there on a farm with his parents in 1830.
The secretary and treasurer, John H. Cleland,
came to Edgington In 1840, also as a boy, and
has kept its minutes for twenty years past.
To summarize the officers of this association
would be to name many of the prominent cit-
izens of the coui.ty since its organization, suffice
to say our association is composed of pioneers,
all of whom came before 1846 ; old settlers, those
who settled before 1864, and the descendants,
and families of the pioneers and old settlers.
The roll of memberehip consists of about 400
and unlike "the society 400," they meet as
equals and enjoy a picnic dinner spread to-
gether, representative people of the county.
Never has there been a schism or contention
among its officers or members ; they fully ap-
preciate its benefits and strive to make the asso-
ciation a success. Long may it prosper is the
will and wish of our citizens, whether they be
-new or old timers that enjoy the benefits that
are Innumerable from the effort of those who
founded this county, its homes, its society. Its
institutions, and left an honorable heritage to
those who have come after them to make their
homes among the people that thus developed this
community and county from a wilderness within
the lifetime of many of Its honored members.
SPEECH OF JAMES A. SEARLE
At an annual meeting of the Rock Island
County Old Settlers' Association held on August
24,- 1911, at the Watch Tower, a most interest-
ing address was given by James A. Searle,
which, as it deals with pioneer conditions in
Rock Island county, is worthy a place in this
article. Mr. Searle spoke as follows :
"The organization is fortunate in the time of
our annual re-union as well as the place where
we are wont to gather, these surroundings are
historic. This point of eminence overlooks this
splendid stream that I crossed 'at Cleveland's
ferry in a prairie schooner, November l.o, 18.38,
with my parents. They w-ere soon housed in a
log cabin stage relay station of my uncle's,
Truman B. Gorton, located near Osborn along
this stream, where was found fair running wa-
ter, hardwood timber in plenty, and close by a
splendid fertile prairie. With these environ-
ments, all that was necessary was to. stir about
and get American homes established as did those
who came with an avowed purpose to stick.
Many of the frontiernien who squatted upon
lands in those days were of a migratory disposi-
tion and kept constantly ahead of the real home-
builders, the men and women who trudged from
the East and South to make homes near the
Father of Waters, so as to obtain the benefits of
cheap water transportation for their products,
and they builded better than they knew. My
experience and knowledge of the early settlers
who have at all times formed the nucleus of this
association since it was organized over forty-
five years ago, remind me that in many resi>ects
as now viewed, they were rugged and rough and
uncouth, but they were a heroic, patriotic, con-
scieniious, God-fearing people, ever ready to right
a wrong or injury to themselves or fellow men.
A high code of ethical honor pervaded those
sturdy people. The latcbstring was always on
the outside, to furnish shelter to all wayfarers,
and this confidence reiwsed in the stranger was
rarely abused. Every neighbor was rated in
the community, not as we bankers are prone to
rate them now by their visible assets, but by
the real character of each man or woman, and
our judgment of their honesty w\as almost as
unerring as are now business methods deter-
mined by our splendid financial institutions
that are doing so much to build up the com-
merce of the country.
"Entertainments were of a varied order, from
a horse race, barn and log raisings, to husking
bees, fishing, hunting, and quilting bees, and
violinists of a high order were numerous, your
humble servant being such a disciple, and pleads
guilty of tripping the light fantastic toe. the
measures and time of the music being generally
closely followed, though not professionally in-
structed as now.
"Early church organizations were numerous
in each locality and the services were, I think,
even better attended liy those who generally
came with ox teams and lumber wagons. These
were truly meeting points where intellectuality
predominated, and the Sunday school was an
educator. The school system was of the sub-
scription kind. The few text books used were
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good, and the goose quill was made into a very
serviceable i>en. Newspai^ers were scarce and
brought the news quite tardily, but good boolis
were plentiful and were read by a tallow dip
near the open fireplace, in the long winter even-
ings, in almost all' of the homes of the pioneers,
who were ever ready to loan any book in their
libraries, and in this way a circulating library
was established of no mean proi»rtious, the bor-
rower invariably returning the book to the
owner. In this way the pioneers became broad-
minded and were placed in a position to grasp
questions of a public nature. The pioneers trav-
eled miles to hear campaign orators. Their
convictions were more rigid than now.
"Farm work was laborious in field and home
in early days. Well do I remember the wooden
plow that stirred the virgin prairie, and caused
the great natural grasses to die. Soon the cast-
iron plow, then considered an advancement,
came along with which to scratch the ground,
propelled by the most strenuous exertions of
the operator and the sturdy oxen. Our first
steel plow was made from a cast-off saw brought
from Grand Detour, invented by John Deere, as
all know, who moved his shop to Moline in
1847, and this was a boon to farming and civil-
ization. The seed corn was covered with a
hoe, and the grass for hay mown with a scythe.
The grain was threshed with flails, water was
raised from wells with a sweep and fences
built of rails split by hand. These difficulties
have all been surmounted in our day. The In-
ventive genius of the present generation has not
a parallel."
CHAPTER XXVI
DESCRIPTION OF OUR PARK SYSTEM
By Christian F. Gaetjer
THE BEGINNING OF THE PAEK SYSTEM SPENCEB
SQUABE — GARNSET SQUAKE COUBT HOUSE
SQUARE — LONG VIEW PARK DENKMANN SQUABE
—OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS — BOULEVABMNG
OF SE\'ENTH AVENUE — APPROPRIATIONS OF OTHER
CITIES FOR PAEK PURPOSES — PLEA FOE CONTIN-
UANCE OF PARK IMPROVEMENT.
THE BEGINNING OF THE PAEK SYSTEM
Previous to the year 18S8 it can be said that
there was no park system in the city of Rock
Island nor was there in fact any tracts of
land that could be fairly designated as city
parks. In laying out Spencer & Chase's addition
in 1S.3G, a valuable block was retained on what
is now Second avenue. This block was not sub-
divided into lots like the rest of the addition,
and yet It was not treated as a public park.
It was first occupied by a schoolhouse which
was built in 1846. This was in the center of
the square, while on one side was the First
Methodist church, and on the other the Baptist
church. In 1S55 this land was purchased by
the city of Rock Island, but the only improve-
ments made at the time were an enclosing fence
and a liberty pole, erected inside, together with
a few trees. In 1870, the city removed the
fence. Owing to the low grade of Second avenue
during certain seasons of the year this square
was flooded, but with the raising of the grade,
in 1880, the trouble was obviated and the park
was enjoyed by the people of the neighborhood.
SPENCER SQUARE.— The Citizen's Improvement
Association took up the matter of improving
this square, and in order to provide stone to
pave the streets and sidewalks leading to it,
actually opened up a quari-y within the square.
As there was much dissension relative to it,
the city council created the oflice of park com-
missioner who was to serve without salary.
The then mayor, Hon. William McConochie,
appointed William Jackson, who served faith-
fully and well in carrying out his advanced
ideas relative to a city beautiful. His first work
was to lay out the square with cross and in-
terior walks, following which he called upon
the loyal citizens to donate suitable ornaments.
They responded generously, Hon. Ben T. Cable
and Mrs. Lucy Castleman presenting the beau-
tiful fountain. In 1892, the magnificent granite
statue of Black Hawk which attracts attention
from every visitor, was presented by Otis J.
Dimick, while others contributed for numerous
improvements to the amount of $6,500. This
square is undoubtedly the handsomest in the
northwest. Some trouble was experienced re-
lative to ownership of the square from the
heirs of Jonah Case, but Judge Spencer sup-
ported the city in its claim to this property and
when a suit was brought in the United States
court, the case was decided in favor of Rock
Island. The name first given it was Union
Square, but it was later appropriately changed
to that of Spencer Square. The improvement
COLONEL GEORGE DAVENPORT
Til KEW T9KX
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of this valuable property may well be said to
mark the beginning of a park system for the
city.
GARNSEY SQUARE, the park of the west end
of the city, is in what is known as Chicago, or
Lower Addition, to Rock Island. As first it
was known as Franklin Square, but the name
was changed in honor of Daniel G. Garnsey,
one of the men who laid out the addition. The
present improvements were made by the city
council in ISSi, while Messrs. Weyerhauser
and Denkmann contributed the imposing foun-
tain in the center. Other improvements were
made through special donations, for the people
of Rock Island take a pride in beautifying their
city and maintaining its prestige as one of the
most attractive places of its size in the world.
COURT HOUSE SQUARE Is the property of the
county. It was first named Stephenson Square,
but later the present name was adopted as on
it are located the court house, jail and sheriff's
residence, and to those respectively holding
the office of sheriff, is due the neat and refined
appearance of the neighborhood in this central
part of the city.
LONG VIEW PARK as its name implies, is sub-
limely located, overlooking the Mississippi river
which winds away into the distance like a"
broad, silver ribbon leading to the far horizon.
This park containing about forty acres was
donated to the city of Rock Island by a party
of men who succeeded to the ownership of a
large portion of the real estate formerly the
property of the late Hon. Bailey Davenport.
The men mainly Interested in the donation of
this park were Frederick Weyerhauser, Morris
Rosenfleld, Charles H. Deere and Captain T.
J. Robinson, who had the good of the city at
heart. The park is located between Eighteenth
street and Twelfth avenue and Seventeenth
street and Fifteenth avenue. In 1905 Hon.
George W. McCaskrin, then ' mayor, appointed
a board of park commissioners with William
Jackson at the head, the other members being
Fred C. Denkmann, William H. Dart, Otto
Huber and Ed B. McKown. All these gentlemen
worked without salary, donating tlheir time
and substantial amounts of money. Finally
they secured from the city council an annual
appropriation for two years of $6,250, with the
proviso that a like sum be raised by subscrip-
tion. By these men, loyal to the city's needs,
the work of securing the money was gladly
undertaken, they heading the list very gener-
ously. In fact the amount collected was over
$13,000, and permanent improvements were at
once commenced. The park was formally de-
dicated to the public July 10, 1908, since which
time as formerly it has been under the care
and management of C. F. Gaetjer, the city park
superintendent, who has, by assiduous attention,
so beautified it that it is the favorite resort
of thousands of citizens and visiting strangers.
A little more work remains to be done to fully
complete it according to the plan originally
agreed upon. A very interesting feature of the
deed conveying the land, dated August 30, 1897,
is a provision forbidding the sale, barter, gift
or use of intoxicating liquors on it. The roads
leading to the pax-k are either macadamized or
pa\ed, there are artificial lakes, cement walks,
a waterfall, brook, a model public building, a
pavilion and a rustic bridge. An exquisite mem-
orial fountain was donated by the Misses Daven-
port in : hohOy of their uncle, the Hon. Bailey
■_:l!rayenpOrt, gntl attracts unusual admiration.
Plrf^-grounds,' swings, slides and other forms of
amusement have been provided for the chil-
dren who with their parents enjoy the delights
• !0f titisiw-Sylvah retreat. Even on the hottest day
■'^BSfT* VteW Park is cool, perched as it is on an
eminence overlooking the far distant landscape
and river, and the beneficial effect its fresh
breezes have upon those whose employment
keeps them indoors except in the evening and
on holiday occasions, is in itself a memorial to
the donors and all connected with its develop-
ment.
DENKMANN SQUARE was donated to the city
by Fred Denkmann, a member of the park board.
The grading and laying of the sidewalks of
this square are now completed, and in time,
when the sod and trees are fairly grown, it
will become a favorite playground for the chil-
dren and an ideal resort for their parents.
The city of Rock Island has purchased a
tract of twenty-three acres of land at the east
end of the city overlooking the Mississippi val-
ley. The lack of funds has prevented any ma-
terial improvement of this park at present, but
many plans are being made looking towards
extensive beautifying of it in the near future.
For beauty of situation it is equal to, if not
excelling that of Long View Park, and vrhen
it is properly developed, it will greatly add to
the desirability of Rock Island in every way.
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HISTOKY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Another park improvement was begun by the
city when it boulerarded what is known as
Seventh avenue, laying out along it pretty
grass plats with flowering shrubbery and flower
beds of various varieties. The view along the
avenue from west to east, or vice vei^sa, passing
Augustana College and the Denkmann Jlemorial
Library, is particularly beautiful.
Much can be said lu favor of the zeal and
economy shown in the work doue in the parks.
With a scanty revenue, scarcely over $7,000
annually, the parks have been improved to an
extent that rivals that of other cities with a
much greater appropriation for park purposes.
Davenport has an annual appropriation for parks
of $45,000; Rockford one of $55,000; Peoria
one of $90,000 ; Springfield one of $50,000. Bear-
ing these figures in mind, the improvements
already completed in the parks of Rock Island,
are a subject of favorable comment from all
who have any knowledge of the matter. In
their liberal use of the parks the people have
shown their appreciation of these municipal
breathing places. Music has been provided for
several years for the people visiting Long View
Park by Mr. Charles Rosenfield, as a tribute
to his mother, Mrs. Julia Rosenfield, who loved
those beauty spots so liberally provided for
men, women and children who desire and need
the health and restfulness that they give. In
view of the necessity for the full completion
of all these retreats, it is to be hoped that there
will always exist a public spirit which will urge
a continuance of this good work, and a broaden-
ing of its scope in the years to come.
CHAPTER XXVII
BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATIONS
By George E. Kingsbury
EABLT ORGANIZATIONS — RETAIL MERCHANT'S AS-
SOCIATION — BOCK ISLAND MERCHANTS' MUTUAI,
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION THE ROCK ISLAND RE-
TAIL MERCHANTS' ASSOCLVTION — EOCK ISLAND
BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION — ADOPTION OF NEW
LAW — OFFICIALS — BENEFITS — MOLINE RETAIL
MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION — BEORGANIZATION —
COMPILING OF KATE BOOK — NEW CONSTITUTION
— THE MOLINE BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION-
ACTIVITIES MOLINE COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFI-
CERS — TEI-CITT MANUFACTUBEBS' ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS — FREE LABOR BUBEAU.
EARLY OBGAinZATIONS
Since Rock Island assumed the rank of a city
there has been at nearly all times some sort
of organization of business men formed for
mutual protection and the upbuilding of the
interests of the community. The present Busi-
ness Men's Association of Rock Island is con-
fined strictly to these lines. Its membership
comprises business men of nearly every class
and professional men and manufacturers as
well. An important work both for the members
and the city is being done. The Retail Mer-
chants' Association had its origin in an asso-
ciation of grocers which was broadened into
the Rock Island Merchants' Mutual Protective
Association. The latter was formed ilay 2.3,
1S96, with eighty members, C. J. Long being
president : Charles Oswald, vice-president ; Wil-
liam L. Ludolph, secretary ; E. J. Sommers,
treasurer and H. Krell, R. C. Benson and S.
R. Wright, executive committee. The particular
object as defined in the constitution was mutual
protection through the enforcement of collec-
tion laws. The headquarters of this organiza-
tion were in the Odd Fellows hall. At the ex-
piration of about a year, the association had
ceased to be effective, and a meeting for the
purpose of reviving interest was held at Tur-
ner Hall, and six days later another meeting
was held at which E. J. Sommers was chosen
president and S. R. Wright secretary. During
1898, Beselin's Hall was the meeting place of
the association.
The state organization was affiliated with
during this year, but once more interest seemed
to decline, and on January 30, 1899, another
meeting was called, at Turner Hall, for the
purpose of re-organization, and two days later,
the Rock Island Retail Merchants' Association
was born, w-ith a charter membership of fift.v-
three, with George H. Kingsbury, president ;
George A. ilcDonald, vice-president ; George
Schneider, secretary ; W. J. Pettel, director.
The new association was a success from the
start, and during the year increased the mem-
ber.ship to 112. This association at once affil-
iated with the State Retail Merchants' Associa-
tion, and delegates from here secured the an-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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nual meeting of that body for February 13, 14
and 15, 1900. During one day in July all busi-
ness was suspended and mercliants and friends
went on a railroad excursion to KocUford, where
the merchants of that city had made arrange-
ments for our entertainment. The next two
following years, we visited Joliet and Aurora in
the same manner. On May 14, 1900, E. J.
Burns was appointed rating book secretary, the
first boolc was issued early in 1901, and the
greatest benefits to the association have come
from the use of the credit rating office. Through
the work of the association, the merchants dis-
continued the giving of premiums and adopted
the advertising agreement not to purchase
tickets or make donations except for charity,
or to advertise in programs or any other style
of collective advertising except daily and weekly
papers, unless it has the sanction of the adver-
tising committee. This has saved our merchants
more than the entire cost of membership.
In November, 1906, the name of the associa-
tion was changed to the Rock Island Business
Men's Association, our membership was not con-
fined to retailers but was composed of all classes
of business men. The scope of our work had
broadened in that we were using our influence
to secure factories, legislation and the city's
general advancement, and it was thought
proper to indicate all this in our name.
In 1910, immediately following the passage of
the law by the legislature giving cities the right
to adopt the commission form of government,
the association took the initiative in a move-
ment to have the new law adopted by our city,
and was successful in having it passed by a
large majority. In 1911, we decided that the
association to do the work which was needed
should adopt a sliding scale of dues for mem-
bers to provide for necessary funds to carry on
our work and it was not until July, 1912, that
the scale was finally adopted, and went into
effect August 1, 1912, it being as follows: Class
A, $12 per year; Class B, $24; Class C, $36;
Class D, $48; Class E, $60, and Class F, $120
per year. This allowed the proper expansion
of the work and funds for new quarters which
were taken at No. 513 Safety Building, with
three office rooms, and one large meeting room.
On May 15 a collection department for the col-
lection of bad accounts was added as one of
the features of the work, and this is proving
to be of great value to the membership.
The roster of officers and term of office is
as follows: President: George H. Kingsbury,
1S99-1906 ; F. T. Myers, 1907-08 ; E. B. McKown,
1909-10 ; M. H. Sexton, 1911 ; H. A. Clevenstone,
1912-13. Vice presidents: G. A. McDonald,
1899-1900; W. J. Hess, 1901-03; J. M. Schaah,
1904-05; Fred Young, 1906-07; W. E. Bailey,
1908; H. A. aevenstine, 1909-10; C. W. Hor-
ton, 1911; M. S. Heagy, 1912-13. Recording
secretaries : George Schneider, 1899-02 ; E. B.
Stone, 1903-04; R. W. Lamout, 1905-12. Rating
secretaries: E. J. Bums, 1900-03; W. C. Man-
cker, 1904-06; Albert Huber, 1906-09; Charles
Goff, 1910-11; Miss Huber, 1911-12; George H.
Kingsbury, 1912-13. Treasurers: W. J. Moeler,
1899-1900 ; E. B. McKown, 1901-07 ; F. J; Hodges,
1908; B. B. Kreiss, 1909-13.
In January, 1913, the offices of recording and
rating secretary were combined.
BENEFITS
Among the benefits accruing to a member as
the result of definite and united effort was the
wiping out of the trading stamps evil, prem-
iums, prizes and presents, chance contests and
kindred propositions which cut Into profits and
compromised honesty. Fair dealing was em-
jjhasized with the trade, and good fellowship
encouraged between merchants. As a result
of this, the association advocated free bridges
over Rock river, good roads leading out of the
city, better train service into the city, supported
measures proposed by the state association,
and sent representatives to the legislature at
Springfield in the interest of bills favorable
to our business house. Today the association
is looked upon as a leading factor in the promo-
tion of better business methods in civic matters.
Its membership is made up of the best men
and firms of the city, and its counsel and in-
fluence is sought by promoters of greater Rock
Island.
MOLINE RETAIL MERCHANTS'
ASSOCIATION
By William Garstens
This association was primarily formed to
combat the trading stamp and premium schemes.
At that time there was not a store in the city
which did not give premiums of some kind with
goods bought and this evil was growing to such
an extent that the life of many business houses
was threatened thereby. Something had to be
done to counteract this craze for premiums for
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
it bad reached such a point that, if an indiv-
idual bought a dime's worth of craclicrs or a
yard of ribbon, he expected a ticliet on some
premium. Hence the organization of this as-
sociation.
On January 3, 1800 a meeting of the princi-
pal merchants was called at which it was agreed
to organize the Jloline Retail Merchants' Asso-
ciation and to discontinue the giving of trad-
ing stamps and premiums. This was followed
by other meetings and further agreements were
reached, abolishing many trade abuses, and a
rating book was issued on a small scale. The
membership dues to this association were tn^en-
ty-five cents per month. As the membership
was about sixty-five, it was found that this
small scale of dues was not sufficient to accom-
plish very much, and the officers were handi-
capped by lack of time, their private business
responsibilities engrossing them. This associa-
tion, however, continued under above conditions
until April 1, 190.3, when, under the leadership of
B. H. Quick as president and C. F. Dewend.
as vice-president, a re-organization was accom-
plished. The monthly dues were placed at $1
and William Carstens was engaged as per-
manent secretary, it being agreed that he was to
devote his entire time to the work of the asso-
ciation. He has remained with the association
to the time of writing (1913), having taken
charge of affairs April 1, 1903. Inside of ten
days he had 121 signed applications for mem-
bership in the new organization. From then
on, under his able management, the associa-
tion has flourished. One of his duties was to
compile a rate book. The ratings are always
furnished by the individual members and each
member is allowed only to give his own exper-
ience in his own business, not what he might
have heard from anyone else, thereby avoiding
misrepresentation. This new rating book with
about 10,000 names and 50,000 ratings was dis-
tributed to the members about October 1. 1913.
A rating book is of great benefit not alone to
the merchants, but to the honest consumer, for
the more bad accounts that are eliminated from
the merchant's books, the more reasonable he
can sell his goods. All bad accounts must be
charged to expense, and expenses must be con-
sidered in making the selling price. The rating
book is a further benefit to the consuming pub-
lic because no matter where or to what city
a man may move, if he is honest and has always
paid his honest debts, he finds that credit will
be extended to him if he is in need of it as
this association is affiliated with both the state
and national associations and interchange rating
books with each other. A new constitution has
been adopted, setting forth the name and object
of this association as follows:
Section I. Article I. This association shall
be known as the Jloline Merchants' Association.
Article II. Section I. The object of this
association shall be to advance the business in-
terests of the city, to promote legislation that
will be beneficial to all its members, to abate
trade abuses and illegitimate practices, and to
foster a friendly feeling and a spirit of coopera-
tion and loyalty between the citizens and the
different branches of trade, and lastly to pub-
lish annually a credit rating book and the daily
reports of court proceedings.
Section II. Xo member of this association
shall advertise in any program, directory, or
other publication not authorized as legitimate
advertising by the committee appointed by this
association to determine such legitimacy in ad-
vertisements, and will not advertise or give
donations for charity unless solicitor i)ossesses
a letter from the secretary recommending the
same.
The above sections, especially the last one,
have saved to the merchants many thousands of
dollars, and a direct saving to each merchant
and an indirect benefit to the honest public for
the same reason as given before. Much good
has also been done in creating good fellowship
among the merchants. Merchants who used to
pass each other ^-ithout speaking are now on
the best of terms and work hand in hand for
the good of all. Other good work has been
done in ways too numerous to mention in detail.
The following leaders as presidents have pUoted
the association successfully through good and
hard times.
Presidents: Patrick Mullane, 1899-1900; Wil-
liam Carstens, 1901 ; John Swanson, 1902 ; B. H.
Quick, 1903; C. F. Dewend, 1904; John Swan-
son. 190.T; W. A. Dierolf. 1906: C. S. Trevor,
1907; A. J. Kucheman, 1908; Theodore Wei-
gandt, 1909; M. R. Carlson, 1910; R. J. Green.
1911; Fred Sundeen, 1912.
William Carstens ably assisted President Sun-
deen as secretary and manager.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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THE MOLINE BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION
As the result of the efforts of Messrs. C. F.
Dewend and C. Iver Josephson, a meeting was
held at the city hall in Mollne, September 13,
1898, at which over 100 representatives of the
city's professional, business and manufacturing
interests gathered and organized the Mollne
Business Men's Association, whose prime object
is to further develop Mollne into a Greater
Mollne, which Includes East Mollne and vicin-
ity. The association is a member of the Upper
Mississippi Imixrovement Association and of
the National Board of Trade. It has been re-
presented by large delegations at the annual
meetings of these organizations. It held a
street fair in 1899 which brought to the city
a large number of visitors. In the same year
they were the leaders in a celebration of the
Fourth of July iu a manner which up to that
time was unprecedented in this locality. The
association also had artesian water mains laid
to the public fountains. It installed electric and
other decorations at the time of holding con-
vention and on other occasions, was foremost
in inducing such conventions to meet at Moline,
and was ready iu defraying their expenses while
here. It has located a number of new factories
in the city through united effort, and through
its persistent work a government appropriation
of nearly $400,000 was made to furnish an ade-
quate steamboat lock and harbor. This com-
pleted work was accepted by the government
engineers in January, 1907. This latter im-
provement places Moline on an equality with
the other river cities in the matter of water
transportation for passengers and freight.
The association has also improved Riverside
Park, which gives a beautiful recreation ground
in the center of the city on the river front, as
well as a steamboat landing. In 1907 the asso-
ciation carried to a successful completion the
building of a modern theater at a cost of $75,-
000, the organization itself raising $10,000 of
this sum by means of a seat sale and donations.
Through the united efforts of directors and
members together with the generous financial
aid extended to its projects by the business in-
terests of the city, this association is enabled
to constantly move forward to the building up
of a better and greater community.
In 1909 the Moline Business Men's Associa-
tion merged with the Moline Club, -which was
organized about 1895. This action was taken
with the understanding that a civic improve-
ment commission composed of fifteen members
of the club be maintained to carry forward the
work undertaken by the Business Men's Asso-
ciation. This commission continued the work
of the association until May 20, 1913, when a
re-organization of the Moline Club took place,
at which the constitution and by-laws were
amended, and the name changed to the Moline
Commercial Club. This did away with the
civic improvement commission, and substituted
six members of the club with the addition of
six members of the Moline Retail Merchants'
Association, and six members of the Manufac-
turers' Association, together with twelve other
citizens. These were then organized into the
Greater Moline Committee, the object of which
is to increase the manufacturing and commer-
cial interests of the city, thus bringing into
realization a constantly greater and greater
Moline.
The social functions of the Moline Commer-
cial Club will be maintained as in the past.
They are housed in handsome new quarters in
the two upper floors of the Leedy building,
coi-ner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth street
where they have commodious social and read-
ing rooms, one of the finest halls in the city,
a beautiful dining room and large kitchen, all
of which were specially designed for their use
when the plans of the building were prepared.
The officers of the club are : President, W. H.
Van Dervoort; Secretary, F. A. Lind; Treas-
urer, Carl Lundberg.
TRI-CITT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION
The Tri-City Manufacturers' Association was
organized in 1900 with C. H. Deere of Moline
as president, and E. F. Sleight, also of Moline,
as secretary. Its object has been the protec-
tion and promotion of the best interests of
the manufacturing industries of Moline, Rock
Island and Davenport. While it is composed
of the manufacturers of the three cities, its
largest membership comes from Moline. This
association exerted a potent influence in favor
of the Interstate Commerce bill, and of reci-
procity, while it strenuously opposed the Uni-
form Bill of Lading. In 1908 there were but
ten members in this association, while in 1913
there are forty-five members, and they repre-
sent a capitalization of over $121,000,000; gives
employment to over 20,000 people in the cities
802
HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
of Hock Islaud. Jloline, East Moline, Davenport
and Bettendorf; and distributes in wages over
$12,000,000 annually. The head offices are at
Moline. and the officers are :
William Butterworth. president, of Deere &
Co. ; G. A. Stevens, vice-president, representing
Moline, president Moline Plow Company ; James
F. Lardner, vice-president, representing Kock
Island, general manager Rock Island Plow Co. ;
J. W. Bettendorf, vice-president, representing
Davenport & Bettendorf, president Bettendorf
Steel Car Co. ; Harry A. Jansen, secretary.
Goveming Board : C. R. Stephens, C. E. White,
George W. JIi.\ter, W. C. Bennett, W. F. Van
Dewort, C. F. ^'incent, James F. Lardner, C.
W. Lewis, J. Kastlin, Wil-sou McClelland, C.
B. Lafferty.
A free labor bureau is maintained by the
association at Moline. where men may apply
for employment free of any cost to them.
CHAPTER XXAT^II
WOMEN'S CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
By Julia Mills Dunn
OE>fERAL CHARACTER — FORTNIGHTLY, OF MOLINE—
DAITGHTEBS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLLTION — ■
^THE WOMAN'S CLUB WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION — THE KING'S DAUGHTERS
THE king's DAUGHTERS OF EOCK ISLAND — GER-
MAN CLUB — DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REV-
OLUTION, OF ROCK ISLAND — LITERABT AND MU-
SICAL ORGANIZ.ATIONS — MONUMENT MARKING
SITE OF FORT ARMSTRONG.
GENERAL CHARACTER
To attempt any definite approach towards a
complete history of the clubs and organizations
of women in Rock Island county, would be akin
to the task of enumerating the stars in the
sky, or the leaves in a forest. The propensity
for organization and the spirit of cooperation
joined to an active philanthropic sense would
inevitably lead to the formation of the numer-
ous classes, clubs and societies one finds on every
hand and renders the task an exceedingly diffi-
cult one.
MOLINE
Passing by the Woman's Christian Temper-
ance league and the Woman's Library league of
early seventies, whose titles sufficiently indi-
cate their purpose, and the Woman's Suffrage
Association organized here by Mr.s. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, with a long array of church or-
ganizations, and the Ladies Aid societies of all
the churches, which are often, if not always,
the real motive ixjwer behind the minister, this
article will touch only on the important iwints
of the most prominent organizations.
THE FORTNIGHTLY
One of the most important clubs is the
Fortnightly, organized about a quarter of a cen-
tury ago for the purpose of self improvement.
Of it and its aims, Mrs. Harry Ainsworth, a
leading member writes : "It was always pre-
eminently a study club, but it was also for a
short time a member of the state and national
federation of Women's clubs, and has brought
here a number of lecturers and the Donald
Robertson Players." Abbreviating all too much
the fine showing given by Mrs. Ainsn-orth, it
can be said that this club seems to have studied
everything pertaining to the peoples of the
earth, their cities, customs, and literature, and
have made exhaustive researches into their pro-
ductions and crafts, oriental rugs, lace and
book making, the history and art of painting,
the modern drama, the modern novel, punish-
ments and reform. It has also done thoroughly
the work it found to do. The Sevens, organized
by Miss Julia Getterny, nearly twenty years
ago, was the beginning, and was composed almost
wholly of young women who, employed through
the day as teachers, stenographers or book-
keepers, devoted their evenings to study. It
is safe to assume that no club has so changed
the tone and standard of intellectual life in the
group which makes up its membership, as has
this club of earnest young women. It is now
about two score years old and grows constantly
in influence and numbers.
The Home Study Club has been doing good,
hard study along the usual lines for many years.
The membership is made up of older women
and they have about twenty members.
The Study Department of the Woman's Club
is another society devoted to the study of liter-
ature and kindred topics. It was organized
about six years ago.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The Daughters of the American Revolution,
organized about eighteen years ago by Mrs.
Charles H. Deere, is another organization
which has largely influenced public thought in
Moline in other lines, and through its publica-
tions, aroused interest throughout the state.
It has given eighteen years to the study of
American history, distributed prizes to stu-
dents in the public schools for the best essay
on patriotic subjects and presented ix)rtraits of
Lincoln and Washington to the high school.
Travelers sailing down the Mississippi river, or on
one of the numerous railroads that pass through
Moline, will notice on a small island about
five miles above the city, a tall, granite monu-
ment c-ommemorating the battle fought there,
July, ISl-t, between Captain Campbell of the
regular army with a handful of soldiers, against
Black Hawk with 1,2(I0 followers, who were in
the employ of the British. This monument was
suggested by a member of the Moline chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Able assistance and cooperation was secured and
the state was induced to erect this appropriate
memorial to the courage of an American hero.
THE woman's club
The Woman's Club of Moline, the largest and
most liberal organization ever founded, is most
popular as representative of the whole people.
Any woman is eligible to membership, and as the
dues are only $1 per year, there is little won-
der that so many able women have availed them-
selves of the opportunity to cooperate with kin-
dred minds in the work of this organization. It
is a matter of pride to Moline that it has the
second largest club in the state, the one first in
the, list being that of the metroiwlis, Chicago.
The Moline club was foundetl in 1903 by Jlrs.
Frank G. Allen. It has maintained a high
standard of work, has brought to the city the
most famous speakers and musicians of the day.
The club has five departments, music, art and
literature, civics, domestic economy and phil-
anthropy. It lias opened and furnished the
Woman's Club Lunch and Rest Rooms, where
employed young women can procure a hot noon-
day lunch at nominal prices, and Individual
members have supplied the deficit when the en-
terprise ran behind financially. The fine morale
of the club is shown in the spirit of harmony
and unanimity with which this large number
of 'ivomen work together.
woman's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
since its beginning in 1884, has kept up a mili-
tant and progi'essive activity against intemper-
ance. It has more than any other body of wo-
men, influenced the legislation of the state by
placing on the statute books the law providing
for scientific temperance Insti-uction in the pub-
lic schools of the state. This was the work of
Mrs. JIary E. Metzgar of Moline and it was
also through her efforts that the fine statue of
Frances Willard was placed in Memorial Hall
in Washington, she being the first woman to be
thus honored in this country. Mrs. Simonson
of Port Byron, wife of Hon. J. W. Simonson of
that place, has kindly furnished the above in-
formation relative to the work of the Moline
union.
THE king's DAUGHTERS
The King's Daughters of Moline, according
to Mrs. A. T. Foster, are a potent and moving
.spirit of the religious life of the community.
In 1896 this organization came into life with
Mrs. Frank W. Gould of Moline as leader. No
other organization of women has accomplished
so much along purely philanthropic lines, but
educational work has also been carried on since
the beginning, for the prevention of tuberculosis.
They have endowed a bed at the city hospital,
and secured a department of Domestic Science
in the Moline public schools. They have also
instituted the first kindergarten in the city, and
since 1903 they have maintained a visiting
nurse for the needy. In order that the latter
might be able to respond quickly to calls upon
her, one of the 500 women eomposiug this or-
ganization, gave for the use of the nurse, a fine
electric coupe. The King's Daughters are daily
growing In scope and usefulness.
EOCK ISLAND
Mrs. A. H. McCandless, a leading literary
woman of Rock Island, made the following
statement relative to the work done by the
women's clubs in that city :
"You probably know, as I should have told
you in the beginning, that oui"s is noticeably
not a club city, and I fear that it will not make
a strong showing. I have thought much about
the reason why there are so few clubs here
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
and I cannot solve it. It certainly is not for
lack of culture and intellectual people, for Itock
Island abounds in these. It just seems as
though the club germ has never talien hold to
a great extent. You see, I find myself invent-
ing excuses instead of subject matter."
Notwithstanding the above statement, which
may be accepted in a general way, she gives the
names of several interesting clubs, literary and
musical, a German club, the Kings' Daughters,
who are doing good work, and Daughters of the
American Revolution, who have already left an
indelible impression of their existence in a
fine monument which marks the site of old F<.rt
Armstrong, one of the outposts of civilization
in this locality for so many years. The monu-
ment was erected and paid for by the Rock
Island chapter of this organization, and not by
the state. While the passing years are chang-
ing into the slow-growing centuries, the trav-
eler crossing the continent by either of the two
great transcontinental routes that intersect at
this point, the railway that thunders along its
path from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Mis-
sissippi, sweeping on from the land of northern
pines to the groves of rustling palms, will see
standing in simple and unobstrusive grandeur,
this monument, the gift of Kock Island's women
to their city and their state.
CHAPTER XXIX
FRATERNAL AND BENEVOLENT ORGANI-
ZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND ORDERS
MASONIC ORDER
By Carlton G. Taylor and William B. Pettit
OENERAL REMABKS— HISTORY OF MASONRY-TRA-
DITIONS FIRST AUTHENTIC GRAND LODGE — OLD-
EST EXISTING MASONIC LODGE NrMBEB OF MA-
SONIC LODGES IN UNITED STATES— FIRST RECORD
OF MASONRY IN THIS COUNTY— FIRST AUTHEN-
TIC MASONIC LODGE IN ILLINOIS— PRESENT NUM-
BER OF LODGES IN ILLINOIS— FIRST MASONIC LODGE
IN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY— ADOPTION OF NAME-
FIRST OFFICERS— NUMBER OF LODGES IN ROCK
ISLAND COUNTY AT PRESENT TIME— NAMES AND
HISTORY WITH MEMBERSHIP OF ABOVE LODGES
MASONIC INTEREST IN ROCK ISLAND LADIES'
AUXILIARY OF FREE MASONKY— DESCRIPTION OF
NEW MASONIC BUILDING.
GENERAL REMARKS
The Student of Masonic history -who ap-
proaches the subject w ith a true desire for knowl-
edge and a sincere wish of getting down to facts,
is at once struck with the multitude of conflict-
ing theories and diverse conclusions which dis-
tinguish the efforts of the most celebrated of
its chroniclers. Behind the dense cloud of
legend there is somewhere, of course, the sun-
light of fact, but to discern it one must equip
himself with a strong lens and bring to his
task an open and unprejudiced mind. He
will find before him a labyrinthine maze out
of which he nuist separate for himself fiction
from fact, legend from history, truth from prej-
udice and demonstration from siieeulation. Too
often! though, he will discover his supposed
telescope to be rather a kaleidoscope, presenting
alluring pictures to his delighted gaze, which,
however, with the next turn of the wrist, fall
all out of place, leaving him to contemplate an
entirely new perspec-tive. It is an entertaining
and instructive pastime, this search after the
elusive sunlight, but in the limits of this article,
the writers can hope to do little more than give
the kaleidoscope a few turns, and report what
may be seen therein. Of one thing we are sure
—Masonry itself is a fact. It is a heritage that
has been handed down from somewhere in the
past, but whence it came and where it had its
birth, is as impossible to determine as to ti-ace
the cradle of the storm or the impulse of a
thought "The wind bloweth where it listeth
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth."
To our mind this is expressive of Freemasonry,
and the world has yet to produce one who can
accurately fix its birthplace or establish be-
yond question its chronology.
The average Mason imagines that the insti-
tution of the craft dates from the building of
King Solomon's temple. It is safe to presume
that" this opinion obtains in the majority of
minds, both in and out of the fraternity. Un-
fortunately, however, this is only a tradition,
and while much of the accepted knowledge of
the present day has had nothing much more tang-
ible for a starting point, yet the tracing of any
existing institution to a purely traditional
source is not a very satisfying task, and the
result, at best, must be at least partly fable—
and fable is not history. Notwithstanding, we
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
805
may derive passing amusement, if not any es-
sential benefit, from a brief glance at the sol-
emn conclusions of tbose who bave permitted
tbeir reverential yearning for antiquity to over-
come tbeir allegiance to historical accuracy. For
instance: Preston, the distinguished English
Mason, in 1772, published a work which he
called "Illustrations of Masonry," wherein he
dogmatically declared "that from the commence-
ment of the world we may trace the foundation
of Masonry." This statement might stand if
we should regard Masonry only as a "principle"
and not as a particular association of individ-
uals, but when considering such an institution
from a historical standpoint, it is not strictly
honest to date its birth from the moment of its
first conception as a "principle" in the mind of
man. If this should be the test, any of the
numerous fraternal organizations of the pres-
ent day could trace its beginning to pre-historic
times, for there has probably not been a period
since the propagation of the human race began
when somewhere, in someone's mind, there was
not a recognition of the principle of universal
brotherhood. But even more enthusiastic was
the Rev. Geo. Oliver, one of the most brilliant
and distinguished of English Masons (1782-1867)
who, in commenting on Preston's statement above
quoted, goes him one better and proclaims that
"our science existed before the creation of this
globe, and was diffused amidst the numerous
systems with which the grand empyreum of
universal space is furnished." To carry out this
theory, and bring it down a little out of the
clouds, Oliver has proved to himself that Moses
was a grand master, Joshua a deputy, and Aho-
liab and Bezaleel, grand wardens of some Ma-
sonic grand lodge, and another historian has
even counted Adam in as one of the craft. As
if the real history, itself, were not sufficiently
romantic !
We are most heartily in accord with the well
known American writer, Dr. Mackey, who has
remarked that "Freemasonry — the word so used
meaning, without evasion or reservation, pre-
cisely what everybody supposes It to mean — can
be invested with an antiquity sufficient for the
pride of the most exacting admirer of the so-
ciety," and it accordingly seems unnecessary to
indulge in such fantastic excursions into pri-
mordial space in order to gratify one's worship
for the antique.
COLLEGIA AKTIFICUM
Perhaps the most remarkable theory as to the
real origin of Freemasoni-y is that which con-
nects it with the Roman Colleges of Artificers,
or the Collegia Artiflcum, the foundation of
which is accredited to Numa, the second king
of Rome. There are, indeed, many interesting
points of correspondence which the Masonic
student will readily discern, but again, in large
measure, we here tread upon legendary ground,
for Numa lived before history had become any-
thing like an exact science. Nevertheless, there
is undisputed record of the Collegia Artiflcum,
whoever founded them, and also, a strong sim-
ilarity between their general form and the more
modem order of Freemasonry — strong enough,
at any rate, to deserve passing mention.
There are many other theories, of course,
and each has its adherents. It is quite apparent,
however, that no matter whence we may trace
the idea of the Masonic order,' it was most prob-
ably the outgrowth of one or several societies
of artisans, which first existed as a protective
organization for the benefit of the craftsmen and
to conserve the secrets of their peculiar trade
or art, and afterwards, as labor conditions
changed, evolved itself, or themselves, into a
purely symbolic or "speculative" institution,
wherefore we have the "speculative" Masonry
of today. "The spirit of Freemasom-y is doubt-
less of pre-historic origin, but its dody cannot
be traced, successfully, any farther back than
the middle ages." With this brief statement
as to its possible origin, we come to more pene-
trable skies and turn our consideration to the
organized fraternity of Free and Accepted Ma-
sons as it is known to this generation.
FIEST GBAND LODGE
The first Grand Lodge of which there is any
authentic record was formed in London on June
24, 1717, when the assembled lodges abandoned
their "operative" charters and became purely
"speculative" or symbolic in character. From
that time it is comparatively easy to trace our
chronology.
There is, of course, some interest, not to say
some dispute, as to which is the oldest Masonic
lodge in existence at the present time. So far
as we are able to secure any data, this honor
may be said to belong to Lodge No. 1 (Mary's
Chapel), Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally,
this lodge claims descent from the Masons
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
brought from Strasburg in 1128 by David I,
King of Scotland, to build HoUyrood Abbey, and
it is said to have authenticated minutes dating
back to July 31, 1599. These claims, albeit, are
met by counter claims from Mother Kilwinning
Lodge No. 0, also of Scotland, but it is declared
that the latter lodge has no documentary in-oof
anterior to December 20, 1042, which, if true,
would seem to give the Edinburgh lodge a slight
advantage, should documentary evidence alone
be taken into consideration. Opposed to both
of these are the claims of York Lodge of Eng-
land, which contends that it was organized in
926, but the antiquity of the York organization
is not universally allowed, and in fact, its claims
are thought to rest mostly upon fiction. Of
course, local lodges were in existence long be-
fore the Grand Lodge of England was formed
in 1717, but as to which of these belongs the dis-
tinction of being "the oldest," there is really
small cause for concern among JIasons generally.
The quarrel, if it may be so termed, is of spe-
cial moment only to the particular lodges in-
volved.
In the United States there are at present
(1912) 14.017 lodges with 1,4S1..S11 Masons. The
first notice we have of Masonry in this country
is in 1729, in which year one Daniel Cox was
apix)inted Provincial Grand Master in New Jer-
sey, receiving his commission from the then
Duke of Norfolk, Grand Master of England. To
our English cousins we are, of course, indebted
for the Masonic seed planted on this side of the
Atlantic, and in no other country has Masonry
shown the numerical growth that it has attained
here. Masonically, America stands pre-eminent
both in numbers and enthusiasm.
Historians seem to have been unable to find
that any lodges were established by Grand Mas-
ter Cox, and the first American lodge is probably
the St. John's Grand Lodge, which was opened
in Boston in 1733. Following the Revolutionary
war, the American lodges then in existence nat-
urally broke away from their allegiance to the
Grand Lodge of England and since then each
has maintained its own separate autonomy. As
new territory was settled, Masoni-y pushed west-
ward, until today each state has its own grand
lodge, masonically supreme within its own jur-
isdiction.'
FIEST MASONIC LODGE IN ILLINOIS
The first lodge of which there is any record
In Illinois is the old Western Star Lodge No. 1,
which was located at Kaskaskia, and received
its warrant from the Grand Lodge of Penn-
sylvania in 1805. This lodge, under the Penn-
sylvania warrant, was first known as No. 107,
but took its new number. No. 1, on the forma-
tion of the first Grand Lodge of Illinois in
1822. There were nine lodges concerned in
the organization of this grand lodge, one of
which had received its warrant from Pennsyl-
vania, one from Kentucky, one from Tennessee,
one from Indiana, four from Missouri, and one
not recorded. They were located at Kaskaskia,
Shawneetown, Edwardsville, Upper Alton. Van-
dalia, Jonesboro, Covington, Brownsville and
Albion. There were two other lodges in the
state at the time, but they did not join in the
formation of the Grand Lodge, or afterwards
affiliate with it, namely: Templar Lodge at
Belleville, and Sangamon Lodge at Springfield.
As mentioned, the first grand lodge in this
state was formed in 1822, the brethren meeting
at Vandalla on December 10 of that year and
electing Shadrach Bond, of Western Star Lodge
as the first grand master. Shadrach Bond was
also the first governor of the new state of Illi-
nois, being elected to that office in 1818 and
serving his full four years, or until his suc-
cessor was elected and inaugurated. It was,
therefore, at the close of his term as governor
that he participated in the formation of the
first grand lodge of Illinois and became its first
grand master. This grand lodge, however, was
destined to enjoy but a brief existence, for it
never met after 1S27, going down under the bit-
ter anti-Masonic persecution which almost dis-
rupted the craft about that time. Thereafter,
new Illinois lodges were established by war-
rants from the grand lodges of Missouri and ad-
joining jurisdictions, and this procedure con-
tinued until the reorganization of the Illinois
Grand Lodge at Jacksonville on April (>. 1840.
On that date, six lodges assembled, by their rep-
resentatives, and organized the present grand
lodge of Illinois. The places sending delegates
were Quinc.v. Equalit.y. Jacksonville, Spring-
field, Galena and Columbus. M. W. Bro. Abra-
ham Jones was elected as the first grand master
and was reelected in 1841 and 1842, since which
time the honor has been passed from one to
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
807
another of the distinguisbed members of the
craft, until, including the present grand master,
M. W. Bro. Delmar D. Darrah, the gavel of the
grand lodge has been wielded by no less than
forty-four different hands.
Fix)m six lodges in 1S40, the present grand
lodge has created new units during the seventy-
two years of its existeuce, until it now (July
1, 1912) boasts a constituency of 807 lodges,
with 115,125 members. When it is understood
that the fraternity never solicits adherents, but
that every novitiate must come of his own free
will and accord, these figures are truly signifi-
cant. No institution not possessing a direct ap-
peal to the finer instincts of its votaries could
achieve such a record under similar circum-
stances.
TRACING MASONIC HISTORY IN KOCK ISLAND
COUNTY
In tracing the history of Masonry in Rock
Island county, it is necessary to go a little back
of the record of the constitution of the first
lodge, namely. Trio Lodge No. 57 of Rock Island.
We find, then, that in October of 1847 a dis-
pensation was granted for the organization of
a new lodge in Cambridge, Henry county. 111.,
and that the jurisdiction of the new lodge was
territorially quite extensive. The next nearest
lodges were at Peru, La Salle county ; Hender-
son, Knox county, and Monmouth, Warren coun-
ty. In the fall of 1847 (October 5), the Grand
Lodge granted a charter to Cambridge Lodge
No. 49, and said charter conveyed authority for
the lodge to meet alternately in Cambridge and
Rock Island. The lodge did a great amount of
work during the fii-st seven months after receiv-
ing its charter, a total of twenty-one being made
Master Masons, of whom sixteen were from
Rock Island. On January 26, 1S48, M. W. Bro.
William Lavely, then Grand Master, on the
unanimous request of the lodge, granted it a
dispensation to meet regularly in Rock Island.
Naturally, however, this arrangement was soon
found to be unsatisfactory, owing to the dis-
tance the Cambridge members were required to
travel in order to attend meetings — a journey
of upwards of thirty miles with no transporta-
tion except by wagon road. The result was that
on May 18, 1848, the Rock Island county mem-
bers, held a meeting in Rock Island for the pur-
pose of taking steps to form a new lodge. There
were present at this meeting seventeen Rock
Island county members of Cambridge Lodge No.
49, who organized by electing William Vandever
as chairman and S. N. Birge as secretary. The
following resolution was adopted: "That it is
expedient to form a new lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons from members of Cam-
bridge Lodge No. 49, residing in Rock Island
county."
ADOPTION OF NAME
When it came to selecting a name, there was
a great diversity of opinion. Among the names
proposed were Mississippi, Rock Island, Barrett,
Buford, Illinois and Lavely, but none could
command a majority. Dr. James W. Brackett
then proposed the name of "Trio," in honor of
Rock Island, Moline and Camden Mills (now
Milan), and the suggestion met with instant
favor, the name being adopted unanimously.
Bro. Harmon G. Reynolds, who aftenvards be-
came Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, sub-
mitted a code of by-laws, which were adopted
and then a petition for a dispensation to work
was addressed to the Grand Master, who
promptly granted the desired authority. This
dispensation was received and read at a meet-
ing held on June 1, 1848, hence. Rock Island
county Masonry, as an organization, dates from
that occasion. The petition for the dispensa-
tion was signed by Brethren P. A. Whitaker,
William Fanris, Harmon G. Reynolds, Benja-
min F. Barrett, E. R. Beau, S. N. Birge, Wil-
liam Vandever and John R. Corker. On June
8, 1848, the following brethren were elected to
serve the lodge as its first ofiicers :
Patrick A. Whitaker, worshipful master ;
William Farris, senior warden ; Joshua H.
Hatch, junior warden ; Benjamin F. Barrett,
treasurer ; Harmon G. Reynolds, secretary ;
Rev. Henry Safford, chaplain ; James G. Blythe,
senior deacon ; Robert Graham, junior deacon ;
William Vandever, senior steward ; James
Vaughn, junior steward ; William Pettifer, tyler ;
F. B. Gllmore, master of ceremonies ; John R.
Corker, auditor.
After a satisfactory settlement bad been ef-
fected with Cambridge Lodge No. 40, the dis-
pensation permitting that lodge to hold its
meetings in Rock Island was returned to the
Grand Master and Cambridge Lodge retired
from this county to Cambridge, Henry county,
where it still meets and thrives. There are now
nine lodges in Henry county.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
At a meeting of Trio Lodge held on Septem-
ber 26, 1S48, V,'. Bro. P. A. WhitaUer, as repre-
sentative to the coming Grand Lodge, was au-
thorized to ask for a charter, which was granted
by the Grand Lodge in session at Alton on Octo-
ber 3, 1S48, under the name of Trio Lodge
No. 57. On October 30, 1848, the lodge w-as
constituted in due form by M. W. Bro. Xelson
D. Jlorse, Past Grand JIaster, who also installed
its first officers.
GKOWTH OF FEATERNITy
Thus was formed the first lodge In Rocli Is-
land county, since which time nine other lodges
have been constituted and are now in a most
flourishing condition. The appended table may
be of interest as showing the growth of the
fraternity In this county during the last sixty-
four years. There are now ten lodges in liocli
Island county with a total membership of 1,406
on July 1, 1912, to wit :
No. 57 — Trio, Rocli Island; chartered October
3, 1S4S ; membership July 1, 1912, 299.
No. 69 — Eurelia, Milan; chartered October 4,
1849; membei-ship July 1, 1912, 65.
No. 319 — Doric, Moline; chartered October 5,
1859; membership July 1, 1912, 334.
No. 436 — Phllo, Port Byron ; chartered Octo-
ber 4, 1865 ; membership July 1, 1912, 69.
No. 516— -Andalusia, Andalusia ; chartered
October 1, 1867; membership July 1, 1912, 75.
No. 543 — Cordova, Cordova ; chartered Octo-
ber 1, 1867; membership, July 1, 1912, 24.
No. 547 — Valley, Coal Valley ; chartered Octo-
ber 1, 1867; membership July 1, 1912, 58.
No. 658 — Rock Island, Rock Island; chartered
October 4, 1870; membership July 1, 1912, 283.
No. 679 — Buffalo Prairie, Buffalo Prairie;
chartered October 3, 1871 ; membership July 1,
1912, 98.
No. 898 — Silvls, Silvis ; chartered October 2,
1907; membership July 1, 1912, 101.
MASONIC INTEREST IN BOCK ISLAND
On October 17, 1912, under an Indian sum-
mer sky and with gorgeous pomp and ceremony,
the Masons of Rock Island, comprising the four
bodies above mentioned, laid the cornerstone
of a magnificent new Masonic Temple to be
erected at the corner of Eighteenth street and
Fifth avenue. An "occasional Grand Lodge"
was convened for this purpose, and the cere-
monies were conducted under the personal di-
rection of Grand Master Delmar D. Darrah of
Bloomington. M. W. Brother Charles E. Whe-
lan, past grand master of Wisconsin, was the
right worshipful grand orator. These ceremon-
ies were the culmination of years of earnest
striving and united effort on the part of the
fraternity in Rock Island, generously assisted
by the members of the so-called '"higher bodies"
residing in the jurisdiction of which Rock Island
is the center. This new temple when completed
and furnished, will represent an outlay of $65,-
000 or $70,000, every penny of which will have
been contributed by the Masons and their fam-
ilies. The building plans, as adopted, were tne
result of careful and extended study and will
adequately meet the needs of the fraternity for
some years to come. Rock Island Masons are
justly proud of this achievement — proud be-
cause of the prosperity of the craft which it
evidences, and proud of the facilities for more
fully exemplifying the beauties of Brotherly
Love, Relief and Truth which Masonry teaches.
To Bro. H. E. Casteel, who du'ected the sub-
scription campaign to its successful conclusion,
the local Masons are particularly indebted, and
all believe that the new home will stand as
an enduring monument to the delightful spirit
of helpfulness and co-operation which resulted
in the realization of their dreams. It is ex-
pected that the temple will be ready for occu-
pancy by July 1, 1913.
In addition to being the home of two lodges
A. F. and A. M., Rock Island is also the loca-
tion of Rock Island Chapter No. IS. Royal Arch
Masons. Rock Island Council No. 20. Royal and
Select Masters and Rock Island Commandery
No. IS, Knights Templar, all of which have a
large and growing membership.
The local commandery of Knights Templar
has been signally honored in the election of
tn'o of its members, father and son, to the
highest office within the gift of the order in
the state, viz : R. E. Sir Heni-y C. Cleaveland
and R. E. Sir Han-y H. Cleaveland, Past Grand
Commanders of Illinois, the former of whom
is now deceased. There have been many mem-
bers in the different JIasonic bodies of Rock
Island county who have 'risen to high emin-
ence in the councils of the fraternity, but the
records show onl.v three who have been elevated
to the distinction of presiding officer in any of
the Grand Lodges, Chapters, Councils or Com-
manderies. These are the two Right Eminent
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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brethren who ba\'e just been mentioned and
M. W. Bro. Harmon G. Reynolds, who was
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 18G8 and
ISGO.
It would not be proper to close this account
without a brief reference to tlie splendid growth
and achievements of the so-called "ladies aux-
iliary" to Freemasonry, the order of the East-
ern Star. This flourishing order has eight chap-
ters in Eock Island county, namely : at Rock
Island, Moline, Milan, Port Byron, Andalusia,
Coal Valley, Buffalo Prairie and Silvis, and
its noble work in behalf of charity and the
unselfish devotion of its members to the teach-
ings of the institution have made it a power
for good in the community. A recently organ-
ized branch of the White Shrine of Jerusalem is
also affording its pleasures to those who have
ambitions for "higher degrees" under feminine
auspices.
And so, the great principle of the brotherhood
of man and the sisterhood of woman, whether
Its primal origin can ever be traced or not,
is still e.^erting its mighty influence over the
lives and welfare of the race, and Masonry,
standing as the patriarch among the world-
wide fraternities of the present day, may just-
ly claim an enduring place in the historic pro-
cession of those influences which have consist-
ently promoted the gospel of real fellowship
and "conciliated true friendship among those
who might otherwise have remained at a perpet-
ual distance." Its future triumphs will surely
grow and expand with its enlarging opportuni-
ties, and "so mote it be."
DESCRIPTION OF NEW MASONIC BUILDING
The beautiful Masonic building on the corner
of Eighteenth street and Fifth avenue, Rock
Island, covers 100 x 115 feet. The front is
three stories in height, corresponding with two
higher stories in the rear which contain the
lodge rooms and banquet hall. On the first
floor, opening off the large lobby, are two club
rooms on the left. On the right is the
ofl5ce and a ladies' parlor. Directly opposite
the entrance is the ball room 50 x 52 feet and
a concert hall 35 x 38 feet. These two rooms
can be thrown together making an uninter-
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rupted ball room floor 85 feet in length. Men's
and ladies' toilets and a check room are also
on this floor. In the rear of the ball room is
a large kitchen and a small dining room and a
rear stairway. The main stairway oijens up
to the right in the lobby. Oi>euing off of the
landing of this stairs, halfway to the second
floor, is the front half-story, S-foot ceiling, just
room enough for the armory and some reserve
space for various purposes. There is a private
stairway from the armory up to the lodge room
above.
In the second story are two lodge rooms, the
larger 50 x 64 feet, having a main stairway
19 X 42 feet and also a side stage all along
the right hand side. This is cut off from
the main room with drop curtains when not in
use. When in use the view from the stage into
the main room is cut off with a scrim curtain
Whiob permits' a full view from the main room
info. iit(g_- stage.-- -Th front of the lodge room are
Tyler's room, smoking room, parlor, candidate's
room, preparation room and six property rooms
and toilets. _ There' Is on the second floor in addi-
'^S6-^'Jt°" the-'^toove mentioned rooms, a small
lodge room 33 x. 50 feet with proper ante-rooms
and a ladies' parlor and toilet. This parlor
can be entered either from the public hall of
the second story or from the Tyler's room.
There is a vault in the office and also one on the
second floor.
The exterior of the building is a yellow brick
with a brown cast, is faced with stone about
eight feet high and stone is used for trinmiiug
around the windows and for the cornices. Over
the entrance is an overhanging copper marquee
suspended on heavy chains. The style of archi-
tecture is distinctly modern, straight lines pre-
dominating both vertically and horizontally,
giving the appearance of stability and simpli-
city. There is no finer Masonic building in this
part of the state, or in any city of its size
in the country, and it is a credit to the city
as well as to the men of Trio Lodge No. 57,
A. F. & A. M., Rock Island lodge. No. 658, A.
F. & A. M., Rock Island Chapter No. 18, R. A.
M. and Rock Island Commandery No. 18, K. T.
who furnished the funds and guaranteed the
interest and principal of the bonds issued for
its erection.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF ROCK
ISLAND
AND
WHITE SHRINE OF JERUSALEM
Bi/ Katherine Carnaghan
DESCKIPTIO>' OF THE OBDEE— PKINCIPLES— FIKST
ILLINOIS GRAND CHAPTER— PRESENT CHAPTERS
IN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY— REQUIREMENTS FOR
MEMBERSHIP— FOUNDATION OF WHITE SHRINE
OF JERUSALEM— EMBLEMS— ORGANIZATION IN
ROCK ISIAND COUNTY— INSTITUTION OF VASHTI
SHRINE NO. 23 OF ROCK ISLAND— MEMBERSHIP-
INITIATION — MISSION.
PRINCIPLES OF THE ORDER
In the great and glorious vineyard of the
confraternity of Freemasonry, is one little gar-
den plot wherein are cultivated and nurtured
the most beautiful flowers, the choicest blos-
soms of humanity, in and over which, wafted
by the perfume laden zephiTS, floats a banner
bearing the divine inscription "Love One An-
other." That sacred sixit is called the Order of
the Eastern Star. As the Star of Bethlehem
shone bright and clear in the orient, so our
Star in the East grows brilliant and brighter,
shedding its soft rays over the trials and vi-
cissitudes of life, guiding us as a beacon light,
through the weal and woe of our earthly pil-
grimage, to the new Jerusalem, that city not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
The Order of the Eastern Star is erected
upon the principles of charity, truth and loving
kindness. Its foundation is the rock of truth,
its walls arc of loving kindness, and its roof
is of charity, broad enough and wide enough
to cover and protect all mankind. It was in-
vented by that grand old man and Master
Mason, Rob Morris, and is known as "adoptive
masonry." Our Order of the Eastern Star does
not exist simply for its secrecy, for its great-
est secret is no secret at all, but only the prac-
tice of doing good. Our secrecy imposes no ob-
ligation that would prevent or hinder our doing
our duty to our church or to our God. We
stand for virtue, tnitb and integrity of charac-
ter. We stand for honor and all that encircles
one's life with the halo of purity; for those
jewels of tlie heart and attainments of the
mind that constitute true and genuine woman-
hood and manhood.
FIRST GRAND CHAPTER IN ILLINOIS
The first Grand Chapter in the state of Illi-
nois was formed in 1875 with twenty-two
chartered chapters. Elizabeth Butler was the
first worthy grand matron and D. G. Burr was
the first worthy grand patron of the state.
This first Grand Chapter met in Chicago. The
oldest chapter in the state of Illinois is Miriam,
No. 1, of Chicago. It was organized October 6,
1866, \\-ith thirty charter members. There are
at present in the jurisdiction of the United
States, 7,000 chapters with a membership of
over 600,000. In the state of Illinois there are
over 600 chapters with a membership of more
than 66,000. (These figures are taken from
reports to the last Grand Chapter, held in
October, 1912.) There are in Rock Island
county eight chapters with a membership of
about 800. The first chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star to be organized in Rock Island
county was Moline Chapter. No. 25S. It was
organized in 1893 -n-ith thirty-three aharter
members, about twenty-five of whom are still
living. Mrs. Belle S. Morgan was the first
worthy matron and is still an earnest and
active worker in the chapter. She was honored
by being appointed to the office of Grand Ruth
in 1890 by the Worthy Grand Matron of Illi-
nois, a position she filled with much credit to
herself and Chapter and with honor to the
Grand Chapter. Rock Island Chapter was the
next one to be organized ii\ the county. This
chapter was also honored by having one of
its officers, Mrs. Maria W. Kinyon. appointed
to fill the office of Grand Electa in the Grand
Chapter in 1898. She filled the office in a most
praiseworthy manner.
A list of the different chapters of the Order
of the Eastern Star in Rock Island county fol-
lows, with the memberehip at the close of the
fiscal year. (1912.)
No. 258, Moline. 188 members.
No. 269. Rock Island 215 members.
No. 274, Coal Valley 63 members.
No. 326, Milan 39 members.
No. 456, Port Byron 40 members.
No. 516, Buffalo Prairie 92 members.
No. 617, Andalusia 73 members.
No. 626. Silvis "6 members.
The membership of the Order of the Eastern
Star is composed of Master Masons in good
standing, and their wives, daughters, mothers.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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wi(io^YS and sisters. Its lessons are scriptural,
its teachings moral, and its purposes beneficent.
By the practice of the precepts of the Order,
we cultivate a more trustful faith in God, a
broadea- love of humanity, and a gi-eater devo-
tion to country, home and family. It teaches
us the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood
of JIan.
THE WHITE SHRINE OF JERUSALEM
The Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
is founded upon Christianity and events in the
life of the Nazarene. Its emblems are the Star,
the Shepherd's Crook, and the Cross, symboli-
cal of the birth, life and death of our Savior,
the Good Shepherd. Its motto is "In Eoc Signo
Spcs Mea," meaning, "In This Sign is My Hope."
The Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
has been organized in this part of the state but
recently. There is only one shrine of the Or-
der in Rock Island county, in fact, it is the
only one in several adjacent counties, as its
jurisdiction covers Rock Island, Mercer and
Henry counties and extends as far as Knox
county, including also the nearby counties in
lovra, there being as yet no organization of
the Order in that state. While it is not con-
nected in any way with the Order of the East-
em Star, its membership is limited to members
of that order. The highest governing body in
the White Shrine of Jerusalem is the Supreme
Shrine, composed of the different shrines
throughout the various states comprising its
jurisdiction. The Supreme Shrine meets an-
nually.
VASHTI SHRINE OF ROCK ISLAND
Vashti Shrine No. 23, located at Rock Island,
111., was instituted December 29, 1909, with 148
charter members. The first worthy high priest-
ess was Mrs. Vashti A. Bollman, for whom the
shrme was named in recognition of her untiring
and zealous labors in bringing about its organi-
zation. At present it has a membership of 251,
representing eighteen different chapters of the
Order of the Eastern Star. It was instituted
by Freeport Shrine, W. S. of J. The ceremony
of initiation in the White Shrine is conducted
only at semi-annual meetings, called ceremonials,
when the degrees of the order are conferred
upon a class of candidates. Its regular busi-
ness meetings are held monthly. Vashti Shrine
No. 23 has recently purchased a very fine set
of robes for its officers, thus adding greatly to
the impressiveness of the beautiful ritualistic
work of the order.
The present worthy high priestess of Vashti
Shrine, Mrs. Nellie S. Humphreys, of Atkinson,
Henry county. 111., was honored in the Order of
the Eastern Star by having been elected to the
office of associate grand conductress in the
Grand Chapter of the state of Illinois at its
session in October 1912, This means that in
three more years, she will be elevated to the
highest office in the order in the state, that
of worthy grand matron. This is an honor and
distinction that are duly appreciated by the
members of both the orders of the Eastern Star
and the White Shrine of Jerusalem in this
county.
The mission of the White Shrine of Jeru-
salem is to spread the glad tidings of the com-
ing of the King and point its members to a
better and purer life. As the Star in the
East sheds light and joy upon a darkened
world, so the White Shrine of Jerusalem sheds
light and instruction among its members, point-
ing the way to the Good Shepherd, who will
lead his flock in green pastures and beside the
still waters.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF
MOLINE
By Mrs. Ella Harris Edwards
ASSOCIATION WITH MASONRY GROWTH OF ORGAN-
IZATION — INCREASE IN ILLINOIS — ORGANIZATION
OF MOLINE CHAPTER OFFICIATING OFFICIALS —
CHABTEB MEMBERS — GROWTH OF MOLINE CHAP-
TER — PAST MATRONS — PAST PATRONS OUTSIDE
WORK OF MOLINE CHAPTER — LIFE MEMBERS.
ASSOCIATION WITH MASONRY
The order of the Eastern Star is closely
related to the Masonic fraternity, but is no
part of that ancient institution. The wives,
daughters, mothers, widows, sisters, half-sisters
and adopted daughters of Master Masons in
good standing, ai-e eligible to membership with
the Masonic brother.
The organization is growing rapidly and
spreading wherever the Masonic lodge is found.
Canada now has thirty-three chapters with a
grand chapter at the head ; Alaska has four ;
the Philippines have two ; and there is one in
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Old Mexico. There are now more than 600,000
members of the Eastern Star, showing an
annual increase of 6,000, with 400 new chapters
formed this year. Illinois alone has over 06,-
000 members, which is an increase of 5,183
during the year which closed September 12, 1912,
and there are 614 chapters in the state.
MOLINE CHAPTER, O. E. S.
The Moline Chapter O. E. S. was organized
at Moline, 111., December 29, 1893 in the Masonic
hall on Third avenue and Seventeenth street,
by Brother G. H. Wayne, Worthy Patron of
Orion Chapter, acting as deputy grand patron,
assisted by Sister Sophia Clark Scott of Mat-
toon, 111., past grand matron and gr.ind secre-
tary, acting as deputy grand matron. Brother
Conover of Rock Island acted as secretary and
Sister Conover as grand conductress.
The following were charter members: Dr. J.
W. Morgan (deceased), Mrs. Belle S. Morgan,
Hugh H. Parks, Mrs. Hattie J. Parks. J. Boyd
Knetzar. Mrs. Emma Knetzar, Leonard L. Mc-
Coy, :Mrs. Alice L. McCoy, Mrs. Mathilda Beatty,
Rev. O. O. Smith, John M. Holt. Mrs. Maria W.
Holt (deceased), Mrs. Laura Clendenin (de-
ceased), John F. Lindvall, Mrs. Frances Lind-
vall, Edward Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris (de-
ceased). Miss Ella M. Harris, Albert W. Wads-
worth, Levi F. Cralle. Mrs. Mary Cralle (de-
ceased). Miss Maude Cralle, Miss A. Jodie Stid-
ger. Miss Anna SeifCert. Edward Cumpson, Mrs.
Fannie Cumpson, RaliJh W. Entrikin, Mrs. Mary
K. Entrikin, Mrs. Rose Davis, Isaac N. Watt
(deceased), Mrs. Charity Watt (deceased).
The first corps of officers were as follows :
Worthy matron, Mrs. Belle S. Morgan; Worthy
patron, Hugh H. Parks ; Associate matron, Mrs.
Matilda Beatty; Secretary, Mrs. Cora B. Wads-
worth ; Treasurer, Mrs. Laura Clendenin ; Con-
ductress. Mrs. Frances Lindvall ; Associate
-Conductress. Miss Anna Seiffert; Adah, Miss
Elli M. Harris; Ruth, Mrs. Mary K. Entrikin;
Esther, Mrs. Maria W. Holt ; Martha, Mrs. Alice
L. McCoy; Electa, Mrs. Rose Davis; Wa"rder,
Mrs. Fannie K. Cumpson ; Sentinel, J. Boyd
Knetzar; Chaplin, Rev. O. O. Smith; Organist,
Miss Maude Cralle.
The work was exemplified by the officers of
Orion Chapter No. 93 with Mrs. Sophia O.
Scott acting as worthy matron.
Moline chapter has grown from thirty-two
members to about 200. When the Masons moved
to the new Kerns building on Fifteenth street
and Sixth avenue, the Eastern Star also rented
the same hall, and holds its meetings on the
first and third Monday nights of each month.
The following are past matrons: Mrs.
Belle S. Morgan, 1894-95; Mrs. Mathilda
Beatty, 1896-97; Mrs. Mary K. Entrikin, 1898-
99 ; Mrs. Sena Anderson, 1900-01 ; Mrs. Louise
Davis, 1902; Mrs. Ella Harris Edwards, 1903;
Mrs. Mary G. Vinton, 1904-05; .Mrs. Harriet
Price, 1906; Mrs. Emily Ford, 1007-08; Mrs.
Alice McCoy, 1909; Mrs. Ida M. Wood, 1910-11;
Mrs. Ella B. Haley, 1912. Past Patrons : H. H.
Parks, 1894-95; Harrie E. Watt (deceased)
1896; Ralph W. Entrikin, 1897; W. A. McBeth,
189S; James S. McBride, 1S99; A. P. Justavson,
1900-01; W. A. McBeth, 1902; Henry Rohwer,
1903; Charles S. Albertson, 1904-5; L. A. Vinton,
1906-07; L. L. McCoy, 190S ; John S. Bolton,
1909; Byron Skidmore, 1910-11; L. A. Vinton,
1912. '^
OUTSIDE WORK OF CHAPTER
Moline chapter has exemplified the work at
the institution of three new chapters. Brother
H. H. Parks acting as deputy grand patron when
Rock Island Chapter No. 269 was instituted in
April, 1894, while Moline chapter was still a
U. D. chapter, and Brother L. A. Vinton acted
in a similar capacity at Colona, 111., and at Rose
Chapter, Silvas, 111., and Mrs. Ella H. Edwards
as deputy grand marshal when Silvis Chapter
was instituted. Moline Chapter also exemplified
the work when the Davenport, la., Chapter was
reorganized. About one-half of the original
charter members are still members and active
in its work. We have three life members, John
G. Beatty, Edward Harris and Mrs. Elizabeth
Harris, to whom engraved certificates of mem-
bership were presented.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
By Charles W. Hawes
GENERAL SUMMARY — N.\TIONAL HEADQUARTERS
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND OTHER ORDERS
FRATERNAL MEMBERSHIP 100 YEARS AGO PRES-
ENT MEMBERSHIP — ORJECT OP ORDER — FIRST LO-
CAL LODGE OR CAMP — QUARTERS.
GENERAL SUMMARY
Set forth within the briefest possible com-
pass, the history of the greatest fraternal or-
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ganization doing business in the world today
may be summarized as follows :
First camp organized, January 5, 18S3.
Number members first camp, 22.
Total membership August 1, 1911, 1,175,012.
Total number local camps August 1, 1911, 15,-
104.
Total insurance in force August 1, 1911, $1,-
851,612,500.
Number death claims paid, 1883-1910, 52,632.
Amount disbursed in payment death claims,
1883-1910, $94,122,350.93.
Average costs of insurance per $1,000, year
1910, $6.40.
Average death rate per 1,000 members, 1883-
1910, 5.24.
Average annual net gain in members, 40,000.
Average annual net gain In members since
Januai-y 1, 1890, 52,000.
Average annual net gain in members in years
1905-1910, 78,140.
Average age of total membership, 37.56 years.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
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The Modern Woodmen Society has its natioaal ,
headquarters in Rock Island, 111., in which are"
employed some three hundred clerks. The soci-
ety may fairly be considered as typical of the
modern fraternal beneficiary system. The- gur- • '
pose of all of these orders is practically the
same — to enable their members to cooperate fra-
ternally ; to furnish relief in the way of sick-
ness and other benefits while living and pay
substantial financial benefits to the dependents
of deceased members. The Modem Woodmen
Society differs only in the respect that, being
one of the youngest of the beneficiary orders
doing business in the United States, it has
grown so rapidly that it now ranks as the leader
of the fraternal system. It has 50 per cenfl
more local lodges and members than any other
fraternal order doing business In the United
States, and more policy holders than any life
insurance company. In looking back 100 years
there were not, all told, over 3,200 members of
secret societies In the United States, and 2,500
of these were Freemasons, the rest being of
local secret patriotic societies, with a limited
number of members in two or three old college
fraternities. Today, about 50 per cent of the
total male population between the ages of six-
teen and seventy years, in the United States
and Canada, Is afiiliated with the fraternal
beneficiary societies alone, and possibly 10 per
cent of the women of America are likewise
allied with fraternal organizations.
OBJECTS OF THE ORDER
Fraternal beneficiary societies like the Modern
Woodmen of America, however, can only trace
their parentage back to 1868, when the original
American society of this class, the Ancient Or-
der of United Workmen, was organized by John
Jordan Upchurch at Meadville, Tenn. Aside
from its enormous payments of death benefits,
now aggregating, as the statement at the head
of this article shows, some $94,122,350.93, the
local lodge, or camps, as they are called, of
the Modern Woodmen of America, constitute in
themselves powerful agencies of fraternal help-
fulness and charity. They are, in addition,
social centers and they exert a powerful social
■lafl-aeBGe • wherever located, especially in the
c^iMry fli-stridts. They are practically the only
^eialijg&ntei-si at thousands of country cross-
roads, and iii the remote and lonely villages
of the United? States. In these camp halls the
♦mfembers of tlie society, with the members of
thefr families,: meet almost every week. Dur-
ing the -winter seasons, thousands of these
camps have lecture courses and other enter-
tainments, tending to promote good fellowship
and to bind the members and their families more
closely together and to the society. During the
summer months, out-of-door picnics and monster
logrollings as they are called take the place of
the winter entertainments.
FIRST LOCAL LODGE
The first local lodge or camp of the Modern
Woodmen Society was organized at Lyons, Clin-
ton county, Iowa, on January 5, 1883, with
twenty-two charter members. In 1899, the so-
ciety removed its national headquarters' offices
from Fulton to Rock Island, 111., where it occu-
pies handsome steel and pressed brick offices
owned by the society. Through these offices all
the business of the society, conducted in forty-
seven states and territories. Is transacted.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
MEDICAL LIFE INSURANCE
By Francis A. Smith, M.D.
Siiprenw Medical Director, Modern Woodmen
of America, Rock Island, III.
GROWTH OF LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS, PRESENT
CONDITIONS ORIGINAL TERRITORY — ^HOME OFFICE
OF THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA — PAY-
MENT OF POLICIES — COST OF INSURANCE NEED
OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
INSURANCE — SELECTION OF RISKS MEDICAL SE-
LECTION CLASSIFICATION OF RISKS — IN SUMMA-
TION.
GROWTH OF LIFE INSURANCE
The student of social aud economic conditions
in tliis country, cannot fail to be impressed by
the fact that the life insurance business has
grown to such importance that it is generally
recognized as not only a good investment from
a business standpoint, for the policy or benefit
certificate holder, but is also almost a necessity.
The progress of life insurance work is shown
by the fact that a quarter of a century ago,
there were not more than 1,500.000 policies and
benefit certificates on lives insured, outstand-
ing. Today, exclusive of industrial, accident
and siclv benefit fonns of insurance, that num-
ber could be multiplie<I by ten and then would
hardly equal the total held by those who have
placed indemnity on their lives in that way.
A quarter of a century ago the amount of in-
surance in force was but a little over $3,000,-
000,000; at the close of 1910, that sum had
grown to be $25,000,000,000. It was in the year
1885 that the first state insurance department
in tills country was established. Now there are
more than 200 level premium companies, more
than 150 purel.v assessment associations, and
in excess of COO fraternal orders doing business
in a strictly legal manner, under the regulation
and control of the insurance departments of
the various states.
HOME OF MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
Life insurance concerns were originally or^
ganized and began operations in the eastern
states. Since that time, however, the home of-
fices of active, energetic and successful institu-
tions of that kind are to be found in all parts
of the counti-y. For instance, here in Illinois,
with its headquarters in Rock Island, is to be
found the Modern Woodmen of America, the
largest life insurance organization of its kind
in the world. This insurance society at the
close of 1010 had 1,129,805 benefit certificates
in foi-ce, involving $1,786,098,000 of insurance.
On the same date it had paid in death claims,
since beginning business twenty -seven years ago,
nearly $95,000,000. During the year 1910, it is-
sued benefit certificates to 163,236 persons, with
insurance amounting to over $254,000,000. The
immense volume of business transacted at its
headquarters, its tremendous growth, and small
death rate, give it rank with the giant old line
companies of the East, in business equipment,
popularity and success. The record of this one
society shows that the West is doing its part
in life insurance work.
PAY'MENT OF POLICIES
As a whole, the various insurance companies,
societies and associations have paid to the bene-
ficiaries of the insured, from the time of their
respective beginnings, full seven billions of dol-
lars. Much of this has gone to those who are
poor, or are in moderate circumstances, and
has enabled the widow often to provide herself
with the comforts of life and to properly care
for her children. The cost of this insurance
has not been beyond the reach of those who car-
ried it. It has been an investment that has
made good ; }t has driven away poverty ; it has
lifted the mortgage from the home; it has given
the mother an opix>rtunity to educate her boys
and girls and help to make them good and use-
ful men and women. Life insurance has there-
fore become popular with the masses and it has
come to stay. With the uncertainty of life, and
the certainty of death, with poverty and distress
facing thousands of homes, if the grim reaper
should strike down the husband or father, the
wise man will more and more throw around his
life tlie protection which life insurance offers,
for the reason that he knows that he should;
that he can; and that it is his duty.
itEDICAL LIFE INSURANCE
It is, however, to be regretted that all men
who need life insurance are not eligible for its
benefits. Humanity is composed of the vig-
orous and the infirm, those whose environments
are healthful and those whose lives are sur-
rounded by unsanitary c-onditions. Heredity gives
to some the tendency to long life and to others
a predisposition to early death. Life insurance
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concerns are compelled to meet these conditions,
and tbat they may he enabled to meet their
current obligations, and also pay their death
losses, a selection of risks is necessary, and with
such selection Medical Life Insurance has to
deal. How life insurance is based on life ex-
pectancy, and life expectancy is determined by
mortality tables, and those tables apply to defi-
nite grades or classes of men, and therefore the
life expectancy of ai^plicants is determined by
the respective classes to which they belong, and
the selection of those classes requires knowl-
edge of the physical status, heredity, habits, oc-
cupation, enviionments, etc., of the applicants.
\Vith the medical department of an insurance
company or society, therefore, rests entirely,
its selection of risks, and to a great extent the
perpetuity of the institution. All insurance or-
ganizations feel the invigorating influence of
new blood brought in by the field men ; the neces-
sity of trained legal minds in its management ;
the power of organization and the push of the
work in the bands of the executive; but in the
end, when applicants are knocking at the doors
of life insurance companies and societies, for
admission, the solution of the problem as to
which ones will be profitable risks, or, in other
words, in what respective classes these appli-
cants belong, and which of them will probably
reach the expectancy of life, must rest with the
trained medical men of those organizations. The
medical selection of applicants has been one of
evolution. Years ago, when life insurance was
young, little attention was given to it. If a
man wanted insurance and he apeared to be in
good health, his request was granted. Even
the age of the applicant in some of the first life
organizations, cut no figure, as to cost; family
history, past illnesses, the influence of environ-
ments, habits, and occupation, received little
or no attention. The effect of this was that the
death rate became heavy ; the necessity of mor-
tality tables which apportioned the cost, ac-
cording to age and of a medical examination
which would show whether the applicants were
free from disease, or tendency thereto, became
apparent.
As the years have come and gone, the selec-
tion of applicants from the medical standpoint
has been of increasing value to life compan-
ies, societies and associatons, as there has been
a more intelligent discrimination In the appli-
cants accepted. From the careless inspection
of applicants in the early days of life insur-
ance, medical selection now asks that they un-
dergo rigid physical medical examination of all
the vital bodily organs ; that their surroundings
be carefully inspected ; that their habits of life
be known, that all the material facts relating to
family history be given.
With this information applicants can be more
intelligently sifted and classified, and short-term
deaths (policy or benefit certificate holders of
less than five years) be materially reduced.
The percentage of short-term deaths, In all in-
surance companies and societies having a satis-
factory growth, has been heavy. A considerable
percentage of this class of deaths of course, come
from accident, which medical examination is
powerless to prevent, but to the extent that
careful medical selection has been pursued, a
material reduction in percentages has followed.
This is shown by the diagram giving the yearly
percentage and reduction of deaths of this kind,
in the Modern Woodmen of America from 1SS8
to 1910, inclusive. Accident and suicide have
played their parts in the production of these
short-term deaths, but notwithstanding that, the
descending percentage line shows what medical
selection has done in the direction of reduction.
In summation, it may be said that the med-
ical part of life insurance work began In a crude
and imperfect way. It has, as before stated,
through a process of evolution, reached its pres-
ent condition. In the consideration of life ex-
pectancy, which is the problem with which med-
ical selection has to deal, it seeks to base its
judgment as to the admission or rejection of
applicants on reliable mortality experience, gov-
erning the classes of cases under consideration.
Its desire is to get the truth ; get the facts ;
and be impartially governed by them. Only
in that way can inequity in medical selection be
prevented ; the number of early deaths reduced ;
a healthy growth maintained ; and assistance to
the stability and permanence of these institu-
tions rendered.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOAVS
By Millard T. Stevens
ORIGIN — FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ODD FELLOWSHIP
—CRADLE OF PRACTICAL FRATEBNALISM RETRO-
SPECTION — INFLUENCE AND TEACHINGS — ^DIS-
SEMINATION OF THE CRAFT WEALTH AND NU-
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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MEBICAL STRENGTH — HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF
BOCK ISLAND COUNTY — KECEIPTS AND DISBURSE-
MENTS — FRjiTERNAL CONTRIBUTIONS STATISTICS
OF ILLINOIS — SOURCE OF REVENUE — ^EELIEF —
TABLE OF AVERAGES ORDER OF BEBEKAHS — ODD
FELLOWS OF THE WORLD WORK OF ORPHANS'
HOME AND OLD FOLKS' HOME OF ILLINOIS
PURPOSES — MOTTO AND LINES ADDRESSED TO
FRIENDSHIP.
ORIGIN
In order that the reader, lay or otherwise,
may gain an understanding of a society consist-
ing of more than two and one half million mem-
bers it is well to state briefly, some of the
events which took place between its inception
and final organization.
That the order originated in the first half of
the Eighteenth century is evidenced from the
pen of the celebrated Daniel De Foe, who, in
the "Gentlemen's Magazine" for 1745, speaks of
the Odd Fellows Lodge as "a place where very
pleasant and recreative evenings are spent."-
Allusion to the Society of that early time in .
the "Keepsake" speaks of relief to its members .
on the "penny-a-week" plan, paid to its secre-
tary on entering the lodge. History is, how-
ever, vague or silent in stating the specific aims,
objects and teachings which seem to have
characterized the society in later years. Strife
and contention for the mastery among contem-
porary societies seem to have prevailed until
the year 1809, when, the formation of the Man-
chester Unity took place, it being considered at
that time the largest fraternal or beneficiary
society in the world.
FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ODD FELLOWSHIP
Antedating the institution of the Manchester
Unity, by a few years, Thomas Wildey, founder
of American Odd Fellowship, who was bom
in London, England, January 15, 1782, on at-
taining his majority was initiated into an Odd
Fellows Lodge. Immediately thereafter he dis-
tinguished himself as a man of wonderful zeal,
integrity and administrative ability by institut-
ing several lodges in and about London. Cheer-
ing and favorable reports from friends and
brothers of the fraternity, led him to seek
fame and fortune in favored lands beyond the
sea. Possessing health, hope and an indomit-
able will he was sure of prosperity anywhere.
Due to the fact that the animosities engendered
by the late war had been successfully allayed
by a revival of commercial relations and amity,
he had good reason to look for and expect a
full fruition of his ardent hopes, and accordingly
in 1817, he emigrated to America. Arriving in
Baltimore, Md., he at once took the initiative
among a scattered membership of unorganized
Odd Fellows, where, after eighteen mouths of
discouraging yet ceaseless work, he decided to
establish a lodge, and as it required five to
institute same, he in conjunction with John
Welch, inserted the following advertisement in
the "Baltimore American," issue of March 27,
1819:
NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS
"A few members of the Society of Odd Fel-
lows will be glad to meet their brethren for
the purpose of forming a Lodge, on Friday even-
ing, 2d April, at the Seven Stars, Second street,
at the hour of Seven P. M."
In proof -of /tlie value of advertising a com-
pany, of -biffthe^s, s'lio beld informal meetings
in" response talS? pui)lished notice, finally con-
veiie'd" at the public house of Thomas Lupton,
known as the "Seven Stars Inn" whei'e they
instituted under the charter laws of the State
of • Maryfendj-'the first Lodge of American Odd
Feffows.
ODD FELLOWSHIP
THE CRADLE OF PRACTICAL FBATEENALISM
Thomas Wildey, and five co-workers, on the
night of April 26, 1819, at the Seven Stars Inn
at Baltimore, Md., organized, instituted and
caused to be chartered, Washington Lodge No.
1, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Thus was a new star added to the grand galaxy
of constellations in the propaganda of man's
betterment by the birth of a new and practical
fraternity. The order thus started on its mis-
sion to fraternize the world was launched
upon an unknown sea for the purpose of dis-
seminating everywhere the peculiar yet ever
impressive teachings of Friendship, Love and
Truth. Many conjectured as to the safety of
the voyage and its final haven. Man in his
frailty had presented the Order to the world ;
hence, it was God's plan and problem await-
ing man's solution.
RETROSPECTION
Little did that handful of men who founded
the order ninety-four years ago conceive how
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
w-ell tliey were building. Phenomenal success
has attended their handiwork from its inception
to the present (1913). The recognition which
Odd Fellowship has received in this and foreign
lands where, for a brief season, royalty has
laid aside both scepter and crown in order to
pay homage to its sterling worth — has been a
fitting and undying monument to its founders
who buikled so well in the long ago. In the
rank and file of Odd' Fellows can be found all
classes and conditions of men, wealth and
affluence, culture and refinement, the day laborer,
the artisan and the mechanic, the merchant and
professional man meet on the same level,
acknowledging the brotherhood of man and the
fatherhood of God. Within the lodge room are :
builders for time, for eternity, of friendship,
of love and tnith, of character, of wealth, of
happiness, of homes — immortal builders.
Odd Fellows are good fellows, because they
are odd fellows, for to be good Odd Fellows
means good citizens. It means good fathers,
good sons, good husbands, good lovers, good
brothers, good neighbors and good friends.
DISSEMINATION OF THE CRAFT
Happy and ever content, we can find them
exerting an elevating influence, and, as aggres-
sive workers they can be found in the land of
the midnight sun, in the temperate and tropi-
cal zones, and in the antarctic circle, where the
Southern cross, by its strange phenomena, grace-
fully leans to and kisses the morning dawn.
The secrecy of Odd Fellowship proves its grand-
eur. Its teachings demonstrate lasting stability
and symmetrical proportions. Bound by indis-
soluble ties and intenningling by its teachings
in the activities of every day life, its beauty
can be best illustrated as follows : Far away
in sunny southern Spain, on the southeast bor-
der of Portugal, in the Pyrenees Jlountains,
where the huntsman's rifle is heard, the shep-
herd watches his sheep and goats and the yoe-
men cultivate the soil in the upland plateau,
each alike unmindful, that, underneath the
earth's surface there rushes to the sea, a snib-
terranean river called the Guadiaua, save that
here and there, through fissures and clefts in
the rock-bound surface, fountains of water
spring forth to sparkle in the noonday sun.
WEALTH AND NUMERICAL STRENGTH
The order of Odd Fellows as a collective body
is neither rich nor poor. While It has accumu-
lated and distributed millions, as later shown,
its nearly one hundred years of history and ex-
perience is not measured by the possession of
gold and silver or goods of tangible value, but
by noble deeds. Its past has not been the re-
sult of, nor is its future dedicated to selfish
aggrandizement, but to the care of the sick
and aged, to the protection of the widow and
the education of the orphan. Thus solidified,
the society can challenge seemingly formidable
aggression and successfully aid by philanthropic
work, the betterment of home and society, the
state and nation. In the initiatory and three
degrees of the subordinate lodge, which typify
Friendship, Love and Truth ; the auxilliary or
Rebekah degree, or in the higher branches of
the society, viz : the Encampment or Cantons
and Patriarchs Militant, which confer the Pa-
triarchal, Golden Rule and Royal Purple de-
grees, are, like the Scarlet degree of the subor-
dinate lodge, both spectacular and superbly
grand, teaching, as tliey do, Christian belief and
patriotism to our nation and its fiag. In our
country more than one million Odd Fellows of
eligible age would stand willing and ready to
draw the saber in favor of free institutions,
the suppression of internal sti'ife and our de-
fense in ease of foreign aggression. History
records how, when Grant and Lee shook hands
across the chasm of the civil strife and the
enemities of the past were forgotten in the
joy of returning peace, that thousands of Odd
Fellows in the Union army clasped hands with
their brothers in the Confederate army, thus
cementing a friendship and loyalty to the flag
of our nation that will never be broken.
HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTT
The commencement of Odd Fellowship in the
county dates back sixty-seven years. Rock
Island Lodge No. 18, instituted July 4, and or-
ganized August 25, 1S46, was the first lodge.
It still survives with a strong and healthy mem-
bership, a grand past record and a bright fu-
ture. The charter that hangs in the lodge room
tells of the ravages of time, of things perish-
able and the inevitability of decay. Secured
with great difficulty the charter list of members
— all have long since completed their work and
joined the Grand Lodge above — is herewith pro-
duced.
List of Charter Members. — Rock Island Lodge
No. IS I. O. O. F. : William Young, Ebenezer
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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S. Morey, Amos F. Cutter, C. D. Stewart and
Jolin H. Morton. Of the early days authentic
record is not available, but it appears that
Watch Tower Lodge No. 11.3, I. O. O. F.— date
of organization not given — consolidated with
Rock Island lodge No. IS, in July, 1860, and
that Hacker Lodge No. 113 — instituted subse-
quent to the closing of Watch Tower Lodge —
also consolidated with Rock Island Lodge No.
18, January 4, 1892. Since the institution of
Rock Island Lodge No. IS, it is quite difficult,
if not impossible, to give the correct number of
lodges instituted and closed out since 1846 ; suf-
fice to say, that, at the present time, there are
ten lodges in the county working under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, dis-
tributed as follows : Rock Island, 2 ; Mollne,
3; Illinois City, 1; Port Byron, 1; Coal Valley,
1 ; Reynolds, 1 ; and East Moline, 1.
With a membership in the county approxi-
mating 2,000 at the close of 1912, its financial
showing exhibits a very encouraging and pro-
gressive condition. Due to the incompleteness
of annual reiwrts since the Grand Lodge ad-
journment in November, nevertheless the state-
ment for the year 1912 is passing true and is as
follows :
EECEIPTS AND DISBXJESEMENTS
Total.
Revenue (from initiation, dues, in-
terest and rentals) $29,070.00
Disbursements (including the follow-
ing) 19,125.00
ERA.TEBNAI, CONTRIBUTIONS
Relief of sick brothers $3,671
Relief of widows' families 232
Relief of special eases 325
Burying of deceased brothers 1,900
Education of orphans 231
Maintenance of Oi-phans' home 737
. Maintenance of Old Folks' home 692
Total $7,788
In addition to the foregoing statement it may
be of interest to state that the several lodges
have investments as follows :
Total real and chattel investments $ 29,943
(Distributed among 9 lodges.)
Swedish Olive Lodge No. 583, Moline. . 36,400
(Investment consisting of lodge
home and chattels.)
Ucal Lodge No. COS, Rock Island, new
home 45,000
(In course of construction, cor-
nerstone laid Oct. 12, 1912.)
Total $111,341
STATISTICS OF ILLINOIS
Gratifying as the showing of Rock Island
county has l^een, so also is that of the state.
Briefiy, the numerical exhibit for the year end-
ing March 31, 1912, exhibits:
Subordinate lodges 986
Subordinate lodge membership 100,326
Net gain in membership, 1 year 5,064
SOTJECES OF REVENUE
Annual
Receipts.
From dues $495,758.32
From initiation and degrees 139,827.70
From interest and rents 185,349.56
From all other sources 118,255.57
Total $939,191.15
BELIEF AS FOLLOWS
Paid.
Relief of brothers -.$159,151.93
Relief of widowed families 4,511.87
Education of orphans 2,128.59
Maintenance of Orphans'
home 41,000.00
Maintenance of Old Folks'
home 30,000.00
Special relief 24,261.27
Burying deceased brothers 74,309.87
Total relief $335,363.53
Paid for subordinate and
Grand Lodge expenses
(not itemized) $470,919.78
Total disbursements.. $806,283.31
Net surplus 132,907.84
$939,191.15
Total net worth or investment (in
Illinois) $3,233,476.97
(Holdings of the grand
and subordinate lodges.)
Total net gain in members for ten years 40,238
(From 1903 to 1912 inclusive.)
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tabm: of averages, subordinate lodges, Total number of subordinate bodies 728
ILLINOIS, 1912 Total number of sisters 35,576
Total number of brothers 15,266
Average membership per lodge in Illinois,
101.7. Total membership 50,842
Average amount of relief paid by the order
for each day in 1011-12, $918.80. soubces of eeveitoe
The number of brothers who received bene- Receipts.
fits was 1 in every 13.24. Pr^yj ^ygg $51,252.70
Average amount received by each sick brother, ^^^^^ admissions 8.312.47
$21.01. From rentals, etc 1.251.79
Avei-age cost per member to pay sick bene- ^^^^ ^jj ^^^^^ sources 16.904.47
fits, $1.58. , ■
Average duration of sickness, 6 weeks, 3 days. Total $80,751.43
Average duration of sickness if spread over ^-
entire membership, 3 days, 10 hours, 39 miu- disbubsements
utes. Paid.
Average amount paid by each member for ^^^ ^.^,5^^ ^^ members $ 2,022.56
maintenance of orplians' and old folks' homes, p^^. ^^y^^^ ^^ widows 66.5.46
$.707. For relief of orphans 923.41
Ratio of deaths, 9.2 in 1,000. yot education of orphans... 820.29
Average amount of funeral benefits and ex- ^ot special relief 2,029.98
penses paid for each death, $79.81. For all other expenses 67,616.77
Total average receipts per member, $9.36. ■
Average cost per member for relief and char- Total $74,078.47
ity, $3.34. Net surplus 6,672.96
Average excess of receipts over expenditures,
gj 32 $80,751.43
Average assets pec member, the total being '
$3,233,476.97, is $32.22. x^et assets or book value of investments, Dec.
31 1911 $83,406.67
ORDER OF REBEKAH, AN AUXILIABT OF ^±, ±u±± ^ , .,■,,,■, f »„„
^^^„^„ The net gain in membership (111.) for ten
ODD FEUajWS ™. 000
yea rs ..«r,oiS.i
Were it possible for the teachings of the (From 1903 to 1912 inclusive.)
church and influence of the lodge to be effect- xotal membership (Rebekah's) in the United
ual in the elevation of mankind to ideal perfec- States at close of business, Dec. 31, 1911
tion, human laws would be superfluous and 666,000
earth an Eden. Unfortunately however, man rp^ which grand total, Illinois contributed as
is far from being perfect, hence the agencies above 50,842
of church and lodge must continue to minister
to bis necessities. combined report of odd fellows in the united
While men are largely a negligible quantity states and dominion of Canada, dec. 31, 1912
in the secret halls of the Rebekah lodge, the Total.
sisters are nevertheless accomplishing a great Subordinate lodges 17,495
work. As an .luxiliary, working hand in hand Membership 1,638,826
with Odd Fellows, in recognition of their sterl- j^^^^^^j^^jj-.^, throughout the world, January
ing worth, it is thought that a statement of j^ jgj2_ approximate
what they are doing in Illinois will be of spe- Total.
cial interest to the lay member and public Subordinate lodges 19,415
generally. Membership 2,124,910
The following is a summary from the Rebekah Grand lodges (international jurisdic-
lodges, at close of business, year 1911 : tion) *•
.JoJiA^uiX^uoiA^u /K^. ^2?^
o~t>--z^aye'<y ■
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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Grand eucampments 69
Subordinate eucamxjuients 3,087
Encampment members 221,497
Rebekab lodges 9,386
Rebekali members 700,000
FINANCES, YEAE 1911
Total.
Receipts all sources (subordinate
lodges) $18,250,000.00
Relief paid (grand and subordinate
lodges) 5,853,000.00
Expenses (grand and subordinate
lodges) 9,273,000.00
Investments (grand and subordi-
nate lodges) 59,187,000.00
STATISTICS OP THE OEDEE THEOUGHOUT THE
WOELD FEOM 1830 TO 1910 INCLUSIVE, A PEEIOp
OF 82 YEARS, INCLUDING AUSTRALASIA, DENSIAS^,
GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN AND SVYLJ^..
EKLAND.
Initiations in subordinate lodges. 3,724.1oo
Jlembers relieved in subordinate . .,.;
lodges 3=85^*31'
Widowed families relieved 318,294
Members deceased 383,402
Total revenue $275,313,092.94
Total relief $136,698,390.08
WOEK OF THE OEPHANS' HOME AND OLD FOLKS'
HOME OF ILLINOIS
Having presented tbe numerical and financial
condition of the society, tbere still remains two
Of the many Important things which commend
Odd Fellowship, i. e., its two homes :
' There are two helpless periods in life — youth
and old age, which are fittingly looked after
and provided for by the society. In Lincoln,
the cradle of youth is tenderly rocked, while
the pillow is lovingly smoothed for the old age
at Mattoon, two institutions that are the bright-
est jewels in the diadem of Odd Fellowship.
OEPHANS' HOME
"As haughtily and hastily we're passing by,
will we heed for a moment the orphan's cry?"
At Lincoln, III., the society has ten buildings
and 100 acres of land — fully stocked and
equipped — where, under the management of a
competent matron and corps of instructors In
the English branches, agriculture, industrial
and art courses, the orphans are tenderly, lov-
ingly and affectionately provided for. At the
present time 170 little girls and boys are being
trained, from whose ranks many will go Into
good homes, as they do annually, properly
equipped for the battle of life. The value of
the home is nearly $200,000, primarily main-
tained by the subordinate lodges, while in later
years it is annually becoming more and more
self-supporting.
OLD FOLKS' HOME
Amid fertile fields and pastoral scenes of
w'oodland and blooming prairies, a farm of 135
acres, with buildings and equipment, worth at
least $150,000, near Mattoou, is located the Old
Folks' Home.
Here 125 brothers and their wives, and sisters
of Rebekah, are enjoying, at the sunset of life,
blessings— made possible by the society. Here,
on the open portic-o during summer days and
: tWlUglit evenings, or gathered around tbe cheer-
ing hearth throughout the long winter months,
the tired mind and wearied body, seeking rest
jand, refuge from the turmoil and strife of life,
■jnay spend their declining days in peace and
rest. Here hoary headed brothers and sisters
can find an "Arcadia" or haven of rest. Thus,
hand in hand, they accompany each other down
the steep declivity of life to a golden sunset,
knowing that Odd Fellows will minister to their
every want and necessity until beckoned away
to a home beyond the stars.
As they gather at eventide to sing in fra-
ternal unison a song that will be carried over
the hills and valleys, finding a sweet, resijonsive
echo in all hearts, the song of Odd Fellows, the
song of ages past and ages to come, "Home,
Sweet Home," will not the results of such gold-
en endeavor, fruit crowned by hallowed toll,
be an inspiration to all?
Xot alone in Illinois is this grand work being
carried on. In the United States and Canada,
fifty institutions of a like nature, conducted
and maintained by Odd Fellows, are proving
a boon to man in teaching and promoting the
example of the lowly Nazarene.
MOTTO AND LINES
Odd Fellowship, whether taught in templed
halls or practiced at large. Is progressive. It
is a philanthropic institution, conducted on bus-
iness methods, appealing, as it does, to young
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
men. Its purpose is, "We command you to visit
the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead,
care for the widow and educate the orphan."
Its motto is: "Friendship, Love and Truth."
It Is non-sectarian and non-partisan.
The Odd Fellows, as a society, has long since
passed the experimental stage. The outlook is
better and brighter than ever before. Trea-
sures, as yet untouched, in the years to come
will develop greater resourcefulness. Grander
and better lessons await inculcation. Complex-
ities of life will be simplified and the truthful-
ness of life's mysteries will be clearly and fully
comprehended as in the f olowing lines :
FRIEXDSHrP
"Tis Friendship that ties men together as
brothers,
When one shares success with the failure of
others,
And Heaven will bless them who cheerfully give
Their time and their talent in helping men live.
What virtue this Friendship has gathered in
store,
Will rest in the bosom of Lore e\ermore.
And these with the emblem of Truth will adorn,
The life that plants roses where once was a
thorn."
BENEVOLENT ANB PROTECTIVE ORDER
OF ELKS
By J. W. Hoiidcr
FIKST LODGE AT BOCK ISLAKD — FIBST OFFICIALS
AND PBESENT QUABTEES — FIBST ORGANIZATION
AT MOLINE — OFFICIALS — ^FIRST LODGE OF ELKS
IN ILLINOIS — STATE CONVENTIONS.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
is represented at Rock Island by Rock Island
Lodge Ko. 980, which was instituted June 20,
1905, with about fifty-five members, B. F. Knox
being the first exalted ruler. A hall and club
rooms were fitted up in the Illinois Theatre
building and the first officers were: B. Frank
Knox, exalted ruler; J. W. Houder, esteemed
leading knight ; Robert Reynolds, esteemed loyal
knight; J. O. Dunn, esteemed leading knight;
Sam Kaufman, secretary; H. B. Simmon, treas-
urer; S. Mosenfelder, tyler; Sam Ryerson.
esquire; William C. Totten, inner guard, and
A. L. McDonald, chaplain. The first trustees
were: Carl Helpenstell, E. J. Sommers, and
John Ohlweiler. By 1907 new quarters became
necessary and the handsome building the order
now occupies near the foot of Eighteenth street,
was especially constructed for it. The new
home was dedicated January 31, 190S, follow-
ing a parade which was headed by grand lodge
officers and participated in by the lodges of the
three cities of Rock Island, lloline and Daven-
port. The lodge and club rooms occupy the
second and third floors, the first being used for
business purposes, and are modern, handsomely
furnished and complete in every way for an
Elks' Home. The lodge now has nearly 500
members and a large waiting list. The present
officers are : Samuel Ryerson, exalted ruler ;
Arthur H. Hanus, esteemed leading knight ;
William Roth, esteemed loyal knight ; Gleuwood
E. Baker, esteemed lecturing knight ; John J.
Hasley, secretary ; Lowry M. Casteel, treasurer ;
Harry T. Knox, tyler; George Stroehle, inner
guard ; Clarence N. Isaacson, esquire ; Lee H.
Kaupke, organist ; W. F. Barth, chaplain ; and
H. W. Tremann, W. Louis Long and George G.
Kuhns, trustees. The past exalted rulers are :
B. F. Knox, J. W. Ilouder, J. C. Dunn. S. R.
Davis, L. C. Lamphere, Robert R. Reynolds, and
Arthur T. Huesing.
Moline Lodge No. 550, B. P. O. E., was insti-
tuted in 1903. The lodge rooms were first lo-
cated in the Odd Fellows' hall at Third avenue
and Six;teenth street, but later removal was
made to club rooms on the second floor of the
old po.stoffice building, which were occupied for
about four years, at which time the lodge moved
into Its present commodious quarters on the
third floor of the same building. The present
officers of the lodge are : George H. Lingburg,
exalted ruler ; John H. Grilk, esteemed leading
Icnight ; W. C. Crowder, esteemed loyal knight ;
Carl A. Stoaelting, esteemed lecturing knight :
A. R. Aramerman, secretary ; R. M. Johnson,
treasurer; E. L. Ennis, tyler; M. R. Carlson,
chaplain ; J. W. Wallace, inner guard ; and A.
E. Fensterbusch. esquire.
The first lodge to be established in Illinois
belonging to this order, was Chicago Lodge No.
4, which was organized October 15, 1S76, in the
city whose name it boars, and at that time it
was the fourth founded in the t'nited States.
Now there are over 1.300 lodges of Elks in the
fnited States, and sixty-four of these are in
Illinois. The present state officers are: Dr. I.
A. Lumpkin, president, Mattoon, No. 495 ; W. H.
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Cruin, vice-president, Springfield, No. loS ;
James A. Powers, secretary, Joliet, No. 296;
and Sam Ryerson, treasurer. Rock Island, No.
980. The state executive committee is com-
posed of the following members: Dr. A. R.
DeCosta, .Jr., chairman, Bloomington, No. 281 ;
Arthur W. Johnson, Chicago, No. 4; M. W.
Snell, Litchfield, No. 654; and F. L. Sharpe,
Jacksonville, No. 682. The Tenth annual state
convention of the Elks was held at Rock Island,
June 3, 4 and 5, 1913, being attended by dele-
gates from the sixty-four lodges of the state.
The state convention of the order was held at
Moline when Andrew Olson of Moline Lodge
was third vice-president of the state associa-
tion.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
By Samuel R. Wrisfht
OEGANIZATION OF LODGES — ST. GEORGE, MOLINE —
ST. PAUL, BOCK ISLAND — BIVEBSIDE, GOBDOVA
ALBBECHT, POBT BYBON — MILAN, MILAN — CAMP-
BELL, WATEBTOWN — PYTHIAN SISTEES MEM-
BEESHIP AND RAPID GBOWTH OF THE OBDER —
PYTHIAN HOME — GBAND LODGE OFFICEBS.
OBGANIZATION OF LODGES
The history of the Knights of Pythias in Rock
Island county, which now has six lodges and
a membership of 4QS, began with the organiza-.
tion of St. George Lodge No. 28, at Moline,
April 6, 1872. The next to fall in line was St.
Paul Lodge, No. 107, which was organized July
20, 1882, at Rock Island; then followed River-
side Lodge, No. 1429, organized at Cordova,
February 23, 1886; Albrecht Lodge, No. 307,
organized at Port Byron, September 21, 1891;
Milan Lodge, No. 477, organized at Milan, June
29, 1894; Campbell Lodge, No. 671, organized
at Watertown, October 7, 1905. While these
lodges all have comfortable and commodious
lodge rooms, and St. George, of Moline, has
handsome club rooms, Albrecht Lodge, at Port
Byron, is the only one which owns its building.
At this writing there is no lodge of the Uni-
form Rank in the county, but a lodge of the
dramatic order of the Knights of Khorassan is
under consideration, and it will probably be
organized in the very near future. Three times
has the Grand Lodge met in Rock Island
county, first at Rock Island, October 20, 1896,
and again October 20, 1903. The third meeting
was at Moline, October 15, 1907. These were
great occasions in the local history of the order,
and will be long remembered.
St. George Lodge of Moline has recently pur-
chased a lot at Riverside cemetery, and erected
a monument upon it, so that any member of
the order without other place of burial may
here find a last resting spot. The following
are the present otticers : C. F. Grantz, chan-
cellor commander ; David Engstrom, vice chan-
cellor ; Hjahuar Lindburg, prelate ; Arvid
Lundahl, master at arms; Charles Saunders,
master of works ; John D. Petrie, keeper of
records; A. E. Danielson, master of finance;
George Lundquist, master of the exchequer ;
Edward Bidder, inner guard ; Roy Kelley,
outer guard ; and F. W. White, O. E. Oweus
and W. C. Grossman, trustees. A. E. Daniel-
son is representative to the Grand Lodge and
is also state deputy of district No. 19, to which
Rock Island belongs. Frank Shaffer of Port
Byron is the county deputy. The membership
of this lodge is 103.
The officers of St. Paul Lodge, Rock Island,
for the year 1913, are as follows : E. C.
^Iteynolds, ' 'chancellor commander ; Frank
Bodell, vice chancellor ; Frank O. Larson,
prelate; Thomas ■Journey, master of works;
S. R. Wright, ke^er of records and seals ;
S. R. Wright, master of finance ; Samuel
Ryerson, master of the exchequer; William
Lamont, master. at arms; John Stroehle, inner
guard ; Thomas Journey, outside guard ; and
Frank O. Larson, William Lamont and John
Stroehle, trustees. Samuel Ryerson is the
representative to the Grand Lodge. The mem-
bership is sixty.
Albrecht Lodge of Port Byron, No. 307, is
represented in the Grand Lodge by Frank Mor-
gan, while Milan Lodge, No. 477, is represented
in the Grand Lodge by Charles A. Branden-
burg. The membership of the former is
seventy-three, and of the latter twenty-seven.
The officers of Milan Lodge for the year 1913
are : F. A. Miller, chancellor commander ;
Mearl McCullough, vice chancellor; Jerome W.
Caldwell, prelate ; Charles A. Dupew, master of
works; Charles A. Hull, keeper of records and
seals ; William Brandenburg, master of finance ;
Charles A. Brandenburg, master of exchequer..;
Glen Fitzsimmons, master at arms; Bernard
Bowman, inner guard; James Murphy, outside
guard; and Glen Fitzsimmons, William Bran-
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
denburg and William O'Neal, trustees. Camp-
bell Lodge, No. 671, of Watertown, is repre-
sented in the Grand Lodge by "William J.
Jones, and has thirty-six members.
The ladies' auxiliary, the Pythian Sisters,
formerly the Ratbbone Sisters, is represented
in the county by three temples, St. George,
situated at Moliue, and one at Port Byron and
another at Cordova. The officers of St. George
Temple, Moline, for 1913 are: Mrs. Kose Moran,
past chief; Mrs. Nettie Grantz, most excellent
chief; Mrs. Anna Owens, senior; Mrs. Clara
Lundt, junior; Mrs. Emma Holt, manager;
Mrs. Jennie Renoe, mistress of finance; Mrs.
Emma Keller, mistress of records and corre-
spondence and deputy; Mrs. Ida Schofer. pro-
tector; Mrs. Jennie Boone, guard; and Mrs.
Ella Wehrend and Mrs. Emma Holt, trastees.
Port Byron Temple No. lOS was organized in
190.n, with thirty charter members. St. George
Temple was instituted May 1, 1900, by Mrs.
Abbie McCall, with forty-nine charter mem-
bers. Two conyentious have been entertained
by this temple, the first on October 25, 1907,
and the second, June 19, 1913.
The membership of this order in Illinois is
56,000, and there are 528 lodges. During 1913
a great record was made, more than 1,200 new
members being admitted and initiated in one
class. During 1912 the Knights of Pythias
expended .?12n,757.C3 for relief. There is a
Pythian Home at Decatur, 111., the ground for
which was donated by the lodges and citizens
of Decatur, it comprising forty acres. The
erection of the building was commenced in
1907, and the home was dedicated in 1909, its
cost being $180,000, and it now contains six-
teen adults and thirty-five children who are
cared for at the expense of the Pythian lodges
of Illinois.
The Pythian Grand Lodge officers of Illinois
for 1913 are : Joseph 51. Omo, Cottage Grove
avenue, Chicago, grand chancellor; William K.
Whitfield, Decatur, grand vice chancellor;
Thomas Williamson, Edwardsville, grand
prelate; Henry P. Caldwell, W. Madison street,
Chicago, grand lieeper of records and seals;
Millard F. Dunlap, Jacksonville, grand master
of exchequer ; Augustus A. Partlow, DanvUle,
grand master at arms ; John J. Reeve, Jack-
sonville, grand inner guard; Walter C. Hayes,
Belvidere. grand outer guard ; and William D.
Hadfield, Peoria, John F. Parsons, Jollet, and
Edward T. Guthrie, Mattoon, trustees. The
supreme representatives for 1913 are: John
J. Brown, Vandalia ; William G. Edens, Chi-
cago ; Albert Watson, Mt. Vernon ; Eugene E.
Bone, Springfield ; and John B. Vaughn, Car-
lin\-ille. The Pythian Home board is composed
of the following members and officers : Joseph
M. Omo, of Chicago, chairman ; Edwin R.
Wright, of Taylorville, secretary ; Nicholas M.
Green, Chicago; James W. Carter, Decatur;
Jesse K. Payton. Spriugfield ; and Jesse J. Win-
ters of Carbondale. The Pythian Relief board
is comixised of the following members : Charles
H. Franklin, Chicago, secretary ; Ernest G.
Howell, Geneva ; Smith L. Von Possen,
Beardsto^\-n ; George H. Perry, Chicago ; and
Joseph H. Shriver, Virden. The grand tribunal
is composed of the following : George W. Herd-
man, Jerseyville ; Joseph D. Roper, Springfield ;
Harry C. Stuttle, Litchfield; Andrew J. O'Don-
nell, Chicago ; and James B. Hefifennan,
Chicago.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA
By Mrs. Myrile E. Dade Schoessel
INCORPORATION — HISTORY RECOGNITION ORIQ-
INAL INCORPORATORS OF THE ORDER FIRST SU-
PREME CAMP — ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ADMIT-
TING MEN TO MEMBERSHIP ESTABLISHMENT OF
BENEFIT DEPARTMENT — ^BEINCOBPORATIOX UNDER
LAWS OF IIUNOIS — CHANGE OF LOCATION OF SU-
PREME CAMP TO ROCK ISLAND PRESENT MEM-
BERSHIP — -AVERAGE NUMBER OF ANNUAL ASSESS-
MENTS — EXTENT OF BUSINESS DEATH RATE-
RITUALISTIC WORK WORK OF SUPREME RECORDER
— ACCOUNT DEPABTilENTS PRESENT OFFICIALS.
INCORPORATION
The Royal Neighbors of America is incorpo-
rated under the fraternal insurance laws of the
state of Illinois, under date of March 21, 1895,
at which time more than five hundred applicants
for a charter succeeded in transforming a social
organization, of some years standing, into a
society with the protective features of beneficial
insurance.
As a social organization its early history
dates from December, ISSS, when sixteen women
met in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in the homes of the
various promoters and formed themselves into
a little club which was an auxiliary to Camp
HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
825
No. 171 of the Modern Woodmeu of America,
its purpose being to assist socially and other-
wise, the members of Camp No. 171. The society
was liuown by the name of Woodmen Bees, but
it later changed to its present name, and the
colors adopted to represent the society were
those of purple and white.
RECOGNITION AND ORIGINAL INCORPORATORS
This society was recognized the first time as
an auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica at their head camp in Omaha, Neb. The
ritual and constitution were prepared and ap-
proved at a meeting of the society, held Jan-
uary 2, 1890. The underlying principles of the
society are faith, modesty, courage, unselfish-
ness and endurance, and their motto is Ex Fide
Foitis, which means firm by faith. As a social
organization the incorporators of the society
were: Miss Lillian Huff, Mrs. M. L. Kirkland,
Mrs. M. B. Hayden, Mrs. S. Hennessey, Mrs. E.
F. Bellcuap, Mrs. J. A. Swanson, Mrs. M. M. Fil-
bert.
MEETINGS OF THE SUPREME CAMP
The first supreme camp meeting of the society
was hold at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on June 26,
1890. for the purpose of completing the organi-
zation, as there were as yet no local organiza-
tions. On July 3, 1890, this supreme camp met
again and reorganized into the first local camp,
which was given the name of "Lilly Camp No.
1," of Council Bluffs, Iowa. At a special meet-
ing of the supreme camp, held April 7, 1891, a
resolution was unanimously adopted, providing
for the admission of men as members of the
Royal Neighbors of America. The second an-
nual meeting of the supreme camp was held
at Omaha, Neb., January 4-5, 1893, when there
were eighteen camps with 850 members repre-
sented. At this meeting it was decided to make
the society more than a social and fraternal
auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen of America
by establishing a benefit or insurance depart-
ment, and committees were appointed at the
next supreme session. At the fourth supreme
camp meeting, held in Peoria, 111., January 3,
4 and 5, 1894, there were forty-five local camps
vrith 1,5G7 members reported in good standing.
After hearing the report of the committee on
benefit plan, appointed at the Omaha meeting,
the supreme camp decided that in order to com-
plete this department it would be necessary for
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the society to reincorporate under the laws of
the State of Illinois. The society had previously
been organized as a social society under the
laws of Iowa, on April 25, 1890. In order to
incorporate under the laws of Illinois it was
necessary that the supreme oflice be changed
from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to some city in Illi-
nois, and upon ballot the city of Peoria, 111.,
was chosen, and later in 1908 it was changed
to Rock Island, 111.
The matter of putting into operation the in-
surance feature was left with the board of su-
preme managers, who appointed a beneficiary
committee, which consisted of prominent mem-
bers of the Modern Woodmen of America,
namely, Maj. C. W. Hawes and directors J. G.
Johnson and J. W. White, and under the super-
vision of these gentlemen, the Royal Neighbors
of America, incorporated and established its
benefit department substantially as it is to-day,
a new charter being issued by the Illinois In-
surance Department on March 21, 1895.
PRESENT MEMBERSHIP
This society ranks the highest in comparison
with all fraternal beneficiary societies which
insure women. Its membership, April 1, 1911,
was 288,941, of which number 217,929 carry in-
surance, amounting to $2.31,330,250. During the
year 1910 the increase in membership was 34,-
250, and the amount paid out in death claims
during the same year was $1,047,874.35, the
total amount paid out from the society's benefit
■fund on death claims since organization is $6,-
959,325.94.
The average number of assessments during
the past two years has been ten annually, but
at the supreme camp, held in Denver, Colo., the
laws changed, making it necessary to collect at
least twelve assessments annually. The rates
of assessment in 1911 were the same as when
the society was organized, and the amounts of
insurance granted members who can pass a sat-
isfactory medical examination range in amount
from $250 to $2,000, the age limit being fifty
years for $500; forty-five years for $1,000, and
fort.v-one years for $1,500 and $2,000. Assess-
ments are graded according to age of members
at entry.
The society does business in forty states and
provinces, in which there are more than 6,500
camps at the present time. The death rate is
exceedingly low as great care is taken in med-
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ical selection. The death rate at the present
time is 5.3 per thousand members, which is one-
tenth of one person greater than in the pre-
vious year. The society has an extensive field
force, whose services, together with the natural
increase in the local camjjs increases the mem-
bership at the average rate of about 2,500
monthly. The society is officered entirely by
womeu who have the privilege of seeking legal
advice from good authority among the male
members. The ritualistic work of the society
is instructive and impressive. The business
Interests of the society are carried on under
charge of the various officers.
WORK OF SUPREME RECORDER
The work of the supreme recorder, at Rock
Island, 111., is the most extensive, in which she
is assisted by a corps of seventy-tive clerks,
whose hours are from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. The
account departments of the otfice are conducted
on the card system, this being used wherever
practicable, although in some instances bound
records are an absolute necessity. The ease
with which the work is done si^eaks well for
the system by the present supreme recorder
(1911), Myrtle E. Dade, who has had charge
of the office for thirteen years as beneficiary
recorder, and for three years as supreme re-
corder, and has seen the society develop to its
present magnificent proiwrtion during the six-
teen years of its existence. To Mrs. Lina M.
Collins, of St. Paul, Minn., much credit was
due for the great increase in membership dur-
ing the three years of her incumbency as su-
preme oracle. Owing to the election of n'ew
supreme officers at the Denver supreme camp,
Mrs. Myra B. Enright, of Kansas City, Kan.,
became supreme oracle, early in July, 1011.
THE NORTH STAR BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION
During the early part of 1S99, Dr. E. A.
Edlen, a practicing physician and surgeon of
Moline, 111., called some of the leading men in
Moline and Rock Island together for the pur-
lyose of organizing a fraternal life insurance
society which white persons could join
without violating their religious scruples. A
committee was selected to draft a constitution
and by-laws containing the best features of ex-
isting societies and such new ones, as would
insure the stability of the new society. Having
secured a required membership, the committee
called the members together for the purpose of
organizing a non-secret and non-sectarian fra-
ternal insurance association. This organization
was perfected July 14, 1S99, and was named
The North Star Benefit Association. On July
IS, 1809, the articles of incorporation were filed
with and approved by the Insurance Depart-
ment of Illinois. The first Grand Observatory
was held in Moline, August 1, 1S99, by dele-
gates representing a meuiliership of 525 men
and women. It was a memorable day in fra-
ternal insurance history, as this was the first
non-secret and non-sectarian society of its kind
in existence. The builders of this association
may well be proud of their achievement, as the
subsequent history of the society has demon-
.strated, for "they builded even better than they
knew."
The first elected officers of the North Star
Benefit Association were: J. L. Murphy, chief
astronomer; Geo. W. Johnson, assistant chief
astronomer; G. L. Peterson, chief recorder; P.
A. Landee, chief treasurer ; E. A. Edlen. chief
medical director: Frank ITubeuet, chief con-
ductor. The board of directors was made up
as follows: V. O. Peterson, Jas. F. Myers, Olof
Sohlberg. M. O. Williamson, Ole O. Roe, Oscar
Nelson, Chas. G. Carlson. All the above are
able and representative men in the community
who carefully nursed and guarded the inter-
ests of the infant association. The majority
of these officers are still heading the associa-
tion, indicating that the first choice was fortu-
nate, and that these men have made good.
There has been no mushroom growth in mem-
bership, but a steady increase in an excellently
selected class of members. Today it counts
6,200 members in 106 local Observatories. The
death rate has been low all through the history
of the society, averaging 5V) per cent per thou-
.sand. owing in great part to the careful selec-
tion of risks by the Medical Department, and
304 death and accident claims have been paid,
amounting to .$293,290.45. The management of
the association has ably and masterfully con-
ducted the society's affairs and has well
guarded its capital as evidenced by the propor-
tionately great amount of money the society
has in its various funds. One-third of all the
money that members have paid into the Bene-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
827
fit Fund since the organization of the society
remains as surijlus.
The North Star Benefit Association's per
capita Reserve Fund is one of the largest of any
fraternal society In existence. Its combined
available assets September 1, 1913, amounted
to the sum of $170,000.00. The society so far
has been licensed to do business only in. Illinois,
Iowa and Minnesota. The present corps of
chief officers are: Jas. F. Myers, chief astron-
omer, Rod; Island, 111. ; F. H. Burrell, assistant
chief astronomer, Clinton, la.; G. L. Peterson,
chief recorder, Moline, 111.; Chas. A. Samuel-
son, chief treasurer, Sherrard, 111. ; B. A. Ed-
len, chief medical director, Moline, III. ; J. A.
Erickson, chief conductor, Joliet, 111.
The members of the board of directors are:
Chas. J. Searle, Rock Island, 111.; Chas. G.
Carlson, Moline, 111.; M. O. Williamson, Gales-
burg, 111. ; C. R. Chindl3lom, Chicago, 111. ; G. W.
Johnson, Moline, 111.; John F. Johnston,
DeKalb, 111. ; J. O. Coster, Muscatine, la.
Moline Aerie No. 1112, Fraternal Order of
Ragles, was instituted in June, 1905. The new
home on Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street,
built in 1910, cost $4.5,000.
During the winter of 1012-13, East Moline
Aerie No. 2007, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was
organized.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles is represented
at Silvis by SUvis Aerie No. 1S39.
THE SCANDINAVIAN BROTHERHOOD
OF AMERICA
The Scandinavian Brotherhood of America is
represented in Rock Island county by Vasa
Lodge No. 139 at Moline, 111., which was organ-
ized March 22, 1912. The following are the
officers of this lodge : J. W. Carlson, president ;
.'Vdolf Pearson, vice-president ; Axel Anderson,
chaplain; Mrs. O. Norllng, financial secretary;
Carl Suudleaf, recording secretary ; and Victor
Erlandson, treasurer.
PRATERN.4L ORDER OP EAGLES
BOCK ISLAND AEKIE, NO. 956 MOLINE AERIE, NO.
1112 EAST MOLINE AEME, NO. 2007 SILVIS
AEEIE, NO. 1839.
Rock Island Aerie, No. 956, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, was instituted January 15, 1905, with
the following officers: Olof Banker, worship-
ful president; Lew Mizer, worshipful vice-
president; John W. Carse, chaplain; J. P. Din-
duiger, secretary; Louis G. Eddy, treasurer;
Duncan McFarland, conductor; P. J. Lee, in-
side guard ; John Healy, outside giuird ; Dr.
Moore, physician ; and Clem. McQuaid, J. P.
Dromgoole and D. C. Kelly, trustees. The first
lodge rooms were at Turner Hall, on Third
avenue, but after many changes the lodge built
the present Eagles' Home on the corner of
-Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street, during
1910, and is now contemplating erecting a new
building on the same site. The present officers
are : P. M. Ehmke, worshipful president ;
Charles Barth, wor.shipful vice-president; Her-
man F. Winkler, chaplain ; J. P. Dinduiger,
secretary; A. D. Huesing, treasurer; C. J.
Meyer, conductor; William Atkinson, outside
guard ; Prank Beam, inside guard ; Dr. C. T.
Poster, physician ; and August Bergeson, James
Grotegut, and J. L. C. Kramer, trustees.
CHAPTER XXX
MISCELLANEOUS
COAL AND COAL MINING
In that portion of Rock Island county lying
west of Rock river the coal measures are found
as outliers, overlaying and resting upon the
Devonian and Silurian limestone, as far north
as in the vicinity of Port Byron, where it ter-
minates. The most northerly ixiiut where a
workable bed of coal has been found on this
side of the river is at Rapids City, where the
seam Is from four to five feet thick, and over-
lies the Niagara limestone, with only a few
feet in thickness of shale and fire clay between.
Two miles east of Hampton, where coal shafts
have been sunk, are good seams from four to
five feet thick. The Carbon Cliff mines were
the first to be worked on the west side of Rock
river. For many years extensive coal opera-
tions, in connection with an establishment for
the manufacture of pottery and fire brick,
were carried on there, under the management
of W. S. Thomas, but the supply of coal became
exhausted and mining was discontinued.
Tlie triangular piece of elevated land east
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
of the city of Rock Island, bounded by Pleasant
Valley, Rock river and the Mississippi river, is
a mass of coal measure materials resting upon
a Devonian or upper Silurian formation of
underlying limestone. All that part of the
county south and east of the Mississippi and
Rock river ranges of bluffs is underlaid by c-oal
measures. In every part of the county these
measures are covered ^"ith a deep deposit of
drift clay. At MUan, Carbon CUfE, and east
of the city of Rock Island this drift clay is
from forty to seventy-five feet in thickness.
Soutli of Rock river the coal measures are more
regular, and more extensively developed than
in the northern part of the county.
The coal mining interest is an important
branch of Industry in Rock Island county.
According to the inspector's report of 1S76 there
were twenty-six mines regularly operated in
the county eight months of the year, and some
twenty others occasionally worked. In these
mines were employed an aggregate of 941
miners, the average for the whole time being
G50. Six important mines were operated con-
stantly. The total number of tons of coal
mined for the year was 299,228; its value at
the mines was $597,917. The average value of
coal at the mines was $1.99 per ton. The
amount of capital invested in the mines at
that time was §243,750. The capacity of the
mines worked was 506,550 tons annually. The
thickness of the coal seams varies from 3Vz to
514 feet, and they are reached at a depth of
from 40 to 120 feet. The coal is raised at the
principal mines by steam power.
In the fall of 1S79 a strike for higher wages
occurred among the coal miners at Hampton
and Rapids City. It continued six weeks and
on January 12, 18S0, culminated in a riot at
the Hampton mines in Happy Valley. A
sheriff's posse was called out, several leaders
were arrested and brought to Rock Island.
After trial they were released and returned to
their homes.
Rock Island county forms a part of the
Second Coal Inspection District of the state
of Illinois, the other counties in the district
being Bureau, Henry, Knox, Mercer, Stark and
Warren. In 1912 there were 275 working coal
mines in the state, thirteen of these being situ-
ated in Rock Island county. These employed
157 men, and mined 72,246 tons of coal during
the year.
PLANTING OF TOTEM POLE BY LNDLiNS
The following was written by Alfred Sanders,
afterwards General Sanders, of Davenport, la.,
in July, 1845, soon after the murder of Colonel
Davenport which occurred July 4 of that year,
and appears in "Davenport Past and Present"
published by Franc B. Wilkie in ISoS:
"On last Friday afternoon we were witness
to a strange and interesting ceremony per-
formed by the Indians over the remains of
Colonel Davenport, who was murdered at his
residence on Rock Island on the 4th inst Upon
proceeding to the beautiful spot selected as his
last resting place, in the rear of his mansion
on Rock Island, we found the war chief and
braves of the Fox Indians, then encamped in
the vicinity of this place, reclining on the grass
around his grave, at the head of which was
planted a white cedar post some seven or eight
feet in height The ceremony began by two of
the braves rising and walking to the post, upon
which, with paint, they began to inscribe cer-
tain characters, while a third brave, armed
with an emblematic war club, after drinking to
the health of the deceased from a cup placed
at the base of the post, walked three times
round the grave, in an opposite direction to the
course of the sun, at each revolution delivering
a speech with sundry gestures, and emphatic
motions in the direction of the northeast. When
he had ceased he passed the club to another
brave, who went through the same ceremony,
passing but once round the grave, and so in suc-
cession with each one of the braves. This
ceremony would appear pantomimic to one
unacquainted with the habits or language of
the Indians, but after a full interpretation of
their proceedings they would be found in char-
acter with this traditionary people. In walk-
ing round the grave in a contrary direction to
the course of the sun, they wished to convey the
idea that the ceremony was an original one.
In their speeches they informed the Great
Spirit that Colonel Davenport was their friend,
and they wished the Great Spirit to open the
door to him, and to take charge of him. The
enemies whom they had slain, they called upon
to act in capacity of waiters to Colonel Daven-
port in spirit-land, they believing that they
have unlimited power over those whom they
have slain in battle. Their gestures toward the
northeast were made in allusion to their great
enemies, the Sioux, who live in that direction.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
829
They recounted the deeds of battle, with the
number they had slain, and taken prisoners,
fpon the post were painted, in hieroglyphics,
the number of the enemy they had slain, those
taken prisoner, together with the tribe and
station of the brave. For instance, the feats of
Wari-co-shaw-she, the chief, were thus por-
trayed. Ten headless figures were painted,
which signified that he had killed ten men.
Four others were then added, one of them
smaller than the others, signifying that he had
taken four prisoners, one of whom was a child.
A line was then run from one figure to another,
terminating in a plume, signifying that all had
been accomplished by a chief. A fox was then
painted over the plume, which plainly told that
the chief was of the Fox tribe of Indians. The
characters were so expressive that if an Indian
of any tribe whatsoever were to see them, he
would at once understand them. Following the
sign of Pau-tau-co-to, who thus proved himself
a warrior of high degree, were placed twenty
headless figures, being the number of Sioux he
had slain.
"The ceremony of painting the post was fol-
lowed by a feast, prepared for the occasion,
which by them was certainly deemed the most
agreeable part of the proceedings. Meat, vege-
tables and pies were served up in such profu-
sion that many armsful of the fragments were
carried off (it being a part of the ceremony
which is religiously observed, that all victuals
left upon such an occasion are to be taken to
their homes). At a dog feast, which is fre-
quently given by them, and to which white men
are occasionally invited, the guest is either
obliged to eat all that is placed before him, or
hire some other person to do so, else it is con-
sidered a great breach of hospitality. With
the feast terminated the exercises of the after-
noon, which were not only interesting, but
highly instructive to those who witnessed
them."
This identical totem pole has been preserved
and is now the property of the Rock Island
County Historical Society. It was shown at the
recent meeting of the Old Settlers of Rock
Island County, held at Black Hawk's Watch
Tower, September 4, 1913.
THE DUBUQUE RIOT
On July 29, 1869, what is known in Missis-
sippi river history as "The Dubuque Riot"
occurred, in which the steamboat Dubuque was
seized while en route from Rock Island to
Hampton, and four persons were killed. This
boat was the property of the Northern Line
Packet company, and ran from St. Louis to St.
Paul, carrying a crew part white and part
colored. On the day of the riot a number of
raftsmen had boarded her at various ports,
and at Davenport, on the eve of the tragedy,
fully two hundred of them came on board with
the intention of returning home, having com-
pleted their work of taking their rafts of lum-
ber down the river. The boat was under the
command of Ctipt. John Rhodes, with Daniel
V. Dawley and Theodore Jones as clerks, and
James Sweet as mate.
The riot started when Clerk Jones began col-
lecting fares. As was the custom, he posted
one of his colored crew at the stairway with
instructions to let no one pass unless he had
a ticket. The raftsmen resented this and one
of their number attacked the colored man.
Others of his race, four in number, were killed,
the otficers being unable to defend their men,
although they did everything in their power to
assist them. Captain Rhodes endeavored to
maintain his authority, and kept his boat on
its way, tactfully waiting until he could get
word to the proper authorities so that the
guilty parties might be arrested. As many of
the colored crew and passengers as could get
ofC, left the boat at Hampton and walked to
Moline and Rock Island. The sheriff of Rock
Island county was notified of the outrage from
Port Byron Junction, now East Moline, and a
posse of one hundred citizens, under command
of Deputy Sheriff William Payne, now Senator
Payne, with Officers Woods, Tompkins, Snyder
and Murrin, started in pursuit of the boat on
a special train over the Western Union road.
After consultation, it was decided to capture
the boat at the Clinton bridge. Among the
men in the posse was the city marshal of Clin-
ton, who, being at Rock Island when the posse
was formed, joined it and gave Deputy Payne
many valuable suggestions, and sent a dispatch
to the authorities at Clinton to have a sufficient
force at the landing to seize the Dubuque when
she docked, and arrest the rioters. According
to Instructions the drawbridge was to be kept
shut so that the boat might be captured in mid
stream, hut it swung open and the Dubuque
docked, and Deputy Payne soon had his men
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so posted that the arrests were made without
serious ditfleulty. Forty-four men were ar-
rested and charged with murdering Moses
Davis, William Armstead and two other col-
ored men, all deck hands of the Dubuque.
From the beginning the authorities recognized
the fact that the ringleader of the gang was
Simon Lynch, who had escaped at Hampton.
He was not captured until March, 1870, when
Deputy Payne traced him to Clarendon, Ark.,
and took him prisoner. The man confessed at
once, but pleaded that he had been under the
influence of liquor. His trial was held at
the September term of the court, in 1S70. and
he wa.s given ten years in the penitentiary,
which he served. The other rioters who were
convicted, some seven in number, received terms
in the penitentiary varying from one to three
years. One good effect of the riot was that it
ended the control of the raftsmen over the
boats, which had lasted for thirty years.
This riot excited widespread attention and
much comment, accounts of it being published
in London papers, an unusual thing in those
days. The Northern Line Packet company
paid all the expenses, thus relieving the county,
and fulfilling its promises made at the time of
the capture of the rioters. A most Interesting
and exhaustive account of this riot, written by
one of the principals in the subsequent pro-
ceedings. Senator William Payne, was issued
by the Kock Island Daily T'nion under date of
August 1, 2 and 3. 1010. Did space permit this
article to be quoted in full, it would add to the
value of this work, but as it is, only a brief
excerpt can be given.
CHAPTER XXXI
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL
(Originally named Island of Rock Island)
BTjILDING of the fort — COMING OF COLONEL DAV-
ENPORT — CHANGES IN LOCAL AFFAIRS — NOTABLE
^^SITOBS TO fort Armstrong — proposals for
AKMORT AND ARSENAL — RESOLUTIONS OF THE
lOWA LEGISLATURE CERTIFICATE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT AGENT — OWNERSHIP OF LAND PRO-
POSED SALE OF LAND — WATER POWER — FURTHER
LEGISLATION BUILDING OF ARMORY AND ARSENAL
STARTED CHICAGO & R. I. RAILROAD RIGHTS
NEED OF THE ARSENAL — MAGNITUDE OF OPEBA-
TIONS — APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS — INSTALLING OF
ELECTRIC POWER — ARSENAL MANUFACTURES;
ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION — MILITARY PRISON
MILITARY CEMETERIES — ^BRIDGES ATTRACTIVE-
NESS OF THE ISLAND — FUTURE OF THE ARSENAL.
BUILDING OF THE FORT
The Rock Island Arsenal which has a national
importance, lies between the tri-clties of Rock
Island and Moline in Illinois, and Daveniwrt
in Iowa, upon the island of Rock Island, llie
latter is located in the Mississippi nver just
opiwsite the upper portion of the city of Rock
Island, and its area is about two and three-quar-
ter miles long by three-fourths of a miie wide.
It contains upward of 1,000 acres. The base of
the Island is of the Hamilton limestone group,
and at the lower end this rocky outcrop forms
an almost perpendicular wall to a considerable
height above the swirling waters of the river
beneath. This wall of solid rock gave the island
its appropriate name and from it was taken the
nomenclature of both the city of Rock Island
and the county as well.
The story of the Island of Rock Island is one
full of interest and romance. While it has been
continuously in possession of the federal govern-
ment since its purcha.se from the Indians in
1804, and the remainder of the time since used
as a military reservation, there have been
many attemjits to wrest it from the government,
and in a number of instances control has been
retained by only a hairbreadth. For many
years It was the cause of constant strife be-
tween the federal government and all manner
of claimants, .speculators and adventurers. In
this c-ontest many men whose names subse-
quently were made famous in the history of the
nation, have taken part. Singularly enough,
Jefferson Davis, at one time secretary of war
of the United States and later president of the
Confederate States of America, and leader of
the secession movement in the South, was one
of the best and most efficient friends the
island ever had. It was due to his influence
more than to that of any other one man that
it was preserved as a fedei'al military posses-
sion.
When early explorers passed by this attract-
ive island in the Father of Waters, with its tow-
ering cliffs and exquisitely beautiful forest trees
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
831
and luxuriMut undergrowth, their attention was
called to its advantages. This territory having
been acquired b.v the government through a
treaty with the Indians, it was soon decided
by those in charge of frontier affairs that ow-
ing to the close proximity of warlike Indians,
it would be expedient to build a fort in the vi-
cinity for the purpose of holding the land and
protecting the settlers. As the Island of Rock
Island was the strategic point in all of the ter-
ritory ceded by the treaty of 1S04, it was de-
cided that the proposed fort should be erected
on it. In ISIG a force of regular soldiers under
the command of Colonel William Lawrence came
up the river and on May 10 landed on the island.
The soldiers cut the logs for their storehouses
for provisions and a bakehouse and erected the
same, an oven being attached to the latter. Hav-
ing thus provided for their welfare, the soldiers
then proceeded to build the fort which was
named Armstrong in honor of the then secretary
of war under President Madison. The fort was
located on the rocky promontory at the lower
or western end of the island. The little fort
was totally different from the imposing build-
ings which now dignify the government island.
The lower half of the walls was of stone and
the upper half of hewn logs, both procured on
the island. The walls were built about a square,
the sides of which were -100 feet In length.
As was the custom in those days, a blockhouse
was built at each of the four corners, and the
walls were equipped with necessary embrazures
for cannon and pierced with loopholes for mus-
ketry. This fort was 200 feet from the island
end of the present Daveniwrt bridge. Begun
in the spring of 1816, it was completed In 1S17.
In addition to the blockhouses, a magazine, store-
house, barracks and officers' quarters were built
within the enclosure, and protection against fire
was supposed to be secured by the stone work in
the lower half of the walls.
COMING OF COLONEL DAVENPORT
While the fort was a necessary preliminary
for the development of the country, one of the
most important features incident to its construc-
tion was the bringing into this region of Colonel
George Davenport with the command In 1816,
as contractor for the supplies for the troops,
the army not then having, as now, an organized
commissary department. A man of immense en-
ergy, foresight and determination. Colonel Dav-
enport brought to bear upon the disturbed af-
fairs of his time and locality, a ripened ex-
perience and intimate knowledge of men and
their requirements. Perhaps no other one man
did so much to develop and advance the affairs
of this section as he. On August 10 of that
same year, Mrs. Davenport, accompanied by
Mrs. Lewis, afterwards Mrs. Goldsmith, joined
Colonel Davenport and it is admitted that they
were the first American ladies to ascend the
Mississippi river to Rock Island. Mrs. Daven-
ixirt lived until 1847 when she passed away,
aged seventy-two years, having seen many
changes take place. Her companion and friend
survived her many years, passing away when
seventy-six years old. After the building of
the fort, affairs continued to be very quiet. By
some its erection was regarded as an unneces-
sary expense, for the Indians appeared friendly,
and no serious trouble with them was antici-
pated. In 1S2.3 the ordinary routine of the fort
was pleasantly Interrupted by the arrival of
the steamer Virginia, which was laden with
provisions for the garrison at Prairie du Chieu.
This is regarded as the first instance of the
lauding of a steamboat on the island.
CHANGES IN LOCAL AFFAIRS
As time passed the relations between the Fox
and Sac Indians and the government became
strained. Disputes relative to several treaties
stirred up friction and in 1831, a council was
held with the chiefs of the two tribes with a
view to adjusting differences and the resumption
of former conditions. About thirty chiefs met
General Gaines who came for that purpose from
Jefferson barracks, in the steamer Enterprise,
accompanied by a force of regular soldiers. After
much argument and many sessions within the
fort, General Gaines decided that it was futile
to expect that the Indians would consent to go
peac-ably to the proposed territory beyond the
Mississippi river, for they would fight to the
end rather than abandon their rich hunting
grounds along the eastern banks of the mighty
river. During the war which eventually ensued.
Fort Armstrong was a place of refuge for the
terrorized settlers, and if it had not been for
an outbreak of cholera among the soldiers, it
would have been the scene of the conclusion of
a treaty between the conquered Sac-s and Foxes
on September 21, 18.32, when General Winfield
Scott of the regular army forced from them the
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
strip of land known as the Black Haick Purchase
in Iowa, and an abandonment of all hope of
retaining their ancestral lands in Illinois. As the
fort was not in a sanitary condition for the
council, it was held on the site afterwards occu-
pied by the old Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad depot.
During the Black Hawk War. Lieut.-Col.
Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson
Davis, and other men who later attained world-
wide fame, came to Fort Armstrong. Several
times the garrison was in danger of massacre,
but escaped. Fort Armstrong was evacuated in
1836, but the government, recognizing its admir-
able po.sition, retained the island as a military
reservation, appointing various agents to guard
the federal interests. General Street, soon after
the troops had been withdrawn, established an
Indian agency on the island, but this was re-
moved in 1S38, to Agency City, la., and General
Street was succeeded by Colonel George Daven-
port. During the latters energetic administra-
tion, the island became a depot for arms. In
1840, Captain Shoemaker was placed in charge
and so continued until 1845. when, owing to
Mexican disturbances, he was sent to the front,
and Thomas Drum succeeded him. The latter
dying in 1853, Sergeant Cummings of Fort
Crawford was appointed, but he declined the
honor, and Colonel J. B. Danforth, Jr., was
offered the post on January 20, 1854. After
three years, H. Y. Staymaker of Davenport suc-
ceeded him, and in May, 1861, T. J. Pickett was
appointed, and continued at the head of affairs
until the arsenal was established. In later years
Fort Armstrong was partly destroyed by fire,
and still later what remained was torn down by
order of the government, which action is to be
deplored as it would have made a historic mon-
ument of the beginnings of Rock Island county.
The site of the old fort is now marked by a
granite monument. The second, or so called
new, house built by Colonel George Davenport
on the island in 1832. has been restored and is
a place of great interest to visitors. The chim-
ney of the first house, built by him in 1816, Is
still standing.
PROPOSALS FOR ROCK ISLAND AKMORT AND ARSENAI,
As early as 1839 the feasibility and necessity
of establishing an arsenal on Kock Island was
pressed by those who were in a r>osition to judge
wisely and conservatively. In the autumn of
1840, Major W. H. Bell of the ordnance depart-
ment, made a special survey of the island, em-
bodying his results in an exhaustive report
to the war department, but no action was then
taken upon it. In September, 1841, Congress
passed an act providing for a thorough examina-
tion of the whole western country to select a
suitable site for the establishment of a national
armory, which resulted in a report favorable
to Rock Island. In the end, however. Fort
Massac, on the Ohio river, was chosen. Resi-
dents of Rock Island county became interested,
and named a committee which addressed a
strong plea In favor of Rock Island to President
Tyler. This committee was composed of John
Buford, Joseph Knox, Joseph B. Wells. John
Morse and George Mixer. As a result, Quar-
termaster-General Jessup and Hon. A. C. Dodge
recommended the island of Rock Island to the
secretary of war as the proper site. In 1845 a
commission was appointed by the president and
that body made a favorable report upon the
suitability of this location for the purpose
named. Still later the subject was taken up
again and strongly reeommened. Secretary of
War Jefferson Davis said in 1854 : —
"The water power and easy communication h.y
water and by rail concur with other circum-
stances in rendering Rock Island one of the
most advantageous sites in the whole western
country for an armory or arsenal of construc-
tion." The people of this section must give Mr.
Davis credit for using his influence and official
power all through the long controversy to pre-
serve the Island of Rock Island for the use of
the government. No decisive steps were taken,
however, until the summer of 1861. In the then
disturbed state of the country, the residents of
Rock Island drew up a petition addressed to
the senators and representatives in Congress.
The committee having this matter in hand was
composed of the following representative cit-
izens: N. B. Buford, J. Wilson Drury, Ira O.
Wilkinson, Ben Harper. Reuben Hatch. George
Mixer, J. B. Danforth. Jr., and P. L. Cable.
This petition asked Congress to establish a
national armory and arsenal on the island, and
recapitulated the special advantages of the site
for such purposes.
Another committee drawn from the tri-cities.
Rock Island. Moline and Davenport, was com-
posed of the following men : Ira O. Wilkinson,
N. B. Buford, H. C. Connell.v, J. Wilson Drury
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
833
and Baily Davenport of Rock Island; W. H. F.
Gurley, George L. Davenport, and G. M. French
of Davenport, and C. Atkinson and P. R. Reed
of Moliue. This committee memorialized Con-
gress in a pamphlet, containing a map of the
locality, uiwn the claims and advantages of
Rock Island as the site for the proposed West-
ern Arsenal and Armory. In this memorial it
was set forth that a new arsenal and armory,
for the manufacture, safe keeping and distribu-
tion of arms and munitions of war, was a press-
ing national necessity demanded alike by the
then present wants and future requirements of
the government, and that the prepondering
growth of the Northwest, as well as the absence
of any such establishment within its limits, in-
dicated that such an armory should be located
upon the upper Mississippi.
To quote directly from the memorial upon
the desirability of Rock Island ; —
"Believing that Rock Island in the State of
Illinois, in the centrality and safety of its geo-
graphical position, the facilities it affords for
transportation to and from other parts of the
country, the cheapness and abundance of its
motive power and the materials used in the
manufacture of arms, in the supply and cheap-
ness of labor and food, in the healthfulness of
the site, and the possession and ownership
thereof by the government free of cost or ex-
jiense — enjoys advantages equal, of not superior,
to those possessed by any other place in the
Northwest for the location of such an establish-
ment — your memorialists would respectfully ask
your attention to a brief notice of these ad-
vantages." Following this eloquent peroration,
are some ten or twelve pages in which the argu-
ments are set forth forcefully and cogently.
Included in this pamphlet are extracts from ac-
tions of the legislatures of the two specially
interested states. Illinois and Iowa, as well as a
certificate of the government agent in charge
of the island.
JOINT KESOLUTIONS OF THE IOWA LEGISLATUKE
"Be It Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Iowa,
"That the senators in Congress from this
State be requested to use their utmost exertions
to procure the establishment at the earliest pos-
sible time, by the Government of the United
States, of an Arsenal and Armory, for the dis-
tribution of arms to the states of the northwest.
on the Island of Rock Island, in the State of
Illinois.
"Resolved, That the Secretary of State be re-
quested to forward to each of the Senators and
representatives in Congress a copy of these reso-
lutions.
"Approved March 24, 18G1."
Governor Yates and other officials of Illinois
addressed an urgent letter to the Secretary of
War regarding the necessity of establishing an
armory on Rock Island.
CERTIFICATE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AGENT
"I, J. J. Pickett, Government Agent for the
Island of Rock Island, hereby certify that the
lands owned by the Government are free from
claims of squatters, and that the only occupants
thereon are eight in number who hold leases
under and acknowledge themselves tenants of
said Government, in which lease it is specifically
agreed that the lessors are to vacate the prem-
ises in thirty days from the date of receiving
notice requiring them to leave. T. J. Pickett,
government agent, Rock Island, III., October 25,
1861." The result of a liberal distribution of
copies of this pamphlet was an act of congress
providing for the arsenal and armory and car-
rying an appropriaton of $100,000 passed July
11, 18G2. General C. P. Buckingham in a report
to the secretary of war October 24, 1862, said:
"The island is without doubt the best place for
an armory."
OWNERSHIP OF LAND
Up to this time there had been persistent
efforts on the part of many persons to acquire
ownership or other rights on the island as pre-
emptors, railroad constructors, manufacturers,
water power promoters, tenants or plain squat-
ters, but these efforts were vigorously opposed
by the ordnance department and government offi-
cials generally. It w-as held that before the
reservation for military purposes in 1825, the
whole Island had been withnrawn from the
jurisdiction of the land depurrment. had so
continued and therefore was not open to settle-
ment as were other government lands. Not-
withstanding that this position was consistently
maintained by the officials, two claims were
acted upon by Congress, and through such
action David B. Sears and George Davenport
had their asserted title to land on the island
confirmed. Regarding the latter claim Colonel
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Davenport in 1833 entered a plea with the war
department stating that his sou, George Daven-
port, had a trading post on the island, also a
dwelling and other improvements, that he had
been located there since 1S16, and asking that
he be allowed to acquire the fractional quarter
section on which he lived under the preemption
law at the regular price of ll.L'o per acre. Un-
der orders issued b.v the general land offlee, his
claim could not be admitted, but on April 2,
ISil, with the assistance of Senator Douglas.
Judge Knox and Judge Drur.v, an act of Con-
gress was passed which permitted him to acquire
title, and the lands were held by him and his
family until they were repurchased by the gov-
ernment in 1SC7, the price paid being ?-U3,740.
Immediately after the troops were withdrawn
from the island, in 18.30, squatters toolc posses-
sion, hoping that In time their claims would
be recognized, and they would be able to acquire
ownership of the land. These squatters cleared
and cultivated some of the land, used much of
the timber, and sold logs and wood so recklessly
that most of the original timber growth was
destroyed. Finally, David J. Baker, a United
States attorney, located at Kaskaskla, 111., noti-
fied J. R. Poinsett, secretary of war. of the con-
ditions existing on the island, and asked per-
mission to e.iect the squatters. The matter was
submitted to I'resident Van Buren, who issued
orders for their removal. This order, however,
did not prove effectual either in removing the
squatters or in stopping their depredations.
PROPOSED SALE OF LAND
In 1850. when Zaehary Taylor was president
of the United States, G. W. Crawford was sec-
retary of war, and Jefferson Davis was chair-
man of the military affairs committee of the
United States Senate, an effort was made to
have the government sell the entire island to
the highest bidder, tliose in favor of this action
claiming that otherwise the squatters would
eventually get It at prices netting the govern-
ment only about .$1,200, whereas if sold at auc-
tion it would bring at least $100,000. This
scheme was promoted by a party of sjieculators
in St. Louis and Xe\<- York, and came very near
being accomplished. An order was issued by
the president through the secretary of war to
sell the island, and P.rig.-Gen. R. B. Mason was
ordered to conduct the sale after It had been
properly advertised. It was not. however, ad-
vertised in the region around about Rock Island,
and the first intimation the people of this com-
munity h.-id of the matter was contained in a
"public sale'' notice In the "Jllssouri Republi-
can," published at St. Louis. When this dis-
covery was made the people of Rock Island be-
gan action at once to prevent the proposed sale.
Hon. E. D. Baker, then member of Congress from
this district and Senators Stephen A. Douglas
and James Shields were appealed to in an hur-
ried effort to save the island. Senator Doug-
las at once took an active interest, and thor-
oughly investigated, informing himself in all
matters pertaining to the subject. In the mean-
while General Mason had arrived on the Island
and was making preparations to conduct the
sale according to his orders, when the efforts
in Washington resulted in his receiving a tele-
gram to suspend the sale until further notice.
It is almost luuiecesary to state that the sale
was never held.
WATER POWER
This was a narrow escape for the island and
proved beneficial in that it attracted the atten-
tion of prominent men connected with the gov-
ernment to the value of the island as a military
reservation.
In 1837 the Illinois legislature by an act
passed in both houses, authorized Johu W.
Spence and David B. Sears to construct a dam
across the south channel of the river opposite
their lands. In 1830 the charter was extended
and in 1841-2 this dam was built as authorized.
Mr. Sears also built a dam to Benham's Island,
a small island in the main channel just north of
the island of Rock Island. The water power
created by the building of the Sears dam near
the head of the island under the charter of the
State of Illinois, drew the attention of those
desiring to engage in manufacturing to the up-
per end of the Island, according to a rejiort
made to the quartermaster general March 8,
1854, by J. B. Daveniwrt, then custodian of the
island. The following Industries had already
been located, and were in operation : a saw-
mill, b.v Spencer H. White, a saw-mill by Atkin-
son & Chamberlain, a sash and blind factor.v
by Charles Atkinson, a large building 40x100
feet used liy Pitts. Gilbert & Pitts for various
manufacturing purposes, two shops by S. H.
White, two shingle mills by S. H. White,
two dry houses, one office and one stable by
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
835
Dimmock & Gould, together with quite a num-
ber of residences and other buildings, all of
' which were near the main dam. On the other
side of the island, near the dam built out to
Benham's island by Mr. Sears, were a steam
planing mill, operated by Sears, Wood and Hun-
ton, and three dwellings, while on Benham's
island were Mr. Sears' mill, one dwelling and
two warehouses, and it was there that the steam-
boats landed. At the time Mr. Danforth made
his report there had been six shanties erected
by the railroad couiiiany for their emiiloyes. who
cut the timber from a strip 100 feet wide all the
way across the island, and were then at work
grading for the tracks and quarrying rock for
the first bridge across the Mississipiii, the site
of which, a -short distance above and east of
the present structure, is shown by one of the
stone piers which was recently repaired and
suitably marked.
FURTHER LEGISLATION
In February, 1854, Senator Shields Introduced
a bill in the United States senate iwoyiding for
the sale of the island and providing further that
D. B. Sears be allowed to enter the lands occu-
pied by him at the minimum price of govern-
ment lauds to the extent of seventy-three acres.
It also provided that' the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad be allowed a right of way 400
feet wide across the island. This measure at
once started things again in the effort to save
the island. A lively correspondence resulted
In which Hon. A. C. Dodge, chairman of the
committee in military affairs In the United
States senate, and Jefferson Davis, secretary of
war, took an active part. Secretary Davis' sub-
sequent action prevented the passage of the bill,
and he thus again became the saviour of the
Island to the government.
BUILDING OF ABMORY AND ARSENAL STARTED
In May, 1863, a commission composed of
Major F. D. Callander, Major C. P. Kingsbury
and Captain F. J. Treadwell was sent by the
ordnance department for the purpose of locat-
ing the iiroiwsed building on Rock Island. In
addition to doing this, the commission recom-
mended in its report the establishment of maga-
zines on the island, and selected the most desir-
able sites for that purpose. This report was
adopted. Major Kingsbury being appointed the
first commander in charge of the construction
work. To the great satisfaction of those who
had worked so hard to bring aoout a success-
ful termination of these efforts, ground was
broken September 3, 1803, for the government
building on the lower end of the island. By
August, 1805, the government decided to pre-
Iiare plans for a combination armory and ar-
senal where small arms and other munitions of
war could also be manufactured as well as pre-
pared and stored. In this same year Major
Kingsbury was succeeded by General T. J. Rod-
man who prepared the necessary plans. The
government could not have made a better selec-
tion for this able general and scientific man was
fitted by training, experience and natural abil-
ity for his great work. These plans, submitted
to Congress during the session of 186.5, met with
instant approval, and an appropriation was
made for the Immediate commencement of the
work.
General Rodman was succeeded in the com-
mand of the arsenal by General D. W. Flagler
who carried out the plans which had been pre-
pared by his predecessor, and who remained
in charge until ISSG, w^hen Colonel T. G. Baylor
became commandant. He was relieved In 1889
by Colonel J. M. WTiittemore who remained in
command until 1892 when General A. R. Buf-
fington was detailed to the command. In 1897
he was succeeded by Captain Stanhope E. Blunt
who became major, later lieutenant-colonel and
still later colonel. In August, 1907 the command
passed to Colonel S. E. Hoblis who died at his
post April 12, 1911, and was burled In Chipplan-
noek cemetery. Rock Island with full military
honors. He was succeeded by Lieutenant-
Colonel George W. Burr, the present command-
ant, who was assigned to the command June 25,
1911.
CHICAGO & E. I. RAILROAD RIGHTS
Prior to the recognition by the government
of the desirability of the Island of Rock Island
as the proper site for the location of a perma-
nent manufacturing depot, a portion of the
island had been sold by special act of Congress
to the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. This
road had iilaeed its tracks across the island and
built uiwn its banks the abutments for Its
bridges. In order to buy the interests of private
parties, a commission composed of General J. M.
Scofield, Selden M. Church and James Barnes
was appointed to appraise the lands thus in-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
836
volved and these -n-ere finally purchased at a
total cost of $221,035. On June 27, 1866, Con-
gress approved an appropriation bill naming the
sum necessary to purchase these rights and
authorizing the relocation of the railroad bridge
and providing for compensating the railroad
company for changing its route across the island.
Included in this act was provision for an appro-
priation sufHcient to begin work on developing
the water power. Under this act and others
approved as necessary, the government co-oper-
ated with the railroad company in the construc-
tion of an iron bridge which served for general
purposes until the construction of the present
magnificent bridge, sharing the expense and
securing a free wagon way in addition to the
railroad tracks, the latter being elevated above
the railway, making a double-decked bridge from
the island to Daveniwrt, la., on the west bank
of the river.
NEED OF THE ARSENAL
The Civil war which broke out in 1S61 empha-
sized the pressing need for a gre;U arsenal for
supplying our troops with war equipment and
munitions, and the selection of this site for
such an institution was due to its exceptional
location with respect to transportation both by
water and rail, and to an ample supply of mate-
rials, labor and cheap power. The arsenal passed
its fiftieth anniversary on July 11, 1911, and its
life is properly divided into two periods, first
that of construction, and second that of manu-
facturing.
The period of construction covers that time
during which the great quadrangle of shops with
their outlaying storehouses, quarters, barracks,
hospital, boiler houses, power houses, etc. were
built. This period extended from the estab-
lishment of the arsenal on to approximately the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war in 1898.
In the years preceding this time some manufac-
turing was done, but it was small in amount and
the plant was of limited capacity. The manu-
facturing period really dates from the begin-
ning of this war, when under the spur of neces-
sity the plant was rapidly increased in capacity
and the output was correspondingly multiplied.
Output was the crying need of the hour, and
every effort possible was made to satisfy the de-
mand. Though the plant was largely increased
at that time, the arrangement was not entirely
satisfactory, so at the close of the war a well
considered plan for steady and orderly develop-
ment and expansion was laid down, and has
since been followed. At that time, now over
fifteen years ago, only two of the great shops
were utilized for manufacturing purposes. By
the subsequent development seven of these shops
are now filled with machinery and are in
regular use.
MAGNITUDE OF OPER-VTIONS
The magnitude of the oijerations of the
arsenal may be better , appreciated when we
consider that for the past ten years the month-
ly payroll for labor alone has exceeded an aver-
age of ¥100,000 per month, and that the monthly
outlay for purchase of raw material has also
exceeded $100,000. When it is remembered that
the greater part of this exiwnditure goes into
the hands of merchants and other business
men of the vicinity, the financial benefit of this
great government industry to the community
is apparent. Then again this expenditure is
regularly made in carrying out a fixed govern-
mental policy so that the community reaps a
steady dividend from this institution year after
year, irrespective of the condition of the weather
or the crops. The total disbursements for labor
alone during the more 'than fifty years of the
arsenal's existence have been about $20,500,000,
and of this a little over $12,500,000 have been
paid out during the past decade. This total
for labor includes only the payment made on
the regular pay rolls, and does not include those
made to contractors and others which in them-
selves are large. The total cost of the estab-
lishment, including realty, buildings, water
power, machinery, etc., has been $11,702,053.2-1.
The arsenal is under the control of the ord-
nance department of the United States army
and is under the command of an officer of that
department who is detailed for the duty by the
secretary of war. He is assisted by a staff of
officers also of the ordnance department and a
detachment of enlisted men belonging to the
same branch of the service. The manufacturing
work in the shops is in charge of these officers
who are specially educated for their duties.
The work itself is carried on by civilian em-
ployes of whom there are now 1,700. The shop
force has the usual industrial organization, with
foremen, master workmen, engineers, electri-
cians, etc. The orders for manufacture are re-
ceived from the war department in Washington,
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837
D. C. The material is manufactui-ed and placed
in storehouses ready to be issued to the army as
needed under prescribed rules and regulations
or on special order from the war department,
as also to the national guard of the various
states and to the military schools and colleges
of the country. This is also the distributing
point to all parts of the middle west for the
product of other arsenals, and of private estab-
lishments which furnish the government with
arms and munitions of war.
The civilian employes of the arsenal reside
in the surrounding cities, a large proportion in
Rock Island. They are selected men and are
protected in the permanency of their employ-
ment by the civil service laws. Under govern-
ment employment they have the benefits of
large, clean, well ventilated and well heated
shops, with all sanitary conveniences. They
have an eight-hour day with Saturday half
holiday, with pay in the summer months, and
fifteen cla3's vacation with pay each year. When
disabled for more than fifteen days through in-
jury received in the course of employment,
they receive full pay for the time absent from
work on account of such Injuries. They are
paid the highest prevailing rate of wages In
the vicinity for similar work. There are six
employes still actively engaged in work who
entered the arsenal employment prior to 1870,
three of these having begun in 1865. A large
number have records of thirty to forty years
of continuous service, and the larger proportion
of employes have been working for ten years
or more, or from the time the number of em-
ployes was so largely increased owing to the
Spanish-American war. Such records of long
and steady employment speak volumes for con-
tentment with working conditions. These men
are a splendid body of intelligent employes and
they and their families are much respected in
the neighborhoods in which they live. The ma-
jority of them own their homes.
There is stationed at the arsenal a detach-
ment of 100 enlisted men of the ordnance de-
partment of the army who form the general
guard police and fire protection at times when
the civilian employes are not present. In addi-
tion there are about forty enlisted men in at-
tendance on the saddler's school which is main-
tained at the arsenal. The men belonging to
the cavalry branch of the army are sent to
learn their duties in connection with the care
and repair of the leather equipment used by the
troops. The course of instruction requires eleven
months and when it is completed students are
returned to the commands to which they be-
long, and others are forwarded to take their
places.
APPKOPBIATE BUILDINGS
In September, 1863, Major C. P. Kingsbury,
the first commandant, began the erecton of a
storehouse near the lower or western end of
the island, topped with a tower and clock which
continues to be a landmark for the surrounding
country. When General Rodman was put in
charge in 1865, he drew up plans which were
carried out by his successor. General D. W.
Flagler. The main shops, which are located
almost in the center of the island, comprise
ten stone buildings sixty feet wide, each con-
structed around three sides of a rectangular
central court, with fronts, 210 feet, and wings,
300 feet long ; eight of the shops being four
stories in height, and the other two, one-story.
Seven of the buildings are equipped with ma-
chinery and the other three are used for storage
of finished product and stores. The buildings
are of similar design and floor plan and are
designated by letters. Looking from west to
east, the shops on the south side of the main
avenue are A, C, E, G and I, while those on
the north side are B, D, F, H and K.
As a typical example of the massiveness of
the arsenal shop buildings a few figures relative
to material used in the construction of one of
them can be given. Records show that in the
building of shop A, cited as an example, the
following was used : 30,115,800 pounds of rock,
0,132,800 pounds of brick, 2,199,046 pounds of
iron, 1,331,500 pounds of lumber, 362.500 pounds
of slate, 200,000 pounds of plaster, and 26,000
pounds of copper. All told the floor space of
the shops reaches a total of 422,800 square feet.
When we consider such figures we get an idea
of an institution which has been planted upon
a solid foundation. Shops B, D and F are
armory shops, and are devoted exclusively to
the manufacture of small arms. Here army
rifles are turned out at the rate of 100 every
working day. On the south side of the main
avenue are the old arsenal shops. At present
shop C is used as a carpenter, metal equipment,
polishing and tin shop. In shop E are the black-
smithing department and foundry in which
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
many of the cast irou aud alloy castings used
in the process of ujauufacture are turned out.
Light and medium forging is done in the black-
smithing department, and there are here also
large presses for pressed steel work. In fact
the small arms plant and the shops of the south-
ern row contain more than 2,400 machines of
various kinds used in the work of the arsenal.
General machine and field artillery work is
done in shop G. These departments overflow
into the basement of shop I. The drafting
rooms are located in this building, as are also
the leather and cloth departments, harness for
field artillery, gun covers, tarpaulins, knapsacks
and other equipment. In this department also
is the saddlery school already mentioned. Shops
H and K are used as storehouses aud one of the
mo.st Imposing of all the arsenal buildings is the
storehouse building with the tower and clock,
at the town end of the island near the gi-eat
government bridge joining the island to the
Iowa shore in Davenport. This was the first
of the buildings erected and at that time it was
intended that the other ones would be at the
same part of the island, but the present site
was later adopted. ■ At first the commandant's
quarters were used in connection with three
other stone buildings, but early in the present
century, a frame and later a brick and stone
structure have been built along and at the
eastern end of Terrace road. These being of
more modern design, provide good housing for
the oflicers and men.
HYnRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
During Colonel Blunt's aduunistration, there
was a great expansion in the manufacturing
capacity of the arsenal, and over $1,200,000
worth of modern machinery was installed in the
shops, the power transmission being changed
from the wire rope of the water iwwer to the
modern hydro-electric plant of ample capacity
for all re<iuirements.
The main channel of the Missi.ssippi river is
between the island and the Iowa shore, while
a narrower branch is between the island and the
Illinois shore. Across the latter, a short dis-
tance above the shops, a masonry dam was
constructed to utilize the rapids dpiwsite and
above the island. This gives a water power of
ample capacity with a head of from seven and
one-half to eleven feet according to the stage
of the river, and three alternating generators of
l,iju0 kilowat capacity operated by twenty tur-
bines, have been installed to supply electric
jwwer. These have the necessary exciters,
switchboards, etc. required. Housing this in-
stallation is a building that is not only useful,
hut ornamental as well, and of great interest to
visitors. The present 3,000 horse power can
easily be increased whenever necessary by
utilizing penstocks on the dam not now occupied
and installing the additional machinery which
such action would necessitate. None of the navy
yards or other arsenals have the advantages
afforded by this liberal water supply and the
power plant with its consequent facilities for
manufacturing is one of the most distinguish-
ing features of the Rock Island arsenal. The
electric power is also used in the armory in
operating the elevators in the shops, for heat-
ing, for providing lavatory conveniences, light-
ing purposes both for the buildings and grounds,
oi>eratiug the machinery in running the small
trolley cars and for various other purposes.
ARSENAL MANUFACTURES
Practically every article which a soldier in
the United States army, members of the state
national guards, and students of military tactics
in the colleges and universities receiving gov-
ernment aid, may need is made here. The
arsenal manufactures in addition to the saddle
in all its parts, beginning with the lumber used
in the saddletree, the bridle, saddle liars, har-
ness, rifle, halter, horse brush, uniform, scab-
bard, cartridge box, saber belt and numerous
other similar articles known as cavalry and
horse equipment, canteen, cup, meat can, knife,
fork and spoon, the haversack, tents and other
accoutrements of duck and other material and
the bits, spurs, picket pin, etc., of metal. Many
sets of artillery harness are annually manu-
factured and pack outfits for mountain artillery
when it is necessary to carry giuis and annnuni-
tion on the Ijacks of pack aninials.
The arsenal also manufactures field guns, car-
riages, limbers, caissons, battery wagons and
their tools, implements, etc. All of the field
artillery carriages manufactured at the arsenal
are tested on the island, a si>ecial observation
tower providing a river range for firing up
the river of approximately G,500 yards being
provided. Wooden, paper and similar targets,
steel silhouette frames and pasters used in target
practice, as well as the insignia indicating the
o4anuJjT^tici!^<-^<'^ o^^el.u^cyt
TBI iiW t?M
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAl^D COUNTY.
839
soldiers' classificatiou iu markmausbip and that
on saddle cloths, rosettes on bridles and similar
ornaments in jewelers' worls, are all manu-
factured here.
ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION
An enviable record has been established by
the arsenal for economical production. Many
instances could be given where in competition
with commercial firms, it has produced better
material at a much less cost to the government.
The manufacture of carriages for field guns and
other vehicles and material for field artillery
is one of its principal productions, but the ca-
pacity of the plant is such that it can produce
about one-third of the total quantity needed
by the government, the remainder being bought
from contractors. Could it all be made here,
a large saving in cost would be effected. The
current sundry civil bill for 191.3 carries an
appropriation of $250,000 for the purpose of
increasing the facilities for the manufacture of
moliile artillery material and it is hoped that
this amount will soon be available so that the
arsenal may be able to supply the entire needs
in this line of production. With the present
capacity the actual cost value of the annual out-
put is approximately .$2,750,000.
MILITARY PRISON
In July, 1863, according to an order from the
war department. Rock Island was made a mil-
itary prison iu which Confederate prisoners
were confined, with Captain Charles A. Reyn-
olds, assistant quartermaster of the United
States army, iu charge. He built a prison and
barracks, and the first soldiers to report for
duty as guards arrived November 2, 1863. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Schaffner arrived November 19,
1863, and took charge of the prison, and Colonel
A. J. Johnson was appointed to assume charge
of the prisoners.
On December 3, 1863. the first installment of
prisoners arrived, having been captured at the
battle of Lookout Mountain, and from that date
until the close of the Civil war. many prisoners
were kept under strong guard, the entire num-
ber confined here being 12,215. There were
1.960 deaths, about 500 of this number passing
away from the effects of smallpox. They were
buried on the island. The corner posts of the
cemetery where these bodies repose are made of
cannon taken from the Confederates, planted
with their muzzles in the ground and strung
around with chains. Within the little cemetery
these graves of nearly 2,000 Confederate dead
are well cared for, and each is marked by a
simple headstone. Near the head of tne island
Is a little Union soldiers' cemetery surrounded
by a fence, and each resting place is marked by
a headstone.
The island is connected with Rock Island,
Moline and Davenport by bridges which were
built and are maintained by the government,
and at which guards are constantly on duty.
The present bridge leading to Davenport is the
third to be erected and has provision for railway
and general traflic. All left of the old one is
now but a viue-covered pier aoout a quarter of
a mile above the jjresent structure. It was the
first bridge to be built across the Mississiiipl
river from its mouth to its source, and was
erected by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company. The first train consisting
of a locomqti,\:e aiij jei^M cars passed over it
April 21;^' 4854 J, the- road having been com-
pleted to Rock Island' in 1?5-1. On May 1, 1856
the first span east of the draw, 250 feet in
length,. was destroyed by fire, which was caused
by the si^"nif:v"Efflf^^Afion- striking one of the
piers on which the span rested, the steamer
catching fire and burning, the.fiames being com-
municated to the bridge. In the following
month, during a severe wind storm, the draw
span was lifted from its supports, and blown
over on its side up river, so that it hung sus-
pended with both ends in midair. This bridge,
which stood about a third of a mile above the
present one, was replaced by a new one which
was built jointly by the government and the
railway where the present bridge now stands,
at the lower or western end of the island. This
was completed in October. 1872, and was turned
over to the care of the commandant of the
arsenal In February. 187.3. Its total length was
1.5.50 feet, divided into five spaces and a draw.
Its cost was close to a million dollars. This
structure served until the present steel bridge,
built on the same pier during the winter of
1804-5 succeeded it. This is a double decked
bridge with double railroad track above and a
double wagon way and double foot way below.
The trusses of this thoroughly modern bridge
are calculated to carry a total moving load of
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
11,360 pounds per lineal foot. The draw space,
whicli weighs approximately 2,500,000 pounds,
is one of the heaviest ones ever built. The
chain motion for moving the draw is a departure
from the custom usually followed in bridge
cojistruction. and has proven very satisfactory.
Beginning at the north end the first span is 260
feet long, the second, third and fourth are each
220 feet, the fifth 260, while the total length of
the draw space is 36S feet, giving an open space
for passage of vessels of 162 feet on each side
of the draw pier. The approach upon the Daven-
port side is 200 feet in length, while on the end
next the island it is 100 feet, making a total,
including the approach spans of 1,848 feet. The
cost, including repairs on the original piers, was
$495,000. Ralph Modjeska. sou of the famous
actress, the late Madame Modjeska, was the
chief engineer of this splendid structure, and
the Phoenix Bridge Company were the builders
of both bridges constructed on this site.
At the southwest limit of the island the gov-
ernment, in 1907, built a fine new steel bridge,
connecting it with the Illinois shore in the city of
Rock Island, the approach being at; Third ave-
nue and Twenty-fourth street. The southern
end of this bridge forms a viaduct under which
the railways entering the city pass. At the
eastern end of the Island is a bridge which,
crossing the South branch, known as Sylvan
Water, connects it with the city of Moline.
ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE ISLAND
A description of the island of Rock Island
is not out of place for it is admittedly the most
beautiful spot owned by the government, and
used for military purposes, not excepting historic
West Point. The island is a rocky cliff up
which rise in gentle slopes, exquisitely green
prairie lands to bluffs of considerable height,
all forming an island near the center of the
Father of Waters. The river at this point is
clear, swift running and about three quarters
of a mile in width. The buildings belonging to
the armory have been constructed with the idea
of adding to the beauty of the land.?cape, and
the bridges to it blend harmoniously with the
scenery. In fact the island with its 1,000 acres
of ground, shaded with beautiful forest trees
and having approximately twenty-one miles of
fine roadways, constitutes a large park access-
ible to residents of the surrounding cities, of
which privilege they fully avail themselves.
The future of the arsenal seems assured. The
requirements of the national government and
of the national guards of the states for ma-
terial and equipment of the kind produced here
are steadily increasing. With our constantly
augmenting population and our greater partici-
pation in world politics, the necessity for a
police force in the form of an army and navy
of reasonable proportions, and of a reserve of
citizen soldiery becomes more and more evident.
Adequate provision for this force will call for
more equipment each year, which will mean the
continued activity of the arsenal.
CHAPTER XXXII
SOME EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
By H. O. Connelly
TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY THIRTEENTH ILLI-
NOIS INFANTRY NINETEENTH ILLINOIS INFAN-
TRY TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
THIRTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — FORTY-
FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — FIFTY-FIRST ILLINOIS
INFANTRY FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
SIXTY-FIFTH HONOIS INFANTRY — SIXTY-SIXTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY SIXTY-NINTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY SEVENTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY —
EIGHTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY NINETY-
THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY — ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY ONE HUN-
DRED AND TWENTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
^FIFTY-EIGHTH (CONSOLIDATED) ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND ILLI-
NOIS INFANTRY (100 DAYS REGIMENT) — TWEN-
TY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY (CONSOLIDATED)
• — ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY
FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY NINTH ILLINOIS
CAVALRY FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY SEV-
ENTEENTH ILLINOIS C.WALRY OTHER REGIMENTS.
During the Civil war, citizens of Rock Island
county were to be found in at least 100 regi-
ments raised from different portions of Illinois,
Iowa and Kansas. Members of the Eighth Kan-
sas Infantry lived in Rock Island county both
before and after the war. Major General John
Braford was the only citizen of the county to
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
841
attain to this rank during tlie war. He opened
tbe great l)attle of Gettysburg with his spleudid
cavalry command.
THE TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company D of the Twelfth Illinois Infantry
enlisted for three months, was the first body of
soldiers to leave Rock Island county. The regi-
ment was mustered into service in May, 1S61,
with William I>. Williams as captain of Com-
pany D. He was later promoted to the rank of
major. David Benson was then made captain
of Company D and L. Dimick, Quincy McNeil
and David Hakes were lieutenants. The cap-
tains for the three years' service were Robert
H. Luckey (dismissed), John W. Fisher, Robert
Kohler and Michael Guinty, while William F.
Jobe, Theophilus McConnell, Charles M. Barry
and Francis W. Stearns were lieutenants. Dr.
Samuel C. Plummer was made surgeon of the
regiment.
THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company D of the Thirteenth Illinois Infantry
was the next to enter the service in August,
1861. Quincy McNeil was the first captain of
this company, but was later commissioned major
in the Second Illinois Cavalry. James M. Beard-
sley, while serving as captain of Company D,
was promoted to the rank of major of the Thir-
teenth Regiment. The lieutenants of Company
D were Albert T. Higby, George G. Knox, Elisha
J. Beardsley, who was killed in action, and
Matthew McCullough.
NINETEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
The next company to leave Rock Island
county was Company H, of the Nineteenth In-
fantry, Captain Peachy Garriott (dismissed)
commanding. The lieutenants were DeWitt C.
Marshall, Alva Mausur, Rodney C. Johnson,
John Dedrick and Willington Wood.
TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INPANTEY
Napoleon B. Buford was the first colonel of
the Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry. Like his
brother, John Buford, he was a graduate of
West Point Military Academy. On August 15,
1862, he was made a brigadier-general, and was
the only Rock Island county man to be so dis-
tinguished during the war. Dr. B. H. Bowman
was surgeon of this regiment and David B.
Sears was quartermaster.
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THIRTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Myron S. Barnes was made colonel of the
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and after the
war he became editor of a Rock Island journal.
Herman Wolford was one of the majors of the
regiment. Rock Island furnished two companies
in this regiment, and of them the following men
served as captains: John A. Jordan, Pleury
Curtis, Charles W. Hanes, Lorenzo B. Morey and
William C. Wilson, while David L. Ash, Andrew
B. Steele and William H. Bigelow were lieu-
tenants in Company A. The commissioned offi-
cers of Company H were John B. Frick, Herman
Wolford and George H. Merrill, captains, and
Joseph Eaton (killed in action), William C. Wil-
son, Wills C. Merrill and Benjamin F. Park-
hurst were lieutenants.
FORTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company E, from Rock Island county, formed
a part of the Forty-third Illinois Infantry.
John Peetz of this company was appointed ad-
jutant of the regiment. John Tobien, Henry
Kroeger and Charles Engle were captains, and
John Peetz, John Oppeudick and Gustav Wagen-
fueher were lieutenants. When John Peetz was
commissioned captain of Company A. Gustav
Wagenfucher was made adjutant. This regi-
ment was mustered into the service in the fall
of 1861.
FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Rock Island county contributed Company H,
of the Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry, Robert F.
Reid being a member. He was later appointed
sergeant-major, and still later was appointed
adjutant. The captains were John B. Hawley,
William B. Seymour and David O. Reid. Thomas
O. Morris, William Waverling and Thomas M.
Wallace were lieutenants.
FIFTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Thomas T. Whitson, Charles B. Whitsou and
William H. Greenwood were captains, and As-
mond L. Cole, Charles H. McHenry and Henry
C. Frent were Ueutenauts.
FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
The captains of Company K, of the Fifty-
eighth Illinois Infantry, were : Patrick Gregg,
who was later promoted to be surgeon of the
Twenty-third regiment, John Tobin and John W.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Gregg. Tbe lieutenants ■svere Thomas Malloy
and John Clark (dismissed). In the consoli-
dated regiment, the officers of Company K were:
Jay N. Sheltou, captain, and James F. M.
Walters, Noyes B. Elliott and James F. Heck,
lieutenants.
SIXTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Robert S. Montgomery was the captain of
Company B, of the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantr.v,
furnished by Rock Island county. The lieuten-
ants were James "W. Ballard, Henry H. Jones
and Hiram McHenry. This regiment was veter-
anized with Hiram McHenry and James Mont-
gomery as captains of Companies H and C, and
Robert Briggs and Cyrus B. Bristol as lieuten-
ants in the consolidated regiment.
SIXTY-SIXTH nXTNOIS INFANTBT
This regiment was known as the "Western
Sharpshooters," and was organized by General
Fremont at Benton Barracks, Mo., in the fall
of 1861. Rock Island county had about thirty
soldiers in Company C. Frazier Conklin and
Frank A. Hartzell were captains from this
county who served in this regiment.
SIXTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
The Sixty-ninth Illinois Infantry was a three-
months regiment that remained on duty during
its period of service at Camp Douglas, Chicago,
guarding the camp and prisoners of war. It was
mustered into the service June 14, 1S02, with
Thomas J. Pickett as lieutenant-colonel and
Ezra M. Beardsley as adjutant. Rock Island
county furnished Company F, and the officers
of it were: Frazer Wilson, captain, and Ezra
B. Beardsley and George Schemehorn, lieuten-
ants.
SEVENTT-FIEST ILLINOIS LNFANTBY
The Seventy-first Illinois Infantry was also a
three months regiment which did guard duty in
Illinois and Kentucky during the term of serv-
ice. It was mustered in on July 26, 1S62. De-
Witt C. Marshall was commissioned major. The
officers of Company D, furnished by Rock Isl-
and county, were : Horatio G. Coyhendall, cap-
tain, and James L. Smedley and Charles C.
Huntley, lieutenants.
EIQHTY-NIKTH ILLINOIS INFANTBY
William D. Williams was commissioned major
of the Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry. Company
F was sent from Rock Island county with Wil-
liam D. Williams as captain, he being later suc-
ceeded by Ebenezer T. Wells. The lieutenants
of this company were : L. F. Dimick, James F.
Copp and Charles Arenschield.
NINETY-THIED ILLINOIS INFANTBY
Dr. Joseiih Huyett was the first surgeon of
the Ninety-third Illinois Infantry. The captains
of Company A, furnished by Rock Island county,
were Lewis S. Ashbaugb and William M. Morris.
Samuel F. McDonald and Jacob Adams (first
sergeant) served as lieutenants.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS
INFANTBY
Rock Island county had five companies in the
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Illinois Infan-
try. The field officers from our county were:
Lucius W. Heal, colonel ; Ezra M. Beardsley,
lieutenant-colonel, and William W. Wilshere and
John Morris, majors. The officers of Company
B were : Henry D. Cline, Jacob L. Markle and
Brooks B. Hamilton, captains, and John D.
Mitchell, Isaac D. Ctox and James H. Coffman,
lieutenants. The officers of Company E were :
Lucius W. Beal and Emory Hughes, captains;
and Myron Pratt, Frederick S. Gates and David
A. Philips, lieutenants. The officers of Com-
pany G were: Edwin H. Johnston, William
H. Schriver and Gabriel Armstrong, captains;
and James C. Fleming and Leonard Stockwell,
lieutenants. The officers of Company H were :
Thomas Martin and William J. Ransom, cap-
tains; and David E. Evans, William E. Ed-
wards, Christian Koerber and John Haltz, lieu-
tenants. The officers of Company I were : John
Morris and Charles M. Knox, captains; and
Joseph S. Kelley, Brooks R. Hamilton and
Moses Bowen, lieutenants.
one" hundred and TWENTY-NINTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
The officers of Company K, furnished by
Rock Island county to the One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, were: Wolf H.
.\ndersou. Albert Lamb and Charles Margraff,
captains : and James Chapman and Lorenzo D.
Hoover, lieutenants.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Rock Island county contributed Company G
to the One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois In-
XJJylf'^t^ ^^»H.f<<. ^l^ty^ lAJ'i^
!*| 1ki^% IfiM
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
843
fantry, and its officers were : Jolin H. Williams,
captain, \n(i Edwin H. Daily and Edwin B.
Knox (first sergeant) served as lieutenants.
This was a 100-day regiment and was mustered
in June IS, 1S64.
FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Consolidated)
Jay N. Skelton was the only captain of Com-
pany K in the consolidated Fifty-eighth Illinois
Infantry. The lieutenants were: James F. M.
Walters, Noyes B. Elliott and James F. Heck.
ONE HUNDKED AND THIRTY-SECOND ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
The One Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois
Infantry was a 100-day regiment. The colonel
was Thomas J. Pickett, while the captain was
Luke E. Hemmingway, and Robert E. Baker
was surgeon; Henry Harwood and George
Schermerhorn were the lieutenants.
TWENTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Consolidated)
Thomas L. Daugherty was captain of Com-
pany I of the Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry,
and Charles S. Woods and Charles R. Reynolds
were lieutenants.
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND ILLINOIS INTANTET
Company C had in it a number of men from
Rock Island county, but no commissioned officers
according to the record, except Lieutenant Byron
Jordan.
FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
A record before me says that Company G of
the Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry was from
Rock Island county, with James W. Ballard,
captain, and William Shaughnessy and Asa G.
Darby, lieutenants. In the Third Adjutant-
General's report of Illinois, 1861-66, page 316,
Company G is printed : Captain Ballard's name
does not appear there, nor do those of the lieu-
tenants above quoted.
FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
George Dodge was captain of Company M of
the Fourth Illinois Cavalry, and Samuel Alls-
house and Edwin H. Daly were lieutenants.
NINTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Albert G. Brackett of Rock Island was the
first colonel of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, while
Hiniui F. Siekels and Henry B. Burgh were
lieutenant-colonels. Joseph H. Knox was adju-
tant, and William C. Blackburn was battalion
adjutant. Joseph W. Brackett was battalion
quartermaster and commissary, while Dr. James
W. Brackett was surgeon, and O. Windsor
Briggs was chaplain. Henry B. Burgh, William
C. Blackburn and Christopher C. Dack were
captains in Ctompany A, and William M. Benton,
John H. Eberhardt, George P. Webster, David
Hiller and Henry H. Castor were lieutenants.
Joseph W. Brackett was a lieutenant in Com-
pany C of this same regiment.
FOUETEBNTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
f
Henry C. Connelly was major of the Four-
teenth Illinois Cavalry, and the captains of Com-
pany L were Alvin Everts and Henry C. Con-
nelly ; Job L. Grace and William M. Moore were
lieiltenants.
■i
, , i-. {■ JS^ENT.SElSiglt -ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Benjamin Harding was captain of Company
L, in the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
. :«01HEB REGIMENTS
Soldiers from Rock Island county were mem-
bers of many other regiments. We have no
complete record of the names of any of the
officers who served outside of Illinois and for
-this reason it is impossible to estimate just how
many Rock Island men participated in the Civil
war.
Robert M. Graham was colonel of the Eighth
Kansas Infantry, a portion of which went out
from Moline. A full account of this famous
regiment is given elsewhere. Graham Post,
G. A. R., is named in honor of Colonel Graham.
CHAPTER XXXIII
MILITARY HISTORY
By John M. Holt
BLACK HAWK WAR — MEXICAN WAR — CIVIL WAR-
INDEPENDENT BANGERS — SEVENTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY — EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — NINTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY — ELEVENTH ILLINOIS INFAN-
844
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
TRY — TWELFTH rLLINOIS INFANTRY (THREE
MONTHS) — TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' (THREE
YEARS AND VETERAN SERVICE) — THIRTEENTH IL-
LINOIS INFANTRY — FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY' (REORGANIZED) FIFTEENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY' — SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY —
SEVENTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — EIGHTEENTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY (REORGANIZED) — NINE-
TEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' — TWENTY-THIRD IL-
LINOIS INFANTRY' — TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY TWENTY'-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY'
• — THIRTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' THIRTY'-SEC-
OND ILLINOIS INFANTRY — THIRTY-THIRD ILLINOIS
INFANTRY' THIRTY'-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
— FORTY'-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY — FORTY-
THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY' FORTY-FOURTH ILLI-
NOIS INFANTRY' FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFAN-
TRY — FORTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' — FORTY'-
SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' (CONSOLIDATED) —
FIFTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY' FIFTY-FIRST ILLI-
NOIS INFANTRY — FIFTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFAN-
TRY — FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY FIFTY-
EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY (CONSOLIDATED)
FIFTY-NINTH HXINOIS INFANTRY — SIXTY-FIFTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY' — SIXTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY — SIXTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(THREE MONTHS) — SEVENTY-FIRST ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY' (THREE months) — SEVENTY'-SECOND IL-
LINOIS INFANTRY EIGHTY-FIRST ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY' — EIGHTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY —
EIGHTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY EIGHTY-
EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY" — EIGHTY-NINTH IL-
LINOIS INFANTRY' — NINETIETH ILLINOIS INFAN-
TRY' NINETY'-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY^ONE
HUNDRED AND SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY' ONE
HUNDRED AND TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY —
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH ILLINOIS INFAN-
TRY — ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY — ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY ONE HUNDRED AND TWEN-
TY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY —
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY'-NINTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY' ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND IL-
LINOIS INFANTRY' — ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-
FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — ONE HUNDRED
AND FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY — ONE HUN-
DRED AND FORTY'-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY' — ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST ILLI-
NOIS INFANTRY' — ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY'-FIFTH
ILLINOIS INFANTRY SECOND ILLINOIS CAVALRY
THIRD ILLINOIS CAVALRY' (CONSOLIDATED) — ■
FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY' — SIXTH ILLINOIS CAV-
ALRY — SEVENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY — EIGHTH IL-
LINOIS CAVALRY — NINTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY —
TENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY' ELEVENTH ILLINOIS
CAVALRY' TWELFTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY THIR-
TEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY — FOURTEENTH ILLI-
NOIS CAVALRY' — SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY —
SEVENTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY' — FIRST ILLINOIS
ARTILLERY — ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH U. S.
COLORED INFANTRY' EIGHTH KANSAS INFANTRY
(REORGANIZED) FIRST IOWA INFANTRY SEC-
OND IOWA INFANTRY — SIXTH IOWA INFANTRY
SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY — EIGHTH IOWA INFAN-
TRY — NINTH IOWA INFANTRY' — ELEVENTH IOWA
INFANTRY THIRTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY' FOUR-
TEENTH IOWA INFANTRY SIXTEENTH IOWA IN-
FANTRY" — EIGHTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY' — TWEN-
TIETH IOWA INFANTRY — TWENTY'-THIRD IOWA IN-
FANTRY — TWENTY--SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY
THIRTY'-THIRD IOWA INFANTRY' THIRTY'-FIFTH
IOWA INFANTRY — THIRTY-SEVENTH IOWA INFAN-
TRY FORTY-FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY" — SECOND
IOWA CAVALRY — SIXTH IOWA CAVALRY — SEVENTH
IOWA CAVALRY — EIGHTH IOWA VOLUNTEERS —
NINTH IOWA CAVALRY" THIRD MISSOURI INFAN-
TRY' — FIFTH MISSOURI INFANTRY' — OTHER OR-
GANIZATIONS — PROMINENT OFFICERS — MOLINE
ZOUAVES SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SIXTH
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY' AND SIXTH ILLINOIS NA-
TIONAL GUARD BURIAL OF OLD SOLDIERS RIVER-
SIDE CEMETERY' OLD CEMETERY' — NEW CEMETERY
— HARTZELLS' CEMETERY — SPANISH- AMERICAN
SOLDIERS' BURIAL OTHER PLACES OF BURIAL OF
B. H. GRAHAM POST, O. A. R.
[Abbreviations used iu following regimental
lists: e. (enlisted), m. o. (mustered out), dis.
(discharged), disa. (disability), des. (deserted),
l)ro. (promoted), d. (died), br. (buried), dism.
(dismissed), c. m. (court martialed) , dr.
(drowned), rej. (rejected), v. (veteran and vet-
eranized), wd. (wounded), Inv. Cp. (Invalid
Corps), amp. (amputated), tr. (transferred),
cap. (captured), ab. (absent), arty, (artillery),
pr. (prisoner), res. (resigned), mis. (missing),
det. (detailed), ap. (appointed), con. (consoli-
dated).]
THE BLACK HAWK WAR
In looking over the lists of the enlistments in
the Black Hawk war from Illinois. I find but
very few persons accredited to Kock Island
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
845
county, and therefore I do not care to dwell at
any great length on that war, especially as
others have taken up the subject and shown
the present generation what the Indians did and
how they rebelled against abandoning this sec-
tion of the country and giving it over to the
white men. The history of Fort Armstrong and
the movements of the troops on the Island of
Kock Island, together with the battles between
the whites and the Indians on Campbell's Island,
are historical facts carefully treated of in the
Life of Black Hawk and the adjutant-generals'
reports of Illinois.
I find in Captain Thomas Carlius' Company of
Spies, which belonged in the bridage of Briga-
dier-General Samuel Whiteside, which was or-
ganized at Carrollton, April 20, 1S32, the names
of John Reddish, Eoswell H. Spencer, Luther
Tunnell, William Tunnell, from Kock Island.
In Captain Jacob Ebey's company, also in White-
side's command, I find the name of John Graft
from Rock Island. I also find that the company
of Captain J. W. Kenney that was enrolled on
May 20, 1832, and mustered out September 4,
1832, was all, with the exception of one man,
credited to Rock Island county, as follows:
Captain, John W. Kenney, Rock Island county ;
enrolled May 20, 1S32.
First Lieutenant, Joseph Danforth, Rock Isl-
and couuty; enrolled May 20, 1832.
Privates : Thomas Davis, Rock Island county ;
enrolled May 20, 1832; Manly Danforth, Rock
Island county; enrolled May 20, 1832; Samuel
Danforth, Rock Island county; enrolled July 1,
1832; Samuel Kenney, Rock Island county; en-
rolled May 20, 1832; Thomas Kenney, Adams
county; enrolled June 12, 1832, on furlough;
Gentry McGee, Rock Island county; enrolled
May 20, 1832 ; Henry McNeal, Rock Island
county; enrolled May 20, 1832; Neel McNeal,
Rock Island county; enrolled July 1, 1832;
James Maskal, Rock Island county ; enrolled
May 20, 1832 ; Martin Smith, Rock Island coun-
ty; enrolled May 20, 1832; William H. Sams,
Rock Island county; enrolled July 1, 1832;
Joel Thompson, Rock Island county; enrolled
May 20, 1832; William Thompson, Rock Island
county ; enrolled May 20, 1832 ; Ira Wells, Rock
Island county ; enrolled May 20, 1832 ; Eri Wells,
Rock Island county; enrolled May 20, 1832;
Asaph Wells, Rock Island county ; enrolled May
20, 1832; Nelson Wells, Rock Island county;
May 20, 1832; Rinnah Wells, Rock Island
county; enrolled May 20, 1832; Joel Wells, Sr.,
Rock Island county ; enrolled May 20, 1832 ;
Joel Wells, Jr., Rock Island county ; enrolled
May 20, 1832; Luke Wells, Sr., Rock Island
county; enrolled May 20, 1832.
Many of these names are familiar to the old
settlers, especially those of Joseph Danforth,
Henry McNeal and the members of the Wells
family, for there are numerous descendants of
these men still residing in the c-ouuty.
I also find that Roswell H. Spencer was
a member of Captain Jacob Earley's company
in June, 1S32, and that Captain A. W. Snyder
had in his mounted company Russell H. Spencer,
John Wells and Lucius Wells, all from Rock
Island county. These are all the names that I
recognize as coming from Rock Island county
of the men who served during the Black Hawk
war, but doubtless there are many others.
THE MEXICAN WAR
It appears to be impossible to give correctly
a list of the men of Rock Island county who
served during the Mexican war. The reports
now in existence are faulty, and do not give the
place of enlistment. To get a perfect list would
require years of effort, and even then omissions
would be probable. It is sufiicient to say that
50,000 men enlisted for that war from Illinois
and Iowa and that Rock Island county sent its
quota.
THE CIVIL WAR
In writing up the military history of Rock
Island county, great difficulty is experienced be-
cause of the danger of omitting some of the
names of the men sent to the front, for there
was hardly a company raised in the state that
did not have members from all over it. There-
fore in making out a correct list of each com-
pany, I have tried to add only the members in
the companies who were actual residents of Rock
Island county. I have carefully given the his-
tory of the service of each company which had
its headquarters in Rock Island connt.v. If it
were possible to secure a like accurate history
of every company in each of the counties of Illi-
nois, a complete history of the military opera-
tions of the state could thus be obtained. The
history of the regiment is the history of each
coinpany complete, and the regimental record of
each regiment is given where it is represented
by one or more companies in the county. It is
846
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
not possible in a work lilie this to give individual
histories of all the soldiers that lived in the
county, or enlisted in organizations of other
counties. It is also impossible to give the record
of our soldiers who enlisted from other states.
These no doubt are treated of in works of a
similar nature issued in those states. It is ap-
propriate to say in this connection that Illinois
furnished her full quota of men In the Civil
war, all that were asked of her, with the ex-
ception of 4,S96, and would have supplied them
in another month, had not the Government
stopped all enlistments on April 13, 1S65. There
were also thousands of men who left the state
and went to other places to get bounties, for
whom we receive no credit. Therefore it is but
just to say that Illinois supplied the full quota
of 231,4SS men.
THE INDEPENDENT RANGEKS
The first company Kock Island county started
to raise was called the Independent Rangers,
and the movement originated at Moline. A com-
pany of cavalry was raised from the counties
of Rock Island, Mercer and Henry by Captain
Robert H. Graham, who made Moline his head-
quarters. The company took passage on a boat
from Rock Island for Qulncy, 111., where they
arrived the following day, and were sent across
the Mississippi river to Hannibal, Mo. Being
supplied with some old guns, they were sent
along the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
to guard its bridges and protect the property
from the enemy. Within a few days, however,
they were tran.sferred to Leavenworth, Kas.,
where they were fully armed and equipped.
From there they were sent back to Le.xington,
Mo., to act as a guard against bushwhackers and
prevent the advance of Price's army. After
skirmishing almost daily with the enemy, while
on scout duty, for some time, the company was
re-enforced by the Irish brigade under Colonel
James Mulligan, and a small body of the Home
Guards. These commands united In doing all
the.v could to fortify themselves and to protect
the people they were guarding, against the ap-
proaching army.
The battle of Le.\ington began on September
11, 1861, when about 3,000 men under General
Harris advanced on that city. The First Illi-
nois Cavalry, Graham's company of Rangers and
the Thirteenth Missouri, were ordered out to
stand them off. A sharj) action resulted in the
retreat of the enemy, who suffered severe losses.
However, on September IS, Price's entire army,
about 30,000 strong, surrounded Lexington, and
after fifty-two hours of desperate fighting, when
he had no water or ammunition left. Colonel
Mulligan surrendered on the 20th, his force by
that time having been reduced to less than 2,500
■ men. The officers were put on parole, while the
men gave their oath not to take up arms again
until they were exchanged as prisoners of war.
They were escorted to the Hannibal & St.
Joseph Railroad and sent to Qulncy, 111., and
from there to St. Louis. There their officers
joined them a week later, and they were paid off
at that city the last of September and sent home
to await their exchange. This not being effected,
they were discharged in Xovember. Captain
Graham, with some of his officers and men,
started at once to recruit other companies and
two of these, raised in Rock Island county and
in Henry and Mercer counties, became Companies
H and I of the Eighth Kansas Volunteer In-
fantry, of which Captain Graham was made col-
onel. A history of this regiment is given later on
in this article. The muster roll of the company
called the Independent Rangers, does not show
In the adjustant general's report of Illinois or
Kansas, and I have been unable to find a sur-
vivor of it who could give me the full list of its
members. Suffice to say that there was a full
company and among its members were the fol-
lowing from the three counties mentioned above,
Rock Island. Henry and Mercer :
Captain, Robert H. Graham; Moline.
First Lieutenant, Edgar P. Trego ; Viola.
Second Lieutenant, Frank Curtis; Geneseo.
Sergeants: Henry Austin, Rock Island,
county; Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo; Jerome
W. Thomas, Geneseo; John M. Lappeus, Gene-
seo; Augustus Cox, Rock Island county; Wash-
ington Waugh, Viola; James Brooks, Rock Is-
land county ; W. W. Nye, Geneseo ; Lucius Beal,
Zuma ; B. B. Joslyn, Rock Island county ; Alex-
ander Johnson. Moline; Christopher McDaniel,
Rock Lsland county; Felix Schneider, Rock Is-
land county; Francis H. Wells, Rock Island
county ; Christopher Hanson, Rock Island coun-
ty ; John Armpriest, Rock Island county; Kirk
Vincent, Rock Island county ; Robert Montgom-
ery, Rock Island county.
Nearly every member of this company of 100
men re-enllsted iu other commands after re-
turning home, and many of them rose to higher
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
847
rank, some becoming captaius, others colonels
and a few majors.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTKT
(Three months' service)
Among the early regiments to be formed was
the Twelfth Illinois Infantry, which was mus-
tered into the service in April, 1861, and was
mustered out August 1, 1S61, having fulfilled the
duty which was expected, which was to hold
our line on the Ohio river until the troops for
longer service were enlisted and armed.
Company D of this regiment was from Rock
Island, and its members are listed as follows,
with name and rank, date of enlistment, muster
and remarks.
Captains : William D. Williams, Kock Island ;
e. April 25, 1S61 ; mustered May 2, 1861; pro.
major ; m. o. August 1, 1861 ; David Benson, Rock
Island ; e. May 11, 1861 ; mustered May 2, 1861 ;
m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61.
First Lieutenants : David Benson, Rock Is-
land; e. April 25, 1861; pro.; Dimick Laurtis,
Rock Island ; e. May 11, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861.
Second Lieutenants : Quincy McNeill, Rock Is-
land ; e. April 25, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; David
H. Hakes, Rock Island; e. May 11, 1861; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861.
First Sergeant : Robert Koehler, Rock Island ;
€. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861.
Sergeants: William F. Jobe, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Samuel M.
Hartley, Rock IsTand; e. April 19, 1861; m. o.
Aug 1, 1861; Henry Wagner, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1861 ; dls. June 21, 1861, disa.
Corporals: Howard Hartley, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; George Mel-
viu, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug.
1, 1861 ; Joseph Taylor, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Levi F. Harson, Rock
Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861.
Musicians: Henry Beebe, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Jesse Smith,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; dis. June 21,
1861, disa.
Privates : George Applehaus, Rock Island ; e.
April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Samuel Alls-
house, Rock Island ; e. Aijril 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
1, 1861; Martin V. Allen, Rock Island; e. April
19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; J. W. Armpriest,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; Holmes Anderson, Rock Island ; e. April
19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61 ; Alexander Brandon,
Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; Hugh Boyle, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ;
m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; John G. Bleakney, Rock Is-
land ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; John
Burroughs, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861 ; John M. Bowen, Rock Island ; e.
April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Moses Bell,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861; Charles M. Barry, Rock Island; e. April
19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Harrison Baker,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861; Robert Burrall, Rock Island; e. April 19,
1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; J. F. Cranston, Rock
Island ; e. April 1, 1861 ; dis. June 21, 1861, disa. ;
N. L. Christ, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m.
0. Aug. 1, 1861; Edward Costillo, Rock Island;
e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Leauder M.
Chase, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
1, 1861 ; J. L. Cox, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; E. N. Devinney, Rock
Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861;
Thomas W. Daniels, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; William Donaldson,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861; Peter A. Dean, Rock Island; e. April
19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; James Dow, Rock
Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861;
A. Denehart, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m.
0. Aug. 1, 1861; William Dunlap, Rock Island;
e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; David E.
Evans, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
1, 1861 ; William Edwards, Rock Island ; e. AprQ
19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; John Griffith, Rock
Lsland; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61;
John Godfrey, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861;
m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Peter Gippson, Rock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Albert Her-
rick. Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; discU. June
21, 1861, disa. ; Austin Haynes, Bock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; E.
Hughes, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861; A. Hartstein, Rock Island; e. April
19, 18G1; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Henry H. Jones,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; James Johnston, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; J. W. Johnson, Rock
Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861;
John Johnson, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861;
m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; David R. Jones, Rock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Richard
Jones, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
' 1, 1861; Jonas Jackson, Rock Island; e. April
19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1. 1861; Thomas Jackson,
848
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1S61; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; George Jones, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Henry C. Kelton, Rock
Island; e. April 19, 1S61; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861;
Charles W. Kyle, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ;
m. 0. Aug. 1, 1S61 ; R. K. Lackey, Rock Island ; e.
April 19, 1801; m. o. Aug. 1, ISGl ; Romulus
Laughery, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1S61 ; m. o.
Aug. 1, ISOl ; John Lambert, Rock Island ; e.
April 19, ISCl; m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61; John Mc-
Laughlin, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861 ; Charles McKinley, Rock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Isaac
Sleanor, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861 ; Irwin Moore, Rock Island ; e. April
19, ISOl ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61 ; Heni-y Miller, Rock
Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; died at Cairo, July 19,
1S61; William F. McMullen, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; William I.
Owens, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861 ; William W. Philles, Rock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; John
Phillips, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o.
Aug. 1, 1861 ; John Richards, Rock Island ; e.
April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; W. C. Ronts-
zong. Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
1, ISOl ; Daniel Stough, Rock Island ; e. April
19, 1801; m o. Aug. 1, 1861; Henry Scheible,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; Joseph Saddler, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1. 1861 ; Jesse Spann, Rock Is-
land ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Fred-
erick Stewart, Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ;
m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; David Stephens, Rock Island ;
e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; M. Solen-
berger. Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug.
1, 1861 ; Benjamin Seville, Rock Island ; e. April
19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Charles Salows,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; Godfrey Siudlinger, Rock Island ; e. April
19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1S61 ; Richard Turpin,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861; John Tidball, Rock Island; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; George Tomlinson,
Rock Island; e. April 19, 1861; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861 ; George Temple, Rock Island ; e. April 19,
1861; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861; Dorwin K. Vantuyl,
Rock Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1,
1861; L. Williams, Rock Island; e. April 19,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; Michael Waddock, Rock
Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861 ; T.
J. West, Rock Island; e. April 19, 1801; dis.
June 21, 1861, disa. ; David R. Zeigler, Rock
Island ; e. April 19, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 1, 1861.
Although this company is all credited to the
city of Rock Island, it was made up of recruits
from all parts of the county, and it may be from
outside, to some extent.
SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANIEY
(Three pears' service)
Company F: Andrew M. Grant, Moline; e.
July 20, 1861.
EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
{Three years' service)
Company K : James M. Anderson, Rural ; e.
Nov. 30, 1864; killed at Blakely, Ala. April 8,
1865; Joseph S. Wiley, Rural; e. Nov. 30, 1864;
m. o. May 4, 1866.
NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Three years' service)
Company F: Michael Campbell, Rock Island;
e. July 30, 1861; William Murry, Rock Island;
e. August 31, 1861; Matthew McAllister, Rock
Island ; e. July 16, 1861 ; died September 15, 1861,
wounds; John W. McCarter, Rock Island; e.
July 27, 1861; James McShafer, Rock Island; e.
July 30, 1861; m. o. August 20, 1864; James
Rodgers, Rock Island; e. July 27, 1861; m. o.
August 20, 1864; John McGinnes, Rock Island;
e. January 4, 1864, veteran ; m. o. July 9, 1865.
ELEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company K : William Hanifin, Moline; e. Octo-
ber 8, 1864 ; substitute recruit, transferred to
Forty-sixth IlUnois Infantry.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Three years' service)
The Twelfth Illinois Infantry was mustered
into the United States service for three years,
August 1, 1861, and sent to Cairo, 111., from
whence the troops were transferred to Paducah,
Ky., and other places in that section of the
country, until there was a movement against
CWumbus, Ky. This regiment participated in
the campaign against Columbus and those which
were made against Forts Henry and Donelson,
and the battles at both places, being attached
in these engagements to McArthur's brigade.
The loss was nineteen killed, fifty-eight wounded
and ten missing. This regiment was in the thick-
est of the battle of Shiloh during both days, and
lost 109 killed and wounded and seven missing.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
849
It did its part during the siege of Corinth, and
•was attached to General Oglesby's brigade.
While held in reserve at the battle of luka, the
regiment did not participate in the actual fight-
ing. On October 3 and 4, 1S62, the regiment
was engaged in the second battle of Ck)rintb,
and as part of the second and sixth divisions
faced nearly the entire force of the enemy.
The losses were terrible, and the fighting des-
perate. The regiment was supporting Powell's
battery when it was captured by the enemy by a
charge, but was recaptured almost immediately,
by the brigade of which the Twelfth was a part
(the Fiftieth and Fifty-second Illinois). They
drove the enemy from the works, captured a
stand of colors as well as the battery and
turned the guns of the latter on the enemy. It
was at this place and time that General Dick
Oglesby was wounded, and the regiment lost
seventeen killed, eighty wounded and fifteen
missing.
On January 16, 1S64, the regiment re-enlisted
as veterans, and left on the ISth for Camp
Butler, 111., on veteran furlough, leaving about
ninety men behind that had not re-enlisted. The
regiment returned to the front on March IS,
1864, arriving at Chattanooga in due time. From
that point they entered upon the Atlanta cam-
paign, and until the fall of the latter city, the
regiment was actively engaged in all the move-
ments of that army, being in the Second brigade.
Second division. Sixteenth army corps, under
General McPherson and General Logan, in the
army of the Tennessee, under General William
T. Sherman. Among other battles were those
of Lays' Ferry, Rome Cross Roads, Dallas,
Kennesaw, Nickajack Creek, battle of Atlanta
on July 22, Bald Knob, Decatur, Ezra Church,
Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and Lovejoy.
After the last named, the regiment returned
to Atlanta, and the Second Division became the
Fourth division of the Fifteenth army corps.
General Hood gaining the rear of the Union
troops on October 4, the division was sent by
railroad back to Allatoona. This division joined
with the one then at Rome, Ga., in repelling the
enemy and keeping the opposing forces from
capturing that post, where the Union forces had
millions of dollars worth of rations for the army
just then ready for the march to the sea. In
the battle of Allatoona the regiment lost fifty-
seven killed and wounded out of the IGl men
then left in the regiment with guns. From these
figures you can see what a loss a good fighting
regiment sustained in a three years' service, as
the 1,000 men were cut down to less than 200.
Yet the history of this regiment is not materially
different from that of nearly all of the regiments
in active service for the whole period of enlist-
ment.
On November 11, 1864, Sherman's army began
its march to the sea, the Twelfth regiment start-
ing from Rome arrived at Atlanta on the 15th,
and had its share of the skirmishing and forag-
ing until December 9, when they flanked a force
of the enemy at the Ogeechee canal and cap-
tured a Blakesley gun of English manufacture.
Until the 17th, the regiment was at different
points about Savannah and Fort McAlister, but
when the latter was captured, the regiment was
part of the force detailed to take the prisoners
to Hilton Head where they were turned over
to the Union forces. The regiment returned to
Savannah on January 10, 1SG5, and started out
in pursuit of Johnston's army, entering Columbia,
S. C, on the 17th, which was 177 miles from
Savannah. On March 4, the regiment arrived at
Cheraw, 164 miles from Columbia, and on March
12 were at Fayette^-ille, seventy-three miles
further on. On March 24, the regiment entered
Goldsboro, N. C, having in that time marched
over 600 miles from Savannah. On April 21,
General Johnston having surrendered, the regi-
ment started from Raleigh, N. C, and marched
186 miles in six and one-half days and on May
24th, participated in the Grand Review at Wash-
ington. The regiment was mustered out of the
service on July 10th, having been at Louisville
from June 6, and were sent to Camp Butler,
111., where they received their final pay and dis-
charge July IS, 1865.
The following were members of the Twelfth
Illinois Infantry regiment from Rock Island
county, three years and veteran service, with
rank, name, residence, date of enlistment and
muster-out and remarks.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRT
Major : William D. Williams, Rock Island ; e.
May 3, 1S61 ; res. Oct. 2, 1861.
Quartermaster : Martin W. Burgh, Rock Isl-
and ; e. April 11, ISGo ; m. o. July 10, 1S65.
Surgeon: William F. Cady, Rock Island, e.
May 1, 1S62; m. o. Oct. 24, 1864.
First Assistant Surgeon: William F. Cady,
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; promoted.
850
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Q. M. Sergeant: Martin W. Burgh, Rock Is-
land; e. Jan. 1, 1S64, promoted Q. M.
Principal Musician : Jolin H. Crawford, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran,
m. o. July 10, 1865 ; Lewis H. Little, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 17, 1801 ; re-enlisted as veteran ; Austin
McConoughey ; Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ;
died or discharged Feb. 22, 1862.
Captains : Robert K. Lackey, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 3, ISGl ; dismissed ; Robert Koehler, Rock
Island ; e. July 2, 1802 ; m. o. Oct. 21, 1864.
First Lieutenants : Robert Koehler, Rock Is-
land ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; pro. ; William F. Jobe,
Rock Island ; July 2, 1862 ; term expired Aug.
1, 1864; Theophilus M'Connell, Port Byron;
e. April 11, 1805; m. o. July 10, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : William F. Jobe, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; pro. ; Francis W. Stearns,
Rock Island; e. April 11, 1865; m. o. July 10,
1865.
Sergeants : Henry Schaible, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 3, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 11, 1864 ; Emery Hughes,
Port Byron ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; discharged Sept. IS,
1862, from wounds ; John W. Newton, Rock Is-
land ; e. July 23, 1861; discharged Dec. 14, 1861;
John Gregg, Rock Island ; e. July 23, 1861 ; dis-
' charged Dec. 14, 1861.
Corporals : John Dowd, Rock Island ; e. Aug.
3, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1SG2; Francis
W. R. Stearns, Rock Lsland; e. July 23, ISOl;
re-eulisted as veteran.
Waggoner : Henry H. Jones, Rock I.«laud ; e.
Aug. 3, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran.
Privates : Martin V. Allen, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
3, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran ; George Apple-
haus. Rock Island ; e. Aug. 3, 1801 ; re-enlisted
as veteran ; Holmes Anderson, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 3, 1861; Martin W. Burgh, Rock Island;
e. July 23, ISGl ; re-enlisted and promoted ;
Michael Battus, Rock Island ; e. July 23, ISOl ;
re-enlisted as veteran ; Ralish W. Betts, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 20, 1861, re-enlisted as vet-
eran ; George W. Bruner, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
20, 1801 ; discharged Aug. 16, 1862, of wounds ;
Charles E. Bell, Port Byron ; e. July 23, 1861 ;
re-enlisted as veteran ; Stephen Brewer, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 20, 1801; m. o. Sept. 12. 1864;
George A. Bixby, Andalusia ; e. Aug. 20, 18G1 ;
dismissed, disability, Aijril 12, 1862; Nelson L.
Christ, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; discharged
Oct. 22, 1862, disability ; Francis Chapman, Port
Byron; e. July 23, 1861; m. o. Aug. 11, 1864;
William T. Conner, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 20,
1861 ; Leander M. Chase, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 3,
1861 ; m. o. Aug. 11, 1864, as corporal ; Elisha M.
Devinney, Hampton ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; discharged
Aug. 16, 1862, wounds; William Fridiger, Port
Byron; e. July 23, 1861; Francis Fitspatrick,
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; absent without
leave ; Levi Gere, Rock Island ; e. July 23, ISGl ;
killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862 ; Hugh Gillen, Rock
Island; e. July 23, 1801; m. o. Aug. 11, 1804;
Cyrus Hughes, Port Byron; e. July 23, 1801;
m. o. Aug. 11, 1864 ; Arnold Hartstein, Rock Is-
land ; e. Aug. 3, 1861 ; discharged Sept. 2S, 1862,
disability ; Reuben G. Hollister, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 20, 1S61 ; discharged Aug. 18, 1862, wounds ;
Frederick Hollister, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 20,
1S61 ; discharged Sept. 19, 1S62, wounds ; Charles
Hoeneke, Rock Island, July 23, 1861 ; Austin
Haynes, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 3, 1861; dis-
charged Oct. 2, 1862, disability; Andrew J.
Harris, Andalusia ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; discharged
Aug. 16, 1S62; James Johnston, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 3, 1861; discharged Feb. 22, 1862; Martin
Kanavy, Rock Island ; e. July S, 1861 ; re-en-
listed as veteran ; Joseph Lewis, Bowling ; e.
Aug. 20, 1861 ; discharged July 21, 1802, wounds ;
Charles Long, Rock Island; e. Aug. 20, 1861;
David E. Lawhead, Rock Island; e. Aug. 20,
1S61 ; discharged July 17, 1862, wounds ; Andrew
McGuinues, Port Byron; e. July 23, 1861; dis-
charged Sept. 9, 1S62, wounds; Nicholas Mayer,
Rock Lsland; e. July 23, 1861; m. o. Aug. 11,
1864 ; James S. Moore, Port Byron ; e. July 23,
1S61 ; discharged Feb. 22, 1862, wounds ; Thomas
J. Miller, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; killed at
Corinth, Oct. 3, 1862; Lauristons S. Mead, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 20, 1861; m. o. Sept. 11, 1SG4;
Theophilus S. McConnell, Port Byron; e. July
23, ISGl; re-enlisted as veteran; William
Mitchell, Rock Island; e. July 23, 1801; re-en-
listed as veteran ; Lycurgus C. Powell, Port
Byron; e. July 23, 1861; m. o. Aug. 11, 1864;
William Powell, Port Byron; e. Aug. 20, 1861;
discharged Feb. 22, 1801, old age; Russell C.
Philleo, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; killed at
Shiloh, April G, 1862 ; Peter Ro.se, Rock Lsland ;
e. July 23, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran ; Jacob
Rebuer, Coal Valley ; e. July 23. 1861 ; m. o. Au
11, 1864, as corporal; Lord M. Rathburn, Cor-
dova; e. Aug. 20, 1S61; died April 24, 1862
John Specht, Rock Island; e. July 23, 1861; m
0. Aug. 11, 1864 ; Andrew Simmons, Andalusia
e. Aug. 20, 1801; discharged Feb. 22, 18G2, dis
ability ; Theodore Simmons, Andalusia ; e. Aug,
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20, 1S61 ; re-eulisted as veteran ; Victor Teru-
stadt, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 20, ISGl ; died April
14, 1S62; Lewellyn Williams, Coal Town, Mo-
llne ; e. Aug. 3, 1S61 ; liUled at Shiloh, April 6.
1S62 ; Joseph Woolman, Hampton ; e. Aug. 20,
1861 ; discharged July 17, 1S62, disability ; Alex-
ander Wallace, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ;
re-enlisted as veteran ; John Zeigler, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran.
Veterans : Martin V. Allen, Rock Island ; e.
Jan. 1, 1804; killed at Allatoona, Oct. 5, 1864;
George Applehaus, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
m. o. July 10, 1865; Michael Battus, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July 15, 1865 ; Ralph
W. Betts, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; dis.
sgt. May 20, 1865, disa. ; Charles E. Bell, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865;
Martin W. Burgh, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
pro. Q. M. Sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; John H. Craw-
ford, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. prin.
mus. ; William Gaston, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1,
1864 ; m. o. June 21, 1865, as Corp. ; Michael
Guinty, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; pro. sergt.,
then F. lieut ; Henry Gillfellon, Rock Island ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865; Henry
H. Jones, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
m. o. July 10, 1865 ; Martin Kanavy, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865;
William Mitchell, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
m. o. July 10, 1865 ; William Moore, Rock Island ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July 10, 1865, first sergt. ;
Jacob O'brigh, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m.
0. July 10, 1865, as sergt. ; Peter Rose, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865, as
sergt. ; Theodore Simmons, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
1, 1864 ; m. o. July 10, 1865 ; Francis W. Sterns,
Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. sergt. then
lieut. ; Alexander Wallace, Rock Island ; e.
Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July 10, 1865, as corp. ; John
Zeigler, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July
10, 1865, as sergt.
Recruits from county : George W. Bruner, Port
Byron ; e. Feb. 11, 1864 ; m. o. July 10, 1865, as
Corp. ; Amos E. Beyerly, Hampton ; e. Feb. 6,
1864, died ; John A. Case, Port Byron ; e. Feb. 6,
1864 ; ab. without leave ; Hutchenson Day, Port
Byron; e. Feb. 11, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865;
Milton Livingston, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 9, 1864 ;
m. o. July 10, 1865; James M. Lambert, Rock
Island; e. March 3, 1863; m. o. July 10, 1865;
Frank N. Moore, Port Byron; e. Feb. 9, 1864;
m. 0. July 10, 1865 ; Ezekiel Nelson, Port Byron ;
e. Feb. 9, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865; John Ohl-
weiler, Rock Island ; e. Feb. IS, 1864 ; m. o. July
10, 1865; John Peterson, Rock Island; e. Feb.
3, 1864; m. o. July 10, 1865; Lorenzo Schaad,
Illinois City; e. Feb. 25, 1864; m. o. July 10,
1865 ; Benjamin Zeigler, Port Byron ; e. Feb. 11,
1864; m. o. July 10, 1865, as corp.
Drafted and substitute recruits: John R.
Hopper, Cordova ; e. Oct. 22, 18C4 ; m. o. June
21, 1865; Renze Herren, Coe; e. Oct. 18, 1864;
m. o. July 10, 1865; Consider Rice, Coe; e. Oct.
27, 1864 ; never joined company ; Samuel Wilcox,
Canoe Creek ; Oct. 27, 1864 ; never joined com-
pany.
THIRTEENTH HilNOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The Thirteenth Illinois Infantry was mus-
tered into the service May 24, 1801 at Dixon,
111., and was mostly raised from the northern
and middle portions of the state ; but a part of
the field and staff and the greater portion of
Company D was from Rock Island county. It
was a well drilled command, and many of its
privates_Jose to- the tank of field oflicers later
on in the wa#. On JBlly 5th it passed through
St. Louis on its way to Rolla, Mo., where it
remained until the spring of 1862, engaged in
guarding supply trains to and from General
Lyon's, army And. suppressing guerilla bands in
that part of Missouri. This regiment was a
part of General Fi-emont's command that went
to Springfield, Mo., in the fall of 1861 in pursuit
of General Price, and was known as Fremont's
Greyhounds, a name given them by General
Fremont himself, the evening of the day this
regiment joined his command at Bolivar, in
splendid shape after a day's march of forty-
two miles.
In 1862 the regiment joined General Curtis'
army at Pea Ridge, 250 miles southwest of
Rolla, and marched to Helena, Ark., on the
Mississippi river. This same regiment was a
portion of General Sherman's army when he
attacked Chickasaw Bayou, and from that time
on was a part of the notable Fifteenth army
corps. Its loss at Chickasaw Bayou was 183
killed and wounded. It was engaged at Young's
Point, Arkansas Post, and in the flank movement
to a position below Vicksburg. It was also in the
battles of that campaign embracing those of
Grand Gulf and the capture of Jackson, and was
on the right of the army during the Siege of
Vicksburg. The Thirteenth participated in the
assault on the enemy's lines vn May 2nd, and
852
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
suffered a severe loss. Vicksburg surrendering
July 4, that same night this regiment started
after General Joseph Johnston's army with Gen-
eral Sherman's command, marching all the way
from Memphis to Chattanooga. There the regi-
ment .ioined General Grant's army and was in
the battle at that point with General Osterhaus's
division, under General Hoolier's command, and
was on the left of Missionary Eidge when the
enemy was driven from the center by the great
charge of the army of the Cumberland, and the
Thirteenth captured 2,.500 prisoners, and fol-
lowed the retreating army to Ringgold Gap where
they had massed their batteries to protect their
retreat. The Thirteenth regiment was in the
line and held it close to the enemy's line com-
manded liy General Patrielc Cleburne. After
their ammunition gave out. their position was
maintained with bayonets until the Fourteenth
army corps came to their relief, two hours later.
The losses of the regiment in this engagement
were sixty-seven. As the term of service of this
regiment had so nearly expired, the men did not
participate in the march to the sea, but left the
advancing army and were sent home to Spring-
field, 111., and mustered out, having served three
years and two months to June IS, 1S64. The
following list contains the men in the Thirteenth
from Roclv Island county :
Field and staff.
Major : James M. Beardsley, Rocli Island ; e.
Nov. 27, 1863; m. o. June IS, 1S64.
Surgeon : Samuel C. Plummer, Rock Island ;
e. Nov. 7, 1SG2 ; m. o. June IS, 1S04.
Assistant Surgeon : Samuel C. Plummer, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 9, ISGl ; pro. ; Henry F. Salter,
MoUne; e. Jan. 4, 1SG3; res. July 23, 1S63.
Company D.
Captains : Quincy McNeil, Rock Island ; pro-
moted maj. 2nd Cav. ; James M. Beardsley, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 10, 1S61 ; promoted maj.
1st Lieutenants: James M. Beardsley, Rock
Island ; promoted ; Albert T. Higliy, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 10, ISGl ; m. o. June 22, 1864.
2nd Lieutenants : George G. Knox, Rock Is-
land ; e. May 24, ISGl ; pro. lieut. Aug. 10, ISGl,
trans. 1st arty. ; Elisha J. Beardsley, Rock Is-
land ; e. March G, 1SG2 ; pro. from sgt. killed at
Rock Lsland; pro.; Mark Bayer, Rock Island;
e. Dec. 29, 1S62 ; d. March 30, 1803.
Sergeant: Mark Bayer, Rock Island; e. May
24, 1861 ; pro. 2ud lieut. ; Robert N. Button, Rock
Island ; e. May 24, 1861 ; reduced to ranks and
m. o. June 22, 1864.
Corporals : John Taylor, Port Byron ; e. May
24, 1861; killed at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29,
1SG2 ; Jonas C. Overmeyer, Moline ; e. May 24,
ISGl; died Jan. 20, 1S64; Malcom Wiser. Rock
Island : e. May 24, 1S61 ; m. o. June 22, 1SG4 pri-
vate ; Frank McDaniels, Hampton ; e. May 24,
ISGl ; dis. Aug. 29, 1SG2, disa. ; Isaiah R. Bowen,
Rock Island ; e. May 24, 1861 ; prisoner at Madi-
son, Ala., May 17, 1S64.
Musicians: Thomas F. Abbott, Moline; e. May
24, ISGl ; tr. to Inv. Corp. July 15, 1863 ; Theo-
dore W. Reeves, Rock Island ; e. May 24, 1861 ;
m. o. June 22. 1864.
Privates : John Wilson Alcott, Moline ; May
24, 1861 ; dis. Sept. 5, 1863, disability ; George W.
Baruett, Rock Island ; e. May 24, ISGl ; dis. Jan.
19, 1SG2; John W. Boyles, Moline; e. May 24,
1861 ; m. o. June 22, 1864 ; Henry R. F. Calentzky,
Moline; e. May 24, ISGl; m. o. June 22, 1864;
James Cook, Port Byron ; e. May 24, ISGl ; died
Sept. 20. 1863; Richard Dobson, Rock Island;
e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o. June 22. 1864, as Corp. ;
James Dunham, Coal Valley; e. May 24, ISGl;
V. ; pro. corporal ; Louis Eckhardt, Rock Island ;
e. May 24, 1S61 ; m. o. June 22, 1S64; William
H. Elton, Coal Towm; e. May 24, 1S61; ab.,
sick, from June 30, 1863; Adam C. Ilartzell,
Port Byron; e. May 24, 1861; m. o. June 22,
1SG4; Wm. A. Hardenbrook, Rock Island; e.
May 24, 1861; m. o. June 22. 1S64 ; Calvin Har-
son. Rock Island; e. May 24, 1861; m. o. J'lne
22, 1SG4 ; Hugh L. Kendell, Rock Island ; e. May
24, ISGl ; m. o. June 22, 1864 ; Christian Lorenz,
Hampton ; e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o. June 22, 1864 ;
Stephen P. Moore, Rock Island county ; e. May
24, 1S61 ; dis. to enlist as hospital steward in U.
S. A. Regulars ; Anthony P. Murphy, Rock Island
county; e. May 24, 1861 ; d. Sept. 6, 1863; George
O'Connor, Rock Island county ; e. May 24, 1S61 ;
dis. Aug. 29, 1862, disa.; William Payne, Rock
Island county ; e. May 24, 1S61 ; m. o. June 22,
1SG4, as sergt. ; Milton G. Parker, Rock Island
county ; e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o. June 22 ;
James Pugh, Rock Island county ; e. May 24,
1,S61; m. o. June 22, 1864; All.ert G.
Schroder, Rock Island county ; e. May 24, 1S61 ;
John Sims, Rock Island county ; e. May 24, ISGl ;
ni. o. June 22, 1864 ; Leander S. Schafer, Rock
Island county ; o. May 24, 1861 ; m. o. June 22,
1SG4, as Corp. ; John Shea. Rock Island county ; e.
May 24, ISGl ; m. o. June 22, 1864 ; George Schel-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
853
Cher. Rock Island county ; e. May 24, 1S61 ; m. o.
June 22, 1864; Christian Schakeller, Rock
Island county; e. May 24, 1861; d. March 6,
1863 ; Mahlon A. Stearns, Rock Island county ;
e. May 24, 1S61 ; d. April 4, 1863; Jacob J.
Schaflnt, Rock Island county; e. May 24, 1861;
m. 0. June 22. 1864, as sergt. ; John Shaw, Rock
Island county ; e. May 24, 1861 ; tr. to Inv. Cp.
March 15, 1864 ; Thomas Salter, Moliue ; e. May
24, 1861; m. o. June 22, 1864; Thomas Tole,
Rock Island county ; e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o.
June 22, 1864; Shipley H. Trovillo, Rock Island
county; e. May 24, 1861; d. Sept. 23, 1S62;
Thomas West, Rock Island county ; e. May 24,
1S61 ; pro. Corp., sergt., and m. o. Oct. 6, 1S64 ;
Peter Byer, Rock Island ; e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o.
June IS. 1864; William Crooks, Rock Island;
e. May 24, 1861 ; d. Dec. 30, 1862 ; Asa G. Darby,
Rock Island; e. May 24, 1861; m. o. June 18,
1864 ; Frederick L. Darling, Moliue ; e. May 24,
1861 ; m. o. June IS, 1864 ; James Keenan, Rock
Island; e. May 24, 1861; m. o. June 22, 1SC4 ;
John Kressell, Rock Island; e. May 24, 1861;
killed at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 28, 1S62;
Charles Lindborn, Rock Island ; e. May 24, 1861 ;
d. Dec. 14, 1863; Charles B. Whitson, Rock
Island county ; e. May 24, 1861 ; pro. to Co. H,
51st 111., 2nd lieut. ; William H. Woodring, Rock
Island county ; e. May 24, 1S61 ; m. o. June 22,
1864 ; Joel Wright, Rock Island county ; e. May
24, ISGl ; d. Aug. 31, 1863 ; Charles Weber. Rock
Island county ; e. May 24, 1861 ; m. o. June 22,
1864; William L. Walker, Rock Island county;
e. May 24, 1S61 ; dis. Sept. 5, 1863, disa. ; Jacob
P. Williamson, Rock Island county ; e. May 24,
1861 ; killed at Chickasaw Bayou Dec. 29, 1862 ;
Jacob Witsel, Rock Island county ; e. May 24,
1861; d. March 23, 1864.
Veteran : James Dunham, Coal Valley ; e.
January 1, 1S64; tr. to Co. I, 56th 111. Inf.
Recruits : Thomas M. Blair, Edgington ; e.
June 8, 1S61 ; pro. corp., sergt. and 1st sergt. ;
Hiram Conley, Rock Island ; e. June 11, 1861 ;
dis. February 1, 1862 ; Joseph Cooper, Rock Isl-
and ; e. June 8, 1861 ; Frederick A. Cramer,
Rock Island ; e. June 8, 1S61 ; dis. July 3, 1S63 ;
Anton Deisenworth, Rock Island; e. June 8,
1861; Noyes B. Elliott, Coal Town; e. June 18,
1861 ; ap. corp. ; Henry Heisel, Rock Island ;
e. June 11, 1861 ; Henry Johnson, Rock Island
county; e. June 11, 1861; dis. April 28, 1863;
Peter F. Morgart, Rock Island county ; e. June 8,
1861 ; Llewellyn Nash, Rock Island county ; e.
June 11, ISCl ; Robert Park, Rock Island county ;
e. June 11, 1861 ; Jacob Pearce, Rock Island coun-
ty ; e. June 8, 1861 ; George A. Seymour, Rock
Island county ; e. June 11. 1861 ; William B.
Saddler, Rock Island county ; e. June 8, 1861 ;
d. May 9, 1S62; John Sandford, Rock Island
county; e. June 11, 1861; des. Dec. 12, 1861.
FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Reorganized)
Company I
Privates : Dempsey M. Billings, Rural ; e. Feb.
IS, 1865; m. o. June 13, 1865; Peter Ghem,
Rural ; e. Feb. 18, 1865 ; des. July 25, 1865 ; John
Johnson. Rural ; e. Feb. 18, 1865 ; des. June 26,
1865.
FIFTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Reorganized)
Company I
Sergeant: Jeremiah Conway, Reynolds; e.
Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. June 26, 1865.
Privates : Thomas Armstrong, Reynolds ; e.
February 28, 1865 ; m. o. July 13, 1865 ; John M.
Pisk, Reynolds ; e. February 28, 1865 ; m. o.
September 16, 1865; William Sherwood, Rey-
nolds ; e. February 28, 1S65 ; m. o. July 6, 1865.
SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company A
Recruits : Otto Myer, Rock Island county ;
e. January 3, 1S63 ; m. o. July 8, 1865 ; Henry
McClintock, Rock Island county; e. January
5, 1864 ; m. o. July 8, 1865 ; Stephen A. Bart-
lett. Coal Valley; e. October 4, 1864; m. o.
July 8, 1865; Owen T. Jordan, Coal Valley;
e. October 4, 1864; m. o. July 8, 1865; Gilbert
A. Jordan, Coal Valley; e. October 4, 1864;
m. o. July 8, 1865 ; William Magill, Coal Valley ;
e. October 4, 1864 ; m. o. July 10, 1865 ; Alexander
McKay, Hampton ; e. October 4, 1864 ; m. o.
July 10, 1865.
Company K
Recruit : Perry Thompson, Edgington ; e. Octo-
ber 19, 1864 ; m. o. July 8, 1865.
SEVENTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company E
Recruit : John P. Stibolt, Rock Island ; e.
July 12, 1861 ; dis. May 16, 1862, disa.
854
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Company I
Reuben Ulem, Illinois City ; e. May 25, 1S61 ;
m. o. June 4, 1864.
EIGHTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Reorganized)
Company C
Patricli Conery, Rock Island ; e. December
15, 1863; m. o. December IG, 1S65.
Company E
John Burlingham, Moline; e. March 7, 1865;
m. o. December 16, 1865.
THE NINETEENTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
(Three years' service)
The Nineteenth Regiment of Illinois Infantry
was one of the ten regiments that were ordered
made up for the state service under the law of
May 2, 1861, and companies of Chicago Zouaves,
from which the regiment was afterwards formed,
were the nucleus. They were mustered into
the service of the state May 4, 1861, at Camp
Yates, sent to Chicago, and on June 17 were
sworn into the United States service for three
years as the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry. The
Chicago Highland Guards were organized as a
part of this regiment as early as 1855, and the
company tendered its services to the Government
on January 14, 1861, three months before Fort
Sumter was fired upon. It was accepted on
April 21, and finally merged with the volunteers
into the Nineteenth Regiment. The first service
done in the state by this regiment was guard
duty near Cairo, when its men were set to
Iceep the enemy from over the border from
recruiting, and stopping the Union transports
loaded with supplies from below Cairo and up
the adjacent rivers. These troublesome invad-
ers were very numerous, especially in Missouri,
and gave the Union troops just coming into the
service much trouble.
The Nineteenth Regiment was first com-
manded by Colonel John B. Turchin, and when
he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-
general, Joseph R. Scott succeeded him as
colonel. Colonel Turchin had formerly been a
colonel of staff in the Russian Guards, and so
paid special attention to drilling and discipline
with the result that within a short time, he,
with the co-operation of the officers of the Ells-
worth Zouaves, had the men well trained and
ready for the field. This regiment afterwards
became known as one of the best drilled in the
service. It was sent to Quincy to join General
Hurlburt on July 13, and the ne.xt day left on
the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad to relieve
the Twenty-first Illinois Infantry, under Colo-
nel U. S. Grant. For the next two weeks the
Nineteenth Regiment performed valuable service
and worked against the open enemies and their
sympathizers, and through their efforts the
Union men in that part of the country began
raising two companie.s. On July 27, as the regi-
ment was needed elsewhere, it started for St.
Louis, via boat, and jointed a fieet lionnd for
Bird's Point, opposite Cairo. From there the
regiment went on to Norfolk, Mo., as it was
supposed that a portion of General Pillow's
army was advancing along the road to Ironton.
The regiment went from Bird's Point on to
IrontOD, where it joined General Prentice. In
his advance, it was in front, but not finding the
enemy, the column stopped at Jackson, and the
Nineteenth was sent to Fort Holt on the Ken-
tucky shore, and then to Elicots' Mills, near
Columbus, Ky. "While here the regiment re-
ceived orders and on September 16 left for
Washington, D. C. On the 17th, having changed
cars at Sandoval, the regiment proceeded in
two trains over the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
towai'ds Cincinnati. When forty-six miles east
of Vincennes, Ind., the second train containing
four companies and the regimental staff, broke
through bridge No. 48, about 10 P. M., while
crossing Beaver Creek between Shoals and
Mitchell, Ind., and In that fearful wreck, twenty-
four men, including Captain B. B. Howard,
were killed instantly, and 105 men wounded
and disabled. This terrible accident caused as
large a loss as was sustained in almost any
battle in which the regiment was engaged.
The Nineteenth Regiment was detained for a
few days at Camp Dennison, when it received
orders to proceed to Louisville, Ky., where it
arrived on September 25 ; from there went on
to Lebanon Junction, thirty-five miles south of
Louisville, to go into camp. On October 22 the
regiment went to Elizabethtown, Ky., and took
possession of the printing office of the Eliza-
bethtown Democrat, a Confederate sheet, owners
of which fied at the approach of the Union
forces. The regiment began issuing what they
called the Zouave Gazette of the Nineteenth
Regiment, Illinois Volunteers. Colonel Turchin
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
855
profited bj' this opportunity to publisti articles
on ttie skirmish drill, outpost duties, bugle sig-
nals and similar topics. He also prepared a
brigade drill in pamphlet form which was after-
wards distributed freely among the officers of
his brigade. This was the first of its kind
adapted to improved arms since Seotfs Infantry
Tactics.
While the regiment was at Elizabethtown,
General Buell was put in command of the Army
of Ohio, and he appointed Colonel Turchin of
the Nineteenth to command the Eighth Brigade,
Gen. O. M. Mitchell, commanding the Third
Division, which was sent to Bacon Creek, there
staying until February 10, 1S62. The fall of
Forts Henry and Donelson compelled Gen. Al-
bert Sidney Johnston to evacuate Bowling
Green, Ky., before which General Buell ap-
peared at 3 P. M. on February 14, in advance
of the brigade, and the Union forces secured a
valuable point. Turchin's brigade was in ad-
vance of the Third Division, and the Nineteenth
Regiment was in advance of the brigade. The
railroad bridge was destroyed, and, as the enemy
was fully occupied in removing stores from
the other side of the river. General Turchin
asked permission to move across the river be-
low and occupy Bowling Green, which he re-
ceived, and acting upon it that same evening,
the Nineteenth was the first regiment to enter
that former stronghold, where a large amount
of the enemy's stores was captured.
General Buell moved with his wing of the
army to join General Grant at Pittsburgh Land-
ing, leaving IVIitchell with his division to pro-
tect Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until
March 18, 1862, engaged in repairing the rail-
roads and bridges. When this work was com-
pleted he moved his command to Murfreesboro,
then to Shelbyville, and thence on to Hunts-
ville, Ala. The command then took the rail-
road between Decatur and Bridgeport, thus
thoroughly breaking the direct connection be-
tween the enemy's army at Cornish, with the
east and southeast of the Confederacy, and
helping in forwarding the operations of the
Union armies against Corinth. On April 9,
Colonel Turchin, with the Fourth Ohio Cavalry
and a section of the battery, surprised the
people of Huntsville, capturing 170 prisoners,
seventeen locomotives, 150 passenger and freight
cars and a large amount of property of great
value to the enemy. Two hours afterwards.
Colonel Turchin, with two of his Nineteenth
companies and the Twenty-fourth Illinois,
moved on a train with a gun mounted on a
flat-car in front of the locomotive towards De-
catur, repairing bridges and culverts which
the enemy's cavalry had tried to destroy. The
following day the expedition reached the bridge
across the Tennessee where fortiflcatious built
of bales of cotton were captured, and the
trestlework, all tarred and on fire, was saved.
The troops rapidly crossed the river, surprised
and caiJtured a camp of militia and took pos-
session of Decatur. The balance of the Nine-
teenth Regiment, and the Eighteenth Ohio, were
ordered to join Colonel Turchin at Decatur,
and the movement was contiuued to Tuscumbia,
within thirty-five miles of the enemy's fortifi-
cations of Corinth, and continued its valuable
activities for several months longer. In the
meanwhile, however, Colonel Turchin was or-
dered by General Buell under court martial
for disorders committed by his regiment, but
before the sentence of his dismissal from the
army as colonel of the Nineteenth had been
pronounced, he was commissioned brigadier-
general by President Lincoln, and went to Chi-
cago to await orders.
When the command had to concentrate at
Nashville, the Nineteenth was the last regiment
to come into the city, and it was there from
September 5, 1802, until the Union line of battle
was formed for the Stone river campaign, in
December of that same year. After the battle
of Perryville, General Rosecrans was given the
command instead of General Buell, and the
Army of the Ohio became the Army of the
Cumberland, being reorganized. The Nine-
teenth Regiment was made the Second Brigade,
Second Division, Fourteenth army corps, Neg-
ley's Division, Stanley's Division, with General
George H. Thomas as corps commander for the
balance of the service, until the re-organization
after the battle of Chickamauga. On December
10, 1862, Negley's Division, including the Nine-
teenth, moved out of Nashville about eight
miles, camping on the Franklin Pike, where
they remained until the general movement of
the army took place towards Murfreesboro, then
occupied by the Confederate army under General
Braxton Bragg. On the night of the 20th, the
army approached the enemy's position, Negley's
Division being in the center of the line, and on
the morning of the 30th, the Nineteenth de-
856
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ployed as skirmishers, entered the cedars and
soon attaclied the enemy, driving him across
the Williinson Pilie into the woods. On the
morning of the 31st, the division was ready to
move, when disaster overtooli McCooli's corps,
forming the right of the army, and Xegley's
right flanli became exposed. The division partly
changed flanlc and checked the advance of the
enemy, but was overpowered and fell back to
the edge of the cedars. Here it tried to make a
stand but was forced back. The Nineteenth
Regiment here proved its bravery and daring,
performing an act of heroism which alone
should make the name of this regiment a shin-
ing one in history. When Sheridan of the
Twentieth corps, Second Division, was dis-
placed by the enemy and formed on the right
of Xegley's, two brigades of Rosseau's Division
were posted on the right of and in the rear
of Sheridan, but when the latter's division,
broken and out of ammunition, fell back, the
enemy followed it closely and reached the in-
tervening space between Rosseau and Xegley.
Thomas ordered Rosseau to fall back out of the
cedars and form a temporary line on the open
ground, in a depression to give a chance to the
batteries, and Xegley's Division to fall further
back to the higher ground and form a perma-
nent line there. At this critical time the Nine-
teenth Regiment, in order to check the enemy,
remained in the cedars while the new line was
being formed, but Colonel Scott boldly advanced
and remained over half an hour against the
enemy, pressing him in the front and flanks.
This heroic action was accompanied by great
sacrifice, and at one time he was entirely sur-
rounded, but the regiment finally fought its
way out, passing over many dead of both sides.
Having accomplished what was designed, all
engaged fell back to the position on higher
ground, and the progress of the enemy was
effectually checked, and the battle turned in
favor of the Union forces. On January 2, 1S63,
Negley's Division was again sent to the left
flank, expecting a heavy move in that direction,
as the Union forces had two brigades across
Stone river. The onward movement of the
enemy came with a rush, and the two Union
brigades had to flee, being greatly overpowered ;
but Negley's Division, without orders, the Nine-
teenth leading, rushed to the river and checked
the enemy, driving them back acro.ss the river.
Reforming on the opposite bank, the command
charged a battery of the enemy and, eagerly
followed by the other troops, captured four
guns and a stand of colors, thus defeating Gen-
eral Cragg's plan of battle to break the Union
left. In this brilliant movement the Nineteenth
again played a most conspicuous part, but lost
heavily in officers and men. The gallant Colonel
Scott was dangerously wounded and afterwards
died of his injuries, and Lieutenant-Colonel
RafBn, a brave and efficient officer, assumed
command of the regiment. He was one of the
original Zouave officers. The loss at the battle
of Stone River in the Xineteenth was one officer
and thirteen men killed and seven officers and
eighty-eight men wounded and missing.
Early in the spring of 1863, General Turchin
was assigned the command of Stanley's Brigade,
in which was included the Xineteenth Regiment;
but he was soon placed in command of the
Second Division of cavalry at General Rose-
crans' and General Garfield's solicitation. He
was sorry to leave his old command of the Xine-
teenth, for he loved its men and they nearly
worshiped him. The writer, having known him
since the war, appreciates how dearly he loved
his regiment, and how glad he was to see them.
He was always happy to meet them, and they
greeted each other as only true-hearted soldiers
can. General Turchin has gone to the other
side and nearly all of his boys have joined him
there, and in a short time the reveille on the
other side will show that they are there to
answer to their names.
During the Tullahoma campaign the Nine-
teenth did its full share of the duty, and on
September S, 1SC3, it crossed the Tennessee
river in the Chickamauga campaign, being de-
signed as an advance guard of General Thomas'
corps. Crossing the Raccoon and Lookout
Mountain, on September 10, the regiment de-
scended by Stevens' Gap into McLamores Cove
and moved across it to Dug Gap in Pigeon
Mountain on the direct road to Lafayette, Ga.,
where Bragg's army was encamped at the time.
At Davis' Crossroads, the regiment had a smart
engagement on the 11th, and on the ISth it was
on the Chickamauga at Owens' Ford and Craw-
fish Springs. On the 10th, it came on the field
in the afternoon in time to catch the enemy's
line between General Davis and Van Cleeves'
Divisions and drove them back. The engage-
ment was a short, sharp one, as the writer
can testify, as he was present as a member
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of the Eighth Kansas Regiment, having enlisted
from Rod: Island county. In the second day's
battle the Nineteenth again showed its staying
qualities. On September 20, sliirmishing began
at daybreak. It had been General Thomas'
intention to have Negley's Division on his left,
but during the severe fighting of the day, the
brigades became separated, and -when Stanley's
brigade reached the extreme left flank of
Thomas' wing, it was just in time to meet the
second assault of the enemy. Stanley's brigade
checked the enemy's advance and captured many
prisoners, among them being General Adams
and staff, who surrendered to the Nineteenth.
The enemy being re-inforced, the brigade fell
back in order, taking all the prisoners and most
of its wounded. The brigade was then ordered
to the famous Horse Shoe ridge on the extreme
right of the Union line, and here it did its full
duty with other brave and patriotic commands.
Here during the long hour between 2 and 3 P. M.
all the assault of three divisions of Longstreet's
coqjs, supported by Preston's and Hindman's
Divisions, were repulsed with slaughter by our
troops, not over 5,000 strong, but the bravest
of the brave; but when the Hiudman Division
was ready to take the Union position in flank,
and the men were ready to die, Steadman's
Division arrived, and rolled back the enemy's
onward wave of progress. Here the Nineteenth,
like other regiments, fought until dark and then
withdrew. The loss in this battle was very
great. After the army returned to Chattanooga,
it was reorganized, and the Nineteenth assigned
to the Second Brigade, First Division, Four-
teenth Army Corps.
On November 2.3, 1S63, the Nineteenth Regi-
ment was on the line facing Missionary Ridge,
and on the 25th they charged across the field
towards the ridge and when they came to the
rifle pits at the foot of the ridge they leaped
over them and continued right on, starting to
ascend the slope ahead of the others. When the
Nineteenth reached the top, it was in good
shape. After the pursuit of the enemy was
over, the regiment returned to Chattanooga,
where it remained with its brigade until Feb-
ruary 22, 1S64, at which time it went on a
recouuoissance to Buzzard Roost Gap, and par-
ticipated in the fight at that point. Then by
special request, on May 3, the Nineteenth, with
others of his old brigade, were placed under
the command of General Turchin for the At-
i«
lanta campaign, as the First Brigade, Third
Division, Fourteenth Army Corps. This com-
mand participated in the battles of Resaca and
other military movements prior to reaching
Ackworth, Ga., and from there, on June S,
started for Chicago, where it arrived on the
17th, and on July 9, 1S64, it was mustered out
of service. This regiment left Chicago with
nearly 1,000 men on July 12, 1S61, received a
large number of recruits during its service, and
was mustered out with less than 350 men. The
following are the members of the regiment from
Rock Island county and all of Company H,
which came from Moline, the remainder being
from Henry county.
Company H
Captain : Peachy A. Garriott, Moline ; e. July
30, 1861; dism.-Feb. 3, 1S04.
First Lleutena^: DeWitt C. Marshall, Mo-
line'; e. July 8p;..SS61; res. Dec. 1, 1S61 ; Alvah
Mansul', M«^fine ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; res. July 22,
ises.
Second Lieuten%n:tsb.: Alvah Mansur, Moline;
e. July 30, ISOi'; jpro. first lieut. ; Wellington
Woo[l»Moline; e. ■Dec. 1, 1861; d. Jan. 5, 1863,
wounds 'received at Stone river.
First Sergeant: Wellington Wood, Moline;
e. June 10, 1861; pro. second lieut.
Sergeants : L. Brown Mapes, Moline ; e. June
10, 1861; dis. June 22, 1862, as private, disa. ;
William H. Babcock, Moline; e. June 10, 1861;
dis. March 5, 1862, for pro. Co. K, 8th Kan.
Inf. ; Horace H. Sickles, Moline ; e. June 10,
1861; dis. April 13, 1862, disa.
Corporals : Everett Wheelock, Moline ; e. June
10, 1S61 ; m. o. July 9, 1864, as sergt. ; Benjamin
F. Beers, Moline; e. June 10, ISOl ; m. o. July
9, 1864, as private ; John W. Devinney, Hampton ;
e. June 10, 1861; dis. Feb. 2, 1864, as sergt.;
Melvin A. Gould, Moline; e. June 10, 1S61; dis.
Oct. 8, 1862, as private for disa.
Privates : S. W. Adams, Moline ; e. Oct. 15,
1861; des. Sept. 5, 1862; William C. Luce, Mo-
line ; e. June 10, 1861 ; Nels P. Benson, Moline ;
e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o. July 9, 1864 ; Swan Berg-
strom. Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o. July 9,
1S64; Robert M. Bell, Port Byron; e. June 10,
1861 ; dis. enlist in 4th U. S. Cav. ; Joseph G.
Brown, Andalusia ; e. June 10, 1861 ; dis. March
4, 1863, disa.; Thomas Bundy, Moline; e. June
10, 1861; m. o. July 9, 1864; Amaziah Carson,
Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o. July 9, 1S64, as
858
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
sergt ; George Collins, Moline ; e. June 10, 1S61 ;
m. o. July 9, 1S64 ; James F. Coleman, Cleveland
Ferry; e. June 10, 1861; dis. Nov. 3, 1863,
■wounds; William Christy, Moline; e. June 10,
ISCl; dis. June 19. 1S62, disa. : William D.
Decider, Rock Island : e. June 10, 1801 ; dis. Feb.
1, 1S62, disa. ; Charles Fuller, Moline ; e. June
10, 1S61 ; dis. March 7, 1863, disa. ; John Gregory,
Rock Island county ; e. June 10, 1861 ; dis. Dec.
4, 1861, disa. ; Chryspon D. Giles, Moline ; e.
June 10, 1861 ; dis. Dee. 4, 1861, disa. ; John L.
Huey, Moline; e. June 10, 1861; dis. Feb. 19,
1864, disa.; Alonzo A. Hebbard, Moline; e. June
10, 1801 ; captured at Chickamauga Sept. 20,
1863, d. in pris. ; Joseph r. Hayes, Hampton,
e. June 10, ISGl; m. o. July 9, 1S64;
Fred K. Hagan, Rock Island ; e. June 10, 1861 ;
m. o. July 9, 1SG4 ; Jonathan F. P. Johnson, Mo-
line ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o. July 9, 1864 ; George
Kerns, Moline; e June 10, 1861; miss. Stone
river Dec. 31, 1862, grave found; William P.
Luce, Hampton ; e. June 10, 1S61 ; tr. to Co. G ;
Lars Larson, Moline; e. June 10, 1861; m. o.
July 9, 1SG4 ; John Lindsey, Camden Mills ; e.
June 10, 18G1; des. July 29, 1862; Bennett
Llewellyn, Rock Island county; e. June 10,
1861; m. o. July 9, 1864; Jesse Maxwell, Cor-
dova; e. June 10, 1861; killed Stone river Dec.
31, 1862; Henry E. Mapes, Moline; e. June 10,
1861; dis. Feb. 1, 1862, disa.; John McMahan,
Moline; e. June 10, 1861; tr. to Inv. Cp. Sept.
30, 1863; John McKee, Moline; e. June 10,
1861 ; det. as 2d lieut., 17th U. S. C. ; Charles B.
Morris, Moline; e. June 10, 1861; m. o. July 9,
1864; Robert B. Mitchell, Rock Island; e. June
10, 1861; des. June 26, 1861; George Meade,
Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; d. In Andersonville
July 13, 1SG4, grave 3279; Calvin L. Maxwell,
Moline; e. June 10, 1861; dis. March 20, 1862,
disa. ; Henry T. McClure, Cordova ; e. June 10,
1861 ; dis., enlisting 4th U. S. Cav. ; John Mer-
cer, Hampton ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o. July 9,
1864, as Corp. ; Peter XeLson, Moline ; e. June 10,
1861 ; dis. Aug. 6, 1862, disa. ; WilUam Pettifer,
Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; tr. to Inv. Cp. ; Lysan-
der B. Piper, Moline ; e. June 10, 1S61 ; dis. July
29, 1862, disa. ; Jeremiah Payne, Hampton ; e.
June 10, 1861 ; dis. July 21, 1802, disa. ; Henry
W. Rathburn, Cordova ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m. o.
July 9, 1864; William S. Ransom, Moline; e.
June 10, 1861 ; dis. Feb. 21, 1862, disa. ; William
Stumer, Moline; e. June 10, 1S61 ; dis. Feb. 2-5,
1864 ; Alfred Shepard, Rock Island county ; e.
June 10, 1861; m. o. July 9, 1S64; Metellus
Stoughton, Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; tr. to Inv.
Cp. Feb. 8, 1863; Josiah Suter, Rock Island
c-ounty; e. June 10, 1861; dis. June 18, 1863,
from wounds; Charles F. Samuels, Moline; e.
June 10, 1S61; m. o. July 9, 1864; David W.
Thompson, Moline; e. June 10, 1861; m. o. July
9, 1864; George G. Thompson, Moline; e. June
10, 1861 ; dis. July IS, 1863, disa. ; Cyprian Van-
Order, Moline; e. June 10, 1861; m. o. July 9,
1864; Peter Waner, Moline: e. June 10, 1861;
m. o. July 9, 1864; Robert Ward, Rock Island
county; e. June 10. 1861; tr. to Co. A, 19th;
Mervin Witherell, Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ; m.
o. July 9, 1804; Theo. D. Wheelock, Moline; e.
June 10, 1861; m. o. July 9, 1864, as Corp.;
Henri E. Wells, Rock Island ; e. June 10, 1861 ;
dis. Feb. 9, 1863, left arm oEf at battle of Stone
river; Daniel E. Young. Hampton; e. June 10,
1861; d. in Ohio Oct. 4, 1801; Samuel Young,
Moline; e. June 10, 1861; d. Xashville March 4,
1863.
Recruits: Henry L. Brown, Moline; e. Xov.
23, 1861, des. March 31, 1S62; William Cobb,
Moline ; e. June 29, 1861 ; dis. Dee. 4, 1861, disa. ;
James W. Carson, Moline; e. Dec. 3, 1861; ab.,
sick, m. o. ; Charles Gustafson, Moline ; e. June
29, 1861; dis. April 13. 1802, disa.; George B.
Sickles, Moline: e. Sept. 25, 1861; on detached
service at m. o. : Arminius VanOrder, Moline ;
e. Aug. 22, 1802 ; turned over for transfer.
TWEXTY-THIBD ILLINOIS INFAKTBV
The Twent.v-third Illinois Infantry was cap-
tured at Lexington, Mo., under the command of
Col. James A. Mulligan. The regiment is better
known as Mulligan's Irish Brigade, which is
referred to in the history of R. H. Graham's
Company of Independent Rangers, raised in this
section of the state. The only man from this
county In the Twenty-third was Surgeon Patrick
Gregg of Rock Island, who enlisted December
15, 1862, and was mustered out September 10,
1864.
TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
(Three years' seriicej
Colonel: Napoleon B. Buford, Rock Island;
e. Aug. 10, 1861; ap. brig.-gen. April 15, 1862.
Quartermaster: David B. Sears, Moline; e.
Aug. 10, 1861; m. o. Sept. 20, 1864.
Surgeon: Edward H. Bowman, Edgington;
e. Sept. 11, 1861; m. o. Sept. 20, 1804.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
859
Commissary Sergeant : George W. Sears, Mo-
line ; e. April 20, ISGl ; vet., m. o. Sept. 20, 1SC4.
Company G : William D. Malay, Rock Island
county; e. Aug. 20, 1S61; corp., liilled at Stone
river Dec. 31, 1862; Amisa Wood, Rock Island
county; e. Aug. 20, ISGl; killed at Mud Creek,
Ga., June IS, 1S64.
TWENTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
The Twenty-eiglith Illinois Infantry, having
re-enlisted as veterans, was consolidated into
four companies and received some 200 recruits,
which were made into two other companies, and
In April, 1S65, two jother companies came to the
regiment. One of them from Rock Island county
was named Company I, which rejwrted for duty
at camp April 15, 1S65, moved to Mobile, Ala.,
and arrived August 3 in Texas, and was mus-
tered out of service at Brownsville March 15,
1S66, sent to Camp Butler and were paid off and
discharged May 13, 1866. The members of the
regiment from Rock Island county were all in
Company I, as follows :
Captain : Thomas L. Dougherty, Moline ; e.
March 28, 1805; m. o. March 15, 1866.
First Lieutenant: Charles S. Wood, Moline;
e. March 2S, 1865; m. o. March 15, 1866.
Second Lieutenant : Charles R. Reynolds, JIo-
line ; e. March 2S, 1865 ; m. o. March 15, 1866.
First Sergeant: L. Brown Mapes, Moline; e.
March 1, 1865; m. o. March 1, 1866.
Sergeants: .John W. Baughman, Moline; e.
Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Feb. 28, 1866; Francis H.
Wells, Moline; e. March 3, 1S65 ; m. o. March 3,
1866; Joel O'Haver, Edgington; e. March 6,
1865; m. o. March 5, 1866; Fred Hemenway,
Moline ; e. Feb. 27, 1865 ; m. o. Feb. 27, 1866.
Corporals : Lorenzo M. Sexier, Edgington ; e.
March 7, 18C5 ; m. o. March 7, 1S66; Henry C.
Twining, Hampton ; e. March 7, 1865 ; m. o.
March 7, 1866 ; George K. Reed, Moline ; e. March
4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1S66 ; Lorenzo Reynolds,
Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1S6G ;
Jefferson Gibbins, Buffalo Prairie; e. March 4,
1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Barklay Kunkle, Mo-
line; e. Feb. 27, 1865; m. o. Feb. 27, 1866;
Michael Schulthies, Moline ; e. March 5, 1865 ;
m. o. March 5, 1866 ; Isaac Faucett, Moline ; e.
March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866.
Musicians : Columbus D. Severns, Moline ; e.
March 4, 1S65 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ;. Harvey
Fuller, Moline ; e. March 8, 1865 ; m. o. March 8,
1866.
Privates : Hiram Andrews, Moline ; e. March
1, 1865; ra. o. March 1, 1866; Thomas Brown,
Edgington ; e. March 6, 1865 ; m. o. March 6,
1866 ; Wellington Bailey, Edgington ; e. March
4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866; Jacob L. Bill,
Edgington ; e. March 6, 1865 ; m. o. June 24,
1865; August Boughland, Moline; e. March 1,
1865; m. o. March 1, 1866; Henry Bahnke, Mo-
line; e. March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866;
Nicholas Blair, Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o.
March 4, 1866; William J. Black, Moline; e.
March 2, 18C5 ; m. o. March 2, 1866; William
Balflour, Moline ; e. March 5, 1865 ; m. o. March
5, 1S66 ; Theodore Batemau, Moline ; e. Feb.
24, 1865 ; m. o. Feb. 24, 1866 ; William G. Bailey,
Edgington ; e. March 21, 1865 ; m. o. March 4,
1S6G ; Albert Conover, Moline ; e. Feb. 23, 1865 ;
m. o. Feb. 23, 1866; William Carson, Moline;
e. Feb. 28, 1S65; m. o. Feb. 28, 1866: DeWitt
Dover, Edgington; e. March 12, 1865; d. at Mo-
bile April 24, 1865 ; Benjamin Davis, Moline ;
e. March 5, 1865 ; m. o. March 5, 1866 ; Elijah
J. Essex, Moline; e. March 4, 1865; m. o. March
4, 1866; Adam Fries, Moline; e. Feb. 25, 1865;
m. o. Feb. 25, 1866; Daniel Fisher, Moline; e.
March 4. 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Isaac Fos-
ter. Edgington ; e. March 6, 1865 ; m. o. Aug. 1,
1865; Samuel Hendel, Edgington; e. March 10,
1865 ; m. o. Aug. 18, 1865 ; David Hendel, Edging-
ton ; e. March 10, 1865; m. o. March 10. 1866;
Peter Hesser, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 4, 1865 ;
m. o. March 4, 1866 ; William N. Johnson,
Edgington; e. March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4,
1866 ; Charles M. Johnson, Moline ; e. March 4,
1865; m. o. March 4, 1866; Chris Johnson,
Edgington ; e. Feb. 28, 1865 ; m. o. Feb. 28, 1866 ;
William Lequott, Edgington ; e. March 6, 1865 ;
d. at Mobile July 7, 1865; Bengt Larson, Mo-
line ; e. March 1, 1865 ; d. at ^Brownsville, Tex.,
Oct. 9, 1865; John W. Mills, Moline; e. Feb. 24,
1865; m. o. Feb. 24, 1866; Francis Matteson,
Moline; e. March 3, 1865; m. o. Aug. IS, 1865;
Charles Mortell, Moline; e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o.
Feb. 28, 1S66 ; Thomas McGrew, Moline ; e. Feb.
25, 1865; m. o. Feb. 25, 1866; Walter McCoy,
Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ;
Uriah Murry, Moline ; e. March 4, 1S65 ; m. o.
Aug. 18, 1865 ; Michael Miller, Moline ; e. JIarch
4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Frank J. McKay,
Moline; e. March 12, 1S65; m. o. March 12, 1S66;
Howard McMicken, Edgington ; e. March 12,
1865; m. o. March 12, 1866; James McMillen,
Edgington; e. March 12, 1S65 ; m. o. JIarch 12,
860
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
1866 ; Charles Orinson, Mollne ; e. Feb. 2S, 1S65 ;
m. o. Feb. 28, 1S66; Matthias Oleson, Moline;
e. Feb. 28, 1865; ni. o. Feb. 28, 1866; John
Pears, Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4,
1866; Peter Pear.son, Moline; e. March 4, 1865;
m. 0. March 4, 1866 ; Eli Pulen, Moline ; e. March
4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4. 1866 ; Le«-is M. PenneU,
Moline ; e. March 4, 1SG5 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ;
Charles Parker, Moline ; e. March 6, 1865 ; m. o.
March 6, 1866; Manassah Reeves, Edgington;
e. March 8, 18G5; m. o. March 8, 1866; Andrew
J. Reeves, Edgington ; e. March 8, 1865 ; m. o.
March 8, 1866; Casper Ruttler, Moline; e. March
3, 1865; m. o. March 3, 1SG6; David L. Ripley,
Edgington ; e. March 5, 1SG5 ; m. o. March 5,
1866 ; James D. Reynolds, Buffalo Prairie ; e.
March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866; Henry C.
Ripley, Moline ; e. March 5, 1865 ; m. o. June 24,
1865; Samuel Sollemburger, Moline; e. March
6, 1865; m. o. March 6, 1866; Franklin Shanks,
Moline; e. March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1S66;
Joseph A. Stiekrod, Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ;
m. o. March 3, 1866 ; WOliam B. Smith, Edging-
ton ; e. March 7, 1865 ; m. o. March 7, 1866 ;
James Sedam, Edgington ; e. March 1, 1865 ; m.
o. March 1, 1866; Jotm A. Stakeman, Moline; e.
March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866; Martin
Sullivan, Moline ; e. Feb. 27, 1865 ; m. o. July 8,
1865 ; John P. Skipper, Moline ; e. Feb. 27, 1865 ;
m. o. Feb. 27, 1866 ; James L. Skipper, Moline ; e.
March 4, 1865 ; d. at Brownsville, Tex., Jan. 30,
1866; William P. Shirkey, Moline; e. March 5,
1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Samuel L. Taylor, Mo-
line ; e. March 4, 1S65 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Wil-
son Tayne, Edgington ; e. March 5, 1865 ; m. o.
March 5, 1866 ; J. M. Thornton, Moline ; e. March
4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ; Andrew Vance,
Edgington; e. Marcji 12, 1865; m. o. March 12,
1866; Joseph H. Wright, Moline; e. Feb. 27,
1865; m. o. Feb. 27, 1866; Lewis A. Westberry,
Moline ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o. March 4, 1866 ;
Enoch Warman, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 4,
1865; m. o. Aug. 18, 1865; John L. Wells, Mo-
line; e. March 7, 1865; m. o. March 7, 1866;
Hiram P. Wood, Moline ; e. Feb. 28, 1865 ; m. o.
Feb. 28, 1866; WiUiam Walker, Moline; e.
March 4, 1865; m. o. March 4, 1866; Oscar F.
Wells, Edgington ; e. March 4, 1865 ; m. o. March
4, 1866.
THIKTIETH IIXINOIS INFANTRY
Company G : David Beanblossom, Bowling ;
e. Oct. 27, 1864 ; m. o. July 17, 1865 ; substitute
recruit.
THIETT-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Company D : Albert Banfield, Milan ; e. Oct
5, 1864 ; m. o. Sept. 16, 1865, substitute recruit.
Company G : Samuel Harper, Rural ; e. Oct.
18, 1864 ; m. o. Sept. 16, 1865, F. sergt. ; pro. to
F. lieut. Sept. 11, 1865, not mustered.
THIBTY-THIBD ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Company G — First Sergeant : David Hakes,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 20, 1861; tr. to gunboat
serv. Feb. 5, 1862.
Private : Levi F. Harson, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 20, 1861 ; tr. to gunboat serv. Feb. 5, 1862.
Recruits transferred from One Hundred and
Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry to Company G.
Third-third Illinois Infantry : William Ander-
son, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct 3, 1865 ;
Benjamin Bowman, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 3, 1865; Thomas Bratton, Hampton;
e. Oct 4, 1864; m. o. Oct 3. 1865; Oliver P.
Esley, Edgington; e. Oct 1.3, 1864; m. o. Oct.
12, 1865; Elias I. Peterson, Hampton; e. Oct
4, 1864; m. o. Oct 3, 1865.
Company H : Joseph E. Spencer, Rock Isl-
and; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Nov. 24, 1865, as
sergt
Recruit: Joseph E. Spencer, Camden Mills;
e. Oct. 21, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet.
THIETT-SEVENTH ILUNOIS INFANTRY
The Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, known as the Fremont Rifles, was or-
ganized by Col. Julius White, in August,
1861, and mustered into service September 8,
1861, at Camp Webb, Chicago, and left for St
Louis, 1,009 strong. Companies A and H were
from Rock Island county, although in both com-
panies were enlisted men from other counties
bordering Rock Island. The oflicers were of
Rock Island county. The regiment was armed
with Springfield rifles, except the two flanking
companies, which were armed with Colts seven-
shooters, and all non-commissioned officers were
also armed with Colts. In October, 1861, the
regiment went to Booneville, Mo., and was with
Fremont's army at the capture of Springfield,
Mo., moving then to Cassville, and Sugar Creek.
In March, 1862. it took part in the battle of Pea
Ridge, fighting greatly superior numbers, and
gaining a complete victory. Generals McCuUough
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
861
and Mcintosh of tlae Confederate army were both
killed In front of Colonel White's command,
which included the Thirty-seventh and Fifty-
ninth Illinois regiments and Davidson's Battery.
For his good service Colonel White was made a
brigader-general of volunteers. Lieutenant-Col-
onel Barnes was promoted to colonel, Maj. John
C. Black to lieutenant-colonel, and Captain
Frisbee to major.
The Thirty-seventh was engaged in 1S62 in
Missouri with Indians and with Quantrell's and
Coffee's bands of guerillas, and on one trip
marched 100 miles and fought a battle in two
days' time. In September, 1862, they started out
after the enemy again, and after many skir-
mishes surprised the Confederates at Fayette-
ville, Ark., October 28, 1SG2, taking back prison-
ers to Osage Springs. Its activity continued
until December when it went into camp at
Camp Lyon, Mo. For its marching it was
named the Illinois Grey Hounds, and by that
name the regiment was known all over Missouri
and Arkansas. When Colonel Barnes retired
from the service, Lieut-Col. John C. Black was
made colonel, and in December, 1802, the regi-
ment was ordered to the relief of General Blount
besieged at Sugar Hill, Ark. Leaving all their
baggage, the regiment marched to Prairie Grove,
Ark., in three days, 112 miles and doubled-
quicked it for the last ten miles, and came into
the battle of Prairie Grove on the morning of
the 7th, which lasted all day, and was one of
the hottest battles of the war for the number
engaged. Colonel Black, with his arm in a sling
from an injury at Pea Ridge, commanded the
regiment and here had his other arm shattered.
After a flag of truce, that night the Confed-
erates muffled their artillery wheels and fled in
the darkness, and escaped. In the spring of 1S63,
the regiment had a battle at Chalk Bluffs, on the
St. Francis river, and drove the enemy from
the field with loss: then went to St. Louis and
took boat to the vicinity of Vicksburg, and were
assigned a position in the line of investment,
and on the 4th of July marched into the
city. They were in the battles of Yazoo City,
Big Black, Port Hudson, and then went to New
Orleans ; on Augu.st 13, 1SC3, fought victoriously
in the battle of Morgan's Bend ; then moved to
Brownsville, Tex., where it re-enlisted on Febru-
ary 28, 1864, when it received its furlough. It
reassembled at Memphis, Tonn., April 30, 1864,
and put in another active summer, under General
Banks. On January 4, 1S65, the regiment fol-
lowed orders and went to New Orleans, to Fort
Barancas, Fla., and to Pensacola. On March
13, 1S65, Colonel Black was promoted to be
brigadier-general of volunteers by brevet. On
April 2, the regiment was in the siege and cap-
ture by storm of Fort Blakely, Ala., finding 1,200
prisoners and much property; from there went
into Mobile; then up the river to Cahawba,
Ala., where it released Union prisoners, who were
terribly emaciated from starvation. They were
put on board a transport and conveyed to Mont-
gomery, Ala., and finally were sent to the North.
The regiment was in Texas until May 15, when
it was mustered out at Houston, and reached
Springfield, 111., May 31, 1866, where it received
its pay and final muster out. It had marched
and rode 17,846 miles, had eleven hard battles,
and put in four years and ten months of service.
The following members of the regiment were
from Rock Island county :
Colonel: Myron S. Barnes, Rock Island; e.
June 0, 1802 ; dis. Nov. 20, 1862.
Lieut.-Colonel : Myron S. Barnes, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 1, 1S61; promoted.
Major : Hermon Wolford, Rock Island ; e. Sept.
9, 1864; dis. July 13, 1S65, as captain.
Sergeant Major : Samuel Heartley, Rock Isl-
and; e. Aug. 1, 1861; reduced and assigned to
Co. A.
Principal Musician: Horace G. Pickett, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 10, 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866.
Company A. — Captains : John A. Jordan, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 14, 1861; res. Dec. 31, 1861;
Henry Curtis, Jr., Rock Island; e. Dec. 31, 1861;
res. July 20, 1862; Charles W. Hawes, Rock
Island; e. July 20, 1862; pro. by President.
First Lieutenants: Henry Curtis, Jr., Rock
Island; e. Aug. 14, 1S61 ; pro.; Charles W.
Hawes, Rock Island; e. Dec. 31, 1861; pro.
Second Lieutenants: Charles W. Hawes, Rock
Islan'f; e. Aug. 14, 1S61 ; pro. ; William H. Bige-
low. Rock Island ; e. July 20, 1862 ; res. Oct. 19,
1863; Andrew B. Steele, Rock Island; e. April
23, 1864 ; m. o. May 15, 1866, as sergeant.
Sergeants : Joseph Gravenhorst, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 14, 1861 ; transferred to Corps d'Afrique,
Sept. 21, 1863; William H. Bigelow, Rock Isl-
and ; pro. 2d lieut.
Corporals : Andrew B. Steele, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 14, 1861 ; re-enlisted as Veteran ; James
Simpson, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; killed
at Leetown, Ark., March 7, 1862; William W.
862
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Philleo, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, ISGl; trans-
ferred to corps d'Afrique Sept. 21, 18G3 ; Morris
J. Herrick, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14. ISGl ; m. o.
Oct. 4, 1SC4 ; Theodore J. Stevens, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 14, ISOl ; Richard Turpine, Coal Talley ;
e. Aug. 14. 1861 ; deserted Dec.' 6, 1863 ; Henry
Heitahrends, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as Veteran.
Musician : E. DeForrest Folsom, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 14, 1861.
Privates: Archibald Armstrong, Bowling; e.
Aug. 14, 1861; m. o. Sept. 29, 1804; A.\el P. E.
Ahlstrom, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; m. o.
Oct. 4, 1SG4; David Byers, Camden Mills; e.
Aug. 14, 1S61; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864; Cyrus P.
Byerly, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as veteran ; John W. Catheart, Edgington ; e.
Aug. 14, 1861 ; re-enlisted as Veteran ; Edward C.
Clow, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as veteran; dis. Get. 5. 1862. dLsa. ; Horac-*'
Disney, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; re-en-
listed as veteran; Barney J. Disney, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; dis. July 12, 1862 ; Frank
B. Fox, Illinois aty; e. Aug. 14, 1861; re-en-
listed as veteran ; John Gregg, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Aug. 14. 1861 ; re-en. as Veteran ; James Gregg,
BuEfalo Prairie ; e. Aug. 14, 1S61 ; died at Carroll-
ton, La., Oct. 6, 1863 ; Andrew Hunter, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aug. 14, 1861; re-en. as Veteran; David
Hornit, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 14, 1861; re-en. as
veteran; David Hick, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 14,
1861 ; dis. Oct. 5, 1862, disa. ; Samuel M. Heart-
ley, Rock Island; e. Oct. 1, 1862; transferred
from sergeant to major ; George Ingraham, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 14. 1861; des. Dec. 11, 1861;
Arthur R. Kendall. Rock Island; e. Aug.
14. 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran ; John Ken-
ned.v, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; John
Kunkle, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; re-en.
as Veteran ; Thomas W. Kelley, Bowling ; e. Aug.
14, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Emery Lawso^Mo-
line ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; died at Cassville, Mo.,
July 8, 1862; Anson O. Lake, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 14, 1861; dis. Dec. 31, 1861; Thomas J.
Murphy, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; died at
Cassville, Mo., April 9. 1862 ; Archibald McAfee,
Andalusia ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864
William H. Mills, Bowling; e. Aug. 14, 1861
Isaac R. Palmer, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861
m. o. Oct. 4, 1864, as corp. ; Horace Pickett. Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 14. 1861 ; re-en. as veteran
Madison Ransom, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861
m. 0. Oct. 4, 1864; Theodore Rosette, Rock Is-
land ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; dis. Oct. 20, 1863, disa. ;
Peter Schwinan, Rock Island; e. Aug. 14,
1861; m o. Oct. 4, 1864; James Smith, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 14, 1861; died at St. Louis,
Jan. 26, 1862; Robert Smith, Coal Valley; e.
Aug. 14, 1861; Francis W. Thompson, Black
Hawk ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; William F. West, Bock
Island; e. Aug. 14, 1S61 ; Isaac K. Williams,
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; died at Cassville,
Mo., March 20, 18G2. wounds ; Austin Webb, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; m. o. Oct. 4. 1S64 ; John
C. Whistle, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1861 ; kiUed
at Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862; Franklin White,
Richland Grove; Aug. 14, 1861; m. o. Oct. 4,
1864.
Veterans : David Byers, Camden Mills ; e. Feb.
10, 1864 : m. o. May 15, 1866 ; Edward C. Clow,
Camden Mills; e. Feb. 10, 18G4 ; m. o. May 15,
1866; Horace W. Disney, Rock Island; e. Feb.
10, 1864 ; absent, wounded, at m. o. of regiment ;
Frank B. Fox, IlUnois City; e. Feb. 10, 1864;
m. 0. May 15, 1866 ; John Gregg, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Feb. 10. 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866, as sergt.;
Henry Heitahrends, Rock Island : e. Feb. 10,
1864 ; m. o. May 15, 1866, as sergt. ; Andrew
Hunter, Coal Valley ; e. Feb. 10, 1S64 ; killed by
mob, Feb. 11, 1866; David Hornit. Coal Valley;
e. Feb. 10, 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866, as sergt.;
Arthur R. Kendall, Rock Island; e. Feb. 10,
1864; m. o. May 15, 1866; John Kunkle. Rock
Island ; e. Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. o. May 15, lS(i6, as
Corp.; Thomas W. Kelley, Bowling; e. Feb. 10,
1864; m. o. May 15, 1866, as sergt.; Horace G.
Pickett, Rock Island; e. Feb. 10, 1864; pro.
drum major ; Andrew B. Steele, Rock Island ; e.
Feb. 10, 1864 ; m o. May 15, 1866, as 1st sergt.
Recruits in Company A : John Armpriest, Coal
Town; e. March 31, 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866;
James CleUand, Coal Valley ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ; m.
o. Oct. 9, 1865 ; Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Xov. 19, 1862 ; m. o. Xov. 19, 1865 ; Rob-
ert Griffin, Coaltown; e. March 31, 1864; died
at Mobile May 28, 1865; Nathaniel Hunter,
Hampton; e. Oct. 4, 1864; m. o. Oct. 9, 1865;
Walton Ka.v, Coaltown; e. March 31. 1864; m. o.
May 15, 1866; Andrew McMeekiu, Rock Island;
e. Aug. 30, 1862 ; m. o. June 12, 1865 ; Anthony L.
Meyer, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 23, 1862 ; m. o. Oct.
26, 1865 ; George B. Pickett. Moline ; e. May 27,
1862: George W. Pilgrim, Rock Island; e. Aug.
14, 1861 ; dis. Dec. 7, 1862 ; Thomas G. Pilgrim,
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
863
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, ISGl ; iii. o. Oct. 4,
1S64, as corp.
COMPANY C
Eeci-uit: Duuiel Stephens, Rock Island; e. Jan.
1, 1SG2.
COMPANY F
Recmlt: John Widraer, Moline; e. Feb. 20,
1S64; m. o. May 1.5, ISOG.
COMPANY H
Captains : John B. Frick, Moline ; e. Aug. 12,
1S61 ; res. Feb. 8, 18C2 ; Herman Wolford, Rock
Island ; e. Feb. 8, 1862 ; pro. major.
First Lieutenants: Herman Wolford, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 12, 1S61 ; pro.; Joseph Eaton,
Rock Island; e. Feb. S. 1S62 ; killed in action,
Chalk Bluff, Mo.
Second Lieutenant: Joseph Eaton, Rock Isl-
and; e. Aug. 12, 1861; pro.
Sergeants : George F. McKay, Moline ; e. Aug.
15, 1861; m. o. Oct. 4, 1S61, as private.
Corporals : Almeran A. Stillman, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 25, 1861; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864, as private;
John McCain, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1861 ; dis. Dec.
31, 1863, to enlist in U. S. Art. ; James W.
Smith, Moline; e. Aug. 18, 1861; m. o. Oct. 4,
1864, as sergeant ; Joseph Cushman, Hampton ;
e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; dis. July 16, 1862, disa.
Musicians: Charles W. Eaton, Rock Island;
e. Aug. 15, 1861; dis. Feb. 21, 1864; Oriu A.
Whltcomb, Moline; e. Sept. 12, 1861; dis. July
2, 1863.
Privates: Opher C. Biglow, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 15, 1861 ; killed at Pea Ridge, Ark., March
8, 1862 ; Alonzo W. Beadleston, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Sept. 29, 1864; Edward
Beaumont, Rock Island; e. Sept. 17, 1861; dis.
Feb. 25, 1864 ; disa. ; Joseph F. Blair, Moline ;
e. Sept. 13, 1861 ; died Feb. 5, 1864 ; John Carr,
e. Aug. 15, 1861 ; dis. June. 9, 1862 ; disa. ; James
Cane, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 20, 1861; re-en. as
veteran ; Joseph Cathcart, Edgmgton ; e. Aug.
1, 1861 ; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864 ; William Davis, Mo-
line; e. Aug. 15, 1861; dis. Oct. 16, 1862, disa.;
David Dack, Camden Mills, e. Sept. 10, ISGl ;
m. o. Oct. 4, 1864 ; Patrick Foley, Edgington ; e.
Aug. 18, 1861 ; dis. April 16, 1862, disa. ; Michael
Pinnigan, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861; re-en.
as veteran ; George Graham, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 4, 1861; died Dec. 8, 1862, wounds; John
Graham, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-en. as
veteran ; Cornelius H. Lille, Edgington ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; m. o. Oct. 4, 1S64 ; William N. H. Lien-
burg, Moline; e. Sept. IG, 1861; deserted Nov.
25, 1865 ; Jesse Morris, Moline ; e. Aug. IS, 1861 ;
m. o. Oct. 4, 1864; Samuel A. McCay, Moline; e.
Aug. IS, 1S61; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864; John S. Mal-
lory, Moline ; e. Aug. 20, 1861 ; Henry W. Mc-
Lellan, Camden Mills ; e. Sept. 8, 1861 ; re-en.
as veteran ; William Murphy, Coal Valley ; e.
Sept. 16, 1S61; Martin O'Neil, Port Byron; e.
Sept. 1, 1861; deserted July 21, 18G2 ; Benjamin
F. Patterson, Moline; Aug. 20, 18G1 ; dis. June
17, 1862, disa. ; John M. Reticker, Rock Island ;
e. Sept. 8, 1861; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864; Alex. R.
Stevenson, Moline ; e. Aug. 18, 1861 ; m. o. Sept.
29, 1864; Joseph Smith, Moline; e. Aug. IS,
1861; dis. July 16, 1862, wounds; Robert Ster-
rett, Moline ; e. Aug. 20, 18G1 ; m. o. Oct. 4, 1864 ;
Absalom Shanks, Moline ; e. Aug. 25, 1861 ; re-eu.
as veteran ; Lorenzo D. Sheldon, Moline ; e.
Aug. 15, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Lewis Voll-
mer. Rock Island ; e. Sept. 20, 18G1 ; dis. July 3,
1862, disa. ; Kendall Willis, Moline ; e. Sept. 18,
1861 ; killed at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862 ;
George Wilks, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 8, 18G1 ; m.
o. Oct. 4, 1864 ; James H. Wilson, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 15, 1861; dis. April 16, 1862, disa.; Peter
Yager, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1861 ; dis. Oct. 5,
1862, wounds, lost his leg; John Yager, Moline;
e. Aug. 15, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 29, 1864.
Veterans : James Cain, Coal Valley ; e. Feb.
10, 1864 ; m. o. May 15, 1866 ; Joseph Eberhart,
Edgington ; e. Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. o. May 15, 1866,
as sergt. ; Michael Finnigan, Rock Island; e.
Feb. 10, 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866; John W.
Graham, Edgington ; e. Feb. 10, 1S64 ; ni. o. May
15, 1866, as corp. ; Henry W. McLellan, Camden
Mills; e. Feb. 10, 1864; m. o. May 15, 1866;
Absalom Shanks, Moline ; e. Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. o.
May 15, 1S66; Lorenzo D. Sheldon, Moline; e.
Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. o. May 15, 18G6, as sergt.
Recruits : William Cathcart, Black Hawk ; e.
Oct. 18, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 18, 1865 ; Charles Mul-
herin. Rock Island ; e. March 30, 1864 ; m. o.
May 15, 1866; Cyrus Thomas, Edgington; e. Oct.
18, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct. 18, 1865 ; William H. Wood,
Edgington ; e. Nov. 15, 1861.
COMPANY K
Privates : Morris Wetzler, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 9, 1861; tr. to Co. G.
Recruit: Jacob Vonaker, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 14, 1S61.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
L'nassigned recruits : William Harvey, Hamp-
ton ; e. Oct. 4, 1564 ; Thomas E. Mathews, Rock
Island county; Charles Sanford, Hampton; e.
Oct. 4, 1864.
rOETY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTEY
COMPANY C
Substitute recruit : Cobley Knight, Cordova ; e.
Nov. 10, 1SG4; des. Jan. IS, 1S65.
COMPANY F
Substitute recruit: William Morris, Drury ; e.
Oct. 27, 1S64; absent at m. o. of regt.
FOBTY-THIED ILLINOIS INFANTBY
The Forty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry
was organized at Camp Butler in September,
1861, by Colonel Julius Kaith, and was mustered
Into the service of the United States by Captain
Pitcher, V. S. A., October 12, 1861. It started
for the South before it was fully organized,
having but eight companies, and went to Benton
Barracks, near St. Louis, Mo., where it was
armed with old Harper's Ferry and English mus-
kets which had been changed from flint locks to
percussion locks. From November 3, 1861, to
January 21, 1S62, the regiment engaged in march-
ing around the State of Missouri, and on the
latter date two new companies were added, mak-
ing ten companies, a fuU regiment, it then being
armed with new Belgian rifles. On February
6, 1S62, the regiment boarded the steamer
Memphis, and with Birge's Sharpshooters was
taken to Fort Henry, where it arrived on the
Sth. On the 24th following, the regiment was
assigned to the Third Brigade of McClernand's
Division and marched to Foi't Donelson, from
whence it went to Savannah, where it arrived
on March 12. On the ISth, the Forty-tbird,
Seventeenth and Forty-fifth Illinois regiments
marched to Pin Hook, but returned to Savannah
on the following day, and on the 22nd moved
by boat to Pittsburg Landing with other regi-
ments of the brigade under Gen. L. F. lioss, of
McClernaud's Division, being assigned c-amp
ground near and northeast of Shiloh Church.
On the morning of Sunday, April 0, 1S62, Colonel
Raith, healing the sounds of battle had the
regiment assemble, tents taken down and wagons
loaded, and the regiment then jiaraded on color
line. Colonel Raith sending Lieutenant-Colonel
Engleman to General McClernand to inform him
of the approaching battle. The command of the
brigade finally devolved on Colonel Raith of
the Forty-third, and he found none of the other
regiments prepared for action, while the staff
officers of the brigade were a half mile away at
brigade headquarters. Aside from his own
mounted officers, he had no assistance in turning
out the rest of the brigade. The Forty-ninth
had only time to arm itself, the men commencing
to fire where they stood in their camp. The
Forty-third was the only regiment of the brigade
that could support Waterhouse's Battery, and
with it offered a stiff resistance to the enemy,
leaving in its first position thirty-six of its
number dead, while many more were wounded
and carried to the rear for treatment. The
Forty-third next took position on the Purdy Road
with the rest of McClernand's Division, and here
Colonel Raith, in command of the brigade, was
mortally wounded, his death occurring on the
11th. This line giving way, the Forty-third was
next assigned position by Captain Hammond,
of Sherman's staff, in a compact line of troops
facing the Purdy Road. This line also gave
way and the Forty-third took a position with
the Twentieth Illinois. All the other troops hav-
ing disappeared from this line, the Forty-third
fell back slowly to a position facing an open
field to the west and immediately on the left
of the Ninth Illinois. About 4 :30, Grant, Sher-
man and McClernand came up and inspected the
position of the Forty-third and soon sent troops
from the direction of the river. These formed
on the line held by the Forty-third, and next
came the Forty-ninth on the right, also facing
west, and then came a battery into the line,
making a compact line clear to the river, this
position being held until night. In every posi-
tion held by the Forty-third it left its dead, and
none but the wounded were in the missing.
The advance the next day was slow, and it
was about 4 :00 P. M. when what was left of the
Forty-third again stacked arms in front of the
camp. Out of a total of 500 men who went
into action, it had lost 206, of whom forty-nine
had been killed and left on the fields, and among
these were Chaplain J. L. Walther, and Lieut
John Oppendick (of Moliue). The regiment
took part in the advance on Corinth in June and
July, and put in all the rest of the year in
pursuing Forest's command, with whom it had
several good brushes and one pitched battle, near
Salem. Along in the spring of 1SC3, the Forty-
third had 200 men mounted for scout service,
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
865
these engaging in numerous sliirmishes and be-
ing successful in taliing numerous prisoners and
capturing many liorses from the enemy. On May
31, 1863, the regiment went to Memphis by rail,
there taking a boat up the Yazoo river, where
a junction was eflfected with General Mower,
and the Confederates were driven beyond Me-
chanicsville, on June S ; were at Haines' Bluff
on July 12 ; at Big Black River on July 22 ; at
Snyder's Bluff on July 29, and on August 6th
were at Helena, Ark. On August 13, 1S63, the
regiment was assigned to the First Brigade,
Second Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, Gen-
eral Steele commanding, and four days later
left Helena, arriving at Clarendon, on the White
river on the 22nd. Two days later the regiment
crossed the river to Duvall's Bluff. From Sep-
tember, 1S63, to March 13, 1864, the regiment
was moving about Arkansas and Mississippi,
and at length settled down in Little Rock for a
time. That city was left March 23, 1864, the
regiment going to Spoonville, Okla., and event-
ually came in contact with the Confederates in
force at Prairie D'Ahu, whom they defeated
and drove on to Clarendon on the 12th and 14th.
On this march, the regiment lost one man taken
prisoner, the only able-bodied man that was
captured from the regiment during the service,
by name David Wilver. The command reached
Princeton on the 2Sth, and on April 30 about
20,000 Confederates attacked the rear of Gen-
eral Steele's forces on the Saline river bottoms,
near Jenkins' Ferry, and after a bloody battle
were repulsed with great loss. The Union loss
was 700, while the Confederate loss was con-
siderably larger. In this battle, the Second Kan-
sas Colored Regiment, with the Forty-third Illi-
nois and the Twenty-ninth Iowa, charged a
Confederate battery of four guns, which they
captured and dragged to the Union lines. The
regiment arrived at Little Rock, May 3, 1864,
and there remained until their enlistment of
three years expired. Not quite three-fourths of
the old men having re-enlisted as veterans. Col-
onel Engleman was discharged December 16,
1864, but succeeded in prevailing upon the state
authorities to assign enough drafted men to the
Forty-third, so that Lieutenant-Colonel Dengler
could be commissioned colonel. The regiment
remained at Little Rock until its muster out,
November 30, 1865, then returning to Camp But-
ler for final pay and discharge, December 14,
1865. The members of the Forty-third Illinois
Infantry that came from Rock Island county
were as follows :
Adjutant : John Peetz, Rock Island ; e. Oct 1,
1861 ; pro. capt. Co. A.
Hospital Stewards : George H. Kranz, Rock
Island ; e. Oct. 12, 1861 ; killed at Shiloh April
6, 1S62 ; Charles Meyenn, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
4, 1864 ; trans, to non.-com. staff as consolidated.
Principal Musician : Jacob Fruth, Rock Island ;
e. Oct. 1, 1S61 ; dis. July 22, 1862, disa.
, Company A
Captain : John Peetz, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1,
1S62 ; res. June 7, 1864.
Company C
Privates : John N. Almstedt, Moline ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 26, 1804; Swan J. Fjellstedt,
Moline; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ; dis. March 28, 1862,
disa.; Nels Norlinder, Moline; e. Sept. 1, 1861;
died at Boliver, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1862.
Company B
Captain : John Tobien, Rock Island ; e. Sept
1, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16, 1864.
Fii'st Lieutenants; Henry Kroeger, Rock Isl-
and; e. Sept. 1, 1862; pro. to Co. I ; Charles
Engel, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1862; res. Oct.
7, 1864.
Second Lieutenants : John Peetz, Rock Island ;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; pro. adjutant ; John Opendick,
Moline, e. Oct. 1, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April
16, 1862; Charles Engel, Rock Island; e. April
8, 1862; promoted.
First Sergeant: Charles Engel, Rock Island;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 pro. second lieutenant ; Johann
H. Peters, Moline; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec.
16, 1864 ; Louis Range, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1,
1861 ; dis. Feb. 6, 1862, disa. ; Hans Bruer, Mo-
line ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Dec. 16, 1864.
Corporals : Johann A. Warmecke, Rock Island ;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862 ;
William Anderson, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1,
1861; deserted Feb. 5, 1862; Swan Swanson,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ; m. o. Dec. 16,
1864, as sergt. ; Henry Rohren, Hampton; e.
Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16, 1864; Johann H.
Mink, Edgington; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec.
16, 1864.
Musician : Frederick Gabel, Edgington ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran.
Privates : Jacob Anderson, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; died at Ft. Henry, Feb. 26, 1862 ;
866
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Andrew Anderson, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ;
died April 2S, 1S62, wounds; Cbarles Bartmer,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ; m. o. Dec. 16,
1864 : John Beck, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, ISGl ;
killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1.S62 ; Christian Bur-
gert, Moliue: e. Sept. 1, ISCl; m. o. Dec. 16,
1S64; Charles Dunker. Moline; e. Sept. 1, 1861;
in. o. Dec. 16, 1864 ; Frederick Dunker, Moline ;
e. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16, 1S64; Henry
Dunker, Moline; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16,
1864 ; Frederick Enzelhaur. Hampton ; e. Sept. 1,
1861 ; m. o. Dec. 16, 1S64 ; Florentin Flade, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1801 ; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps,
May 31, ISCl : Frederick Forselius, Rock Island ;
e. Sept. 1, 1S61; died April 28, 1862, wounds;
Adam Goodman, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
died Mound City, Feh. 17, 1862; George Gnlek,
Edgington; e. Sept. 1, 1861; dis. July 30, 1862,
wounds ; Matthias Geiger, Rock Island ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Peter Gibson, Rock
Island; e. Sept. 1. 1861; deserted Feb. 5, 1862;
George Hofmaun, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
re-en. as veteran ; Henry Halverson, Rock Is-
land ; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ; m. o. Sept. 29. 1864 ; Mar.
tin Handshuh, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861;
dis. March 4.8, 1863; Peter Heisel, Rock Island;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862 ;
H. P. Johnson, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861;
killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Gust Johnson.
Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861; deserted Feb. 5,
1SG2; Jonathan E. Johnson, Rock Island; e. Oct
19, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; John Klahn. Moline;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; dis. May 15, 1863 ; Adolph Krohn,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861; dis. Feb. 6, 1862,
disa. ; George Krans, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 12,
1861 ; pro. hos. steward ; A. H. Lindan, Hampton ;
e. Sept. 1. 1861 ; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1S62 ;
John Lidders, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
dis. March 22, 1864, disa. ; Henry Miller, Hamp-
ton; e. Sept. 1, 1861; died at Tipton, Mo., Jan.
12, 1862; John Otto, Rock Island county: e.
Sept. 1, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862;
Glaus Peters, Moline ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; dis. April
1, 1863; Henry Rohwer, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1,
1861; dis. Sept. 9, 1862, disa.; Charles Schade,
Coal Valley ; e. Sept. 1, 1861, m. o. Dec. 16, 1864 ;
Adam Schmidt, Edgington; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m.
o. Dec. 16. 1864 ; Ferdinand Schindler, Rock Isl-
and; e. Sept. 1, 1S61; dis. March 9, 1863; Louis
Turler, Hampton; e. Sept. 1, 1861; killed at
Shiloh, April 6, 1862 ; Hans Timmermann, Mo-
line; e. Sept. 1, 1861, re-en. as veteran; Gott-
fried Wille, Hampton; e. Sept. 3. 1861; killed
at Shiloh, April 6, 1862 ; Peter Wolin, Hampton ;
e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Sept. 29, 1864; James
Wiese, Moline; Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. Dec. 16,
1864.
Veterans : Frederich Gabel, Edgington, e. Feb.
26, 1864 ; trans, to Co. G, as consol. ; Mathias
Geiger, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 26, 1SG4 ; trans, to
Co. G, as consol. ; George Hoffmann, Rock Isl-
and : e. Feb. 26, 1864 ; trans, to Co. G, as consol. ;
Jonathan E. Johnson, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 14,
1864 ; trans, to Co. G, as consol. ; Charles Mey-
enn, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 4, 1864; pro. hospital
steward ; Hans Timmermann, Moline ; e. Feb.
26, 1864; trans, to Co. G, as consol.
Recruits to Co. E : George Durrmann, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Feb. 10, 1864 ; died at Little Rock, Ark.,
Nov. 10, 1804 ; Christian Olson, Rock Island ; e.
Jan. 4, 1864 ; trans, to Co. G, as consol. ; S. M.
Webster, Rock Island; e. Feb. IS, 1864; trans,
to Co. G, as consol.
Company H
Charles Linduiann, Moline ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ;
dis. March 18, 1863, disa.
Company I
Captain : Henry Kroeger, Rock Island ; e. Sept.
1, 1862 ; trans, to Co. F. as consol. ; res. April 6,
1865, from Co. F, Forty-third Con.
FORTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Company K
Private.* : Christopher Altz, Moline ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; trans, to regt. band ; m. o. Jan. 15, 1862 ;
Hans Harder, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
re-en. as veteran ; m. o. Sept. 25, 1865, as corp.
FORTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Known as the "Lead Mine Regiment," the
Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry was organized by
John E. Smith, of Galena, who was commissioned
a colonel of volunteers July 23, 1861. It ren-
dezvoused at Jo Daviess county fair grounds,
near Galena, with short Enfield rifles, and
November 22, 1861, was ordered to Camp Doug-
las, Chicago, where the full complement of ten
companies was completed, and the regiment
was mustered into the service and given its
number on December 25, 1861. On January 12,
1862, the regiment went to Cairo, and was as-
signed to the First Brigade, commanded by W.
H. L. Wallace, First Division, commanded by
Gen. John A. McClernand. The next day it left
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
867
■with Grant's army for the Tennessee river, and
two days later the first camp was made at Camij
HallecU, four miles below Fort Henry, which
they reached on the evening of the 6th. On the
morning of the 13th the regiment took its posi-
tion on the right ^f the line of battle at Fort
Donelson, and in the afternoon was sent to the
relief of the Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, en-
gaged up close to the enemy's works, and there
received itS' baptism of fire. Its loss was two
killed and twenty-six wounded. On March 25th
it was ordered to Pittslnirg Landing, at the junc-
tion of the Purdy and Corinth roads, not far
from Shiloh Church. On the morning of April
6th, when inspection had finished and arms
stacked, and the breakfast call had .iust been
made, the long roll called the men to their arms,
and within three minutes the greater part of
the regiment was ready to advance to the left
and front, double-quick, to support Sherman.
Going into battle vnth about 500 men, the Forty-
fifth was at the front at Shiloh from the first,
slept on its arms that night in the rain, and in
the morning moved forward with the rest of the
army. At night it stopped almost in its old
camp of Sunday morning. The regiment lost
twenty-six killed and 199 wounded and missing,
some of the latter returning. At Oorinth,
August 31, the regiment did its share. Arm-
strong's Confederate cavalry raided In the
I'niou lines and captured Company C, and after
a sharp fight was driven awa.v, the Union loss
being three killed, thirteen wounded and forty-
three taken prisoners.
In February, 1S63, the Forty-fifth went with
Grant's army on the Vicksburg campaign, and
stopped at Lake Providence and Millikin's Bend,
where volunteers were asked to run the batteries
by transport and the whole regiment responded.
Of the quota which composed the crew of the
steamer "Anglo-Saxon," and took her safely
through with a full cargo of commissary stores,
the following composed the detail : Commander,
Capt. L, B. Fisk, of Company B ; pilots, Privates
Charles Evans, Company D, and Joshua Ken-
dall, Company K ; engineers. Sergt. A. J. Esping,
Company B, Charles Flint. Company G ; fire-
men. Privates J. M. Primmer, Company P,
William Tripp, Company G, and Johnny Paul,
Company C. The regiment reached Bruinsburg,
below Vicksburg, May 1, 1863, and on that same
day started with Grant's army in the famous
Vicksburg campaign, in which it participated
during all of the iMttles as a iiart of Logan's
Division. Parts of the regiment were located
at the white house on the Jackson road, in
front of the Confederate Fort Hill, regarded as
the key to the whole Southern works, and par-
ticiiiated in three separate charges. May 10th and
22nd and June 25th. A mile having been laid un-
der Fort Hill, the match was applied and im-
mediately after the explosion the Union troops
rushed into the breach, the Forty-fifth having
been chosen for this duty. The men were met
by a murderous fire, and lost eighty-three officers
and men killed and wounded, among the killed
being Lieut.-Col. Melancthon Smith and Ma,i.
Leander B. Fish, while Col. Jasper A. Maltljy
was wounded. Their gallantry in this bloody
engagement won for the men of the Forty-fifth
the distinction of entering the city after the
final discharge and subsequently the regiment
was detailed as provost guards of the city.
From November 7, 1S63, to February 3, 1S64, it
was in camp on the Black river, and took part in
the Meridian Raid. "On" March 17th it left
Viclvsbui"g --faiEi a? thii-.t^ay veteran furlough,
and on'Jihie 7, lS#i, reijc^ned the division on the
Atlanta Campaign, at Etowah Brigade, Ga. As
a part of the Seventeenth Army Corps, It left
Atlautah ^pvembee i2th and arrived at Savan-
nah Dec4ml3€« ^2, 1.^&1(. reached Beaufort, S. C,
by steaniei- the l<illowing day, and on the 14th
was engaged in the attack on Poeotaligo, S. C,
where it suffered a loss of eight men wounded.
The march was continued January 30, 1865,
through the Carolinas, via OrangeDurg and the
Sugar Loaf mountains, and it went into camp
February 2Sth, after having walked over 300
miles in less than a month. From March 23rd the
regiment was at Cheraw, Fayetteville, Benton-
ville and Goldsboro, and after having been in
the wilderness for over fifty days reached the
latter place. At Fayetteville, March 11th, the
city surrendered to "Sherman's Bummers," a
private (later quartermaster), William C. Tay-
lor, receiving the surrender from the mayor.
The march was resumed April 10, 1865, and the
regiment went on to Raleigh and Greensborough,
and back to Raleigh. The regiment received
news of the close of the war at that place, and
again took up its march May 1st, the Fifteenth
and Seventeenth Corps making it a foot-race to
Washington, D. C, which resulted in a tie. May
19, 1865. The Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry par-
ticipated in the Grand Review May 23rd and
868
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
24tli, arrived at Louisville, Ky., June Sth, and
was mustered out of the service and arrived at
Cliicago July loth for final pay and discharge,
having marched 1750 miles from May 14, 1SG4,
to May 19, 1SC5.
The members of the Forty-fifth Illinois In-
fantry were as follows :
Kobert F. Keid, commissioned adjutant of
regiment July 9, 1S65, but not mustered as such,
was enlisted from Eock Island, Sept. 23, 1S61,
and appointed sergeant major, and detailed as
acting adjutant, re-enlisted as a veteran with
the regiment, and m. o. July 12, 1S65.
MEMBERS OF THE BAND
Leader : August Storms, Eock Island ; e.
Sept. 30, 1861; m. o. July 24, 1S62, and unoffi-
cially reported dead.
First Class : John Yhering, Eock Island ; e.
Sept 30, ISOl; m. o. July 24, 1SG2; John G.
Brant, Eock Island ; e. Sept. 30, 1861 ; m. o. July
24, 1862 ; George Strockle, Eock Island ; e. Sept.
30, 1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862 ; Charles Brockman,
Eock Island ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862.
1862; John Amiable, Eock Island; e. Oct. 10,
1861; m. o. July 24, 1S62; Charles L. Thomas,
Eock Island; e. Sept. 30, 1S61; m. o. July 24,
1862.
Second Class : Peter W. Ealfe, Eock Island ; e.
Sept. 30, ISGl ; m. o. July 24, 1S62 ; Martin Kun-
kle, Eock Island ; e. Oct. 9, 1861 ; m. o. July 24,
1862; Hans Brant, Eock Island; e. Oct. 15,
1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862 ; Thos. A. H. Bigelow,
Eock Island; e. Oct. 19, 1861; m. o. July 24,
1862; Alfred Halbert, Eock Island; e. Sept. 30,
1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862 ; Henry Neiland, Eock
Island ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862.
Third Class : Charles Shrader, Eock Island ; e.
Oct IS, 1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862 ; Frank Cook,
Bock Island ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; m. o. July 24, 1862.
Company H
Captains : John B. Hawley, Eock Island ; e.
Dec. 24, ISCl; res. May 26, 1862; William B.
Seymour, Eock Island ; e. May 26, 1862 ; m. o.
June 3, 1865 ; David O. Eeid, Eock Island ; e.
June 26, 1865 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as 1st lieut
First Lieutenants : William B. Seymour, Eock
Island ; e. Dec. 24, 1861 ; pro. ; Thomas C. Morris,
Edgington; e. May 26, 1862; res. Oct. 4, 1863;
David O. Eeid, Eock Island; e. Oct 14, 1863;
pro. ; Tliomas M. Wallace, Edgington ; e. June
26, 1865 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergeant.
Second Lieutenant : Thomas 0. Morris, Edging-
ton ; e. Dec. 24, 1861 ; pro. ; David O. Eeid, Eock
Island ; e. June 1, 1862 ; pro. ; William Waver-
ling, Buffalo Prairie ; e. July 9, 1S65 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865, as sergt.
First Sergeant: David O. Eeid, Eock Island;
e. Sept 23, 1861; pro. 2d lieut.
Sergeants: Thomas M. Wallace, Edgington;
e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Charles W.
Kirkland, Eock Island ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; dis.
Dec. 19, 1863; Andrew Banks, Eock Island; e.
Sept 23, 1861; dis. Jan. 4, 1864, to accept pro-
motion in 4th Miss. C. T. ; Irwin Moore, Eock
Island; e. Sept 23, 1861; trans, to U. S. Sig.
Corps.
Corporals : William Waverling. Buffalo Prai-
rie ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Andrew
P. Peterson, Eock Island; e. Sept. 23, 1861;
re-en. as veteran ; Oliver C. Wells, Eock Island ;
e. Oct. 18, 3861; re-en. as veteran; Owen D.
Wilson, Coal Valley; e. Oct. 28, 1861; re-en. as
Veteran ; Martin Perry, Eock Island ; e. Nov. 15,
1861 ; dis. March 1, 1863 ; John Brockman, Eock
Island ; e. Sept 23, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Abraham Sedam, Buffalo Prairie; e. Sept. 23,
1861; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864.
Privates: Henry C. Ashbaugh, Camden Mills;
e. Oct 16, 1861; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864; Stephen
Brayton, Illinois City; e. Sept. 23, 1861; dis.
Nov. IS, 1SG3, disa. ; Joseph Brayton, Illinois
City; e. Sept. 23, 1861; dropped from rolls Aug.
18, 1862; Milo H. Bracy, Buffalo Prairie; e.
Sept. 23, 1861 ; dis. Dec. 19, 1863 ; Leroy Ballard,
Andalusia ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; killed at Champion's
Hill, May 16, 1S63 ; Jacob Bruce, Bowling; e.
Oct. 14, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Francis Bowes,
Bowling; e. Oct 17, 1861; died June 20, 1863,
wounds, prisoner of war; Albinus Brasher,
Eock Island; e. Oct 18, 1861; re-en. as
veteran ; Solomon Brunor, Edgington ; e. Nov.
16, 1861; dis. April 24, 1862, disa.; Alex-
ander H. Brown, Coal Valley ; e. Nov. 19, 1861 ;
m. o. Dec. 23, 1864; William F. Brown, Coal
A'alley; e. Nov. 20, 1861; m. o. Dec. 23,
1864 ; Henry M. Baker, Port Byron ; e. Nov. 11,
1861 ; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864 ; Marion Carter, Illinois
City ; e. Oct. 1, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Michael
Cavenaugh, Eock Island ; e. Oct. 17, 1861 ; re-eu.
as veteran ; Joseph Cook, Eock Island ; e. Oct
21, 1861; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864. corp. ; Charles
Crocker, Eock Island ; e. Nov. 1, 1861 ; dis. Jan.
9, 1S62, disa.; Henry Decker, Eock Island; e.
Sept 23, 1861; dis. Oct ]-2, 1862, disa.; James
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
869
Disney, Andalusia ; e. Sept. 25, 1S61 ; dis. Oct.
14, 1S62, disa. ; Mathew Dillon, Illinois City ; e.
Sept. 23, 1S61 ; m. o. Dec. 23, 1S64 ; Byrani Eck-
man, Buffalo Prairie; e. Sept. 23, 1S61; m. o.
Dec. 23, 1S64; Henry C. Erret, Edgington; e.
Dec. 20, 1861; re-en. as veteran; Thomas Fow-
ler, Port Byron; e. Nov. 11, 1S61 ; died at Jef-
ferson Barracks, July 5, 1862; William Green,
Buffalo Prairie; e. Sept. 23, 1861; m. o. Dee. 23,
1S64; George Griffin, Rock Island; e. Sept. 23,
1861; tr. to Inv. Corps, Dec. 1, 1863; Cyrus D.
Gordon, Coal Valley; e. Nov. 16, 1861; dis. Dec.
15, 1862, disa.; William Hobson, Eock Island;
e. Oct. 20, 1861; dropped from rolls Aug. 18,
1862 ; Robert C. Halley, Coal Valley ; e. Oct. 28,
1861; tr. to Sig. Corps April 21, 1864; Henry
Hilton, Port Byron; e. Nov. 11, 1861; re-en. as
Veteran ; George Jenkins, Andalusia ; e. SeiJt. 23,
1861; killed at Shiloh, April 7, 1862; Heury D.
Kahler, Cordova; e. Sept. 29, 1861; tr. to Inv.
Corps, Sept. 15, 1863 ; James L. Lindstrom, Rock
Island; e. Sept. 23, 1861; lost foot at Shiloh,
dropped from rolls Aug. IS, 18G2 ; Abner Mitchell,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 23, 1861; tr. to Inv. Cps.
Sept. 15, 1863; Louis Miller, Camden Mills; e.
Sept. 23, 1861 ; died at St. Louis, May 23, 1862 ;
Amos ilarquis, Edgiugton ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; tr. to
Inv. Cps. Sept. 15, 1863 ; Alexander G. Moberley,
Buffalo Prairie ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; re-en. as Vet-
eran; Lawson McEntire, Bowling; e. Oct. 14,
1861; dis. April 17, 1862, for disa.; John Mc-
Connell, Rock Island ; e. Nov. 6, 1861 ; dropped
from rolls Aug. 18, 1864 ; Robert McAfee, Rock
Island ; e. Nov. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864 ; John
W. Mumford, Port Byron ; e. Nov. 11, 1861 ; died
at St. Louis May 22, 1862; Frederick Owen,
Cordova ; e. Sept. 29, 1861 ; m. o. March 9, 1865,
to date Dec. 23, 1864; George Pence, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Sept. 23, 1861; re-en. as Veteran;
Robert F. Reid, Rock Island; e. Sept. 23, 1861;
pro. sergt. major; Hezekiah Robbins, Buffalo
Prairie ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
George W. Randall, Rock Island; e. Oct. 17,
1861 ; dis. April 24, 1862 ; George Stocker, Rock
Island; e. Sept. 23, 1861, m. o. Dec. 23, 1864;
Philip Smith, Rock Island; e. Oct. 25, 1861;
died at Louisville, June 26, 1862, from wounds ;
Philip Schneider, Cordova ; e. Sept. 25, 1S61 ;
m. o. Dec. 23, 1864 ; Stephen Tudors, Edgington ;
e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; dis. Jan. 13, 1863, disa. ; Robert
Vance, Coal Valley; e. Oct. 26, 1861, m. o. Jan.
17, 1865 ; Peter Vanderberg, Cordova ; e. Nov.
11, 1861; dis. Aug. 13, 1862, disa.; William
White, Richland Grove ; e. Sept. 23, 1861 ; veter-
anized ; Newton M. Webster, Edgington ; e. Dec.
20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Samuel D. R. Waver-
ling, Coal Valley; e. Sept. 29, 1861; m. o. Dec.
28, 1864; Samuel N. Wait, Cordova; e. Oct. 7,
1861; deserted March 1, 1863; Frank S. Wells,
Rock Island ; e. Oct. IS, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Anson S. White, Port Byron; e. Nov. 11, 1861;
dis. Nov. 11, 1862, disa. ; Amos Toules, Rock
Island; e. Oct. 22, 1861; dis. July 12, 1862,
wounds; John C. Young, Rock Island; e. Nov.
3, 1861 ; m. o. Dec. 23, 1864.
A'eterans : Albinos Brasher, Black Hawk ; e.
Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Jacob Bruce,
Bowling ; e. Dec. 30, 1803 ; drowned in Etowah
river, June 21, 1864 ; John Brockman, Rock
Island; e. Dee. 19, 1863; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Marion Carter, Illinois City; e. Dec. ]S, 1863;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Michael Cavenaugh, Coal
Valley; e. Jan. 5, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Henry C. Erret, Edgington ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Henry Hilton, Port Byron; e. Jan.
5, 1864; m. o. July 13, 1865; Alexander G. Mo-
berly, Drury ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July 15,
1S65 ; Samuel McKinley, Coal Valley ; e. Jan. 5,
1804; m. o. July 12, 1865; Andrew Peterson,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 4, 1864; m. o. July 12,
1865, as sergt. ; George Pence, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp. ;
Hezekiah Robbins, Buffalo Prairie; e. Jan. 5,
1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Oliver C. Wells, Black
Hawk; e. Jan. 5, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865, as
sergt. ; Newton M. Webster, Edgington ; e. Jan. 5,
1864; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp.; William
Waverling, Buffalo Prairie ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m.
o. July 12, 1865 ; as sergt, com. 2d lieut, but
not mustered; Frank S. Wells, Black Hawk; e.
Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Owen D. Wil-
son, Coal Valley ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July 12,
1865, as sergt. ; William White, Richland Grove;
e. Dec. 30, 1863; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Recruits in Co. H enlisted in this county :
Henry Bebee, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 6, 1862 ; dis.
Jan. 27, 1865; Martin McMahon, Rock Island;
e. Sept. 1, 1862 ; Jacob Pence, Buffalo Prairie ; e.
March 29, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865; Jacob
Semortier, Rock Island; e. Aug. 23, 1862; died
at Memphis, March 1, 1863; George W. Stultz,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 16, 1863; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Arbagh Webber, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 26,
1862 ; on detached duty at m. o. of regiment.
There were thirty-nine drafted men and substi-
tutes from the state at large attached to this
870
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
company in 1S64, but none of them from our
county. There were also five recruits added to
the company from the outside of county, and sis
veterans from outside, and fifteen members from
outside when company was mustered into service.
Company I
First Lieutenant : Adam W. McLane, Coal Val-
ley ; e. Sept. 20, ISCl ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; was a
veteran .promoted to corp. and then to first
lieut.
Privates : John Jenkins, Andalusia ; e. Oct. 4,
1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Robert P. Lamore.
Hampton ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Joseph Dangley, Drury ; e. Sept. 25. 1S61 ; died
at Paducah, Ky., April 14, 1862, wounds ; Charles
W. Post, Rock Island; e. Oct. 10, 1861; died at
Chicago, 111., Jan. 17, 1862.
Company K
George S. Allen, Rock Island; e. Oct. 20. 1861 ;
m. o. Dec. 23, 1864; Nathan Corbin, Rock Is-
land: e. Aug. 2.5, 1862; m. o. June 7, 1865, as
Corp.; George T. Holyoke, Rock Island; e. Sept.
1, 1862 ; m. o. June 3. 1S6D ; Montraville McLane,
Rock Island; e. Nov. 17, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865.
The regiment had all told .313 substitutes and
drafted men, and fourteen unassigned recruits,
but none of them from Rock Island county ever
reported.
Owen ilcCaughey. Rock Island ; e. Sept. 9,
1864 ; sub., never joined.
FOETV-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company D
Henry Whitney, Cordova; e. Dec. 1, 1861;
tr. to Inv. Corps April 12, 1864.
Company I
Ransom Ouley. Watertown ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ;
dis. May 20, 1862, disability :
FOBTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED INFANTRY
The original Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry
was organized August 16. 1861, and its members
served their time out with honor in the Army of
the Tennessee. The Forty-seventh Consolidated
Infantry was made up of non-veterans, recruits
of other regiments were transferred to it and
drafted men completed its ranks. The basis of
the consolidation consisted of 196 men of the
Forty-seventh, who had veteranized with its
recruits. One of. the drafted companies was
Rock Island G, which had but five desertions,
while Company E, from Peoria, had forty-five
desertions shortly after being mustered into the
service. The new regiment was assigned to the
Second Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army
Corps, to which the original Forty-seventh had
l>elouged, was detached several times to go to
different jjoints, and at one time was at Chicago,
111., November 4. 1864, where it was engaged in
suppressing a riot. This regiment saw active
service at Spanish Fort and other places, and
was finally mustered out at Selma. Ala.. Janu-
ary 21. 1866, and ordered to Springfield for final
payment and discharge. The following members
of Company G were all that were in the regiment
from Rock Island county :
Captain : James W. Ballard, Andalusia ; e.
March 9, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866.
First Lieutenant : Michael Shunghnessy, Rock
Island; e. March 0. 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866.
Second Lieutenant : Asa G. Darbee. Rock Isl-
and ; e. March 0, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866.
First Sergeant : Barsel M. Shurtleff. Port By-
ron ; e. Feb. 27, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866.
Sergeants: Edwin B. Knox, Rock Island; e.
Feb. 27, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, private;
Amos Altlmus, Mollne ; e. Feb. 20. 1865; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1866, private : Joseph S. Eby, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Feb. 24, 1865: m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, pri-
vate : Abraham Merchant. Rock Island ; e. March
2, 1865; deserted March IS, 1865.
Coniorals: Leroy Lowhead. Rock Island; e.
Feb. 28, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, private ; James
P. Stansell, Rock Island; e. March 2, 1865; m.
o. Jan. 21, 1866; George W. Flickinger, Moline;
e. Feb. 16, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, as sergt. ;
Samuel Shaw, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 24, 1865 ; m.
o. May 23, 1S65, as private; C. W. Hobbs, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 10. 1865; m. o. Jan. 21. 1866;
George Grover, Rock Island; e. March 2, 1865;
deserted Nov. 20, 1865 ; Augustus L. or D. Cox,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 14, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866. as sergt; Henry Wagoner, Rock Island; e.
Feb. 22, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, as private.
Musicians : John H. Brookman, Rock Island ;
e. March 2, 1865: m. o. Jan. 17, 1866; Jerome
Pecher, Rock Island: e. March 3, 1865; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1866.
Wagoner: Marshall W. David, Rock Island;
e. Feb. 24. 1865; m. o. Jan.- 21, 1866.
Privates : Andrew P. Anderson. Moline : e. Feb.
20, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866, absent, sick ; James
^5^
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. HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
871
Biggard, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 2S, 1S65 ; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1SC6, as corp. ; Jesse Baty, Rock Island ;
e. Feb. 21, 1S65 ; ni. o. Jan. 21, 1860 ; John Bart,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 21, 1S05; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; Nicholas Bartless, Rock Island; e. March
2, 1S65; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860; Thomas Blakely,
Hampton ; e. March 2, 1S65 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866 ;
Frederick Blair, Hampton; e. Feb. 23, 1865;
died at Natchez, March 26, 1S65; Lewis Beers,
Moline; e. Feb. 16, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866;
Jacob Cornils, Moline ; e. March 1, 1865 ; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1806; Jewett Z. Colburn, Rock Island;
e. Feb. 14, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, 1806, as cori>. ;
George A. Crawford, Hampton ; e. Feb. 28, 1865 ;
m. o. Jan. 21, 1866 ; Pearce P. Dixon, Bowling ;
e. Feb. 22, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Richard
Davis, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 27, 1865 ; m. o. Jan.
21, 1866; L. M. Davis, Rock Island; e. Feb. 28,
1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866 ; William Debord, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1800;
Jacob Drenan, Cordova; e. Feb. 24, 1865; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1800 ; Ennis M. Exner, Rock Island ; e.
March 2, 1805 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1800 ; James Fitz-
patrick. Rock Island ; e. Feb. 28, 1805 ; m. o. Jan.
21, 1800; Sandford E. Franklin, Rock Island;
e. Feb. 21, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, 1S66; James
Foster, Bowling; e. March 3, 1865; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1S66; G. M. Fordham, Rock Isl-
and; e. March 2, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860;
N. W. Gibson, Rock Island; e. March 2,
1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Bennett Gayfurt,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 27, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21,
1800; Nicholas Gumber, Rock Island; e. Feb.
23, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Wm. W. Gallino,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 22, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; Jackson Hubbs, Rock Island; e. Feb. 24,
1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Wm. D. Holsapple,
Rock Island; e. March 22, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1860; E. F. Holsapple, Rock Island; e. March
24, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; John H. Henry,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 27, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21,
1806 ; Francis H. Hawkins, Rock Island ; e. Feb.
22, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Henry K. Hall,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; John Hammond, Rock Island; e. Feb. 28,
1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Dennis Hammond,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; Richard L. Jones, Rock Island; e. Feb. 24,
1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860, as corp. ; William R.
Johnson, Rock Island ; e. March 2, 1805 ; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1806 ; William E. Jackson, Rock Island ;
e. Feb. 28, 1805 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1806 ; R. C. Kisk-
adden, Rock Island; e. March 3, 1865; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1866 ; Thomas Kem (or Kern) , Rock Isl-
and ; e. Feb. 23, 1865; deserted Nov. 21, 1865;
Paul Mohr, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 25, 1805 ; m. o.
Jan 21, 1800 ; Casper Maurer, Rock Island ; e.
Feb. 22, 1805 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1800 ; Joseph Max-
well, Rock Island; e. Feb. 24, 1865; deserted
Nov. 22, 1865; James McCounell, Rock Island;
e. Feb. 27, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, 1800, as corp.;
Ctiarles McLaughlin, Rock Island; e. Feb. 21,
1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Ambrose L. Muse,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 20, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; Peter MeCarl, Rock Island; e. Feb. 22,
1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866 ; Robert McCord, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 24, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866;
Thomas McKeen, Rock Island ; e. March 3,
1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860, as corp.; William H.
McGuier, Rock Island ; e. March 2, 1865 ; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1860 ; Nelson. ^Orred, Black Hawk ; e.
Feb. 28, 1865^ .m.-'o^ JaH.i2lVi.S00 ; Joshua Reece,
Rock Island;" ei' ^*¥.;24( aJOS; m. o. Jan. 21,
1800; Washington C. Roiitmng, Black Hawk;
e. Feb. 27, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21, ISOO, as corp.;
Frederick W. ReLpsh, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 24,
1805; m. o."'Ja;n. --21, ISOO;' Hfeward C. Reticker,
Rock Island ; e. Feb. 24, '&65 ; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; William Ritchey, Rock Island; e. Feb.
20, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Charles Rowe,
Rock Island; e. Feb. IS, 1805; m. o. Jan. 21,
1800 ; David Schachter, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 27,
1805 ; d. at Demopolis, Ala., July 10, 1805 ; W. A.
Sayer, Bowling ; e. March 1, 1805 ; d. at Mobile,
Ala., Sept. 0, 1865 ; R. H. Stanley, Rock Island ;
e. March 2, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860 ; J. R. Stan-
ley, Rock Island; e. March 0, 1805; m. o. Jan.
21, ISeo ; Gayhart Seltz, Rock Island ; e. Feb.
21, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Daniel Shean or
Shaw, Rock Island; e. Feb. 27, 1865; m. o. Jan.
21, 1866 ; Peter Schachter, Rock Island ; e. March
3, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1S66 ; William Schershel,
e. Feb. 25, 1805 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866 ; Greenbury
W. Steele, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 22, 1865 ; m. o.
Jan. 21, 1866; Francis Smealon, Rock Island;
e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1806; Augustus
Tindell, Bowling; e. March 2, 1865; m. o. Jan.
21, 1866; John Todd, Bowling; e. March 3, 1865;
m. o. Jan. 21, 1860 ; John N. Thompson, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 4, 1865; des. Nov. 22, 1865; G.
W. C. TiePense, Rock Island; e. Feb. 24, 1805;
m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Andrew Tumblin, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Feb. 27, 1865 ; d. at Selma, Ala., Jan.
2, 1860; Anthony Toy, Rock Island; e. Feb. 28,
1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1860 ; Timothy Webb, Rock
Island; e. Feb. 24, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866;
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Benjamin Wilkes, Andalusia; e. Feb. 22, 1S65;
m. o. Jan. 21, 186G ; John Wilkes, Andalusia ; e.
Feb. 22, 1S65; m. o. June 10, 1S65; Samuel R.
Woods, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 16, 1SG5 ; m. o. Jan.
21, 1S66 ; David Wright, Rock Island ; e. March
2, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866; Thomas Yates,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 28, 1865; m. o. Jan. 21,
1866; J. H. Zabrinsky, Black Hawk; e. March
1, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 21, 1866.
FIFTIETH IIXIKOIS INFANTBT
Private : James Finley Heck, Moline, 111. ; e.
Feb. 26, 1864 ; dis. March 22, 1865, for disa.
FIFTT-FIEST ILLINOIS INFAXTBT
The Fifty-first Illinois Infantry was organ-
ized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, 111., December
24, 1861, by Col. Gilbert W. Cumming, and was
sent to Cairo, 111., February 14, 18G2, into Ken-
tucky on the 27th, and to Bertrand, Mo., March
4, Sykeston on the 7th, and to Xew Madrid, and
on the 10th was assigned to General Faine's
Division, Second Brigade, with the Twenty-
second Illinois Infantry, the colonel of the Fifty-
first commanding. On the 14th Xew Madrid
was evacuated, and on April 7 the brigade moved
against Island No. 10, the following day seeing
the surrender of the Confederate General Mack-
all with 4,000 of his men. The command then
returned to New Madrid and subsequently went
to Osceola, Ark., to Hamburg Landing, on the
Tennessee river, and on April 22, 1862, it was
formed into Palmer's Illinois Brigade, in Paine's
Division, and as such engaged in the battle of
Farmington and the siege of Corinth. When
the Confederate General Bragg went up into
Kentucky, the divisions of Negley and Palmer
were left at Nashville to hold that place, while
the rest of Buell's command went to Louisville,
and on November 6 the Fifty-first was engaged
in repelling the attacks of the enemy, being for
several days on half rations. On December
10, 1862, it was attached to Sheridan's Division,
Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army
Corps, and subsequently particiijated in the
battle of Stone River, where it lost fift.v-seven
men. In January, 1SG3, Sheridan's Division
was designated as the Second Division of Mc-
Cook's (Twentieth) Army Corps, and so re-
mained until after the battle of Chickamauga,
and took part in the advance and capture of
Tullahoma, crossing the Tennessee river and
marching over Sand and Lookout mountains,
forty miles below that place. This movement
forced Bragg to evacuate that place, and the
Fifty-first then marched night and day, to Mc-
Lamore's Cove, where it arrived September IS,
1SG3. The next day it went into the battle of
Chickamauga, and during the next three days
lost ninety men out of 209 engaged. On the
10th of October, the Twentieth and Twenty-
first Corps were consolidated, and from that
time were known as the Fourth Army Corps,
so remaining until the close of the war. The
Fifty-first was in the Third Brigade, Colonel
Harker in command. Second Division, Gen. Phil
Sheridan in command, Fourth Corps, Gen. Gor-
don Granger in command. On November 23,
1SG3, the regiment was in the battle of Orchard
Knob, where the regiment took part in the
great charge of Missionary Ridge, where it lost
thirty of its men out of the 150 engaged, there
being left but a captain in command of the
regiment. On November 28, 1SG3, the Fifty-
first marched to the relief of General Buruside,
at Knoxville, Tenn., following which it pursued
General Longstreet's forces as far as Blain's
Crossroads, and then returned towards Chat-
tanooga. On February 10, 1864, the regiment
mustered as veterans and started for Chicago,
returning from their furlough in time to start
on the Atlanta c-ampaign, May 3, 1S64. At
Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, the regiment had two
wounded ; at Resaca, on the 14th, one killed
and twenty wounded ; at Dallas, May 25, twelve
wounded, and June 15, thirteen killed and
wounded. On June 27, at Kenesaw Mountain,
in the charge on the works, the regiment lost
fifty-eight killed and wounded; at Peach Tree
Creek, five wounded. The regiment participated
in the siege of Atlanta and the battles of
Jonesboro and Lovejoy Station, and during the
whole campaign lost three oflicers killed and
four wounded, and 105 men killed and wounded.
Twelve were wounded at Spring HUl, Tenn.,
November 29, 1SC4, when Hood's army was held
in check while the Fourth and Twenty-third
Corps passed on to Franklin. At that place on
the succeeding day the Army of the Cumber-
land fought its first battle behind breastworks,
and there the Confederates were literally mown
down by the thousands, a blunder that caused
General Hood to be blamed throughout the rest
of his life. It is said that the Confederate
dead were in such numbers that one could walk
for nearly a mile on bodies without touching
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
873
the ground, while the Uniou loss was compara-
tively slight, the Fil't.v-flrst siistaiuing the loss
of one officer killed, twenty officers wounded,
fifty-two men killed and wounded, and ninety-
eight missing. The Southern troops in their
eleven terrific charges lost eleven general offi-
cers. At Nashville, Tenn., the Fifty-first Illinois
lost six men, and then pursued the Confederate
army until it fled across the Tennessee river,
then going to Huntsville, Ala. On iMarch 31, it
went to Greenville, Tenn., and ou June 16 to
Johnsonville, where it embarked for New Or-
leans July 2S. It then embarked ou transports
for Texas, aud arrived at Port Lavaca July 31.
On August 1, 1S64, it went into camp at C&mp
Placidor, Tex., and on October 15 arrived at
Camp Butler, and was mustered out, paid and
discharged. The following were the members
from Kock Island county :
Company E
Private : George Chapman, Rock Island ; e.
Jan. 1, 1S62; dis. Jan. 25, 1865.
Company H
Captains: John T. Whitson, Port Byron; e.
March 1, 1862; d. July 15, 1862; Cliarles B.
Whitson, Port Byron; e. July 15, 1862; res.
March 18, 1863.
First Lieutenant: Osman L. Cole, Port
Byron; e. March IS, 1863; dis. March 11, 1865,
as 2d lieut.
Second Lieutenants: Charles B. Whitson,
Port Byron ; e. March 1, 1862 ; pro. ; Osman L.
Cole, Port Byron ; e. July 15, 1862 ; pro. ; Henry
C. Trent ; e. March 18, 1863 ; dis. June 15, 1864,
as 1st sergt.
Musician: George Bell, Port Byron; e. Dec.
16, 1861; dis. Nov. 4, 1862.
Privates : Isaac Abbott, Cordova ; e. Dec. 3,
1861; dis. Nov. 2, 1862; Andrew J. Abbott,
Port Byron ; e. Dec. 7, 1861 ; dis. April 7, 1862 ;
Stephen J. Allen, Port Byron ; e. Nov. 30, 1861 ;
m. o. Sept. 25, 1865, was prisoner ; Millard F.
Bowker, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 11, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as vet. ; William H. Bishop, Port Byron ; e. Nov.
30, 1861 ; d. at Chicago Jan. 30, 1862 ; Calvin J.
Bunnell, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as vet. ; Edwin P. Curtis, Port Byron ; e. Dec.
18, 1861; dis. April 7, 1862; John Case, Port
Byron; e. Dec. 21, 1861; m. o. to date Feb. 13,
1865; Osman L. Cole, Port Byron; e. Nov. 26,
1861 ; pro. sergt. and 2d lieut. ; com. 1st lieut. ;
17
not mustered ; David Davis, Coe township ; e.
Dec. 4, 1861 ; d. St. Louis Sept. 22, 1862 ; George
Dunn, Port Byron ; e. Dee. 16, 1861 ; d. at Corinth
July 18, 1862; Josiah W. Day, Port Byron; e.
Dec. 12, 1861; m. o. Jan. 12, 1865, as sergt;
Erastus II. Franks, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 11,
1861 ; Lewis F. Genung, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 5,
1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Henry T. Gibson, Port
Byron; e. Dec. 18, 1861; Benjamin F. Golden,
Port Byron ; e. Dec. 9, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Benjamin F. Glunt, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 4, 1861 ;
dis. Sept. 23, 1862 ; Daniel H. Gregg, Port Byron ;
e. March 24, 1863 ; m. o. May 23, 1865 ; Ebenezer
Johnson, Zuma township ; e. Jan. 8, 1862 ; dis.
April 7, 1862, worthless ; Alexander N. Jack,
I'ort Byron ; e. Dec. 4, 1861 ; m. o. Feb. 28, 1865 ;
George King, Coe township ; e. Dec. 4, 1861 ; dis.
in August, 1864 ; Daniel Kelley, Port Byron ; e.
Dec. 28, 1861 ; dis. April 7, 1862 ; Klser A. Lans-
down. Port Byron ; e. Dec. 6, 1861 ; d. at Nash-
ville, Tenn., June 4, 1864, wounds ; William H.
Mee, Zuma township ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; d. in
Andersonville prison Aug. 20, 1864, grave 6266 ;
Jerry Miller, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; Mar-
cellus R. Metzgar, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 7, 1801 ;
tr. to Sig. Op.; m. o. Dec. 27, 1864; Wm. F.
Nicholson, Coe township ; e. Dee. 4, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Hugh Phillis, Port Byron ; e.
Dec. 10, 1861 ; dis. August, 1864 ; David V. Reed,
Coe township ; e. Dec. 4, 1861 ; m. o. Feb. 28,
1865; Thomas Ramsey, Port Byron; e. Dec. 12,
1861; tr. to V. R. C. August, 1865; Robert Row-
land, Port Byron; e. Dec. 6, 1861; m. o. Feb.
28, 1865, as sergt. ; John RatlifC, Zuma town-
ship ; e. Dec. 7, 1861; d. or dis. Nov. 5, 1862;
Charles Sturdivan, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 8, 1861 ;
dis. April 17, 1862 ; James Sheppard, Port Byron ;
e. Dec. 12, 1861 ; d. in hospital at Nashville,
Tenn. ; George Spaid, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 16,
1861 ; George Sturdivan, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 19,
1861 ; Henry C. Trent, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 9,
1861 ; pro. 1st sergt. ; com. 2d lieut., but not
mustered ; Hubbard Vanderburg, Port Byron ; e.
Dec. 10, 1861; William F. White, Zuma town-
ship ; e. Dec. 8, 1861 ; dis. Nov. 14, 1862, disa.
Veterans: Calvin J. Bunnell, Port Byron; e.
Feb. 6, 1864 ; m. o. Sept. 25, 1865, as corp. ; Mil-
lard F. Bowker, Port Byron; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
m. o. Sept. 25, 1865; Benjamin P. Golden, Port
Byron; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Sept. 25, 1865,
as sergt. ; Lewis F. Genung, Port Byron ; e. Jan.
1, 1864 ; m. o. June 13, 1865, as sergt. ; Wm. P.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Nicholson, Coe townsbip; e. Jan. 1, 1S64; m. o.
Sept. 2.5, 1S65, as corp.
FITTT-SEVENTH ILLINOIS LNFANTKY
Company D
Twelre Moline, Rock Island county men, en-
listed in Company D. Fifty-seventh Illinois
Infantry, ^'hich was a Henry county, 111., com-
pany, formed at Bishop Hill, all of whom were
Swedes. The regiment belonged to the Army
of the Tennessee, and were a part of the 300,-
000 call of President Lincoln, and were enlisted
into the service in September and October, 1861.
The regiment was mustered in as the Fifty-
seventh Illinois on December 26, 1861. They
took part in the battles of Fort Henry, Pitts-
burg Landing, under Gen. W. H. L. Wallace,
and were at Corinth, luka. Second Corinth,
Snake Creek Gap. Resaca, and in the Atlanta
campaign, and with the Fifteenth Corps in the
march to the sea and the grand review at
Washington. It was mustered out on July 1-t,
1865, at Chicago, having served three years and
five months, and three years and ten months
from the time of enlistment of a greater por-
tion of the regiment. The following are the
names of those from Rock Island county :
Privates : Charles P. Anderson, Moline ; e.
Oct. 6, 1861; dis. July S, 1863, disa. ; John P.
Beck, Watertown; e. Dec. 5, 1801; dis. Oct. 19,
1862, wounds ; Andrew Johnson, Moline ; e. Sept.
25, 1861; m. o. 1864; John Johnson, Moline; e.
Sept. 25, 1861; le-enlisted as vet.; William O.
Olson, Moline; e. Sept. 25, 1S61; re-enlisted as
vet.
Veterans : Erick Erickson, Moline ; e. Dec. 27,
1863 m. 0. July 7, 1865; Charles J. Erickson,
Moline; e. Dee. 27, 1863; m. o. July 7, 1865;
John Johnson (No. 2). Moline; e. Dec. 27, 1863;
m. 0. July 7. 1865; William O. Olson, Moline;
e. Dec. 27, 1863 ; m. o. July 7, 1865, as sergt.
Recruits: John P. Beck, Watertown; e. Jan.
26, 1S62; dis. Oct. 19, 1802, wounds; Erick
Erickson. Moline ; e. Jan. 6, 1862 ; re-enlisted as
vet. ; Charles J. Erickson, Moline ; e. July 11,
1862; re-enlisted as vet.; John E. Hartsell, Mo-
line; e. Jan. 6, 1862; dis. Aug. 23. 1862, disa.;
Gustaf Johnson, Moline; e. Jan. 26, 1862; dis.
June 18, 1862, disa.
Company E
Substitute Recruit: John R. Maple, Rural
township ; e. Dec. 10, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865.
FIFTY-EIGHTH IIJLLNOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
This regiment was recruited at Camp Douglas,
Chicago, and mustered into service on February
11, 1862, 887 strong, and was sent to Fort
Donelson, being finally assigned to the Third
Brigade, Third Division. The morning of the
14th, this regiment was under fire, being within
250 yards of the enemy's works. They continued
in action until the fort surrendered, although
suffering intensely without food or fire and with
but few blankets. On March 29th, the regiment
was sent by steamboat to Pittsburg Landing.
Later the regiment participated in the battle
of Shiloh and was captured. The prisoners
were confined for seven months, when all that
were left of the command were paroled. The
few who escaped capture participated with
their regiment in the battles of Corinth and
luka, as well as in others of lesser importance.
After the paroling of the rest of the regiment,
the men did guard duty at Mound City, 111.
On January 21, 1864, the regiment was reorgan-
ized and sent to Vicksburg, where it was as-
signed to the First Brigade. Third Division,
Sixteenth Army Corps, and on February 3rd left
Vicksburg for Meridian, Miss. This was the
first regiment to cross the Big Black, the first
to engage the enemy at Queen's Hill and the
first to enter Meridian. During this expedition
the men were again without rations for seventy
hours, marched forty-seven miles and destroyed
seven miles of railroad track. Returning to
Vicksburg the regiment was sent on the Red
River campaign, driving the enemy out of Simms-
port, after which it went to Fort De Russey.
The colors of the Fifty-eighth Regiment were
the first to be planted on the works after a
very hard fought battle. The regiment then
went to Alexandria, thence to Grand Ecore and
Pleasant Hill, and in a battle at the latter
place the Fifty-eighth captured over 500 pris-
oners and recaptured a battery belonging to the
First United States Artillery, which had been
captured liy the enemy. Although the enemy
was signally defeated, the troops were ordered
to retreat, and reaching Grand Ecore on the
12th, went into camp. This regiment was
mustered out at Montgomery, Ala., April 1, 1866.
The members of the Fifty-eighth from Rock
Island county were as follows :
Company B
Privates : Samuel P. Beaver, Moline ; e. Oct.
(U^ ' U ^ya-L'^fa^Hy^'-d
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
875
11, 1S61 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; tr. to Co. B, con-
solidated.
Company I
Isaac Henry, Molina ; e. Dee. 8, 1S61 ; tr. to
Co. G Jan. 5, 1862.
Company K
Captains : Patrick Gregg, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 31, 1S61; pro. surgeon 23d 111. Inf.; John
Tobin, Rock Island; e. Dec. 15, 1S62; killed
April 9, 1864; John W. Gregg, Rock Island; e.
April 19, 1864; m. o. Jan. 15, 1865.
First Lieutenants : John Tobin, Rock Island ;
e. Dee. 31, 1S61 ; pro.; John W. Gregg, Rock
Island ; e. Dec. 15, 1862 ; pro. ; Thomas Malloy,
Rock Island ; e. April 9, 1864 ; tr. to Co. A, con-
solidated.
Second Lieutenants : John W. Gregg, Rock
Island; e. Dec. 31, 1861; pro.; John E. Clark,
Rock Island; e. Dec. 15, 1862; dis. March 25,
1864.
First Sergeant : John E. Clark, Rock Island ;
e. Oct. 14, 1861; pro. 2d lieut.
Sergeant : Henry F. Errett, Rock Island ; e.
Oct. 10, 1861 ; dishon. dis. as private, to date
April 19, 1865. Only one sergeant is listed in
this company. No corporals are given.
Musicians : Richard Colemer, Rock Island ;
e. Dec. 11, 1861 ; des. May 15, 1862 ; William H.
Fleming, Rock Island; e. Nov. 12, 1861; des.
Feb. 11, 1S62.
Privates : Edmund Byrnes, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 25, 1861 ; d. at Rock Island Jan. 15, 1862 ;
Joseph Briggs, Rock Island county ; e. Nov. 12,
1861; dishon. dis. to date April 19, 1865, as
sergt. ; John Beatty, Rock Island county ; e. Dec.
14, 1861 ; d. of wound received Shiloh ; Richard
Cavanaugh, Rock Island county ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ;
dis. Aug. 27, 1862, disa. ; John Cahill, Rock Isl-
and; e. Oct. 13, 1861; d. Cincinnati, O., May 13,
1862, wounds; Edmund Cahill, Rock Island; e.
Oct. 19, 1861; dis. July 29, 1862, disa.; Owen
Cahill, Rock Island; e. Oct. 14, 1861; m, o. to
dafe Dec. 30, 1864; John Condon, Rock Island;
e. Sept. 28, 1S61 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; James
Crane, Rock Island; e. Oct. 25, 1861; dis. July
22, 1862, disa.; Thomas Crane, Rock Island; e.
Nov. 12, 1861 ; d. Vicksburg June 30, 1864 ; Den-
nis Connelly, Rock Island ; e. Dee. 10, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; John Cronan, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 10, 1861 ; dis. May 12, 1863, disa. ; Patrick
Conroy, Rock Island; e. Dec. 11, 1861; killed
at Fort Donelson Feb. 15, 1862; Frederick Cool,
Rock Island; e. Oct. 19, 1861; des. Nov. 26,
ISGl ; Jacob Duchstater, Rock Island ; e. Dec.
21, 1861 ; des. Jan. 1, 1862 ; James Dolan, Rock
Island ; e. Oct. 4, 1861 ; wounded Pleasant Hill,
La. ; arm amputated ; m. o. Feb. 7, 1865, as
sergt. ; John Donovan, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 3,
1861 ; dis. Aug. 22, 1862, disa. ; John Dunn, Rock
Island ; e. Oct. 25, 1861 ; dishon. dis. to date
April 19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ; John Fox,
Rock Island ; e. Oct. 4, 1861 ; des. Jan. 28, 1863 ;
David Fitzgerald, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 28, 1861 ;
m. o. to date Dec. 30, 1S64 ; Patrick Fitzpatrick,
Rock Island ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; d. of wounds at
Shiloh ; James Fleming, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 3,
1861 ; dis. Aug. 26, 1862, disa. ; James Farley,
Rock Island; e. Nov. 21, 1861; des. Jan. 28,
1863 ; Patrick Flanagan, Rock Island ; e. Dec.
19, 1861; tr. to \. R. C. Oct. 17, 1864; John C.
Faulkner, Rock Island; e. Oct. 20, 1861; des.
Jan. 4,, IS^^J^-Peter Gallagher, Rock Island ; e.
Dee. ll,;l.|6]i;.deS.-;-3^i{-j2S,"18G3; Newet Good-
low, RocVl^aiM;;e:, 0^*45, 1861; des. Oct. 20,
1863;; William Grace, Ko*cli: Island; e. Oct. 4,
1861; m. o. Feb. 7, 1865; Robert Goold, Rock
Islan(J^Jc(wntffM e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; tr. to Co. A,
consolidated {''J^eph^Garro, Rock Island; e. Dec.
10, 1861; m..o. Feb. 7,'l865; Benjamin H. Gunn,
Rock Island county V"e.- Oct. 10, 1861; des. Jan.
4, 1862; Peter Handly, Rock Island; e. Oct. 4,
1861; dishon. dis. to date April 19, 1865; sen-
tenced, c. m. ; Silas B. Harrington, Rock Island ;
e. Dec. 19, 1861 ; dishon. dis. as Corp. to date
April 19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ; William P.
Hennegan, Rock Island ; e. E>ec. 9, 1861 ; "m. o. to
date Feb. 7, 1865 ; John Hagan, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 10, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; John B. Haw,
Rock Island; e. Dec. 10, 1861; killed at Shiloh,
April 6, 1862 ; Swan Hanson, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 12, 1861; dis. March 10, 1862, disa.; Har-
vey Hurry, Rock Island; e. Oct. 13, 1861; des.
Jan. 4, 1862 ; Zora Harding, Rock Island ; e.
Oct. 10, 1861 ; des. Jan. 20. 1862 ; Patrick Healey,
Rock Island; e. Nov. 3, 1861; des. Nov. 16,
. 1861 ; Michael Kinney, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 28,
1861 ; dis. June 17, 1862, disa. ; Bartholomew
Kelleher, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 3, 1861 ; des. Aug.
18, 1862; Cornelius Keefe, Rock Island; e. Oct.
14, 1861; des. Jan. 28, 1863; Thomas Kennedy,
Rock Island; e. Dec. 10, 1861; re-enlisted as
vet. ; Edmund Keenan, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 28,
1861 ; des. Dec. 19. 1861 ; John Lahiff, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Oct. 3, 1861; m. o. Feb. 7, 1865, as 1st
876
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
sergt. ; Patrick Langan, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 11,
1S61; d. St Louis, wounds, Shiloh; Francis
Lewis, Rock Island; e. Dec. 23, 1801; des. Jan.
5, 1SG2; Denuis Mulligan, Rock Island; e. Oct.
3, 1861 ; d. Canton, Miss., March 1, 1864 ; Peter
Maroney, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 26, ISCl ; m. o.
Feb. 7, 1865, as corp. ; Michael Murphy, Rock
Island ; e. Oct. 3, 1861 ; dishon. dis. to date April
19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ; Thomas Malloy, Rock
Island ; e. Nov. 12, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Joseph McKee, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ;
re-enlisted as vet. ; William McNeish, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; dishon. dis. to date April
19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ; Michael O'Rourke,
Rock Island ; e. Dec. 27, 1861 ; m. o. to date
Feb. 7, 1865 ; Dennis O'Briau, Rock Island ; e.
Oct. 26, 1861; des. April 28, 1863; Lawrence
O'Neil, Rock Island; e. Dec. 12, 1861; dishon.
dis. to date April 19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ;
John C. Reed, Rock Island; e. Oct. 28, 1801;
des. Nov. 10, 1861 ; Evert or Ed Rathbun, Rock
Island; e. Dec. 21, 1861; des. Jan. 1, 1862;
Brian Rourke, Rock Island; e. Dec. 24, 1861;
re-enlisted as vet. ; John Ross, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 14, 1861; m. o. Feb. 7, 1865; Peter Red-
man, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 28, 1861 ; dishon. dis.
to date April 19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ; Ed-
mund Ryan, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 14, 1861 ; des.
Oct. 29, 1S61; Patrick Risban, Rock Island;
e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; des. Oct. 29, 1861 ; Joseph Rose,
Hock Island; e. Dec. 28, 1861; des. Dec. 28,
1861; James Scott, Rock Island; e. Oct. 20,
18G1; killed Benton Barracks Sept. S, 1862;
Charles E. Scott, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 20, 1861 ;
d. Memphis, June 10, 1863 ; John Sutherland,
Rock Island; e. Oct. 20, 1861; des. Dec. 28,
1861; John Thompson, Rock Island; e. Oct 3,
1861; d. St. Louis Jan. 18, 1863; Alexander
Vallie, Rock Island; e. Oct. 28, 1861; dishon.
dis. to date April 19, 1865 ; sentenced, c. m. ;
John Wilson, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 10, 1861 ; des.
Dec. 25, 1861; Henry C. Whitehead, Rock Isl-
and; e. Dec. 30, 1861; m. o. March 16, 1865;
John Ward, Rock Island; e. Oct 14, 1861; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Daniel D. Williams, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Dec. 10, 1861 ; dis. order War Depart. ;
Michael Whalen, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 28, 1861 ;
m. o. Feb. 7, 1865; Henry Wilmor, Rock Island;
e. Oct. 22, 1861 ; des. Dec. 29, 1861.
Veterans : John Condon, Rock Island county ;
e. Jan. 2, 1864 ; tr. to Co. A as consolidated ;
Dennis Connelly, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 2, 1864 ;
tr. to Co. A as consolidated ; Thomas Kenney,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 2, 1864; tr. to Cto. A as
consolidated; Thomas Malloy, Rock Island; e.
Jan. 2, 1864; pro. 1st lieut; Joseph McKee,
Rock Island ; e. Jan. 2, 1864 ; des. Sept. 30, 1864 ;
John Hagan, Rock Island; e. Jan. 2, 1864; tr.
to Co. A as consolidated ; Brian Rourke, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 2, 1864; tr. to Co. A as con-
solidated ; John Ward, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 2,
1864; tr. to Co. A as consolidated.
Recruits: Thomas Arnold, Rock Island; e.
Feb. 16, 1863; tr. to Co. A as consolidated;
William Beatty, Rock Island; e. June 5, 1863;
tr. to Co. A as consolidated ; Richard Cavanaugh,
Rock Island; e. June 5, 1SG3; des. Sept 30,
1864 ; Alpheus Carter, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1,
1862; des. May 1, 1862; George W. Colladin,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 14, 1863; des. March 1,
1863 ; John Hope, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1862 ;
dis. March 7, 1862 ; disa. ; Wilson McBride, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1862; d. of wounds, Shiloh;
James Reilly, Rock Island; e. Dec. 19, 1863;
tr. to Co. A as consolidated ; Michael Rock,
Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1862 ; m. o. Feb. 7, 1865 ;
George Wilson, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1862;
dishon. dis. to date April 19. 1865; sentence
of gen. c. m.
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONSOLIDATED ILLINOIS INF.^NTBY
Company A ■
First Lieutenant: Thomas Malloy, Rock Isl- f
and; e. Ai>ril 9, 1864; killed April 9, 1865, at
Fort Blakely, Ala.
Sergeant : John Condon, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
1, 1864; des. Feb. 12, 1865.
Corporals: William Beatty, Rock Island; e.
June 5, 1863 ; m. o. April 1, 1866, as sergt.
John Hagen, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
d. April 10, 1865, wounds.
Privates : Thomas Arnold, Rock Island ; e.
March 1, 1864 ; m. o. April 1, 1866; James Reilly,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1863; m. o. Dec. 31,
1SG5 ; Brian Rourke, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1,
1864; m. o. April 1, 1866; John Ward, Rock
Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. April 1, 1866. •
Prisoner of War : Robert Goold, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Dec. 5, 1863 ; d. April 9, 1864, wounds.
Company K
Captain: Jay X. Skelton, Coal Valley; e.
April 14, 1SC5; m. o. April 1, 1866.
First Lieutenants : James F. M. Walters, Coal
Valley; e. April 14, 1865; res. Nov. 28, 1865;
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
877
Noyes B. Elliott, Buffalo Prairie; e. Jan. 10,
1866; in. o. April 1, 1S66.
Second Lieutenants : Noyes B. Elliott, Buf-
falo Prairie ; e. April 4, 1865 ; pro. ; James F.
Heck, Moline ; e. Jan. 10, 1866 ; m. o. March 7,
1866, as sergt.
First Sergeant : James F. Heck, Moline ; e.
March 8, 1865; m. o. March 7, 1866, com. 2d
lieut. but not mustered.
Sergeants : Eichard H. Trevor, Coal Valley ;
e. March 22, 1865; m. o. March 21, 1S66, as pri-
vate; Horace C. Hi^libell, Buffalo Prairie; e.
March 14, 1S65 ; m. o. March 13, 1866 ; James S.
Smith, Coal Valley; e. March 10, 1S65; des. Nov.
1, 1865 ; James Montgomery, Coal Valley ; e.
March 14, 1865; m. o. March 13, 1866.
Corporals : William Downing, Bowling ; e.
March 18, 1865 ; des. April 7, 1865 ; John Mont-
gomery, Edgington; e. March 13, 1865; m. o.
March 12, 1866 ; I.yman N. Kussell, Coal Valley ;
e. March 21, 1865; m. o. March 20, 1866; John
Eedinbaugh, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 16, 1865 ;
m. o. March 15, 1866; James D. Laffert.y, Coal
Valley ; e. March 11, 1865 ; m. o. March 10,
1866; Isaac N. Kirkpatrick, Coal Valley; e.
March 22, 1865 ; m. o. March 21, 1866 ; William
L. Stephen, Coal Valley; e. March 13, 1865; d.
Aug. 24, 1865; Lyman N. Dowe, Coal Valley;
e. March 24, 1865; dis. Jan. 31, 1866, disa.
Musicians : George C'riswell, Edgington ; e.
March 20, 1865; m. o. March 19, 1866; Commo-
dore P. Ohaver, Coal Valley ; e. March 15, 1865 ;
m. 0. March 14, 1866.
Wagoner : Thomas Curley, Buffalo Prairie ; e.
March 8, 1865 ; m. o. Dec. 5, 1865.
Privates : John Amnion, Coal Valley ; e.
March 20, 1865; m. o. March 19, 1866; David
Andrews, Buffalo Prairie; e. March 16, 1865 ;•
m. o. March 15, 1866; Herman Beyer, Coal Val-
ley; e. March 27, 1865; m. o. March 26, 1866;
William Bailey, Coal Valley ; e. March 20, 1865 ;
m. 0. March 19, 1866; Henry Bloomfield, Buf-
falo Prairie; e. March 20, 1865; des. Feb. 28,
1866 ; Mark Bedford, Coal Valley ; e. March 14,
1865; m. o. March 13, 1866; David Blackstock,
Coal Valley ; e. March 14, 1865 ; m. o. March 13,
1866; John H. Bennett, Coal Valley; e. March
26, 1865 ; drowned. Mobile, Ala., April 18, 1866 ;
Oliver Butler, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 14, 1865 ;
d. at Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 26, 1865; Eugene
Chapin, Coal Valley; e. March 26, 1865; m. o.
Nov. 4, 1865; John M. Colville, Bowling; e.
March 27, 1865 ; d. at Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3,
1865; James Cole, Bowling; e. March IS, 1865;
des. April 7, 1865 ; Isham Driggers, Goal Valley ;
e. March 10, 1865; drowned at Mobile, Ala.,
June 1, 1865 ; Lyman N. Dailey, Coal Valley ; e,
March 9, 1865 ; dis. Sept. IS, 1865, disa. ; Henry
Dix, Boivliug; e. March IS, 1865; des. April 7,
1865; Samuel M. Deal, Coal Valley; e. March
22, 1865; d. Montgomery, Ala., Jime 17, 1865;
Daniel B. Drury, Moline; e. March 14, 1865;
m. o. March 13, 1866 ; John W. Dilley, Coal Val-
ley; e. March 13, 1865; m. o. March 12, 1866;
Hiram Drake, Buffalo Prairie : e. March 27,
1S65; m. o. Jan. 18, 1866; Joseph N. Davis.
Buffalo Prairie; e. March 17, 1S65; m. o. April
13, 1866, to date April 1, 1806; Peter Ferhert,
Coal A^alley ; e. March 27, 1805 ; m. o. March
26, 1866; Frank Fulsinger, Bowling; e. March
10, 1865; m. o. March 9, 1866; Adam Fiedler,
Coal Valley; e. March 9, 1865; m. o. March 8,
1866; Elon Gilbert, Coal Valley; e. March 25,
1865; dis. Feb. 3, 1866, disa.; Abram Gamble,
Goal Valley; e. March 22, 1865; des. Oct. 12,
1865; Samuel H. Harris, Coal Valley; e. March
23, 1865 ; m. o. March 21, 1866 ; Isaac N. Hawley,
Coal Valley; e. March 20, 1865; dis. Aug. 23,
1865, disa. ; Martin V. Hbgarty, Coal Valley ;
e. March 15, 1865; m. o. March 14, 1866; Eich-
ard M. Hogarty, Coal Valley ; e. March 15,
1865 ; m. o. March 14, 1866 ; William C. Hamil-
ton, Coal Valley; e. March 22, 1865; m. o.
March 21, 1866; Wilson Hays, Buffalo Prairie;
e. March 16, 1865 ; m. o. March 15, 1866 ; Sebas-
tian Honedel, Buffalo Prairie; e. March 16,
1865; des. Feb. 28, 1S06; Alexander T. Haley,
Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 24, 1865 ; d. at Mont-
gomery, Ala., Sept. 4, 1865 ; Charles E. John-
son, Coal Valley ; e. March 27, 1865 ; m. o.
March 26, 1866; Emery S. Jones, Goal Valley;
e. March 10, 18(35; m. o. March 15, 1866; Wil-
liam B. Johnson, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 27,
1865; m. o. March 26, 1866; Thomas B. John-
son, Edgington ; e. March 27, 1865 ; m. o. Sept.
26, 1865; Hiram W. Kinsey, Buffalo Prairie;
e. March 23, 1865; m. o. March 20, 1866; Mar-
tin Leonard, Coal Valley; e. March 18, 1865;
m. o. March 17, 1866 ; Cassius McKimby, Coal
Valley ; e. March 14, 1865 ; m. o. March 13, 1866 ;
Dennis McGrinty, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March 14,
1865 ; m. o. March 13, 1866 ; James B. McLaugh-
lin, Edgington ; e. March 27, 1865 ; dis. Sept. 18,
1865, disa.; Charles L. McCartney, Coal Val-
ley; e. March 12, 1S65 ; m. o. March 12, 1866;
Michael T. Murphy, Coal Valley; e. March 16,
878
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
1S65 m. o. March 21, 1S66; William S. Moore,
Buffalo Prairie ; e. March S, 1SG5 ; m. o. March
7, 1866; John Murphy, Coal Valley; e. March
16, 1865; m. o. March 15, 1866; George Mor-
gan, Ooal Valley; e. March 23, 1865; des. April
7, 1865; Irving Parker, Coal Valley; e. March
16, 1865; Oscar T. Preseott, Buffalo Prairie;
e. March 16, 1S65 ; ru. o. March 15. 1866; Cor-
nelius Piersol, Coal Valley ; e. March 15, 1865 ;
m. o. March 21, 1866; John A. Parker, Buffalo
Prairie; e. March 22, 1865; m. o. March 20,
1866; William P. Parmenter, Edgington; e.
March 27, 1865; m. o. March 26, 1866; Wil-
liam Patterson, Coal Valley; e. March 17, 1865;
m. o. March 16, 1866; Crawford Parker, Coal
Valley: e. March 15, 1865; m. o. March 14,
1866 ; Joseph Riechter, Buffalo Prairie ; e. March
18. 1865 ; m. o. March 17, 1866 ; Cornelius Ryan,
Buffalo Prairie; e. March 21, 1865; m. o. March
20, 1866; Joshua Smith, Buffalo Prairie; e.
March IS, 1865 ; m. o. Sept. 26, 1865 ; Thomas S.
Sanders, Bowling ; e. March 20, 1865 ; des. April
7, 1865 ; Orren Smith, Coal Valley ; e. March
IS, 1865; m. o. March 17, 1866; C. August
Schutte, Buffalo Prairie; e. March 16, 1865;
m. o. March 15, 1866, as corp. ; Hazlet C. Sivard,
Coal Valley ; e. March 11, 1865 ; m. o. March 10,
1866; Jasper N. Spirey, Edgington; e. March 27,
1865; m. o. March 26, 1866; Francis Skinner,
Coal Valley ; e. March 15, 1865 ; m. o. March 14,
1866; Henry Strattmann. Coal Valley; e. March
19, 1865 ; des. Nov. 1, 1865 ; Thomas C. Stedham,
Coal Valley; e. March 9, 1865; des. Sept. 12,
1865; John Tebben, Coal Valley; e. March 9,
1865; m. o. March 8, 1866; Elias Tltmau, Coal
Valley; e. March 14, 1865; dls. Feb. 3, 1866,
disa. ; Frank Tilinski, Coal Valley ; e. March 14,
1865; d. at Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. 23, 1865;
David Voss, Coal Valley; e. March 14, 1865;
ni. o. March 13, 1866; William P. Van Camp,
Buffalo Prairie; e. March 8, 1865; m. o. March 7,
1866; Mathias Volk, Edgington; e. March 27,
1865; dis. Dec. 30, 1865. disa.; Merritt T. B.
Whitney, Coal Valley ; e. March 17, 1865 ; m. o.
March 16, 1866; Thomas Wood, Coal Valley;
e. March 17, 1865 ; d. in hospital in Missouri ;
William W. Watkins, Coal Valley; e. March 21,
1865 ; des. Oct. 12, 1SG5 ; Advent Whitney, Coal
Valley; e. March 17, 1865; m. o. March 21,
1860 ; Milton H. Zachary, Coal Valley ; e. March
12, 1865; m. o. March 12, 1866.
Unasslgned Recruits : Lewis DeVines, Camden
Mills; e. Dec. 28, 1863; Edward Kane, Rock
Island; e. Dec. 24, 1862; Lewis Shei-man, Rock
Island; e. March 20, 1863.
FIFTY-NINTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANIBY
Recruit of Company B : Charles Capron, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1863 ; d. Aug. 22, 1865.
Recruits of Company F : Joseph Collier, Coal
Town; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. Dec. 8, 1865;
Easton Weaver, Rock Island county ; e. Aug.
27, 1SC3; m. o. Dec. 8, 1865.
Recruit transferred from Eigbty-niuth Illi-
nois Infantry to Company. H : George Wash-
ington, Black Hawk'; e. Dec. 22, 1863 ; des. July
10, 1865.
The Sixty-first Illiuois Infantry recruits from
the Eighty-third Illinois Infantry were trans-
ferred to Company D : Randall Lincoln, Coal
Valley; e. Oct. 11, 1864; m. o. Sept. 8, 1865;
Robert B. Taylor, Kock Island county; e. Oct.
11, 1864; m. o. Sept. 8, 1865; and to Company
G : Ludwell C. Palmer, Coal Valley ; e. April
11, 1865 ; m. o. Sept. S, 1865.
SIXTT-FIFTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEEB INFANTRY
Company B of this regiment had headquar-
ters at Edgington, Rock Island county, IIU,
and was raised by Capt. Robert S. Montgomery,
formerly a member of the Rock Island Rangers,
captured by the enemy at Lexington, Mo., in
the summer of 1861. While many of the men
in this company came from Rock Island county,
some were from Mercer county. This regiment
was known as the Scotch regiment and was J
organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, May 1, 1
1862, being the date of its mustering into the
service. This regiment was under Colonel Miles
at Harper's Ferry, and was surrendered by
him to the Confederates. The soldiers were ■
paroled, sent to Chicago and kept there until a
April, 1863, when they were exchanged and
sent to Knoxville, Teun. There they partici-
Iiated in the battle at Fort Saunders, helping
to repulse Longstreet. In the early part of
1864, the regiment re-enlisted and went home
400 strong on a veterans' furlough, returning
the regiment took part in the battle which took
j>lace between Lost Mountain and Keuesaw on
June 15, 1864, and was also in the fighting of
the 17th, 18th, 10th and 20th. Fifty men of
this regiment, under General Cox, volunteered
to cross and hold the liridge in face of infantry
and artillery and breastworks, and were suc-
cessful in doing this until the balance of the
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
879
regiment had crossed and formed a line for the
remainder of the brigade. July and August
were filled with small battles and skirmishes,
and then the regiment was sent to Atlanta,
, and crossed the railroad at Rough and Ready,
south of the city. It took part in the battle
of Jonesboro, Ga., and was then at Rome,
Kingston, Resaca, Allatoona and Gaylesville, re-
turning to Rome and Dalton and then going
to Nashville. The next point to which they
went was Pulaski, but were forced back to
Columbia, losing three officers and fifty men
killed and wounded. On November 30, the
regiment engaged in the battle of Franklin and
lost more than 200 in dead and wounded ; but it
captured the colors of the Fifteenth Mississippi
Infantry. The Sixteenth also took part in the
battle of Nashville and pursued the enemy as
far as Clifton, where the regiment remained
until January 1.5, 1SG5, when it took boat to
Cincinnati, and thence went by rail to Wash-
ington, D. C, Annapolis, Md., and Wilmington,
N. C, landing at Federal Point on February 7,
then crossed Cape Fear river and flanked the
enemy at Fort Anderson, following which it
gave battle at Smithtown Creek, where it cap-
tured three pieces of artillery and 350 men. On
March 6, 1SG5, removal was made to Kingston,
and Company B, with four others, as sent
to Chicago to be mustered out. The following
soldiers were enlisted from Rock Island county :
Company B
Captain : Robert S. Montgomery, Edgington ; e.
March 12, 1SC2 ; m. o. to date April IS, 1S65.
First Lieutenants : James W. Ballard, Anda-
lusia ; e. Feb. 13, 1S62 ; res. March 31, 1863;
Henry H. Jones, Buffalo Prairie ; e. April 1,
1S63; m. o. April IS, 1S6.5.
Second Lieutenant : Henry H. Jones, Buffalo
Prairie ; e. March 1.5, 1S62 ; pro.
First Sergeant : Axel F. Ekstrom, Andalusia ;
e. Feb. 10. 1S62; pro. to 1st lieut. Co. G.
Sergeant: James Bardwell, Edgington; e.
Feb. 19, 1S62; tr. to Co. K April 1, 1863.
Corporal : David Jones, Andalusia ; e. Feb. 1,
1862; re-enlisted as vet.
Privates : John H. Ballard, Andalusia ; e.
Feb. 1, 1S62; re-enlisted as vet; George W.
Brownlee, Camden Mills; e. Feb. 26, 1862; dis.
Oct. 31, 1862, disa. ; Henry Brown, Rock Island
county; e. March 4, 1862; head shaved and
drummed out of Camp Douglas, 111., June 30,
1862 ; Alexander Craig, Coal Valley ; e. March
S, 1S62 ; m. o. April IS, 1865 ; Richard Cheaney,
Camden Mills; e. Feb. 27, 1862; re-enlisted as
vet. ; George S. Cathcart, Edgington ; e. Feb.
21, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Eli R. Craft, Rock
Island county; e. March 8, 1862; dis. Oct. 31,
1862, disa.; Joel Dean, Andaluisia ; e. Feb. 12,
1862; d. at Camp Douglas, 111., Nov. 30, 1862;
Henry Drake, Edgington ; e. Feb. 24, 1862 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Edward P. Daxon, Camden
Mills ; e. Feb. 2(1, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Wm.
II. H. Greansted, Andalusia ; e. Feb. 1, 1862 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Smith Graham, Rock Island ;
e. Feb. 12, 1862; Wm. H. H. Goolsby, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Feb. 21, 1862 ; d. at Camp Douglas. 111.,
April 7, 1862; Eli Jones, Rock Island county;
e. Feb. S, 1862 ; des. in 1862 ; Henry Jinklns, An-
dalusia ; e. Feb. 21, 1862; d. at Kingston. Ga.,
July- 20, 1864, wo.und§.;;" Andrew A. Jones, Anda-
lusia ; e.::Feb. llfisBSj m.. o. April IS, 1S65, as
Corp. ; DaM-'K-ell,-'AiM&lusia; e. Feb. 6, 1862;
m. 6. April 18, 1865; Rheinhardt Klinkefuss,
Andalusia ; e. Feb. 12, 1S62 ; dis. Oct. 31, 1862,
disa.; 5iWUia«a- S. MSofe, Andalusia; e. Jan.
30, 18«?5--tii^. -'Offi 3i,'lS'62, disa.; James A.
Montgomery, Xoal -YaJleyv e. March 8, 1862;
dis. Sept. 30, 1862; George Monroe, Edgington;
e. Feb. 21, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Joseph
McLaughlin, Edgington; e. Feb. 8, 1862; tr. to
Co. K April 1, 1863; William Nourse, Illinois
City ; e. Jan. 25, 1862 ; d. at Camp Douglas, 111.,
April 1, 1862 ; Moses F. Patterson, Rock Island ;
e. March 15, 1862 ; m. o. April 18, 1865 ; Daniel
Roe. Andalusia; e. Feb. 12, 1862; des. Dec. 1,
1862 ; Martin V. Spencer, Andalusia ; e. Fel3. 20,
1S62; tr. to Co. G Dec. 12, 1862; John Stout,
Andalusia ; e. Feb. 6, 1862 ; d. Camp Douglas,
111., March 22, 1862; James Shaughnessy, Edg-
ington ; e. Feb. 21, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Thomas B. Tush, Camden Mills; e. Feb. 26,
1S62 ; m. o. April IS, 1S65 ; Cclwell Tarr, Rock
Island county ; e. March 12, 1862 ; des. Camp
Douglas, 111. ; Lewellyn S. VanMeter, Edgington ;
a March 11, 1862; d. at Martinsburg, Va., Sept.
6, 1S62; Pasley B. West, Rock Island county;
e. Feb. 1, 1862 ; dis. Aug. 16, 1862, disa. : Henry
H. Weaverling, Rural; e. Feb. 8, 1S62 ; re-en-
listed as vet.; William Webb, Andalusia; e. Feb.
7, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Zacharias Walton,
Andalusia ; e. Feb. 12, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Nicholas Walton, Andalusia; e. Feb. 21, 1862;
ni. o. April 18, 1865.
A'eterans : John H. Ballard, Andalusia ; e.
880
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
March 31, 1S64 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated;
Richard Cheaney, Camden Mills; e. March 31,
1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ; George S.
Cathcart, Edgington ; e. March 31, lSe4 ; tr. to
Co. B as consolidated ; Henry Drake, Edgington ;
e. March 31, 1S64 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ;
Edward Daxou, Camden Mills; e. March 31,
1S64; tr. to Co. B as consolidated; Wm. H. H.
Grinstead, Andalusia ; e. March 31, 1S64 ; tr. to
Co. B as consolidated ; David Jones, Andalusia ;
e. March 31, 1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ;
George Monroe, Edgington ; e. March 31, 1864 ;
tr. to Co. B as consolidated; James Shaugh-
nessy, Edgington ; e. March 31, 1864 ; tr. to Co.
B as consolidated ; Henry H. Weaverlmg, Rural ;
e. March 31, 1SG4 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ;
William Webb, Andalusia; e. March 31, 1864;
tr. to Co. B as consolidated ; Zacharias Walton,
Andalusia; e. March 31, 1864; tr. to Co. B as
consolidated.
Recruits : Simeon Brown, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
14, 18C3 ; trans, to Co B, as consol. ; John Cole,
Rock Island ; e. June 10, 1SG2 ; deserted ; Charles
Charles, Coal Valley ; e. June 4, 1SG2 ; m. o. June
5, 1865 ; James C. Delosier, Rock Island ; e. Jan,
16, 1863 ; trans, to Co. B, as consol. ; Jason J
Jones, Andalusia ; e. Jan 14, 1863 ; trans, to Co
B, as consol. ; Andrew J. Moore, Andalusia ; e.
May 29, 1S62 ; m. o. June 1, 1865 ; Charles Will
hite, Moline; e. June 12, 1862; m. o. June 12,
1865.
Company D
Wagoner: William Powell, Port Byron; e.
March 15, 1862; dis. Oct. 15, 1862, disa.
Privates : John J. Crosby, Port Byron ; e. March
7, 1862; dis. Aug. 24, 1862, disa.; Walter A.
Coley, Rapids City ; e. March 7, 1862 ; m. o.
April IS, 1865; Albert Drew, Port Byron; e.
April 7, 1862 ; m. o. April IS, 1865 ; Hugh Golier,
Rapids City ; e. March 15, 1862 ; m. o. April IS,
1865; David P. Shambaugh, Port Byron; e.
March 15, 1862; m. o. April 12, 1865.
Company G
Veteran : Martin V. Spencer, Andalusia, e.
March 31, 1864 ; trans, to Co. E, as consol.
Recruits : John Fisher, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
14, 1863 ; trans, to Co. H, as consol. ; Isaac Shat-
tuck, Jr., Rock Island ; e. Jan. 4, 1863 ; trans, to
Co. H, as consol.; Isaac Shattuck, Sr., Rock
Island; e. Jan. 4, 1863; deserted April, 1863;
John Schneider, Rock Island; e. Jan. 10, 1863;
deserted August, 1863.
Company K
Veteran : James Bardwell, Edgington ; e.
March 31, 1864; killed at Columbia, 1864.
SIXTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER IXFANTBT
This regiment was organized at Benton Bar-
racks, St. Louis, Mo., during September and
October, 1861, by General John C. Fremont, as
the Western Sitaipshootcrs, eight companies be-
ing collected, three of them from Illinois, and the
regiment was mustered into service Xovember
23, 1861, with John W. Bierge in command.
Later B. S. Compton became colonel, and Bierge
became lieutenant-colonel. It did duty in Mis-
souri at first, and was then sent to Fort Donel-
son, where it was irresistible in picking off the
gunners of the enemy. This regiment also parti-
cipated in the battles of Shiloh, siege of Corinth
and the battle of Corinth, and in the latter en-
gagement were armed \rtth Spencer's IG-shot
revolving rifles which made them as formidable
as an ordinary brigade of troops. This regiment
was also in the many small engagements in the
vicinity of Corinth. On April 20, 1862, a new
company joined the regiment, and in November,
1862, the regiment became the Sixty-sixth Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry. During 1862-3 this
regiment saw active service in skirmishes, and
was at Pulaski in December, 1863, where mem-
bers began re-enlisting in the western service.
The majority had Henry rifles which they
bought at their own expense, paying $43 each
for them. From Pulaski the regiment went on
to Nashville and Louisville, and after receiving
at the latter place their four months" pay and
?100 bounty left for a thirty-day furlough.
Reassembling at Joliet, 111., at the expiration of
that period, they went to Pulaski and from there
to Chattanooga and took part in the Atlanta
campaign, having the honor of opening it by driv-
ing Wheeler's cavalry and a brigade of infantry
out of and through the Snake Creek Gap, hold-
ing it and the hills of Resaca until night. This
regiment was under fire 120 days during the
Atlanta campaign, being in all of the noted bat-
tles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and lost 225
men killed and wounded. On August 26, 1864,
the non-veterans were mustered out. On July
22, the Sixty-sixth engaged in the battle of
Atlanta, its colors showing sixty-five bullet holes
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
881
through it. After in the fall of Atlanta, the
regiment was sent to Rome, and on October 12th
was again engaged, with Wheeler's cavalry and
General Hood's forces. They then went back
to Rome and on November 10th destroyed Forts
Johnson and Stonewall Jackson and burned
Rome. The next day this regiment with the
others started on the march to the sea, during
which campaign it bore its full part, and was
kept in the front because of the proficiency of the
men as sharpshooters. This regiment captured
a fine Blakely gun and seven prisoners at Eden
Crossroads, unaided, and again without assist-
ance defeated the Ninety-eighth Georgia Militia.
On December 21.st, the regiment marched into
Savannah and were assigned to Oglethorpe bar-
racks as an honor. Leaving Savannah on Janu-
ary 2S, 1865, the regiment marched through the
Carolinas, joined General Logan at Hickory
Hill, w-as at Bentonville, Goldsboro and Raleigh,
going to 'Washington for the Grand Review, from
whence it went to Louisville where it was mus-
tered out July S, 1865, and was paid off at Camp
Butler, Chicago, July 15, 1865. The command
took part in forty-eight battles, and many
skirmishes.
The following are the names of the men
from Rock Island county :
Chaplain : Abraham Hartzell, Moline ; e. Nov.
21, 1863 ; res. June 21, 1865.
Company B
Recruits : George H. Elsinger, Rock Island ; e.
Feb. 21, 1S64 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; George Hoeff-
ner, Rock Island; e. Feb. 21, 1864; m. o. July
7, 1865; Charles Ross, Rock Island; e. Feb. 7,
1864; m. o. to date May 30, 1865, prisoner of
war; Jacob Spuhuheimer, Rock Island; e. Feb.
21, 1864; m. o. July 7, 1865.
Company C
Captains : Ensign Conklin, Rock Island ; e.
Nov. 9, 1861; m. o. Sept. 5, 1864; Frank A.
Hartzell, Moline; e. Sept. S, 1864; m. o. Feb.
3, 1865, as 2d lieut.
Second Lieutenant: Frank A. Hartzell, Mo-
line; e. April 30, 18C2 ; pro.
First Sergeant : Frank A. Hartzell, Moline ; e.
Sept. 11, 1861 ; pro. 2d lieut.
Privates : Charles H. Dibbern, Moline ; e. Oct.
2, 1861 ; m. o. Aug. 27, 1864, as sergt. ; James L.
Hodges, Moline; e. Sept. 21, 1861; m. o. Aug.
27, 1864 ; Hiram Rake, Tort Byron ; e. Sept. 20,
1861 ; re-en. as Veteran ; James L. Roseberry,
Rock Island ; e. Oct. 5, 1861 ; pro. hos. steward.
Recruits : Charles P. Anderson, Moline ; e.
Feb. 4, 1S04 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Edwin A. Ams-
baugh, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1862 ; m. o. June
19, 1865; John P. Beck, Rock Island county; e.
Feb. 22, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Samuel Baugh-
man, Moline ; e. Sept. 1, 1862 ; m. o. June 2,
1865; 'William A. Brown, Rock Island; e. Sept.
12, 1862 ; m. o. June 19, 1865 ; Jacob Cewe, Rock
Island county ; e. Feb. 21, 1S64 ; absent sick at
m. o. regt. ; Loyal L. Case, Black Hawk ; e. Oct
11, 1864; m. o. July 7, 1S65; Martin 0. Case,
Moline; e. Nov. 25, 1861; m. o. Nov. 7, 1S65;
'William Devinney, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 30,
1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; Abraham Enburg, Mo-
line ; e. Feb. 16, 1S64 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Alonzo
Gitchell, Drury; e. Sept. 5, 1862; killed at
Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862 ; Charles Gustafson, Moline ;
e. Feb. 12, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; James A.
Griffith, Moline; e. Oct. 6, 1864; m. o. July 7,
1865; Benjamin F. Griffith, Moline; e. Oct. 6,
1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; 'William J. Gamble, Mo-
line ; e. Oct. 6, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Gillls
Hutt, Moline ; e. Feb. 10, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ;
Josiah G. Heck, Moline; e. Oct. 7, 1S64; absent
sick since enlisted ; George S. Henderson, Mo-
line; e. Oct. 7, 1864; m. o. July 7, 1865; James
G. Hartzell, Moline; e. Sept. 11, 1862 ;_ m. o.
June 19, 1865, as sergt. ; Abraham Hartzell,
Moline; e. Aug. 30, 1862; pro. chaplain; Oj'rus
K. Hartzell, Moline; e. Aug. 30, 1862; m. o. June
2, 1865; John C. Johnson, Moline; e. Feb. 14,
1864; m. o. July 7, 1865; Claus J. Lawson, Mo-
line ; e. Feb. 19, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; James
Moffett, Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1862; m. o.
June 2, 1865; Daniel Mullen, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 30, 1862 ; dis. March 17, 1863, disa. ; John
A. Nelson, Moline ; e. Feb. 15, 1864 ; m. o. July
7, 1865, as Corp., wounded; Joseph F. Pershing,
Moline; e. Oct. 4, 1862; m. o. June 19, 1865;
Eric A. Peterson, Moline ; e. Feb. 16, 1864 ; m. o.
July 7, 1865 ; Jonas Peterson, Moline ; e. Feb.
16, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Samuel C. Turner,
Moline; e. Oct. 6, 1864; m. o. July 7, 1865;
Ephraim 'Wood, Moline; e. Feb. 21, 1864; m. o.
July 7, 1865; Peter 'Westburg, Moline; e. Feb.
10, 1864 ; m. o. July 7, 1865 ; Erastus L. 'Willis,
Moline; e. Oct. 6, 1864; m. o. July 7, 1865;
Ctiarles J. Zeigler, Moline ; e. Oct. 6, rejected by
board.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
SIXTY-NINTH IlilNOIS VOLUNTEEB INFANTRY
(Tlirce months' service)
The Sixty-ninth Illinois Infantry was or-
ganized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and was
mustered into service June 14, 1862, and it re-
mained on duty there guarding prisoners until
the fall of 1862. when mustered out. The men
in this regiment from Rock Island county were
as follows :
Lieut. Colonel : Thomas J. Pickett, Moline ; e.
June 13, 1N62 ; m. o. Sept. 22, 1S62.
Adjutant: Ezra M. Beardsley, Kock Island; e.
June 13, 1862; com. cancelled.
Principal Musician: William Cobb, Moline; e.
June 13, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1S62.
Company E
Privates: John F. Behrens, Rock Island; e.
June 2, 1S62; m. o. Sept. 27, 1862; John Dit-
mann, Rock Island; e. June 2, 1862; m. c. Sept.
27, 1802.
Company F
Captain : Frazer Wilson, Rock Island ; e. June
4, 1S62; m. o. Oct 6, 1862.
First Lieutenant: Ezra M. Beardsley, Rock
Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1862.
Second Lieutenant : George Schemehorn, Rock
Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct G, 1862.
First Sergeant: George E. Jordan; Rock
Island; e. June 4, 1S62; m. o. Oct. 6, 1S62.
Sergeants: John W. Weinel, Moline; e. June
4, 1862; died Aug. 17, 1862; David Kelsoe, Mo-
line ; e. June 4, 1S62 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862.
Corporals: James Don, Rock Island; e. June
4, 1862 : m. o. October 6, 1862 ; Charles Knight,
Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1862 ;
Austin Matin, Cordova ; e. June 4, 1SG2 ; m. o.
Oct. 6, 1S62; James M. Xorris, Rock Island; e.
June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862 ; Elliott Hunter,
Moline township ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 6,
1862; John H. Williams, Moline township; e.
■ June 4, 1S62 ; com. ck., pro. and trans.
Musicians : William Cobb, Moline ; e. June 4,
1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1802; Harvey Fuller. Moline;
e. June 4, 1802 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1862 ; Ward Master,
Moline; e. June 4, 1SC2 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1802; Au-
gustus Ellis, Moline ; e. June 4, 1S62 ; m. o. Oct
6, 1862.
Privates : George Brace, Rock Island ; e. June
4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; Gabriel Bollman,
Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1862 ;
John Bishop, Port Byron ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o.
Oct 6, 1862; Oscar A. Britton, Moline; e. June
4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; John T. Bleaney,
Moline; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1862;
William E. Craib, Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1802 ;
ni. o. Oct 6, 1862; Samuel S. Crompton, Moline;
e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; Nelson G.
Elliott. Edgington; e. June 4, 1862; m o. Oct
6, 1862; Robert Erritt, Rock Island; e. June 4,
1862 ; m. o. Oct. 0. 1802 ; Robert Griffiu, Moline ;
e. June 14, 1802; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; Asbury
Griffin. Moline; e. June 14. 1862; m. o. Oct 0,
1862; William Grant Moline; e. June 14, 1802;
m. o. Oct 0, 1S62; William Iluntoon, Moliue;
e. June 14, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862 ; Bent. Hollen-
green, Moline ; e. June 14. 1S62 ; died Sept 2,
1862 ; Nathaniel G. Hunter, Moline township ; e.
June 14, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; Thomas
Hetrick, Rock Island ; e. June 14, 1862 ; deserted
July 30, 1802 ; Ephraim Jones, Moline township ;
e. June 14, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 0, 1S62 ; Henry W.
Jackson, Moline; e. June 14, 1802; m. o. Oct 6,
1862; John Kelso, Moline; e. June 14, 1802; m.
o. Oct. 0, 1802; Walter Kay, Moline; e. June 14,
1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1S62; James B. McLaughlin,
Edgington ; e. June 4, 1S62 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862 ;
Henry C. MeClintock, Moline; e. June 4, 1802;
m. o. Oct. 6, 1862 ; James B. Martin, Moline town-
ship; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6. 1802; David
McCausland, Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1802 ; m. o.
Oct 0, 1802 ; Edward McCloskey, Rock Island ; e.
June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct. 0, 1862; Frank Mar-
cey. Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1802 ; m. o. Oct.
6, 1862; Joseph T. Mathias, Moline; e. June
4. 1SC2 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1802 ; Morgan E. Mitchell,
Moline; e. June 4, 1802; m. o. Oct 6, 1802;
Walter A. Peterson, Moline ; e. June 4, 1802 ; m.
o. Oct. 6, 1802 ; Henry Peterson, Moline ; e. June
4, 1S62; m. o. Oct 0, 1802; Isaiah Pinkerton,
Moline; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct. 0, 1802;
Richard S. Payne, Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ;
m. 0. Oct. 0, 1802 ; Jonas Peterson, Moline ; e.
June 4, 1802; m. o. Oct 6, 1862; Robert B.
Price, Aloline ; e. June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1862 ;
Christian Slagle. Rock Island; e. June 4, 18<52;
m. o. Oct. 6, 1862; James L. Smedley, Rock
Island ; June 4, 1862 ; pro. and trans. ; James
Stevenson. Camden Mills, June 4, 1802; m. o.
Oct 0, 1802; Benjamin Savil, Moline township;
e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct 6, 1802; Thomas
Tige, Moline township ; e. June 4, 1802 ; m. o.
Oct. 0, 1862; Michael Tracy, Buffalo Prairie;
e. June 4, 1802 ; m. o. Oct 6, 1802 ; John Thomp-
son, Edgington ; June 4, 1802 ; m. o. Oct. 0, 1862 ;
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
883
Kicliard Smith, Moliue ; e. June 4, 1S02 ; m. o.
Oct. 6, 1S62; Beder Wood, Moliue; e. June 4,
1862; m. o. Oct. 6, 1S62; Samuel Wilcox, Port
Byron; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862;
Edward Parks, Rock Island ; e. June 4, 1862 ;
m. o. Oct. 6, 1862 ; Mansfield M. Sturgeon, Rock
Island; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862;
Daniel Robb, Moline townshiiJ ; e. June 4, 1862 ;
trans. ; William P. Sturgeon, Rock Island ; e.
June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 6, 1862.
Company H
Privates : John C. Bromley, Rock Island ; e.
June 4, 1862 ; m. o. Sept. 27, 1862 ; John Collins,
Moline; e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Sept. 27, 1862;
John H. Dart, Moline; e. June 4, 1862; m. o.
Sept. 27, 1862; Weetzar J. Eagle, Rock Island;
e. June 4, 1862; m. o. Sept. 27, 1862; Andrew
Lewis, Moline ; e. June 14, 1862 ; m. o. Sept. 27,
1862 ; Owen D. Stevens, Rock Island ; e. June
4, 1862 ; m. o. Sept. 27, 1862.
SEVENTT-riRST ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
(Three ■months' service)
Major : DeWltt C. Marshall, Moline ; e. June
26, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
Commissary Sergeant : Gilbert C. Bowen, Rock
Island ; e. July 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
Company D
First Lieutenant: James L. Smedley, Rock
Island ; e. June 26, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
First Sergeant : John H. Wilmans, Rock
Island; e. June 26, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
Sergeant : Sanford R. Whitney, Port Byron ;
e. July 1, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
Corporals : Gilbert C. Bowen, Rock Island ; e.
July 4, 1862 ; pro. com. sergt. ; James T. Hutton,
Rock Island ; e. July 4, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862 ;
James W. Crawford, Port Byron ; e. July 2,
1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
Privates : Nels Anderson, Moline ; e. June 26,
1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862; Joseph Blair, Rock
Island; e. July 6, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862;
Hutchinson Day, Port Byron ; e. July 1, 1862 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1862 ; Francis B. Fitzpatrick, Rock
Island; e. June 28, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862;
William Fitzpatrick, Moline; e. July 4, 1862;
m. 0. Oct. 29, 1862; William Gillen, Port
Byron; e July 5, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862;
Robert Gillen, Port Byron; e. July 5, 1862;
m. 0. Oct. 29, 1S62; Morris Haymaker, Rock
Island; e. July 1, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862;
Frederick Head, Moline; e. July 14, 1862; m.
0. Oct. 29, 1862 ; Augustus Johnson, Moline ; e.
June 28, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1SC2; Daniel
Kelley, Port Byron ; e. July 4, 1862 ; m. o.
Oct. 29, 1862; John OhUvier, Rock Island; e.
July 28, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862 ; John Wilson,
Rock Island; e. July 5, 1862; m. o. Oct. 29,
1862; James Woodin, Rock Island; e. June 28,
1862; m. o. Oct. 29, 1862.
The Seventy-first Illinois Infantry was mus-
tered into the United States service July 26,
1862, at Camp Douglas, 111., for three months'
service. The regiment moved the next day for
Cairo, 111., leaving two companies en route at
Big Muddy bridge on the Illinois Central Rail-
road. The regiment remained ten days at Cairo,
when it was ordered to Columbus, Ky., where
the- men, ..mostly, from the northern part of
Illinois, •' suffered severely fi'om the sudden
change in cnmate. Two more companies were
detached from the regimeiit and stationed at
Mound City, 111. In a short time the remainder
of tha 'regiuieat, slsr ce-miianies, was divided.
Colon'^-GllBeft'with three companies was or-
dered to MascQ*v, ;Ky.,-an!j. Lieutenant-Colonel
Burnside with the other three companies was
ordered to Little Obion bridge to guard bridges
and railroad tracks. L'pon the completion of its
term of service the regiment rendezvoused at
Chicago, 111., where it was mustered out October
29, 1862.
SEVENTY-SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company G
Lawsou McEntyre, Rock Island ; e. July 25,
1862 ; d. at Vicksburg, Jan. 2, 1864.
EIGHTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company I
James Manley, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ;
m. 0. Aug. 5, 1865.
EIGHTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company D
Recruits, Privates : Randall Lincoln, Coal Val-
ley ; e. Oct. 11, 1864 ; tr. to Co. D, 61st 111. Inf. ;
Robert B. Taylor, Black Hawk ; e. Oct. 11, 1864 ;
tr. to Co. D, 61st 111. Inf.
Company F
Recruits, Privates: William Harris, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aijril 11, 1865; trans, to Co. I, 61st 111.
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Inf. ; Ludwell C. Palmer, Coal Valley ; e. April
11, 1865; tr. to Co. G, 61st III. Inf.
EIGHTY-FOUETH ILLINOIS INFANTEY
Company H
Private : Marvin Sullivan, Moline ; e. July 2S,
1862 ; d. at CTiattanooga, Sept. 24, 1863.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company I
First Sergeant : Eugene A. Lyford, Port Byron ;
e. July 26, 1862; killed at Stone River, Tenn.,
Dec. 31, 1862.
Corporal : John Matthews, Canoe Creek, e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 6, 1865, as com. sergt.
in Vet. Reserve Corps.
Privates : Baxter A. Breed, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862; dis. March 12, 1863, to enlist in
Miss. Marine Brigade; William H. Coleman,
Cauoe Creek, e. Aug. 9. 1862 ; m. o. June 9,
1865, wounded ; James B. Hall, Canoe Cteek, e.
Aug. 9, 1S62 ; dis. March 1, 1865, disa. ; George
B. Hazelton, Zuma ; e. Aug. 9, 1862; died at
Bowling Green, Ky., Xov. 12. 1862; Moses R.
Metcalf, Canoe Creek, e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June
9, 1865, wounded; Samuel W. Odell, Canoe
Creek ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 9, 1865, as
Corp. ; Benjamin F. Odell, Canoe Creek ; e. Aug.
9, 1862; died at New Albany, Ind., Oct. 26,
1863; Amos C. Sheppard, Canoe Creek; e. Aug.
9, 1862 ; m. o. June 9, 1865, as corp. ; Charles B.
Williamson, Canoe Creek ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ;
absent, sick at m. o. regiment.
EIGHTY-NINTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry, known as
the Railroad regiment, was organized by the
railroad companies of Illinois at Chicago, 111.,
in August, 1S62. and Captain John Christopher,
Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, was appointed colonel,
and Charles T. Hotchkiss, lieutenant-colonel. It
was mustered into the II. S. service August 27,
1862, and was ordered to Louisville, Ky.„ and
was assigned to Third Brigade, Second Division,
Army of Kentucky, under General Nelson. On
October 1st it was assigned to Sixth Brigade,
General Willich, Second Division, General Sill,
in McCook's Corps, General Buell's Army, and
after helping to drive the forces of Bragg out of
Kentucky, went forward to Nashville, Tenn., in
time to take part in the battle of Stone River or
Murfreesboro, Term., where, by its gallant con-
duct, the men soon became classified among the
old and tried soldiers. On January 7, 1863,
Col. Christopher, who had never joined the regi-
ment, resigned, and Captain William D. Williams
of Comixiny F of Rock Island was made major.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hotchkiss was made full
colonel, and Maj. Duncan J. Hall was made
lieutenant-colonel. At Liberty Gap, Capt. Her-
bert M. Blake from Company K was mortally
wounded. Chickamauga served to fix the seal
of its devotion, for there fell Lieut-Col. Duncan
J. Hall, Captains Rice, Spink and Whiting, and
Lieutenant Ellis, besides the scores of brave men
who fought with noble heroism and who dared to
"do and die" in defense of the old flag. Upon
the reorganization of the Army of the Cumber-
land, at Chattanooga, after the battle of Chicka-
mauga, the regiment was transferred with Wil-
lich's command to its new position in the First
Brigade, Third Division, Fourth Army Corps.
Hcg's Brigade of Davis' Division, McCook's
Twentieth Army Corps, was consolidated with
this brigade and was called by the enemy Horn
Brigade because the order for every movement
was made by the bugle. As all the calls were
Prussian calls, the enemy could not understand
them. This was the only brigade in the regular
army using these calls. At Missionary Ridge the
regiment again encountered its foes, scaling the
enemy's entrenchments and driving him away,
and Capt. Henry L. Rowell of Company C and
Lieut. E. O. Young, Company A, were killed in
this engagement. Following this terrible battle,
the regiment was sent to Knoxville, and early
in April, 1864, it returned to the neighborhood
of Chattanooga, from whence it started on the
Atlanta campaign, and participated in the vic-
tories of Rocky Face, Resaca, Pickett's Mills,
Kenesaw Jlountain. Peach Tree Creek, etc., and
were in the siege of Atlanta. This regiment
with others was detailed to cut off railroads,
capture supplies and cut into the enemy's army,
and eventually the city was captured. From
Atlanta the regiment went to Jonesboro and
next to Lovejoy Station, afterward rendering
efficient service in repairing the damages to
the railroad and on October 30, 1864, was sent
to Pulaski, thence to Nashville, and later
took part in the battles of Spring Hill. Colum-
bia, Franklin and Nashville, and pursued
Hood's forces into Alabama. The regiment re-
mained at Huntsville, Ala., for a few weeks,
going then into eastern Tennessee, and from
Greenville drove the scattered forces of the
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
enemy before it. The regiment with its brigade,
after the surreuder of General Lee, returned
to Nashville, and there was mustered out June 10,
1865, and discharged at Camp Douglas, Chicago,
June 24th. Its record of engagements follows :
October 7. 1SG2, Battle of Lawrenceburg. Ky.
October S, 1862, Battle of Perryville, Ky.
December 31, 1862, and to January 4, 1863,
Stone River, Tenn., battle.
June 24 and 25, 1863, Battle of Liberty Gap,
Tenn.
September 19 aud 20, 1803, the Battle of
Chickamauga.
November 23, occupied Orchard Knob.
Novemliei- 24, 1863, Battle of Lookout Moun-
tain.
November 25, Battle of Missionary Ridge.
Night of January 17, 1SC4, regiment retreated
from Dandridge, Tenn.
May 9 to 12, 1864, Battle of Rocky Face.
Night of May 12, 1864, enemy evacuated Buz-
zard's Roost.
May 14 aud 15, Battle of Resaca.
Night of May 15, enemy evacuated Resaca.
May 27, 1864, Battle of Pickett's Mills.
Night of June 4, enemy evacuated Dallas, Ga.
June 11 to July 2, 1864, investment of Kene-
saw Mountain.
Night of July 2, 1864, enemy evacuated Kene-
saw Mountain and Marietta.
Night of July 20, 1864, enemy evacuated Peach
Ti'ee Creek.
July 22 to August 26, investment of Atlanta.
September 1, 1864, Battle of Jonesboro, -enemy
evacuated at night.
September 3 and 4, 1864, action at Lovejoy
Station.
September 8, 1864, entered Atlanta.
November 24 and 25, 1864, Spring Hill skir-
mishes.
November 30, 1864, Battle of Franklin.
December 15 and 16, 1864, Battle of Nashville,
Tenn.
In 1863, 440 recruits were added to the regi-
ment, making a total on the rolls of the regi-
ment of 1,403. The regiment left in the field
202 recruits transferred to the Fifty-ninth Illi-
nois Veteran Volunteers, and mustered out on
its rolls, 381 men of the ranli and file, leaving
820 killed in action, died from wounds, or dis-
charged on account of disability contracted in
the service. The principal losses were at the
battles of:
Stone River, killed, wounded and prisoners. .142
Liberty Gap, killed, wounded and prisoners.. 13
Chickamauga, killed, wounded aud prisoners. 109
Missionary Ridge, killed, wounded and
prisonere 35
Atlanta, killed, wounded and prisoners 211
Nashville, killed wounded and prisoners.... 39
549
The following are the members of the regi-
ment who were from Rock Island county:
Lieutenant-Colonel : William D. Williams,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 20, 1863; m. 0. June 10,
1865.
Major : William D. Williams, Rock Island ; e.
Jan. 7, 1803 ; pro.
Company A
Recruits: Charles Chapron, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 14, 1863; trans, to 59th 111. Inf.; James B
Noble, Rock Island; e. Aug. 12, 1863; deserted
Oct., 1863.
Company C
Recruits : Joseph Gilligan, Rock Island ; e. Oct.
31, 1864; deserted from 65th 111., returned.
Company E
Recruits: George Washington, Black Hawk;
e. Nov. 10, 1863; trans, to SOth 111. Inf.
Company F
Captains: William D. Williams, Rock Island;
8. Aug. 23, 1862 ; pro. major ; Ebenezer T. Wells,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 7, 1863, pro. by president,
res. Aug. 24, 1864; Laertes F. Dimock, Rock
Island; e. March 1, 1864; res. Sept. 27, 1864;
James F. Copp, Rock Island; e. Sept. 21, 1864;
m. o. June 10, 1865.
First Lieutenants: Ebenezer T. Wells, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 23, 1862 ; pro. ; Laertes F. Dim-
ock, e. Jan. 7, 1868; pro.; James F. Copp, Rock
Island ; e. March 1, 1864 ; pro. ; Charles J. Aren-
schield, Hampton ; e. Sept. 21, 1864 ; m. o. June
10, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : Laertes F. Dimock, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 23, 1862; pro.; James F. Copp,
Rock Island ; e. Jan. 7, 1863 ; pro. ; Chas. J.
Arenschield, Hampton; e. March 1, 1864; pro.
First Sergeant: James F. Copp, Rock Island;
e. July 22, 1862; pro. 2d lieut, 1st lieut., and
captain.
Sergeants : Jerrie L. Prescott, Rock Island ;
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
e. July 10, 1S62; died Jan. 2S, 1S63, wounds;
Joseph B. Cushman, Hampton; e. Aug. 4, 1SG2;
dis. Sept. 1, 1863, disa. ; Chas. J. Areuschield,
Hampton; e. Aug. 6, 1862; pro. 2d lieut., then
1st lieut. ; William Dunlap, Rock Island ; e. July
28, 18G2; died at Bell's Tavern, Ky., Nov. 3,
1862.
Corporals : William McDaniel, Hampton ; e.
Aug. 11, 18C2 ; 1st sergt., died at Louisville, Ky.,
June 21, 1863 ; Jason Wallace, Hampton ; e. Aug.
7, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Layton C. Brace,
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 1, 1862 ; dis. June 30, 1863,
disa. ; James Johnson, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 5,
1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865, as 1st sergt. ; JosiaU
W. Dudley, Hampton; e. Aug. 4, 1862; died at
Andersonville prison, July 10, 1864, Grave
3123; John B. Huft, Hampton; e. Aug. 4, 1862;
dis. March 17, 1864, disa. ; William S. Fitzgerald,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 11, 1862; ni. o. sergt. May
18, 1865.
Musicians : Walter Huff, Hampton ; e. Aug.
4, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Melancthon Eignus,
Moline ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865, as
private.
Privates : John W. Austin, Hampton ; e. Aug.
15, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; William Austin,
Hampton; e. Aug. 5, 1862; tr. to V. R. C. Sept.
4, 1864 ; Nels Anderson, Hampton ; e. Aug. 6,
1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Garrett Albertson,
Hampton; e. Aug. 6, 1862; dis. June 11, 1865,
disa. ; Henry Arcularius, Hampton ; e. Aug. 7,
1862; killed at Chiekamanga, Ga., Sept. 19,
1863 ; James S. Anderson, Hampton ; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. to date June 14, 1865; John C.
Bigelow, Rock Island; e. July 25, 1862; tr. to
U. S. C. y. Oct. 25, 1862 ; Andrew Bailey, Hamp-
ton ; e. Aug. 4, 1862 ; tr. to U. S. C. V., Oct. 25,
1862; Thomas Bailey, Hampton; e. Aug. 15,
1862; tr. to 1st U. S. C. V., Oct. 25, 1862; Ira
Bridgeford, Rock Island county ; e. Aug. 4,
1862 ; dis. April 4, 1863, on account of wounds ;
James Bowser, Hampton ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; died
at Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 8, 1864, gr. 11,921;
Joseph H. Babbitt, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862;
m. 0. June 10, 1865 ; Moses S. Beaver, Hampton ;
e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31,
1862; John D. Burgh, Rock Island; e. Aug. 13,
1862 ; tr. to 1st U. S. C. V., Oct. 25, 1862 ; Wm.
Chamberlain, Rock Island; e. July 24, 1862;
m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Burton H. Cook. Hampton ;
e. July 31, 1862; dis. March 16, 1865, wounds:
Henry Couch, Hampton ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; died
Jan. 27, 1863, wounds ; Charles Cooper, Hamp-
ton ; e. Aug. 7, ls62 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Stephen
D. Cushman, Hampton; e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o.
June 10, 1S65; Joseph Collier, Coal Town, Mo-
line ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; tr. to 59th 111. Inf. ; Wash-
ington R. Cox, Hampton ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; died
Annapolis, Md., March 6, 1863; Isaac Doxsee,
Coal Valley ; e. July 26, 1862 ; tr. to 1st U. S.
C. v., Oct. 25, 1862; Jonathan F. Doxsee, Ctoal
Valley; e. Aug. 6, 1862; tr. to U. S. Cav., Oct.
25, 1862; Thomas Davis, Rock I.sland ; e. Aug.
5, 1862; deserted Oct. 25, 1802; Henry Dreyer,
Hampton ; e. Aug. G, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1S65 ;
John Edgerton, Coal Town, Moline; e. Aug. 12,
1862; tr. to Inv. Ops., Sept. 7, 1863; Conrad
Edalmau, Hampton; e. Aug. 7, 1862; lu. o. June
10, 1865; Henry R. Pitch, Hampton; e. Aug. 8,
1S62; dis. July 27, 1863, wounds; James Grange,
Coal Town, Moline; e. July 25, 1862; deserted
Oct. 25, 1S62 ; Joseph Goyer, Hampton ; e. Aug.
6, 1862; dis. April 2S, 1863, wounds; William
Guest, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; tr. 1st U.
S. Cav., Oct. 25, 1862; William Golden, Hamp-
ton ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; dis. March 31, 1863, disa. ;
James B. Gilmore, Hampton ; e. Aug. 4, 1862 ;
tr. to U. S. Cav., Oct. 25, 1862 ; Russell Huntley,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 2, 1862; died at Ander-
sonville prison Aug. 18, 1864, gr. 6085; Curtis
B. Knox, Rock Island; e. July 26, 1862; m. o.
June 10, 1865; Reuben L. Kelley, Edgington; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Peter Kelley,
Rock Island ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; dis. July 13, 1863,
disa.; Benjamin F. Lawson, Rock Island; e.
Aug. 2, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865, corp., wound ;
Thomas Lally, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 13, 1802;
tr. to Eng. Corps, Sept. 21, 1864; Franklin S.
Merrill, Hampton; e. July 26, 1S62; sergt., died
at Andersonville prison, June 29, 1864, gr. 2639 ;
Peter Monhor, Rock Island; e. July 31, 1862;
deserted Oct. 29, 1862; John Murray, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. to date, June 9,
1865, was prisoner ; Owen Meeks, Hampton ; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; tr. to 1st V. S. Cav., Oct. 25, 1862 ;
William W. McDaniel, Hampton; e. Aug. 11,
1SG2; m. o. June 10, 1865; William M. Murley,
Hampton; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865;
James M. Montgomery, Edgington; e. July 24,
1862; pro. to 2d lieut. in 65th 111. Inf.; Eric
Nelson, Hampton ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m. o. June
10, 1865 ; George Olson, Rock Island county ;
e. July 31, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Michael
O'Mara. Edgington; e. Aug. S, 1862; died at
Nashville, Dec. 16, 1864, wound.s; John O'Mara,
Edgington ; e. Aug. S, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ;
(yi/L~-i^'^;^'t(:Pti^vt^ i^ ' J*r\,<i^.Z-ui^
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
887
Stepheu O'Mara, Edgington; e. Aug. 14, 1S62;
deserted Oct. 30, 1S62; James Perkins, RocK
Island; e. Aug. 1, 1S62; m. o. June 10, 1S65;
Andrew Peterson, Kock Island; e. Aug. 4, 1S62;
died at Danville, Va., Feb. 21, 1864, prisoner of
war; Jacob Piatt, Coal Town, Moline; e. Aug.
9, 1S02 ; m. o. June 10, 1S65 ; John Rooney, Rock
Island; e. July 2S, 1S62; m. o. June 10, 1865;
James C. Richards, Hampton; e. Aug. 9, 1862;
tr. to. Eug. Corps, Sept. 21, 1SG4; Herman
Schroeder, Hampton; e. July 31, 1862; m. o.
June 10, lS6o ; George Smith, Hampton ; e. Aug.
0, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Thompson Smith,
Hampton; e. Aug. G, 1862; m. o. June 10, as
Corp. ; Emanuel Smith, Hampton ; e. Aug. 6,
1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Thomas C. Smith,
Rock Island ; e. July 29, 1862 ; tr. to. Sth U. S.
Inf., Oct. 27, 18G2; Jacob Smith, Hampton; e.
Aug. 6, 1S62; m. o. June 10, 1865; William
Stanley, Rock Island; e. Aug. 7, 1862; died at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1863, of wounds;
Michael G. Stanley, Kock Island; e. Aug. 8,
1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ; William E. Seaman,
Watertown, e. Aug. 13, 1862; m. o. June 10,
1865, as Corp.; Martin F. Sayre, Hampton; e.
Aug. 15, 1862; tr. to 1st U. S. Ciiv., Oct. 25,
1862; Oliver P. Sowers, Hampton; e. Aug. 15,
1862 ; tr. to 1st U. S. Cav., Oct. 25, 1S62 ; Richard
Tobin, Coal Town, Moline; e. Aug. 19, 1862;
deserted Oct. 25, 1SG2 ; Isaac Turner, Hampton ;
e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Thomas I.
Thews, Hampton; e. Aug. 9, 1862; tr. to 1st
V. S. Cav., Oct. 25, 1862; Jerome Wilcox, Rock
Island; e. July 25, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865;
John I. Williams, Hampton; e. Aug. 9, 1862;
m. o. June 10, 1865 ; Isaac Williams, Hampton ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 10, 1865, as sergt. ;
John E. R. Williams, Hampton; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. June 10, 1865; Sylvester R. Wells,
Moline; e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. June 10, 1865;
Dennis Welch, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; m.
0. June 10, 1865 ; Addison Weaver, Edgington ; e.
Aug. 4, 1862 ; d. at Richmond, Va.., Feb. 14, 1863,
while a prisoner of war ; William Worthey, Coal
Town, Moline; e. July 19, 1862; deserted Oct.
25, 1S62; Elijah Youlin, Watertown; e. Aug. 7,
1862 ; killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1863.
Recruits : Samuel Taylor, Rock Island ; e. Aug.
27, 1863; tr. to 59th 111. Inf.; Easton Weaver,
Rock Island county ; e. Aug. 27, 1863 ; tr. to. 59th
111. Inf.
NINETIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
First Assistant Surgeon : John B. Davison,
Rock Island; e. Nov. 1, 1862; res. March 1,
1863.
NINETY-THIRD ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INF.4NTRY
This regiment was raised in different parts
of the state and was organized at Chicago in
September, 1802. by Colonel Holden Putnam,
and mustered on October 13th, being 998 strong.
It was ordered to Memphis, Tenn., November
9th, and from that city moved with General
Grant's army to northern Mississippi, where It
took part in the campaign, and the regiment
then went to Yocona Creek, and thence to
Memphis, via Lumpkin's Mills. From Mem-
phis it went to Lafayette but returned to Ridge-
way, where it remained during January and
February, 1863. On March 3rd, the regiment
embarked for Lake 'Providence, and from there
moved down the ^%zoo river on the Pass Exijedi-
tion, landed at Moon Lake, near Greenwood, ree-
onnoitered, returned to Helena, and moved to
Minikin's Bend, and took parf'in the Vicksburg
campaign. It marcheQ via Bruinsburg, Port
Gibson, Raymond,-'aHd Clinton, arriving at Jack-
son on May 14th. , There the regiment was under
fire and lost tluree killed and four wounded, and
remained at Jackson until the 15th, when it
marched towards Vicksburg, and on the 16th was
engaged in the battle of Champion's Hill, and
took part in the action of the Third Brigade,
Seventh Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, to
which it was attached, and although at first
forced to retreat finally took a decided stand
against the enemy, which in turn retreated to
Black river bridge. The loss of the regiment
during this furious fighting was one ofHcer and
thirty-seven men killed and six officers and 107
men wounded, while one officer and ten men
were missing. Once more the advance was made
on Vicksburg, and the regiment came within
about three miles of the city on the 19th, and
on the 22nd the Ninety-third assisted in assault-
ing the works on the left of Fort Fisher, losing
ten or twelve men in killed and wounded. That
same afternoon, this regiment was ordered to
re-enforce General McClernand's command, with
the result that five enlisted men were killed and
one oflicer and forty-nine enlisted men were
wounded. On June 22nd the regiment moved to
the rear, and on July 4th was stationed at Mc-
Call's plantation. On July 13th, the regiment
888
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
started for Jackson, and upon arrival moved on
Vicksburg, leaving on September 12th for Helena,
Ark., from whence it -nent back to Jlemphls.
From there it went to Gleudale, and thence
to Chattanooga, via luka, Florence, Winchester
and Bridgeport, Ala. Crossing the Tennessee
river, the regiment threw up embankments which
it occupied until the pontoon bridge was con-
structed, and then went forward and ou the 2.jth
was engaged at the north portion of Missionary
Eidge, losing Colonel Putnam and nineteen men
by death ; one officer and forty-one men were
wouuded, and two officers and twenty-five men
were missing. The regiment pursued the enemy
to Graysou, but returned to Chattanooga, from
whence it went to Bridgeport, thence to Larkins-
ville and Huntsville, then back to Chattanooga,
and took part in the recounoissauce on February
12, 1S64. The regiment was in the line of
battle at Dalton, but returned to Huntsville
afterward, then went to Stevenson, then by cars
to Kingston. One mile north of Dalton the train
collided with an up-train and one officer and
thirty men were wounded. On July 2nd the
regiment reached Etowah to guard crossings on
the Etowah river, remained nearly two weeks,
then moved to Resaea, and thence to Spring
Place, returning later to Resaea, and still later
to Allatooua. The Kinety-third was a part of
the force of 2.100 men which so signally de-
feated General French's division of 7,000 men.
The battle raged for three hours, when the
enemy withdrew towards Dallas. During
this engagement the regiment lost twenty-one
killed, three officers and forty-nine men were
wouuded and ten men were missing. This battle
was the one which inspired the well known
hymn "Hold the Fort."
On November 12, 1864, the Ninety-third regi-
ment started on the march to the sea via Atlanta,
McDonough, Jackson, Planter's Factory, Hills-
boro, Clinton, Gordon, Irwinton, Summerville
and Eden, reaching Savannah December 10, 1S64.
It skirmished with the enemy at Ogeechee canal,
losing one killed aud two wounded, and on the
12th moved to Station I on the Gulf Railroad,
marching into Savannah on December 21St, re-
maining there until January 19, 1S65. It then
began marching through the Carolinas. destroy-
ing one and one-half miles of railroad on its
progress from Graham to Binnaker's bridge,
and had a skirmish with the enemy at Bates'
Ferry on the Cwngaree, then on to Columbia,
S. C, to Goldsboro, N. C, and thence to Raleigh.
After the surrender of Johnston's army, the com-
mand went to Washington and took part in the
Grand Review, and were mustered out at Louis-
ville, Ky., June 23, 1SG5, being discharged at
Chicago, July 7. During the term of service
this regiment lost 44t) men and one officer, aud
one officer and thirty-one men were accidentally
wounded. The regimeut marched 2,054 miles
and traveled by water 2,296 miles and by railroad
1,237 miles, making a total of 6,0S7 miles. The
adjutant-geueral's report says Camden, but it
should be Camdeu Mills. The following men
were from Rock Island couuty :
Surgeon : Joseph Huyett, Camden Mills ; e.
Oct. 13, 1862 ; res. July 29, 1863.
Commissary Sergeant : Marcus B. Taylor, Cam-
deu Mills ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865.
Company A
Captains : Lewis S. Ashbaugh, Camden Mills ;
e. Aug. 23, 1862 ; res. July 26, 1863 ; William M.
Morris, Camden Mills ; e. July 27, 1863 ; m. o.
June 23, 1865.
First Lieutenants : William M. Morris, Cam-
deu Mills ; e. Aug. 23, 1862 ; pro. ; Samuel F. Mc-
Donald, Camden Mills ; e. July 27, 1863 ; m. o.
June 23, 1865.
Second Lieutenant: Samuel F. McDonald,
Camden Mills ; e. Oct. 13, 1802 ; pro.
First Sergeant : Jacob Adams, Camden MUls ;
e. July 28, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865.
Sergeants : Marcus B. Taylor, Camden Mills ;
e. Aug. 2, 1S62 ; pro. com. sergt. ; William B.
Bruner, Camden Jlills ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; dis. Jan.
IS, 1SG3, disa.; John W. Muse, Aug. 9, 1S62;
wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., died May 19,
1803 ; George E. Brown, Camden MUls ; e. Aug.
11, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865.
Corporals: Abner C. Kuapp, Camden Mills;
e. July 17, 1862; sergt, wouuded at Vicksburg,
dis. by order of secretary of war ; Morgan Furgu-
son, Camdeu Mills; e. July 31, 1862; dis. Feb.
26, 1863, disa.; John H. Fox, Camden Mills; e.
Aug. 2, 1862; died July S, 1863, of wounds;
Samuel Love, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1802;
m. o. June 2, 1865, as sergt. ; John W. Whitman,
Camden Mills; e. July 17, 1862; m. o. June 2,
1865, as sergt. ; Robert Coffee, Camden Mills ; e.
Aug. 6, 1S62 : m. o. June 2, 1865 ; John S. Smith,
Camden Mills; e. Aug. 5, 1862; dis. Aug. 11,
1863, disa.; Henderson Bailey, Camdeu Mills;
e. Aug. 9, 1S62 ; dis. Jan. 27, 1803, disa.
Musicians: David H. Shires, Camden Mills; e.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
889
July 14, 1S62; tr. to Inv. Cps., Sept. 2S, 1S03 ;
George G. Ashbaugli, Camdeu Mills ; e. Oct. 2,
1S62; dis. Feb. 23, 1S63, disa.
Wagoner : Alexander Weaver, Camden Mills ;
e. Aug. 2, 1S62 ; died at Andersonville, Sept. 20,
1864, gr. 9317.
Privates : George L. Archer, Camden Mills ;
e. July 14, 1862; dis. Jan. 27, 1S63, disa.;
Plioclon Bryan, Caroden Mills ; e. Aug. 6, 1862 ;
dis. Dec. 16, 1864, sergt., wounds ; Jasper N.
Brown, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; died at
Millikeu's Bend, La., Aug. 12, 1863; John C.
Brown, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 23, 1862; dis.
Aug. 6, 1863; Noah Byerly, Camden Mills; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; died at Ridgeway, Tenn., Jan. 21,
1863; Edwin Burlingame, Camden Mills; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; dis. Oct. 13, 1S63, wounds ; Joseph
A. Blair, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o.
June 2, 1865 ; Erasmus F. Bailey, Camden Mills ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865, as sergt. ;
Benjamin F. Bailey, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 14,
1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1S65 ; Wm. K. Brandenberg,
Edgington ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; died at Fort Picker-
ing, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1863; Hugh A. Conner, Cam-
den Mills ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ;
Robert Cathcart, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ;
died May 4, 1863 ; Wilder M. Crandall, Camden
Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; died at Andersonville,
June 15, 1864 ; gr. 1974 ; Edwin M. Daek, Camden
Mills ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; John
Downer, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 6, 1862; died
June 2, 1863, wounds; Jacob Evans, Camden
Mills; e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865,
wounded ; Joseph A. Essex, Camdeu Mills ; e.
Aug. 6, 1862 ; died March 24, 1863 ; George Fox,
Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 2,
1865, as Corp. ; William W. Ferguson, Camden
Mills ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; Wil-
liam Goldsmith, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 5, 1862;
m. o. to date June 2, 1865 ; John A. S. Gibson,
Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; killed at Alla-
toona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864; Thomas Holmes, Cam-
den Mills ; e. Aug. 1, 1862 ; tr. to Inv. Cps., Feb.
16, 1864 ; Joseph Haynes, Camden Mills ; e. Aug.
3, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1SG5, as corp. ; John Hever-
lipg, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m. o. June 2,
1865; Edwin R. Heflin, Camden Mills; a July
4, 1862 ; m. o. to date May 29, 1865 ; James K.
Howard; Camden Mills ;.e. Aug. 9, 1862; died
April 1, 1863; William Jacobs, Camden Mills;
Kllnk, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 7, 1S62; died at
Huntsville, Ala., June 30, 1S64; James Linton,
Camdeu Mills ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; dis. Aug. 6, 1863,
18
disa.; Oliver S. McClain, Camden Mills; e. July
14, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865, as corp. ; Alonzo
McClain, Camden Mills ; e. July 14, 1S62 ; m. o.
June 2, 1865, as corp. ; Joseph A. McClaughlin,
Camdeu Mills ; e. Aug. 6, 1862 ; m. o. June 2,
1865 ; George B. JlcConnell, Camdeu Mills ; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; was prisoner ;
Benjamin I. Marshall, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 9,
1862 ; Corp., killed at Champion's Hill, Miss., May
16, 1863 ; Thomas Martin, Camden Mills ; e. Aug.
0, 1S62; d. Memphis Feb. 24, 1863; Thomas M.
Martin, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o.
June 2, 1865 ; Joseph Mills, Camden Jlills ; e. Aug.
6, 1862 ; tr. Inv. Cp. Feb. 15, 1864 ; George Mills,
Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; d. Milliken's
Bend Aug. 5, 1863, from wounds ; Hiram R.
Mixer, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o.
Aug. 19, 1865; Perry Nimriek, Camden Mills;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865, as corp. ;
Jacob V. Nimriek, Camden Mills ; e. Aug.
7, 1862; tr. to Inv. Cp. Sept. 9, 1863; Wil-
liam Reed, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862;
m. 0. June 2, 1865; Enos H. Reed, Cam-
den Mills ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ;
Henry E. Rautzong, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 14,
1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; John W. Sinex, Cam-
den Jlills; e. July 14, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865;
Johnson Solmonson, Camden Mills ; e. July 29,
1862 ; d. at home Aug. 10, 1863 ; Andrew Sword,
Camden Mills; e. July 29, 1862; dis. Aug. 19,
1863, disa. ; Harper Scott, C!amden Mills ; e.
Aug. 6, 1862; tr. to Inv. Cp. Feb. 15, 1864;
Thomas Shires, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 6, 1862;
m. o. May 9, 1865; Jacob D. Settle, Camden
Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. Juue 2, 1865;
John L. Settle, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862;
furloughed Oct. 28, 1862, and never returned;
Lester Seward, Camden Mills : e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
d. at Vicksburg Sept. 25, 1863 ; John Shannon,
Camdeu Mills ; e. July 18, 1862 ; d. May 5, 1863,
wounds ; David H. Smith, Camden Mills ; e. Aug.
14, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865 ; John C. Thomas,
Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. June 2,
1865, as Corp. ; William Taylor, Camden Mills ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; tr. Inv. Cp. Feb. 15, 1864;
Porter Templeton, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 12,
1862; d. Memphis March 14, 1863; William C.
Thompson, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 23, 1862 ;
killed at Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864; Wm. H.
Valentine, Camden Mills ; e. July 14, 1862 ; killed
at Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864; Levi C. Valen-
tine, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 9. 1862 ; m. o. June
2, 1865, wounded ; Henry Vanheren, Camden
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Mills ; e. Aug. 9, 1S62 ; tr. to brigade band
March 4, 1863 ; Perry B. Weaverling, Camden
Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1802; m. o. June 2, 1865;
Charles K. Warden, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9,
1862; des. Jan. 1, 1863; Henry Williams, Cam-
den Mills; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865,
wounded; Thomas P. Wamacks, Camden Mills;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; d. May 28, 1863, wounds ; Albert
Wamacks, Camden Mills ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; wd.
at Champion's Hill ; mis. in action at Missionary
Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863; Alvin T. Wamacks, Cam-
den Mills ; e. Aug. 9, 1802 ; m. o. June 2, 1865,
wounded; Ross Weller, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 9,
1862; killed at Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864;
Irving M. Whitehead, Camden Mills; e. July 30,
1862 ; killed at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863 ;
William H. Whitehead, Camden Mills; e. Aug.
6, 1S62 ; killed at Champion's Hill May 16, 1803 ;
Ira G. Whitehead, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 6,
1862; m. o. June 2, 1865; Franklin W. Wilson,
Camden Mills; e Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. June 2,
1S65; John T. Weaver, Camden Mills; e. Aug.
2, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865, as Corp.; Daniel
Wright, Camden Mills; e. Aug. 23, 1862; m. o.
June 2, 1865; Enoch Zachery, Camden Mills;
e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o. June 2, 1865.
Recruit: George B. Blades, Black Hawk; e.
Oct. 4, 1S64; tr. to CO. I and then to 40th 111.
Inf.
ONE HUNDBED AND SECOND ILUNOIS VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY
The One Hundred and Second Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry was organized at Knoxville, 111.,
in August, 1802, by Col. William McMurtry,
and mustered iu September 1 and 2, 1862. From
Peoria, 111., it reached Louisville, Ky., where it
was assigned to Ward's Brigade, Dumont's
Division, and sent southward to Gallatin, Tenn.
Colonel Smith took 150 men from his regiment
and moved towards Franklin to stop a move-
ment upon the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
and an engagement was had three miles out of
Franklin with a band of bushwackers in which
two men were lost and five wounded. After
many other engagements with the guerillas,
on June 1, 1863, the brigade was ordered to
Lavergne to assist in guarding the Nashville
& Chattanooga Railroad, and the One Hundred
and Second were sent to Stewart's creek,
six miles south of this point, Colonel Smith
being placed in command of the posts, hav-
ing, in addition to his own regiment, a bat-
talion of the Eighteenth Ohio and a section of
the First Michigan Artillery. In the following
August orders were received to mount five com-
panies of the One Hundred and Second on
horses, taken for that purpose from the disloyal
citizens in that vicinity. They were equipped
with Spencer's repeating rifles, and the regiment
became noted for its markmanship. Movement
was made to Lebanon in November, and here
Surgeon Stanway was severely wounded, but
the winter until the last of February was si>ent
at Lavergne. When the regiment marched to
Tullahoma, going on to Stevenson and finally
camping in Wauhatchie Valley, Tenn. It was
while the regiment was here that the five
mounted companies gave up their horses, but
retained their Spencer rifles. Here it was also
assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division,
Twentieth Army Corps, Brig.-Gen. W. T. Ward
commanding. Entering upon the Atlanta cam-
paign, this regiment was in battle at Resaca,
losing three killed and nineteen wounded, the
brigade capturing a battery. On May 25, the
One Hundred and Second encountered the enemy
at Burnt Hietory, and later at Big Shanty,
at the latter point losing Colonel Smith and
Captain McManus. On July 20, the regiment
was engaged at Peach Tree Creek, losing two
killed and eleven wounded. The regiment en-
tered Atlanta on September 16th and started on
November 15th for Savannah, entering that city
on November 15th, in January moving to Hardee-
ville, thence to Robertville. near Sisters' Ferr.v,
arriving at Columbia, S. C, February 19. After
engaging iu the battle at Averysboro, they went
to Goldsboro and then to Raleigh, where the
army remained until Johnston's suiTender. The
command then went on to Washington and took
part in the Grand Review, being mustered out
of service June G, 1865, and the men were dis-
charged at Chicago, June 14. The following men
of this regiment came from Rock Island county :
Principal Musician : Thomas Merryman,
Richland Grove; e. Aug. 20, 1862; red. to r. ; m.
o. June 9, 1865.
Company C
Captain : Frank Shedd, Richland Grove ; e.
Sept. 2, 1862 ; res. April 9, 1803.
Second Lieut< nant : Byron Jordan, Coal Val-
ley; e. April 8, 1863; m. o. June 6, 1865.
Sergeants: Byron Jordan, Coal Valley; e.
Aug. 5, 1862; pro. 1st sergt., then 2d I lent. ;
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George W. Allen, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 5, 1SG2;
d. at Gallatiu, Tenn., May 7, 1863 ; Sampson M.
Tenney, Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 7, 1S62 ; m. o.
June 6, 1S65.
Corporals : Rodney C. Manning, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 5, 1862; dis. Sept. 12, 1864, as sergt.,
disa. ; Henry Bridgeford, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 5,
1862; m. o. June 6, 1865, as sergt.
Privates : Thomas Asquith, Richland Grove ;
e. Aug. 13, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1S65; Manuel
BrJggs, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 21, 1862; ah.,
wounded at m. o. of regt. ; Samuel Chaney, Rich-
land Grove ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ;
William E. Davis, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 12,
1862; m. o. June 6, 1865; George Eckley, Rich-
land Grove ; e. Aug. S, 1862 ; ui. o. June 6, 1865 ;
Francis M. Freeman, Richland Grove ; e. Aug.
12, 1862 ; killed at Resaca May 15, 1864 ; Henry
Herr, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 15, 1862; d. at
home June 22, 1863; Nathaniel Hamor, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1865;
Myron Jordan, Ctoal Valley ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; dis.
Jan. 16, 1863, disa.; Jacob Krause, Richland
Grove; e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1865;
Edmond Kinsey, Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; killed Resaca May 15, 1864; Charles J.
Lawson, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o.
May 19, 1865; Harvey McElhinney, Richland-
Grove ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ; M. H.
C. McElhinney, Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ;
m. o. June 6, 1865 ; Freeman Merryman, Rich-
land Grove ; e. Aug. S, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1S65 ;
John H. Martin, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. June 6, 1865; Major McMullen,
Richland Grove; e. Aug. 11, 1862; dis. Jan. 14,
1863, disa. ; Adam Maucker, Richland Grove ; e.
Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ; Gotleib Mair,
Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m. o. June 6,
1S65; Albion Nichols, Richland Grove; e. Aug.
21, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ; Charles W. Norman,
Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. to date
June 7, 1865, prisoner of war ; Olinton Olin,
Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; tr. to V. R. 0.
Feb. 17, 1865; John P. Olson, Richland Grove;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 : David Pfit-
zenmair, Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o.
June 6, 1865; Joseph M. Piersol, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1865; Charles
Pierce, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 11, 1862; ab.,
sick at m. o. of regiment ; Joseph N. Roberts,
Richland Grove; e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. June
6, 1865; Isaiah Rhodenbaugh, Richland Grove;
e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o. June C, 1S65 ; Fred Shurr,
Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. June 6,
1865; Peter Smith, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 11,
1S62 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ; John Smith, Rithland
Grove; e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1865;
Leonard Stark, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; dis. June 20, 1864, disa. ; Thomas B.
South, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; d. at Gal-
latin, Tenn., Jan. 4, 1863 ; James M. Shull, Rich-
land Grove; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. June 6,
1865, as Corp. ; James Spivey, Coal Valley ; e.
Aug. S, 1862; dis. April 9, 1863, disa.; George
S. Trego, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o.
June 24, 1865, as corp. ; prisoner of war ; Gideon
Tomllnson, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 8, 1862;
m. o. June 6, 1865; William E. Wallace, Coal
Valley ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; ab., sick at m. o. of
regiment; Thomas Wilson, Richland Grove; e.
Aug. 13, 1862 ; ab., sick at m. o. of regiment ;
Joseph White, Richland Grove ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
m. o. June 6, 1865 ; Jason E. Young, Richland
Grove; e. Aug. 21, 1862; tr. to Eng. Cp. Aug.
15;^ i864i ;. ; : \
Rfeiirults: ;,«teBlien A. Bartlett, Coal Valley;
e. Oct. 4, 1S64"; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.;
George Bahfinger, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ; dis.
May, 24, 1865, disa.; John J. Brice, Richland
Grove; e. Feb. 28, 1865; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111.
Inf.; Edwin T. Jordon, Coal Valley; e. Oct. 4,
1864; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; Gilbert A.
Jordon, Coal Valley; e. Oct. 4, 1864; tr. to Co.
II, 16th 111. Inf. ; James Love, Richland Grove ;
e. Feb. 28, 1865; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.;
Joseph Littlefield, Richland Grove; e. Aug. 9,
1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865 ; William J. Long, Ctoal
Valley; e. Aug. S, 1862; m. o. June 6, 1865, as
Corp. ; Alexander McKay, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4,
1864; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; Wil-
liam McGill, Coal Valley; e. Oct. 4, 1864;
tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; Louis M. Pay-
ton, Richland Grove; e. Feb. 28, 1865; tr. to
Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; William Parks, Rich-
land Grove ; e. Feb. 28, 1865 ; tr. to Co. H, 16th
III. Inf.; William H. Suter, Richland Grove;
e. Aug. 21, 1862; m. o. June 17, 1865; prisoner
of war ; Harrison Trego, Coal Valley ; e. Oct.
4, 1864; tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; Alfred R.
Tomllnson, Richland Grove; e. March 23, 1865;
tr. to Co. H, 16th 111. Inf.; 'William Thorp,
Richland Grove ; William W. Vasant, Richland
Grove; e. Feb. 28, 1865; tr. to Co. H, 16th III.
Inf.
892
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Company D
Recruits: William J. Long, Coal Valley; e.
Aug. 8, 1862; tr. to Co. C; Joseph Littlefield,
Kichland Grove; e. Aug. 9, 1862; tr. to Co. C.
Company K
Recruit : Perry Thompson, Edgington ; e. Oct.
IS, 1S64; tr. to Co. K, 16th 111. Inf.
Unassigned Recruit: Nicholas Alger, Rich-
land Grove; e. Feb. 28, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANIBY
Company
Privates: Johu F. Barney, Richland Grove;
e. Aug. S, 1862; killed Resaca May 14, 1864;
Samuel Williams, Zuma ; e. Aug. 13, 1862 ; m. o.
June 20, 1865.
Company D
Private: Patrick Griffin, Port Byron; e. Aug.
9, 1862; killed at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. IS,
1863.
Company K
First Lieutenant : Samuel Weaver, Moliue ;
e. April 12, 1863 ; m. o. June 20, 1865.
Musician: Welcome B. French, Port Byron;
e. Aug. 20, 1862; m. o. June 2, 1865.
Private : John Severs, Richland Grove ; e.
Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. June 20, 1865.
Unassigned Recruit: Thomas C. Hile, Mo-
line ; dis. April 26, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTBT
Comissary Sergeant : David P. Travis, Rural ;
e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. June 11, 1865.
Company B
Privates : James R. Calhoun ; Rural ; e. Aug.
7, 1862: d. at Danville, Ky.. Feb. 4, 1S63; Wil-
liam McHall, Rural ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Dan-
ville, Ky., Jan. 19, 1863 ; Ezra J. Travis, Rural ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. June 11, 1865 ; David P.
Travis, Rural; e. Aug. 7, 1862; pro. Corp., then
com. sergt. ; Harvey M. Travis, Rural ; e. Aug.
7, 1S62; d. Nashville Nov. 19, 1863; William S.
Travis, Rural ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; dis. April 14,
1864 ; Benjamin Truit, Rural ; e. Aug. 14, 1S62 ;
m. o. June 11, 1S65, as corp. ; Franklin Thorpe,
Rural; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. June 11, 1865,
as corp.
Company G
Corporal : William E. Killam, Rural ; e. Aug.
11, 1862 ; des. Feb. 1, 1863.
Privates : William J. C. Bean, Rural ; e. Aug.
10, 1862 ; des. Feb. 1, 1863 ; George W. Hanson,
Rural; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. June 11, 1865;
John Kinsler, Rural ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; d. at
Franklin, Tenn., April 1. 1863; Samuel McCul-
lough. Rural ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; des. Feb. 1, 1863.
Recruit : David O. Miller, Rural ; e. Aug. 15,
1802; m. o. June 11. 1865.
ONE HUNDEED AND EIGHTEENTH ILLINOIS VOLUN-
TEER INFANTRY
Company C
Recruits : Charles H. Cox, Rock Island coun-
ty; e. April 12, 1865; m. o. Oct. 1, 1865; Simon
Horhbeck, Rock Island county; e. April 12, 1865;
m. o. Oct. 1, 1865.
Company D
Recruit : John Kelly, Coal Valley ; e. April
12, 1865; m. o. Oct. 1, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS VOL-
UNTEEE INFANTRY
Company F
Recruits : James M. Beatty, Hampton ; e. Oct.
1864; tr. to 33rd III. Inf.; John McLelland,
Hampton; e. Oct. 4, 1864; tr. to 33rd 111. Inf.
Company G
Recruits : William Anderson, Hampton ; e.
Oct. 4, 1864 ; tr. to 33rd 111. Inf. ; Thomas Brat-
ton, Hampton; e. Oct. 4, 1864; tr. to 33rd 111.
Inf. ; Benjamin Bowman, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4,
1864; tr. to 33rd 111. Inf.; Oliver P. Essley,
Hamptou; e. Oct. 15, 1864; tr. to 33rd 111. Inf.;
Clans H. Peterson, Hampton; e. Oct. 4, 1864;
tr. to 33rd 111. Inf.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY'-SIXTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
(Three years' service)
The One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment
of Illinois Volunteer Infantry was organized at
Alton, 111., by Col. Jonathan Richmond and mus-
tered into the United States service September
4, 1862. A part of the field officers and one-half
of the regiment v.ere from Rock Island county,
namely. Companies B, E, G, H and I. On No-
vember 20, 1862, the regiment went to Columbus,
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
893
Ky., and thence to Bolivar, Tenn., moved on to
Lagrange, and on December lOtli six companies
marched to Jaclison, Tenn., to reinforce that
place ; afterward moved to Humboldt, Tenn.,
where they were joined by the remaining four
companies on January 20, 1863. On the 25th
of March the regiment moved to Jackson, as-
signed to Second Brigade, Col. James M. True
commanding ; Second Division, Brig.-Gen. Nathan
Kimball commanding ; Sixteenth Army Corps,
Major-Geueral Hurlbnt commanding ; thence
to Memphis, and embarked for Vicksburg, land-
ing at Haines' Bluff June 2 ; embarked for
Helena, Ark., July 24th ; partiicpated in the cap-
ture of Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 10, 1S63;
marched to Duvall's Bluff and Colonel Richmond
was assigned to the cemmand of the post. On
August 19, 1S64, marched, via Little Rock, to
Pine Bluff; on February 1, 1S65, moved to mouth
of White river ; returned to Pine Bluff June 4th,
and July 12, 1S65, was mustered out.
This regiment participated in the siege of
Vicksburg ; six companies engaged in skirmish
line near Humboldt, Tenn., December 21, 1862,
In capture of Little Rock, Ark., and in the fight
at Clarendon, Ark., June 26, 1864. The mem-
bers of the regiment from Rock Island county
were as follows :
Colonel : Lucius W. Beal, Zuma ; e. May 11,
1865 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as lieut.-col.
Lieutenant-Cblonel : Ezra M. Beardsley, Rock
Island; e. Sept. 4, 1862; res. Aug. 12, 1864;
Lucius W. Beal, Zuma ; e. Aug. 12, 1864 ; pro.
Majors : William W. Wilshire, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; res. July 16, 1864 ; John Morris,
Rock Island; e. July 16, 1864; m. o. July 12,
18G5.
Quartermaster Sergeant: Jacob H. Meehling,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 12, 1SG2 ; m. o. July 12,
1865.
Hospital Steward : Francis L. Piero, Coal
Valley ; e. Aug. 20, 1862 ; pro. assist, surgeon,
3rd Ark. Cav.. March 20. 1864.
Principal Musician : John Orr, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. IS, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Company B
Captains : Henry D. Cline, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Sept. 4, 1862; d. June 21, 1863; Jacob L.
Markle, Buffalo Prairie ; e. June 21, 1863 ; d. at
Edgington, 111., Nov. 11, 1863 ; Brooks R. Hamil-
ton, Illinois City; e. Feb. 1, 1864; m. o. July
12, 1865.
First Lieutenant : Isaac D. Cox, Buffalo
Prairie ; e. June 4, 1864 ; d. June 7, 1865.
Second Lieutenant : Isaac D. Cox, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Sept. 4, 1SG2; pro.
First Sergeant : Jacob L. Markle, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; com. captain.
Sergeants : James R. Underwood, Drury ; e.
Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as private;
George W. Rodgers, Buffalo Prairie ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; James F. Morriss,
Buffalo Prairie; e Aug. 11, 1862; pro. 1st sergt. ;
d. at Memphis Sept. 5, 1863.
Corporals: Nathaniel Tucker, Buffalo Prai-
rie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as pri-
vate; Charles E. Dunlap, Edgington; e. Aug. 11,
1SG2 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt. : Charles K.
Eberheart, Edgington; e. Aug. 11, 1862; d. at
Pine Bluff, Ark., Nov. 1, 1864; Wesley Webster,
Buffalo Prairie: e. Aug. 11, 1862; dis. Dec. 6,
1803, disa. ; Joseph E. Ely, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; William S. Drury,
Drury ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; killed at Duvall's Bluff,
Ark., Nov. 25, 1863; Hezekiah R. McGrew, Buf-
falo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; dis. June 25,
1864. as sergt. disa.
Musicians : William P. Gregg, Buffalo Prai-
rie ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Duvall's Bluff, Ark.,
Dec. 24, 1863; William Tucker, Buffalo Prairie;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65, as private.
Wagoner : Robert Robison, Edgington ; e. Aug.
11. 1862 ; dis. Sept. 4, 1865, disa.
Privates : John Q. Adams, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., Aug.
30, 1863 ; Matthias Agy, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as Corp.; William
Brayton, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Gideon F. Brayton, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11. 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Wm. P. Buchanan, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; dis. July 26, 1864, disa. ; Jacob Bien, Buf-
falo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; David Clark, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; William Conkle, Edgington ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Jacob A.
Carpenter, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1S05 ; Charles T. Darrah, Black Hawk ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Pine Bluff, Ark., Nov. 6,
1864 ; Henry Davis, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Ferdinand Davis, Edging-
ton; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as
Corp. ; William H. Davis, Edgington ; e. Aug. 22,
1S62 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; John T. Disnay. Buf-
falo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12,
894
niSTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
1S65; Achilles C. Drury, Drury; e. Aug. 22,
1S62 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Silas A. Elliott, Buf-
falo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Edwin N. Elton, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp. ; Josepli D.
EdgingtoD, Edgington ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; George Fiiiley, Andalusia ; e. Aug.
11, 1S62 ; d. at Lagrange, Tenn., June 12, 1863 ;
Bardwell K. Fisher, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1S62 ;
d. at Snyder's Bluff, Miss., July 24, 1863 ; Wil-
liam Grimes, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1S65; Samuel Gregg, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Duvall's Bluff,
Arli., Sept. 10, 1863; Andrew Hardy, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Lagrange, Tenn.,
Dec. 27, 1SG2; James Hays, Buffalo Prairie; e.
Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Lagrange, Tenn., Jan. 13,
1863 ; John Johnson, Andalusia ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
killed on steamer Celestia on White River, Arli.,
March 9, 1864 ; John W. Jones, Andalusia ; e.
Aug. 11, 1862; dis. July 11, 1S64, disa. ;
Jacob Knapp, Drury; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m.
o. July 12, 1865; Joseph Kimball, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ;
William Kirkmau, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Kasiier Kaiser, Buf-
falo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 18G2 ; m. o. July 12,
1865; James H. MeXutt, Buffalo Prairie;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Helena, Arlc, Aug. 21, 1863 ;
William Mills, Drury; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o.
July 12, lS6o, as corp. ; Isaac D. Mallett, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865,
as sergt. ; John McLaughlin, Edgington ; e. Aug.
11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Wm. P. McLaugh-
Un, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Daniel G. Moore, Buffalo Prairie ; e. Aug.
11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Simon McGrew,
Buffalo Prairie ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12,
1865; William Patterson, Buffalo Prairie; e.
Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Andalusia, 111., Nov. 25,
1862 ; Joseph Pence, Buffalo Prairie ; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Nathaniel Peck, Edg-
ington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865,
1st sergt. ; William H. Peppers, Buffalo Prairie ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 3,
1862; Martin Y. Kand, Edgington; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp.; John W.
Richards, Andalusia; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865; William H. Re.vnolds, Drury; e.
Aug. 22, 1862; d. at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., Sept
19, 1863; Cornelius Sedam, Buffalo Prairie; e.
Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Thomas R.
Sedam, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865, as Corp.; Peter Sedam, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Henry Seligman, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; John R. Suter, Buffalo
Prairie: e. Aug. 11. 1862; m. o. July 12. 186.'> ;
Jacob Stofer, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 11, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Michael Solenberger, Edg-
ington ; e. Aug. 11, 1S62; m. o. July 12. 1865;
John Tucker, Buffalo Prairie ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
d. at home July 6, 1864.
Recruits : Daniel Bopes, Edgington ; ab., sick
at m. o. of regiment ; John P. Carpenter, Edg-
ington ; e. Dec. 9, 1863; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Wm. G. Carpenter, Edgington; e. Dec. 31, 1863;
m. o. July 12, 1S65, vet. rect. ; Joseph M. Hamil-
ton, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 30, 1864 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; David R. Irwin, Edgington; e. Jan.
27, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Francis M. McCul-
lough, Andalusia; e. Dec. 7, 1863; dis. June 15,
1865, disa. ; Isaiah Powers, Edgington ; e. Jau.
28, 1S64 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Dennis Ring, Edg-
ington; e. Aug. S, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865,
vet. rect. ; Mansfield M. Sturgeon, Edgington ; e.
Feb. 11, 1864; m. o. May 28, 1865; Henry Wal-
lace, Andalusia ; e. Dec. 19, 1863 ; d. at Duvall's
Bluff, Ark., Oct. 8, 1864; Jonas E. Whitne.v,
Buffalo Prairie; tr. to Co. G; George W. Wal-
lace, Buffalo Prairie ; tr. to Co. G.
Company E
Captains : Lucius W. Beal, Zuma ; e. Sept.
4, 1862; pro. lieut.-col. ; Emery Hughes, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
First Lieutenants : Emery Hughes, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; pro. ; Myron Pratt, Cor-
dova ; e. Aug. 12, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : Frederick S. Gates, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; res. July 21, 1863 ; David
A. Phillips, Cordova ; e. July 15, 1865 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865, as sergt.
First Sergeant : Francis S. Cone, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 2, 1862; pro. adjutant.
Sergeants : James H. Raines, Port Byron ; e.
July 16, 1862; dis. Jan. 25, 1865, to take com.
in 69th Colored Inf.; John W. Maxwell, .R^ek
Island county; e. July 16, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865, as private; Myron Pratt, Cordova; e. Aug.
8, 1862; pro. 1st lieut. ; William Br.vant, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. G, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Corporals: Stephen F. Sturdivant, Zuma; e.
Aug. 6, 1S62 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt. ; Sam-
uel W. Schalble, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m.
o. July 12, 1865, as sergt.; Daniel W. Stough,
r
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
895
Kock Island county; e. Aug. 9, 1S62; m. o. July
12, 1S65, as private; William B. Folsom, Cor-
dova : e. Aug. 9, 1S62 ; d. at Humboldt, Tenn..
Maroh 11, 1863 ; James M. Looker, Rock Island
county ; e. Aug. 9, 1S(J2 ; d. at Lagrange, Tenn.,
Jan. 9, 1SC3; Samuel M. Libby, Port Byron; e.
Aug. G, 1S62; m. o. July 12, 1S65; William H.
Cobb, Zuma ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m. o. June 29,
1865, as private ; John Sturdivant, Zuma ; e.
Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Musicisiu : William M. Stoddard, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Wagoner : William Williams, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1SG5, as private.
Privates : Perry Aldredge, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 2, 1862; d. at Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 15,
ISei; Carlos Bowker, Port Byron; e. July 16,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Benjamin F. Beaver,
Zuma; e. Aug. 2, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
William Bischoff, Zuma ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; ab.,
sick at m. o. of regiment ; Jacob Bardonnar, Coe ;
e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Thomas
Bryan, Zuma; e. Aug. 5, 1S62; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; John Buyerly, Hampton ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ;
d. at Lagrange, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1862; Barclay
Brown, Coe ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Robert L. S. Blush, Hampton ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865; Alexander Bomberg, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
John Barrington, Coe ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Ira F. Cook, Zuma; e. Aug. 5,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Myron D. Carpenter,
Zuma ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; dis. Nov. 15, 1862, disa. ;
Elias Clifton, Zuma ; e. Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Harold Cossum, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 6, 1862; d. at Port Byron, 111., Sept. 23,
1863; Peter Conlogne, Coe; e. Aug. 7, 1862; d.
at Memphis July 29, 1S63 ; Delos Dorranee, Port
Byron; e. July 18, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Daniel B. Brown, Zuma ; e, Aug. 5, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Isaac N. Davis, Port Byron; e.
July 31, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Henry S.
Davidson, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Henry Dougal, Coe; e. Aug. 8,
1862; d. at Paducah, Aug. 4, 1863; John Dono-
hue, Coe ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Levi Dillin, Coe ; e. Aug. 13, 1862 ; d. Port Byron,
111., Dec. 21, 18G2; James Ewing, Port Byron;
e. Aug. 13, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Levi Fil-
bert, Port Byron; e. Aug. 6, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865, as corp. ; James P. Hennigan, Hampton ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; corp., d. at Jackson, Tenn., May
10, 1863 ; Luther Hutchison, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
7, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Jasper Holcomb,
Zuma ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; d. at Helena, Ark., Oct.
27, 1863 ; Newton Hubbard, Canoe Cteek ; e. Aug.
9, 1862; dis. Nov. 15, 1862, disa.; Edmund M.
Hollister, Coe; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Samuel Johnson, Coe ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m.
o. July 12, 1865 ; Daniel W. Johnson, Zuma ; e.
Aug. 13, 18C2; m. o. July 12, 1SG5 ; Nicholas
Lindsey, Coe; e. Aug. 5, 1SC2; m. o. July 12,
1865; Alexander Leslie, Coe; e. Aug. 8, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865; Hugh McReynolds, Coe; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp. ; Otis
R. Means, Port Byron ; e. July 30, 1S62 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Samuel W. Mumma, Zuma ; e.
Aug. 5, 1862; d. Helena, Ark., Aug. 23, 1S<33 ;
John H. Munsford, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 6, 1862 ;
d. Helena, Ark., Sept. 6, 1863; Andrew B. Mar-
shall, Coe; e. Aug. 7, 1862; d. on boat. White
River, Ark., Sept. 24, 1863; John O. Maxwell,
Zuma; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Henry T. Martin, Zuma ; e. Aug. 2, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; John W. Moody, Coe; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp.; Darius H.
Owen, Zuma;-&.-Aug,-8, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; AlmoH H. PiHme*, Coe ; e. Aug. 2, 1862;
m. 0. May. 2S,i 1865; as -corp. ; Stephen Price,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 7, 1S62; m. o. July 12,
1865; David A. Phillips, Cordova; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o.. July 12, 1865, 1st sergt. ; com. 2nd
lieut., not mustered; -George Rathburn, Cor-
dova ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; d. Haines' Bluff, Miss.,
July 20, 1863 ; John H. Rink, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
5, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John P. Sham-
baugh. Port Byron ; e. July 16, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; Joseph S. Swank, Zuma ; e. Aug. 5,
1862 ; dis. Nov. IT, 1862, disa. ; James Shannon,
Hampton; e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Abner Shadle, Zuma ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; Edward B. Temple, Port Byron; e.
Aug. 6, 1862 ; d. at Duvall's Bluff, Ark., Sept. 8,
1863 ; Martin Thomas, Hampton ; e. Aug. 8,
1862; d. at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 14, 1863;
William Thuse, Hampton ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Lewis Vasser, Coe; e. Aug. 2,
1862; des. Dec. 13, 1862; Samuel F. Walker,
Zuma; e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Livingston Williams, Zuma ; e. Aug. 7, 1862 ; m.
o. July 12, 1865 ; John Williams, Port Byron ; e.
Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Charles
Weigand, Zuma ; e. Aug. 6, 1862 ; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Amasa Wiggans, Canoe Creek ; e. Aug. 7,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; James M. White, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
896
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Nicholas Wiltermuth, Hampton ; e. Aug. 13, 1SG2 ;
m. o. July 12, 18C5; William H. Worman, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 9, 1SG2 ; m. o. May 28, 18G5.
Recruits: James J. Beale, Rock Island coun-
ty; e. Aug. (!, 1SG2; m. o. July 12, ISGo ; Henry
C. Crawford, Zuma ; e. Aug. 9, 1SG2 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; Edwin X. Johnson, Zuma ; e. Aug. 5,
1S62; des. ; Lyman Leslie, Coe; e. March 17,
1SC5 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Henry P. Naylor, Port
Byron; e. Feb. 11, 1864; d. at Pine Bluff, Ark.,
Jan. 12, 1865; George M. Reed, Port Byron; e.
Feb. 13, 1SG4; m. o. July 12, 1865; Johu H.
Shultz, Rock Island county; e. Feb. 1, 1SG3;
musician ; d. at Duvall's Bluff April 5, 1865 ;
Oscar X. Saunders, Canoe Creek ; ab., sick at
ui. o. of regiment.
Company F
Captain: Samuel P. Towue, Rock Island; e.
Jan. 4, 1S64 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Company G
Captains : Edwin H. Johnston, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 4, 1862; dis. Jan. 4, 1864; William H.
Schriver, Port Byron ; e. Jan. 4, 1864 ; dishou.
dis. Feb. 27, 1S65 ; Gabriel Armstrong, Cordova ;
e. March 30, 1865; m. o. July 12, 1865.
First Lieutenants : William H. Schriver, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; pro. ; Gabriel Armstrong,
Cordova ; e. Jan. 4, 1864 ; pro. ; James C. Flem-
ing, Port Byron; e. March 13, 1865; m. o. July
12, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : Gabriel Armstrong, Cor-
dova ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; pro. ; Leonard Stockwell,
Cordova ; e. July 15, 1865 ; m. o. July 12, 1865,
as sergt.
First Sergeant: James C. Fleming, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; pro. 1st lieut.
Sergeants: Leonard Stockwell, Cordova; e.
Aug.' 9, 1862 ; pro. ; Henry Snyder, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. Mound City, Sept. 20, 1863 ;
Tillotson C. Temple, Port Byron; e. Aug. 15,
1862; dis. July 28, 1863, disa. ; Eli G. Rugh,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865.
Corporals : r>aniel S. Davis, Cordova ; e. Aug.
11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as private; Wil-
liam S. Leidy, Cordova; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Joseph H. Johnston, Cordova;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as private ;
John T. Howard, Canoe Creek; e. Aug. 15, 1862;
d. at Port Byron, 111., Sept. 22, 1S63 ; John Sells,
Cordova ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65, as
sergt. ; James P. Day, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as private; Joseph
Torpin, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, ISCo; Wilson Wreath, Port Byron; e. Aug.
14, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
I'rivates : Daniel Artist, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
12, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John A. Allen,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Abram B. E. Adams, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
14, 1862 ; m. o. .July 12, 1865 ; Levi Bowker, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 9. 1862 ; d. at Little Rock, Oct. 4,
1863; Marcus Bridge. Cordova; e. Aug. 9, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt. ; Samuel F. Ben-
jamin. Cordova ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Helena,
Ark., Aug. 7, 1863 ; John M. Baumback, Hamp-
ton ; e. Aug. 13, 1862 ; musician ; dis. July 16,
1863, disa. ; Washington Brink, Cordova ; e. Aug.
14, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Samuel Cram-
baugh. Port Byron ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; Thomas C. Crandall, Cordova ; e. Aug.
9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp. ; Jeremiah
L. Cox, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; Sandford Cox, Cordova; e. Aug. 12,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Joseph T. Cboper,
Cordova; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
George M. Cox, Cordova ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; John L. Drennan, Cordova ; e.
Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Walter Dauber,
Cordova ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. June 18, 1865 ;
John W. Devinney, Hampton; e. Aug. 13, 1862;
d. at Memphis, Sept. 13, 1863 ; Samuel F. Daley,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 9, 1862; des. Aug. 3, 1863;
James Darrah, Cordova ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; John Discer, Cordova ; e. Aug. 12,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Daniel N. Dutcher,
Cordova : e. Aug. 21, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Israel Free, Port Byrou ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Henry B. Fisher, Cordova ; e.
Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; John Frazier,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 14, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; Hezekiah Fay, Port Byron; e. Aug. 14,
1862; des. Aug. 3, 1863; William Golden, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as
wagoner; Benjamin F. Glunt, Port Byron; e.
Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as corp.;
Daniel Hearl, Port Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862;
ni. o. July 12, 1865 ; Isaiah Halleck, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Simpson
M. Leslie, Port Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Charles Lee, Hampton ; e. Aug.
13. 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Martin Lynch,
Cordova : e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Henry Marshall, Cordova; e. Aug. 12, 1862; d.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
897
at Pine Bluff Sept. 25, 1SC4 ; Volney Morgan,
Hampton ; e. Aug. 14, 1S62 ; m. o. July 12, 1S65 ;
George MeNeal, Port Byron; e. Aug. 21, 1S62;
m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Duane Nicholson, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1S65;
Charles S. Neal, Port Byron; e. Aug. 14, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865; Elias Patton, Port Byron;
e. Aug. 21, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1805; Leonard B.
Powell, Port Byron; e. Aug. 21, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; James Quirk, Cordova ; e. Aug.
14, 1S62 ; m. o. May 28, 1865 ; Thomas J. Roberts,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Charles Ryan, Cordova ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; James Rathburn, Cordova ;
e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John W.
Sample, Cordova ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12,
1S65; Peter W. Shultz, Port Byron; e. Aug. 9,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1805, as musician ; Isaac M.
Smith, Port Byron ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; Harvey Schriver, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as Corp.; Robert
A. Secord, Cordova; e. Aug. 21, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865; Jesse Smith, Port Byron; e. Aug. 11,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Philip J. Shaw, Port
Byron ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; tr. to V. R. C. May 31,
1864; Aaron Smith, Cordova; e. Aug. 12, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Harrison Smith, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 14, 1862; d. at Mound City, Aug. 10,
1863; James H. Stoddard, Port Byron; e. Aug.
21, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Samuel Snyder,
Port Byron; e. Aug. 14, 1862; d. at Duvall's
Bluff, Ark., June 16, 1864; Daniel B. Stout,
Cordova ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Simon Trent, Cordova; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o.
July 17, 1865 ; John N. Williamson, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; John Wool-
heater, Cordova; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; Henry Wolf, Port Byron; e. Aug. 11,
1862; d. at Memphis Aug. 10, 1864; Samuel
Whiteside, Port Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862; dis.
at Davenport, la. ; John S. Wharton, Port
Byron; e. Aug. 11, 1862; d. at Alton Nov. 25,
1862; William Wilcox, Port Byron; e. Aug. 14,
1862 ; dis. Sept. 4, 1864, disa. ; Samuel F. Welsh,
Cordova; e. Aug. 9, 1802; des. April 25, 1863;
Jonas E. Whitney, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
d. at Helena, Ark., Aug. 23, 1863; George W.
Wallace, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1802 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; William H. Ziegler, Port Byron;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1805; Solomon
Ziegler, Cordova ; e, Aug. 9, 1802 ; m. o. July 12,
1865.
Recruits : William M. Brown, Cordova ; e.
Dec. 31, 1803; m. o. July 12, 1805; Pleasant F.
Cox, Port Byron : e. Feb. 11, 1804 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; Judson M. Gaylord, Port Byron; e.
Feb. 11, 1864; dis. July 28, 1864, disa.; Abijah
E. King, Coe; e. March 17, 1865; m. o. July 12,
1SG5 ; Joseph W. Miller, Port Byron ; e. Feb. 13,
1864; m. o. July 12, 1805; Thomas Y. Miller,
Coe; e. March 17, 1865; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Henri P. Reynolds, Cordova; e. Dec. IS, 1SC3;
m. o. July 12, 1805; William F. Smith, Port
Byron; e. Feb. 11, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865;
William W. Price, Port Byron.
Company H
Captains : Thomas Martin, Coal Valley ; e.
Sept. 4, 1862; res. July 11, 1863; William J.
Ranson, Coal Valley; e. July 11, 1803; m. o.
July 12, 1865.
First Lieutenants : David E. Evans, Coal Val-
ley; e. Sept. 4, 1862; res. Nov. 23, 1S04; Wil-
liam B. Edwards, Coal Valley ; e. Nov. 23, 1864 ;
m. 0. July 12, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : Christian Koerber, Coal
Valley; e. Sept. 4, 1862; res. Aug. 24, 1863;
John Holtz, Coal Valley ; e. July 15, 1805 ; m. o.
July 12, 1805, as sergt.
Sergeants : George W. Parker, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 9, 1802; pro. adjutant; William E. Ed-
wards, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1802; pro. 1st
sergt., then 1st lieut. ; William J. Ranson, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; pro. 1st sergt, then
captain ; John Holtz, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. July 15, 1805, as 1st sergt.; com.
2nd lieut., not mustered.
Corix)rals : Daniel T. Jones, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; pro. sergt. ; d. at Clarendon,
Ark., Aug. 22, 1803; James Boyle, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; pro. sergt.; d. at Pine Bluff,
Ark., Oct. 14, 1864; Joseph Wood, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Thomas J.
Murphy, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1802; m. o.
July 12, 1805 ; John T. Lee, Coal Valley ; e. Aug.
8, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as private, made
corporal three times and reduced to the ranks
each time ; Joseph Huskins, Coal '\'alley ; e.
Aug. 8, 1862; d. at Jefferson Barracks, St.
Louis, Mo., Oct. 9, 1863 ; Jonas Jackson, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Privates: William W. Adams, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1805; John A.
Anderson, Rock Island county ; e. Aug. 20, 1802 ;
d. at Haines' Bluff July 17, 1863 ; Henry C. An-
derson, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 10, 1802; m. o.
898
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
July 12, 1S65; Edward Batty, Coal Valley; e.
Aug. 9, 1S62; m. o. July 12, 1865; Thomas A.
Beeny, Rock Island county; e. Aug. 11, 1S62;
ab., sick ; reporteil he died ; William Bland, Coal
Valley ; e. Aug. 14, 1SG2 ; fell overboard from
transport at St. Louis Nov. 21, 1SU2, and sup-
posed to have drowned ; Joseph Buckley, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; dis. Jan. 31, 1863,
wounds ; John M. Bellman, Coal Valley ; e. Aug.
9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Joseph Beardsley,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. IS, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; John Bland, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 11, 1SG2 ;
m. o. July 12, 1S65 ; Andrew Bladel, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; James
Buckley, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 13, 1862; d. at
Duvall's BluCf, Ark., Jan. 19, 1864 ; Murdy Con-
ner, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; dis. March
27, 1SC3, disa. ; John Davis, Coal Valley ; e. Aug.
S, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; William Deisenroad,
Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 1SG2 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Thomas W. Daniels, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 21,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt. ; William A.
Davis, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 11, 1862; dis. Nov.
22, 1862, disa.; John L. Davis, Coal Valley; e.
Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Little Rock Oct. 24, 1863 ;
John Evans, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Edward F. Evans, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; d. at Coal Valley, 111., Sept. 19,
1863, on sick furlough ; Thomas Edwards, Coal
Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; dis. June 14, 1SC5, disa. ;
Andrew Frederick, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ;
m. 0. July 12, 1865, as sergt. ; David Furguson,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 16, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; John W. Gordon, Coal Valley; e. Aug.
11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Hugh Gorman,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1S62; m. o. July 12,
1865; Sylvester Gillman, Coal Valley; e. Aug.
9, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Thomas W. Glenn,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865, as Corp. ; William J. Gahagan, Coal Val-
ley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Wil-
liam Haddiek, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m.
o. July 12, 1865, as corp. ; David Harris, Coal
^■alley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; dis. June 14, 1865, disa. ;
William Howels, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 13, 1862;
ni. o. to date July 12, 1865 ; John W. Jones, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
John O. Jones, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1862;
m. o. May 31, 1865 ; Jenkin Jenkins, Coal Val-
ley ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Wil-
liam Jones, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Thomas John Jones, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John
Kuppler, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ; m. o.
May 28, 1865 ; John Koch, Coal Valley ; e. Aug.
9, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Henry Keenan,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 14, 1862; tr. to V. R. C.
May 21, 1864; Jonathan Laughery, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aug. 13, 1SC2; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Joseph B. Laughery, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9,
1862 ; m. o. June 16, 1865, as corp. ; Isaac Lewis,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 8, 1862; dis. to date July
12, 1865 ; Thomas Lewis, Coal Valley ; e. Aug.
9, 1862 ; d. at Memphis Oct. 21, 1863 ; David W.
Morris, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865, as corp. ; John W. Morris, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865
George Morrison, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862
m. 0. July 12, 1865 ; Thomas Morgan, Coal Val
ley; e. Aug. 29, 1862; des. April 19, 1863
Miebael McCann, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 21, 1863
Thomas E. Morgan, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt; William
McXaughton, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865, as corp. ; Thomas P. McCall, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; d. at Memphis Oct. 8,
1863; Morgan Morgans, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John Orr, Coal Val-
ley; e. Aug. 18, 1862; pro. prin. musician;
James Petty, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9, 1862; d.
Helena, Ark., Sept. 9, 1863; Samuel Pritchard,
Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 18(2 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Joseph Piatt, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Abel Rees, Coal Valley; e. Aug.
8, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Humphrey Richards,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; George Snowden, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 21.
1862 ; d. at Alton, 111., Sept. 30, 1863 ; David Ste-
vens, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; killed at Du-
valls Bluff, Dec. IT, 1864 ; Noble S. Stimson, Coal
Valley; e. Aug. 14, 1862; des. March 20, 1863;
Thomas Sterman, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; William Thomas„Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; David Wil-
liams, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; George Wilson. Coal Valley; e. Aug.
8, 1862; dis. June 14, 1865, disa. ; John G. Ward,
Coal Valley; e. Aug. 21, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; Spencer Wright, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 9,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Joseph Ward, Coal
Valley: e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Recruits : George Fittell, Rock Island ; e. Nov.
16, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Henry Holsworth,
Coal Valley; e. Oct. 4, 1864; m. o. July 12,
1865; David R. Jones, Coal Valley; e. Aug. 8,
\
V
k
HISTOKY OF KOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
899
1SG2; pro. 1st sergt. ; Benjamin Saville, Coal
Valley ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1SG5.
Company I
Captains: Jolin Morris, Bowling; e. Sept. 4,
1862 ; pro. major ; Charles M. Knox, Rock Island ;
e. July IG, 1SG4 ; m. o. July 12, 18G5.
First Lieutenants: Charles M. Knox, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; pro. ; Joseph S. Kelly,
Edgington ; e. July 16, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 18G5.
Second Lieutenants: Brooks R. Hamilton, Illi-
nois City ; e. Sept. 4, 1862 ; pro. captain Co. B ;
Moses Bowen, Bowling; e. July 15, 1865; m. o.
July 12, 18C5.
First Sergeant : Samuel P. Towue, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Aug. G, 18G2 ; pro. Capt. Co. F.
Sergeants : Thomas W. Vincent, Bowling ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862; died at Lagrange, Tenn., Jan. 9,
1863; Jacob H. Mechling, Rock Island; e. Aug.
12, 1862; pro. q. m. sergt.; John H. Clelland,
Edgington ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; dis. May 16, 1865,
disa. ; Alonzo C. Sayre, Bowling ; e. Aug. 15,
1862; dis. Dee. 2, 1864, disa.
Corporals : George L. Carlton, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 6, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1SG5, as private ;
Herman A. Smyth, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 15,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; August C. Schutte,
Illinois City; e. Aug. 12, 1862; dis. Nov. 25,
1863, as private ; disa. ; Joseph S. Kelly, Edging-
ton ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; pro. sergt., then 1st lieut. ;
Moses Bowen, Bowling ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865, as 1st sergt., com. 2d lieut., not
mustered ; John B. Ricketts, Drury ; e. Aug. 12,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, as sergt. ; Howard
Haskell, Bowling; e. Aug. 12, 1SG2; m. o. July
12, 1865, as sergt. ; George Bothell, Rock Island ;
e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865.
Privates : William H. Bean, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 8, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1SG5; Stephen
Brewer, Drury ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Jacinth M. Bruuell, Illinois City ; e. Aug.
12, 1862 ; d. Duvall's Bluff, Sept. 4, 1863 ; Henry
S. Beeney, Drury ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; William T. Beeney, Drury ; e. Aug. 14,
1862 ; Corp., died at Chickasaw Bluff, Miss., June
2, 1S63; Walter Balfour, Drury; e. Aug. 14,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, as Corp.; Andrew
Balfour, Drury; e. Aug. 14, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; William M. Bowling ; e. Aug. 15, 1SG2 ;
died at Cairo, Sept. 29, 1863; Theodore Blanch-
ard, Illinois City; e. Aug. 22, 1SG2 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; Steward H. Bell, Edgington; e. Aug.
22, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Francis Brady,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 22, 1SG2 ; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Joseph R. Cunningham, Andalusia ; e. Aug.
11, 1SG2 ; m. o. July 12, 186.5 ; James R. Criswell,
Bowling ; e. Aug. 12, 1SG2 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
William J. Coulter, Drury; e. Aug. 24, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 18G5 ; Charles A. Carlberg, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 21, 1SG2; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Daniel D. Daxou, Bowling ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Grove Disney, Bowling ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862; dis. July 2, 18G4, disa.; Henry
Eberhart, Edgiugton ; e. Aug. 11, 18G2 ; dis.
March 27, 1863, disa. ; William Erret, Edgington;
e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Haus Fred-
erickson, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; John Farrell, Edgiugton ; e. Aug.
15, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Marvin W. Free-
man, Buffalo Prairie; e. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Thomas H. Gillespie, Andalusia ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; died at Jefferson Barracks, St.
Louis, Mo., Oct. 14, 1863 ; Michael Ilunsaker,
Black Hawk; e. Aug. 9, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Joseph H. Hanawalt, Drury ; e. Aug. 11,
1862; died at Memphis, Nov. 14, 1863; Birl
Howard, Drury; e. Aug. 12, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1S65 ; George W. Hanawalt, Drury ; Aug. 14,
1862; m. o. May 8, 1865; Michael Horen, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 15, 1862; died at Memphis, Aug.
28, 1863; Seth M. Hunt, Rock Island; e. Aug.
18, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Abraham B. John-
son, Drury ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; dis. Oct. 15, 1863,
disa.; George H. Johnson, Drury; e. Aug. 22,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; Michael King, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 22, 18G2; m. o. July 12, 18G5, as
Corp. ; John Kane, Edgington ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ;
m. o. July 12, 1865; Weaver P. Kuhns, Edgiug-
ton ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Robert
Leeds, Edgington; e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865; William Lorance, Drury; e. Aug. 14,
1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Nelson Lundahl, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 22, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
James M. Murray, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14,
1862; tr. to. V. R. C. July 23, 1864; John S.
Mills, Bowling; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12,
1865; Andrew R. Mizner, Rock Island; e. Aug.
21, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; William J. Mat-
lock, Illinois City; e. Aug. 21, 1862; dis. Feb.
14, 1865, as Corp., disa. ; Wilber F. Norris, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 7, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Patrick O'Meara, Edgington; e. Aug. 22, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865; Lewis W. Padget, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 9, 1862; corp., died at Rock
Island, 111., Oct. 25, 1SC3; Clans F.. Paulsen,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 9, 18G2; m. o. July 12,
900
HISTOKY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
1865, as Corp. ; Francis L. Piero, Coal Valley ;
e. Aug. 22, 1SG2; pro. hospital steward; Cyrus
I'arlier, Drury; e. Aug. 22, 1SC2 ; m. o. July
12, 1SG5; Frederic!^ H. Keekman. Edgington; e.
Aug. 11, 1862 ; died at Duvall's Bluff, Aug. 24,
1863; James Held, Bowling; e. Aug. 11, 1862;
m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Carter Stolier, Andalusia ;
e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; dis. Nov. 7, 1863, disa. ; Sylves-
ter W. Sutton, Bowling; e. Aug. 15, 1S62; ni. o.
July 12, 1865; Jacob Street, Edgiugton; e. Aug.
15, 1862 ; d. at Little Roclv, Oct. 19, 1863 ; Charles
F. Solomon, Rocli Island ; e. Aug. 15, 1S62 ;
m. o. July 12, 1S65; Elbert Severns, Drury; e.
Aug. 22, 1862 ; died at Lagrange, Jan. 28, 1S63 ;
James E. Sliinner, Coal Valley ; e. Aug. 20, 1862 ;
dis. Xov. 20, 1862, disa. ; Blair Severns, Drury ;
e. Aug. 11, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; John A.
Shutis, Drury; e. Aug. 11, 1862; ni. o. July 12,
1S65 ; Berrymau Tindall, Bowling ; e. Aug. 15,
1862; m. o. July 12, 1865, Corp.; Benjamin
Vanata, Illinois City ; e. Aug. IS, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; William Warnock, Coal Valley;
e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July 12, 1865; William
H. Wray, Drury; e. Aug. 14, 1862; m. o. July
12, 1865, as corp. ; George W. Wray, Drury ; e.
Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Robert Wil-
son, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; absent since
Aug. 11, 1864, constructing repeating rifle.
Recruits in Company I : Robert Armstrong,
Bowling ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; deserted ; James H.
Brown, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 30, 1864 ; died at
Memphis, April 15, 1865 ; Thomas Campbell,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 8, 1862; shot through leg
at Camp Douglas, 111., sent home ; Harry Clark,
Bowling; e. Aug. 9, 1862; deserted; John Dick-
sou, Edgington ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; deserted ;
Lewis Ford, Rock Island ; e. Nov. 20, 1862 ; m. o.
July 12, 1865; Charles W. Freeman, Black
Hawk; e. Oct. 4, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865;
Michael Fitzsiuimous, Bowling ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
deserted ; Thomas J. Ganley, Rock Island ; e.
Feb. 9, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865; Isaac Ban-
ners, Rock Island ; e. Feb. 3, 1864 ; m. o. July
12, 1865 ; James F. Johnson, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 22, 1862 ; deserted ; Joseph W. Lemon,
Edgington ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ; i-ejected ; William
F. Little, Bowling; e. Aug. 9, 1862; deserted;
James Moloy, Zuma ; e. Nov. 5, 1864 ; m. o. July
12, 1865; William A. Norris, Rock Island; e.
Dec. 9, 1863 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, vet. rec. ; John
Read, Edgington ; e. Oct IS, 1864 ; m'. o. July 12,
1S65 ; Peter N. Smith, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 30,
1864; m. o. July 12, 1865; William E. Trimble,
Rock Island; e. Feb. 6, 1S64; m. o. July 12,
1865; Eli Waterhouse, Rock Island; e. Jan. 21,
1864; m. o. July 12, 1865; Cornelius Wolcott,
Black Hawk ; e. Oct. 4, 1864 ; m. o. July 12,
1865; James C. Woodin, Rock Island; e. Dec.
9, 1863; m. o. July 12, 1865; William Walsh,
Bowling; e. Aug. 11, 1862; deserted.
Unassigned recruits of the regiment: Robert
J. Caruth, Black Hawk; e. Oct. 4, 1S64 ; died
at Camp Butler, Dec. 11, 1S64 ; James Cowley.
Richland Grove; e. Nov. 9, 1S<j4; John Griswold,
Rock Island; e. Jan. 5, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
Company B
George A. Merrifield, Moline ; e. Aug. 21, 1862 ;
m. o. June 5, 1865, as sergt. ; William J. Robison,
Rock Island c-ouuty ; e. Aug. 15, 1S62 ; wounded ;
m. o. June 5, 1865, as 1st sergt.
ONE HUNDBED AND TWENTY-NINTH ILLINOIS VOLUN-
TEER INFANTRY
The above mentioned regiment was organized
at Pontiac, 111., in August, 1862, by Col. George
P. Smith and was mustered into the service Sep-
tember 8th, and of this regiment one company
was from Rock Island county. The regiment
left Pontiac on September 22nd, with 927 officers
and men, and reported at Louisville, Ky. On
October 3rd it was sent in pursuit of Bragg's
army to Crab Orchard and participated in the
engagement at that point. On October 17th, the
brigade was transferred to the Tenth Division,
Brigadier-General R. S. Granger commanding,
and was transferred to Bowling Green, Ky.,
and later to Mitchelville, Ky., where from the
middle of December, 1862, to the first of June,
1863, the command guarded the railroad from
Bowling Green to Gallatin, Tenn., and during
that period there were frequent skirmishes with
the enemy. This service was extra hazardous
as the attacking parties were usually guerrilla
bands acting without due authority and noted for
their cruelty. From June 1st until August
22nd, the command garrisoned Fort Thomas at
Gallatin which was threatened by John Morgan's
command. General Morgan did approach within
eight miles of the fort, but retreated. On
August 22nd, the command took up the line of
march for Nashville, Tenn., where it remained
in garrison until Februar.v 24. 1864, when it was
sent to the vicinity of Chattanooga, having in
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
901
the meanwhile been made a portion of the First
Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps.
On May 3, 1SC4, this command left with General
Sherman's army for Atlanta, and during this
campaign took part in the battles of Eesaca,
Buzzard's Roost, Lost Mountain, Dallas, Peach
Tree Creek and others of less importance in the
vicinity of Atlanta. One of the positions occupied
by this regiment was at the bomb proof works
at the railroad crossing which was so near the
enemy's fort that it was necessary to maintain a
guard to protect the Union men from the sharp-
shooters on the other side. At the evacuation
of Atlanta the regiment entered the city and
from there went on with the army in the march
to the sea, taking part in the subsequent cam-
paign in the Carolinas, being in the battles of
Averysboro and Bentonville. It was also in the
Grand Review at Washington, from whence it
went to Chicago and was discharged June 10,
1S65. The members of this regiment from Rock
Island county were :
Principal Musicians : Robert King, Moline ; e.
Aug. 11, 1S62; dis. March 22, 1S63; Henry
Baumback, Hampton ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o.
June S, 1SG5.
Company K
Captains : Wolf H. Anderson, Moline ; e. Sept.
8, 1S62 ; des. April 19, 1S63 ; Albert Lamb, Mo-
line ; e. April 19, 1S63 ; dis. Dec. 27, 1S64 ; Charles
Margraff, Moline; e. April 20, 1S65; m. o. June
8, 1865.
First Lieutenants: James Chapman, Moline;
e. Sept. S, 1802; res. Feb. 15, 1864; Charles
Margraff, Moline ; e. Feb. 15, 1864 ; pro. ; Lorenzo
D. Hoover, Moline ; e. April 20, 1865 ; m. o. June
8, 1S65.
Second Lieutentints : Albert Lamb, Moline ; e.
Sept. 8, 1862; pro.; Charles Margraff, Moline;
e. April 19, 1863; pro.
First Sergeant: Charles Margraff, Moline; e.
Aug. 4, 1862 ; pro. 2d lieut.
Sergeants : Lorenzo D. Hoover, Moline ; e. Aug.
11, 1862 ; pro. 1st sergt. and 1st lieut. ; Hiram
Ely, Moline ; e. Aug. 12, 1862 ; m. o. June 6, 1865,
as private ; George W. Porter, Moline ; e. Aug. 15,
1S62 ; absent sick at m. o. of regt. ; Christopher
Range, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. June 8,
1865, as private.
Corporals : William Edelman, Hampton ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862 ; reduced to ranks at his own re-
quest, wounded and leg amputated ; Henry F.
Dibbern, Moline; e. Aug. 5, 1862, sergt, died of
wounds; Philip AYilteruiooth, Hampton; e. Aug.
15, 1862 ; reduced' to ranks at own request, absent
wounded at m. o. regt. ; George A. Hoffman, Rock
Island; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. June 8, 1865, as
private ; George Kay, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ;
sergt, killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20,
1864; William H. Frels, Hampton; e. Aug. 15,
1862 ; private, died of wounds at Nashville,
Tenn. ; Frederick Frels, Hampton ; e. Aug. 15,
1862; m. o. June 8, 1865; Thomas B. Vantuyl,
Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862; dis. May 11, 1865, as
sergt., for disa.
Privates : Harlow Barber, Moline ; e. Aug. 5,
1862 ; m. o. June 8, 1865, as 1st sergt. ; Henry
Bomback, Hampton; e. Aug. 12, 1862; pro. fife
major ; John P. Brown, Hampton ; e. Aug. 12,
1862; died at Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 25, 1864;
Joseph Caley, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862; dis.
May 25, 1865, on account of wounds ; Corinth P.
Curtis, Moline ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; m. o. June 8,
1865, as Corp. ; George Dawson, Moline ; e. Aug.
15, 1862 ; m. o. June 8, 1865, as Corp. ; John H.
Ely, Moline; e. Aug. 12, 1862; dis. Oct 19,
1862, disa. ; Joseph Frazier, Moline ; e. Aug. 5,
1862 ; died at Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 29, 1862 ;
James Forrest. Moline ; e. Aug. 13, 1802 ; died,
wounds received at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1, 1864 ;
Lucas Fox, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1802 ; deserted
May 29, 1863 ; Joseph Fermbach, Moline ; e. Aug.
15, 1862 ; dis. May 5, 1863, disa. ; Andrew Glapp,
Hampton; e. Aug. 4, 1862; m. o. June 8, 1865;
John Griffin, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o.
June 8, 1865, as corp. ; John Graves, Moline ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862 : ra. o. June 8, 1865, as corp. ; Wil-
liam GrifBn, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; dis. May
25, 1863, disa. ; William Knapp, Hampton ; e.
Aug. 15, 1862 ; dis. Dec. 17, 1862, disa. ; John W.
King, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; absent sick at
m. o. of regt. ; Simon Koch, Hampton ; e. Aug.
15, 1862; m. o. June 8, 1865; Robert M. King,
Moline ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ; pro. drum major ; John
C. King, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; dis. Aug. 31,
1863, disa. ; Alexander King, Moline ; e. Aug. 11,
1802; Corp., killed at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.,
July 20, 1864; Austin Lathrop, Moline; e. Aug.
5, 1862 ; m. o. June 8, 1865 ; John Langton, Mo-
line; e. Aug. 15, 1862; tr. to Inv. Corps, Feb.
6, 1864 ; Christopher Matteson, Moline ; e. Aug.
11, 1862; dis. April 26, 1863, as Corp., disa.;
Anthony E. Mapes, Moline ; e. Aug. 13, 1862 ;
absent, sick at m. o. of regt. ; Valentine Mock,
Hampton ; e. Aug. 14, 1802 ; killed at Peach Tree
902
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Creek, Ga , on July 20, 1S64 ; AVilliam Maxwell,
Jloline ; e. Aug. 15, 1S62 ; dis. April 18, 1863, as
Corp. ; Isaiah Osbom, Moline ; e. Aug. 9, 1862
m. o. June 8, 1865 ; William Ottoman, Rock
Island ; e. Aug. 9, 1862 ; deserted Oct 21, 1862
Alfred A. Posten. Moline: e. Aug. 9, 1862; dis
March 21, 1S63, disa.; "William W. Propst, Hamp
ton; e. Aug. 12, 1862; dis. Oct. 3, 1862, disa.
Thomas Perry, Moline ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o.
June S, 1S65, as corp. ; Adam Ranch, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Aug. 15, 1SC2 ; m. o. June 8, 1865 ; George
Sheavals, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862; m. o. July
10, 1865 ; William M. Scott, Moline ; e. Aug. 15,
1862 ; Corp., died at Bridgeport, Ala., March 21,
1864; John Schuman, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1S62;
June 22. 1865 ; Robert Sedgewick, Moline ; e.
Aug. 22. 1862 ; James Sedgewick, Moline ; e. Aug.
22, 1862 ; Lyman Wood, Moline ; e. Aug. 11, 1862 ;
dis. April 26, 1863 as Corp., disa. ; Thomas Wil-
son, Moline ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; m. o. to date July
12, 1865, as prisoner of war ; Jacob Wilbur, Mo-
line ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o. June 8, 1865, as
Corp. ; James W. Waggoner, Moline ; e. Aug. 15,
1862 ; absent with leave at m. o. of the regiment.
Recruit of Company K : Henry McClintock,
Moline ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; tr. to Co. A, 16th 111. Inf.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND HXIKOIS VOLUN-
TEER INFANTRY
The above regiment was organized at Camp
Fry, Chicago, by Colonel Thomas J. Pickett and
was mustered in for 100 days' service June 1,
1864, being moved on the 0th to Columbus, Ky.,
and later to Paducah, where it remained until
the expiration of service, when it was moved
to Chicago and there mustered out October 17,
1864. The members of this regiment from Rock
Island county were as follows:
Colonel : Thomas P. Pickett, Moline ; e. June
1. 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Surgeon : Robert F. Baker, Moline ; e. June 1,
1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Company H
Captain : Luke E. Hemenway, Moline ; e. May
14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
First Lieutenant : Henry Harwood, Moline ;
e. May 14, 1S64; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Second Lieutenant : George Schermerhorn,
Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
First Sergeant : John Hastie, Moline ; e. May
14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1S64.
Sergeants : Joslin M. Haver, Moline ; e. May
14, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1S64 ; Henry A. Lovejoy,
Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Henry R. Coffee, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o.
Oct. 17, 1864.
Corporals : John D. Harrold, Moline ; e. May
14, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1S64 ; William E. Hitch-
cock, Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17,
1S04 ; William S. Bell, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; A. B. Clark, Moline ; e. May
14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17. 1S64 ; Charles E. Hubbard,
Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864, as
private at his own request; Joseph C. Huntoon,
Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Frederick C. Hemenway, Moline; e. May 14,
1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864: Olof Erieson, alias
Olof E. Lind. Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 17, 1864.
Musicians : Addison W. Hastie, Moliue ; e. May
14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Abram Hartzell,
Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Wagoner : Nathan C. Tyrrell. Moline ; e. May
23, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Privates : August Colson, Moline ; e. May 24,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17 1864 ; Andrew Erickson. Mo-
line; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Adam
Fries, Moline; e. May 24, 1S64; m. o. Oct. 17,
18C4 ; John Gault, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o.
Oct. 17, 1864; William Grantz, Moline; e. May
14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Frederick Haver,
Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Patrick Hoffey, Rock Island; e. May 14, 1S64;
m. 0. Oct. 17, 1804 ; George H. Huntoon. Moline ;
e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Milton Alias
Huntoon, Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct.
17, 1S64; Walter, J. Milton, Moline; e. May 14,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; A. M. Hayward, Hamp-
ton ; e. May 31, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Stewart
H. Irwin, Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct
17, 1864; William E. Jackson, Moline; e. May
14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Frank Johnson,
Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Barclay Kunckel, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m.
o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Thomas W. Lennox, Moline ; e.
May 23, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Andrew Lind,
Moline: e. May 24, 1S64; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Peter E. Lind, Moline; e. May 14, 1864: m. o.
Oct. 17, 1864; John Magill, Moline; e. May 14,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; John McCarn or Mc-
Cann, Moline; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17.
1864; William Meredith, Moline; e. May 14,
1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1S64; Lazarus B. Mapes,
Moline: e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864;
Judd Nelson, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
903
17, 1S64 ; Owen Owens, Moline ; e. May 14, 1S64 ;
died at Paducah, July 16, 1S64; Nils Ostergren,
Moline; e. May 14, 1SG4 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; O.
W. Pliares, Moline; e. May 25, 1864; m. o. Oct.
17, 1864; P. L. Peterson, Moline; e. May 24,
1S64; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Edward Parks, Mo-
line ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Jud-
son N. Root, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
17, 1864 ; Pat J. Ryan, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; H. C. Sivard, Moline ; e. May
14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; J. E. Skinner, Mo-
line ; e. May 24, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; James
S. Skipper, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
17, 1864; R. T. Smitb, Moline; e. May 14, 1864;
ni. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Barsel M. Shurtleff, Hamp-
ton ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1S64 ; Michael
Thompson, Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
17, 1864; John D. Tuckey, Moline; e. May 14,
1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; Henry C. Twining,
Hampton; e. May 31, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
Recruits: George B. Pickett, Moline; e. July
S, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864; William Young,
Moline ; e. May 14, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864.
ONE HUNDBED AND THIKTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS IN-
FANTRY
(One hundred days' service)
Company G
Corporals : Elijah Brigham, Cordova ; e. May
18, 1864; m. o. Oct. 25, 1864; George B. Coe,
Port Byron ; e. May 17, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 25, 1864.
Privates : Eugene L^ B. Bigelow, Cordova ; e.
May 17, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17, 1864 ; Wui. C. Zim-
merman, Cordova ; e. May IS, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 17,
1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT ILLINOIS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
(One hundred days' service)
The One Hundred and Fortieth regiment of
Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler
June 18, 1864, and mustered into the United
States service on that date and on the same
day left by rail for Cairo, thence hy boat for
Memphis. From Memphis it marched to Wolfe
river, a distance of thirty miles east, and was
there formed into divisions and placed at differ-
ent points along the railroad between there and
Holly Springs. It remained there about three
months guarding the railroad, after which it
moved to Memphis on guard duty until ordered
to Camp Fry, Chicago, for muster out, which
occurred October 29, 1864. After having given
up their arms, the men were solicited by Ad-
jutant-General Fuller to reorganize and march
through Missouri in pursuit of General Price,
which they did. This trip occupied about six
weeks, when the regiment returned to Camp
Fry, and was finally dismissed after serving
about five months. See the history of the One
Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois for the na-
ture and character of the service of this com-
mand.
Those in the regiment from Rock Island county
were as follows :
Company G
Captain: John H. Williams, Bock Island; e.
May 25, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
First Lieutenant: Edward H. Dailey, Coe
township ; e. May 25, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
First Sergeant : Edwin B. Knox, Rock Island ;
e. May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Sergeants : Benjamin F. Eby, Andalusia ; e.
May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Gilbert C.
Bowen, Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864.
Corporals: George H. Rector, Andalusia; e.
May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Franklin Morey,
Port Byron ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Albert H. Parsons, Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Bailey Kinner, Rock Island ;
e. May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Charles P.
Wood, Port Byron; e. May 3, 1S64; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864.
Musicians : John H. Fisher, Edgington ; e. May
3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Wagoner : James W. Irvin, Edgington ; e. May
3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Privates: Henry Adams, Edgington; e. May
IS, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; George Brace, Rock
Island; e. May 31, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864;
Joseph C. BufCum, Andalusia, e. May 3, 1864;
m. 0. Oct. 29, 1864; George Byerley, Rock Isl-
and ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Mark
Bedford, Coal Valley ; e. May 18, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864; George A. Cobb, Andalusia; e. May 3,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Sidney L. Crenshaw,
Rock Island; e. May 31, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29,
1864; Joseph W. Davis, Andalusia, e. May 3,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Edwin E. DeCamp,
Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Israel Donmire, Port Byron; e. May 3, 1864; m.
o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Augustus Doxsee, Coal Valley ;
e. May 21, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; John N.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Ewlng, Illinois City; e. May 6, 1S64; in. o. Oct.
29, 1S64 ; Archy Enhuff, Port Byron ; e. May 3,
1SG4 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Peter G. Errett, Anda-
lusia ; e. May 3, 1SG4 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1S64 ; Leon-
ard J. Flint, Coe township ; e. May 3, 1S64 ; m.
o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Jacob W. Gardner, Edgington ;
e. May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1S64; George A.
Gardner, Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1S64; David Gelatt, Kock Island; e. May 3,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Parley Harson, Rock
Island; e. May 3. l!S64 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864;
Morris HaniaUer, Hock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1SG4 ; George Hobart, Rock Island ;
e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Charles John-
son, Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1SC4 ; Emory S. Jones, Andalusia ; e. May 3,
1SG4; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; John F. Kenworthy,
Andalusia, e. May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864;
John H. Leas, Rock Island; e. May 3, 1864; m.
o. Oct. 29, 1S64 ; Cassius McKiuley, Coal Valley ;
e. May 21, 1864 ; ni. o. Oct. 29, 1SG4 ; Dennis Mc-
Quinty. Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864: Janaes McMullen, Richland Grove; e.
May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1SG4; William S.
Moore, Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29,
1SG4; John Patterson, Coal Valley; e. May 30,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Seth Parmenter, Edg-
ington ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Kirk
K. Parmenter, Edgington ; e. May 3, 1S64 ; m o.
Oct. 29, 1864 ; Oscar Prescott, Edgington ; e. May
3, 18C4; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Charles E. Rowe,
Port Byron ; e. May 1, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Peter Seville, Coal Valley ; e. May 18, 1864 ; m.
o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Benjamin Seville, Coal Valley ;
e. May IS, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 18G4; Henry
Sands, Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864; Jolin Secrist, Rock Island; e. May 3,
1864; m. o. Oct. 18, 1864; James E. Simpson,
Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1S64 ;
Thomas W. Sinex, Andalusia ; e. May 3, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Joseph Sutton, Bowling ; e.
May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Charles Y.
Sturgeon, Edgington; e. May 24, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 29, 1SG4 ; John Todd, Camden Mills ; e. May
3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1SG4 ; William Trout.
Cordova; e. May 3, 1864; dis. Nov. 20, to date
Oct. 29, 1864; William W. Vansant, Richland
Grove; e. May 3, 18G4 ; m. o. . Oct. 29, 1864;
George W. Wilson, Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Zeba W. Wilson, Rock Isl-
and ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; William
Worthen, Port Byron; e. May 3, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 29, 1864; William Wreath, Port Byron; e.
May 3, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; John Wertsell,
Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Jacob F. Zurbrugg, Rock Island ; e. May 3, 1S64 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Company I
First Lieutenant : William A. DufBeld, Illinois
City ; e. April 28, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Waggoner: Thomas B. Hayes, Illinois City; e.
May 11, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Privates: Hiram Andrews, Illinois City; e.
May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; William Buck-
ley, Buffalo Prairie : e. May 12, 1S&4 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864 ; Edmund Bridges, Illinois City ; e. May
2, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Samuel C.^-pher, Buf-
falo City ; e. May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
John Caswell, Coal Valley ; e. May 18, 1864 ; m.
o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Isaiah P. Drury, Drury's Land-
ing; e. May 11, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29. 18G4; James
D. DeMoss, Drury's Landing ; e. May 10, 1SG4 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1SG4 ; Thomas J. Davis, Hampton ;
e. May 18, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Joseph
Dennis, Coal VaUey ; e. May 18, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1S64 ; David Dennis, Coal Valley ; e. May 24,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Samuel H. Gordon,
Coal A'alley; e. May 10, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29,
1864; Belt Harris, Edgington; e. May 9, 1864;
m. 0. Oct. 29, 1864 ; JIahlon Hains, Illinois City ;
e. May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; William P.
Hanmiond, Drury township ; e. May 23, 1SG4 ;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Hiram B. Lequott. Drury
township ; e. May 22, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Robert Moore, Rock Island; e. May 16, 1864;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; George Robbinson, Illinois
City ; e. May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; John
Struble, Buffalo Prairie; e. May 4, 1SG4 ; m. o.
Oct. 29, 1864; Oliver Shirkey, Drury township;
e. May 24, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Thomas J.
Wood, Edgington ; e. May 13, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864 ; John C. Warnock, Coal A'alley ; e. May
10, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864.
Company K
Second Lieutenant: Coleman Bratton. Illinois
City, May 12. 1864; dis. Aug. 1, 1S64.
Musician : Samuel H. Harris, Edgington ; e.
May 24, 1SG4, dis. for disa.
Privates: Samuel F. Bruner, Illinois City; e.
May 12, 1864; Thomas Brewer, Coal Bank; e.
May 6, 1864; died at Memphis, Sept. 16, 1864;
Lafayette Dueseubury, Illinois City; e. May 12,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Elijah J. Essex. Drury ;
e. May 6, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 24, 1864 ; Truman B.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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Essex, Di-ury; e. May 20, 1S64 ; ui. o. Oct. 29,
1S64; Thornton Gorham, Illinois City; e. May
2S, 1SG4: ni. o. Oct. 20, 18G4 ; John W. Gibson,
Drury township ; e. M;iy 28, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29,
1864 ; David B. Honse, Hampton ; e. May 20,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; William Morrow, Illi-
nois City ; e. May 12, 1S64 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Charles MaePherson, Illinois City ; e. May 14,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Thomas O. McGrew,
Buffalo Prairie; e. May 4, 1804; m. o. Oct. 29,
1864; Joseph W. Malett, Illinois City; e. May
5, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; Henry MaePherson,
Illinois City; e. May 14, 1864; m. o. Oct. 29,
1864 ; James Morehead, Illinois City ; e. May 3,
1864; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; Joseph R. Standley,
Coal Valley ; e. May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ;
Andrew Simmons, Coal Valley; e. May 3, 1864;
m. o. Oct. 29, 1864; James T. Sedam, Illinois
City ; e. May 4, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 29, 1864 ; George
W. Severns, Drury; e. May 23, 1864; m. o. Oct.
29, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOBTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Private: Charles Thompson, Eural ; e. Jan.
20, 1865 ; m. o. July 14, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
This regiment had much experience, was
marched about over the South and kept going
nearly the whole time of service after irregular
bodies of Confederates, starting in at Louisville,
Ky., and finally reaching Savannah, Ga., and
coming home to Chicago, via New York.
Colonel: Hiram F. Sickles, Moline; e. Feb. 21,
1865 ; m. o. Jan. 20, 1866.
Company F
Private: Christopher Lee, Rock Island; e.
Feb. 1, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 20, 1866.
Company I
Private : Florence Ehrmin, Cordova ; e. Feb.
8, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 20, 1866.
Company K
Sergeant: Joseph P. Hayes, Hampton; e.
Jan. 30, 1S65; m. o. Jan. 20, 1866, as private.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
Company E
Privates : Jesse O. Burton, Cordova ; e. Feb. 8,
1865; m. o. Sept. 5, 1865; Roderick Bates, Cor-
dova; e. Feb. S, 1861; m. o. Sept. 5, 1865;
Thomas Moody, Cordova ; e. Feb. 8, 1865 ; m. o.
Sept. 5, 1865 ; Thomas H. Owen, Cordova ; e.
Feb. 8, 1805; m. o. Sept. 5, 18C5; John Reeves,
Cordova; e. Feb. 8, 1865; m. o. Sept. 5, 1865;
Paris ^yhiting, Cordova ; e. Feb. 8, 1865 ; m. o.
Aug. 21, 1865 ; Joseph S. Yerian, Cordova ; e.
Feb. 8, 1865 ; detached at m. o. of regt.
Company G
Private : John Rogers, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
28, 1865 ; m. o. Sept. 5, 1865.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST ILLINOIS
INFANTRY
Company E
Second Lieutenant : William Howe, Hampton ;
e. Feb. 26, 1865; res. June 12, 1865.
First Sergeant : William Howe, Hampton ; e.
Feb. 1, 1865; pro. 2d lieut.
Corporal : William Shupe, Coal Valley ; e. Feb.
11, 1865; m. o. Jan. 24, 1866, as sergt.
Privates : Swan J. Fjelstead, Moline ; e. Feb.
10, 1865; m. o. Jan. 24, 1866; Mathias Keifer,
Carbon Cliff; e. Feb. 1, 1865; m. o. Jan. 24,
1866; Romulus Laughery. Coal Valley; e. Feb.
11, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 24, 1866 ; John Blackstock,
Coal Valley ; e. Feb. 2, 1865 ; m. o. Jan. 24, 1866.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Company A
Private : Alexander E. Grady, Camden Mills ;
e. Feb. 20, 1865 ; m. o. Sept. 4, 1865.
As this finishes the list of members of the
infantry regiments in the Civil war from Rock
Island county. 111., I will state that the One
Hundred Fifty-first Infantry was organized at
Quincy, 111., and mustered into the U. S. service
February 23, 1865, and was composed of com-
panies from various parts of the state, recruited
under the call of December 19, 1864. From
Quincy, it proceeded to Springfield, 111., received
its arms and accoutrements and then left for
Nashville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Dalton, Ga., where it arrived February 13, 1865,
and went on guard duty and scouting. The
151st, 147th 111., 145th Indiana and 187th Ohio
were brigaded and became the First Brigade,
Second Separate Division, Army of the Cumber-
land. On April 23rd, Colonel Woodall was de-
tailed to proceed under a flag of truce to Macon,
Ga., to communicate with Major-General Wilson,
and carry also terms offered to General War-
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ford, for his surrender together with that of his
comuiaud. This mission he executed with credit
and dispatch, and he was couiplimeuted by his
commanding otBcer, Brig.-Gen. H. JM. Judah, who
had relieved Col. H. F. SicUles, and was at that
time iu command of the brigade. On May 2nd,
ordered to proceed ttrst to Resaca, Ga., then to
Calhoun, and then to Kingston, the regi-
ment arrived May 12th, after a most toilsome
march, nevertheless marched into this town
with the precision of regulars, and it was here
it received the surrender of the Confederates
under General Warford, 10,000 men being placed
under parole. The regiments were then distrib-
uted around on the railroad and at Rome, guard-
ing government property, the officers being in
many cases appointed to good stations in Geor-
gia, in the Freedmen's Bureau, and as provost
marshals. Lieutenant-Colonel Snow, on General
Steadman's staff, was detailed as Judge Advo-
cate of a Military Commission, and served until
ordered to join his regiment for muster out.
The regiment saw no fighting except with guer-
rillas. It was mustered out at Columbus, Ga.,
January 24, 1866, and ordered to Springfield,
where it received final payment and discharge
February S, 1S66. These last regiments in the
field in 1SG4 and 1865 took the places of many
thousand veteran soldiers who were sent to the
front to end the war.
CHAPTER XXXIV
MILITARY HISTORY
(continued)
i?(/ John il. Holt
SECOND ILLINOIS CAVALBY
(Three years' service)
Lieutenant-Colonel: Quincy JlcXeil. Rock Isl-
and ; e. Aug. 30, 1862 ; res. Dec. 31, 1862.
Q. Major : Quincy McNeil, Rock Island ; e.
Aug. 6, 1861; pro. Lieut.-Col. Aug. 30, 1862.
THIRD CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT OF ILLINOIS
CAVALBY
Company B
Recruit: Thomas J. Mitchell, Buffalo Prairie;
e. Oct. 13, 1864 ; deserted June 26, 1865.
Company H
Private : William Munson, Rural ; e. March 2,
1865 ; m. o. June 5, 1865 ; Jacob D. Munson,
Rural; e. March 2, 1865; m. o. Oct. 12, 1865;
Manning B. Munson, Rural ; e. March 2, 1805 ;
m. o. Oct. 10, 1865.
L'nassigned recruits : Benjamin C. Coffey,
Rural; e. March 2, 1865; m. o. May 21, 1865;
Phelps Hughes. Coal Valley; e. April 12, 1865;
Eugene McUermot, Coal Valley ; e. April 12, 1865.
rOUIlTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
In August. 1S61, Judge J. Byle Dickey of
Ottawa, 111., was authorized by the secretary of
war to raise and organize a regiment of cavalry
and on September 26th the Fourth Illinois Cav-
alry was mustered into the service and sent to
Springfield, 111., where it was equipped and trans-
ferred to Cairo where it went into camp. Soon
thereafter company A was detailed to act as an
escort on General Grant's staff and remained
with him until August, 1863, being iii the ad-
vance in December, 1861, on Columbus, Ky. The
whole regiment was kept in front or on the flank
of the advancing army. At Fort Henry and Fort
Douelson this regiment took an important part,
only losing one man in the first engagement ;
was also engaged at Pittsburg Landing and
Shiloh, leading the van in the raid on Purdy
and the railroad at that point, and was instru-
mental in capturing a train and destroying sev-
eral bridges as well as destroying a considerable
amount of track. The Fourth was in the ad-
vance when the army moved against Corinth,
and so continued until the explosion of ammu-
nition proved that the city was evacuated. After
entering Coi-inth. the regiment gradually worked
west, reaching Memphis iu August, 1862, from
(Whence it went to Trenton where it remained
until the movement down the line of that road
and the Mississippi Central began. There it
struck Generals Van Dorn and Price near Holly
Springs, following them to the vicinity of Coffee-
ville where Lieutenant McCullough was killed.
Falling back to Water Valley it proceeded
to Bolivar where it remained about three
weeks. This regiment then returned to head-
quarters at Collierville. but in August, 1863, was
ordered from there to Vicksburg. The companies
were there united and remained together until
the expiration of the term of service. It was on
duty all the time at Vicksburg and made forages
far back and below to the Black River as far as
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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Natchez, being keyt bus.v scouring the country
on both sides of the river for wandering bands
of the enemy. In the latter part of October,
1864, orders were received to have non-veterans
proceed to Springfield, 111., to be mustered out.
When the regiment left Cairo iu February, 1862,
there were 1,100 men and when it returned iu
1S64, there were but 340 men, who were mustered
out at Springfield iu November, 1S04.
After mustering out the non-veterans of the
Fourth Regiment, the Twelfth and Fourth were
consolidated, and with recruits made a regi-
ment about equal to what the Fourth had been
when it went into the field at first, and the
regiment was called the Twelfth Consolidated
Illinois Cavalry. The following men were in
the Fourth regiment from Kock Island county:
Commissary Sergeant: Alfred H. Mead, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; d. at St. Louis June
20, 1862.
Company B
Veteran Recruit : William Simmonds, Port
Byron; e. Sept. 2, 1861; des. Feb. IS, 1862.
Company L
Private: Ambrose Storey, Port Byron ; e. Oct.
5, 1801; m. o. Nov. 3, 1SC4, as blacksmith.
Recruit : Columbus Wilson, Cordova ; e. Oct.
3, 1861; tr. to V. B. C. July 1, 1S64.
Company M
Captain : George Dodge, Port Byron ; e. Aug.
24, 1861; res. May 16, 1862.
First Lieutenant : Samuel Allshou.se, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864.
Second Lieutenant : Edward H. Daily, Cor-
dova ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; res. July 31, 1862.
First Sergeant : John H. Parker, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 5, 1861; pro. 2nd lieut. Co. I.
Quartermaster Sergeant : Reuben H. Web-
ster, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov.
3, 1S61, as private.
Sergeants : Alfred H. Mead, Port Byron ; e.
Sept. 5, 1861; d. at St. Louis June 20, 1862;
George D. Moore, Port Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861;
m. 0. Nov. 3, 1864, as 1st sergt. ; William H.
Hill, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; d. on Tennes-
see river March 18, 1862 ; Samuel A. William-
son, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov.
3, 1864.
Corporals : Frederick R. Stewart, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Raynor
K. Iluutly, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1801 ; d. at
Savannah, Tenn., April 1, 1862 ; Arnold J. Mad-
do.\, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov.
3, 1864, as sergt. ; Jerrod Marshall, Cordova ;
e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864, as sergt.
Farrier: William Sanders, Port Byron; e.
Sept. 5, ISGl; dis. July 26, 1SG2, disa.
Privates : James Benjamin, Cordova ; e. Sept.
5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Daniel Bishop, Port
Byron; e. Sept. 23, 1861; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864;
Ellas Clifton, Zuma ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; dis. to
enter naval service; John W. Crambaugh, Port
Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864 ;
John C. Campbell, Zuma ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o.
Nov. 3, 1864; John L. (or D.) Craig, Cordova;
e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864, as farrier ;
David Ferguson, Rapids City; e. Sept. 5, 1861;
m. o. Nov. 3, 1864, as sergt; Paul Gratz, Port
Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861; dis. March 30, 1862,
disa.; George W. Genung, Port Byron; e. Sept.
5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; John Hackerson,
Cordova; e. Sept. 5, 1861; dis. July 30, 1862;
Jasper Havens, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ;
re-enlisted as vet. ; Henry H. Hewett, Port
Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864;
Roderick Justin, Port Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861;
re-eulisled as vet. ; William Jennings, Port
Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861; dis. Aug. 9, 1862;
George Keich (or Keith), Cordova; e. Sept.
5, 1861; d. at Trenton, Tenn., Dec. 13, 1862,
as sergt. ; William Lambert, Port Byron ; e
Sept. 5, 1861; m. o. Nov. 30, 1864; John
Lambert, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Gilderoy Mader, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 5, 1861; dis. May 4, 1863, disa.; John
W. Marshall, Port Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861;
re-enlisted as vet. ; Dempsey C. Mathews, Cor-
dova ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864 ; Medad
Martin, Cordova ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; dis. Aug. 15,
1862, disa.; John H. Philips, Coal Valley; e.
Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Charles Rob-
ert, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as vet. ; Charles Rothneiller, Port Byron ; e.
Sept. 5, 1861; dis. June 10, 1862, disa.; Samuel
S. Smith, Cordova ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enllsted
as vet. ; Timothy Summer, Port Byron ; e. Sept.
5, 1861 ; dis. to enter naval service ; Jesse J.
Spann, Coal Valley ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o.
Nov. 3, 1864 ; Gustavns Stromer, Port Byron ;
e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; William
Shadle, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; dis. April
2, 1862; Clans Stephens, Port Byron; e. Sept.
5, 1861; dis. June 19, 1862, disa.; John Shadle,
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1S61 ; dis. April 4, 1S62 ;
Frederick von Scliueider, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5,
18G1 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Cyrus Van Order, Mo-
line ; e. Sept. 5, 1S61 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Calvin
Williams, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1S61 ; m. o.
Nov. 3, 1S64; Warren N. Wilcox, Port Byron;
e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1864 ; diristopher
Weldrodt, Port Byron; e. Sept. 5, 1861; m. o.
Nov. 3, 1864; David E. Wiggins, Port Byron;
e. Sept. 5, 1861; dis. Aug. 9, 1SG2; Peter Weis,
Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Lyman Talter, Port Byron ; e. Sept. 5, 1S61 ; d. at
Cairo Feb. 23, 1S62.
Veteran : Sergeant : Benjamin M. Oardui'r.
Port Byron; e. Jan. 2, 1S64; pro. 2nd lieut. ; tr.
to Co. C as consolidated.
Privates : James A. Benjamin, Cordova ; e.
Jan. 5, 18G4 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ; George
W. Genung, Rapids City; e. Jan. 5, 1864; tr. to
Co. B as consolidated ; Jasper Havens, Port
Byron ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consoli-
dated ; Roderick Justin, Port Byron ; e. Jan. 5,
1S64; tr. to Co. B as consolidated; John W.
Lambert, Port Byron; e. Jan. 5, 1864; tr. to
Co. B as consolidated; Henry S. Marshall, Port
Byron ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consoli-
dated; John W. Marshall, Port Byron; e. Jan.
5, 18C4; tr. to Co. B as consolidated; Charles
Robert, Port Byron; e. Jan. 5, 1864; tr. to Co.
B as consolidated ; Frederick R. Stewart, Rock
Island ; e. Dec. 31, 1863 ; tr. to Co. B as consoli-
dated; Samuel S. Smith, Cordova; e. Jan. 5,
1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consolidated ; Gustavus
Stromer, Hampton; e. Jan. 5, 1864; tr. to Co. B
as consolidated: Frederick von Schneider, Port
Byron ; e. Jan. 5, 1864 ; tr. to Co. B as consoli-
dated ; Oj-rus Van Order, Moline; e. Feb. 29,
1864; tr. to Co. B as consolidated; Peter Weis,
Port Byron; e. Jan. 5, 1S64; tr. to Co. B as
consolidated.
Recruits : Ruf us K. Daily, Cordova ; e. Nov.
1, 1861; dis. March 31, 1862, disa.
FOUBTH CONSOLIDATED CAVALRY
Company A
Recruit : Edward G Jlead, Hampton ; e. Oct.
6, 1864; tr. to Co. G, 12th 111. Cav.
Company C
(Consolidated)
Recruits: William Bottomley, Hampton; e.
Oct. 6, 1S64 ; tr. to Co. K, 12th 111. Cav. ; Adam
Myers, Zuma ; e. Oct. 20, 1864; tr. to Co. K,
12th 111. Cav.; Mathias Gillman, Richland
Grove ; e. Nov. 29, 1864 ; accidentally killed May
9, 1865.
Unassigned Recruits: Lawrence H. Brennan,
Moline ; e. Sept. 28, 1864 ; James Carey, Moliue ;
e. Sept. 28, 1864; Newton Lyons, Hampton; e.
Oct. 6, 1864.
SIXTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company C
Private: Joseph Jackson, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 3, 1861; re-enlisted as vet.
Veteran : Joseph Jackson, Rock Island ; e.
March 1, 1864 ; m. o. Nov. 5, 1865.
SEVENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company E
Recruits: John L. Dotson, Reynolds; e.
March 3, 1865; m. o. Sept. 25, 1SG5; Joseph T.
Parks, Reynolds ; March 29, 1SG5 ; m. o. Nov. 4,
1865 ; Fred M. Prockcunier, Reynolds ; e. March
3, 1865 ; m. o. Sept. 23, 1865.
Company H
Recruits : Alva E. McLiutock, Edgiugtou ; e.'
Oct. 13, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 19, 1865 ; Charles Pres-
ton, Edgington; e. Oct. 15, 1864; m. o. Oct. 19,
1865.
Company L
Private: Thomas Longford, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 1, 1861; killed at Bird's Point, Mo., Jan.
10, 1862.
EIGHTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company C
Recruit : William Campbell, Milan ; e. Jan.
21, 1864; m. o. July 17, 1865.
Unassigned Recruit: William Collins, Zuma;
e. Oct. 20, 1864.
NINTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
The Ninth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was or-
ganized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, in 1861, by
Col. Albert G. Brackett, of Rock Island, and
by November 30 was mustered into the three
years' service. It left Chicago for Benton Bar-
racks. February 16, 1862, then proceeded to Pilot
Knob, and subsequently to Reeve's Station, on
the Big Black river, being there assigned to
the Third Bi-igade, General Steele's Division,
serving in the southeastern district of Missouri.
It later went to Jacksonport, Ark., and thence
to Batesville. joining the Army of the South-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
909
west, Major-General Curtis commanding. Sliir-
mishes were engaged in at Cache river bridge
and on the Augusta road, the former resulting
in the loss of two men, and June 2, 1SC2. upon
the approach of the Confederate gunboat Maure-
pas, the Ninth fell back two and one-half miles,
when the vessel shelled the late camp with 64-
pounders ; but after it left returned to the
camp. On June 12 the Confederates endeavored
to capture a valuable train near the Waddell
farm, five miles from Jacksonport, but were
defeated by two companies of Missouri cavalry
and four companies of the Ninth Illinois, the
Confederate loss being twenty-eight men, while
the Union troops lost thirteen. On June 27,
1S62, a large force of the enemy attacked a
Government train near Stewart's plantation, but
were defeated with great loss, the Northern
loss being two killed and thirty-one wounded,
among these being Colonel Brackett, Major
Wallis, Battalion Adjutant Blackburn and Cap-
tain Knight. One of the most famous marches
of the Civil war then took place, the whole of
Curtis' command marching to Helena, Ark., dur-
ing which five men died of hardships. The regi-
ment was assigned to Hovey's Division and re-
ceived two small 12-pound howitzers, these later
rendering e.xcellent service, as was shown at
the fight at LaGrange, Ark., where two com-
panies repulsed the charge of two Texas regi-
ments and killed over fifty of the enemy, while
the Union loss was but slight On November S,
1S62, a part of the regiment was in the force
crossing the Mississippi, which succeeded in
heading off Gen. Sterling Price, returning with-
out loss. From Helena the command went to
Duvall's Bluff, then to Memphis, had a battle
at Coldwater, Miss. ; went on to Salem and
Granada, and moved to LaGrange, Tenn., Au-
gust 26. On October S an attack was made on
the enemy at Salem, Miss., and on the 13th
another successful attack was made at Wyatt,
Miss. On November Sth the command moved to
Corinth, went thence to Colliersville ; was as-
signed to the Sixteenth Army Corps ; and in the
battles at Saulsbury and Moscow, Tenn., was
with Grierson and played au important part. In
January, 1S64, the regiment was in the Second
Brigade, commanded by Col. Albert Brackett,
Grierson's Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, and
at Colliersville, with a detachment of Maj. Ira
E. Gifford's troops, took part in a battle with
Forrest's cavalry, which had attacked the Mem-
phis & Charleston Railroad, and defeated the
enemy. On February 11, 1S64. under order of
General Sherman, the regiment moved again
forward, the Union force being commanded
by Gen. William Sooy Smith, chief of the cav-
alry division of the Army of the Mississippi,
with a view of overthrowing the cavalry under
General Forrest. This attempt was unsuccess-
ful, but a large quantity of Confederate sup-
plies were destroyed and the force returned to
Germantown, February 24, 1864. On March 16th
following the regiment veteranized and the fol-
lowing day marched to Jlemphis, whence the
men returned to Illinois on the usual furlough
granted veterans.
Returning to Memphis April 27, 1S64, the
regiment shortly thereafter accompanied Gen-
eral Sturgis to Guntown, Miss., met with a
severe check on June 10th and were forced to
give way, the Ninth forming a part of the rear
guard and losing five killed, twenty-three
wounded and twelve captured, out of 160 men.
Another expedition, under Gen. A. J. Smith,
marched from Saulsbury to Pontotoc, where a
flght took place July 11th, while another en-
gagement was participated in near Tupelo,
July 14th, where the Confederates were badly
beaten. On July loth a severe fight took place at
Old Town Creek, and the expedition then re-
turned to Memphis. During August the regi-
ment had three fights, coming out victorious at
Abbeville, Oxford and Hurricane Creek, and re-
turned to Memphis September 4, 1S64.
On the 30th of September the regiment
marched to Clifton, pursuing the Confederates
under General Wheeler, and then returned to
Florence, where it met the advance of General
Hood crossing the river to Nashville. The divi-
sion to which the Ninth Illinois Cavalry was
attached took part in some hard fighting at
Shoal Creek, Ala., on November 9, 1864, and on
tlie 19th crossed the river and two days later
attacked the enemy near Lawrenceburg, Tenn.,
the Ninth being in the advance. Two divisions
of the enemy appeared and the Ninth was ob-
liged to recross the river. The next important
engagement was at Campbellville, Tenn., Novem-
ber 24th, where, the ammunition giving out, the
men fought hand to hand with clubbed guns.
The Ninth Illinois Cavalry took part in the
fierce battle of Franklin, Tenn., on November
30, 1864, and this battle was described by Secre-
tary Stanton as the bloodiest battle of the war,
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
in proportion to the numbers engaged. I was
there. My time was out that night, and I did
not get into any part of the engagement except
a sliirmi.sh between Spring Hill and Franklin ;
but I will say that it was the only time that
the Fourth and the Twenty-third Army Corps
ever had a chance to fight liehind works, and a
Ijerson could walk on dead Confederates from
the bank of the Harpeth river, above town, to
the bank of the same lielow town, and never
be obliged to step on ground. This is the truth
and can be substantiated by both Union and
Confederate veterans at the present day. The
Union works went around town in a semi-circle,
and our lirigade supported the fort and cross-
ings of the river, while the rest met the enemy
in front, and then we brought up the rear that
night and the following morning moved to Nash-
ville.
At the great battle of Nashville, December
15-10, 1S04, the Ninth Illinois Cavalry belonged
to the Second Brigade, Fifth Division. Cavalry
Corps, and participated in a well-directed charge
upon a redoubt occupied by the enemy, which it
carried, taking 150 prisoners and capturing four
pieces of artillery. It also participated in the
chase which resulted in the destruction of Hood's
army, skirmishing with portions of it at Brent-
wood, on the Franklin turuinke, near Franklin,
and at Rutherford's Creek and Ross' farm. The
Confederates were driven across the Tennessee
river on the night of December 27th, and on
account of Impassable roads and the lack of
supplies it was impossible to follow them fur-
ther. General Thomas, in his order respecting
these military movements, said : "Although
short, the campaign has been brilliant in its
achievements, and unsurpassed in its results by
any other of this war. and is one of which all
who participated therein may be justly proud."
The command moved to Huntsville, Ala., Flor-
ence, Eastport and Gravelly Springs and there
not being a sufficient number of horses to mount
all the cavalry. Hatch's Division was deprived
of its animals. The Ninth was dismounted and
left at Eastport, February 9, 1865, but when
horses were supplied it marched on to luka.
Miss., June 23rd. and thence to Decatur, Ala..
,Tuly 4th, going thence to Montgomery, Selma
and Gainesville. Ala., and was mustered out at
Selma, October 31, ls(j5, and received its final
pay and discharge at Springfield, III. The fol-
lowing are the names of those of the Ninth
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry whose homes wei;e
in Rock Island county :
Colonel : Albert G. Brackett, Rock Island ; e.
Sept 1, 1S61; m. o. Oct. 26, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonels: Hiram F. Sickles, Mo-
line ; e. Feb. 18, 1S62 ; res. Jan. IG, 1SG3 ; Henry
B. Burgh. Rock Island: e. Dec. 10, 1SG3: m. o.
Dec. 4, 1864.
Majors: Hiram F. Sickles, Moline; e. Sept.
24, 1861; pro.; Henry B. Burgh, Rock Island;
e. Aug. 16, 1862; pro.
Battalion Adjutant : TVm. C. Blackburn, Rock
Island; e. April 10. 1S62; pro. capt. Co. A.
Battalion Quartermaster : Joseph W. Brack-
ett, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1862; m. o. April 7,
1862.
First Assistant Surgeon : James W. Brackett,
Rock Island ; e. Sept. 10, 1861 ; res. June 3, 1863.
Chaplain : O. Windsor Briggs, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 25, 1861 ; res. Feb. 23, 1863.
Commissary: JoseiJh W. Brackett, Rock Isl-
and; e. Oct. 1, 1S62; res. April S, 1S63.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Hospital Steward ; Judson S. Root, Moline ;
e. Oct. 1, 1862 : m. o. Oct. 31, 1S65.
Armorer : Thomas E. Le\vis, Edgington ; tr.
to Co. A.
Company A
Captains : Henry B. Burgh, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 18. 1861: pro. major; William C. Black-
burn, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 15, 1862 ; m. o. May
8, 1865 ; Christopher G. Dack, Camden Mills ; e.
May 23, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865.
First Lieutenants : Wm. C. Blackburn, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. IS, 1861 ; pro. ; William M. Ben-
ton. Edgington ; e. April 10, 1862 ; m. o. Oct. 19,
1864 ; Christopher G. Dack, Camden Mills ; e.
March 28, 1865 ; pro. ; George P. Welister, Edg-
ington ; e. Oct. 4, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31 as 2nd
lieut. ; John R. Eberhardt, Edgington ; e. May
23, 1865; res. Sept. 8, 1865.
Second Lieutenants : William JI. Benton,
Edgington; e. Sept. 18, 1861; pro.; David Hil-
lier. Rock Island ; e. April 10, 1862 ; res. March
21, 1865; George P. Webster, Edgington; e. May
23, 1865 ; pro. ; John R. Eberhardt, Edgington ; e.
May 19, 1865; pro.
First Sergeant: David Hillier, Rock Island;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 : pro. 2nd lleut.
Sergeants : William Crawford, Edgington ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 23, 1864, as 1st sergt. ;
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
911
Cliristopliei- G. Dack, Camdeu Mills ; e. Sept. 1,
1S61 ; re-eulisted as vet.
Corporals: Kichard B. Hubbard, Edgington;
e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Sept. 23, 1S64, as scrgt. ;
Sliadrack Wilford, Drury's Landing ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; Samuel D. Cleland, Edgiugton ; e. Sept.
1, 1S61 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; James Kinney, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 23, 18G4.
Bugler : George M. Keller, Rock Island coun-
ty : e. Sept. 1, 1S61 : m. o. Sept. 23, 1861.
Farrier : Fritz Gall, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1,
1861; dis. May 1, 1862.
Privates: Alfred Axtell, Drury's Lauding;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Hiram Bar-
low, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept.
23, 1864; William H. Bates, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 3, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Lewis Buucher,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 1, 1861; d. June 2, 1SG2;
Isaac S. Bean, Edgington ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Henry Bedford, Carbon Cliff ;
€. Sept. 1. 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; James Bed-
ford, Carbon Cliff; e. Sept. 1, 1861; re-enlisted
as vet. ; Clement Bradshaw, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-eulisted as vet. ; William Brown,
Drury's Landing ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; rej. Nov. 29,
1861; William Brigham, Carbon Cliff; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; d. at Mempliis Sept. .5, 1864, of wounds;
Finley Broderick, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
m. o. Sept. 23, 1864; Jacob Burkett, Drury's
Landing; e. Sept. 1, 1861; rej. Nov. 3. 1861;
William Bysant, Carbon ClifE ; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ;
re-enlisted as vet. ; Charles H. Cole, Rock Island ;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; d. River Station, Mo., April 14,
1862 ; John Deitz, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1S61 ;
m. o. April 13, ISCo, as sergt. to date April 8,
1865; John R. Eberhardt, Edgington; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Owen Fulham, Car- .
bon ClifE ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ;
Richard W. T. Gainee, Moline township ; e. Sept.
1, ISGI; m. o. Sept. 23, 1864; Theodore Halbig,
Drury's Landing ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-eulisted
as vet. ; Mark D. Hamor, Coal Town, Moline
township ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 23, 1864,
as sergt. ; Henry Hummel, Edgington ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Frederick Heveling,
Camden Mills ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 23,
1864, as wagoner; Peter J. Heveling, Camden
Alills; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Sept. 14, 1864;
Joseph Kell, Edgington ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; dis.
July 7, 1864, disa. ; Thomas C. Lewis, Edging-
ton ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Joseph
Macauley, Camden Mills ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-
enlisted as vet. ; Daniel Meehan, Rock Island
county ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; John Moore, Coal Val-
ley ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; James
Moore, Coal Valley ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted
as vet. ; Francis H. Mills, Rock Island county ;
e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; William
Pugh, Carbon Cliff; e. Sept. 1, 1861; re-enlisted
as vet. ; John Racy, Coal Town, Moline town-
ship ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Rus-
•sell Rogers, Illinois City ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; dis.
May 28, 1862; David Riddig, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 1, 1861; Swan Swanson, Moline; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; dis. June 4, 1864, dlsa. ; James Stone,
Carbon Cliff; e. Sept. 1, 1861; m. o. Sept. 23,
1864; Noah Smith, Illinois City; e. Sept. 1,
1861 ; re-eulisted as vet. ; Charles Simser, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-eulisted as vet. ;
Peter Strupp, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-
eulisted as vet. ; Joseph Shwalback, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet. ; Philip
Sechrist, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; dis. Dec.
19, 1861; Adam Stewart, Carbon Clife; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; dis. March IS, 1862 ; Charles Tittering-
ton, Edgington ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept.
23, 1864; Samuel R. Vau.sant, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Sept. 23, 1864, as corp. ;
Andrew B. Welsh, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
m. 0. Sept. 23, 1864, as corp. ; George P. Web-
ster, Edgiugton ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as
vet. ; James Walker, Drury's Landing ; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; des. Dec. 25, 1861 ; Frederick Wells,
Coal Town, Moline township ; e. Sept. 1, 1861 ;
m. o. Sept. 23, 1864, as Corp.
Veterans : First Sergeant : Christopher G.
Dack, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1. 1864; pro. 1st
lieut. ; John R. Eberhardt, Edgington ; e. Jan.
1, 1864 ; pro. 1st sergt. and 1st lieut. ; Joseph
Macauley, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865, as Co. Q. M. sergt.
Corporals : William Pugh, Carbon Cliff ; e.
Jan. 1, 1861 ; sergt, d. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13,
1864: Alfred Axtell. Drury's Landing; e. Jan.
1, 1864; m. o. July 20, 1865; paroled, prisoner;
John Dougherty, Edgington ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
sergt., des. July 18, 1865.
Blacksmith : Joseph Shwalback, Rock Island ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865.
Privates : John Arnold, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
1, 1864 ; m. o. July 8, 1865, to date May 30, 1865,
as prisoner of war; William H. Bates, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865;
Isaac S. Bean, Edgington ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865, as Corp.; Henry Bedford, Coal
Valley; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865, as
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
sergt. ; James Bedford, Coal Valley; e. Jan. 1,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1SG5, as Corp. ; Clement
Bradshaw, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1804; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865, as saddler ; James E. Burton, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1, 1SC4; des. Sept. 11, 1805;
William Bysant, Carbon Cliff; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
m. 0. Oct. 31, 1865 ; Owen Fulham, Carbon Cliff ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865, as sergt.;
Wesley A. Giles, Coal Town, Molina township;
e. Jan. 1, 1804; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Tlieodore
Halbig, Drury's Landing ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865, as corp. ; Henry Hummel, Illinois
City; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865;
Thomas 0. Lewis, Edgington ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Francis H. Mills, Buffalo
Prairie; e. Jan. 1, 1804; m. o. July 8, 1865, to
date May 30, 18G5, as prisoner of war; John
Moore, Coal Valley ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July
8, 1SG5, to date May 30, 1805, as prisoner of
war ; James Moore, Coal Valley ; e. Jan. 1, 1804 ;
m. o. Oct. 31, 1865, as sergt.; John Racy, Coal
Valley; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865,
as -wagoner; Charles Simser, Rock Island;
e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865, as
farrier ; Noah Smith, Edgington ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
d. at White Station, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1864 ; Peter
Strupp, Rock Island ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. July
S, 1865, to date May 30, 1865, as prisoner of
war ; Jacob Wagoner, Illinois City ; e. Jan. 1,
1864 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865 ; Golburn H. Way, Cor-
dova; e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. July 18, 1865, pa-
roled, prisoner.
Recruits: John Arnold, Rock Island; e. Nov.
27, 1861; re-enlisted as vet; James E. Burton,
Rock Island; e. Nov. 27, 1861; re-enlisted as
vet.; James M. Bruner, Edgington; e. Oct. 31,
1861; m. o. Sept. 22, 1864; Abi L. Bailey, Edg-
ington ; e. Dec. 20, 1861 ; m. o. June 7, 1865, as
sergt. ; Hugh M. Bell, Drury's Landing ; e. April
21, 1864; m. o. July 8, 1805, to date May 30,
1865, prisoner of war; Franklin C. Bruner,
Edgington; e. April 12, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31,
1865, as Corp. ; Lewis G. Bailey, Black Hawk ;
e. March 9, 1865; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; John
E. Crabtree, Rock Island; e. April 21, 1864;
m. 0. Oct. 31, 1865; William Clererish, Edging-
ton ; e. Oct, 13, 1864 ; m. o. Oct. 15, 1865 ; Frank
Fulsinger, Rock Island; e. Oct. 3, 1801; dis.
Oct. 23, 1802 ; Wesley A. Giles, Coal Town, Mo-
line township; e. Oct. 1, 1861; re-enlisted as
vet. ; Levi O. Gray, Cordova ; e. March 31, 1864 ;
m. o. Oct. 31, 1865 ; Joseph J. Johnson, Cordova ;
e. Oct. 31, 1861; dis. Aug. 25, 1802; John H.
Larue, Cordova ; e. March 25, 1864 ; m. o. Oct.
31, 1865; George A. Lawson, Rock Island; e.
Sept. 22, 1864 ; m. o. June 11, 1865 ; George Mel-
vin, Rock Island; e. Sept. 20, 1861; m. o. Sept.
23, 1864; Michael Murphy, Rock Island; e.
March 30, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; John H.
McKay, Rock Island; e. Sept. 22, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 21, 1865 ; George Melvin, Edgington ; e. Oct.
18, 1864; m. o. Oct. 26, 1805; James Muzzy,
Black Hawk; e. March 9, 1865; m. o. Oct. 31,
1865; William J. McMillen, Hampton; e. Oct.
4, 1864; m. o. Oct. 26, 1865; William P. Neely,
Rock Island; e. March 30, 1804; m. o. Oct. 31,
1805; Caleb Othick, Rock Island; e. March 29,
1804; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865, as corp.; Christy
Patten, Cordova; e. March 25, 1864; m. o. Oct.
31, 1SC5 ; Homer D. Rathburn, Rock Island coun-
ty; e. Dec. 1, 1861; dis. April 7, 1862, disa. ;
John M. Renfro, Rock Island; e. March 29,
1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Alfred H. Russell,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 22, 1864; m. o. June 11,
1805; Andrew Robb, Rock Island; e. Sept. 22,
1864; d. at Paducah, May 1, 1865; J. A. Root,
Moline ; e. Nov. 15, 1864 ; pro. hospital steward ;
George E. Renfro, Black Hawk; e. March 28,
1S65; m. o. Oct. 31, 1805; James H. Stackhouse,
Rock Island county ; e. Oct. 31, 1S61 ; m. o. Nov.
1, 1S64; George W. Stackhouse, Rock Island
county; e. Oct. 31, 1861; dis. Nov. 14, 1802;
Nathaniel Smith, Cordova; e. March 31, 1804;
m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Perry Stricklan, Rock Isl-
and; e. Sept. 22, 1864; m. o. June 11, 1805;
George L. Turner, Rock Island; e. March 26,
1804; m. o. Oct. 31, 1805, as bugler; Nicholas G.
Vansant, Rock Island; e. Feb. 9, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865; Alfred Wallace, Illinois City; e.
Oct. 31, 1861; m. o. Sept. 22, 1SG4; Golburn H.
Way, Cordova ; e. Oct. 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted as
vet. ; Robert Wilson, Rock Island county ; e. Dec.
1, 1861 ; killed at Tishomingo Cr-eek, Miss., June
10, 1804; Joseph S. Wellierer, Rock Island; e.
March 30, 1864; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Philip P.
Williams, Rock Island; e. Sept. 22, 1864; m. o.
June 11, 1865; William J. Wood, Bock Island;
e. Sept. 22, 1864 ; m. o. June 22, 1805.
Company B
Recruits: Henry C. Dimmock, Black Hawk;
e. March 9, 1865; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; Park B.
Gerrard, Black Hawk; e. March 9, 1865; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865; James H. Kirkpatrick, Rock Isl-
and; e. Sept. 22, 1864; m. o. June 8, 1865; Eu-
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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gene Spencer, Black Hawk ; e. March 2S, 1S65 ;
m. o. Oct. 31, 1S65.
Company C
First Lieutenant: Joseph W. Brackett, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 19, 1S61 ; tr. to commissary.
Recruits : George W. Curry, Black Hawk ; e.
March 28, 1S65 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1SG5 ; Joshua
Griffin, Black Hawk; e. March 2S, 1865; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1SG5; Frederick A. Head, Rock Island
county ; e. April 25, 1S64 ; detached at m. o. of
regt. ; James Howardson, Black Hawk ; e. March
9, 1S65; m. o. Sept. 19, 1SG5.
Company D
Veteran : John Johnston, Port Byron ; e. Jan.
1, 1S64; m. o. Oct. 31, ISGS, as sergt.
Recruits : George D. Carter, Coe township ; e.
March 1, 1865; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865; John John-
ston, Port Byron ; e. Dec. 20, 1S61 ; re-enlisted
as vet.
Company E
Recruit : Charles W. Cole, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 1, 1861 ; d. at River's Station, Mo., April
14, 1862.
Company F
Recruit : William Worth, Edglngton ; e. Oct.
13, 1864 ; ab., sick at m. o. of regt.
Company I
Privates : Benjamin Nelson, Rock Island ; e.
Sept. 19, 1S61 ; rej. Jan. 29, 1862 ; Thomas Ward,
Rock Island; e. Sept. 14, 1861; dis. Oct. 22,
1864.
Company L
First Lieutenant : Benjamin D. Galino,
Rapids City ; e. May 4, 1S64 ; res. July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenant : Benjamin D. Galino,
Rapids City ; e. June 20, 1864 ; pro.
Private : Benjamin D. Galino, Rapids City ;
e. Oct. 15, 1861 ; re-enlisted as vet.
Veteran-Sergeant : Benjamin D. Galino,
Rapids City ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. 1st sergt., then
2nd lieut.
Recruits : David R. Callaghan, Black Hawk ;
e. March 9, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865 ; Wm. H.
Middleham, Rock Island ; e. Dec. 16, 1S61 ; m. o.
Jan. 4, 1865 ; William Sage, Black Hawk ; e.
March 28, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865.
Company M
Recruits : Alexander Grant, Edgington ; e.
March 7, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 18G5 ; John Wilson-
holn, Cordova ; e. March — , 1SG5 ; m. o. Oct.
31, 1865; George W. Wilson, Black Hawk; e.
March 28, 1865 ; m. o. Oct. 31, 1865 ; William J.
Woodside, Black Hawk ; e. March 28, 1865 ; m. o.
Oct. 31, 1865.
Unassigned Recruits : Robert Baldwin, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 22, 1864 ; Daniel Brown, Black
Hawk ; e. March 9, 1865 ; George W. Cook, Edg-
ington ; e. Oct. 18, 1864; George Elliott, Black
Hawk; e. March 28, 1865; des. Aug. 7, 1865;
John Gilligau, Rock Island; e. Sept. 22, 1864;
Lucian P. Gibbs, Black Hawk ; e. March 28, 1865 ;
des. Aug. 1, 18G5 ; John Hardiu, Black Hawk ;
e. March 28, 1865 ; des. Aug. 1, 1SG5 ; Hahum B.
Joslin, Zuma; e. Sept. 22, 1864; rej. by the
board ; Charles Miller, Edgington ; e. Oct. 26,
1S64; Charles C. Shepherd, Black Hawk; e.
March 9, 1865 ; Johnson Streeter, Hampton ; e.
Oct. 4, 1864; John Slocum, Zuma; e. Nov. 1,
1864.
TENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company H
Recruits : Cyrus Rush, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4,
1864 ; see Co. H as reorganized ; Sydney H. Ver-
million, Hampton ; e. Oct. 4, 1S64 ; see Co. H as
reorganized.
Company I
Veteran : Philip Allor, Rock Island ; e. Jan.
3, 1864 ; see Co. E as reorganized.
Recruit: Philip Allor, Rock Island; e. Jan.
1, 1862 ; re-enlisted as vet.
Unassigned Recruits : Michael Foley, Rural ;
e. Dec. 2, 1S64 ; see Co. H as reorganized ;
Charles Jones, Black Hawk; e. Oct. 11, 1864;
James Miller, Black Hawk; e. Oct. 11, 1864;
James A. Molgan, Rock Island ; e. Oct. 21, 1863 ;
des. Nov. 14, 1864; John Scully, Rural; e. Dec.
3, 1864 ; see Co. D as reorganized ; Robert H.
Vermillion, Black Hawk; e. Oct. 11, 1864; see
Co. H as reorganized ; Benjamin S. Weiss,
Rural ; e. Dec. 3, 1864 ; see Co. D as reorganized.
Tenth Reorganized Members : Cyrus Rush,
Hampton; m. o. Oct. 10, 1865; Sydney H. Ver-
million ; Hampton ; m. o. Oct. 10, 1865 ; PhiUp
Allor, Rock Island ; m. o. Nov. 22, 1865 ; Michael
Foley, Rural ; tr. to Co. F, reorganized ; des.
Oct. 28, 1865; John Scully, Rural; m. o. Nov.
22, 1865 ; Benjamin S. Weiss, Rural ; m. o. Nov.
22, 1865; Robert H. Vermillion, Black Hawk;
m. o. Oct. 10, 1865.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ELEVENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company H
Recruits: Robert Patterson, Rural; e. April
5, 1865; tr. to Co. K, 5tb 111. Cav., and m. o.
Oct. 27, 1S65; John C. Wright, Rural; e. April
10, 1865.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Company E
Private : Patrick Flemming, Rock Island ; e.
Nov. 23, 1801; Ues. Jan. — , 1S62.
THIRTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
Companies A, G and D
Private : Benjamin Beaver, Port Byron ; e.
Dec. S, 1861.
SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
The Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
was recruited and organized in the fall and
winter of 1862, with headquarters at Peoria,
111. On January 7, 1863, the First and Second
Battalions were organized and February 6th the
Third Battalion. In Febnmry and March, 1863,
the regiment received its horses and eijuipment,
placed under thorough discipline and drilled to
tactics, started for the front March 2Sth and
arrived April 17th at Glasgow, Mo., where it
was brigaded. Two hours thereafter the brigade
started to attack a Confederate force at Celynd,
on the Cumberland river, marching day and
night ; struck the enemy on the 19th and cap-
tured the town, destroying great quantities of
suiiplies. Glasgow was headquarters, and the
regiment was almost constantly in the saddle,
scouting. In June it pursued and attacked Colo-
nel Hamilton's Confederate force near Turkey
Neck Bend, driving the enemy into the moun-
tains of Tennessee and capturing a number of
prisoners, several pieces of artillery. 600 stands
of arms, a wagon filled with supplies and the
connuander's papers. It pursued the Confed-
erate raider. Gen. John Morgan, from July -1th
until his capture, the expedition covering 2.100
miles, took part in many of the skirmishes and
battles on this raid, including the battle of
Buffington Island and the six days' pursuit
thereafter, and in the capture of Morgan him-
self. On August 18th it started on the East
Tennessee campaign, and reached Knoxville,
September 1st, two days in advance of the main
column, capturing the rear guard of the enemy
and a large amount of stores, supplies and
munitions of war. On September 0th, at the
battle and taking of Cumberland Gap. it was
active, and on the 18th pursued Colonel Carter's
Confederate command as far as Bristol, killing
and capturing many soldiers and securing the
Confederate train with a large quantity of arms,
ammunition and supplies. The next day it
drove the enemy through Bristol into Virginia,
continuing to be engaged ou the 20th and 22nd.
On October lltli occurred a severe engagement.
During the siege of Knoxville the regiment
operated outside, continually harrassiug the
Southern troops, and on December 19th, when
attacked by a greatly superior force from Long-
street's command, retreated with such skill that
it inflicted great loss upon the enemy, although
it suffered severely itself. After the siege of
Knoxville, the Fourteenth was closely in pursuit
of Longstreet's forces, and on December 14th, at
Bean Station, the cavalry alone had an engage-
ment, the entire corps of the enemy attacking
and losing 800 men, while another severe fight
occurred the next day. On December 24th the
cavalry was consolidated under General Stui'gis,
and under him a stiff engagement was fought
at Dandridge. On January 30, 1S64, the Four-
teenth alone, out of a large number of regiments
of the corps, was designated to light "Thomas*
Legion" of whites and Cherokees in North Caro-
lina. On February 2ud, with brass pieces, after
following an old Indian mountain trail, it sur-
prised the enemy and killed or captured the
greater part, being complimented therefor by
General Grant in a despatch. On May 27th the
reorganized forces of General Thomas attacked
the Fourteenth, but were repulsed. On June 13,
1864, it started to join General Stoneman's com-
mand, organized for the Atlanta campaign,
reaching the latter on the 19th. On July 27th
it. left Lost Mountain on the famous JIacon
Raid, reached the city on the 30th, and captured
a large number of prisoners. At Sunshine
Church, after a fierce battle with the enemy,
General Ptoneman decided to surrender his
command, but Colonel Capron with the Four-
teenth cut their way through the lines on Au-
gust 3, 1864, when, supposing he had gone be-
yond the enemy, the colonel ordered a halt.
Betrayed by a treacherous guide the Union men,
■who had been without sleep for seven days and
nights, were surprised and were killed or cap-
tured, and those who escaped were hunted by
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
915
soldiers, guerrillas and by citizens with blood-
hounds. They came in singly and in squads for
weeks, one party traveling 400 miles before
reaching the Union lines. The First Battalion
had been detached on this raid, leaving the
command July 29th to make a flank and front
movement. In sixty hours, night and day. it
marched 160 miles, destroying four depots, 500
passenger and freight cars, forty engines, many
miles of track, etc., and the great Oconee bridge,
and several times marched near large bodies of
the enemy. It returned in time to participate
in the great disaster of the 3rd. After this raid
the scattered fragments joined in the line of
battle in front of Atlanta and had the honor
of entering the city with the advance forces.
On September 15th the regiment returned to
Kentucky, where it was remounted and re-
equipped, and November Sth went to Waynesboro
to dispute Hood's advance. On the 29th, while
guarding Duck River Fords, the command was
cut off and surrounded, but cut its way out in
a gallant charge. At Franklin it was on the
rnion left near the town, and Nashville found
it on the right, this battle practically closing
its activities. It was later stationed at Pulaski,
Tenn., and the regiment was mustered out at
Nashville July 31, 1S65, after having marched
over 10,000 miles, and its members returned to
their homes. The members of the Fourteenth
Illinois Cavalry from Rock Island county were
as follows :
Ma.ior: Henry Connelly, Rock Island; e.
June 22, 1S65 ; res. June 27, 1S65, captured.
Hospital Steward: George A. Sumner, Rock
Island ; e. Sept. 21, 1S62 ; dis. July 25, 1S63, for
pro.
Company A
Private: John P. Gabriel, Buffalo Prairie; e.
Oct. 1.3, 1864 ; m. o. July 31, 1S65 ; Levi Smith,
Buffalo Prairie ; e. Oct. 13, 1S64 ; m. o. July 31,
1865; Robert Grant, Buffalo Prairie; e. Oct. 31,
1864; m. o. July 31, 1865.
Company B
Private: Christian Trefty, Bock Island; e.
Dec. 5, 1862 ; captured July 31, 1864, at Macon,
Ga. ; not heard from since.
Company C
Private : Lewis A. Cobb, Rock Island ; e. Sept.
10, 1862; m. o. July 31, 1865.
SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
The members of the Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry
whose homes were in Rock Island county were
as follows :
Company F
Recruits: Thomas Kelley, Rock Island; e.
April 23, 1S64; des., never joined Co.; Sran C.
Orr, Rock Island; e. April 23, 1S64; des., never
joined Co.; Thomas Tierney, Rock Island; e.
April 23, 1864; des., never joined Co.
Company K
Recruit : John Eger, Rock Island ; e. April
16, 1864; m. o. Aug. 19, 1865.
Company M
Private : William Davis, Moline ; e. May 1,
1863 ; d. in Andersonville prison, July 28, 1864 ;
gr. 4150.
SEVENTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY
The Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry was or-
ganized under special authority from the War
Department, issued September 11, 1863, to Hon.
John F. Farusworth, and the rendezvous estab-
lished at St. Charles, Kane county, 111. The
colonelcy of the regiment was offered to John
L. Beverige, then major of the Eighth Illinois
Cavalry, who assumed the work of recruitment
and organization November 15, 186.3. Eight
companies were mustered in January 22, 1864.
and February 12, 1864, the regiment was com-
pleted by the addition of four companies. By
the close of the following April, 650 horses had
been brought in, and May 3, 1864, the regi-
ment moved to report to Major-General Rose-
crans, commanding the Department of Missouri,
at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. There its
equipment was completed and it removed to Al-
ton, 111., and relieved the Thirteenth Illinois
Cavalry in guarding the military prison. Early
in June, following, the First Battalion was or-
dered to St. Louis, the Second immediately fol-
lowing, and both were ordered at once to the
North Missouri District. The First, with Lieut-
C'ol. Dennis J. Hynes commanding, proceeded to
St. Louis, reporting to General Fisk, and the
Second, Maj. Lucius C. Matlack commanding,
was sent to Glasgow, Mo. From this period,
for four months the three battalions were
separated.
The First Battalion was attached to General
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Flsk's staff, and the First Squadron, Companies
A and B, under Maj. H. Hilliard, was ordered
to Weston, Mo., nearly opposite Fort Leaven-
worth, Kas. The Second Squadron, Companies
C and D, remained at St. Joseph, Captain Butts
in command, the duties of the battalion being
mainly escort and provost guard duty. This
continued until September, 1S64, when General
Price invaded Missouri, and late In September
the Second Squadron rejoined the regiment at
Jefferson City, Mo., and took part in the defense
of the city October 6th and 7th. The First
Squadron remained in North Missouri during
the winter and rejoined the regiment in June,
1865. Lieutenant-Colonel Hlnes and Major Hil-
liard had been ordered to the regiment in Feb-
ruary and March preceding, while headquarters
were at Pilot Knob, Mo. From July, 1S64, for
three months. Major Matlack occupied the post
at Glasgow, Mo., with the Second Battalion,
Companies E, F, G and H. The entire detach-
ment was kept busy day and night In scouting,
skirmishing and guarding the United States tele-
graph lines from bauds of guerillas who were
Southern sympathizers. Several small engage-
ments took place, one near Allen, on the North
Missouri road, in July, 1864, one near the
Porsche Hills, and a third near Rocheport. The
reported presence of the Confederate Colonel
Thornton, with 1,500 men. Induced an order
from General Rosecrans through General Flsk
for a movement from Glasgow northward and
westward In search of Thornton, and Major
Matlack moved with his force and others, travel-
ing about 300 miles, but found them not. In
September, 1864, the Second Battalion joined the
regiment at Jefferson City. The Third Battalion
remained at Alton, 111., from July, 1S64, until
late in August, and then moved to Benton Bar-
racks and was fully mounted. Early in Septem-
ber it was ordered to Glasgow, Mo., but was
reordered to Rolla, Mo., and was joined by the
Second Battalion, Col. John L. Beverige com-
manding. It reported to Gen. John McNeil at
Rolla, September 19, 1864, and here commenced
an active and vigorous campaign in which the
movements of the regiment were a unit.
When all communications between Rolla and
St. Louis were interrupted by Price's army and
General Ewing's small force had retired from
Pilot Knob after a brave resistance. Colonel
Beverlge, with the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry,
moved out September 28, and, driving a cavalry
force which appeared near Cuba, reached Lees-
burg, thirty -three miles distant, the day follow-
ing, and rescued General Ewlng, with Colonel
Fletcher (afterwards governor of Missouri) and
their 700 men, from Imminent peril of capture,
covering their return to Rolla. Early in October
the regiment moved from Rolla as a part of
McNelFs Brigade, towards Jefferson City, and
reached there in time to construct defenses and
repeal the attack of Price, October 6th and 7th.
The day following. General Pleasanton arrived
from St. Louis, and organized the entire force
of 4,000 as a cavalry division under General
Sanborn, and Colonel Beverige was placed in
command of the Secoud Brigade, the Seventeenth
Illinois Cavalry, and the Third, Fifth and Ninth
Missouri Cavalry. Major Matlack commanded
the Seventeenth, which took part in the attack
made on Price at Boouville, October 11th. At
Independence, the Seventeenth was deployed on
the left, in support of the Thirteenth Missouri
Cavalry, when the rear guard of the enemy was
attacked and their artillery captured, October
22, 1S64, and at midnight of the same day the
brigade left Independence for Hickman's Mills,
twelve miles distant, where the enemy was
intercepted, and the Seventeenth, forming a
column of Its own, executed a flank movement.
They were about to attack, when orders called
them back to support the main column in front.
Two days after this, the di\-ision. now under
General Pleasanton, captured Major-General
Marmaduke, Brigadier-General Cabel, more than
1.000 prisoners and their arms, including ten
cannon, at Mine Creek, Kas., after a march of
seventy miles in twenty-four hours. The Seven-
teenth, with MeNeil's Brigade, was hurried for-
ward In pursuit of the fleeing enemy, and three
times formed in line of battle, but not until the
last did the Confederates stand their ground,
in an open prairie in the vicinity of Fort Scott,
Kas., October 25, 1864. Every man of the
Seventeenth, which had been chosen as guide
for the entire line, could see and be seen by
the enemy. The lack of forage and the rapid
marching had caused the loss of more than
half the horses, and hundreds of miles were
traveled by some of the Seventeenth on foot.
The brigade was now thinned down to 1.500
men. but moved bravely up to attack a force of
15,000, aud after a short, sharp engagement, an
order came from Gen. Pleasanton for an attack
all along the line. At the word for the charge
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
917
the Seventeenth rnshed forward, and the enemy
drew back while .still the center and right of
the Union line were full a half mile in the
rear. The Confederates, however, escaped over
the Arkansas line, and following this the Vnion
brigade marched to Springfield, Mo. Subse-
quently it proceeded south to Cassville, Mo., and
thence to Rolla, arriving November 15, 1S64.
During forty-three days the Seventeenth had
marched more than 1.000 miles and had lost
COO horses. In January, 1SC5, the regiment
was ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and after being
remounted was ordered to Cape Girardeau, JIo.,
in April. Colonel Beverige was now brevetted
brigadier-general in command of sub-district No.
2, St. Louis District, with headquarters at Cape
Girardeau, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hynes was
placed in command of the regiment. During the
latter part of April the Seventeenth accom-
panied commissioners from Department Head-
quarters with a flag of truce, and aiTauged terms
and plans for the capitulation of the forces of
Gen. Jeff Thompson. Subsequently the regi-
ment occupied detached posts on the Kansas
plains, and returned to be mustered out in No-
vember and December, 1SC5, at Port Leaven-
worth, and was mustered out December 20th and
22nd. The last Important work of this, the
youngest cavalry regiment iu the state, was that
of a detachment accompanying a commissioner
who went to Fort Smith to treat with the
Indians at the great council held in September,
1S65. The service of the regiment was wholly
in the department of the Missouri, commanded
respectively by Generals Rosecrans. Dodge and
Pope. While the regiment was stationed at Pilot
Knob, Major Matlack was ordered to St. Louis
and assigned to duty as provost marshal. From
Cape Girardeau, Colonel Beverige was ordered to
Warrensburg and thence to Kansas City, and
thence to Rolla, Mo. He closed out all the
military in Missouri, south of the Missouri river,
outside of St. Louis county, mustering out the
Missouri troops, supervising the removal of
military stores and subjecting the military to
the civil authorities when the regiment was mus-
tered out. Colonel Beverige, by order of the
secretary of war, was detained in the service,
and presided over a military commission in St.
Louis, for the trial of Confederate offenders
against property and persons of the United
States. He was finally mustered out of the
service February 6, 1S66, having served over
four years. The members of the Seventeenth
Illinois Cavalry from Rock Island county were
as follo\ys :
Company C
Recruit: Robert Burton, Hampton; e. Oct. 4,
ISCl; m. 0. Oct. 4, 1865.
Company D
Bugler: Obers P. Chambers, Port Byron; e.
Oct. 5, 1S63; m. o. Dec. 20, ISOo.
Company E
Recruit : John Anderson, Moline ; e. Jan. 25,
1S64; m. o. Nov. 23, 1S65.
Company L
Captain : Benjamin Harding. Moline ; e. Jan.
26, 1SG4 ■; res. Dec. 10, 1S64.
First Sergeant: Charles McGinnis. Moline; e.
Dec. 1, 1863 ; m. o. Dec. 20, ISGo.
Sergeant: Eli Corbin, Moline; e. Nov. 1, 1863;
dis. Oct. 15, 1865, disa.
Corporal : Richard Bissell, Moline ; e. Oct. 3,
1863 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865, as private.
Teamster: John W. Edwards, Moline; e. Oct.
2, 1SG3 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1S65, as bugler.
Wagoner: Orlando Libb.v, Moline; e. Dec.
4, 1SC3; m. o. Dec. 20, 1S65, as private.
Privates : Jackson Bysant, Hampton ; e. Dec.
26, 1863; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865, as corp. ; Charles A.
Billington, Moline; e. Dec. 26, 1S63; m. o. Dee.
20, 1865 ; William Coltman, Hampton ; e. Nov.
29, 1SC3; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865; Samuel Eignus,
Moline; e. Jan. 21, 1864; m. o. Jan. — , 1S66;
George Grobe, Moline ; e. Nov. 12, 1863 ; drowned
at Owl Creek, Kas., July 28, 1865 ; John Hartsell,
Moline; e. Dec. 24, 1863; m. o. Dec. 20, 1S65 ;
William M. C. Hoon, Moline; e. Nov. 25, 1863;
m. 0. Dec. 20, 1865 ; William Johnson, Moline ; e.
Jan. 21, 1864 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865 ; Charles John-
son, Moline ; e. Jan. 21, 1864 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865 ;
William Maxwell, Moline; e. Oct. 19, 1863;
dis. Aug. 7, 1865, disa. ; John H. Miller, Moline ;
e. Jan. 10, 1864 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865 ; Cornelius
Peterson, Moline ; e. Jan. 21, 1864 ; killed, struck
by lightning, June 8, 1865; John Thompson,
Moline; e. Jan. 21, 1864; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865;
John Williams, Moline ; e. Jan. 21, 1864 ; m. o.
Dec. 20, 1865; Cyrus Wilson, Moline; e. Nov.
9, 1863 ; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865.
Recruits: Alexander Johnson, Moline; e. Feb.
1, 1864; m. o. Dec. 20, 1865; James O. Payne,
Zuma ; e. Oct. 19, 1S64 ; m. o. Nov. 3, 1865.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
XJnassigiied Recruits: Ralph Browu, iXilau ;
e. Nov. 15, 1864 ; William P. McDonald, Zuma ;
e. Oct. 19, 1S64; rejected.
FIBST ILLLNOIS ARTILLERY
Battery D
Privates, Recruits : William Cummings, Rock
Islaud: e. Jan. 1, 1S63; Hartsou Dickey, Rock
Island; e. Jan. 1. 1863; m. o. July 28, 1S65:
Morris James, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1SC3;
dis. Aug. 26, 1864 ; William McGinley, Rock Isl-
and ; e. Dec. 1, 1SG2 ; Paris Wetsel, Rock Island ;
e. Dec. 1, 1862 ; Ward S. Wells, Rock Island ; e.
Dec. 1, 1862.
Battery G
Roliert Tate, Rock Island ; e. March 26, 18C4 ;
m. o. July 24, 1865.
Battery H
Privates: John A. Anderson, Moliue; e. Jan.
29, 1862 ; re-en. as veteran ; Edwin Beery, Mo-
liue ; e. Feb. 2.j, 1862 ; killed at Atlant;i, Ga., July
22, 1864; Henry Wm. Case, Moline; e. Jan. 28,
1862 ; re-en. as veteran ; Nelson P. Charleston,
Rock Island ; e. Feb. 25, 1862 ; re-eu. as veteran ;
Peter Carl Johnson, Moline; e. Jan. 31, 1862;
died near Corinth',' Miss., May 17, 1S62; Axel
Liudman, Moline; e. Jan. 30, 1862; re-en. as
veteran; August Nelson, Rock Island; e. Feb.
25, 1862; deserted; C. G. L. Quillen, Rock Isl-
and; e. Moline; e. Jan. 30, 1862; deserted.
Veterans : Nelson P. Charleston, Rock Island ; e.
Feb. 27, 1864; died on the field, Georgia, Oct.
4, 1864.
Recruit: Henry Woodford, Moline; e. March
25, 1862; deserted.
Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Recruits: John Kelse, Moline; e. Dec. 10,
1863 ; m. o. June 30, 1865 ; Leonard Stahl, Rock
Island; e. Dec. 10, 1863; des. Jan. 5, 1864.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH U. S. COLORED INFANTBT
Privates: Charles Berdoins, Moline; e. Oct. 1,
1864 ; James Fry, Black Hawk ; e. Oct. 5, 1864 ;
Eli Harnett, Moliue; e. Oct. 1, 1864; Lewis Mox-
ley, Moline; e. Oct. 1, 1864; George Oldam,
Moliue ; e. Oct. 1, 1SG4 ; Dave O'Neil, Moline ; e.
Oct. 1, 1864; Henry Rankins, Moline; e. Oct.
1, 1864 ; George Spillman, Moline ; e. Oct. 1, 1S64 ;
Solomon Starks, Moline; e. Oct. 1, 1864; Louis
Troutman, Moline; e. Oct. 1, 1864; Benjamin
Troutman, Moliue ; e. Oct. 1, 1864 ; Steve Trout-
man, Moline; e. Oct. 1, 1864; Jesse Troutman,
Moline; e. Oct. 1, 1804; Moses Yancey, Moliue;
e. Oct. 1, 1864.
EIGHTH KANSAS INFANTRY
The Eighth Kansas Infantry, on its reorgani-
zation, early in 1862, was made up of seven
companies of Kansas men, one company from
Missouri, and two companies from Illinois, the
latter being H and I, raised in the counties of
Rock Island, Mercer, Henry and Whiteside.
These IlUuois men were placed in this regiment
for the following reasons : In the beginning of
1861, Robert H. Graham, proprietor of the
Moline JndcpcndciU, of Moline, was In Rock
Island, and after the news of the firing upon
Fort Sumter, wired the governor of Illinois
for permission to ral.se a cavalry company. Upou
receiving the governor's consent, he returned to
Moliue and soon filled his comiiany and at the
election held soon thereafter, he was elected
captain. The comijauy took boat at Rock Islaud,
lauded at Quiuey, and iwoceeded to Leavenworth,
Kas., were armed and equipped and sent to
Lexington, Mo., which place was being threat-
ened by the Confederates under Price and Vau
Dorn, and there scouted and held the towu.
Captain Graham there met Governor Robinson,
of Kansas, who had been a schoolmate, and
asked him to raise a regiment for him for what
was to be an expedition to go to New Mexico.
Believing that the Confederates would not return
to Lexington, Mo., he returned to Illinois with
a few of his men and started to raise two com-
panies here. A few days after his departure
Lexington was suddenly surrounded, and after
its auimuuition was used up, the Union force was
compelled to surrender to twenty times its
number. Captain Graham immediately went
after his comijany, and meeting it on the road
took his men to the parole camp at St. Louis,
where he secured their exchange. With those
who wished to remain with him, he formed the
basis of two companies, which were fully re-
cruited and started for Fort Leavenworth, De-
cember 3, 1861. There they were mustered into
the service with other recruits from Illinois and
Nebraska, and formed companies H and I, of
the Eighth Kansas Infantry, Captain Graham
being made colonel of the regiment. He had
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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also raised two other companies at St. Louis,
one of -nliieli was traded off, the other becom-
ing Compau.v K. The regiment joined the Army
of the Cumberland, took part in the Buell and
Bragg compaigu, participated in the taking of
Atlanta and the battles of Jonesboro and Love-
joy Station, and came back with the Fourth
Corijs, holding the front line of the Union army
during the battle of Nashville, and was the
first regiment over the works of Missionary
Eidge. It was one of seven regiments of the
heaviest losers in a single battle, and lost over
sixty-one per cent of its entire enlistment of
1,0S1, in Idlled, wounded and missing, nearly all
of the missing having been killed. Of Company
H, nineteen men were mustered out of the serv-
ice, and of Company I, twenty-six. Colonel
Graham during his scouting at Lexington took
a severe cold, which settled on his lungs, bring-
ing on hemorrhages, and finally developing into
quick consumption. On the road south he was
taken from the boat at St. Louis, back to his
father's home at Lima, N. T., where he died
November 11, 1S62. The following members of
the Eighth Kansas Infantry were from Illinois :
Colonel : Robert H. Graham, Moliue ; e. Dec.
1, 1S61; died at Lima, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1862.
Quartermaster : Benjamin B. Joslyn, Joslyn ;
e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Feb. 28, 1862, date of con-
solidation ; Adam Cosuer, Moline ; e. Sept. 1,
1864; m. o. with regt. Nov. 28, 1865.
Surgeons : Oliver O. Chamberlain, Moline ; e.
Dec. 1, 1861 ; res. Sept. 22, 1864 ; Edwin J. Tal-
cott, Spring Hill; e. Dec. 1, 1861; res. Feb. 15,
1865.
1^ Sergeant Major : David P. Trimble, Rock Isl-
W and ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt, Nov. 28,
1865.
Commissary Sergeant : Henry M. Hurd, Spring
Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28,
K 1865.
K Hospital Steward : Edwin J. Talcott, Spring
Hill ; e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; captured at Lexington.
re-en. and then veteraned, pro. assistant, surg.
Major : Henry C. Austin, Rock I.sland county ;
e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865.
Company H
Captains : Edgar P. Trego, Preemption ; e.
Nov. 2, 1861; Idlled in action Sept. 19, 1863;
Chickamauga, Ga. ; Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo ;
e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; ni. o. with regt, Nov. 28, 1865.
First Lieutenants : Frank Curtis, Geneseo ; e.
Nov. 2, 1861; dis. disa., July 6, 1864, wounded
in action Sept. 20, 1SG3, at Chicamauga, Ga. ;
Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo ; pro. capt., Sept.
1, 1864 ; Adam Cosner, Moline.; trans, to q. m.
Sept. 15, 1865.
First Sergeant: Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo;
e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; pro. 1st lieut, July 7, 1864.
Sergeants : Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo ; e.
Nov. 2, 1801 ; pro. 1st sergt., Sept. 4, 1862 ; Wash-
ington Waugh, Moline ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; dis. disa.,
April 28, 1863, at Nashville, Tenn. ; William C.
Gillespie, Viola; e. Dec. 1, 1861; dis. for disa.,
March 15, 1863; Adam Cosner, Moline; e. Jan.
24, 1862; re-en. veteran; John M. Lappeus,
Gene.seo; e. Aug. 1, 1861; died Oct 16, 1863,
wounded at Chickamauga Sei>t. 19, 1863; Jerome
W. Thomas, Geneseo ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; wounded
at Chickamauga, Lovejoy Station, re-en. as
veteran.
Corporals : W. C. Gillespie, Viola ; e. Dec. 1,
1861 ; iiro. sergt., June 7, 1802 ; John W. Lappeus,
Geneseo ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; pro. sergt, Feb. 17,
1863 ; Jesse A. Rodgers, Moliue ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ;
reduced to ranks, June 7, 1862; J. W. Thomas,
Geneseo ; e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; pro. sergt. May 1,
1803 ; Adam Cosner, Moline ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ;
pro. sergt, Sept. 3, 1862; Alexander Johnson.
Moline ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; reduced to ranks Oct.
1, 1862 ; Robert S. Pinkerton, Preemption ; e. Jan.
24, 1802 ; re-en. veteran ; Wm. C. Breckenridge,
Preemption ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ; wounded at
Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863; re-en. veteran.
Musician : Willard W. Nye, Geneseo ; e. Dec.
1, 1861 ; dis. for disa., Jan. 15, 1864, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Privates : James D. Ashenhurst, Pre-emption ;
e. Jan. 25, 1862 ; re-en. veteran ; Ethan Atwater,
fiercer county ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ; re-en. veteran ;
Wm. C. Breckenridge, Mercer county; e. Jan.
24, 1802; pro. Corp., April 8, 1863; Wellington
Bernard, Moline ; e. Jan. 25, 1862 ; pro. corp.,
Jan. 30, 1802 ; dis. disa., Sept. 2, 1803, St. Louis ;
William J. Brown, Linn township. Hem'y county ;
e. Jan. 24, 1862; died of fever. Sept. 15, 1862;
Henry L. Bain, Geneseo ; e. Jan. 25, 1862 ; des.
Leavenworth, March 13, 1802 ; Adam Cosner,
Moline ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ; pro. corp., June 10,
1862; Henri 0. Ford, Moline; e. Dec. 1, 1861;
dis. disa., Oct 18, 1862, at Louisville, K.v. ; Wm.
C. Gillespie, Viola ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; pro. corp.,
Jan. 30, 1862; William Haley, Moline; e. Jan.
24, 1862 ; re-en. Veteran ; Frederick Haines, Mo-
line ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ; m. o. Jan. 24, 1S65, Hunts-
920
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ville; Jolin M. Holt, Moline; e. Dec. 1, 1861;
m. o. Dec. 6, 1S64 ; John W. Hartley, Moline ; e.
Dec. 1, 1861; m. o. Dec. 6, 1864; Alexander
Johnson, Moline ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; pro. Corp., dis.
for disa., Feb. 3, 1863, at St. Louis; John W.
Lappeus, Geneseo ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; pro. corp.,
Jan. 30, 1862; William McCardy, Eocli Island
county ; e. Dec. 1, 1861 ; died Oct. 4, 1863, Chat-
tanooga, wd. at Chickamauga Sept. 19, 1863 ;
Robert S. PinUerton, Pre-emption ; e. Jan. 24,
1862 ; pro. corp., Oct. 14, 1862 ; Jesse A. Rodgers,
Moline; e. Dec. 1, 1861; pro. corp., Jan. 30, 1862,
m. 0. Nashville, Dec. G, 1864, wounded at Chick-
amauga, Sept. 19, 1863; John F. Rodgers, Mer-
cer county ; e. Jan. 24, 1862 ; re-en. veteran ;
Samuel R. Stanley, Geneseo; e. Nov. 2, 1861;
pro. sergt., Jan. 30, 1862; George M. Smith,
Geneseo ; e. Dec. 1, 1S61 ; re-en. veteran, wd. at
Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 18G3; Hezekiah B.
Staples, Moline ; e. Jan. 25, 1862 ; m. o. Jan. 25,
1865, Huntsville; Jerome W. Thomas, Geneseo;
e. Nov. 2, 1861 ; pro. corp., Jan. 6, 1862 ; Wash-
ington Waugh, Moline ; e. Dec. 1, 1S61 ; pro.
sergt, Jan. 30, 1862 ; William E. Wood, Mercer
county; e. Jan. 24, 1862; dis. disa., June 27,
1862; John Waugh, Mercer county; e. Dee. 1,
1861 ; m. o. Dec. 6, 1864, Nashville, Tenn. ; Moroni
Wheeler, Moline; e. Jan. 24, 1862; dis. disa.,
April 16, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn.
Company I
Captain: Henry C. Austin, Rock Island coun-
ty ; e. Dec. 1, 1801 ; trans, to Co. E, to date July
4, 1864, wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863,
captured at Marietta while in charge of detail
of men in rear of regt, with canteens, in sight
of command, July 4, 1864 ; Marion Brooks, Spring
Hill ; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865.
First Lieutenants : Henry C. Austin, Rock
Island county ; pro. capt., Jan. 30, 1862 ; Marion
Brooks, Spring Hill; pro. capt. Sept 16, 1864;
Charles Slawsou, Spring Hill; m. o. with regt.,
Nov. 28, 1S65.
First Sergeant : James O. Brooks, Spring Hill ;
e. Sept 30, 1861; m. o. Oct 7, 1864, Marietta,
Ga.
Sergeants : James O. Brooks, Spring Hill ; e.
Sept. 30, 1861 ; pro. 1st sergt, March 23, 1863 ;
William G. Davis, Moline; e. Sept 14, 1861;
m. o. Sept 14, 1864, at Chattanooga ; Daniel Mc-
Naughton, Spring Hill; e. Oct. 20, 1861; d. at
Spring Hill, Feb. 1, 1865, wd. at Chickamauga,
Ga., Sept. 19, 1863 ; Charles Slawsou, Spring
Hill ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Her-
bert E. Coates, Moline ; e. Oct. 20, 1861 ; died of
disease, Oct. 3, 1862; Robert E. Greenlee, Spring
Hill ; e. Sept. 30, 1861 ; reduced to ranks.
Corporals : Robert E. Adams, Spring Hill ; e.
Oct 20, 1861; killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 19,
1863; William J. Carter, Moline; e. Sept 20,
1861 ; wd. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863 ; re-en.
Veteran ; Herbert E. Coates, Moline ; e. Oct 20,
1861 ; pro. sergt.. May 20, 1862 ; Henry M. Hurd,
Spring Hill ; e. Oct 30, 1861 ; wounded at Chicka-
mauga, Sept. 19, 1863; re-en. veteran; Charles
Slawsou, Spring Hill ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; pro.
sergt., Nov. 15, 1862; Josiah Shepard, Moline; e.
Sept. 20, 1861; pro. sergt., Nov. 15, 1862; dis.
for disa., July 27, 1862, at Cairo, 111.; Wallace
Martiu, Spring Hill; e. Oct 28, 1861; wounded,
Chickamauga, veteran ; John W. Long, Geneseo ;
e. Sept. 30, 1861; wounded Sept. 19, 1863, vet-
eran; William P. Brown, Pink Prairie; e. March
6, 1S64; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865.
Musician : Whorton J. Kiusey, Geneseo ; e.
Dec. 1, 1S61 ; dis. disa., July 27, 1862.
Privates : Robert E. Adams, Spring Hill ; e.
Oct. 20, 1861 ; pro. corp., Jan. 30, 1802 ; Willis M.
Alexander, Spring Hill; e. Oct 20, 1S61 ; dis.
disa., July 17, 1862, at Corinth, Miss. ; Marion
Brooks, Spring Hill; e. Sept 20, 1861; pro. 1st
lieut., Jan. 30, 1862; Henry Brooker, Spring
Hill ; e. Sept. 30, 1S61 ; re-en. as veteran ; James
Boler, Moline; e. Sept. 20, 1861; re-en. as
veteran ; Walker Bangs, Jloliue ; e. Sept. 20,
1S61 ; killed at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1S63 ;
James O. Brooks, Spring Hill; e. Sept. 30, 1861;
pro. sergt., Jan. 30, 1862; Wallace Brewer,
Spring Hill ; e. Oct. IS, 1861 ; m. o. Nov. 8, 1864,
Pulaski, Tenn.; Warren Brewer, Spring Hill; e.
Oct 18, 1861 ; m. o. Oct 18, 1864, Villanow, Ga. ;
Charles Bisbee, Spring Hill; e. Oct. 20, 1861;
m. o. Oct. 20, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn., wounded
at Chickamauga, Sept 19, 1863; Mark Bisbee,
Spring Hill ; e. Oct 20, 1861 ; died of disease at
Farmingtou, Miss., Aug. 10, 1862; William J.
Carter, Moline; e. Sept 20, 1861; pro. corp.,
Jan. 30, 1862 ; William H. Collins, Spring Hill ;
e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Herbert E.
Coates, Moline; e. Oct 20, 1861; pro. corp.,
Jan. 30, 1862; William G. Davis, Moline; e.
Sept 14, 1861; pro. sergt, Jan. 30, 1862; John
R. Corker, Rock Island county ; e. Jan. 25, 1862 ;
pro. q. m. sergt, May 18, 1862; Lucius Fuller,
Spring Hill ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Gaudloop Fitzenmire, Rock Island county ; e.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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Sept. 20, 1S61 ; wounded at Chickamauga, Ga.,
Sept. 19, 1SG3 ; m. o. Sept. 20, 1SC4, Chattanooga,
Tenn. ; Robert E. Greenlee, Spring Hill ; e. Sept.
30, 1S61 ; pro. sergt., dis. for disa., Feb. S, 1863,
Nashville, Tenn. ; Wilson Greenlee, Spring Hill ;
e. Sept 30, 1S61; dis. for disa., March 20, 1S63,
Nashville, Tenn. ; Thompson Gaines, Genesee ; e.
Sept. 20, 1S61 ; re-en. as yeteran ; James E.
Hibbard, Spring Hill ; e. Sept. 20, 1S61 ; dis. for
disa., Nov. 26, 1862, Nashville, Tenn.; Henry M.
Hurd, Spring Hill; e. Oct. 30, 1S61 ; pro. Corp.,
Jan. 30, 1862; Evan Hibbs, Moline; e. Sept. 20,
1S61; died in Libby prison; Samuel B. Hibbs,
Moline ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; died in Libby prison ;
Benjamin B. Joslyn, Joslyn ; e. Aug. 1, 1S61 ; dis.
Jan. 1, 1862, to accept pro. as r. q. m. ; Edmund
Joslyn, Joslyn; e. Nov. 5, 1S61; re-en. as vet.;
Adams G. Johnson, Geneseo ; e. Nov. 5, 1861 ;
m. 0. Nov. 15, 1864, Cairo, 111.; Aaron Kuyken-
dall, Moline ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Whorton J. Kinsey, Geneseo ; e. Dec. 4, 1861 ;
pro. musician ; John W. Long, Geneseo ; e. Sept.
30, 1861 ; pro. corp.. May 1, 1862 ; Seth E. Lang-
don, Spring Hill; e. Oct. 18, 1861; re-en. as
veteran ; Wallace Martin, Spring Hill ; e. Oct.
28, 1861 ; pro. corp., April 2, 1862 ; Byron Majors,
Spring Hill ; e. Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ;
Lafayette Nulnix, Spring Hill ; e. Nov. 1, 1861 ;
re-en. as veteran ; Abraham Metealf, Joslyn ; e.
Sept. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; Charles Mar-
tin, Spring Hill ; e. Oct. 20, 1861 ; re-en. as vet. ;
Myron Majors, Spring Hill ; e. Oct. 20, 1861 ; dis.
for disa., Oct. 23, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. ; Daniel
McNaughton, Spring Hill ; e. Oct. 20, ISGl ; pro.
sergt, Jan. 30, 1862; John L. Noah, Joslyn; e.
Oct 14, 1S61 ; re-en. as veteran, m. o. with regt,
Nov. 28, 1865; John A. Robinson, Moline; e.
Sept. 20, 1861 ; killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept.
19, 1863 ; James Y. Robinson, Moline ; e. Jan. 25,
1862 ; m. o. on det. roll, Springfield, 111., Aug. 12,
1865 ; Charles Slawson, Spring Hill ; e. Sept 20,
1861 ; pro. corp., Jan. 30, 1862 ; Humphrey Spur-
lock, Spring Hill; e. Oct 30, 1861; killed at
Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863 ; Josiah Shepard,
Moline; e. Sept. 20, 1861; pro. Corp., Jan. 30,
1862; Jesse Slawson, Spring Hill; e. Sept. 20,
1861; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept 19, 1863;
m. 0. Sept. 20, 1864, Chattanooga, Tenn. ; Henry
Secres, Spring Hill ; e. Nov. 1, 1861 ; re-en. as
veteran ; Asa Spurlock, Spring Hill ; e. Oct. 30,
1861; died at Columbus, Ky., June 3, 1862, of
disease; Nelson Shepard, Moline; e. Sept. 20,
1861 ; died at Farmington, Miss., July 25, 1862 ;
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Daniel Trapp, Spring Hill; e. Oct. 30, 1861;
re-en. as veteran ; Edwin J. Talcott, Spring Hill ;
e. Nov. 5, 1861 ; pro. hospital steward March 18,
1862; m. o. assist surg. Nov. 28, 1865; Gott-
fried Waltz, Spring Hill ; e. Oct. 30, 1861 ; re-en.
as veteran; Andrew J. Williams, Moline; e. Sept.
20, 1861 ; killed Sept. 19, 1863, at Chickamauga ;
Arthur Welding, Spring Hill ; e. Sept 20, 1861 ;
m. o. Dec. 7, 1864, wounded at Chickamauga,
Ga., Sept. 19, 1863.
Recruits : William P. Brown, Pink Prairie ; e.
March 6, 1864 ; pro. corp. Aug. 1, 1865 ; Moses W.
Resser, Geneseo ; e. March 6, 1864 ; m. o. with
regt., Nov. 28, 1865.
Re-enlisted Veterans — First Sergeants : John
W. Long, Geneseo ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; killed Dec.
15, Nashville battle; William J. Carter, Moline;
e. Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28. 1S65.
Sergeants : Charles Slawson, Spring Hill ; e.
Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. 1st lieut., Oct 21, 1864 ; Wil-
liam J. Carter, Moline ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. 1st
sergt. Jan. 1, 1865 ; Wallace Martin, Spring Hill ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865.
Corporals : William J. Carter, Moline ; e. Jan.
1, 1SG4; pro. sergt, Oct. 24, 1864; Wallace Mar-
tin, Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. sergt.,
Feb. 1, 1SC5; John W. Long, Geneseo; e. Jan.
1, 1864; pro. 1st sergt., Oct 21, 1864, wounded
Aug., 1864, Atlanta ; Henry M. Hurd, Spring
Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. reg. com. sergt., Sept.,
1864; Gottried Waltz, Spring Hill; e. Jan. 1,
1864; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865; James
Boler, Moline ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt,
Nov. 28, 1865 ; Thompson Gaines, Geneseo ; e.
Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. with regt, Nov. 28, 1865.
Privates : James Boler, Moline ; e. Jan. 1,
1864; pro. corp., Aug. 1, 1865; Henry Brooker,
Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt,
Nov. 28, 1865 ; William J. Carter, Moline ; e. Jan.
1, 1S64; pro. corp., Jan. 1, 1864; William H.
Collins, Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with
regt., Nov. 28, 1865; Lucius Fuller, Spring Hill;
e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865 ;
Thompson Gaines, Geneseo ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro.
Corp., Aug. 1, 1865 ; Henry M. Hurd, Spring Hill ;
e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; pro. corp., Jan. 1, 1864 ; Edmund
Joslyn, Joslyn ; e. Jan. 1, 1S64 ; m. o. with regt,
Nov. 28, 1865; Aaron Kuykendall, Moline; e.
Jan. 1, 1864; m. o. with regt., Nov. 28, 1865;
John W. Long, Geneseo; e. Jan. 1, 1804; pro.
Corp., Jan. 1, 1864 ; Seth E. Langdon, Spring
Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; killed at Nashville, Tenn.,
Dec. 15, 1864; Wallace Martin, Spring Hill; e.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Jan. 1, 1864; pro. Corp., Jan. 1, 1SG4; Byron
Majors, Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o. with
regt., Nov. 28, 1805; Lafa.vette Mulinix, Spring
Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; ni. o. with regt, Nov. 28,
1865 ; Abraham Metcalf, Joslyn ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ;
m. o. with regt, Nov. 28, 1865; Charles Martin,
Spring Hill; e. Jan. 1, 1864; ni. o. with regt.,
Nov. 28, 1S65 ; John L. Noah, Joslyn ; e. Jan. 1,
1864; m. o. with regt, Nov. 28, 1865; Charles
Slawson, Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1SG4 ; pro. sergt.
Jan. 1, 1864 ; Henry Secres. Spring Hill ; e. Jan.
1, 1864; tr. to U. S. Eug. Corps, July 21, 1864;
Daniel Trapp, Spring Hill ; e. Jan. 1, 1864 ; m. o.
with regt., Nov. 28, 1865; Gottfried Waltz,
Spring Hill; e. Jan. 1, 1864; pro. Corp., March
1, 1865.
Company K
First Lieutenant: William H. Babcock, Gales-
burg; res. June 28, 18G4.
Second Lieutenant: William H. Babcock,
Galesburg ; pro. 1st Lieut., March 23, 1863.
Sergeant: David P. Trimble, Rock Island; e.
Nov. 25, 1861 ; re-en. as veteran ; David P.
Trimble, Rock Island; e. Jan. 1, 1864; pro.
sergt., major, Dec. 1864.
FIBST lOWA INFANTBY
Company B
Privates: Samuel B. Austin, Rock Island; e.
April IS, 1801; m. o. Nov., 1861, wd. at Wil-
son's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861; Jackson J.
Bridges, Illinois City; e. April 22, 1861; m. o.
Nov., 1861, wounded Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug.
10, 1861; Moses Ethiugton, Drury; e. April 22,
1861 ; m. o. Nov., 1801, wounded Wilson's Creek
Mo., Aug. 10, 1861 ; Charles S. Fox, Drury ; e.
April 22, 1861 ; m. o. Nov, 1861, wounded at Wil-
son's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861 ; James R. Under-
wood, Drury ; e. April 22, 1801 ; same as above ;
David S. Hamaker, Rock Island ; e. April 22,
1801; dis. July 19, 1861, at St Jo, Mo.; Morris
Hamaker, Rock Island; e. April 22, 1861; dis.
July 19, 1861, at St Jo, Mo.
SECOND IOWA INFANTET
Company B
Second Lieutenant: Alfred Bing, Andalusia;
e. April 24, ISGl ; wounded at Corinth, Oct 3,
1862, died of wounds, Oct. 6, 1862.
Corporal: William H. SutlifC, Andalusia; e.
April 24, 1861 ; reduced to ranks Aug. S, 1861.
Corporal : Martin L. Minor, Andalusia ; e.
April 24, 1861; died at Corinth, Jan. 1864;
David Chinn, Drury's landing; e. May 15, 1863;
wounded and captured Feb. 9, 1865; exchanged
and m. o. July 12, 1865.
Company C
Privates: George A. Bell, Moline; e. May 15,
1863; wounded at Fort Donelsou, pro. Corp.,
veteran, m. o. July 12, 1865 ; John W. Blanchard,
Moline; e. May 15, 1803; died at Mound City,
111., Sept. 29, 1861 ; Albert J. Eberhart, Andalu-
sia; e. May 15, 1863; wounded in leg, Corinth,
tr. Inv. Cps., Sept. 1, 1863; m. o. May 28,
1864; Alexander Hayes, Andalusia; e. May
15, 1863; taken prisoner at Corinth, Oct 4,
1862; tr. Inv. Cps., Sept 1, 1863; m. o.
28, 1864; Henry C. Kelley, Andalusia; e. May
15, 1803 ; m. o. Oct 15, 1863, at Lagrange, Tenn.,
to accept promotion ; William Mclean, Andalusia ;
e. May 15, 1863; wounded at Ft Donelson, in
arm and ankle, Feb. 15, 1862, dis. June 13, 1862;
William H. Ro.vston, Moline; e. May 15, 1863;
left leg amputed from wound in knee, Feb. 15,
1862 at Fort Donelson, dis. Nov. 28, 1862;
George W. Sears, Moline; e. May 15, 1863; tr.
to 27th 111. Inf., Oct 1, 1861; Benton P. Wood,
Moline; e. May 15, 1863; pro. to 6th and 4tb
Corp. veteran, Dec. 23, 1863, 2d corp., 1st sergt.,
Jan. 18, 1865, sergt. major. May 26, 1865, m. o.
July 12, 1865 ; Eli Jones, Andalusia ; e. May 13,
1863; m. o. July 12, 1865; Andrew Jones, An-
dalusia ; rejected by exam, surgeon ; David
Jones, Andalusia ; rejected by exam, surgeon ;
Jason Jones, Andalusia; rejected by e.xam. sur-
geon; Arthur Goodrich, Canoe Creek; e. May
4, 1861; wounded at Corinth, Miss., Oct 3, 1862;
John Ross, Andalusia; e. May 13, 1864; tr. to
Vet Reserve Corps; Eli Jones, Andalusia; e.
May 13, 1803; tr. to Company C; William Olt-
manzs, Hampton ; e. May 5, 1861 ; dis. April 28,
1862 ; David Jenkins and William S. Tranum, 3d
Iowa Infantry, Company unknown to Andalusia
and Rock Island.
SIXTH IOWA INFANTBY
Company H
Private: Peter Robertson, Rock Island; e.
July 15, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, April 6,
1862, veteraned, wounded May 28, 1S64, Dallas,
Ga., died at Allatoona hospital, buried in Na-
tional cemetery at Marietta, sec. H, grave 231.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company A
Sergeant: David B. T'nderwoocl, Drury; e.
July 16, 1S61 ; died of lung fever April 12, 1SG2,
Pittsburg Landing, and buried in National cem-
etery, grave 66, sec. B.
Privates : Isaiah Bishop, Drury ; e. Jan. 2,
1864; m. o. July 12, 1865; Harrison Bishop,
Drury; e. Jan. 2, 1864; wounded at Lay's Ferry,
June 15, 1864, sent to hospital and mustered
out; Walter O. Canada, Drury; e. Jan. 2, 1864;
died at Rome, Ga., 1864 ; James Drury, Drury ;
e. Dee. 20, 1861 ; dis. from hospital end of enlist-
ment ; John Francisco, Illinois City ; e. July 16,
1861; prisoner at Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, dis.
1864; Heman Hesser, Drury; e. Oct. 15, 1S61 ;
wounded at Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, dis. Dec. 24,
1S61; John C. Hesser, Jan. 2, 1864; m. o. July
12, 1865, Louisville ; Jeremiah Lequatt, Drury ;
e. Jan. 2, 1864 ; m. o. July 12, 1865, Louisville ;
Philo McNall, Drury ; e. July 16, 1861 ; dis. June
13, 1863, re-en. Jan. 2, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865 ;
Ozais McNall, Drui-y ; e. July 16, 1861 ; m. o. Jan.
1, 1864, Pulaski, Tenn. ; Henry Myers, Drury ;
e. Jan. 2, 1864 ; wounded at Lay's Ferry, June
15, 1864, and dis. July, 1864; Henry C. Rey-
nolds, Drury ; e. Jan. 2, 1864 ; wounded at Lay's
Ferry, June 15, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865 ; Charles
Reynolds, Drury; e. Oct. 7, 1861; wounded at
Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862, m. o. Dec. 15, 1864; Wil-
liam D. Reynolds, Drury; e. Oct. 15, 1861;
wounded at Belmont, Nov. 7, 1861, vet. Jan. 2,
1864, pro. 1st lieut., Jan. 1, 1865, m. o. July 12,
1865 ; Eli Reynolds, Drury ; e. Oct. 7, 1861 ; vet.
Jan. 2, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865; William Rey-
nolds, Drury; e. Oct. 7, 1861; m. o. Nov. 25,
1864; Silas Reynolds, Drury; e. July 16, 1861;
wounded at Corinth, Oct. 1S62; Charles M.
Reynolds, Drury ; e. July 16, 1861 ; wounded at
Corinth, Oct. 1862; Samuel P. Reed, Drury; e.
July 16, 1861 ; vet. Jan. 2, 1S64, pro. 1st sergt.,
m. o. July 12, 1865, Louisville ; John Sargeant,
Drury; e. Jan. 2, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865,
Louisville, Ky. ; William Thornton, Drury ; e.
Jan. 2, 1864; m. o. July 12, 1865, Louisville,
Ky.; John Tate, Drury; e. July 16, 1861; dis.
April 29, 1862, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. ; Samuel
Wood, Drury; e. Jan. 2, 1864; m. o. Louisville,
Ky., July 12, 1865 ; Westly J. Maliin, Andalusia ;
e. July 16, 1861.
EIGHTH IOWA INFANTET
Company B
Nicholas Fryllnger, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 18,
1861; wounded April 6, 1862 at Shlloh, m. o.
Sept. 28, 1S64, Davenport.
NINTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company B
Charles Eastburn, Rock Island ; e. Sept. 2,
1861 ; wounded at Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862, and
killed at Vicksburg, June 30, 1S63.
ELEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company A
First Sergeant: Eri F. Cassell, Drury; e. Sept.
5, 1861; pro. 1st lieut, Aug. 22, 1862, captured
July 22, 1864 at battle of Atlanta, and m. o. May
15, 1S65.
Company D
Samuel Campbell, Rock Island ; e. Sept.. 21,
1861 ; veteran, corp., sergt., wounded in arm and
side, July 24, 1864, Atlanta, died Aug. 19, 1864,
in National cemetery, Marietta, Ga., see. 8, grave
65.
THIRTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company E
Otto F. Blunk, Port Byron; e. Oct. 1, 1861;
veteran 5th, 4th, 3rd sergeants, captured July
22d, Atlanta, made 2ud sergt., and m. o. July
21, 1865; William A. Norris, Rock Island; e.
Oct. 2, 1861; wounded severely at Shiloh, April
6, 1862, dis. Oct. 22, 1862.
FOURTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company G
Peter Fingle, Rock Island; e. Oct. 30, 1861;
deserted May 7, 1862, at Corinth, Miss.
SIXTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company C
Joslyn Haver, Moline ; e. March 1, 1802 ; dis.
Nov. 21, 1862, disa. ; Westley Miller, Andalusia ;
e. March 1, 1862 ; died a prisoner at Millen, Ga.,
Dec, 1864.
Company G
Wilhelm Deitrieh, Rock Island; e. Feb. 10,
1862; Corp., m. o. March 27, 1865.
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HISTOEY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Company I
Andrew Dorman, Rock Island; e. March 12,
1862; died July 4, 1862, buried in Oakland
cemetery, Keokuk, la.
Company K
John Hanneman, Moline; e. Jan. 26, 1862;
dis. Dec. 21, 1802 at Keokuk; Henry Karstens,
Moline ; e. Jan. 4, 18G2 ; wounded at Shiloh and
luka, leg amputated Sept. 19, 1864, dis. April IS,
1865.
EIGHTEENTH IOWA INFANTBT
Company E
Joseph B. Crabtree, lUinois City; e. Aug. 5,
1862; m. o. July, 1865, Little Rock; Charles
Crabtree, Illinois City; e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o.
July, 1865, Little Rock; William Bruuson, Illi-
nois City ; e. Aug. 5, 1SC2 ; m. o. July, 1865, Little
Rock; Jacob French, Illinois City; e. Aug. 5,
1S62; m. o. July, 1S65; Little Rock; Frauklin
Johnson, Drury; e. Aug. 5, 1862; m. o. July,
1865; John Stanley, Drury; e. Aug. 5, 1862;
killed at battle of Poison Springs, Ark., Jan. 8,
1864.
Company I
John B. Strawback, Rock Island.
Company K
John S. Miller, Rock Island; e. Sept. 18, 1863.
TWENTIETH IOWA INFANTRY
Company D
James Findley Heck, Moline; Sulivan Hutt;
James Nelson.
TWENTY-THIRD IOWA INFANTRY
Company A
Devillo Ballard, Camden Mills; Charles M.
Banning; Henry P. Banning; Josiah E. Ban-
ning ; Jacob Born ; Isaac H. Craig ; James How-
ard; Charles P. Miller; Thomas J. MUler;
Stephen P. O'Brien.
TWENTY-SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company B
Charles F. Hemenway, Moline; e. Aug. 15,
1862; detached as clerk at 16th A. C. H. Q.,
m. o. June 6, 1865.
THIRTY-THIRD IOWA INFANTRY
William Bowers, Buffalo Prairie.
THIRTY'-FIFTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company A
William M. Bennifel, Drury ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ;
Jesse Dungan, Drury; e. Aug. 5, 1862; Moses
Etherton, Drury ; e. Aug. 2, 1S62 ; John Feinstel,
Drury ; e. Aug. 14, 1862 ; Jeremiah Hahn, Illi-
nois City ; e. Aug. 1, 1S62 ; Dennis Mckillip,
Drury; e. Aug. 5, 1862; James P. Morris, Rock
Island ; e. July 30, 1862 ; John A. Reeves, Drury ;
e. Aug. 8, 1862 ; George Simmons, Drury ; e.
July 30, 1862 ; Adam Stakeman, Drury ; e. July
30, 1862; Andrew Walker, Drury; e. July 30,
1862; Robert Williams, Drury; e. July 30, 1862;
Edwin G. Love, Drury ; e. Aug. 28, 1802 ; rejected
by exam, board; John Binger, Buffalo Prairie;
e. Aug. 22, 1862; Alfred Cluff, Buffalo Prairie;
e. Aug. 22, 1862; Adam Hartman, Buffalo Prai-
rie; e. Aug. 22, 1S62.
Company C
Conrad Brown, Illinois City ; e. Aug. 22, 1862 ;
John Koepping, Illinois City ; e. Aug. 22, 1862.
Company D
William Guild, Illinois City; e. Aug. 16, 1862.
THIBTY'-SEVENTH IOWA INFANTRY
Company B
.Enos McNall, Rock Island ; died May 15, 1863.
FOBTY'-FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY'
Company B
Samuel Beardsley, Rock Island ; Lewis Pullen,
Rock Island ; Samuel Taylor, Rock Island.
SECOND lOWA CAVALBY-
Compauy A
Marshal H. Dillon, Drury; e. Aug. — , 1863;
Jesse W. Brewer, Rock Island; e. Aug. 8, 1862;
accidentally killed himself at luka, Miss. ; Samuel
B. Fox, Illinois City ; e. Aug. 1, 1861 ; m. o. Oct.
3, 1864 ; Jesse Hayes, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 4,
1863; killed at Tallahatchie, Miss., Aug. 9, 1864,
grave 305 in National cemetery, Memphis,
Tenn. ; Amasa Kinnan, Camden Mills ; e. Aug.
1, 1861; pro. 5th, 4th and 1st sergt., and 2nd
lieut, and m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Company B
John D. Burgh, Rock Island ; e. July 30, 1861 ;
captured at Farmingtou, May 9, 1862, paroled
exchange May 30, 1862, deserted July, 1862.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
925
Company C
Andrew J. Abbott, Canoe Creek ; John M.
Frazier, Rock Island ; e. Aug. 14, 1S61 ; m. o.
Corp., Oct. 3, 1S64, Edwin II. Hobart, Port Byron ;
e. Aug. 14, 1861, reduced to ranks from Corp.,
July 1, 1862.
Company E
Ferdinand Dorfler, Molina ; e. Aug. 16, 1861 ;
m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, as corp. ; Charles Eckhardt,
Rock Island; e. Aug. 16, 1861; m. o. Oct. 3,
1864, Davenport, la. ; John F. Felchner, Moline ;
e. Sept. 10. 1861; ui. o. Sept. 19, 1865, veteran;
Gustave Frederichs, Moline ; e. Aug. 16, 1861 ;
m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, veteran ; August Grantz,
Moline; e. Sept. 2, 1861; m. o. Sept. 19, 1865,
veteran, pro. reg. com. sergt. ; Jonathan Melvin,
Moline; e. Aug. 16, 1861; died of disease, June
15, at Burr Oak, Michigan ; Peter Mumm, Mo-
line ; e. Sept. 2, 1861 veteran, corp., m. o. Sept.
19, 1865 ; Charles Reese, Moline ; e. Sept. 2, 1861 ;
3d sergt., m. o. Sept. 19, 1865; John Schroeder,
Moline; e. Aug. 23, 1861; m. o. June IT, 1865;
Christopher Scherchel, Hampton ; e. Sept. 4,
1861 ; dis. disa. ; Jan. 1, 1862 ; Michael Schmidt,
Hampton; e. Sept. 5, 1861; pro. farrier, m. o.
Oct. 3, 1864; George Steller, Hampton; e. Sept.
1, 1861 ; reduced to ranks from saddler.
Company I
David R. Ziegler, Coe township; e. Aug. 4,
1861; veteran, corp., m. o. Sept. 19, 1865, at
Selma, Ala.; Charles F. Ziegler, Coe township;
e. Aug. 4, 1861 ; same as above ; Nehemiah R.
Ziegler, Coe township ; e. Sept. 2, 1864 ; m. o.
June 17, 1865, at East Port, Miss.
Company G
Thaddeus O. Chase, Moline; e. Aug. 18, 1862;
re-en. as veteran March 28, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19,
1865, was also in Mexican war.
SIXTH IOWA CAVALBY
Company B
William Conaway, Rock Island; e. Sept. 5,
1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1865; John Johns, Rock
Island; e. Dec. 1, 1862; bugler, m. o. Oct. 17,
1865; William Teague, Rock Island; e. Sept.
5, 1864; m. o. Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City; Walter
E. Truax, Rock Island; e. Sept. 5, 1864; m. o.
Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City.
SEVENTH IOWA CAVALRY
Company A
Philo B. McNall, Rock Island; e. July 16,
1861 ; dis. March 10, 1863.
Company B
Aaron Howser, Rock Island; e. Sept. 8, 1864;
tr. to Co. A, 8th Inf., and B, 48th Inf.
Company F
Robert McFarland, Rock Island; e. Dec. 12,
1863 ; deserted June 15, 1864.
Company G
William A. Aggart, Rock Island; e. Sept. 9,
1864; dis. July 26, 1865; William G. Burrows,
Rock Island ; e. Sept. 8, 1864 ; dis. July 26, 1865 ;
Edward R. Harris, Rock Island; e. Sept. 9,
1864; dis. July 26, 1865.
EIGHTH IOWA VOLUNTEEKS
Company K
Nicholas Blair, Drury; e. Sept. 3, 1863, dis.
NINTH IOWA CAVALEY
Company A
Jacob Burkett, Drury.
Company L
Homer Crandall, Canoe Creek ; James Ducru-
berg, Buffalo Prairie ; Hiram Burger, Buffalo
Prairie; Alfred Burger, Buffalo Prairie; Ernest
Kramer, Zuma.
THIRD MISSOURI INFANTRY
Company H
William Ottoman, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1861 ; corporal in battles of Camp Jackson, Mo.,
and Wilson's Creek, Carthage, Dug Springs, m.
0. Sept. 1, 1861.
FIFTH MISSOURI INFANTRY
Comijany H
Charles Barber, Hampton.
TWELFTH MISSOURI INFANTBY
Company D
Charles Denhardt, Hampton ; e. Sept. 10, 1861 ;
Andrew Denhardt, Hampton ; e. Sept. 10, 1861.
Company B
Frederick Lorenz, Hampton ; e. Sept. 10, 1861 ;
killed at Canton, Miss.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Company I
Augustus Klebe, Hampton; e. Sept. 10, 1861;
Andrew Shultz, Hampton; e. Sept 10, 1861;
Franz Stenson, Moline; e. Sept. 10, 1861.
THIBTEENrH MISSOUBI INFANTRY
Company I
Mcintosh A. Grant, Moline; e. April 9, 1861;
killed at Shiloh, April 7, 1862.
The following is a list of Rock Island county
soldiers in other organizations than those al-
ready mentioned.
EIGHTY-FOUBTH ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company B
Daniel L. Swander, Moline; e. Aug. 15, 1862;
m. o. June 10, 1S65.
ONE HUKDBED FIFTT-FIKST ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company I
Michael Lee, Eock Island ; e. Feb. 16, 1865 ;
m. 0. Jan. 24, 1866.
SIXTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company A
Oliver Shirkey, Drury ; e. Nov. 10, 1864 ; m. o.
July 31, 1865.
TENTH ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company E
Thomas Miller, Bowling township; e. Aug. 30,
1801 ; died Feb. 14, 1S03.
SEVENTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company E
First Lieutenant: Peter Williams, Moline;
e. Aug. 22, 1S62; d. of wds. June 21, 1863.
ONE HUNDBED AND SECOND ILLINOIS INFANTET
Company K
James F. Hampton, Rock Island county; e.
Aug. 10, 1862 ; d. Jan. 10, 1863, Gallatin, Tenn. ;
Wm. H. Hampton, Rock Island ; e. March 1,
1864; d. March 23, 1865, of wds.
FOUETEENTH ILLINOIS CAVAIBY
Company K
Wm. M. Ball, Coe township ; e. March 17,
1865; m. o. July 31, 1865; Wm. Gulum, Coe
township ; e. March 17, 1865 ; m. o. July 31,
1865.
PHILIPS BATTEBT il, SECOND ILLINOIS LIGHT
ABTILLEBT
John P. Osluud, Moliue; e. May 1, 1862; dis.
Nov. 6, 1862, disa.
UNITED STATES NAVY
William H. Sammis, Moline ; e. July • — , 1861,
as landsman and did service all through the
war on the U. S. S.'s Potomac, Portsmouth,
Augusta, Dinsmore and Miantonomah, and on
the last named boat went to all the European
countries at the wind up of the war and came
back and was mustered out at Philadelphia,
Pa., in July, 1865.
BIVEB GUNBOAT SEBVICE
William H. Carter, Coe; e. Feb. 21, 1862;
pro. to capt. of Bow Gun; d. Feb. 21, 1863,
on the Louisville on the Miss. ; Frederick A.
Cramer, Rock Island; e. Co. D, 13th 111. Inf.;
detached to gunboat service; ap. 3rd asst. eng.
May 29, 1863; pro. 2nd asst. March 7, 1864;
pro. 1st asst. June 6, 1805; dis. Nov. 28, 1805;
in siege of Vicksburg, battle of Yazoo City and
Red river expedition.
FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS CONSOLIDATED INFANTBY
Company B
Samuel F. Beever, Moline; e. Jan. 1, 1864;
di.s. disa.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS
INFANTET
Company B
Joseph L. Heywood, Moline; e. Aug. 21, 1862;
m. o. May 13, 1865, as corp.
Enlisted men of Company No. 9, First Army
Corps, assigned to Company D, Sixth Regiment,
r. S. Veteran Volunteers :
Simon C. Babcock, Buffalo Prairie; e. April
3, 1S65; m. o. April 2, 1866; Aquilla Lindsay,
Coal Valley; e. April 3, 1805; m. o. April 2,
1866.
Enlisted men of Company No. 10, assigned to
Company K. Eighth Regiment, U. S. Veteran
Volunteers :
Chas. W. Townsend, Coal Valley ; e. April 11,
1865.
Recruit for the regular army. Thirteenth
r. S. Infantry:
Chuspau Giles, Rock Island county ; e. Aug.
— , 1865.
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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EIGHTH NEW YOEK CAVALBV
Captain: James A. Sayles, Moline; e. 1861;
killed Wilson's Eaid around Kichmond June 23,
1864.
FIRST NEBBASKA CAVALEY
Phillp Williams, Moline; e. 1862; dis.
FIRST COLOEADO INFANTRY
Company I
William H. Hurst, Rock Island; e. Sept. 20,
1861 : pro. sergt. and 1st sergt. ; com. sergt. ;
killed March 29, 1862, battle of Apache, Can-
non, N. M.
SECOND COLOEADO INFANTRY
Company K
Enoch Root, Moline; Austin Wier, Moline;
Horace Norton, Moline; Samuel Parsonage, Mo-
line; killed by Indians.
THIBD MAEY'LAND DRAGOONS
Thomas Kannady, Rock Island; d. July 27,
1864, at New Orleans, La.
TWENTY-FOURTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY
Company G
Benjamin Young, Hampton; David F. Wilsey,
Hampton.
FOETY-SECOND INDIANA INFANTRY
Company H
William H. Jenkins, Rock Island; e. Oct.
20, 1864; m. o. April 18, 1865; was clerk in
Judge Advocate's general oflice at Nashville.
FIFTY'-FrFTH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY
James G. Reid, Rock Island; e. 1861; d. Oct.
19, 1864, in Andersonville prison.
THIRD MINNESOTA INFANTEY"
Samuel J. Raymond, Moline; d. of disease on
transport on Mississippi river.
FIFTEENTH U. S. INFANTEY
Company F
Van V. Reeves, Rock Island county; d. Dec.
31, 1862, disease.
FIRST MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE
William Carson, Moline; Frank Shanks, Mo-
line ; Frank Matteson, Moline ; M. M. Pierce,
Moline; Milton Wilson, Moline.
FIRST U. S. CAVALRY
Company A
Thomas Soules, Hampton.
NINETEENTH U. S. INFANTRY'
Solomon B. Ziegler, Port Byron; m. o. Sept.,
1865.
SECOND U. S. CAVALEY
Company E
Michael Shaughnessy, Rock Island; e. Aug. 7,
1859 ; Co. Q. M. wd. at Cold Harbor and Brandy
Station.
FIFTH WISCONSIN INFANTEY
Company B
Charles W. Skinner, Moline ; e. June 10, 1861 ;
pro. 1863 and tr. to Co. I, 36th Wis., as 2nd
lleut. ; dis. at Washington, D. C, Sept. 27, 1864.
PROMINENT OFFICERS
Rock Island county has every reason to be
proud of the records of her soldiers, and it is
but fitting that a little more than passing men-
tion should be made in this connection of some
who attained to special distinction, particularly
those who commenced their careers in the ranks,
or with but humble commissions, and distin-
guished themselves by their gallantry and
faithful and efficient service.
Maj.-Gen. John Bufokd, of Rock Island, en-
tered the Military Academy at West Point, was
commissioned brevet second lieutenant, second
lieutenant, captain of Second Dragoons, major
and assistant inspector-general in the regular
army. He was commissioned brigadier-general
of volunteers July 27, 1862, and assigned to the
Cavalry Brigade, under General Pope ; was
afterwards assigned to the command of the sepa-
rate Cavalry Brigade of the entire Army of the
Potomac, and when the cavalry was organized
into three divisions, was assigned to the First
Division, in which were the Eighth and Twelfth
Illinois and Second New York Cavalry. In the
campaigns of 1863 he was almost constantly in
the saddle, and at Gettysburg a portion of his
command met the brunt of the first charge,
and when the retreat came his men hung on the
flank and rear of the enemy. A few days before
his death he was ordered to the command of
the cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland,
but before reaching his command was prostrated
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
by typhoid fever aud died in the city of Wash-
ington, D. O., December 15, 1S63. He had been
commissioned major-geueral of volunteers to
ranli from July 4, 1S03, or from the battle of
Gettysburg.
Surg. E. H. Bowman. But few people have
any idea of the responsible position held by the
surgeon of a regiment, for he outranks the
colonel in special cases of the care of the men,
and it is his judgment that rules in the regi-
ment when deciding if men are in condition to
stay on duty or to remain with the company,
or if it is advisable for them to be sent to the
rear or to the ambulance. The surgeon inva-
riably stands high in the esteem and affection
of the men, who in all cases place the utmost
confidence in him. On September 11, 1S61, Dr.
E. H. Bowman was commissioned and entered
the service of the United States as surgeon of
the Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
On November 7, 1S61, he was engaged in the
battle of Belmont, Mo., and had charge of the
Field Hospital, where he had the distinction of
dressing the first wound of the battle and the
last one that was dressed on the field, and subse-
quently obtained the privilege accorded no
other regimental surgeon, that of taking all of
his own W'ounded to his field hospital instead
of to the General Hospital. He was engaged
with the troops that co-operated with the gun-
boat fleet, under Commodore Foote, in March
and April, 1S62; was acting brigade surgeon at
the capture of Union City, Tenn., March 31,
1S62, aud was in the advance on Corinth in
April and May of that year. In September he
was appointed as division surgeon of the First
Division, Army of the Mississippi, participated
in the forced march from Corinth to Nashville,
and took part in the siege of Nashville. He
served on the staff of General Palmer in the
capture of Lavergne, Tenn., and the attack on
Nashville November 5, 1S62. On the reorganiza-
tion of the army under General Rosecrans, he
was placed in the Third Division of the Twen-
tieth Army Corps, under Gen. Phil Sheridan,
aud assigned to the position of brigade surgeon
of the Third Brigade, and in that capacity was
engaged in the battles of Stone River aud Mur-
freesboro, Tenu. Throughout the latter battle
he had the most advanced hospital on the field
and was captured by the enemy at a temporary
depot with his wounded colonel and about 100
wounded men, and was carried to Murfreesboro.
There, with his own hands, he made the coffins
for and buried in the same grave General Sill
and his own Colonel Harrington while the ter-
rible artillery duel of Rosecrans and Bragg was
in progress. He was placed in charge of a hos-
pital of Union wounded at Murfreesboro, and -
was made commissary for them, took part in the
move across the Tennessee river and on to the
battlefield of Chickaniauga, and had a field hos-
pital at Crawfish Springs, which he did not
leave until ordered to do so by General Sheridan.
He went to Chattanooga and gathered into a
hospital there 3S0 sick and wounded soldiers,
aud crossed to Clear Spring Valley, where he
established another hospital and gathered 317
sick and wounded soldiers. He was soon or-
dered back to Chattanooga to organize another
hospital, and made it possible to care for over
200 wounded .soldiers that had remained on the
battle-field during all this time. He was relieved
of all hospital duty at Missionary Ridge and
resumed his rank of brigade surgeon of the
Third Brigade, and was with tlus commaud at
the battle of that place and in the expedition
to relieve Burnside. In March, 1SG4, he was
promoted chief surgeon of the Second Division,
Fourth Corps, and in this position took part in
the battles of Rockyface Ridge, Resaca, Dallas,
Mud Creek, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree
Creek and Atlanta. During this campaign 1,264
wounded men were cared for in his division
hospital. He was mustered out of the service
at Springfield, 111., September 20, 1S64.
SuBG. Samuel C. Plummee was mustered into
the United States service as surgeon of the
Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, May 24,
1861, connected with the army of General Lyons.
He took charge of all of the sick and wounded
of that army and brought them to RoUa, with
the wounded and sick members of the Thirteenth
Regiment, then gathered transportation from the
country and ^ent them to St. Louis. He was at
Pea Ridge just after the battle, and on the
march to Helena, Ark., took charge of the
wounded of three regiments, and, in spite of
bad water aud poor conditions of all kinds, so
well ministered to his men that they presented
him with a gold watch in gratitude. He was a
member of General Carr's staff, at Helena, as
medical director of the Army of the Arkansas,
and when the army was reorganized and his
regiment transferred to the Army of the Ten-
nessee, he was sent to General Sherman at
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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Chickasaw Bayou and was made chief surgeon
of the operating corps. He performed herculean
labor day and night at that battle, and for forty
hours was without food, and at the battle of
Arkansas Post e.xperienced like conditions. On
the return of the army to Young's Point, he
was assigned to duty on General Steele's staff,
First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, a posi-
tion he filled through all the horrors of the bat-
tles about Vicksburg. On the return of the
army from Jackson and Black River, he was
temporarily assigned to duty on the staff of
Maj.-Geu. W. T. Sherman, as medical director
of the Army of the Tennessee. The following
letters are self-explanatory:
"Headquarters of the Mil. Div. of the Missis-
sippi.
"Nashville, Tenn., 2nd April, 1864.
"Understanding from Surg. Samuel C. Plum-
mer of the Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infan-
try that his terra of service is about expiring,
I take this method of expressing to whom it
may concern, my high appreciation of the pro-
fessional service which he has rendered and the
earnest desire that the army may continue to
receive the benefit of his fidelity and skill. I
consider him competent to fill any place which
the Government can assign him in his depart-
ment of duty.
"W. T. Sherman,
"Major-General Commanding."
"Headquarters, Seventeenth Army Corps,
"Huntsville, Ala., May 24, 1864.
"I am well acquainted with Doctor Plummer
of Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He
is a most skillful and attentive surgeon and
has, I am satisfied, done most excellent service
in the army. If possible, the Government
ought to retain Doctor Plummer. His experi-
ence is most valuable and his great executive
ability would fit him eminently to the charge
of any of the large hospitals. Doctor Plummer
served for some time on my staff and my knowl-
edge of his ability is derived from personal
observation.
"Frank P. Blair,
"Major-General Commanding, Seventeenth
Army Corps."
When the Fifteenth Army Corps was or-
dered to re-enforce the Army of the Cumber-
land, Surgeon Plummer was reassigned to the
position of surgeon-in-chief of the First Divi-
sion of the Fifteenth Army Corps, and during
this time accompanied his command to Mem-
phis, Corinth and Lookout Mountain. After
fighting Generals Forrest and Eody at Chero-
kee Station, Barton Station, Caney Creek and
Tuscumbia, during which time there occurred
seven days of fighting, the Fifteenth Corps
became separated from its command and un-
der General Hooker participated in the glorious
battle of Lookout Mountain. Missionary IJidge
followed and then Ringgold Gap, and when the
division called the roll it was found that €00
men were missing, killed and wounded. It
was not only during this time, but at all others,
and under the most trying conditions that
Doctor Plummer so faithfully performed his
services and so sympathetically dealt with his
patients that he won the love of every man
in his command, and his division expressed
their appreciation by presenting him with what
is still thought to be the finest set of surgical
instruments in the country. Surgeon Plummer
has now joined his friends and comrades on
"the other side," but there are many left who
hold his memory dear.
David B. Seaks, first lieutenant and quarter-
master of the Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, one of the best known men of Rock
Island county, an early settler of Molina, and
proprietor of Sears' Flouring Mill, set aside his
private interests at the outbreak of the Civil
war and enlisted in the service of his country.
On August 12, 1S61, he became quartermaster
of the Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, be-
came brigade quartermaster July 9, 1862, and
in the latter capacity served at Belmont, Island
No. 10, Union City, Farmington, Lavergne,
Nashville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chicka-
uiauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Missionary Ridge,
Blaine's Crossroads and the Atlanta campaign.
He was taken prisoner December 3, 1862, while
in charge of a foraging party, and was exchanged
and returned to duty March 16, 1863. He served
with his regiment and on special duty until
finally mustered out, September 22, 1864, at
Springfield, 111.
Capt. Patkick Geegg, of Company K, Fifty-
eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and subse-
quently surgeon of the Twenty-third Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, was as well known as any
man in Rock Island county. He raised a com-
pany in September, 1861, and after drilling at
930
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Camp Black Hawk, iu Rock Island county, it
was sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, in Novem-
ber. There it was made Company K of the
Fifty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Decem-
ber 31, ISOl, and February 10, 1SC2, received
marching orders to go to Cairo, 111., subsequently
moving to Forts Henry and Donelson, and arriv-
ing at the latter February 14, 1SC2. The com-
pany was actively engaged in the battle and
taking of that stronghold, and succeeding this
went to Shiloh. There, on April 6th, Captain
Gregg, with General I'rentiss and others, was
taken prisoner and carried to Corinth, Memphis,
Jacksonville, Selnia and Talageda. He was con-
fined at the last named place until the Confed-
erates became alarmed and sent their ijrisoners
back to Selma, at which time the number of
prisoners at that point included sixty-four offi-
cers. Not long thereafter the Confederate Secre-
tary of War proposed to parole three of this
number to proceed to Washington and, if pos-
sible, secure the consent of the Federal Govern-
ment to enter into a cartel for an exchange of
prisoners. An election was accordingly held,
and Major Stone (since Governor of Iowa) of
the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, Colonel Millet of
St. Louis Mo., and Captain Gregg were chosen
for the mission by the other officers imprisoned
with them. They were allowed forty days in
which to report to the Confederate authorities,
and proceeded to Washington, but, not being
signed, upon the expiration of their time they
reported at Richmond, Va. The Confederate
Secretary of War, knowing that the cartel was
agreed upon, and only awaiting the signatures of
the proper officers, permitted them to return to
Washington and extended their paroles for that
puri)ose. They h:ul at that time with them
$8,000 and two large boxes of clothing, and, be-
cause of his professional training, it was de-
cided, that Captain Gregg should go south with
these supplies, the others going to Washington.
The captain found the prisoners in a cotton fac-
tory in Madison, Ga., and remained there with
them until October of the same year, when
they were sent to Libby prison for exchange,
\\hich was soon effected, the captain then
returning to his home. On December 1.5,
1S62, he was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-
third Regiment, known as Mulligan's Brigade,
which he joined at New Creek, W. Va., and from
this time was engaged in earing for the sick and
wounded througli the battles of Greenland Gap,
Petersburg, Jlooretield and Leetown. Surgeon
Gregg was mustered out of the United States
service with an honorable discharge, and with
more than an honorable record.
It would be difficult to name, in a work of
this kind, all of the men who have gone forth
from Rock Island county and written their
names iniiierishably upon the records of military
fame. I have given the names of but a few, but
the memory of the brave lads who gallantly de-
fended their flag, taking desperate chances with
only the reward iu view of duty well done, will
live down through the ages. Many belonged to
the rank and file, who implicitly trusted and
faithfully served such noted leaders as Maj.
Henry C. Donnelly, whose review is given in de-
tail in another p.art of this work; Marcus B.
Osborne of the I'nited States Navy, than .whom
no veteran of the war had better right to be
proud of his record; Judge Searle, whose bril-
liant serrice was made brighter by the love of
his men ; Louis Buford, Patrick O'Meara, and
countless others who on southern battlefields
brought fame to the county of Rock Island.
No record of the military history of Rock
Island county would be complete without men-
tion of the families who contributed the greater
part of their members to the cause of the Union.
In this connection, Adam Ziegler of Coe town-
ship appeared before A. S. Coe, justice of the
peace, and made the following statement : That
seven of his sons enlisted in the armies of the
Union, and served in the aggregate about twenty-
one years. His sons, David R. and Charles F.
Ziegler, enlisted in August, 1861, in Company D,
Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served
four years ; his son, John Ziegler, enlisted in
August, 1861, in Company D, Twelfth Illinois
Infantry, and served four years; his sons, Wil-
liam H. and Solomon B. Ziegler, enlisted in
Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1SG2, and
served three years each ; his son, Benjamin Zieg-
ler, enlisted in February, 1S64, in company D,
Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served
one year and five months ; and his son, Nehemiah
R. Ziegler. enlisted in Company I, Second Iowa
Cavalry, in September, 1864, and served eleven
months. Four of these sons were under age
when they enlisted, and served seven years and
six months while under their majority. Solo-
man Ziegler enlisted in September, 1865, in the
I'nited States Regular Army.
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
931
Another family of patriots who should be
mentioned, in that all male members of the
family went to the front, while the women re-
mained at home and worked with equal zeal
and patriotism, is that of Hartzell. Abraham
Hartzell, at that time flfty-four years of age,
enlisted in August, 1S62, with three of his sons,
in Company C, Sixty-sixth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry. His son, then fourteen years of age,
who was left at home, later enlisted in Company
H, One Hundred and Thirty-second Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, as a musician, and the only
sou-in-law, A. L. Hess, also joined the Union
forces, malting every male member of the family
a soldier under the Stars and Stripes. The
father was promoted chaplain of his regiment
September 10, 1SG2, and resigned June 21, 1S6.5,
and returned safely to his home, as did all
members of his family, there also being six
cousins in the Union army. It may be that
there are families with as large, or larger, a
showing as this, but it has not been my pleasure
to have become acquainted with them.
MOLINE ZOUAVES
About the j'ear ISTi, a Civil war soldier,
Henry Calentzky, with the help of comrades,
organized a company of militia, which was the
first military company organized after the Civil
war. A year later the company was reorganized
and entered the Fourteenth Battalion, Illinois
National Guard, with Edward L. Currier, cap-
tain; Swan Dahlberg, first lieutenant; William
Cole, second lieutenant, and Edward Kittilsen,
first sergeant. After having several command-
ers, and securing no assistance or encourage-
ment, the company was mustered out, and some
of its officers and men entered Company F. The
only member of the old Moline Zouaves now in
the service is Brigadier-General Kittilsen, raised
to his present rank through regular promotions
in the Sixth Illinois National Guard, with which
he served in Porto Rico during the Spanish-
American war as lieutenant-colonel. He is one
of the best posted men on military affairs in
the National Guard.
THE SIXTH ILLINOIS N.\TIONAL GUAKD
AND
THE SIXTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
(Span ish-American War)
On the reorganization of the State Militia
laws, in 1S76 or. 1S77, a company of men was
raised in Moline and another in Rock Island,
the former Company B and the latter the Rod-
man Rifles, both being included in what was
then the Fourteenth Battalion, Illinois National
Guard. Upon the formation of the Sixth Regi-
ment ten companies joined this regiment, which
saw its first active service in the strikes of rail-
road men at East St. Louis and Chicago, and
later did good work in the coal strike at Spring
A'alley. None of the members now with this
regiment were with it at its organization, and
those who still survive are far past mili-
tary age, while four-fifths of the present mem-
bers were not born when the organization was
effected. At the call for troops, in April, 1S98,
for the Spanish-American war, the Sixth Illi-
nois was one of the first to be mustered into
the United States service, and on May 11, 1S9S,
having been filled with recruits, the companies
were sworn in. Ordered to Springfield April
26th, the regiment was mustered in for two
years, leaving Springfield May 17th. It arrived
at Camp Russell A. Alger, Va., May 20th, and
remained until July 5th, then leaving for
Charleston, S. C, where it arrived July 6th.
Companies E, P and I embarked on board the
U. S. S. Coluinbia, Company A on the U. S. S.
Yale, July 8, 1S9S, and arrived at Santiago,
Cuba, July 13, 1898, while Companies B, C, G,
II, K and L., on the U. S. S. Rita, embarking
July 10th, arrived July 15th, and Companies
D and M, emliarking on Transport No. 21, July
21st, arrived at Ponce, Porto Rico, July 27,
1898. The troops did not disembark in Cuba,
but when to Siboney, July 16, 1898, thence to
Guantanamo Bay, July ISth and 20th, were at
Baigniri July 20th, returned to Guantanamo
Bay July 21st, and sailed therefrom to Porto
Rico, arriving at Guanica July 25th. On July
26th Company G was in action four miles from
that point, and on July 30th the regiment
marched from Youco to Tallabola, and thence
to Ponce, August 1, 1898. They remained in
camp at that point until August 9th, and
marched four miles over the mountain on the
following day. They then advanced to Ad-
juntas, marched therefrom to Utnado, returned
to Adjuntas, and then went back to Ponce. On
September 7, 1898, the regiment embarked on
the U. S. S. Manitoia, and arrived at Wee-
hawken, N. J., September 13, 1898, arriving at
Springfield, 111., September 16, 1S9S. The regi-
ment was mustered out at Springfield, November
932
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
25, 189S. The following members of the regi-
ment were from Eock Island county :
Colonel : D. Jack Foster, Chicago ; e. April
26, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 189S.
Lieutenant-Colonel : Edward Kittilsen, Mo-
line; e. April 20, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S.
Major: Will T. Channon, Rock Island; e.
April 26, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98.
Assistant Surgeon : Charles E. Whiteside,
Moline ; e. June 27, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Battalion Adjutant : Louis R. Gaylord, Mo-
line ; e. April 26, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Quartermaster Sergeant : Rudolphus Hicks,
Moline; e. April 26, 1S98 ; d. Aug. 31, 1S9S,
Ponce, Porto Rico.
Principal Musician : Thomas H. Flynn, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S.
Band : Bert T. Boughton, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1898; tr. from Co. A; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Christian Koch, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898; tr. from Co. A; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Charles Lindahl, Moline; e. April 26, 189S ; tr.
from Co. F; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Company A
Captain : William McConochie, Rock Island ;
e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
First Lieutenant : Luke E. Uemenway, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Second Lieutenant: George W. Flood, Rock
Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
First Sergeant : Alfred Bear, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Sergeants : Frank H. Anthony, Rock Island ;
e. April 26, 1898; pro. Q. M. sergt. May 11,
1898 ; in. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Edward H. Donavin,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1S9S ; Robert F. McConochie, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1S9S ; ab., sick at m. o. of regt. ; John
W. Larson, Eock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898.
Corporals : Harry Coyne, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Harold
Jensen, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro.
sergt. May 12, 1898 ; Charles McKinstry, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Musicians : Frank E. Morgart, Rock Island ;
e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William
R. Campbell, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1S98;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Privates : Louis Bledsoe, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1898; d. May 21, 1898, Camp Alger,
Va. ; Bert T. Boughton, Rock Island ; e. April
26, 1898; tr. to Band July 31, 1898; John C.
Bromley, Jr., Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S ; John Barney, Rock Island ;
e. April 26, 1898; d. at Ponce, P. R., hospital,
Sept. 12, 1898 ; John W. Carse, Rock Island ; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Clayton R.
Case, Rock Island ; e. April 20, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898 ; Otis Cronk, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898; pro. corp. June 29, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Earl Cameron, Rock Island; e. April 26,
1898; pro. corp. June 29, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Fred Cox, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Walter Cox, Rock Island;
e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Jack Cas-
sin. Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898 ; Leon D. Conover, Rock Island ; e. April
26, 1898 ; ab., sick at ui. o. of regt. ; George
Clapper, Rock Island; e. April 20, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Jesse G. Cook, Rock Island; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Albert
Diedrich, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898;
pro. Corp. June 29, 1898, m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; William David, Rock Island; e. April
26, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Oscar L.
Daligee, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1S9S; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Prank Downs, Eock Island; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William
Durling, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Robert C. Fitzsimmons, Rock
Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. corp. June 29, 1898,
and ab., sick at m. o. of regt. ; Walter Fitz-
simmons, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Ervin Foster, Rock Island; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William F.
Frey, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; pro. corp.
May 12, 1898, and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Milton
Fider, Rock Island ; e. May 10, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898 ; Holmes Fry, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Jack H. Glass, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Frank L. Haynes, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Fred Hamilton, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Russell P. Hampton, Eock Island ; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Fred Hebeler. Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Oscar E. Jensen, Rock Island ; e, April 26, 1898 ;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Arthur G. Jacobs, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Howard Johnson, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1S9S;
tr. to U. S. Hosp. Cp. June 22, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; Ben A. Koch, Rock Island; e. April
26, 1898; pro. artificer June 29^ 1898; m. o. Nov.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
933
25, 1S9S; Christian Koch, Rock Island; e. April
20, 1S9S ; tr. to Reg. Band July 31, 1S98 ; Peter
H. Kessler, Rock Island; e. April 20, 1S98; pro.
Corp. June 29, ISOS, and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Ralph Kepford, Rock Island ; e. April 20, 1898 ;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Henry Lamp, Rock Island ;
e. May 10, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Thomas
Lafferty, Rock Island; e. May 10, 1898; pro.
Corp. May 12, 1898, and m. o. Nov. 2o, 1898;
Marshall Lucas, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1S98 ;
pro. wagoner June 29 and ab., sick at m. o. of
regt. ; Stephen Moore, Rock Island ; e. Ajsril 26,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S ; Robert Maisak, Rock
Island ; e. April 26, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ;
James Moffit, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898;
m. 0. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Wm. E. Montgomery, Rock
Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ;
Edward Murphy, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ;
pro. Corp. June 29, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Charles Mogart, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William T. McElherne,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Gudmond Olsen, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Allen N. Pratt, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
John H. Page, Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m.
o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Louis Rosenfield, Rock Island ;
e. April 26, 1898 ; tr. to U. S. Hosp. Cp. June 22,
1898, and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles Ruge,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; William T. Ranson, Rock Island ; e. April
26, 1898; pro. corp. May 12, 1898, and m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Joe Remer, Rock Island ; e. April
26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Otto Rosche,
Rock Island ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Jerome Rowley, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Joe Stauber, Rock
Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Arthur E. Swanson, Rock Island; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles Schmacht,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Harry R. Smythe, Rock Island; e. April
26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; John Schmid,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; pro. corp. May
11, 1898; ab., sick at m. o. of regt; Christian
Schmid, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Ben Sears, Rock Island ; e. April
26, 1898; tr. to U. S. Hosp. Cp. June 22, 1898,
by S. O. No. 36; Chauncey B. Sears, Rock Isl-
and ; e. May 10, 1898 ; tr. to U. S. Eng. Cp. June
25, 1898; Charles E. Simmons, Rock Island; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles
Sluis, Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; ab., sick
at m. o. of regt. ; Leonard M. Titterington, Rock
Island; e. May 10, 1898; ni. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Elwyn Townsend, Rock Island ; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Emil Van Lerburg,
Rock Island; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Ernest Wolfruno, Rock Island; e. April
26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Judson E. Wagner,
Rock Island; e. May 10, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898.
Recruits : Alfred W. Bowen, Rock Island ; e.
June 21, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William
Boney, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Este E. Buffum, Rock Island ; e.
June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Nathan B.
Burtsfield, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Richard Bodinson, Rock Island ;
e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Frank C.
Brown, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; James S. Baker, Rock Island;
e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Peter J.
Cosgrove, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; ab.,
sick at m. o. of regt ; Thomas C. Enwright, Rock
Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Alex L. Erickson, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1808 ;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Sylvan Pleener,. Rock
Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Prank Furbos, Rock Island; e. June 21, 1898;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Arthur A. Graham, Rock
Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
William B. Gardner, Rock Island ; e. June 21,
1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 250, 1898 ; Leonard E. Huffman,
Rock Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Clarence H. Hoff, Rock Island ; e. June 21,
1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles A. Johnson,
Rock Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Louis Kennedy, Rock Island ; e. June 21,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; John J. Lowe, Rock
Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1808;
Roy G. Marshall, Rock Island ; e. June 20, 1898 ;
m. 0. Nov. 25, 1898 ; John Mueller, Rock Island ;
e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Albert
McKinstry, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o.
June 21, 1S9S ; Oliver C. Manley, Rock Island ;
e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Edward C.
Schaffner, Rock Island ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Charles H. Spickler, Rock Island ;
e. June 21, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Jack C.
Souders, Rock Island; e. June 21, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898.
Company B
Privates : Edgar P. Dearth, Moline ; e. May
9, 1898; dr. in Potomac river June 28, 1898;
934
HISTOEY OF KOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Archie M. Fitzkee. Moline ; e. May 9, 1S98 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1S9S; Will J. Gardner, Moline; e. May
9, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S; Will J. HoU, Mo-
line ; e. May 9, 1S9S : m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98 ; Lyle L.
Lloyd, Moliue; e. May 9, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898.
Company F
Captain: Frank J. Clendenin, Moline; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
First Lieutenant: George M. Gould, Moline;
e. April 2G, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S.
Second Lieutenant: Marvin H. Lyon, Mo-
line ; e. April 26, 1S9S ; ni. o. Nov. 25, 189S.
First Sergeant : George T. Crowder, Moline ;
e. April 26, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S.
Sergeant: Harry L. Kerr, Moline; e. April
26, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S, as private.
Corporals: Walter G. Shadle, Moline; e.
April 26, 1S9S; pro. sergt. May 12, 1S9S, and
m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98 ; Albert Swanson, Moline ; e.
April 26, 1S9S; pro. sergt. May 12, 1898, and
m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S; George E. Gibbs, Moline;
e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. sergt. May 12, 1S98 ; ab.,
sick at m. o. of regt.
Musicians: August F. Miedke, Moline; e.
April 26, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S ; William Mc-
Cullough, MoUne ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1S9S.
Privates: Adolph Altig, Moline; e. April 26,
1898 ; pro. artificer May 12, 1S9S, and m. o. Nov.
25, 1S9S; Oscar F. Anderberg, Moline; e. April
26, 1898 ; pro. corp. July 1, 1898, and m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; Carl Anderson, Moline; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles Anderson,
Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Wallace W. Adams. Moline; e. April 26, 1S9S;
pro. Corp., then Q. M. sergt., Aug. 2, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1S9S ; Tom Brown, Moline ; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Bernard Bolin, Mo-
line ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. Corp. May 12, 189S.
and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Sam Burrows, Moline;
e. April 26, 1898; pro. corp. May 12. 1S9S, and
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Harry S. Blackman, Moline ;
e. April 26, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Emil
Brodin, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; George Baldwin, Moline; e. April 26,
1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S; Oscar Bethel, Mo-
line ; e. April 25, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Fred
Burgland, Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1S9S ; Charles Brooks, Moline ; e. May 9,
1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98 ; Theodore Bratt, Mo-
line ; e. May 9, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Emil
Chindlund, Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; Albert Campbell, Mohne; e. April 26,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98 ; Frank W. Carey, Mo-
line; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Charles A. Carlson. Molien ; e. May 9, 1898; m.
o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; John Carver, Moline ; e. May
9, 1898 ; m, o, Nov. 25, 1898 ; Oscar L. Dahlberg,
Moline; e. April 26, 1S98 ; m. o, Nov. 25, 1S98;
Victor Engdale, Moline; e. April 26, 1898;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Oscar F. Edwards. Mo-
line; e. May 9, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
John H. Fisher, Moline; e. April 26, 1S98;
pro. Corp. May 12, 1898, and m. o, Nov. 25,
1898; Charles M. Fisher, Moline; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Paul Hamann,
Moline; e. May 9. 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S;
Charles R. Holmes, Moline; e. April 26, 1898;
pro. corp. July 1, 1S9S, and m. o, Nov. 25, 1898 ;
George Hodge, Moline ; e. May 9, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1S9S; Joseph P. Hall, Moline; e. April
26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Carl O.
Hill, Moline: e. April 26, 1898; m, o. Nov.
25, 1898; Charles Ingersol, Moline; e. April
26, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Joseph Inger-
sol, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Theodore Johnson, Moline; e. May 9,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Horace L. Judd. Mo-
line; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98;
Myron Jordan, Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Charles F. Jenkinson, Moline; e.
May 9, 1S98; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; James E.
Jeffries, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; James D. Kain, Moline; e. April 26,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; John H. Kneberg,
Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. wagoner May 12,
1898, and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Andrew R. Kep-
ple, Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; tr. to U. S. Hosp.
Cp. June 22, 1898, and m. o. Nov, 25, 1898;
Clarence E. Kraft, Moline; e. April 26, 1898;
pro. corp. Aug. 2, 1898, and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ;
Owen T. Kerr, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Emil Lofgren. Moline; e. April
26, 1898; tr. to V. S. Hosp. Cp. June 25. 1898,
and m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Charles A. Lindahl,
Moline : e. April 26, 1898 ; tr. to V. S. Band July
31, 1808 ; Henry Langbehn, Moline ; e, April 26,
1898; dis, July 16, 1898, disa.; Charles Laurin,
Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m. o, Nov. 25, 1898;
Fred Murray, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898; Franklin T. Miller, Moline; e.
April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; David D.
Madden, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; Malcolm McKinnon, Jr., Moline; e.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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April 26, 1S9S; m. o. Xov. 2o, 1S9S ; Fay Mc-
Clinton, Moline; e. April 26, 189S; m. o. Nov.
25, 1S9S; Fred Mcintosh, Moline; e. April 20,
1S9S; pro. sergt.. May 12, 189S, m. o. Nov. 25,
1S9S; Samuel McCorrison, Moline; e. May 9,
1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S; George Norton, Mo-
line ; e. April 26, 1S9S ; pro. corp.. May 12, 1S9S ,
and m. o. Nov. 25, 1S98 ; Fred E. Netser, Moline ;
e. April 26, 189S; pro. Corp., July 1, 1898, m.
0. Nov. 25, 1898; George P. Nissen, Moline; e.
April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Fred Nelson,
Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Gust Nelson, Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1S9S; Alfred Oberg, Moline; e. May
9, 1898; died July 28, 1898, on hospital ship,
"Lampassas," at Guanic-a, P. R. ; Victor Peterson,
Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Theodore Peterson, Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m.
0. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Fred T. Quicli, Moline ; e. May
9, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Robert F. Reid, Mo-
line ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. Corp., May 12, 1898,
and m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S ; Charles A. Rydquits, Mo-
line ; e. May 9, 1S9S ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Charles
Schomp, Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; pro. corp.,
May 12, 1898, m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William
Schell, Moline ; e. April 26, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Kenneth Smith, Moline; e. May 9, 1898;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1S9S; Wint C. Smith, Moline;
e. May 9, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Arthur L.
Sundblod, Moline; e. May 9, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898 ; Oscar J. Stromberg, Moline ; e. May 9,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; John T. Thorpe, Mo-
Une; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Aaron Veley, Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898 ; Martiu Weaver, Moline ; e. April
26, 1S9S ; pro. Corp., July 1, 1898, m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Axel Westlin, Moline; e. May 9, 1898;
m. 0. Nov. 25, 1898.
Recruits : Foster H. Anderson, Moline ; e.
June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Albert S.
Gould, Moline ; e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898; Stephen Lovejoy, Moline; e. June 21,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Chas. B. Maxwell,
Port Byron; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25,
1898 ; Cyrus D. McLaughlin, Milan ; e. June 21,
1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; Joseph Norton, Milan ;
e. June 21, 1898 ; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898 ; George D.
Olin, Port Byron; e. June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898 ; Ed. O'Brien, Port Byron ; e. June 21,
1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Frank W. White,
Moline; e. June 21, 1S9S; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898;
Howard Wright, PdTt Byron ; e. June 21, 1898 ;
m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Company G
Privates : Frank Bostwick, Moline ; e. May
10, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Curtis O. Shaw,
Moline; e. April 26, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898.
Company I
Mark Wood, Moline; e. May 11, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898.
Recruits : William Boilshouse, Rock Island ; e.
June 21, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; William S.
Leslie, Port Byron ; e. June 15, 1898 ; m. o. Nov.
25, 1898; Olen P. Wells, Port Byron; e. June
15, 1898; m. o. Nov. 25, 1898; Frederick E.
White, Rock Island; e. June 22, 1898; m. o.
Nov. 25, 1898.
THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTBT
(Spanish-American icar)
From Rock Island County
Company I
Ben Buckner, Hampton ; e. June 28, 1898 ; m.
o. April 3, 1899.
Company K
Second Lieutenant : James W. Washington,
Rock Island; e. June 28, 1898; m. o. April 3,
1899.
Privates : Fremont Brown, Moline ; e. June
28, 1898; m. o. April 3, 1899; Alexander Bush,
Rock Island; e. June 28, 1898; pro. corp., Dec.
25, 1898, m. o. April 3, 1899 ; Fred Holmes, Rock
Island ; e. June 28, 1898 ; pro. corp., Oct. 16, 189S,
m. o. April 3, 1S99 ; Henry Terry, Rock Island ;
e. June 28, 1898 ; m. o. April 3, 1899 ; Washing-
ton Wilson, Rock Island ; e. June 28, 1898 ; m. o.
April 3, 1899.
After the return of the Sixth regiment from
the Spanish-American war, the different com-
panies of the regiment were again mustered into
the service. Companies A and F of Rock Island
an'd Moline, kept right on with their organiza-
tion and are both in good shape and service
today. The two companies of Naval Reserve
from Moline and Rock Island furnished quite
a large number during the Spanish-American
war and have held up their organization until
recently when one of the companies, falling be-
low the required size, was disbanded, leaving
but one company yet organized.
BDBIAL OF OLD SOLDIERS
Here follows an absolutely correct list of sol-
diers buried in the vicinity of Moline, III., who
936
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
have been furnished with headstones by the
Government, and accepted for the Government,
by the Q. M. General.
MONUMENT GBOUND, BIVEESIDE CEMETEBT, MOLINE
, Alexander Johnson, private Company H, 17th
111. Cav. ; d. Jan. 21, ISSl ; also private in Gra-
ham's Co., 111. Cav., captured at Lexington, Mo. ;
Hans Timmerman, private, Comijanies E G and
R, 1.3d III. Inf. ; d. Jan. 7, 1886 ; John McCain,
private, Company H, 37th 111. Inf. ; d. Jan. S,
1883 ; Joseph Yerrian, private, Company B, 62d
Ohio Inf.; d. Nov. 22, 18S5; Christopher Altz,
musician band, 44th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 30, 1883;
Benjamin F. Sperbeck, private. Company F, 73d
N. Y. Inf.; d. March 26, 1884; Benton W. God-
frey, private. Company C, 112th 111. Inf.; d. May
20, 1SS4; B. Olson Freed, private, Company H,
43d 111. Inf. ; d. Jan. 17, 1888 ; John P. Andberg,
1st lieut. Company A, 43d 111. Inf. ; d. June 30,
1890; George G. Thompson, private. Company
H, 10th 111. Inf. ; d. April 1, 1S90, also Company
K, 139th III. Inf. ; James Hofius, private, Com-
pany F, 20th Wis. Inf.; d. March 25, 1889;
James M. Wallier, private. Company G, 102d
111. Inf.; April 26, 1893; Drury M. Grant, pri-
vate, Company D, 27th 111. Inf.; d. March 21,
1892 ; George Sweeney, private. Company G,
2d Mo. Cavalry; d. April 25, 1893, Merrill's
Horse ; Alfred Posten, private, Company K, 129th
111. Inf.; d. Sept. 23, 1803; John Johnson, pri-
vate. Company D, 57th 111. Inf.; d. June 12,
1S94; Chas. G. L. Quillin, private, Battei-y H,
1st 111. Artillery; d. July 3, 1895; Milo B.
Webster, regt. com. sergt., 1st Mo. Engineers;
d. Jan. 9, 1896 ; John C. King, private. Company
K, 129tb 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 24, 1896; Horace
Norton, private. Company K, 2d Colo. Cavalry ;
d. April 12, 1896; William Young, private. Com-
pany H, 132d 111. Inf. ; d. Nov. 12, 1S96 ; Ephraim
Peel, private. Company I, 9th 111. Cavalry ; d.
July 14, 1897 ; William S. Ransom, private. Com-
pany H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d. July 28, 1897 ; J. Chas.
S. O'Daniels, private. Company C, 7th Wis.
Inf. ; d. Sept. 2, 1S9S ; Ammi B. Wilder, private.
Company B, 36th Wis. Inf.; d. May 11, 1900;
Benjamin C. Carpenter, private, Company H,
lOSth U. S. Col. Inf.; d. May 7, 1902; Levi
Nanny, private. Company K, 18th U. S. Col. Inf. ;
d. July 26, 1903; Mell C. Follett, private. Com-
pany A, 42d 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 9, 1903; Peter
Wauer, private. Company H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d.
Sept. 2, , 1904 ; Andrew Hendrickson, private,
Company A, 14Sth 111. Inf.; d. Nov. 10, 1905;
Harvey Herron, private, Company B, 139th Pa.
Inf. ; d. Dec. 22, 1905, also Company B, 14th U.
S. Inf. ; George D. Woodward, 1st lieut.. Com-
pany H, 10th 111. Inf. ; d. Oct. 9, 1897, Company
C, 10th Inf. ; James L. Stanley, private, Company
G, 1st 111. Cavalry; d. May 7, 1902; Joseph A.
Gettemy, Corp., Company A, 13Sth 111. Inf. ; d.
June 10, 1907 ; Hiram Jiuk.s, private. Company
B, Cth Iowa Cavalry; d. Oct. 6, 1906; William
Patterson, private, Company D, 13th U. S. Col.
H. A. ; d. Aug. 29, 1907 ; James Lewis, private.
Company A, lloth U. S. Col. Inf.; d. May 7,
1908; Amos J. Vanderhoof, private. Company
E, 2Sth and B, 136th N. Y. Inf.; d. Oct. 31,
1908 ; Wm. H. Stevenson, private. Company G,
10th Ohio Cavalry ; d. Feb. IS, 1907 ; S. J. John-
son, d. Sept. 1, 1893, unknown rank or service;
Nils Ostergren, private, Company H, 132d 111.
Inf.; d. Dec. 20, 1907; Christian Burgert, pri-
vate. Company E, 43d 111. Inf. ; d. Aug. — , 1880;
died at county poor farm ; Michael Pettit, pri-
vate, 3d V. S. Cavalry; d. March 31, 1910;
William P. Buchannan, private. Company B,
126th 111. Inf. ; d. Feb. 4, 1910 ; Robert M. Benell,
artificer Company B, 1st Mo. Engineers; d.
Feb. 17, 1910, private Company F, 148th 111.
Inf. ; John SIcLafflin, private, Company K,
31st 111. Inf.; d. July 14, 1911; William
Grantz, private. Company H. 1.32nd and
F, 69th 111. Inf. ; d. Nov. 19, 1911 ; John Pears,
private. Company I, 2Sth 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 7,
1894; Harlow E. Barber, sergt.. Company K,
129th 111. Inf.; d. Feb. 10, 1893; John B. New-
ton, private. Company B, 9th Ohio Cavalry; d.
March 6, 1896; Christopher G. Matteson, coriJ-.
Company K, 129th 111. Inf.; d. Nov. 1, 1870;
Tom Robbinson, musician. Company E, lOSth
Colo. Inf. ; d. Nov. 10, 1S96 Bedar Wood, private.
Company K, 112th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 26, 1873;
Charles Blowers, private. Company C, 19th Iowa
Inf. ; d. Aug. 16, 1900, an(J K, 2d Vet. Res. Corps;
Martin Sullivan, private. Company I, 2Sth 111.
Inf. ; d. April 20, 1900 ; Thomas Merriman, pri-
vate. Company C, 102d 111. Inf.; d. June 2,
1899 ; Charles Reese, sergt.. Company E. 2d Iowa
Cavalry; d. April 20, 1902; Daniel L. Swander,
private. Company B, 86th 111. Inf.; d. Nov. 14,
1898 ; Nathan C. Tyrrell, wagoner, Company H,
132d 111. Inf. ; d. Jan. 5, 1899 ; James G. Wells,
captain. Company A, 37;th Iowa Inf.; d. Sept.
5, 1904; Wm. H. Babcock, 1st lieut.. Company
K, 8th Kansas Inf.; d. Sept. IS, 1866, sergt.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
937
H, 19tb 111. ; Gillis Hiitt. private. Compfiny C,
Gfith 111. Inf.; d. Sept. 2, 1S7G ; Charles E. Hub-
bard, private. Company H, 132d 111. Inf.; d.
June 22, 1S7S; Joseph Pershing, private, Com-
pany C, 66th 111. Inf.; Nov. 14, 1876; A. A.
Mec' ing, ma.ior, 211th Penn. Inf. ; d. Jan. 18,
IS^' : Henry F. Salter, assistant surgeon, 13th
II' Inf.; d. Feb. 1, 1SS2; William Spencer,
captain. Company E, 11th Iowa Inf.; d. March
28, 1SC9: Alouzo A. Hibbard, private. Company
H, 10th 111. Inf.; d. July 20, 1864; William
Stoughtou, 2d lieut. Company C, 14th Iowa Inf. ;
d. Dec. 23, 1870; Wellington Wood, 1st lieut.,
Company H, 19th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 2, 1863;
Edward SI. Cralle, sergt.. Company G, 98th 111.
Inf. ; d. June 7. 1881 ; Charles Margraff, captain
Company K, 129th 111. Inf.; d. Aug. 28, 1877;
Morgan E. Mitchell, private. Company F, 69th
111. Inf.; d. Nov. 7, 1862; Thomas B. VanTuyl,
sergt.. Company K, 129th 111. Inf.; d. March 5,
1882 ; Charles F. Samuels, private. Company H,
19th 111. Inf.; d. March IS, 1872; Henry A.
Folger, asistant surgeon, 133d 111. Inf. ; d. Dec.
24, 1879; John Magill, or McGill, private. Com-
pany H, 132d 111. Inf. ; d. Nov. 28, 1887 ; David
Murray, private. Company H, 7th U. S. Inf. ;
<1. Sept. 9, 1880; Dorman A. Holt, private. Com-
pany F, 21st N. Y. Inf. ; d. Jan. 17, 1898 ; Elisha
Wall, Corp., Company F, 37th Iowa Inf. ; d. Jan.
4, 1886; Albert Conover, private. Company I,
2Sth 111. Cons. Inf. ; d. Dec. 16, 1905 ; Thaddeus
O. Chase, private. Company G, 2d Iowa Cavalry ;
d. Nov. 9, 1865, also Mexican war ; Nels Ander-
son, private. Company D, 71st III. Inf. ; d. Aug.
21, 1905 ; David J. Flickinger, sergeant, Com-
pany F, 206th Pa. Inf. ; d. Oct. 21, 1869 ; Charles
5. Wood, 1st lieut, Company I, 2Sth 111. Consol.
Inf.; d. May 14, 1905; John W. Wall, private.
Company G, 12th Wis. Inf.; d. Feb. 19, 1874;
Charles Ferdinand Dofler, private, Company E,
2d Iowa Cavalry; d. April 20, 1873; David P.
Kelso, sergeant, Company F, 69th 111. Inf. ; d.
Aug. 20, 1899 ; Andrew Erickson, private. Com-
pany H, 132d 111. Inf.; d. Feb. 3d, 1905; John
W. King, private. Company K, 129th 111. Inf. ;
d. Dec. 12, 1880; David B. Sears, 1st lieut. and
q. m., 27th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 20, 1884; Wm. F.
West, private. Company O, 2d Regt. Vet. Res.
Corps; d. Dec. 27, 1875; James A. Magill, pri-
vate, 13th Wis. Battery; d. March 2, 1911;
William Davis, wagoner. Company H, 37th 111.
Inf.; d. Aug. 10, 1864, died at Andersonville ;
Evans B. Beers, Alias ; Edward Evans, corp.,
21
Company C, 7th California Inf.; d. May 11,
1910; Harrison P. Pierce, private, Company I,
4th Missouri Inf., and 1st lieut, Company E,
16th Wis. Inf.; d. Nov. 24, 1911; William S.
Bell, Corp., Company H, 132d 111. Inf.; d. May
27, 1912 ; William Mead, private captain, Cor-
nelius Horn's Company of Pa., Militia, war of
Revolution, a relative of General George G.
Mead, , 1794, 1795, died here after 1850;
Robert Bell, private Captiin Hugh Williams'
Company, 2d Battallion of Andrews, Pa. Militia,
!irother-in-Iaw of William Mead, served in 1S14,
and died here after 1850; Henry A. Seiffert,
farrier. Company M, 2d Colorado Cavalry; d.
Jan. 11, 1885 ; John Henderson, Jr., private.
Company A, 127th N. Y. Int ; d. May 25, 1881 ;
John D. Harrold, corp., Company H, 132d 111.
Inf.; d. April 21, 1876; Henry Heisell, private.
Company D, 13th 111. Inf.; d. Nov. 19, 1881;
William Bahl, corp.. Company E, 2d Iowa Cav-
alry ; d. July 21, 1876 ; Moroni Wheeler, private.
Company H, 8th Kansas Inf.; d. Oct. S, 1S80;
Henry Harwood, 1st lieut.. Company H, 132d
111. Inf. ; d. May 23, 1883 ; George L. Cornwall,
private. Company B, 27th Iowa Inf. ; d. July 2,
1890 ; James Manley, private, Company I, 81st
111. Inf.; d. July 23, 1S86 ; Nelson Lundahl,
private. Company I, 126th 111. Inf. ; d. June 1,
1893, alias Londall ; Humphrey P. Tyler, pri-
vate. Company I, 19th 111. Inf. ; d. May 17, 1893 ;
Samuel Bennett, private. Company A, C9th 111.
Inf. ; d. Nov. 2, 1892 ; John F. Murray, private.
Company C, 3d, N. Y. Light Artillery ; d. Sept.
5, 1891 ; L. Brown Mapes, private. Company H,
19th 111. Inf.; d. Dec. 14, 1894; Joseph Fern-
baugh, or Fembach, private. Company K, 129th
111. Inf.; d. May 30, 1S95; Alexander Romberg,
private. Company E, 126th 111. Inf. ; d. Feb.
27, 1896; Joseph H. Sale, private band. 13th
Wis. Inf. ; d. March 11, 1897 ; Lysander B.
Pyper, private. Company H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d.
Nov. 30, 1896; Amaziah L. Carson, .sergt., Com-
pany H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d. March 21, 1901 ; John
Hackerson, private. Company A, 4th 111. Cavalry ;
d. Nov. IS, 1900; Marshall S. Wormley, private.
Company A, 127th 111. Inf.; d. Aug. 24, 1890;
Benjamin B. Sheeley, private. Company I, 9oth
111. Inf. ; d. March 29, 1902 ; John L. Huey, priv-
ate, Company H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d. April 21, 1903 ;
Luke E. Hemenway, captain, Company H, 1.32d
111. Inf.; d. April 27, 1903; John H. Thornton,
private. Company B, 29th Penn. Inf. ; d. July 9,
1903, also 30 years service in regular army,
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
retired; George L. Bolton, prlrate. Company K.
20tli Iowa Inf.; d. April IS, 1904; Charles A.
Jenkins, private. Company C, 119tli 111. Inf.;
d. Sept. S, 1904 ; 'William Dusinbury, Corp., Com-
pany E. 21st Iowa Inf. ; d. Oct. 17. 1904 ; Jerome
B. Magill, adjutant. 2Stli Wis. Inf.; d. Nov. 30,
1904 ; Jonas Peterson, private. Company C, 66tli
111. Inf.; d. Oct. 20. 1904; James W. Haney,
captain, Company I, 72d 111. Inf.; d. April 5,
1900; James Milton Walter, private. Company
H, 132d III. Inf. ; d. Aug. 30, 1904, alias Milton
Huntoon ; Andrew J. Hudson, private, Company
G, 7th Indiana Inf. ; d. April 20, igo?. ; Berndt-
Larson, private. Company F, 69th 111. Inf.; d.
Sept. 1, 1SG2, alias Bent Hollingreen, 1st Minn.
Cavalry Mounted Rangers; George B. Wittick,
private. Companies A and D, 2d Minn. Cavalrj- ;
d. Aug. 30, 1903; Alias Benjamin Wallace;
George Dawsey, alias George Myers, private.
Company K, 60th r. S. C. T. Inf.; d. April 10,
1S94: Charles H. Bentley, private, Company A,
10th N. T. Cavalry; d. June 10, 1S69; William
A Christison, landsman, U., S. S. Allegheuey.
d. Feb. 24, 1899, Mexican war; William Chris-
tison, 1st sergt.. Company C, 11th N. Y. Zou-
aves, Civil war ; Henry L. Benn, junior, 1st lieut.,
Company F, Battery 1st 111. Art.; d. Jan. 1,
1885; Joseph D. Parrott, private. Company F,
3d Iowa Inf. ; d. July 2, 1903 ; William R. Har-
low, private. Company H, 23d Iowa Inf. ; d. Feb.
16, 1904; Isaac M. Lawry, private. Company F,
Battery 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; d. April
23, 1SS7 ; Ezekiel C. Downs, private. Company E,
16th Maine Inf.; d. May 6, 1903; Thomas Mc-
Larnan, private, Company G, 4Sth Indiana Inf. ;
d. Dec. 25, 1899 ; Richard R. Pearce, Corp., Com-
pany F, 37th Iowa Inf. ; d. July 18. 1S94 ; Robert
Carlton, private, Co. D, 3d Ohio Inf. ; d. April 27,
1894; Swan J. Fjelstedt, private. Company C,
43d 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 11, 1879; George Kerns
(mound) private, Company H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d.
Dee. 31. 1862, killed at Stone River; Melvin A.
Gould (mound), private. Company H, 19th 111.
Inf. ; d. Feb. 1, 1907, ashes scattered in river by
his request; Olof E. Lind, alias Olof Erickson,
Corp., Company H, 132d 111. Inf.; d. May 12,
1907; John Cowley, private, Company A, iseth
111. Inf. ; d. Jan. 12, 1907 ; John Volkins, private.
Company M, 2d Colorado Cavalry; d. Feb. 11,
1899 ; Daniel E. Knowlton, private, Company E,
1st Wis. Light Artillery; d. Sept. 21, 1907;
George W. Sample, private. Company A, 37th
111. Inf.; d. Sept. 15, 1907; John H. Young,
private. Company H, 1st Indiana Inf. ; d. Feb.
5, 1SS3, Mexican war ; Harrison Ackley, artificer
13th Battalion U. S. Engineers; d. July 24,
1886; Judson M. Gaylord, private, Company G,
126th 111. Inf. ; d. Dec. 13, 1910 ; John C. Moore,
private. Company C, 20th Iowa Inf. ; d. June
6. 1910: John M. Cheene.v, 1st sergt., Company
A, 51st Mass. Inf.; d. Dec. 4, 1910; Andrew
Westerland, Corp., Company C, 43d 111. Inf.; d.
Aug. 8, 1909; John H. Peters, sergt.. Company
E, 43d 111. Inf. ; d. Feb. 15, 1911 ; John H. Peters,
private, Company G, 1st Iowa Inf.; Henry E.
Mapes, private. Company H, 19th 111. Inf. ; d.
Nov. 21, 1909 ; James Sample, private. Company
A, 37th 111. Inf.; d. Dee. 15, 1909; William E.
Stevens, Lieut.-Colonel, 77th Ohio Inf. ; d. Sept
22, 1910; Charles D. Woodyatt, private. Com-
pany B, 140th 111. Inf.; Charles Woodyatt,
Corp., Company G, 156th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 2,
1910; David R. Zeigler, eorp.. Company I, 2d
Iowa Cavalry; d. Feb. 4, 1910; Olof Olson,
private. Company F, 69th 111. Inf.; d. April 15,
1911; James W. Morgan, acting assistant 14th
Iowa Inf. ; and assistant surgeon 40th Iowa
Inf. ; d. May 11, 1911 ; Erie Asp, alias Eric
Swanson, Company B, 72d 111. Inf.; d. Aug. 17,
1911; George M. Stoddard, private. Company
H, 144th N. Y. Inf.; d. Aug. 24, 1911; Bengt.
Svendssen, private, Company I, 82d 111. Inf. ; d.
July 21, 1911 ; .lames M. Murray, private. Com-
pany I, 126th 111. Inf. ; d. Oct. 13, 1911 ; Nathan
5, In-ing, private. Company E, 72d 111. Inf. ; d.
Nov. 17, 1911; Andrew Lind, private. Company
H, 132d 111. Inf.; d. Nov. 20, 1911; Charles P.
Anderson, private. Company D, 57th III. Inf.,
and private Company C, 6Gth 111. Inf.; d. Dec.
6, 1911; Ephraim Greer, private. Company D,
45th 111. Inf. ; d. Jan. 24, 1907 ; William Wooden,
bugler. Company G, First Minn. Cavalry; d.
March 31, 1909.
hartzell's cemetery, south moline township
Nels P. Benson, private, Company H, 19th
111. Inf. ; d. Nov. 10, 1893 ; Martin O. Miles, pri-
vate, Company D, 3d Maryland Inf.; d. July
7, 1892; William Shadford, 1st sergt., Company
H, 37th Iowa Inf. ; d. Dec. 13, 1893 ; Daniel B.
Drury, private. Company K, oSth 111. Inf. ; d.
Dec. 7, 1S95; Mark D. Hamor, private, Com-
pany A, 9th 111. Cavalry; d. Aug. 9, 1876; Ben-
jamin F. Griffith, private. Company C, 66th
111. Inf.; d. Aug. 29, 1874; William H. Bailey,
private. Company K, 58th 111. Inf.; d. April 18,
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
939
1S05; John B. Frick, captain, Company H, 37tli
111. Inf.; d. March 26, 1897; George W. Heck,
private, Company F, 4-lth 111. Inf.; d. Oct. 31,
1900; Richard Trevor, private, Company K,
5Sth 111. Inf. ; d. Sept. 1, 1902 ; John C. Johnson,
private. Company C, 66th 111. Inf.; d. Dec. 7,
1SS4 ; George W. Webb, private. Battery D, 4th
U. S. Artillery ; d. Sept. 29, 1SS6, Mexican war ;
Samuel F. Hussey, private, Company C, 4th
Mass. H. Artillery ; d. March 8, 1908 ; James C.
Thornton, private, Company H, 193d Ohio Inf.;
d. July 11, 190G; James F. Heck, private. Com-
pany D, 50th 111. Inf. ; d. June 14, 1910 ; Josiah
G. Heck, private. Company C, 66th 111. Inf.; d.
Nov. 15, 1910 ; Adam Fries, private. Company H,
182d 111. Inf.; d. March 19, 1911; Adam Fries,
private, Company I, 2Sth 111. Inf. ; d. March 19,
1911.
1885, ijrivate grounds; Wesley J. Whitehead,
private. Company I, 77th 111. Inf.; d. May 22,
1910, Hampton cemetery; George S. Church,
private, Company H, 100th 111. Inf.; d. March
24, 1900, Bowlesburg cemetery; William F.
Bysant, private. Company A, 9th 111. Cavalry;
d. Nov. 7, 1872, Bowlesburg cemetery; William
Pettifer, private. Company H, 19th 111. Inf.; d.
March 9, 1895, Bowlesburg cemetery; James
Fitzsimmons, private. Company C, 7th Illinois
Cavalry; d. July 1, 1875, Bowlesburg cemetery;
Henry Behnke, private. Company I, 28th Consol.
Inf. ; d. Aug. 6, 1896, Bowlesburg cemetery ;
James Forber, private Company D, 20th Iowa
Inf.; d. March 7; 1911, Oak Hill, Davenport,
Iowa ; Seymour L. Stafford, private. Company
F, 13th 111. Inf.; d. March 26, 1912, buried at
Coal Valley, 111.
SPANISH-AMERICAN SOLDIEBS, BIVEKSIDE CEMETERY,
MOLINE
Harman H. Woodworth, chief Yeo. Flagship
Lancaster and Vermont; d. Feb. 24, 1908; John
H. Kneeberg, private. Company F, 6th HI. Inf.;
d. June 22, 1902 ; Theodore Bratt, private. Com-
pany F, 6th 111. Inf. ; d. May 17, 1907 ; Charles
Fisher, private. Company F, 6th III. Inf.; d.
July 3, 1903; Fred Burgland, private. Company
F, 6th 111. Inf. ; d. May 16, 1905 ; Henry Ericson,
private. Company A, 19th U. S. Inf.; d. Aug.
9, 1900; Fremont Brown, private, Company K,
8th 111. Inf. ; d. March 21, 1907 ; Victor Peterson,
private. Company F, 6th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 14,
1911; Oscar J. Stromberg, private, Company F,
6th 111. Inf.; d. Jan. 16, 1911.
Members of R. H. Graham Post G. A. R.
buried outside of our city cemeteries, which we
have markers for.
Charles Baumm, 2d sergt. Company K, 112th
111. Inf.; d. Dec. 9, 1910, Colona cemetery;
Joseph H. Euderle, private. Company G, 1st
Iowa and sergt., 16th Iowa Inf. ; d. Sept. 1,
1910, Catholic cemetery. East Moline; David O.
Eeid, captain. Company H, 45th 111. Inf.; d.
Aug. 25, 1910, Chippianock, R. I.; Oliver P.
Sowers, corp, Company A, 1st U. S. Cavalry;
d. Aug. 29, 1898, Hampton cemetery; Lafayette
Chambers, private. Company A, 4th Iowa Cav-
alry; d. Sept. 5, 1902, Colona cemetery; John
L. Noah, private. Company I, Sth Kansas Inf.;
d. Nov. 30, 1903, Joslyn cemetery; John Carr,
private, Company H, 37th 111. Inf.; d. July 29,
CHAPTER XXXV
TOWNSHIP HISTORY
ANDALUSIA TOWNSHIP
By R. E. Reede
NATURAL ADVANTAGES — -MINERAL SPRINGS — FOS-
SILS— INDIAN TRACES — FOREST PRESERVE FIRST
PERMANENT RESIDENT — PIONEERS CLARK'S FBB-
RY — ROCKPORT — OLD ANDALUSIA GREENBUSH—
VILIAGE OF ANDALUSIA — PAST AND PRESENT
CLAM SHELL INDUSTRY — TRANSPORTATION THE
TOWN COMPANY — POST OFFICES AND POST-
MASTERS SCHOOLS CHURCHES — S U N D A Y
SCHOOLS — ^SOCIETIES — THE ANDALUSIA MEMOR-
IAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — ROLL OF
HONOR — ANDALUSIA BUSINESS DIRECTORY —
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS — VILLAGE OFFICERS — BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS FROM 1859.
NATUEAL ADVANTAGES
Six full and nine fractional sections set off
from Edgiugton township, in 1850, formed a
new township, the adopted name being that of
the little town nestled at the north center, An-
dalusia.
The course of the Mississippi river is westerly,
deflecting one mile south in the six miles that
the river forms the north township boundary.
About one and one-half miles wide at the east,
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
the valley decreases to some twenty rods width
at the west end. This valley lies well above the
high water mark. The bluffs are easy ascend-
ing wooded hills and cultivated fields. The
uplands are rolling prairies. Fancj- Creek east,
Coal Creek at the west, and other small streams
provide di"ainage. The soil in the vallej- is
black alluvium, slightly mixed with sand. The
prairie soil is black alluvium of varying depth,
from a few inches to three feet. On the ridges
the soil is gi'ay clay, mixed with the alluvium.
Magnesian limestone of the finest quality, of
the Salurlau and Hamilton formation, is quar-
ried near the hills. Sandstone, thirty feet and
upward, in thickness, rests in the bluffs over the
upper coal measures. The coal stratas are one
and one-half and four feet extending from out-
croppings to a depth of 300 feet. Overlying
limestones and lower coal measures are four
foot veins of fire clay. There are inexhaustible
deposits of ixitter"s clay, from which there has
been manufactured the best grade of iwttery
waire.
The channel of the Mississippi river, one
mile wide, is separated by a chain of islands ;
the main channel flowing north of the islands,
they are within the township limits. Some of the
islands are sometimes overflowed, although the
summer cottages and club houses are seldom
endangered from high water. Near Andalusia,
a group of white sulphur and soda springs sui>-
ply mineral waters of taste and healthful qual-
ities unexcelled elsewhere. In the bluffs are
never-failing springs of pure water. The shaded
islands, the cool, secluded nooks, close to the
water line, and in the bluff.s. are ideal camping
places. The wealth of fossils in the creeks and
ravines interest the scientific geologist, and
are objects of study for the amateur. Near
the west boundary, in Buffalo Prairie town-
ship, is the promonotory, known as Ball's Bluff.
Tradition brings down the story of outlawry,
and retribution on the hill top, and of an abid-
ing ghost. The weird tales do not detract from
the magnificent view to be obtained from the
summit.
From Andalusia westward, was a favorite
hunting and fishing resort for the Indians of
early da.vs. In the valley, extending east from
Andalusia, to their village on Rock river, the
Sacs and Foxes had selected burying grounds.
The occasional unusual formation of a tomb
yet found may denote that the interred had been
a person of distinction among the tribal a.sso-
ciates. The Indians regretfully and resentfully
abandoned the traditional camping grounds.
Now the valleys, the bluffs, the uplands and
broad prairies are dotted with farm houses,
many of them provided with heating and light-
ing plants, and other accessoiies for conven-
ience and comfort. The agricultural resources
are c-orn, potatoes, other vegetables, fruits and
small fruits. On portions of rough lands are
carefully kept preserves of forest trees. The
acreage valuation runs from .^80 to $300.
FIRST SETTLERS
In 1827, Benjamin W. Clark brought his fam-
ily from Indiana and Wabash county, 111., to
Fort Edwards (Warsaw). There George Daven-
port, the Indian trader, engaged Mr. Clark to
cut and deliver wild hay at the island on which
Davenport resided, now Rock Island Arsenal
grounds. Mr. Clark brought his family to the
island, and in 182S, built a log house on the
bank of what is now known as Sylvan Slough,
near the present government acqueduct loca-
ted in the city of Rock Lsland. Later, he ac-
quired a quarter section, a jxntion of which
is contained in the present site of the village
of Andalusia, and on it built another log house,
near the mouth of the "West Creek." Bringing
his household to it, in the fall of 18.32, he had
the distinction of Iieing the first householder in
the west part of the county. In 1832, his was
the only house between that of Joshua Vand-
ruff, on Tandruff's Island, in Rock river, below-
Black Hawk Watch Tower, and of Erastus Dan-
nison. at the "Upper Yellow Banks" (New Bos-
ton), distant from each other thirty-five miles.
In 1834, three log cabins were erected, the first
by Hackley Sams at the mineral springs; the
second by John A'anatta on his land east of
the village, and the third by Jonathan Mosher,
east of Vanatta. James Robison also settled
on land near the southwest township line.
These farms were the first in cultivation below
Rock river, tlie owners the vanguard of sturd.v
yeomanry \\ho blazed the trail for the jiioneers
of the third and fourth decades of the nine-
teenth centur.w
PIONEERS
Alfred Bing. liorn in Virginia, in 18.30. re^
ported that he came to Andalusia on horseback
in 1854, his young wife seated behind him. He
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
941
■was a school teacher, and died of a wound re-
ceived at the battle of Corinth, in the Civil war,
having been captain of Company C, Second Iowa
Volunteer Infantry.
Edward H. Bowman, born in Pennsylvania,
In ISIG, located at Rock Island, iu 184.3, later
coming to Andalusia. He was a iihysician, and
served as surgeon of the Twenty-seventh Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry ; later became brigade
and division surgeon. After the war, be was
agent for the Pawnee Indians, served as super-
visor four terms, one term being chairman, and
died in 1893.
Jonathan Buffam, born in Vermont in 1795,
located in Andalusia in 1839, was a farmer, and
died in 1848.
Seth Buffan came to Andalusia in 18.54, was
supervisor one term, and died in Nebraska.
John Buffam came to Andalusia in 1839, was
first supervisor of the township, and served
eight additional terms, and for three terms was
chairman. He was a farmer, and died at Lake
Park.
Benjamin W. Clark was the first settler in
Andalusia township.
Warner L. Clark, born in Illinois in 1822,
from 1836, until his death in 1911, was the
oldest living settler of Iowa.
Joseph Eby, came to Buffalo Prairie township
In 1842, and later to Andalusia, dying here,
B. F. Eby was postmaster of Andalusia, a
veteran of Company G, One Hundred and For-
tieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Civil war.
John Eby long operated the old-time stage
line between Rock Island and Aledo.
Axel F. Ekstrom, born in Sweden in 1824,
came to Andalusia in the early fifties, and was
an insurance agent and merchant, dying at
Reynolds in 1903.
James Hill, born in England, was a pioneer
mail carrier and for fifty years a resident of
Andalusia. Hillsdale, this county was named
after his father, James Hill, who came from
England.
Robert Johnson, born in New York iu 1813.
located in Andalusia in 1852.
Samuel Kentworthy was born in England in
1812, came to Andalusia, built a flour-mill, was
a supervisor, and died in 1881.
John T. Kenworthy, the first white child
born in Andalusia, in 1846, was supei-visor
two terms, and now resides in Rock Island ; law-
yer.
Jonathan Mosher located in Andalusia in 1834,
and died in 1,849.
Lorenzo Parmenter came to this township
in 1843, \\as a fanner and served as supervisor
one term, dying in 1896.
Egbert E. Parmenter was states attorney, and
died while serving as county judge.
Willard Parmenter, a farmer, resides where
his father, Lorenzo, located in 1843.
James Robison came here iu 18:34, was a
farmer and is now deceased. His son Matthew
Robison, is a farmer, brought here in 1834,
when two years old, and is the longest con-
tinuous resident of the county.
Daniel Roe came to Andalusia in 1849, was a
boatman, and died in 1909.
B. J. Snell. a retired farmer, has long been
a resident of Andalusia.
Jeremiah Simmons came to Andalusia in 1850,
now deceased.
Andrew Simmons, a iwtter by trade, died in
1909, having served in Company D, Twelfth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Civil war.
Theodore Simmons, a mason, served in the
same regiment as Andrew.
Zachariah Walton, came to Andalusia, in
1850, was a farmer, a mason and veteran of
Company B. Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, died In 1900.
William Schuck came here during the forties,
was a farmer, and is now deceased.
Closely identified with community interests
were: James W. Ballard, Rinnah Wells, and
others who came a little later on than the
above mentioned pioneers.
CLAKK'S FEEET
This ferry was established by Benjamin W.
Clark in 1833, and became the most important
river crossing above St. Louis, attributable to
the easy approaches and course of emigration.
With the building of towns on opposite shores,
Andalusia. 111., and Buffalo, Iowa, the name
Clark's Ferry, became obsolete. However, there
has been a continuous ferry traffic since 1833.
Mr. Clark piloted a flatboat with long sweeps
and pike poles. Later boats were propelled by
horse-power, by steam and nowada.vs by gaso-
line, the launch towing a barge upon occasion,
when required. During the closed season, the
river has to be crossed by other means.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
EOCKPOET
Benjamin W. Clark removed to the opposite
side of the river in 1836, after selling his Illi-
nois claim to Colonel Stevenson, and Messrs.
Hamilton and Whiteside, the men who laid out
the town of Stephenson, now the city of Rock
•Island, and Rock Island City, part of the site
now the village of Sears. They platted the pur-
chase here, named the place Rockport, and sold
lots to eastern capitalists, and either sold or
gave away lots in the embryo city to Daniel'
Webster, John C. Calhoun and other men of
national reputation. No enterprises, however,
attracted population or enhanced valuations to
remind lot owners of their holdings, and ac-
cumulating state taxes strangled the infant city.
THE OLD TOWN ANDALUSIA
About 1S1.3, Xapoleon B. Buford, Sr., of Rock
Island, bought at ta.K sale, the site of Rockport.
Mr. Buford built a warehouse, and established
a store, although he did not reside here. In
1845, Mrs. Buford rechristened the village An-
dalusia, and it became the principal marketing
place for the surrounding country. Warehouses
and a flouring mill were erected and for the
time vast quantities of grain, produce and flour
were shipiJed by river steamers, and flour hauled
by wagons to Rock Island, was shipped to Chi-
cago. Taxes had accrued against much of the
realty when, in 18G5, a syndicate of residents
formed the "Town Company,'' which donated
several building lots to churches on i>erfectiou
of congregational organization. The personnel
of the company were : S. M. Boney, Rinnah
Wells, John Buffum, Arthur Roberts, Maria
Kenworthy, S. E. Roberts. William Freeman,
David Conner, Henry Thompson, J. C. Bethuram
and David Finley. After adjusting claims of
title in dispute it cut off seven tiers of bloclvS,
east and west from the survey of 1835, platted
the central valley iwrtion into fifty blocks, a
full block containing ten lots, each CI x 140
feet, with seven east and west streets and in-
termediate alleys, and seven streets running
north and south. A bluff annex contains a
thirty-three acre farm, several five and ten-acre
lots, and the cemetery grounds.
GBEENBUSH
In the palmy days of early Andalusia, a rival
existed one mile west. Jabez Cobeldick, a resi-
dent, built a warehouse In the woods, on the
river bank and called the place Cobeldick's Land-
ing. There were two lumber yards. In a
roughly built shanty, there in the early fifties,
the children of Andalusia attended school. Of
them, men of later prominence in business and
professional life, mothers and grandmothers,
tenderly beloved, went forth into the world. The
place was named and Is now known as Green-
bush. A little further west stands a modern
country schoolhouse. There are nearby farm-
houses, but nothing remains of the cabins or
warehouse to mark the spot of Cobeldick's Land-
ing.
VILLAGE OF ANDALUSIA
Proceedings before the County court, April 21
to June 4, 18S4, show the record of incorpora-
tion of the village under state law. William
Smith, lumber merchant, was the first president
of the board of village trustees; Jacob H. Brit-
ton, mason, the first village president under
the later enacted law. The plat, drawn iu 1865,
certified by James W. Ballard, surveyor, was
adopted by ordinance, July 11, 1887; signed by
J. H. Britton, J. D. Walton. Edward Strohmier,
Louis Hartman, T. T. Moore, E. A. Glazier, vil-
lage trustees ; attested by R. E. Reede, village
clerk, and was certified by George W. Gamble,
county recorder. It is recorded on page 42, book
3, record of plats. The past may thus be com-
pared with the present. Jonathan BufEam
bought the land of John Vanatta, east of the
village, and iu 1841, erected a small log grist-
mill on Fancy creek. After a few years, the
mill was torn do\\-n. With the advent of rail-
roads in the near east and southeast, the eleva-
tor supplanted Andalusia's warehouses, and they
have disappeared. The flouring-mill was burned
down. The enormous lumber trade was dis-
integi-ated. A decade of the twentieth century
credits Andalusia with a population of 300 souls.
The tide of emigration west and north by way
of the widely known ferry ; the mighty river
bordered by the lovely valley; the gently rising
hills, giving place within view to bold bluffs
and commanding promontories ; the whole of
picturesque scenery unsurpassed anywhere, is
sufficient to explain why our forefathers thought
to foimd here a great city.
At present Andalusia has good business houses.
The people are self-supporting and contented.
The important industry is the manufacture from
A, l{, JWLBOT
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
943
the clam shell of blanks which. .<it finishing
plants elsewhere, are converted into the pearl
button. The sawed, round blanks are of various
sizes, according to the class of the shell. There
are a number of small factories, iu which the
operators earn from !!!2 to ?5 daily. Gathering
clams gives profitable employment during the
summer months. The clams are found in beds,
and are gathered by specially constructed ap-
paratus, cooked in large, iron-bottom pans, the
clams removed, and the shells sold by ton weight.
The cooked clams are carefully inspected.
"Slugs" are commonplace, but there is an occa-
sional finding of a pearl of value.
Andalusia is an important landing of the
packet line between Rock Island and Burling-
ton. The wharf landing is maintained by the
Federal Government. A deep water gap between
Islands apposite Andalusia, connects the slough
or south channel with the main channel. The
slough is much used by light steamers. The
nearest railroads are the southwest branch of
the Rock Island lines, the Chicago, Mil-
waukee & St. Paul, at Buffalo, on the oppo-
site side of the river, and the Rock Island
Southern at Black Hawk, five miles distant.
Now and then, during the past forty years, a
railroad has been built through this section, on
paper. The trend of events marks the cer-
tainty of close railroad connection iu the near
future.
THE FIRST POSTOFFICE
The first postoffice was established at Anda-
lusia, April 24, 1S46, with Dr. Edward H. Bow-
man, postmaster, but the oflic-e was discontinued
February 29, 1848. On May 4, 1848, with James,
widely known as "Scotch" Taylor, postmaster,
an office was established at his farmhouse, near-
ly si.x miles southeast of Andalusia, and named
Pleasant Ridge, but ilarch 5, 1850, this post-
office was moved to Andalusia, and given its
present name, and Dr. Bowman again became
postmaster. He was succeeded by Myron B.
Clark. July 2.3, 1851. On September 30, 1851. the
name was again changed to Pleasant Ridge, with
James Taylor again postmaster. His succes-
sors remained in office until It was discontinued
In 1877, by the establishment of the Taylor
Ridge office at the railroad station of that name
close by. The permanent Andalusia postoffice
was established July 6, 1860, with Frank Eby,
postmaster. The successive postmasters until
1912 have been :
F. M. Boney, Samuel Love, Gilman Parker,
Asa Parker, B. A. A^andeveer, Samuel Goode,
R. E. Reede, C. A. Hayes, J. H. Brookmau,
J. H. Ballard and C. L. Wenks.
Previous to the general extension of the
postal order system, in 1890, Postmaster Reede
had the postoffice estaljlished as a money order
office. Since 1863, there has been one mail each
way daily ; first carried by the Rock Island and
Aledo stage line; for forty years by carrier
from Milan, eight miles east. Prior to 1863,
Andalusia had mail twice a week from Pleasant
Ridge office referred to, antecedent to that
service sometimes once weekly. When in his
'teens in the forties, the late James Hill of
Andalusia, carried mail on horeeback, through
bridle-paths, in timber and over prairies, from
Rock Island to New Boston, Mercer county, en
route delivering mail for a "neighborhood" of
several miles in extent at a designated cabin-
home or store, or at times to the teacher at the
place he "kept school." The late Hon. John. W.
Spencer, of Rock Island, brought to Fort Arm-
strong, from Galena, 111., the first news of the
election of President Jackson, four months after
the election.
SCHOOLS
In the middle forties, Darwin Cushman and
his wife (a sister of the pioneer Lorenzo Par-
menter) taught school and kept an accommoda-
tion postoffice in a cabin near the soutlnvest
township line. School was held in the cabin
and in a log house near the river bank at An-
dalusia, and in other cabins east and west.
Later, a small building was erected in the east
end, and at Greenbnsh, west. Of these a white-
haired attendant of the long ago declares : "They
were so little that the teacher could stand in
the middle of the room, and almost whack us
all over the head with the ruler." There are
three school districts now, two white buildings,
surmounted with cupola and hell, cosily fur-
nished, have supplanted the primitive stnictures.
The village district has a graded school, which
is a commodious building, beautifully located
in a magnificent grove of old oaks, such as can-
not be found very frequently now.
CHURCHES
The Methodist society began with an organ-
ized society in 1858, although for ten years be-'
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
fore that, the people held house-to-house meet-
ings. A small church building was erected in
1866, and for thirty years regular service was
held in it. Never numbering over twenty, tlie
class is now so diminished, that at present the
church building is indefinitely closed.
With four original members, H. G. Thompson
and wife, Cynthia Smith and M. JI. Thompson,
the United Brethren congregation was organ-
ized in 1864. The congregation increased to
sixty members, then decreased until those re-
maining could not support a pastor, and the
church building was sold and removed.
The Baptist congregation was organized with
a class of twenty-five in 1867, and when the
first public schoolhouse was erected in the ul-
lage was bought and removed to a church lot,
enlarging it to a moderate-sized structure.
Though not large, the congregation maintains
regular services on Sunday. The ]l.adies' Aid
Society connected with the church, is a valued
auxiliary. They have stated meetings, socials,
maintain a bank account, and help in the church
work.
The Methodist and United Brethren congrega-
tions had maintained Sunday-school classes. The
one existing Sunday school is the Baptist. At
the County Sunday School convention at Rock
Island in IttOS. this school was awarded a ban-
ner, the prize for the largest membership in pro-
portion to population. The pioneers held Bible
classes at their homes. In 1859, a Sunday
school was organized at ^Vndalusia by members
of various denominations, and the name "Union
Sunday School" adopted after a warning given
by an earnest. Christian lady, Elizabeth, fondly
called "Mother" Eby : "My friends," she said,
"it will make no difference what name you
give oiir Sunday school, but, my friends, you
must sing from the Methodist hymn book."
SOCIETIES
The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, No.
516, chartered October 1, 1867, with twelve
charter members, has a present memliership of
sixty-seven. The lodge owns Its hall building,
a neat, two-story frame structure, nicely fur-
nished. The Eastern Star, Chapter Xo. 617.
organized August 15, 19*38, with seventeen char-
ter members, has a present membership of sev-
enty. Meetings are held in the Masonic building.
Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 2886,
organized April 15, 1895, with nineteen charter
members, has now a membership of seventy-
three beneficiary, and three social. Meets in
the village hall.
Alfred Bing Post, No. 492, G. A. R., mustered
January 10, 1885, with sLxteen charter members,
of whom twelve are now deceased, has only two
remaining in the township, Theodore Simmons
and the mustering officer, R. E. Reede. Tlie
iwst was disbanded in 1908.
THE ANDALUSIA MEMOEIAL AND HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
The Grand Army Post had a continuing Me-
morial Committee; the permanent chairman,
the authorized post historian, had compiled a
memorial record in i>art containing lists of de-
ceased soldiers accredited to Andalusia and
neighborhoods. The post by-laws required that
upon the disbandment of the post, the Memorial
Record book should be in custody of a Citizen's
Memorial Committee. The citizens' committee
was chosen in 1904 ; and on August 15, with
the veteran and the citizens' committee, the
nucleus, the Memorial Association was organ-
ized. The aim and objects are as follows.
To promote good fellowship.; veneration for
home association, home neighborhoods; to en-
courage good citizenship, national patriotism. To
compile records of all who served in the army,
na\'y or marine corps of the United States in
any national war. To compile genealogical rec-
ords of past and present residents of the village
and township. On each May 30th, to conduct
appropriate exercises in honor of the nations
soldier dead. Not to over shadow, the memo-
rial progi-am, such exercises may include remin-
iscences of past events, of former residents of
the community. May provide for other memo-
rial exercises; for the observance of other na-
tional holidays. At discretion of the executive
board, or order of the association, to encour-
age reminiscences may hold annual, biennial or
fiuadrieunial reunions, of residents and ex-
residents. To enc-ourage advancement of the
public schools; enterprises ijertaining to the
welfare of Andalusia and the near communities.
Auxiliary clubs or committees may be charged
with the execution of objects designated. The
annual meeting shall be each May 30th.
The management is vested in five directors,
one elected annually, tenure five years; the di-
rectors annually choose one of their number
chairman. The chairman, secretary and trea-
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
945
surer, constihite the executive board. The see-
retary, tenure teu years, is ex-officio a director.
Residents and ex-residents are members. There
are no dues. Voluntary contributions provide
for expenditures. The reminiscent articles filed
are the personal recollections of the authors ;
of incidents and events dating back thirty to
near ninety years. The chronicles of social
amenities interwoven with incidents of histor-
ical significance, are of great interest ; are edu-
cational ; assure "veneration for home associa-
tion" by our descendants ; thus the foundation
of noble manhood, pure womanhood, good citi-
zenship, national patriotism is laid.
IN MEMOEIUM
"Grajidma" Sarah, wife of Jonathan Buffum ;
"Mother" Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Eby; Jles-
■dames Robison, Parmenter, Buffum, Bowman,
Kenworthy, Walton, Wells, Thompson, Spencer,
Jones, Shuck, Kane, Hill, Freeman, Vanderveer,
Moore, Ballard, Boney, Ekstrom, Parker, John-
son, Gardner, Brltton, it would take a page to
name them all, the self-sacrificing wives and
mothers, brave, noble, christian women. Their
eulogies are in their abiding influence, the rev-
erence for their memories. Mrs. Andrew J.
Moore went to her sick husband, a soldier in
Company B, Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry, In the Civil war. The company carried
a flag presented by the ladies of Andalusia.
Mrs. Moore took the flag froni the staff and wore
it as an underskirt beyond the lines when the
regiment was captured at the surrender of
Harper's Ferry. The tattered flag is in the
Memorial Hall, in the courthouse, at Rock
Island.
ROLL OF HONOR
During the Civil war, many young men of
Andalusia and neighborhood, served in defense
of the flag. Many of them did not return.
Through fifty years the compelling answer,
"Here," to the stern summons from the Grim
Orderly has greatly lengthened the muster roll
of Andalusia and neighborhood's battalions on
the parade ground of eternity. An occasional
name not of the immediate communities is, by re-
quest of a relative, added. The record below
is of those killed in battle, dying of wounds, of
disease ; perished in prison pens, and who suc-
cumbed to infirmities since the war. For brev-
ity, the date and cause of death is omitted :
War of 1812. — Ebenezer Roberts.
Florida and Indian wars. — Job Simmons, un-
assigned ranger.
Mexican War. — Elisha B. Reede, Sixteenth
United States Infantry.
Civil War. — Illinois Infantry, Tenth Regiment,
Company E, Thomas Jliller ; Twelfth Regiment,
Company D, Andrew Simmons ; Twenty-seventh
Regiment, Surgeon Edward H. Bowman ; Twen-
ty-eighth, Company A, Erastus C. Canson ; Com-
pany I, Dewitt Dover, William LeQuatte, Joseph
A. Stickrod, John A. Steckman, Charles M.
Johnson ; Thirty-seventh, Company A. James
Gregg, Archibald McAfee ; Forty-fifth, Company
H, George Jenkins, LeRoy Ballard; Forty-
seventh, Company C, Benjamin F. Wilks; Fifty-
eighth, Company K, Thomas B. Johnson, Oliver
Butler, Matthias Volk ; Company C, Joel Gor-
ham, Thornton (jorham ; Sixty-fifth, Company
B, Axel F. Ekstrom, James W. Ballard, Zach-
ariah Walton, John H. Ballard, Walter H. Rob-
erts, James Bardwell, Henry Jankins, Joel Dean,
Robert S. Montgomery. David Kell, Lee William,
S. Van Meter, William H. H. Joolsby, John
Stout, Garland S. Adams, Andrew J. Moore;
Eighty-ninth, Company F, Addison Weaver,
Michael O'Meara, Stephen Cushman, Easton
Weaver ; Ninety-third, Hospital Steward James
Cozad ; Company A, Samuel Love, Benjamin I.
Marshal, Alexander Weaver, Perry Weaverling ;
One Hundred and Second, Company C, Francis
Preeman, Isaac N. Roberts, Joseph N. Rob-
erts; One Hundred and Twenty-sixth, Company
B, William Patterson, Henry D. Kline, Jo.seph
L. Markle, Charles K. Eberhardt, Robert Rob-
ison. Bardwell K. Fisher, George Fisher, Andrew
Hardy, Samuel Gregg, William P. Gregg, Charles
T. Darrah, James Hayes, James F. Morris, John
Q. Adams, Henry Wallace, Jackson H. Peppers,
Matthias Agy, James M. MeNutt, John Tucker,
Edwin N. Elton, Daniel Bopes, Charles E. Dun-
lap, Isaac D. Cox; Company I, Joseph R. Cun-
ningham, Thomas H. Gillespie, Patrick O'Meara,
Frederick H. Reckman, Jacob Street, John Kane,
Weaver P. Kuhn ; One Hundred and Fortieth,
Company C, Edwin DeCamp, Joseph N. Davis,
Benjamin F. Eby, William S. Moore, Thomas
W. Sennex, Henry Sands, James B. Simpson;
Illinois Cavalry, Eighth, Hospital Steward
George R. Wells; NMnth, Company A, Noah
Smith ; Company C, Joshua V. Griffin ; Iowa In-
fantry, Second Regiment, Company C, Alfred
Ring, Martin Miner, Alexander Hayes, Albert
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
O. Eberhardt; Sixth, Company A. Oliver C.
Houston; Fourteenth. Company A, John Scha-
back; Sixteenth, Jacob XlUler Westbay; Thirty-
fifth, Company A, Adam Steckman, John O.
Vanlaniugham ; One Hundred and Sixth Ohio
Infantry, Company A, Peter Goerig; One Hun-
dred and Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry,
Company I, Jacob Kane; Two Hundred and
Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company
M, James JI. Reede; Eighth Missouri Infantry,
Company C, Edwin Atwood ; Ninth New York
Cavalry, Company M, James Stewart; Fourth
Maryland Cavalry, Thomas Kennedy; Seventh
Missouri Cavalry, Company D, Alvin House-
holder; Ninth Indiana Infantry, Company C,
Napoleon B. Richards.
Spanish-American War. — First Nebraska In-
fantry, Company A, Guy C. Walker.
ANDALUSIA BUSINESS DIEECTOBY
Charles L. Wenks, general merchandise, post-
master; H. S. Ruby, general merchandise;
James D. Kane, grocer, dealer in notions;
Routt & Co., lumber, paints, oils, heavy hard-
ware, cement blocks ; J. W. Saunders, jeweler ;
J. C. Burgoyne, insurance; S. A. Leeman, Henry
Tompkins, William Stewart, E. H. Dunlap, me-
chanics and carpenters ; Theodore Simmons,
George Britton, masons ; David Finley, George
Herbert, and Edward Spickler, painters; W. H.
Dyer, saloon ; Harvey Kelsey, barber and pool-
room; B. C. F. Heinze, J. M. Stropes & Sons,
Herbert & Dunlap, WillLim Simmons & Son,
John Bishop & Sons, George Richards, Tomjv
kins Bros., pearl button plants.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS
The township officers are:
L. C. Burgoyne, supervisor ; John Carlson,
assessor ; S. A. Leeman. collector ; C. A. Hayes,
clerk ; Albert Guyer, Frank Brusse, Fred Hart-
man, highway commissioners; E. J. Sears and
R. E. Reede, justices of the peace; John Kane,
constable ; A. C. Oldham, John Kane. William
Range, school trustees; C. L. Wenks, school
treasurer.
VILLAGE OFFICERS
Otto R. Heinze, president ; B. C. F. Heinze,
clerk ; A. Mclntire. E. H. Dunlap, Henry Tomp-
kins, J. M. Stropes, William Simmons (one va-
cancy), village trustees; Louis Strohmelr, trea-
surer.
The members of the board of supervisors of
Andalusia township from 1S59 to 1912, have
been:
John BufCum, 1859-62; Samuel Kenworthy,
1863; Lorenzo Parmenter, 1864; John Buftum,
1865; Rinnah Wells, 1866-67; S. R. Buffum,
1868 ; James W. Ballard, 1869-70 ; John Buffum,
1871; John T. Kenworthy, 1872-73; William
Smith, 1874-5; John Buffum. 1876-77; J. W.
Ballard, 1879-82 ; James Cozard, 1882 ; James S.
Robertson, 1883; E. H. Bowman, 1884-86; Ira
H. Buffum. 1887-89. Commencement of two-year
tenure— Albert Hofer, 1890-91; James G. Brit-
ton, 1892-93; James G. Britton, 1894-95; James
G. Britton, 1896-97; J. C. Burgoyne, 1898-99;
Albert Hofer, 1900-01; Albert Hofer, 1902-03;
James G. Britton, 1901-05; Albert Hofer, 1906-
07; Albert Hofer, 1908-09: Albert Hofer, 1910-
11 ; J. C. Burgoyne, 1912-13.
BLACK HAWK TOWNSHIP
By Charles H. Dibhcin
LOCATION — NAME — TOPOGEAPHT HISTORY OLD
SETTLEBS FIRST MARRIAGE MILAN — - FLOUR
illLLS — UTILIZATION OF WATER POWER — ^ROCK
RIVER NAVIGATION CO. — MANUFACTURING ADVAN-
TAGES HENNEPIN CANAL ELECTRIC POWER
PLANT LAND VALUES DOUBLING SUPEBVISOBS
OF BLACK HAWK TOWNSHff.
LOCATION
A glance at the map of Rock Island county,
discloses the fact that Black Hawk township
lies along the south shore of Rock river. On
the north is South Rock Island township; on
the west Andalusia ; on the south Bowling and
East Coal Valley townships.
Originally, Black Hawk was named Camden,
and embraced all of what is now South Rock
Island township. H. J. Bruner was the first
supervisor. At the September term of the board
of supervisors, in 1857, the name was changed
to the more appropriate one of Black Hawk.
It is strange that this name was not chosen at
first, for It is the one intimately connected with
its early history, much more so than that of the
one first chosen. While Black Hawk fought
against the white people, those of today, calmly
reviewing history from all sides, realize that
he had some justice on his side. Rock Island
county was bis birthplace, and the home of his
C^H/^-l-^^
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
947
kindred, and lie felt in duty bound to defend it,
against the encroachments of the white people.
The topography of the township is of the char-
acter found for many miles along Rock river,
being rich black bottom land for a half a mile
or so along the stream, and then breaking into
hills and bluffs, with various creeks seeking
the lower levels of the river. The hills and val-
leys extend to the southern limits of the town-
ship, and were originally covered with forests,
but now most of this timber has been cleared
ofC, the land fenced, and occupied by prosperous .
and industrious farmers.
That part of the township north of Rock river,
was detached in 1S75, and added to Rock Island,
but this proved to be unsatisfactory, for it was
discovered at the first election for township
officers, that the returns had to be officially can-
vassed at the nearest polling place outside of
the city. In this case the polling place was a
little sehoolhouse some two miles in the country.
This state of affairs created great dissatisfac-
tion, both in the city and the territory so re-
cently annexed, and in 1S7S, the new township
of South Rock Island, was formed.
HISTORY
The history of Black Hawk township of course
Is the history of Rock Island county and that of
Illinois. The original township was a sort of
storm center for all this part of the country.
Here it was that the Sacs and Fox Indians had
their "capital" city containing at one time some
5,000 inhabitants. The village spread along the
north shore of Rock river for several miles.
The islands in the river wer-e also occupied by
their tepees, and on the hills, back from the
watch tower, where the land has never been
plowed, the old Indian corn hills are still plainly
visible. This was an ideal location and satis-
fied the simple wants of the Red Men, furnish-
ing hunting and fishing in abundance. The
rich land, beautiful forests and magnificent
scenery attracted others, outside the Indian
tribes, for as early as 1830, the settlers began
to encroach on the Indian possessions, and per-
sonal conflicts became numerous, and serious.
This condition of affairs in 1832, brought on
the Black Hawk war. It is not possible in this
division, to go fully into the details of the con-
flict, for they are taken up at length elsewhere
in this work. Reference will be made to but
several Incidents. On one occasion General
Gaines, coming up Rock river on a steamboat
with several cannon, shelled the bushes on Van-
druff Island, one entire afternoon, although
there was probably not an Indian on the island.
On another occasion, the regular soldiers from
Fort Armstrong, reenforced by a local company,
were formed in battle array, and stormed the
Indian village, which they found deserted. They
kept right on in line of battle until they cap-
tured the crest of Black Hawk's tower. Here
they placed several guns, and shelled the woods
on Vandruff Island for the rest of the day,
then marching back to their quarters. There
appears to have been no one killed, or even
wounded, and when we read of the hardships
and dangers of the soldiers at this time, it
makes an old soldier who "marched with Sher-
man" smile. However, it was not schoolboy
play by any manner of means. The battle at
Campbell's Island was a real fight, and the
soldiers on the boats displayed as true courage
as was ever shown on a battlefield. Let us
not forget, either, the women and children in
their lonely cabins, exposed to real or imag-
inary dangers from the Indians. They too,
showed remarkable courage. It is a credit to
Black Hawk that more defenseless people were
not massacred. The Indian chief was a brave
man, although not a great general. The fate of
the Indians was inevitable, as the westward
sweep of the whites was sure to drive them to-
wards the setting sun. In the center of Spencer
Square in the city of Rock Island, is a fine
statute of Black Hawk, that shows him to have
been a credit, phj-sically, to his race.
OLD SETTLERS
The writer was personally acquainted with
many of the old settlers of the township, and a
number of them still survive, but others have
long since gone to that happy land, from which
no traveler ever returns. Some of these old
friends and neighbors are gratefully remem-
bered for hospitality and favors extended. They
came here from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Penn-
sylvania, New York and other eastern states.
They were an honest, kind-hearted people, gen-
erous to a fault. Hard times were experienced
in those days, and their resources were taxed
to the limit, to make ends meet. Binnah Wells
was the first man who settled in the township,
coming here in 1828, and was soon followed by
others. William Little told the writer that
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HISTOEY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
when tlie pre-emption papers to his laud were
filed, he had to walk to Galena to put them on
record. Ben Goble and wife were the first peo-
ple married in Black Hawk, or in the county
for that matter. They now rest side by side
in beautiful "Chippianoek." Jacob Vandruff
lived where the great Davis electric plant is now
being erected.
Notable visitors paid the township the com-
pliment of coming here. Captain Abraham Lin-
coln, with his company of state militia, camped
in the township in 1832. No one at that time
dreamed that the youthful, tall, Kentucky lad
would ever be President of the United States,
and be in command of a million soldiers.
In ISuri, Lieutenant I'ike. who later discovered
Pike's Peak, visited the Indians at their vil-
lage on Rock river, and presented them with a
United States flag. When Rock Island city was
boomed in the east, Daniel Webster and Caleb
Gushing invested several thousand dollars in
this ijaper town, but it is not likely that they
ever saw their money again.
Jlilan is a town of considerable importance.
It is situated at the junction of the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, and the Calile
branch of this road, the Rock Island Southern
Railroad, a new electric line passes through
the town. Tliere is also a good prospect of an
electric line to Galcsburg in the near future.
The Tri-City Railway connects the town with
Rock Island, Daveuiwrt and Moline, at a o-cent
fare, with transfers and is a great benefit to
the coraumnity.
Some of the early settlers of Jlilan were Will-
iam Dickson, Frank Young, William Yoimg, N.
D. Bradley, Garry David, John Dickson, James
Johnson. James Dickson. William Hefiin, Ira
L. Whitehead, F. M. Young, and Daniel Pink-
ley. Joshua Vandruff ran a ferry across Rock
river for many years. It was at one time quite
a milling center, and Camden Flour Mills pro-
duced flour that had a wide reputation and
sale. James Johnson was the leading miller,
and made a fortune in the business, but he un-
fortunately lost his money soon afterwards in
speculations in Davenport and Chicago. H. P.
Beatt.v succeeded llr. Johnson in the milling
trade, and he, too, was quite successful. In
1S71, Mr. Johnson came back to Milan, bought
his mill back, but did not prosper, as formerly
and he finally failed. Wheat in this section
had become a poor crop, on account of the rav-
ages of chinch bugs, and farmers had almost
stopped raising it, which fact proved disastrous
to the milling business. In 1871, Holmes Hakes
built the first pajser mill, and organized the
Milan Paper Company. A few years afterwards,
he built the Kock Island Paper Mill, and a few
years later, the National Paper Mill was built
on the north shore, in Sears. All these mills
were operated for a number of years, but ow-
ing to a lack of straw, and its high price, the
business was never very profitable.
UTILIZATION OF WATER POWER
In 1867, David B. Sears secured a charter
from the state to build a dam across the main
channel of Rock river, and also in the cut-off
between "\'andruff and Carr islands. This
right was granted on condition that a canal be
dug around the dam to make the river naviga-
ble. Mr. Sears had just sold his proi^erty on
Rock Island to the government for $147,000. and
of course was abundantly able to put the project
through. Gen. L. A. Grant, of Civil war fame,
who was secretary of war in Harrison's admui-
istration (commissioned April 12, LSOO, acted
till December 15. 189.3), became associated with
him. During the summer of 1868. the main
channel was coffered, and a \^ooden dam, rock
filled, crescent shaped, was constructed in the
dry river bed. At the same time, the great
Sears mill was being built of stone, taken out
of the river bottom. JIueh of the stone was
cut and Joliet stone was used to a considerable
extent. It was a fine building, and cost some-
thing like $60,000.
Vandruff Island and much other land had
been bought by the Sears' interests, and real
estate prices were soaring. "The Rock River
Navigation Company and Water Power Com-
pan.v" was organized in 1870, with a capital
stock of .$500,000. O. M. Babcock of Chicago,
a man of considerable ability, was engaged to
promote the enterprise. He was a man of good
address and wonderful persuasive powers. His
object was to interest and induce manufacturing
concerns to locate here. He was quite success-
ful in getting a number interested in the lo-
cality, and was the main factor in securing the
location of the "Rock Island Watch Company"
on the south side of Vandruff Island.
In granting the charter, the state stipulated
that as Rock river was a na\-igable stream, a
canal was to be dug so that boats could pass
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
949
up and dowu the river. The time nllowed for
digging this canal would expire in 1S72, and
it ^^•ould require two or three years to do the
work. ^Yorse yet, there was no money in sight
at this time, and to fail, would be to forfeit
the charter. Mr. Babcock took the matter in
hand, formed a company of Chicago business
men, and induced them to pay $5,000 in cash,
and 5^5,000 in stock for the privilege of <Uf/giiig
the canal This company was known as the
"Rock River Navigation Co."
This canal was completed in the fall of 1871,
at a cost of $42,000. This company placed sev-
eral small steamboats and a number of barges
on the river and brought coal dowu the river
to Daveuixirt for the next two years, at a loss
of over $10,000. The canal soon went to de-
struction, and the last known of the Chicago
business men, the.v were going through bank-
i-uptcy.
The big mill never was the success that was
anticipated, although it was operated until it
burned down in 1890. The watch company built
a fine three-story structure, but when it was
about ready for operation, it was disc-overed
that the machinery that had been purchased
from the Ann Arbor Company was not suitalile
for the making of watches. No watches were
made, and the enterprise proved a dead loss.
There have been many failures here in the man-
ufacturing line, and tires have played a serious
part in the destruction of property. There have
been good causes for many of these failures, and
their history should guard against similar ones
in the future. Within the next year, there will
be an abundance of cheai^ electric power, and
there is no reason why many articles cannot he
made here as cheaply as in any place in the
country. All that is needed is the right kind
of men, willing to work hard until success is
assured. There is a bright future for Black
Hawk township along manufacturing lines. We
have the finest building sites, electric power,
coal supplies, and unsurpassed shipping facili-
ties. All kinds of building materials are here
in abundance and cheap as to price. People
can live here much more cheaply and better
than in the cities. Surely these advantages
will not much longer be overlooked.
THE HENNEPIN CANAL
The Hennepin Canal runs through the town-
sbip, from east to west, and is a great engineer-
ing work. There are three locks in tlie town-
ship, and the canal enters the Jlississipiji river
just below the mouth of Rock river. There is
a depth of seven feet constantly maintained, and
it is free to all boats. So far there is not much
commerce on the canal, principally owing to a
lack of suitable boats, and terminal facilities.
As soon as a Chicago route is made practicable,
there will no doubt be a tine commerce on the
canal.
The water power is now owned and is being
developed by S. S. Davis and associates. They
are young men with abundant capital, and the
energy and pluck to make their enterprise a
great success. They have bought up all the
laud along the river to avoid iMSsible suits for
damages, and prevent future trouble. A fine
concrete dam now spans the main channel of
the river, and a similar one has been built in
the cut-off bet\veen Carr and Vandruff islands.
A good head of water is thus obtained much
better than was secured by the old Sears dam.
The great Davis Electric Power plant is now
nearing completion, and will be a credit to this
whole community. The great power bouse is
300 feet in length, and is built entirely of con-
crete, black pressed brick, steel and glass, and
is, of course, fireproof, as there is no wood in
its construction. When this work is completed,
it will generate electric power of 25,000 horse-
power and perhaps much more, and will be
one of the show places of the county.
Milan is a town of considerable commercial
importance, as it is situated iu a rich farming
community, and is the gateway to Rock Island.
It has a good farmer trade, and the merchants
are nearly all quite prosperous. All classes of
goods are handled, and as a center for agricul-
tural implements, it is easily the most impor-
tant place iu the county. In the last few years,
C. H. Dibbern & Son, in addition to their large
hardware and implement trade, liuilt up quite
a business In lumber and shingles, having sold
more than thirty car-loads in the past year.
Laud in Black Hawk township has more than
doubled iu value in the last ten years, and
town property is also looking up. The tendency
is towards small farms, dairying and truck
farming. The latter is a-apidly superceding
the production of standard crops. Shipping facil-
ities here are excellent, as all the railroads
make the Mississippi river rates to aud from all
points in the county. Most of the farmers mar-
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ket their products in Eock Island and iloliue,
as there is always a good market at those points
for all that can be produced. Hogs and cattle
are shipped by rail from Milan and Taylor
Ridge.
There is some of the finest scenery here that
can be found anywhere in the state. One look-
ing south from the crest of Black Hawk's Watch
Tower, can see almost all of the township, and
a charming sight it is too. The beautiful islands
covered by magnificent trees, the nine steel rail-
road and wagon bridges; the ribbon-like c-ourse
of the different channels of the river ; the chance
passing of a railroad train, or a steamboat on
the canal ; the picturesque little town of Milan ;
the numerous farm houses, and great barns filled
TOth hay and grain ; the charming hills and for-
ests in the dim distance, all go to form a picture
that can never be forgotten. With all our
opportunities so abundantly furnished, surely
Black Hawk is a good township to come to, and
not to move away from in order to follow some
will-of-the-wlsp in the far west. This is our
home township, the best in the state.
SUI'EEVISOBS
The members of the board of supervisors for
Black Hawk township from 1S57 to 1912 have
been as follows, given in order :
H. J. Burnett, 1S57-8; Joseph Huyett, 1S50;
John A. Boyer, lSCO-3 ; Hibbart Moore, 1SU3-5;
G. W. Heflin, 1805 ; Samuel T. Kerr, 1866, Alex-
ander Owens, 1867-S; H. M. Coon, 1869; James
Dickson, ISTO; A. Dunlap, 1871; Lot J. Ander-
son, 1872; James Dickson, 1873; Thomas Kerr,
1874rS; WUliam L. Heath, lSSl-5 ; C. C. Hart-
man, 1886-9; W. T. Kerr, 1890-91; Joseph Fitz-
patrick, 1892-3; R. B. Olmsted, 1894-5; Joseph
Fitzpatrick, 1896-01 ; D. J. Little, 1902-3 ; D. W.
Mathews, 1904-9; James M. Johnson, 1910-11;
James McQuaid, 1912-13.
BOWLING TOWNSHIP
By Foster Armstrong
BOUNDABIES — BACK TO THE FABM — ADVANTAGES —
EABLT SETTLEMENTS — FIRST SCHOOLS — BELIGIOUS
PErVttEGES FABMING CONDITIONS TATl/JB
EIDGE MOBAL FEATURES WEALTH — SUPEB-
ylSOBS.
BOUNDABIES
Bowling township is one of the original divi-
sions of Rock Island county, and comprises all
of congressional township 16 north, range 2
west Its boundaries are as follows : Rural
township on the east, Mercer county on the
south,. Edgington township on the west, and
Black Hawk township on the north. The his-
tory of the development of agriculture reads
like some fairy tale of old. The farmers all
over the country, but especially those in the rich
valley of the Mississippi river, have awakened
to a realization of the true value of their laud,
and the dignity of their calling. No longer are
they content to carry on their farming simply
to get a living. They appreciate the fact that
they are the real producers of the country, and
that upon their success or failure depends the
fate of the nation. Some years ago the whole
tendency of the younger generation was towards
the centers of civilization; now the cry "back
to the farm" has become a mighty one; the tide
has turned, and is bearing with it many who
long for a chance to secure land from which
they can earn not only a competence, but
wealth as well. The golden color of the grains
in harvest time is symbolic of their value today.
However, those who seek land at present at
a reasonable price will have to go much further
west or northwest to find it, for certainly none
is being sold in Rock Island county except at
the very highest market figures. People do not
throw away the chance of a lifetime.
Owing to its location. Rock Island county has
centered the greater part of its manufacturing
production in Rock Island city and Moline.
The majority of the remainder of the county
is devoted to agriculture, and the work Is car-
ried on under almost ideal agricultural, condi-
tions. Of course some factories are oiierated
outside the cities, and the mining interests are
heavy, but, as a whole, in the county outside
the twin cities, farming has been found to be
more profitable than any other occupation. The
presence of Rock river, with its many tribu-
tarie.s, and the "Father of Waters" itself, with
its other tributaries, make the entire county a
river bottom, so that the soil is extremely rich,
and as the climate is suited to the growing of
all kinds of grains, many fruits, and every vari-
ety of vegetable, the shipments to outside mar-
kets are extremely heavy. It is from such
sections as Bowling township that these ship-
ments come, for the farmers here are remark-
ably progressive, well informed and willing to
take advantage of the opportunities afforded.
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FIRST SETTLEMENTS
The first settlement in Bowling township was
made iu 183S by a Mr. Bowling, John Tyndall
and Edmond Cropper, who all arrived about
the same time. No other pioneers came until
about 1S41, when there was quite an influx of
settlers, among them being James Clarke, David
Clarke, John Clarke, John Johnston and Chris-
topher Armstrong. Wellington Curtis and
Henry McKuight arrived a little later. The
settlements after this were many and when
Bowling township was organized in 1857 there
were a number of prosperous men within its
confines. For the first few years there were
no schools, but a philanthropist belonging to
Rock Island county built a schoolhouse and pre-
sented it to Bowling township, and also built
one at Preemption, in Mercer county, about the
same time. His name should be preserved, for
in all he built fifteen schoolhouses in Rock
Island county. A Mr. Phillips was one of the
first teachers. In this first school the age limit
ran from four to twenty-one years, and some-
times there were eighty-five pupils enrolled, all
of whom attended school at one time and were
handled by one teacher. Many of the pupils
never received any more educational advantages
than those afforded by this little school, or ones
similar to it, and yet they developed into sub-
stantial and prosperous men and women not
only of Bowling township, but were a credit to
every community iu which they happened to
locate. One of the pupils of this first school
who became distinguished in after life was
John Blakely, who moved to a farm near Sioux
City, la., later becoming a member of the Iowa
State Assembly, and still later state auditor,
which oSice he still holds. Samuel Bally is
another of the pupils of the first schoolhouse
who has distinguished himself. He was born
and reared in Bowling township, and after
studying medicine and being graduated from a
Chicago medical college, developed into one of
the leading physicians of Mt. Ayr, la. As in
the other townships of Rock Island county,
there is a good school system in Bowling town-
ship. The teachers possess a thorough knowl-
edge of their work and appreciate the responsi-
bilities resting upon them.
The scattered settlers in the early days felt
keenly the loss of their religious privileges, and
very soon after the building of the first school-
house, began making arrangements to organize
a church. The first religious services were held
in this schoolhouse by the Rev. Mr. Taylor, a
Methodist clergyman. This denomination is
now represented in the western part of the
township by the McConnell Methodist Episcopal
chapel, the Rev. Alfred Dixson being the pres-
ent pastor. The Presbyterians have a place of
worship in the northern part of the township;
while the Episcopalians worship in a church
erected in 1855, their body having been organ-
ized in 1854. The Rev. William Dawson is the
present rector. The camp grounds of the Rock
Island district of the Methodist Episcopal
church are located In Bowling township, and
are well adapted for their purpose.
While farming conditions have been so
greatly improved during the past couple of
decades, the responsibilities of the farmer are
still exceedingly heavy. His plans have to be
carefully laid, and scientifically carried out to
prevent loss. While he receives a much higher
price for his produce, it is grown at a much
higher cost. Many who have never eared to
investigate conditions do not appreciate this
latter fact, but it is a very important one in
the farmer's life. In dairying alone the
expenses have been many times multiplied. Not
only are the herds under state inspection, but
the barns have to be fitted according to sani-
tary regulations and the milk cared for in a
way that would have seemed absurd to the
pioneers, who, with the rest of the country, had
never heard of germs or infection. Even the
method of shipping is inspected, and the milk
itself is subjected to rigid tests. The excessive
competition, heavy railroad rates, expense of
installing and maintaining costly farm machin-
ery, all add to the burdens and responsibilities
of this calling, so that the agriculturist of
today has to be an experienced business man
in addition to being an excellent farmer. An-
other feature of farm life that adds to the
difficulties of an agriculturist is the lack of
assistance in performing the necessary tasks.
The farmer can utilize electricity, and to a cer-
tain extent so can his wife, but frequently upon
her shoulders fall many of the heaviest bur-
dens of the farm, because it is so often impos-
sible to get anyone willing to do domestic labor.
When housewives in the city are experiencing
the same trouble, no surprise need be felt that
their sisters in the rural districts get almost
desperate. StUl, modern invention is changing
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
many things and iu time it may be possible to
do almost all kinds of domestic labor by air,
steam, gasoline, electric or other power. Until
then, the wives of the farmers deserve all the
credit that can be accorded them. To them is
due much of the remarkable improvement which
is constantly taking place.
TAYLOR BmOE
There is one village in the township which
bears the name of Taylor Ridge. It was settled
in 1S7G, when the Rock Island & Peoria Rail-
road was built. It has a population of 200.
It is a notable fact that while the people of
Bowling township go through the form of elect-
ing a .iu.stice of the peace, it is difficult to get
anyone to qualify for the office, as there is
absolutely no business for him to transact.
Not even a mortgage is recorded from year to
year, and there is practically no litigation.
There is no .saloon in the township, nor has
there been for the past forty-five years.
Another fact of which the people of the town-
ship are very proud is that no application for
divorce has ever been made by a resident of
the township. Bowling township contains some
of the finest and most valuable farms in the
count.v. The valuations as reported by the
assessor for 1913 were as follows: Improved
land, 23,.5fi6 acres, assessed valuation $364,416;
unimproved land, none ; horses. 017, assessed
valuation 5!66,717 ; cattle 2,318. assessed valua-
tion $02.377 ; mules and asses 48, assessed valu-
ation $3,402; sheep 323, assessed valuation
$1,200; hogs 2,752, assessed valuation $20,496:
carriages, wagons and automobiles 186, asses.sed
valuation .$14,691 ; watches and clocks 68,
assessed valuation $519; .sewing and knitting
machines CO, assessed valuation $600; pianos
and organs 48, assessed valuation $3..570.
The men who have served Bowling township
on the Rock Island County Board of Super-
visors, from 1S57 to 1912, have been as follows :
T. W. Vincent, 1857; John C. Kelle.v. 1858;
Elihu Rathbun, 18.59-60; John Morris, lSOl-2
(served two terms in the state legislature) ;
Samuel L. Foster. 1863-4; John Clark, 1865-6;
Samuel L. Foster, 1867-8 ; John Morris, 1869-70 ;
John Clark. 1871 : James B. Walker, 1872 :
James Todd, 187.3-4; William Miller, 1875-6;
J. P. Johnston, 1877-8; William Miller, 1879;
James B. McConnell. 1S80-1 ; John Clark.
1882-4 ; Hugh Walker, 1885-6 ; S. W. Heath,
1887; Thomas Armstrong, 1888-9; S. W. Heath,
1890-1 ; Foster Armstrong, 1892-3-4-5 ; James W.
Betty, 1S96-7; A. L. Freeburg, 1S9S-9-1900-1 ;
Wm. H. Cropper, 1902-3; Foster Armstrong,
1904-5; David T. Little, 1006-7; John Upton,
1908-9-10-11-12-13.
BUFFALO PRAIRIE TOWXSHIP
By John Eclchardt
LOCATION — BUFFALO — STREAM S FIBST SETTLERS —
PRESENT CONDITIONS — EARLY MILLS VILLAGES
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION — FIRST WHITE CHILD
BORN — FIBST DEATH — FIRST SCHOOL CHURCHES
SCHOOLS S O CI E T I E S — AGBICULTUBAL RE-
SOUBCES FINE HORSES GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
PROGRESS MADE — PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
LOCATION
The name Buffalo Prairie was applied to the
magnificent prairie extending from the ilissis-
sippi river south towards Edwards river. One-
half of this territory lies within Rock Island
county. Upon the organization of the town-
ship, the land in range 4, west, comprising one
Congressional township, town 16, and four full
and eleven fractional sections in town 17. was
named Buffalo Prairie township. It is cer-
tainly one hundred years or more since the
buffalo roamed over the township that bears
the name. These herds were followed by the
Indians who almost subsisted upon them.
Strange, that with the passing of the race that
once almost owed its existence to the animals,
that they have become practically extinct. Now
and then, in some i)ark or reservation, one or
two of these uncouth, shaggy beasts are found,
but it will not be long before they will exist
only in natural Mstory volumes. Long as it
has been since they were found in Rock Island
county, evidences of their former presence are
found in sections 21, 22. 23, 26, 27 and 28, in
old grass and moss-covered paths leading to
water. The buffalo and deer "licks'" are notable
in this locality.
Buffalo Prairie township is principally i>rairie
land, although the fractional sections of town
IT. have considerable timber laud, bordering
ujwn open areas of rolling land. The soil is a
black alluvium of a depth from a few inches to
several feet, the latter predomiunting. On the
ridges, the soil is a gray clay, mixed with the
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alluvium. The principal streams are Copperas
creek, which flows nearly parallel through the
southern half of town 16, leaving the township
in section 19 ; Big Run, commonly called Big
Slough, which rises in the northeastern part of
the township and enters the Mississippi river
from fractional section 27. The township is
bounded by the Mississippi river on the north,
on the east by Edgington and Andalusia town-
ships, on the south by Mercer county, and on
the west by Drury township.
FIKST SETTLERS
The first settler was John Edgington, who
came from Jefferson county, Ohio., and located
on section 11, in 1S34, and lived to become one
of the old and substantial farmers of the town-
ship. Peter Carr came from Ohio, in 18.35, set-
tling on sections 11 and 12; in 1836, Daniel
Wheaton located on section 13 ; Stei^hen Brayton
on section 17 ; Marlin Tucker on section 28 ;
Jacob Coleman on section 7 ; Daniel De Graff
on section 31 ; and William Bruner on section
18, all arriving before 1838. The year 1839
brought Samuel Sloan and John Kistler.
The above mentioned were the pioneers who
waded across bridgeless streams, through bot-
tomless sloughs, to reach this lovely section of
Illinois land. Their houses were log huts, cov-
ered with "shakes" riven from forest trees, but
in these primitive homes, the people lived hap-
pily. The children were stowed away at night
in the low. dark attics among the horns of the
elk and deer, and through the chinks of the
"shakes" they could count the tw-inkling stars,
or be wet to the skin by the rain or snow as it
fell. The chairs and bedsteads were hewn from
the forest trees. The tables and bureaus were
improvised from l)oxes in which they had
brought their household goods to the new home.
The trips to the nearest market, or mill, re-
quired more time than is now needed to cross
the continent or the Atlantic ocean.
At present, thickly settled communities of
intellectual ijeople live in modern homes where
once roamed the Indian, the buffalo, deer and
other wild animals, including the wild cat, wild
hog and turkey. The people of today are sur-
rounded by schools, colleges, chiu'ches, thriving
towns and cities. Calls are made and answered
by telephone. A few muscular movements suf-
fice to transact business with neighbors, or places
far distant, which took the pioneers on arduous
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journeys from home. These trips involved hours
and sometimes days and weeks on horseback,
through impassable swamps, and they were
forced to i-un the risk of attack from savage
animals. To the average pioneer, a letter was
a rarity, a newspaper an oddity. Now, letters,
magazines, country and metropolitan dailies
reach the people each day by rural mail delivery.
In reviewing the advantages and blessings which
are the lot of the people of BOffalo Prairie town-
ship today, as compared to those of the pioneer,
the impression is strengthened that the early
settlers were men of unusual force and charac-
ter, and that their memories should be held in
reverence, for they blazed their way through
wilderness and plain to locate the homes that
are now the property of their descendants.
All of the real pioneers have passed away, but
there are still living, aged persons who came
with their parents in childhood. The only per-
son in Buffalo Prairie township, perhaps the
only one in the four townships comprising the
west end of Rock Island county, who came here
in young manhood, is Valentine Fuhr. He was
born in Germany in 1821, but has been a resi-
dent of the United States for eighty-one years,
and of section 14, Buffalo Prairie township for
seventy-one years, and is now quite feeble.
About 1842, Samuel Kenworthy and Joseph
Eby erected a saw-mill on Copperas creek, on
section 16. The mill was invse for some twenty-
five years, but is now abandoned. Ben Snider,
a young Pennsylvania-German, erected a grind-
ing mill on Copperas creek, in section 1, during
the early forties. The mill was run by water
power, but was later removed to Edwards river,
in Mercer county. John Phillips of Muscatine,
Iowa, later constructed a small grinding-mill
near the site of the first one, and it was operated
by steam power. A iiortion of the foundation
of this remains. Many of the present residents
of the locality, some middle-aged, do not know
that such a mill ever existed.
There is no railroad, or interurban line, with-
in the township. Plowever, there are more pros-
perous communities and well-equipped farms
than in any other part of the county.
BL'FFALO PEAIRIE CENTER
This village contains one store, a blacksmith
shop, and is the meeting place of three societies.
Another store and bank will soon be opened
there.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
ILLINOIS CITY
This village is located on the northwest one-
fourth of section 7, Buffalo Prairie township,
and northeast one-fourth of section 12, Drury
township, and was platted in February and
March, 1837. The plat was recorded in Deed
Book A, page 631. Mississippi street, the cen-
ter of one of the seven platted streets, running
north and south, is the dividing line between Buf-
falo Prairie and Drurj- townships. The town lies
south of the Mississippi river, two miles. Slightly
northwest of the town, was the Illinois City
landing, and a short distance above was Vanat-
ta's Landing. In the long ago, when the river
traffic was in its palmy state, a large business
was transacted at these landings. Illinois City
was noted for its potteries. Immense deposits
of fine potter's clay rest in the neighborhood.
The place now has one store and a postofEce.
There is an Odd Fellows hall and one belonging
to the Modern Woodmen of America. There
is a schoolhouse, a church and a blacksmith
shop.
Buffalo Prairie township was organized in
1857, when O. H. P. Moore was chosen super-
visor. The constitution of 1848 provided that in
counties not adopting township organization, the
county business should be transacted by a county
judge and two associate judges, the latter hav-
ing nothing to do with the probate business. At
the county election in 1853, John Kistler of
Buffalo Prairie was elected associate judge, and
held the office until April, 1857, when the system
under which they acted was superceded by
township organization. John Kistler also served
one term as Representative in the Illinois Leg-
islature.
Another resident who held an important
county office, coming from Buffalo Prairie town-
ship, was William Drui-y, elected county sheriff
in 1869. On March 20, 1835, occurred the birth
of James Edgington. He was the first white
child bom in Buffalo Prairie township, and
was a son of John and Susan Edgington. The
first recorded death was that of Martin Fuhr,
who passed away during the first ten years of
the history of the township. A small school was
taught by a Scotchman, about 1840, on the
farm of John Edgington.
CHURCHES
At Brownsville, on fractional section 27, a
small Church building was erected about 1850,
by the Methodist society. Many years ago, the
building was abandoned, and removed. Browns-
ville is extinct. Where stood the church and
three or four rough houses, stock feed on the
rich pasture land belonging to the 1,600-acre
farm of Hon. C. J. Searle of Rock Island.
Samuel Marple, a resident, donated the plot
of land on which was erected the Union church
at Buffalo Prairie Center, under the direction of
trustees representing the Presbyterians, Meth-
odists and "outsiders." The building was erect-
ed about 1871, and named the Buffalo Prairie
Union church. It is used by the Presbyterians
and Methodists.
The Methodist church at Illinois City was
organized as a Mission church in 1854 ; was
made a circuit church in 1857. The present
church edifice was erected about 1860.
The German Lutheran church was erected
about the year 1850, on section 14. This church
building was used by all denominations, or by
traveling preachers, who asked for its use. Some
differences arose and the building was removed
across the highway. Then another building
was erected, on the site of the old church. The
latter is given the name of the German Re-
formed church, but the differences which arose,
have long since been forgotten. The German
Lutherans control and services are held at
stated intervals at one of the ctiurches. The
immediate neighborhood surrounding these
churches, is filled with those of German descent,
and is called Germany. Ladies' Aid Societies
exist in connection with the churches at Buffalo
Prairie Center and Illinois Citj-.
The township contains seven school districts
in town 16. and two in town 17. The school-
houses are well-built structures, comfortably
furnished. The standard is that high grade of
efficiency demanded by communities of intel-
lectual, progressive citizens.
SOCIETIES
Buffalo Prairie Lodge No. 679, A. P. & A. M.,
was chartered at Illinois City, October 3, 1871,
but later the lodge headquartei's were moved
to Buffalo Prairie Center. The following were
charter members : L. V. Reed, William H. Wo-
macker, M. F. Felise, R. A. Hawthorne, Benja-
min Vanatta, J. H. Brandenburgh, Calvin
Beardsley, John Morehead, Peter Demoss. Jos-
eph Ryan, John Kistler, William Drury, James
Vanatta, Err Thornton, David Federman, and
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Jeremiah Lequatte. L. V. Reed was tlie first
master. Among other past masters are Louis
Federman, Joseph Ryan, John A. Miller, Will-
iam H. Kistler. The present membership is
eighty.
Prairie Chapter Xo. 51G, Eastern Star, was
organized October 7, 1903, with the following
charter members : JIary E. JlcCormick, Mary
F. Kistler, Daffle Marquis, Adeline Bales, Mary
Schriver, Mary H. Kistler, Caroline Kimball,
Mary L. Kistler, Sarah A. Elliott, Kate Lewis,
Mary E. Elliott, Ella E. Kistler, Ella Elliott,
Althea Kimball, Adeline P. Marston, Daniel R.
Kistler, L. A. MeCormick, Ben V. Marquis.
Among the worthy matrons have been : Mary E.
MeCormick. Adeline Bales (deceased), Ella
Elliott, Caroline Kimball, Nellie Brubaker, Fay
Halsted Elliott, Mary JLarquis being the present
matron.
Camp No. 3874, Jlodern Woodmen of America,
was organized Jlay 13, 1896, with the following
charter members : Sherman Warman, John Kist-
ler, Robert H. English, Guy Vanatta, W. E.
Kistler, David A. Vanatta. Seth J. Mills, A. T.
Epperly, George Buckley, H. R. Potter, Ernest
L. Marston. The following have served as ven-
erable counsel : Adam Stamm, F. W. Hutchius,
B. F. Chapman, H. N. Bowan, A. W. Price, John
G. Powell, B. G. Vanatta, D. C. Hessman, E. M.
Bateman, A. J. Boney, William Ryan, Harman
L. Lewis, Jesse Boney, Charles F. Creiger. Dan
Ripley is present camp clerk.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
The principal crop is corn. In 1011, fully
500,000 bushels of corn were raised within Buf-
falo Prairie township. But little wheat is
growTj, and only a moderate acreage of oats.
Potatoes are successfully cultivated. There are
many fine orchards, of apple, peach, pear and
cherry, and much small fruit. However, the
interest of the Buffalo Prairie township farmer
is centered in corn culture and stock raising.
An aggregate of fifteen carloads of cattle and
hogs for each square mile, or a total exceeding
five hundred carloads, is shipped annually to
market from Buffalo Prairie township. Partic-
ular attention is given to fine horses. To Buf-
falo Prairie tov\'nship is awarded the distinction
of having raised "Alex," known for years as the
fastest horse in the world. The late Daniel
Ha.vs bred and raised this speedy animal, whose
record time was 2 :03 1-4. The acreage valua-
tions range from $75 to $250. The average
rental is $6 per acre, but in some instances is
much higher. Attention is given to growing
alfalfa for forage and for fertilization purposes.
GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
The geological resources are undeveloped.
Hamilton limestone of stratific-ation irregular,
color bluish white, or brown upon recent frac-
ture, is hard and tenacious. Outcrojapings are
noticeable near the Mississippi river. The De-
vonian limestones are in evidence at many places
in the township. These are separated into three
divisions, the upper, the middle and the lower,
each being distinguished by peculiar characteris-
tics. The uppermost division is a gray and
brown limestone, rough and coarse-grained. The
middle divisions are often many feet in thick-
ness. The shaly limestones are underlaid b.v
the third division, consisting of a fine-grained
gray, ox dove-colored, compact limestone. The
sandstone of the coal outcrop at many places
■nithin the township, is colored and iron-stained.
This stone extends along the bluff line of the
Mississippi river, and outcrops at ridges through-
out the township. At Big Run, in fractional
town IT, is found an excellent and durable stone
for heavy masonry. The creek is full of large
blocks of it, on which the elements and sun
seem to have no effect. However, in these days
of concrete masonry. Buffalo Prairie has stone
■n'lthin convenient hauling distances to pave
eveiy highway in the township, and an over-
abundance for building pui-poses.
The coal measures resting upon the Devonian
or upper Silurian formation of underlying lime-
stone, are covered with the sandstone. Coal,
in veins of three and four feet, underlies near
the whole surface of the township. Occasionally
drift c\)al is obtained at ravines. There are
no mines, but tests reveal a good quality of coal
at a depth of 250 to 300 feet. Among the stratas
which compose the coal measures, as found in
the ridges, is a deposit of fire clay, two to four
feet in thickness. In the ridges and bluff in
fractional town 17, there are inexhaustible de-
posits of potter's clay of fine quality, which have
been mined and shipped to Milwaukee and
Peoria for the manufacture of the finest grade
of pottery ware.
The development of Buffalo Prairie township
was sure and interesting. The pioneer came
here from some move eastern state, or foreign
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
land, and selecting the spot which best met his
requirements, began to lay the foundation of a
permanent home. Here amid the mighty forest,
he cleared a space for the log shack in which
the family lived until a better one could be
provided. A rude shelter was also provided for
the stock, and then began the clearing off of the
fields. Many times the first crop or too off a
field was grown around the stumps which were
allowea to rot out simply because time could
not be spared to grub them. Little by little,
fields of grain took the place of the virgin for-
est, and a frame house replaced the log one. In
time, a substantial red barn loomed beside the
house, and neat fences divided the farm. An
orchard was developed and bore fruit; a mnd-
mill drew water for the stock and household
needs. Sleek horses did the farm work and
drew the family carry-all along the not any too
well improved roads. Still later, electric motors
took the place of other power, and automobiles
brought with them the need for splendid roads.
How much further these progressive farmers
will go, only the future will develop. Suffice to
say that they will keep abreast of other simi-
lar communities, and not only work for their
personal benefit, but that of the people at large.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
From 1S33 to 1S48, the residents of Buffalo
Prairie township who served on the board of
county commissioners, the body that controlled
county affairs during that period, were:
Jacob Coleman, 1838-40 ; John Kistler, 1.S43-46 ;
Samuel Sloan, 1846-48.
With township organization in 1857, the board
of supervisors came into existence, superceding
the rule of the county judge and his associates,
vv-hich lasted from 1848 to 1857, and the men
who represented Buffalo Prairie township upon
it have been :
O. H. P. Moore, 1857-9; Lorenzo C. Elliott,
1860-4 ; John H. Ely, 1865-6 ; Lorenzo C. Elliott,
1867-8; O. H. P. Moore, 1869; John Edgington,
1870-1; A. J. Little, 1872-3; G. A. Marston,
1874-5 ; F. J. Whitney, 1876 ; John Kistler, 1877 ;
William Drury, 1878-80 ; J. E. Little, 1881 ; Will-
iam Drury, 1882; William H. Kistler, 1883;
Charles Titterington, Jr., 1884; L. O. Elliott,
1885-7; Fred Titterington, 1888; Albert Little,
1889; L. G. Elliott, 1890-1; J. B. Titterington,
1892-3; William Edgington, 1894-5; J. B. Tit-
terington, 1896-1901; L. G. Elliott, 1902-3;
George Rausch, 1904-7; Charles Schnier, 1908-
12; William Elliott, 1913.
CANOE CREEK TOWNSHIP
By Byron Kendall
PEIMEVAL CONDITIONS — LOCATION FIRST WHITE
SETILEKS NEAREST MARKETS — OTHER EARLY SET-
TLERS — FIRST FRAME HOUSE BUILT — FIBST WHITE
CHILD BORN FIBST DEATH — FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE
EARLY PRICES FOB PRODUCE — CHUBCH ORGAN-
IZATIONS FIBST WEDDINQ HILLSDALE — PRO-
GRESSIVE AND INTELLIGENT CITIZENSHIP — PUBLIC
OFFICIALS.
PRIMEVAL CONDITIONS
In looking back over the history of Rock
Island county, the impression is made that the
l>eople who came here must have possessed cour-
age out of the common, for when they entered
this territory, Indians still laid claim to the
most desirable of the land, and none of it had
been placed under cultivation that cx)uld be
utilized. Great forest trees reared their stately
heads where now waving grain ripens under
the harvest sun. Dense undergrowth interfered
with the progress of the plow on the prairies,
and the many water courses kept some of the
land swampy. These pioneei-s of the country
came here, but poorly sui)plied with e\en the
common necessities of life, not always for lack
of means, but because of the difficulty of traus-
iwrtjition. Many of them came from homes of
c-omfort in eastern states, while others had made
the longer trip across the ocean from foreign
shores, and were therefore utterly ignorant of
customs and language. Today a tithe of the diffi-
culties would turn settlers back, but then these
hardships seemed but a stimulus towards greater
effort, and as a result the various sections of
Rock Island county have been developed into
magnificent farming and manufacturing locali-
ties, and its people are numbered among the most
prosperous in the state.
Canoe Creek towns-hip, one of the original
townships of the county, comprises twelve sec-
tions of township 19, range 3 east, and a little
less than three sections in township 18, range
3 east. The boundaries of Canoe Creek town-
ship are: "Whiteside county on the east and
north, Coe aiid Zuma townships on the west,
while on the southwest, it narrows to a point
^AMuCslla y-fLAAyyrux.'n
(dx-^iuaJl Af }ij^4A^nuc^^.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
957
on section 18. township IS, range 3 east, Rock
river flowing between it and WTiiteside county.
Tliis township was settled in 1835, on the 26th
day of August, when Jonas Carter, John M.
Walker and Joseph Martin located in what was
afterwards to be known as Canoe Creek town-
ship. They were the first white men to settle
here. They made the trip with ox-teams from
Wayne county, Ind. None of these sturdy pio-
neers survive. These men built the first houses
in the township, constructing them of rough
logs. Mr. Walker resided on the claim taken
in ]S35 until up to a few years ago, when he
died. His deed was signed by President James
K. Polk, and was never transferred until after
his death.
The nearest market at that time was Chicago,
to which point the settlers drove their stock and
hauled their grain. There were no bridges and
roads were almost impassable at certain times of
the year. Mr. Walker cut and rafted down
Rock river the timber used in making the first
courthouse of Rock Island county. This build-
ing was torn down to give place to a new
county building, and in the cornerstone was im-
bedded a box with curiosities of that time.
Wild game was plentiful, and deer could be
seen quite often. As more settlers came here,
they found a market for their hogs at Galena,
III., about seventj'-five miles north as the crow
flies, and to it they took their grain to be
ground. In those early days the millers used
stone burrs, and the operation of grinding was
so slow that a wag one time told the Galena
miller that he bet he could eat the flour as fast
as the mill ground it. The miller inquired of
him for what length of time could he eat it
as it came from the mill. The wag created a
general laugh by replying that he would agree
to eat it until he starved to death.
OTHEE EABLT SETTLEES
Thomas Spencer was also one of the early set-
tlers, while George Kendall located a claim in
Canoe Creek township while employed in a
saw-mill at Whitehall, 111. Finding the work
too hard, he left his claim, and worked at his
trade at Whitehall until 1844, when he re-
turned to his claim, with his bride. William and
Daniel Leek came from New York In 1837, lo-
cating near Rock river, but later on, moved
away. "Squire" Sargent came here about this
same time, from Ohio, but not being able to
make a success of farming, he sold his claim,
a good one near Rock river, and returned to
his old home. William and Beverly Beardsley
were pioneers from New York, to locate here
about 1S.3T.
A saw-mill was built on Canoe creek, prior
to 1844, and here George Kendall worked upon
his return to that township, where he died in
1891. In 1S4S he built the first frame house
constructed in the township.
Byron Kendall was the first white child born
in a fraine house, but Louisa Carter, daughter
of Joseph Carter, born in 18.36, was the first
white child born in the township.
The first death in the township was that of a
child bom to Samuel Sargent in 1838.
The first schoolhouse was built of logs on
Canoe creek, and was taught in 1837 by a Mrs.
Britton. There are excellent schools in Canoe
Creek township at present, where the pupils are
instructed carefully according to the latest ideas
\^ith regard to teaching.
■ The wi'iter quotes prices from a day book for
1847, kept by his father George Kendall.
"Pork hauled to Galena (dressed) 2^4 cents
per pound — half cash and half trade. Took five
days to make the round trip." Corn was then
15 cents per bushel ; barley 20 cents per bushel ;
lard 6 cents per pound ; bacon 5 cents per pound ;
hindquarter of beef 3 cents per pound ; pota-
toes 20 cents per bushel ; honey 10 cents per
pound ; pumpkins $1 per load ; white beans 50
cents per bushel.
CHUKCH ORGANIZATIONS
The first religious services were held about
1837, in the homes of the various pioneers,
Revs. Kirkpatrick, McMurtry and Worthington,
being among those earnest, devoted souls who
are numbered among the pioneer preachers of
this locality.
The United Brethren organized a class in
1848, in a schoolhouse on the Walker farm, but
in 1S52, a frame church edifice was erected.
The Methodist Episcopal people formed a class
in Canoe Creek township in 1849, and in 1859,
the present church edifice was built. It is lo-
cated about a mile southwest of Hillsdale, and
there is a good congregation, and large Sunday
school.
Without doubt Absalom Ennis and Mary Jane
Walker were the first couple to be married, their
wedding taking place in 1841.
958
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
HILLSDALE
In 1S12 or 1S13, the first postoffice of the
township was established, Moses Hubbard be-
ing the postmaster. He kept the postoffice at
his residence, but this was not continued very
long. The second postoffice was at Hill's cross-
ing, with James HUl as postmaster. About this
crossing, James Hill laid out the village known
as Hillsdale. It has a population of 150 people
and two rural routes go from its postoffice. The
Sterling branch of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad established a station ' here. It
is the shipping point for the township, as well
as for a jiortion of Zunia township.
The present township officers are:
Edward McMurphy. supervisor ; J. F. Mill,
assessor; Jesse Dillon, collector, J. W. Hudson,
clerk ; Dayton Camp and Peter Johnson, com-
missioners of highways.
Among those who have served as supervisors,
stiU residing in the township are:
John A. Liphard, George McMurphy, Dayton
Camp, J. S. Palmer, Byron Kendall.
J. F. Mill has been county committeeman for
a number of years, and has held the office of
assessor for six or seven terms.
INTELLIGENT AND PROGBESSm: CITIZENSHIP
The present development of Canoe Creek town-
ship was commenced by the pioneers, but has
been brought to its prime condition through the
efforts of the men now living. They face entirely
different conditions from those which confronted
their fathers. The work of the supervisors has
been hard, for they have been forced to inaug-
urate various improvements, which have taken
the taxpayers' money, but which were needed
to carry on the work of keeping Canoe Creek
up to standard. The good roads, substantial
school buildings, safe bridges, and other public
improvements have been made sometimes in the
face of strong opposition, and they stand to
the credit, not only of the men who carried
them to successful completion, but the town-
ship itself.
This is a strictly agricultural district, for
here Illinois justifies its right to be classified
as one of the greatest agricultural states in
the Union. The rich land of the Rock and Mis-
sissippi river bottoms yields magnificent crops,
and is placing the farmers of this section
among the wealthy men of the counti-y. This
wealth is a natural increase, gained in a ra-
tional way along the oldest known avenue to
prosperity. By tilling the laud, tending their
stock, these farmers, as did Isaac, Jacob and
other bibic-al characters, have multiplied their
holdings, and are entitled to the enjoyment of
the comforts their industry can provide for
them. The farmers of Canoe Creek township
are very intelligent, and follow the experiments
made by the Govermneut, at their institutes.
Canoe Creek township has been represented
on the Rock Island County Board of Supervisors
by the following men from ISoT to 1912:
I, H. Marshall, 1857; George Kendall, 1858-9;
Charles B. Marshall, 1863; James Hill, 1864-6;
Stephen Odell, 1S67; James Hill, 1S6S;
Daniel Xicewanger, 1869; William A, Marshall,
1S70; James Hill, 1871-2; E, P, Feaster, 187"-5;
George W, McMui-phy, 1S707; D. M. Martin,
1S7S-S0; John A, Lipbardt, lSSO-2 ; David M.
Martin, 1882-6 ; Jasper Sell, 1886-9 ; S. W. Wood-
burn, 1889-93; Ai-thur Goodrich, 1893-4; George
W. McMurphy, 1894-6; Byron Kendall, 1896-
1902; W. D. Camp, 1902-04; Byron Kendall,
1904-6; R. S, Woodburn, 1906-08; J, S. Pnlmer,
19(J8-10; E. H. JIcMurphy, 1910-13,
COAIy VALLEY TOWNSHIP
Bii Thomas J. ilurphy
AREA — ^BOUNDARY AND NAME — PIONEER SETTLERS —
FIRST WHITE CHILD BOBN FIRST SCHOOLS —
VILLAGE OF COAL VALLEY — NATIONALITY OF SET-
TLERS — PATRIOTISM PHYSICIANS CHURCHES —
FBATEBNAX ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS MEN
— BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM 1857 TO 1013.
AREA, BOUNDARY AND NAME
Coal Valley township as it appears today, is
not nearly as large as it was when organized, for
then it contained all of Rural township, and
almost six sections of Black Hawk township.
There are now less than twelve sections in the
township. It is bounded on the north by South
Rural township, the east by Henry county, the
south by Rural township, and on the west by
Black Hawk township.
The name was given it on account of the rich
deposit here of coal of good quality. The land
is rough and broken, and although agriculture
is carried on to some extent, the wealth of
the township is in the coal fields. The mining
activity is the leading industry of this locality.
HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
959
PIONEER SETTLERS
William and Charles Bailej- are generally rec-
ognized to have heeu the first settlers, but
George E. Washburn came soon afterwards, and
married soon after locating here, his probably
being the first marriage in the new community.
Other pioneers of Coal Valley township were:
John M. Bellman, James Wood, who was a clerk
in the store owned by Ben Harper ; William
Cramer, who taught school ; Alex Eaton, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Schroeder, the former was the first
shoemaker ; Thomas Cams and wife, the former
kept a meat market, also sold groceries; Fred-
erick Weyerhauser and wife, he having the first
lumber yard and is now one of the great lum-
ber kings and many times a millionaire; Wil-
liam Muiijhy, wife and sou Thomas caiue
here in 1S57, and Mr. Murphy helped to load on
the cars the ties and iron for the first twelve
miles of what is now the Rock Island & Peoria
Railway ; L. Williams kept the first hotel ; David
Rolands and Murty Connor were the first black-
smiths.
A son bom to Charles Bailey and wife was
the firet white child born in the township.
In 1854, the first school in the township was
lield in a small house, the property of Thomas
Lees, and a Mr. Doyle was the teacher. Thomas
Lees, William Bailey, Charles Bailey, George
E. Washburn, Frederick Fittell and A. Edwards
were the men who were instrumental in having
it established, as they desired to secure educa-
tional advantages for their children. The first
district school was taught by A. M. Nichols.
The village of Coal Valley was laid out by
the Coal Valley Mining Company in 1856. WU-
liam Bailey and William Boyle became its first
merchants that same year. Soon afterwards,
M. F. Herrick opened a second store. The post-
office was established in 1S57, with Thomas T.
Jones as postmaster, who was succeeded by
George E. Washburn. Fred Weyerhauser, Dr.
Thomas Martin and Fred Freeberg, D. H. Lyons
and John Barton were among the early incum-
bents of the ofiice. The present postmaster is
Thomas J. Murphy, appointed by President Mc-
Kinley, May 28, 1897.
The early settlers here were of Welsh birth
-or extraction. The Welsh are a mining people,
and the prospect of work along their own lines
attracted many to this locality. Later, other
nationalities came in, but among the pioneers
may be mentioned: English, a few Germans,
a few Irish, and some Americans. In the
early sixties there were some Swedes and a
few Scotch. In 1861, when the Ci\'il war
broke out and the first call for troops for three
months was made by President Lincoln, nine-
teen men enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Illi-
nois Infantry Volunteers. During the summer
and fall of 1861 many of those men and others
enlisted for three years. In August. 1862, one
entire company went into the service for three
years in Company H, One Hundred Twenty-Sixth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry; their captain was
Dr. Thos. Martin; first lieutenant, David E.
Evans ; second lieutenant, Christian Koerber ;
the writer of this, Thomas Murphy, served as a
corporal in said company. There were other en-
listments in various companies and regiments.
William Murphy, Thomas Murphy's father,
served in Company H, Thirty-seventh Illinois
Volunteer Infanti-y. There were, in all, about one
hundred and fifty men went to the front from
here.
The first physician was Dr. Williams, who
taught the first school in addition to practicing
his profession in the schoolhouse erected in 1857,
but after three years moved away. He was fol-
lowed by Dr. Thomas Martin. Other eminent
physicians have been Drs. Crawfard, Bonax,
Gibson, Roseberry, Jacobs, DeWitt and Wallace,
while among those in active practice now is Dr.
William P. Myers.
CHURCHES
The Welsh Congregational church was the
pioneer religious organization in Coal Valley.
Its beginnings were in 1857, when the Rev. John
L. Richards organized the churcli. There were
fifteen charter members, and services were held
at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Williams. A
church edifice was erected in 1862, but on ac-
count of deaths and removals, the congregation
has dwindled very considerably.
On January 11, 1866, the Baptists, under the
guidance of Rev. T. M. Matthews, organized a
church, with R. Benjamin and wife, D. Prosser
and wife, H. Hill, D. Powell and wife and
Mary Davis as its first members.
Twenty-nine Presbyterians organized a church
in May, 1867. John Barton, Albert Owens, F.
Freeburg, Hugh Caughy and Robert Lee were
made trustees. A church edifice was built.
The Primitive Methodists organized their
church in 1868. Giles Hudson, Joseph War-
960
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
moutli, Robert Wilson, George Wilson and John
Ranson, Sr., were among its first members.
Their church -n-as built in 1869.
The Jlethodist Episcopal church was built in
1869, but no regular services are held.
The Catholics have a mission here, having
built a church in 1S70.
The Swedes hold services in their own lan-
guage upon stated occasions.
fbatebnat, organizations and business men
Fraternal organizations are represented in the
township, perhaiis the strongest being Enter-
prise Lodge, No. 47, A. O. U. W., which was in-
stituted February 21, 1877. The Masons and
Odd Fellows, and the Woodmen and Fraternals
have strong lodges here. The leading business
men of Coal Valley at present are: Thos. R.
Lees and G. B. Krapp, dealers in merchandise,
agricultural implements, lumber, grain, hard-
ware, sand, cement, etc. ; R. L. Wilson, general
store ; John Buckley, groceries and notions :
lIcGimpsey Bros., meat market ; Joseph Somer-
son, restaurant and telephone office ; Ansel Carl-
son, restaurant ; Hugh R. Martin, general black-
smithing, well equipped for all kinds of work ;
J. J. Pryce & Sons. Pryee and Sievers, coal
operators: Central Trust and Fuel Co.. F. W.
Young, manager, coal operators ; and Chas.
Latham, who came here recently, is a painter
and also does paper hanging, and is a fine work-
man in both lines.
SUPEBVISOBS
Those who have served Coal Valley township
as members of the board of supervisors from
1857 to the present day are:
Lewis WUson, 1857-8; John M. Wilson, 1859-
61; Audrew Donaldson, 1862-3; A. L. Sayre,
1864: John McCandless, 1865-7: A. L. Sa\Te.
1868; Lewis Wilson, 1860-71; Thomas R. Lees,
1872; Thomas Martin, 187.3-4; Theodore Jacobs,
1875 ; Thomas Phillips, 1876 ; George Hillier, Sr.,
1877; William J. Rawson, 1878-80; Thomas
L«es, 1881; John Barton. 1882-5; Thomas J.
Murphy, 1887-90 ; Frank Na.vlor, 1891-2 ; Thomas
R. Lees 1892-09; John McGimpsey, 19CI9-11 ;
Thomas R. Lees, 1912; Martin Sievers. 1913.
COE TOWNSHIP
Bxj William H. Ashdoioi
AGBICULTUItAL — ^NAME AND BOUNDARY — EAELIEST
SETTT.RRS — FIRST WHITE CHILD BOBN FIBST
MARRIAGE CHUECHES AND SCHOOLS — SEVENTT-
EIGHT TEARS OF PROGRESS — LIST OF SUPERVISORS
.SINCE 1857.
AGEICULTUBAL
Those who have studied economics realize
that the most important communities in the
country are those where agriculture is the lead-
ing industry, for from the farmer and his work
comes the food supply of the world. No matter
what inventive genius brings forth as a substi-
tute, the health and very life of a nation depend
upon the faithful tilling of the soil by those
who are devoting their years to agricultural
pursuits.
In the more congested communities, various
commercial enterprises flourish, and necessarily
so, but in proportion to population, the result of
the farmer's labor far outclasses that of any
other laborer, or producer.
Bearing these facts in mind, it is readily
understandable why Coe township is so impor-
tant a division of Rock Island c-ouut.v. Here
the agriculturist reigns supreme. Valuable
farms, carefully cutivated, for the most part
by the owners of the property, prevail. There
are no towns or villages within its confines, and
its people, surrounded by the healthy, normal
conditions of a rural life, spend their busy
.vears profitably, and bring up their children
to be good, honest, reliable men and women.
NAME AND BOtTNDABT
Coe township once bore the name of Fremont,
and was organized as a township under that
name, but at the September meeting of the first
board of supervisors, this was changed to Penn.
Although, at the time, this seemed suitable and
appropriate, for Coe township is entirely sur-
rounded by other townships, is square in shape,
thus suggesting a pen, on January 6, 1858, the
name was once more changed to the present
one in honor of its first supervisor, A. S. Coe.
The township is bounded on the east by Canoe
Creek township, on the south by Zuma township,
on the west by Port Byron township, and on the
north by Cordova township, and comprises all
of township 19, range 2 east, being one of the
few full townshii>s of Rock Island county.
EARLIEST SETTLERS
John Walker was the first settler, arriving
here in 1&35, settling on section 36, where he
spent the remainder of his life.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
961
John Butclier arrived soon afterwards, cUos-
ing a farm on section 5. This continued to be
his home until 1S51, when, seized with the
"gold fever," he started for California, and
died on the way. He was unmarried. Burrall
Butcher, a brother of John Butcher, brought
his family here in 1S36, locating on the same sec-
tion as his brother, and there he died in 1S46.
Samuel Allen, not being satisfied with his
location on the present site of Port Byrou, moved
to Coe township, with his family, in 1S37, but
lived only a few months. Without doubt his
death was the first one in the new territory.
Samuel Ennis arrived in Coe township about
six weeks after Mr. Allen, coming here from
Indiana, although he was a native of Ohio.
His death occurred in 1S60.
Henry Smith was doubtless the next settler,
arriving here in 1S37, and spending the re-
mainder of his life on the homestead he se-
cured two and one-half miles east of Port
Byron.
The year 1S37 brought several other settlers,
among them being Henry M. Stockton of sec-
tion 9, who later went to Iowa, where he died ;
and Isaac Hollister of section 20, who later
moved to the vicinity of Port Byron. In 1838,
Addison Philleo came to section 18, and died
there many years ago.
The men were not the only ones who braved
the dangers and privations of the wilderness,
for Mrs. Charity Marshall, a widow, brought her
nine children to the township, hoping to make
a home for them. This brave lady made the
trip from New Jersey, arriving here in 1838,
and located on section 3. It is interesting to
note that she continued to reside on this home
until her death, and that all of her children
grew to maturity, settling in the neighborhood,
and that one of them gave iip his life in de-
fense of the country his mother had taught him
to love.
As far as known, the child born to Mr. and
Mrs. Burrall Butcher, soon after their arrival
here, was the first white child to be born within
the confines of Coe township.
Hiram Walker and Mary Ennis and David
Allen and a Miss Remson were the first couples
to be wed in this township.
CHUBCHES AND SCHOOLS
There is no definite record of the first relig-
ious service, although, of course, it was held
at the home of one or other of the new settlers.
It is a remarkable, but gratifying fact that the
majority of the people who settled Rock Island
county were people of a deeply religious charac-
ter, who longed for the consolation and privi-
lege of religious instruction and worship. Meth-
odists and United Presbyterians have two socie-
ties, and at one time the Christian church was
well represented, but services are now discon-
tinued on account of the removal of its mem-
bers. The Methodist is the oldest body and
both the Methodist and Baptist churches hold
services every Sunday. Of course a numbc^^r of
the farmers of Coe township worship in adjoin-
ing towns and villages, especially in this era
of good roads, and rapid locomotion.
It is generally recognized that the first school-
house was built in the southwest corner of the
northwest quarter of section 21, but there is
no record of the name of the first teacher. From
that primitive school, however, has sprung the
present excellent school system. The pupils
are comfortably housed in neat school build-
ings, and their studies are presided over by in-
telligent teachers, who keep themselves abreast
of modern thought relative to the training of
the young, and the comprehensive direction of
maturing ideas, by reading and attendance on
Normal Institutes.
SEVENTT-EIQHT YEARS OP PEOGRESS
The advancement in land values has been re-
markable, and fully equals the rise in other dis-
tricts in the state. There is a good reason back
of this, and it is not to be regarded as the
result of speculative movements, but the natural
increase due to intelligent treatment of the soil
and modern improvement of the premises. The
modern agriculturist of progressive ideas con-
ducts his farm as a manufacturer his factory.
From his fields he produces certain crops, know-
ing how to regulate them by scientific attention
to the nourishment of the land, and rotation of
seeds. He recognizes the fact that it is a poor
policy to provide insufficient shelter for his
stock and is proud that his residence compares
favorably with city ones. It is easier to in-
stall electric power, than to hire additional
labor for performing the tasks noAv done by the
motor. All of these ideas have gained general
recognition through the work of government ex-
periments, and that of the Farmers' Institutes,
and they have been readily adopted by the agri-
962
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
culturists, and in many eases improved upon,
each man fitting tliem to liis individual needs.
In short, Coe township is a community of
happy, healthy, prosperous farmers and their
families. These men own their homes, and are
deeply interested in improving them from year
to year, and iu increasing the earning capacity
of their acres. Tliey are law-abiding citizens,
interested in the religious and educational ad-
vancement of their locality, and can be depend-
ed upon to give their hearty support to those
measures they feel will work out a betterment
of conditions for the majority. They are the
worthy descendants of the brave pioneers, who
came here from more eastern states, as well
as those fifteen or twenty German families who
came across the ocean from the fatherland to
find a new home in Coe township, and all reflect
credit upon the teachings of parents long ago
laid to a last rest after lives of unceasing toil
and kindly, charitable living.
SUPEBVISOBS
The men who have served Coe township on
the board of supervisors of Rock Island county
from 1857 until 1912, have been as follows:
A. S. Coe, 1857-60 ; Henry Saddoris, 1861 ;
Thomas Simpson, 1862; John Wilcher, 1863;
William C. Tearsall, 186i-5 ; Jacob H. Marshall,
1SG6-7; George Allen, 1868-70; A. F. Hollister,
1871 ; George Allen. 1872 ; Jesse F. Dailey, 187.3-
8; A. F. Hollister, 1879-81; L. S. Pearsall, 18S2-
5; J. S. Daile.v. 1S86-S8; A. F. Hollister, 1889;
J. S. Dail.v. 1800-1 ; Simon Trent. 1802-5 ; S. h.
Woodburn, 1896-07; Wm. H. Ashdown, 1898-
03; Chas. Epper, 1904-7; Wm. McRoberts,
1908-13.
CORDOVA TOWNSHIP
Bji FranJc Zimmerman
LOCATION AND INDUSTRIES — BOUNDARIES AND EARLY
SETTLERS VILLAGE OF CORDOVA POPUL.\TION — •
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
LOCATION AND INDUSTRIES
It is a matter of wonderment to many of
those privileged to live in one or other of the
beautifully located townships of Rock Island
county why people go abroad to secure exquisite
scenic effects, when right here in their own
land are to be found such magnificent stretches
of woodland and valley, with winding streams,
in which are situated islands which for loveli-
ness vie veity favorably with those so extolled,
that are to be found in the older world. Cordova
township is one of the sections of Rock Island
county thus favored by nature. It is in the
extreme northwestern part, and is rec-ognized
as being one of the most beautiful with regard
to scenery, along the Mississippi river. While
there are many valuable farms within its con-
fines, much of the surface is rough and broken
which adds to the magnificence of the view.
The leading farm product of the township is
corn, which is grown in large acreage, while
stock is raised to a considerable extent, the' agri-
culturists favoring high-grade quality. The
most important industry, outside the agi'icult-
ural interests, is the manufacture of lime, sev-
eral large kilns being in operation la the vicin-
itj- of the village of Cordova.
BOUNDARIES AND EARLY SETTLERS
Cordova township is one of the original town-
ships, and was organized iu 1857. It is bounded
on the north by the state of Iowa, by Whiteside
count}-, Illinois on the east, Coe and Port Byron
townships on the south, and on the west again
by Iowa, the Mississippi river flowing between.
This township was one of the earliest to receive
permanent settlers. Here as elsewhere, trav-
elers iJassed through, admired the location, and
perhaps remained for a few weeks, but such
as these, aside from bearing to the outside world
a favorable report, had little or no influence
upon the development. It was the men who
came here with the definite purpose of found-
ing homes, not only for themselves, but those
to come after them, who made real history,
and changed Cordova township from a beauti-
fully scenic wilderness, to a settlement of thrif-
ty and prosperous farmers, who, while admir-
ing the view, realized the importance of tOling
their land, and improving their farm propert.v.
In 1836 Herdman East settled on land which
is now covered by the village of Cordova, and
as far as is known, was the pioneer of this lo-
cality. Within the next two years Nelson and
Chauncey Tripp, William Kelly, Dudy Buck,
Peter Beardsley, Abram G. Adams, William
Armstrong, Jeremiah Rice, Robert and William
Jenks. John Marshall, Dr. Thomas Baker,
Beuoni Haskins. A. Whiting, Ami and Guy W.
Rathburn, Theodore and John Butcher followed
HISTOKY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
963
bim. William Marshall, Sr., and his family,
Jerry I. Cool and family, Joseph R. Sexton
and family and J. S. Phillips located near the
village of Cordova during 1S38. It Is remarka-
ble that so few early deaths are recorded in
the annals of Cordova township, perhaps be-
cause of its salubrious situation, but the first
is supposed to have been that of Benoni Ilas-
kins. He died in 1838, and his remains were
laid to rest on the hill overlooking the village
site. The second to die was probably Hugh
Dailey, vs-ho passed away about 1839.
While a number of the pioneers came here
with their families, some of them were unmar-
ried, and naturally they sought wives among
the girls whose fathers had brought them to
the new home along the Mississippi river. Na-
thaniel Belcher and Joseph Mills belonged to
this class of bachelors who married sisters from
the Jenks family, and these are the first re-
corded weddings of Cordova township.
Dr. Thomas Baker, a man of considerable edu-
cation, taught the first school in his own home,
and one of his early successors was Fidelia
Rathburu. This primitive school has grown
into a fine graded one, under the charge of Prof.
Otto Mairnknecht, with the intermediate grade
presided over by Miss Eva Naylor, and Miss
Mabel Rennie in charge of the primary^ depart-
ment. All are excellent teachers, and their
pupils compare favorably with those graduated
from similar institutions anywhere in the coun-
try. There are other excellent schools in the
township, which are maintained according to
the standard of excellence raised by the Cor-
dova school.
Cordova's first church was organized by the
Baptist denomination, in 1843.
A branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St,
Paul Railroad passes through Cordova township,
from the northeast to southwest, its only sta-
tion within the township being the village of
Cordova.
ViixAGE OF CoEDOVA. — In 1837, John Marshall
and Dr. Thomas Baker realized the possibilities
for a flourishing settlement, and laid out the
present village of Cordova. Each erected a
house, and Dr. Baker named the embrjo vil-
lage, Cordova, for which the township was
later named. Two years later, in 1839, th6
government established a post office here, with
John Marshall as postmaster. The post oflice
was kept in Postmaster Marshall's own home,
which was also used as a hotel, the first in
the township. A ferry, crossing the Mississippi,
was established and conducted by Israel Ather-
ton, it being one of the old fashioned kind pro-
pelled by hand power, John Walker later es-
tablished a steam ferry. It is generally con-
ceded that William Marshall was the first mer-
chant, as his store was established soon after
the village was laid out. Brigham & Marshall
erected the first grist-mill in 1853, and for
many years ground the grain for the people of
Cordova township.
On December 28, 1843, the Rev. J. N. Seeley,
with sixteen faithful souls, anxious for the
privileges and consolations of religious worship,
organized the Baptist church of Cordova. Among
these charter members were J. R. and Mahala
Sexton, J. L. and Margaret Cool, A. S. and
Mary A. Ege. They built a small edifice, in
1844, replacing it in 1858, by a better one, at
a cost of $8,000. This still holds the congrega-
tion, the present membership being 1.50, and the
Rev. Geoirge E. Gibbs is the pastor.
The Methodist wjngregation reliuilt their
church in 1909, and in their affairs are in a
flourishing condition. While the membership
is not as large as that of the Baptist Church,
the people are enthusiastic and devoted to their
cause. The Rev. HaiTy Russel is the pastor at
present, and he has reason to expect to increase
his membership of fifty members.
A petition was filed for the incorporation of
the village in 1SG7, the question lieing, however,
voted down at the following election. In 1877,
the question was again submitted and was suc-
cessfully carried. The first board of trustees
was elected in April of that same year, and
during that month it was organized. This
board was comprised of the following meml)ers :
Daniel Zimmerman, President ; Thomas Karr,
J. B. Vandeburgh, W. D. Webster, A. Boliuger,
F. A. Hall, trustees; Theodore Abbott, clerk.
Cordova village has three general stores, three
groceries, two barber shops, two hotels, two
lunch rooms, a blacksmith shop, an elevator, an
implement house where coal is also handled,
and a drug store. Dr. W. R. Freek is the only
practicing physician of the village. This is the
largest shipping point betn-een Moline and
Savanna, the farmers bringing their produce
here. There is little manufacturing done in the
vicinity, aside from lime, considerable of which
is shipped from this point. Cordova village
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
and its vicinity, are noted also as a summer
resort, tlie river sliore for miles north of the
village being lined -witli cottages and club
houses, some of the latter with a capacity
of from thirty to forty guests. During the
season as many as 300 people camp along
the shore. The earliest fraternal organiza-
tion in Cordova, was (Cordova Lodge No. 543,
A. F. & A. M., chartered October 1, 1S07, with
seventeen members. The first officers were: D.
H. Mattice, W. M. ; John K. Glasscock, S. W. :
Orville N. Whitford, J. W. The lodge is now
in a prosperous condition. Burr Oak Camp No.
33, M. W. A., was organized in the spring of
1SS4, with sixty-two charter members. The
first officers were: W. R. Fi-eek, consul; C. A.
Phillips, advisor; S. J. Whitford, banker;
George B. Spoor, clerk. The camp has had
a steady growth in prosperity. Other organi-
zations having a fair membership are: Lodge
No. 149, Knights of Pythias; Pythian Sisters,
and Royal Neighbors.
The population of the township, including the
village, in 1900, was 802; in 1911, 699. The
population of the vUlage, In 1900, was 414;
in 1911, 324.
The Board of Supervisors had a representa-
tion from Cordova township from 1857, to 1933,
inclusive as follows :
George Marshall, 1857; Jacob Hoke, 1858-59;
James M. Cowles, 1860 ; Jacob Hoke, 1861 ; J.
Q. Wynkoop, 1862-64; Jacob Hoke, 1865; J. L.
Perkins, 1866-69; James E. Abott, 1869TRT M.
Griunell, 1870-76; Jonathan Cool. Jr., 1877;
Daniel Zimmerman, 187S-81 ; J. Hoke, 1882-84;
Charles B. Fisk, 1885; Homer Metzger, 1886;
Eugene, B. Hoke, 1887-88 ; Jasper Forsyth, 1889-
92 ; Homer C. Metzger, 1893-94 ; Charles George,
1895-1900; Edward Cool, 1901-02: Charles
George, 1!X)3-0C; Edward Cool, 1907-13.
DRURY TOWNSHIP
By John G. Poivell
LARGEST TOWNSHIP. — EAKLIEST SETTLERS — AREA —
DRAINAGE DEDBY's LANDING — MUSCATINE
RICHMOND ILLINOIS CITY FIRST SCHOOL
FIRST MERCHANT THE DKURY MILLS — FIRST
PHYSICIAN — CHURCHES — BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
SUPERVISORS.
LARGEST TOWNSHIP
Drury township was organized in 1S57 and
was named in honor of the Drury family, the
earliest pioneers of the township. It is sit-
uated in the extreme southwest corner of Rock
Island county. It contains one full Congres-
sional township and fractional parts of three
others and is the largest township in the county.
Those townships bordering uixin the river
naturally were settled first because of their
position, for the pioneers recognized the advan-
tage of being within easy reach of this great
highway of commerce. In the early days the
Mississippi river, with its many tributaries, was
even more important than It is today, owing
to the fact that nearly all of the commerce of
the country was carried on by means of it.
The building and improvement of the mighty
railroad systems have changed conditions ma-
terially, although land in the river front town-
ships is still the most desirable.
Some time prior to 1837, Isaiah, Miles, Rey-
nolds and Eli Drury settled in what was after-
wards to be known as Drury township, named
in honor of them. At this time the land was
totally undeveloped ; dense forest covered much
of the acreage, and wild game multiplied undis-
turbed. These pioneers were experienced men.
who knew how to make the most of their sur-
roundings, and they at once began to build
their log cabins, and lay plans for the erection
of a mill to grind their grain, as well as one
to saw- their lumber. Soon after their arrival,
others followed, among them being James, Wil-
liam and Drury Reynolds. J. A. Solver. William
Huff, Ithamar Reynolds, Anthony Rickertt, Wil-
liam Womacks, Solomon Simpson, Jeremiah Le-
quatte, Matthew Lequatte, I. B. Essex, James
Essex, Benjamin Essex, I. V. Reed, Valentine
Reed, John Ballard, John Harbaugh, James Mc-
pherson, S. Prentiss, Henry Hampton, Charles
Bean, William Peeney, Mr. Fox, William Hays,
M. H. Johnson, John I'.oruff, Josepli Blair, An-
toine Blalr, and others. All of these men were
married and had families, with the exception
of one.
When these early settlers came to Drury town-
ship, they found conditions considerably different
from those at present. The township now in-
cludes 30.225 acres of land and is bounded by
the Mississippi river on the north and west,
Mercer county on the south, and on the east
Buffalo Prairie township. Of late years much of
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
965
the swamp laud lias been redeemed by a proper
system of drainage, and tliis acreage is remark-
ably ricb. The other land which has been de-
veloped, is exceedingly fertile, and crops are
uniformly large. The farms in this section are
well cultivated, and the buildings of modern
structure, and well kept.
DBUBY'S LANDING
For a number of years, the site of the settle-
ment of the Drury family was called Drury's
Landing, and considerable business centered
about it. The present city of Muscatine Is about
four miles below the old settlement. The en-
ergy of the Drury family resulted in the estab-
lishment of a general store, a post office, and
the upbuilding of a large trade in grain and
pork, and during the early days Drury's Lauding
was one of the principal trading points between
St. Louis and Rock Island. As long as the
country depended upon the Mississippi river for
the carrying of its commerce, the landing was
a stopping place for the steamers, but now the
place is abandoned, and it only exists in the
memory of the older settlers, as a commercial
center. Back of it, a village named Richmond
was laid out, five blocks long, by one wide, with
a side street sixty feet wide, which began with
the river.
Illinois City lies in both Drury and Buffalo
Prairie townships. It is a nice residential place,
but the railroads disturbed its commercial im-
portance. Many retired farmers make their
homes here.
Drury township at present has no post offices.
The mail is all delivered by three free delivery
mail routes, keeping the farming sections in
close touch with current events.
As will be noticed by the names, the town-
ship was originally settled by Americans, but
gradually the thrifty Germans, coming here
from foreign shores, imbued with a desire to
secure land, recognized the advantages of this
section, and took up farms to such an extent
that the prevailing nationality is now German-
American. It is largely due to the enterprise
and ability of these Germans that Drui-y town-
ship has reached its present position agi-icultur-
ally, for they have known how to develop their
land and bring forth the large crops so distinc-
tive of this part of the county. They are law-
abiding people, fond of their homes and proud
of their community, and there is little crim-
inal history relative to them.
The first school was held in a log cabin on
Miles Drury's farm, and a little later another
was kept in what was known as the "bull pen."
It is remarkable what hardships these children
of pioneer days were willing to undergo to se-
cure even a modicum of knowledge. Long
tramps through almost impassable roads, in
weather so cold as to oftentimes freeze portions
of their bodies, were but a part of the day's
work to them, and once they reached the school
house, the primitive conditions were such as
no modern pupil could survive. Yet, in them,
sitting on their slab benches, with faces burned
by the roaring fires in the great fireplace, study-
ing from books that were passed down from one
member of the family to another until they
were literally in shreds, these children laid a
foundation that withstood the storms and stress
of life, and upheld many a noble structure of
learning erected upon it. They had within them
the intense desire to learn that made all sacri-
fices as nothing.
Reynolds Drury was the first storekeeper of
the township. He opened his little store at the
landing that bore the name of his family, and
as he was the only trader within a number of
miles, did a large business. In return for the
grain and pork of the settlers, he furnished
them with the bare necessities of life. Probably
weeks went by without the exchange of a sin-
gle cent of money, for currency was scarce in
those days. There was but little need of it,
the merchant readily accepting produce in trade
for his goods. To the Drury family is also
due the establishment of several mills, Isaiah
and Silas Drury buUding a grist-mill, a sawmill
and a wool-carding machine, quite a novelty in
those days, on Oopi)eras creek, as early as 1837.
To these mills, operated by water power, came
the settlers for miles around, carrying their
grain on horse-back, or in flat-boats, if they
piade the trip by water. Going to mill was a
journey in those days, and often was used by
fathers as a reward of merit, to be bestowed
upon the best worker on the family farm.
The first physician of the township was kind
Doctor Reynolds, whose generous sympathy and
hearty good will are remembered by the older
generation. His well-known figure was a wel-
come presence in many a sick chamber, and he
never hesitated to journey forth in rain or
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
snow, day or night, over the then almost im-
passable roads to succor those who were in
need of his ministrations. His type of physician
is gone. Perhaps the modern physician is a
great improvement upon the old kind, hut there
are many who reix)sed a trust in the country
doctor no twentieth century practitioner can
command, for his word was absolute law, and
in his hands reiKtsed literally the ke.vs to life
or death.
CHUBCHES
Miles Drury"s bam held the first religious
gatherings, presided over by a -wandering
preacher, who visited the township from time
to time. Drury township has four churches. A
Methodist church was organized at Pine Bluff
in 1S70, and a church building was built in
1S72 on the northwest corner of section 9. The
Baptist congregation was organized in 1871 and
in 3872 the present building was erected. The
Hazel Dell M. E. Church was built in 1903 in
the center of section 25. and the German M. E.
Church was organized in 1874 and the church
building was erected in 187-5. Each of these
churches have prosperous Sunday schools, with
preaching services either weekly or semi-
monthly. Each church has an active ladies' aid
society.
BUSINESS ENTERPBISES
About the year 1888, a stock company was
formed to build a high bridge across the Mis-
sissippi river, connecting Drury township with
the city of Muscatine. The city of Muscatine
levied a tax of $.53,000.00 as an appropriation.
Stock to the amount of ,$52,000.00 was sold and
the bridge was bonded for .$60.000.0. The bridge
was finished and oi^en for travel on May Sth,
1891, at a cost of $107,000.00.
In 1893, a stock company was organized and
a toll road built from the bluff to the high
bridge at a cost of $.33,000.00.
These improvements were a great boon to^
Drury township, as they afforded access to mar-
ket any day in the year and in any kind of
weather.
In 1907, the Drury Drainage District was
organized and work was commenced on the
levee in September of the same year. The Drury
District comprises 5300 acres. Bonds to the
amount of $85,500.00 were Issued and sold at
par to be paid in ten yearly payments. In
1909 there were about 425 acres of this laud
under cultivation. In the year 1911 there were
about 3500 put under the plow. The land in
these Illinois bottoms is of the richest kind,
and since said district was formed this land
has increased in value about sis times.
Several farm houses and one schoolhouse
have been built in the last two years. There
is a great future In sight for these Illinois
bottoms, which once were noted far and wide
for their bay hay and good duck hunting.
Many delightful stories are told of the early
days and the hardships so cheerfully endured.
In speaking of them, these hardy pioneers seem
to forget all that was disagreeable, and remember
only the neighborliuess, the hospitality and kind-
ness of heart that seemed to make of all a
great family to be treated as such.
As long as the organization of Drury town-
ship continues, the worthy pioneers in whose hon-
or it is named, will be held in remembrance.
Their work lives long after all that was earthly
of them passed into oblivion. Good men, tried
and true. It is fitting that so important a portion
of this great county bear their name, and e.xtol
their hardiness and virtues, for they were the
lirst white men to make homes within Its
bouadaries. These men lived long enough to see
material effects of their early struggles come to
fruition. Today Drury township is a gi-eat
agricultural region. Its stock compares favor-
ably to that of any other township, its inter-
nal government is good ; its schools are excellent,
and taught by iutelllgeut men and women who
are giving up their lives to the instruction of
the youth of this locality. Everyone here seems
to be working towards a common end, the fur-
ther betterment of Drury township.
SCPEB VISORS
The following are the men who have repre-
sented it on the County Board of Suiiervisors
for Rock Island county:
Peter Demoss. 1857-Cl ; David Mardock, 1862 ;
W. H. Womacks, 1863-64 ; David Mardock. ISCo ;
C. Thornton, 1866-68; James R. Underwood,
1869; Silas Drury, 1870; M. F. Felix, 1871-73;
John E. Wray, 1874; Daniel Mardock, 1875-76;
W. H. Womacks. 1877; ilatthias Kramer, 1878- •
79; David Mardock, 1880; John E. Wray, 1881-
&3 ; R. H. Hawthorn. 1884 ; John E. Wray, 188.5-
80; J. H. Foster, 18S7-S9 ; Ira Reynolds. 1S90 ;
Chas. E. Spickler. 1891-93; John G. Powell.
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
967
1804-97; F. C. Jlewes, 1S9S-190.3 ; Frank P. Gil-
lette, 190J^07 ; Reynolds Hays, 190S ; J. H. Ben-
die, 1909-11 ; James P. Fowler, 1911-12 ; MiIla:\I
Miller, 1912-13.
EDGINGTON TOWNSHIP
Bji William F. Graivford
DESCEIPTION ADVANTAGES — FIRST SETTLERS — FIRST
SOHOOLHODSE — FIRST MARRIAGE VILLAGE OF
EDGINGTON CHURCHES — TAYLOR EIDGE EEY-
NOLDS CHURCHES OF REYNOLDS — BUSINESS
MEN — PATRIOTISM — SUPERVISORS.
DESCEIPTION
Tlie pioneers of Edgington township found a
beautifully undulating prairie, well drained es-
pecially towards the west, north and east. The
prairie soil is black alluvium of great fertility,
varying in depth from eight inches to three feet.
In the northern part the laud is more rolling,
and is drained by ravines leading to the Mis-
sissippi river. In early days these hills were
covered with a heavy growth of large trees,
principally white oak. Few of these magnificent
trees are now left, for the greater portion of this
timber laud has been cleared and is under culti-
vation at the present time. Where it has not
been cleared, the land Is covered with a fine
gi-owth of young timber and shrubs. The pas-
turage here offered is finer than the famous
Blue Grass region of old Kentucky. Two creeks
flow through Edgington township, Ccjpperas,
running nearly due west, and Mill, running east.
The latter enters Rock river near Milan. Water
can be obtamed all over the towTiship by digging
wells from 40 to 125 feet in depth. These wells
have a capacity of watering 100 head of cattle
and 200 head of hogs. The stone deposit is
scarce, but very fine .sand is found on the old
Dunlap holdings. All of the natural resources
of the township are developed by the enterpris-
ing citizens, and the township is in a flourishing
condition in every respect.
FIRST SETTLERS
The first settler of the township was James
Robinson, who located here in 1833. His son,
Matthew Robinson, is living. From him the
writer gained some idea of the customs and
privations of the pioneers. They hauled their
wheat to Chicago with oxen. Mr. Robinson's
father, James Robinson, went with several ox-
teams, himself driving a span of horses. His
load of wheat was exchanged for one of salt,
which he divided with his neighbors who were
unable to make the long trip. Incredible as it
now seems, it took one mouth to make the
round trip, when oxen were used.
Joseph Dunlap, Daniel Edgington and John
Edgington all came in 1834. These earliest
settlers located along the timber in order to
be handy to the supply of fuel. Here they en-
tered the land they had selected, and began
developing it. All of them were from Ohio,
where pioneer conditions had already been over-
come. James Robinson built the first log house
in the township, putting it up in the siiring of
1834, and Mr. Dunlap built the second, erecting
it 'in the timber. In this house, the Presbyterian
church of Edgington was organized, in 1837.
The year 1835, brought Uncle George Kell,
Henry and Charles Eberhart, and in the fall,
Charles, Moses and John Titterington arrived
from Ohio. In the spring of 183G, B. McNutt
brought his family to the little settlement, from
Ohio, and William Snell arrived from Missis-
sippi. In the fall of that same year, Daniel
Montgomery, Alexander Hazlett and family,
W. D. Hatton, Parley Laflin and family and
Joseph Asquith, also settled here. These few
formed the nucleus of the present Edgington
township.
In 1S38, the population was Increased by the
arrival of George Allen, Lorenzo Parmenter, Al-
len Parme'nter, Seth Parmenter, H. H. Parks,
A. J. Webster and Timothy Dutton. As late
as 1850, lands in the southeastern part of the
township were sold very cheap. James Taylor
came about 1850, and with others settled on
section 12. William Miller settled just over the
line in Bowling toimiship. These early settlers
were often visited by Indians, who were friend-
ly, and with whom they traded.
When Chicago was not used as a market,
grain was hauled to Hendersonville, Knox coun-
ty, a distance of forty-flve miles, and the round
trip took from one to three weeks according to
the state of the road, and the motive power
used, horses traveling much faster than oxen.
In 1839, John Crawford came from southern
Indiana on horseback to look the country over.
On his way, he was chased by a band of high-
waymen, but they failed to catch him. Being
pleased with the locality, the following year.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
he brought his family to Edgington township by
steamboat. After he was settled, he used to
hold a singing school. An amusing story is
told of a young hunter, pursuing game on the
bluffs overlooking the Mississippi river, hearing
a steamboat whistle, took it for some wild ani-
mal, and fearing it, fled home. Several members
of the Elliot family came in the forties, but the
elder generation are all gone, although the
name is well represented in the present one.
The Robinsons, Davis family, Wakefields, Hase-
letts, Everetts came about the same time, in the
early forties. J. Asqulth came in the early
forties from England, and a Jlr. Snider from
Switzerland.
The year ISoO, found Edgington township fair-
ly well settled. Some of the pioneers were from
Ireland, among them being the Kelleys, Mn-
Chaus, Horns and McCartys and old Mr. Ramer,
wlio so often called his fellowtowusmeu to
Fourth of July celebrations with his drum.
Others were from Indiana, such as the Bakers,
Ralls, Websters, Campbells, Singers, Fishers,
Tylers, Dr. Tyler, Lloyd and W. B. Bruner, the
Moores, Barnes and many others. The friend
of the writer, J. L. Harris, came with his fam-
ily in the fifties. His father's name was Thomas
McLaughlin Harris. They, with Luther Crls-
well, Clay, Moses and Eldridge Moore and a Mr.
Carpenter, came from Ohio.
The first schoolhouse was built in 1S.37, one
and one-quarter miles north of Edgington vil-
lage.
One of the first doctors was Doctor Tyler,
who lived in the village of Edgington. Prior
to that, it was necessary to go to Rock Island
whenever a physician was needed. Following
Dr. Tyler, Dr. Higgins settled in Edgington, and
then Dr. Lyman. Another early physician was
Dr. James Baman, who had a g<iod practice, and
gave a valued service. During the Civil war,
he was assistant surgeon of the Ninety-third
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. At present, Dr.
Miller of the village of Edgington ; Dr. Eckart
of Taylor Ridge; Dr. Moore of the tow-n of
Reynolds ; Drs. Figins and Eddy of Milan are
the physicians of the township. Dr. C. A.
Huell of Reynolds is the veterinary of the town-
ship.
The first mill of the township was built by
that enterprising citizen, Joseph Dunlap, and
so generous was he that those of the farmers
who wished to do their own grinding, were wel-
come to the use of the mill without charge.
The first marriage was solemnized In 1S36,
when John P. Cooper and Mina Pace were unit-
ed, by Daniel Edgington, Justice of the Peace.
The village of Edgiugtou has two stores, opera-
ted by Titterington & Carpenter and Wm. Winks.
Dr. Miller is the physician in this locality. The
village is in the center of the township.
The first storekeeper was George D. Parmen-
ter, who opened a general store in 1S43, in his
log house. Later, he built a larger house, con-
tinuing to use it for business purposes as well,
until he i)ut up what was known as the old red
store. In it he carried on merchandising for
some years, but eventually sold to Isaac Negus
and E. Burrell. E. D. Cushman was the first
IKJStmaster, conducting the postoQice in his own
house.
The early religious history is as follows. The
Presbyterian church w-as built in Edgington vil-
lage in 1837, and the first sermon preached in
Edgington township, was delivered by the Rev.
John Montgomery in the log house of Joseph
Dunlap. This same clergyman often preached
In the barn of this same man. At present the
church has no pastor. The Methodist church
was located one and three-quarter miles east of
Edgington village. The earliest service of this
church was held in 1836, in the house of Charles
Eberhardt, north of Zion church, and the society
often held meetings in Center schoolhouse, on
section 16. .-Vt other times, the house of Joseph
Dunlap was placed at their disposal. At present
Zion church is for sale, the society having a
church at Taylor Ridge. They bought the
Baptist church of that place, the latter having
moved to Reynolds.
There is a Catholic church in the village, that
is well attended. Father Quinn of Rock Island
being the priest in charge. The Methodist
church here has a good congregation. The Rev.
Mr. Thorp is the minister. The Baptists also
are well represented. The people here are re-
ligiously inclined.
TATLOE EIDGE
Taylor Ridge is on the Rock Island & Mercer
County Railroad. It was laid out on section
12 of this township and section 7 of Bowling
township. The name was given in honor of
James Taylor, who gave the right of way for
the railroad, and donated $1,000 towards the
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building of the railroad. This road was com-
pleted to Taylor Ridge iu September, 1876.
The village was platted by J. L. Frankeberger,
on land owned by Mr. Taylor. There are two
stores in the village, owned by Ramsey and
Hays Brothers ; a lumber yard, one blacksmith
shop, run by Ora Heath ; two elevators, owned
by H. Wayne and A. A. Fanner ; a restaurant,
operated by Mr. MacEntire; a hotel, the pro-
prietor of which is Mr. Roberts, and two livery
barns, owned by Bress Ball and Ben Brasel.
In addition to the Rock Island & Mercer
County Railroad, the Rock Island & Southern
Railroad runs through the place. An immense
business is done in shipping grain and live
stock, this being the market for the surrounding
agricultural community. Taylor Ridge is a
very beautiful little village, the streets and res-
idences showing that the citizens take pleasure
and pride in keeping them up to standard.
BEYNOLDS
The village of Reynolds is the most preten-
tious of the communities of Edgington, for it
is not only the market for the farmers of the
surrounding country in Edgington township,
but of Mercer county as well. The rail-
road to this place was completed October 6,
1876, and soon before this event took place. Wait
& Walker had platted the present village, named
in honor of B. P. Reynolds, the railroad con-
tractor of Rock Island. The first building to
be put up on the village plat was the depot, in
which Rufus Walker sold merchandise. Later,
he was succeeded by R. B. Olmstead, who in
turn was succeeded by Montgomery Bros. Mr.
Walker then repurchased the business, but dis-
posed of it to Mr. Schoonmaker. Wait & Walker
then became proprietors of this much-sold bus-
iness, but after two years, disposed of it to a Mr.
Miller. A. Crandall built a one-story frame
structure and opened a store about the same
time, handling drugs and other commodities.
After some time, he sold to WDford Pitman,
who enlarged the stock so as to carry a general
line of merchandise. The second drug store
was opened by Hartley Smith, during that same
year of the completion of the railroad. C. H.
Dibbern conducted the first hardware business
in the place, and also handled agricultural im-
plements. Sterling Honeycutt built the first
house in Reynolds.
The Commercial House was the first hotel
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and was built in 1876, by W. D. Goodner. After
operating it for a time, he sold to John Boney,
who later sold to G. F. Brayton. Clifton Stan-
ley bought it in 1883. H. Webster was the first
blacksmith, locating here in 1876. The first har-
nessmaker of Reynolds was Emil Helpenstel,
who opened his shop for business in 1877. The
first furniture dealer was M. Freydag, who
conducted his store for many years in a build-
ing put up for him by S. Honeycutt. Joseph
Flora came here in the spring of 1877, and
began as a wagon-maker.
Dr. F. Stuart located here in 1877, and was
the first physician of Reynolds. Dr. Ashbaugh
was the second one of the profession to locate
here, and Dr. James Cozad, who came here in
1882, was the third.
Wait & Walker were the first to buy grain,
at first having no warehouses, loading directly
on the train, but in 1877, they built a ware-
house, and others followed. The grain trade
here has always been good. A lumber yard
was started here in 1876, by Rufus Walker.
The postofEce was established in the fall of
1876, R. B. Olmstead being the first postmaster.
In two years, he resigned to be succeeded by
William McLaughlin, and later by M. C. Cran-
dall. The present postmaster is Mr. MeConel,
who was appointed by President Taft.
A son of Emil Helpenstel was born in the
spring of 1877, and this was the first birth at
Reynolds.
The first school of Reynolds was taught by
Miss Jenny Kuhns, in the house of Weaver
Kuhns, in 1877. Soon thereafter a brick school-
house was buUt.
The Methodists organized a church society,
in the fall of 1877, and soon thereafter plans
were made for the erection of a place of wor-
ship. The first clergyman was V. C. Atherton,
assisted alternately by the Rev. F. Doran. The
present minister is the Reverend Thorp. The
attendance is good, and the Sunday school in a
flourishing condition. The Baptist church was
organized in 1869, in Mercer county, as the Ham-
let Baptist church, but as many of the members
belonged in Edgington township, the church edi-
fice was moved to Reynolds. The name of the
church was changed at this same time. The
cemetery lies outside of Reynolds, and is well
laid out. Here rest many of the pioneers, as
well as those who passed away later on, and the
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
care of the living keeps beautiful the resting
place of the dead.
The liusluess men of Re.rnolds at present in-
clude the following enterprising citizens:
Ph.vsieian, L. C. Moore; veterinary, C. A.
Hull ; G. V. Pettit, editor Reynolds Press; R. P.
Wait, banking ; M. Schoonmaker, Farmers' State
Bank; G. M. Davis & Sou, hardware; Mr.
Olson, in charge of Alexander Lumber Co. ; C.
N. Wayne, grain and coal ; F. E. Miller, con-
tractor aud builder ; R. L. Mallette, E. S. Baker,
store ; A. O. Haexter, general store ; G. C.
Geo. W. Fellows, restaurant ; C. A. Johnson, res-
taurant ; Chas Fisehlueter, barber; Bruce Brad-
ford, hotel and feed barn ; J. H. Minter, livery ;
W. M. Saunders, jeweler; Watson & Watson,
veterinary ; N. A. Taylor, general weigher on
stock scales.
It is not just to leave the history of Edging-
ton township without mentioning the part this
locality played during the Civil war. The men
here were unusually patriotic, enlisting during
the early part of the struggle, when old enough,
and fighting through the weary years. Some
never lived to come back, and many who did,
carried, and still carry with them, reminders of
the days when they put love of country above
everything else. The cost of that war would
not have been so great had it been ]xissible to
confine the loss of life to the battlefields. Un-
fortunately, few, if any of the soldiers came
home uninjured. \Miile some escaised being
wounded, all suffered from the privations,
forced marches, and strain of dangers endure<l,
as the old veterans c-an testify. Patriotism is*
not dead in Edgington. Whenever an oppor-
tunity is given its ijeople, they show that the
same love of country and flag remain, aud were
another war to threaten the country, its sons
would be among the first to resixind to a call
to arms.
The men who have served their township as
members of the county board of supervisors from
1S57 to the present date, have been as follows
James Baker, 1S57-G0; J. W. Lloyd, 1S61-3
William Wait, 18&1-5 ; John G. Parmenter, 1866
William Wait, 1867; Daniel Edgington, 1868
William B. Bruner. 1869; James Baker, 1870
Abraham Crabbs, 1871; Cyrus Conkling. 1872
John G. Parmenter, 1873-4 ; Charles Titterington,
1875 ; James Taylor, 1877-81 ; J. W. Lloyd, 1882
James Taylor, 1883; M. Schoonmaker, 1884
James Oozad, 1885; Wm. S. Parks, 1886; M.
Schoonmaker, 1887; R. S. Montgomer.v, 1888
Jacob Wait, 1889; R. S. Montgomeiy, 1S90
M. .Schooumoker, 1891-00 ; Wm. G. Davis, 1897-8
F. A. Wood, 1899-1906; R. P. Wait. lfX17-08
Jnmcs Venable, 1909-12; M. A. Titterington,
191.3.
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP
By G. F. Mcyahnvy
EARLIEST SETTLERS — NATTTRAL ADVANTAGES — FIRST
BIRTHS FIRST DEATH — FIRST MARRIAGE — EARL-
IEST PREACHER — EARLIEST TEACHERS AND FIRST
SCHOOL TREASURERS — AMPLE TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES — HAMPTON FIRST POST OFFICE — •
COAL INTERESTS — CHURCHES AT HAMPTON
FRATERNAL BODIES — BUSINESS HOUSES RAPIDS
CITY — POSTMASTERS — CHURCHES — FRATERNITIES
BARSTOW — CARBON CLIFF — WATERTOWN — SIL-
VAS — GENERAL WEALTH SUPERVISORS.
EARLIEST SETTLERS
While the Indians still held sway over the
fertile lands embraced within Rock Island coun-
ty, Martin Culver, in 1827, decided to risk the
dangers incident to disturbing the supremacy
of the Red Man, and settled in what was after-
wards to become Hampton township. Like so
many of the townships of Rock Island county,
Hampton has the advantage of a long stretch of
river front along the magnificent Mississippi.
This of course had its influence in making Hamp-
ton one of the earliest settled townships of the
county. It comiwnses a part of Township 17
and To^\niship 18, Range 1 East. The Missis-
sippi River and Port Byron township form its
northern boundaries, Zuma township its eastern,
Rock River its southern, and Moline township
its western. It is six miles wide from Water-
town on the west to the Zuma line on the east.
Soon after the location here of Mr. Culver,
John Kinney and his two brothere settled here,
probalil.v early in 182S, in which year came
Henry McXeal and he with Joel Thomi)Son, en-
tered land where Hampton now stands.
Michael Bartlett, Asaph Wells and Joel Wells,
Jr., came a little later. This section settled up
very fast, owing to the natural advantages.
By 1836, there were added to the settlers : J.
B. Cox, Lucius Wells. John Y., Horace R., Eli-
phalet, William and Nelson Cook, George Mc-
Muriihy, John Wells, E. F. Arcularius, Samuel
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
971
Smith, Daniel W. Howard, Samuel Knight, An-
drew and Ellsha Deviney, John W. Cox, Francis
Yost, Louis Dow, Asaph, Eri Merritt, Ira, Nel-
son and Daniel Wells, Joel Tliompson, Ira
Wells Sr., Michael Bartlett, David Jamison,
Wesley Bisaut, J. W. Vansaut, Samuel Bowles,
William Porter, Erskine Wilson. Mrs. Wilshlre
and two sons William W. and George, and all
were among those responsible for its further
development.
The fii-st female child born in Hampton town-
ship was Mary Ann McNeal, daughter of Henry
McNeal, on October 5, 1832, and probably the
first male child was George McNeal. The first
death to be recorded against Hampton, was that
of a lady on a trip from England to Galena. She
died on board the steamer Josephine, just as
the boat was making a lauding, and her remains
were interred in the township. Joel Wells and
Mary McMurphy were united in marriage m
1835 by Justices of the Peace Lucius Wells,
and 'this was the first wedding in Hampton
township.
The Methodist denomination was the first to
hold religious services in Hampton township.
The Rev. John Kinney, a local minister of that
church, held services for some time before Rock
Island county was placed on a regular circuit,
when Rev. B. H. Hanna was one of the first
to be placed in charge on the circuit thus formed. .
For years, the services were held at the houses
of different members, generally that of Lucius
Wells who was a man of considerable promin-
ence in the early history of the to^mship. A
well educated man, he conducted the first school,
held in a log cabin that had been used for
dwelling purposes. He started his school in the
winter of 1833-4. Elihu Wells was the first
teacher under the present school law. Needless to
say that at present the schools of this locality
compare very favorably to those in the other
townships, for Hampton township is abreast of
the times' in this as in every other particular.
The first school treasurer was Luther Edwards
and the present one is Emil C. Henline. G. F.
McNabney filled the office for sixteen consecu-
tive years.
No other township in the county, save Rock
Island, Is as well supplied with railroads, for
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad,
the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad and
the CTiicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
all run through it, and have their stations withiu
its lines. These excellent faciliHes of trans-
portation, naturally make Hampton a large
shipping point, and encourage the people m
their agricultural endeavors.
HAMPTON
This village is one of the important sta-
tions on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad. It had its beginning, with its sur-
veying and platting, soon after the county was
organized. Joel Thompson was its first busi-
ness man, and was soon joined by A. P. Clapp,
Dowei- & Hammond, Samuel and David Lam-
bert, M. W. Wright and Francis Black. In
1S37-8, the post office of Hampton was estab-
lished,' and Joel Thompson was made the first
iwstmaster. The post office was named by the
Post Office Department at Washington. The
people here petitioned that the name Milan be
given to their settlement, but as there was
already a post office of that name, the request
was refused. Francis Black was the second
postmaster. Samuel Heagy the third, and L. F.
Baker the fourth. The present incumbent of the
office is John C. Hawkins.
The coal Interests of Hampton township are
very heavy. Among those who are now inter-
ested in the development and marketing of coal
here aa-e The C. E. Sikes Coal Co. and The
Stoehr and Schadt Coal Co. Charles Ames
mined and marketed the first coal in the town-
ship.
The Methodist church here was founded in
1842 or 1843, wath eleven membei-s, among them
being: Harmon G. Reynolds, E. F. Arcularius
and wife and Nancy Thompson. At first this
class belonged to the Moline Circuit, then the
one of Port Byron, but finally, in 1865, became
Important enough to warrant a separate organ-
ization. In 1870, this circuit was joined with
that of Zuma, under the name of the Rock
River Circuit. This lasted until 1874, when
Hampton once more became independent. The
present pastor is Rev. Geo. R. Carry.
The Congregationalists organized a class m
1853, through the efforts of the Rev. A. B.
Hitchcock. Tliere were fourteen members, among
these earnest, faithful workers being: Elihu
Barr and wife, Luther Pearsall and wife, and
David Jennings and wife. Their church edifice
was erected in 1850-7. There is also a Univer-
salist church in the township. The religious
spirit is strong in Hampton, and attendance up-
on its churches encouraging.
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
The fraternal representation here is excellent,
Laurel Camp, No. 30, Jlodern Woodmen of
America and The Mystic Workers of the World
having many members. Their condition is ex-
cellent, and their members enthusiastic. Wil-
liam McDaniel Post Xo. 595 G. A. R. is stUl
in existence.
The business houses represented in Hampton
are as follows : John F. Altman, general store ;
Mrs. C. J. Fulschel, general store; Jackson &
Hawkins, general store; S. A. Gray, jeweler;
Mrs. C. J. Proi)st, drugs; Mrs. Alice Winndy,
restaurant ; Louis Altman, manufacturer of
cement blocks and Gustav Hardu, blacksmith.
It has a population of 348 and is a beautiful
section for residential purposes.
BAPIDS CITY
This place was founded as early as 1833 by
the Wells Brothers. They built and operated
a grist-mill that formed the nucleus of the
present Rapids City. These pioneers sold their
mill to Ezra Blanchard, who subsequently dis-
posed of it to a Mr. Barber. Another large
grist-mill was also erected here early and was
operated by Capt. A. A. Adams and later by his
son, A. B. E. Adams. Still later, a saw-mill
was built, although since torn down, and about
these mills grew up a thriving community, and
in 1838, a village was organized and laid out,
which since then has grown until it is
now an important shipping point on the
Milwaukee and St. Paul line. A store was
established before the village was laid out, by
a Mr. Runkle, and Mr. Blanchard also sold mer-
chandise while operating the grist-mill. Jos-
eph Gamett was the first blacksmith, coming
here in 1847. Henry S. ShurtlefC established a
grocery store in 1855, and subsequently en-
larged his operations, conducting a general store.
The post office was established in 1857, with
Henry S. Shurtleff as first postmaster. He
was succeeded by L. J. Perkins, Dr. Samuel
Gast being the third postmaster, John Hanne-
gan, Peter McCarls and George J. Rowe suc-
ceeding him in the order given. The present
postmaster is F. M. Mitchell, appointed by Presi-
dent McKinley.
The Catholic and Christian churches are all
well represented here. Father Kneiry being in
charge of the former.
The Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of
America both have well attended lodges, and
for the population, a large membership.
This village is on the Sterling branch of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and was
buUt in 1869, on land belonging to Joel G.
Franklin, and a post office was soon thereafter
established, and named Franklin Crossing, in
his honor. He was made the first postmaster,
and thus continued until 1884, when he re-
signed, and William J. Swisher was appointed.
The present postmaster is Andrew O'Brien, who
is also supervisor of the village. When the
name was changed to Barstow, the post office
was so designated. While the post office, gen-
eral store and a boarding house were built very
early, the village itself did not commence until
1884. Growth after this was rapid. There is
a large amount of transfer shipping done at
this point, and some heavy interests are there-
fore centered here. The people are prosijerous,
and interested in keeping their improvements
up with those of the other communities in the
county. The Barstow Creamerj' is a leading
business enterprise.
CABBON CUFF
As its name indicates, this place, at one time,
was a very important center for the coal min-
ing activities of this part of the county. It is
on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad,
and is now known far and wide for its tile
works and pottery. Fire brick is also manufac-
tured extensively. J. A. Hannegan conducts
a general store and The Argillo Tile and Brick
Works are located here.
The postmaster of the village is J. A. Han-
negan. The population in 1910 was 366 and
the present village officers are: WUliam Mardis,
president ; Roy Carey, treasurer ; Nick Kram-
beck, marshal ; Richard O. Donuell, clerk ; Nick
Krambeck, street commissioner. The village
trustees are : Frank Bay, L. Weitz, William
Allison, Ed Frary, Emil Belowske.
WATEBTOWN
This place was platted in 1857 by Henry Me-
Neil, Alfred Sanders and Alonzo Nourse, and
in the same year a store was established by
Lucius Curtis, and the post office located, he
becoming the first postmaster. He was suc-
ceeded by Henry McNeal and the present incum-
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
973
bent of the office is J. O. Giesler. The Baptists
and Methodists both have etiurches and good
memberships. Rev. Geo. Cady is pastor of the
Methodist church.
During 1S72-3 a railroad was built from Wa-
tertown to the mines at Happy Hollow and
over 100 ears of coal were mined and shipped
daily. Later the company was incorporated
under the name of the Hampton Coal Mining
Company. On a small scale mining is still being
done, principally in the south end of the town-
ship by the Stoehr & Schadt Coal Company. The
Illinois Western Hospital is located here and
the C. R. I. & P. R. R. shops. The first village
trustees, after incorxwration in 1905, were D. Y.
AUsbrow, Henry C. McNeal, John Rah, Frank
H. Lavey, Harry Nicholson and Eric Bowman.
The present village officers are : Dr. J. H. El-
lingsworth, President ; Robert Uearsall, clerk ;
George Allshrow, treasurer. Population in 1911
is 525.
SILVAS
This is a village of considerable importance,
owing to the fact that it is centered about the
general railroad shojjs of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad. Employment is given
here to 2,000 men, many of whom live m
Silvas and with their' families form a flourish-
ing community. The village was organized in
1906, and the first election for trustees took
place January 12, 1907. R. Walsh, J. W. Pike,
James Shannon, William Emmert, P. J. Ball
and Herbert Love were elected.
Owing to its formation, Hampton township
is not as largely agricultural as some of the
other divisions of Rock Island county, but there
are some excellent farms here. The farmers
compare very favorable with those of other
sections, and many of them combine mining or
manufacturing with their agricultural activities.
Hampton township is one of the wealthiest of
the townships, outside Rock Island and Moline,
owing to its heavy coal deposits and the quality
of its clay formation, which invites the produc-
tion of pottery and tile. Having the material
right at hand, transportation of the raw product
is saved, and the railroads offer such oppor-
tunities for shipping, that the production of those
articles made from this peculiar kind of clay,
is extremely large. By the census of 1910 the
population of Hampton township was shown
to be 5915.
Hampton township has been represented on
the County Board of Supervisors by the follow-
ing named members :
Lucius Wells, 1S57-S; William B. Webster,
1S59-G1 ; Lucius Wells, 1862 ; William S. Thomas,
1863; L. F. Baker, 1S64 ; Ira Crawford. 1805;
A. D. Cox, 1866; W. B. Webster, 1867; Ludua
Wells, 1S6S ; William B. Webster, 1869 ; Ephraim
Warren, 1870 ; George W. Henry, 1871 ; Joseph
Albrecht, 1872; T. S. Silvas, 1873-4; Jeremiah
Chamberlain, 1875-6; William B. Webster, 1877;
Samuel Devinney, 1878; S. Silvas, 1879; Samuel
D. Wainwright, 1880; Joseph Albrecht, 1881;
G. R. Wells, 1882 ; Drury A. Weatherhead, 1883-
4; Henry O. Norton, 1885; W. R. Carey, 1893-
1908; A. O. Brien, 1909-13.
MOLINE TOWNSHIP
MILLING AN EARLY INDUSTET — PLATTING AND NAM-
ING THE VILLAGE EAELY BUSINESS FIRST POST-
MASTER — FIRST SCHOOL — ^BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
MILLING
The history of Moline township is so inter-
woven with that of the city of Moline, that the
record of the one is almost that of the other,
although the township existed before Moline
was much more than a village about the mills
which, from very early times, were built to
take advantage of the waterpower. As early
as 1838, that eminent jurist. Judge Spencer,
with Hon. John Buford, became interested in
this locality as a future home of milling inter-
ests. Their advocacy of this matter induced
John W. Spencer, David B. Sears and Spencer
H. White to build a dam in 1841. It was a crude
affair of brush and stone, but was sufficient to
operate the saw and flour mill they built on
the Moline side of the river, just north of the
present site of the Moline Plow Works. Alwut
this same period, these same men laid out a
village to which they gave the name of Rock
Island Mills, but its plat was never put on
record.
PLATTING AND NAMING VILLAGE
The time was not yet ripe for the develop-
ment of a village, but in 1843, these founders of
what they hoped would become Rock Island
Mills village, combined with Huntington Wells,
Charles Atkinson, Joel Wells and D. B. Sears,
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
and surveyed and had platted the original vil-
lage of Jlollne. At that time the village, which
was to develop into what was to be linown as the
"City of Mills" of the Middle West, and now
as "The Plow City," had only the houses be-
longing to Charles F. Atkinson, Huntington
Wells and David B. Sears, and Messrs. Bene-
dict, White, Thomas G. Patterson, Hoskins, Jona-
than and Joseph Huutoon, Gideon M., Weir, Kin-
zie. Bell. Xazro Reynolds, and Benham. W. M.
Hmitington, Dr. H. F. Salter, John Corbin and
Thomas Merriman.
There was some discussion over the name,
some favoring Hesperin, which means "Star of
the West." and others, Moliue. which means
"City of Mills." Considering the planned future
of this village, the originators decided uiKin the
name which even then fitted it exactly, and from
then on it has been known as Moline.
As early as 1S42, the mill put up by Messrs.
Sears. .Spencer and White was in good running
order, and Jonathan Huntoon was placed in
charge. The first small store of the village
was oijened and operated by Darid B. Sears,
in 1S43, and it was soon succeeded by others
of a more pretentious character. The first
shoemaker was Joseph Huntoon. who opened
his shop for business in 1S12. In 1844, George
W. Bell located here and began tailoring. The
first general store w.is that oiiened on Second
avenue by Charles Atkinson, in 1843. In 184.3,
Cyrus Klnzie opened his blacksmith shop on
the present site of the Deere Plow Factory.
The manufacture of brick began in 184.3, when
Spencer H. White founded his brick yards.
Huntington Wells looked after the needs of
the traveling public in the first hotel of Moliue,
opening it in 1843. Addison Chamberlain con-
ducted the first drug store, oiiening it in 1847.
The postolfice was established in 1844. David
B. Sears being the first postmaster. The first
sehoolhouse was erected in 1843, and Joseph
Jackman was the first teacher.
suPEB^^soBS
The following men have represented Moline
township on the Board of Supervisors from 18.57
to 1013, inclusive :
J. Chamberlain, 1857-8; H. F. Sickles, 1859-60;
S. W. AATieelock, 1861-3; Charles Atkinson,
1864-6; John M. Gould, 1867; H. F. Sickles,
1868; William A. Harrold. 1869-70; D. W. Dim-
mock, George W. Flickinger, 1871 ; J. M. Christy,
George W. Flickinger, 1872 ; Charles W. Lobdell,
A. S. A\'i-ight, 1873; Jonathan Huntoon, Mr.
Morey, 1874; Ezra Smith, Henry Klahn, 1875;
D. O. Reid, Henry Coffen, 1S76; D. O. Reid,
Simon Hirsch, 1877; James D. Long, William
Breitbach, 1878 ; D. O. Reid, Henry CofCen, 1870 ;
D. O. Reid, Simon Hirsch, 1880; D. O. Reid,
Simon Hirsch, H. P. Oakle.v, 1S81 ; Josiah Groest
Henry Vierich. Peter Colseth, 1882; Dr. P. L.
McKinnie, Henry Vierich, John A. Shallene,
1883; Henry Vierich. Thomas Tnimble, N. H.
Cedarsburg, 1884 ; Henry A'ierieh, Frank Har-
wood, Thomas Trumble, 1885 ; Frank AV. Gould,
P. H. Peterson, Arthur II. Wheelock, 1886 ; R. A.
Smith, E. P. Chaney. Andrew Witt. 1887 ; R. A.
Smith, E. B. Knox. G. Oldeiiest, 1888; R. A.
Smith, George H. Huutoon. L. F. Cralle. 1889;
R. A. Smith, Levi F. Cralle, Gus M. Ford. 1890 ;
Gus M. Ford, R. A. Smith, Samuel Rosenfield,
Albert F. Vinton, Levi F. Cralle, 1891 ; Levi F.
Cralle. Thomas Jenkins, Gus M. Ford, R. A.
.Smith, Albert F. Vinton. 1892; George H. Mc-
Kinley, Gus M. Ford, Levi Cralle, Albert F.
Vinton, Thomas Jenkius, 1893 ; Frank A. John-
son. Thomas Jenkins, George H. McKinley, Gus
M. Ford, Albert F. A^nton, 1894; Gus M. Ford,
A. F. Vinton. Xels Pierce, Frank A. Johnson.
Thomas Jenkins. 1805 ; Frank A. Johnson, Henry
J. Gripp. Gus M. Ford, A. F. A'inton. Xels Pierce,
1896 ; Gus M. Ford. A. F. A'inton, Benton Davis,
Frank A. John.son. Henry J. Gripp, 1897 ; John
Xorton, H. J. Gripp, Gus M. Ford. A. F. Vinton,
Benton Davis, 1898; Gus M. Ford, Jacob Stofft,
Benton Davis, John Xorton, H. J. Gripp, 1899;
Charles F. Pruessing, Albert Ed, Gus M. Ford,
.Jacob Stofft, Benton Davis, 1900; Jacob Stofft,
Robert J. Pears, P. A. Merriman, C. E. White-
side, Henry Van Poucke, Charles F. Pruessing,
Albert Ed, 1901 ; F. M. W. Anderson. Albert Ed,
Charles F. Pruessing, Jacob Stofft, Robert J.
Pears, P. A. Merriman, C. E. Whiteside, 1902;
Fred Sundeen, C. E. Whiteside, Jacob Stofft,
Robert Pears, F. 51. W. Anderson, Albert Ed,
Charles F. Pruessing, 1903; C. E. Thalberg. John
A. Godehn. Charles W. Heck, Fred Sundeen,
C. E. AVhiteside, Jacob Stofft. Robert Pears,
1904 ; Fred Sundeen, V. Ed Brown, C. E. White-
side. M. W. Battles, C. E. Thalberg, John A.
Godehn, Charles W. Heck, 1905; C. E. Shall-
berg, C. V. Swanson, Charles W. Heck, Fred
Sundeen, C. E. Whiteside, Jacob Stofft, Robert
Pears. 1906 : Charles A. Iloglerg. Henry Quade,
C. E. AATiiteslde, M. W. Battles. C. E. Shallberg,
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
975
C. V. Swanson, Charles W. Heck, 1907; I. A.
Minteer, C. \. Swanson, George M. Gould.
Charles A. Hoglerg, Henry Quade, C. E. White-
side, JI. W. Battles, 1908; Morris W. Battles,
Mart R. Carlson, Ezra L. Eastman, Swan Dahl-
berg, I. A. Minteer, C. V. Swanson. George M.
Gould. 1909; F. P. Styyaert, Charles Tambur,
Ben Swanson, Morris M. Battles. Mart R. Carl-
son, Ezra L. Eastman, Swan Dahlberg, 1910 ;
Charles G. Hoglerg, B. F. Stow, I. A. Minteer,
Charles Brunsfcrom, A. H. Sleight, A. G. Swan-
son, F. P. Styvaert, Charles Tambur, Ben Swan-
son, 1911 ; Charles G. Hoglerg, Swan Dahlberg,
B. F. Stow. I. A. Minteer, A. G. Swanson, Ed-
ward H. Sleight. Charles Bruustrom, Robert
J. Pears, Dalton H. Duncan. Otto P. Haller,
1912 ; R. A. Douglas, Charles Brunsti'om, Rob-
ert J. Pears, Dalton H. Duncan, Edward H.
Sleight, William J. Stoelting, Arthur L. Peter-
son, Charles Tambur, Fred Graflund, Maur F.
Bockaert. 1913.
(See Chapters X, XI and XXI.)
SOUTH MOLIXE TOWNSHIP
By Daniel Gordon
BOUNDAEIES — TRUCK FAEMING SUPEEVISOES.
BOUNDARIES
The first entry of land and settlement of the
territory now Included in the political town-
ship of South Moline was in 1S35 and 1836,
when the real pioneers came. By 1850 Immigra-
tion had increased and the county generally
began to fill up and by 1843, when Moline was
laid out, this section had begun to attract at-
tention, on account of its natural waterpower.
The pioneers have all passed away, their farms
have been subdivided as the towns have built
up, the farms have changed from grain crop pro-
duction to market gardening, while dairying has
also become a general industry. The country
in this section has become populous and pros-
perous.
South Moline township is numbered among
the more recent divisions of Rock Island county,
as it was organized in 1879, when it was separ-
ated from Moline city. It comprises a portion
of Congressional township 17, range 1, west, and
all of fractional township IS, north, range 1,
west, not included in the city of Moline. with
its northern boundary, Hampton township, with
the Rock river- running along between, while
the town of South Rock Island forms its south-
ern and western boundaries.
The early history of South Moline to-n-nship
is so interwoven with that of Moline townshii)
and Rock Island county, that it is dirtieult to
divide them. It is essentially an agricultural
district, truck gardening, dairying and fruit
gi'owlng being the present leading industries,
aside from the manufacturing activities located
at East Moline and which are covered in detail
in our chapter on "JIanufactures." The owner-
ship of small farms makes possible the develop-
ment of land production on a very profitable
scale. Almost prohibitive prices are demanded
for land in this locality and very little is chang-
ing hands except when an estate is settled.
SUPEEVISOES
The supervisors who have represented South
Moline township on the county board from 1879
to 1918, inclusive, were : Daniel Gordon, 1879 ;
Samuel M. Ziegler, 1880 ; Daniel Gordon, 1881-3 ;
C. P. Ryder, 1884-5 ; Jeremiah Chamberlain,
1886; Daniel Gordon, 1887; Daniel Gordon,
1888 ; James Hasson 1889-95 ; John H. Thornton,
1896-7 ; L. H. Jahns, 1898-1903 ; August Karstens,
1904-05; John Weckel, 1906-09; Zach Einfeldt,
1910-13.
PORT BYRON TOWNSHIP
By W. H. Lyford, M. D.
FIRST PEEMANENT SETTLERS OTHER EARLY PIO-
NEERS FIRST POSTMASTER — CANAAN POSTOFFICB
— FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN THE TOWNSHIP —
OTHER FIRST EVENTS — BRICKMAKING STARTED
MANUFACTURE OF WHITE LIME — PORT BYBON
LAID OUT — PRAIRIE FIRES — NATURE LAVISH IN
GIFTS — MEN OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE — ^INDIANS
VISIT FIRST SCHOOL — CONCERNING SCHOOLS AND
CHURCHES — FIRST STEAMBOAT — THE MARAIAS
d'OGEE SLOUGH — UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CON-
STRUCTION OF COFFER DAMS — NEWSPAPER — •
SUPERVISORS.
FIRST PERMANENT SETTLES
In the spring of 1828, Robert and Thomas
Syms came from Sangamon county, and were
the first permanent settlers of what afterwards
became Port Byron township. Rock Island
county. They cut and delivered wood at Syms
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
wood yard, where they sold it to the steam-
boats that jmssed up and down the Mississippi
river, from St. Louis and below, to the mines
at Galena. At this time, Joe Daviess county
was included with Rock Island county, and was
occupied by the Sac and Fox Indians. Disa-
greements and attendant difficulties frequently
arose between the settlers for various causes,
and the knife and rifle were the common weap-
ons in settling the disputes. The nearest jails
were at Galena and Alton.
Archibald Allen came from Kew York to St
Clair county; thence to Fort Clark, and then
settled at the head of the upper rapids and built
a cabin, the first frame buOding between Quincy
and Galena, on section 24. He traded with the
Indians, buying skins and furs from them. In
time, he was appointed supervisor of roads and
constable. In 18.33. he was appointed carrier of
the United States mail, from Fort Armstrong
on Rock Island, to Galena. He made the trip
once a week, on foot, fording the streams and
undei-going many privations. He was appointed
postmaster and the ix>stofflee, which was at his
house, was called Canaan postoffice. Mr. Allen
delivered mail to Stevenson, Canaan, Savannah
and Galena. At this time there was but one
house, that at Apple river, between Galena and
Savannah, and none until he reached Canan.
Mr. Allen belonged to the military organization,
called Tlie Rangers.
Conrad Leek came here and his son was the
first white child born in Port BjTon township.
In 18.31 and .18.32, the people of this section
had to flee to Fort Armstrong for protection
from the Indians, and remained there during
yie Black Hawk war. Afterwards, the Indians
continued to roam over the count.v. with their
dogs, for several years, but gradually were
removed.
In 1831 a son of George W. Harlen died,
and that was the first death of the township.
In 1832, Edmund A. Philleo from Galena, was
shot and killed by McKinney, who was con-
demned to be hung, but was pardoned by the
governor.
The first sermon was preached in 1833, at
the house of Mr. Allen, by the Rev. Asa Mc-
Murtry of the M. E. church, a minister on
what was called Rock Island Mission. Mr. Mc-
Murtry soon afterwards formed the first class
or society, and E. Corbin, living above the Mar-
aias d'Ogee was the leader. Mrs. Archibald Allen
was a member of this class, and was the first
white adult person who died in this township.
Preaching was continued at irregular intervals.
This same year, 1833, the first school was or-
ganized and taught by a man by the name of
Banker.
The year, 1834, brought Walter Phillips, Geo.
R, Allen, Harry M. Smith, Presley Quick and
others. George R. Allen established a brick
yard, and manufactured brick. Smith and Quick
opened up farms. A shiftless man who refused
to work and support his family, was held under
the vagrant act, and was sold at auction for
12% cents.
In 1835, Samuel Allen, William McKinney
and Mr. Hathaway came. Samuel Allen kept
boarders and travelers. Jlrs. Allen (Aunt Can-
dace) was a good cook, and widely famed for
her meals. Samuel Allen kept the first grocery
and many of his customers came from a distance
to trade with him.
The government lands were surveyed and dl-
\-ided into sec-tions and platted in 1835, and in
18.36, Moses Bailey, Nathaniel Belcher, Rufua
B. Chase, Jeremiah H. Lyford, A. N. Philleo
and Miss Lucretia Philleo arrived in this town-
ship. Mr. Bailey built a shop and was the first
blacksmith. R. B. Chase was the first stone-
mason, and plasterer. He began the manufac-
ture of the celebrated Port Byron white lime
from Niagara limestone, and continued in this
business for many years. Nathaniel Belcher
built the first frame building for store purposes,
and also a tavern, known as the Port Byron
House.
PORT liYBO:*
The postofiice was changed from Canaan to
Port Byron, and Nathaniel Belcher was ap-
pointed postmaster. The town of Port Byron
was laid out by Nathaniel Belcher, Samuel
Allen and Patrick Gregg of Rock Island
August 1, 1S36. Jeremiah Hall Lyford, M. D.,
a graduate of Dartmouth College, was the first
physician and druggist. The practice of this
physician extended over a large territory, on
both sides of the Mississippi river, even into
Iowa territory. He had to go over trails, through
swamps, and ford bridgeless rivers. His trips
led him long distances, and often consumed
several days. Intermittent and bilious fevera
and malaria were the prevailing diseases. Qui-
nine and calomel were the sheet anchors, the only
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
977
unfailing remedies in general use. The more
complicated cases, as well as all surgical cases
were diagnosed, treated and operated upon by
ttie attending physician and surgeon, recogniz-
ing tlie importance of the patient and himself
being clean as circumstances would permit, but
frequently in the only single living room.
Pie was succeeded by his son, the first white
child boi-n in the village, Wm. H. Lyford, M. D.,
graduate of Rush Medical College, who prac-
ticed for forty years.
The first marriage was celebrated by John D.
Allen to Miss Susan Rempsen.
The first election was held at the house of
Samuel Allen, fifty-two votes being cast for
Representative to Congress, and Representative
to the Legislature. This precinct embraced the
north part of the county of Rock Island, south
to the town of Moline. Previous to this, the
elections were held at Stevenson. On Novem-
ber 7, 1836, an election was held for the elec-
tion of President of the United States, at the
same place, forty votes being cast, eleven of
them for the Democratic candidate Martin Van
Buren.
In 1837, Warren Wilcox, Nathaniel Dorrance,
Silas Marshall, Misses Harriet and Susan Dodge,
George S. Moore, arrived in Port Byron. Mr.
Wilcox was the first carpenter and joiner, and
built many of the best houses here, for he was
a master workman. Nathaniel Dorrance was
actively engaged in building, and later with
Tillotson C. Temple and Jacob Dickinson built
a steam saw and grist mill. They cut lumber,
bought and ground grain, shipping the flour to
St. Louis. Miss Harriet Dodge taught the sec-
ond school in a log cabin near the river. She
became the wife of George S. Moore.
The township was covered with large trees.
The prairie fires that burned over the entire
region every fall killed animals and the small
growth, leaving what were called barrens or oak
openings. These fires lasted for several weeks,
filling the air \Vith smoke, and the period was
called Indian summer.
The land sloping towards the river, was
covered with beautiful wild flowers in the proper
season, and presented a charming appearance.
Wild game was found in abundance, including
deer, squirrels, pigeons, quail, pheasants, etc.
There were other wild creatures, such as wolves,
badgers, coons, minks, muskrats, and wild cats.
Wild bees were common, and honey plentiful.
Wild fruit was abundant, for there were crab
apples, grapes, plums, blackberries, strawber-
ries, luits, etc. Corn, vegetables and other farm
produce was grown easily and of good quality.
At first there was little wheat or small grain
raised because of the lack of mills to grind it,
and no market. Peaches and apples were planted,
and the early settlers believed this was an
ideal climate for fruit raising.
Birds were, eagles, geese, ducks, prairie chick-
ens, i>heasauts, quail, pigeons, wild turkeys,
blackbirds, etc. Fish were, pike, pickerel, black
and white bass, salmon, buffalo catfish, sunfish,
redhorse, suckers, perch, sturgeon, eels, shad, etc.
MEN OF ENTEKPEISE AT POET HURON
During the forties and fifties, Rufus B. Chase
continued to manufacture the Port Byron white
lime, supplying the demand throughout a wide
territory. Warren Wilcox and Robert Hilton,
Isaac Hollister and Laurel Summers built the
houses. George S. Moore was postmaster, and
sold goods and bought and packed pork, bought
grain and sold wood for the steamboats, doing
a thriving business. Later, he took George E.
Holmes as a partner, under the name of Moore
& Holmes. Later, he built Moore's Hotel. Na-
thaniel Belcher built the Port Byi-on House, the
only tavern within twenty miles, opening it in
1840, with Sihis Marshall as the first landlord.
George E. Holmes on his arrival in 1846, kept
the tavern, which was on the Frick & Walker's
stage route. This house was noted for its good
cooking and cleanly appearance.
Bailey & Boyle, C. I. Williams, and Thomas
J. Robinson sold goods before moving to Rock
Island. Tillotson C. Temple, Brown and Devon
also were merchants.
George W. Gates was active along mercantile
lines, and manufactured lumber and flour. He
later suffered a loss by fire, his mill being de-
stroyed. A. J. Brown, the owner of the ferry,
with William H. Devon, bought the store of
Moore & Holmes, and established the first bank,
now the Stiite Bank of Port Byi-on. M. S. Den-
linger, William C. Evans sold goods. William
J. Sheppard built another mill, sawing lumber
and grinding grain for customere, and also
opened a coal bank on Rock river. David S.
Metzgar and son were merchants and manufac-
turers of lime. Jesse Maxwell was a merchant
and kept a hotel. Erastus E. Rogers practiced
medicine, and established the Port Byron Bank.
978
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Frederick S. Gates was a lumber dealer. George
D. Moore and Lazarus Lowrey bought grain, sold
coal and farm implements, and were steamboat
agents. Henry Saddoris was the first wagou-
maker, and was succeeded by E. H. Hunt. Jloses
Bailey was the first blacksmith, and was suc-
ceeded by Charles B. Marshall and Jacob Schaib-
lie. Moses L. Hobert was the first to open a
liardware store, and tin shop and he was suc-
ceeded by his brother David, and son, Charles
L. Hobert.
Drs. Wilson Fleming. J. W. Morgan, J. il. O.
Bruner. William Black. O. S. Daily and William
Johnson were physicians who practic-ed during
the later years.
Daniel T. Barrett, and John W. Maxwell man-
ufactured lime ; Heury Merritt was the first un-
dertaker, and was succeeded by A. H. Wendt &
Son. Other changes have taken place, but the
present dealers are: LefBngwell & Schafer, J. J.
Huntley, Fred S. Jloody. Frank Morgan, Schafer
Bros., Edward McRoberts & Son, A. G. Brew-
ster, Thomas McCall, E. E. Rogers & Son, Port
Byron Bank, Port Byron Pharmacy, David
Schaiblie, Charles L. Hobert and Frank Skelton.
COSCERMNG SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES
Indians frequently visited the school taught
by Sliss Dodge, through curiosity, and had to be
asked to go awa.v, as the number of them peer-
ing in through the small window, excluded the
light. The log cabins were built of logs, a story
high, cbiukeil and plastered with clay, and a
fireplace and chimney, at the end of the build-
ing, were luiilt of stoue at the base, and sticks
at the top, and covered with clay mud, both
within and without. The roof was covered with
clapboard.s. alx)ut three feet long, nailed to small
logs placed length\\ise of the cabin. The floor
was made of puncheons, or thick planks split
out of logs with wedges. They were comfortable
when a good fire was burning, but very cold
without one. In ll*i3. a brick schoolhouse was
constructed and paid for by subscription, with
a firei>laee in the west end, and a stove in the
east end of the building. The teachere were all
hired and paid by the parents who subscribed
the necessary amount. Sunday school was held
regularly every Sunday in this building, and
singing and spelling schools, also lectures and
the local entertainments of all kinds, for it was
the 'only hall. In the evening, the room was
lighted with candles.
The Methodist church was built in the early
fifties, the Rev. Stephen Odell, and his son
John, laying the brick, Warren Wilcox being
the carpenter and joiner.
The Congregational church was built soon af-
tera-ards. The bell was presented to the society
by the brother of Rev. Porter, who lived in
Boston. The Rev. H. L. Bullen was the first
pastor, and brought the first piano to town.
Later, he was api"iinted to a professorship in
Iowa college then at Daveniwrt. Following this,
he located there. The Rev. William A. Thomp-
son was pastor for a umuber of year.s. but was
drowned in the Maraias d'Ogee slough, while
crossing it during a storm, into ^A^liteside count.v
to preach. Rev. Alma Harper came from Le
Clair. la., in 1861. and being active, enthusiastic
and untiring, gave satisfaction, and remained
for many years. He was the founder and pro-
moter of the Port Byron Academy, the first
school year of which commenced September 12,
1881. Edward T. Hariier. a son of Rev. Har-
per, was the first principal. The academic
course covers three years, and is designed to
give men and women a good education, and
to develop as well noble. Christian characters.
It is under the supervision of the Rock River
Association of Congregational Churches. The
academy owes its existence to Mr. Hari>er. and
Nathaniel Dorrauce. who through their energy
and generosity, donated of their means and in-
fluence to its promotion. The faculty of Beloit
College are interested in the academy, and aid
in maintaining the standard of work and aims
which have marked its own histoiy.
Elders St. Claire. Hooper. Cruse and Worthing-
ton when on their itinerary over the northern
part of the state were occasional visitors, be-
ing entertained by Dr. Jeremiah H. I^yford. in
his home, a one-story, two-room cabin, in the
thirties and forties. Rev. James was a uiis-
sionar.v, making his home at James Searls, on
Rock river, in the thirties. Before the marriage
of John B. Ilartzell to Miss Divine.v, Rev.
James went to Prophetstowu, Whiteside county,
to procure the license. John B. Hatzell. Harvey
von Order, and Jeremiah L. Cox were local
preachers. Elder Rutledge, a Baptist, living in
Iowa held services here, officiated at marriages
and conducted funerals frefjuentl.v. Charles
Beach was Sunday school superintendent for
many years iu Port Byron, living in Iowa. Camp
meetings were iu evidence every year, being
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
979
held in the beautiful sugar maple groves, sup-
plied with plenty of spring water. I'eople came
great distances with their families, camping in
tents and improvised houses. These meetings
resulted in the regeneration of their moral and
religious lives, giving them an uplift for the
benefit of all the community.
Pierce Barber built the first steamboat, nam-
ing it the Jvaiad, about 1844. It ran to Galena
and Black River Falls. This boat, with engine
and other machinery, was principally his own
workmanship. A tannery was built at Miller's
Creek, and hides were taken there to be made
into leather. One year was required to complete
the process of tanning. This leather was taken
to the shoemakers, who made the shoes and
boots for the family.
In early days, women did tlieir washing on
the banks of the river under shady trees. Water
and wood was in aliundance. Man.y owned a
large wash kettle, under which a fire was built.
When the washing was done, the clean clothing
was hung on the crab apple, plum trees and
grape vines. During the proiier season, these
trees and shrubs were covered with blossoms,
whose beauty and fragrance were appreciated
by every one traveling along the public highway.
The ilaraias d'Ogee slough, the outlet of the
two great rivers, named by an early French ex-
plorer, is in a low depression, the boundar.v
line between Rock Island county and Whiteside
county, on the north, where in the olden time
before the dyke was built, the water overflowed
when the Mississippi river was at its highest,
into Rock river, and when the latter was at its
highest, the slough overflowed into the Missis-
sippi river.
Port Byron was on the route of the Under-
ground Railroad before the war. Dr. J. H.
Lyford was one of those who assisted the slaves
to escai>e from bondage to freedom, as they fol-
lowed the North Star on the way to Canada,
where they could become free and independent
men.
Sometime during the sixties, the go^-«rnment
constructed coffer dams around forty acres of
water in the Mississippi river at Sycamore chain,
near the Illinois shore. Men and teams were
at work during the winter blasting and haul-
ing away the rock, widening and improving the
channel, so that sufflcieut depth and width was
obtained free from obstructions that had pre-
viously been the terror of steamboat owners
and shippers. Improvements have been made
annually by chisel boats and dredges which cut
away other obstructions, and wing dams built
in what is known as the Upiier Rajjids.
Before the improvement the Steamer Bonac-
conl, a regular packet ran on a rock and sunk
just below Sycamore. Being given up by the
owners as lost, Jonas Barber, an old resident
built a coffer dam around the opening in the
hull, closed the rent temporarily, pumped the
water out, and took her to Rock Island boatways
where she was repaired, resuming her regular
trips.
NEWSPAPER
The first issue of the Port Byron Globe made
its appearance October 16, 1880, J. W. Simpson
being editor and proprietor. It was an eight
column, folio, neutral in politics.
On February 22, 1885, the paper was sold by
its founder to Hess & Owen, and this firm con-
tinued until July 1, 1885, when G. A. Metzgar
bought Mr. Hess' interest, the firm then be-
coming Metzgar & Owen. This firm continued
for about six months, when Jlr. Metzgar sold
his interest to W. E. Owen, brother of the part-
ner. The new firm continued for a short time,
when W. D. Hall purchased the interest of W.
E. Owen, and the firm of Owen & Hall was in
existence until JIarch 1, 1808, when Frank Mc-
Meekin purchased the interest of Jlr. Owen,
and the firm was changed to Hall & McMeekin.
This last named firm continued to publish the
paper and conduct the business for five years,
when Thomas E. Caverly bought Jlr. JlcJIeekin's
interest, and the name became Hall & Caverly.
They continued the owners and publishei's for
a year and a half, when Jlr. Hall pureha-sed
Mr. Caverly's interest, and has since that time
been the sole proprietor. During the last few
years, the business has been much improved, and
the equipment added to, the pai>er being now
printed and folded ready for delivery to the
subscribers. On October 26, 1908, Mr. Hall
purchased a home for his paper, made the nec-
essary changes, moved into it, and occupied it
ever since where it can be found, always ready
to transact business.
SUPEEVISOES
The men who have served their township aa
members of the County Board of Supervisors
from 1857, to the present day, are:
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
David S. Hobart, 1857-9; Nathaniel Belcher,
1860 ; T. C. Temple, 18G1 ; E. H. Johnson, 1862 ;
Nathaniel Belcher, 1S61 ; William J. Shepard,
1864-5; David N. Simonson, 1SG6; T. C. Tem-
ple, 1SG7; J. H. Lyford, 1868; E. H. Johnson,
1869-70; Samuel R. Allen, 1871; F. G. Gates,
1872-3; Henry C. Trent. 1874-6; Roger J. Bell,
1877-8; B. Wrightman, 1879; F. S. Cone, 1880;
E. N. Hollister, ISSl ; John Schafer, Jr., 1882-3 ;
E. N. Hollister, 1SS4-9; L. S. Pearsall, 1890-2;
John Schafer, Jr.. 1893; S. J. Maxwell, 1894-7;
H. C. Trent, 1898-1900 ; W. F. Garrett, 1901-07 ;
G. S. Witter, 1908 ; J. J. Huntley, 1909-11 ; H. C.
Schafer, 1912-13.
ROCK ISLAND TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARIES — FIKST WHITE SETTLEES ^FABNHAMS-
BUBG STEPHENSON CHANGES IN STREET
NAMES — EARLY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
HEN — SUPER VISORS.
BOUNDARIES
Rock Island township is bounded by the
Mississippi river on the south and west, Mollne
tovmship on the north, and South Rock Island
township on the east. It is the smallest of all
the townships in area, and largest with regard
to ix>pulation, while industi'ially and commer-
cially, it ranks first.
FIBST WHITE SETTLERS
It is probable that the first white settlers of
the township were George Davenport and Rus-
sel H. Spencer, who located here in the late
twenties; many were here at the outbreak of
the Black Hawk war in 1831. Among those
who arrived prior to 1832 were Griffith Anbury.
Archibald Allen, John h. Bain, John Barrel
Michael Bartlett. Edward Bruner, William T.
Brasher, Henry Benson, Joseph Been, Leonard
Bryant, Jonah H. Case, Louden Case, Sr., Lou
den Case, Jr., Charles H. Case, Horace Cook
B. W. Clark, Samuel Kinney. Thomas Kinney
Erastus Kent, Thomas Lovitt. Joseph McCoy,
Henry McNeil, George V. Miller, Gentry JIc
Gee, Neel McNeil, James Maskal, Ames C.
Noble, Judge Pence, Benjamin Pike, John Red-
dish, Thomas Syms, Robert Syms, Edward Cor-
bin, William Carr, Martin Culver, Manly Dan-
forth, Joseph Danforth. Thomas David, Rus-
sel Dance, George Davenport, Thomas David-
son, Isaiah Frith, Charles French, Russel Farn-
ham, Thomas Gardiner, Benjamin Goble, An-
toine Gouquy, John Graft. James Haskill, George
W. Harlan, Uriah S. Hultz, Thomas Hubbard,
Goodridge Hubbard, Cyrus Henderson, David
B. Hail, William Henry, William Heans, M.
S. Hulls, a Mr. Haney, Moses Johnson, John W.
Kinney, William Sams, Martin W. Smith, Se-
vier Stringfield, Josiah Smart, H. Sampson,
John W. Spencer, Roswell H. Spencer, William
Thompson, Joel Thompson, Luther Tunnell,
William Tunnell, Joshua Vandruff, Henry A'au-
ruff, Samuel Vaiiruff, Benjamin Vanetta, Gor-
man Vanetta, Edward Vomer, Levi Wells,
George Wells, Joel Wells, Sr., Joel Wells, Jr.,
Huntington Wells, John Wells, Samuel Wells,
Rinnah Wells, Asaph Wells, Eri Wells, Ira Wells,
Nelson Wells, and Lucius Wells.
FARNHAMSBURG
The town of Farnhamsburg was the first in
Rock Island tov\-nship. and the first settlement
on the east side of the river. Colonel Daven-
port built the first house, and Russel Farnham
was his partner in trading with the Indians,
which the two carried on so profitably. This
house was erected in 1826, and was near the
landing to the old fort, and was asso-
ciated with the early history of the county, for
in it was transacted the first county business
and it was known as the "Court House" until
^emo^'nl was made to the permanent seat of
justice. The first post office was established
here. A village was laid out around this his-
toric house, in what is now lower Rock Island.
Some of the earlier buildings are still standing.
STEPHENSON
Stephenson was named in honor of Colonel
Stephens, and was later made the city of Rock
Island. In its early history. Judge Stone, Judge
Brown, Joseph Knox. Joseph B. Wells, J. Wil-
son Drury, H. G. Reynolds, Joseph Conway,
Miles Conway and a Mr. Cooper apijear to
have been prominent. Three stores were opera-
ted by John Meller, Lemuel Andrews and a
Mr. Kauffman, Lee & Chamberlin, J. M. Frizzell
and Messrs. Bond, Moore and Bently were other
business men. The Rock Island House on
Main street was operated by a Mr. Nancourt
and his brothers. The Rev. Mr. Stewart held
services in a little schoolhouse. With the chang-
ing of the name, in 1841, Stephenson passed
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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out of existence. Additions liad been made to
ttie original plat of the village of Stephenson,
as follows : Thomas and Well's Addition in 1836 ;
Spencer and Case's Addition, in 1S36 ; and the
Chicago or Lower Addition, in 1836. Later ad-
ditions have been made, so that the present
city of Rock Island covers an area of over ten
square miles.
It is interesting to note some of the names
of Stephenson streets. Those running parallel
with the river were Mississippi, Illinois, Or-
leans, Rock River and Moline avenue. Rather
decorative names were given to the alleys, such
as Cheny, Violet, Pink, Rose, Peach and Plum.
When the present system of numbering the
streets and avenues went into effect, some
historic titles were lost. The following table
shows the changes made :
First street became Pike and Pine; Second,
St. Clair; Third, Monroe; Fourth, Carroll;
Fifth, Huron; Sixth, Main; Seventh, Pearl;
Eighth, Ontario ; Ninth, Exchange ; Tenth, Ohio ;
Eleventh, Swan; Twelfth, Otter; Thirteenth,
Beaver and Short ; Fourteenth, Deer and Stod-
dard ; Fourteenth and one-half. Cutter ; Fif-
teenth, Elk ; Sixteenth Buffalo ; Seventeenth,
Eagle ; Eighteenth, Washington ; Nineteenth,
Jefferson and Cherry ; Twentieth, Madison
Twenty-first, Adams ; Twenty-second, Dock
Twent.v-third, Broadway ; Twenty-fourth, Arse
nal ; Twenty-fifth, Davenport and Keokuk
Twenty-sixth, Stickney and Railroad ; Twenty
seventh, Howard avenue; Twenty-eighth, Twen
ty-eighth ; Twenty-ninth, Columbia and Twenty^
ninth ; Thirtieth, Elm ; Thirty-first, Andrews
Thirty-second, Kimball and Thirty-second
Thirty-eighth, Robbins or College avenue ; For-
ty-second, Sylvan and Walnut ; Forty-third,
Francis ; Forty-fifth, Brooks.
In the avenues the changes were made as
follows :
First avenue became Mississippi, Water and
Front ; Second, Illinois ; Third, Orleans ; Fourth,
Rock River ; Fifth, Moline, Highland and Canal ;
Sixth, Commercial, Commerce, Pleasant, Green,
Cable, Grove and Sherman ; Seventh, Toledo,
Spencer and Second ; Eighth, Barnard and Har-
per; Eighth and one-half, Clark; Ninth, Indian
Boundary, Prospect, Ninth avenue in Edgewood
Park ; Ninth and one-half, Toledo and Union ;
Eleventh, Atkinson.
Lemuel Andrews built the first brick store in
Rock Island, just east of the Court House, and
it is still standing. He also, a little later on,
put up a substantial brick residence, the site
of this being now traversed by the railroad
tracks. Still later, he put up the Cable man-
sion, and the first saw and grist mill, erecting
the latter in 1841. Bailey and Boyle built the
first boat yard, locating it near the present
Arsenal bridge. These partners established
themselves in a general store, opening up on
the present site of the Mitchell and Lynde
block. In 1849. H. A. Porter and Brother es-
tablished the first book-store in Rock Island,
Mr. and Mrs. Butcher conducted a restau-
rant, where meals were served that are remem-
bered with relish by the older settlers fortunate
enough to have eaten them. Fred Ridenbaugh
comlucted what is known as the Empire Res-
turaut on Market Square. One of the earliest
butchers was L. Buttrick, who opened his shop,
in 1S52, on Market Square.
Webber, Boyd and Co. established the first
foundry and machine shop, in 1849, corner of
Illinois and Broadway. In 1855, Lowry, Thomas
and Co., proprietors of the Carbon CliCC Coal
Mining Co., established their offices one door
east of the foundry. Another foundry was es-
tablished in 1853, by N. B. and T. J. Buford
on Water street. In 1855, John BuUey operated
a crockery shop and is familarly remembered
as the "bully man." Singularly enough, he was
an Englishman. Lee & Williams also dealt in
crockery, opening up for business In 1854. An
early drug store was kept by C. H. Fahnestock.
A grocer of early times, was J. K. Bard,
whose place was called the "Painted Barrels,"
because of a sign he had. Other grocers were
Tom and Jesse Gray, David Bowen and W. B.
Sargent. Robert Don, Charley Yates and Ernest
Krell were early bakers. Prior to 1855, Warnock
and Kelly established themselves as soap and
candle manufacturers, and also dealt in soda.
Archie and Tom Shaw founded a pork pack-
ing business, in 1859, while three years before
that, Joseph and Mayor Rosenfield began deal-
ing in hides and leather.
Still other early business men were : H. L. Ab-
bott, daguerreotype artist; Ainsworth & Lynde,
merchants; Christopher Atkinson, brickmaker;
William R. Ayres, painter; Hawes & Babeock,
(Davis Hawes and George M. Babeock), quarry-
men; Peter Fries wholesale liquor dealer; Bid-
dison & Gilmore proprietors of a planing and
com mill ; C. H. Leas proprietor with his son
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
T. Silas, of the first steam flouring mill ; Wil-
liam W. Laugdell, blacksmith and farmer;
Hakes & Riggs, jewelers ; Jacob Sailor, manufac-
turer of saddlery, harness and tranUs; Sargent
& Bollman, blacksmiths ; Amos Stillman. County
Surveyor : Henry Curtis. Jr.. City Surveyor ; W.
L. Sweene.r, wagon maker ; AATiitaker & Everts,
merchants; Urldge Whiffeu. painter and decor-
ator; Peter L. Hig, brewer; Charles B. Knox,
undertaker; John Lusk, collector; Bill Kale and
Charley Fisher, barbers; H. A. J. McDonald,
carpenter and builder ; A. J. Swanson. dealer in
boots and shoes: John Harper and Alexander
Steel, hardware merchants; Quincy McNeil,
school teacher; C. S. Newberry & Brother,
painters; Jacob Norris. furniture dealer;
Childs & Baker, merchants; Elton C. Cropper,
builder and carpenter; David L. Cunkle, mill-
stone manufacturer; Fisk & Lee, brokers and
insurance agents; Tim Babcock, wholesale gro-
cer ; W. Hurst, dealer in fruit and confectionery ;
Charles Jeauneret. jeweler; George D. Brom-
ley, merchant; N. B. Buford, owner of the block
bearing his name; and Bulkley and Pleasant,
owners of a block bearing their name.
The early physicians were: Dr. Patrick
Gregg. Dr. Braekett, Di-. Bulkley, Dr. Judd, Dr.
Rathbun, Dr. W. F. Cady, Dr. Calvin Trues-
dale, Dr. S. C. Plummer and Dr. William A.
Knox. The Rev. Asa ilcMurty was the first
clergyman of the township, coming here in
1S3.'!, and about that time organizing a Metho-
dist society.
All of these men aided in laying the founda-
tion of the city's present prosperity, and
although the majority have passed away, the
efifect of what they accomplished lives on, and
will forever, for no action is ever lost in the
immensity of eternity.
SUPERVISORS
The men who have served Rock Island town-
ship as members of the County Board of Su-
l)er\"isors are :
R. M. Marshall, Z. Cook, 1857; A. S. Wait,
Eraser Wilson, 1858; Harrison Boggess, C. M.
Knox, 1850 ; T. J. Robinson, M. A. Swller, 18fiO ;
T. J. Robinson, M. A. Swiler, 18G1 ; B. H. Kim-
ball, Jacob Frysinger. 18G2: B. H. Ivimball, L.
D. Dlmmick, 1863; S. B. Stoddard. B. H. Kim-
ball, 1864; B. H. Kimball, S. B. Stoddard. 1865;
B. H. Kimball, S. B. Stoddard. 1866; B. H.
Kimball, S. B. Stoddard, 1867; S. B. Stoddard,
Jacob Ohlweiler. ISGS: Cniarles B. Knox, T. D.
Barnes. 1860 ; Charles B. Knox. William A.
Johnson, 1S7U ; H. H. Ma.vo. William A. John-
son, 1871 ; H. H. Mayo, Ernst Krell, 1872 ; W. X.
Jarvis, Ernst Krell, 1873 : Henry Dart, Ernst
Krell, 1874; Henry Dart, Ernst Krell, Henry
S. Case, 1875 ; Henry Case, John Aster, W. L.
Sweeney, 1876; Henry Case, John Aster, W. L.
Sweeney, 1877 ; John Aster. Julius Strohle.
Adam Manacker, 1878; M. Koch. William At-
kinson. H. C. Cleveland. 187!J ; William Atkin-
son, C. H. Ritter, Julius Mosenfelder, 1880 ; Wm.
Atkinson, C. H. Ritter, Geo. Schneider, Arthur
Burrall, Charles J. Blomberg, 1881 ; C. H. Ritter,
F. M. Sinnet, C. H. Stoddard, George Schneider,
Sr., C. J. Blomberg, 1882 ; John Aster, Charles J.
Blomberg. James D. Warnock, William F.
Brooks. George Schneider. Sr.. 1883 ; John Aster,
George Schneider, C. P. Swanson, Arthur Bur-
rall, David Fitzgerald, 1884; John Aster, Arthur
Burrall, C. P. Svranson, David Fitzgerald,
Thomas Swan, 1885; John Aster, David Fitz-
gerald, Charles Engel, Joseph F. Rosenfield. Fred
Appelquist. 18SG ; Wm. Rinck, W. H. ^^^liteman,
CV)nrad Schneider, Wm. Lidders, Michael
O'Connor, 1887 ; W. H. Whiteman, M. O'Conner,
Conrad Schneider, George Schneider, Jr., George
Jones, 1888; William Atkinson, Conrad Schnei-
der, W. C. Collins, Martin C. Frick, O. P. Olson,
1889; Conrad Schneider, Martin C. Frick, Ar-
thur Burrall. George B. Browner, Frederick Lu-
dolph, 1800; Frank M. Sinnet, Martin C. Frick,
Conrad Schneider, George Browner, Frederick
r.udolph, 1891 ; Frank M. Sinnet, Martin C.
Frick, Conrad Schneider, August C. Peterson,
George Lamont, 1892 ; August C. Peterson, Con-
rad Schneider, Frank M. Sinnet, Charles Oberg,
George Lamont, 1893 ; Wm. Rinck, W. P. Quayle,
Wm. Gahagen, Frank M. Sinnet, Charles Oberg,
1894; Frank M. Sinnet, Charles Oberg, Wm.
Rinck, W. P. Quayle, Wm. Gahagen. 1895;
Frank M. Sinnet, Charles Oberg, Wm. Rinck,
W. P. Quayle, Henry Kinner, 1896; Wm. J.
Gamble, Charles Engle, Wm. Rinck, W. P.
Quayle, Henry Kinner, 1897; M. W. Battles,
J. T. Shields, C. H. Seidel, Wm. J. Gamble,
Charles Engle, 1898; Olaf Atkinson. James F.
Jlyers, M. W. Battles, J. T. Shields. C. H. Seidel,
1899; David Don. Charles E. Hodgson. Oscar E.
Apple. Olaf Atkinson, James F. M.vers, 1900;
J. F. Myers, Wm. Luckhim. John Kolloff, Ste-
phen S. Hull, George Schneider, David Don,
Charles E. Hodgson, Oscar E. Apple, 1901 ; David
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
983
Don, George Schneider, L. C. Pfoh, Ezra Wil-
clier, J. F. Myers, Wm. Lucklum, Jolin Kolloff,
Stephen F. Hull, 1902; John Kollofif, Stephen
F. Hull, James F. Myers, Herman Doeriug,
David Don, George Schneider, L. C. Pt'oh,
Ezi-a Wilcher, 1903; M. W. Battles, Koh-
ert R. Lynn, Ezra Wilcher, L. C. Pfoh,
John Kolloff, Stephen F. Hull, James My-
ers, Herman, Doering, lOOJ: ; H. C. Har-
ris, Herman Doering, John Koloff, Charles
Oswald, M. AV. Battles, Robert R. Lynn, Ezra
Wilcher, L. C. Pfoh, 1905; David Don, Ezra
Wilcher, L. C. Pfoh, George Stroehle, H. C.
Harris, Herman Doeriug, John KoUofC, Charles
Oswald, IIHJU ; Charles Oswald, Herman Doer-
ing, E. V. Ramser, H. C. Harris, David Don,
Ezra Wilcher, L. C. Pfoh, George Stroehle, 19U7 ;
David Don, Ezra Wilcher, James E. Larkin,
George Stroehle, Charles Oswald, Herman Doer-
ing, E. V. Ramser, H. C. Harris, 1908; Herman
Doering, Charles Osn-ald. H. C. Harris, Samuel
R. Wright, David Don, Ezra Wilcher, James E.
Larkin, George Stroehle, 1900 ; Louis Pfoh, Ezi-a
Wilcher, George Stroehle, James E. Larkin, Her-
man Doering, Charles Oswald, H. C. Harris,
Samuel R. Wright, 1910; Samuel R. Wright,
Charles Oswald, H. C. Harris, W. J. Gahagen,
J. G. Swauson, A. J. Reiss, Louis Pfoh, Ezra
Wilcher, George Stroehle, James E. Larkin,
1911 ; William Trefz, Charles Oswald, Henry C.
Harris, James E. Larkin, Ezra Wilcher. Sam-
uel R. Wright, William J. Gahagen, John G.
Swanson, Adolph J. Riess, Oscar Oberg, 1912 ;
William Trefz, James E. Larkin, Ezi-a Wilcher,
Samuel R. Wright, Oscar Oberg, Louis Ohl-
weiler, Henry Ruben, Elmer McDole, A'incent
A. Murphy, Henry C. Heinrichs, 1913.
(See Chapters VIII, IX and XXI.)
SOUTH ROCK ISLAND TOWNSHIP
By George H. Richmoiid
FORMATION OF TOWNSHIP — FIRST ELECTION OF
OFFICERS — INDIANS COUNCIL HOUSE INDIAN
BURIAL GROUND BLACK HAWK'S WATCH TOWER
MANUFACTURE OF BRICK GROWING OF FLOW-
ERS AND VEGETABLES — DEVELOPMENT OF WATER
POWER — TOWN OF SEARS — COMING OF SETTLERS
— SUPERVISORS.
FORMATION OF TOWNSHIP
That portion of Rock Island township lying
south of the limits of the city of Rock
Island, and north of Rock river, was set
aside as a separate township, to be known as
South Rock Island township, by the county
board, December 14, 1877, such action to take
effect March 1, 1878. Much interesting history,
however, leads ui) to this event, and there was
much controversy before the division was made.
Prior to 1873 all of the strip west of what is
now Thirt}--eighth street, belonged to Black
Hawk township, while that to the east of this
line belonged to Moline township. On Decem-
ber 12, 1873, the first of these divisions was
annexed to Rock Island towushii) by action of
the county board, the vote beLug 9 ayes to 8
nays, one member being absent from the meet-
ing. On December 16, 1S75, a strip off the
west end of Jloline township, a half mile wide,
extending from the Mississippi river on the north
to Rock river on the south was detached and
annexed to Rock Island tow'nship by a vote of
9 ayes to 7 nays, at a meeting of the county
board, from which two members vi'ere absent.
During the greater portion of the time from
1873 to 1877 the clerk of Rock Island township
lived in what is now (1913) South Rock Island
township, and had his office there, meetings be-
ing held in a schoolhouse which is now the
South Rock Island town hall. For several of
the latter years of this time, the ballot boxes
of the various precincts of the city of Rock
Island were, by order of the clerk, hauled to
this old schoolhouse for the counting of the
votes when elections for tox^-uship officers oc-
curred. As this involved a journey by team of
a mUe and a half to two miles, and the count-
ing required from two to three days, the oppo-
sition was finally beaten down, and the new
body politic came into being as before stated.
FIRST ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Early in 1S7S the first election for officers
of the new township was held and resulted as
follows :
L. C. Lord, supervisor ; J. C. Young, clerk ;
J. W. Graham, assessor ; Roswell Richmond, col-
lector; S. K. W. Field, David Sears; Thomas
Campbell, commissioners of highways ; O. J.
Dimick, Parker Winemau, justices of the peace.
When the settlers first arrived in this county
the Indians of the Sac and Fox tribes had a
permanent village extending along the bluffs
from Rock river to what is now Twenty-fourth
street, Rock Island. Of the Sac Indians, Black
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Hawk was chief, while the Foxes were com-
manded by Keokuk, after whom tlie city of Keo-
kuk, la., is named. ^Yhat is now South Rock Isl-
and townshij] was occupied principally by the
Sacs. As near as can be ascertained, Black
Hawk"s summer home was located on the bluffs
overlooking what is now the town of Sears, in
this township, his winter home being further
north at a i>oint between what is now Eighteenth
avenue aud Aiken street, and east of Twelfth
street. In this township was located the council
house for the meetings of both tribes. It stood at
a point which would now be south of the Roek
Island Canning Company's plant, and w-est of
the Rock Island aud Peoria Railway tracks, in
the valley close to Rock river. Here were held
the scalp dances, and other ceremonial gather-
ings of the two tribes, as well as their council
meetings. Their fields extended along the
hillsides and in the valley. Their corn was cul-
tivated by dropping it between the hills of the
year before, then scraping the soil from these
over it w'ith mussel shells. Their crops were
principally corn, beans aud pumpkins. In the
autumn when the crops were gathered and the
tribes were ready to move to their hunting
grounds, their grain and other food supplies
which were to be left behind, were concealed or
cached In holes in the ground in hazel thickets,
the brush from which had been removed to be
afterwards cunningly replaced when the caching
had been done.
Their principal burial ground was west of the
Watch Tower, and east of Twenty-fourth street,
on the bluffs overlooking Rock river, their mode
of sepulcre being both under and on top of
the ground, the latter frequently in trees.
BLACK hawk's WATCH TOWEB
The place known as Black Hawk's Watch
Tower, now a noted summer resort, is situated
on top of a high bluff overlooking Rock river,
and 200 feet above the valley. From here a
wide view is obtained for many miles up and
down both the Mississippi and Rock river val-
leys, with the hills of the Iowa shore in the
distance, which is very beautiful. It gains its
name from the supposition that here the great
chief kept an outlook for his enemies.
Agriculturally, this township is very fertile,
much of it being devoted to the raising of fruit
and vegetables. Three-fourths of the vegetables
consumed in the cities of Rock Island, Moline
and Davenport, known as the tri-cities, with a
population of over 100,000, are grown in this
township. The next greatest industry is the
manufacture of common and pressed brick, which
was begun in the early thirties, and has sup-
plied the great part of the brick used in the
tri-cities ever since. Large quantities of the
I)roduct have been shipped to outside markets.
Another important industry is the growing of
llowers and winter vegetables in hot houses, their
being eight large plants of this kind within the
township.
DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER
Here on Rock river was the first development
of water power. On Vandruffs Island there
was a grist-mill run by an undershot wheel, the
water for which was supplied by a dam across
the main channel. A sawmill was also con-
nected with this plant. The mill was built in
1843. The next advance came when David B.
Sears (for whom the village of Sears was
named) bought land here in 1867, and built a
series of four dams across the four different
outlets of Rock river. He erected a grist-mill
in 1808, on the north bank, about one hundred
feet east of the present power plant house, but
it was burned in 1888, and was never replaced.
In 1874 a cotton mill and a paper mill were
built, also on the north bank of Rock river.
The paper mill was run for some years by a
local company, after which it passed into the
hands of the Grahams of Rockford, 111., who
operated it for many years. They had acquired
the cotton mill some years before, but closed
both plants in 1803.
In 1906 T. B. and S. S. Davis of Roek Island,
having secured all water power rights at the
lower rapids of Rock river, and being granted
authority by Congress, commenced the rebuild-
ing of the dams. Three dams were constructed,
one 460 feet long, across the north or main chan-
nel of the river, just above the highway bridge
at Sears; the second, 150 feet long, across the
cut-off between Vandruff's Island and Carr's
Island ; and the third, 764 feet long, across the
south branch, immediately below and adjoin-
ing the government dam at the head of Carr's
Island. These dams are of solid concrete, and
of ample strength to withstand the ice and
floods to which they are subjected. One use of
the dams is to maintain the level of water In
the Hennepin canal, and they are so constructed
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HISTORY OP ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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as not to alter the level maintained by the gov-
ernment dams which were built over twenty
years ago. A hydro-electric power station to
utilize the water power developed, was then
built at Sears. It is constructed according to
the best engineering practice of the day, the
foundations, penstock and draft tubes being of
concrete, reinforced by steel of high tensile'
strength. The power house proper is built with
a heavy steel skeleton with walls of pressed
brick, and a concrete tUe roof. No wood enters
into its construction, even the door and window
casing and sash being of steel. The present
equipment consists of six main generating units,
and one exciting unit. The power house, how-
ever, has ample space for the doubling of this
equipment. A notable feature is that the main
generators are of the vertical or umbrella type,
each being directly connected to the turbine
driving it, thus eliminating the noise and the
greater part of the friction losses occurring iu
the common method of geared connections. The
weight of the water wheel runner, the rotating
part of the generator, the shaft connecting them,
and the column of water operating the water
wheel, is all carried by the roller bearing at the
top of the generator, which is so nicely adjusted
and mechanically perfect that a man of ordi-
ary strength can easily revolve the generator
and runner by hand. This was the first low
head water power in the United States to use
direct connected generators, therefore this in-
stallation has been of great interest to hydro-
electric engineers throughout the country. Other
noteworthy features include the tunnel under
the generators for carrying wires which runs
the full length of the building; the ingenious
way of handling the head gates by means of an
overhead traveling crane, and the trash rack
constnicted of bars, specially rolled, which offer
the minimum amount of resistance to the pas-
sage of the water. This plant, supplying abund-
ant power at cheap rates, should attract many
. new industries to this locality, and thus be of
great benefit to the whole community.
The village of Sears where this great plant is
located is in this township, and was incorporated
May 20, 1804. The first trustees were: C. H.
Dibbern, John E. Breen, B. Patterson, J. Mc-
Carthy, J. F. Mead and E. D. Fisher.
The early settlers came mostly from the east-
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ern states, and among those first locating in this
township may be mentioned : Dr. Jonah Case and
his wife Julia, William T. Brashar and his wife,
Jane M. and Rinah Wells, who came here from
Vermont. The first was a graduate of an east-
ern medical college, but did not enter profession-
al life in his new home. He occasionally treated
sick people, but only in an emergency, or as a
matter of accommodation when practicing physi-
cians were not available. These all drove through
from the east in wagons in the autumn of 1828,
passing the first winter near Jacksonville, 111.,
completing their journey in the spring of 1829.
They crossed Rock river on the ice on March
28, and lived in their wagons until houses could
be built. Sarah J. Case, the daughter of Jonah
P. and Julia Case, was the first white chUd
born on the mainland of Rock Island county,
having been born in 1830. William A. Brashar,
son of William T. and Jane M. Brashar, who
was born in 1831, was the first white boy bom
on the mainland of Rock Island county.
Soon after these first settlers came William
Carr and his wife Eliza J., Thomas L. Drumm
and his wife, Martha. Then there were the
Mielman, Dalton and Hill families. Members
of the latter family finally settled Hillsdale in
the northeastern part of the county. Benjamin
Goble and John A. Boyer and wife were among
the pioneers as were William Dixon, who after-
wards removed to Milan, and Marck C. Wilson,
who was one of the early Baptist ministers.
Other early settlers were : Adolph Dunlap,
George M. Luken, both of whom married into
the Carr family, Thomas Dougherty, John Gal-
lagher, Thomas Campbell, who now (1913) rep-
resents this district in the State Legislature,
came in the early forties, James Fitzpatrick,
Joseph Ballinger, Jacob Bruchmann, RosweU
Richmond, David B. Sears, J. C. Young, J. W.
Graham, Philip Dingledein, the Scherers, WU-
liam Sanderson, Charles Dibbern, Patrick Gan-
non and Michael MeOarty.
SUPEEVISOES
The following have been supervisors of South
Rock Island township; who were always ex-
offlcio members of the county board : J. C. Lloyd,
1878; H. S. Case, 1879-80; Thomas Campbell,
1881-89; Henry G. Bostock, 1889 (resigned In
October) Thomas Campbell, 1889, to complete
term ; George Lament, 1890 ; H. S. Case, 1890-97 ;
986
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Cornelius Donovan, 1897-1905 ; Emil Lucbman,
1905-07; George H. Richmond, 1907-13.
RURAL TOWNSHIP
By R. D. McCreery
BOUNDABIES EVIDENCES OF PROSPEBITT — FIBST
SETTLERS — FIBST MARRIAGE FIBST BIBTH
FIBST SCHOOLHOUSE IN 1846 BEUGIOUS MOVE-
MENTS — THE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE COAL MINES
SUPER VI SOBS.
BOUNDARIES
Tbe history of Rural township is interwoven
with that of Coal Valley township, until the
separation between the two, in 1871. The town-
ship comprises governmental township 16,
north, range 1, west of the Fourth Principal
Meridian. Its boundaries are as follows : by
Black Hawk township and Coal Valley town-
ship on the north ; on the east by Henry
county ; on the south by Mercer county and on
the west by Bowling township. While it lacks
some of the magnificent scenery of those more
closely bordering on the Mississippi River, this
township is better fitted for agricultural pur-
suits, and honestly bears its name. A trip
through its peaceful confines proves that the
modern agriculturist is a person to envy. The
magnificent farms, with their broad fields, which
in season are either yellowing with grain, or
dotted with sleek stock ; the comfortable white
farm houses : the commodious red barns, built
according to the latest approved sanitary regu-
lations ; the windmills or electric iwwer plants
whicli oftentimes furnish water supply for the
house and barns, as well as stock: the well-kept
fences, and neat premises, all indicate that the
farmers not only know how to acquire projDerty,
but what is still more important, keep it in
shape after securing it. Many of these farmers
have elegantly furnished houses, and own auto-
mobiles, and almost all of them keep a comfort-
able amount of ready cash in the banks in the
neighboring towns. It is such men as these
who are the real bulwarks of Americanism.
FIRST SETTLEBS
The first settlers of Rural township came
principally from the eastern states, although in
the southern part a number of Germans found
congenial suiToundings, and in the west and
north, the Scotch and Irish have developed into
the best kinds of American citizens. The pion-
eer of them all was Thomas Goodlow. who was
accompanied by his brother, David, the former
settling here in 18.38, the latter coming back in
1839. These brothers erected the first house iu
the township, building it of course from logs,
felled by their own hands. Soon thereafter,
John Farlow came here from Preemption town-
ship, Mercer county, where he had been its
first settler. Those who came prior to 1840
were: A. L. and A. X. Sayre, J. M. Wilson, J.
A. Jordan and Daniel Valentine. Another early
settler was a man known as "Wild Cat" Moore.
This name was given him in 1S42. when he
killed a wild cat with his bare hands, without
a weapon, holding a buffalo robe before him,
and came out of the conflict without a scratch.
The first marriage recorded in Rural town-
ship, was that consumated between David Good-
low and Xancy Farlow. The first child born
here was a son, born to John Farlow, in 1839.
The first school in Rural township was taught
iu a private house by Seth Trego. The various
farmers realizing the needs of their children,
e.xerted themselves, and the first school etlifice
was put up in 1846. Those to whom the credit
for this is due were : Captain J. A. Jordan, Al-
bert N., Alonzo S. and M. Sayre, J. M. Wilson,
Daniel Valentine and William Grist. A Mr.
Chedd was placed in charge of the flret school
held in this building.
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
After the peojile provided for the educational
ti-aining of their children, they felt free to direct
their efforts towards securing religious instruc-
tion for themselves. The first sermon here had
been preached in 1839, by the Rev. Joseph Jones,
but the first religious society was not organized
until 18.52, when the Homestead United Presby-
terian Church was formed. The following be-
came members at that time: David Campbell
and wife, Francis Bailey and wife. Miss Jane
Patterson. James Donon, Sr., and wife, James
Dono, Jr., and wife, John Donon, Robert Bailey
and wife and John McLjiin. Their first pastor
was the Rev. William Oburn.
In 1858, the Associate and Associate Reformed
Presbyterian churches, having united, this or-
ganization came under the jurisdiction of the
United Presbytery of Monmouth, but later was
transferred to that of Rock Island. In 1855,
HISTORY OF BOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
987
the congregation erected a churcli e<lifice, at
a cost of $1,400, and in 1870, added a parsonage,
at a cost of $1,100. A Sunday school was or-
ganized in 1856.
Beulali Presbyterian Churcli was organized
August 22, 1854. The first service was held in
the Bailey schoolhouse on section 2. The first
church edifice was located on section 14, being
ei-ected in 1859, at a cost of $1,600. Anioug
the original members of this organization were :
Margaret and Elizabeth Gordon, James Farrar
and wife, Henry Brown, Mary A. Edwards, Alex-
ander and Maria Gordon, Francis Killing, Jane
Killing and William F. Brown.
The Almshouse of Rocli Island county, is lo-
cated in Rural township, on section 3. There is a
■well improved farm connected with it, which is
operated so as to make the almshouse partially
self-supporting with regard to food supply.
When the writer came to Rural township, the
country looked bare to him as compared to the
East, but he was pleased with the general ai>-
pearance and promise. At that time land was
very cheap, ranging from $3.50 to $8.00 per acre.
Many of the settlers lived in Iward shanties,
and the most of these were unplastered. Pro-
duce was sold at a very low figure, and the
writer remembers at one time hauling corn six-
teen miles to Rock Island, and selling thirty
bushels for ten cents per bushel. With the pro-
ceeds, he bought a $3 grindstone. This trade
seemed the best he could make, and it left him
without a cent in his pocket. He well remem-
bers the money panic of 1857, when so many
banks failed. During the Civil war, many of
the producers being absent in the service of
their country, prices revived, and produce
brought more money.
Rural township, like Coal Valley township,
has good coal mines, several being in operation.
The largest ones are on sections 1, 3 and 33.
The population of Rural township in 1900,
was 814 ; in 1910, 615. There are no villages
within the limits of Rural township, although
there is a small settlement known as Rural.
There are no post offices, the mail being de-
livered by the government Rural Free Deliveiy
system. While at ja-esent there are no rail-
roads in the township, spurs are to be built
in the near future to connect the mines with
the main lines. A much used highway of the
township is what is known as the Knoxville
Road, running from northwest to southeast.
SUPEEVISOKS
The members of the Board of Supervisors
from Rural township from 1873 have been as
follows ; in 1S89 the term of office being made
two years :
Andrew Donaldson, 1873-4; Miles B. Wright,
1875-G; R. D. McCreery, 1877; Andrew Don-
aldson, 1878; A. L. Sayre, 1879; John A. Wil-
son, 1880-1; John A. Jordon, 1882; John War-
nock, 1883; Stephen E. Goodlow, 1884-6; J. A.
Wilson, 1887-96; J. M. Hutchison, 1897-98; J.
M. Hutchison, 1899-00 ; J. M. Hutchison, 1901-02 ;
J. .M. Hutchison, 1903-04; Paul Wadsworth,
1905-06: Paul 'Wadsworth, 1907-08; Paul Wads-
worth 1909-10; Paul Wadswoi-th, 1911-13.
ZUMA TOWNSHIP
By W. H. Whiteside
AMBITION FOR HOMES — TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES — -
FIRST BIRTHS — FIRST MARRIAGE — FIRST SCHOOI^
TEACHER — REMARKABLE ADVANCES — CHURCHES
— ORGANIZATION — ZUMA CENTER — JOSLIN OS-
BORNE — EVIDENCES OF WEALTH — TOWNSHIP OF-
FICERS — SUPERVISORS SINCE 1857.
AMBITION FOR HOMES
It is interesting to the student of history to
follow the trend of civilization, noticing that
the same impulses stir the human race today,
as when the Babylonians revelled in luxury
thousands of yeare ago. The desire for a perma-
nent home dwells in the breast of every nor-
mal man and woman ; when this dies out, the
nation is doomed to desti'uction. One of the
strongest holds this country has upon the prog-
ress of the world, is the opportunity it has al-
ways offered to those willing to work and save,
to secure homes where, amid rural surround-
ings, they could accumulate a comfortable com-
petency, and rear their young to useful, happy
lives. Thus it is that in reviewing the history
of any given section of the United States, from
the foundation of the little colony in Virginia,
in 1607, to the latest allotment of land in one
or other of the newly-admitted western states,
there is to be found the identical tyi)e that
has gone to make up the country's greatnesa
Rock Island county has had its full number of
the representatives of the type, good, earnest
men and women, strong in their determination
988
HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
to wrest from fate what they believe is their
share in life, and because of this, the county
has reached its present position of dignified and
honorable importance among the similar divi-
sions of one of the mightiest states in the
Union.
Not least among the sub-divisions of this one
big division, is Zuma township, bounded on the
north by Coe township, on the east by Canoe
Creek township, on the south by Henry county,
and on the west by Hampton township. It is a
portion of township IS, 2 east range, and has
Canoe creeli and the Rock river to drain its
surface, the first on the east, and the latter on
the south.
EARLY SETTLEMENT AND ACTIVTIIES
The beginning of Zuma township as a settle-
ment was in 1S35, when Hiram Walker, George
Walker, Ira Wells, Nelson Wells, Josiah Carter
and Perry Carter located here. These pioneers
were followed in 1836, by D. N. Beal, while
Phil Michaels, Benjamin Shank. John Studivan
came in 1S37. They were followed by others,
until all the available government land that
was considered, according to the views in those
days, tillable, was taken up.
The first child to be born within the confines
of the present Zuma township, was Mary A.
Studivan, whose birth occurred December 25,
1836, a very acceptable Christmas present to
her parents. The first male child born in the
township was Lucius W. Beal, whose birth took
place January 20, 1838.
The first marriage was that of Nelson Wells
and Harriet Dow, who were united in 18.38.
The first school was held some time during
the first decade of the settlement's history, Mary
Grant being the first teacher. The school was
held in an old log church. As this was
before the inauguration of the free school sys-
tem, the school was what was called a subscrip-
tion, each father paying so much for every
child. From this primitive beginning, the pres-
ent system was developed, and Zuma township
will compare favorably with other townships
with regard to excellent teachers, comfortable
sehoolhouses. course of study and ability of
pupils. To indicate the remarkable advance
made in educational matters during the past
quarter of a century, comparison is invited to
the following figures :
In 1885. number of pupils of school age, 208;
frame sehoolhouses, 7 ; highest wages paid
teachers, $40 ; lowest wages paid teachers, $20 ;
value of school property, $3,700.
In 1912, number of pupils of school age, 200 ;
sehoolhouses, 7 ; highest wages paid teachers,
$50 ; lowest wages paid teachers, $25 ; value of
school property, $6,125.
The first schoolhouse was built in 1855. The
money to build it was raised by subscription.
It was called the Oaks Grove school, and Chris-
tine Brandenberg was placed in charge of it.
In 1856, the Syms school was built with funds
raised by taxation. This latter school is now
known as the Wake school.
CHUBCHES
The first religious service in the township,
of which there is definite record, was held
in the house of John Sturdivau, the minister
ofliciating being Rev. Philip Hanna of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church. In 1847, what was
known as the Protestant church was built at
Rose Hill graveyard. In 1870, it was moved
to Zuma Center, and was used by the Method-
ists. There are two religious societies now
represented in the township.
In 1847 the United Brethren organized a class
and in 1850 erected a church edifice at Rose
Hill, and have a good congregation. The Rev.
Herman Scott was the first preacher ; Rev. J. H.
Kerr being now in charge.
The .Methodist Episcopal church has a house
of worship at Zuma Center, which was erected
in 1870. The society w-orships in it, has a
large membership. Reverend Smith is now the
minister.
Zuma township was organized in 1857, and
since then it has steadily developed to its pres-
ent condition of agricultural importance. As
its population is comprised pi-incipally of farm-
ers, the chief work of its people is the tilling
of the soil. That they are successful, a trip
through the township proves, for no other town-
ship excels Zuma township in the number and
fertility of its farms, or the condition in which
they are kept Thousands of sleek cattle, horses
and other varieties of stock graze in the pas-
tures, and commodious barns to house them
have been built according to the latest state
laws regarding sanitation.
Zuma Centeb. — In 1856, A. F. Russel laid out
a town lot at what was called Zuma Center. A
store, blacksmith shop and shoemaking shop
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
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were soon built, and a little vUlage sprung up.
JosLiN. — This village is located on the Sterl-
ing branch of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad. It was named for N. B. Jos-
lin, its first postmaster, apix>inted in 1S70. He
had a store here, but sold out to Golden Brew-
ster, Alexander Dunbar being appointed the sec-
ond postmaster. Later, Mr. Brewster succeeded
to the office of postmaster. The present in-
cumbent of the office is F. J. Whiteside, ap-
pointed in 1911 by President Taft. The usual
Btores of a village are found here, with a black-
smith shop, and about the business center are
clustered some comfortable houses. This point
is used by neighboring farmers for shipping pur-
poses, and there is a warehouse here.
Joslin has two prosperous general stores, one
conducted by W. E. Donahey, and the other by
Whiteside Bros., two farm machinery stores,
one operated by Earl Donahey, and the other
by Whiteside Bros. ; a blacksmith shop run by
John Becht, and a carpenter shop, run by J. C.
Daily, a successful contractor and builder.
OsBOENE. — This village is located near Rock
river, and not far from Cleveland crossing. It
is also on the Sterling branch of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and shipments
are sent to Chicago from this point.
It is interesting to note that the first frame
house in Zuma township was built by Ambrose
Searle in 1838, prior to that all the houses
having been constructed of logs. Hiram Walker
built the first brick house, in 1853. The town-
ship was first called after the Walker family,
but was later changed to Zuma. The first post-
office was located in 1848, at Fairport, on Rock
river, Truman Gorton being the first postmaster.
The township now has postofflces at Joslin, with
F. J. Whiteside, as postmaster ; and Osborn,
with C. Rasmussen as postmaster, and rural
free delivery. Practically every house in the
township is connected with the outside world by
telephone.
Hon. William Payne represented the towoi-
ship in the State Assembly and Senate for ten
years, and W. H. Whiteside is now serving a
four-year term as county treasurer, so this
township has furnished Rock Island county with
Beveral Important officials.
An agricultural fair is held one mile north
of Joslin annually. It began in 1894, and has
been since continued. Premiums are given on
farm products, live stock and on many other
articles. The grounds are furnished with a
race track, good exhibition buildings, and the
association is in a flourishing condition. The
annual fairs give the agriculturists an oppor-
tunity to meet each other, and they come from
Rock Island, Whiteside and Henry counties.
In marked contrast to the early settlers who
lived in log houses with scanty furnishings, and
who were of necessity clad in rough clothes, and
rode in springless wagons, are the present citi-
zens of Zuma township. The pioneers had
difficulty in making both ends meet. Real money
was scarce, and a system of barter and exchange
was carried on. About all of the money pos-
sessed by these early people, was used in pay-
ing taxes. Now the farmers live in fine brick
and frame houses, heated by furnaces, and fur-
nished with taste and according to the latest
ideas on such subjects. They possess costly
rugs, pianos, phonographs and ride about in car-
riages and automobiles. Almost every head of
a family possesses a comfortable bank account,
and a well improved farm, with substantial
barns and other buildings.
The first officials of the township were: Rin-
nah. Wells, supervisor; J. L. Cox and B. B.
Joslin, justices of the peace; Wesley Hanna,
collector ; D. N. Real, assessor ; Gregory Brown,
Nelson Wells and S. S. Knowlton, road com-
missioners ; A. H. Mead, clerk ; David Dailey,
poor master; Ben Worley, pound master.
The officers for 1912 are:
L. Hanna, supervisor ; A. L. Mead, justice
of the peace; A. E. Wells, collector; W. Nold,
assessor ; George Olives, B. B. Osborn and Ed
Noah, road commissioner; Alfred Mead, clerk;
S. W. Mumma and D. Noah, constables; F.
Whiteside, school trustee.
The Board of Supervisors for Zuma township
from 1857 to 1912, have been as follows:
Rinnah Wells, 1857-8; Ambrose Searle, 1859;
Wesley Hanna, 1860-61; Daniel Heal, 1862-63;
A. F. Russel, 1864; Daniel N. Beal, 1865-6; B.
B. Joslin, 1867-8; Samuel Wainwright, 1869-70;
L. W. Beal, 1871; Madison Bowels, 1872-73;
77; Wesley Hanna, 1874-75; George C. Wake,
1876-77; Fred Osborne, 18S0-81 ; John G. Os-
borne, 1882; I. S. Knowels, 1883; J. McEniry,
1884; John L. Noah, 1885-86; William White-
side, 1887-89; Leslie Hanna, 1890-92; John
C. Sweak, 1893-96; Wm. Filbert, 1897-98; Fred-
erick J. Whiteside, 1899-00; Wm. Filbert, 1901-
02; L. N. Dailey, 1903-06; Wm. Filbert, 1907-08;
L. Hanna, 1909-13.
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BIOGRAPHICAL
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE PAKT OF BIOGRAPHT IN GENEKAL HISTORY —
CITIZENS OP BOCK ISLAND COUNTY AND OUTLINES
OF PEBSONAL HISTORY' — PEBSONAL SKETCHES
ARRANGED IN ENCYCLOPEDIC ORDER.
The verdict of mankind has awarded to the
Muse of History the highest place among the
Classic Nine. The extent of her office, however,
appears to be, by many minds, but imperfectly
understood. The task of the historian is com-
prehensive and exacting. True history reaches
beyond the doing of court or camp, beyond the
issue of battles or the effects of treaties, and
records the trials and the triumphs, the failures
and the successes of the men who make history.
It is but an imperfect conception of the philoso-
phy of events that fails to accord to portraiture
and biography its rightful position as a part —
and no uniniixiirtant part — of historic narrative.
Beliind and beneath the activities of outward
life the motive power lies out of sight, just as
the furnace fires that work the piston and keep
the ponderous screw revolving down in the dark-
ness of the hold. So, the impulsive power
which shapes the course of communities may
be found in the moulding influences which form
its citizens.
It is no mere idle curiosity that prompts men
to wi.sh to learn the private, as well as the
public, lives of their fellows. Rather is it true
that such desire tends to prove universal bro-
therhood ; and the interest in personality and
biography is not confined to men of any parti-
cular caste or vocation.
The list of those, to whose lot it falls to play
a conspicuous part in the great drama of life, is
comparatively short ; yet communities are made
up of individuals, and the aggregate of achieve-
ments — no less than the sum total of huiuan hap-
piness — is made up of the deeds of those men
and women whose primary aim, through life,
is faithfully to perform the duty that comes
nearest to hand. Indhidual influences upon
human affairs will be considered potent or in-
significant, according to the standjxjint from
which it is viewed. To him who, standing upon
the seashore, notes the ebb and flow of the tides
and listens to the sullen roar of the waves, as
they break upon the beach in seething foam,
seemingly chafing at their limitations, the ocean
appears so vast as to need no tributaries. Yet,
without the smallest rill that helps to swell
the "Father of Waters," the mighty torrent of
the Mississippi would be lessened, and the benefi-
cent influence of the Gulf Stream diminished.
Countless streams, currents and counter cur-
rents — sometimes mingling, sometimes counter-
acting each other — collectively combine to give
motion to the accumulated mass of waters. So
is it — and so must it ever be — in the ocean of
human action, which is formed by the blending
and repulsion of currents of thought, of in-
fluence and of life, yet more numerous and more
tortuous than those which form the "fountains
of the deep." The acts and characters of men,
like the several faces that compose a composite
picture, are wrought together into a compact or
heterogeneous whole. History is condensed bio-
graphy ; "Biography is Histoi-y teaching by ex-
ample."
It is both interesting and Instructive to rise
above the generalization of history and trace,
in the personality and careere of the men from
whom it sprang, the principles and influences,
the impulses and ambitions, the labors, stniggles
and triumphs that engross their lives.
Here are recorded the careers and achieve-
ments of pioneers who, "when the fullness of
time had come," came from widely separated
sources, some from beyond the sea, lmi>elled by
divers motives, little conscious of the import of
their acts, and tout dimly anticipating the har-
vest which would spring from the sowing. They
built their primitive homes, tolling for a present
subsistence while laying the foundations of
private fortunes and future advancement.
Most of these have passed away, but not be-
fore they beheld a development of business and
population surpassing the wildest dreams of
fancy or expectation. A few yet remain whose
years have passed the allotted three-score and
ten, and who love to recount, among the cher-
ished memories of their lives, their reminis-
cences of early days.
[The foUowing items of personal and family history,
having been arranged in encyclopedic (or alphabet-
ical ) order as to names of the individual subjects,
no special inde.x to this part of the work will be found
necessary.]
ABRAHAMS, Carl A., senior member of the firm
of Abrahams & Porter, construction contractors
of East Moline, is a man who has risen through
sheer aliility and steady persistence, and is now
ranked among the responsible men in his line
in Rock Island county. Mr. Abrahams was born
at Jlorning Sun, la., in 1878, son of Peter J.
and Louise Ann Abrahams, natives of Sweden.
The father came to this country In 1868, but re-
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
turned to his old home. In 1878, he once more
made the trip. By trade, he was a mason, and
became a successful contractor in that line.
Carl A. Abrahams had only eight months of
schooling, for at the tender age of nine years,
he began to be self-supporting. At that time,
he began working as a water boy, and has grad-
ually advanced himself. In 1899, he came to Mo-
line, and in 1908, transferred his operations to
East MolLue, for he recognized the possibilities
of this rapidly-growing community. On January
1, 1912, Mr. Abrahams formed a partnership
with Burt N. Porter, under the firm name of
the Abrahams-Porter Construction Company.
The firm employs seventy men, and owns eight
teams, and during their first year executed con-
tracts to the amount of over §50,000.
In 1909, Mr. Abrahams married Margaret
Pearl Drescher of Ely. Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Abra-
hams have one child, Margaret Alice. Mr. Abra-
hams is a Master Mason, fraternally. His reli-
gious home is in the Methodist church, of which
he is a consistent member. Politically he is very
liberal in his views. Being essentially a self-
made man, Mr. Abrahams deserves more than
ordinary credit for the success he is achieving.
ADAMS, David S., veteran of the Civil War,
successful farmer and enterprising citizen, is
now living retired after a life spent in useful
endeavor. He was born in Berks county. Pa.,
July 23, 1835, a son of Anthony and Elizabeth
(Schoppell) Adams, natives of Windsor, Berks
county, Pa. The grandparents on both sides of
the house came from Germany, settling in Penn-
sylvania. The parents of Mr. Adams died in that
.state, he losing his mother when only thirteen
years old. His father married again, and Mr.
Adams left home, going to Circleville, Ohio,
where he worked as a brick and stone mason,
continuing in Ohio until he attained his ma-
jority, when he came to Rock Island county, lo-
cating in Zuma township, there farming for dif-
ferent parties until his marriage. This took
place in 1800, when he was united with Sarah
Clark, born in Pickaway county, Ohio, daughter
of James Clark, a native of Ireland. Mr. Adams
rented a farm on the Rock river in Zuma town-
ship for a year, and then bought a little over
eighty-two acres to which he has since added
forty-five acres. In addition he owned ten acres
of timber land in Henry county, but later dis-
posed of that property. When he bought this
farm, only forty acres were under cultivation,
and the house was merely a small shed. No
barns had been put up, so tiat all of the present
excellent improvements have been made by him.
The first year he put in thirty-three acres in
corn which averaged eighty bushels to the acre,
and for this he received 50 cents per
bushel. This more than paid for his land.
He now owns 133 acres, all of which ia
very valuable, and worth much more than he
paid for it. Since the retirement of Mr. Adams
in 1909, his son James C. has conducted his
farm. This son is the eldest of the children,
the others being: Samuel A., who is of White-
side county ; William M., who died at the age of
twenty-six years ; Laura, who became Mrs. Ben-
jamin B. Osborn of Zuma township; and Mary,
who became Mrs. Frank ToUby of Zuma town-
ship. Mrs. Adams died in November, 1884. In
March, 1887, Mr. Adams married (second) Mary
Schible. born in Port Byron, 111., daughter of
Jacob and Joanna (DuU) Schible of Germany;
no issue.
In February, I860, Mr. Adams enlisted in Com-
pany A, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, serving until October, 1865,
when he was honorably discharged and re-
turned home. Mr. Adams has served as school
trustee since 1900, and for twenty-one years was
school director. He was road commissioner for
one year, being elected to all these offices on the
republican ticket. Mr. Adams received but few
educational advantages, his schooling being lim-
ited to attendance on the district schools in
Pennsylvania during his boyhood, but his natural
keenness and willingness to work have served
him, so that he has attained to a well-deserved
prosperity, and holds the confidence and respect
of his neighbors.
AHERN, Patrick (deceased), to whose faithful
care for the past ten years, much of the beauty
of Gumsey Park was due, was born seventy-
nine years ago, in Waterford, Ireland, being a
son of James and Ellen (Foley) Ahern, both
of whom were born, and passed away in Ire-
land. They had eight children: Thomas who
died in Moliue ; Patrick ; James, who also came
to the United States, and five daughtei-s who
never left Ireland. Mr. Ahem had but few
educational advantages, for his services were
needed to help at home, but he went to school
whenever possible. In 1864, he set sail from
Liverpool, and after a voyage of twenty-five
days, reached New York City. From there he
started for more western iwints, remaining in
Ohio three months, while he worked on the
Atlantic and Southwestern Railroad. He then
joined his brother Thomas, in Moline, and began
steamboating on the Mississippi river, contin-
uing this for three years. At the expiration of
this time, he entered the plow shops of B. D.
Buford, but left after several years, to follow
various occupations, until he took charge of the
park. He owned his beautiful residence at No.
426 Sixth street surrounded by well-kept
grounds, the entire premises showing that some-
one lived there who took a pride in his hold-
ings.
In 1868. Mr. Ahem was married in Rock Is-
land to Sarah Dowling, born in County Kil-
dare, Ireland, in 1834, daughter of Maurice and
Mary (Moran) Dowling. Mrs. Ahern died Feb-
ruary 24, 1910. firm in the faith of St Joseph's
Catholic church, of which she and her husband
were members. He was a democrat, but liberal
in his views. James and Mary Ellen, both at
home, cheered their father for the loss of the
mother, whose place can never be filled. She
was a most estimable woman, whose life was
devoted to her husband and family, and she
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993
was recognized as a charitable and kind neigh-
bor, wtio was ever ready to assist those who
needed her sympathy and help. Mr. Ahem died
March 2(j, 1912, and his loss was deplored by all
who knew tliis most estimable man.
AINSWORTH, Harry, son of Henry A. Ains-
worth, whose history is given at length in this
work, was born in Geneseo, 111., May 9, 1862,
Henry A. Ainsworth was born in Williamstown,
Vt., September 28, 1833, and his wife, Sarah
(Andrews) Ainsworth, was born in Ashland,
Ohio. Her brother, Lorin Andrews, was presi-
dent of Kenyon College, and was the first vol-
unteer from the state of Ohio in the Civil war.
He was colonel of the First Ohio regiment, con-
tracted camp fever and died at the very begin-
ning of the war.
The Ainsworth family moved to Moline in
1871, where Harry Ainsworth attended school ;
graduated from Oberliu College in ISSl, and
from the Har\-ard Law School iu 1887. Mr.
Ainsworth was admitted to the bar of the state
of Illinois in 1SS7 but never practiced, enter-
ing instead into the firm of Williams, White c&
Company with his father, in which business he
has been engaged ever since, and is at the
present time manager and vice-president ot this
concern. WUliams, White & Company are well
known as manufacturers of heavy machinery,
consisting of bulldozers, drop hammers, punches
and shears, etc., their product being generally
used both in this country and abroad.
Mr. Ainsworth was married May 26, 1889,
to Stella A. Davidson of Elgin, 111., born in
that city April 29, 1S62, daughter of Orlando
and Caroline (Gifford) Davidson. Mrs. Ains-
worth's grandfather on the maternal side, Mr.
Gifford, was the founder of the city ot Elgin,
and the survej'or and promoter of the first state
road west out of Chicago to Galena. Mr. and
Mrs. Ainsworth have three daughters : Carolyn
D., born December 26, 1891, who was married
November 27, 1912, to Harry W. Getz, Jr. ; Sa-
rah A., the second daughter, born August 6,
1893 ; and Dorothy S., the third daughter, born
March 12, 1895. Both the latter are attending
Smith College. Mr. Amsworth has not been
prominent in polities or public business, except
as a member of the Public Library Board, of
which he was president for several years. Mrs.
Ainsworth has been a member of the school
board, and is active in church work and the
various women's organizations. The family be-
long to the First Congregational church of Mo-
Ime, 111.
AINSWORTH, Henry A., president of Williams,
White & Company, one of the largest concerns
of its kind in Illinois, and a man whose capa-
bility to handle affairs of immense magnitude
was long ago demonstrated, and Is maintained
by the growing trade of his business, is truly
representative of the progressive spirit of his
age. He resides on the bluff, west of Sixth
street, Moline, owning this beautiful home as
well as many other houses and various pieces
of realty of great value in the city, for he had
every eoutidence in its future, and has always
been a heavy investor in its real estate. He
was born at Williamstown, Vt., September 28,
1833, being a son of Calvin and Laura (LyndeJ
Ainsworth, the former born at Brookfield, Vt.,
the latter at Williamstown, Vt. In 1839, Calvin
Ainsworth became interested in a general store
wth George Lynde, who died in 1840. Mr. Ains-
worth then settled up the estate, and was suc-
ceeded by Charles Amsworth, who later was
president of the Dieuoek-Gould Company. Cor-
nelius Lynde for many years was the judge of
the Orange county (Vt.) circuit court. The
family on the paternal and maternal sides, came
of good English stock, its members having been
prominent both in England and this country.
Henry A. Ainsworth attended the common
schools at Williamstown and the West Ran-
dolph (Vt.) Academy, later going to Wettord
(Vt.) Academy, then entered his father's store
as clerk, taking pleasure during boyhood and
young manhood in outdoor sports. In the fall
of 1S53, Mr. Ainsworth went to Geneseo, 111.,
where he established himself in business, but
sold his interests in the spring of 1862, and for
three years afterward handled hardware and
implements. Once more he disposed of his busi-
ness at a profit, and for some time then looked
after his farming interests, although he contin-
ued to reside in Geneseo. In the summer of
1870, he left there to come to Moline, when he
entered his present concern, and in the sum-
mer of 1871 the present company was incorpo-
rated, with Mr. Williams as president ; Mr.
White, vice-president, and Mr. Ainsworth as sec-
retary. A few years later Mr. Ainsworth bought
nearly all the stock of Mr. Williams and Mr.
White and was soon thereafter elected to the
presidency of the company. His son, Harry
Ainsworth, is secretary and manager.
In 1858, Mr. Ainsworth was married in Ash-
land, Ohio, to Sarah E. Andrews, who died in
December, 1891, m a Chicago hospital, where
she was under treatment, and is buried in Giene-
seo, in the family lot. She was the mother of
lour children: Harry; Laura, who died in in-
fancy ; Laura (II), who died when sixteen years
old ; and Mary, who lives with her father. On
June 30, 1896, Mr. Ainsworth was married (sec-
ond) to Sarah F. Anderson, then president of
Rockford College. The family belong to the
Congregational church.
Mr. Ainsworth is proud of the fact that his
first presidential vote was cast for John C.
Fremont, the first candidate of the republican
party, and he has always supported its candi-
dates ever since. His work in politics has been
marked by the same sane, business-like ability
that has characterized his career in other ways,
and he is a power here. In 1872, he represented
the First ward in the city council, just after
Moline was made a city, when John Deere was
mayor, and consequently took part in much of
the organization work. He was on the state
board of equalization in 1876, and in 1882, he
was further honored by election to the state
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
senate, and additionally, he served as president
of the labor bureau, appointed by Governor
Flfer. Mr. Alnsworth also assisted in the work
of the library board, having been a director for
many year.*, and has never been found lacking in
public si)lrit. His fraternal affiliations are witli
the Masonic order. Recognized as one of the
leading manufacturers of Rock Island, Mr. Alns-
worth feels the responsibilities of his high ixisi-
tion, and not only endeavors to advance his
own concern, but to make it a factor in the
growth of Moline. He Is an open-hearted, gen-
erous, charitable man, a developer of resources,
and possessed of great natural shrewdness and
keenness of insight, which has enabled him to
seize upon opportunity and turn it to his purpose.
ALBERTSON, Charles S.— Some of the families
of Rock Island can boast of a long and honorable
ancestry. For generations back, representatives
of these families have been closely identified
with the various public events of the country
and those now living are justly proud of the
record of the deeds of the dead. One of these
families here is that of Albertson. and its record
is as follows: Nicholnus Alliertson came to
America from Amsterdam. Holland, but later
went to England. There he married an English
lady, and returning to Americ-a. settle<l down
on Long Island. A sou of his, Garrett Albertson,
was a soldier iu the French and Indian war,
helping to capture Fort Duijuesne, now' Pitts-
burgh. Pa., from the French and Indians. For
several years, he served as a soldier in the Con-
tinentalarmy. during the Revolution, and again
gave his services for a period of three months
in the War of 1812. This loyal patriot died
August 12, 181.3. aged seventy-nine years, and
was buried at the Union Meeting House near
Hoi*, Warren county, X. J. Nicholaus Albert-
son, son of Garrett, died January 2, 1853, aged
eighty-nine years, and was buried near his
father. Saniijson II. Albertson. son of Nicho-
laus, died November 2, 1858, aged fifty-eight
years, and lie too was interred at Union Meeting
House cemetery.
Garrett AIbert.son. son of Sampson, was born
October 28, 182G, in Warren county, N. J. He
had a family of seven sons and one daughter,
all of whom are living, as is the mother. Dur-
ing the Civil war. Garrett Albertson served for
thirty-four montlis in Company P, Eighty-ninth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. By occupation, he
is a farmer, and his home is at Halstead, Har-
ve.v county, Kan.
Charles S. Albertson. son of Garrett, and the
one of whom we write in this sketch, is a l>lack-
sraith and carriage maker of Moline. now re-
siding at No. 310 Twenty-second street. He
was born at Peoria, April 27. 1S.J5. and was
brought up on the farm, being taught the black-
smith trade. He attended the public schools
at Watertown. 111., and remained at home until
he was seventeen years old, when he went to
Geneseo to work at blacksmitliing, after which
he attended the state normal school at Noi-mal,
III. Following his course at Normal he worked
at his trade of lilaeksmithing in Normal and
Peoria, 111., Howard, S. Dak., and va ;ous places.
In November. 1882, he came to Mol'ne, and has
been engaged here ever since, bavin., ' uilt up a
fine busine.ss. and won appreciation on account
of his fair dealing and excellent worii.
Mr. Albertson was married at Moline, June 5,
1883, to Sarah D. Williams, born in November
1857, at Quiucy, 111., a daughter of Newell and
Fannie (Knight) Williams. Mr. Williams was
a soldier in the Civil war, and by trade was
a carpenter. In 188;'.. he left home, and since
then his family have lost track of him. Mr. and
Mrs. Albertson became the ijarents of two sons:
Walter E., born July 5, 1884. graduated from
the Moline high school in 1002. and is now in
business in Rock Island; and George R., bom
January 1. 1887, was graduated from the Moline
high .school, 10O4, and later attended and grad-
uated from the Medical Department of the Uni-
versitj- of Iowa, of Iowa City, 1910. He was
Doctor of Anatomy of his alma mater, and ia
now Doctor of Anatomy at Vermillion, S. Dak.
He is married. This son belongs to Blue Lodge
No. 4, A. F. & A. M. of Iowa City, and the Mo-
dern Woodmen of America. Mr. Albertson is
himself a Mason, belonging to Doric Lodge 319,
Moline ; the Consistory in Quincy ; Mystic Shrine
of Peoria. He also belongs to the Modern Wood-
men of America of Moline ; Sous of Veterans of
Wellington Wood Camp, Royal Neighbors of
.\merica. and the Eastern Star. In religious faith
he is a Congregationalist, while politically, he Is
a republican.
ALDRICH, Ellis D., senior member of the firm
of Aldrich & Potter, proprietors of the Sheet
Metal Works at East Moline, is one of the con-
servative business men of Rock Island county
to whose knowledge of existing conditions and
current demands, much of the success of his
present enterprise is due. Mr. Aldrich was
born in Henry Count.v, 111., in September, 1866,
being a son of Henry and Mary (Richmond)
Aldrich. The former had the distinction of be-
ing the first white child born in Henry county.
The motlier was born in Linden, 111. Prior to
his retirement to Rock Island in 1906. the
father was a farmer of Henry county. His death
occurred in the city mentioned, in January,
1910, and with his passing away, this section
lost one of its reliable men.
Attending school in the winter, and working
on the farm in the summer, Ellis D. Aldrich
rounded out his boyhood days, and grew to be
twenty-two years old. He was not satisfied
to remain on the farm, so went to Geneseo, 111.,
where he learned the sheet metal trade. Fol-
lowing this, he was in Iowa for a time, coming
to East Jloline in 1903, in which year he founded
his present business. About 1908, he associated
himself with Wyman F. Potter, and the present
jiartnership of Aldrich & Potter was formed.
They manufacture various kinds of articles from
sheet metal, and their works are the only ones
of this kind in East Moline.
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On December 2G, 1888, Mr. Aldrich was mar-
ried to Grace Weader, born November 10, ISOS,
in Rook Island c-ounty. She is a daughter of
5. L. and Martha (Young) Weader, both of
whom were early settlers of Rock Island county.
They have two children : Kenneth E., born May
29, 1892, in Geueseo, and Theo. H., born Decem-
ber 19, 1905, in East Moline. Mr. Aldrlch is
a member of the I. O. O. F. of East Moline,
and socially is a member of the Commercial
Club here. The family affiliates with the Con-
gregational Church. In ixvlitlcs, Mr. Aldrich
is independent. He is deeply interested in East
Moline, and can always be counted to give a
hearty supixirt to any measures that he believes
will advance this community, and improve ex-
isting conditions.
ALEXANDER, Edward C, a contracting
painter and a man of more than ordinai-y ability
in his line, who has worked up a good business,
resides at No. 1608 Eighteenth street. South
Heights. He was born in Marion, Iowa, May
31, 1851, a son of Alfred P. Alexander, who was
born in Posey county, lud., January 6, 1832.
In 1849 Alfred P. Alexander came over-
land to Iowa, and worked at cabinetmak-
Ing in that state until the outbreak of
the Civil war, when he enlisted, in 1861,
in Company A, Twenty-sixth Iowa Volun-
teer Infantry. He had the distinction of
being promoted through the various ranks until
he was captain of his company at the time of
his honorable discharge. Returning home he
was made revenue assessor and collector of
his district, and held that position for five
years. He then bec-ame claim agent, and held
that office until his death, which occurred April
26, 1903. In 1856 he married Rebecca Adelie
Lanning, born in Posey county, Ind., January
6, 1839. She came to Iowa about the same
time as her husband and died October 7, 1911.
Edward C. Alexander was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Davenport, Iowa, which he at-
tended until fourteen years old. Following this
he worked at whatever he could find to do until
he was nineteen years old, when he began rail-
road work and painting. For nine years he
was connected with several railroads during
the winter and painted in the summer. Finally
he devoted all his time to the latter occupation,
with very gratifying results.
On May 10, 1880, Edward C. Alexander mar-
ried Mary A. Wright, born at Madison, Wis.,
August 3, 1859. a daughter of Charles and Alice
(Cronshaw) Wright, both of whom were born
in Lancastershire, England, on December 19,
1829, and January 17, 1826, respectively. They
came to America in 1853, settling in Canada,
from whence they went to Madison, Wis. The
father was a stone-cutter and contractor and
erected the first building on Go^'^rument Island,
continuing in the employment of the Govern-
ment for twenty-six years. He came to Rock
Island countv in 1868 and died here September
2. 1894. His' wife passed away October 18, 1892.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander: Alfred W., on May 3. 1896; and
Mary E.. on June 23, 1809. Mre. Alexander had
the distinction of naming South Heights, the
suburban addition to South Rock Island. She
belongs to the Court of Honor, No. 523, of Rock
Island. Mr. Alexander belongs to the Painters'
Union, Local No. 181, of Rock Island. For
many years he has been a firm su]iix)rter of
republican principles and candidates. The fam-
ily is well and favorably known throughout this
county and in Iowa, and the individual mem-
bers stand very high in the several communities
in which they have settled.
ALLEN, Samuel E. — Experience has proven
that many times It is more profitable to bring a
small farm into a high state of cultivation, than
to expend the same energj- upon a larger iwrtion
of land. One of those who has gained a good liv-
ing from a small farm, is Samuel E. Allen, of
Port Byron township. He was born February 24,
I860, in Coe township. His father, Samuel D.
Allen was born in New York state in 1816, but
came to Rock Island county in 1842 buying 180
acres in Coe township. The following year he
went back to New York for his family. On the
property he had bought, he built a log cabin,
which he later called a rail pen, and in it they
lived while he cleared off and developed his land.
As he could, he put up modern buildings, and
brought his farm into a high state of fertility.
By his first marriage he had thirteen children :
Anna, Mary, Margaret, Ruth, Laura, Ellen, Lu-
cina, Tillie, John, Abe, Stephen, Samuel and Mar-
tin. The last was killed during the Civil war.
The mother of these children, whose maiden
name was Margaret Bishop, died in 1862. Mr.
Allen later married Martha Ann Nold, by whom
he had eight children : Charles, Frank, Clarence,
Elmer, Jessie, Ada and two who died in infancy.
Mr. Allen died in 1905, aged eighty-nine years,
and is buried in Port Byron cemetery.
Samuel E. Allen remained at home, attend-
ing the district schools, and working on the
farm, until he was nineteen years old, when
he began as a section hand on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, thus continu-
ing for two years. He then began farming for
himself, and now owns 24% acres of land. On
this property he has erected all of the buildings
with the exception of the main portion of his
residence, and his premises show the effect of
careful supervision.
On November 2, 1881, he was married by the
Reverend Harper to Martha Kimball, daughter
of Hugh and Malinda (Re.vnolds) Kimball. Mrs.
Allen was born in Coe township, and there
reared. The following children have been bom
to Mr. and Mrs. Allen : Flora, Wilber, Frank,
Luther. Marie, Olara, the last two being at home.
Flora is now Mrs. Tom Maxwell and lives at
Port Byron. Wilber married Lizzie Stevens of
Cordova, and has Uvo children, Clyde and Ber-
tha ; Frank married Lizzie Ilitts, lives in Cor-
dova and has one child, Alton. Mr. Allen be-
longs to the Port Byron lodge of the Modern
Woodmen of America, and at one time was ad-
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visor of it. He is one of the sound, reliable
men of this part of the county, whose patient,
consistent efforts have been generously rewarded,
not only with material prosperity, but also with
the confidence and respect of those with whom
he is brought into contact.
ALLMENDINGER, Andrew Lewis.— The stand-
ing of every community is measured by the
character of its leading business men, for unless
they are responsible, the credit of the munici-
pality and its people is imi>eached. Sound
principles, thorough knowledge of conditions,
and an intimate appreciation of supply relative
to existing demand, are what make a successful
business man of today. East Moline is particu-
larly fortunate in having so many stalwart men
of experience who are interested in the progress
of the place as well as in their own advance-
ment. One of these is Andrew Lewis Allmeudiu-
ger, assistant manager of the Mueller Lumber
Co. He was born at Ann Arbor, Mich.. March
29, ISSa a son of Fred and Louise ( Letsch ) .\11-
mendinger, both of whom although born in this
country are of German descent. In IS'Jo. they
came to Rock Island county, the father easily
finding work as he was a skilled carpenter.
Andrew Lewis Allmeudinger was educated in
the public schools of East Moline, and was ac-
counted a bright pupil. Four years ago he was
made assistant manager of the Mueller Lumber
Co., and his efficient service ever since has
proven the wisdom of his selection. Politically,
he is a democrat. In religious l.iith. he is a
member of the German Lutheran church. Fra-
ternal l.v. he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of
America and Masonic Order. Perhaps no young
man here has the future of East Moline more
deeply at heart than he, and his earnest co-
operation can be relied upon whenever it is
needed, to carry out plans for the betterment
of existing affairs.
AMES, Edward Peer, D. D. S.— The profession
of dental surgery has advanced to such an ex-
tent during the past several decades that the
successful practitioner must be a close student
In order to keep abreast of the times. It is a
well-known fact that in order to keep our
health we must keep our organs healthy, and
In addition to this the teeth are the means of
either enhancing or destroying personal attrac-
tiveness. Therefore, the dentist has come to be
looked upon as an advisor no less than the phy-
sician. Dr. Edward Peer Ames, a well-knowTi
dental practitioner of Rock Island county, whose
chosen field of practice is the city of Rock
Island, where he has offices at Xo. 301 Best
Building, was born January 7, 1S78, at Windsor,
lU., a son of Truman E. and Dora (Hilsabeck)
Ames.
Tniman E. Ames was bom at Herman, N. Y.,
January 1, 18.50, and attended the State Normal
school at Fallsburg, Js. T. In 1873 he came to
Illinois, taking up his residence at Shelbyville,
but eventually went to Michigan, where for four
years he taught school. Returning to Rock-
ford, 111., he engaged in a law practice, but fin-
ally returned to Shelbyville, where he is now
residing. For two terms he served as city
attorney of Shelbyville, and he was then elected
judge of the county court, serving two terms
of four years each, and being elected to a third
term, of which he served but two years, resign-
ing to accept the ottice of judge of the circuit
court, in which capacity he continued to serve
for twelve years. He now has an extensive law
practice at Shelby^'ille. He is a member of the
Masons, having attained to the Knight Templar
degree, and he is also connected with the Knights
of Pythias and the Elks. In political matters
he is a democrat, and his religious belief is that
of the Methodist church. Mr. Ames was married
to Dora Hilsabeck, who was born in Windsor,
111., in 1861, and their only chUd was Edward
Peer.
Edward Peer Ames was educated in the
schools of Shelbyville, and after graduating from
the Shelbyville high school at the age of seven-
teen years, entered the State Normal school at
Potsdam, N. Y.. which he attended one year.
When he was twenty years old he entered the
Univer.sity of Indiana, from which he was grad-
uated with the class of 1901, and he immediately
entered uixm the practice of his profession at
Findley. 111., but after four years there decided
to go to Shelbyville. In the fall of 1908, Dr.
Ames sold his practice at Shelbyville and lo-
cated in Rock Island, where he has continued
to practice ever since. Dr. Ames has spacious
offices in the Best Building, fully equipped
with the latest and most highly Improved ap-
l>lianees for the successful treating of his pa-
tients, and during his residence here he has built
up a large practice. He is a member of the
Rock Island County and Illinois State Dental
Societies. He is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Red Men and the
Elks, and In political matters is a Democrat
With his wife he attends the Catholic church.
On June 22. 1904. Dr. Ames was married by
Father JIackin to Mar.v L. Alormoyle, who was
born at Rock Island, February 28, 1882, daugh-
ter of P. B. and Margaret (Kelley) Mormoyle,
natives of Ireland. Mrs. Ames was one of a
family of nine children.
ANDERSON, Andrew.— Many of the men of
Rock Island county have proven in their well-
spent lives that it is not necessary for a man
to have financial backing to succeed, provided he
is willing to work and knows how to save from
his earnings. One of those who have a right
to call themselves self-made is Andrew Ander-
son. He was born In Stockholm, Sweden, May
2, 1856, a son of Andrew Chrlstlansou and Bet-
sey Anderson. When he was twenty-four years
old, he came to the United States with his wife
and one child, and first settled in Wisconsin,
but after five years came to Moline and secured
employment in the plow shops. For six years
he was thus engaged, then spent five years in
the wagon works, finally buying eighty acres of
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
997
this land he built the corn crib, hog houses and
a part of the barn, the implement shed and re-
built the fences. In addition to this, he operates
300 acres of rented land, and raises ninety-eight
hogs, twenty-two head of cattle and fourteen
head of horses, annually. Little by little, always
saving something, and investing it wisel.v, he
has accumulated his present valuable holdings.
In 1881, Mr. Anderson married Betsey Ros-
sentop, daughter of Peter Rossentop, and they
became the parents of nine children, eight of
whom have been born in Rock Island county:
Anna, llrs. Oliver Smith of Moline; Edward,
Leonard, Bessie, Hattie, Harry, Ivor, Wanietta
and Winnie. While his educational advantages
were limited. Mr. Anderson is a man who has
always known how to make the best of what
he had, and has learned much from observa-
tion. In farming, he has proven that he under-
stands his business thoroughly, and on account
of his skill, has become recognized as an au-
thority on matters pertaining to argicultural
affairs.
ANDERSON, Frank.— That farming pays well
as a business, the agriculturists of Rock Island
county are demonstrating in their everyday
lives. Some of them have become very wealthy,
all are making a good living, and few have
failed. Still it takes bard work, constant thrift
and a thorough knowledge of the business to
make a success of farming. One of the men who
is advancing rapidly as a pi'osperous farmer of
the ■county is Frank Anderson of Coal Valley
township, born in Sweden in 1S65, a son of John
and Clara (Space) Anderson. Frank Anderson
attended school in Sweden, but learned English
after coming to this country. He arrived here
in 1884. and at once located in Coal Valley town-
ship, engaging in farming and mining. By 1900,
he had saved sufficient money to enable him to
buy sixty acres of land in the township. Vilien
he bought it, the land was covered with timber,
but he now has it all under cultivation, and it is
one of the best jiroperties in the township. On
it he has built a comfortable large house, and
his barns and outbuildings are neat and well
kept. He raises corn and stock, and is proud of
what he has accomplished.
In 18S6, Frank Anderson married Caroline
Johnson, also a native of Sweden. She was his
sweetheart in the old country, and when he had
made a place for her, he sent her a ticket, and
she made the long trip alone, coming direct to
Coal Valley, where they were married. She is
a daughter of Gustav P. and Sarah (Nelson)
Johnson. Nine children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson, namely: Annie S. who is
deceased ; Frank Oscar who is at home ; Mary
L. who died in infancy; Minnie Elizabeth: Carl
J.; Fred Axill : Albert Edwin; Dena Matilda;
and Hilda Amelia. They all belong to the Lu-
theran church. In politics, Mr. Anderson is a
republican and is now serving as clerk of the
school board of Coal A'alley township. The suc-
cess of Mr. Anderson is all the more remarkable
from the fact that he came here a poor young
man, ignorant of the language and customs.
Like so many of his countrymen, however, he
soon learned, and from the first he saved his
money, investing it to good purpose, and now he
Is ranked among those who have accomplished
much, and has gained in addition a firm position
among the reliable men of his neighborhood.
ANDERSON, John A.— Thrift and industry
count fur much, especially in farming operations.
The exjierienced faroier knows bow to make his
land produce the crops for which it is best
fitted and he is also not afraid to work hard to
bring about the results he desires. One of the
men of Bowling to\\Tiship who has won well-
merited success in his agricultural operations
is John A. Anderson. He was born in Nykil,
Sweden, December 24, 1870, a son of Samuel and
Charlotte (Mongerson) Anderson, the former
born September 27, 1828, and the latter April
10, 18.37, both in Sweden. John A. Anderson
come to the United States in 1890, and after a
short time spent at Moline he went to Reynolds,
and secured employment on a farm in its vicin-
ity, remaining there for sixteen years. In 1905
he rented 225 acres in Bowling township, but
in 1908 he bought eighty acres from Claus
Mongerson in the same township, and began
improving it. Since taking charge of this prop-
erty he has made many changes, and his farm
is numbered among one of the best in the town-
ship. While John A. Anderson has done so
well here, his only brother, Carl, still lives in
Sweden, as do two of his sisters : Hilda, wife of
Oscar Hansou, and Tekla, wife of .John Johnson.
Another sister, Anna, married Claus Johnson,
and they live at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Anderson
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
McConnal's chapel. He votes the republican
ticket and gives the candidates his earnest
support. A hard-working man, all he owns has
been obtained through much labor and many
thrifty sacrifices, and his example is one that
other young men might do well to follow. Had
he wasted his time and money he would not
today lie the owner of a good farm and hold a
high position in the esteem of his neighbors.
On July ,3, 1912. .John A. Anderson was mar-
ried to Emma Bredberg, Iwrn at New Windsor,
Henry county, 111., a daughter of Peter Bred-
berg.
ANDERSON, John R.— Moline is the home of
some very substantial concerns interested in
the production of various irou and steel prod-
ucts. The proximity of the United States Ar-
senal, combined with the superior transporta-
tion facilities of this locality, make it an ideal
place for industrial activities, as all manufac-
tured articles can be readil.y marketed. One of
these factories is the Moline Pattern Works,
owned and operated i).v .John R. Anderson, who
is a business man of recognized stability. He
was liorn in Sweden, September 15, 1869, a son
of Andrew J. and Anna (Sarson) Anderson,
natives of Sweden. The mother died there, but
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HISTORY OF EOCK ISLAND COUNTY.
the fatter survives, although he has never left
his native land.
John R. Anderson was educated in the public
schools of Sweden, and brought up on a farm,
his father being an agriculturist. In 1888,
Mr. Anderson came to the United States, and
for eight months was at Chicago. He then
worlced in a restaurant at Eockford, 111., and
did other work until January, 1S92. when he
went to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was in
a furniture factory. Returning to Rockford.
he remained there until July. 1S9G. at wliich
time he came to Moliue. and did the carving
on the woodwork on the court house, for the
Moline Furniture Company who held the con-
tract. In ISns, he began working for the Deere
Manufacturing Co., lint In 1901, Jie left this
c-oncern to engage with Williams. White «& Co.,
but after a year, went to Iowa City. la. For
two years he worked for the O. S. Kelly Western
Manufacturing Co.. and in 1904. returned to
Moline. and started a shop at East Moline. I5y
190ii. his business had grown sufficiently to war-
rant building on First and Third avenue, where
he remained until February 19, 1910, when he
moved to Fourth avenue, and was with the
Vollmer Pattern Works until April, 1911, when
he came to his present location at No. 134
Fourth avenue. His long experience has fitted
him for the conduct of his present enteiTirise.
which is in a flourishing condition. In political
sentiment. Mr. Anderson is independent. He
belongs to the Masonic order and Is also an Odd
Fellow. He is an athlete, and has always Ijeen
fond of boxing and wrestling, and has partici-
Ijated in amateur bouts of both. Mr. Ander-
son lias never married. Frank and pleasant.
a skilled workman, and excellent business man,
Mr. Anderson has many friends, and is lilced
by all who know him.
ANDERSON, John S., general concrete con-
tractor, and a man who has lieen in business
for himself for twelve years, during which time
he has seen the appreciation of cement grow
steadil.v. imtil he has come to specialize along
this line, is one of the substantial men of Mo-
line. He was born in Sweflen. Kronolierg, Sma-
lands Stenar. February 8. 184". and came to the
I'nitod States and Illinois in 1881. locating im-
mediately in Moline. He was a son of Andreas
Monson. a stone mason, who died in Sweden
when his son was thirteen years old. The lad
grew up in his native land, attending public
school, and before leaving his old home, worked
in a grocery store.
Arriving in Sloline, John S, Anderson with the
customary industry of his people, found im-
mediate employment, not seeking to spare him-
self, but only trying to secure work that would
provide for his needs and enable him to save
something. As time went on, he changed his
employers, alwa.vs from choice, leaving liehind
him men who appreciated and admired his ster-
ling honesty and sturdy heliifulness. When he
went into btisiness for liimself in 1900. he had
plenty to wish him well, and during the thirteen
years that have elapsed, he has firmly established
his reputation as a man in whom all trust may
be placed. While developing into a thorough
American, he has never forgotten his native land,
and is a leader among those who come from
Sweden to find a new home in Rock Island
county.
In 1870 Mr. Anderson married Johanna Bearta
Peterson prior to coming to the new world.
Eight children have been born of this union:
Alma. Anna. .losephine. Selma, and Emma. Ida,
Alfred and Ellen are deceased. The family resi-
dence at Xo. 1013 Seventh avenue is a beautiful
one, owned by Mr. Anderson. The family be-
long to the Swedish Mission tabernacle. Politi-
cally. Mr. Anderson has always been a republi-
can.
ANDERSON, Otto Frederick.— For a period ex-
tending uver more than thirty years. Otto Fred-
erick Anderson has been identified with the
banking interests of Rock Island county, and
during the greater part of the time has occu-
pied positions of high trust and responsibilit.v.
Since 1901 he has been cashier of the Moliue
Trust and Savings Bank, one of the soundest
financial institutions in the county, and the
services which he has rendered his community
in various official capacities have been of a
progressive character. While his capabilities
have been recognized by his fellow-citizens by
their placing him at the head of various move-
ments, he has at all times displayed a com-
mendable willingness to serve in the ranks and
his public spirit has been demonstrated on
numerous occasions. Otto Frederick Anderson
is a native of Trehorna, Sweden, and was born
July 1, 1866. a son of Alfred and Anna Greta
(Johansdotter) Anderson. The father was born
at Odesliog. Sweden, on May 11, 1826, and the
mother at Heda, Sweden, on January 6, 18:38.
The family emigrated to the United States from
Sweden on October 27, 1868, and coming to Mo-
line, made here a permanent home, the father
becoming engaged as a mechanic and mill-
wright.
Otto F. Anderson passed his boyhood much as
other lads of his day. in the small river town
of Moline, as it was at that time. His home
was located near the river, and he early showed
himself exceptionally fond of fishing, swimming
and boating. He acquired his early education
in the public schools, but his father died when
he was fifteen years of age, so he gave up his
studies in order to assist in the family support.
After leaving school, in 1881, he obtained em-
ployment in the plow factory, and after work-
ing as a machinist's assistant for something
over a year entered the Davenport Business
College. ' At the age of seventeen years he re-
ceived his introduction to financial operations,
when he entered the employ of the Moline Xa-
tional Bank in the capacity of messenger, and
was later promoted to bookkeeper. When the
Moline State Bank was organized, in 1891, Mr.
Anderson was made teller thereof, and in 1900
was apiiointed acting cashier, a position which
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he filled until his appointment, iu January, 1901,
to the position of cashier. Since his election
the deposits of the bank ha\e srown from
$t;00,000, to $3,000,000. In 100.3 the name of the
Institution was changed to Moline Trust and
Savings Bank, and it is now one of the leading
banks of Rock Island county.
Formerly a republican, in 1912 Mr. Anderson
.ioined the new progressive party, to which he
is giving his loyal support. In 1893 he was
elected cit.v treasurer of Moline, and again in
1899, and for the third time in 1903, each time
with increased ma.iorities. In 1895 he became a
member of the Pultlic Library board, and was
reappointed by different administrations in 1898.
1901 and 1904. and served as vice-president for
one year and as president two years. He was
president of the Moline Business Men's Associ-
ation for two years, and during this time ef-
fected its consolidation with the Moline Club,
of which he has been vice-president on three
difCerent occasions. He was president of the
Civic Improvement Commission for one year,
and was one of the originators of the Rural
road, a public highwa.v running from Moline
south into Rural township, built by private sub-
scription at a cost of more than $2.5,000. He was
also one of the original members of the Greater
Moline Committee, and has been one of its vice-
presidents, and at all times lias been active in
the interest of enterprises promulgated for the
public welfare and advancement. Mr. Ander-
son was master of Doric Lodge. A. F. & A. M..
in 1900 and 1901, and is a member of Peoria
Conunandery and Mohannned Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine at Peoria, also belonging to Swedish
Olive Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Moline, and King
Philip Tribe, I. O. R. M. of this city. He was
one of the organizers of the Voters" League of
Moline, was one of the founders of the Rock
Island Count.v Historical Society, was one of
the organizers of the Moline Llomestead Loan
Association, is a director of the Bethany Home
Association, and a member of the Illinois His-
torical Society, the Hamilton Club of Chicago,
and the Executive Council of the Illinois Bank-
ers' Association. He faithfully attends the
First Congregational church of Moline. and has
been liberal in his supjwrt of its movements.
Mr. .\nderson owns a handsome residence at
No. 1302 Fifteenth street, Moline,, where his
numerous friends always find a hearty welcome.
He is fond of outdoor sports, such as fishing,
hunting, golf and football, and. to use his own
words, "trying to stay young and cheerful."
His life has been one of signal usefulness, and.
while advancing his own interests, he has found
it possible to advance those of his community.
On December 10. 1.891, Otto Frederick Ander-
son was married at Moline. to Miss Sena Neil-
sen, who was born at Moline. in 1872. a daugh-
ter of Lars Peter and Nellie (Nelson) Neilsen.
natives of Denmark and Sweden respectively.
Mr. Nielsen was one of the pioneer real estate
dealers In the city of Moline and the owner of
much valuable realty. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
have one son, Frederick Nielsen, born at Moline,
on December 4, 1903.
ANDERSON, Peter.— A fair share of the farmers
of Rock Island county are of Swedish birth,
and to this fact is largely due the remarkable
agricultural supremacy of this section of the
state, for the people of Sweden know how to
work hard and bring their land Into a high
state of cultivation. One of these prosperous
farmers is Peter Anderson, born in Sweden,
No\-ember 12. 1849, a son of Andrtnv and Stend-
leso (Peterson) Johnson. According to the
custom of Sweden, Mr. Anderson takes his
father's first name with the son added. The
mother was lioru in ISIS and died iu 1899,
while the father passed away in 1S56, and
neither came to America. The father was a
farmer, and brought up his family to work in
the fields, so from earliest boyhood, Peter
Anderson has farmed.
Peter Anderson attended school until four-
teen years old, when he left to tiegin work on
the farm. In 1874, he came to the United
States, landing at Philadelphia, from whence
he went direct to Lincoln. Neb., but in 1875,
came to Illinois, locating near Reynolds. For
tlie past quarter of a century, he has been
farming and bought his property In 1901.
Since then he has built several structures, and
made many improvements. His farm com-
jirises 215 acres of as good land as can be
found iu the county.
On December 28, 1SS8, Peter Anderson was
married to Johannah Granat, liorn in Sweden,
November 14, 1846. coming to the United States
in 1871, her parents not following until 1888.
They lived with Mrs. Anderson until they died,
the father passing away in 1892. and his wife
in 1895. Mrs. Anderson has two brothers :
Alfred and Frank, of Rock Island and Mon-
mouth, 111., respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Ander-
son became the parents of children as follows:
-Albert, who is at home ; Emily E., who is the
wife of Clans Lawson of Mercer county, 111. ;
David who is of Bowling township : Ellen, who
is at home ; Daniel and Hannah, who are both
at home, and Joseph, twin of Daniel, who is
deceased. There are two grandchildren. Alvin
and Bernice Lawson, in the family. Mr. An-
derson belongs to the Swedish Lutheran church
of Swedana, Mercer count*'. 111. In politics, he
is a republican, and for one year acted as post-
master of Bowling township. He is a man
whose earnest efforts have been amply re-
warded, and he has the respect and confidence
of his neighbors, having honestly gained them.
ANDERSON, Robert S.— The occupation of
farming is a profitable one to those who know
how to projierly conduct their business, and
who comliine the various branches of the in-
dustry to the liest advantage. Robert S. Ander-
son, who in addition to general farming carries
on fruit culture as a side line, is one of the
practical agriculturists of Hampton township,
having been born in this township, October 11,
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HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
1873, a sou of John and Josephine (Hanson)
Anderson, natives of Sweden. John Anderson
came to the United States in 1S61 and located
at Moline, HI., where for a time after his mar-
riage he was employed as a laborer. He then
started farming in South Moline township, sub-
sequently buying a tract of land in Hampton
township, to which he added until he owned
fifty-three acres. For some time he only farmed
that portion of his land that had been cleared
from timber, but he eventually brought the re-
mainder under the plow and also developed an
excellent fruit fai'm, operating it until ihis
retirement in ISOii, in which year ho moved to
Molhie, and purchased a comfortable residence
at Fourth avenue and Tvveuty-tifth street, where
■ he and his wife now reside. They were the
parents of the following children : Oscar, who
lives at home ; William, who died at the age
of tweuty-seveu years; Robert S. ; Selnia, who
married James Maxwell, of Hampton, 111.;
Spencer, who is residing at Rockford, 111. ; David,
who died at the age of twenty-one years; and
Olive, who lives with her parents.
Robert S. .\uderson received his education
iu the Pleasant Valley district school, and at
the age of seventeen years commenced working
out summers, returning to the homestead dur-
ing the winter months. At the age of twenty-
five years he conunenced renting the home farm,
which he has successfully operated to the pres-
ent time, having now thirty-three acres under
cultivation, one-half of which he gives to rais-
ing apples, ]iears and small fruits, while the
remaining half is devoted to general farming.
His land is finely eared for and the farm pre-
sents an excellent appearance, being provided
with substantial buildings, proper fencing and
modern farm acces.sories.
On March C<, 1001, Robert S. Anderson was
married to Miss Matilda Erdman, who was born
November It;, 1871), in Genesee. Henry county,
111., a daughter of Charles and Matilda (Setrzel)
Erdman, natives of German.v. They were mar-
ried at Geneseo, where Mr. Erdman was a
laborer until 1880. iu which year he moved to
Colona, 111., and in ISSS to Carbon Cliff, HI.,
where he is emiiloyed in the pottery works.
His wife died September 6, 1911. The children
born to Mr. and Mrs. Erdman were as follows :
Clara, who married John Olson, of Moline ;
Mrs. Anderson : Amy, who married Len Poston,
of Moline; William, who is residing at home;
Matty, who married Edward Beardsley of Mo-
line ; Poll.y, who married Henry Stropes of An-
dalusia, has one child, Vernon, born February
16, 1909; and Edna, Edith and Frederick, all of
whom live at home. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
have had two children: Harold, born February
14, I90.3; and Geraldine, born June 2, 1009. In
politics Mr. Anderson is a republican, and fra-
ternally he is connected with the Modern Wood-
men of America, at East Moline, while his wife
is atliliated with Quackenbusb Lodge Xo. 1714,
Royal Neighbors, at Watertown, 111.
ANDRIES, Ed., general contractor and thor-
oughly practical builder, of No. 516 Sixteenth
avenue, Moline, has been engaged in this line
for three ^'ears, giving employment to fourteen
men. and carrying on as many as a dozen separ-
ate Jobs at a time. He was born in Belgium,
in 1SS4, son of Ed. and Natalie (DeNeve) An-
dries. The father was an extensive farmer and
commission merchant of Belgium, who died in
1895. His wife died in 1892. During his life-
time, the father became a man of substance,
and very prominent iu liuysselde. West Flan-
ders, Belgium. The live children of the family
were : Ed., Irma, Marie, Maurice and Bertha,
all in Belgium except Ed. and Mai'le, the latter
being in France. Growing up in his native land,
Ed. Andries attended school, learned the car-
penter trade, but not liking conditions, came to
the United States in 1905, locating in Moline,
where he worked for the Moline Furniture Com-
pany for some time. He then took a two years'
trip to California, and on bis return, estab-
lished himself iu his present business.
On October 29, 1908, Mr. Andries was married
to Alida Heirbrandt, born in Astene, Belgium,
but was brought to this country when nine
years old. Mr. and Jlrs. Andries are consistent
members of the Catholic church. Mr. Andries
is not interested in politics, but casts his vote
for the man he thinks best suited for the office.
He owns his beautiful, spacious home, and is in
substantial circumstances. His ability and in-
tegi-ity have combined to gain for him a well-
merited reputation for good, honest work, and
he stands high in his community.
ANNAN, Lewis M., an extensive ban] ware
dealer of Moline. is one of the progressive busi-
ness men of Rock Island county. He was born
at Emmitsburg, Md., June 2:?, 1873. son of Rob-
ert L. and Alice C. (Columbia) Annan, natives
of the same place. The paternal grandparents,
Andrew and Eliza (Jlotter) ."Vunan, were born
in Maryland. Iieing of Scotch ancestry. The
maternal grand]7arents, Lewis and .41ice (Itu-
dersell ) Columbia were also of Maryland birth.
Robert L. Annan was a physician, who con-
tinued in active practice until his death, Jan-
uary 14, 1907, aged seventy-six years. His
wife passed away many years ago, dying April
11. 1878, when thirty-six years old.
Lewis M. Annan is the third living child of
his I'tarents. and attended both public and private
schools at Emmitsburg and college at New
Windsor. Md., for two years, but on account
of failing eyesight, was forced to abandon his
collegiate career. In 1890, he came to Rock
Island, where ho was employed in the hardware
store of J. W. Stewart. In February. 19()r., he
moved to Moline, to become a member of the
firm of Fr<iyd & Annan, which continued until
April 15, 1011, when Mr. Annan sold his inter-
est, and bought his jn'esent hardware business
from C. C. Alsene. He can-ies a full stock of
light and general hardware, and controls a
good trade.
On January 8, 1003, Mr. Annan was married to
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Effie G. Emerson born at Conesville la., daugh-
ter of Charles and Sidney Emerson, natives of
Ohio. They traveled in the early days from
Ohio to Iowa in a covered wagon, and became
prosperons farmers of that region. The father
died in 1907, Ijut his widow still survives, re-
siding in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Annan have no
children. He belouijs to the First Congregational
Church of Moline, and was a Deacon in it,
having been elected in January, 190S, for a
three-year term. He is a Mason, belonging to
Doric Lodge. No. 319, and the Peoria Consistory.
A good business man, solid and reliable in all
his dealings, Mr. Annan has tirmly established
himself in the confidence of the peojjle. and is
regarded as one with whom it pays to deal.
ANTONY, Jacob, an energetic and industrious
citizen of Rock Island, 111., is well known in
business circles and belongs to one of the old-
est families in the city. He was born in Os-
tave, Germany, February 27, 1830, a son of
Powell and Catherine Antony, the father born
In 1802 ancf the mother in 1801. The parents
came to America in 1852 and located in Rock
Island. In Germany the father had followed
farming and after coming to the United States
followed general work. He died in 1873 at the
age of sixty-eight years and the mother died In
1870 at the age of seventy-two years. One
daughter came to America with them and she
died September 26, 1909.
As a boy Jacob Antony attended the schools
of his native country and later followed farm-
ing there. He came to America in 1851, settling
in Rock Island, where his fiirst employment was
in a brick yard for Reynolds & Co., where he
remained one year. He worked nine years for
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann, handling timber,
and twenty-seven years for the Rock Island
Plow Company, having his own team and doing
hauling for them. For the last ten years he
has been employed by the city. He has been
successful financially and owns a beautiful
home at No, 816 Third avenue, which is occu-
pied by the family.
Mr. Antony was married April 5, 1855, to
Gertrude Yost, a native of Germany, and chil-
dren have been born of this union as follows:
Mary, who is the wife of John Hoffman, of
Rock Island; John, who works for the Rock
Island Plow Company, married Emma Suess;
Elizabeth, who is living at home, is forelady
in the bindei-y department of the Augustana
Book Concern ; and Margaret and Peter, who
are at home, the latter being employed in the
Rock Island Plow Company factory. There are
nine grandchildren and the following thi-ee
great-grandchildren in the family: Geneva and
Elmer Litters, and Ethelyn Kollof, all of Rock
Island. The family are members of St. Joseph's
Catholic church and are actively identified with
various movements for the welfare and improve-
ment of the community. They have a wide cir-
cle of friends and are held in high respect.
APPELQUIST, Frederick.— It is a source of
gratification to a man to see his life work
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amount to something, so that in his declining
years he is able to retire comfort^^bly and enjoy
what his labors accumulated. One of the re-
sponsible men of Rock Island, who during many
years of usefulness, laid the foundations of his
present prosperity, was born August 16, 1842,
in Smalands, Sweden, and since 1870, has made
this city his home. He is a son of Carl P. and
Mary Emma Appelquist, the former of whom
was a blacksmith, who died in Sweden, as did
his wife.
l^ederick Appelquist is an example of a self-
made man, for he only attended school two
months in his life, as his parents were very
poor, and the family had no advantages of any
kind, Mr. Appelquist has traveled" in seven
different countries, Sweden, Norway, Germany,
England, France, Canada and the United States,
and so has picked up much information that has
proven of great value to him. His first penny
was given him by a man who passed by when
the child was sitting in a tree trying to read.
An uncle took him when he was eleven years
old, and although he had to work hard, he was
insufficiently fed, and had to go without shoes,
and finally, when thirteen years old, he returned
home, sick because of the ill-treatment he had
received. During this time there was not a day
he was not intoxicated, as during the two years
one of his duties was to carry liquor from a dis-
tillery to men employed around the shops and he
partook freely of this. Mr. Appelquist considers
this a contradiction of the statement so often
made that liquor stunts childnen. He is a fine
appearing man, six feet tall, and weighs 198
pounds. For the next four years, he "worked
with his father, and learned the blacksmithing
trade, and later that of a glass blower. He
then gave his country a two-years' service as a
soldier. Mr. Applequist had charge of factories
in different countries in a glass-blowing line,
having become an expert in his work, but in
June, 1869, he came to the United States. For
a time, on account of the shops closing down, he
had to saw wood for a living, and worked in
different places. It is to be noticed, however,
that when he could not get work at his trade,
he did not hesitate to do whatever came to
hand, no matter how hard it was, and this sets
an example to the present generation, who are
too liable to be idle unless given work of a
special kind. In 1870, Mr. Appelquist came to
Rock Island, wliich has since continued to be
his home. Here he later embarked in a retail
liquor business, and in 1889, built a large and
handsome brick block at No. 1630 Third avenue,
where he continued his business for six years.
He then rented the place, and has since lived
retired. For five years he was engaged in the
same line in Orion, 111. A republican in polities,
he served on the board of supervisors, for one
term. He belongs to the Lutheran church, and
is a member of the Masons and Owls of Rock
Island.
On April 9. 1872, Mr. Appelquist was married
to Pauline Klylea, daughter of John Klylea, a
cabinetmaker. Mr. and Mrs. Appelquist have
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bad nine children : Oscar, Charles, Jerome,
Mayme, Lulu, Edward, Hazel, John (deceased),
and Clara. Mr. Appelquist has made his own
living since he was seven years of age. and has
always been Industrious and hard working. He
has succeeded in accumulating a comlortable
fortune which enables him to spend his latter
years in comfortable retirement.
ARCHER, Harvey J., one of the leading con-
tractors and builders of Moliue and Roclj Island,
was born in the latter city, July 25, ISSO, sou
of Martin and Mary J. (Dacey) Archer. The
father was born in Bureau county. 111., and the
mother at Macon, Ga. He was a contractor and
builder for thirty-five years, but has been re-
tired from active life for the past six years.
He is well known in Rock Island county and
has long been identified with its growth and
progress.
Harvey J. Archer learned his trade after Ms
school ijeriod, and since March, 1911, has been
In business on his own account. He is a wide-
awake and energetic young man who has built
up a good trade in the two cities where he car-
ries on the larger part of his business; has a
fine commercial standing, as his father had be-
fore him, and is a member of the Carpenters'
Union. He is well known in Rock Island, where
he lived until recently, and received his early
education in the public schools of that city, later
spending three years in Rock Island Business
College.
On August 4. 1909, Jlr. Archer married Lena
E. Norton, a native of Illinois, whose father
was a college professor. Her mother is now liv-
ing in Jloliue. Mrs. Archer was born Septem-
ber 9, 1S82. Mr. Archer belongs to the M. W.
A. of Rock Island, and politically is a repub-
lican. He is a member of the Catholic church.
He intends to make Moline his permanent home
and is located on Thirteenth avenue, that city.
He is one of five children bom to his parents,
namelv: William. Frank, Basil, Harvey J. and
one daughter, Ida. The daughter is the wife
of George Smith and lives on Twenty-fourth
street, Rock Island.
ARCULARIUS, Edward Frederick (deceased.)
The late Edward Frederick Arcularlus was not
only one of the pioneers of Hampton township,
but was also one of Rock Island county's most
representative men, about whose history clus-
ters memories of many kindly deeds and acts
which showed uimsual business acumen and
keen foresight. He was born in New York in
1803, and farmed for some years in his native
state. About 1838, he came to Rock Island
county, where he entered a farm of 100 acres
in Hampton township. This remained his home
until his death on October 22. 1887. when he was
buried in Hampton cemetery. During his long
residence in this community, he saw the prairie
converted into rich farm land and prosperous
cities. He built the first log house in this
section of this township and built a fine brick
residence in 1857. Even farming methods were
revolutionized during his residence here, and
he took great satisfaction in the onward prog-
ress on every side, for he was a man of broad
views and comprehensive thought.
In 1S53, Mr. Arcularlus man-led Emily Axell-
son of Sweden, born February 11, 1823, and the
following children were born to them : Hattie,
lives in Moline ; Ellen, lives in Davenport, la. ;
Margaret, lives in Arizona ; Theressa, lives in
Michigan, and Martin, lives in Moline, 111. In
religious faith Mr. Arcularlus was a Methodist,
and held firm to the creed of that denomina-
tion. He always voted the republican ticket
from the time of the formation of that party.
Mrs. Arcularlus owns the home farm of 160
acres, which is known as the Far View Farm.
It is now rented, and yields a good income.
She is eighty-nine years old, and holds the af-
fection of all who have the honor of her ac-
quaintance. She rememliers many interesting
facts relative to the early life in Rock Island
county, and tells them entertainingly. The
family is one of the best known in this part
of the state, and deservedly so, for its repre-
sentatives have nobly borne their part in the
development of the countj'.
ARMSTRONG, WUliam.— Ireland has produced
many excellent farmers, who have helped in de-
velopii!g different sections of the United States,
and one of these sturdy sons of the Emerald Isle
is WiUiam Armstrong, an agriculturist of Bowl-
ing township. He was born in Ireland. April
16. 1852. a son of Christ and Margaret (Brown)
Armstrong, both of whom lived and died in Ire-
land, as farming people. They had eight chil-
dren : Sarah. Elizabeth, Catherine. William,
.John. Christy. James and Margaret. In 1880,
William Armstrong, who had grown up in Ire-
land, attending its public schools, and learning
farming under his father, came to America, and
locating in Rock Island county began making
himself useful as one of its citizens. He hired
out to Thomas Doonan as a hand, but in 1890
was able to begin farming for himself, renting
160 acres on section 33. By 1895, he had saved
enough to buy this farm. He has made the im-
provements upon it. and is very proud of what
he has accomplished, as he has every right to lie.
Not every man can come from another country
and become the owner of a fine farm vrithin
fifteen years.
The marriage of William Armstrong took place
February 13. 1890. when he was united with
Frances Rennick. born in Ireland, July 2S. 1855.
a daughter of Arthur and Anna (Br.van) Ren-
nick, natives of Ireland, where their lives were
spent in farming. They had eight children : Sa-
rah, Jane, Frank. Margaret, Jlrs. Armstrong,
Elinor, Dria T. and Harriet E. Mr. and Mrs. An-
derson became the parents of six children : Har-
riet Anna, who married James Hanley. lives in
Iowa, and was born February 28. 1891 ; Margaret
Clementina was born March 16. 1892 ; Myrtle
May was born May 5, 1894 ; Christopher A. was
born January 2, 1896: Winifred E. was born
January 24, 1898; and William James was born
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January 5, 1901. These children are all at home,
and Miss Margaret and Miss Myrtle are efficient
school teachers. In political faith, Mr. Arm-
strong is a republican, and served very capably
and conscientiously as a school director of Bowl-
ing township for three years. He is an Orange-
man, and belongs to the Episcopal church, hav-
ing been re.ired in the faith of the Church of
England. His uprightness of character and
steadfastness of purpose have gained him the
respect of his associates, and he is a well-known
man throughout the county.
ARNHALT, Martin J., proprietor of the Chicago
Home Bakery, at No. 708 First avenue. East Mo-
line, is one of the best examples of what can
be accomplished by a foreign-born man who
comes to this country willing to work and save.
Mr. Arnhalt was born in Austria, in 18G.3, being
a son of Martin and Theressa (Kaulbrenner)
Arnhalt. The father was a shoemaker but feel-
ing that he could not make the progress there
that he wished, brought his family to America
when Martin J. was one year and three months
old. They located in Dubuque county, la., where
the father farmed for a .year, and then went to
Chickasaw county, la. Here Martin J. attended
school held by the Catholic sisters until he was
fourteen years old, at which time he began
learning to be a blacksmith. He worked at this
trade in North Washington for three years, and
then traveled for a period. For three years he
was engaged in saw-milling, following which he
went to South Dakota, and became interested
In a land business, being very successful in his
endeavors. In 1910, he opened his present place
of business at East Moline. His equipment is
good and as he carries a fine line of bakery
goods, his patronage is a large and rapidly in-
creasing one. He has recently installed a new
oven with a capacity of 300 loaves every thirty
minutes, that keeps four men busy attending
to it.
In 1889, Mr. Arnhalt married Anna Klotz,
born in Hampton township. Rock Island county,
daughter of John and Magdelane (Hammer)
Klotz, the former of whom died in 1910, and is
buried in East Moline cemetery. Three children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnhalt : An-
drew P., who was killed in 1907 when seventeen
years old, at Riverview, 111., by a freight train ;
Regina Magdelane. who is attending school ; and
Mary . Eva, who is also attending school. Mr.
Arnhalt belongs to the Catholic church of East
Moline, and is the organist and choir leader.
He belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters of
Des Plaines. 111. Although a democrat, he is
very liberal in his political views. Profiting by
the example of his father, Mr. Arnhalt has
made a success of his life. The father did not
fail to take advantage of every opportunity,
working hard to advance the interests of his
children, and they early learned the value of
industry and how to save their earnings. As a
result today, Mr. Arnhalt belongs to the leading
men of East Moline, and has every prospect of
extending his fields of operations.
ARP, August H., M. D., one of the distinguished
physicians and surgeons to whose ability and
experience the city of Moline is indel)ted for
much of its present sanitation, is a man who
has left his mark on his times as surely as a
citizen, as a professional man. He was born
December 4, 1861, in Davenport, Iowa, a sou of
Christian M. and Catherine M. (Wessel) Arp.
His father was a millwright by trade. When
Dr. An5 was three and one-half years old he
lost his father, and Mrs. Arp came to Moline to
reside with her brother. Dr. P. H. Wessel, and
Dr. Arp and his brother, Louis C. Arp, now
deceased, were brought up during the formative
period in an atmosphere that, without doubt,
influenced the former's future career. At first,
however, he studied law for a short period, after
his graduation from the public schools of Moline,
under the Hon. William A. Meese, but soon
discovered that all his inclinations were in the
direction of his uncle's profession, and he con-
sequently abandoned one for the other. Sub-
sequent events have proven the wisdom of his
choice, for Dr. Arp is a born physician, and not
only understands his work, but loves it. After
studying with Dr. Wessel the young man en-
tered the Iowa State University, from which he
w^as graduated in 1882, with the distinction of
being a member of the first class sent out from
that institution after a three-years' course.
From 1882 until 1888 Dr. Arp practiced medi-
cine alone, at Moline, but in the latter year
formed a partnership with his uncle, which
pleasant connection continued until 1895, when
it was dissolved, and Dr. Arp has continued
alone.
The professional demands upon him are very
heavy, for in addition to his own large practice
he is the attending physician and surgeon of a
number of large corporations, and medical ex-
aminer for various insurance companies and
fraternal orders. From 1883 to 1888, he was
city physician of Moline, and from 1892 to
1807 held the same responsible position. Dr.
Arp was the first president and member of the
hospital board, holding this position for eight
years, and tor four years has been on the
Moline public library board. Mayor Andrew
Olson appointed him health commissioner, and
he served in that capacity with dignified capa-
bility, for four years, exerting himself to inau-
gurate many much needed reforms, which have
remained in force. He is surgeon for the Chi-
cago, Rock Island & Pacific, and Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy Railroads, surgeon for the
Tri-City Railway and Power Company, chief
surgeon for all the Deere plants and Moline
Plow Company's plants and other industries of
Rock Island county at Moline and East Moline,
including the railway shops at Silvis. He is
also a director of the State Savings Bank and
Trust Company and the Commercial Savings
Bank.
Dr. Arp was married at Rock Island, Decem-
ber 24, 1SS9, to Matilda Hardy, a daughter of
Joseph and Charlotte Hardy. Mrs. Arp is a
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highly educated lady, having been graduated
from tlie Rock Island High school, and in music
from the tuition of Prolessor Kramer of Dav-
eupurt, Iowa. Prior to her marriage. Mrs. Arp
taught music for two years at Chicago. Dr. and
Mrs. Arp have two children : A. Henry, lorn
September 22. 1893. and Louis C., born February
10, ISiiG, who are attending medical colleges.
Fraternally Dr. Arp belongs to the Elks. Mod-
ern Woodmen of America. Druids, Odd Fellows.
Foresters, Tribe of Ben Hur, Royal Neigh-
bors and is a charter member of King Philip's
Trire of improved Order of Red Men. Dr. Arp
is also alliliated with the following: Kock Island
County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical
Society, of which he was elected medical coun-
cillor for the term of three years from l'.)i:}.
American Medical Association, Association of
Railway Surgeons. Tri-State Medical Society,
hospital staff of Moliue City Hospital : is asso-
ciate member of staff of St. Anthony's hospital
of Rock Island, and consulting surgeon of the
Western lu.Siiue Asylum of Watertown. HI. In
religious faith Dr. Arp is a Unitarian. Al-
though a republican. Dr. Arp is not in sympathy
with the corruption he feels is existing, and
unless some check is placed uix)n it, will have
to change his party. He owns the Arp building
at 508 Fifteenth street and the properties at
1515 Sixth avenue, 1413 Sixth avenue, Moliue,
and Oak Hill farm, his residence being at Lone
Oak, 718 Fifth avenue, Moline.
ASHDOWN, Charles Edward, a progressive
farmer of Coe township, and a man widely and
favorably known, is a son of Mark and Mary
Ann (Real) Ashdown, and brotlier of William
H. Ashdowu, also of this township. He bought
155 acres of land situated on section 15, Coe
township, on which he built three of the barns,
and put things in good condition. He belongs
to a family as follows: Edward, deceased; Wil-
liam H. ; Charles E. and Ellen, Mrs. Luther
Pearsall, of Port Byron township.
The first marriage of Mr. Ashdown took place
in 1879. to Nellie Saddoris. daughter of Henry
Saddoris, and they had five children : Lola,
Mrs. Charles Simi>son of Coe township; Fred
also of Coe township; Goldie, Mrs. Edgar Walt-
ers of Znma township, and ilark and Nancy.
The second wife of Mr. Ashdonn was Nora
Banker, daughter of Henry and Sophia (Lip-
part) Banker, born in Coe township. Mr. and
Mrs. Ashdown have had one child, Florence.
Mr. Ashdown is a quiet, unassuming man,
whose interest has been centered in his home
and farming. However, when called upon, he
has discharged the duties of several public
offices very creditably, having been school di-
rector for eighteen years, and road commis-
sioner for three years. He has many friends
throughout Rock Island county, where his blame-
less life has been spent, and there are many
who are under obligations to him, although he
is not a man to talk about his good deeds.
ASHDOWN, Frank Levi. — Within recent years
the progressive agriculturist has become con-
vinced of the profit accruing from raising high-
bred stock, and throughout Rock Island county
are to be found farms where the best produce
from registered stock only is bred. One of the
best known stock men of this locality is Frank
Levi A.shdowu of Coe townshii), born here. Sep-
tember 3, 1S7S, son of William H. Ashdown.
The father and sou are in ijarluership in the
stock-raising business, and the farm is the Ash-
down homestead. They make a sisecialty of
high-bred, short-horn cattle and Duroc-Jersey
swine, owning eighteen full-blooded cows,
twelve calves, and a bull named Red Goods,
his mother was an imported cow, bought at
Miles, la. At time of writing, this animal is
a splendid two year-old. registered, as are the
other stock. The Ashdowns have sold stock to
purchasers in South Dakota. These stockmen
make a point of having fifty spring pigs and the
same number littered in the fall. The farm
equipments are of the latest, improved variety,
and the partners take justifiable pride in their
place. As their stock is of the best quality they
secure the highest market prices.
On September 19, 1895. Frank Levi Ashdown
was married to Neva Woodward, daughter of
Clay and Helen (Soddoris) Woodward. Mrs.
Ashdown is also a native of Coe township. Mr.
and Mrs. Ashdown have had three children :
Doris Beryl, born July 15, 1906, William Curtis,
born June U, 1908 and Francis A., January 22,
1912. For some time, Jlr. Ashdown belonged to
the local Grange. He is now serving as school
director, and is one of the most interested his
district ever had. Deeply concerned in his
work, proud of his results, and determined to
keep his quality up to standard, Mr. Ashdown
is easUy one of the leading stockmen of his
county, and proixjses to enlarge his business in
the near future.
ASHDOWU, George Edward.— The possibilitiea
of an agricultural lil'e are being more generally
recognized by the young men of today, and many
who a few years ago would have sought em-
ployment in the more congested centers of indus-
try are content to develop fine farms, and live
the independent life of an Illinois farme 
